The Lightning Strike Team, led by the Yukikaze, quietly approached Nimitz's fleet.
Although, Nimitz deployed a large number of destroyers outside the fleet as a warning barrier.
But today the weather is cloudy and the night is dark, making it impossible to see the sea surface clearly.
This gave destroyers such as Yukikaze an opportunity.
The Yukikaze reduced its speed, quietly bypassed the alert destroyers, and moved towards the center of the fleet.
The dim sky is both a protective umbrella and an obstacle for the Lightning Strike Team.
At this time, neither side could clearly see the sea situation.
Especially in Japan, due to the lack of food, the prevalence of night blindness is very high.
Many people are like blind people at night, unable to see anything.
Coupled with these navigation conditions, accidents are inevitable.
When the Shigure, which was at the end of the queue, was traveling, it suddenly felt like it had been scratched by something.
There was a loud, harsh friction sound.
Several crew members rushed to the side of the ship to check.
At this time, the dark clouds gradually opened, and half of the bright moon emerged from the dark clouds, and a clear light fell on the sea.
Several crew members were shocked to find that opposite them were several blond and blue-eyed monsters, like monsters from gay novels.
The other party also looked at them with wide eyes.
"Ghost!"
Both sides screamed at the same time.
A few timid ones even sat down on the ground.
Only when they saw each other clearly and the warships behind them did they realize that they had encountered an enemy.
However, ordinary sailors are not equipped with firearms.
The sailors blew their whistles one after another to summon men.
A few others quickly ran to the bridge to report.
At this time, the captains of both sides also knew that they had encountered the enemy, so they turned to speed up and staggered away from the enemy ships to avoid a boarding battle.
After all, no one knows the true level of the other party. Now we are fighting a wolf with a straw, and both sides are afraid.
The destroyers on the American side quickly reported to Nimitz that they had discovered the Japanese ship.
The Shigure also immediately reported the news of contact with the enemy ship to the flagship Yukikaze.
The Yukikaze made a judgment and knew that it had been discovered at this time.
The huge fleet in the distance has turned on its lights.
Several huge searchlights have already swept over here.
A large number of flares shot into the sky.
It illuminates the night like day.
"The sneak attack plan has failed. Immediately release all Kaitian torpedoes and then retreat."
Following the Yukikaze's order, all the Kaiten torpedo pilots drank Sogoshu, sat in the cockpit, and then had the cabin doors welded shut. Afterwards, these Kaiten torpedoes were untied from the cables and used in small boats. Adjust to the correct launch direction.
"Set off!"
With the sound of the Yukikaze's cannon, the pilots of Kaiten torpedoes rushed towards the American fleet with Kaiten torpedoes.
"retreat!"
The Yukikaze immediately turned around and began to escape.
At this time, Nimitz's large fleet had discovered the four incoming destroyers.
A large number of ships turned their artillery in the direction of many destroyers, and fired a direct salvo.
The area where the Yukikaze was located was directly shrouded.
Huge waves rise from time to time on the surrounding sea.
Several unlucky Kaiten torpedoes were directly overturned.
The Yudachi had even worse luck. It was attacked by several battleships and was broken into pieces on the spot.
It disintegrated directly on the sea surface and turned into fragments, scattered on the water.
Seeing the tragic situation of the Yudachi, the two ships Shigure and Amamura were frightened and were about to retreat immediately.
At this time, a voice suddenly came out from the Yukikaze: "Everyone, continue to launch the Kaitian torpedoes! Don't be afraid, the empire will rise and fall again in one fell swoop, raise the Z-shaped flag, Yukikaze will protect everyone."
Hearing the shouts from the Yukikaze, the people on the Amemura and Shigure couldn't help but get excited.
What Yukikaze just shouted was the famous saying of Togo Heihachiro during the Battle of Tsushima.
In this battle, Togo Heihachiro almost completely annihilated the Czarist Russia's expeditionary fleet (and let go of the Aurora), establishing his position as the first navy in the Far East.
Therefore, Togo Heihachiro is somewhat of a military god in the Japanese Navy.
Yukikaze yelled these words, making the people on Amamura and Shigure excited.
Aren't we just fighting to the death with the devils of the United States? If we shoot him, the kamikaze will protect us.
Amamura and Shigure continued to release Kaiten torpedoes against Nimitz's large fleet.
However, what shocked them was that Xuefeng, who had raised the Z-shaped flag, actually drove past them, and his speed was still accelerating.
He flew away from the battlefield and disappeared into the night.
Everyone in Amura and Shigure said: "???"
"Is this how you protect yourself?"
However, Xuefeng had already run away at this time.
They wanted to scold each other but couldn't hear them.
He could only drop the remaining Kaitian torpedoes like flying and turn around in a hurry.
However, it was too late for them to leave at this time.
Numerous cruisers and destroyers have already outflanked it.
A large number of naval guns covered this sea area.
Large swaths of shells fell around the two battleships.
The two battleships were submerged in an instant.
Several shells hit the sides of both battleships.
The ship's hull was damaged and a large amount of seawater poured in.
The two destroyers were moving slower and slower.
This time it became a living rake.
After two more rounds of bombardment, the two destroyers were sunk.
The remaining US warships cheered anxiously before they arrived, and suddenly saw several huge explosions coming from the direction of the large fleet.
Fire shot into the sky.
"what happened?"
Other ships sent telegrams asking about the situation.
Nimitz was also confused.
Have absolutely no idea what's going on.
I saw several battleships exploded, the damage was beyond repair, the ships began to sink, and they had no choice but to abandon the ships.
Nimitz had no choice but to salvage the crew.
After a whole night and all the crew members were fished out, Nimitz understood what had happened.
It turned out that when the large fleet was shelling the destroyer, several huge torpedoes quietly approached them.
These torpedoes are very strange. They start very slowly, have very low sound, and have very small track lines. They are difficult to detect when visibility is poor.
When these torpedoes approached the warship, they would accelerate rapidly and hit the warship.
These torpedoes are so huge that they can almost catch up with small search and rescue boats, so they have a very large charge.
One can sink a cruiser.
A battleship that is unlucky may also be sunk.
After receiving the news, Nimitz was shocked.
He had never heard of such an advanced torpedo.
If the Japanese Navy installed such torpedoes on a large scale and carried out sneak attacks every day, wouldn't its fleet never have peace?
Just when Nimitz was in distress, the adjutant reminded him.
"General Nimitz, don't you have high-level moles in Japan? Why don't you get the news through them?"
"Yes, yes, yes, I almost forgot."
Nimitz thought it made sense and immediately sent a telegram to Wei Wu.
