Desperate Charge (Please Vote)

"How could this happen? Why did this happen? How could we let the German fleet break into Tokyo Bay? Do you know what this means? Yashiro, the Empire will suffer extraordinarily grave losses because of this!" Finance Minister Wakatsuki Reijiro accused.

Admiral Yashiro Rokuro's face was ashen, and he said not a word, allowing the other Cabinet Ministers to criticize him. He felt deeply aggrieved as well. Although the Coastal Defense Force was under the Navy's responsibility, he had already done everything in his power to defend the Uraga Channel. Yet the Germans had still forced their way through it. This was not his fault at all. It was because the Germans were simply too formidable!

"When the German warship passed through the channel, it detonated a Naval Mine. But regrettably, the German warship's defenses were astonishingly strong. Even a Naval Mine did not cause it much damage. Our Coastal Defense Force also launched an all-out attack, attempting to stop the Germans. But they still failed. The German warship's defenses were too powerful; our coastal artillery simply could not break through them." Admiral Yashiro Rokuro looked utterly helpless.

The other Cabinet Ministers immediately looked at one another in dismay. They had not expected the situation to be like this. They had originally thought that the Navy's Coastal Defense Force had resisted poorly, allowing the German fleet to break into Tokyo Bay. But now that they knew the Coastal Defense Force had done its utmost, there was naturally nothing to blame them for. After all, the Coastal Defense Force had not wanted this to happen either.

"Enough, everyone. There is no use pursuing responsibility now. The key question is, what should we do?" After Okuma Shigenobu spoke, his gaze fell upon Army Minister Okashi no Suke.

Clearly, the Germans had risked