Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Da dama daga cikin jami'an sojan ruwa na Japan sun yi sha'awar aikin Birtaniya a yakin Taranto
, wanda 21 tsohuwar Fairey Swordfish ta kashe rabin "Regia Marina" (Sojojin Ruwa na Italiya). Admiral Yamamoto har ma ya aika da wata tawaga zuwa Italiya, wanda ya yanke shawarar cewa mafi girma da kuma goyon baya mafi kyau na Cunningham zai iya tilasta wa Amurka Pacific Fleet komawa zuwa sansanonin California, don haka ya ba Japan lokacin da ake bukata don kafa "tsarin" don kare kariya ta Japan na Dutch East Indies. Wakilan sun koma Japan tare da bayani game da torpedoes masu zurfi da injiniyoyin Cunningham suka tsara.