Impi ye-Empress Augusta Bay
Isikebhe esilula i-USS Montpelier, ifulegi likakhomanda we-Cadmium Detachment TF 39. Merrill.
Ngemva kokuba abaseMelika befika e-Bougainville, ngobusuku buka-November 1-2, 1943, ukungqubuzana okushubile kweqembu eliqinile laseJapane le-cadmium kwenzeka eduze ne-Empress Augusta Bay. U-Sentaro Omori uthumele kusukela kusizinda sase-Rabaul kanye neqembu le-TF 39 laseMelika ngemiyalo ye-Cadmius. U-Aaron S. Merrill uhlanganisa amandla okuhlala. Impi yaphela ngenjabulo kwabaseMelika, nakuba isikhathi eside kwakungaqinisekiswa ukuthi yiluphi uhlangothi oluzothola inzuzo enkulu ekulweni.
Ukuqala kwe-Operation Wheel
Ekuqaleni kukaNovemba 1943, abaseMelika bahlela i-Operation Cartwheel, inhloso yayo okwakuwukuhlukanisa futhi ube buthaka ngokuhlaselwa okuqhubekayo kwesizinda esikhulu semikhumbi yempi yaseJapane neyezindiza eRabaul, engxenyeni esenyakatho-mpumalanga yesiqhingi saseNew Britain, esikhulu kunazo zonke eBismarck. iqoqo leziqhingi. Ukuze wenze lokhu, kwanqunywa ukuthi kuhlale esiqhingini saseBougainville, ukwakha inkundla yezindiza endaweni yebhuloho elithunjiwe, lapho bekungenzeka khona ukuqhuba ukuhlasela komoya okuqhubekayo esisekelweni saseRabaul. Indawo okufikela kuyo - eCape Torokina, enyakatho yetheku enegama elifanayo, ikhethwe ngokukhethekile ngenxa yezizathu ezimbili. Amabutho aphansi aseJapane kule ndawo ayemancane (kamuva kwavela ukuthi abantu abangaba ngu-300 kuphela ababemelene nabaseMelika endaweni yokufika), amasosha kanye nezindawo zokuhlala nazo zingamboza ama-fighters abo enkundleni yezindiza esiqhingini saseVella Lavella. .
Ukufika okuhleliwe kwandulelwa izenzo zeqembu le-TF 39 (ama-cruiser angu-4 kanye nababhubhisi abangu-8). U-Aaron S. Merrill, owafika endaweni yaseJapane eSiqhingini saseBuka ngemva nje kwaphakathi kwamabili ngo-November 1 futhi waqhumisa lonke iqembu lakhe ngomlilo wenkanyamba oqala ngo-00:21. Lapho ebuya, waphinda ukuqhuma okufanayo ngebhomu eShortland, isiqhingi esiseningizimu-mpumalanga yeBougainville.
AmaJapane aphoqeleka ukuthi athathe isinyathelo ngokushesha, futhi umkhuzi oyinhloko we-United Japanese Fleet, u-Adm. UMineichi Koga wayala imikhumbi eyayimi eRabaul ukuthi ibambe abasebenzi bakaMerrill ngomhla zingama-31 kuMfumfu njengoba indiza yaseJapan imbona emasha esuka ePurvis Bay encane phakathi kweFlorida Islands (namuhla ebizwa ngokuthi iNggela Sule kanye neNggela Pile) emanzini odumo lwe-Iron Lower Strait. Nokho, umkhuzi wamasosha aseJapane Cadmius. USentaro Omori (ngaleso sikhathi wayenabagibeli abangu-2 abasindayo, ama-light cruisers angu-2 nababhubhisi abangu-2), eshiya u-Rabaul okokuqala, waphuthelwa yiqembu likaMerrill lapho efuna futhi, ephoxekile, wabuyela emsebenzini ekuseni ngoNovemba 1. Lapho kamuva wezwa ngokufika kweMelika e-Empress Augusta Bay ogwini oluseningizimu-ntshonalanga yeBougainville. Wayalwa ukuba abuye futhi ahlasele amasosha aseMelika ahlala phansi, futhi ngaphambi kwalokho, anqobe ithimba leMerrill, elibamboze olwandle.
