An excellent point. On the other hand if he could have sunk all three of our carriers he would have had free reign at least for awhile. But then we would have sent a handful of subs to patrol the area around Midway, potentially sinking every supply ship he could have sent, which would have tied up destroyers as kaibokans didn't have the range to make the trip.
Either way it wouldn't have been easy for him, even if he had pulled it off.
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