"Command Room! Command Room! This is the first observation post, and there is no shadow of the US ship!" A Japanese Navy soldier put down the telescope in his hand in the observation post on the mast. The waters near the Marshall Islands have always been as warm as spring, and the sea breeze blows on his face, feeling very comfortable.

Just as the US Navy was preparing to learn from the advanced combat experience of the German Navy, installing advanced things like radar on naval cheap combat ships such as destroyers. The Japanese Navy did not have that high treatment, because the "electric detectives" used by the current Japanese Navy are almost as big as a truck and can be barely installed on heavy cruisers. Warships like destroyers are not blessed to enjoy.

Moreover, this kind of radar is not very useful and is very expensive. Japan has not produced a few easy-to-use ones, all of which are booked by battleships and new aircraft carriers, and there is no extra leave for small ships like destroyers.

So when the German naval destroyers had already enjoyed the color radar screen and when the US Navy had already started to use radar to replace personnel alert, the Japanese Navy sailors could only stand on high masts and use telescopes to alert the vast sea.

On the bridge of the destroyer, a Japanese Nakasa destroyer captain put down the telescope in his hand and issued an order to slightly adjust the course to his first mate. Since the US Navy obtained the initiative in the battlefield, the Japanese Navy's life has been getting worse day by day.

The King Kong-class battlecruiser was transferred to the local area and participated in the modification of the radar system. The Joint Fleet lost three main battleships for no reason. Due to the lack of sufficient naval aviation, the two aircraft carriers Canglong and Feilong under the Second Air Fleet were also forced to retreat to Taiwan to reorganize. The current Joint Fleet can be said to be unable to achieve even half of its peak combat power.

Marshal Iroku Yamamoto went from eyeing the Marshall Islands, seeking a decisive battle with the US Navy at all times, to the current trapped Marshall Islands, struggling to not fight with the US military. He himself didn't know what had been born, which could make the situation he faced collapse so quickly.

"Continue to be alert! The U.S. Navy's fleet has been moving more and more frequently nearby recently, so we must be careful!" The captain of the destroyer is also the commander of a destroyer squadron. He is responsible for commanding three destroyers to guard this sea area and prevent the U.S. Navy from getting too close to the joint fleet garrison of the Marshall Islands.

As he said, the US Navy has indeed frequently come to the door to provoke recently, because the power between the United States and Japan has approached balance. Nimitz, Spruins and the powerful Halsey are not easy. They judged that the Japanese Navy was incompetent, so they decisively changed their strategy of shrinking defense and were ready to use this time to play as much as possible.

The war situation in Europe is no longer optimistic to the top leaders of the United States. The situation in the Middle East is on the verge of collapse. Turkey and Egypt attacked each other. The US troops in the Middle East are in a miserable state. Including the last little wealth of Britain, it is not enough to deal with Rommel's aggressiveness.

The aid in the Soviet Union did not have any expected results. The Soviet Union lost its city and land on the Soviet-German battlefield, and suffered repeated defeats, which made the current American senior management complain about Roosevelt's war strategy. Because the United States was a bit powerless on the German battlefield, the Roosevelt Group hoped to regain their lost confidence on the Pacific battlefield.

This is also the latest strategy developed by the United States - first the Pacific Ocean and then Europe. The central idea of ​​this strategy is to first destroy Japan, which really threatens the United States, and then go back to consider the gains and losses of the European Middle East battlefield.

The introduction of such a strategy shows that the German army has basically achieved its strategic goal: to eliminate the US's attempt to interfere in Europe and the Middle East with continuous victory, and to force the US military to avoid a decisive battle with the German army in an unfavorable area.

However, in fact, the United States did not completely give up interfering in the Soviet-German war. Based on data comparison, the United States provided the Soviet Union with three times more strategic materials than when the Soviet-German war began, including more tank targeting systems, more steel raw materials, and more advanced machine tools. Many American engineers even arrived in the Far East of the Soviet Union to help the Soviet Union train technical workers.

In the Far East, the reason why the Soviet army dared to draw 30 divisions to advance west was because the United States provided a total of 20 divisions of guns and ammunition, helping the Soviet Union to form 20 new American armed divisions in the Far East. Although these troops were recruits and their combat effectiveness was not reliable, they actually helped the Soviet Union solve the problem of insufficient equipment.

However, there is one thing that is unquestionable, that is, the United States has focused its strategic focus on the Pacific Ocean, and the shift of this strategic focus has indeed brought rich returns - the US military has regained the initiative in the Pacific battlefield, and the successive victory gave Roosevelt and the group behind him a chance to breathe. At least on the surface, the US war prospects are very good.

