<prompt> Bhala ukuqhubeka kwalesi sigaba - Ngo-January 9, 1942, Jintsū wasuka eDavao eyohlasela iCelebes, ehamba nezithuthi eziphethe iSasebo No. 1 Combined Special Naval Landing Force SNLF. NgoJanuwari 17, i- Kawanishi E7K2 Alf reconnaissance floatplane eyethulwa ivela e- Jintsū yabulala i-Dutch Lockheed Hudson light bomber eduze kwe-Menado, kodwa yabulawa ngaphambi kokuba ibuye. Ekuqaleni kuka-February, i-Jintsū yabelwa ukuhlasela i-Ambon, ilandelwa yi-Dutch nePortuguese Timor  <response>: kanye ne-Eastern Java. NgoFebhuwari 20, ngenkathi ese-Alor Island, wahlasela ngempumelelo umkhumbi-ngwenya waseMelika. 