 Nyorai kuenderera kweiyi ndima - Musi waZvita 30, Mansfield akabatana neTG 30.1 yekurwisa nendege kuFormosa neCentral Luzon. Pashure pacho, Admiral William Halsey akatora 3rd Fleet, neTG 30.1, kuburikidza neBashi Strait kupinda muSouth China Sea. Zvisinei, hapana zvikamu zveJapan zvakadenha ngarava dzaHalsey mukati merwendo rwazvo rwemakiromita 3800 mumhenderekedzo yeChina kubva kuHong Kong kuenda kuSaigon. Kubva musi wa10 kusvika musi wa20 January 1945, ndege dze3rd Fleet dzakarova zvivako zvevavengi nengarava dzevatengesi uye dzakaparadza ndege 112 dzeJapan. 