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"History will prove that the distance of Hawaii from China shows that this attack was carefully planned over many days or even weeks. During this period, the Chinese government deliberately deceived the United States with false statements and expressed desire to continue to maintain peace. .”

"Yesterday's attack on the Hawaiian Islands caused serious damage to U.S. Navy and Army forces. I regret to tell you that many American lives were lost. China has launched a full-scale and sudden offensive throughout the Pacific region. The facts of yesterday and today speak for themselves. The American people must have formed their own opinion and are well aware that the security and survival of our country is at stake, and that the United States is facing the worst crisis in a century! As Commander in Chief of the Army and Navy, I have directed that everything be done for our defense possible measures. However, our entire nation will forever remember the nature of this attack on us. However long it may take to defeat this deliberate and premeditated invasion, the American people must, by their righteous strength, win full and Victory. We now prophesy that we will not only do our utmost to defend ourselves, but we will ensure that this form of despicable behavior never again endangers us. By saying this, I believe I express the will of Congress and the people. "

"Trust in our Armed Forces, and rely on the firm resolve of our people, we will achieve certain victory, God help us!"

"I ask Congress to declare that the United States and the Chinese Empire have been at war since December 1919, 12, when Chinese forces launched their long-planned offensive."

That afternoon, after President Lyndon Johnson delivered the above impassioned speech, the U.S. Congress passed a resolution to declare war on China.That night, Secretary of the Army Cyrus Vance and Secretary of the Navy McNamara were summoned to the White House to have dinner with the president.

"I need to know if the Army and Navy can keep the West Coast and the Panama Canal safe." Johnson's opening remarks already indicated that this was not a pleasant dinner...

"...Within three weeks, we can transport an additional 20 to [-] troops to the west coast. If it is absolutely necessary, the local militia auxiliary force will also be mobilized quickly." Vance said.

"Even if the Chinese fleet requisitions all the ocean-going ships, it can only transport 15 to 20 troops to land while maintaining the supply of its main fleet." Secretary of the Navy McNamara continued, "However, from various aspects of the situation Looking at it, before occupying Hawaii and restoring the defense functions of Pearl Harbor and Honolulu, the possibility of the enemy directly landing on the west coast is very small. , the navy and army also have the power to defeat them."

After listening to the explanations of the two ministers, Johnson finally felt a little relieved. After gaining confidence in the homeland defense, Johnson couldn't wait to raise the issue of counterattack. "When do you think the United States can counterattack?"

"Not likely anytime soon," said Vance anxiously.

"But what about Hawaii? Are we going to let the enemies based in Hawaii attack the mainland at will?" McNamara said dissatisfied.

"So what? Can they bring a million people ashore at one time? We have a million troops waiting behind the coast, and we have a fleet to help defend, and a small landing force can't stand at all. As long as the mandatory military service law is passed immediately, and According to the wartime military industrial organization law, there is no problem in building an army of 100 million within two years. What about the navy? Can the navy guarantee an overwhelming advantage over the Chinese fleet within two years?" Vance asked.

McNamara raised his head unconvinced: "As long as the new naval bill is passed immediately... Well, well, that bill still needs to make some amendments, the shipbuilding schedule should be advanced, and the development of naval aviation and strengthening will be added. The content of the air defense capability of warships ... But we all understand that two years is enough time, and after two years our new fleet is enough to destroy any enemy in the Pacific."

澳大利亚大堡礁军港，当地时间12月28日晨，成立还不到12小时的英法荷三国联合舰队正整装待。三国联合舰队主要远洋兵力将在此战中倾巢而出：包括6艘无畏型战列舰、1艘战列舰巡洋舰和4艘旧式战列舰，10艘装甲巡洋舰、14艘防护巡洋舰和30艘驱逐舰。这些兵力将编为3个战列舰分队、6个巡洋舰分队和4个驱逐舰分队，由伯尼中将坐镇“马来亚”号统一指挥，定于28日9：00出航，预计三到四天后先突入苏比克湾。

Lieutenant General Bernie's flag was hoisted on the masthead of the "Malaya". This battleship, known as the world's number one, was about to start its first battle since it entered service.Lieutenant General Bernie is full of ambitions. According to the information collected from various sources, almost all the dreadnought battleships and battlecruisers of the Chinese Pacific Fleet have gone to Hawaii. The enemy in the South China Sea has at most 10 old battleships. The capital ship has obvious advantages, and just one "Malayan" is enough to kill three or four outdated warships of the opponent.

With the sound of the whistle of the "Malayan", the 65 warships of the combined fleet of the three countries, led by more than a dozen patrol boats and gunboats, left the naval port of the Great Barrier Reef and prepared to form a formation in the waters east of the Great Barrier Reef.

At this time, within a depth of 30 nautical miles near the east mouth of the Great Barrier Reef, 33 shark-hunting submarines of the Pacific Fleet are dormant underwater, waiting for their prey to come to their door...

