At the same time that the Japanese Third Fleet shelled the airfield on Kuah Island, the Red Guard battleship fleet on the edge of Kuah Island was already preparing to attack.

Violent extreme weather has reappeared, but it is still not conducive to the take-off of carrier-based aircraft.

Long Yun, commander of the First Battleship Squadron of the Red Alert Expeditionary Corps, has been waiting for the Japanese for a long time.

Long Yun carried out repeated reconnaissance, and now that he had a complete grasp of the situation of the Japanese army, he decided to enter the bay of Kuah Island from the south of Savo Island, destroy the Japanese battleships first, then the transport ships, and finally withdraw from the north of Savo Island.

At the beginning of the Japanese shelling, Long Yun also issued an order to the whole fleet: "Starting from the south of Savo Island, attack the main force of enemy ships anchored in front of the island with torpedoes, and then turn to the sea area of Tulagi Island and attack the rest of the enemy ships with artillery and torpedoes." Then withdraw from the north of Savo Island.

The identification signal was to hang bright silver bars on both sides of the bridge.

The Red Guard Corps, headed by the BB-8 Dreadnought II battleship, lined up in a single column with a distance of 1,200 meters, raised the identification flag on the mast, accelerated to 28 knots, and murderously broke into the waters of Kuah Island!

Long Yun led the fleet to split through the stormy seas and went straight to Guadalcanal in the vast rainy night. None of the Japanese realized that an attack was imminent.

After entering the bay of Kuah, Long Yun gave the general attack order.

The first order was immediately communicated to each of the scorpions.

Long Yun's second order was: "All ships attack at the same time." ”

Immediately, under the cover of night, all the friedes guarding the battleship were dispatched, and a string of long-range torpedoes with a range of tens of nautical miles, carrying hundreds of kilograms of explosives, roared towards the Mutsu and Kongo at a speed of 45 knots.

It wasn't until ten minutes later that the Japanese destroyer Hagikaze discovered the Red Alert Navy battleship, and the crew on board was shocked and hurriedly radioed the alarm: "Attention! Unidentified warships are entering the port! ”

But it was already too late.

The seaplanes of the Red Guard Regiment dropped flares over the Japanese transport ships, and one by one the flares hung on the parachutes exploded behind the Japanese warships, revealing the silhouettes of the Kongo and Mutsu.

BB-8 is less than 4,500 meters away from Mutsu, BB-9 is 5,500 meters away, and BB-10 is closer.

Three huge mountains of battleships fired at once.

On the bridge of the Mutsu, a sentry shouted that a vague black shadow had appeared ahead.

When I saw it clearly, I realized that it was a warship of unknown origin. The people on board immediately panicked, and at this moment, the opposite warship began to spit out tongues of fire, and at the same time, two torpedoes fired by the midges immediately pierced the bow of the Mutsu.

Immediately afterwards, countless shells whistled and rained down on the ship's side, killing the captain of the gunner, breaking the main gun, tilting the hull, spreading along the escalator at the elevator, and the linoleum on the deck catching fire, making the fire even more intense.

The paint on the bulkheads also caught fire, the furniture of the officers' quarters burned violently, and a raging fire lit up the entire night sky.

In less than 5 minutes, the Mutsu lost its combat effectiveness.

The Japanese destroyer Hagikaze raised the alarm by radio, then sounded the alarm with a flashing light, and turned left with full rudders.

The gunners fired a volley of flares. The captain of the Autumn Wind hissed and shouted, "Fire the torpedo." ”

At this time, the Red Alert Navy Scorpion had turned to the northeast, and the Hagikaze made a Z-shaped movement at high speed and engaged in an artillery battle with the smidling.

With only a displacement of 2,000 tons, the scorpion was not suitable for naval artillery warfare, but this time it was prepared, and several scorpion shells were not missing, and one shell quickly landed near the Hagikaze gun position, igniting the spare ammunition. Then, the warship was illuminated by searchlights, and was shot continuously, and soon lost its combat effectiveness.

The Japanese destroyer Yukikaze, which was on guard in front of the right side of the Mutsu, also discovered the enemy in the seconds after the Hagikaze spotted the Red Alert Navy battleship.

It made a sharp turn to the left in order to allow its starboard torpedo launcher to aim at the target, but the captain did not wait for the torpedo man to reload the primer because the hull was turning too fast until the port torpedo launcher was able to aim and fire, but there was no detonator.

In such a short period of time, the Red Alert Navy battleship formation was rapidly heading northeast and could not be seen, and even the torpedoes, which had been aimed very accurately, could not catch up.

At the same time, an Aegis II cruiser sailed past the Yukikaze within a nautical mile of it, but did not fire at it, as the cruiser's muzzles were aimed at a larger target.

