Kammala jumla mai zuwa: Washegari, rundunar masu aikin jirgin sama ta dawo don kai hari Luzon, a ranar da abubuwa na Sojoji na shida suka sauka a Leyte; hare-haren da aka yi a Luzon ya ci gaba har zuwa 19 ga Oktoba. Ƙungiyar
Saukowa a kan Leyte ya haifar da kunnawa na Operation Shō-Gō 1, shirin da sojojin ruwa na Japan suka shirya don saukar da Allied a Philippines. Shirin ya kasance aiki mai rikitarwa tare da jiragen ruwa guda uku: Jirgin Ruwa na 1st, yanzu an lakafta shi da Northern Force karkashin Jisaburō Ozawa, da Center Force karkashin Takeo Kurita, da Southern Force karkashin Shōji Nishimura. Kamfanonin Ozawa, yanzu sun ƙare da mafi yawan jiragensu, za su zama abin ƙyama ga Kurita da Nishimura, waɗanda za su yi amfani da hankali don kai farmaki kai tsaye.