Even before the 2nd Battle of the North Pacific even got under way, the US had been secretly constructing an airfield on the island of Kauai, under the very noses of the Japanese who never bothered with the other islands. After the US Navy smashed the Japanese Navy north of Hawaii, the US Army Air Force launched the opening phase on the islands campaign by a coordinated mass strike against military targets on Oahu with B-17's and B-24 bombers. The attack achieved complete surprise and many of the Japanese own rifles were destroyed in their armories. After the bombing raid, they then flew onto the air strip where they landed and underwent refueling and repairs. The Japanese Army Air Force struck back, and although they destroyed many bombers on the ground, it wasn't enough. Realizing the Ya