While the sound of cannons shook the sea and the flash of light pierced the night sky, the captain of the battleship Kongo was resting. When he was awakened, the observation post was heard in a hazy way: "Torpedo track found on starboard!" ”

Then he ordered: "Turn the rudder right!" And instructed to fire flares immediately.

Then he saw a torpedo approaching in front of him on the left, and ordered to turn to the left, trying to pass through the middle of the torpedo channel.

The captain of the King Kong boarded the bridge, and a torpedo hit the bow of the ship, and a column of water rose into the air and fell to the ship, and the foredeck was immediately filled with water.

The King Kong hurriedly fired flares, but it was too late, and several torpedoes pierced the waves and fired straight at them. Before the King Kong could turn the rudder to evade, the bow was hit by a torpedo again, and the mast was also hit by a 254-mm shell from the Aegis 2nd class cruiser.

The King Kong fired back again and again, but due to the speed of the Red Guard naval battleship, it only had time to fire a few shells at the Aegis cruiser at the end of the Red Guard Regiment, and then lost its target and had to withdraw from the battle to the west.

In less than ten minutes, a detachment of the Japanese Third Fleet was no longer able to fight back and ceased to exist as a combat unit.

Long Yun then went full speed towards the Northern District.

Because the King Kong did not inform the northern and eastern districts of the operation, and the lightning and thunder suddenly came, covering up the cannon fire and fire in the southern area, the Japanese troops in the northern area were completely unaware that the Red Guard Corps had been killed.

The sirens raised by the Japanese destroyer Hagikaze and the flares dropped by the planes of the Red Guard Corps had already indicated to the troops on the northern front that there was an enemy situation.

The sailors of the Japanese heavy cruiser Aoba also heard the buzz of planes overhead and concluded that it was an enemy aircraft. Unexpectedly, he was scolded by his boss, saying that he was suffering from mild hysteria, which made him dare not speak anymore.

In fact, before the operation of the Japanese Third Fleet, water reconnaissance of the surrounding waters was also carried out, and the presence of enemy ships was not detected.

Even if other ships spotted an aircraft in the air, they all thought it was a friendly plane. The battleships Haraki, the cruisers Aoba and Kako formed a single column in order, and the destroyers Yugumo and Kiyosushi were arranged on the two flanks, and were sailing from southwest to northwest.

The controller on duty at the lookout of the cruiser Kago felt the hull trembling slightly, and he thought that the destroyers of his fleet were dropping depth charges, because the captain of the fleet, Keio Awata, had recently repeatedly pointed out that it was necessary to pay attention to submarine protection.

Actually, it was the explosion of a torpedo fired by a Red Alert Navy mayion.

Just as the attendant was pondering, a sudden shout: "Left rear flare!" ”

It was the Red Guard planes over Guadalcanal, illuminating the clouds and the sea. The officer on duty gave the order to prepare for battle.

The Red Alert Navy battleship BB-8 shoots searchlights from the darkness. In less than a minute, shells from the first salvo fell around the Kaku.

Under the raging wind and rain, all the cannons of the Gagu began to return fire.

The alarm frightened the captain of the Kaku, who ran to the bridge and asked sharply: "Who gave the order to fight, who gave the order to shoot?" ”

Until this time, he was still convinced that the targets found were all friendly ships. "I think that we are hitting our own boat, let's not get too excited and act hastily, stop shooting immediately."

When he noticed the splash around the battleship Hazelmei, he realized that something was wrong.

"Start shooting. Whether it is our ship or not, we must suppress them. ”

The first salvo of BB-8 at Kagu did not hit, but the range was determined and reduced. The second salvo hit the second turret of the Kagu, killing all the gunners. The deck caught fire and the fire extinguishing hoses all burst, making it a good target to aim.

Shell after shell fell on the Kaku, reducing the range from six to five thousand meters.

In order to make it easier for the main guns to return fire, the Kagu turned slightly to the left and advanced at full speed, but because it had lost its ability to communicate, there were casualties on the deck, equipment was destroyed, and the smoke was suffocated, the flames were dazzling, and the combat efficiency was greatly reduced.

Only a few seconds later, the battery was destroyed, most of the ship was on fire, and in the face of the battleship's powerful onslaught, only the cruiser-class Kagu sank rapidly.

The nearby heavy cruiser Aoba, because someone was said by his superiors to be suffering from mild hysteria. As a result, when the ship heard the sound of the Red Guard Corps' aircraft on two subsequent occasions, no one reported it.

At this time, the Red Alert Navy battleship BB-9 was approaching from behind, and suddenly turned on the searchlight and illuminated it brightly.

