There are many, many factors that can interfere with whether a shell hits the target or not. Whether the guns were fired correctly when the guns were fired, and whether the shells encountered winds in various directions in the air, etc. On the Navy warships, it is also necessary to calculate whether the battleship is rocking and how the enemy ship is moving when it fires - a series of factors that make it extremely difficult for the Navy to hit the opponent, and it is often found that dozens of firing times do not hit the opponent.

However, in many naval battles, the warships participating in the battle have hit their opponents with a few classic salvos, completing the naval combat examples that will forever be recorded in history, and what does it rely on? In addition to the strict and hard training of sailors and the sophisticated aiming equipment on the warships, another indispensable factor is faith.

Yes, it is faith! Believe in God, believe in Buddha, believe in Brother Chun, no matter what you believe, when you keep praying when you open fire, there will always be unexpected things happening: either this shot is 108,000 miles away, or this shell hits the target, in short, something will definitely happen -- this is the power of faith, whether you believe it or not, there are many people who believe in this anyway.

The U.S. fleet was not actually a small destroyer fleet, but a forward fleet consisting of three cruisers and three destroyers, and not far behind this force was a larger fleet, and their purpose this time was not routine patrols, but to challenge the combined fleet of the Japanese Navy.

Unbeknownst to the Japanese, their three destroyers showed three pitiful signals on the American cruisers, which made the U.S. Navy decide that the opponent had only three lambs to the slaughter, so the three cruisers and three destroyers in the lead accelerated and had a head-to-head confrontation with the Japanese destroyer fleet. The Americans wanted to cover up the fact that their large forces had entered the Marshallese waters, so they willingly launched an artillery battle against the Japanese, which the Japanese were best at.

However, when the first ranging shell of the US Navy hit the side of a destroyer of the Japanese Navy, all the naval officers who stood on the bridge of the US Navy and watched the battle with binoculars were stunned by the brave shot of their gunners.

However, such a good start still raised the morale of the sailors on the US warships, and all those who knew about this incident cheered, and the evil spirit of the US Navy destroyer detachment, which had always been invincible to the destroyers of the Japanese Navy, finally took a small breath today.

Immediately after that, the American gunners adjusted the angle of their artillery fire in accordance with their usual training, and then fired their second shot of the day -- no one thought what kind of results this shell would achieve, just like most people who have been preparing for the college entrance examination all their lives will not think that they can be admitted to Tsinghua University.

The miracle that made people's blood boil happened again, and the US Navy realized at this time that its first shot did not hit the other side just now, completely because it was too unimaginative. Because this shell was impartial, it hit the bridge of the Japanese destroyer, and the splashing fire could be seen clearly more than ten kilometers away.

It's like spending 100,000 yuan to buy a car, only to open the canvas and find that it's a brand-new Porsche Cayenne; it's like a newly married girl who suddenly knows that she is actually married to the eldest son of the richest man in the local area -- the soldiers of the US Navy now feel that they are very men for this second, and they are in a very happy mood for this second.

The Japanese navy on the other side now has a feeling of bitterness and indescribability, they have heard that the US Navy has some ability, and the accuracy of artillery combat is not at all comparable to that of the Japanese Navy, which has undergone strict training, and it can even be said that it is not the opponent of the Japanese Navy at all.

The Yukikaze destroyer is a new ship that has just been in service for Japan, because the captain Kenjiro Tokita is too young to become the commander-in-chief of this destroyer patrol fleet, and at this time the flagship was blown up into a pile of sinking scrap metal, and Kenjiro Tokita was so frightened that he didn't know what to do.

He looked at his first mate, not knowing whether to give the order to turn the bow of the ship or to open fire. And the distress signal from the flagship on the other side also made him feel that he should lean over and rescue those friendly soldiers who were about to soak in the water.

"Nakasa! Nakasa! What should we do now? At this time, we should continue to fight! It's not a way to go in the same direction!" The first mate is more experienced, he has served on other warships and participated in some operations in the South Seas, so he can be regarded as the most experienced officer in the bridge of the Yukikaze.

With such a reminder from the first mate, Kenjiro Tokita remembered what he should do, and he hurriedly issued a combat order to continue the battle and not to retreat: "Speed up! Prepare for torpedo launch! Long live the Great Japanese Empire! I will never stop fighting with the US army!"

