"Commander, we have discovered the whereabouts of the German Navy Pacific Fleet and Indian Ocean Fleet. According to the latest intelligence, the German Navy Pacific Fleet is currently in the Java Sea, sailing eastward. The German Navy Indian Ocean Fleet, meanwhile, is north of the Bismarck Islands. We believe these two German Navy fleets intend to rendezvous," reported Major General Takahashi Ibo, Combined Fleet Chief of Staff.
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto's brows drew tightly together. If the two German Navy fleets joined forces, their strength would be no weaker than that of the Island Nation Navy. Granted, the German Navy lagged behind the Island Nation Navy in Capital Ships. But the enemy's eight aircraft carriers filled him with deep apprehension. Once war broke out, he found it difficult to believe that their Carrier-based Aircraft Unit could withstand attacks from the German Navy's carrier-based aircraft. Moreover, the German Navy had deployed quite a few land-based aircraft on islands in the central Pacific Ocean. In that case, the Island Nation Navy would stand even less chance of victory.
"No, we absolutely cannot allow the German Navy to rendezvous. If they do, it will be extremely difficult for us to win!" Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto said.
But if the German Navy was determined to join forces, there was simply nothing the Island Nation Navy could do about it. Could Isoroku Yamamoto directly issue an order forbidding the two German Navy fleets from rendezvousing? The German Navy was not made up of fools. How could they possibly listen to them?
Besides, the German Navy Pacific Fleet and Indian Ocean Fleet had chosen to rendezvous precisely so they could join hands against the Island Nation Navy. It was because the Island Nation Navy's formidable strength had put pressure on the two German Navy fleets that they had