:22:00
You'll have a better position,
:22:03
and at least
a 2-to-1 superiority in carriers,
:22:07
and 4 to 5 times
the number of screening vessels.
:22:11
Assuming the American fleet is still
guarding Hawaii when we strike.
:22:17
Nimitz is crippled
and on the defensive.
:22:20
He must deploy his remaining strength
around his most valuable Pacific base.
:22:24
I agree with Admiral Nagumo.
:22:26
We must make certain
where the enemy fleet is.
:22:30
I propose we send 2 flying boats
to French Frigate Shoals on the 29th.
:22:37
We fuel them by tanker submarine and
fly them to Pearl Harbor on the 30th.
:22:42
They then report whether or not
the American fleet is actually there.
:22:46
A very wise precaution indeed.
:22:49
We will call it ""Operation K"".
Does anyone have any other thoughts?.
:22:54
Yes.
:22:57
We can achieve a great victory,
:23:00
providing Nimitz and Halsey
do exactly what you expect.
:23:08
The Enterprise and the Hornet
are due in by sundown.
:23:11
The rest of the task force
should be in by morning.
:23:14
The Yorktown is more
severely damaged than we thought.
:23:18
How soon can we dry-dock her?.
:23:20
By the 17th, if a Jap sub
doesn't spot the oil she's trailing.
:23:25
Admiral Fletcher
just radioed in with a repair list.
:23:31
Tell the yard repairman I want
every workman he can get to board her.
:23:36
That sharpshooter from Washington
just landed. Be here in 30 minutes.
:23:40
Who did they send?.
- Captain Vinton Maddox.
:23:42
Maddox. He's a damned scalp hunter!
:23:45
See that he's thoroughly briefed,
and get Captain Garth up here.
:23:50
Admiral,
why don't you let me handle it?.
:23:53
No, he's entitled to a crack at me.
Phone that in.