Half an hour later, the Ceres, which had withdrawn a distance, began to send reports to the headquarters using the latest confidential frequency bands that were launched. After completing the mission, Ceres followed for a while, confirmed more information about the US fleet and sent it back to the headquarters.

The intelligence of the Ceres became the basis for the Japanese Navy to evaluate the combat effectiveness of the US Navy in the subsequent battle! To be honest, this time, the Japanese overestimated the US military's strength. This overestimation seriously affected the subsequent response and tactics of the Japanese army to the US fleet.

"Damn it, more than 6 aircraft carriers, and more than one dozen battleships! How do we fight?" said former Lieutenant General Charles of the Royal Navy Air Force with some depression. "And the most damn thing is that before sunset today, their fleet will not enter the range of my bomber attack. The Americans have made great calculations. They use the night road for a period of time at night to rather shorten the attack incident than to put themselves in crisis. Even if we want to launch an attack, we can only choose tomorrow morning!"

"It is not easy to stop the US Navy's attack on Lagan Island of this scale, so you don't have to feel relieved that you can't protect this oil field. Just think about how to severely damage the US fleet tomorrow," said a Japanese officer.

"Of course I wouldn't use less than 150 bombers to fight the US fleet. I even know very well that these 500-kilogram bombs are not that deadly to battleships. Coupled with their seaplanes and daytime escort aircraft, our attacks are not very useful if they are scattered throughout the fleet," Charles said.

"We can attack battleships with torpedo planes and bombers with aircraft carriers and light battleships," said an officer.

"Don't you know that torpedoes are the easiest aircraft to shoot down? Because they are slow, the largest, the most bulky, and it is difficult to get out after entering the attack route. When attacking, it is best to have fighter cover and dive bombers to suppress the air defense firepower on the opposite side. They are the terminators of warships, but they are not suitable for entering the battlefield alone or entering the battlefield from the beginning." Charles shook his head and said.

"If I were asked to choose the lowest price and most rewarding target, then I would set my target on the American aircraft carriers, because these warships were the most vulnerable, and a 500KG bomb could completely sink the target. If 150 attack aircraft were coordinated well, we could completely destroy more than three aircraft carriers! In this way, the American air defense network was completely torn apart, and the main force of the Japanese fleet would enjoy a unilateral overwhelming advantage when fighting with the Americans in the future." Charles said.

"But we believe that the most core force in naval battles is still battleships, and if the strength of the US Navy battleship detachment is preserved intact, then they are still stronger than us," a Japanese officer insisted.

"This is not the problem I want to solve, it is the joint fleet's business. My mission is to achieve the greatest results as much as possible. I don't mind attacking the American battleship team after severely damaging the US aircraft carrier, but the attack can only have one center of gravity!" Charles' attitude was very firm.

"Okay, don't say that these useless things anymore. If you don't agree with my tactics, then you can naturally report to the upper level and then formulate your own tactics. I will report to the upper level of the battle plan. I will obey the orders of the Supreme Commander. That's it, let's start!" Charles was too lazy to talk nonsense with some people, but began to formulate combat plans with his own staff. At the same time, Nagano Cunning, who had already rushed from central Kalimantan to the north, was considering his own plan!

Maybe someone will ask why Nagano Climbing, who once commanded the Japanese cruiser team, is now in the rear? The reason is very simple. The original Japanese cruiser team has been beaten to a great extent, so Nagano Climbinging, as the commander of the fleet, has naturally been transferred to the second line. Now, Nagano Climbing's main task is anti-submarine and escort, as well as managing a large number of second-rate, third-rate and even worse than the current warships.

"The Americans came too suddenly, and we were not prepared enough." Nagano Cultivator said while integrating the information at hand. What is Nagano Cultivator's skills? To be honest, there are not many regular destroyers, and there are many torpedo boats and anti-submarines at that time. There is no way. In the case of American submarines raging, the main tasks of the Japanese second-line fleet and auxiliary fleet are anti-submarines, deep-water bomb anti-submarine, mine anti-submarine, anti-submarine network anti-submarine, and even people are engaged in metaphysical visits to anti-submarine...

"But fortunately, our mines are sufficient." Nagano Celestial Solo could only comfort himself. After all, it is an anti-submarine fleet. If you deploy a mine network at the port to organize submarines to enter the port or ambush near the port, it is naturally the best choice. So, how should you arrange mines? This is a question!

There is a reason why Nagano's self-cultivation was later commander of the Joint Fleet. At least the basic skills are relatively solid at this stage, and there are certain attainments in both offensive mine laying and defense mine laying. To be honest, if the US fleet uses naval guns to attack Lagen Island, it will naturally attack oil fields and nearby refineries on the southwest coast. The southwest of Daragen Island is close to Kalimantan Island. Excluding brief discussion, outside areas with insufficient water depth, in fact, the area of ​​the sea area that can be deployed for the large fleet is not large. Moreover, considering that the current main gun of the battleship is only about 20 kilometers, it is not difficult to find several suitable places to deploy mines near Daragen Island based on this. Although it is impossible to throw tens of thousands of mines directly in the war, it is still possible to cause certain trouble to the Americans.

In addition to mines, the remaining one is a large number of torpedo boats. The performance of these torpedo boats is uneven. The worse ones are only 2 18-inch torpedoes and two machine guns, with a displacement of only about 20 tons, while the better ones can carry 6 21-inch torpedoes with a displacement of hundreds of tons, which can be regarded as small destroyers. But fortunately, the torpedo boats are very small, fast, good at hiding, and good at sneak attacks and harassment. So if you cooperate with the mine formation, it would be okay not to severely damage the US fleet, at least it would cause some trouble. In fact, the top leaders of the Japanese Navy did not expect Nagano to do anything earth-shaking, just to do their best!

As time passed by minute by minute, when the sun gradually set, the US fleet finally entered the final attack starting position, and the Japanese also used the last day to make some preparations. The first round of competition between the two sides was about to begin!
Chapter completed!