When everyone heard this order, they felt that their future was that of a widow and a dead son—there was no hope at all. In the case that the flagship has been shot and sunk, it is definitely a suicidal choice to fight to the death with the superior US military on the opposite side. However, at this time, the Japanese navy was holding back the resentment that it could not fight a decisive battle, and when they heard the captain's murderous order to fight to the death, no one even raised any objections.

"At this time, let go of our comrades who were sunk by the enemy and do not go to the rescue, it is reasonable to say that it is unreasonable, let's turn the bow of the ship and go back to the rescue. Finally, when everyone thought they were going to die here, the first mate Lao Cheng said what he thought in his heart.

So the non-commissioned officers began to nod their heads and echoed: "Our heroic comrades are still struggling in the water, this is not the time for us to die with the enemy with a momentary grievance, we should still save people first, salvage friendly soldiers, and then make calculations." ”

Smart people know that turning the bow of the ship to save friendly troops, then what kind of bullshit is to take care of it, Bacheng is to pick up the lucky person, and then slip away. However, at this time, there are not many people who want to be wronged, especially on the destroyer Xuefeng, there are really not many people who have the heart to kill for the empire.

Kenjiro Tokita only gave the order to fight to the death for a while, and now in retrospect, he feels that he shouldn't just be buried on such a small battlefield, in order to keep a useful body and continue to contribute his strength to the empire, he didn't object to the words of the first mate, just pursed his lips and thought silently.

In the end, reason prevailed over madness, he looked at his first mate and all the personnel on the bridge, felt the shells of the US Navy's large-caliber naval guns hitting the sea not far from him, and finally issued a new order: "Tell the friendly ship that our ship is turning, and the combat content has been changed to rescue the friendly troops who have fallen into the water! Please provide cover!"

Hearing such an order, everyone was obviously relieved, because of the small tonnage of the destroyer, so the speed of turning around was not slow, cutting through the waves on the water, the sharp bow was deflected to one side. And because it was to save people and not to send them to death, everyone showed 120 percent enthusiasm, and the speed of the ship seemed to be faster.

The other Japanese destroyer was not a fool, they saw another Japanese battleship, the Yukikaze, turn around, so they also turned the bow of the ship, and signaled that they wanted to cover the Yukikaze destroyer to retreat together, so the two Japanese Navy destroyers were fierce from the beginning, and in a blink of an eye, they became the current heads.

"Yaga Ya Road! Where is this covering us, it is running faster than us!" Kenjiro Tokita scolded on the bridge of the destroyer Yukikaze, watching the friendly destroyer turn its bow almost at the same time as them. It seems that it is not only the destroyer Yukikaze that wants to survive in a high-sounding manner, but another destroyer is also doing this.

In this tragic situation, there was no time to rescue the friendly soldiers who had fallen into the water, and Kenjiro Tokita Nakasa had no confidence in his heart, so when he turned half of the bow of the ship, he fired all the torpedoes that could be fired according to the usual practice, hoping to buy himself more time.

Of course, the friendly destroyer did the same, and the Japanese shot almost 20 torpedoes in one go, which was considered to have completed their attack mission, and then the Yukikaze began to speed up and turn around, moving closer to the location of the friendly shipwreck, making the appearance of rescuing the people who fell into the water.

However, although the Yukikaze wanted to save people and leave, it did not want another destroyer to do even more, and the Japanese destroyer sent a signal to the Yukikaze with a light signal that "the American warship is approaching", and then made a big circle and accelerated to escape from this sea area.

This made Kenjiro Tokita have an urge to scold his mother, and the destroyer Yukikaze under his command finally prevaricated in the name of saving people, but the other party didn't even want face, and directly chose Hongguoguo's escape strategy!

Kenjiro Tokita, who was angry and blue-faced, knew that without the cover of friendly forces, his ship would definitely let the US warships catch up and sink him, and now if he still wanted to save people, he would not even be able to die in battle, and he would simply dress himself up as a target for the US warship to shoot at the target.

As a result, Kenjiro Tokita had no choice but to abandon his plan to rescue the friendly troops, and shouted loudly: "Speed up! Get out of this area! Send a telegram to Marshal Yamamoto! Just say that we have discovered the American fleet." As for the Japanese sailors who were immersed in the water, all of them seemed to have chosen temporary amnesia.

Standing on the bridge and slamming his fist on the railing, Kenjiro Tokita looked at the friendly troops in the water and cursed loudly: "Damn the Rain!