Midway

You don't like whiskey?

I could ask you the same question, Admiral.

I have it on good authority that your glass is filled with tea.

An old Chinese trick.

What else have you learned during your time in Japan?

I'm just the assistant naval attaché.

Turn it off.

What's wrong?

We have awakened a sleeping giant...

and filled him with terrible resolve.

Did you enjoy your visit to Hawaii?

I told Nagumo to locate their carriers

and destroy their fuel tanks.

But he refused.

A devastating mistake.

It would have taken the Americans a year

to resume operations at Pearl Harbor.

When are you going to remove Nagumo from command?

Nagumo sunk the American battleships.

Everyone thinks he's a hero.

Someday that old fool will make an even bigger mistake.

None of that talk inside.

We must be united against the Army.

I'm not Nagumo.

Pearl Harbor was a great victory.

But...

If we give them time the Americans will overrun us.

Therefore, we must land the knockout blow

by destroying their carriers.

Our priority must be...

to seize the resources that we need.

That is a job for the Army.

The Navy's job...

is to get us there and back.

The Army got us into this war...

and now they expect us to ferry them around.

For now. But circumstances will change.

I want you to start drawing up plans

for the operation we discussed.

Midway?

Heavenly sovereign, we must get you down to the shelter.

Sir?

Leave me.

You must come out of your cabin.

We put the Emperor's life at risk.

It was only a handful of bombers.

We swore to keep our homeland impenetrable.

Everyone now agrees you were right about the American carriers.

We must destroy them.

Tojo says we must finish our operation in the Coral Sea.

But then we can turn our attention to Midway.

Then we have work to do.

How dare you! You're not following our strategy.

Admiral Nagumo.

This is no way to conduct a war game.

These young men have ignored the battle doctrines.

I followed your plan.

We attacked Midway with our carriers.

We were ready to pivot as soon as the American carriers

responded from Pearl Harbor.

But?

My American carriers didn't come from Pearl.

They were waiting here, northeast of Midway Island.

While Admiral Nagumo's planes were bombing Midway,

I sunk three of his carriers.

Such a move is impossible because the Americans won't know we are coming.

Start again.

But this time the American carriers must come from Pearl.

Enemy spotted! Nine o'clock!

They're glide bombing.

Which means they're amateurs.

Prepare for evasive action. Even amateurs can get lucky.

Turn to port.

Turn to starboard.

He's aiming for the Akagi.

Was he trying to hit us?

Americans aren't that brave.

His controls must have locked up.

Those planes came from Midway, which means it's a threat.

We must launch a second attack on their airfields.

Enemy fleet spotted!

Sir! Ten enemy surface units spotted.

Position east northeast.

Impossible

Unless it's a trap.