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At 8:40, Genda released his torpedoes from the Type 97 ship attack, and by 8:55, when the last Type 99 ship bomb dropped its payload, the entire operation had taken only fifteen minutes.
The harbor was already engulfed in billowing black smoke.
At the deep water pier, the twelve targeted battleships were all ablaze, with occasional smaller explosions.
Above the docks, the air was filled with smoke and dust, and several areas had erupted into fierce flames.
Had war just erupted like this?
"Colonel!"
"Send the message, our surprise attack has been a comprehensive success!"
While Genda was giving the order, the radio operator once again activated the long-wave radio to transmit three simple characters.
"Tiger, tiger, tiger!"
This was the code signaling that the surprise attack was successful, the operation had gone perfectly.
Genda didn't delay any further and called for the last few planes that had dropped bombs to return to base.
