Japan Sent 20 Transports To Bismarck Sea — Lost 12 In One Day To Strafers Discover how a radical new way of flying changed everything in the Pacific during the Battle of the Bismarck Sea. The Japanese thought their troop transports were safe with plenty of destroyers for cover but they had no idea what General Kenney had been cooking up. He had his pilots flying so low they were basically skimming the waves which let them skip bombs right into the sides of ships like stones across a pond. It was