Rear Admiral Gentaro Yamashita left the battlefield aboard the destroyer "Hurricane". In order to escape, the speed of the destroyer 'Tempest' was increased to 30 knots. The German fleet did not care about the escape of a destroyer of the island navy, and naturally did not know that the chief of staff of the combined fleet had fled.

The German expeditionary fleet was more concerned about getting rid of all these warships of the island navy. In this way, they will be able to win completely.

"General, the three 'King Kong-class' battle cruisers of the islanders can't escape, and we will win this time!" Major General Maofu smiled.

"Yes! Good job. Seize this opportunity and sink these three 'Kongo-class' battle cruisers. Lieutenant General Spee ordered.

"Yes, General. Of course, such a good opportunity cannot be missed. Major General Maugf replied.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The eight battle cruisers of the German expeditionary fleet continued to open fire, smashing the dense rain of bullets into the three 'King Kong-class' battle cruisers of the island navy. The three 'King Kong-class' battlecruisers have become their priority targets.

"Boom!"

A cannonball fired from the battlecruiser "Mackensen" hit the battlecruiser "King Kong". This shell hit the side of the battlecruiser "King Kong" and blew off a 152-mm secondary gun. If this shell had moved down a few meters, it would have been enough to inflict even greater damage on the battlecruiser "Kongo".

Immediately afterwards, the battlecruiser "Frederickar" also hit the battlecruiser "King Kong". A 380-mm shell hit the No. 4 main turret on the aft deck of the battlecruiser 'King Kong'. The main turret armor of the 'Kongo-class' battleship is only 230 mm, and such armor is undoubtedly very fragile. Especially in front of the large-caliber naval guns of the battlecruisers of the German Navy, it was no different from paper paste, and it was easily torn apart.

After the shell penetrated the turret armor, it exploded inside the turret. The force was so great that the entire turret was overturned.

At the same time, the No. 3 main turret was also affected, so that this main turret lost the ability to steer. This immediately caused the battlecruiser 'King Kong' to lose half of its firepower. This is undoubtedly very deadly in the heat of battle.

Fortunately, at this moment, the shells in the barrel have been fired, and the propellant has not yet been raised. Otherwise, it would have been enough to inflict more damage on the battlecruiser 'King Kong'.

Having lost the ability to fight back, the battlecruiser "King Kong" was almost a lamb to the slaughter, and was allowed to be ravaged by the three "Mackensen-class" battlecruisers of the German Navy.

Two minutes later, the battlecruiser "Mackensen" hit the battlecruiser "King Kong" again. This time, two shells were hit.

A shell blew a large hole in the foredeck of the battlecruiser 'King Kong', which at the same time caused a large fire.

Another shell hit the side of the battlecruiser "King Kong", opening a large hole near the waterline. The battlecruiser "King Kong" had only 203 mm of waterline armor, which was completely indistinguishable from papier-mâché.

The damage management personnel on the battlecruiser "King Kong" immediately plugged the leak. But alas, there was too much sea water pouring into the battleship. In addition, the loopholes are too big to be plugged at all. In the absence of any other option, the damage management personnel had to close the watertight compartment. But even so, the hull of the battlecruiser "King Kong" was tilted to a certain extent, and the speed was once again affected.

In the following minutes, the battlecruiser 'King Kong' was hit again. The three German Navy's 'Mackensen-class' battlecruisers all smashed shells on the 'King Kong' battlecruiser one after another, causing further damage to it.

Under such circumstances, the wounds of the battlecruiser "King Kong" became more and more serious, the hull of the ship was already broken, and there was water leaking everywhere, even if the pumping machine had been used to continuously pump water, it still could not prevent the battleship from sinking further.

When there was really no way, the captain of the battlecruiser "Kongo" had to give the order to abandon the battleship. However, due to the limited number of lifeboats, most of the people were not able to escape and sank into the sea with the warships.

The sinking of the battlecruiser "King Kong" once again dealt a heavy blow to the navies of the island countries. This was especially true when the situation of the battlecruisers Hiei and Kirishima was also very difficult. After deducting these three battle cruisers, the remaining eleven capital ships of the island navy were simply vulnerable, and the German expeditionary fleet could easily eliminate them all.

Soon after the battle cruiser "Kongo" was sunk, the battlecruiser "Kirishima" followed in his footsteps. Although only two German battlecruisers attacked the battlecruiser "Kirishima". However, the battle cruiser 'Kirishima' had a little worse luck.

A 343-mm shell penetrated the ammunition depot of the stern main turret of the Kirishima battlecruiser, killing more than 100 shells in the ammunition depot. The violent explosion shattered the stern of the battlecruiser Kirishima. This allowed the battlecruiser Kirishima to sink into the sea in just two minutes. The more than 2,000 officers and men on the battleship, except for a very few people, all the rest sank into the sea with the battleship.

The 'Hiei' battlecruiser was besieged by three 'De Fringle-class' battlecruisers and three 'Mackenson-class' battlecruisers. Front, back, back, and back, more than fifteen 380-mm shells hit the hapless battlecruiser. Such an injury was completely fatal for the battlecruiser 'Hiei'.

"Your Excellency Commander, the 'Kongo', 'Hiei' and 'Kirishima' have been sunk one after another!" A staff officer reported to General Goro Ijiin.

"I know, order all ships, for the glory of the empire, fight to the death!" General Goro Ijiin gave the order with a blank face.

However, from his slightly trembling body, it was obvious how uncomfortable he was now. The Kongo-class battle cruisers are the most powerful warships of the island navy, and these battle cruisers, purchased from the United Kingdom, represent the ambition of the island nation's navy. But now, all of these battlecruisers have been sunk. This seems to mean that there is no future for the island navy.

In the case of a crushing defeat in this naval battle, General Goro Ijiin knew that he could not escape, so he could only fight to the death.