.The Hawaiian Islands, located in the central Pacific, always remain between 14 and 32 degrees Celsius throughout the year, without severe cold or excessive heat; there is a deep blue ocean and vast seaside beaches, with flowers blooming all year round, and a different cultural style here. There is no doubt that this is an excellent place to relax and vacation.

Among the eight major islands in the Hawaiian Islands, Oahu is not the largest, but it has excellent conditions in all aspects and is well developed, so it has become the best among the archipelago. The island has the prosperous Honolulu (Honolulu), the world-famous Wakiki beach, and Pearl Harbor, one of the best natural ports in the world. As early as the end of the 19th century, it became a dazzling "pearl" on the Stars and Stripes. Now the "pearl" is still there, but it is embedded on the emperor's crown.

After capturing the Hawaiian Islands with no effort, the Japanese Navy was very excited. Especially the Pearl Harbor, which had been operated and repaired for many years by the US military, has become a first-class large military port. Therefore, the Japanese Navy moved the 2nd Fleet, the so-called Pacific Sender Fleet Command, from Tahiti, to here and regard it as the fleet's first home port.

When the German-Japanese War broke out, there were 7 battleships, 4 battleships, 2 aircraft carriers and a large number of light ships in Pearl Harbor. However, by February 1929, the only main battleships here were the battleships "Ise", "Hyuga", "Satsu", "Setsu", "Setsu", "Ato" and the aircraft carrier "Fengxiang". Nearly one-third of the light ships were transferred back to their homeland thousands of miles away in order to deal with the two fleets deployed by the German Navy in the Far East.

For the Japanese troops stationed in the Hawaiian Islands, it is not the end of the world to be transferred back to the land, nor does it mean that they will easily hand over this archipelago with an extremely important strategic position to the enemy. In addition to the fleet stationed in Pearl Harbor, the Japanese troops in Hawaii also include an Army Air Force, a Navy Bay-based Flight Brigade, two standard Army divisions, the 19th and 22nd Divisions, a land brigade and a fortress garrison unit affiliated to the Navy. The total force is more than 70,000, and more than 320 combat aircraft of various types and 133 large-caliber fortress cannons. These cannons were basically too late to take away when the US troops retreated.

In terms of commanders, the Japanese army's garrison commander of Pearl Harbor was Lieutenant General Fumimaru. The fleet commander was Lieutenant General Muiichi Yaichi, and the army's garrison was held at one time by Lieutenant General Tobashi. The three lieutenant generals had equal ranks and their positions were in a state of no jurisdiction.

On February 11, 1929, a huge combat fleet was sailing towards the Hawaiian Islands in the form of three columns on the sea more than 500 nautical miles east of Pearl Harbor. On those battleships and battle cruisers, the sailors were ready to try, and the carrier-based aircraft took off and landed on the fleet aircraft carrier from time to time, and the entire fleet showed a busy scene.

As the commander of the 4th Pacific Fleet in Germany, 59, Lieutenant General von Dalvik felt a great responsibility from the moment he received his order to go on the expedition. Although the German Navy currently has four fleets in the Pacific, the 4th Fleet is undoubtedly the most powerful one - the battleship "Caesar William the Great", "Albres", "Gerz", "Württemberg", battlecruisers "Wooles", "Earl Spee", "Luzov", and heavy aviation

The female Kemal, Prussia, Lorraine, medium-sized aircraft carriers Yoamch, Sekendorf, Tirpitz, escort aircraft carriers Knobsdorf, Ludwig, Hermann, and Murendorf, plus 7 heavy cruisers and combat cruisers, 12 light cruisers, 46 destroyers, 32 submarine hunters and 19 auxiliary ships, such a fleet concentrated nearly one-third of the entire German Navy.

The reason why the German Emperor and the German Navy were assured to entrust such a powerful fleet to von Dalvik, an unknown commander, was not a sudden decision. The German Navy in another world was far less than the many famous generals of the army due to strategic reasons in the two world wars. Only Tirpitz, Scher, Hippel, Speer, Raidel and Denitz were able to achieve "famousness". But this does not deny the quality of the German Navy. Von Dalvik was born in a Prussian aristocratic family. He joined the German Navy at the age of 17, and became the German Navy in 1913 with his talent and efforts.

