"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Nine battle cruisers of the German Navy were pouring shells on the armored cruisers of the Navy of the island nation. These invincible armored cruisers now seemed to be like weak quails, with no power to resist at all, only to be slaughtered by the German navy.

"Boom!"

A 343-mm shell fired from the battlecruiser Moltke hit the armored cruiser Asama of the island's Navy. This armored cruiser, which has been in service for 16 years and has a displacement of more than 9,700 tons, looks so vulnerable in front of the huge battle cruisers. The shell hit the bow main turret of the armored cruiser Asama.

The 152 mm thick main turret armor, no different from the papier-mâché one, was easily torn apart by 343 mm shells. The shell exploded inside the turret, destroying the entire turret. As for the gunner inside the turret, it was blown to pieces in the first place.

Although, the shells inside the turret had already been fired, and there was no propellant, so no further damage was inflicted on the armored cruiser. But the armored cruiser, which had only two main turrets in total, lost one main turret, and its firepower was suddenly reduced by half!

"Yaga! The Germans are still closing the distance. Now we've all shortened the distance to five thousand meters. If this continues, our battleships will probably be pierced alive by the German battlecruisers! The captain of the armored cruiser Asama, Yoshioka Hosa, looked helpless. It's not that they don't work hard, but the difference in strength between the two sides is too big! This disparity is enough to make the officers and men of the navy of every island country feel hopeless.

However, Yoshioka's helplessness did not last long. Two minutes later, the battlecruiser Moltke hit the armored cruiser Asama again. A shell pierced the armor of the command tower, slaughtering all the officers such as Yoshioka Hosa.

Subsequently, a shell pierced the side of the armored cruiser Asama, blowing out a large hole. Eventually, the Asama armored cruiser followed in the footsteps of the Izumo armored cruiser and sank due to too much water.

The armored cruiser Tokiwa was even more tragic and was attacked by the German Navy. Siege of the battlecruisers Lyuzov and Seydlitz.

One after another, 343-millimeter shells exploded around it, splashing high columns of water, making this armored cruiser with a displacement of more than 9,700 tons like a small boat in a storm, which could capsize at any time.

Moreover, there were constantly shells hitting, blowing them up with all kinds of holes. The superstructure burned like a torch. It was a miracle that the armored cruiser Tokiwa was able to hold out under siege by two battle cruisers of the German Navy. Unfortunately, that miracle would never have happened.

Shortly after the sinking of the armored cruiser Asama, the armored cruiser Tokiwa sank into the sea. Of the more than 500 sailors on the battleship, except for a very few people, none of them managed to escape at all.

Three armored cruisers were sunk in succession, and other armored cruisers were also in danger, which put great pressure on the island country's navy. If they don't find a way to change the situation, their losses will rise even further.

"Boom! Rumble! ”

Two of the shells fired from the battlecruiser Kongo hit the battlecruiser Mackenson. A shell hit the stern main turret of the battlecruiser Mackensen. Unfortunately, the shells still failed to tear through the thick turret armor and exploded on the outside.

Although, the huge impact stunned the gunners inside. However, no more harm was done.

Another shell hit the side of the battlecruiser Kongo, blew off a 150-mm secondary gun, killing several sailors.

Two shells were hit at once, which made Admiral Goro Ijiin and Major General Gentaro Yamashita cheer. But when they found out that neither shell had done much damage to the battlecruiser Mackenson, they were all on the verge of despair.

However, being hit this time also made Lieutenant General Shi Pei and Major General Mao Fu feel nervous and a little worried.

"Order the fleet, pick up the speed and throw off the battle line of the islanders. Go around in front of their armored cruisers, grab the T-shape, and launch a further blow to the armored cruisers of the islanders. Lieutenant General Spee ordered.

"Yes, General!" Major General Maugf nodded. He knew that Lieutenant General Shi Pei gave such an order in order to preserve his strength as much as possible.

The battle line of the German Navy began to accelerate. The maximum speed of these battle cruisers was above 25 knots. This allows them to easily increase their speed to more than 20 knots. And the battle line of the navy of the island country, maintaining a speed of 16 or 7 knots, has done its best. Once the speed of the German expeditionary fleet's battle line increased, they could only watch each other leave.

"Damn, what do the Germans want to do? They actually sped away! Rear Admiral Gentaro Yamashita had an ugly face, and he did not think that the battle line of the German Expeditionary Fleet was trying to escape.

"They want to use their speed to get rid of us, and then use it exclusively against our armored cruisers!" General Goro Ijiin's face turned pale.

However, they knew the intentions of the German Navy, but they had no way to deal with it. Even those armored cruisers of the island navy, when they were built, had a maximum speed of just over 20 knots. After more than ten years of service, even if it is carried out and maintained, it can maintain a maximum speed of seventeen or eighteen knots. In front of the battlecruisers of the German Navy, such a speed is simply not enough to see!

Half an hour later, the battle line of the German Navy seized the T-junction and began to fire at the armored cruisers of the Navy of the island nation.

The first to be attacked was the armored cruiser Kasuga. Even though the armored cruiser was scarred, it was still holding out. However, in the concentrated fire of the battle line of the German Navy, the armored cruiser was hit by more than a dozen shells in just two minutes. This is undoubtedly a fatal injury for an armored cruiser with a displacement of no more than 7,000 tons.

The armored cruiser Kasuga exploded and almost shattered before sinking into the sea.

Immediately afterwards, the Nisshin, Iwate, Azuma and Yakumo were not able to escape, and were torn to shreds under the terrifying fire of the German expeditionary fleet.