Travel through the Qing Dynasty and become emperor

Chapter 979

The arrival of the Grand Fleet has indeed brought a lot of benefits to the Chinese businessmen in Honolulu. The Chinese businessmen engaged in food processing, wharf warehousing, automobile transportation and other industries have made a lot of money, but it is hard for the white military and police who are paid dead wages. Bureaucrats, prices soared one and a half times in half a month.Suddenly there was a thunder on the ground, Pearl Harbor was attacked, and China declared war on the United States!
Governor Murray issued an order, Hawaii was under martial law, and Mayor Marion issued another order, Honolulu curfew. Commander Scully was in a state of panic all day long. He sent the Coast Guard to Honolulu, blocked all entrances and exits of Chinatown, and searched from house to house. "Spies" At this time, thousands of people were gathering at the ancient Frangan Street Square to confront the Coast Guard with live ammunition.

On the military and police side, a white officer held a loudspeaker and yelled in vague Chinese: "It's curfew time! Repeat, it's curfew time. No one is allowed to go out without the governor's permission!"

A tsunami of anger across the way: "Why block our block!"

"Don't even try to come into my house!"

"You are not allowed to blow up the pier! Don't let us starve to death!"

"Our army is about to attack, shoot! Shoot!"

"Shoot if you have the guts, and see who dies!"

The white officer shouted alternately in English and Chinese for a long time, but found that his voice was completely drowned out, and the crowd was still rushing forward. In desperation, he took out his pistol and fired it into the sky.As soon as the gun was fired, hundreds of coast guards who had already lined up in a row shot indiscriminately and vented their grievances. The crowd immediately dispersed, and the officers who came to their senses quickly stopped the hysteria. During the massacre, more than 100 people were killed on the spot, with countless injuries, and the blood flowed into rivers in the square, which was horrible.

After hearing the news of the bloody incident at Frangian Square, General Scully called the officers on the scene and angrily reprimanded him: "Idiot, if you do such a thing at this time, think about how the dragon army will retaliate after it invades. Let’s go! What are you going to do? What are you going to tell us to do? Do you know the 5000-year-old Chinese people’s accomplishments in torture and death penalty!”

Before General Sculley finished cursing, Governor Murray rushed in, furious: "General, your subordinates have done a good job, and they know what's going on now? The docks are full of people, and they are afraid of being retaliated by the Dragon Army , want to board the ship and leave."

Scully patted his thigh and roared angrily: "You can't let them board the ship. Those ships will sink in the waterway, preventing the enemy from using the port. The whole of Hawaii has entered a state of military control, and military needs are above all else!" "If they insist on boarding the ship What? Are you going to give the order to shoot? Shoot at our compatriots? They are not yellow monkeys, they are descendants of European immigrants like us, white, Christian, how? Even so are you going to give the order to shoot ?”

"Your Excellency, are you planning to escape with them?" Scully's eyes were full of contempt.

"I can't go, I have my mission, but I can understand their feelings, the fleet withdrew, we were abandoned, and now there is such a bloody incident, what do you think everyone will think?"

Scully changed the subject: "I know what they will think, but as you said, we have our own missions, and wasting time by arguing will not solve any problems. Your Excellency, in order to protect the land under our feet, we must I need your help to arm as many of our own men as possible before the enemy begins to land."

Molly froze for a moment, then sat down with a big belly.

"General, how long do you think we can hold?"

"What do you think?" Scully asked back.

"I'm not in the military, but I don't see what chance we have, see those planes? Those planes alone destroyed half of our battleships, and once our fleet is far away, they'll come back and ravage us repeatedly. Still Yes, you also know that another huge fleet is approaching, general, the forts on the island are no match for those battleships at all!"

Scully rubbed his palms with a gloomy expression. He knew the defense situation of the entire Hawaii region better than Morrie.

There are 9 coastal defense forts in the navy, equipped with 56 large and small artillery pieces, of which there are only 20 large-caliber heavy artillery pieces: 2 12-inch guns, 2 10-inch guns, 5 8-inch guns and 11 6-inch guns, all from Old gadgets dismantled from retired warships.The batteries were commanded by naval officers, the gunners were usually naval reservists, and the defense of the batteries themselves was the responsibility of the Army.There are also some simple forts that have just started construction, and they are empty.Most of the forts have been built hastily in recent years. The artillery lacks protection and camouflage, the field of fire is not ideal, the range is limited, and the power of the shells is insufficient.There are also some older forts, erected with cannons from the Civil War era, which basically only exist as tourist attractions.Supplies and ammunition were in excess, and the warehouses at Pearl Harbor Base and Honolulu were filled with a large amount of supplies that were supposed to supply the entire main fleet.

In any case, before one's own troops completely lose their will to fight, they must inflict maximum damage on the opponent.To safeguard the honor of the U.S. Army and demonstrate the indomitable spirit of Americans, this is what it means for Americans to fight!Scully thought so.