With his age at that time, this was already a very remarkable achievement. In another world, he was fortunate to command the 4th battleship detachment of the German High Seas Fleet to participate in the vigorous Battle of Jutland, but the end of the battle was only known to Scher and Hippel. After that, Darvik and the German High Seas Fleet silently waited for the end of the war.

In this world, history began with the Battle of Pascal Flo in 1914 and embarked on another completely different path, including the blockade of the British Isles, the Battle of the Venice Gulf against the Austro-Hungarian Empire, and the Battle of the Caribbean against the United States. Although this series of victory was considered a victory for the German leadership, the role of middle and senior naval commanders like Von Dalvik was also very important. After Scher and Heinrich successively launched the fleet command layer due to age and physical reasons, William Zuxiong, Benk and Von Dalvik, the generals who had been fighting on the front line for many years finally began to take on real responsibilities.

"General, the reconnaissance plane reported that a Japanese light cruiser was found 150 nautical miles ahead of the fleet!

General Schchemit asked if it was necessary to send a carrier-based bomber to sink it!" The communications officer wearing a Prussian blue naval uniform and a white brimmed hat reported the latest information to Lieutenant General Von Dalvik, who was fully focused on the navigation chart. During the summer and tropical voyages, the officers, non-commissioned officers and sailor caps issued by the German Navy were in this white style, while in the cold zone, the blue military caps and extra military coats.

"Light cruiser?" Darvik stood up and looked at the communication officer. It was not surprising that he encountered Japanese warships in this sea. According to the reconnaissance report of the intelligence department, the Japanese troops stationed in Hawaii usually deployed the first cordon 400 to 500 nautical miles from the archipelago, and the destroyers, submarines and seaplanes were alerted. The second cordon was 250 to 300 nautical miles. The ones responsible for the warning were generally land-based aircraft and light ships, and the third cordon was deployed within 150 nautical miles from the archipelago. Destroyers and patrol ships were usually used as warnings. As for this light cruiser...

"Tell General Schchemitt. His plane only needs to continue monitoring the light cruiser! In addition, order the First Destroyer to go forward and deploy a submarine hunting formation 40 nautical miles ahead of the fleet, and use radar to alert the air! If nothing unexpected happens, the Japanese submarines and aircraft will come to visit us soon!" Lieutenant General Dalvik said confidently.

Shortly after the order was issued, 11 destroyers accelerated to leave the main fleet. These were medal-class destroyers equipped with new sonar and Hawkeye IE radars. From 1914 to 1924, German destroyers completed the role transformation from torpedo attack to anti-submarine air defense. By 1929, the displacement of more than 200 destroyers in the German Navy was more than 1,800 tons, which was rare in the navy of various countries, especially the Japanese Navy, which still regarded destroyers as lightning strike ships, its main destroyers Kamikaze-class and Fengfeng.

Both the Mutsuki and Mutsuki class and the Fuxuki class are not more than 1,800 tons of water displacement, and are characterized by high speed and large-scale equipment torpedo launchers. Among them, Mutsuki and Fuxuki are equipped with powerful 24-inch (610 mm) torpedoes. According to the views of the Japanese naval general, these destroyers can easily damage and sink the enemy's medium-sized or even large ships in close combat and night battle. A successful destroyer lightning strike can cause the enemy fleet to lose a considerable number of fighter jets. This provides favorable conditions for the main force to conduct a fleet decisive battle.

In contrast, the German naval generals regarded the destroyers in their hands as escort ships to defend against enemy aircraft, submarines and torpedo boats. They were equipped with 120 or 152 mm naval guns, no more than 004 torpedo tubes, special anti-submarine weapons and as many anti-aircraft guns as possible. In the past year, the destroyers built and technically modified in the past year also installed radar equipment. Although they are all destroyers, a German destroyer and a Japanese destroyer are placed together to make people see two completely different weapons of the era.

