在1942年夏天 in the summer of 1942
这两个小岛位于夏威夷以西的太平洋中部 these two tiny islands in the middle of the Pacific Ocean west of Hawaii
是一场史诗般的战斗的核心 were at the heart of an epic battle
日本和美国海军之间的战斗 fought between the navies of Japan and the United States
这场战争决定性地改变了第二次世界大战的进程 it was a battle that decisively altered the course of the Second World War
日本打算利用其海军来扩大其在太平洋的力量 Japan was intent on using its Navy to expand its power in the Pacific and it
它有一个雄心勃勃的计划 消灭阻碍其前进的主要障碍 had an ambitious plan to destroy the main obstacle standing in its way the
美国海军 Navy of the United States of America
他们的战斗标志着海上新型战争时代的到来 the battle they fought marked the coming of age of a new type of warfare at sea
它是死亡的瑰宝 it was a jewel for death
其中航母舰载机成为关键一环 in which aircraft carriers have their war planes made the pivotal row
我将揭示美国和日本指挥官的仓促决定如何决定胜负 I'll be revealing how victory or defeat hung on the snap decisions of American and Japanese commanders
之后会探索他们利用新型战争武器的战术策略 and after exploring the tactics they use as they unleash these new weapons of war
双方飞行员的决策也很关键 the decisions made by the pilots wears on both sides were also critical
我将揭露他们在太平洋的广阔海域 I'll be revealing the terrifying risks they took as they fought
战斗和死亡时所冒的可怕风险 and died out there in the vast reaches of the Pacific Ocean
我将体验他们在激烈战斗中所经历的一些可怕的情况 and I'll be experiencing some of the horrific conditions they endured in the heat of battle
这场激烈的战斗很难想象是在5分钟内做出决定的 this titanic struggle was decided in five minutes of unimaginable destruction
这5分钟扭转了太平洋地区的力量平衡 five minutes to turn the balance of power in the Pacific upside down
并改变了海上战争的规则 and transformed the rules of war at sea
它是中途岛之战 it was the Battle of Midway
导致中途岛之战的事件始于1941年 the events that led to the Battle of Midway started here in 1941
今天美国第50个州夏威夷瓦胡岛的一部分 the island of Oahu parts of Hawaii today America's 50th state
世界上最具异国风味的度假胜地之一 and one of the world's most exotic holiday destinations
1940年代 如果被派到这里 back in the 1940s US servicemen counted themselves lucky
美国军人会觉得自己很幸运 if they were posted here
在1941年12月初 距离圣诞节还有15天 in early December 1941 with only 15 shopping days left till Christmas
瓦胡岛的居民都很放松 the people of Allah who were taking it easy
美国处于和平状态 after all the United States was at peace
尚未积极参与第二次世界大战 not yet actively involved in the Second World War
但是所有美国人都知道 but the world of the Americans knew it
就要发生变化了 was about to change beyond all recognition
距离瓦胡岛西北300英里处 just 300 miles to the northwest of wahoo
一支舰队打破沉默靠近岛屿 a fleet of warships was baring silently down on this island
美国即将卷入第二次世界大战 America was about to be propelled into world war 2
前往夏威夷瓦胡岛的是 heading unseen for the Hawaiian island of Oahu
日本帝国海军的联合舰队 was the combined fleet of the Imperial Japanese Navy
这只无敌舰队绝密的离开日本 this Armada had departed from Japan in absolute secrecy
在无线电完全静默的情况下越过了4,000英里的太平洋 and crossed 4,000 miles of the Pacific Ocean under total radio silence
他们不打算被发现 they did not plan on being detected
这是有史以来最强大的海上力量 this battle feat was the most powerful naval force ever to put to sea
它是日本军事强硬派派来攻击美国的 it had been sent to attack the United States by the hardline military government of Japan
日本人决心使用武力 the Japanese was set on building an empire in Asia and the
在亚洲和太平洋建立一个帝国 Pacific and were willing to use force to do it
到1941年底 日本已经控制了朝鲜 by late 1941 Japan here was already in control of Korea
正在为了控制中国而进行长期作战 and was engaged in a long war for control of China
它还把目光瞄准了欧洲殖民地法属印度支那 it also said its sights on the European colonies of French Indochina
英属马来西亚和荷属东印度群岛 British Malaya and the Dutch East Indies
大致相当于今天的越南、马来西亚和印度尼西亚 roughly present-day Vietnam Malaysia and Indonesia
欧洲人正全神贯注于对德战争 the Europeans were absorbed in a war against Germany
所以在日本人和他们对帝国的憧憬之间只有美国海军 so the only thing standing between the Japanese and their vision of empire was the United States Navy
尤其是美国在夏威夷瓦胡岛上的 and in particular America's main naval base in the center of the Pacific
位于太平洋中心主要海军基地 on the Hawaiian island of Oahu
基地的名称是珍珠港 the name of the base Pearl Harbor
这就是珍珠港 this is Pearl Harbor
世界上最好的天然港口之一 one of the finest natural harbors in the world
在地图上 瓦胡岛的南边 here it is on the map on the south side of the island of Oahu
有一条朝向太平洋的狭窄航道 a narrow channel from the Pacific Ocean
里面是巨大隐蔽的停泊基地 opening up into a huge sheltered anchorage
这个港口是美国太平洋舰队的最佳避风港 the harbor was the perfect haven for America's Pacific Fleet
到1941年12月 港口比以往任何时候都忙 by December 1941 it was busier than ever
将近一百艘船停泊着 with nearly a hundred ships at anchor
8艘战列舰停成一排 eight of the battleships moored up on battleship row
所有人都处在海军和平时期的放松生活 all of them engaged in the relax routines of a peacetime Navy
但和平开始显示出紧张的迹象 but that peace was beginning to show signs of strain
美国人对日本的扩张感到厌倦 the Americans were weary of Japanese expansion
气氛也变得紧张起来 and tensions were beginning to mug
为了展示实力 in a show of strength they transferred more of their warships
美国把更多的军舰从西海岸调到珍珠港 from the west coast of America out here to Pearl Harbor
离日本近2000英里 to be 2,000 miles closer to Japan
这是正在集结的美国太平洋海军 and it was the massing US Pacific Navy that
日本进攻部队意图摧毁 the advancing Japanese Strike Force was intent on destroying
靠近的日本舰队包括战舰巡洋舰和驱逐舰 the approaching Japanese fleet included battleships cruisers and destroyers but
但是在这个舰队的核心是六艘巨大的航空母舰 but at the heart of this Armada were six enormous aircraft carriers floating air
载有超过400架飞机、鱼雷和轰炸机 strips packed with over 400 fighter torpedo and bomber aircraft
世界即将见证迄今为止最壮观的 the world was about to witness the most spectacular example yet of
一种新的海上战争形式 a new form of warfare at sea
日本可能是一个充满传统的国家 Japan may have been a country steeped in tradition but
当他与世界上最先进的国家之一进行海战时 when he came to naval warfare if with one of the most advanced nations in the world
