"Torpedo!" On a U.S. Navy destroyer, a sailor pointed to the sea not far away and shouted loudly to his companion.

The torpedo was so fast that he didn't even have time to react normally and shout out the corresponding positional data.

The spear torpedo is very strong, but this torpedo is not without its drawbacks. A huge explosion occurred in the distance on the side of the destroyer, causing the entire destroyer to shake with it.

The water column soared into the sky, then fell from the sky, landed on the bodies of the American Navy sailors, and smashed on the deck beneath their feet.

"Japan, Japan, the Japanese torpedoes, blew up?" Looking at the column of water that had not completely subsided, the American sailors standing on the deck were so frightened that they all stammered.

If the torpedo just now hits the destroyer at his feet, it will definitely break the destroyer in half at once.

However, for some reason, the torpedo detonated prematurely and did not damage its target in the slightest.

The safety and failure rate of Japanese spear torpedoes have always been not optimistic, which is the main reason why this advanced torpedo was not developed later.

Countries are developing faster and stronger torpedoes, but even so, the spear oxygen-only torpedoes have not been adopted by all countries, and they disappeared after the end of World War II, which is indeed worth pondering.

At least in World War II, Japan's torpedoes were lackluster, and they did not have much advantage over ordinary torpedoes in other countries.

This has something to do with Japan's backward torpedo tactics, as well as with the reliability of the torpedo itself.

That kind of thing that misses nine out of ten hits happens often, and it is possible to injure yourself by mistake.

However, this is not the case on the battlefield, and the shock that new weapons bring to the enemy can never be described in words.

No one can imagine the expressions of the hostile soldiers when humans first threw muskets on the battlefield.

No one could have imagined the desperation of the attacking soldiers as the defenders' machine guns roared in the trenches.

Therefore, when he saw that the torpedoes of the Japanese Navy could cross a distance of more than 10 kilometers and rush in front of him, the commander of the US Navy fleet lost his desire to win.

"Japan...... Can the Japanese torpedoes hit so far? He looked at the adjutant beside him and asked the question with some desperation.

If the Japanese Navy's torpedoes could shoot at the same range as the naval guns, then he would have no chance of winning this battle.

"I don't know what kind of method they used! But it was indeed a torpedo that exploded just now, not a shell! The adjutant replied nervously.

The Japanese torpedo exploded in the water, and the explosion power was more than a grade greater than that of the artillery shell, after all, it was close to 500 kilograms of charge, and the destructive power was not trivial.

"Boom!" Just when the two of them were shocked, a torpedo hit a destroyer in the center of the fleet.

A huge explosion ripped open the side of the destroyer at once, and then lifted the destroyer of more than 2,000 tons out of the sea!

The devastating force broke the destroyer, making the destroyer lose its ability to fight in an instant.

The other American destroyer that followed the destroyer barely had time to turn and crashed into the battleship, which had broken in two.

The sound of the explosion made people desperate, and the US Navy was completely sure that the enemy's torpedoes could reach here with a range of more than 10 kilometers!

"Left full rudder! Get out of here! Circumvent the torpedo! Circumvent the torpedo! "The first moment the commander reacted, he began to give combat orders to avoid torpedoes.

The two sides were almost parallel, and to the right full rudder was to rush in the direction of the Japanese fleet.

If the U.S. Navy wants to continue to entangle, the right full rudder is the best option, both to dodge the torpedo and to close the distance between the two sides.

But the American commanders, who had lost the courage to fight, sensibly chose another direction: to distance themselves from the Japanese destroyers.

The good news is that the destroyer fleets of the U.S. Navy are all new and can escape to the vast oceans without the Japanese fleet.

As for the friendly battleship that was hit by a shell and caught fire and burned, it had to be abandoned. Ending the battle and bringing back intelligence on Japanese torpedoes has become what the American fleet is most willing to do now.

And the destroyer, which has been broken in two, is even more uncared about. The poor worm that fell into the water was doomed to become a prisoner of the Japanese.

This is a fierce battle, there is no way to salvage their own soldiers who have fallen into the water, and the only way waiting for them is to float on the sea and no one cares, or to be captured by the Japanese army and become prisoners.

Some torpedoes did not hit the American destroyers, and most of the torpedoes passed by the American destroyers because of the angle of the shot.

Only one spear torpedo hit the American destroyer, the one that had just exploded. Of the remaining torpedoes, two were detonated in advance, and the rest were missing.

This result made the commander of the Japanese fleet in the distance a little dissatisfied, but he fired more than 30 torpedoes to sink a destroyer, what the hell?

According to his plan, the US Navy fleet should have sunk at least three or four warships in the round of torpedo salvo just now.

"Yaga! What's going on? Why is the effect so bad? The Japanese officer turned his face sideways and looked at the technical officer.

Sweat oozed from the forehead of the Japanese officer, and he did not dare to neglect the spears and torpedoes that he had been meticulously maintained on a daily basis.

Who knew that these expensive and dangerous new weapons would be so indisputable at a critical moment.

So he could only bow his head and bend down, and said in the most humble tone: "Sir...... I don't know exactly why, this is to be investigated......"

"Investigation? Survey? By the time the results of the investigation came out, the American fleet had long since run away! The fleet commander grumbled hatefully.

He pointed to the American fleet, which was turning to flee in the distance: "If that was the battleship of the Americans, we are finished by now!" Got it? Who is responsible for this loss? Are you stupid? ”

"I'm sorry, I'm going to investigate!" The officer quickly bowed his head and admitted his mistake and withdrew from the bridge of the Mogami heavy cruiser

"Stop pursuing! Covering the landing is our top priority! The commander knew that the other party was bent on running, and he had no chance to catch up, so he could only turn back to find the bad luck of the American infantry on Oahu who could not escape.