Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: 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. Mumakore akatevera
Ngarava dzakapona muhondo yeSolomon Islands dzakatarisana nenjodzi yakakura sezvinotakura nekukurumidza mu "Tokyo Express" mishoni mukuyedza kupazve zvitsuwa zvechitsuwa. "Mutsuki", "Nagatsuki", "Kikuzuki", "Mikazuki" uye "Mochizuki" vakarasikirwa nemhaka yokurwiswa nendege muhondo dzakasiyana-siyana muSolomon Islands.