Hondo yeEmpress Augusta Bay
Light cruiser USS Montpelier, mureza weMutungamiriri weCadmium Detachment TF 39. Merrill.
Mushure mekumhara kweAmerica paBougainville, pahusiku hwaNovember 1-2, 1943, kurwisana kunotyisa kwechikwata cheJapan cadmium chakasimba chakaitika pedyo neEmpress Augusta Bay. Sentaro Omori akatumira kubva kuRabaul base pamwe neAmerican TF 39 timu nemirairo yeCadmius. Aaron S. Merrill anovhara simba rekumhara. Hondo yakapera nemufaro kune veAmerica, kunyange kwenguva yakareba yakanga isina chokwadi kuti ndeupi rutivi rwaizowana mukana wakajeka mukurwa.
Kutanga kweOperation Wheel
Mukutanga kwaMbudzi 1943, maAmerican akaronga Operation Cartwheel, chinangwa chayo chaive chekuparadzanisa uye kupera simba kuburikidza nekurwiswa nguva dzose panhandare huru yeJapan nendege paRabaul, kuchamhembe kwakadziva kumabvazuva kwechitsuwa cheNew Britain, chikuru muBismarck. zvitsuwa. Kuti uite izvi, zvakasarudzwa kumhara pachitsuwa cheBougainville, kuvaka nhandare yendege pane yakabatwa bridgehead, kubva kwazvaizogoneka kuitisa kurwisa kwemhepo kunoenderera pachigadziko cheRabaul. Nzvimbo yekumhara - kuCape Torokina, kuchamhembe kwenzvimbo yezita rimwe chete, yakasarudzwa nekuda kwezvikonzero zviviri. Mauto epasi eJapan munzvimbo iyi aive madiki (gare gare zvakazoitika kuti vanhu vangangosvika mazana matatu chete vaipikisa maAmerican munzvimbo yekumhara), mauto nemapoka ekumhara aikwanisawo kufukidza varwi vavo kubva kunhandare yendege pachitsuwa cheVella Lavella. .
Kumhara kwakarongwa kwakatangira nezviito zveboka reTF 39 (4 light cruisers uye 8 vaparadzi). Aaron S. Merrill, uyo akasvika panzvimbo yeJapan paBuka Island nokukurumidza pashure papakati pousiku pana November 1 uye akabhomba boka rake rose nemwoto wedutu kuvamba pa 00:21. Pakudzoka kwake, akadzokorora kubhomba kwakafanana kweShortland, chitsuwa chiri kumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumabvazuva kweBougainville.
MaJapan akamanikidzwa kuita chiito nekukurumidza, uye mutungamiriri-mukuru weUnited Japanese Fleet, Adm. Mineichi Koga akaraira ngarava dzakamira paRabaul kuti dzibate vashandi veMerrill musi wa31 Gumiguru sezvo ndege yekuJapan yakamuona achifamba kubva paPurvis Bay yakamanikana pakati peFlorida Islands (yave kunzi Nggela Sule neNggela Pile) nemumvura yeIron Lower Strait ine mukurumbira. Zvisinei, mukuru wemauto eJapan Cadmius. Sentaro Omori (panguva iyoyo aive ne2 heavy cruisers, 2 light cruisers uye 2 vaparadzi), achisiya Rabaul kekutanga, akapotsa timu yaMerrill mukutsvaga uye, akaodzwa mwoyo, akadzokera kunotanga mangwanani aNovember 1. Ikoko akazoziva nezvekumhara kweAmerica paEmpress Augusta Bay pamhenderekedzo yekumaodzanyemba kwakadziva kumadokero kweBougainville. Akarayirwa kuti adzoke uye arwise mauto ekuAmerica, uye zvisati zvaitika, kukunda boka reMerrill, rakavafukidza kubva mugungwa.
