 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa13 June 1944 Combined Fleet yakatanga Operation A-Go nokuda kwokudzivirirwa kweMariana Islands, uye Hondo yeSaipankwakatanga nokumhara kweU.S. paSaipan pana 15 June 1944. Musi wa5 Chikunguru 1944, Ro-48 yakabva kuKure, Japan, kuti itange kutenderera kwayo yehondo yekutanga, yakapihwa nzvimbo yekutenderera muMarianas off Saipan. Yakasvika munharaunda yayo yekutarisa, mukati meSaipan, musi wa12 Chikunguru 1944, uye musi iwoyo yakagamuchira mirairo yekumirira kununura Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service vatyairi vakagumburwa paTinian. Apo akanga ari kuchamhembe kweSaipan pa 21:30 Japan Standard Time musi wa 14 July 1944, mukuru wake akazivisa kuti mauto eU.S. akanga amumanikidza kuti anyure uye kuti akanga achienda kune imwe nzvimbo itsva. Pana 16 July 1944, 6th Fleet headquarters yakarayira Ro-48 kudzokera kuJapan. 