"Martial arts are long!" On the wooden flight deck, the pilots of the carrier-based aircraft of the Japanese aircraft carrier Akagi shouted loudly before taking off.

Brand new carrier-based attack planes next to each other were ready to go, with bombs to attack ground targets.

They were ordered to attack Midway, attack the U.S. airfield on the island, and try to paralyze this deadly threat.

"May you bring back victory for the Empire!" The commander of the aviation force, holding the command knife at his waist, encouraged his men.

"Your Majesty the Emperor, long live!" All the pilots raised their hands, lowered their heads, and shouted loud slogans from the heart.

They were the samurai of His Majesty the Emperor, and they were to give their lives to the great Japanese Empire and win every war for their homeland.

This is not the desperate roar of the Japanese troops in the late war in real history. At this moment, the pilots of Japanese carrier-based aircraft are each one of the old pilots in a hundred.

They have high morale and believe that they are the strongest soldiers in the world. The advanced weapons in their hands make them even more powerful.

These soldiers grew up listening to their grandfathers tell the history of the First Sino-Japanese Naval War and the glory of the Russo-Japanese War.

And they personally completed the feat of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, pushing the Great Japanese Empire to its most glorious peak.

The territory of the Japanese Empire has never been so large as it is today, and the area they occupy is already ten times larger than their original land area!

Now they truly believe that they can win the war, and they are invincible!

The pilots of the Japanese Air Force, who had been fully samurai, were reluctant to even carry a parachute, preferring to carry a katana in the cramped cockpit of an airplane rather than a life-saving parachute.

These samurai fanatically believe in death, believing that the samurai who died for the empire will be as poignant as the cherry blossoms, and will be as dazzling as the cherry blossoms.

"Attack!" With a command, all the pilots ran to their planes and got into the cramped cockpit.

The ground crew has adjusted each aircraft, and this is the most elite logistics support force in the Japanese Combined Fleet.

Amid the cheers, the Japanese pilots fastened white straps on their foreheads. One by one, headbands covered with slogans of victory fluttered in the sea breeze.

The engine roared, and a Type 97 carrier-based attack aircraft soared into the sky, and the second plane behind it was also aimed at its own runway.

The take-off and landing commander on the flight deck waved a signal flag and signaled for the next aircraft to continue. The Japanese fleet, facing the sea breeze, sent their second wave of attack aircraft.

Let's rewind the clock to a temporary radar station urgently built by the United States on the heights of Midway Island ten minutes ago, and the direction of the first batch of Japanese bombers had been determined.

"Due north, this is the most suspicious area......" The radar non-commissioned officer, who came to a conclusion, handed the document in his hand to his superior.

After a simple method of elimination, the next batch of US reconnaissance planes has already determined the scope of the area in which they will focus their search.

Sure enough, a high-altitude reconnaissance plane found the Japanese fleet, and the pilot saw the white tracks pulled out by the warships on the sea under his feet.

"Fisherman! Fisherman! Pelicans spot schools of fish! Pelicans spot schools of fish! The navigator on the US reconnaissance plane used his own telegram to repeatedly send the same message.

"Found out! Our reconnaissance aircraft discovered the location of the Japanese fleet! An officer hurried into the bridge where General Fletcher was, and shouted loudly.

"God bless America!" Fletcher clenched his fists and prayed inwardly.

He looked at his men and said, "Order the attack aircraft unit to take off and attack the Japanese fleet!" ”

Finally, after a long wait, he finally found the Japanese fleet and could take the lead in launching his own blow against the Japanese fleet.

As long as he succeeds this time, then the Japanese fleet will suffer some losses. As long as the commanders of the Japanese Navy were not too strong-willed, the attack on Midway would have been canceled.

What Fletcher wants is to defeat the determination of the Japanese commander and save Midway! As long as the Japanese fleet was out of the fight, the United States had a critical respite.

After waiting for two months and three months at most, more than five modified aircraft carriers will be launched to participate in the war, and at that time the United States will be able to fight a war of attrition with the Japanese Navy in a dignified manner.

Even if it is one ship for another, the US Navy is not afraid at all. Strong production capacity is a guarantee of the invincibility of the United States, and Japan's defeat is only a matter of time.

On the USS Hornet, one Avenger torpedo bomber after another is ready to take off, carrying torpedoes and ready for an attack on the sea.

On the flight deck, the commander of the US Naval Aviation was also cheering up his subordinates: "Gentlemen! The enemy is attacking our territory, stop them, sink them! Let them go back to their hometown! ”

"Send them back to their hometown!" The American pilots waved their fists and then disbanded and walked towards their respective torpedo bombers.

At the moment, it seems that carrier-based torpedo attack aircraft are more valued by the Navy, since their attacks are often effective.

The huge size of the torpedo can ensure that one hit can achieve amazing results, so most of the planes dispatched by the US Navy are also Avenger torpedo attack aircraft.

Obviously, they didn't know that in the real historical time and space, the torpedo attack planes that the American fleet took off in the Battle of Midway were actually not as effective as the dreadnought dive bombers.

If the United States also has a traverser, maybe he will have to change his tactics. It is a pity that the United States did not have traversers, they could only send a large number of torpedo attack aircraft in the first batch of attacks according to their preferences.

"Let the Army Aviation also take off! Including dive bombers, but also B-17 and B-25! We don't have a second chance! Fletcher picked up his binoculars and looked at the USS Raider as planes took off in the distance.

He had already played all the cards in his hand, and all he could do at this time was a long wait.

At Midway's alternate airfield, sirens for emergency takeoffs echoed. One bomber after another began to take off.

And behind these bombers, the P-40 fighters responsible for cover, are also ready to take off.

A fateful new Battle of Midway between the United States and Japan began on April 29.