Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Ba da daɗewa ba bayan haka, sojojin Amurka sun kaddamar da wani hari a cikin Doolittle Raid. Bayan wannan, Yamamoto ya ba da umarnin babban harin jirgin ruwa a tsibirin Midway na Amurka.
, amma dakarun jiragen ruwa na Japan sun hadu da su kuma sun rushe su ta hanyar Amurka. Watanni da yawa daga baya, bayan yakin Guadalcanal, an kashe Yamamoto yayin da matukan jirgin Amurka suka tsallake kuma suka harbe jirginsa. Eiichi ya koma gida zuwa Japan kuma ya auri budurwarsa, amma ba da daɗewa ba aka tuna da shi don shiga cikin Yaƙin Leyte Gulf. A gefen Cape Engaño, "Zuikaku" ya nutse, kuma Eiichi yana cikin wadanda suka mutu yayin da ya ba da jaket din ceton rai ga Shinji, ƙaramin ɗan'uwan Masato, wanda aka sanya shi a jirgin a matsayin mai kewayawa. A wani wuri, "Yamato", yanzu yana aiki a matsayin babban jirgin ruwa na Takeo Kurita's Center Force, ya janye daga Leyte ba tare da ya shiga yaƙi ba.