Transmigrated as the Crown Prince

Major General Wilson, the commander of Oahu's defense, stood in front of the observation window of the solid concrete fortification, looking at the German fleet on the sea in the distance, his face was very gloomy.

The German fleet had five battleships alone, and the rest were densely packed with battle cruisers, heavy cruisers, light cruisers, and destroyers covering the entire sea area. Behind these warships, one can still see fighter planes taking off from the aircraft carrier.

"Damn it!" Major General Wilson cursed angrily. "If our coastal guns were still there, how could you ever be so bold?"

Coastal artillery was deployed on Oahu before. As early as 1906, the U.S. Congress passed the Defense Act and allocated funds for the first time to build the largest and best-equipped Randolph Fort at the time on Fort DeRussy on Waikiki Beach. There were two 14-inch cannons on the fort.

In 1910, many artillery positions were built inside and outside Diamond Head Crater. In 1913, two forts were built on Ford Island to deploy 305 mm and 356 mm caliber coastal guns.

In 1917, the War Department established a new review board under Commodore Hugh Scott, and European navies were equipped with new naval guns that had a range greater than the 305 mm and 356 mm coastal guns currently deployed in many port batteries in the United States. The Scott Commission recommended the development of new coastal guns of larger caliber, culminating in the establishment of two batteries at Fort Kamehameha. This position is located on newly reclaimed land immediately east of the Fort Kamehameha Reservation. The gun emplacement consists of a huge concrete block with two gun mounts located at both ends. The range is more than 27,000 meters, which greatly increases the coverage area except for the northernmost beach of Oahu. In order to make up for the firepower gap left after the dismantling of the old artillery , some wheeled and rail-mounted heavy artillery were transferred to Hawaii. At that time, Oahu's main railway line had already encircled the entire island, which was very beneficial to the use of railway guns.

In 1920, a fort with two 406 mm artillery pieces was built and installed at Iroquois Point on the west side of Pearl Harbor. The structure of the new fort was even simpler than the long-range fort with 305 mm shore guns. The artillery and gun mounts were placed in the open air. On a concrete platform.

Unfortunately, these have become history. The last time the Germans raided the Oahu oil depot, a fire burned on the island for seven days and nights, and everything was burned to the ground. Those coastal guns were naturally not spared. Even if the ammunition depot was not detonated and they were baked at high temperatures for several days, the barrels of the coastal guns would have been scrapped long ago.

The adjutant on the side couldn't help but said with some doubts. "Are the Germans so sure that there are no cannons on our island that can hurt them?" The German fleet just laid out its formation so generously in the sea more than ten kilometers away. If Oahu had a large-caliber coastal defense Guns, these battleships are living targets.

Major General Wilson sighed. "I'm afraid the Germans have learned that our coastal defense guns have been destroyed. The Germans' intelligence capabilities are really...it seems they are about to launch an artillery attack. Have the soldiers in the forward positions been withdrawn?"

"It has been withdrawn a long time ago."

As they spoke, the five German battleships were lined up in a line, with their large and small gun barrels all pointed at Oahu, and they were adjusting their height and angles little by little.

Hearing the report of readiness, the German fleet commander Hermann nodded casually. "Fire."

Soon, the order to fire spread throughout the fleet.

Suddenly, the 45 main guns of the five battleships roared loudly, and the power of the gun salvo made the huge battleships tremble slightly. Hellman enjoyed this feeling very much and felt that the blood in his whole body was boiling.

It can be said that the dream of giant ships and cannons is engraved in the bones of every navy. As early as the Wilhelm II period, Germany wanted to build a powerful navy. At that time, Germany's "Navy Act" planned to take 6 years and cost 400 million marks. It was planned that the navy would have 34 capital ships, 11 heavy cruisers, 34 light cruisers and 100 destroyers in 1915, directly doubling the number of naval fleets. .

The UK implements the "two-power standard", that is, the UK's maritime power is greater than the sum of the second and third largest navies. Faced with Germany's dumpling-like shipbuilding speed, Britain had to speed up the upgrade of its fleet. In 1906, Britain launched the Dreadnought-class giant battleship, thinking that it could suppress the German Navy. However, Germany soon also began to build Dreadnought battleships. The two countries launched a fierce arms race. Both countries stipulated that if the other side built a Dreadnought battleship, then the country would produce one. With two ships, the maritime arms race has become intense, and the era of big ships and big guns has reached its peak in history.

As a result, the unrestrained naval competition placed heavy financial burdens on both sides. But Britain can still maintain it, because they have India to exploit, but Germany does not. At the same time, Britain only needs to develop its navy, while Germany still has an army to develop. Before World War I, although Germany's maritime power ranked second, it was still far behind the United Kingdom. Due to geographical limitations, it did not play any role in World War I.

But this time, they finally avenged their shame, overthrew the arrogant British Empire, and seized the throne of maritime overlord.

Just as Commander Hellman was thinking about himself, the shells fired by the battlecruisers, cruisers, and destroyers in the fleet fell like raindrops on Oahu.

Countless fireballs rose from the US military position on Oahu, and various debris, earth and rocks were blown up all over the sky. Then the entire position was shrouded in dust and smoke, and the entire forward position turned into a huge Ruins, ruins of destroyed fortifications and various building fragments can be seen everywhere.

However, because the U.S. military was well prepared and the soldiers in the forward positions had already withdrawn, the German fleet's several rounds of shelling achieved nothing except pearing the Oahu coastline. The U.S. military's casualties were still zero. Seeing the German artillery fire extending forward, Major General Wilson ordered. "All soldiers on the second line of defense evacuated their positions and retreated to the third line of defense."

"As you command, Commander."

Of course, Commander Hellman was not a fool, and he did not expect to kill all the Americans with just these rounds of shelling. But he was not in a hurry. Since the American fleet did not dare to fight, they could slowly ravage this isolated island without backup.

"Commander, the first formation of attack aircraft has been assembled."

Commander Hellman ordered. "Let them destroy the freshwater purification station on the island as much as possible." Even if they eventually occupy the island, they don't expect the Americans to leave all the facilities on the island intact to them. In this case, they might as well Destroy it early, and maybe a few Americans will die of thirst.