Navigation, reconnaissance, standby, navigation, reconnaissance, standby.

The rest of the period was an infinite repetition, with occasional support or delivery missions, and no way to leave the base after docking at the port for a while, so I could only rest in the base and wait for another departure.

For many soldiers, the only pleasure was all kinds of gossip, and the source of the news was the letters received by the soldiers.

"Louis Hunt!"

Louie took his letter, and only one person in this world would write to him, and Dick and Deakis, who were more familiar with him, knew who this person was.

"Esther?"

"Who else could it be?" Louie tore open the envelope and found that there was not only a letter but also a photograph inside. It is a solo photo of Esther, which can be seen to be carefully selected, and Esther in the photo shows a bright smile, as if he wants to send his most beautiful smile to Louis.

"What a lucky guy. ”

This kind of photo should not be treasured by one person, and in less than half an hour after getting it, almost all the pilots of the entire flight formation have seen it.

"Lieutenant, is this really your girlfriend and not some Hollywood actress?"

Many people know that Lieutenant Louis Hunt has a beautiful girlfriend in Los Angeles, but few people have actually met her, and the ship is very boring, causing everyone to be curious.

As the pilots rushed to look at the photos, Louis read the letter sent by Esther, and the two of them kept in touch, thinking that with the outbreak of war, the two would be completely cut off after a long time without seeing each other.

Unexpectedly, Esther, a young girl, wrote to herself more frequently, and the letter revealed between the lines: I will wait for you in Los Angeles, and we will get married when the war is over.

"This is a crazy flag planting on me!"

If Louis was just an ordinary pilot, with this letter and the accompanying photo, he would definitely not have survived the end of the war, and maybe he would have died in an unknown place on his next mission.

With the outbreak of war, the Enterprise has been out on a variety of missions, even if it is just a reconnaissance mission, and two planes have already disappeared during reconnaissance missions this month.

And the new commander Nimitz is brewing a counterattack, the Enterprise is currently one of the only remaining combat forces in the Pacific, and it is unknown how many pilots will be killed in this counterattack.

"Thankfully, I'm open!"

When the Enterprise launched an attack on the Marshall Islands in February 1942, Louis successfully bombed the Japanese airfield on the island with a dreadnought dive bomber, shooting down two pursuing Zeros while completing the bombing.

Rear seat heavy Bill Miller had adapted to the situation, admiring Lieutenant Louis Hunt's miraculous flying skills.

"When the war is over, I must write a book to record all these experiences!"

"Very nice idea, remember praising me in the book. ”

"Lieutenant, even if I simply describe these experiences, some people will suspect that I am making up stories!"

Louie's record is becoming more and more exaggerated, but the pilots of the same formation can testify for Louie, not to mention that there is a thing called 'flight recorder', in addition to the back seat and comrades in the same formation, this thing is also one of the evidences to determine the pilot's record.

Therefore, no one will question Louie's achievements even if they exaggerate, because every one of Louie's achievements has tangible human or physical evidence.

It is said that someone wanted to transfer Louis back to the mainland from the Enterprise and let him go around North America to carry out some propaganda work, but it was directly denied by the Navy - there was a shortage of people, how could it be possible to let the ace pilot go?

The Enterprise was then involved in several more raids, including covering the Hornet for the bombing of the Japanese mainland.

After completing this mission, the Enterprise also carried out a support mission, but did not reach the Coral Sea in time, resulting in the sinking of the Lexington and the heavy damage of the Yorktown.

The Enterprise then returned to Pearl Harbor for a break, and the ship's soldiers were rotated to replenish the lost pilots, and some positions were transferred and reassigned.

Commander of the Fighter Squadron, McCluskey, was promoted to Commander of the USS Enterprise Air Formation, Dick Best was promoted to Commander of the 6th Bomber Squadron, Clarence Dickinson was promoted to Commander of the 6th Reconnaissance Squadron, and Louis Hunt was promoted to Deputy Commander of the 6th Bombing Squadron.

With a series of personnel changes, Louis had a hunch that the navy was about to carry out a big operation, which should be the Battle of Midway.

He didn't feel anxious, because as time passed, his Force cultivation became stronger steadily, and this was the second opportunity to get a long-term cultivation after the Fast and Furious World, and flying a fighter plane to fight was also a kind of cultivation of the Force, and if possible, he would like to stay until the end of the war.

Unfortunately, it's time to leave.