前线指挥的是日本帝国海军总司令 and the men of the forefront of all this was the commander in chief
上将山本五十六 of the Imperial Japanese Navy admiral is Aruku Yamamoto
山本是一位伟大的有远见现代主义者 Yamamoto was a great visionary and moderniser
他是海军航空的先驱 he was a pioneer of naval aviation
很快就掌握了航空母舰的潜力 and been quick to grasp the potential of aircraft carriers
海军武器库中的最新武器 the latest weapon in the naval Arsenal
山本现在可以利用这些航母舰载机 Yamamoto could now use war planes on these carriers
攻击距离他的舰队数百英里的目标 to strike at targets hundreds of miles away from his fleet
到1941年 日本在太平洋的航母数量大约是美国的三倍 by 1941 Japan had around three times more carriers in the Central Pacific than the Americans
山本创造了一支强大的航母舰队 能够实现日本的帝国野心 Yamamoto had created a formidable carrier force capable of pursuing Japan's imperial ambitions
到1941年12月7日星期日 and by Sunday the 7th of December 1941 six of
他的航空母舰已就位 准备对珍珠港发动突然袭击 his aircraft carriers were in position ready to mount a surprise attack on Pearl Harbor
日本军人是久经沙场的老兵 the Japanese were battle-hardened veterans
他们多年来一直在为扩大亚洲帝国而战斗 they've been fighting to extend their Asian empire for years
航空母舰上的人拥有高超的技能 the men on the aircraft carriers with the peak of their skills
每艘航空母舰都有多达2000名训练有素的军人 each of these Japanese aircraft carriers were crewed by up to 2,000 highly-trained servicemen
他们的工作是支援精英飞行员中队 their job was to support squadrons of elite pilots
这些人有多年的驾驶战斗机经验 who'd spent years in combat missions flying bomb own fighter aircraft
这些海军飞行员是世界上最好的 these naval aviators were among the best in the world
从未被打败过 they'd never been defeated and
12月7号凌晨 in the early hours of the seventh of December
他们离珍珠港只有两个小时的飞行时间 they were only two hours flying time away from Pearl Harbor
美国在瓦胡岛的每一个重要设施都会受到攻击 every significant American installation on the island of Oahu would come under attack
日军将靠近群岛北端 卡胡库角 the Japanese strike force would make a landfall on the islands northern tip Kahuku point
这是地图示例 here it is on the map case
山本计划用两种方式从他的航母上派出350多架战机 Yamamoto planned to send in over 350 warplanes from his carriers in two ways
第一种是贴着地面从西边转向以实现最大的收获 the first would veer off west hugging the ground to achieve maximum surprise
第二种是从东边转向 the second wave would swing round from the east
飞机将飞往分布在岛上的主要空军基地 yum Meadows aircraft would go for the major air bases dotted around the island
在美国飞机起飞前歼灭它们 to annihilate America's planes on the ground before they could take off
但这里才是他的首要目标 珍珠港 but this was his prime target Pearl Harbor
在那里美国太平洋舰队紧紧地聚集在一起 where the pride of America's Pacific fleet was tightly clustered actually
根本毫无防备 unsuspecting what was allowed to come
在航母上 飞行员穿上新制服 戴上传统的头带 onboard the carriers the pilots put on fresh uniforms and their traditional headbands
吃了一顿礼仪饭 they had a ceremonial meal of rice
做了最后的祈祷 and said their last prayers at the shrines on board
几分钟后 他们起飞了 剩下的人列队挥手欢呼 minutes later they were off the cruise of the ships lining the deck waving and cheering
我们收听广播 美国电台播放正常 we listen to the radio the American stations were broadcasting normally so
似乎他们什么都不知道 it seemed they were not aware of anything
我知道这将是一次偷袭 and then I knew that it was going to be a sneak attack
袭击珍珠港定于上午8点 the attack on Pearl Harbor was scheduled for 8 a.m.
星期天早上珍珠港 here at Pearl Harbor that Sunday morning
许多水手心中的主要事件是升旗仪式 the main event on many sailors Minds was the flag raising ceremony
每次都一样 it was the same every time
早上7点55分 船上的人聚集在一起 at 7:55 a.m. ship's companies gathered
5分钟后舰队会升旗 and five minutes later the flags would be raised right across the fleet
内华达号和其他战列排成一排 on board the USS Nevada tied up here with the other battleships on battleship row
一支乐队正在甲板上集合 准备奏国歌 a band was gathering on the deck preparing to play the national anthem
现在是8点前一点 it was now just moments before 8 a.m.
在美国内华达号上 国歌奏到一半 before the USS Nevada the bands Minh still halfway through the national anthem
惊讶的看到一架日本飞机向附近的战舰发射了鱼雷 were horrified to see a Japanese plane release a torpedo at a nearby battleship
扫射战舰 撕碎甲板和旗帜 and peel off strafing their ship splintering the deck and shredding the flag
乐队在炮火的袭击下完成了国歌 under fire themselves the band's Minh finished the national anthem
然后潜水寻找掩护 and then dive for cover
机场的军营和美国所有的大型战列舰都遭到攻击 airfields barracks and all of America's great battleships came under attack
上午8点刚过 一枚炸弹击中了美国亚利桑那号战列舰 点燃了弹药库 just after 8 a.m. a bomb smashed into the USS Arizona igniting the ammunition store
在甲板下 超过一千人丧生 down below decks over 1,000 men lost their lives
这些战舰的破坏简直令人难以置信 the devastation was just unbelievable on those battleships
你以为它们很大 由重型钢结构组成 you think they're big having a lot of heavy steel and all that
当你看到那些超级建筑变形 when you see those super structures just twist
“如此巨大的钢铁块扭曲成这样” it big hunks of steel that word twist it just like you take a strong Twista thing
我不敢相信我所看到的灾难 I couldn't believe the amount of devastation that I saw
美国失去了太平洋舰队最好的那部分 America had lost the best part of its Pacific Fleet
日本人击沉了21艘像犹他号的战舰 the Japanese had sunk 21 ships like this one the Utah
八艘大型战舰失去战斗力 all eight of the big battleships were out of action
数百架飞机被毁 近2400名军人和平民丧生 hundreds of planes have been destroyed and nearly 2,400 servicemen and civilians had been killed
通过袭击珍珠港 日本不宣而战 by attacking Pearl Harbor the Japanese have made a declaration of war without parallel
第二天 美国总统罗斯福向全国发表讲话 the next day the American President Franklin D Roosevelt addressed the nation
自从1941年12月7日 星期日 日本无端卑鄙的进攻 since the unprovoked and dastardly attack by Japan on Sunday December 7th 1941
美国和日本之间已处于战争状态 a state of war has existed between the United States and the Japanese Empire
美国处于下风 但没有退却 America was down but not out
珍珠港事件发生后 in the aftermath of Pearl Harbor
一个新来的人负责接管剩余的太平洋舰队 切斯特·尼米兹上将 a new man was put in charge of what was left of America's Pacific Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz
