<prompt> Qedela umusho olandelayo: Emkhankasweni waseGuadalcanal, uKurita wahola imikhumbi yakhe yempi ekushayeleni ngamandla iHenderson Field ngobusuku bango-Okthoba 13, eshaya amagobolondo amakhulu angama-918 enkundleni yezindiza yaseMelika. Lona kwakuwumzamo owodwa ophumelele kakhulu wamaJapane wokwenza iHenderson Field ingasebenzi ngokuqhunyiswa kwamabhomu asolwandle. Kamuva uKurita wayala amabutho amakhulu asolwandle ngesikhathi seCentral  <response>: Impi yaseSolomon Islands nangesikhathi seMpi yoLwandle lwasePhilippine. Ngo-1943, uKurita wathatha isikhundla sika-Admiral Kondō njengomlawuli we-IJN 2nd Fleet. 