<prompt> Qedela lo musho olandelayo: NgoJulayi 1942, uLieutenant Kofukuda wabelwa njenge-Hikōtaichō yeQembu Lomoya Lesithupha, elalihloselwe ukuba liyibutho elivikela isiQhingi saseMidway kodwa njengoba amaJapane  <response>: sehlulekile ukubamba iMidway. 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. 