The catastrophic attack on Pearl Harbor created Roosevelt's coveted casus belli. www.biquge.info This is a war to create a new American empire, but for Japan, it means that they have no way out, unless they are willing to join the "Greater China Alliance" dominated by the Chinese Democratic Empire as a subject country, because the Chinese Foreign Ministry has clearly declared that it will not accept any neighboring countries into the "Asian Community". The tenacity and gambling nature of the Japanese people determined that they would go all the way to the black, until they compared their monkey heads with the southern wall.

Japan bought several cruisers and two second-hand 30,000-ton container ships (which China sold to France more than 10 years ago) from the hands of the French in Visy, and brought into play the silly and bold spirit of the workers of the new Japanese shipyard that "how bold and prolific people are," and it took only three months to convert the two container ships into medium-sized aircraft carriers and named them "Flying Cranes" and "Maizuru." The Japanese Combined Fleet, which had consciously recovered, once again set its sights on several American bases in the eastern Pacific.

Just a month after the Battle of the Coral Sea, Japan had already planned Midway as its next target. In order to open the gates of the Hawaiian Islands, prevent the US military from coming out from the Hawaiian side and cut off the supply routes for Japanese attacks on Alaska and Canada. The Japanese Navy wanted to take this opportunity to lure the remnants of the US Pacific Fleet to Midway and annihilate them in one fell swoop. In order to achieve this goal, the Japanese Navy almost poured out of the nest, devoting most of its strength, and the size of the fleet even surpassed that of the Combined Fleet at the time of the Battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval battle in history. It was the largest strategic offensive of the Japanese Navy in World War II, but due to the containment of the Battle of the Coral Sea, the Combined Fleet sent two fewer aircraft carriers, namely the wounded "Shozuru" and the "Zuizuru" with a lack of pilots, which had a very serious impact on the operation.

Midway, with an area of only 4.7 square kilometers, has a special geographical location that determines the importance of its strategic position. The island is 2,800 nautical miles away from San Francisco in the United States and Yokohama in Japan, and is in the middle of the Pacific route between Asia and North America, hence the name Midway. In addition, it is located 1,135 nautical miles from Pearl Harbor, and is an important military base and transportation hub of the United States in the Central Pacific region, as well as the gateway and outpost of the United States military in Hawaii. Once Midway Island is lost, Pearl Harbor, the base camp of the US Pacific Fleet, will also be killed.

If the Japanese Navy achieves its set goals, the West Coast of the United States will be directly threatened by the Japanese Navy. Since the rest of the U.S. Navy warships have been deployed to the North Atlantic, the U.S. will not have the ability to effectively counterattack the Japanese Navy in the Pacific in the short term. Then Alaska will become the meat of Japan's mouth, and as for the Canadian divisions, it is not enough to confront the Japanese Army. Japan is well aware of the military potential of the United States. Once the enormous industrial production capacity of the United States was fully brought into the orbit of the war, Japan had little hope of victory. Therefore, Japan hopes to force the United States to sit down at the negotiating table and quickly end the war with the United States before such a situation arises.

After Pearl Harbor, President Roosevelt decided to appoint Chester. Nimitz, who succeeded Kimmel as commander of the U.S. Pacific Fleet, told Nimitz: "Go to Pearl Harbor to pick up the defeat and stay there until the war is won." Upon his arrival, Nimitz, who was ordered to do so, quickly organized a fleet of only 4 aircraft carriers and their escort ships. The fleet attacked the Japanese in the islands of the Central Pacific, followed by a shocking plan of operations - the bombing of Tokyo.

On 18 April, the 21st year of the Lunar New Year, 16 B25 bombers that took off from the USS Hornet flew over Tokyo, dropped bombs and incendiary bombs, and then flew straight to China downwind. The 16 B25s became Chinese trophies, and the United States eventually purchased 12 of them diplomatically, and the remaining 4 became museum exhibits, except for 2 as gifts to the Luftwaffe. This air raid shook the Japanese government and the opposition, and also stimulated Nagumo, making him even more determined to attack Midway. On 28 April, Nagumo convened a meeting of senior admirals on the giant battleship "Yamato," his flagship, and determined a specific operational plan for attacking Midway: First, send a fleet to attack the Aleutian Islands, land on Attu Island and Kiska Island in the archipelago, and use this as bait to draw the attention of the US fleet to the north, and then seize Midway Island with the main fleet. The date of the operation is tentatively set for early June. On May 5, the Japanese Navy Command Department issued the "Base Camp Admiralty Order No. 18", officially approving the Midway operation plan and naming it "Operation Mi".

