After that, we sortied again and again.

The 29th Attempt.

After steadily cutting down the enemy's combat strength... The bosses of maps with gauges must be killed multiple times to defeat them

we're finally on the brink of taking control of this area! His wording has to do with E-2's flavor text

Enemy main fleet, spotted!

This is a golden opportunity, but...

Kitakami and Akagi were moderately damaged on our way here.

I guess we can't avoid losing combat strength on the way.

Enemy carrier aircraft, confirmed! They're coming!

All it'd take is sinking the flagship just one more time to capture this area...

Admiral.

Akagi!?

My damaged flight deck...

Even if I can't resupply or swap equipment in the middle of battle with it...

I can still launch fighters during air combat... A strange quirk of the opening aerial combat phase

and let fly... the pride of CarDiv 1!

Akagi's Reppuu Kai has seized air superiority!