他是总统亲自派来珍珠港的 he was sent here to Pearl Harbor by the President himself
命令是日本战败前不准回国 his orders not to return home until Japan was defeated
尼米兹是一位经验丰富的指挥官 有能力给部下信心 Nimitz was an experienced commander who proved his ability to instill confidence in his men
他有一项艰巨的任务 but he had an enormous task
士气低落 morale had plummeted
数百架飞机被摧毁 hundreds of planes have been obliterated
太平洋舰队的所有战舰都无法运转 and all the battleships of the Pacific Fleet were out of action
但尼米兹有一张王牌 but Nimitz held one ace card
碰巧 所有航空母舰 by chance every one of the aircraft carriers
在珍珠港遇袭时已出港 he'll America specific feet had been out of port at the time of the attack on Pearl Harbor
它们是所有幸存的 美国在太平洋的主要打击力量 they were now all that survived four main striking force America had in the Pacific
这些航母和舰载机现在要去对付日本 these carriers and their aircraft would now check on the Japanese
1942年春天 美国人重整旗鼓 in spring 1942 the Americans began their comeback
计划用航空母舰进行一次大胆的突袭 with a daring raid using their aircraft carriers
由吉米·杜立特中校率领的几名美国飞行员 on board a handful of US pilots led by Lieutenant Colonel
被带到日本水域深处 Jimmy Doolittle were taken deep into Japanese waters
这次空袭包括16架庞大的B-25轰炸机 this Doolittle raid involves sixteen of these bulky b-25 bombers
每架都超过12吨 they weighed more than 12 tons
它们并不是为了从航空母舰上起飞而设计的 each they really weren't designed to take off from aircraft carriers
但这次任务中 轰炸机是由大黄蜂号航空母舰运送到 but for this mission the Bombers were transported on board the USS Hornet
距离日本海岸700英里以内 within about 700 miles of the Japanese coast
然后在4月18日早上8点 then at 8 a.m. on April the 18th
携带着尽可能小的载重沿着跑道出发 carrying as little weight as they could they moved off along the runway
成功起飞 朝着日本首都飞去 just managed to take off and headed towards the Japanese capital
杜立特的手下在海上低空飞行以躲避巡逻的日本飞机 Fowler's do it all his men flew low over the ocean to avoid the patrolling Japanese planes
然后到达东京 投下炸弹 then when they got to Tokyo they dropped their bombs
美国和她的航空母舰开始反击 America and her aircraft carriers were beginning to fight back
就在珍珠港事件两周后袭击了日本大陆 at just over two weeks later having attacked the Japanese mainland
美国海军在海上迎战日本海军 the US Navy took on the Japanese Navy at sea
美国航空母舰再次出击 on bay thus if the American aircraft carriers made their presence felt again
在澳大利亚东北部的珊瑚海与日本航母交战 when they engaged with Japanese carriers in the Coral Sea just northeast of Australia
这场战斗是第一次遭到对手航母舰载机的攻击 the battle saw the first ever attacked by carrier-based planes of their opponent's carriers
“双方互有损失” and both sides like Hitler
美国人设法击沉了一艘日本小型航母 the Americans managed to sink a small Japanese carry
但是日本人也摧毁了一艘美国航母 but the Japanese destroyed one American carrier
另一艘约克城号航母在海上起火 and left the other the USS Yorktown in flames out at sea
日本人把约克城号遗弃在水里燃烧 the Japanese had left the USS Yorktown ablaze in the water
他们认为把它击沉了 至少瘫痪失去战斗力了 they thought that they'd sunk her or at the very least crippled her and put her out of action
但他们没有意识到的是 为了拯救约克城号发生了激烈的斗争 but what they didn't realize was that there had been a ferocious struggle to save the Yorktown
现在一艘航母被摧毁 只有其他几艘可以用 with one carrier now destroyed and only a few others operational
美国人剩下的每一艘航母都是至关重要的 every carry the Americans had left was vital
他们必须拯救约克城号 they had to save the Yorktown
对于像约克城号这样远离陆地数百英里的船员来说 for crews like the Yorktown's hundreds of miles away from land
如果要拯救他们的船 知道如何灭火是很重要的 knowing how to tackle fire was essential if they were to save their ship
我去了一个海军训练中心 体验了当时约克城号 I went to a naval training center to experience for myself some of the challenges
船员灭火时所面临的挑战 faced by the Yorktown's crew as they struggle to extinguish the flames
戴上帽子 好的 现在去部队 let's put your hat on yeah now we'll go up onto the unit okay
这是一艘复制品 我们现在机舱 so this is a replica of a ship okay we're now in the engine room
将在这里灭火 and this is where you're going to be doing most of your firefighting
你要从这个梯子上下来 okay you're going to make your entry down this vertical ladder
但是在你下来之前你得把上面的火扑灭 however before you come down here you're gonna have to put the fire out on top
然后要在这里灭火 引擎也会起火 father you're going to be fighting today there's gonna be this engine fire here
感觉像是在热浪中融化和破裂 this is all like walked and melted and cracked from the heat
让我不太自信 that's not making me feel too confident
我是说它显示了火势会有多大 no I mean it shows just how hot this fire is gonna get
你会是这里的第一个下来的 you're gonna be the first one down here and you're going to be providing the
为其他队员提供保护 protection for the rest of the team
重要的是你要把事情做好 it's important that you get get it right
因为其他队员都是靠你来保护 because the rest of the team are relying on you to get into position to protect
使他们不受余火的伤害 them from the rest of the fire as they make their way down there
所以这是一个真正的团队工作 绝对是一个团队工作 so it's a real team job it is definitely a team job
好的 我来系扣子 okay I'm gonna do the strap sir okay
我很幸运我会用比珊瑚海之战 I'm lucky I'll be using much more advanced
的约克城号更先进的工具 kit than that used by the Yorktown screw at the Coral Sea
但仍然很艰巨 but it's still a daunting task
我将扮演一个关键的角色 I'll have the key role of spraying a wall of
喷水来保护我的队友不受火焰的伤害 water to protect my teammates from the flames
我们都事先得到了简报 we'd all been briefed in advance
所以我知道我应该站在门边 so I knew to take up my position next to the door but
但是我还是不知道我在干什么 I still didn't really know what I was in for
好的 我要进去了 okay I'm going in
我会第一个进入机舱 we burn the food Hagen is wonder of himself
我知道在我下面的机舱里会有一场大火 I knew there would be an intense fire below me in the engine room
我们周围的金属都在升温 with the metal walls heating up all around us
真的像掉进烤箱里 we'd literally be descending into an oven
约克城号上的人在奋力拯救 the men on the Yorktown would have faced a
他们的船时也会面临同样的挑战 similar challenge as they battled to save their ship
一想到在约克城号这样一艘满载航空燃料和弹药 the thought of doing this for real on a carrier like the Yorktown
