 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Ngarava iyi yakafambisa mutyairi kubva kuKwajalein kuenda kunzvimbo yezvikepe kuTruk muna Ndira 1942, uko kwakagadzirirwa sponson yepairi rezenisi-yakavakwa Type 93 anti-aircraft machine guns kurutivi rwemberi rwebhiriji. Mutsuki akabva aperekedza boka revarwi kubva kuTruk kuenda kuGuam gare gare mumwedzi iwoyo, ndokuzobatana nekupinda kweSolomon Islands, kufukidza kumhara kwemauto eJapan panguva yeOperation R.kupinda kweRabaul, New Ireland neNew Britain, uye panguva yeOperation SR kupinda kweLae neSalamaua muNew Guinea muna Ndira kusvika Kurume. Kubva musi wa 28 Kurume kusvika musi wa 1 Kubvumbi, yakashanda semudziviriri weAdmiral Masao Kanazawa, mutungamiri we8th Special Base Force panguva yekugara kwekutanga kweShortland Islands neBougainville muSolomon Islands. Gare gare mumwedzi iwoyo, ngarava yacho yakatsigira kubatwa kweAdmiralty Islands. 