Before the Aoba could turn around the muzzle, a row of shells had already flown over, the reconnaissance plane parked on the catapult was hit, and the oil depot was also hit by a bullet and caught fire.

Suddenly, the Aoba turned into a huge torch in the darkness, and BB-8 and BB-10 immediately crossed fire, and the cannonballs rained down. In just a few moments, the massive cruiser ran aground.

Shells exploded on the bridge of the Aoba, killing almost all the people on it, and throwing their bodies into the air like ragdolls.

It was hit by another torpedo on its port side, and the hull of the ship was sharply dumped to the port side, steam spewing out of the chimney. The bow of the ship began to sink, and the captain was seriously wounded and lay in front of the rudder. He struggled to his feet, but couldn't hold it anymore and groaned and fell down.

Fifteen minutes later, the Aoba was buried at the bottom of the sea.

Adama Keyo on the battleship Haramine was more alert, when the Red Alert battleship attacked, he felt the hull of the ship vibrating slightly, and saw a flash of artillery fire in the southern area, but he mistakenly thought that it was a friendly neighbor shooting enemy planes, and he didn't expect it to be a naval battle at all, but ordered to prepare for an air battle.

In Awata's view, the only possible enemy here is the Red Alert Empire bombers that take off from Australia. However, in such extreme weather, the planes flew quite reluctantly, and the attack was difficult to achieve at all.

At this moment, the battleships of the Red Guard Regiment had approached the distance of 8,000 meters from the Hazel, and were the first to turn on the searchlights, and then began to fire a salvo with all the artillery fire.

Until this time, Awata still thought it was the Nankai Mitsunoku, and used the walkie-talkie to ask the other party to turn off the searchlight, stop shooting, and order the military flag to be raised to identify himself, but unexpectedly attracted more fierce artillery fire.

Only then did Awata understand and ordered a cannon to fire back. But soon the stern of the Hazel Ming was hit and caught fire, becoming an obvious target, and the Red Guard Regiment took the opportunity to turn off the searchlights and bombarded the fire in the darkness with artillery fire.

The Japanese destroyer Shimayu, which was next to the Hazelmei, was frightened by the fierce night battle, leaving the burning warship and its companions behind, and fleeing in a hurry. The destroyer Qingshuang on the other side was too small, and the Red Alert Navy battleship did not know much about it, thus saving its life.

The destroyer Fengyun, which served as an early warning in the north of Savo Island, never dreamed that there would be an enemy fleet in its rear.

The Red Alert Navy Aegis II cruiser, sailing westward, turned on its searchlights and fired at it, and the Red Alert Navy battleship BB-10 also opened fire on it, and Fengyun was quickly hit. In desperation, the Fengyun turned on its identification lights and shouted its code name over the radio, urgently requesting support.

Under normal circumstances, it would not be cost-effective to attack a destroyer that sent a clear emergency distress signal, because other warships in the vicinity would come to support, but the strength of the Dreadnought 2nd class battleship simply ignored this signal.

The huge main gun did not even move, and with the help of the secondary gun, it easily destroyed the Fengyun that sent an emergency call for help, and in less than three minutes, the destroyer had sunk in this bay.

At this moment, the Japanese fleet has long been defeated, and the troops on the northern front have almost been wiped out, and with the help of the favorable war situation, if the Red Guard Corps takes advantage of the victory to attack, then it can be said that it is easy to completely annihilate the Japanese transport fleet on Kuah Island.

However, at this once-in-a-lifetime critical moment, the most dumbfounded and puzzled thing happened to Awata Keyo.

Major General Long Yun signaled from BB-8: All evacuate.

BB-8 accelerated to the 32nd section, drove to the front of the two columns of the Red Guard Corps, took the southeast direction, and withdrew from the battlefield.

The entire battle lasted only half an hour, and two battleships and two heavy cruisers of the Japanese Navy were sunk and buried at the bottom of the sea, becoming the first victims on the altar of the battle on the sea surface of Kuah.

In addition, the Japanese side also seriously damaged the battleship Haraki, only two of the six destroyers escaped wounded, and more than 5,000 Japanese sailors were killed, drowned, or devoured by sharks.

For several days to come, the Japanese warship that had been hit was still burning. A thick layer of oil floats in the sea around Savo Island, and the wreckage of warships is everywhere, and half-dead sailors cling to the floating objects on the sea......

On the other hand, the Red Guard Navy did not suffer even a single loss from beginning to end, it came quickly, and the speed of evacuation was also extremely fast, not giving the Japanese Navy any chance to entangle at all.

All this was also due to the confusion of the Japanese navy's tactics, and the fast and ruthless attack completely caught the enemy by surprise.