Talk:Hatsukaze/@comment-25384753-20151208094544/@comment-25695665-20151208122722

If you want a full explanation, I suggest buying and reading "Japanese Destroyer Captain" by Tameichi Hara. He was there during that engagement. The short of it is, the two heavy cruisers operating during the engagement and the destroyers were unable to communicate efficiently, and crossed paths while trying to engage. I don't have the book with me currently (it's at work), but if you respond to this, I can actually copy the page that talks about what happened exactly.