Chapter 613

A military staff member walked quickly through the corridor of the White House in Washington, D.C., to the door of the president's office and knocked on the door. With permission, he opened the door, walked into the president's office and stood in front of the determined table.

"Mr. President, it has been confirmed that the German army is airborne in Crete, with more than 4000 troops." The staff officer handed the report to Roosevelt and gave a brief introduction to the situation: "the Greek garrison is fighting back. We can only wait for the final result."

"How are our paratroopers training and preparation?" Roosevelt asked. His voice was hoarse. Recently, the US battle in the Pacific was not going well. The battle for Oahu Island had become white hot. The Japanese army had established a complete beachhead and a large number of Japanese infantry were advancing towards the naval port on Oahu, It intends to occupy there and win strategic initiative for the Japanese army.

However, even if not president Roosevelt, who had a unique strategic vision, many people of insight in the United States saw the decline of the Japanese army at the end of the storm from the obstruction of the Japanese attack. They agreed that the United States should continue to fight against Japan and that the United States should end the Pacific War by winning the war.

Nimitz took advantage of Oahu Island to fight for time, and finally waited for his third aircraft carrier hornet. In this way, the number of fleet aircraft carriers in his hands has been expanded to three, and the US Navy has regained the courage to fight a decisive battle again. Nimitz decided to fight the Japanese fleet again.

"Mr. President, we are building two paratroopers at the same time, the 82nd Airborne Division and the 101st Airborne Division. The training of these two divisions is very good, and the new transport aircraft is also under development. " Obviously, the staff officer was quite familiar with the development of airborne troops in the United States. When the president asked, he immediately answered like a stream.

Roosevelt thought about it, or asked his most concerned question: "Nimitz's counterattack plan is now implemented, is it a bit hasty?" He did not agree with the operation plan of the code named sailboat, but after carefully analyzing the law of the Japanese Navy's operation, Nimitz insisted on fighting a decisive battle at sea near Oahu Island.

The U.S. Navy set out in such a mighty manner. With the newly launched aircraft carrier Hornet, the Raider and the Yorktown, it formed an aircraft carrier fleet similar to the German Navy. This fleet has no strong battleships, only short-lived cruisers and destroyers, but its maneuverability is very terrible, The entire fleet can go to the battlefield at more than 23 knots.

After thinking for a while, the staff officer decided not to take the blame for Nimitz: "Mr. President, the views of the naval staff are the same as you, you know that. However, general Nimitz knows his fleet better, so it can't be said that he has no chance to win this decision. "

Roosevelt was worried that once Nimitz's counterattack failed, the US fleet would collapse completely and lose the power of the first world war with Japan. In this way, the US would lose its competitive advantage with Germany, and the US would have no chance to participate in the European battlefield.

However, it is obvious that the United States is not ready to fight back against the Japanese fleet in the Pacific Ocean. It will be three months before it is fully ready to fight back. At that time, most of the independent class aircraft carriers built by the United States with the help of the United Kingdom would be launched into the war, and the dock needed by the United States' own follow-up aircraft carriers would be moved out. In this way, aircraft carriers made by the United States with new production processes will soon be launched, one by one, just like dumplings.

However, the United States has no time to wait for these three months. If it waits for Japan to take Oahu and fight back, then the United States will have no time to intervene in the Middle East and the expansion of Germany in the Atlantic Ocean. Germany will successfully take Egypt, control the Suez Canal and invade the Middle East. At that time, the United States will experience a new financial crisis, The Jews would be on the side of the Germans, and the United States would be a poor second rate country at that time.

Therefore, after Nimitz put forward the plan to seize the time to fight back at this moment, many high-level Americans supported him, even Roosevelt did not insist on opposing it. After thinking about it, he decided to let Nimitz go and fight for a brighter future for the United States. He authorized Nimitz to use almost all the warships that the United States could call to fight against the Japanese joint fleet.

Just when Roosevelt was worried about whether the US fleet could win the war, the US Navy Fleet was riding the wind and waves in the East Pacific. Standing on the bridge of the newest battleship aircraft carrier Hornet, Nimitz stood in front of the glass window, staring at the calm sea, silent.

