Wo àyọkà tó wà nísàlẹ̀ yìí, kó o sì dáhùn ìbéèrè tó wà lẹ́yìn náà ní èdè kan náà tí àyọkà náà wà:  Passage: Ní ìdáhùn sí àwọn Allied landings on Guadalcanal, Imperial Japanese General Headquarters yàn àwọn Imperial Japanese Army's (IJA) 17th Army, a corps-sized command based at Rabaul and under the command of Lieutenant General Harukichi Hyakutake, the task of retaking Guadalcanal. Àwọn ẹ̀ka ọkọ̀ òkun ilẹ̀ Japan, títí kan Ẹ̀ka Ọkọ̀ Òkun Àpapọ̀ lábẹ́ ìdarí Isoroku Yamamoto, tí ó wà ní Truk, ni wọ́n fẹ́ fi ṣètìlẹ́yìn fún àwọn ọmọ ogun náà. Ẹgbẹ́ ọmọ ogun kẹtàdínlógún, tí wọ́n ń bá jagun ní New Guinea nígbà yẹn, kò ní ju ẹyọ mélòó kan lọ. Lára wọn, Ẹgbẹ́ ọmọ-ogun ọmọ-ogun 35th lábẹ́ Olórí-ọ̀gágun Kiyotake Kawaguchi wà ní Palau, Ẹgbẹ́ ọmọ-ogun ọmọ-ogun kẹrin (Aoba) wà ní Philippines àti Ẹgbẹ́ ọmọ-ogun ọmọ-ogun ọmọ-ogun 28th (Ichiki), lábẹ́ ìdarí Ọ̀gágun Kiyonao Ichiki, wà nínú ọkọ̀ ojú omi ọkọ̀ ojú omi nítòsí Guam. Awọn ẹya oriṣiriṣi bẹrẹ lati lọ si Guadalcanal nipasẹ Truk ati Rabaul lẹsẹkẹsẹ, ṣugbọn ọmọ ogun Ichiki, ti o sunmọ julọ, de agbegbe naa akọkọ. A "First Element" of Ichiki's unit, consisting of about 917 soldiers, landed from destroyers at Taivu Point, east of the Lunga perimeter, after midnight on 19 August, then made a 9-mile (14 km) night march west toward the Marine perimeter. Underestimating the strength of Allied forces on Guadalcanal, Ichiki's unit conducted a nighttime frontal assault on Marine positions at Alligator Creek (often called the "Ilu River" on U.S. Marine maps) on the east side of the Lunga perimeter in the early morning hours of 21 August. A "First Element" of Ichiki's unit, consisting of about 917 soldiers, landed from destroyers at Taivu Point, east of the Lunga perimeter, after midnight on 19 August, then made a 9-mile (14 km) night march west toward the Marine perimeter. Ṣiyemeji agbara ti awọn ọmọ ogun Allied lori Guadalcanal, ẹka Ichiki ṣe ikọlu iwaju ni alẹ lori awọn ipo Awọn ọkọ oju-omi ni Alligator Creek (ti igba ni a Ìkọlù tí Ichiki ṣe ni wọ́n ṣẹ́gun pẹ̀lú ìpalára ńláǹlà fún àwọn ará Japan nínú ohun tí a mọ̀ sí Ogun Tenaru. Nígbà tí òwúrọ̀ ṣú, àwọn ọmọ ogun ojú omi náà gbéjà ko àwọn ọmọ ogun Ichiki tó ṣẹ́ kù, wọ́n sì pa àwọn míì lára wọn. Ichiki wà lára àwọn tó kú, bó tilẹ̀ jẹ́ pé àwọn kan sọ pé ó ṣe seppuku lẹ́yìn tó mọ bí ìṣẹ́gun tí wọ́n ṣẹ̀ ṣe tóbi tó, dípò kó kú lójú ogun. Ni apapọ, 789 ninu awọn ọmọ ẹgbẹ 917 akọkọ ti Ẹgbẹ Ichiki's First Element ni a pa ni ogun naa. Nǹkan bí ọ̀ọ́dúnrún ló la ogun náà já, tí wọ́n sì dara pọ̀ mọ́ ẹ̀yìn ogun Ichiki...  Ìbéèrè: Ta ni olórí àwọn ọmọ ogun Japan ní Rabaul?
Olóyè Ọ̀gágun Harukichi Hyakutake