What was the naval battle between Callahan and Hiroshi Abe?

165438+1October 12 In the evening, the weather in the South Pacific was sultry, and there was no moon in the night sky, only a little starlight. The situation is unfavorable to Callahan, because the Japanese Hony Abe formation has two battleships, Bi Rui and Kirishima, in addition to the 1 light cruiser and 14 destroyer. Major General Callahan knows that his warships are fewer than his opponents, but he doesn't know how much the enemy's advantage is. He had to rely on the god of war to protect him, because now he has no time to spy on the enemy and work out a suitable battle plan. He followed the tactics of Major General Scott in the naval battle at Lance Point, Espe, using a single-column formation with five cruisers in the middle and four destroyers before and after. Callahan's flagship is the heavy cruiser "San Francisco" with poor radar performance. Scott served as Callahan's deputy this time, and his ship "Atlanta" light cruiser was not equipped with a new sea search radar. 13 in the early morning 1: 30, the high-power radar on the light cruiser "Helena" found the target at a distance of/0/4 nautical mile from the Japanese ship, and reported it to the flagship by radio. Unfortunately, Callahan failed to take advantage of finding enemy ships a few minutes in advance, but ordered his formation to turn right twice in order to seize the T-crosshead position through the above maneuver, just as Scott did in the naval battle at Lance Point, Espe. The destroyer Cushing, sailing at the forefront, suddenly found a Japanese avant-garde destroyer ahead, so it immediately turned the rudder, causing confusion among the three American destroyers behind. In order to avoid collision with our own destroyer, the Callahan cruiser in the middle turned to the left again. In this way, the ships of Japan and the United States unconsciously mixed together in the dark.

Hiroshi Abe was also panicked by the report of "discovering the enemy", and the ship immediately issued an emergency order to change into armor-piercing bullets. The elevator and turret were busy, and it took a quarter of an hour to unload the high-explosive bomb and install the armor-piercing bomb. 65438+ At 0: 50 in the morning, when the searchlight of Bi Rui shone on the Atlanta all night, Scott saw the danger and quickly ordered "Fire!" Radiation protection! "The 5-inch cannon flashed brightly, but it was too late. The 1 platoon on the enemy ship flying from the Black Sea two miles away shelled the light cruiser. The bridge of the "Atlanta" was immediately blown up, and all the officers and Major General Scott on the bridge were killed. Callahan's flagship signaled: "Odd warships fire on starboard, even warships fire on port!" He found his fleet surrounded by enemy ships, with battleships on one side and cruisers and destroyers on the other. The battle turned into a close-range firefight, and a series of dazzling yellow and scarlet flashes rose from the dark water. From time to time, the torpedoes churned through the destroyers on both sides of the fierce battle, and the American ships were injured one after another, and the queue was disrupted. The "Atlanta" was hit by two torpedoes and could not move. The destroyer "Cushing" came to the rescue and fired a fish laser at the enemy ship, but it was also illuminated by the searchlight "Bi Rui" and was immediately hit and caught fire. Its sister ship "Lafite" bravely launched an attack, but it didn't hit the enemy ship, but was blown up by two main artillery shells of the Japanese battleship 14 inch (356 mm).