On a destroyer of the Island Nation Navy's Combined Fleet, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto stared blankly at the smoke-shrouded sea. One hit Island Nation Navy warship after another was burning, slowly sinking.
None of the Combined Fleet's twenty-one aircraft carriers had survived; all had been sunk. The eight Capital Ships had not escaped either. Even the four most powerful Yamato-class Battleships could not avoid their fate of sinking after taking massive numbers of bombs and aerial torpedoes.
"It's over. The Empire is truly finished this time!" Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto was on the verge of tears.
"Commander, what do we do now? The Germans' attacks were too savage. In just two waves, they sank all our main warships," Major General Shikazo Yano said with a mournful face.
The German Navy's first wave had already dealt the Island Nation Navy a crushing blow, sinking over half its aircraft carriers. Then came the German Navy's second wave. It directly buried the Combined Fleet's remaining aircraft carriers and Capital Ships.
Although the Island Nation Navy's anti-aircraft fire had shot down more than two hundred German Navy carrier-based aircraft, to the German Navy, which possessed fifteen hundred carrier-based aircraft, losing two hundred was nothing at all.
"What else can we do? The Combined Fleet is finished, and the Empire will be finished too!" After saying that, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto returned to the cabin that had originally belonged to the captain.
After locking the door from within, Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto knelt on the floor and used silk to wipe the samurai sword he carried with him.
"Long live His Majesty the Emperor! Long live the Empire!"
Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto shouted, then plunged the samurai sword into his abdomen.
Blood spilled from his mouth, and soon he made no sound at all.
After hearing the commotion, Major General