 Kunyora kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Mushure mekusimudzirwa kwake kuita lieutenant general muna Nyamavhuvhu 1941, akatumirwa kuTaiwan munaGunyana 1941 kunotungamira iyo ichangobva kuumbwa IJA 48th Division. Mushure mekutanga kweHondo yePacific, IJA 48th Division yaive pakati pemasimba ekutanga eJapan kusvika muPhilippines sechikamu cheIJA 14th Army, uye mauto aTsuchihashi akatora Manila, asi haana kutora chikamu muHondo yeBataan. Panzvimbo pezvo, muna Ndira 1942 divi rake rakaendeswa kudzora kweIJA 16th Army kumabvazuva kweJava, uko kwakapihwa basa rekutora Surabayauye minda yayo yemafuta inokosha pana 7 March 1942. 