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No. 68, wheels ready, hook ready. Landing!

No. 68! Landing!

Landed!

That is some feat!

That guy is no. 12 right.

Have you ever landed on other carriers before?

No, this is my first time landing,

But I followed what the previous pilot

had taught and am able to do it.

I am Master Sergeant Miyabe Kyuuzou.

Please take care of me.

I am First class Airman Izaki.

Hey.

If you admire Miyabe's skills, you

will only be disappointed later.

He is the No.1 coward in the

Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service.

And his pet phrase is "treasure your life".

After that we had more vigorous training.

There are no rest days even

on Saturdays and Sundays too.

At that point in time, the

capability of the us, 1st Air Fleet

Without a doubt, is the first in the world.

Because we got the best fighters in the world,

Coupled with the best pilots in the world.

And on top of that, Platoon

Sergeant's abilities

are even better than

the rest of the group.

And in no time, the battle that

will test such skills started.

The start of the Pacific War,

Attack on Pearl Harbor.

Fighters in position ready!

Hurray! Hurray! Hurray!

And then...

After leaving Barbers Point

Beach, we can see Ford Island.

We headed for the battleships that were parked idily,

And the Special Attack Unit from the Navy

Air Service launched the admirable attack!

Sending torpedoes one after another.

Boom!

Really! We saw USS Arizona exploding!

And fumes of black smoke rose up!

Just like a volcano!

Master Sergeant Miyabe!

It's you Izaki.

Why are you pulling such a long face?

Are you not happy?

There were no carriers in sight.

I think the battle today is a failure

if we failed to attack the carriers.

On top of that, there were also 29

planes that did not make it back.

Today...

I saw a bomber that dived into the sea.

In that instant, 3 lives were lost.

It is scary.

I do not wish to die.

What are you saying!

At that moment, I was very

disgusted with the words "I

do not wish to die" that

Platoon Sergeant had said.

And what Platoon Sergeant had been worrying about,

The fact that we did not sink any carriers,

Took a terrible turn on the

following year on 5th of June.

We were hit by their sudden attack.

That was the Battle of the Midway.

Heave-ho!

Haven't they found the enemy's carrier yet?

Could they have ran away in fear of us?

Look at the bombers.

The torpedoes are useless in this situation.

They decided that there wouldn't

be carriers in the sky.

Enemy battle fleet sighted.

Change all land use bombs for torpedoes.

We just finished dismounting!

They are too willful!

Didn't you hear that?!

Return the torpedoes once more! On the double!

Understood!

There is no time to be doing this!

If the carrier is sighted we have to go immediately!

But if we are using land use bombs, we

will not be able to sink the carrier!

It doesn't matter if we can't sink them.

We just have got to attack first!

But if that is the case, we should just

aim to sink them right from the start.

If that is the case, why change

the torpedoes to land use bombs?!

If our aim is the carriers,

The torpedoes should have

been left as it is and

wait for the announcement

for spotting the carriers.

If we were to be attacked, we will be helpless!

Combat air patrol pilots, to the deck immediately!

Good luck!

I'm off!

Yes! They hit it!

It is falling!

Yes!

Starboard!

Yes!

Good job!

Hey! Enemy aircraft descending from above!

Evacuate! Evacuate!

A decoy?!

That is what I saw of the Battle of Midway.

Having lost our carrier, we made

emergency landing on the sea.

We were later taken in by the destroyers' cutters.

Dad, let's stop around here.

Yes, you need a rest...

No, I still have things I need to say.

In the summer of 1942.

We returned once to the main land,

And were sent off to Rabaul.

This was where the best

of the best pilots of the

Imperial Japanese Navy Air

Service could be found.

The well known pilots of Rabaul.

Shortly, Miyabe san got promoted

to be a Platoon Sergeant.

Whereas me and a guy called Koyama got

assigned to be his 2nd and 3rd pilots.

Izaki!

How can you even stand that Platoon Sergeant!

Always flying upside down.

But the bottom of a fighter is our blind spot.

He is just being cautious I guess.

Even if so he is doing too much!

That is becoming the butt of a joke.

Serving under that guy is an order from the uppers.

There is no helping to it!

Thanks to that, whenever the fight became

chaotic, we are the first to leave.

I want to fight the Americans!

And also that habit of being

obsessed with little details.

Even raising a big ruckus when

the engine is a little off.

When I am accelerating and decelerating,

the vibrations are not right.

Please perform a maintenance check

through carefully once more.

Yes.

Even the maintenance crew are fuming at him.

Platoon Sergeant, you are doing

this kind of training daily?!

Yeah.

Even on days we have to fly?

Yeah.

Why to such extents?

They took this at a studio and sent it to me.

My wife and my daughter.

Whenever I think that "it's tough, I

want to give up", I would look at this.

Even if I alone die, it will not

make a difference to the war.

But the lives of my wife and

daughter will be affected greatly.

That is why to me, being able to live

and return is the utmost importance.

You treasured your life to that extent?

To survive and return,

such speech from Platoon

Sergeant is unthinkable

in that age of time.

Well if you are not living

at that era, you might

not be able to understand

such feelings though...

That is to say,

My grandfather really loved my grandmother, right?

Yes.

We do not speak of love,

but Platoon Sergeant, for the

sake of his wife and daughter

Spoke clearly and strongly of how he

had wanted to survive and return.

In our era, that is unmistakably,

The same as saying "I love you".

So he is not just a coward.

But in a short while, a battle that is hard

to determine the fate of our lives started.

The biggest battlefield of

the Pacific war that plagues

the islands of Guadalcanal

and Solomon islands

The Imperial Japanese Navy

sent out the best pilots

and those who took part

in Pearl Harbour attacks,

Resulting in the lost of most pilots.

Everyone! Gather again at the command post!

The air attack on Rabi is canceled.

We are heading for new targets!

Even if they are called cowards, the

Allied waited for our airbase to be built,

They attacked upon its completion,

wiping out that little forces are left,

Taking over the airbase!

And we, from now on,

Will carrying out a bomb attack

on Guadalcanal's land forces.

This shall also be an attack to show our condolences.

The end.

Salute.

At ease.

Dismiss!

Roger!

270 miles to Shortland Islands.

540 miles.

20...

560 miles?

This is impossible. We can't fight with this distance!

Miyabe, what did you just say?

Why are you always saying such things?

Get yourself together!

You are demoralizing the troop!

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