Countless flares burst into the air, and the dazzling white light illuminated the dark sea as bright as daytime, and also illuminated the figure of the Japanese ship that had attacked it.

"There are so many lightning strikers like locusts that are coming at us!"

These were the words sent by the lookout on the destroyer "Satley" to Admiral Kimméli.

The entire Pacific Fleet did not respond effectively until the cruiser Tuscaloosa was blown in two and sank to the bottom of the sea, and by this time, the advance of the Japanese Combined Fleet, the vanguard of the Japanese Combined Fleet, had already broken through the first line of defense on the periphery and was rushing towards the second line of defense. In front of 40 torpedo boats, 20 destroyers, as well as 6 light cruisers and 4 heavy cruisers, there was only a weak line of seven destroyers.

Captain Kimmelli was struggling with another piece of news when he heard the bad news, and on the other side of the fleet, more than one submarine was firing torpedoes at his fleet, and within three minutes, three torpedoes were hit on the left side of the battleship Maryland, and less than thirty seconds later, the Arizona was also hit by two torpedoes, and a destroyer was sinking in a thunderstorm. The most fatal news came in the third minute after the alarm sounded, the USS Enterprise, which was located in the center of the fleet, was hit twice by torpedoes from an unknown distance, and although it only suffered two torpedoes, the resulting explosion ignited the ammunition depot. A fire broke out on the Enterprise, and the hull was surrounded by tawny smoke, and the ship quickly lost power. Unless God opens his eyes and casts a spell, there is no way to save this aircraft carrier.

USS Enterprise (the correct translation should be called Endeavour, but this name has always been used in China), is a famous ship of the United States Navy in World War II, and the original history allowed the ship to experience the entire process of the Pacific War. And lived until the end of the war. But in this plane, the ship suffered a fatal blow within 20 minutes of the outbreak of the Pacific War and was directly knocked out.

When driving at night, the main ranks of the Pacific Fleet were spaced between 9,000 and 10,000 meters, and the outermost battleship was mined. The enterprise aircraft carrier located in the center was actually mineshot, from which Admiral Gemley could almost determine that the enemy submarine was most likely lurking in the center of the main fleet queue, to paraphrase the Chinese, this is called "Sun Monkey got into the belly of the Iron Umbrella Princess".

In fact, the two torpedoes that hit the Enterprise were fired by two Japanese submarines from 16,000 kilometers away. At that time, two Japanese submarines took advantage of the fact that the U.S. military fired flares to illuminate the sea and aimed at the Enterprise at the same time. At 16,000 and 17,000 kilometers, the two boats fired four torpedoes at the same time, and two more from the tail, as a result of which twelve torpedoes hit two.

The range of the improved nine-three acid torpedo was 18,500 meters, which was not as good as the early 20,000 meters, but it did not have the problem of early explosion. In this era, the torpedoes of Britain and the United States usually had a range of about 11,000 kilometers. Jin Mei

Admiral Leigh made a judgment based on the performance of his own torpedoes, but he made a huge mistake.

A fleet. The formation of the anti-torpedo boat raid and the anti-submarine formation, completely opposite and contradictory. In the same place, at the same time, the simultaneous strike of a submarine and a lightning ship, how to deal with this situation, almost drove the combat staff on the flagship South Dakota crazy.

Ultimately. All they could make was to order the cruisers and destroyers on the right side of the fleet to concentrate on the breach of the enemy ships at any cost, plugging the gap as much as possible, and at the same time ordering the destroyers on the left side of the fleet to carry out anti-submarine operations. As for the main fleet, it turned left and made a Z-shaped maneuver. On the one hand, try to avoid the Japanese mine-striking ships that are advancing from the right flank as much as possible, and on the other hand, make a Z-shaped maneuver to avoid possible sneak attacks by submarines. According to the opinion of the operational staffs: there could not be too many Japanese submarines in the ambush circle. It is impossible for a submarine that has already been attacked by a sneak attack to be equipped with torpedoes in a short period of time and then carry out a sneak attack.

