The Dolittle Raid of April 1942 demonstrated to the world that the Japanese mainland, Tokyo itself, could be successfully attacked by a determined enemy, thus the cry went up for retaliation.
The obvious solution is the destruction of that portion of the U.S. Navy that survived Pearl Harbor.

But one man, flying ace and national hero Keiko Hatatsune, dreams of something even more dramatic, more devastating, more shattering to U.S. prestige than the destruction of the entire U.S. fleet.