 Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Encounter yaida kugadziridzwa pakusvika kwayo uye nokudaro yakanga isingawanikwi apo Force Z yakabuda musi wa 8 December pakuedza kwavo kwakaipa kudzivisa mapoka evapambi veJapan. Mazuva mana gare gare, ngarava yacho yakaperekedza boka raibva kuSingapore richienda kuSunda Strait. Akaramba akavakirwa kuSingapore kusvikira 20 January 1942 paakaendeswa 7th DF of the China Force. Pasi pehutungamiri hweABDACOM, simba racho rakanga riine basa rokuperekedza motokari kuenda nokudzoka kuSingapore neDutch East Indies. Encounter yakaramba ichiperekedza ngarava kusvikira pakupera kwaFebruary. 