On board the I-21, Kadomatsu tries to get a warning to the Mirai via Morse code but is stopped by Taki. At first, Mirai attempts to leave the scene, rather than stand and fight, but Taki forces the issue by ordering the I-21 to surface so that it would be left vulnerable to an air attack. Rather than leave I-21 to be attacked by the Americans, Captain Umezu decides to stay around and face the attack. Oguri thinks they should engage the Americans afar, taking advantage of their technological advantage, but Kikuchi argues that they should wait until the range closes, since the supply of the long range Standard missiles is limited. In fact, Kikuchi thinks he can spare lives by demonstrating Mirai's firepower to destroy only a fraction of the American strike force, so that the rest would be frightened away. The strike force from the USS Wasp finds the destroyer. Using its advanced weapons, the Mirai shoots down two-thirds of the American aircraft in less than a minute. However, although the Americans are shocked, they don't slacken their attack, leaving the Mirai's crew dumbfounded. Commander Hutton, in particular, presses his attack by diving his plane into the bridge of the ship from the future (though bailing out at the last second so it is not suicide). The Mirai is damaged and suffers numerous casualties.
「みらい」を第六爆撃飛行隊が襲う。自動発射管制モードなら、全機を瞬時に撃墜することができる。だが菊池は、一部を叩き相手の戦意をくじく戦法を取り、主砲と短ＳＡＭ６基のみを発射した。
戦闘開始後１分で飛行隊は半数を喪失。だが、残りの部隊はなおも退かず、「みらい」上空には突撃するハットン機が……！
艦の損傷、奪われた隊員の命……。第２次攻撃を準備する「ワスプ」に対し、菊池が下した決断は!?
A bordo del I-21, Kadomatsu trata de alertar al Mirai de un inminente ataque, pero Taki fuerza el conflicto al ordenar al submarino emerger. En este punto, al Mirai no le queda otra opción que descartar la posibilidad de huir del escenario y ayudar al submarino japonés contra la armada estadounidense.
