"Boom! Rumble! ”

The battle cruisers of the German expeditionary fleet were firing fiercely, and shells were whizzing towards the protective cruisers of the island navy. At this moment, the protective cruisers of the island navy seemed to have become frightened birds, and they did not have the courage to confront the battle cruisers of the German navy, and they scattered in all directions.

This made the battle line of the German expeditionary fleet no longer maintainable. The battleships had to disperse and pursue those protective cruisers of the island navy.

How can a protective cruiser, with a displacement of only three or four thousand tons, which is only a fraction of the battle cruiser, be able to confront the battle cruiser? Faced with the pursuit of the German Navy's battlecruisers, they seemed to have no other choice but to escape.

Of course, even if they escape, it will be difficult for these protective cruisers to escape. Because, in front of the battlecruisers of the German Navy, their speed undoubtedly seemed too slow.

"Boom!"

A 380-mm shell fired from the battlecruiser "De Fringer" exploded on the side of the protective cruiser "Tsushima". The place of the explosion was less than ten meters from the protective cruiser 'Tsushima'.

Although the shells did not directly hit the protective cruiser "Tsushima", the losses inflicted on the protective cruiser "Tsushima" were not small in any way.

After the shell exploded underwater, the tremendous pressure generated rushed in all directions, and in an instant, the underwater hull of the protective cruiser 'Tsushima' was wide open. The sea began to pour into the battleship in a frenzied manner.

A protective cruiser with a displacement of more than 3,000 tons is naturally much inferior to those huge warships in terms of sinking resistance. This made the protective cruiser, because of this near-miss, sink directly.

The light cruisers of the navies of other island nations were also struggling to support themselves under the attack of the battle cruisers of the German Navy. In the absence of being able to fight and run, all they could do seemed to be to pray that the Germans' shells would not hit them. Other than that, there is no other way.

"Boom!" A 343-mm shell hit the protective cruiser "Kasaki". The entire stern of the ship was exploding, and it was blown to pieces. Not only did the speed of the battleship begin to decrease constantly, but it also lost the ability to steer. At the same time, the frenzied influx of sea water into the battleship made the tail of the battleship continue to sink, and it looked like it was about to sink into the sea.

In front of the battle cruisers of the German Navy, these protective cruisers of the Navy of the island countries were almost powerless to fight back. Their 152-mm guns, at most, smashed some superstructures. However, the 380 mm shells and 343 mm shells of these battle cruisers were able to easily inflict heavy damage on them, and even directly kill them.

The light cruiser "Akashi" had the most miserable end and was hit by the ammunition depot. The violent explosion almost tore the entire protective cruiser "Akashi" to pieces. All of the more than 300 lives on the battleship were killed in the navy of the island country.

On the protective cruiser "Otowa", the command tower was penetrated by a 380 mm, killing not only the captain, but also all the officers. Even the entire bridge was blown up. Subsequently, a 380-mm shell blew a large hole in its car, which resulted in the life of the protective cruiser.

The protective cruiser 'Tsukuma' didn't end well either. First, a 343-mm shell hit the boiler compartment, causing high-pressure steam leakage in the boiler, scalding the sailors inside to death. Then two 343-mm shells hit the port side of the battleship almost simultaneously, and a large hole was blown out in the bow and amidships. With such an injury, the so-called loss control is useless at all. The captain directly gave the order to abandon the ship.

Immediately afterwards, the two sister ships of the "Chikuma" protective cruiser, the "Yatsuki" and the "Heido", were also sunk by the "Goburn" and "Hindenburg" battlecruisers, respectively.

As a result, the combined fleet of the navy of the island nation lost more than half of its protective cruisers in a short period of time. It can be seen that under the slaughter of the battle cruisers of the German Navy, these protective cruisers, except for being sunk, had almost no other fate.

On the battlecruiser "Kongo", Rear Admiral Gentaro Yamashita gritted his teeth and reported the losses of the island nation's navy to Admiral Goro Ijiin. At this time, the three 'Kongo-class' battle cruisers were still in pursuit of the German Navy's battle cruiser formation.

"Your Excellency Commander, we can't go on like this, if we let the Germans slaughter again, our protective cruisers will be lost!" Major General Gentaro Yamashita said with red eyes.

Admiral Goro Ijiin nodded, but unfortunately, they were still chasing the German Navy, but it was difficult to catch up. In such a situation, even if they wanted to help, it would be difficult to do so!

"Order the protective cruisers and let them move closer to us! In this case, the Germans may be brought over. Then, unleash a lightning strike! General Goro Ijiin ordered.

By this time, he still pinned his hopes on the lightning strike of the destroyer, hoping that the lightning strike would work and defeat the German expeditionary fleet in one fell swoop.

After the order was issued, the remaining six protective cruisers of the combined fleet of the island nation's navy, which were fleeing, had no choice but to turn around and go to join the flagship. In the process, it was again attacked by the formation of battle cruisers of the German expeditionary fleet. The protective cruisers "Soya" and "Suma" were sunk. The number of protected cruisers that sank the combined fleet of the island navy rose to nine, and only four remained.

Such a loss made General Ijiin Goro's heart feel like he was dripping blood. He knew very well that after the island navy had experienced this loss, he didn't know how long it would take to recover. And the battle continues! Perhaps, by the end of the battle, they would have lost more ships.

"Lightning strike! Order the destroyer formation, immediately launch a lightning strike. All the destroyers, all sorties, sink the battle cruisers of the Germans, it is victory! General Goro Ijiin gave the order with a hideous face.

The current General Gorou of Ijiin has seen lightning strikes as his only chance. If the lightning strikes are not successful, then the island country's navy will lose this time.

More than thirty destroyers of the Navy of the island countries began to accelerate and rushed the battle cruiser formations of the German Navy. Although the enemy is very strong, the officers and men of the navy of these island countries are not afraid at all. They only think about defeating the enemy, even if it is for the sake of the country.