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a plan for such an attack.

Then we should consult with Genda...

...the new Air Staff Officer on the Akagi,

a superb strategist.

Yes, l remember Genda.

We'll talk to him.

Glad to see you, Genda.

So this is the new Zero?

Type 21, with folding wings.

This means we can carry

more fighters now.

This Zero is fast, maneuverable

and has a long cruising range.

Better than the Messerschmitt

or Spitfire?

Definitely. l've seen both

in combat over London.

You outrank me, so it must be true.

Now that you're Staff Officer here,

things will be tough.

You don't have to worry,

you won't be here.

You're going to the Third Fleet

with a promotion.

The Commander-in-Chief

must think you're good!

Of course he does!

And l've got proof!

Here is his telegram.

Want to read it?

Ten-hut!

Do the planes have to be

parked like that?

Way at the edge of the field.

Standard dispersal procedure, general.

ln case of enemy air attack.

There are 130,000 Japanese

on this island.

Our main problem is sabotage.

lt'd be too easy for enemies

to sneak in at night...

...and blow up every one of them

if they're left out there.

Make a note, Fielder,

we'll have to make changes.

Ten-hut.

- Yes?

- Admiral Halsey's here to see you.

Send him in, please.

Blast me, break me, court-martial me,

draw and quarter me...

...if you think they're gonna

send my ships...

...on convoy duty in the Atlantic.

Kim, l think they've

gone nuts in Washington.

How will l fight

a task force if they send...

...my ships to the Atlantic?

That damn ocean is a swimming hole

compared to the Pacific.

What are we, a fighting fleet,

or are these toy boats out here...

...so the Japs

can buy them at Christmas?

All right, Bill, now ease it off.

lt's not just you.

They asked for some

of our tankers too.

How do they expect to feed

these wagons...

...parked out here on

this land-locked duck pond?

You're still planning on rotating

half of them at sea?

l was.

Look, Kim, you've got to make them

understand what's going on out here.

l'm gonna do everything l can, Bill.

Even go to the president.

By God, l knew there was

at least one man...

...in this man's Navy

who hadn't gone nuts.

"Gandhi" is still in hiding, sir.

A strange man, he works in his

cabin like a hermit.

But he should be here.

Watanabe, go and ask him

to join us.

When "Gandhi" concentrates on

a plan, he is lost to this world.

Please don't bother me!

This is important...

...so l'm not going.

Genda's plan for attacking

Pearl Harbor...

...is foolproof. lt's brilliant!

He stresses the importance

of combat aircraft.

Just think of it.

We use six aircraft carriers...

...torpedo planes...

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