的航母上真的这样做 就让人害怕 loaded with aviation fuel and ammunition was terrifying
丹 怎么样 这么热 感觉不太好吗？ dan how did you find that medibot is that hot certainly feels wrong okay just
在1942年的珊瑚海战役中 情况没有什么不同 things were no different in the Battle of the Coral Sea back in 1942
尽管她受到了严重的破坏 船员们不顾一切的工作挽救了约克城 although she had been severely damaged the desperate work of the crew had saved the Yorktown
在接下来的几周里 这将是一场至关重要的胜利 in the coming weeks this would prove to be a crucial victory
约克城号会回来纠缠日本人 the Yorktown would return to haunt the Japanese
但与此同时 她开始了漫长的旅程 返回珍珠港进行维修 but in the meantime she began a long slow journey back to Pearl Harbor for repairs
珊瑚海之战给日本帝国海军 the Battle of the Coral Sea was a wake-up call for everal Yamamoto
总司令山本敲响了警钟 commander in chief of the Imperial Japanese Navy
“美国剩余的航母在他和太平洋之间” America's remaining carriers stood between him and mastery of the Pacific
是时候采取行动了 it was time for drastic action
美国的航母必须被摧毁 America's carriers had to be destroyed
它们在珍珠港躲避山本 they had eluded Yamamoto at Pearl Harbor
山本不会再让它们逃跑 he would not let them escape again he
他决定设个圈套 decided to lay a trap
他会把对美国人有价值的东西作为目标 he would target something so valuable to the Americans
美国会派航母去保护它 that they would send out their carriers to protect it
陷阱的诱饵就在中途岛 and the bait for his trap would be Midway
中途岛实际上是夏威夷西部的两个小岛 Midway is in fact two tiny islands west of Hawaii
介于美国和日本中间 halfway between America and Japan
它是美国在太平洋仅存的几个空军基地之一 it was one of the few American air bases left in the Pacific
山本的计划很复杂 the animators plan was complex
这次参与的是世界上最宏伟的海军舰队 this involved the greatest naval fleet the world have ever seen
舰队分成3部分 the main part of the feat was divided into three groups
山本本人处在以三艘大炮战舰的中心 Yamamoto himself would be in a group centered around three big gun battleships
南面是另一组载有数千名士兵的战舰 to the south another group of ships carrying thousands of soldiers
准备登陆中途岛并取得控制权 would land on Midway and take control
但是这里才是进攻的矛头 but here was the spearhead of the attack
四艘航空母舰及其护航舰艇 航母打击力量 a group of four aircraft carriers and their escort ships the carriers strike force
这些航母的248架舰载机将执行关键任务 the 248 aircraft of these carriers were given to critical tasks
首先它们会在计划登陆前轰炸防御系统 first they would bomb the defense's on Midway ahead of the planned landing
然后当美军回防时 对美国航空母舰进行大规模空袭 then they would stage a huge air strike on the American carriers when they came to Midway's rescue
领导航母战斗群的是上将南云忠一 leading the carrier strike force would be vice-admiral chuchi Nagumo
在他的旗舰赤诚号上 on his flagship Akagi
这艘航母曾经参与过袭击珍珠港 the carrier from wishing had commanded the attack on Pearl Harbor
南云是一位高度专业的海军军官 服役超过30年 the goomar was a highly professional naval officer with over 30 years service
日本最高统帅部确信南云 the Japanese High Command was confident that the gumo would once
将再次领导日本帝国海军取得胜利 more lead the Imperial Japanese Navy to victory
虽然他精心制定计划 但低估了美军指挥官尼米兹 but his carefully laid plans underestimated ample limits the American commander
珍珠港事件后 after Pearl Harbor the
美国已经把军事情报作为头等大事 Americans have made military intelligence a top priority
有成效 日本海军的密码已经被破解 and it had paid off the Japanese naval code had been cracked
这里是珍珠港的情报总部 here at their intelligence headquarters in Pearl Harbor
美国海军破译了山本在中途岛的作战计划 the u.s. Navy deciphered details of yamamoto's plan to set a trap at Midway
于是尼米兹利用这些情报策划了伏击 with this information Nimitz now planned al ambush of his own
尼米兹现在有3艘可以使用的航母在珍珠港 limits now had three operational carriers in Pearl Harbor
企业号和大黄蜂号先出发了 the carrier's USS Enterprise and USS Hornet departed first
新修复的约克城号紧随其后 then the newly repaired USS Yorktown followed on a little way behind
这3艘航母从夏威夷出发 前往代号为“幸运点”地点 the three carriers headed from Hawaii for a spot codenamed point luck 300
位于美国中途岛基地东北300英里 miles northeast of the American base on Midway
到了6月2日 他们到达指定位置 by the 2nd of June they were in position
等待伏击从西北方向靠近的日本船只 and lying in wait for the Japanese ships that were approaching from the northwest
尼米兹给了他的指挥官们一个大胆的目标 nimitz had given his commanders a single bold objective
伏击正在靠近中途岛的日本舰队 to ambush the approaching japanese fleet now heading for Midway
对航母进行决定性的打击 and strike a decisive blow at its carriers
但这不是尼米兹正在做的唯一准备 but these weren't the only preparations that Nimitz was making
在太平洋中部 中途岛的美国基地忙得不可开交 out in the middle of the Pacific the US base at Midway was buzzing with activity
准备工作正在进行 几天来飞机一次又一次地降落 preparations were underway flight after flight of planes had been landing in the last few days
现在这个小机场挤满了尽可能多的飞机 and now the small airfield was packed with as many planes as it could handle
这些飞机对保卫这个岛至关重要 these planes would be vital in the defense of the island
美国海军陆战队等待着试图登陆的日本人 so with the US Marines who would be waiting for the Japanese if they tried to land
到了6月3日 飞行员在飞机旁等候 陆战队在他们的掩体里 by June the third the pilots were waiting by their planes the Marines in their bunkers
尼米兹尽了他最大的力 船已就位 手下做了汇报 limits had now done all he could his ships were in position his commanders briefed
中途岛驻军全面戒备 and the garrison on Midway on full alert
但有一个情况是 他将面对比他更多的航空母舰 but there is new he was about to be confronted with more aircraft carriers
更多的战列舰和驱逐舰 more battleships and more destroyers than he had
尼米兹其实大致知道日本人从西北方向来 he even knew roughly that they were coming from the Northwest
问题是不知道准确的方向 the question was where exactly were they all
今天的美国飞机从中途岛起飞 today's American aircraft have been sent out from Midway
可以穿越广阔的太平洋寻找日本舰队 across the vast stretch of the Pacific Ocean searching for the Japanese fleet
但是在1942年6月4日 搜寻真的很难 but the early hours of June 4 1942 research is really haunting up the
日本的攻击计划虽然被破译了 codebreakers have discovered that the Japanese plan to attack on the forum but
但仍然没有日本舰队的踪迹 there was still no side of their fleet
