Nkhondo ya Empress Augusta Bay
The light cruiser USS Montpelier, mbendera ya mkulu wa Cadmium Detachment TF 39. Merrill.
Anthu a ku America atafika ku Bougainville, usiku wa November 1-2, 1943, kumenyana koopsa kwa gulu lamphamvu la Japan cadmium kunachitika pafupi ndi Empress Augusta Bay. Sentaro Omori adatumiza kuchokera ku Rabaul base pamodzi ndi gulu la American TF 39 potsatira malamulo a Cadmius. Aaron S. Merrill akuphimba asilikali otera. Nkhondoyi inatha mosangalala kwa Achimerika, ngakhale kwa nthawi yayitali sikunali wotsimikiza kuti ndi mbali iti yomwe idzapeza mwayi waukulu pankhondoyi.
Chiyambi cha Operation Wheel
Kumayambiriro kwa Novembala 1943, Achimerika adakonza Operation Cartwheel, yomwe cholinga chake chinali kudzipatula ndikufooketsa ndikuwukira kosalekeza kwa gulu lalikulu lankhondo laku Japan komanso mlengalenga ku Rabaul, kumpoto chakum'mawa kwa chilumba cha New Britain, chachikulu kwambiri ku Bismarck. zisumbu. Kuti achite izi, adaganiza zofika pachilumba cha Bougainville, kuti amange bwalo la ndege pampando wogwidwa, komwe kudzakhala kotheka kuchita kuukira kosalekeza kwa ndege ku Rabaul. Malo otsetsereka - ku Cape Torokina, kumpoto kwa gombe la dzina lomwelo, adasankhidwa makamaka pazifukwa ziwiri. Asilikali apansi a ku Japan pamalowa anali ang'onoang'ono (kenako kunapezeka kuti anthu pafupifupi 300 okha anatsutsana ndi Amereka kudera lakumtunda), asilikali ndi magulu otsetsereka amathanso kuphimba omenyana nawo ku bwalo la ndege pa chilumba cha Vella Lavella. .
Kufikira anakonza anali patsogolo zochita za gulu TF 39 (4 cruisers kuwala ndi 8 owononga). Aaron S. Merrill, amene anafika pa tsinde la Japan pa Chisumbu cha Buka posakhalitsa pakati pausiku pa November 1 naphulitsa gulu lake lonse ndi moto wa mkuntho kuyambira 00:21. Pobwerera, anabwerezanso kuphulitsa mabomba kofananako ku Shortland, chisumbu chakum’mwera chakum’maŵa kwa Bougainville.
Anthu a ku Japan anakakamizika kuchitapo kanthu mwamsanga, ndipo mkulu wa asilikali a United Japan Fleet, Adm. Mineichi Koga adalamula zombo zomwe zidayimilira ku Rabaul kuti zidutse ogwira ntchito ku Merrill pa Okutobala 31 pomwe ndege yaku Japan idamuwona akuyenda kuchokera ku Purvis Bay pakati pa Florida Islands (masiku ano amatchedwa Nggela Sule ndi Nggela Pile) kudutsa m'madzi a Iron Lower Strait yotchuka. Komabe, mkulu wa asilikali Japanese Cadmius. Sentaro Omori (ndiye anali ndi 2 heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers ndi 2 owononga), akuchoka ku Rabaul kwa nthawi yoyamba, adaphonya gulu la Merrill pofunafuna ndipo, atakhumudwa, adabwerera m'mawa wa November 1. Kumeneko pambuyo pake anamva za kutera kwa Amereka ku Empress Augusta Bay kum’mwera chakumadzulo kwa gombe la Bougainville. Analamulidwa kuti abwerere ndi kumenyana ndi asilikali aku America akumatera, ndipo zisanachitike, adagonjetsa gulu la Merrill, lomwe linawaphimba m'nyanja.
