<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-Okthoba 1944, i- Zuikaku yayiyisikebhe esiphambili se-Admiral Jisaburo Ozawas decoy Northern Force ku-Operation Shō-Gō 1, ukuhlaselwa kwamaJapane ngokumelene nokufika kwama-Allied eLeyte  <response>: . futhi. Ngalesi sikhathi, umkhumbi wawunama-28 A6M5 Zero fighters, 16 A6M2 Zero fighter-bombers, 7 D4Y reconnaissance aircraft kanye 15 B6Ns. Ekuseni ngomhlaka-24 Okthoba, wasungula ama-fighter angu-10, ama-fighter-bomber angu-11, ama-torpedo bomber angu-6, kanye nezindiza ezimbili zokuhlola njengoba umnikelo wakhe ekuhlaselweni emoyeni kuhloswe ukuheha ukunakwa kwabaphathi bezindiza baseMelika kude namanye amaqembu omsebenzi okwakufanele abhubhise amabutho okufika. Lokhu akuzange kufeze lutho njengoba izindiza zaseJapane zahluleka ukudlula amabutho ayezivikela; abasindile behla ezindizeni zaseLuzon. AmaMelika ayexakeke ukubhekana namanye amabutho asolwandle aseJapane nokuzivikela ekuhlaselweni yizindiza futhi ekugcineni athola iNorthern Force ntambama, kodwa u-Admiral William Halsey, Jr., umlawuli we-Task Force 38, wanquma ukuthi kwase kwephuze kakhulu ngosuku ukuhlasela ngempumelelo. Waphendulela yonke imikhumbi yakhe enyakatho ukuze azilungiselele ukuhlasela. 