In the early morning of June 4, the aircraft carrier Akagi. In the standby room, General Nagumo's pilots finished a serving of dried chestnuts and cold Japanese rice wine, a traditional meal for the soldiers before they were about to enter the battlefield. The take-off deck was filled with planes, and as the first rays of light peeked out of the sea, the pilots climbed into the cockpit. The carrier also turned headwind and accelerated at full speed. The wind gauge spun wildly, and it was time to take off. The searchlights of all 4 motherships were turned on, and the decks were as bright as day.

The combat planes on the Flying Dragon were also already ready, and Yanagi sat in the cockpit of a Zero-Fight, waiting to take off, and behind him was his wingman Ishihara Mori. Before the order to take off was given, Yanagi looked back to see how the wingman was doing, and he saw Ishihara leaning back in his chair. Seeing Yanagi turn around, he smiled and held up a contact board to show him. It reads: "Martial arts for a long time". Yanagi smiled and also raised the contact board, the same is "Wuyun is long".

The last time we attacked like this was Pearl Harbor, but unfortunately there were too few planes that could fly that time. The beautiful animal is so arrogant that it has no defense at all. How could they be opponents of the Yamato samurai?

The officer directing the take-off waved the green light, and the first Zero fighter swept across the brightly lit take-off deck and rushed into the dark pre-dawn sky. Afterwards, Yagyu also released the brakes and took off in his Zero. Amid the cheers of the sailors on the deck, one plane after another flew, first with a zero battle, then with a 9{}{small} say 3w.ybdu9 ship explosion.

In 15 minutes, 108 aircraft took off simultaneously from 4 aircraft carriers. They roared around the fleet in a spectacular circular procession and then swooped down on Midway to the southeast. The people on board watched as a long string of red and blue lights flickered on their wingtips, fading away. The decisive battle began.

At an altitude of 4,000 meters, a "Catlena" water reconnaissance plane was flying lonely. It's 5:13 a.m., Captain Howard?? Captain Eddie had just piloted the plane out of the clouds.

"Captain, look over there! Three o'clock! The navigator's voice trembled with excitement.

Howard?? Captain Eddie turned his head to look to the right and was taken aback: at least a hundred planes were flying in a neat line toward Midway.

The appearance of the "Catlena" water reconnaissance plane also caught the Japanese army by surprise. As soon as a few Zero Fighters tried to lean over and take out the patrol plane, he plunged headlong into the clouds again. Let the Japanese fighters be depressed.

Obviously, the operation was discovered, and if the Americans reacted quickly enough, they should be able to take off the plane to intercept it. This was not good news, but Yanagi was faintly happy - Pearl Harbor was all torpedo and dive bombers, but this time, the opportunity for fighters came.

At 5:15 a.m., Midway received a telegram from a "Catlena" water reconnaissance plane, and the entire base was alerted, and land-based planes began to take off urgently. After 20 minutes, all the planes finished their takeoff.

After using the clouds to get rid of the entanglement of Japanese fighters, Howard?? Captain Eddie's seaplane continued to search in the direction in which the Japanese plane appeared. At 5:25, they spotted the Japanese fleet. Many years later, when Howard?? When Captain Eddie recalled the moment, he described it this way:

"We moved on after getting rid of those zero-war entanglements. At that time, the sea was not fully bright, and the sea fog had not dispersed, which caused a lot of trouble for the search. So we started lowering the altitude, all the way down to 2,000 feet. In this way, you can barely see the surface of the sea.

This was not until about 5:50 a.m., when we suddenly spotted the ship's tracks. Looking in the direction of the track, I saw a large fleet. Many ships, enclosing four aircraft carriers in the middle.

I turned back to Sith, the operator, and Rodriguez, the navigator, and said, 'Quick, get the information out,'

I knew that if I was discovered, I would definitely be shot down, and in the face of Zero, my seaplane had no chance of escaping. Fortunately, the Japanese did not have radar, and the sea fog that had not yet dispersed provided us with the best protection, which prevented them from detecting us. ”

At 5:53, radar on Midway Island spotted the incoming Japanese group. 4 Wildcats and 20 Buffaloes, guided by radars, began to prepare for interception. At 56 minutes, according to the guidance of the telegram sent back by B17, the group of bombers, which had already flown in advance to the northwest, began to turn to the target.

