At 1:55 pm Washington time, a Japanese ambassador who was covered in shame and sweat and was still breathing heavily was taken to the US Secretary of State Cordell Hull. The Japanese ambassador was named Yoshisaburo Nomura and a retired naval general.

He should have handed over the Japanese Empire's declaration of war to US Secretary of State Hull at 1 pm. However, the text of the document "Declaration of War" sent from Japan was long and smelly, and it was all difficult to translate into English. This delayed a lot of time. When Nomura finally got the translated text to meet Hull, he encountered unprecedented traffic jam on the road.

I don’t know what day it is today. The population is not large, and there are never many cars on the road. It’s also blocked the car. And it’s not over! As a result, the elderly Nomura had to ignore the decency of the general and the ambassador, get off the car and trot all the way, running out of breath, finally it was nearly an hour late to see the US Secretary of State Cordell Hull, who was full of justice, justice and indignation.

As he got older and obese Nomura gasped for a while, then he handed the Japanese Empire's declaration of war with apologetic expression to Corder Hull, who looked slightly ashen.

Hull already knew about the "Pearl Harbor Incident". The Japanese were so hateful, too cunning, and too shameless! They did not attack the Clark Airport in the Philippines, nor did they sneak attack the Singapore fortress controlled by the British, but instead sneaked into Pearl Harbor without knowing how to do so. In the speech, President Roosevelt would severely condemn the atrocities of Japanese imperialism invading the Philippine Republic and killing American soldiers from the air, and would also vow to defend the interests of the Philippines and the United States in the Far East. However, at 1:30, news of Japanese planes bombing Pearl Harbor came, which forced the president to postpone his broadcast speech to the whole country.

What is even more infuriating is that the Pearl Harbor base, which should have been on the highest alert for a long time, was caught off guard by the Japanese, and the losses were quite heavy!

Corder Hull took the "Declaration of War" delivered by Yoshisaburo Nomura, glanced a few times and knew about the rough contents above. In fact, he knew it 40 minutes ago! But now he still felt extremely angry.

He said: "This is the most shameless, ridiculous and fact-disregarded document I have seen in the 50 years I have served in public office!"

Yoshisaburo Nomura felt ashamed, not because he was ashamed of the Americans, but because he did not do the things he had given the country and did not submit the "Declaration of War" to the Americans in time, making the empire a shameless country that launched a sneak attack.

"Mr. Secretary of State," Nomura said, "this thing was totally my fault..."

He spoke English, and Hull could understand it. However, Hull did not think that the plan to "sneak attack on Pearl Harbor" was planned by Nomura, a retired naval general. Hull, who felt deceived again, turned his face and just hummed softly.

Nomura Yoshisaburo gritted his teeth and used a trick dedicated to Japanese samurai to require septum!

"This is all a mistake. In order to make up for the mistake, I am asking for septum!" Nomura Yoshisaburo said loudly.

What? Do you want to cut your belly with a knife? Is it a pity in the United States? When Hull thinks of a person's intestines, stomach, liver, spleen, and other messy internal organs falling everywhere in his office, he has the urge to vomit.

"No!" Hull shouted, "You can't use a knife to scratch your belly! This is not allowed, it is not in accordance with international law..." He felt that it was inappropriate and immediately added, "If you do this, your Foreign Minister will also ask our ambassador to Japan to do the same thing!"

This is impossible! Nomura said that Togo Shigeto was not Tojo Hideki, how could he do such a thing? However, he still did not insist on apologizing in the United States *******. Hull said that this matter did not comply with international law. Since it was illegal, it would be fine.

Yoshisaburo Nomura had to bow again to apologize and leave in shame. At the door of the US *******, a team of military police were already waiting for him. Now Nomura is no longer a Japanese ambassador, but a detained diplomat. He will exchange with the US ambassador to Japan under the order of a neutral country.

US Secretary of State Hull was angry, and US President Roosevelt was angry. He has now received a report on the loss of Pearl Harbor. The battleship Arizona sank, the battleship Oklahoma smuggled and lost combat effectiveness, the battleship Maryland smuggled and lost motivation, the battleship California smuggled and lost combat effectiveness, the battleship West Virginia smuggled and fired, the battleship Tennessee and the battleship Nevada were destroyed. In addition, nearly 300 aircraft were destroyed or damaged during Japanese bombing.

