Thus, Japanese Combined Fleet commander, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, authorized the use of faster warships at night to make the deliveries when the threat of detection was much less and aerial attack minimal.
Derfor gav den japanske flådes øverstkommanderende admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, tilladelse til at man brugte hurtige krigsskibe om natten til at foretage forsyningssejladserne mens truslen om opdagelse og angreb fra luften var langt mindre.