Interestingly, "Shattered Sword" (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shattered_Sword) a modern book about the battle of Midway, from the Japanese point of view, starts with something similar. Japanese navy did wargames before the attack, and one of the admiral of Red Force acted similarly to what the American navy did, positioning his force north-east of Midway, and inflicted heavy damages to the invading force. Yamamoto, the author of the plan and the navy top chief, shut him off and forced everyone to replay following his rules, ensuring the success of his plan.
I recommend the book, well written and approachable to casual readers like me. A lot of details about carrier operations, fog of war and visual representations of attack vectors and bomb hits and their outcome.
Also, Drachinifels had a good session/interview about the book with Jon Parshall, one of its author: