Research choices give way to a convoy attack. A fast destroyer races ahead while the cruiser settles into gun range. The destroyer carries an unusually heavy torpedo and gun fit for its size, and the targets initially mistaken for warships prove to be merchant ships. With the escort apparently gone, speed and firepower let two small combatants tear through unprotected shipping.
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Destroyer and cruiser convoy attack
An early convoy action shows destroyers and a cruiser using speed, torpedoes, and gunfire against merchant ships with little escort pressure.