:20:05
Have this intercept coded
and transmitted to fleet headquarters!
:20:37
They took the bait, Admiral.
Rochefort just decoded a transmission
:20:41
from Kwajalein
to Yamamoto's headquarters:
:20:45
""A-F has trouble
with its freshwater condenser ""
:20:49
""A-F"" has to be Midway lsland.
:20:53
Be at my office at 05:00, Matt.
I'm calling in the whole staff.
:21:00
This is how
I expect the battle to develop:
:21:03
The northern force, under Hosogaya,
strikes the Aleutians as a diversion.
:21:08
To keep Nimitz's attention
away from our main objective.
:21:13
He will not realize
our objective is Midway
:21:16
until 24 hours later, when
Nagumo's carriers strike the island
:21:20
and destroy the American
planes and shore batteries.
:21:23
At that hour you move in,
Kondo, with your invasion forces.
:21:28
Nimitz will be forced to respond.
He'll commit the balance of his fleet,
:21:32
most certainly his carriers,
to repel the invasion.
:21:35
His carrier commander
will undoubtedly be Admiral Halsey.
:21:41
I have studied his tactics
and I have studied the man.
:21:45
Halsey is courageous,
tough-minded and not afraid of risks,
:21:48
but we will turn
these strengths against him.
:21:51
It will take Halsey's task force
at least 48 hours to reach Midway.
:21:55
By that time, Nagumo, you'll have
crushed Midway and be waiting for him.