<prompt> Yamaguchi akadzokera kuJapan kwenguva pfupi mukupera kwaApril kunochengetedza ngarava dzake. Muna June 1942, akapiwa basa rokurwisa Midway  <response>: . Mukati mehondo, musi wa6 Chikumi 1942, Yamaguchi haana kubvumirana nemutungamiri wehondo, Mutevedzeri weAdmiral Chūichi Nagumo. Ndege yokuongorora yakawana ngarava inotakura ndege yeAmerica pedyo neMidway. Panguva iyoyo, ndege dzeJapan dzakanga dzashongedzerwa nokuda kwokurova kwechipiri paMidway, neKate ndege dzinobhomba dzinotakura mabhomba panzvimbo pezvombo zvinokandwa. Yamaguchi akadaidzira kurwisa pakarepo ngarava yeU.S., nendege dzakanga dzakapfeka zvombo sezvazvakanga zvakaita, asi Nagumo akasarudza panzvimbo pezvo kumirira kusvikira ndege dzacho dzapfekazve zvombo. Nokukurumidza pashure pacho, ndege dzinotakura zvinhu dzeAmerica dzakaparadza zvose zvinotakura zvinhu zveJapan kunze kwechikepe chikuru chaYamaguchi Hiryū. Yamaguchi nokukurumidza akarayira kurwiswa kuviri kwakatevedzana paYorktown uko kwakakuvadza. Hiryū yakabva yaparadzwa nendege kubva muna, pamwe nedzimwe ndege dzeYorktown. 