Louis stood on the deck, watching the busy sailors around him in a daze.

"Thinking about the long-legged girl you met in Los Angeles? Do you still go to Los Angeles on this long vacation like the previous ones?" Deakins didn't know when he came to Louie's side, and dragged Louie back to reality in a daze: "I remember she was still an athlete?

"Esther. Louie just looked like he was in a daze, and he wasn't thinking about some long-legged girl.

"Yes, Esther...... When are you going to have a wedding?" Deakins continued to tease Louie, after all, life on an aircraft carrier is so boring, and all we can talk about is work, family, and women.

"There won't be a wedding, I can't give her what she wants. "There's no way Louie can stay in this world, and I'm afraid he won't have a chance to meet that long-legged girl again at this time.

"Oh, you're only so young that you can't do it. ”

"Falk Squid, Deakins!"

"Hahaha!"

While the two men were chatting casually, the deck of the Enterprise was gradually emptied, and the dreadnought dive bombers hovering in the air were ready to land.

"What is that guy doing?" Deakins quickly noticed that the dreadnought in the air did not open the flaps, and then soon the propeller stopped turning: "Something is wrong with the plane?"

"......" Louis looked at this state and remembered that the one in the sky was Dick Best, and immediately knew that this guy had started again.

He didn't say anything, just stood here and watched Dick Best perform as he landed on the deck of the Enterprise with no power before walking over with Deakins on the deck.

"You're going to have trouble again. ”

"I didn't do anything, there was a problem with the electronic wiring, and this kind of thing can happen to anyone. Dick didn't care, he did this kind of thing a lot, and that's when he noticed that the elevator was lifting Deakins and Louie's plane to the deck: "What are you going to do?"

"Lieutenant General Halsey asked Lieutenant Colonel Yang to lead a group of dreadnoughts to reconnoiter the return route. Lieutenant Colonel Howard Young is currently the commander of the flight wing of the Enterprise, and Lieutenant Colonel Young personally served as the lead plane for this reconnaissance operation: "We will land directly at Pearl Harbor. ”

It sounded like a routine reconnaissance, but the selected pilots, along with the radiomen (machine gunners) in the back seats, were given the privilege of returning to Pearl Harbor early for their vacation.

The Enterprise had just completed a 'delivery' mission and was supposed to return to Pearl Harbor on December 6 to recuperate, but the return journey was delayed by bad weather, so it was a day late to return to Pearl Harbor.

At this time, everyone on the ship was thinking about the next long vacation, so Deakins asked Louie if he was going to Los Angeles, after all, Louie and the girl named Esther were very compatible, and Louis spent several long vacations in Los Angeles.

But Louis was thinking about something else: the day had finally come!

"Why didn't you let me go this investigation?" Dick didn't notice Louie's abnormality, or Louie hid his true thoughts very well, and would not be noticed by ordinary people at all: "Do you think my detection skills are not good enough?"

"Maybe it's because I think you're doing too much of this kind of thing, so I punish you for taking a vacation late. Deakins put his arm around Louie's shoulder: "Only a highly skilled and well-behaved pilot like us will be rewarded with an early holiday." ”

After saying that, he stopped talking nonsense with the two of them, and turned around to make preparations before the flight.

This time, Lieutenant Colonel Howard Young personally led the team, and in the back seat sat the lieutenant of Vice Admiral Halsey, commander of the Eighth Task Force, and would lead eighteen dreadnought bombers back to the Pearl Harbor base ahead of schedule.

Eighteen dreadnoughts took to the skies one after another, and Louis flew in formation, glad that Vice Admiral Halsey had asked the fleet to enter combat mode before this 'delivery' mission, which means that all fighters were now equipped with live ammunition, rather than the more commonly used training ammunition.

"Second Lieutenant, are you going to go back to Los Angeles immediately after landing at Pearl Harbor?" Bill, who was in the back seat, suddenly asked, leaving Louis a little unresponsive.

"What?"

"I've heard you're spending your long vacations in Los Angeles. Bill explained the reason for asking: "I'm thinking about going to Los Angeles before I go home. ”

"I see, it's better to call a few more friends, but my own words are not interesting. "The Navy has been on the ship for a long time, and after getting off the ship, they will find a place to play, and their salaries are good, and they have no habit of saving money, and Los Angeles is indeed a good pastime for them.

Eighteen dreadnought bombers took off from the Enterprise at six a.m., and if all went well, they would arrive at Pearl Harbor around eight a.m.

However, when they saw Pearl Harbor in the distance, everyone was confused.

"What's going on?"

