 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Muna January 1942, Nachi uye Haguro akafukidza kumhara kwemauto eJapane mukupinda kweCelebes muNetherlands East Indies, yakateverwa nokupinda kweAmbon. Muhondo yeGungwa reJava, Nachi, Haguro uye vakapinda mukuparadzwa kwezvikamu zvekupedzisira zveAllied fleet muNetherlands East Indies. Musi waFebruary 27, ndege dzinofamba dzichiongorora kubva ku Nachi dzakaona ngarava dzeAllied, zvichigonesa Haguro kunyudza muparadzi ne torpedo nekukuvadza nepfuti, uye kuti muparadzi anyure muparadzi. Gare gare manheru mamwe chetewo torpedo yakabva ku Nachi yakanyudza cruiser nepo maminetsi akati gare gare torpedo yakabva ku Haguro yakanyudza cruiser. Mazuva maviri gare gare, musi wa 1 Kurume, Nachi uye Haguro uye vatungamiriri vavo vakaona Exeter yakakuvadzwa paakaedza kutiza Gungwa reJava, uye pamwe chete nemakwikwi Myōkō uye Ashigara uye vatungamiriri vavo vanoperekedza vakanyudza iye, pamwe chete nemuparadzi., uyo aiperekedza ngarava mbiri dzeBritain, pakutanga akapukunyuka kubva kumhenderekedzo chete kuti abatwe uye akanyudzwa maawa maviri gare gare nendege kubva kuJapan inotakura Ryujo. 