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Chapter 90 The Battle of Midway

Navigation, reconnaissance, standby, sailing, reconnaissance, standby.

The next period of time is endless repetition. Occasionally, I received support or transportation tasks, and I could not leave the base if I stopped at the port for a while. I could only rest in the base and wait for another departure.

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

"Louis Hunter!"

Louis took his letter and said that in this world there was only one person who would write to him, and Dick, whom he was more familiar with, knew who this person was.

"Esther?"

"Who else?" Louis tore open the envelope and found that there was a photo besides the letter. It was a unique photo of Esther, which could be seen as carefully selected. Esther in the photo showed a bright smile, as if he wanted to send his most beautiful smile to Louis.

"What a lucky guy."

Don't even think of treasure this kind of photo by yourself. Within half an hour of getting it, almost all the pilots of the entire flight formation have seen it.

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

Many people know that Lieutenant Louis Hunter has a beautiful girlfriend in Los Angeles, but few of them have actually met. The boat is very boring, which makes everyone very curious.

While the pilots were rushing to see the photos, Louis read the letter from Esther. The two of them were always in contact. Louis originally thought that with the outbreak of the war, the two would completely break off contact after they could not meet for a long time.

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

"This is a crazy flag on me!"

If Louis was just an ordinary pilot, he would not have lived until the war ended with this letter and the photos attached. Maybe he would die in an unknown place next time he was in a mission.

As the war broke out, the Enterprise has been sailing outside to perform various missions, even if it was just a reconnaissance mission, it was not risk-free. This month, two aircraft have lost track of their reconnaissance missions.

Moreover, the newly appointed commander Nimitz is planning a counterattack. Enterprise is one of the only remaining combat forces in the Pacific. I don’t know how many pilots will be killed in this counterattack.

"Luckily I'm cheating!"

Enterprise launched an attack on the Marshall Islands in February 1942. Louis successfully bombed the Japanese airport on the island in a fearless dive bomber, and while completing the bombing, he shot down two pursuing Zero fighters.

Back-seat machine gunner Bill Miller has adapted to this situation and admires Lieutenant Louis Hunter's magical flight skills.

"After the war is over, I must write this book and record all these experiences!"

"A very good idea, remember to praise me hard in the book."

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

Louis's record is becoming more and more exaggerated, but pilots in the same formation can testify for Louis, not to mention that there is another thing called the "Flight Recorder". In addition to the back seat and comrades in the same formation, this thing is also one of the evidence to determine the pilot's performance.

So even if it is exaggerated, no one will question Louis's achievements, because every record of Louis has real human or physical evidence.

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

The Enterprise then participated in several more attack missions, including covering the Hornet to complete the mission of bombing the Japanese mainland.

After completing this mission, the Enterprise also performed a support mission, but did not arrive in the Coral Sea in time, causing the Lexington to sink and the York City to severely damage.

The Enterprise then returned to Pearl Harbor for a rest, and the soldiers on the ship also took turns to supplement the lost pilots, some positions were also transferred and redistributed.

McLasky, the commander of the fighter squadron, was promoted to commander-in-chief of the USS Enterprise Air Force, Dick Best was promoted to commander of the Sixth Bomber Squadron, Clarence Dickinson was promoted to commander of the Sixth Reconnaissance Squadron, and Louis Hunter was promoted to deputy captain of the Sixth Bombing Squadron.

With a series of personnel changes, Louis had a premonition that the Navy was about to take a major action, which should be the Battle of Midway.

He was not anxious because as time passed, his Force's cultivation level became steadily stronger. This was the second opportunity to practice for a long time after the world of speed and passion. Moreover, flying a fighter jet to fight was also a kind of cultivation of the Force. If possible, he would like to wait until the end of the war.

Unfortunately, it's time to leave.

During this period, Louis was thinking of a question: Do he die like a 'hero', flying a plane and dying with the enemy to have a sacrifice? Or should he honestly throw a bomb, then return to the base as a combat hero, and then find a time to leave that no one notices?

