Chapter 2718 Clearing the Place

"It's a Japanese torpedo boat! They are rushing up!" At 1,800 meters away, the destroyer DD112 first spotted the swarming Japanese torpedo boats! They were like arrows leaving the string, and their extremely high speed even caused a small part of the hull to leave the water! It's like jumping on the sea!

"Turn on all searchlights! Shoot immediately!" As the red alarm sounded across the battlefield, one American destroyer immediately pointed its light source at the vast sea. The lights of ten destroyers illuminated a large area of ​​​​the sea like daylight. For a few seconds A few minutes later, dense 5-inch artillery shells, 40MM machine guns and even heavy machine gun bullets swept across the entire sea area like a storm!

"Too close! Too fast!" The Japanese surprise attack still had a certain effect. The first few torpedo boats that were relatively close rushed over quickly and fired at distances ranging from 1,000 meters to 600 meters. torpedo. The torpedoes were pushed into the seawater by the compressed air. After a while, the propellers began to operate, and the exhaust gases produced by the combustion of air and fuel formed white trails at the rear of the torpedoes. Like the scythe of death, it slashes at the opponent.

"Full right rudder, prepare to avoid torpedoes." The boiler of the destroyer DD125 roared, a large amount of heavy oil was injected into the boiler, and then the rolling high-temperature and high-pressure water vapor pushed the turbine to bring huge power to the destroyer. While maneuvering to avoid at least three torpedoes, the destroyer also used its own guns to destroy a Japanese torpedo boat that came too close.

"Our artillery defeated the opponent as easily as a hammer smashing an egg. This little guy of dozens of tons was beaten to pieces, and the water column produced by the explosion was more than 20 meters high." After the war, a soldier of the destroyer No. DD125 said this Described his results.

However, the destroyer DD112 was somewhat unlucky. It was attacked at close range by five torpedo boats. The originally intensive firepower was dispersed because there were too many targets. After the American destroyer killed the third torpedo boat rushing toward it, an assassin rushing from the opposite direction fired a torpedo in the blind spot of the ship's gun. This shot was too close! Only less than 400 meters! So much so that before the officers and soldiers on board the destroyer DD112 could barely react, they felt as if the bottom of the ship was being dragged up from the sea by a pair of big hands, and then with a loud bang, it seemed like it was broken off again!

The destroyer DD112 was the first American warship lost in this battle. It was hit by two torpedoes at the same time. The explosive force weighing several hundred kilograms exploded underwater and was so powerful that the entire front of the hull was directly blown off. Even half of the hull was thrown up, and then hit the sea heavily, turning into sections of twisted steel.

And this successful attack seemed to trigger a certain switch. More torpedo boats rushed out from the hidden night. Dark gray light spots shuttled quickly across the sea under the illumination of searchlights. The American destroyer was hit by at least 2 dozen In the above torpedo boat attack, the Japanese were very smart. They concentrated their efforts to attack a certain point without spreading their firepower. Just when the minesweeper destroyer detachment was already under tremendous pressure, Nagano Shushen played his last trump card and six destroyers also joined in. In the midst of battle!

"There are Japanese destroyers on the coastline!" Looking at the orange fire jumping in the distance,

The lookout of the destroyer DD156 said loudly, but before he could report the enemy's position and distance to the captain, two shells landed on the lookout, directly cutting off the lookout and half of the mast! Then the leading destroyer was besieged by at least two Japanese auxiliary destroyers!

"Damn it, where did this bad thing come from!" Although he was hit in the head at first, the destroyer DD156, which has a displacement of up to 2,200 tons, has three twin 5-inch guns, and a large number of 75MM guns and rapid-fire guns, is still very fast. Mastering the advantages of the battlefield, one is strong in one aspect, and the other is weak in another!

Although Nagano Shushen is called the trump card, how can the escort destroyer with a displacement of only 600 tons have powerful weapons? It only has two 4-inch guns and one 75MM gun, not even torpedoes, because the tonnage and space left for installing torpedoes Depth charges were given….

So this small battlefield became a battle between one tiger and two lynxes! The tiger, which had been scratched by the bobcat, turned around and aimed four 5-inch guns at a target 900 meters away. Under the attack of more than 10 5-inch guns per minute, this poor escort destroyer was destroyed in a short time. It was beaten to the point of losing its combat effectiveness, and the other ship had to release smoke to dodge.

However, not all American destroyers have as powerful firepower and good luck as the DD156. The Japanese know that their destroyers cannot compare with their opponents in terms of quantity and quality, so they take offensive actions just to win for the torpedo boats. Almost, and this tactic did achieve some results. Some American destroyers were unable to dodge and were struck by lightning again!

boom! Accompanied by a loud noise, a line of fire rose up from the stern of an American destroyer. The violent explosion directly blew the stern of the ship to pieces, and after a large amount of seawater poured in along the breach, the front half of the battleship also It was raised high due to excessive water ingress. In the end, the destroyer was inserted diagonally into the sea like a broken sword. Eventually he was swallowed by the raging waves!

"This is the third one," an officer said to Halsey.

"I know that after a few more minutes, we need to clear out all the guys hiding in the darkness with a clean attack, so the necessary losses can be tolerated." Halsey looked into the distance and was caught in the fire. Said the sea surface in the explosion.

While the U.S. minesweeper destroyer squadron was having an intense fight with the Japanese, a small group of destroyers led by Halsey were wandering around the edge of the battlefield. They implemented strict light control and carefully watched the entire battlefield while receiving Electromagnetic signals over the battlefield to determine whether new targets appear. The battle at sea lasted for more than 20 minutes, and the U.S. Navy had already sunk three destroyers and sustained four damage. When Halsey was sure that there were no more new Japanese destroyers around, he and the destroyer squadron he commanded came from the side and rear of the Japanese fleet!

So, in an instant, the battlefield situation reversed. The mixed formation of Japanese destroyers and torpedo boats, which had a slight advantage, was attacked by fire from two directions! The torpedo boats that bravely rushed forward were destroyed by shells fired from behind, and the Japanese destroyer escorts were also taken care of. Continuous high-explosive bombs fell on these poor little guys, beating them into pieces one by one. The huge torch made the sea water around them seem to be boiling!

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