On that day, the destroyer Ikazuchi rescued 422 survivors from the British Royal Navy.

After being kept as PoWs, they were handed over to a Dutch hospital ship and returned to their home country.

On August of the same year, Kudou Shunsaku who made this decision was transferred to the destroyer Hibiki.

After this, destroyer Ikazuchi headed to Rabaul and participated in many missions, such as the Tokyo Express shipments to Guadalcanal and the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal

And saw much action.