Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 978 Declaring War on the United States
At noon on December 12 local time, in the waters near the Langelap Atoll at the northern end of the Marshall Islands, a huge fleet had just completed formation and was heading to the Hawaiian Islands in the northeast in twelve columns to participate in the final battle in Hawaii. A troop amphibious landing force has finally set sail!

The entire fleet is a total of 132 ships, carrying nearly 10 marines and their equipment: including 8 motor vehicles, hundreds of artillery pieces, and half a year's supplies.Due to the drag of the low-level landing ships in the formation, the overall sailing of the fleet was less than [-] knots, and it was scheduled to arrive at Oahu Island in [-] days.During this period, after the main force and the mobile force have completed sweeping the waters around Oahu Island, they will turn around and join the landing force to coordinate the final step of this operation and land on the Hawaiian Islands centered on Oahu Island. .

Commander of the Fourth Pacific Fleet, Lu Han, who sits on the flagship of the landing force "Hurricane", is standing on the upper terrace of the bridge with Liu Guanxiong, the commander of the escort fleet.

Lu Han couldn't help sighing wryly: "Ziying, the general trend of the world is vast. If you follow the trend, you will prosper, and if you go against it, you will perish. Now it seems that following this general trend is my dynasty."

Liu Guanxiong smiled slightly: "You are too optimistic."

Being called "too optimistic" by Liu Guanxiong, Shen Xingyi doesn't mind, he has his reasons for optimism, and the self-confidence that "is not blindly optimistic". "Ziying, you have seen the secret drill of our Marine Corps. I dare say that the Americans can never imagine our new landing tactics. What do you think? It will not be a problem to wipe out Hawaii in three days, right?"

Liu Guanxiong nodded with his hands behind his back: "Yes, judging from the exercise, it is indeed an amazing serial combat method. It should be very effective if used in actual combat, but this is not what I am worried about."

"Worried that you may not be able to defend if you attack?" Lu Han immediately guessed what the opponent was thinking.

"According to the results of the first two waves of attacks by the First Fleet, I think the remnants of the US Fleet are bound to withdraw to the West Coast in batches to preserve their strength for future counterattacks. The US industrial strength is very strong, and it will be able to make up for the losses within a year or two. Battleships, at the same time, will also accept the lessons of this surprise attack. The moment to strengthen the fleet's air defense and vigorously develop the carrier-based aviation will truly determine the outcome of the war. It will be a year or two later. It is very likely that it will be dragged down by a long-term war of attrition on both land and sea."

"So, we want to try to send a large army to land in the United States and take away their lair?"

At this moment, Admiral Halsey in Pearl Harbor didn't want to spend any more time. After the third batch of enemy planes flew away, he hurriedly changed boats and rushed all the way to the Governor's Mansion to meet with the Governor and the commander of the garrison. "Hey, General Halsey, you can't just leave us like this!" Governor Murray begged.

Halsey didn't want to look at each other: "Unfortunately, I just received an order that the fleet will go back to defend the west coast immediately."

"Then who will defend Hawaii?"

"Army, General Sculley's army will be responsible for the defense of Hawaii, General, I think you have received orders."

Lieutenant General Scully, the Hawaii defense commander, nodded helplessly: "Yes, I have received the order, but are you going to leave immediately? All evacuated? Leave nothing behind?"

"We will not take away the things in the warehouse on the shore, and it is too late. You can use them according to your own needs, but please be careful not to leave them to the enemy. Before we leave, we will destroy the pier and block the channel with sunken ships. Your family members can also come with us"

"Did Uncle Sam just abandon Hawaii like this?" Governor Murray wailed in an unsound way.

"We'll be back." Halsey said pretending to be strong.

At 2 a.m. Beijing time, when the city of Beijing was still submerged in the deep night, thousands of miles away, the First Fleet Air Attack Team flew to Pearl Harbor. The young staff officers of the Naval Staff Headquarters were so excited that they threw dozens of military caps and cheered like a wave.

At [-]:[-], Liang Qichao, the Prime Minister of the Cabinet, passed on the imperial decree and delivered a radio speech, announcing: "The United States is greedy for the joy of colonial slavery, refuses to share the kingly way with the empire, and upholds human justice. Instead, it strictly implements a policy of hostility to the empire. Unequal treaties suppress our trade, divide our alliances with despicable means, threaten our coastal defenses with cannons and giant ships, and paralyze our people with drugs and opium. We have no choice but to go to war with the United States! All the brutal and unfair colonial regimes on the land of the Americas, liberate the enslaved and oppressed nations, and uphold justice in the world, the Pacific Fleet will immediately march to the Philippines, Chile, Cuba, Panama and other places!"

