"Mr. Major! We should continue to accelerate! Get close to the Japanese fleet and launch torpedoes! An American officer looked at his commander and said anxiously.

They were in a very disadvantageous position, and although the destroyers were advancing with the wind and waves, the Japanese artillery fire became more and more intense.

What's even more terrifying is that the Japanese artillery battles are quite accurate, because of the training, there are very few gunners of such quality on the American side.

This is not to blame the US Navy, because when the war broke out, the elite Navy officers and men lost so many that it was difficult for the United States to replenish them.

"We've reached a high speed of 30 knots! No matter how fast you are, you won't be able to stay in formation! Glancing at the friendly destroyer smoking in the distance, the major commander replied bitterly.

Just now, a Japanese shell hit an American destroyer, and although it did not cause fatal damage, it set the destroyer into flames and smoke.

The thick black smoke demoralized the American fleet to the extreme, and they didn't know if they would be hit suddenly.

Many American sailors were on the battlefield for the first time, and they were frightened by the huge water jets that were several tens of meters high, and they were afraid of being directly hit by such powerful shells.

Fortunately, the American destroyer that was hit was a Japanese destroyer's shell, and if it was a 203 mm shell fired from the Mogami cruiser, the destroyer would have been scrapped.

Fortunately, the captains of the U.S. Navy also realized a serious problem, and it seemed that it was not a good choice for them to venture out of the Japanese landing fleet this time.

"Let the boiler room speed up a little more! Strive to open to 32 knots! The anxious American captain had to increase the speed of his ship once again, hoping to bring the two sides closer.

At least for now, it seems that if the two sides had kept their distance and shelled each other, the losses of the American fleet would have been greater.

"Order! Get ready for lightning strike! Give the U.S. Navy a taste of our awesomeness! "At the same time, on the bridge of the heavy cruiser Mogami, the command ship of the Japanese naval fleet, the Japanese commander gave the order to launch torpedoes.

The attack distance of the two sides has approached about 17 kilometers, and at this distance the spear torpedo can completely hit the target.

Although from the point of view of power, the spear torpedo fired at this distance has a lower speed and is easy to evade, but the dense torpedo firing is a means for Japan to ensure the hit rate.

The Japanese destroyers and cruisers were equipped with a large number of torpedo tubes, which added up to a considerable firing base.

It is not modest to say that the Japanese navy can drop 100 spear torpedoes in one direction in one go, forming a huge impermeable torpedo net.

The large American warships in this net will not be spared at all! This is the Japanese torpedo tactic, and there is a ruthlessness in the ferocity.

"Prepare for lightning strike!" After hearing the order, the Japanese naval officer Cao, who was already in the torpedo position, shouted loudly.

His men began to calibrate the torpedoes that were ready, and aimed the torpedo tubes at the side of the ship's hull.

The image of Japanese technical sailors in white gloves and white clothing is not so much a warrior as a scientific researcher. In some cases, the Japanese technical sailors on the ships even wore gas masks.

One after another, a coarse oxygen-powered torpedo, the Type 93 spear torpedo, was loaded into the torpedo tubes and aimed at distant targets.

The entire Japanese destroyer fleet is moving at high speed, so in order to ensure the accuracy of hitting, it is necessary to master the know-how when firing.

"Ready...... Launch! With an order, a muffled sound sounded from the torpedo tube of the spear torpedo, the winning weapon of the Japanese Navy, and a spear torpedo of a huge caliber rushed out.

It drew a graceful parabola in the far side of the ship, and then plunged into the water, making a small splash.

This torpedo has almost no track! Thinking that it burns pure oxygen, it will not leave white spray bubbles in the seawater, and it looks much more hidden.

It moved forward quickly, a little faster than the destroyer. Next to this torpedo, the second torpedo that entered the water immediately followed and crashed into the water, and the propeller in the tail also began to work.

"Long live His Majesty the Emperor!" The Japanese sailors, who were next to the torpedo tubes, raised their hands in the air and gave enthusiastic cheers.

Such is their habit of giving a similar militaristic cheer after doing something amazing.

On one battleship, 8 spear torpedoes went into the water, and on ten battleships 80 spear torpedoes were thrown into the water.

Of course, the number cannot be counted in this way, because many Japanese destroyers did not fire torpedoes in a salvo, but chose to fire half of the torpedoes, or not at all.

So, about 30 torpedoes rushed towards the US Navy, and it was something that happened unknowingly in the US Navy.

The fleets of both sides were actually spread out in a figure-eight pattern, and both sides wanted to grab the head of the T-shaped position to gain the upper hand.

In fact, the U.S. destroyer fleet had another purpose, if they could seize the advantage of the T-shaped position, then they could bypass the Japanese fleet and attack the Japanese landing ships behind the Japanese fleet.

However, the Japanese fleet was not stupid, and of course they wanted to stop the American attempts as much as possible, so the fleets on both sides were shelling each other, waiting for a suitable opportunity to cause trouble for the other side.

"The Japanese did not open their distance...... Didn't approach us either, it's not common sense! Looking at the Japanese shells falling in the distance, the American commander said worriedly.

He is an old commander and has a lot of battlefield experience. The battle, which was dominated by artillery bombardment at this distance in front of him, made him feel dangerous.

After all, if the Japanese Navy is in a hurry to drive the US Navy away, they will definitely kill it first.

However, the Japanese Navy did not, but after blocking the way of the American Navy, it was no longer in a hurry to approach the American fleet - this was not in line with the fighting purpose of the Japanese Navy.

Destroyers, as the name implies, are meant to drive out enemy warships, and not in a hurry to drive the US Navy away is not quite right in itself.

"The Japanese seem to want to battle it out at that distance...... Are they confident in their own naval guns, or are they afraid of our torpedoes? "The American commander had this in his head.

What he didn't know was that under the rough sea, one terrifying torpedo after another was approaching him at an unprecedented speed.