An hour later, a German spy lurking on Oahu sent a telegram, and the Japanese fleet stationed in Pearl Harbor began to rise, and the frequency of take-off and landing of fighter jets at military airports around the port also increased significantly.

After receiving this telegram, Lieutenant General von Dalvik ordered the "Kemal" to send a team of bombers to attack the Japanese light cruiser that was still wandering in front of the fleet. Just half an hour later, the German carrier-based aircraft that attacked reported that it had successfully sunk the Japanese cruiser. At the same time, the destroyer located on the right side of the fleet used sonar to detect an unidentified submarine. After getting the attack signal from the flagship, three fish-class destroyers and two harpoon-class hunting submarines rushed up and beat the submarine with deep-water bombs, but in just two cups of coffee, the sea

A burst of oil and residual stains flipped up on the surface. Just as the destroyer who was ordered to go to the front of the fleet to deploy a cordon to arrive at the scheduled battle position, the German spy lurking on Oahu once again sent a report that the Japanese fleet stationed in Pearl Harbor began to move outside the port. The number of operations included 6 battleships and battle patrols, 1 aircraft carrier, 4 armored cruisers, 4 cruisers, 22 destroyers and 5 auxiliary ships. This is already the main force of Japan's naval force in Hawaii. There are only less than 30 light ships and naval transport ships left in the Pearl Harbor.

At dusk, the German destroyer fleet, which was suddenly alert, shot down two Japanese seaplanes that came to reconnaissance, and another fled in panic after being injured. Just half an hour after driving away the Japanese plane, the destroyer fleet found a Japanese submarine nearby, and four destroyers rushed up and slapped the sea.

The Japanese submarine quickly sank to the bottom of the sea with the crew above.

After nightfall, Lieutenant General Von Dalvik ordered the fleet to implement light control and continued to move towards Hawaii with the word "一" anti-submarine route. The Japanese fleet that came out of Pearl Harbor naturally disappeared from the sight of German spies and reconnaissance submarines. The Japanese destroyers, submarines and seaplanes around the German fleet were more frequent than during the day. This was a big deal of German destroyers and submarine hunting ships that escorted the fleet. After one night, they sank three Japanese submarines, injured one, and drove away three, and exchanged fire with three Japanese destroyers operating alone and sank one of them.

On this night, the pilots on the entire German fleet were the most familiar to each other on several heavy aircraft carriers and medium aircraft carriers. They were asked to close the cabin door and sleep well. All the sounds outside had nothing to do with them before dawn. The four light aircraft carriers in the fleet took on the heavy responsibility of night reconnaissance and vigilance. The fighters taking off from them kept driving away the Japanese reconnaissance aircraft trying to approach the German fleet at night. They were limited to the conditions for night combat. Neither fighter jets on both sides were able to perform their original technical and tactical levels well. The Japanese long-range reconnaissance aircraft broke into the fleet several times, but the reconnaissance harvest was obviously not worth mentioning.

The noisy night finally ended with the early sun rising in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. The German fleet had sailed to a sea area less than 320 nautical miles from Pearl Harbor. On heavy and medium-sized aircraft carriers that were turned to the wind, fighters and bombers were neatly arranged at one end of the flight deck. After using a rich breakfast, the German pilots walked into the cockpits of their respective fighters in full spirit. With the delivery order, the pilots calmly launched the plane and flew away from the deck.

Within half an hour, 207 fighter jets and 152 bombers took off from six aircraft carriers of the German fleet, Kemal, Prussia, Lorraine, Joamch, Sekendolph and Tirpitz, and completed formations over the fleet. Although they were not involved in the sneak attack, these German carrier-based aircraft had exceeded the Japanese aviation forces in the entire Hawaii in terms of quantity and quality.

After the first wave of attack aircraft set off, the German fleet continued to advance towards the Hawaiian Islands at a speed of 18 knots. On the six main aircraft carriers, the crew members nervously and orderly raised fighter jets and bombers ready to be deployed to the second wave of attack aircraft from the hangar, and the four light aircraft carriers continued to send reconnaissance aircraft and fighter jets to conduct reconnaissance and alert in the airspace near the fleet.
Chapter completed!