Now, the way I see it is thus:
If you guys were really being aggressive enough, you would drive your boats hard enough that you'd have just a little diesel left for patrol when you get there. You'd take what you needed from the Japanese to get home, or you wouldn't have the temerity to haul back into Pearl.
Now stop eating all that ice cream and be more aggressive.
Now, you see, back in my day... we patrolled backwards both ways.... upstream naked.... with no toilet paper in the North Atlantic...
Sorry for the off-topic. Couldn't resist.
Sink'em ALL, guys!!!