The battle is a Second World War counterfactual in which naval aviation has not developed, leaving battleships and destroyer flotillas to perform the decisive fleet roles. Destroyers scout ahead and screen the battle line, while a Japanese torpedo attack accounts for the first battleship loss. Once they enter range of the British 9.2-inch secondary batteries, even the stronger Japanese destroyers are rapidly overwhelmed. The screen therefore faces competing demands to launch torpedoes and survive the heavy gunfire supporting the opposing fleet. Radio can summon more firepower than a target can withstand.
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Destroyer screens, torpedoes, and fleet firepower without aircraft
A no-air-power fleet scenario shows destroyers scouting and screening while torpedoes and heavy secondary guns create sharply different danger zones.