太平洋覆盖了地球表面的四分之一 对于搜寻的人来说 Pacific Ocean covers a quarter of the Earth's surface for the Americans in
日本舰队只是广袤的区域里一小部分 there they're big and slow flying boat finding the Japanese leader did a small
搜寻是一项艰巨的任务 sector of this vast expanse was an enormous task
事实上 这四艘日本航母在中途岛范围内没有被发现 in fact the four Japanese carriers had got within range of Midway without being
他们已经发动了攻击部队 spotted and they had already launched their strike force
最后 也就是那天早上5点40分 finally and 5:40 that morning an American stealth plane spotted the huge
一架美国隐形飞机发现了日本轰炸机的踪迹 formation of Japanese bombers fighters heading towards Midway the American
美国飞行员发回警告 pilot sent back an urgent warning it wa s not a moment too soon
日本飞机马上就要摧毁停在地面上的美国飞机 the Japanese planes were aiming to destroy the parked American aircraft on the ground the
中途岛之战即将开始 Battle of Midway was about to begin
中途岛上所有的美国飞机都起飞了 within midst nearly everyone the American planes on Midway was taking off
美国人孤注一掷 不愿像以前那样被动 the Americans were desperate not to be caught on the ground as they had been at curled-up
在没有战斗机护航的情况下 a mixed batch of over 44 beedo planes and bombers was dispatched
超过44架俯冲战斗机和轰炸机出发打击日本舰队 without fighter escort to strike the distant Japanese fleet
又派出25架战斗机拦截即将抵达中途岛的 and 25 fighters were sent up to intercept the formidable array of Japanese fighters and bombers
日本战斗机和轰炸机编队 that would soon arrive to attack Midway
美国战斗机飞行员在进行一次艰难的飞行 the American fighter pilots were in for a rough ride
许多人刚完成飞行学校 没有实战经验 many of them had only just finished flight school didn't have that many hours of flying under their belts
更糟糕的是 即使是最好的美国战斗机 to make matters worse even the best American fighter aircraft this one the
野猫的机动性也不如日本零式战斗机 Wildcat was totally outmaneuver ed by the Japanese fighter the zero
零式战斗机的速度和爬坡性能优于美国现役装备 the zero could outrun and out climb anything the Americans could put in the sky against them
这些零式战斗机对前来拦截的美国25架飞机构成了威胁 these zeroes were going to be a real threat to the 25 American fighters sent to intercept them
突然看见野猫冲向我们整个编队 suddenly Wildcats up here Danna dashed throughout formation our zero fighters saw this
在5分钟混战后 野猫被赶走了 and in a five-minute dogfight all the Wildcats were chased away
美国战机确实击落了几架敌机 the American fighters did manage to shoot down a couple of enemy bombers but
但是在多数情况下 他们没有机会对抗日本零式 for the most part they didn't stand a chance against the Japanese in their zeroes
毕竟 日本飞行员是世界上经验最丰富 after all the Japanese pilots were among the most experienced and best
训练最好的海军飞行员之一 trained naval aviators in the world
几分钟后 after only a few minutes nearly every
几乎所有从中途岛起飞的飞机都被日本击落 single American fighter that had taken off from Midway had been shot down into the ocean
日本人在早上6:34到达中途岛 开始攻击机场 at 6:34 a.m. the Japanese arrived over Midway and began attacking the airfield
美国人奋勇反击 但他们的基地被摧毁了 the Americans fought back bravely but their island base was shattered
尽管对美国基地造成了破坏 but despite the destruction they'd inflicted
但日本意识到真正的目标消失了 the Japanese realize that their real targets were missing
美国轰炸机不在那里 American bombers weren't there
在这几分钟内 within minutes the news that the American bombers
美国的轰炸机并没有被袭击摧毁 had not been destroyed on the ground by the attack on Midway
而是抵达了南云旗舰赤城号的侧面 reached by side Nagumo on his flagship the carrier Akagi
很快南云就发现了 but he didn't have long to wait to find out where they've gone
它们现在就在舰队的正上方开始进攻 they were now directly above his carrier fleet and beginning their attack
当美国轰炸机投入战斗时 as the American bombers dived into action
被日本人零式歼击 they were pounced on by Japanese zeroes
许多美国飞机被击落 many of the Americans were shot down the
剩余的掉头返回 rest turned back for Midway
炸弹和鱼雷都没有击中目标 not one of their bombs or torpedoes had hit its mark
南云的舰队逃过了这次攻击 the goomers fleet had escaped this time
但他知道幸存的美国轰炸机仍然是个威胁 but he knew the surviving American bombers was still a threat
它们可以在中途岛补给完后再来攻击 they could refuel on Midway and return to attack
南云必须在它们登岛补给时摧毁 him he had to destroy them when they landed on the island
在赤诚号上 还有备用飞机 但是挂载武器不对 on his carriers the gumo still had reserve aircraft the trouble was they had the wrong weapons
这些飞机挂载的是反舰武器(鱼雷) they were armed with anti-ship weapons in case the US Navy showed up
但是南云仍然不清楚周围是否有美军船只 but the gumo was still unaware there were any American ships around
于是他决定更换挂载武器为陆地炸弹 so he felt safe replacing these anti-ship weapons with land bombs to attack Midway
日本航母的甲板下和飞机库发出了新的命令 below decks and the aircraft storage hangars of the Japanese carriers new orders rang out
机组人员迅速着手拆除备用飞机上的反舰武器 the crews quickly set to work removing the anti-ship weapons on the reserve
替换为陆地炸弹准备攻击中途岛 planes and replacing them with bombs for a ground attack on Midway
当船员们在机库甲板上拼命工作时 while his men worked furiously on the hangar decks below
南云突然面临了真正的危机 Nagumo on the bridge was suddenly confronted with a real crisis
他收到了侦察机的消息 he received another message this time from one of his Scout planes
中途岛东北方向发现了10艘美国船只 is it spotted what appeared to be 10 American ships northeast of Midway
这消息令南云震惊 the news came as a stunning shock
他确信这一地区不会有美国船只 the gumo had been sure there would be no American ships in the area
很明显 事情并不像日本人计划的那样发展 it was loud blindingly obvious that things were not going as the Japanese at plan
南云立即终止了对中途岛2次攻击计划 Nagumo immediately suspended the plans second strike on Midway
他现在必须要对付美国舰艇的威胁 he now had to deal with the threat from the American ships
他命令把反舰武器重新装上备用飞机 he ordered his men to reattach the anti-ship weapons onto the reserve planes
还给侦察机发报要求更多的信息 and he sent a message straight back to his Scout plane demanding more information
如果真是美军航母 南云可能有麻烦 if the American ships were carriers the gumo could be in real trouble
美国船只当然是航母 the American ships were of course carriers
那天早上早些时候他们发现了日本舰队 and earlier that morning they had found the Japanese fleet
