 Ramba uchiverenga ndima iyi - Musi wa3 January 1943, Kenney akagamuchira mashoko anobva kuAllied Ultra codebreakers okuti vaJapan vakanga vava kuda kuedza kutumira zvombokubva pachiteshi chavo chikuru paRabaul kuenda kuLae, kunyika yeNew Guinea. Akarayira Walker kuti arwise ngarava dzomunzvimbo yacho dzisati dzasimuka mangwanani. Walker akaramba. Vanobhomba vake vaizova nezvinetso mukuita musangano wavo kudai vaifanira kubva muPort Moresby murima. Akakurudzira kurwisa masikati panzvimbo pezvo. Kenney akabvuma kunetsekana kwaWalker asi akanga achisimbirira; akasarudza mabhomba kunze kwekugadzirwa kune mabhomba akapfurwa nevarwi vavengi avo vakanga vane chokwadi chekudzivisa kurwisa kwezuva. Pasinei neizvi, Walker akarayira kuti kurwisa kwacho kuitwe masikati musi wa5 January. 