 Nyorai kuenderera mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa30 Zvita, TF 38 yakabva kuUlithi kunorwisa nhandare dzendege dzeJapan nekutakura zvinhu muFormosa, French Indo-China, Luzon, China, Ryukyus nePescadores Islands mukutsigira zvakarongwa kumhara paLingayen GulfmuLuzon musi wa9 January 1945 uye kurambidza kufamba kwezvikepe pakati pezvitsuwa zveJapan uye kukunda kwayo muSoutheast Asia. Vatakuri vacho vakatanga kurwisa Formosa musi wa 3 kana kuti 4 January vasati vatendeukira kuLuzon kunorwisa nendege musi wa 6 na 7 uye vakazodzokera kunobhomba mabhomba muFormosa musi wa 9. Kunyange zvazvo vachitaura kuti vakaparadza ndege dzinopfuura 150 dzisinganyanyi kupikiswa, vaAmerica vakarasikirwa nendege 46 muhondo uye dzimwe 40 mutsaona. Nechisungo chake chokufukidza nzvimbo yeLingayen Gulf kusvikira kuderedzwa kwaitwa, ngarava dzaHalsey dzakapinda muSouth China Sea usiku hwaJanuary 9 kusvika 10 vachitsvaka zvikepe zviviri izvo zvakanga zvashandurwa zvishoma kuva vatakuri vemvura uye vakanga vakanganiswa vakaudzwa paCam Ranh Bay. Pashure pokuzadza mafuta pazuva rechi 11, vatakuri vakakwira ndege dzinenge 1,500 vachirwisa vavariro muFrench Indochina uye kure nemhenderekedzo yegungwa. Halsey akatendeudzira ngarava dzake kuchamhembe ndokurwisa Formosa nenzvimbo yeHong Kong musi wa15-16 Ndira uye akarwisazve Formosa musi wa21 mushure mekunge abuda muSouth China Sea. Kusvikira musi uyu, Third Fleet yakanga isati yarwiswa navaJapan, asi kamikaze yakakuvadza zvikuru hanzvadzi yaHornet. Vari munzira kudzokera kuUlithi, ndege dzeTF 38 dzakabhururuka basa rekuongorora pamusoro peOkinawa musi wa22 Ndira kubatsira kurwiswa kwakarongwa kwechitsuwa ichocho ukuwo dzichirwisa nzvimbo dzeJapan. Vose vakaudzwa vatakuri vakaparadza 300 000 BRT yekutumira uye vakataura kuti vakaparadza ndege 615 apo vakarasikirwa nendege 201 kune zvikonzero zvose munguva yavo yekufamba. 