At 5:20 a.m., the sea level in the east rose a red sun.

Vice Admiral Nagumo was in the war room of the Akagi and his staff were discussing whether to attack the ground again or prepare to deal with the enemy's fleet, which was now a nuisance. At this time, the air raid siren sounded, and the destroyer spewed black smoke and drove rapidly over the sea, signaling the detection of enemy aircraft. I saw two enemy planes burrowing out of low clouds and appearing over the left front of the fleet.

You can't go wrong with this, the German-Austrian fighter planes are painted in light gray on the outside, and the wings and tail are painted with the Red and Black Iron Cross insignia. These were two FW190 fighters, and the anti-aircraft guns of the fleet opened fire one after another, and clouds of black smoke and dust rose from the sky covered with colorful clouds.

Before several Zero fighters escorting the fleet pounced, the two German fighters sped away.

This situation upset Nagumo, and he had to postpone the second blow. His own reconnaissance plane went to the sky early in the morning, but until now the location of the enemy fleet had not been discovered, but now his position had been exposed, and certain precautions had to be taken.

At 5:45 a.m., Rear Admiral Hiroki Abe, who was escorting the air fleet, forwarded a message from the battleship "Haruna" from a maritime reconnaissance plane it had dispatched: Sixteen ships "apparently belonging to the enemy" had been spotted in the sea area about 200 nautical miles to the northwest, facing the Nagumo Fleet and heading southeast.