Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Nguva pfupi Pearl Harbor isati yarwiswa, "I-53" yakatanga kutenderera kuchamhembe kweAnambas Islands kuti itsigire "Operation E", kupindirwa kweMalaya neJapan
. Kurwisana kwakatanga muEast Asia musi wa 8 December 1941 (7 December mhiri kweInternational Date Line muHawaii, uko Japan yakatanga hondo nekurwisa kwayo Pearl Harbor). Pashure pokuronda pasina chinoitika, "I-53" yakasvika paCam Ranh muFrench Indochina yaigarwa neJapan.