Ukufika endaweni yaseCape Torokina ngempela kwenziwa abantu baseMelika ngempumelelo kakhulu phakathi nosuku. Izingxenye zokufika kwe-1st Cadmian. UThomas Stark Wilkinson waya eBougainville mhla ziyi-18 kuLwezi waqala i-Operation Cherry Blossom. Amaconveyor ayisishiyagalombili kufika cishe. 00:14 Amasosha Asolwandle angu-3 e-6200th Marine Division kanye namathani angu-150 ezimpahla aqhunyiswa. Lapho kuhwalala, ukuthutha kwahoxiswa ngokuqapha ku-Empress Augusta Bay, ilindele ukufika kweqembu eliqinile laseJapane phakathi nobusuku. Umzamo wamaJapan wokulwa nokuhlasela, okokuqala ngendiza esuka esizindeni saseRabaul, awuphumelelanga - iziteleka ezimbili zaseJapan ezinezimoto ezingaphezu kuka-XNUMX zahlakazwa amasosha amaningi abemboze indawo yokuhlala. Amasosha asemanzini aseJapane kuphela ayengenza okwengeziwe.
Izidakamizwa zaseJapane
Eqinisweni, i-cadmium. Ngalobo busuku, u-Omori wayezozama ukuhlasela, kakade eneqembu elinamandla, eliqiniswe ababhubhisi abambalwa. Abagibeli bezikebhe abasindayo u-Haguro no-Myōk bebezoba inzuzo enkulu yama-Japan kungqubuzana ezayo. Womabili la mayunithi ayengomakadebona bezimpi oLwandle lwaseJava ngoFebhuwari-Mashi 1942. Iqembu likaMerrill, okwakufanele libalethe empini, lalinabagibeli abalula kuphela. Ngaphezu kwalokho, amaJapane ayenemikhumbi eyengeziwe yesigaba esifanayo, kodwa ukukhanya - "Agano" ne "Sendai", nababhubhisi abangu-6 - "Hatsukaze", "Naganami", "Samidare", "Sigure", "Shiratsuyu" ne "Wakatsuki". " . Okokuqala, la mabutho kwakufanele alandelwe abanye ababhubhisi bezokuthutha abangu-5 abanamandla okuhlalisa ebhodini, okwakufanele kwenziwe i-counter-raider.
Ekungqubuzaneni okuzayo, amaJapane ngalesi sikhathi awakwazanga ukuqiniseka ngokwawo, ngoba isikhathi lapho aba nempumelelo enkulu ekulweni namaMelika ezimpini zasebusuku sase sihambile. Ngaphezu kwalokho, impi ka-August eVella Bay yabonisa ukuthi abaseMelika babefunde ukusebenzisa izikhali ze-torpedo ngokuphumelelayo futhi base bekwazile ukuhlula i-flotilla yaseJapane empini yasebusuku, eyayingakaze yenziwe ngaphambili ngezinga elinjalo. Umkhuzi weqembu lonke laseJapan lempi evela ku-Myoko Omori akakasitholi isipiliyoni sokulwa. I-Cadmium nayo yayingenayo. U-Morikazu Osugi neqembu labagibeli bemikhumbi abalula i-Agano nababhubhisi i-Naganami, i-Hatsukaze ne-Wakatsuki ngaphansi komyalo wakhe. Iqembu le-cadmium libe nesipiliyoni sokulwa kakhulu. UMatsuji Ijuina ku-light cruiser Sendai, esizwa u-Samidare, u-Shiratsuyu no-Shigure. Laba babhubhisi abathathu bayalwe ngu-Commander Tameichi Hara kusukela emphemeni we-Shigure, umakadebona wezingxoxo ezibaluleke kakhulu kuze kube manje, kusukela e-Battle of the Java Sea, ngezimpi ezizungeze iGuadalcanal, kamuva engaphumelelanga eVella Bay, kuze kube sekugcineni. Impi ye-Vella Lavella ( ngobusuku buka-Okthoba 6-7), lapho aze wakwazi ngisho nokuphindiselela ukunqotshwa kwangaphambili ngamaJapane ekuqaleni kuka-Agasti. Ngemva kwempi, iHara yaduma ngencwadi yayo ethi The Japanese Destroyer Captain (1961), umthombo obalulekile wezazi-mlando zempi yasolwandle ePacific.
