Torpedo Attack

"Boom! Boom!"

The German Expeditionary Fleet's battlecruisers were firing furiously, shell after shell screaming toward the Island Nation Navy's protected cruisers. At that moment, the Island Nation Navy's protected cruisers seemed like terrified birds, utterly lacking the courage to confront the German Navy's battlecruisers as they scattered in all directions.

This made it impossible for the German Expeditionary Fleet's battle line to hold together any longer. The battleships had no choice but to disperse and pursue those Island Nation Navy protected cruisers.

Protected cruisers displaced only three or four thousand tons, merely a fraction of a battlecruiser's displacement. How could they possibly contend with battlecruisers? Facing the pursuit of the German Navy's battlecruisers, fleeing seemed to be their only choice.

Of course, even fleeing would make it difficult for these protected cruisers to escape. Before the German Navy's battlecruisers, their speed was undoubtedly far too slow.

"Boom!"

A 380mm Shell fired by the battlecruiser Derfflinger exploded off the side of the protected cruiser Tsushima. The blast was less than ten meters from Tsushima.

Although the shell had not directly struck Tsushima, the damage it inflicted was no less severe.

After exploding underwater, the shell generated immense pressure that surged in every direction, instantly tearing a huge gash in Tsushima's underwater hull. Seawater began pouring madly into the warship.

A protected cruiser displacing just over three thousand tons naturally had far less resistance to sinking than those massive warships. As a result, this protected cruiser sank outright because of that near miss.

The Island Nation Navy's other light cruisers were also barely holding on under the German Navy battlecruisers' attacks. Unable to fight and unable to run, it seemed all they could do was pray that German shells would not hit them. Beyond that, there was no other way.

"Boom!" A