 The Americans would have to come out to defend Midway, and he could have his whole fleet there to meet him. Battleships with 14-inch guns, six aircraft carriers, all of these cruisers and destroyers to meet this American fleet that was really down to three aircraft carriers and a few destroyers. And American sea power in the Pacific would be gone at the conclusion of the day. Wasn't a bad plan, but things began to go wrong even before it got started.