At the same time, the British Royal Navy issued a circular to its close allies, which also included a request from the Americans, hoping that the British, French and Dutch navies in the Far East would unite quickly, and take advantage of the fact that the main force of the Chinese navy was still in Hawaii to attack South Korea together. The Third Fleet of the Pacific Fleet on the China Sea side launched an attack to cause as much damage as possible to China's sea power. If possible, temporarily thwart the landing operation of the First Fleet in the Philippines, disrupt the opponent's war plan, and win the battle for future counterattacks. time.

London forwarded the notification to Lieutenant General Burnie for his opinion.

"I think we have no choice. If we don't attack now, we will have no chance when China's main fleet completes operations in Hawaii and returns to the South China Sea, unless half of our main fleet is transferred here within a month. Lieutenant General Bernie immediately responded as follows, and while waiting for orders from London, he began intense preparations for battle.

In the Australian naval port, the backbone of the Royal Navy's Pacific Fleet is moored: 7 battleships and 1 battlecruiser, including the latest "Queen Elizabeth" class and the battleship "Malayan", with 8 15-inch guns, 24 With fast sailing and heavy armor, it can be called one of the strongest warships in the Pacific Ocean.In addition, there are 12 cruisers, 6 armored cruisers and [-] protected cruisers, and dozens of destroyers, gunboats and submarines.

Bernie wants these ships to reach a state where they can perform long-distance combat missions at any time in the shortest possible time.

In the northern part of Oceania, 2 armored cruisers, 4 protected cruisers, and several destroyers are forming 3 squadrons to perform patrol missions. Bernie has ordered them all to return and join the main force.

During this period, the consuls of the United States, France, and the Netherlands requested a meeting with Lieutenant General Bernie, and brought several military officers in charge of liaison. Now they are surrounding Bernie.

"It's decided." Bernie put down the telegram, and proudly met the eyes of those young officers.

"We're going to deal with those barbarians who don't know what to do, the sooner the better!"

At 15:00, more than ten nautical miles southwest of Honolulu Port, as black smoke columns slanted in the wind, a string of long ship shadows gradually emerged from the horizon, and the main force of the Pacific Fleet arrived.With a sharp whistle on the "Yangtian", the flag was hoisted to the top of the mast. According to the scheduled plan, after confirming the invincible situation in the surrounding sea area, the entire army will be divided into several formations to perform specific tasks respectively.

Formation B, commanded by Zheng Puquan, commander of the Second Fleet of Warships, broke away from the main force and cruised carefully along the south coast of Oahu Island. Formation B included 4 battleships Tianzi, 3 cruisers Haizi from the 4rd Light Cruiser Squadron and the 4th Destroyer Squadron The 8 Yangzi destroyers are equipped with several motorized minesweepers. The task is to clean up possible minefields while conducting demonstrative bombardment of the Honolulu port.

The large force then turned to the southeast and divided into several teams. While cleaning the waterways in and out of the Lahana anchorage with small boats, it was preparing to send various marine combat units to occupy the surrounding areas of the anchorage.

The marine detachment scheduled to occupy Molokai Island is dispatched by the following ships: "Yangtian", "Yuantian", "Lantian", "Gaotian", "Haiyun" and "Haiyun" of the Patrol Team 1. "Wolf", "Cape", "Haitian", and "Haishu", with a total force of about 700, the commander is Major Zhou Li.

The marine detachment scheduled to occupy Lanai comes from 6 fast supply ships, with a total strength of about 300, and the commander is Major Shang Zhongjie.

The marines scheduled to occupy Maui, Kaho and Rawai Islands will be provided by the remaining battleships, cruisers and supply ships, with a total strength of about 2400 and the commander is Colonel Zhou Bin.

The 600 marines carried on Formation B serve as a reserve team, and will be supplemented to the islands as appropriate after the task of Formation B is completed.

At 16:00, the four Yuezi warships of Formation B opened fire on the Honolulu port from a distance of 4 yards. The huge 18000mm shells set off a series of terrifying water columns tens of meters high on the coast, and more than ten shells hit the port area. A warehouse and several residential buildings were destroyed, and nine Americans were killed on the spot.The forts on the shore fired back one after another, but the shells always landed thousands of yards away from the Chinese warships, because the range was not enough.

At the same time, several seaplanes flew over downtown Honolulu, dropping leaflets like snowflakes.The deterrent bombardment lasted only a few minutes. Under the guidance of the minesweeper, Formation B quickly moved away from the coast and turned to the southeast, preparing to join the battle to control the Lahana anchorage.

At 16:30, the Light Cruiser Team 1 began to bombard Molokai Island, symbolically firing seven or eight artillery shells into the sea on the south coast. One hour later, Li Liang's troops landed from three landing points in the south of the island, and quickly controlled the island. The Marines encountered no resistance, destroying several major towns along the coast and the two lighthouses that were crucial to the anchorage.

(End of this chapter)