Editing Midway (1964 game) (section)

====Battle====
When planes locate and attack an enemy fleet, the air-sea battle is resolved on the battle board.  The owner of the ships first places his ships on the battle board as desired within rule-driven requirements for spacing between ships.  The attacker then places his planes around the ships to indicate which squadrons are attacking which ships.  Dive bombers must be placed on top of the ship being attacked, and torpedo bombers must be placed in the space either to port or starboard of the ship being attacked.

The defender then indicates which ships will direct their fire against which squadrons(known as "screening").  Each ship may screen against any squadron within a two space range and is not limited to screening against squadrons attacking itself.  Then through comparison of various factors printed on the counters, and the roll of the die, hits are recorded, and losses are taken against the ships and attacking squadrons.

After one round of battle the ships and planes are removed from the board, and additional battles in other zones are resolved as required.