Nyorai kupfuurira kweiyi ndima - Kirasi ye"Mutsuki" yakaumba 5th ne6th Destroyer Squadrons. "Mutsuki" uye "Kisaragi" vakapinda muhondo yeWake Island pakutanga kwehondo, panguva iyo "Kisaragi" yakarasika nekuda kwekurwiswa nendege. Ngarava gumi neimwe dzakasara dzakabatanidzwa mukupinda kwePhilippines neNetherlands East Indies. Mumushandirapamwe wakazotevera weSolomon Islands
Ngarava dzakapona dzakanga dzakatarisana nenjodzi huru sezvifambiso zvinokurumidza mu"Tokyo Express" mishoni mukuedza kudzokorora zvigaro zvechitsuwa. "Mutsuki", "Nagatsuki", "Kikuzuki", "Mikazuki" uye "Mochizuki" vakarasikirwa nemhaka yokurwiswa nendege muhondo dzakasiyana-siyana muSolomon Islands.