"Your Excellency, Commander, this cannot go on any longer. We have already lost five battleships, and if we continue like this, we will soon lose all of them. We lost this battle! Major General Gentaro Yamashita looked anxious.

At this point in the naval battle, there is no doubt that the battleships of the combined fleet of the naval forces of the island nation are no match for the German expeditionary fleet. Even under the attack of the German expeditionary fleet, they did not even have the power to fight back. Until now, the warships of the navy of the island countries have been sunk, and the warships of the German expeditionary fleet have not suffered much damage in terms of combat effectiveness. It can be seen that the navy of the island country is completely at a disadvantage in this battle.

General Ijiin Goro nodded: "Compared with the Germans, our strength is still too much worse!" Former dreadnoughts are always incapable of fighting dreadnoughts. ”

In this regard, General Ijiin Goro was very helpless. At a time when Western powers no longer use dreadnoughts in large-scale naval battles, the navies of island countries still use dreadnoughts as the main force on the spot. It can be seen how big the gap between the two sides is. Under such circumstances, it would be difficult to defeat the German expeditionary fleet.

This is mainly because the national strength of the island countries is too weak, and they simply do not have enough financial and material resources to support the development of the navy. After all, every dreadnought requires a lot of money to pile up. If you don't have money, what can you do to build battleships?

Originally, the island country also wanted to take advantage of this world war to make a windfall. An island country in another time and space has made a lot of war fortune by virtue of the world war. Not only did they pay off all their debts, but they also made great gains. As a result, the economic and military strength of the island nation has been greatly developed. However, this time and space is different. It has only been a year since the outbreak of the war. Although Germany had not yet destroyed the British, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the British were only the last struggle. There's no way they're going to hold out for much longer. Soon, the war was over. The nations of the world will no longer have the opportunity to make war money.

What's more, now the island nation is also involved in the war because of its greed and ambition. The destruction of several coastal cities of the island nation by the German expeditionary fleet had already cost them extremely dearly. If the island nations are unable to truly claim the colonies in Southeast Asia as their own, they will lose more than they have to gain in this war.

"Yamashita-kun, let's get our cruiser formation ready!" Admiral Goro Ijiin ordered.

"Yes, Your Excellency, Commander." Major General Gentaro Yamashita nodded.

According to the Combined Fleet's battle plan, when the capital ships could not compete with the German expeditionary fleet, they had no choice but to resort to risky tactics. That is, to solve the small and medium-sized warships of the German Navy with a cruiser formation, and then to launch a lightning strike with a destroyer formation. Torpedoes were used to inflict heavy damage and even sink the battle cruisers of the German Navy. That way, they have a chance to win.

It's just that no one can say whether such a tactic will succeed. After all, the cruisers and destroyers of the combined fleet of the naval forces of the island nation, although they have a great numerical advantage. But in terms of performance, there is no advantage at all. Of course, the armored cruisers, which the German expeditionary fleet did not have, were a big advantage for them.

After receiving the order, the cruiser formation of the navy of the island country immediately took action. 8 armored cruisers and 13 cruisers, went around to the left of the German expeditionary fleet.

The actions of the island's navy immediately alerted the German expeditionary fleet.

"What do the islanders want to do? Do you flank us on both sides? Major General Maofu said with a frown.

"Not quite like that! No matter how stupid the islanders are, they should know that the main guns of their armored cruisers and protective cruisers cannot penetrate the armor of our capital ships at all. Lieutenant General Spee said.

Even the main guns of the main ships of the navy of the island nation could not penetrate the armor of the battlecruisers of the German expeditionary fleet, let alone those armored cruisers and protective cruisers. The main guns of the armored cruisers of the island navy, except for the 'Kasuga', which is a 254-mm single gun and a 203-mm twin main gun, the rest are two twin 203 mm main guns. Such a main gun, naturally, could not pose much of a threat to the armored cruisers of the German expeditionary fleet. As for the protective cruisers, except for the 'Kasaki-class' protective cruisers, which were equipped with two 203-mm single-mounted guns, the rest were equipped with 152-mm naval guns, which posed no threat to the battle cruisers of the German expeditionary fleet.

"No matter what the islanders are having, as long as we sink them, we will not be a threat!" Lieutenant General Spee said.

"Order our cruisers, ready for battle. Secondary guns of all capital ships, ready to provide fire support for cruisers. If necessary, a main gun can be drawn from the capital ship to support them! Lieutenant General Spee ordered.

"Yes, General!" Major General Maugf nodded.

After all, the German expeditionary fleet consisted of only ten light cruisers, two of which were protecting the convoy, and only eight were capable of fighting. Compared with the 8 armored cruisers and 13 protective cruisers of the island navy, the German Navy is much worse in terms of cruisers. The only advantage is probably that you can use capital ships.

The main guns of the battlecruisers of the German expeditionary fleet could easily pose a mortal threat to these armored cruisers and protective cruisers of the island navy. Its large number of 150 mm secondary guns and 120 mm rapid-fire guns were also capable of fatal damage to those armored cruisers and protective cruisers. In such a situation, it was almost impossible for the Navy of the island nation to threaten the battlecruisers of the German Navy with these cruisers.

"Anameasu bless! Be sure to take out the cruisers and destroyers of the Germans. That way, we'll be able to defeat them with lightning strikes! "Major General Gentaro Yamashita kept praying to Amaterasu that prayer would bring them good luck.

When the capital ships were unable to deal with the German expeditionary fleet, the lightning strike with destroyers became their only chance to turn the tables. However, the German expeditionary fleet also had quite a few destroyers, although the number was smaller than that of the combined fleet of the naval forces of the island countries. But it was quite possible to provide protection for the battlecruisers of the German expeditionary fleet. Therefore, the combined fleet of the naval forces of the island countries must first find a way to deal with the cruisers and destroyers of the German expeditionary fleet.