 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Yamamoto akaita kuti mauto eCombined Fleet aite nhevedzano yezviito zviduku zvokuparadza kumaodzanyemba nepakati pePacific izvo zvakatambudza vaAmerica, asi mukutsinhana vakatambura kurasikirwa kwavakanga vasingakwanisi kuwana. Nhamburiko huru nhatu dzokukurira vaAmerica vaifamba paGuadalcanal dzakaparira hondo mbiri dzinotakura ngarava idzo Yamamoto akarayira iye pachake: Hondo dzeEastern Solomons neSanta Cruz Islands muna September naOctober, uye pakupedzisira hondo mbiri dzomumvuramuna November, zvose zvakarongwa kuti zviwirirane nokufambira mberi kweuto reJapan. Nhamburiko yacho yakarasika apo Hondo haina kukwanisa kuchengeta mugumo wayo webasa racho. Mauto ehondo aYamamoto akawana kukunda kushoma uye akakonzera kurasikirwa kukuru uye kukuvara kune ngarava dzeAmerica muhondo dzinoverengeka dzakatenderedza Guadalcanal dzaisanganisira Hondo dzeSavo Island, Cape Esperance, neTassafaronga, asi haana kumbokwanisa kukwevera United States mukuita kwakasarudzika kwechikepe. Somugumisiro, simba rengarava reJapan rakaderera. 