Rubuta ci gaba don wannan sakin layi - Sojojin Halsey sun shafe sauran shekara suna yaƙi da tsibirin Solomon
sarkar zuwa Bougainville. A Bougainville Jafananci suna da filayen jirgin sama guda biyu a kudancin tsibirin, da kuma wani a arewacin arewacin tsibirin, tare da na huɗu a Buki a fadin arewacin arewa. A nan, maimakon sauka a kusa da filayen jiragen sama na Japan da kuma kawar da su daga yawancin masu kare Japan, Halsey ya sauko da sojojinsa na 14,000 na Marines a Empress Augusta Bay, game da rabi na yammacin bakin teku na Bougainville. A can ne ya sa sojojin ruwa suka gina filin jirgin nasu. Kwana biyu bayan saukowa, an aika da babban jirgin ruwa daga Japan zuwa Rabaul a shirye-shiryen wani dare na dare a kan Halsey da kuma samar da jiragen ruwa a Empress Augusta Bay. Jafananci sun kasance suna adana dakarun sojan ruwa a cikin shekarar da ta gabata, amma yanzu sun sadaukar da karfi na masu sintiri bakwai masu nauyi, tare da mai sintiri mai haske da masu hallaka hudu. A Rabaul, sojojin sun yi amfani da man fetur a shirye-shirye don yakin dare mai zuwa. Halsey ba shi da sojojin ƙasa ko'ina kusa da irin wannan ƙarfin don tsayayya da su. An tura jiragen ruwa, da jiragen ruwa masu yawa zuwa tsakiyar Pacific don tallafawa mamayewa na Tarawa. Baya ga masu hallakawa, kawai sojojin da Halsey ke da shi ne ƙungiyoyin jiragen sama na jirgin sama da kuma.