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"Great! Finally caught up!"

"God bless America!"

"It's time to show these yellow-skinned monkeys something awesome!"

"Now they can't run away and we can avenge those on Wall Street!"

"That's right, we are the U.S. Navy that knows best about night fighting!"

When the flare fired by the armored destroyer USS Maya illuminated the USS Pennsylvania, the bridge of the USS Pennsylvania suddenly burst into joy. At this moment, all the US naval officers, including David Porter, firmly believed that victory would belong to

them.

The reason is very simple, because they all believe that the U.S. Navy must be the best navy in the world at night combat!

Before the emergence of radar and night vision equipment that can help the strong at night, naval powers with superior equipment and military strength usually did not like night battles - the real naval powers fought in broad daylight.

In a fight, relying on the ship is stronger, the cannon is more powerful, and relying on strength to crush it can guarantee victory. Why do you have to play with your heartbeat in the dark at night?

Moreover, night battles must be close combat, which gives the enemy's torpedo boats and smaller-caliber cannons that cannot penetrate our own armor at long distances an opportunity to exert their power. Strong men on the battlefield always like to kill chickens with one knife, subjectively speaking

They won't give the opponent a chance to make a comeback at all.

Therefore, world-class navies such as the British Royal Navy and the Ming Dynasty Navy will avoid fighting the enemy in low visibility and high sea conditions. They prefer to use their superior performance and superior numbers to crush their opponents in broad daylight.

As for night battles, the British Royal Navy often fought them in the age of sails, but in the age of steam ironclads, they didn't like them much anymore.

As for the Ming Dynasty Navy, it seems that it likes to use its superior equipment to bully others. According to the information wholesale from the U.S. Navy from their "English father", what the Ming Dynasty Navy is best at now is sending planes to drop bombs from a distance to damage the enemy's ships.

Now, our own battleships, cruisers, and destroyers are on the scene again. And they don’t fight well when they play. Instead, they launch a high-performance torpedo thousands of meters away to bully people. No, they bully ships!

In addition, the British Royal Navy also suspected that the Ming Navy had a submarine that could dive underwater and launch torpedoes. When they investigated the losses of the Indian fleet, they found reports of dozens of ships being hit by mines inexplicably!

Moreover, some surviving sailors discovered that a mysterious ship with a very low freeboard and almost sinking appeared in the water before their ship was sunk, and then disappeared without a trace.

In short, it cannot be said that there are no records of the surface ships of the Ming Navy proactively seeking night battles, and they are rarely seen.

As for the Japanese Navy, no one has noticed that they are probably similar to the Ming Navy, right?

In this timeline, anyone who has studied a little bit of East Asian history knows that China is the eternal Rome of the East! Japan, Korea, Annan, Siam, and Ryukyu all look up to the "Rome of the East"! Even Japan

The constant quarrel with the Ming Dynasty was just to strive for better conditions for integrating into "Rome". Before integrating, they also studied very hard to learn from the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, in the eyes of knowledgeable people around the world, the so-called "Texas Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force" is nothing more than a squadron of the Pacific Fleet of the Ming Dynasty Navy. The equipment, command, training, and even the salaries and benefits of the officers and soldiers were all provided by the Ming Dynasty.

Therefore, the tactical capabilities of the "Dezhou Haizi" should be the same as those of the Ming Dynasty Navy.

The "Texas Coast Guard" bombing of Norfolk Naval Port and New York also proved this point.

As for why the Japanese discovered the Pennsylvania, it should be an accident. It may also be that the Pennsylvania is relatively large, with a standard displacement of 13,000 tons. On the Texas Sea, except for two aircraft-carrying ships, the other ships are 3,000 to 4,000 tons.

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Thinking of this, David Porter had a plan in mind. He just heard him shout an order: "Order the destroyer to turn on the searchlight to search for the enemy ship. When the enemy ship is found, use the flare. So the armored cruiser maintains light control, continues to maintain the column and follows the flagship Pennsylvania."

