Boom! Boom! Boom!
Shells rained down from the sky, plunging into the sea. After exploding, they threw up towering columns of water.
A landing craft was hit by a 150mm Shell. Amid the violent explosion, the entire craft was blown to pieces. The fully armed soldiers of the Island Nation's Army all sank into the sea.
Under the German Army artillery's fierce bombardment, landing craft were constantly being hit. Before the soldiers of the Island Nation's Army could even rush onto the beach, they had already begun suffering devastating losses.
"Faster, faster! If you don't want to die, row with all your strength!" an Island Nation's Army officer snarled.
The soldiers rowed desperately. They were practically using every last ounce of strength they had. But manually operated landing craft naturally could not match propeller-driven ones in speed. As a result, the landing craft on the sea crawled along at a snail's pace.
With the tide working against them as well, these landing craft advanced even more slowly.
"Baka! Make the fleet suppress the Germans' artillery fire! Otherwise, our soldiers will suffer terrible losses before they even reach the shore!" Lieutenant General Yoshimoto Teiichi's expression was extremely grim.
Lieutenant General Sakurai Shōzō was already communicating with Rear Admiral Ryūzaki Ryūkichi. However, among the Island Nation Navy's warships, only the Tone heavy cruiser's 203mm Main Guns could reach the German Army artillery positions. The other warships would likely have to move closer to shore before they could reach them. But doing so would place the warships themselves in danger. Naturally, Rear Admiral Ryūzaki Ryūkichi was unwilling to do that.
The Tone heavy cruiser had only eight 203mm Main Guns in total. Moreover, because of the poor visibility, their accuracy was not high. Under such circumstances, the difficulty of suppressing the German Army