Crushing Defeat (3300-Vote Bonus Chapter)

Rear Admiral Yamashita Gentarō left the battlefield aboard the destroyer Swift Wind. To save her life, Swift Wind raised her speed to 30 knots. The German fleet did not care about the escape of a single Island Nation Navy destroyer, and naturally had no idea that the Combined Fleet's chief of staff had fled.

What the German Expeditionary Fleet cared about more was wiping out all these Island Nation Navy warships. Only then could they claim a complete victory.

"General, the Island Nation's three Kongo-class battlecruisers can't escape now. We've got this victory in the bag!" Rear Admiral Mauff wore a broad smile.

"Yes! Well done. Seize this chance and sink those three Kongo-class battlecruisers," Vice Admiral Spee ordered.

"Yes, General. Naturally, we can't let such a fine opportunity slip away," Rear Admiral Mauff replied.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

The German Expeditionary Fleet's eight battlecruisers continued firing, hurling a dense rain of shells at the Island Nation Navy's three Kongo-class battlecruisers. Those three Kongo-class battlecruisers had become their priority targets.

Boom!

A shell fired by the battlecruiser Mackensen struck the battlecruiser Kongo. The shell hit Kongo's side and blew away a 152mm secondary gun. Had it landed a few meters lower, it would have inflicted even greater losses upon Kongo.

Immediately afterward, the battlecruiser SMS Friedrich Karl also scored a hit on Kongo. A 380mm Shell struck the No. 4 main turret on Kongo's after deck. The Kongo-class Battleships had only 230mm of armor on their main turrets. Such armor was undoubtedly exceedingly fragile. Before the large-caliber Naval Guns of German Navy battlecruisers, it was no different from papier-mâché, torn apart with ease.

After piercing the turret armor, the shell exploded inside the turret. Its immense force flipped the entire turret over.

At the same time, it also crippled the No.