<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - UYamaguchi wabuyela eJapane isikhashana ekupheleni kuka-April ukuze alungise imikhumbi yakhe. Ngo-June 1942, wabelwa ukusebenza eMidway  <response>: . futhi. Ngesikhathi sempi, ngoJuni 6, 1942, u-Yamaguchi waphikisana nomlawuli wamasosha, uVice Admiral Chūichi Nagumo. Indiza yokuhlola yathola umkhumbi othwala izindiza waseMelika eduze kwaseMidway. Ngaleso sikhathi, izindiza zaseJapane zase zihlomele ukuhlasela okwesibili eMidway, njengoba amabhomu asezingeni lika-Kate ayephethe amabhomu kunama-torpedo. UYamaguchi wacela ukuba kushaywe umkhumbi waseMelika ngokushesha, njengoba izindiza zazihlomile, kodwa uNagumo wanquma ukulinda kuze kube yilapho izindiza sezihlomile. Ngokushesha ngemva kwalokho, izindiza zaseMelika zacekela phansi zonke izindiza zaseJapane ngaphandle komkhumbi kaYamaguchi i-Hiryū. Ngokushesha uYamaguchi wayala ukuhlaselwa okubili okulandelanayo kwe-Yorktown okwakuyikhubaze. I- Hiryū yabe isiqothulwa yizindiza ezivela ku-, kanye nezinye izindiza ze- Yorktown eziyizintandane. 