Ramba uchinyora ndima iyi - Nzvimbo dzendege dzakavakwa nevasungwa vehondo uye vashandi vanomanikidzwa kubva kunzvimbo dzakasiyana-siyana, kusanganisira kubva kuBrunei, Labuan, Ranau neElopura. Pamberi pokugara kweJapan, kwaingova nenhandare dzendege nhatu bedzi: muKuching; Miri; uye Bintulu muSarawak, nepo muNorth Borneo makanga musina. Nekuda kweizvi, maJapan akaronga kuvaka nhandare dzendege gumi nembiri munzvimbo dzakasiyana dzekuchamhembe kweBorneo kusimbisa dziviriro yayo, manomwe acho aifanira kunge ari muApi, Elopura, Keningau, Kudat, Tawau, Labuan neLahad Datu. MaJapan akatangawo zvirongwa zvemigwagwa muNorth Borneo, nemigwagwa inobatanidza Ranau neKeningau neKota Belud neTenghilan inofanira kuvandudzwa pamwe nemugwagwa mutsva unobatanidza Kudat neKota Belud. Sezvo migwagwa iyi yaipfuura nomunzvimbo dzine makomo, nhamba huru yevashandi vechibharo yaidikanwa kuti zvirongwa zvizadziswe. Mukugadzirira kutsiva kweAllied Lieutenant general Masataka Yamawaki vakagadzira simba remuno rinoumbwa nevarume vanenge 1.300 muna 1944. Vazhinji vavo vakanga vakagara muKuching, nevamwe muMiri, Api naElopura; vose vakanga vane basa rokuramba vaine rugare norunyararo, kuunganidza ruzivo uye kuunganidza vanhu. Chiteshi chengarava cheBrunei chakashandiswawo neIJN senzvimbo yekuzadza mafuta uye senzvimbo yekumisikidza Hondo yeLeyte Gulf
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