Kumhara munzvimbo yeCape Torokina kwakanyatso kuitwa nemaAmericans zvine mutsindo mukati mezuva. Zvikamu zvekutanga Cadmian kumhara. Thomas Stark Wilkinson akaenda kuBougainville musi wa1 Mbudzi ndokutanga Operation Cherry Blossom. Sere conveyors kusvika approx. 18:00 yakaputika 14 Marines e3th Marine Division uye matani zana nemakumi mashanu ezvigadzirwa. Manheru, zvifambiso zvakabviswa nekuchenjera kubva kuEmpress Augusta Bay, zvakamirira kusvika kwechikwata chakasimba cheJapan panguva yehusiku. Kuedza kwakaitwa nemaJapan kurwisa, kutanga nendege kubva pachigadziko cheRabaul, hakuna kubudirira - kurohwa kwemhepo kweJapan nechisimba chemotokari dzinopfuura 6200 kwakaparadzirwa nevarwi vakawanda vakavhara kumhara. Mauto emugungwa eJapan chete angadai akaita zvakawanda.
Mishonga yeJapan
Chokwadi, cadmium. Husiku ihwohwo, Omori aifanira kuedza kurwisa, atova neboka rakasimba zvikuru, rakasimbiswa nevaparadzi vakati wandei. Vafambisi vechikepe vanorema Haguro naMyōk vaizova mukana mukuru weJapan mukukonana kuri kuuya. Ose ari maviri mayuniti aya aive varwi vehondo muGungwa reJava muna Kukadzi-Kurume 1942. Boka raMerrill, iro raifanira kuvapinza muhondo, rakanga riine vatyairi vezvikepe. Mukuwedzera, maJapan aiva nezvimwe zvikepe zvekirasi imwechete, asi chiedza - "Agano" uye "Sendai", uye vaparadzi 6 - "Hatsukaze", "Naganami", "Samidare", "Sigure", "Shiratsuyu" uye "Wakatsuki". " . Kutanga, mauto aya aifanira kuteverwa ne5 mamwe vaparadzi vekutakura vane masimba ekumhara muchikepe, izvo zvaifanirwa kuitwa nemurwi.
Mukurwisana kunouya, maJapan panguva ino aisakwanisa kuva nechokwadi chavo, nokuti nguva yavakawana kubudirira mukurwisana nemaAmerica mukurwisana kweusiku yakanga yapera kare. Uyezve, hondo yaAugust muVella Bay yakaratidza kuti vaAmerica vakanga vadzidza kushandisa zvombo zve torpedo zvinobudirira uye vakanga vatokwanisa kuunza kukundwa kukuru kweJapan flotilla muhondo yeusiku, iyo yakanga isati yamboitwa pachiyero chakadaro. Mukuru weboka rose rehondo reJapan kubva kuMyoko Omori haasati awana ruzivo rwekurwa. Cadmium ndakanga ndisinawo. Morikazu Osugi neboka revafambisi vechiedza Agano uye vaparadzi Naganami, Hatsukaze uye Wakatsuki pasi pekuraira kwake. Boka recadmium raive neruzivo rwekurwa zvakanyanya. Matsuji Ijuina pane light cruiser Sendai, achibatsirwa naSamidare, Shiratsuyu, uye Shigure. Ava vaparadzi vatatu vakarairwa neMutungamiriri Tameichi Hara kubva padhiza reShigure, murwi wezvakawanda zvakakosha zvekubatanidzwa kusvika parizvino, kubva kuHondo yeGungwa reJava, kuburikidza nehondo dzakatenderedza Guadalcanal, gare gare zvisina kubudirira kuVella Bay, kusvika kumagumo. hondo kubva kuVella Lavella ( pausiku hwaOctober 6-7), kwaakatokwanisa kusvika pamwero wakati kutsiva kukundwa kwekare nemaJapan mukutanga kwaAugust. Pashure pehondo, Hara yakava yakakurumbira nokuda kwebhuku rayo The Japanese Destroyer Captain (1961), manyuko anokosha kuvanyori venhau vehondo yegungwa muPacific.
