The Battle of Midway was undoubtedly one of the most important battles of World War II. It completely reversed the balance of military power between the United States and Japan at sea. Since then, until now, more than 70 years have passed, and the Americans have never lost their maritime superiority. .
Now there is a lot of information about the war, whether it is the memoirs of the warring parties or the truth that historians have unearthed from the mountains of historical materials, which is enough to fully present the timeline of the entire battle with the precision of seconds. .
But from our present perspective, it is very unfair to comment on the generals on both sides who were in the complicated and ever-changing battlefield situation at that time and the decisions they made.
The outcome of the war may be determined by the commander's ingenuity and on-the-spot decision-making, but there are also some accidental factors - let's call it luck - that affects the situation and even the war situation, such as the well-known Waterloo 5 that changed the world. minute. In Midway, when the US bomber squadron was running out of fuel, a straggling destroyer was found, and the real target was found - the aircraft carrier.
No matter how outstanding military talent and how good luck, if there are no heroic soldiers who are loyal to their duties and look at death as home, the war will not end.
When a storm comes, human behavior can reveal its nature; in the rain of bullets woven by anti-aircraft machine guns; in the black fire of anti-aircraft artillery, fearlessly dive, even if the plane around him explodes in the air and his comrades are wiped out, the soldiers have only one belief. Fight, fight for the country, fight for the people you love, until you die.
The plane that dropped the bombs crossed the ship, swept across the sea at a low altitude, and the machine gun bullets followed at high speed. The plane was hit and turned into a fireball, bounced a few times on the sea, and slowly sank into the sea.
In the sky, the debris of the exploding plane fell on the sea like raindrops, and there were planes with long thick smoke dragged by their wings. They were the real angels with broken wings, and the sea was their final destination.
How many loyal souls sleep on the bottom of the sea forever, and the sea remembers immortality.
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