Just as Nagumo was planning the operation, on May 7, the Battle of the Coral Sea broke out, the first large-scale confrontation between aircraft carriers in human history. The Japanese fleet was carrying out its first step in the occupation of Australia, attacking the port of Moresby (the capital of New Guinea), and encountered Frank on the way. Two American aircraft carriers, USS Yorktown and USS Enterprise, led by Rear Admiral Fletcher, were escorted by seven cruisers. The United States sank the Japanese aircraft carrier "Shoho", seriously damaged the "Shozuru", but lost the "Enterprise", and the "Yorktown" also suffered heavy damage. The Battle of the Coral Sea was decisive in preventing the Japanese invasion of Australia, but it also strengthened Nagumo's resolve to conquer Midway, where he wanted to establish an airfield to combat all ships coming from American bases. Nagumo analyzes his strategy and tactics from all angles. First, a diversionary attack on the U.S.-controlled Aleutian Islands, far from Alaska, was intended to distract the entire U.S. fleet from Midway. But the United States managed to intercept communications between senior Japanese commanders and discovered Nagumo's plan, so Nimitz decided not to take any action against the Aleutian Islands, but sent 3 aircraft carriers and 8 cruisers to Midway.

The U.S. Naval Intelligence Agency, in close cooperation with British and Dutch counterparts, began to successfully decipher part of the code of the JN-25, the main communications system of the Japanese Navy. By early May, the Coalition had made a major breakthrough in cracking the JN-25, which gave it the ability to spy on the Japanese Navy's plans. The JN-25 informed the Coalition that the AF Position would be the next target of the Japanese Navy, but the Coalition Forces were unable to crack the AF Position. By Joseph?? The Hawaiian Intelligence Station, led by Major Rocherford, believed that the 'AF Bearing' was Midway, but the Washington Naval Intelligence Service insisted that it was the Aleutian Islands. However, no matter how advanced the coalition decoding technology is, it still can't decipher the correct location of the 'AF direction'. While the U.S. military's top brass was wrestling with their brains, Rocherford and his intelligence team were looking through the previous piles of cables. Rocherford, who had a great memory, found a Japanese military telegram from early 1942 asking seaplanes to take off from the Marshall Islands to Pearl Harbor...... Analyzed from the map, the AF can only be Midway. And Jasper, the analyst of the Hawaiian intelligence station?? Helms came up with a clever idea to determine if the 'AF Bearing' was Midway. He asked the commander of the Midway Naval Base to radio a message to Pearl Harbor that there was a problem with the desalination equipment on Midway, causing the entire Midway Island to face a water shortage. As a result, Rocherford and his team intercepted and deciphered a secret telegram sent by Admiral Nagumo, commander of the Japanese Navy's Combined Fleet, from the sea to the Japanese headquarters Admiralty: "It is reported that 'AF' is short of fresh water, and the attacking force has enough fresh water. "In this way, the 'AF Bearing' was confirmed to be Midway, the next target of the Japanese Navy.

Since it was very time-consuming to get intelligence from the JN-25, the commander of the US Pacific Fleet, Admiral Chester?? It was only at the last minute that Nimitz had reliable intelligence that could be used to ambush the Japanese fleet. He immediately recalled the aircraft carriers USS Franklin, USS Hornet, and USS Yorktown, which was undergoing major repairs at Pearl Harbor because of its involvement in the Battle of the Coral Sea. Appointment Raymond?? Major General Spruance took command of Task Force 16 in place of the ailing Lieutenant General Halsey. Nimitz prepared to ambush the Japanese fleet heading for Midway with three Yorktown-class aircraft carriers as the main force, plus about fifty support ships.

When the Yorktown, badly wounded in the Battle of the Coral Sea, returned to Pearl Harbor, it looked like she needed months of major repair work. After 72 hours of sleepless repairs, her flight deck has been resurfaced, new steel strip supports have been installed inside, and carrier-based aircraft have formed a new carrier-based fleet. Admiral Nimitz went to great lengths to violate many naval regulations in order to achieve the goal of keeping the Yorktown with him. Just three days after the Yorktown arrived, she miraculously sailed with the U.S. fleet (Task Force 17) to Midway Island for her final combat mission.

In addition to the organization of physical combat forces, Nimitz appointed Raymond on the personnel ?? Arms?? Major General Spruance replaces William, who was unable to fight due to illness at the time?? Vice Admiral Halsey commanded the 16th Task Force. With all the aircraft carriers available at hand as the main force, plus about fifty support ships, Nimitz waited northeast of Midway to ambush the Japanese fleet bound for Midway. On Midway, there are about 2,100 men from the 6th Marine Corps Garrison Battalion and about 1,500 men from the Naval Air Station, including pilots and support forces.

At the same time, the aircraft carrier Zuizuru, which participated in the Battle of the Coral Sea of the Japanese Navy, was waiting for a new batch of carrier-based aircraft at its base in Truk; The injured Shozuru was repaired at the base. If the Japanese Navy had not carelessly believed that the U.S. military would only send two aircraft carriers, the USS Franklin and the USS Hornet, against the USS Soryu, USS Wyvern, USS Akagi, and USS Kaga, then the Battle of Midway would have had a very different outcome.

Because the Japanese erroneously underestimated the miraculous maintenance capabilities of the American military, the Japanese Navy always believed that only two American aircraft carriers, the USS Franklin and the USS Hornet, could be put into battle.