Rangarira ndima iri pasi apa uye ipapo pindura mubvunzo gare gare mumutauro mumwe chetewo sechikamu:  Passage: Mukupindura kuAllied landings paGuadalcanal, Imperial General Headquarters yeJapan yakapa Imperial Japanese Army's (IJA) 17th Army, a corps-sized command based at Rabaul and under the command of Lieutenant General Harukichi Hyakutake, basa rekutora Guadalcanal. Mauto aifanira kutsigirwa nezvikamu zvengarava zveJapan, kusanganisira Combined Fleet pasi pokutungamirirwa kwaIsoroku Yamamoto, iyo yakanga ine dzimbahwe paTruk. Mauto echi17, panguva iyoyo akanga achibatanidzwa zvikuru muhondo yeJapan muNew Guinea, aiva nezvikwata zvishomanene zvaiwanika. Pakati pavo, 35th Infantry Brigade pasi paMajor General Kiyotake Kawaguchi yaive kuPalau, 4th (Aoba) Infantry Regiment yaive muPhilippines uye 28th (Ichiki) Infantry Regiment, pasi pekutungamira kwaColonel Kiyonao Ichiki, yaive mungarava dzekutakura ngarava padyo neGuam. Zvikamu zvakasiyana-siyana zvakatanga kuenda kuGuadalcanal kuburikidza neTruk neRabaul pakarepo, asi regiment yaIchiki, iri pedyo, yakasvika munharaunda yacho kutanga. "Chikamu Chekutanga" chechikwata chaIchiki, chaisanganisira varwi vanosvika mazana mapfumbamwe negumi nevanomwe, chakasvika kubva kumachikepe eTaivu Point, kumabvazuva kwenzvimbo yeLunga, mushure mepakati pehusiku musi wa19 Nyamavhuvhu, ndokuzoita kufamba kwehusiku kwemakiromita gumi nemana kumadokero akananga kunzvimbo yeMarine. Kusarerutsa simba remauto eAllied paGuadalcanal, chikwata chaIchiki chakaita kurwisa kwehusiku kunzvimbo dzeMarine paAlligator Creek (inowanzonzi "Rwizi rweIlu" pamepu dzeUS Marine) kumabvazuva kwenzvimbo yeLunga mangwanani-ngwanani e21 Nyamavhuvhu. Kurwisa kwaIchiki kwakakundwa nokurasikirwa kukuru kweJapan mune izvo zvakazozivikanwa seHondo yeTenaru. Pashure pokutsvuka kwezuva, mauto eMarine akarwisa mauto aIchiki akanga apona, achiuraya vamwe vakawanda vavo. Vakafa vacho vaisanganisira Ichiki, kunyange zvazvo zvakanzi akaita seppuku pashure pokuziva kukura kwekukundwa kwake, pane kufa muhondo. Pamwe chete, 789 yenhengo dzokutanga 917 dzeFirst Element yeIchiki Regiment vakaurayiwa muhondo. Vanenge 30 vakapukunyuka muhondo uye vakabatana nevatsigiri vokumashure vaIichiki ve...  Mubvunzo: Ndiani ari mutungamiriri wehondo yeJapan muRabaul?
Mutevedzeri Mukuru Harukichi Hyakutake