Yaƙin Empress Augusta Bay
Jirgin ruwa mai haske USS Montpelier, babban kwamandan Cadmium Detachment TF 39. Merrill.
Bayan da Amurka ta sauka a Bougainville, a daren 1-2 ga Nuwamba, 1943, an yi wani mummunan artabu na wani kakkarfan kungiyar cadmium ta Japan kusa da Empress Augusta Bay. Sentaro Omori ya aika daga sansanin Rabaul tare da tawagar Amurka TF 39 bisa umarnin Cadmius. Haruna S. Merrill ya rufe ƙarfin saukowa. Yaƙin dai ya ƙare da farin ciki ga Amurkawa, ko da yake an daɗe ba a tabbatar ko wane bangare ne zai sami fa'ida sosai a yaƙin ba.
Farkon Aikin Dabarun
A farkon watan Nuwamban shekarar 1943, Amurkawa sun shirya Operation Cartwheel, wanda manufarsa ita ce ware da kuma raunana ta hanyar kai hare-hare akai-akai kan babban sansanin sojojin ruwa da na sama na Japan da ke Rabaul, a yankin arewa maso gabashin tsibirin New Biritaniya, mafi girma a yankin Bismarck. tsibiri. Don yin wannan, an yanke shawarar sauka a tsibirin Bougainville, don gina filin jirgin sama a kan gadar da aka kama, daga inda za a iya ci gaba da kai hare-hare ta iska a sansanin Rabaul. Wurin saukarwa - a Cape Torokina, arewacin bay na wannan sunan, an zaɓi musamman don dalilai biyu. Sojojin kasa na Jafananci a wannan wuri ba su da yawa (daga baya ya zama cewa kusan mutane 300 ne kawai suka yi adawa da Amurkawa a wurin saukar jiragen sama), sojojin da sassan saukarwa kuma za su iya rufe mayakansu daga filin jirgin sama a tsibirin Vella Lavella. .
An riga an fara saukar da shirin saukarwa da ayyukan ƙungiyar TF 39 (masu jiragen ruwa 4 da masu lalata 8). Aaron S. Merrill, wanda ya isa sansanin Japan da ke tsibirin Buka jim kadan bayan tsakar dare a ranar 1 ga watan Nuwamba, ya kuma jefa bama-bamai ga daukacin kungiyarsa da gobarar da ta tashi da karfe 00:21. Da ya dawo, ya sake maimaita irin wannan harin bam na Shortland, tsibiri kudu maso gabashin Bougainville.
An tilasta wa Jafanawa yin aiki da sauri, kuma babban kwamandan rundunar sojojin Japan ta United, Adm. Mineichi Koga ya umarci jiragen ruwa da ke Rabaul da su tare ma'aikatan Merrill a ranar 31 ga Oktoba yayin da wani jirgin sama na Japan ya hango ta na tafiya daga kunkuntar Purvis Bay tsakanin tsibiran Florida (a yau da ake kira Nggela Sule da Nggela Pile) ta cikin ruwan fitattun Iron Lower Strait. Duk da haka, kwamandan sojojin Japan, Cadmius. Sentaro Omori (sannan yana da manyan jiragen ruwa guda 2, 2 light cruisers da 2 halakarwa), barin Rabaul a karon farko, ya rasa tawagar Merrill a cikin neman, kuma, ya ci nasara, ya koma tushe a safiyar ranar 1 ga Nuwamba. A can daga baya ya sami labarin saukar Amurka a Empress Augusta Bay a kudu maso yammacin gabar tekun Bougainville. An umurce shi da ya dawo ya kai hari ga sojojin sauka na Amurka, kuma kafin wannan, ya ci nasara da tawagar Merrill, wanda ya rufe su daga teku.