Kufika kudera la Cape Torokina kudachitikadi ndi aku America bwino masana. Magawo a 1st Cadmian ikamatera. Thomas Stark Wilkinson anapita ku Bougainville pa 18 November ndipo anayamba Operation Cherry Blossom. Ma conveyor asanu ndi atatu mpaka pafupifupi. 00:14 Marines 3 a 6200th Marine Division ndi matani 150 a katundu anaphulika. Madzulo, zotengerazo zidachotsedwa mosamala ku Empress Augusta Bay, kuyembekezera kubwera kwa gulu lamphamvu la Japan usiku. Kuyesa kwa asitikali aku Japan kuti athane ndi kuukira, koyamba ndi ndege kuchokera ku Rabaul, sikunaphule kanthu - kugunda kuwiri kwa ndege zaku Japan ndi magalimoto opitilira XNUMX kunabalalitsidwa ndi omenyera nkhondo ambiri omwe adafika. Asilikali apamadzi a ku Japan okha ndi amene akanachita zambiri.
Mankhwala aku Japan
Inde, cadmium. Usiku umenewo, Omori anayenera kuyesa kuukira, kale ndi gulu lamphamvu kwambiri, lolimbikitsidwa ndi owononga angapo. Maulendo olemetsa Haguro ndi Myōk adayenera kukhala mwayi waukulu kwambiri wa ku Japan pamkangano womwe ukubwera. Magawo awiriwa anali omenyera nkhondo ku Java Sea mu February-March 1942. Gulu la Merrill, lomwe limayenera kuwabweretsa kunkhondo, linali ndi maulendo opepuka okha. Komanso, Japanese anali zombo zina za gulu lomwelo, koma kuwala - "Agano" ndi "Sendai", ndi owononga 6 - "Hatsukaze", "Naganami", "Samidare", "Sigure", "Shiratsuyu" ndi "Wakatsuki". " . Choyamba, mphamvuzi zimayenera kutsatiridwa ndi owononga 5 oyendetsa magalimoto omwe ali ndi mphamvu zowonongeka, zomwe otsutsa amayenera kuchita.
Pamkangano womwe ukubwera, a ku Japan nthawi ino sakanatha kudzitsimikizira okha, chifukwa nthawi yomwe adapambana kwambiri polimbana ndi Achimerika pamasewera ausiku idapita kale. Komanso, nkhondo ya August ku Vella Bay inasonyeza kuti Achimereka adaphunzira kugwiritsa ntchito zida za torpedo mogwira mtima ndipo anali atakwanitsa kale kugonjetsa flotilla ya ku Japan pankhondo yausiku, yomwe inali isanakhalepo pamlingo wotere. Mtsogoleri wa gulu lonse lankhondo la Japan ku Myoko Omori sanapezebe chidziwitso chankhondo. Cadmium analibenso. Morikazu Osugi ndi gulu la oyenda panyanja Agano ndi owononga Naganami, Hatsukaze ndi Wakatsuki pansi pa ulamuliro wake. Gulu la cadmium linali ndi zochitika zankhondo kwambiri. Matsuji Ijuina pa light cruiser Sendai, mothandizidwa ndi Samidare, Shiratsuyu ndi Shigure. Owononga atatuwa adalamulidwa ndi Mtsogoleri Tameichi Hara kuchokera pa sitima ya Shigure, msilikali wakale wa zochitika zofunika kwambiri mpaka pano, kuchokera ku nkhondo ya Java Sea, kupyolera mu nkhondo za ku Guadalcanal, pambuyo pake sanapambane ku Vella Bay, kunkhondo yomaliza pachilumba cha Vella Lavella (usiku wa Okutobala 6-7), pomwe adakwanitsa kubwezera kugonjetsedwa koyambirira kwa Japan koyambirira kwa Ogasiti. Nkhondoyo itatha, Hara anatchuka chifukwa cha bukhu lake lakuti The Japanese Destroyer Captain (1961), magwero ofunika kwa olemba mbiri a nkhondo ya panyanja ya Pacific.
