 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pasi pehutungamiriri hwaLieutenant General Yuitsu Tsuchihashi, IJA 48th Division yaive pakati pemasimba ekutanga eJapan kukwira muPhilippines sechikamu cheIJA 14th Army, uye vakatora Manila, asi haana kubatanidzwa muHondo yeBataan. Panzvimbo pezvo, muna Ndira 1942 chikamu ichi chakatamisirwa kudzora kweIJA 16th Army kumabvazuva kweJava, uko kwakapihwa basa rekutora Surabaya neminda yayo yemafuta zvine hungwaru musi wa7 Kurume 1942. 