 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Pana 27 October 1943, Ro-105 yakatanga kutenderera kwehondo yechitatu, ichibva kuRabaul yakananga kunzvimbo yekutarisa kubva kuMono Island muTreasury Islands. Musi waNovember 1, 1943, hondo yeBougainvilleyakatanga neUS ichidzika paCape Torokina paBougainville, uye kuyedza kweJapan kuunza kusimbiswa kuBougainville kwakakonzera Hondo yeEmpress Augusta Bay musi wa2 Mbudzi 1943. Vatariri veRo-105 vakacherechedza zvipfuramabwe zvenyeredzi nokupenya kwepfuti kubva muhondo iri kure mangwanani-ngwanani aNovember 2. Ngarava yechiJapan yakapfava uye muparadzi vakanyura mukati mehondo, uye gare gare musi wa2 Mbudzi 1943 Ro-105 yakagamuchira mirairo yekutsvaga vapukunyuki vavo. Akawana mitumbi mumvura asi hapana muJapan mupenyu, kunyange zvazvo akanunura vaviri vakadonha ndege dzehondo dzeJapan kubva muchikepe chinoponesa kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweNew Britain musi wa6 November 1943. Yakasvika paRabaul musi wa9 November 1943. 