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Chapter 387 Zhou-class submarine dispatched

"If we wanted to destroy Pearl Harbor, if we had to rely on the strength of our aircraft carriers, it would be delusional to have more than a month. But now the United States has given us this opportunity. We only need one bomb to keep the entire Pearl Harbor dock and the supporting shipbuilding industry." Jun Shanyi kept it a secret, and he did not explain everything clearly.

"Oh! Junshanjun, do you know something?" Nan Yun Takaichi asked in confusion.

"Yes, before the meeting, a latest information from Oahu explained this issue." Jun Shanyi took out an information from his pocket. A cherry blossom was printed on the cover of the information, and then said: "According to the latest news from the spies at Pearl Harbor, they have found that since last year, 4.5 million tons of heavy oil were stored on a small hill three kilometers behind Pearl Harbor, without protection and isolation. Moreover, heavy oil has been shipped continuously. By now, nearly ten million tons of heavy oil have been stored there, and this amount is increasing every day. Do you understand now?"

No one in the conference room was stupid. Everyone understood what Jun Shanyi said. As long as these heavy oils were detonated, Pearl Harbor would be completely trapped in a sea of ​​fire.

Due to the United States' commitment to Europe and to cope with emergencies in the Pacific, these heavy oil stored for a long time are irreplaceable. Without this fuel, the U.S. fleet will not be able to start any combat operations from Pearl Harbor in a few months. Once the bombing of the oil storage tank triggers a fire, the 6 million tons of heavy oil burned will be impossible to extinguish any firefighting method. No need for anything else, this fire can completely burn Pearl Harbor and burn the possibility of its continued existence as a military port. At that time, the entire Pearl Harbor, including those docks, machinery factories, and maintenance factories, will be destroyed in the fire.

It is impossible to rebuild this military port even for the United States, which has already achieved mechanization, in a few years. Without a base of advance, the US Navy had to retreat 3,500 kilometers back to San Diego, California, and from there, starting to fight again, there was no freedom the US Navy enjoyed during the entire Pacific War.

"I would like to add one more thing. This plan, I recommend that at least twelve aircraft carriers be deployed and our carrier-based aircraft are divided into four aircraft groups. The first aircraft group must not be more than half an hour aggregation time. The first aircraft group mainly attacks the US airports and air defense firepower, and the second aircraft group mainly attacks warships anchored in the port. The second aircraft group and the third aircraft group cooperate with submarines to attack surface ships. The aircraft carriers should be carried with a total of 1,000 kilograms of aircraft bombs. The fourth aircraft group, in addition to attacking surface ships, targets are docks and oil depots. The fourth batch of attacks is the most important and is the top priority of the attack." In order to ensure the maximization of operational benefits, Junshanyi said more carefully, "The above is a plan that no aircraft carrier is implemented in the military port. Once an aircraft carrier is in the military port, the main target of the first aircraft group is an aircraft carrier, and destroying the aircraft carrier is the first mission."

Sanben Izuru and Tadaichi Nagamoto looked at each other, then nodded one after another. Junshanyi's suggestion indeed made Yamamoto Izuru realize many of the shortcomings in the plan, and he was really impressed by this new star in the base camp's General Staff Headquarters.

"Mr. Junshan's suggestions have benefited me a lot, and we will modify the plan in detail." Yamamoto Iroku stood up and said solemnly.

"General Yamamoto, these suggestions are what an emperor should say. However, in order to prevent the nights from long dreams and long time, it is inevitable that there will be any mistakes. So I suggest that once this plan is ready, it will be implemented immediately. The headquarters of the base camp will always pay attention to all information on Hawaii and will not make any changes." Junshan Yi said.

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October 25, 14th year of ZTE.

An assault formation consisting of twelve aircraft carriers, 2 battleships, 8 submarines, 3 cruisers and 9 destroyers set sail from the Kuril Islands eastward. After passing the northern route with windy winter and fewer ships, it adopted concealed means such as radio silence to approach Pearl Harbor, the main base of the US Pacific Fleet, to implement the surprise attack plan formulated by Japanese Joint Fleet Commander Irosoft Yamamoto.

The Japanese assault formation received information about spies lurking in Pearl Harbor. There were 9 battleships, 3 cruisers, 17 destroyers in the port, 4 cruisers and 3 destroyers in the dock, and aircraft carriers were preparing, and it seemed that they were about to prepare for training in the port. There was no news of torpedo nets and air balloons in the port, and there was no emergency broadcast in Hawaii.

This sneak attack fleet had quietly arrived in the waters north of Hawaii. When Nagashiyama received the information from the above, he immediately issued an order to attack. He knew very well that the three aircraft carriers should not be allowed to leave the port.

Under the cover of morning fog, Japan's reconnaissance aircraft had already taken off the air, and then the carrier-based aircraft began to take off one by one. 240 carrier-based aircraft formed the first attack echelon. Twenty minutes later, the second batch of 240 aircraft also took off.

