Of course, although the US fleet has an overwhelming advantage in firepower, the speed advantage of the Japanese light cruiser team is very large. The Japanese light cruiser, known as the Ball Mian class, has a maximum speed of more than 32 knots, which is more than 8 knots higher than the current Fletcher's fleet! In other words, if the Japanese discover the US fleet, if they want to escape, it will be difficult to keep!

(The maximum speed of ball mill-class light cruisers in history reached 36 knots. The ball mill-class light cruisers in this book have strengthened firepower and armor, weakened their speed, and their displacement is still more than 5,000 tons. Well, it is more balanced.)

"We must think of a way to completely solve this problem." Old Fletcher said to his staff. It is useless to scare away the opponent, and it must not be a pursuit battle. On the one hand, it is because it cannot catch up, and on the other hand, once the Japanese battle fleet comes, Old Fletcher will decisively fight GG! Therefore, Old Fletcher must find a way to keep the opponent!

"The Japanese Light Cruiser Detachment targeted small ships that were approaching the coast. The draught was relatively shallow. The Japanese were worried that their battleships would be stranded and that it was not cost-effective to attack these small ships with expensive main guns. Therefore, they handed the task to the Light Cruiser Detachment." Colonel Negle said, drawing on the chart.

"If I remember correctly, there should be an army's 155MM gun group at this position. If we can divide the fleet into two parts, part of it will go around from the north, and part of it will chase and attack from the west, and at the same time use destroyers and torpedo boats to cooperate with the 155MM shore gun group on the shore to block the east, then if the Japanese want to go out, they will definitely be skinned!" Negle proposed a suggestion to close the door and fight the dog. He ignored the question of what to do if the Japanese battleship team supported it. Because no one can do anything about this problem. And Fletcher wished that the Japanese could attack them and gave up the pursuit of the transport fleet!

"Okay, then let's start. We must be careful not to let the Japanese see through our plans!" said Fletcher Old. And just as Fletcher Old began to deploy, the massacre of the Japanese fleet began!

"God, what happened there? Is it the fire rain of the end of the world?" Although he was mentally prepared, when Pershing, the army general, saw the fire rain of the Japanese fleet's volley, his heart was still full of shock and panic! Pershing had to admit that even though he had experienced the baptism of the Western Front, the navy's firepower strike density was still several levels higher than the most brutal army artillery battle!

The shells that were speeding down like meteors fell into the US Navy transport fleet that was evacuating in all directions. Water columns mixed with the aura of destruction rose on the sea surface, like giants holding long swords to slash the sea surface! In the night sky, the Japanese fleet rushed over like the god of death, and the cannon of the warship was the irresistible sickle of the god of death. Every time they waved it, they would harvest a large amount of life.

The sound of cannons and the howling of the warship engines was like the roar of a demon. Three Japanese fleets rushed in from different directions like tigers and flocks of sheep, and then began to slaughter the battleship's main gun, 152MM secondary gun, 120MM guns and 4-inch guns on the destroyer, and torpedoes. The terrifying firepower intertwined on the sea surface to form an intransitable net, covering more than a dozen or even dozens of ships, and then turned into fragments in the sky in repeated violent explosions!

The first major loss to the Americans was the large supply ship San Diego! The warship was originally carrying thousands of tons of food, tents, construction machinery and other supplies. Due to the poor weather conditions before, it was unable to dock and unload the goods. According to the plan, the supply ship will start unloading tomorrow. Three days later, it will take the wounded who are preparing to evacuate and return to the sunny Hawaii. However, today, it will stay here forever!

A 15-inch high explosive bomb hit the middle of the hull of the large supply ship of the San Diego. The explosion of nearly 100 kilograms of explosives turned the bomb body weighing more than 800 kilograms into a blade storm composed of countless debris! It easily tore a large hole of more than 20 square meters in the waterline of the San Diego! The huge load and massive water inlet made the warship quickly lose balance and sank to the bottom of the sea in less than 2 minutes!

Following the battle of the Santiago, two landing ships with smaller tonnage were sunken. These warships were closer to the coast because of their shallow drafts, but this did not escape the Japanese massacre. The four destroyers quickly released 6 torpedoes from the past at a very close distance! These specially improved torpedo drafts are very shallow and are very suitable for combat in the nearshore areas! Accompanied by several high-rise water columns and explosions, the two landing ships were directly blown into several sections!

With the assault of the Japanese fleet, more transport ships were attacked. Although some of them had already started to escape in advance, more were left in this purgatory of blood and fire!

In the fifteenth minute after the war started, the US Army suffered the most serious personnel loss in this battle! The Angel medical ship was loaded with wounded and medical personnel to prepare for transfer, and encountered another Japanese fleet! The Red Cross flag and special identification mark on the Angel did not allow the poor ship to escape the Japanese's clutches! On the contrary, the Japanese's first target of attack was it!

"If we kill it, we will kill at least one regiment of the US troops! All we need to pay is just a few shells and a few minutes. There will be no more efficient existence than attacking this target during the hunting process tonight!" Suzuki Kagutaro said excitedly.

So, the remaining firepower of the Ibuki Wave was first concentrated on the poor medical ship. At this time, there were more than 1,400 wounded and medical staff on the poor medical ship! Although the Angel was improved by cruise ships and its maximum speed can reach more than 21 knots, unfortunately, facing the Japanese Navy's pure-blooded fast battleship and a large number of destroyers, the Angel was no longer useful except for struggling to express that it had worked hard!

In just 3 minutes, two 14-inch shells and one 15-inch shell fell on the poor medical ship. The violent explosion cut off the towering buildings on the ship directly! The thick smoke and flames spread rapidly with the explosion, and the furniture, cloth and other flammable items inside the cabin began to burn wildly, accelerating the speed of the sinking of the medical ship.
Chapter completed!