Just as the so-called one stone stirs up a thousand waves, South America not only involves the United States, but also countries such as Britain, France, and the Soviet Union have their own interest chains there. Now that China wants to break this chain, countries have responded immediately. At 10:30, the British ambassador met with Chinese Foreign Minister Wu Tingfang and handed over an ultimatum, demanding that the Chinese fleet stop marching to the east of the international median line and withdraw completely. Wu Tingfang refused to accept the ultimatum and replied: "Your country has no right to interfere with the activities of our army on its own territory.” Afterwards, he successively met with the ambassadors of the Soviet Union, France, the Netherlands, Portugal and other countries.

The Soviet ambassador demanded an explanation of the Chinese advance into places like Chile: "Does this mean a declaration of war on the Soviet Union?"

"We will work to liberate all peoples and regions of the Americas from Western colonial enslavement, and we will not hesitate to use force to do so."

"Chile is a supplier of industrial raw materials to the Soviet Union. There are no peoples enslaved by colonization there. If you want to insist that there are, you should first liberate the minority peoples who were colonized and enslaved by the Manchus on your land." The Soviet ambassador retorted.

"You are talking nonsense with your eyes open, Ambassador, I don't think we have anything to talk about." Wu Tingfang immediately issued an order to evict the guest.

The next French ambassador was not so tough: "I beg you, I beg your country, don't easily impose war on innocent people, please cherish peace, hard-won peace let us return to the negotiating table, use dialogue Come to solve the problem, yes, I have been instructed, I will do my best, we will be able to reach a peace treaty acceptable to both parties" "I just want to ask, will you withdraw from America and end your evil Colonial slavery?"

The French ambassador stood up abruptly: "It's a joke, what a joke. Of course, advanced civilizations should help backward civilizations, colonial slavery? No, no, no, what France advocates is freedom, equality, and fraternity. We have always opposed slavery, yes, against enslaving those weak nation, you know, we didn't enslave anyone."

"Unfortunately, what I know is the opposite. We have not forgotten what happened 150 years ago, and the Americans have not forgotten, and you should not pretend to forget it. Now, it is time to redeem your sins. Atonement is a matter of course, you can come to me again anytime." Wu Tingfang raised her head proudly.

At this time, 100 nautical miles east of Oahu, on the USS Pennsylvania, the flagship of the main US fleet, Admiral Halsey, the commander of the fleet, couldn't even eat a bite of bread.Gathering the ardent expectations of tens of millions of Americans, the powerful fleet that was once considered invincible suffered heavy losses at his hands, and had to flee the most important advance base of the United States in the Pacific like a bereaved dog.The latest report sent by the adjutant made him feel even more heavy: after leaving the port, the battleship "Delaware", which escaped the third wave of enemy plane attack, failed to escape the underwater plot. Two torpedoes were fired, and the navigation dropped to less than 15 knots. Two hours later, another torpedo was hit. The hull tilted 10 degrees to the left, but it was still able to sail slowly. Accompanied by two destroyers, it chose its own route to the west coast.However, just an hour ago, the "Delaware" was attacked for the third time under water. Two torpedoes were hit in the company, all power was lost, and the hull tilted severely. The captain had to announce abandonment. , torpedoed and sunk by the accompanying destroyer.This means that the large fleet, which was already shattered, lost another precious dreadnought battleship.Of the 7 old battleships in the fleet, only 8 remained. In addition to the 3 old battleships remaining in the Atlantic Fleet, the total number of active US battleships dropped from 5 24 hours ago to 27.

In addition, the fleet also lost 5 armored cruisers of more than 4 tons and 24 destroyers, and the naval air force stationed at the Pearl Harbor base lost all aircraft and some of the Navy's best pilots. Within 33 hours, a full 1 tons of combat ships were driven into the seabed. The number of casualties and missing officers and soldiers has not yet been counted, but it is roughly estimated to be between [-] and [-].

The newly completed "New Mexico" battleship is still on trial at the base on the east coast. Her two sister ships, the "Mississippi" and "Idaho" are still being assembled, and the two "Tennessee" class battleships have not yet disembarked. The construction of the two Colorado-class battleships with 16-inch heavy guns had just started a month ago.From this point of view, I am afraid that within the past year, the U.S. Navy will not be able to recover.

Halsey is heartbroken. After today, how can the great United States of America wash away its shame?
Honolulu, Chinatown, December 12 at 26:1 am Hawaii time.This Chinatown in downtown Honolulu is home to Oahu's oldest restaurants, bars, markets and theaters.More than ten hours ago, when Pearl Harbor was submerged in strong fireworks, the vast majority of residents in Chinatown were still ignorant of why.

Merchants are still preparing to send fresh vegetables, fruits and fish to the U.S. military in Pearl Harbor. The strong and cheap Chinese coolies are still unloading the large ships requisitioned by the U.S. Navy on the pier of Honolulu Port. The first pier in Pearl Harbor is too small. , the other wharves are far from being completed, and the supplies for the main fleet are mainly unloaded and transshipped from Honolulu Port.

(End of this chapter)