 Nyorai mberi kwechikamu chino - Basa rake muHondo Yenyika II rakatanga muDutch East Indies, kwaakabata muvengi kubva kuMakassar musi wa 8 Kukadzi 1942. Haguro akazoita basa rinokosha muHondo yeGungwa reJava musi wa27 Kukadzi 1942, kutanga kunyudza muparadzi uyezve gare gare zuva rimwe chetero ngarava huru yeAllied fleet, cruiser ; zvose zviri zviviri ne torpedo. Mazuva maviri gare gare, pana 1 March 1942 mune rimwe basakumaodzanyemba kweBorneo, Haguro akatora rutivi mukunyura kwechikepe nechinoparadza. 