At 3:45 p.m., when the Pacific Fleet made an overall mobile defense to avoid operations, their movements were immediately revealed on the "battlefield surveillance wall" in the chart room of the Yamato.

Seeing the direction in which the U.S. capital ship was moving, a cheer rang out in the chart room of the Yamato. Because the reaction of the U.S. military now is almost the same as that of the Japanese army before the war.

In the event of a sneak attack, the way you react and the result of the enemy's deduction is that you will fall from one trap to another.

At this time, the entire Pacific Fleet, the cruisers and destroyers on the right side, were desperately blazing, pressurizing and accelerating, and charging into the gap that had been punched out without hesitation, in the delusional hope that they could close the gap before the Japanese mine-striking ships could enter the firing range.

On the sea, illuminated by flares as bright as daytime, the destroyers and light cruisers following the charging torpedo boats were frantically firing at the last seven American destroyers in front of them, and the four heavy cruisers of Aoba, Kinugasa, Furutaka, and Kagu in the distance also began to speak at this time after rushing closer to a distance of 22,000 kilometers. And the US cruisers or destroyers that "turned around" or rushed straight at from other directions fired their guns indiscriminately regardless of the lightning strike groups of the Asahi ships from far and near.

The originally relatively calm sea surface of Guam's waters seemed to be boiling open at this time, and there were huge columns of water rising on the surface of the sea that had fallen shortly and missed. All the lookouts in the Pacific Fleet were staring at the sea in fear and horror, hoping to find the traces of the dangerous assassins lurking underwater. However, the biggest advantage of the Japanese oxygen torpedo is that the trajectory after launch is very inconspicuous, and it is more difficult to detect at night. At this time, the only way to tell the direction of the torpedo was by the eyes of the hydrophone listener. However, when hundreds of warships of the enemy and us were firing indiscriminately, dozens of shells fell into the water every second and exploded, and the interference caused by a large number of loud noises affected the judgment of the hydrophone listeners.

It's just that although the nearby US ships are desperately firing, the shells fired by them from a long distance are completely indiscriminate, and although the momentum is amazing, it is a big problem that one of the 100 rounds can be hit.

In the event of an accident or sudden battle, the ability to calmly handle unexpected events is an important factor in testing a fleet commander's command ability.

On the night of the Pacific Fleet's surprise attack, Admiral Kimméli did not show what he was qualified as a fleet commander. His staff officers, as well as the dispatchers, were also very shaking their heads at the night's appearance - this is the inevitable problem of an army that has been at peace for too long.

This fleet is ready to go to the Philippines to show off its might. It's just too big. Although they were divided into three columns, the capital ships of the entire fleet stretched a full twenty kilometers at sea.

When the right front flank of the fleet encountered a breakthrough by enemy mine-striking ships, the fleet commander ordered the cruisers and destroyers in the middle of the fleet to rush to support, while the frigates in the rear accelerated to fill the gap in the middle. The consequence of this was that the tail of the fleet was emptied.

And this situation was immediately clearly marked in the "Battlefield Situation Map" in the chart room on the Yamato. And what is even more lethal is that his response was foreseen by the opponent before the war.

Looking at this scene, Yamamoto Isoroku, the commander of the Combined Fleet, said to Chiaki Matsuda of the Yamato fleet: "Kimmeri is simply fighting in the script we have formulated!" ”

Chiaki Matsuda smiled and sighed softly, "It reminds me of the Battle of Bergen. ”

At the time of the Battle of Bergen, the Royal Navy was the same, so it made a mistake in its pre-war tactics and fell into the trap of the opponent's decoy fleet, sending one side of the escort destroyer to launch a lightning strike to steal the mother-in-law. As a result, the frigate on the side of the guide zhì was empty. As a result, the German Navy, which had opened up the whole field, seized the short gap window when its destroyer fleet had not had time to return, and from there it broke into front of the fleet, and only moved dozens of torpedo boats with a total tonnage of less than 10,000 tons, and achieved astonishing results.