On the periphery of Oahu, eight Japanese pocket submarines have already been in place. Not only eight, but one submarine is hidden outside the Pearl Harbor waterway entrance. Compared with the eight Japanese pocket submarines, this submarine is much larger. It is China's most advanced conventional submarine. It has a perimeter-class submarine with an underwater displacement of 2,500 tons. It has four 633 mm torpedo launch tubes, equipped with 24 linear oxygen-conducting torpedoes, or 48 mines. The underwater navigation speed is 18 knots, with an extreme submarine depth of 300 meters, and a 67 people are arranged.

Although the electronic systems on this submarine are not as advanced as the typhoon class, they are also ahead of the world, especially the sonar system. One is the mid-frequency active passive search and attack ship shell sonar installed at the bow, and the other is the passive low-frequency search sonar array installed on the side, equipped with a towed passive sonar system. The photoelectric mast system of the perimeter-class submarine is very advanced, and the photoelectric detection system includes a TV camera, an infrared imager, etc., and is also equipped with a plane search radar and a radar warning system.

On the distant sea surface, a slender antenna floated, swaying constantly in the waves. Through the scattered codes continuously transmitted from the ultra-long-wave radio station, the communication soldiers in the submarine kept summarizing the information content.

"Report to the captain, according to the latest information, two waves of carrier-based aircraft of the Japanese assault formation have set off, and it is expected to arrive at Pearl Harbor in ten minutes. Three US aircraft carriers have already set up anchors and are driving away from the port with the help of the tow ship. It is expected that in fifteen minutes, the three aircraft carriers will leave Pearl Harbor. The headquarters ordered us to block US aircraft carriers on the import and export routes of Pearl Harbor without being discovered."

"I understand, continue to monitor. Ten minutes later, we will also start to act." Liu Anshun nodded.

He and Xu Wei are old classmates and old comrades-in-arms. A while ago, he learned that Xu Wei had been to the Atlantic Ocean and was personally received by His Majesty. He also received a medal. The three silver stars on the epaulette also turned into four. One step closer can be replaced with a shining golden star. This made him quite envious while being happy for the old friend. Now he has also got such an opportunity. He put in great energy on the mission. This battle must be fought beautifully.

Although Xu Wei's car was the most advanced nuclear-powered attack submarine in the empire at the beginning, Liu Anshun was also confident that he would use the most advanced conventional-powered submarine in the empire to complete this secret operation excellently. Let others see that the empire is not only a nuclear-powered submarine with strong combat power, but also a conventional-powered submarine, but also a Niu 13.

"Japanese submarines have slowly approached the Pearl Harbor estuary, and four submarines have quietly entered Pearl Harbor." The radar soldier looked at the red dots that were constantly changing on the monitor and spoke.

"Continue monitoring, eight minutes later, retract the drag-and-drop wireless receiver. All members immediately enter the combat state." With Liu Anshun's order issued, the battle indicator light on the submarine began to rotate. Seeing the red light in rotation, all the crew put down everything in their hands, quickly shuttled through various cabins, and returned to their combat posts.

At 5:42, the US minesweeper discovered a periscope in front of the Honolulu Port. The destroyer Wald opened fire and dropped a deep-water bomb. Although Wald immediately reported the matter to the Navy headquarters, it was not taken seriously. The US Pacific Fleet only regarded it as a mistake and did not care.

Hawaii is still on Monday morning when the sun is not rising. There are only a few people on the island, and most of the soldiers are still resting. At 6:30, the two US radar soldiers in the Opana Radar Station found an unknown object on the screen near Oahu Island (actually a carrier-based reconnaissance aircraft of the Japanese Assault Fleet), but did not report it. Soon, the screen showed a large group of aircraft in the north, and they quickly contacted the Air Defense Center for an unknown object near the base (but no scale was mentioned). The lieutenant on duty reported that they should have seen the patrol of the US Honolulu Airport or the B-17 bomber from California, the United States.

At 7:40 in the morning, it had been one hour and 40 minutes since the fleet left the aircraft carrier, and Pearl Harbor was already far away.

Three US aircraft carrier boilers have begun to supercharge, and with the help of the tow vessel, they have moved away from the berth and are preparing to sail out of Pearl Harbor.

Underwater, the sonar equipment of Japanese submarines has observed the movements of US aircraft carriers, and the submarine commanders have also issued orders to prepare for attack. The submarines have also floated to the depth of the periscope, and they are waiting for the best attack opportunity.

Behind the Japanese submarine, the Chinese Zhou-class submarine was in place. Liu Anshun's purpose was very simple. When the US aircraft carrier was about to pass through the narrow waterway of Pearl Harbor, it would sink it and sink it on the waterway, blocking the US fleet's way out and making the US fleet a turtle in the jar.
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