<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - Ōyodo wajoyina i-Main Body of the 1st Mobile Fleet, eyayilawulwa ngu-Ozawa, ngo-Okthoba 5 futhi wasuka eYokosuka ngo-Okthoba 11. Endleleni, yahlaselwa umkhumbi-ngwenya owawudubula ama-torpedo ayisithupha, wonke awaphuthelwa. Umkhumbi wasuka e-Yashima anchorage ngo-20 Okthoba 1944 ubheke ePhilippines njengengxenye ye-Operation Sho-Ichi-Go eyayihloselwe ukunqoba ukuhlasela kweMelika ePhilippines  <response>: . futhi. I- Ōyodo yayiyingxenye ye-Northern Mobile Decoy Force ka-Ozawa, okwakufanele isebenze njengecebo lokudonsa ibutho lokushaya izindiza laseMelika lisuke ebuthweni elikhulu lokushaya laseJapane ngokuveza abathwali bezindiza baseJapane abasindile. I- Ōyodo kwakuwukuphela komkhumbi wempi emandleni ka-Ozawa owawunama-floatplanes okuhlola, futhi womabili ama-E13A1 enza ukuhlola nokuqapha ama-anti-submarine phezu komkhumbi. Ekuseni ngo-Okthoba 24, iningi lezindiza ezimbalwa ezazisemkhunjini zaqhutshwa ukuhlasela abathwali bezindiza baseMelika njengokuphazamisa. Azange zilimaze futhi zabangela amaMelika ukuba afune lapho ayehlasela khona. Ekugcineni amaMelika abona imikhumbi ka-Ozawa ngo-16:40, empumalanga yeCape Engaño, emaphethelweni asenyakatho-mpumalanga yeLuzon. Imikhumbi-ngwenya yaseMelika yayisatshalaliswe futhi kwase kusebusuku kakhulu ukuba iqalise ukuhlasela emoyeni, ngakho u-Admiral William Halsey, umlawuli we - Third Fleet wanquma ukuhlanganisa imikhumbi-ngwenya yakhe ukuze ikwazi ukuhlasela ngakusasa ekuseni. U-Ozawa waphenduka ebusuku, ekholelwa ukuthi amaMelika ayezomlandela enyakatho. 