Japanese Pilots flew their Ki-27s towards the Bismarck Sea. They were hyper focused, most likely stimulated on some form of pharmaceutical substance. Their eyes dilated and locked in.
These men were confident, almost super humanly so. The Emperor had guaranteed them that the Japanese Army was the greatest and most advanced in the world. And his word was divine truth.
It didn't hurt that this was partially true. Outside of Germany and Russia, Japan did have weaponry that was a decade ahead of the competition.
Meanwhile, their training was elite. Lessons learned from the Great War showed the importance of aviation on the modern battlefield.
And as the wing of Ki-27s approached their target, they saw explosions erupting from below. But these explosions were not an uncontested domination of their naval landing forces.