美国航母上的准备工作正在加快 on board the American ships preparations were gathering pace
企业号和大黄蜂号航母正准备让舰载机起飞 the carrier's Hornet and enterprise were readying to launch their aircraft
指挥这两艘军舰的是雷蒙德·斯普鲁恩斯少将 in command of these two ships was Rear Admiral Raymond Spruance and
现在他有一个关键的决定要做 now he had a critical decision to make
斯普鲁恩斯的航母就在离中途岛200英里的地方 Spruance his carriers were located about 200 miles away from Midway here on the baptists
约克城号就在不远处 Yorktown was a little way off on its own
美国侦察机报告说 日本航空母舰 us Scout planes had reported the Japanese carriers about a
距离斯普鲁恩斯的位置大约155英里 hundred and fifty five miles away from Spruance his position
日本的舰艇在一些航母舰载机的攻击范围之内 the Japanese ships we're within striking distance of some of his aircraft
但是其他的飞机几乎无法携带足够的燃料往返 but others could barely carry enough fuel to get there and back that
它们回旋的余地很小 更不用说导航错误 be little leeway for them to maneuver even less for navigational errors and if
如果燃料耗尽 只能坠入太平洋 they run out of fuel the only place to go would be into the empty wastes of the
但斯普鲁恩斯认为关键问题是时间 Pacific but Spruance decided that the critical issue was time
他必须在日本舰队发现前发动攻击 he had to hit the Japanese fleet before they discovered and annihilated his ships
他不能浪费时间 把航母靠近敌人 he couldn't waste time moving his carriers any closer
以便给舰载机一个好的攻击距离 to the enemy to give his planes a better chance
所以这是历史上最伟大的海军赌博之一 so it was one of the greatest naval Gamble's in history
斯普鲁恩斯命令所有舰载机起飞攻击 Spruance ordered all his aircraft into the air in one Bastet attack
在美国航母上 飞行员们做了最后的准备 on board the American carriers pilots made their final preparations
很多人都很紧张 尤其是在大黄蜂号上 many were nervous especially on the Hornet
大黄蜂号的鱼雷机中队从未参战过 the Hornets torpedo squadron had never gone into battle
他们中的任何一个从来没有悬挂鱼雷 any of them had never taken off from a carrier with a torpedo or a pickle as
从航母上起飞 they called it slung below them
有些人以前从未见过 some had never even seen it done before
当他们走向飞机时 as they walked out towards their planes
飞行员们一定听到了中队长的话 the pilots must have had the words of that Squadron Leader still ringing in their ears
队长告诉他们 每个人都尽最大的努力消灭敌人 he had told them I want each one of us to do his utmost to destroy our enemies
如果只剩下一架飞机做最后的战斗 if there's only one plane left to make the final run-in
我要求他做最后一击 I want that man to go in and get a hit
愿上帝与我们同在 好运 幸福 让他们下地狱 may God be with us all good luck happy landings and give them hell
完成对飞机和炸弹的检查后 我爬进了驾驶舱 after completing an inspection of the aircraft and it's bomb I climbed into the cockpit
当我坐在那里等待启动引擎的信号时 and as I sat there waiting for the signal to start engines
我突然有了像高中比赛开始前 I suddenly got the same feeling of apprehension and butterflies
那种焦虑和忐忑不安的感觉 in the stomach that I got before the start of competition in high school
上午7:00 开始起飞 at 7:00 a.m. the launch began
飞行员们几乎没有战斗经验就出发了 pilots of the American air Armada set off with little battle experience
没有护航 没有犯错的余地 limited fighter cover and no margin for error
他们三五成群地穿过辽阔的海洋 they were setting out across a vast stretch of ocean in small groups
朝致命且有经验的敌人进发 towards a deadly and experienced enemy
如果说美国的情况看起来不乐观 if things were looking precarious for the Americans
那南云这边就有点失控了 back on Nagumo's carrier vehicle events were beginning to get out of hand
他一直在等待侦察机告诉他 the Gumo had been desperately waiting for his Scout plane to tell him what
是什么样的美国船只 kind of American ships it'll spotted
现在他得到了答案 now it gave him its answer
敌人是一支舰队 似乎有一艘航母在后面 the enemy is a company by what appears to be a carrier bringing up the rear
这对南云是一个巨大的打击 it was a staggering blow to Nagumo
他从来没想到美国的航母会来的这么快 he's never expected an American carrier to be in the area so soon
它危害到整个行动 its presence now jeopardized his entire operation
南云别无选择 只能攻击美军航母 the Guru knew he had no option he had to launch a strike up American carrier
但这种认识不可能在更糟糕的时刻出现 but this realization couldn't have come at a worse time
这些是日本航空母舰 these are the Japanese carriers here
就在当时 南云听到美国航母 just at the moment macGruber was hearing about the distant American carrier
攻击中途岛的飞机开始返回 his Midway attack aircraft began to return
它们燃料不足 需要尽快着陆 they were low on fuel and they needed to land quickly
天上的战斗机也迫不及待地要降落 up above them his fighter planes were also anxious to land
南云面临着一个关键决定 接下来的战斗要么赢 要么输 the grooc boat now faced a critical decision which could win or lose him the coming battle
他的备用飞机还停在航母上 he still had his reserve planes sitting on his carriers
但并不是所有飞机都有反舰武器 but not all of them were loaded with the anti-ship weapons
而南云现在需要攻击美国舰队 he now needed to attack the American fleet
他可以选择立即发动一次有限的攻击 he could choose to launch an immediate limited strike with the few reserved plans of already
在中途岛攻击机降落之前 before his Midway attack aircraft landed
或者他可以让中途岛攻击机延迟降落 alternatively he could delay launching land the circling midway attack force and then launched all his
然后等备用飞机全部装备完反舰武器 再发动攻击 reserve planes which by then would be fully armed with anti-ship weapons it
这将是一个很大的风险 需要耗时一个小时左右 would be a big risk it would take an hour or so but at the end
但最后他能发动一次巨大的攻击 肯定会摧毁美国的舰队 of it he'd be able to launch one huge attack sure they'll destroy the American feet and
他就是这么决定的 that is what he decided to do
直到备用飞机全部装备完反舰武器 he would land his Midway attack force and wait
他才让中途岛攻击机降落 until all his reserve planes were rearmed
说他能给美军致命一击 said that he could deliver the killer blow
但南云的计划出了问题 but Nagumo's plan was already going awry
他根据侦察飞机得到的情报 the groom Oh had based his decision to postpone launching his planes until they were already
决定等换完反舰武器再起飞 on information he'd received from his Scout then
他的舰队在这里 侦察机报告的美军在这里 his own fleet was here the report from the Scout plane but the American ships here
南云知道在这种距离下 美国舰载机够不着 at this distance Nagumo knew his carriers were out of reach of the American planes
