 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna January 1942, iye akabatira somutakuri wemauto muchikamu chechipiri chemauto okurwisa eAmbonyakagadzirwa nevatakuri Yamura Maru, Yamagiri Maru, Kirishima Maru, Hino Maru 5, uye Katsuragi Maru vakafambiswa ne8th Destroyer Division yakagadzirwa nevadzidzisi,,, uye , uye minesweepers W-9 uye W-11 iyo yakapa vashandi ve5,300 vanobva kuItō Detachment yeImperial Japanese Army IJA, pasi peMajor General Takeo Itō, inosanganisira 38th Division HQ uye 228th Infantry Regiment, pamwe chete nema marines kubva ku1st Kure Special Naval Landing Force chikamu cheChina Area Fleet, uye mapato maviri eSasebo SNLF pasi peRear Admiral Koichiro Hatakeyama. Muna Chivabvu 1942, iye muchirongwa Hondo Midway Operation MI apo iye akanzi kuna Miyamoto Sadachika kuti 16th Minesweeper Unit pamwe hwebetsero minesweepers,,,; zvikepe zvepasi pemvura chasers,, uye; nhumbi chikepe Meiyo Maru; uye hwebetsero zvombo. 