Saukowa a yankin Cape Torokina da gaske Amurkawa ne suka aiwatar da su sosai yayin rana. Sassan saukowar Cadmian na 1st. Thomas Stark Wilkinson ya tunkari Bougainville a ranar 18 ga Nuwamba kuma ya fara Operation Cherry Blossom. Motoci takwas har zuwa kusan. 00:14 ya lalata 3 Marines na 6200th Marine Division da 150 ton na kayayyaki. Da faɗuwar rana, an janye jigilar kayayyaki a hankali daga Empress Augusta Bay, suna jiran isowar wata ƙungiyar Japan mai ƙarfi a cikin dare. Yunkurin da Japanawa suka yi na tunkarar harin, da farko ta jirgin sama daga sansanin Rabaul, bai yi nasara ba - hare-haren jiragen saman Japan guda biyu tare da karfin motoci sama da XNUMX sun tarwatsa da yawa daga cikin mayakan da ke rufe tashar. Sojojin ruwan Japan ne kawai za su iya yin ƙari.
Magungunan Jafananci
Hakika, cadmium. A wannan daren, Omori zai yunƙurin kai hari, wanda ya riga ya kasance tare da ma'aikatan jirgin da suka fi ƙarfin, waɗanda masu halaka da yawa suka ƙarfafa su. Manyan jiragen ruwa Haguro da Myōk sun kasance mafi girman fa'idar Jafananci a fafatawar da ke tafe. Duk waɗannan rukunin guda biyu sun kasance tsoffin yaƙe-yaƙe a Tekun Java a cikin Fabrairu-Maris 1942. Tawagar Merrill, wacce ya kamata ta kawo su cikin yaƙi, tana da jiragen ruwa masu haske kawai. Bugu da ƙari, Jafananci yana da ƙarin jiragen ruwa na aji ɗaya, amma haske - "Agano" da "Sendai", da masu lalata 6 - "Hatsukaze", "Naganami", "Samidare", "Sigure", "Shiratsuyu" da "Wakatsuki". " . Da farko dai, za a sake biye da wadannan sojojin tare da wasu gungun masu fasa kwabri guda 5 tare da dakarun da ke sauka a cikin jirgin, wanda ya kamata maharan ya yi.
A fafatawar da ke tafe, Japanawa a wannan karon ba za su iya tabbatar da nasu ba, domin lokacin da suka samu gagarumin nasara wajen yakar Amurkawa a fadan dare ya dade. Haka kuma, yakin da aka yi a watan Agusta a Vella Bay ya nuna cewa, Amurkawa sun koyi yin amfani da makamai masu guba yadda ya kamata, kuma sun riga sun yi nasarar murkushe mayakan ruwan kasar Japan a yakin dare, wanda ba a taba yin irinsa ba. Kwamandan rundunar sojojin Japan na Myoko Omori har yanzu bai sami gogewa ba. Cadmium ma ba shi da shi. Morikazu Osugi tare da gungun jiragen ruwa na haske Agano da masu lalata Naganami, Hatsukaze da Wakatsuki a karkashin umarninsa. Ƙungiya ta cadmium tana da mafi yawan ƙwarewar fama. Matsuji Ijuina akan jirgin ruwa mai haske Sendai, wanda Samidare, Shiratsuyu, da Shigure suka taimaka. Kwamanda Tameichi Hara ne ya umurci wadannan maharan guda uku daga bene na Shigure, wanda ya kasance tsohon soja na mafi yawan muhimman al'amurra har zuwa yau, tun daga yakin Tekun Java, ta hanyar fadace-fadace a kusa da Guadalcanal, daga baya kuma bai yi nasara ba a Vella Bay, har zuwa karshe. yaki Vella Lavella (a daren 6-7 ga Oktoba), inda har ya kai ga daukar fansa a wani kashin da Japanawa suka yi a farkon watan Agusta. Bayan yakin, Hara ya shahara da littafinsa Kyaftin Rushewar Jafananci (1961), tushe mai mahimmanci ga masana tarihi na yakin ruwa a cikin Pacific.
