<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Lapho iqaliswa ukusebenza, umkhumbi wabelwe i-Fourth Carrier Division ye-1st Air Fleet, kanye no, ngaphansi komyalo kaRear Admiral Kakuji Kakuta. Wabe enikezwe umsebenzi wokusekela Operation AL, ukuhlaselwa okuhlelelwe ukuthatha iziQhingi zase-Aleutian eziningana ukuhlinzeka ngesexwayiso kusengaphambili uma kwenzeka kuhlaselwa amaMelika avela e-Aleutians phansi kweziQhingi zaseKurile ngenkathi umzimba omkhulu wamasosha aseMelika ehlala evikela iMidway. I Junyō yayithwele ama-A6M2 Zero angu-18 nama-D3A angu-18 kulolu hlelo. Ekuseni ngoJuni 3, wathumela amaZero angu-9 ne-D3A eyishumi nambili ukuhlasela  <response>: IDutch Harbor esiQhingini sase-Unalaska. Kwadingeka babuyele emuva ngenxa yesimo sezulu esibi, nakuba indiza ye-PBY Catalina yaseMelika yabhidlizwa i-Zero. Ukuhlaselwa kwesibili kwaqalwa kamuva ngalolo suku ukuhlasela iqembu lababhubhisi abatholakala yizindiza ekuhlaselweni kokuqala, kodwa bahluleka ukuthola izinhloso. Okunye ukuhlaselwa emoyeni kwaqalwa ngosuku olulandelayo yizithwali ezimbili ezaziqukethe amaZero angu-15, ama-D3A angu-11, nama-B5N angu-6 futhi zahlasela ngempumelelo iDutch Harbor. Ngenkathi izindiza ezivela ku Junyō zihlanganiswa kabusha ngemuva kokuhlaselwa, zahlaselwa yizindiza eziyi-8 zeCurtiss P-40 ezabulala amaZero ama-2 kanye ne-D3A ngenkathi zilahlekelwa ngama-2 azo. Enye i-D3A yalahleka futhi yahluleka ukubuyela emkhunjini. Ngokushesha ngemva kokuba izindiza ziqalisiwe, abaseMelika bahlasela abathwali bezindiza, kodwa bahluleka ukulimaza. Ibhomu i-Martin B-26 Marauder ne-PBY badutshulwa amaZero, kanti i-Boeing B-17 Flying Fortress yadutshulwa yi-Flak ngesikhathi kuhlaselwa. 