After forcing the Japanese fleet into harbour, carrier aircraft would attack dockyards and ships still under construction. A small battle group would remain ready for another sortie, while cruisers and submarines enforce the blockade. Most capital ships and carriers could then refit in the Indian Ocean, with Colombo offered as one possibility, before moving through Suez. The manoeuvre turns victory in the Far East into an immediate threat to Italy. Lighter units contain the defeated fleet so the decisive ships can face the next opponent.
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Defeat Japan, enforce a blockade, then redeploy
After a major victory over Japan, the proposed strategy shifts from carrier attacks on shipyards and a cruiser-submarine blockade to a rapid return of the battle fleet.