When the armored cruiser 'Yakumo' was torn to pieces, all eight armored cruisers of the island country's navy were sunk, and none of them remained. This is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the combined fleet of the navy of the island nation.

Although, armored cruisers, like former dreadnoughts, are among the fleets of the Western powers, which are obsolete ships and are no longer used as capital ships. However, in the navy of an island country where warships are scarce, armored cruisers are also an indispensable and important combat force. At least, it's still very tough against countries that have almost no decent navy around them.

"General, the armored cruisers of the islanders have been completely wiped out by us, will we deal with their capital ships next, or the protective cruisers?" Major General Maofu asked excitedly.

After eating the armored cruisers of the island country's navy, your own cruisers and destroyers can be considered safe. In this way, there is no fear of lightning strikes by the navy of the island country.

Vice Admiral Spee thought for a moment, and then said: "Go ahead and take out those cruisers of the island country's navy." Even if you can't get rid of them all, you will have to destroy most of them. In this way, we will be truly safe! ”

"Yes, General!" Major General Maugf nodded.

The battle line of the German expeditionary fleet, which continued to advance at high speed. They made a big circle on the surface of the sea, aiming directly at the protective cruisers of the island nation's navy.

Although, at the time of the slaughter of the armored cruisers of the island navy by the battle line of the German expeditionary fleet, these protective cruisers began to retreat. But unfortunately, these protective cruisers of the Navy of the island country are not very fast.

Except for the 'Tsukuma-class' protection cruisers, which reached a speed of 26 knots, the rest of the protection cruisers were all below 25 knots, and generally only 20, 21 or 23 knots. Such a speed is indeed faster than that of an ordinary battleship. However, compared to the battle cruisers, it was much worse. The battlecruisers of the German Navy, in particular, were not slow.

In order to pursue these defensive cruisers of the island navy, the battle cruiser formation of the German expeditionary fleet soared further, increasing its speed to 25 knots. Such a speed is nothing at all for these battlecruisers. You know, even the slowest 'Moltke-class' battlecruisers have a maximum speed of 27 knots, and the 'D-Frlinger-class' battlecruisers have a maximum speed of 27.5 knots. The maximum speed of the 'Mackensen-class' battle cruisers has been further increased, to 28 knots. With such a speed, except for the destroyers of the island country's navy, the rest of the warships can only sigh with admiration.

On the battlecruiser "Kongo", the flagship of the combined fleet of the island country's navy, Admiral Goro Ijiin and Rear Admiral Gentaro Yamashita were already pale. They watched those armored cruisers sink one after another in front of them! However, there was nothing they could do about it, and they could only watch them sunk.

"Your Excellency Commander, all the armored cruisers have been sunk!" Major General Gentaro Yamashita closed his eyes in pain.

Admiral Goro Ijiin knew that at this point in the war, the combined fleet of the island nation's navy had actually suffered a crushing defeat after losing five capital ships and all eight armored cruisers. It was almost impossible to defeat the German Navy. Even if it is a lightning strike, there is not much chance of success. After all, those cruisers and destroyers of the German Navy, there were almost no losses. They could completely stand in front of the battle cruisers and block the way for the destroyers of the island navy to launch lightning strikes.

Reason tells Admiral Goro Ijiin that it's time to retreat. Otherwise, their losses will be getting bigger and bigger. It would have even been sunk by the German expeditionary fleet. At that time, the island navy will be completely finished.

However, General Goro Ijiin knew that he could not give the order to retreat. The Cabinet gave him the order to fight to the death and defeat the German expeditionary fleet. Since there was no way to defeat the German expeditionary fleet, he had no choice but to fight to the death.

What's more, if they were not able to defeat the German expeditionary fleet, then even if they fled back to Tokyo Bay. The German expeditionary fleet could also continue to attack their coastal cities, forcing them to go to sea to fight, or forcing the island governments to accept their terms. In this way, the island nation not only did not get the slightest benefit in this war, but also suffered heavy losses. The typical mutton was not eaten, but it caused a commotion.

"Your Excellency, the battle line of the Germans has once again accelerated. Their target, those cruisers of ours! Major General Gentaro Yamashita said in horror.

If those protective cruisers were also dealt with by the German expeditionary fleet, then I am afraid that it would be their turn next.

"Damn, the speed of their battle line has been increased to 25 knots. At such a speed, even our 'King Kong-class' battlecruisers can barely keep up! General Goro Ijiin said.

Although, when the 'Kongo-class' battlecruisers were first built, they reached a speed of 27.5 knots. However, after returning from Britain to the island nation and serving for so many days, the speed of the battleship will inevitably drop a little.

"Your Excellency, what shall we do now?" Major General Gentaro Yamashita asked. He is already a master of the six gods, and he doesn't know what to do.

Admiral Goro Ijiin gritted his teeth and made a choice: "Order the remaining three 'Kongo-class' battlecruisers to speed up and catch up." In addition, the destroyer formations followed. Look for an opportunity to launch a lightning strike! This is our only chance. If we don't take this opportunity to inflict heavy damage on the Germans and drive them away, we will lose! ”

Rear Admiral Gentaro Yamashita nodded, he knew what Admiral Goro Ijiin meant, if they didn't defeat the German expeditionary fleet this time, the consequences would be unbearable for the island country's navy and even the island country's government. In this battle, the navy of the island country may be completely annihilated. After losing the navy, the island nation will become a sea defense. The German expeditionary fleet was to launch further attacks on the coastal cities of the island nation. In this case, the island nation will pay an even more heavy price.

After the order of Admiral Goro Ijiin was given, the three remaining 'Kongo-class' battle cruisers of the island nation's navy began to accelerate and pursue the German expeditionary fleet. At the same time, the destroyers of the island country's navy, following the three 'Kongo-class' battle cruisers, began the pursuit. Despite the fact that these destroyers were only a few hundred tons, they were less than a fraction of the battle cruisers of the German Navy. But the torpedoes they carried were just as capable of inflicting fatal damage on these battlecruisers.