Life should go forward and not be swayed

The attack on Pearl Harbor was later shown to destroy the battleship much less than expected, the operation in Pearl Harbor in fact only destroyed the United States, the old big ship giant gun doctrine, the aircraft carrier did not ^{hurt [48], not long to affect the situation, Yamamoto said: " The first six months or a year is about to strike smoothly. But for the second and third year of the war, I have no confidence ... [49] "; In addition, Yamamoto's plan is to prevent U.S. troops to the eastern Pacific Rescue, and the U.S. military plan (the Orange Plan) is to abandon its stronghold in the war with the Japanese, and in the stronghold of the location of the battle, so attack Pearl Harbor is the original Japan and the United States have not thought of the two sides, It can also be said that Yamamoto this plan is not necessary. and about the third wave attack, Yamamoto also because of this matter to the South Cloud does not destroy infrastructure and oil trough revealed dissatisfaction, it said Nagumo will like a thief after the rush to flee , did not seize the opportunity to continue to expand the result, Nagumo not agree with this, and reiterated that has achieved the intended purpose. In the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor, defeated the U.S. fleet after the news spread, Japan's national jubilant, Tojo even said: "I guarantee that the final victory", Yamamoto wrote to his sister's letter said: "The war has finally begun, although now everywhere filled with the noisy, but all this will disappear ... Pearl Harbor's victory is trivial, not suitable for the hype, this will make the Japanese people ignore the seriousness of the matter [10], the most important thing is the Pearl Harbor incident immediately to a country that was not aligned with the idea of mobilizing. It unites the United States together to defeat Japan, and it may be the reason why the Allies demanded unconditional surrender later.}

Six, Japan did not blow up the oil on the mountain 5 miles away from Pearl Harbor. At the time, even if a Japanese fighter flew there, they could be blown away by a drop. If so, all American ships and planes will become a pile of scrap metal. The U.S. Navy has 4.5 million tonnes of heavy oil stored in Pearl Harbor. What if the factory facilities and heavy oil in Pearl Harbor were completely destroyed? Answer it with Niemietz: "The Japanese Navy, which focused its attack on the ship, completely ignored the machinery factory and did not give a hand to the repair facilities, and saw no more than 4.5 million tonnes of heavy oil stored in the harbour." Given the United States ' commitment to Europe, these long-accumulated and stockpiled heavy oil is irreplaceable, without which the US fleet will not be able to start any operations from Pearl Harbor in a few months ' time. "In fact, Niemietz's words are very understated." If the south Yunzhong a bombing of the storage tank triggered a fire, burning up 4.5 million tons of heavy oil fire will be any means of fire can not be extinguished. No other, this fire will be able to completely burn down Pearl Harbor, burning it as a naval port and the possibility of continued existence, to rebuild the port, even if the civil engineering has achieved the mechanization of the United States, not a few years is impossible. Without a forward base, the United States Navy could only retreat 3500 kilometres back to San Diego, California, where it was not the kind of freedom that the United States Navy enjoyed during the Pacific War. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

Nagumo's merits are difficult to conclude in history, and in the pre-war period, Nagumo's assessment in the Navy was "courageous, assertive, and a man of future naval responsibility", but after the war, in general, many critics of war history thought he had made many mistakes, including:

1. While attacking Pearl Harbor, although the major general and three Chuanjun will recommend a third wave of attack, but Nagumo did not adopt.
2. In the Battle of Midway Is., refused to major General Yamaguchi first attack the U.S. military proposal, and because of the replacement of armed and recycling aircraft and delayed nearly two hours to prepare the attack, also just at this time, the U.S. bomber found the South Cloud Fleet, and launched a raid.
3. In the Battle of Santa Cruz, the south Cloud handed over the command to the Horned field, leaving himself out of the battlefield. Results The positive attack spirit of Kok Tian, let the South cloud rather like escape.

The counter-commentators argue that:

1. The first two waves of attack on Pearl Harbor has taken too much time, the South cloud does not know the position of the U.S. aircraft, if the third wave of attack, one may give the Americans a chance to fight back, and then the Japanese army at this time there is no surprise, the third wave of attack may be very large. In addition, although there are subordinates proposed to carry out a third wave of attack, but Nagumo's chief of staff grass deer opposition, Duzhan's Yamamoto General's will is not high, plus the chief of the Military Order Department of the total Long Yong-chang also has "to bring back every ship safety" command.
2. In the Battle of Midway Is., the attack fleet of US troops was not escorted by aircraft, which caused serious loss. Joy's proposed direct attack, in addition to the Japanese strike team may be a serious loss, most of the aircraft to attack Midway Is. may be unable to land the final due to the lack of oil and the full loss of fuel (then the ship will not be able to recover other aircraft on takeoff operations). This is the reason [4] that the grass deer major general and the source Tanzoko against immediate attack ^.

In addition, because of the different military philosophy, Japan heavy attack but light defense, so the day when the army attacks the U.S. military heavy protection of aircraft and ships, often by the U.S. military defense system to bash. In addition to the lack of early warning system (radar), once attacked, the Japanese defense is often broken, which also let the Japanese army from the Coral Sea after the gradual loss of the system of sea power. But these technical matters are not to be changed by the South Cloud. Some commentators have commented that if the South cloud is not directing the first air fleet, but rather directs the second fleet consisting of cruisers and destroyers, it may be more in line with Nagumo's personality ^[5].

Life should go forward and not be swayed