I'd take my carriers up here to a point northeast of Midway, lie there and wait for Nagumo's carriers.
7 seconds sound clip from the Midway (1976) movie soundboard.
You can hear this line at 00:39:32.003 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.
Quote context
[...]
- Yamamoto himself is commanding.
- We know when and from where each unit sailed.
- My best guess is they'll hit Midway from the northwest, but there's no intelligence to support that.
- Why not head northwest, hit them head -on?
- You know, there's just a chance that Washington may be right.
- You think Hawaii and the West Coast could be the real target?
- Well, it really doesn't matter, provided I'm in a position to cut them off, if they do move east.
- If it's Midway, I'll bushwhack them.
[...]