"It's the Japanese torpedo boat! They rushed up!" 1,800 meters away, the destroyer dd112 first discovered the Japanese torpedo boats that were swarming in! They were like arrows off the string, and their super high speed even allowed a small part of the hull to leave the water surface! It was like jumping on the sea surface!

"Open all searchlights! Shoot immediately!" As the red alarm sounded across the battlefield, American destroyers immediately pointed the light source at the vast sea surface. The lights of the ten destroyers shone a large area of ​​sea like day. After a few seconds, dense 5-inch shells, 40mm machine guns and even heavy machine gun bullets swept across the entire sea like a storm!

"Too close! Too fast!" The Japanese surprise attack still had a certain effect. At first, several torpedo boats that were closer rushed over quickly and shot torpedoes from a distance of 1,000 to 600 meters. The torpedoes were pushed into the sea water by compressed air. After a while, the propeller began to operate, and the exhaust gas generated after the combustion of the air and fuel formed white trails at the back of the torpedo. They slashed at the opponent like a sickle of the god of death.

"Right full rudder, ready to avoid torpedoes." The boiler of the dd125 destroyer was roaring, and a large amount of heavy oil was injected into the boiler. The subsequent rolling high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor propeller turbine brought huge power to the destroyer. While avoiding at least three torpedoes by maneuvering, the destroyer also used its own gun to destroy a Japanese torpedo boat that rushed too close.

"Our cannon easily defeated the opponent like a hammer smashed an egg. This little guy with dozens of tons was beaten to pieces, and the water column generated by the explosion was more than 20 meters high." After the war, a soldier from the DD125 destroyer described his results in this way.

However, the destroyer dd112 was a little unlucky. It was attacked by five torpedo boats at close range. The originally dense firepower was dispersed because of too many targets. When the American destroyer killed the third torpedo boat that rushed towards him, an assassin rushed from the opposite direction shot a torpedo in the dead corner of the gun. The strike was too close! It was less than 400 meters! So before the officers and soldiers on the destroyer dd112 could react, they felt that the bottom of the ship seemed to be dragged up from the sea by a pair of big hands, and then it was broken by someone with a crunch!

The destroyer dd112 was the first American warship lost in this battle. It was hit by two torpedoes at the same time. The explosive weighing hundreds of kilograms of underwater was so powerful that the front of the entire hull was directly blown off, and even half of the hull was thrown up. Then it hit the sea heavily, turning into twisted steel.

This successful attack seemed to trigger a certain switch, and more torpedo boats rushed out of the hidden night, and dark gray spots of light were illuminated by searchlights and quickly shuttled across the sea. The American destroyers were attacked by at least two dozen torpedo boats. The Japanese were very smart. They concentrated their efforts to attack a certain point without dispersing firepower. Just when the minesweeping destroyer team was already under tremendous pressure, Nagano Celestial played his last ace, and 6 destroyers also joined the battle!

"There are Japanese destroyers on the coastline!" Looking at the orange flames jumping in the distance, the lookout hand of the destroyer dd156 said loudly, but before he could report the enemy's position and distance to the captain, two shells fell on the lookout post, directly cutting off the lookout post and half of the mast! Then the leading destroyer was besieged by at least two Japanese auxiliary destroyers!

"Mao Dan, where is the bad thing coming from?" Although he was hit by the head, the DD156 destroyer with a displacement of up to 2,200 tons, three double-mounted 5-inch cannons, and a large number of 75mm cannons and rapid-fire cannons, and quickly grasped the advantages of the battlefield. One aspect of their own strength is one aspect, and another aspect of the opponent's weak strength is another aspect!

Although it is called ace by Nagao Climbing, the escort destroyer with a displacement of only 600 tons is not as powerful as a weapon. It is just 2 4-inch cannons and 1 75mm cannon, and there is not even a torpedo, because the tonnage and space for the torpedo are left to the deep-water bombs...

So this small battlefield became a battle between a tiger against two bobcats! The tiger, whose claws were scratched by the bobcats, turned around and four 5-inch cannons were aimed at targets 900 meters away. Under the attack of 5-inch cannons of more than 10 rounds per minute, this poor escort destroyer was beaten to lose its combat effectiveness in a short time, and the other had to release smoke to dodge.

However, not all American destroyers have the powerful firepower and good luck as DD156. The Japanese knew that their destroyers could not compare with each other in terms of quantity and quality, so the attack actions they took were just to win almost the torpedo boats. This tactic did achieve some results. Some American destroyers could not dodge and were hit by lightning again!

Boom! With a loud bang, a flame rose up in the stern of an American destroyer. The violent explosion directly blew the tail of the ship into pieces. After a large amount of sea water poured in along the thunder, the first half of the warship was also raised high due to excessive water inlet. In the end, the destroyer penetrated into the sea like a broken sword. It was eventually swallowed by the surging waves!

"This is the third one." An officer said to Halsey.

"I know, if we wait a few minutes, we need to clean up all the guys hidden in the dark through a clean attack, so the necessary losses are also affordable." Halsey said, looking at the sea surface that was in the explosion of fire in the distance.

Just as the US minesweeping destroyer team was fighting with the Japanese, a small team of destroyers led by Halsey was wandering on the edge of the battlefield. They implemented strict light control and carefully watched the entire battlefield. At the same time, they also received electromagnetic signals from the battlefield to determine whether new targets appeared. After more than 20 minutes of the battle at sea, three destroyers had sunk and four were injured. When Halsey confirmed that no new Japanese destroyers appeared around, he and the destroyer team he commanded came from the rear of the Japanese fleet!

So, in an instant, the battlefield situation reversed, and the mixed formation of Japanese destroyers and torpedo boats, which were originally slightly advantageous, was attacked by firepower from both directions! The torpedo boats that bravely rushed forward were destroyed by shells shot from the rear, and the Japanese escort destroyers were also taken care of. Continuous high-explosion bombs fell on these poor little guys, knocking them into huge torches, making the sea water around them boiling!
Chapter completed!