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At the rear of the battle line, the German Navy battlecruiser Seydlitz was heroically fighting one against three. Moreover, it had battered the Island Nation Navy's three battleships into a wretched state, leaving them almost unable to fend off its attacks.

There was no other reason—the Island Nation Navy's three battleships were simply far too poor.

The battleship Fuji was the first pre-dreadnought equipped by the Island Nation Navy, purchased from Britain. With a full-load displacement of over twelve thousand tons, it carried two twin-mounted 40-caliber 305mm Main Guns, ten 40-caliber 152mm secondary guns, and twenty-four 47mm guns. Among pre-dreadnoughts, such firepower could be considered formidable. Its armor was likewise exceptionally thick: its belt armor was 457mm thick, deck armor 102mm, conning tower armor 356mm, and turret armor also 356mm. Such armor was undoubtedly extremely substantial.

But unfortunately, all of that was old-fashioned armor. Old armor 457mm thick was probably not even as good as a little over 200mm of modern armor. Thus, before Seydlitz, Fuji was like a lamb awaiting slaughter.

As for the battleships Sagami and Suo, they were even more easily ignored. Even if Seydlitz did not return fire and simply allowed Sagami and Suo to shoot at it, their 45-caliber 254mm Main Guns could never pose any real threat to Seydlitz. At most, they could leave Seydlitz's superstructure riddled with holes. Sinking Seydlitz was simply impossible.

Therefore, the battlecruiser Seydlitz was able to direct all its firepower against Fuji, intending to sink that battleship first before properly teaching Sagami and Suo a lesson.

Boom!

A 343mm Shell struck the conning tower armor of Fuji. Although the conning tower armor was 356mm thick, old-fashioned armor had never possessed much defensive strength and was easily pierced. The shell exploded inside the conning tower, killing more than a dozen