问题是南云的侦察机出了问题 the problem was Nagumo's Scout plane was wrong
美国的舰队实际在这里 可攻击范围 the American fleet was actually here their planes within range
而且这些航母上的轰炸机已经在向他飞来的路上了 and unknown to the guvo American bombers from these ships were already on their way towards him
上午9点20分 日本航母被美国经验不足的机组人员发现 at 9:20 a.m. Japanese carriers were spotted by the inexperienced aircrew in the American torpedo bombs
尽管他们训练有限 但别无选择 只能进攻 despite their limited training they had no choice but to attack
美国飞行员勇敢地向航母前进 the American pilots bravely held their course towards the carriers
他们弯着腰 祈祷着能渡过 they hunched low and prayed they'd make it
来自日本船上的防空火力和风暴 through the storm and anti-aircraft fire coming from the ships
当他们扑向日本航母时 as they roar down towards the Japanese carriers
被巡逻的零式战机袭击了 they were pounced on by a pack of patrolling zeros
笨重的美国飞机比不上灵活的零式战机 the lumbering American planes were no match for the agile zeros
41架鱼雷轰炸机中有35架被击落 35 of the 41 torpedo bombers were shot down above the Japanese fleet
他们中的大多数甚至都没有投放鱼雷 most of them without even releasing their torpedoes
对于那些失手的人来说 袭击就是一场灾难 those that did missed the attack had been a disaster
他们毫无斩获 they failed to score a single hit
南云几乎准备好行动了 Nagumo was almost ready to make his move his
甲板工作人员一直在努力为飞机更换武器和加油 deck crews have been working hard to rearm and refuel his planes
如果能尽早起飞 if they could be launched quickly
日本人一定会打赢中途岛战役 the Japanese would surely win the Battle of Midway
到了上午10点21分 南云和他的手下还没有准备好 at 10:21 a.m. the goomar and his men was still not quite ready to launch their planes
就在那一刻 像这样的美国俯冲轰炸机 and precisely that moment American dive
出现在日本航母的上空 bombers like this one appeared high above the Japanese carriers
视野很清晰 and their bomb run was clear
日本战机应该来对付它们 the Japanese fighters they should have dealt with them have
现在却被美国鱼雷战机牵制了 been drawn off to attack the American torpedo planes
现在没有什么能阻止 there was nothing to stop these dive bombers
俯冲轰炸机冲向日本航母 as they began screaming down towards the decks of the Japanese carriers
我看到有人尖叫 跳水 a lookout screamed Helldivers
抬头看到三架黑色敌机朝我们俯冲 I looked up to see three black enemy planes plummeting toward our ship
我们的一些机关枪展开疯狂反击 some of our machineguns managed to fire a few frantic bursts of them
但为时已晚 but it was too late
现在没有人能阻止美国轰炸机 there was no stopping the Americans now
四枚炸弹投向加贺号航母 four bombs ripped into the carrier kaga
其余的打击了南云旗舰赤城号 as another struck Nagumo's flagship via cake
就在俯冲轰炸机攻击加贺号和赤诚号时 but even as the dive-bombers were attacking the kaga and the Kagi
另一批来自约克城号的美国飞机 another group of American planes these from the York charm arrived
从一个完全不同的方向飞来 from a quite different direction
日本战机在完成第一次进攻后 现在力不从心 the Japanese fighters already overstretched by the first attacks
不知道该转向哪条路 didn't know which way to turn
不一会儿 这些新来的美国轰炸机 within moments these fresh American bombers
就开始俯冲轰炸第三艘航母 苍龙号 dived on a third Japanese carrier the soryu
他们向苍龙号扔了3枚炸弹 they slammed three bombs into her
虽然美国投下的炸弹较少 relatively few bombs have been dropped by the Americans
但是影响是巨大的 but their impact was devastating
日本3艘大型航母被摧毁 three of Japan's great carriers were destroyed
在这3艘日本航母上 on board the three Japanese carriers
一片混乱 飞机油箱和弹药爆炸 there was chaos aircraft fuel tanks and ammunition exploded
火球和大块金属炸向天空 sending fireballs and huge chunks of metal flying through the air
3艘航母都变成了燃烧的残骸 all three carriers were turned into flaming wrecks
许多船员困在甲板下 在浓烟中窒息而死 many of their crews suffocating in the smoke trapped below decks that glowed red hot
一股热气冲到我身上 a gush of hot air washed over me we
火势蔓延时 我们受到重创 were hit hard as fire spread
一堆炸弹开始爆炸 爆炸声震耳欲聋 heaps of bombs began to explode with a shattering blast
我能看到不远处 like to see not far the
赤城号和苍龙号也在燃烧 Akagi and the Soryu they too are flame
那是一个可怕的场面 it was a terrible scene
南云在赤诚号袭击中幸存下来 the groomer who survived the attack on the Akagi
被迫放弃了燃烧的旗舰 it was forced to abandon his burning flagship
在不到五分钟的时间里 in little more than five minutes the Americans had struck
美国人在日本最脆弱的时刻 three times into the heart of the Imperial Japanese Navy
3次袭击了日本帝国海军的心脏 at its moment of maximum vulnerability
但日本人并没有失去一切 but all that's not lost for the Japanese
第四艘航母飞龙号未受影响 the fourth Japanese carrier the Hiryu was untouched
现在 18架俯冲轰炸机和飞龙号上的6架零式战机 and now 18 dive bombers and six zeros from this one surviving Japanese carrier
被派去搜寻并摧毁美国舰艇 were sent to search out and destroy the American ships
他们是南云最后的残余力量 they were amongst the last remnants of Nagumo's huge force
而且这几名日本飞行员是高度专业人员 but these few Japanese pilots were deadly professionals unlikely to
不太可能错过他们的目标 miss their targets
一心想报仇飞行员很快就发现了目标 intent on revenge the pilots from the hero you soon spotted what they were looking for
一艘敌方航母 约克城号 an enemy carrier it was the USS Yorktown
约克城号的船员惊骇地看到日本轰炸机逼近 the crew of the Yorktown were horrified to see the Japanese bombers approaching
他们在珊瑚海战役前就被日本人袭击过 they've been hit by the Japanese before the Battle of the Coral Sea
但这一次 他们有了珊瑚海战的经历 but this time they were prepared the experience of the Coral Sea had taught them vital
教会了他们控制损害 并立刻付诸行动 lessons in damage control which they immediately put into action
5英寸口径的大炮首先开火 响声剧烈 the 5-inch guns opened up first with loud cracks
接着传来了隆隆炮声 then came the rumble of multiple guns
敌人的轰炸机和战斗机 the enemy bombers and fighters
受到所有自动武器的防空火力打击 were under intense anti-aircraft fire from all the automatic weapons
天空因炮弹爆炸而变黑 the sky was black from shell bursts
红色的炮弹轨迹点缀着天空 red tracers laced the sky
日本飞机在落水时尾部起火爆炸 Japanese planes were falling trailing fire exploding as they hit the water
防空火炮进行了有效射击 anti-aircraft guns put up an effective barrage
摧毁了许多接近的日本飞机 which destroyed many of the approaching Japanese planes
