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Из книги Rising Sun, Falling Skies: The Disastrous Java Sea Campaign of World War II

Admiral Tanaka’s ships, about 6,000yd southwest of Admiral Takagi’s cruisers, had been forming up to join Admirals Takagi and Nishimura in another mass torpedo attack. At 5:54 pm Nachi and Haguro each launched eight torpedoes at the limping Exeter at a range of 27,000yd. Admiral Nishimura’s 4th Destroyer Flotilla had circled back behind the 5th Cruiser Division and the 2nd Destroyer Flotilla while reloading his torpedo tubes – another rude surprise for the Allies was that the Japanese carried one set of reloads for their torpedo tubes – before settling some 6,000yd east southeast of the 2nd on its port beam. At 5:50 pm Naka launched her spread from about 18,500yd; four minutes later Jintsu launched hers at the Exeter from 20,000yd. Tanaka ordered his eight destroyers to launch torpedoes; one destroyer cockily answered back: IT’S SIMPLE. EXACTLY LIKE A MANEUVER. The destroyers closed range to 15,000yd before launching and then immediately reversed course. All but two of Nishimura’s destroyers closed to 10,000yd before launching at 6:04 pm. The other two, the Asagumo and the Minegumo comprising the Japanese Destroyer Division 9, closed to within 6,500yd before Asagumo launched. Minegumo was unable to launch; she had to first maneuver to avoid the friendly torpedoes being fired with such profligacy, and when she was clear, her firing solution had been ruined. In this attack the Japanese launched 92 torpedoes at the limping Exeter and achieved exactly zero hits. In that respect, at least, the attack was, indeed, exactly like a maneuver.