Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Wata daya daga baya, Shimazaki ya shiga cikin yakin Tekun Coral
Ka yi haƙuri. A safiyar ranar 7 ga Mayu, 1942, kungiyarsa ta kai hari ta tashi "Zuikaku" don neman masu jigilar jiragen saman Amurka. Ba su iya samun masu sufuri ba, duk da haka, amma sun gano mai mai da jirgin ruwa da kuma mai hallaka ta. Bayan ƙarin bincike mara amfani, abokin aikin Shimazaki daga "Shokaku", Lt Cdr Kakuichi Takahashi, ya umurce shi da ya kai harin bom na torpedo gida maimakon ɓata kayan aikin su a kan ƙananan manufa. Shimazaki ya yi biyayya, yayin da Takahashi ya kai hari tare da 'yan kunar bakin wake, ya nutsar da "Sims" kuma ya lalata "Neosho". Daga bisani a wannan maraice, ya shiga cikin wani ƙoƙari na dare a kan Amurka. Koyaya, F4Fs sun tsallake rukunin kafin su sami maƙasudin su, kuma jiragen sama tara - galibi ma'aikatan rukuni da shugabannin sassan - sun ɓace. Kungiyar Shimazaki ta yi asara mai yawa - jirage biyar sun rasa daga cikin tara - amma ya tsira ya koma "Zuikaku".