Gekiro No Ha Sen 2 (RYU NOVELS)

[Machine Translation] Three months had passed since the Japanese Navy attacked Pearl Harbor. The Dutch and Indian forces in Java unconditionally surrendered, and the Dutch-Indian operation ended earlier than planned. The task force continued to head for operations to control the Indian Ocean. In March 1942, the 2nd Air Squadron led by Tamon Yamaguchi sortied into the Indian Ocean. In the first ever decisive battle between carrier task forces, the squadron succeeded in destroying the British Toyo Fleet. The Army, shocked by the Doolittle squadron, changed its position to promote the Navy's Midway operation. The Combined Fleet then put together an operation plan, setting the date of the Midway invasion as June 7. Isoroku Yamamoto appointed Tamon Yamaguchi as the commander of Task Force I and Kakuji Tsunoda as the commander of Task Force II....

日本海軍の真珠湾攻撃から3ヵ月。ジャワ島の蘭印軍が無条件降伏し、蘭印作戦は予定より早く終了した。機動部隊は引き続き、インド洋制圧作戦に向かう。昭和17年3月、山口多聞率いる第二航空戦隊がインド洋に出撃。史上初の空母機動部隊同士による決戦で、英東洋艦隊の撃波に成功した。ドーリットル飛行隊に衝撃を受けた陸軍は、海軍のミッドウェー攻略作戦を推進する立場に変わる。そして、連合艦隊はミッドウェー攻略日を6月7日と定めて作戦案をまとめる。山本五十六は、第一機動部隊司令官に山口多聞、第二機動部隊司令官には角田覚治を指名した…。