"We've hit them, we've hit the Americans' battleship!" Seeing their shells strike the target and detonate, the German sailors aboard the battleship Kaiser could not help but cheer.
Yet they soon discovered that the Montana-class battleship of the American fleet remained completely undamaged and continued firing, leaving everyone looking utterly dumbfounded.
"General, the armor on the Americans' Montana-class battleships is simply too thick. Piercing their primary armor is likely to prove extremely difficult," Rear Admiral Rudolf said.
Lieutenant General Görcke nodded. "The Montana-class battleships are, after all, the most powerful battleships the Americans possess. The armor on several vital areas is exceptionally formidable, making it exceedingly difficult to pierce the opponent's armor!"
In reality, the capital ships of the present era all adopted a design philosophy of concentrated defense—meaning key areas were heavily reinforced with defense while other sections could be neglected. In naval warfare, as long as vital areas remained undestroyed, a warship would not be sunk even if battered full of holes, and its combat effectiveness would not suffer any devastating loss either. The Montana-class battleships heavily reinforced their turrets, conning tower, and belt armor, granting them remarkably formidable defensive capabilities.
"General, what should we do then?" Rear Admiral Rudolf asked, somewhat discouraged. If there was no way to sink the enemy battleships, then the German fleet would struggle to gain any real advantage in this naval battle, even with a numerical superiority.
"Hold out a bit longer and see if the tide turns!" Lieutenant General Görcke said.
If worse came to worst, Lieutenant General Görcke would not press on blindly. After all, continuing to fight under such circumstances would merely mean pointless casualties. Since his own capital ships had no way of dealing with the opponent, he would simply hand the task over to land-based aircraft and