On the battleship 'King', Theodor? Lieutenant General Bourchadi and Major General Felix, preoccupied. They all know that the next battle is very important, and there can be no half-point spread pool. Otherwise, the consequences will be very serious.

"Report, the radar found that the island nation's fleet is located forty kilometers to the northwest, and there are twelve large targets, which are judged to be the capital ships of the other side!" The radar officer reported.

"Good, we finally stopped them. Now they haven't noticed us, have they? "Theodore? Lieutenant General Burchardi asked.

"There should be none, there is no change in the formation of the enemy ships." The officer reported.

"Order the ships and prepare for battle. Concentrate your firepower first and take out the enemy ship at the front! "Theodore? Lieutenant General Bourchardi ordered.

"Yes, General!"

After the order was given, five 'King-class' battleships and three 'D-Verblinger-class' battlecruisers of the German Navy's Pacific Fleet formed a battle line and aimed their sideways fire at the main fleet of the combined fleet of the island's navy.

The gun-sighting radar is distributing data to the individual turrets, and under the command of the gunner, the main turrets are rotating, aiming at the enemy at a distance of several tens of kilometers. Of course, it was still far away, almost beyond the range of the main guns of these capital ships of the German Navy. It is better to close to within 30 kilometers before firing, so that the probability of hitting is a little higher.

Even then, it's almost an out-of-sight attack. This is almost unthinkable for these capital ships.

The battleship Kii, the main fleet of the combined fleet of the island nation's navy, became the flagship. After all, the Kii-class battleships were originally the most powerful capital ships currently in service with the island's navy. Unless it is a 'Yamato-class' battleship in service, no one can take this title away.

On the battleship "Kii", Vice Admiral Yoshida Zengo has not yet rested. Although, counting the time, it would be a few hours before they arrived on Pohnpei Island to attack. However, Lieutenant General Yoshida Zengo was not sleepy at all. This time, the battle plan was perfected according to his thinking, which made him bear a lot of pressure in this battle. If successful, he would have had almost no problem rising to the rank of admiral. However, if he fails, he will probably have to pay for it. If you can't do it, you have to make him apologize.

Being able to become a vice admiral of the island navy, Vice Admiral Yoshida Zengo naturally wants to climb to a higher position, and he doesn't want to die like this.

"I hope Apayasu can bless me, and this plan must be successful." Lieutenant General Yoshida Zengo prayed secretly. For him, this time it can also be regarded as gambling on his future and life. If he succeeds, he will take off again. If he fails, he's dead.

"Damn, why do I always have a bad feeling?" Lieutenant General Yoshida couldn't help frowning. It's as if a catastrophe is about to happen. Such a feeling made Lieutenant General Yoshida very worried.

"Could it be that there is something wrong with the plan this time? It shouldn't be! It was already dark, and it was impossible for the Germans to send planes to attack us. At most, it's just a duel with their capital ship. Could it be that these new capital ships of ours are not the opponents of those old capital ships of the Germans? How is that possible? Lieutenant General Yoshida Zengo secretly analyzed.

In his opinion, as long as they held out until dark, the planes of the German Navy could not take off, then in this battle, they won most of the battle. Although the four Amagi-class battlecruisers went on a mission to attack the German Navy's aircraft carriers, he still believed that with 12 battleships, it was enough to confront the 15 capital ships of the German Navy.

"Is it some other threat? Like the submarines of the Germans? Lieutenant General Yoshida Zengo thought. Excluding the capital ships of the German Navy, the only thing that could pose a threat to them seemed to be submarines. After all, even if these capital ships of the island country's navy are thick-skinned. But once hit by a heavy torpedo of a submarine, it is still possible to penetrate the defenses.

However, now the fleet is sailing at a speed of up to 20 knots, and even if it encounters the submarines of the German Navy, those submarines will not have a chance to strike. After all, the submarines of this era are still too slow to chase the fleet at all.

"Order the fleet, get ready for anti-submarine!" Lieutenant General Yoshida Zengo ordered. Although this was considered unlikely, Lieutenant General Yoshida gave the order. In this way, maybe it can make his heart feel better.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, there was a burst of thunder in the sky, which made Lieutenant General Yoshida Zengo frown even more.

"What's going on? Is this going to rain? Didn't meteorologists say that there would be no rain before? When Yoshida raised his head and looked at the sky, it was clear that the moon was sparse, and it looked like it was going to rain.

"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”

In the distance, a violent explosion was heard on the sea. Columns of water rose into the sky. The capital ship of an island nation's navy is almost enveloped in a column of water.

"What? How so? We were attacked by the capital ships of the Germans? Lieutenant General Yoshida Zengo was dumbfounded, almost completely unable to believe such a fact.

The entire main fleet of the United Fleet was also shocked.

"It's 'Nagato', and 'Nagato' has been attacked by the Germans!" Fukuru Shigeru Daisa shouted loudly.

"Damn, where are the Germans? Why didn't you find anything at all? Lieutenant General Yoshida scolded. Encountering a sudden attack by the capital ship of the German Navy made him feel more and more bad in his heart.

"General, our sea search radar did not find a target. This means that the German fleet is at least 25 kilometers away from us! Fukuru Shigeru reported.

Because of technical reasons, the performance of the sea search radar of the island navy is far from catching up with that of the German navy, and it can only detect a distance of 25 kilometers at most, let alone guide the main guns.

Lieutenant General Yoshida's face suddenly became very ugly. He knew that the matchup had started in a way they hadn't expected. At the same time, their chances of victory are not as high as they had previously anticipated.

"Order the fleet, get ready for battle!" Lieutenant General Yoshida Zengo ordered. Either way, the battle had already begun, and they could only do everything they could to win this naval battle.