No one knows how heavy the heavy load is on his shoulders at this moment. No one knows what the young and adventurous fleet commander is thinking. He contributed to this decisive battle, with the fleet came late, appeared in the east of Pearl Harbor on the ocean.

"General, general Spruance signaled in flag that the entire fleet had reached the designated position and was entering the counterattack position as planned." A staff officer came up behind Nimitz and gave him an update on the fleet.

Nimitz looked back, nodded and then laughed: "believe me, the Japanese fleet will be defeated by us this time, because I am not in a hurry to die, but I am sure I will win the war." The staff officer was stunned. He didn't expect that the general would explain such a sentence to him, so he had to open his mouth in fear: "general, the Japanese aircraft carrier and battleship are several times as many as ours, and we can't win this kind of war..." Nimitz pointed to a pile of information on the map table and opened his mouth with a smile. He seems to be persuading the officers and sailors on the whole bridge, or persuading himself to make such a gamble with all his chips: "the Japanese Navy has been cruising around Oahu Island for a long time, and they are short of fuel and food. There are no supplies left for the Japanese on lovely island and Oahu Island, so as long as we fight back, the Japanese will withdraw without accident. " What he didn't say was some intelligence, which was transmitted to the United States through special channels. It's said that a German official gave a piece of information to an American businessman in Argentina and got a $2 million reward for it. This information is an evaluation report from the German technical department, which records in detail the flight performance data packet of the Japanese Zero fighter. This intelligence can be said to be handed over by the German government to the US government, with the purpose of helping the US stabilize its Pacific battlefield. However, the authenticity of this intelligence can not be confirmed, and the data in it is only very original test data, not real Zero fighter information. But with this information, the U.S. Navy Air Force, after some evaluation, thinks that it can rely on the latest P-40 fighter with improved Rolls Royce engine to fight against the Japanese air force. Therefore, this is one of the important reasons why Nimitz decided to launch a counterattack ahead of time“ So... General The staff officer was obviously convinced by his general. His face relaxed a little, and he said, "so we can go home alive?"“ Of course Nimitz nodded with a smile, patted the young staff officer on the shoulder and said, "I'll take you out. Naturally, I have the responsibility to take you back with me." After he finished, he issued his own order: "tell general Spruance that the fleet should keep its current course, send reconnaissance planes, and confirm the safety of the surrounding waters of the fleet! Send a flag to the first destroyer fleet, let them leave the fleet, send a telegram two hours later, let the military airport of Hawaii take off the aircraft, find the main force of the Japanese fleet and return to the position. " The advantage of Nimitz's fleet is that Yamamoto didn't know about his sudden appearance. After so many days of island fighting, the Japanese must have thought that the US Navy would not be here. And the U.S. fleet is different from the original fleet, they have the support of land aircraft, and new engine improved P-40 fighter. In addition, although the U.S. fleet has made a long-distance attack, compared with the Japanese fleet that has been participating in the battle, it can definitely be said that they are waiting for work. They are carrying more than 400 fighter planes. Once they take off, some of them do not return to the aircraft carrier, but fly to Pearl Harbor as supplementary supplies. So in terms of the number of airplanes, the number of American airplanes is not as small as the Japanese estimate. Of course, the Japanese Navy has an absolute advantage, with eight battleships and four fleet aircraft carriers. Moreover, the Japanese naval aviation force has rich combat experience, and almost all of them are skilled old pilots. So they felt that the US fleet would never dare to appear near Pearl Harbor. Tragically, Japan's second aircraft carrier fleet left the waters near Oahu a day ago in order to support troops attacking Darwin harbor. Therefore, the absolute advantage of the Japanese Navy as an aircraft carrier no longer exists, and the number of carrier based aircraft between the two sides is not much different, which makes Sanben 56 worried. Neither of the two fleets has found an opponent now. Spruance does not know the exact location of the Japanese carrier fleet led by general Nakano. He only knows that the first fleet of Japanese battleships is shelling Oahu. He does not know that the U.S. fleet has arrived and is still preparing to bomb the U.S. military facilities on Oahu. The rising sun is a rare day.