"A torpedo was found in front of the port side! The distance..." the lookout exclaimed, waking Lieutenant General Bernie who was daydreaming.

"I leave it to you." Bernie said calmly to the captain, Colonel Anson.

Colonel Anson, with a broad face, stepped forward to the rudder without saying a word. A few minutes later, the lookout reported: "The torpedo passed through the stern of the ship...the evasion was successful!"

Just as Bernie breathed a sigh of relief, another lookout reported: "Before the starboard side, the cruiser 'Qiangsheng' was hit by a mine!"

"What?" Bernie muttered.

The "Qiangsheng" with standard displacement is indeed the largest and most useless protected cruiser in history. This class of warships is much larger than ordinary armored cruisers. It is equipped with 48 coal-fired boilers. There are many, but the disadvantage is that the armor is weak, and the firepower is not proportional to the body shape. There are only two 2-inch and twelve 150-inch guns on the [-]-meter-long hull, which seems a bit weak. The fifth cruiser squadron flagship "strong "" was hit by two torpedoes only two hours after leaving the military port, tilted rapidly, and disappeared from the sea half an hour later. Its sister ship "Gudry" was also hit by a torpedo, and the bow was hit It fell off and had to return to Hong Kong for repairs.

The surrounding patrol boats and destroyers were not idle either. They ran around with full horsepower, and a series of depth charges rolled into the sea. Accompanied by dull explosions, jets of water rushed towards the blue sky...

Before nightfall, the Far East Combined Fleet lost the French armored cruiser "Ferry" and a destroyer, the Dutch dreadnought battleship "Sumatra" and the old British battleship "Agamemnon" were injured by mines successively, and were forced to Return to Hong Kong.The remaining 1 warships only maintained the "zigzag" anti-submarine route and continued to march towards the first target, Subic Bay.

Lieutenant General Bernie is still full of confidence.

At 1 pm Hawaii time, the northern suburbs of Honolulu.

"Surrender, it's impossible!" In the face of more than a dozen local figures, including Mayor Marian, Lieutenant General Scully, commander of the Hawaiian garrison, categorically rejected their request.

Although the Pacific Fleet's bombardment of Oahu two days ago did not cause much damage, it made most of the local white residents lose the will to resist.The coastal defense turrets can't hit the enemy ships at all, and Honolulu will be bombarded into ruins at any time.The leaflets dropped by the enemy planes are bewitching, and Pearl Harbor, where there is only a pile of shipwrecks, is even more desperate. Where is the US fleet?Where did the fleet go?

The originally arrogant Mayor Marian quickly made a 180-degree turn and led representatives of local white people from all walks of life in Hawaii to the garrison headquarters far away from the urban area to petition and negotiate with the enemy.Seeing that Scully refused without even thinking about it, Marian did not give up so easily: "General, negotiations are just negotiations!"

Scully made a serious face: "The leaflet clearly states that my men should put down their weapons, so what is there to talk about!"

"Are you willing to watch the whole city be reduced to ashes?"

"If they will butcher their own kind, let that damned city be reduced to ashes. As for you, Mr. Mayor, and you, fellow Americans, if you fear loss, go back and pack your things, away from the coast, The farther the better. Of course, if you want to promote the unyielding spirit of the Americans, turn left downstairs and you will see the militia rally."

"General, we can't move the houses too, I mean, the hotels, the restaurants, the bars, the shops, the factories..."

Scully shrugged disapprovingly: "Yes, houses, shops, factories, these messy things, God. But have you ever thought about whether this city has more houses for us white people or more houses for those yellow-skinned monkeys?" ?I have ordered the Coast Guard to drive all the yellow people in the city into Chinatown, and barricade all the passages, and if the enemy really wants to destroy the city, well, their hands will be covered with thousands The blood of my fellow countrymen!"

Dragon's Roar Chapter 967 Sharp Spikes

As the sun fell to the west, the combined fleet of the three countries and the Far East fired thousands of shells into the dense forest behind the beach in Subic Bay. Although seaplanes were dispatched for reconnaissance and calibration in advance, even the pilots above the dense forest could not confirm those shells. What was hit, the opponent was clearly prepared and fully concealed the personnel and materials.As soon as the shelling was over, the two deputy commanders of the Joint Command, French Vice Admiral Desai and Dutch Vice Admiral Rupert, couldn't wait to board the "Malayan".

Bernie greeted him: "Gentlemen, what can I do for you? How about having dinner together?"

Desai tilted his neck and nodded: "Thank you, in fact, we want to know your next move."

"Come and sit." Bernie pointed to the fully set tableware on the table and the champagne bottle leaning in the beautiful little flower basket.

Desai exchanged glances with the red-nosed Dutch general, and sat down happily.Bernie gestured to order the orderly to serve the food, and went to open the champagne himself: "Gentlemen, I know what you will think, the beginning was not smooth, and it was different from what we thought. But we have at least achieved one goal, the enemy's landing ship The team escaped, their landing force may or may not starve to death, but at least they will not be able to push inland for a while, and the Americans can buy a little more time to organize defenses, how about it? Gentlemen, we still have There are two goals to go, and there may be surprises for us."

