Invincible from the sword

Chapter 463 Discovered?
night.

The sea on Guadalcanal is quiet.

The first marine division on the island implemented a blackout after evening.

Don't talk about starting a fire.

No smoking.

Spruance separated the No.16 and No.17 task forces in order to prevent being attacked.

Fletcher commanded Task Force No. 16 off Guadalcanal.

Responsible for covering the [-]st Marine Division.

And Spruance, with Task Force No. 17, arrived fifty nautical miles away from Task Force No. 16.

In this way, in case of a sneak attack by the Japanese army, his task force will not be destroyed in one pot.

At the same time, it can maneuver quickly to encircle the Japanese army.

However, Spruance felt that the possibility of the Japanese attacking them was unlikely.

After all, the strength of the Japanese combined fleet has now declined greatly.

The reconnaissance plane sent out during the day did not find the shadow of the Japanese warship.

Perhaps, the Japanese fleet has already retreated.

The whole sea was dark.

Under the black night, Yamaguchi's Eighth Fleet quietly sailed towards Guadalcanal Island in a line attack formation.

Because it was night, the Hiryu aircraft carrier where Yamaguchi Tamon was located did not come over.

Such a large warship is a living target at night.

The plane can't fly either.

It is completely the world of battleships and cruisers.

As a commander with rich combat experience in the Japanese army, Yamaguchi Tamon knew it very well.

If you want a successful sneak attack, you must get as close as possible to the Pacific Fleet of the lighthouse country.

As long as he is within the range of battleships and cruisers, the probability of his sneak attack will be very high.

Say something.

Although the battleships and cruisers of the Japanese army look a little ugly.

But the strength is still there.

The power of large-caliber naval guns is not much worse than that of the lighthouse country.

The biggest difference is that the rate of fire is slower.

But only suddenly enough, the Japanese fleet can completely make up for this disadvantage.

Therefore, Yamaguchi Tamon did not send out the entire Eighth Fleet, but sent out battleships and cruisers with large-caliber naval guns.

Yamaguchi Tamon told his captain to retreat after the fight.

Never delay.

In that case, after the warships of the lighthouse country reacted, they would surround their Japanese warships.

"The point is the opponent's aircraft carrier!"

Yamaguchi Tamon said to the commander under him: "Which one of you can sink an aircraft carrier, when you return to the island country, I will invite him to a dragon!"

"Hey!"

Under the thick night, the Japanese warship quietly approached Fletcher's No.16 Task Force.

Fletcher's No.16 Task Force has two aircraft carriers.

One is the Hornet and the other is the Enterprise.

These two aircraft carriers fought very tenaciously during the Battle of Midway.

The Japanese fleet is led by a Japanese cruiser.

speedy.

At the top of the ship island, there is an observation team.

There are five devils in charge.

This is the highest point of the island.

It is tens of meters away from the deck.

very high.

The purpose is to be able to detect the situation in the distance at the earliest.

There are more than a dozen huge naval telescopes placed here.

He is very big.

Dark green.

Use a stand to support it.

In front of the telescope, there is still a white fart curtain.

The selection of the devil's observers is very strict.

The most important thing is to have big eyes.

After all, he is an observer, his eyes are not big, and it is difficult to spot warships in the distance.

Therefore, the devil's warship observers have very big eyes.

About the size of a fist.

It takes up almost half of the face.

From a distance, it looks like Altman.

At this time, several devil observers were operating heavy telescopes, nervously watching the distant sea.

Then a devil's eyes lit up.

Because he vaguely saw a dark thing through the telescope.

Protruding out of the sea.

That's a battleship!
The devil quickly notified the battleship command room through a yellow copper pipe.

"Report, the opponent's warship is found ahead!"

Nani?

Found?
The captain of the battleship of the Japanese army, after a burst of energy, quickly picked up the binoculars to observe.

There is indeed a small black spot on the surface of the sea in the distance.

Although it is not very clear, it is undoubtedly a battleship.

On the battleship, there was an immediate commotion in the command room.

The naval officers of the Japanese army wore black clothes and a black hat.

The top of the hat is not a five-pointed star, but a graphic of an anchor.

The captain of the Japanese battleship said with a gloomy face, "Order the troops and prepare for battle.

At the same time, through the radio, tell other warships to prepare to fire! "

"Hey!"

A devil, Shao Zuo, quickly went to issue combat orders.

Below the battleship, the devils are very busy.

Each looked nervous.

Especially under the position of the devil's main gun.

The devils below were trembling nervously.

The main gun of the Japanese battleship has a caliber of more than [-] mm.

The largest battleship even has a caliber exceeding [-]mm.

The gun barrels are more than 20 meters.

The size of a cannonball is very large.

A devil can't move at all.

The devil's shells are that kind of golden yellow.

stubby.

The front shell head is particularly thick.

The tail at the back is very thin.

Special large pliers are needed, and two devils can clamp the shells.

Then push it into the barrel.

Put in three more fuze bags.

The rate of launch is very slow.

But slow to slow, the power is very powerful.

Bombarded by such a main ship gun, the battleship will be torn a huge hole immediately.

If the hit position is critical, then a single shot can directly sink a warship.

In addition to the main ship guns, the Japanese battleships also installed a lot of secondary guns.

These secondary guns are densely packed and arranged in every corner of the battleship.

Because of the small caliber of these secondary guns, the shells used are similar to those of howitzers.

No need to use fuze bags.

Just put the shells in and fire the cannons.

But even such shells weigh tens of kilograms more.

A devil can barely hold it up.

When loading shells, in order to achieve the fastest speed, the devils are all arranged in a row.

Transport the shells like this.

The Japanese battleship was finally loaded in 3 minutes.

In order to achieve the greatest lethal effect, the main guns of the Japanese battleships were fired together.

Boom.

In the darkness, a huge fireball suddenly appeared.

The fire mass rapidly expanded.

Mixed with black smoke.

A large number of sparks emerged from the barrel of the main gun of the Japanese battleship.

Three huge shells were pushed by the huge heat.

It spun out of the scorching barrel and flew out.

The moment the shell flew out of the gun barrel, the huge impact force even blew up a huge wave on the sea water on the sea surface.

Several shells sparked in the air, drawing a huge arc.

It flew towards the small black dot in the distance.

Fletcher's Task Force No. 16 was completely dark because of the blackout.

On the Hornet, the soldiers on duty suddenly saw a flash of light on the distant sea.

Although it was just one click, the soldier's hair stood on end in shock.

This is what a naval gun fires like.

(End of this chapter)