 Kondo sent two of his force 's destroyers , Asagumo and Samidare , to the Shortlands to replace the two destroyers lost in the first evacuation run . Hashimoto led the second evacuation mission with 20 destroyers south toward Guadalcanal at 11 : 30 on 4 February . The CAF attacked Hashimoto in two waves beginning at 15 : 50 with a total of 74 aircraft . Bomb near @-@ misses heavily damaged Maikaze , and Hashimoto detached Nagatsuki to tow her back to Shortland . The CAF lost 11 aircraft in the attack while the Japanese lost one Zero . 
