Samurai iaponskogo flota. Esmintsy tipov Matsu i Tatibana - Pinak E.

These destroyers have earned the honorary nickname of the "samurai" of the Japanese fleet. These ships became carriers of the true spirit of the Bushido, who bequeathed to fight to the last drop of blood, not giving up under any circumstances, doing what it should, no matter how strong the enemy was. Although the Matsu and Tachibana-type destroyers were adopted when the time of the Imperial Navy's high-profile victories was a thing of the past and Japan went into the dead of its defenses, let their combat characteristics look frankly weak compared to the 1st Class destroyers, these easy-to-produce universal ships proved irreplaceable in the conditions of total lack of everything and everything, when the Empire of the Rising Sun strained the last forces no longer for the sake of victory, but to perish with honor. It was "matsu" and "tachyban" that had to plug holes, fulfilling suicide orders and impossible missions. It was these destroyers who were the first to go into battle, showing miracles of mass heroism. And let the course of the war be reversed above human forces, these ships went into eternity "in samurai" - without fear, without hesitation, with a high flag...