Bayan nasarar da aka yi a yakin Henderson Field, IJA ta shirya sake gwadawa don sake dawo da filin jirgin sama a watan Nuwamba 1942, amma ana buƙatar ƙarin ƙarfafawa kafin a ci gaba da aikin. IJA ta nemi taimako daga Yamamoto don isar da kayan da ake buƙata zuwa tsibirin da kuma tallafawa farmaki na gaba. Yamamoto ya ba da manyan jiragen ruwa 11 don ɗaukar sauran sojoji 7,000 daga Rukunin Sojoji na 38, da bindigoginsu, abinci, da kayan aiki masu nauyi daga Rabaul zuwa Guadalcanal. Ya kuma ba da ƙarfin tallafin jirgin ruwa wanda ya haɗa da jiragen yaƙi biyu. Jirgin yaƙi biyu, Hiei da Kirishima, waɗanda ke da harsasai na musamman, sun yi ruwan bama-bamai zuwa Henderson Field a daren Nuwamba 12<unk>13 kuma sun hallaka shi kuma sun ba da umarnin jirgin sama da ke tsaye a can ya jinkirta jigilar kayayyaki, yana ba da damar isa Guadalcanal da sauke kaya a rana mai zuwa.
11 ya ba da manyan jiragen ruwa don ɗaukar sauran sojoji 7,000 daga Rundunar Sojoji ta 38, da bindigogi, abinci, da kayan aiki masu nauyi daga Rabaul zuwa Guadalcanal