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As known, Hiryu was spotted by Yorktown's scout (Adams i think) much further north than expected, this only happening thanks to personal initiative.

But what happens if Adams doesn't go as far north, or just misses it etc. What does Spruance do when word of the second attack on Yorktown reaches him at 14.45 or so? Does he attacks again that day? What happens to Hiryu anyway, would the japanese have any luck with the dusk attack and be more confident with it still intact or ending having it (and even Zuiho, as likely they would have joined now) damaged or sunk the next day? Or to put it differently, how one can have a scenario with Hiryu intact for Guadalcanal, assuming everything else is fairly similar and it still gets to that (Watchtower i mean)?
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