<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - NgoJulayi 1942, uLieutenant Kofukuda wabelwa njenge Hikōtaichō yeqembu lesithupha lezindiza, elalihloselwe ukuba yisigodlo sesiqhingi saseMidway kodwa njengoba amaJapane ehluleka ukuthatha iMidway  <response>: . futhi. Ngaleso sikhathi leli qembu lalisendaweni yaseKisarazu eJapan futhi layalwa ukuba lihambe liye eRabaul eNew Britain ngo-21 Agasti. ULieutenant Kofukuda wahola indiza yezikebhe ezingama-Zero ezingu-18 ukusuka eJapane kuya eRabaul ngokusebenzisa izisekelo zeziqhingi Iwo Jima, Saipan, Truk neKavieng, okwakungakaze kwenzeke ngaphambili endizeni enesihlalo esisodwa ngaleso sikhathi. 