Desai shook his head: "You know what I think? The enemy knows where we are going and what we are doing. Everything is under their control! There is no secret to our actions!"

Bernie nodded disapprovingly: "It's understandable, the enemy's submarine, sir, the submarine can find our whereabouts."

"We have to do something, we can't let the other party lead us by the nose." Desai raised his voice.

"Yes, do something." Bernie looked at Lieutenant General Rupert, "What do you think? Baron?"

The Dutchman tied up his napkin: "I agree with Mr. Desai's suggestion, do something."

Bernie spread his hands: "Okay, Mr. Desai, what do you want to do?"

Desai had a plan in mind: "If you don't go to Lingayen Bay, the fleet will break into Manila Bay at night to rescue the US Asian fleet, and then go straight to Halong Bay to destroy the landing fleet there, buying some time for us French."

"Why not go to Lingayen Bay? Even if we go to Manila Bay to rescue the Americans first, we can reach Lingayen Bay tomorrow morning. After finishing our business there, it will not be too late to go to Halong Bay."

Bernie finally uncorked the bottle. "I like French wine... Well, it's decided. Two hours ago, the US Asia Fleet sent a telegram asking us to rescue them first. It seems that they can't hold on anymore. We will do what they asked. Good thing to be grateful for. At the same time as we go to Manila Bay, the two fastest cruisers in the fleet will go to Lingayen Bay to investigate the situation, God bless them."

At [-]:[-] p.m., on the north bank of the Ford River in Hawaii, the [-]th Mobile Artillery Brigade of the Dragon Army Marine Corps.

"Fire!"

Dozens of cannon muzzles shot out sparkling fireworks almost simultaneously, the wet ground trembled, and the stagnant water in the mud puddles rippled tremblingly.

"Attack!" The artillery shells roared and exploded, and ferocious black-gray smoke clouds rose from the horizon. After 10 minutes of rapid shooting, as the three green signal flares rose into the sky, the tracks clanged and the leather boots fluttered. Stamping on the ground, bayonets shining brightly, the Fifth Route Army of the Dragon Army centered on Pearl City, and began to weave "double pockets" to trap the enemy in front of them.

Li Liang's troops, who were in charge of the main frontal attack, spread out about two kilometers on both sides of the road, closely following the barrage line advanced by their own artillery, and advanced steadily with an unstoppable momentum.The expected resistance did not materialize, and the artillery did not fire special smoke bombs due to the wrong wind direction.But apart from the bomb craters along the way, there are cannons and vehicles, corpses and rifles, bullet bags and wide-brimmed hats, shell casings and ammunition boxes all over the road. There is no artillery fire, no flying bullets, and no bayonets. American soldiers rushing over.

Feeling restless and apprehensive, Li Liang urged the troops to move on, an hour later.The whole team arrived at the north end of the Pearl Bridge without firing a shot, and the infantry did not shoot a single shot, and joined forces with a leading tank company of Yin Xuefeng's troops who were in charge of detouring from the east road.However, the bridge had been blown up, and here and there sporadic fire and bullets came from the south bank, where the two armies halted, gaining nothing in an hour's attack.

In the meantime, at about [-]:[-], a support formation composed of [-] carrier-based aircraft flew to the battlefield.Since no enemy targets were found between the Fort River and the Pearl River, only dragon army vehicles with eye-catching dragon flags were seen all over the ground, so they had no choice but to turn to Pearl City, where they dropped hundreds of ordinary bombs carried randomly. , evenly distributed, almost every building in this small urban area will eat one coin.

Yu Chonghan's army, which was detouring from the west, crashed into the Xicheng District of Pearl City in one breath. Its vanguard, a chariot company and a motorized infantry company that followed the car, rushed all the way, passing through the entire area within a few minutes. Xicheng District, but when they approached the central bridge connecting Xicheng and Dongcheng, they were suddenly intercepted by violent artillery fire. 3 tanks and 1 amphibious personnel carrier were shot and damaged. Attacking from behind, the vanguard retreated while fighting, and temporarily withdrew from the urban area.

Chen Changjie rubbed his chin after listening to the report of the vanguard commander, and pondered: "How could there be defenders? And cannons? Could it be that the enemy troops gathered between the two rivers have already retreated to Pearl City? Or did they come from Honolulu?" The reinforcements from the front have arrived ahead of time, and I don’t have enough infantry and cannons, but no matter what, my mission is to take down Pearl City in one go, and I must not stop here!”

Chariots cannot be used in the urban area, but the enemy army should have no other anti-tank capabilities except for direct artillery fire. Then, the tank platoon is used as a unit, and the three vehicles are alternately covering, leading the mechanized infantry who get off the vehicle to rise up. Attack and see.