 Nyora kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Usiku pashure pokutanga kumhara paLuzonMusi waJanuary 9, 1945, Halsey akatora TF 38 kupinda muSouth China Sea kwevhiki imwe chete apo ngarava dzake uye ndege dzakatora mutoro wakakura weJapan kutakura uye ndege vasati vadzokera kuLuzon Strait musi waJanuary 16, 1945 uye vakadzokera kuPhilippine Sea. Mamiriro okunze akaipa akatadzisa ndege dzaHalsey kubhururuka kwemazuva mashomanana akatevera; asi musi wa21 January 1945, dzakabhomba Formosa, Pescadores, uye Sakishimas. Zuva rakatevera racho, ndege dzacho dzakadzokera kuSakishimas neRyūkyūs kuti dziwedzere kubhomba nokuongorora. Fast Carrier Task Force yakanga yaneta yakabva yaenda kuUlithi ndokupinda mugungwa iroro musi wa26. 