Launching a lightning strike with a destroyer is already the last resort of the combined fleet of the navy of the island country. If even this did not work, it would have been impossible for them to defeat the German expeditionary fleet and achieve victory.

The current General Ijiin Goro is extremely depressed precisely because he saw such a result.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

The battlecruisers, light cruisers and destroyers of the German expeditionary fleet were firing fiercely at the destroyers of the island navy. If you want to keep your capital ships safe, you must sink these assassin-like destroyers. Otherwise, the crisis will not be resolved.

The destroyers of the island nation, which were withdrawing from the battle and preparing to reload their torpedoes under the intensive fire of the German expeditionary fleet, paid extremely heavy losses. A large number of destroyers were hit, caught fire, or simply shredded and sank to the bottom of the sea.

Soon, there will not be many destroyers left in the combined fleet of the Navy of the island country.

When the Combined Fleet set off from Tokyo Bay, there were a total of 39 destroyers. In a duel with the destroyers of the German Expeditionary Fleet, one was sunk and one was heavily damaged. The remaining 37 ships were all dispatched during this lightning strike. But by the time they fired the first round of torpedoes and then safely withdrew, only 12 remained. The other 25 destroyers were sunk by the German expeditionary fleet in the fierce battle.

The remaining 12 destroyers, it seems like a lot. However, such a small number of destroyers was obviously no longer enough to pose any more threat to the German expeditionary fleet. If nothing else, the destroyers of the German expeditionary fleet alone were much more than the destroyers left in the island navy. In addition, there were still 7 light cruisers in combat power, which was enough to form a complete protection for the eight battle cruisers of the German expeditionary fleet. If the destroyer formation of the island country's navy continues to attack, there will be only one result, and that is to send them to death.

However, before the order to stop the lightning strike was issued, the captains of the destroyer formation of the island navy knew that if they launched another lightning strike, they would definitely die. However, they still attacked. The duty of a soldier is to obey orders, which is an iron law that cannot be violated in the navy of a hierarchical island country!

Fortunately, Admiral Ijiin Goro is not a fool, and he knows that if he attacks again, it will only make them pay more losses. In that case, there is no doubt that it will be a bit unworthy.

"Yamashita-kun, order the destroyer formation to stop the lightning strike!" Admiral Goro Ijiin ordered.

"Your Excellency, Commander, are you going to give up?" Major General Gentaro Yamashita looked unwilling.

"I have to give up! If we don't give up, we will pay a greater price. In this case, in this case, the Imperial Navy is completely finished. "Admiral Goro Ijiin made up his mind.

Since, defeat is inevitable. Then, instead of continuing to fight and causing them to pay greater losses, it is better to stop from now on and save as much strength as possible for the island country's navy. In this case, there may be a chance to re-emerge in the future. Otherwise, once all the elites of the island country's navy are lost here, the consequences will be even more serious.

"Order the fleet, retreat at once!" General Goro Ijiin gave the order to retreat.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander!" Major General Gentaro Yamashita nodded.

After the order to retreat was given, the large and small warships of the combined fleet of the Navy of the island nation. They turned the bow of the ship and began to evacuate. In order to escape quickly, Admiral Goro Ijiin ordered all warships to increase their speed as much as possible so that they could escape as soon as possible. As long as the Combined Fleet can escape back to Tokyo Bay, it will be safe.

"Your Excellency Commander, if we retreat, how can we explain to the country?" Major General Gentaro Yamashita was a little worried. You know, the domestic government pinned all its hopes for defeating the Germans on them. Now not only did not defeat the Germans, but, on the contrary, suffered heavy losses under the attack of the Germans, and had to withdraw to Tonkin Bay. The people in the cabinet will definitely be very dissatisfied with them. When the time comes, the Navy will be under tremendous pressure as a result.

A hint of helplessness flashed on the face of General Goro Ijiin.

"Don't worry, as the commander of the Combined Fleet, I will give the cabinet an explanation!" General Goro Ijiin said.

Major General Gentaro Yamashita was silent for a moment, he knew what General Goro Ijiin meant. The generals of the island countries have no more common way to take responsibility than to commit suicide by seppuku.

"Yamashita-kun! We've lost this battle. The Germans were too strong. So, there's no way we can afford to lose this war. However, just because we have lost the war now does not mean that we will continue to lose in the future! I believe that the empire will be strong again. Next time, we will definitely defeat the Germans! General Goro Ijiin said confidently. It's a pity that even if the island navy will be strong one day in the future, he will definitely not see it.

"Hi, Your Excellency, Commander!" Major General Gentaro Yamashita nodded heavily, he knew that General Goro Ijiin was confessing his last words. When they fled back to Tokyo Bay, even when General Goro Ijiin committed suicide. Only in this way can we take responsibility for this failure.

General Ijiin Gorou nodded with satisfaction and said no more. He believes that the reason for the failure of the island country's navy this time is entirely because the enemy is too strong. Although the development speed of the navies of island countries in recent years has not been slow, compared with the Western powers, the gap is undoubtedly very large. That's why they lost a lot in front of a fleet sent by the Germans at random.

Further, Germany is too strong, and the island nation is too weak. The funny thing is that the weak island nation still wants to seek the interests of Germany, isn't that self-defeating? Originally, the Cabinet of the island thought that Germany would swallow its anger and acquiesce in the behavior of the island country. But they were still wrong. How could Germany, as the world's largest power, allow the island nations to threaten them? Wouldn't that be detrimental to the majesty of Germany? Therefore, Germany did not hesitate to send an expeditionary fleet to the island country. In the end, the island nation paid a heavy price for it!

"It's all the army guys, they occupied Southeast Asia, and now they want the navy to help them resist the Germans! It's just outrageous! Admiral Goro Ijiin cursed.