The Rise Of Australasia-Chapter 1159 - 871: Sneak Attack on Hawaii_2

"Who knows, Henry," Andrick shook his head and replied, "but I think those dwarfs don't have the guts to declare war on us. We are not the Tsarist Russia of the past, and should His Majesty give the order, I would be the first to land on the Island Nation, to let those damned Islanders understand just how wide the gap is between our strengths."

Henry smiled and nodded, having no shadow of a doubt about Andrick's words.

They were radar operators and also belonged to the Military, serving as technical personnel and non-combatant military branches.

But even these technical personnel, upon Arthur's command, would still be willing to pick up their rifles and join the Military's charge.

Under Arthur's continual influence, the Military's loyalty to the royal family and to Arthur himself was very high. Even these ordinary navy soldiers were filled with fervor and trust for Arthur.

"Damn! What is that?" While the two were chatting and mocking the Islander, a sudden appearance of numerous bright spots on the radar immediately caught their attention.

"Damn, could these be airplanes?" Henry asked Andrick, surprised and incredulous.

"Damn, I'm afraid so, Henry. Quickly contact the fleet headquarters, a large number of unidentified objects are rapidly approaching Hawaii," Andrick urgently said.

This message was soon detected by other radars as well and reported to the navy's headquarters.

Before the Pacific Squadron could react, the enemy's attack had already arrived.

Of course, the attack did not come from the sky, but from beneath the sea.

Boom!

A torpedo hit a medium-sized destroyer docked in the harbor, blasting a huge hole through the destroyer.

Because it was already late at night, besides a few navy soldiers on watch, most navy soldiers were at the naval base on the harbor.

While this avoided a greater number of soldiers facing life-and-death peril, it also delayed the navy's response to the attack.

"Damn, all combat personnel return to your warships immediately, all carrier-based fighter aircraft take off at once, prepare for a possible aerial attack from the enemy," commanded Jon Odell, Vice Admiral and Commander-in-Chief of the Australasian Pacific Squadron.

Although it was unclear which power or country had launched the surprise attack on the Hawaii Naval Base, it was very likely the Islanders.

After all, in the Pacific Ocean, only the Island Nation as a powerful nation had both the strength to launch a surprise attack on the Australasian Navy and the motive to do so.

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While General Jon had been cautious of the Islanders, he had not anticipated that they would traverse thousands of kilometers to launch a direct surprise attack on the base of the Australasian Pacific Squadron.

After all, the distance from the Island Nation's Native Land to the Hawaii Naval Base was much farther than the distance from the Island Nation's Native Land to New Guinea.

The Pacific Squadron's preparation against the Islanders was mainly to prevent a possible surprise attack on critical areas such as New Guinea.

But unexpectedly, the Islanders were so audacious as to cross half the Pacific Ocean just to launch a surprise attack on the small Hawaii.

Boom!

While Admiral Jon was giving orders, another torpedo struck a cruiser.

Mid-sized and smaller warships, if hit by torpedoes, would basically end up sinking.

Only the tens-of-thousands-of-tons main battleships could withstand torpedoes, but if unlucky and hit at a more vulnerable spot, they too could risk sinking.

As navy soldiers were quickly returning to their warships, a continuous buzzing sound could be heard in the skies.

Upon hearing it, Admiral Jon understood that these were the Islanders' airplanes.

Listening carefully to the buzzing noise in the sky, nearly deafening, it was evident that the Islanders had deployed a significant number of airplanes.

"Good, since they have the audacity to launch a surprise attack on us, then they should prepare to sink forever in this sea area," General Jon sneered coldly, issuing the most anticipated order since he became Commander-in-Chief of the Pacific Squadron: "All main battleships, first round of antiair missile volley fire!"

The launching of missiles required some time, which coincidentally allowed the Islanders' airplanes to approach even closer to the Australasian naval base.

The night concealed the tracks of these Islanders' planes, but the increasingly distinct buzzing sound proved that the Islanders' planes were getting closer.

About ten seconds later, as the leading Islanders' planes started spitting out tongues of flame, missiles from the Pacific Squadron's main battleships were also firing into the sky.

Crack! Boom!

With two distinctly different sounds, a multitude of unidentified objects, blazing with brilliant flames, swiftly flew toward the direction of the buzzing noise.

"What is this?" Many Islander pilots, seeing the approaching flames and vaguely making out the outlines of some supplies illuminated by the fire, widened their eyes deep in thought.

As the objects drew closer, many Islander pilots finally realized the situation and attempted to maneuver their planes to evade.

But they quickly found something wrong. It was clear that those objects trailing fire, only visible as elongated shapes, were moving faster than their airplanes.

Boom! Boom, boom!

Although the process seemed lengthy, it had in fact lasted less than a minute.

A barrage of missiles swiftly flew into the midst of the Islanders' plane formation, with quite a few missiles hitting their targets.

As the Admiral Jon watched the explosions in the sky, he nodded in satisfaction, finally showing a smile: "While the enemy has not reacted yet, all carrier-based planes take off immediately; we cannot let a single enemy plane escape."