Pilot Kanu sits in the cockpit of F2A, and now his altitude is around 5000 meters. It belongs to the first echelon, that is, the formation of the decoy enemy. The call sign of the formation is Blaze, and he is Blaze No. 3. At a vertical height of about 600 meters above him and at a distance of about 2.5 kilometers above him was the second echelon of 10 F2A and 4 F4Fs, codenamed Fox.

"Blaze called the Bird's Nest, found enemy fighters at twelve o'clock, and found enemy fighters at twelve o'clock! Get ready to attack! ”

"The nest calls the fox, and the nest calls the fox. Turn to a 75-degree direction and attack enemy bombers! ”

"The fox understands! The whole team follows me! ”

The US fighter plane was spotted in front of it, and it seems that the reconnaissance plane really sent out an early warning message, and the reaction of the Americans was really good. Yanagi shook his wings, motioned for the wingman to follow, and then pulled the lever while pushing the throttle valve to the end and began to climb urgently. It was all F2A Buffalo fighters, and it wasn't the first time Yanagi had worked with such aircraft. He knew that this was an extremely clumsy fighter relative to the Zero. "Stupid as a cow." This is the emotion of Yanagi after shooting down the F2A for the first time. This time, however, the buffaloes had a height advantage over them because the Americans had been warned in advance, but Yanagi believed that this would not change the outcome, and after one or two moves, the temporary advantage that the buffalo had in height would be consumed.

The Zero, who was in charge of escorting the Zero, did not use a head-on approach to intercept the F2A, as it was not cost-effective, and the Zero's weapons were mainly two 7.7mm machine guns and two 20mm cannons. The lethality of the 7.7mm machine gun was very limited, and the possibility of shooting down an enemy aircraft in a head-on hit was virtually non-existent. In fact, US military planes often have a record of being hit by a 7.7 and being able to fly back with one or two hundred rounds. And the power of the 20mm gun is enough, and a head-on hit is enough to shoot down an enemy aircraft. It's a pity that there are two problems with this weapon, one is that the rate of fire is too slow, the two sides attack head-on, from entering the firing distance to crossing over, the time is very short, and everyone is in high-speed movement, a weapon with a low rate of fire, in such a state, the efficiency will not be too high, and the second is that the muzzle velocity of the 20mm cannon shell is too low, and the trajectory is very curved, so that some people even jokingly call it a urinal cannon. Meaning, its trajectory is curved like urine. This led to a very short effective range, and also questionable accuracy. Using it to hit an oncoming fighter jet is, in the words of a Japanese pilot, like using a rifle to hit a dragonfly in flight. In contrast, the .50 caliber machine gun (12.7 mm caliber) of the US aircraft has a high muzzle velocity, fast rate of fire, long range, good accuracy, and although it is not as powerful as the 20mm gun, it is still quite lethal compared to the fragile body of the Zero War. Therefore, shooting head-on is not a good choice for zero battles, and it is better to kill from the flanks.

The Zero first made an emergency climb to the right, and when the altitude was in line with the American group, they quickly turned to the left in an attempt to attack the flank of the flank. If the F2A didn't change course, Yanagi was sure he could stop them and beat them all into torches before they could attack the bombers.

If the Japanese pilots were avoiding head-to-head engagement, the American pilots were taking the initiative to create such opportunities. This crazy approach, although it has a bit of a Russian roulette feel, is sometimes very lucky. But in terms of the probability of winning, it is still the American aircraft that is higher. Then the flames began to turn, trying to form a head-on situation.

Although there was no real engagement yet, it was only one turn for the bandit gulls to notice the change in the Americans. The clumsy 3-aircraft or even 4-aircraft formations of the past have been replaced by smaller and more flexible twin-aircraft formations. This made the overall steering of the American fleet much faster. However, the buffalo is just too stupid. The steering is still too slow. The two sides failed to form a head-on situation, but only formed an diagonal crossing with each other.

