 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Panguva yekurwiswa kwePearl Harbor, Isuzu akanga achibatanidzwa mukupinda muHong Kong, sechikamu che15th Escort Squadron muVice Admiral Kiyoshi Haras Second China Expeditionary Fleet. Isuzu yakaramba iri muHong Kong mushure mekutorwa kwayo neJapan kubva pakupera kwaZvita 1941 kusvika Kubvumbi 1942, ichidzokera kwenguva pfupi kuchiteshi chayo chekumusha cheMako, muPescadores kunoperekedza kusimbiswa kweJapan 25th Army kuenda kuSingora, Thailand neCamranh Bay, French Indochina 