Pedzisa mutsara unotevera: Musi wa9 Ndira 1942, "Jintsū" akabva kuDavao achienda kunopinda muCelebes, achifambisa zvikepe zvaienda kuSasebo No. 1 Combined Special Naval Landing Force (SNLF). Musi wa 17 Ndira, Kawanishi E7K2 "Alf" reconnaissance floatplane yakatangwa kubva ku "Jintsū" yakadonhedza chiDutch Lockheed Hudson light bomber pedyo neMenado, asi yakadonhedzwa pachayo isati yadzoka. Mukutanga kwaFebruary, "Jintsū" yakapiwa simba rokupinda muAmbon, ichiteverwa nezvose zviri zviviri zvechiDutch nechiJapan.
Timor yePortugal neEast Java. Pana 20 February, apo kure Alor Island, iye vakabudirira akarwisa American yepasi pemvura.