The roar of the fighter engines and the whistling of bullets across the sky intertwined with the roar of the warplanes, sounding the prelude to this decisive battle. The air battle officially began, and in the staggered just now, in fact, neither side hit the target, because the window for shooting was too short for both sides. However, after the staggered pass, Zero-War began to show its strong performance advantage. With a gentle pull of the lever and a half-somersault, Yanagi firmly rode on the buffalo's 6 points. According to his previous experience, the buffalo in front of him was already doomed. Because neither speed nor agility can match the Zero Fight. What else can he do but obediently give himself another record and make his record double digits?

Even the fish on the chopping board will struggle to jump a few times. In desperation, the opponent will also struggle constantly. The enemy plane in front made a sharp turn to the right. At the same time, his wingman began to turn sharply to the left. Yanagi gestured to Ishihara, motioning for each of them to keep an eye on one and continue the attack.

"It's kind of interesting," Yanagi thought, "that he's actually making a sharp turn to the right." "Due to the torque of the propellers, the plane rolls faster to the left than to the right. And the higher the power output of the engine, the more obvious this difference becomes. Therefore, pilots are always used to making a sharp left turn when making a sharp turn.

Zero's right roll is slower, and if you use it to roll right, the enemy has a chance to get rid of him for at least a short time. But this is not difficult for an ace like Yagyu, he did not take the usual method, which is to roll 90 degrees to the right and then pull the rod to chase the enemy, but instead he rolled 270 degrees to the left, which has the same effect as rolling 90 degrees to the right, but the speed of completion is faster than rolling directly to the right. This allowed the robber to remain firmly in the back of the enemy plane.

The enemy plane found that it had not been able to get rid of its opponent in its previous moves, and in a panic, it began to make a sharp turn to the left.

"Haha, panicked, right? How could a sharp turn to the left get out of me? There is no aircraft in the world that has better cornering performance than the Zero. Of course, maybe those dirt buns of Lu Airlines will make use of their ki43, but what is Lu Airlines? A flock of grass chickens that can only flap their wings. ”

The Japanese Navy and Army have always been bitter rivals. The feud between them can even be counted from the Edo period. Anyway, in the eyes of the Navy, the Army is a bun and a brain-dead man who has never seen the world; In the eyes of the Army, the Navy is a playboy who only spends money indiscriminately and does not know how to do anything. This contradiction continued even into the post-war period. After the nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan, the Ground Self-Defense Force behaved unsatisfactorily, and even stole out of the military vehicle as a deserter, a certain civil servant of the sea gloated and said that he had long known that Lu Zi's guys were not good, and it was still our sea self-sufficiency. Unexpectedly, Haizi also immediately had a bird dew incident. (The brothers of World War II know what I am talking about)

In the Zhi (Harmony) incident, the soil buns of the army aviation even disgraced the face of the Great Japanese Empire. At one time, the air force played a shameful exchange ratio. Even the Russian pilots who had long been defeated by the Empire were beaten to the ground. What is even more shameful is that they actually let a Russian woman rely on them as an ace. (Sister Wa is ready to play, warming up.) Brothers of the second bar and the battleship bar, applaud the queen)

The F2A is a plane that is not good at sharp turns, and after two turns, his speed has dropped a lot. The Bandit Gull had already firmly inserted it into the aperture of the scope at this time, and as long as he got a little closer, he could be killed with a 20mm gun. But at this moment, a strange, sudden uneasiness welled up in his heart. The feeling is so intense. So much so that the bandit gull didn't even think about it, and pulled up the plane almost like a conditioned reflex. At that moment, a string of .50 machine gun tracer bullets flew under his belly.

"Almost hit," Jones clenched his fists in annoyance. However, his frustration did not last long when a barrage of bullets came from behind him.