The anti-aircraft artillery shells and a large number of planes that kept exploding in the air in the distance made Lieutenant Colonel Yang a little confused: "Are those guys in the Marine Corps so diligent?

Lieutenant Colonel Yang didn't think much about it, and at this time, Louis radioed and said that he had spotted the plane approaching his formation at a rapid pace, and it looked like a Japanese fighter.

"Japanese fighter Lieutenant Hunter, are you sure you're not dazzled?"

"I'm pretty sure I'm not wrong, I'm confident in my eyesight. "Louie wasn't a target with his eyes, but his 'outstanding' eyesight allowed him to see the details of the two planes as the two sides approached at a rapid pace.

Coupled with more than a year of outstanding performance, the entire Enterprise knew that Second Lieutenant Louis Hunt had two eagle eyes, while Lieutenant Colonel Howard Young was in a tangle of not knowing whether to believe Louie's words or not.

This is Pearl Harbor! How could Japanese fighter planes appear here? Could it be that the Japanese are crazy?

However, he still gave instructions: "Hunter, Deakis, you went over to identify each other and allowed direct fire. ”

"Roger, sir. ”

It was an order given by Vice Admiral Halsey to allow direct fire from enemy planes, and if it was really a Japanese plane, it would already represent a lot of things if it would appear at Pearl Harbor.

"Sit tight, Bill, I'm afraid we're going to land at Pearl Harbor later. Although he was flying a dive bomber and facing the famous Zero fighter of World War II, Louis did not panic at all, and he felt relieved compared to Bill Miller, who lied in the back seat.

Two and a half years of training and study, more than a year of service on the Enterprise, more than three years and close to four years, waiting for this moment. Adjusting the direction, Louis set a tactic with Deakins over the radio: "I'll go over and see first, you keep some distance from me, if you are sure that it is an enemy plane, I will act as a decoy, and you can find a chance to kill those two planes." ”

"No problem, be careful!"

It wasn't just the two dreadnoughts that broke out of the formation, in addition to the two of them and two wingmen.

Louie's wingman was John Vogt, and the two kept the formation straight towards the two planes in the distance, while Deakins and his wingman gradually distanced themselves from Louie, observing the situation from a little distance.

The distance between the two sides continued to close, and at this time, Deakins also determined the situation of the opposite plane through the telescope: "Fake, it's a Japanese fighter! Louie, get out of the way!"

When Deakins reminded him, the Zero fighter in the distance had already opened fire, and Louis, who had already predicted the opponent's movement, calmly avoided all the bullets, and the Zero fighter's scattered cannon bullets and worrisome machine guns could not pose a threat to him, at most startling Bill and the wingman Ensign John Vogt behind him.

"Be careful, watch out for enemy aircraft attacks. ”

Lieutenant Colonel Yang saw the Zero fighter's shooting and Louie's evasion, and he drove the plane and cursed: "Shet, it's really the enemy!" and immediately reported the situation to the Enterprise, and commanded all the dreadnought dive bombers to meet the enemy.

The battle officially began, Louis piloted the plane and the Zero fighter directly missed, and the Zero fighter's excellent circling ability allowed them to complete the direction adjustment faster, and soon bit Louie's fighter and wanted to knock Louie's plane down.

"Ensign, they're right behind!"

"I know, Bill, don't panic, sit tight!" Louis had already used Force induction before he spotted the Zero.

The years of cultivation in this world were not in vain, he felt that he could clearly perceive everything around him, and even to a certain extent, he could predict the actions of the two planes behind him, including the flight trajectory of the bullets fired by the two Zero fighters.

Like a cheater, Louie can maneuver a few seconds in advance to avoid bullets that may hit him, and in the eyes of others, Louie fully demonstrates his flying skills, performs various snakeskin moves, and then skillfully avoids all attacks from enemy aircraft.

"Hold on, I'm coming!"

Louie's flying skills are not only amazing, but also quite sarcastic: anyone who sees the opposing plane swaying in front of you without stopping, and then your bullet always comes close to hitting the opponent, will be irritated.

Unknowingly, the two Zeros were pulled into a trap by Louie, and Deakins, who had already adjusted their direction and obtained a certain dive angle, and Gonzalez's wingman, saw the opportunity to attack from the side of the Zero, and successfully destroyed a Zero.

At the same time as a Zero fighter exploded, Louie suddenly made a drum maneuver, and suddenly slowed down to a state of near stall, and 'put' another Zero fighter that did not react, and completed a series of actions such as adjustment, shooting, and re-acceleration at the moment when the opponent overtook the opponent, and successfully destroyed the Zero fighter.

At this time, Bill, who was sitting in the back seat, didn't even realize what had just happened, and saw the plane explode.