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The sky was clear and blue, not a single cloud in sight. A formidable fleet sailed across the South Pacific, comprised of three aircraft carriers, one battleship, six cruisers, and sixteen destroyers. This was a support and escort fleet led by US Navy Vice Admiral Fletcher, tasked with protecting Rear Admiral Turner's South Pacific landing force in their assault on Guadalcanal.

After their disastrous defeat at Midway in 1942, the Japanese redirected their offensive toward the South Pacific, planning to seize Port Moresby in New Guinea and the Solomon Islands. Their ambition was to transform Guadalcanal into an unsinkable aircraft carrier, thereby expanding their naval operations in the South Pacific.

The Americans were equally intent on Guadalcanal. They planned to land troops on the island, turning it into both a battlefield to halt Japanese expansion southward and a springboard for counterattacks against Japan itself. Thus, the US military devised the South Pacific counteroffensive, codenamed "Watchtower," aiming to capture New Britain, New Ireland, New Guinea, and other strategic locations.

On the deck of the USS Enterprise, aviators and crew made ready for takeoff. Beside an F4F Wildcat fighter, a black-haired, dark-eyed man of Eastern descent conversed with an American captain.

The man was Chen Hao, an ordinary player in the game "War," with nearly eleven years of experience—equivalent to forty-three years in game time. The game's storyline began in 1900 and had now reached the era of World War II. Like most play