"Sign up the other two destroyers! Tell them that we are adjusting our course and let them pay attention to follow up." The captain of the destroyer then added another order. Suddenly, for some reason, his heart began to become inexplicably irritated, making him feel uncomfortable.

So he turned his head, looked at the two destroyers on his flank in the distance, and then said to his deputy: "I don't know what the purpose of His Excellency Marshal Yamamoto has to let us patrol this sea area frequently. Without carrier-based aircraft and radar, it is impossible for us to see the Americans first."

As if it confirmed his complaint, as if it was an explanation for his inexplicable irritation just now, the phone ring corresponding to the guard post on the mast suddenly rang out. The first mate walked over and grabbed the phone. The Japanese lookout on the guard post shouted a heart-wrenching warning: "First forward! Right ahead! The enemy's warship! The degree is very fast! It is moving closer to us!"

"What? What the hell is going on?" the Japanese captain frowned and asked loudly.

His first mate quickly reported his life's affairs to him: "Half Nakazo! Now the US Navy warship! The specific model cannot be judged! Please issue a combat order and sound the combat alarm."

Because the Japanese Navy's destroyer training is very good, as a naval power, Japan has always attached great importance to destroyer tactics. In addition, the oxygen torpedo developed by the Japanese Navy was a very advanced torpedo weapon in World War II, so the Japanese Navy's single-handed fight against the US Navy's destroyer has never suffered any major losses.

During several small-scale collisions, Japanese destroyers defeated more with fewer defeats and sunk many destroyers of the US Navy. Although they suffered great losses, they never lost. This is one of the reasons why Yamamoto Iroku dared to release the destroyer for reconnaissance.

However, the US Navy's degree of construction of destroyers is much faster than that of Japan, so even if the Japanese Navy defeats the United States in the destroyer competition, it cannot withstand such huge consumption. This is also one of the important reasons why Yamamoto Iroku is depressed.

"Roll out the battle alarm! The fleet adjusts its navigation! Pull forward the distance!" As the commander of this reconnaissance fleet, Nakasa immediately issued a combat order. He did not need to retreat. Generally, in this case, the US ship retreated first or suffered losses. As a naval commander of the Great Japanese Imperial Army, he still had the confidence to surpass his fellow American Navy.

As time went by, the US Navy had no intention of evading this time. Both sides walked towards each other and the distance was quickly pulled in. At this time, the Japanese Navy's lookouts found a problem, so he sent back a very important information: "Report the bridge! The US Navy is larger in size, and it should be a larger cruiser or heavy cruiser! Not a destroyer!"

This is worth considering. Although the Japanese Navy is sure to win when the destroyers compete with each other, if the destroyers are used to fight against the cruiser, Nakasa himself believes that he still lacks the confidence to win. Moreover, the other side is not just a cruiser, but a cruiser with several destroyers.

"Give the other two destroyers a signal, tell them to adjust their course to 30 degrees to the left, and prepare for artillery and torpedo shooting!" Zhong Zuosi thought about it before and after deciding on the ground, he decided to be safe. While he issued the combat order, he also issued an order to report to the joint fleet: "Tele to the main fleet! Tell them that we have the American cruiser fleet and are preparing for war! Let them deal with it in time and send reinforcements!"

"Hi!" The first mate nodded and hurried to do these things. Just as the first mate went to handle the captain's order, a large caliber shell suddenly landed on the sea near the side of the destroyer, stirring up a huge water column. The captain was stunned by the scene in front of him. He didn't know why the US military fired fire at a distance of fifteen kilometers, and it was so accurate.

"Baga, the road! These American shells have their eyes?" Nakasa looked at the explosion of water column on the side with a pale face and cursed. What he didn't know was that the US Navy on the opposite side was also stunned by the magical shot he shot. They were cheering and firing their more magical second shot.

"Boom!" With a loud bang, the 2o3mm main gun on the US Navy cruiser actually shot the second time, and it hit the Japanese destroyer with a very accurate shot. The shells hit the front turret of the destroyer, killing half of the Japanese troops on the front turret and the bridge in an instant.

"Call the Snow Wind! Call the Snow Wind! We were hit! The captain was killed! Request for rescue!" On the collapsed bridge, the first mate with blood on his face said in a whine.

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In the third update, good night, all the warriors of the empire!
Chapter completed!