Historical Setting历史设定
The idea of our battle was to fully reproduce the events of August, 9 1942 that happened in the Pacific Ocean. Two days before, Vice-Admiral Mikawa arranged a strike group in order to interrupt the deployment of US forces at Guadalcanal. His plan was simple yet very effective: enter the Ironbottom Sound and perform night-time torpedo attacks on the ships and, most importantly, the transports of the US expeditionary forces, and then instantly retreat.
我们此次战斗的目标就是尽可能的还原那场爆发于1942年8月9号的海战。两天前，三川军一中将带领一支旨在干扰美军在瓜岛部署的舰队。他的任务十分简单，但十分重要：进入铁底湾，在夜战中攻击美军的运输队，然后撤退。
The US forces were battle-weary and exhausted; they weren’t expecting any night-time ambushes. That’s why there was almost no recon arranged and Japanese forces managed to approach unnoticed and assess the situation. Japanese cruisers almost ran into the USS “Blue” on their way to Sa vo – the ship was patrolling the western part of the bay. Japanese vessels aimed at her but didn’t fire, unwilling to sacrifice their disguise so prematurely. The first fire contact took place 30 minutes thereafter – the ambush resulted in 4 US cruisers being sunk and 2 destroyers receiving hea vy damage.
此时的美军精疲力竭，同时，他们也没有想过会和日军在夜间交战。因此，他们没有进行侦查，也没有注意到逐步逼近的日军。在向萨沃岛进发的路上，日军巡洋舰几乎与美军驱逐舰”布鲁“号撞上————当时这条船正在铁底湾西侧巡逻。日军虽然瞄准了这条船，但并未开火。因为他们现在还不想过早暴露。 真正的战斗是在30分钟之后才打响的————这次战斗日军一共击沉4条巡洋舰，重创2条驱逐舰。
（PS：双方实力对比美军：8条巡洋舰+15条驱逐舰 日军：7条巡洋舰+1条驱逐舰 日军在本次战斗中仅损失一条巡洋舰，在返航途中被潜艇击沉）
Despite causing significant chaos, Mikawa had not succeeded in fulfilling his primary task: eliminating the transports that were deploying ground forces. Therefore, the US still managed to seize control over Guadalcanal, basically meaning the loss of a key strategic edge for the Japanese forces in this region.
尽管给美军造成了相当程度麻烦，三川却并没能完成他的原定任务————消灭美军运输船团。因此，美军依然有能力控制瓜岛，这就意味着，日本在此区域失去了一个重要的战略节点。
（PS：三川军一撤退后，17军参谋长二见秋三郎少将叹息道”みかんを取りにいって、実を残して皮だけ取って帰ったか（让他去拿蜜柑，结果他剥了皮就回来了）
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