The same is true tonight,

At four o'clock, when a large number of rearguard ships of the Pacific Fleet rushed to protect the gap in the middle of the fleet, another fleet of sixty torpedoes and destroyers was lying in ambush nearby. In the gap between the front feet of the rearguard fleet, they rushed along the gap left by them.

Even a maneuverable and nimble destroyer. When sailing at high speeds, it can take several minutes to turn and make a U-turn at sea. When the rearguard fleet visually discovered that a large number of torpedo boats and destroyers were also in the rear, it was not so easy to turn around and support.

"Headache heals, foot pain heals. As a result, he couldn't take care of his head and feet. ”

This is the dilemma that the US Pacific Fleet encountered after the sudden outbreak of naval warfare.

At 4:08, the first batch, a total of sixteen torpedo boats, was suddenly blocked by American destroyers. Successfully rushed to 12,000 kilometers to the right of the battleship Indiana, the capital ship of the Pacific Fleet.

It is better to cut off one of its fingers than to hurt its ten fingers, and in this lightning strike operation, the Japanese Combined Fleet's operational thinking is very clear: one qiē seeks stability. Once the lightning strike force approaches the US warship, it should concentrate all its efforts on attacking one of them, and use the method of "saturation attack" to ensure that its combat effectiveness can be scrapped with one blow.

In the Pacific Fleet, there are two strongest capital ships, the 40,000-ton South Dakota-class battleships: the flagship South Dakota and the second ship Indiana.

Further, the five twin five-inch (about 127 mm) high-level dual-purpose guns on the right side of the Indiana frantically opened fire on the flies. The American sailors, who had just woken up from their dreams, also burst out with great potential at the moment of life and death, and the five ten-inch guns on the right side of the ship, each with an astonishing rate of fire of twenty-one rounds per minute, fired an astonishing high rate of fire on average, so that the barrels of the guns burned red.

On the Indianana, nine 406-mm capital naval guns also turned to the right in unison, and the chambers were loaded with anti-lightning shotguns, and at a rate of fire of two rounds per minute, a dense metal storm was poured into these obscene "little families".

The other destroyers in the nearby wings and the cruisers in the distance, while enduring the suppressive fire of the Japanese cruisers in the distance, were not retaliated, but they pointed all their guns at the approaching assassins. During the previous 20 minutes of the charge, a total of four torpedo boats were blown up or paralyzed by shells fired from the American ships, but due to a tactical error, more torpedo boats broke through the fire net woven by the American fleet and successfully approached a deadly distance that could defeat the enemy with a single blow.

"We're done, we're done!"

On the lookout of the battleship Indiana, lookout Sam could see the sights of more than a dozen torpedo boats approaching rapidly with the Indiana as the center by the flash of flares. Not only did he look at the dangerous Assassins, but he also saw that behind the sixteen torpedo boats, there were more larger, larger torpedo boats and destroyers approaching.

"Shut up, idiot!"

His colleague Fetri slapped him hard, but with a telescope in his hand, he stared at the sea.

The lookout is clear. The location of the frigates is now extremely irrational, and the Pacific Fleet is still unable to form an anti-lightning formation to intercept these dangerous assassins with maximum firepower and the most effective fire. When all the artillery in the fleet was now concentrated on these flying torpedo boats, it gave more time for the lightning strike forces to approach behind them.

At 4:10, the three S3 torpedo boats that rushed to the front fired six torpedoes (two each) at a distance of about nine thousand meters.

Hydrotherapist on the battleship Indiana. Soon the distinctive sound of the torpedo as it entered the water was heard, and the lightning alarm sounded.

On the lookout, the discerning Fetri torpedo boats changed direction after firing the torpedo, judging that they might have fired the torpedo, and shouted into the intercom: "A torpedo appears on the right!" ”

The battleship Indiana was a hulking elephant writhing with difficulty at sea, and its huge hull crashed into large waves as it maneuvered at sea. Due to the inertia brought about by the drastic change of direction, many of the ship's crew did not grasp the handrail. He was thrown out hard and slammed into the metal wall.

