 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Pakatanga kurwiswa kweJapan kuJava, 77th ndiyo chete yakanga yakashongedzerwa zvakakwana HAA regiment yaivepo; kunyangwe mabhatiri maviri eRegular Army 6th HAA Rgt aive abviswa muSumatra isati yatorwa, ivo vaive vasina pfuti uye vakatumirwa kunodzivirira nhandare dzendege sevashandi. 77th HAA Regiment yakanga iri mubasa yakanga ichangobva mubasa paSurabaya, ichiti mabhomba matatu akadonha. Kubuda kweJapan muJavakwakatanga musi wa1 March pedyo neBatavia, kwakafukidzwa nokuputika kwebhomba, nenhandare dzendege sechinangwa chavo chikuru. 77th HAA Regiment yakamanikidzwa kubva kuSurabaya kuenda kuTjilatjap mukutarisana nekurwiswa kwakasimba, uye rimwe boka rakagurwa ndokurasikirwa kuSurabaya. Blackforce, simba rakasanganiswa reAustralia neBritain raitungamirirwa naBrig Arthur Blackburn, VC, rakaramba richidzivirira kwemazuva akati wandei, asi mutungamiri wechiDutch akaraira zvikamu zvake kuti zvirege kupisa musi wa8 Kurume, uye zvakasara zve16 AA Bde kusanganisira 77th HAA Rgt vakazvipa musi wa12 Kurume, mushure mekuparadza pfuti dzavo. Hapana zvinyorwa zvebasa reAA pamusoro peJava zvakapukunyuka, asi 16 AA Bde vakati vakaparadza ndege dzeJapan 26. 