 Nyorera kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Mushure mehondo, Lembong akadzokera kuIndonesia semukuru weKNIL muna Ndira 1946 uye akazojoinha sangano risina kurongeka rakashongedzerwa rainzi Kuvimbika kweVanhu veIndonesia kubva kuSulawesi mushure meOperation Chigadzirwa musi wa21 Chikunguru 1947. Boka iri rakanga rakaumbwa zvikurukuru nevarume vaibva munharaunda yeMinahasa muNorth Sulawesi vaigara muJava. Muna 1947, KRIS nemamwe mapoka akabatanidzwa muArmed Forces of the Republic of Indonesia . Muna 1948, TRI yakava National Armed Forces of Indonesia uye Lembong akava mutungamiri we16th Brigade Brigade XVI aine chinzvimbo che lieutenant colonel. Mukati meOperation Kraai, Lembong akabatwa muYogyakarta uye akaiswa mujeri neDutch kwenguva muAmbawara. 