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"Yes, Lieutenant General!"

The answer to him was, of course, a confident voice!

Americans are always very confident!

David Porter obviously underestimated the night vision level and professionalism of the "cat-eyed samurai" selected from all over Japan!

Although the Japanese in this timeline talk against Ming, they have actually regarded Ming as their master for a hundred years. However, the night combat level of the Japanese navy has actually been higher than that of the Ming navy. The "secret method" of eating cod liver oil and carrots

, the Japanese didn’t know it originally, but they also have their own clever trick, which is to select “cat-eyed warriors” across the country.

Japan has a population of 20 million after all! And the status of samurai is very attractive, so the shogunate navy, which attaches great importance to night battles, has never been short of "cat-eyed samurai".

In addition, there is another thing about Japan's "Cat-Eyed Samurai" that the American lookout soldiers cannot compare with: they are extremely responsible!

If a "Cat-Eyed Samurai" is caught dozing off during combat duty, or if he is not discovered first when he encounters an enemy, he will commit seppuku. It's not the "craftsmanship" kind of thing, but actually cutting his belly with a knife.

Therefore, these cat-eyed warriors who work the night shift must not dare to wander around during the day, but recharge their batteries in the cabins specially arranged for them. At night, they will go to work in high spirits, staring at their "cat-eyed" in the darkness.

Search for traces of the enemy.

In fact, when the Maya's secondary battery fired the flare, the cat-eye warrior on the Maya had already sent out the U.S. Navy formation for a while - the cat-eye warrior discovered this large ship at a distance of 10,000 meters from the Pennsylvania.

The existence of the ship.

However, Nobuto Otani Seiichiro is very smart. He knows that he is not strong enough and cannot defeat the enemy by long-distance bombardment. He can only try his best to get closer and then launch 450mm steam gas torpedoes - these torpedoes are mounted on Kokoku-class armor.

The turrets on both sides of the destroyer can be fired forward. Two triples, a total of 6 450mm steam gas torpedoes.

A torpedo of this size is small among steam gas torpedoes and has a relatively short range. When the torpedo sails at a speed of 36 knots, the maximum range is only 7,000 meters.

In order to launch these 6 steam gas torpedoes, Otani Seiichiro immediately issued an order to change the formation. He formed a formation directly in front of the U.S. armored cruiser formation, and then quietly moved forward without firing the cannons until he and the U.S. Navy

When the Pennsylvania was less than 5,000 meters apart, it finally couldn't help but give the order to launch flares.

"It's a Pennsylvania-class ship!" Seiichiro Seiichiro, a male, recognized the Pennsylvania-class ship illuminated by flares at a glance. He immediately shouted loudly, "4,000 meters, torpedo salvo, and then free fire!"

"Yes, sir!"

At this moment, several destroyers responsible for escorting six Pennsylvania-class destroyers on the sea had turned on their searchlights, and several beams of light were sweeping across the sea, obviously looking for enemy ships.

After scanning for a while, a beam of light had already swept across the hull of the Kokoku-class armored destroyer Aoba. Immediately afterwards, all the light beams moved to the Aoba, and then there were three "dong dong dong" sounds.

With the sound of the sound, three flares had been fired into the air near the Aoba. The male Seiichiro Tanani also felt pain in his eyes and suddenly became nervous.

The time to decide the fate of victory and defeat is about to begin.

"4000 meters."

Before the eyesight of the male Tan Seiichiro Nobuyuki could be fully restored, the navigator of the Maya roared.

Nobuyuki Otani Seiichiro immediately shouted: "Right now, launch the torpedo!"

"Yes, sir!" Maya's gunnery officer shouted.

"Bah, bah, bah"

After a few soft blasts, six 450mm steam gas torpedoes were sprayed out of the torpedo tube, dragging a white track and rushing towards the Pennsylvania in the huge darkness at a high speed of 36 knots.
Chapter completed!