但是有7架轰炸机躲过了航母的打击 but seven of the Bombers made it through they dodged the wall of flat coming from the carrier
然后投下了炸弹 and dropped their bombs
其中3发命中 they scored three direct hits
炸弹穿过飞行甲板 深入航母中心爆炸了 the bombs ripped through the flight deck and exploded deep in the heart of the ship
锅炉熄灭 约克城号慢慢停止了 snuffing out the boilers the Yorktown slowed to a halt
约克镇似乎已经完蛋了 it seemed like it was all over for the Yorktown
但是约克城号的船员们不会轻易放弃 but the Yorktown's crew were not gonna give up that easily
在甲板深处 工程师们努力使船再次航行 deep below decks the engineer's struggled to get the ship going again
但是锅炉坏了 浓浓的黑烟涌进 but the boilers were wrecked thick black smoke poured into
高温的机舱 让人窒息 the intense heat of the engine room choking the men
他们花了一个多小时修理锅炉 bro for an hour they worked against the odds fixing the boilers
下午2点左右约克城号又开始运作了 and by about two o'clock in the afternoon the Yorktown was operational again
航速大约是20节 making about 20 knots
飞行员报告说一艘敌舰被摧毁了 reports from their pilots was an enemy carrier had been destroyed
又点燃了日本人的希望 began to revive Japanese hopes
第二波攻击力量很快从匆忙中出发了 a second attack force was quickly launched from the hurry
找到并摧毁另一艘美国航母 to find and destroy another of the American carriers
2点40分 第二波攻击力量抵达 at 2:40 the who you second Strikeforce arrived
又对约克城发动了一次毁灭性的打击 and launched another devastating attack on the Yorktown
那艘大船已尽其所能 the mighty ship had taken all that she could
船员不得不放弃船 and soon she was listing to port a crew had to abandon ship
中途岛之战现在以一次最终摧毁而告终 the Battle of Midway was now to end with one final act of destruction
日本人认为他们击沉了2艘美国航母 the Japanese believe they'd sunk two of the three US carriers
他们没有意识到打击了约克城号2次 they didn't realize they'd hit the Yorktown twice
他们认为和美国打了个平手 they now thought as they were fighting on equal terms with the Americans
双方各幸存一艘航母 with just one surviving carrier each
基于这种误解 based on this misapprehension
飞龙号的指挥官做出了一个几乎难以置信的决定 the commanders on the here who now made an almost unbelievable decision
在接下来的90分钟里 战斗将暂停 for the next 90 minutes the battle would be put on hold
飞龙号上幸存的飞行员在黎明前就起来了 surviving Japanese pilots on the here you had been up since before dawn and
持续的飞行使他们筋疲力尽 they were exhausted by the days constant flight operations
他们几乎不能发挥作用 they were barely able to function
所以他们认为美国只剩一艘航母 so now that it was thought there was only one remaining American aircraft carrier left to sink
他们被告知有时间休息一下 吃点东西 the men were told they had time to take a rest and grab a bite to eat
这是最后一次致命的误判 it was a final fatal miscalculation
在美国剩余的2艘航母上 情况并没有那么轻松 things were not nearly so relaxed aboard but through American carriers
美国指挥官斯普鲁恩斯上将 the American commander Admiral Spruance knew that he had to find
知道他必须要找到这艘幸存的航母并击沉 but one remaining Japanese carrier and strike it
在它的舰载机回击之前 before its aircraft could strike back at his ships
下午三点左右 斯普鲁恩斯有了机会 and then in mid-afternoon Spruance got his chance
一艘侦察机锁定了飞龙号 one of his Scout planes had located the here you
下午3:30 斯普鲁恩斯起飞了俯冲轰炸机 at 3:30 Spruance launched his dive bombers to
“完成约克城号的工作” finish the job and the men which the Yorktown
90钟后 俯冲轰炸机出现在飞龙号甲板的上空 ninety minutes later the dive bombers appeared high above the wooden flight decks of the hero you
开始朝航母中间高速俯冲 and began their high-speed dives heading towards the middle
连续4枚炸弹击中飞龙号 in quick succession for bombs smashed into the here you
炸弹击穿飞行甲板 把舰桥变成了地狱 they penetrated the flight deck and turned the bridge into an inferno the
最后一艘日本航母起火了 last remaining Japanese carrier was on fire
山本雄心勃勃的中途岛作战计划以灾难性的失败告终 Yamamoto's ambitious midway battle plan had ended in catastrophic failure with
随着航母的损失 他失去了对美国至关重要的空中优势 his carriers gone he'd lost vital air superiority over the Americans
他虽然仍有大型战舰 he still had his big gun battleships but they were little
但在这个飞机至上的新时代 昂贵且无用 more than white elephants in this new era where aircraft reigned supreme
山本命令剩余舰艇返回日本 Yamamoto ordered his ships back to Japan
仅仅十几枚炸弹就摧毁了日本帝国舰队的精华 just over a dozen American bombs had destroyed the cream of the Imperial Japanese fleet
中途岛之战改变了太平洋战争的进程 and altered the course of the war in the Pacific
中途岛战役 美国损失了300多人和一艘航母约克城号 the Battle of Midway America lost just over 300 men and one carrier the Yorktown
日本损失要严重得多 大约250架飞机被毁 Japanese losses were far more severe around 250 planes have been
4艘航母沉没 3000人丧生 destroyed four carriers have been sunk and 3,000 men and killed
多年的战斗经验和训练被歼灭 years of combat experience and training had been wiped out
航空母舰居功至伟 the aircraft carrier reigned supreme
但是日本刚刚失去了发动这种战争所需要的人 but Japan had just lost the very men it needed to wage this kind of warfare
日本海军在1942年6月4日的中途岛战败后再也没有恢复过来 Japan's naval power never recovered from its defeat at Midway on June the 4th 1942
美国建造了一支全新的航空母舰舰队 America built a whole new fleet of aircraft carriers
但在日本在密苏里号上投降之前 but it took three more years of bloodshed
又经历了三年的流血冲突 before the Japanese surrendered here on the USS Missouri
现在比珍珠港更多的战争开始了 now more in Pearl Harbor where the war had all begun
日本一直是一个顽固的敌人 Japan had been a stubborn enemy
直到美国向广岛和长崎投放原子弹 and only at last admitted defeat when America's deliver
世界进入核时代时 the final blow atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki
才最终承认失败 which launched the world into the nuclear age
下一次是60多年前的斯大林格勒战役 next time the Battle of Stalingrad over 60 years ago
这座俄罗斯城市发生了一场战争 a battle was fought in this Russian city
这将是第二次世界大战的转折点 that would be the turning point of the Second World War
这是有史以来最艰苦的战斗之一 it was one of the hardest fought battles of all time
我会告诉你德国和苏联的士兵 I'll be revealing what it was like for the German and Soviet soldiers
如何逐街和逐楼的战斗 who fought street-by-street and building by building
我将解释指挥官的战术如何 and I'll be explaining how the leaders tactics drove their own armies
将自己的军队推向毁灭的边缘 to the brink of destruction you