Nyorera kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Panguva yekurwiswa kwePearl Harbor, "Kumano" yakanga iri ngarava huru yeVice Admiral Shigeyoshi Inoue's IJN 4th Fleet uye yakashandiswa kufukidza kupinda kweJapan kweMalaya
sechikamu cheVice Admiral Jisaburō Ozawa's First Southern Expeditionary Fleet, ichipa rutsigiro rwepedyo pakumhara kwemauto eJapan kuSingora, Pattani neKota Bharu.