He himself tends to be the first type, and he crashes in an airplane, kills the enemy aircraft carrier and also puts himself on the "dead" list. From then on, this world has nothing to do with him.

By the way, I also gave Esther an explanation: Don’t wait for yourself, I have all sacrificed heroically!

But it is difficult to solve the problem of this ending. Louis doesn't care. He can jump the plane before the fighter crashes. If he fails to smash the enemy aircraft carrier, he can take out his lightsaber and make up for it.

The question is what to do with Bill Miller in the back seat? Bill Miller is an ordinary person. Flying down from high-speed flight is equivalent to committing suicide, whether it is falling into the sea or on an enemy aircraft carrier.

Even if he was lucky enough to die, he would not end up surrounded by various enemy ships. The Japanese army had no idea of ​​preferential treatment of prisoners.

Louis cannot let others die just because of his random thoughts. This has nothing to do with whether he is a brave man or not. It is purely because his three views do not allow him to do so.

"There is no choice at all."

In June 1942, the Enterprise was already ambushing the northeast of Midway Island. Louis was sorting out his personal belongings, sorting everything out, and then putting more important or memorable things into the storage belt, and then starting to prepare before taking off.

"I hope those guys can guess right this time."

Dick disliked all kinds of naval intelligence personnel because of the intelligence errors, he had lost many comrades in his army and had carried out useless flight missions many times.

"I have a hunch that we can do big votes this time."

"How old is it?" Dick just complained casually, but he didn't expect Louis to answer the words.

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

"sounds good!"

On the 4th, all the combatants on the aircraft carrier enjoyed a sumptuous breakfast, and everyone knew that the war was about to come.

The order to attack was issued soon, and McLasky personally flew the fearless bomber to lead the bombing formation, while the torpedo squadron commanded by Lindsay took the lead and would not wait for other squadrons in the air, but would directly kill the Japanese fleet.

"Let's go, Bill, it's time for us to perform."

Fighters took off one after another, and Louis's planes soon came to the sky. After all the fearless bombers took off, they formed a formation and began to fly towards the target range.

However, this attack was not smooth. After arriving at the target area and searching for a while, he did not see the Japanese fleet. Should McLasky retreat back to the aircraft carrier? Or should he continue to search at the risk of fuel exhaustion?

At this moment, Louis' voice came from the radio: "There is a destroyer on the sea in front of the right."

Louis's "Hawkeye" was known and recognized by everyone. Although McClasky could not see anything, Louis's reminder still made him decide to continue searching for the enemy fleet: "Captain Hunter went to the front of the formation, and everyone followed Captain Hunter."

No one raised objections, even Dick, who was disliked by McLasky, trusted Louis' eyes very much, and they soon saw the destroyer.

"Farke, Louis, your eyes are so amazing." Deggins saw the destroyer with a telescope, and Louis actually discovered this thing further away. This was really hard to believe.

"Follow this destroyer, I hope to take us to find their main fleet."

McLasky did not let Louis return to the formation, but continued to lead the way in front. Louis's strong vision allowed them to follow the destroyer farther away, and could also discover other warships earlier and prepare for attack earlier.

His decision was soon rewarded. With the guidance of "Ran" leading the way, the flight formation finally discovered the main fleet of Japan, and Louis also announced the approximate locations of the four aircraft carriers through radio.

"The Sixth Reconnaissance Squadron attacked the nearest ship with me. Best, you take the Sixth Bombing Squadron to attack the second nearest ship!" With enough time, McLasky assigned the attack targets through radio, and did not do as in history, because he was not familiar with the dive bombing process, almost all of the entire bombing formation gathered the same aircraft carrier.

"Sixth Bombing Squadron, come with me!"

Under normal circumstances, Louis should follow Dick Best into the ranks of the 6th bombing squadron and then dive bombing towards the second nearest target (Akagi).

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

"What?"

Before Dick understood what was going on, he saw Louis' plane breaking out of the formation and rushing alone towards the farthest aircraft carrier.

"Louis, what are you going to do?"
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