Subtitle of this chapter: After all the troubles, I almost turned into "The Strange Man of the High Castle"!

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The first aircraft carrier of the American Navy was the "Langley hull CV-1", which was converted from the "Jupiter" coal ship. At the time of the Pearl Harbor incident, it had been converted into a seaplane carrier (AV-3) and sunk by the Japanese army.

The second "Lexington hull number CV-2" and the third "Saratoga hull number CV-3" are both Lexington-class aircraft carriers. These two sister ships were modified from battle cruisers that started construction in 1920.

The fourth is the "Ranger Hull CV-4" light aircraft carrier, which is the first specially designed aircraft carrier of the US Navy. After completion, it served in the Atlantic Fleet.

After that, the Yorktown class aircraft carrier, but during the construction period, the "Yorktown aircraft carrier scandal" broke out. In addition, the reasons for the various (York) square (major) side (major) side (major) side (major) side (major) side (major) side (major) was still outfitted on the ship platform and not yet in service, while the third Bumblebee, the same class, had just begun to lay keels.

Therefore, after the Pearl Harbor incident, the Pacific Fleet was left with only the "Lexington" aircraft carrier.

The airports, oil depots, docks, docks, repair factories and command centers in Pearl Harbor were severely damaged and no longer had the ability to repair and maintain large ships in the short term. At that time, the US military was not sure whether the Japanese would conduct a second wave of attacks. Therefore, the "Lexington" had to cover all the ships that could be activated to head to San Diego, the largest naval base on the Pacific coast.

However, the commander of the Japanese Joint Fleet Iroku Yamamoto, still refused to give up. Despite the dissuasion of the staff, he took great risks to send the first aircraft carrier formation led by Ozawa Jisaburo to hunt him down. (Author's note, this is of course.)

The Lexington aircraft carrier bravely assumed the heavy responsibility of defending, and successfully blocked this rapid formation with the cooperation of the submarine force.

But "Mrs. Leigh" was also severely damaged. Fortunately, Major Heinche Chandler, as the commander of the damage management department, was calm and unrest in the face of danger. He injected carbon dioxide into the oil and gas pipelines, successfully extinguishing the cabin fire caused by aviation gasoline leakage.

The place where Infuse came, there was evidence that he had received a telegram before the war, which read CO2. This telegram was sent from the Telegram Office near Yuan's Manor in Los Angeles.

When the "Lexington" arrived in San Diego, everyone present was shocked. The fire-smoking bridge could no longer see what it was like. There were several large holes on the deck, and two unexploded torpedoes were inserted in the waterline. The carrier-based aircraft carried were almost completely destroyed. One-third of the crew members on the ship were killed, and the other third was injured, and half of the officers, including the captain, were killed.

Heinche was very lucky to survive and suffered only minor injuries. However, the only aircraft carrier in service had to be towed into the dock for overhaul.

In order to boost morale, the crew members who had already made great contributions became American heroes who were vigorously promoted by the government. Major Chandler not only received the presidential commendation, but also was promoted to lieutenant colonel, and immediately became the deputy captain of the newly launched aircraft carrier Enterprise.

The handsome lieutenant colonel was still unmarried at this time. After his photos appeared in major American newspapers, countless love letters flocked to the whole of the United States.

But this gossip cannot change the bad situation in the United States in the Pacific.

Instead of landing on Hawaii Island immediately, the Japanese Navy adopted the practice of "encircling without attacking and depriving the wings." While conducting routine bombardment of military facilities on Hawaii Island, landing troops were sent to occupy the surrounding islands.

At the same time, the Japanese military headquarters launched a combat plan to capture Australia, and this time the Japanese army did not refuse.

Hawaii Island is really important to both sides. Even though the US Navy knew that the other side was fighting for help, it had to bite the bullet and send ships and personnel collected from all over the place to the battlefield to support it.

Because of the strategic advantage that was greater than the best expected before the war, the joint fleet, which was somewhat floating on top and bottom, summoned domestic reserve forces to intercept these fire-fighting moths everywhere.

This series of battle history is called the "Hawaii Offensive and Defensive War".

The US military's "fueling tactic" naturally failed, which not only made the Pacific Fleet, which had already suffered major losses, but also severely damaged the morale of the Americans.

It is said that even Mr. Yuan Yanshu, who was in Los Angeles at the time, was very worried, so he had an inspiration in his mind, writing the science fiction masterpiece "The Strange Man of the High Castle" published after the war. The United States in the book really surrendered to the Axis powers.

Of course, America certainly did not surrender in real history. On the contrary, with its much deeper industrial heritage than Japan, the Pacific Fleet gritted its teeth and survived the initial unfavorable situation, and the goddess of victory began to tilt towards them.

During the entire Pacific War, Heinche Chandler's performance was called "unsuccessful". Although he did not have any inspiration or particularly heroic performance, he was generally a commander who could perform tactical tasks perfectly.

Especially after becoming the captain of the USS Midway aircraft carrier, Colonel Chandler unexpectedly became a very conservative naval officer. His catchphrase was that if one more person could get 100 points, I just want to pass the exam.

His former direct boss, William Frederick Halsey, who was nicknamed "The Bull", often criticized him as a coward in public. Other naval executives did not like Captain Heinche very much, because he also had a catchphrase that he would rather consume 10,000 tons of explosives than a soldier.

However, he won the love of his subordinates, especially pilots and lower-level soldiers. In fact, since the Sailor of Xiao Meng grew up, he has always protected the soldiers who violated the rules and turned a blind eye to the violations of the discipline of the people below. Moreover, if the soldiers have any difficulties, they usually will not refuse. Sometimes, he will take the initiative to lend a helping hand.

You should know that the US military strictly implements separation of officers and soldiers because they believe that more contact between officers and soldiers will have some adverse consequences.

However, Heinche's practice of defiance of tradition gave him a large number of grassroots loyalists. Therefore, whether during or after the war, Heinche's naval officers and soldiers almost obeyed him and even violated military discipline for him.

It is said that soldiers once conspired to assassinate an officer who opposed Heinche. Therefore, Heinche Chandler became the leader of the largest treasure hunt in history...

——Excerpt from Dan Brown's "SCP Code"

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Chapter completed!