 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Kutanga muna May 1942, brigade yakaita mabasa okutora muHanoi pashure pokupinda kweJapan muFrench Indochina, sechikamu cheSouthern Army. Izvi zvakateverwa nekutamira kuMalaya uyezve kuRabaul pakupera kwegore, kunyangwe hazvo mota yekufambisa yebhiriji yakaramba iri muIndochina. 21st IMB yakasvika paRabaul musi wa22 Mbudzi; panguva ino yakanga isati yaona kurwa. 