Chapter 716: The Gap (2,500 Votes Plus Update)

A distance of more than ten kilometers is nothing at all for a destroyer sailing at high speed, it only takes ten minutes. The two 'kamikaze-class' destroyers of the island navy, with indomitable courage, rushed to the two 'G-class' destroyers of the German navy.

Although, the 'kamikaze-class' destroyers are more than half smaller than the 'G-class' destroyers. However, there is a huge main force of the fleet behind them, so they are not afraid at all.

"Bring the speed closer to two thousand meters, then open fire, sink the German destroyers, avenge the people of the Reich who were slaughtered by them, and make the Germans regret coming to the Far East!" Captain Shigeri Sonoda, the builder of the destroyer "Isoba", ordered.

"Hi, Captain!" The rest of the officers and soldiers replied loudly.

Captain Matsushita Sokichi, the captain of the destroyer Ayana, gave a similar order.

Although their destroyers were much smaller than those of the Germans, they still had a great advantage, especially the number of guns twice as many as the destroyers of the German Navy. This gives them a considerable advantage in close combat.

However, the two destroyers of the 'G-class' of the German Navy, apparently, will not give them this opportunity. When the two sides were three kilometers apart, Captain Mike gave the order to open fire.

"Boom! Boom! Boom! "The three 88mm naval guns on the destroyer 'G37' began to shoot wildly. Dense shells smashed down on the destroyer Isoba.

Germany's artillery technology is enough to throw out several streets of the island nation. This makes their artillery not only have a greater range and power than the guns of the island nations, but also have a much faster rate of fire. In particular, the 88mm gun is a classic German artillery. The maximum rate of fire is capable of reaching more than a dozen hundredths of a round.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

Shells continued to fall around the destroyer "Isoba", splashing columns of water.

"Yaga! Didn't our intelligence say that the Germans had only three 88-mm naval guns on their destroyers? But how could their artillery fire be so fierce? Captain Sonoda scolded with a dark face.

The guns of the destroyers of the German Navy were firing fast, which gave Captain Sonoda the impression that there were more than ten guns firing at them. Of course, Sonoda knew what the reason was. It's just that this made him very frightened. The destroyers of the German Navy effectively made up for the gap in the number of naval guns with their rate of fire, and even had a great advantage. This makes it very difficult for the destroyers of the island navy to win.

At the same time, the destroyer G38 of the German Navy also began firing at the destroyer Ayanami of the Navy of the island nation. The fierce artillery fire made the destroyer 'Ayaami' of the island navy experience what it means to rain bullets.

Although the distance between the two sides was still relatively far, there was no way, and Captain Sonoda Shikiki and Captain Matsushita Soyoshi had to order a counterattack.

At this distance, their 40 times caliber 80 mm naval guns, capable of threatening the destroyers of the German Navy. However, the 28-mm naval gun, with a caliber of 80 times, is much worse.

On the battleship "Kongo", both Admiral Goro Ijiin and Rear Admiral Gentaro Yamashita did not look good. Their two destroyers were suppressed by two destroyers of the German Navy as soon as they fought. This undoubtedly shows how big the difference in the performance of the warships of the two sides is. If this continues, the destroyers of the island country's navy will not have the slightest chance of winning, but will be hit or even sunk over time.

"Boom!"

An 88-millimeter shell hit the bow of the destroyer "Isoba", easily blowing a large hole in the bow.

Destroyers, because of their small displacement, have almost no armor and are naked. This makes it resistant to blows, which is naturally very bad. Compared with the destroyers of the German Navy, there is still some armor in the core, and the destroyers of the island navy, in order to equip more naval guns on the narrow hull, can naturally save other aspects. In such a situation, its survivability can be imagined.

Immediately afterwards, another shell hit the destroyer "Isoba". This shell hit the side of the destroyer "Isobo", blew up a 28 times caliber 80 mm secondary gun, and at the same time caused the shells piled up next to the gun emplacement to detonate, blowing off a large part of the entire side and igniting a raging fire.

"Yaga!" Captain Sonoda's face was already as dark as the bottom of a pot. Your own ships are constantly hit, but they can't hit the enemy ships at all. Fools also know that they can't take advantage of this battle!

The battle between the destroyer Ayanami and the destroyer G38 was almost one-sided. The destroyer 'Ayaami' was completely suppressed and was constantly hit.

"Well done! Let the gunners work harder and settle the battle in five minutes. Captain Mike had a smile on his lips, as if he had seen that his side was about to win.

"Yes, Captain!"

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The gunners stuffed the shells into the chambers as fast as they could, and then fired them. The three 88-mm guns on the destroyers of the German Navy showed great power.

Soon, the destroyers "Isoba" and "Ayana" of the island navy were beaten and bruised all over their bodies. The superstructure has been smashed and there are holes everywhere, and a raging fire has been ignited. They were sunk, and it seemed that it was only a matter of time.

"Yaga! Damn the destroyers of the Germans, how could they be so powerful? Our destroyers are not at all able to fight back in front of them! Major General Gentaro Yamashita had an iron blue face. He definitely didn't expect that the destroyer duel between the two sides would be such a result. Although he knew that the destroyers of the German Navy were strong, he did not know that they would be so strong!

General Ijiin Goro, his face is also very ugly. Although, even if the two destroyers are sunk, it is not a big loss for the island navy. However, if they can win the destroyer confrontation before the main forces of the two navies face off, this will undoubtedly have a great effect on the morale of the fleet. But now, it seems, his expectations have been disappointed. Their destroyers, not only have no way to win, but there is a possibility of being sunk. If this continues, it will also cause a big blow to the morale of the fleet.