Fetry, who had slapped Sam earlier, was thrown off the lookout dozens of meters high during the maneuver - after receiving the battle alert, he hurried to the lookout platform and forgot to fasten his seat belt, although he was "lucky" to fall into the sea and did not fall to the deck. But falling into the water at a height of tens of meters is no different from hitting a wall, there is only a dead end.

Sam was lucky enough to grab the handrail and not fall out, and all he could do was wait in fear for the earth-shattering bang to happen.

In the next few minutes. Sam on the lookout was thrown around on the lookout as the battleship writhed violently from side to side, his body shook violently.

Although the whole body was bruised and swollen. In the past five minutes, the unfortunate Sam heard a violent explosion, which, fortunately, did not come from the warship he was on, but farther to the left - a torpedo that had been missed, after covering a distance of 18,000 kilometers. The Devil almost hit the USS Yorktown at the ultimate range.

Originally, when this torpedo was launched, its mother ship was 19,000 kilometers away from the aircraft carrier Yorktown, which happened to be outside its ultimate range, but at this time, the Yorktown received an order from the flagship of the fleet. Just as he was about to turn to the left and change direction, the ship's hull maneuvered and the guide narrowed the distance of this torpedo during the turn, and as a result, a "small probability event" occurred.

On the Yamato, Lin Han, who was integrated with Li Huamei, captured this strange hit with his perception.

"Can this also hit? These devils are so lucky. ”

Li Huamei spat at him and said: "Twenty-six torpedoes all hit the Indiana, and their luck is too bad!" ”

Counting the effects of this wave of lightning strikes, Lin Han suddenly thought of an old joke: someone suddenly knocked on the door in the middle of the night, and two policemen came to the door saying that they wanted to arrest Xiao Ming, and then someone happily said to them: Xiao Ming lives next door.

In the first wave, a total of thirteen S3 torpedo boats broke through the interception and fired a lethal twenty-six nine-three acid torpedoes at the battleship Indiana, but these torpedoes were all deftly dodged under the super-level performance of the ship's water listening personnel and the precise micro-manipulation of the captain, and as a result, the unlucky aircraft carrier Yorktown became a substitute for the dead and ate a torpedo.

But the good fortune of the battleship Indiana ended there.

While he frantically dodged the lightning strikes of the S3 torpedo boats, eight more torpedo boats and destroyers approached, taking advantage of the opportunity to dodge the torpedoes fired by the S3 torpedo boats with all their might, and seized the other firing points to shoot eight torpedoes at it.

Sam was glad that less than a minute after the bad luck was over, there were three loud bangs on the right side of the battleship Indiana. He had used up his character before, but this time he swallowed three of the eight torpedoes, and a large amount of seawater poured into it frantically, making the strongest battleship in the US Navy inevitably tilt sharply to the right.

At about the same time, another USS Texas (BB35) swallowed four torpedoes in two minutes, and the sinking of this old treaty-era ship was his final fate.

And in the process, two more American destroyers and one cruiser were hit by mines, two sunk and one seriously injured (it was the cruiser that was seriously injured). One of the American destroyers was shot while desperately trying to block a mine for the battleship.

In addition, in the process of interception and counter-interception, several American destroyers and frigates were damaged by the guns of the assault Japanese battleships. Since the firepower of the Pacific Fleet's frigates was concentrated on dangerous mine-striking ships, these frigates were in a state of "no return" to the cruisers that were firing wildly at them from a distance when they were shelling. In the course of more than ten minutes of shelling, two destroyers were sunk, three were heavily damaged, and three cruisers were also heavily damaged.

At 4:15 a.m., when the right flank of the Pacific Fleet was turned upside down by the assault of 60 Japanese torpedo boats and destroyers, the battle alarm sounded suddenly at the position of its right rear. (To be continued......)

PS: I've updated it first, so let's go back and proofread the typos. I'm rushing to write the next one, and I'll update a chapter and two words in the evening, and then I'll go to write a new chapter of "The Last Reaper".

When I have children at home, I often don't have enough time to write, and I have to be entangled in all kinds of things all day long, and I don't have time to write from yesterday to tonight afternoon.