Combat Deployment
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The approach taken was not exactly praiseworthy, but by hinting at his own resignation, he successfully compelled the acknowledgment of the surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. While it's not exactly a consolation, unfortunately, the establishment of the 1st Air Fleet that he had simultaneously requested was not approved.
'Although it's regrettable that the formation of the 1st Air Fleet was not approved, demonstrating the power of aircraft might change the perspective of the higher-ups.'
Thinking this way, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, the Commander-in-Chief of the Combined Fleet, looked at the organizational chart. The roles assigned to the ships at the time of the outbreak were recorded there.
General Operations Support
- Battleships Nagato, Mutsu, Ise, Hyūga, Yamashiro, Fusō
- Heavy cruisers Aoba, Kinugasa, Furutaka, Kako
- Destroyers Asagumo, Yamagumo, Natsugumo, Minegumo, Asashio, Ōshio, Michishio, Arashio
Attack on Pearl Harbor
- Akagi (24 × A6Ms, 45 × Type 1s)
- Kaga (24 × A6Ms, 45 × Type 1s, 9 × Type 1 recon)
- Sōryū (24 × A6Ms, 36 × Type 1s)
- Hiryū (24 × A6Ms, 36 × Type 1s)
- Shōkaku (24 × A6Ms, 54 × Type 1s)
- Zuikaku (24 × A6Ms, 54 × Type 1s)
- Kamikaku (24 × A6Ms, 54 × Type 1s)
- Amakaku (24 × A6Ms, 54 × Type 1s)
- Battleship Hiei
- Heavy cruiser Tone
- Destroyers Akizuki, Teruzuki, Hatsukaze, Yukikaze, Amatsukaze, Tokitsukaze, Urakaze, Isokaze, Hamakaze, Tanikaze
Southern Force Main Unit
- Battleships Kongō, Haruna
- Heavy cruisers Atago, Takao, Maya
- Destroyers Umikaze, Yamakaze, Kawakaze, Suzukaze, Yūdachi, Harusame, Samidare
Philippines Aerial Assault Force
- Ryūjō (24 × A6Ms, 9 × Type 1 recon)
- Zuihō (16 × A6Ms, 12 × Type 1s)
- Shōhō (16 × A6Ms, 12 × Type 1s)
- Ryūhō (16 × A6Ms, 12 × Type 1s)
- Chitose (16 × A6Ms, 12 × Type 1s)
- Chiyoda (16 × A6Ms, 12 × Type 1s)
- Mizuho (16 × A6Ms, 12 × Type 1s)
- Battleship Kirishima
- Heavy cruiser Chikuma
- Destroyers Suzutsuki, Hatsuzuki, Kuroshio, Oyashio, Hayashio, Natsushio, Kagerō, Shiranui, Kasumi, Arare
CZYTASZ
Fleet of Books
Historyczne「Strengthen the Combined Fleet with the Ship's Intelligence Lexicon.」 Any desired warships written in there will be built. A mysterious figure named Ryūkaku Hiranuma handed over the Ship's Intelligence Lexicon and the Chronicle of Intense Reflection...
