Of course, the situation is different. If you want to find the bad luck of the Japanese main fleet with one battleship and two armored cruisers? That is purely a brain-drawing! That is not realistic at all! If the 13 main battleships of the Japanese Navy catch you, a few rounds of volleys will probably explode one of the armored cruisers! So, this time, Redel's primary goal is to target the destroyers on the periphery! That's right, it's a destroyer! The main weakness of the Japanese Joint Fleet is destroyers. Little guys like destroyers must not be underestimated. They can come in handy at critical moments! For example, covering the maneuver of the main battleship, such as anti-submarine, and delaying time!

As a large fleet, when berthing at night, the main battleships may be grouped together, but the destroyer will inevitably form a shield on the periphery, blocking American submarines as much as possible now. Now, it is far away from the main battleship. Any large-scale fleet has depth. Considering the night environment, this depth can already give way to the Japanese main battleships at the core that cannot support the periphery destroyers. As long as Radell is ready to fight, he will always get some benefits after he gets off overnight.

As for what to do if the Japanese fleet is dispatched in full force? That’s not easy? Just huh. In addition to consuming Japanese destroyers, it’s more important to make the Japanese misjudgment. After making a mistake in judging the position of the US fleet, the US Navy can only gain more time in the daytime battle tomorrow. Of course, the battle tonight can be said to be full of dangers, and something may happen. Tonight will be a mouse playing with cats or a meat bag to beat a dog. It depends entirely on Redell’s operation and the response of the opponent!

"Where is the location of the Japanese fleet?" Raidel asked.

"Half an hour ago, the location of our submarine report was probably here." Nimitz, who was a liaison officer, marked the location of the Japanese fleet on the chart.

"Can our submarines determine the location of the Japanese fleet now?" Raidel said with some surprise.

"Yes, after the air strikes two days ago, the remaining three aircraft carriers of the Japanese Navy withdrew from the battlefield, and the Japanese divided a portion of the destroyers to cover the retreat of the main battleship. Although they added some escort destroyers to ensure the safety of their anti-submarine networks, their strength still decreased significantly. Moreover, how to say, the Japanese must have known our approximate routes, so if we push others, we can also launch the approximate interception routes of the Japanese. So, as long as we are willing to pay some price, it is not difficult to determine the approximate location of the Japanese fleet." Nimitz said.

"Have the Japanese fleet implemented light control?" Redell continued.

"The battleship fleet has implemented relatively strict light controls, but the destroyers do not. The Japanese anti-submarine equipment is very backward. Their underwater listeners and sonar levels are very low. In addition, the submarines may float at night, so their destroyers need to use searchlights to discover submarines or periscopes on the water surface. Their outermost destroyers are about 10 kilometers away from the fleet." Nimitz explained.

"If this is the case, the number of Japanese destroyers may not be enough." Redell asked.

"So they added some anti-submarine ships, which are a simplified version of the destroyer, and there are not even torpedoes, only anti-submarine bombs and a few light guns," Nimitz said.

"Okay, order the fleet to adjust its course, and we go and talk to the Japanese for a night battle." Redell ordered. Now there is all the information. According to the current distance between the two fleets, the Redell fleet will take about an hour to meet the destroyer on the outermost side of the Japanese fleet. From the beginning of the encounter, they will have about 3 hours to go until dawn. Considering the time for the fleet to retreat and the convergence of the main force, Redell has two hours to fight with the Japanese fleet!

At this time, the entire Japanese fleet did not notice the other party's plan to fight to the death, or they would have subconsciously never imagined that the disadvantaged US and German navy would dare to use a small number of fast warships to conduct night attacks! This idea was really crazy!

"We have discovered the location of the Japanese fleet. The ship in front of us with a searchlight should be the outermost destroyer, and the light spots in the distance should be the location of the Japanese main fleet." Redel said after carefully comparing the intelligence and observation data.

"General Fletcher young sends a telegram asking if the armored cruiser wants to join the battle?" Nimitz asked.

"There is no need for the moment. Leave these outermost destroyers to the destroyer team to deal with. Let the two armored cruisers follow the flagship operation and do not act rashly before we open fire!" Redell said. "In addition, send a signal to the seaplane, requiring them to rush over the Japanese fleet within half an hour. If the other party has abnormal movements, release the flares immediately to mark their position!"

"The order you issued to the seaplane is very vague. How can this abnormal movement be defined?" Nimitz said embarrassingly.

"This depends on the pilot's quality. Many commands cannot be issued very accurately. If it were my old subordinates, they would naturally know what to do. Forget it, this wave of seaplanes will come out of the flagship." Redell thought for a while and said.

"Uh, that's fine." Nimitz felt even more embarrassed.

A few minutes later, Halsey started to sail towards the target with four destroyers, while the other four destroyers were still following around the main fleet. So the first battle tonight slowly kicked off!

Otherwise, war is the most tempering person. After several naval battles, Halsey can already be regarded as the best destroyer officer in the entire American fleet. The tough style of fighting is the style, but it does not mean that Halsey is a brainless attack. Before the battle, Halsey conducted detailed reconnaissance.

"There are two ships in total, both escort destroyers, and the surface warfare capabilities are almost 0. One is on the lights, and the other is not on the lights, but the other is hidden very badly. Through the guys who are on the lights in front, we can see it." Halsey said to his subordinates while observing the targets in the distance with a telescope. This is experience! Generally speaking, in anti-submarine, there will be no only one ship to execute, because the number of deep-water bombs dropped by a ship is insufficient, and a single ship is easy to be attacked, so two ships usually act together, one in the light and the other in the dark.

"We two destroyers shoot one, remember, don't use naval guns, just use torpedoes! Get close and fire! Open fire within 500 yards!" Halsey said.
Chapter completed!