"Increase speed! Bring us up to maximum speed!" Captain Tsukamoto Katsukuma, captain of the Island Nation Navy destroyer Swift Wind, gave the order with a savage expression.
Captain Tsukamoto Katsukuma knew that this sortie was almost certainly a journey with nine deaths and one slim chance of life. But for Tokyo's safety, they had to find a way to sink all these German warships. Otherwise, Tokyo would be destroyed by the Germans.
The captains of the other Island Nation Navy destroyers had almost all launched their attacks with the same resolve to die. This time, they had truly cast life and death aside, wanting only to sink the German warships and defend Tokyo.
More than a dozen Island Nation Navy destroyers charged toward the German Expeditionary Fleet like arrows loosed from the bow. The several Battlecruisers that had passed through the Uraga Channel first became the primary targets of the German Navy destroyers.
However, the Island Nation Navy's response had still come too late. By the time they launched their attack, all the Light Cruisers of the German Expeditionary Fleet had already passed through the Uraga Channel, and several destroyers had passed through as well. They immediately joined the protection of the Capital Ships.
"Fire! Sink the Island Nation destroyers!"
Under the officers' orders, the German Expeditionary Fleet launched its counterattack.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
The Battlecruisers' 380mm Main Guns, 150mm Secondary Guns, and 120mm Quick-firing Guns, the Light Cruisers' 150mm Naval Guns, and the destroyers' 88mm Naval Guns all opened fire furiously. Dense shells descended upon the Island Nation Navy destroyers like a raging storm.
Shells exploded continuously around the destroyers, and the towering columns of water drenched them until they looked like drowned rats.
Boom!
A 150mm Shell struck the Swift Wind, which was speeding forward. A destroyer with