The Japanese Plan for the Supernova Invasion

The basics of the plan are that there's going to be an invasion of these atols, the midway island atols, by land troops. But they have another order, and that is to sink any american carriers that they find. Which order takes precedence while they're still debating swhile they're approaching the destination? This is how strange the whole thing seems. An there's gong to be a lot of problems with the japanese plan. Their problem is an inflexibility when something doesn't go according to plan. And in a bunch of times in this operation, something’s going to be, for example, late. If you don't change your plans