Whakaotihia te rerenga e whai ake nei: I te 9 o Hanuere 1942, ka wehe atu a "Jintsū" i Davao mo te whakaekenga o Celebes, e kawe ana i nga waka e mau ana i te Sasebo No. 1 Whakakotahitia te Rererangi Motuhake Motuhake (SNLF). I te 17 o Hanuere, i tukuna mai e te Kawanishi E7K2 "Alf" rererangi rererangi mai i "Jintsū" i patu i tetahi kaipatu pahū marama a Dutch Lockheed Hudson i te taha o Menado, engari i werohia i mua i tana hokinga mai. I te tīmatanga o Hui-tanguru, i whakawhiwhia a "Jintsū" ki te ope whakaeke mo Ambon, i whai ake i te Dutch me te
Ko Timor Porotiti me te rawhiti o Java. I te 20 o Hui-tanguru, i te motu o Alor, i whakaekea e ia te kaipuke moana o Amerika.