No, wait, we need to know the location of the Japanese main fleet now! Redel said, and just as Redel finished speaking, a series of flares suddenly fell from the air, and at least one dozen flares of 100,000 candlelight flares shone a large area of ​​sea like daytime!

This is the result of our waiting time! Order, the rangefinder immediately measured the distance from the Japanese fleet in the distance! Redel said excitedly, even though there were a large number of flares, the entire Japanese fleet was still not exposed, but this was enough for Redel. In the few minutes before the flares were extinguished, the trained German navy fire control personnel could already estimate the approximate distance between the two sides!

18 kilometers! The error is within 500 meters! The speed of the Japanese fleet is around 12 knots, and they have not started to accelerate yet. It seems very hesitant! After a moment, the fire controller sent data.

18 kilometers? Enough! Send a signal to the second destroyer team and let them cooperate with us to kill this pursuer! The battle ends within 10 minutes! Redell ordered. After more than ten seconds, the four large German destroyers belonging to the second destroyer team had encircled the side. After 2 minutes, the flares released by the two German destroyers, v133 and v152, illuminated the light cruiser Kiso and the Japanese destroyer!

Fire at full speed! At this time, the Redell fleet was only less than 5 kilometers away from the Japanese pursuit fleet! It was already at the direct shooting distance of the naval gun, and even the rangefinder on the top of the mast was saved. The rangefinder on the turret was aimed directly at the target. More than ten seconds later, the 8 15-inch guns and a large number of 6-inch guns on the Mecklenburg battleship launched the first round of artillery fire!

In the dark night, the scene of a large number of naval guns firing was extremely spectacular. Balls of orange flames spewed out of the gun mouth and then formed into a circle, as conspicuous as the flares on the sun, and even caused some unprepared people to appear briefly blind. Tons of shells flew towards the target. In just a few seconds, Japanese warships crashed into the fire formed by the fleets of the United States and Germany!

As the most conspicuous target, the North Shore was naturally the first to hit the poor warship. In the first round of volleys, a 15-inch shell and a 10-inch shell successfully hit the poor warship. The 875-kilogram semi-armor-piercing shell easily tore a huge hole in the middle of the hull of the North Shore light cruiser, leaving a 10-meter-long scar as if it was broken. The huge shells moved forward all the way forward and finally detonated in the engine room! With the explosion of dozens of kilograms of TNT explosives, two roaring turbines were instantly destroyed, and the flames and shock waves tore the next door of the cabin, sweeping everything they encountered with the roar of death. The other 10-inch shells did not disappoint everyone's expectations, and directly destroyed the two 6-inch cannons on the bow of the ship. Soon, more 6-inch shells began to sweep the entire deck. Before the North Shore reacted, the warship was severely damaged.

Turn the firepower to other warships and hand it over to the destroyer torpedo! Fletcher Jr. ordered that under his command, the two American armored cruisers decisively aimed the muzzle at the destroyer behind, and Halsey was also quick enough to quickly approach the position less than 800 meters away from the Northbound Ship and then fired two torpedoes in a row!

A moment later, two huge fire balls jumped up on the sea at the same time. One of them was naturally the light cruiser North Shore, which was hit by a torpedo, and the other was a destroyer that was directly killed by a 15-inch naval gun! It took only 5 minutes since the battle began. A light cruiser and a destroyer had been sunk, and two destroyers were severely damaged. Only the last destroyer ran away before the encirclement closed.

Let the destroyer team kill the remaining dead fish, and then release smoke and immediately evacuate to the predetermined location! Redell is quite satisfied with the result of this attack. So far, he has exchanged a destroyer for an opponent's light cruiser, 4 fleet destroyers and 2 escort destroyers. This transaction is already very profitable. Considering the Japanese main fleet eyeing in the distance, Redell decided to withdraw and see the limelight first.

Is this too cunning? Looking at the battlefield in the distance, Shigetaro Yoshimatsu felt so angry and depressed! When the main gun of the Redel fleet opened fire, Shigetaro Yoshimatsu naturally discovered the firelight, and the Japanese fleet was also preparing to provide fire support as soon as possible.

But the distance was too far, and the exposure time was too short, and the US fleet only carried out 5 minutes of shooting. In the night battle, it was too difficult to hit a target 15 kilometers away by relying solely on the cannon flash. In fact, Raidel used these two points and then used a tiger's tooth to pull out his teeth! Plan properly and move neatly! And even if he ran away, he would not forget to release a little smoke. The whole process was really vague!

Awesome. The commander on the opposite side should be Redell. It seems that our juniors are in trouble. Betty couldn't help but frown and said, Su Xiong had returned to China. Anyway, Betty absolutely does not believe that the US Navy can make such an operation, so the commander can only Redell. Then think about the previous behavior of marking the position of the Japanese Combined Fleet with flares. Even if he stands from the enemy's perspective, Betty admits that the other party is doing really well!

Order all seaplane motherships and supply ships to the non-combat side of the main fleet, just in case. Betty suggested.

Yes, order the fleet to shrink immediately, let all destroyers retreat to the combat range of the main battleship night war artillery, and pay attention to maintaining light control. Shigetaro Yoshimatsu also reacted and immediately ordered. So the entire Japanese fleet began to shrink and hid the fragile warships in the core. The entire fleet was like a hedgehog, and the cannons of the 13 main battleships were like the spikes of this hedgehog, making it impossible for the attackers in the distance to attack! After all, when you can hold on to others, others can also hit you!

More than ten minutes later, the Japanese seaplanes also took off, and teams of seaplanes began to search for the German fleet in the surrounding waters. In this case, it basically means the end of the harassment operation tonight, because once you fire again, the seaplanes can quickly find your approximate position and fly over your head to throw flares. In this way, it is definitely not so easy for you to run again, and it is difficult to escape even if you release smoke.

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