"Gentlemen, the Prime Minister is under enormous pressure as well. If the Germans continue slaughtering people so unscrupulously, even the Prime Minister will not be able to withstand the pressure. Therefore, we have no other choice. We must defeat the Germans as soon as possible." After returning to the Naval Ministry, Admiral Yashiro Rokuro's expression was extremely grim.
"Our reconnaissance vessels discovered that the Germans' transport fleet was not traveling with them. This shows that their transport ships are not operating alongside the fleet. The problem now is that we do not know where the Germans' transport fleet is. The ocean is so vast; finding their transport fleet will not be easy," Admiral Shimamura Hayao said.
"Find a way to organize another group of reconnaissance vessels and see whether they can locate the Germans' transport fleet. As soon as it is found, immediately dispatch a fleet to attack it. As long as we destroy their transport fleet, their warships will have no choice but to leave!" Admiral Ijūin Gorō said.
"Let us hope that Amaterasu Omikami blesses us and allows us to find the Germans' transport fleet sooner." Admiral Yashiro Rokuro sighed.
The Island Nation Navy had now placed all its hopes of defeating the German Expeditionary Fleet on finding its transport fleet and destroying it, thereby cutting off the German Expeditionary Fleet's supplies. They did not have the courage, nor any confidence whatsoever, to confront the German Expeditionary Fleet head-on.
The German Navy Expeditionary Fleet continued northward and reached Sagami Bay on August 10. Uraga Channel had originally been an extremely busy waterway, but with the German Expeditionary Fleet bearing down on them, merchant ships had all huddled inside Tokyo Bay, too afraid to put out to sea. The naval base at Yokosuka was even more like an enemy