<prompt> Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Ōyodo akabatana neChikamu Chikuru che1st Mobile Fleet, yaitungamirirwa naOzawa, musi wa5 Gumiguru uye akabva kuYokosuka musi wa11 Gumiguru. Ari munzira, akarwiswa nechikepe chepasi pemvura icho chakapfura zvombo zvitanhatu, zvose zvacho zvisina kubudirira. Ngarava yakabva paYashima anchorage musi wa20 Gumiguru 1944 yakananga kuPhilippines sechikamu cheOperation Sho-Ichi-Go iyo yaida ku  <response>: kukurira kupinda kweAmerica muPhilippines. Ōyodo yakanga iri chikamu cheNorthern Mobile Decoy Force yaOzawa, iyo yaifanira kukwezva mauto eAmerica anotakura ndege kubva kuJapan huru yekurova nekuratidza vatakuri veJapan vakapona. Ōyodo yakanga iri ngarava yehondo bedzi musimba raOzawa yakanga ine ndege dzinobhururuka dzokuongorora, uye zvose zviri zviviri zveE13A1 zvakaitwa kuongorora uye kupikisa-zvikepe zvepasi pemvura pamusoro pemapoka. Mangwanani omusi wa24 Gumiguru, ndege shoma dzaiva mungarava dzakatangwa kunorwisa vatakuri vengarava vokuAmerica senzira yokutsausa vanhu. Havana kukuvadza uye vakaita kuti vaAmerica vatsvake munzira yavakanga varwisa nayo. VaAmerica pakupedzisira vakaona ngarava dzaOzawa na16:40, kumabvazuva kweCape Engaño, kumucheto kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweLuzon. Vatakuri vengarava vokuAmerica vakanga vakapararira uye kwakanga kwava kunyanyononoka kuti vatange kurwisa nendege, naizvozvo Admiral William Halsey, mutungamiriri weThird Fleet akasarudza kuunganidza vatakuri vengarava vake vari mumamiriro ezvinhu okurwisa mangwanani akatevera. Ozawa akadzora nzira usiku, achitenda zvakarurama kuti vaAmerica vaizomutevera kuchamhembe. 