But this is not the thing that angered Roosevelt the most. What annoyed the US president was that the oil depot at Pearl Harbor was blown up by the Japanese, and the fuel leaked in large quantities, and it also caused a fire! Now the entire Pearl Harbor is almost turning into a burning port. I don’t know if it can still serve as the home port of the US Pacific Fleet after it is burned?

Roosevelt was once the assistant secretary of the U.S. Navy. How important is Pearl Harbor to the hegemony of the Pacific!

If Pearl Harbor cannot be used as the home port of the Pacific Fleet, the home port of the Pacific Fleet will have to retreat more than 2,000 nautical miles to abdicate to San Diego. If the fleet attacks from San Diego, the distance of more than 2,000 nautical miles alone will have to sail for 5-7 days, and the fleet will also have to bring more fuel and supplies that can sail more than 4,000 nautical miles (considering the return journey). This will greatly limit the US Navy's ocean-going combat capabilities.

"We must find ways to rescue the oil depot, put out the fire in Pearl Harbor as soon as possible, and fight back immediately. We must teach these despicable and shameless Japanese a lesson!"

Roosevelt's voice was also full of anger, his face was even worse than Hull. He was giving orders to Navy Minister of Operations General Stark with a stern face.

"President, the counterattack will begin in 2 hours!" General Stark looked at the US president who was about to be furious and quickly gave out some inspiring good news.

“2 hours?”

"We have 5 aircraft carriers near the Japanese Saipan Island. It's still 3 am (Guam time). Our aircraft carrier will be able to release carrier-based aircraft in 2 hours!"

Roosevelt's face looked a little better, and he asked, "So who is the commander of that aircraft carrier formation?"

"Lt. General Halsey."

"Well, he is a brave general," said Roosevelt. "I believe he will not disappoint the American people."

Halsey's fleet would take another two hours to release carrier-based aircraft, but the second attack wave that took off from the Japanese aircraft carrier flew to Oahu, which was shrouded in smoke and war at 8:30 am Hawaiian time, one and a half hours before Halsey sent the carrier-based aircraft.

At this moment, there are already thirty or forty p40, p51 and f4f fighter jets hovering over Oahu Island and waiting for the battle!

Although Japan's previous bombings on Hikem Airport, Wheeler Airport, Kanohe Airport and Ford Island Airport were very successful, destroying or severely hitting more than 300 aircraft. However, there are still many aircraft available in Pearl Harbor.

In addition, the runways of the airport were not destroyed by bombing and dozens of carrier-based aircraft were certainly impossible to destroy the runways of four large airports, which required larger-scale bombing or bombardment with large-caliber naval guns.

In addition to the four major airports on Oahu, there are several smaller airports, and there are also a small number of aircraft stationed there. These aircraft and airports were not destroyed by the first attack wave of the Japanese army, so when the second attack wave of the Japanese army arrived, the fierce air battle began quickly.

Because of the guidance of radar, the American planes had already seized high-altitude positions before the arrival of the second Japanese attack wave. Seeing a Japanese group of aircraft flying over, they immediately began to dive attack.

The 64 Japanese Zero aircraft escorted came forward without hesitation, and the two sides immediately launched a fierce air battle! The planes of both sides were constantly bounced and caught fire, dragging thick smoke to the ground or on the sea.

In this time and space, since the Folk Zero has long shined in Europe, and the elite Japanese pilots have no Chinese battlefield to train. Therefore, the advantages of the Zero aircraft in the early stages of the Pacific War were not overwhelming. As long as the American p40, p51 and f4f were used reasonably, they could still shoot down many Zero aircraft...

The Type 99 dive bombers and Type 97 torpedo bombers in the second attack wave of the Japanese army seized the time to accelerate and pounce on Pearl Harbor. However, their luck was far inferior to the first attack wave. All the anti-aircraft guns and anti-aircraft machine guns in Pearl Harbor have been fired, and the sky was filled with smoke from the combustion of heavy oil.

Pearl Harbor's oil depot stores millions of tons of fuel. Although only a small part of the storage tanks have been destroyed, the smoke from the combustion still blocks the Japanese pilot's view.

Shigeshimazaki, the commander-in-chief of the second attack wave, found that his plane seemed to have plunged into the heavy fog, and the situation on the sea was very blurry. Only the burning warships were seen, and the others were invisible.

In addition, the oil depot in Pearl Harbor is easy to find, and the biggest place to burn is!

As for the airport, it is simply shrouded in smoke. It is naturally impossible to bomb again.
Chapter completed!