Ishihara was using a 7.7 machine gun to shoot at the buffalo in front of him, and the cunning buffalo just now, after two sharp turns, actually got the opportunity to shoot at his long plane. If it weren't for Yagyu's unbelievably quick reactions, maybe that guy would have succeeded.

Ishihara fired a few shuttles at Jones's buffalo, but apparently, the distance was still a little far, and such a shot was not enough to shoot down his opponent. Just as Ishihara was about to use the 20mm cannon at the approaching point, the buffalo made another sharp turn to the left, and Ishihara was about to follow, when he suddenly saw Zero Battle of the bandit gull flailing its wings at him. Turning his head to look closely, he saw that the bandit gull made a gesture to him, which means: don't follow, keep the direction, and climb up. The trust he had built over the years led him to do so without hesitation.

After Ishihara pulled it up, he continued to condescendingly look at the enemy plane that had just turned left, but found that another enemy plane was also turning → at the same time, and if he had just followed, the enemy plane that had turned right would have a chance to shoot himself. It's cunning. Fortunately, Liu Changguan saw through their plot at once. The two enemy planes staggered by, and now the enemy plane that was just being chased by him ran in the direction of Yanagi, and the enemy plane that was about to ambush him just now appeared in front of him. At this moment, Yanagi swooped straight towards the enemy plane that appeared in front of him, and with the high speed obtained from the dive, he almost instantly narrowed the distance between the two sides to about 100 meters.

Bang bang shot orange fireballs from the muzzle of Zero's guns. One by one, they hit the buffalo in front. Jones didn't even have time to react before the plane trembled violently. Then he saw an orange fireball hit his left wing, which broke in two, and the plane immediately began to flip violently to the left, completely out of control. Jones shouted, "I was hit, I'm going to skydive." "While using all his strength to unbuckle his seat belt in the violently flipped plane, he pushed open the cockpit canopy and tried to climb out. But the centrifugal force of the violent tumbling pressed him to the seat......

Yanagi pulled up the plane and looked at the crashing enemy plane, which was his tenth victory. He knew that it would be almost impossible for an enemy pilot to climb out of such a sharply tumbling plane and parachute. This is a cunning and excellent enemy, and he is an excellent samurai compared to the opponents he shot down in front of him. Just now, he almost shot himself down. But now, he's trapped in the plane surrounded by smoke and flames, and he's falling out to sea, like, like a floating cherry blossom. Cherry blossoms are the national flower of Japan, and the splendid and easy to wither cherry blossoms are a symbol of the samurai. With the proliferation of firearms, the glory of the samurai has long since withered like cherry blossoms. Now perhaps only the sky is the last dueling arena for the samurai. Yanagi silently gave a military salute to the downing enemy plane, just as his elders bowed to the corpse of their most stubborn opponent after knocking out their opponent in a duel. Then he looked around and began to look for his next target.

At the same time that Yagyu shot down Jones, Ishihara also launched an attack on Kanu. However, his shooting skills were significantly inferior to Yagyu's, and he missed the first round of shooting. But now Kanu is clearly in trouble, and it is almost a matter of time before he is hit.

"If you get bitten by Zero, roll to the right, then dive, dive all the way to the surface, and then run away close to the surface." This passage suddenly came to Kanoo's mind. Before he had time to think about it, Kanu did so. This action allowed him to escape from the net of fire, and the enemy left after a little pursuit of him. It is clear that there are other more important things for the enemy. For example, to prevent other aircraft from attacking Japanese bombers.

The enemy's departure was good for Kanu anyway. His plane was scarred, and the rudder was a little less agile. It's hard to say if you can fly back.

The outcome of this encounter was tragic. Ten Buffaloes were intercepted by Zero Fighting, and all but four escaped, and all the rest were shot down. But they also managed to shoot down two Zeros. Compared to 17 in history, 7 were shot down and 7 were damaged. The Japanese "Zero" fighters did not suffer losses, and they did not let the US fighters shoot down a single bomber, which is much better this time. What's more, their sacrifice was even more valuable, they dragged the Zero Battle and bought time for the fox formation in charge of the assault