During this time, Louis was thinking about a question: should he be like a 'hero', piloting the plane and the enemy to die together, and have a sacrificial ending? Or do you honestly throw bombs, and then return to the base as a combat hero, and then find a time when no one notices to leave?

He himself leaned towards the first option, driving a plane to crash over, killing the enemy aircraft carrier and putting himself on the 'killed' list, and the world had nothing to do with him from then on.

By the way, I also gave Esther an explanation: Don't wait for yourself, I have died heroically!

But there is a problem that is very difficult to solve if you want this kind of ending, Louis doesn't care about himself, he can also jump out of the plane before the plane crashes, and if he fails to crash the enemy aircraft carrier, he can also take out a lightsaber to make up for it.

The question is what to do with Bill Miller in the back seat? Bill Miller is just an ordinary person, and jumping off a plane in a high-speed flight is tantamount to suicide, whether it falls into the sea or on an enemy aircraft carrier.

Even if he was lucky enough not to die, he would not end well under the siege of various enemy ships, and the Japanese army did not give preferential treatment to prisoners.

Louis can't let others die because of his casual thoughts, it has nothing to do with whether he is brave or not, it is purely his three views that do not allow him to do this.

"There is no choice at all. ”

In June 1942, the Enterprise was already in ambush northeast of Midway, and Louis was sorting out his personal belongings, putting everything in order, and then putting the more important or commemorative items in the storage belt before preparing for takeoff.

"Hopefully those guys will be able to guess correctly this time. ”

Dick had a bad eye for naval intelligence officers, who had lost many of his comrades and had flown many useless missions himself.

"I have a hunch that we can do it this time. ”

"How big?" Dick just complained casually, but he didn't expect Louie to answer.

"How about sending all the Japanese aircraft carriers to the bottom of the sea?"

"Sounds good!"

On the 4th, all the combat personnel on the aircraft carrier enjoyed a hearty breakfast, and everyone knew that a big war was coming.

Soon the order was given, McCluskey personally piloted the dreadnought bomber to lead the bombing formation, and Lindsay's torpedo squadron was the first to set off, and would not wait for the other squadrons in the air, but would directly kill the Japanese fleet.

"Let's go, Bill, it's time for our show. ”

The fighters took to the air one after another, and Louie's planes soon came to the sky, and after all the dreadnought bombers took off, they formed a formation and began to fly towards the target range.

However, the sortie did not go well, and after arriving at the target area and searching for some time without seeing the Japanese fleet, McCluskey was faced with a choice: should he retreat back to the aircraft carrier, or should he continue the search at the risk of running out of fuel?

At this time, Louie's voice came over the radio: "On the sea in front of you, there is a destroyer. ”

Louie's 'Eagle Eye' has long been known and recognized by everyone, and although McCluskey can't see anything, Louie's reminder still makes him make the decision to continue searching for the enemy fleet: "Captain Hunt to the front of the formation, everyone follows Captain Hunt." ”

No one objected, not even Dick, who looked at McCluskey unpleasantly, trusted Louie's eyes very much, and they soon saw the destroyer.

"Fack, Louie, your eyes are amazing. "It's hard to believe that Deakins saw the destroyer with a telescope, and Louie found it even farther away.

"Follow this destroyer, hoping to take us to their main fleet. ”

Instead of letting Louie return to the formation, McCluskey continued to lead the way, Louie's strong eyesight allowed them to follow the destroyer farther away, and also to spot other ships earlier and prepare for an attack earlier.

His decision soon paid off, and with the guidance of Arashi, the flight formation finally spotted the main Japanese fleet, and Louis radioed the approximate location of the four aircraft carriers.

"The Sixth Reconnaissance Squadron and I will attack the nearest ship, and Best, you will take the Sixth Bombing Squadron to attack the second closest ship!" With enough time, McCluskey assigned the target by radio, not because he was not familiar with the dive bombing process as in the original history, resulting in almost the entire bombing formation consuming fire on the same carrier.

"Sixth Bombardment Squadron, follow me!"

Under normal circumstances, Louie would have been assigned to the 6th Bombardment Squadron with Dick Best, and then dive bombardment towards the second closest target (the Akagi).

But Louie did not choose to return to the formation, but said over the radio: "Dick! Do you want to see what extreme operation is?"

"What?"

Before Dick could understand what was going on, he saw Louie's plane break away from the formation and rush alone towards the farthest aircraft carrier.

"Louie, what are you going to do?"

"I'm going to blow that guy up alone!"