<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Ngemva kokuhlaselwa kwezindiza ezinkulu zaseMelika esikhungweni esikhulu saseJapane eTruk Operation Hailstone ngo-1944, u-Admiral Hara wabelwa ukuba athathe isikhundla sika-Admiral Masami Kobayashi njengesikhulu esiphethe i-Japanese 4th Fleet, yize empeleni wayephethe isisekelo somhlaba eTruk ngaphandle kwemikhumbi yempi eyabelwe yena. I-Truk yashiywa yi-U.S. Navy endaweni engemuva ukuze ibole emvinini ngokuzihlukanisa, kunokuba ihlasele futhi ihlale. Lesi kwaba isiphetho sezikhungo eziningi zamaJapane eziqhingini zasePacific, kuhlanganise nesikhulu esiseRabaul nezinye eziningana eNew Guinea. U-Admiral Hara wabanjwa eTruk ngaphandle kokuqiniswa noma izinto ezintsha zokuphakelayo yonke indlela eya  <response>: ukuzinikela kokugcina kweJapane ngo-September 2, 1945. 