Perhaps, he could find many reasons to excuse himself. Perhaps in the post-war summary, this battle was considered successful, but the hardest thing for a person to deceive is his heart.

"Issuing orders to all fleets, we have to take the initiative to attack!" Sims took a deep breath and said. The operation was as fierce as a tiger. The tactics were very useful, but it does not mean that there was no price to pay. To be honest, although the US fleet finally destroyed the Japanese Navy's aviation advantages through clever tactics, now there are only 14 main forces that can be used, and 3 of them are armored cruisers. The battle situation is worse than before the Japanese bombers arrived! If you want to set up a battle line, you will definitely not be able to win, so the US fleet can only fight a life-threatening blow!

At the same time, on the other side of the smoke, the Japanese fleet was also somewhat confused. The bomber troops had already begun to return. Before returning. As for the results, it seemed that they had sunk two large warships? However, there were many different opinions on the types of the two warships. Some said that they had sunk two battleships, some said that they had sunk two battleships, some said that they were two armored cruisers, and some said that one battleship and an armored cruiser... The heavy fog obscured the battlefield, making the Japanese fleet a little unsure.

(In fact, there are many cases of mistaken warships in naval battles. For example, in World War II, two Schonhorst-class battlecruisers were chased by the Reputation, because the latter thought that the time to fight was Nelson, and well, Nelson who could run at nearly 30 knots...)

"The smoke has begun to dissipate." Stedi said, looking at the ship shadow that gradually became clear in the distance.

"It seems that the American fleet is in a relatively chaotic state?" Shimamura Soo put down the telescope in his hand and said. "I feel that there is no need for us to hesitate now. No matter what the bomber achieves, as long as they do destroy two large warships, we are equivalent to expanding our advantage. Moreover, now the American fleet is also very chaotic, approaching, and then expanding the results in the chaos is the best choice. We are now launching an attack, and at the speed of the smoke dissipation, when we can carry out effective artillery attacks, the distance between us and the other party is about 13 kilometers to 14 kilometers. We are very sure that we can penetrate the American main armor belt, and this distance is enough to block the opponent's lightning strike."

"Yes, we are now sure to win. We were on the battle line before, and now it's even more so. The Americans have the advantage of destroyers, but we won't get too close. If it doesn't work, we can temporarily retreat and avoid it. I think as long as we don't make big mistakes in our decision, we should be sure to win this battle. Continuing to shoot from a long distance is too low, and our ammunition may not be enough." At this moment, Betty finally expressed his opinion, and what's rare is that his opinion and Shimamura Soo!

The Japanese also prepared for this decisive battle for a long time, carefully and established their advantages bit by bit. Until now, at least the advantage on paper is already very large. It makes no sense to give up at this time. To be honest, Betty has no reason to give up. The US fleet is in chaos now, and the only threatening destroyer team can distance themselves. It is simply unreasonable not to take advantage of the chaos to beat the dogs in the water!

"Then let's start!" Shigetaro Yoshimatsu finally issued the final general attack order. According to the pre-war plan, the Japanese joint fleet will approach about 13,500 meters away from the target, completely damaging the opponent with precise and fierce heavy artillery fire, and then use destroyers to harvest the target! This will be the peak of the entire battle!

"The Japanese fleet is approaching!" At this time, as the smoke gradually dissipated, the US fleet also discovered the Japanese fleet approaching from a small angle. The other party was walking very carefully and the approaching speed was not fast!

"Tell General Redell that he and his fleet can attack at any time, and he will be the horn for the entire American fleet to launch a counterattack!" Sims said.

"I didn't expect that in a few hundred years, we would actually adopt Sir Nelson's cutting-edge tactics that became famous in the Battle of Trafalgar." After receiving the telegram from Sims, Raidel couldn't help but smile bitterly.

"General, General Fletcher Jr. has sent a telegram, and his fleet and his subordinate destroyer team are in place. We can launch an attack at any time." Nimitz said.

A few minutes later, the US fleet took out the last killer weapon in this battle! Cut into the tactics!

"Mao Dan, this is another life-threatening death!" Redel said in his heart. Redel felt more and more that he and Su Xiong could always encounter a very harsh battle environment on the battlefield. He was surrounded by Thomas during the war, and then surrounded by the Japanese fleet. After the war ended, he came to the Pacific Ocean. He always felt that the US fleet was generally dominant and his situation was better, but in the Battle of New Ireland, he and Su Xiong still had to face the Japanese joint fleet with absolute advantage, and this time it was still the case! Fortunately, although the previous war was full of dangers, there were always no dangers. And this time, I hope so!

"14 kilometers!" Judging from the data provided by Fire Control, the two sides are very close. Now the average speed of the Redell fleet can be at least 26 knots. 26 knots is the current limit speed of Mecklenburg, while Fletcher and at least 18 destroyers are all above 28 knots... The Japanese fleet is a battle line configuration, and it is impossible to change the formation easily, and the speed is only about 17 knots. Then if you are stooping and cut the formation of the Japanese fleet horizontally, you can narrow the distance to a distance that is enough to make the Japanese fleet feel trembling in about ten minutes!

"American destroyer!" The Taidaofeng destroyer and the other three destroyers were the first Japanese warships facing the American fleet! The US Navy destroyer that suddenly rushed out of the rolling smoke not far away scared the Japanese! It started with one or two ships. After more than ten seconds, more and more figures appeared from the smoke. After a rough glance, the destroyer on the opposite side was at least twice as much as its own!

The Japanese fleet is only about 14 kilometers away from the US fleet, and the destroyers used as cover forces are only closer to each other! In fact, when the two sides meet, the average distance between the destroyers is only about 4,000 meters!

The so-called enemy was particularly jealous when they met! The two sides started a war without saying a word! The God of War naturally tended to be the one with more ships and guns! The Qiuyue destroyer is the Japanese warship closest to the US fleet, so at the beginning, this small boat with a displacement of only more than 900 tons was attacked by at least three destroyers with a total tonnage of about 4,500 tons. More than 10 medium caliber naval guns swept the poor Japanese destroyer wildly. Every minute, several tons of high-explosion bombs fell around the Qiuyue.
Chapter completed!