 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - Musi wa9 Ndira 1942, Jintsū akabva kuDavao achienda kunopinda muCelebes, achiperekedza zvikepe zvinotakura zvinhu zvine Sasebo No. 1 Combined Special Naval Landing Force SNLF. Musi wa 17 Ndira, Kawanishi E7K2 Alf reconnaissance floatplane yakatangwa kubva ku Jintsū yakadonhedza chiDutch Lockheed Hudson light bomber pedyo neMenado, asi yakadonhedzwa pachayo isati yadzoka. Pakuvamba kwaFebruary, Jintsū akagoverwa kumasimba okurwisa Ambon, ichiteverwa neDutch nePortuguese Timor neEastern Java. Pana 20 February, apo kure Alor Island, iye vakabudirira akarwisa American yepasi pemvura. 