The two ships of the Island Nation fleet, 'Fusō-class' and Battleship, are also old ships that have been in service for more than 20 years. The last time World War and German Expeditionary Fleet beat up Island Nation, the two 'Fusō-class' Battleship were under construction and could not catch up with the naval battle. Of course, if it caught up, it would probably be the result of being sunk by German fleet.
In 1933, Island Nation Navy modernized the 'Fusō-class' Battleship, strengthened the defense, added anti-aircraft weapons, the displacement also increased to nearly 40,000 tons, and the combat effectiveness was greatly improved. However, unlike the modification of German Navy, the modification of Island Nation Navy has limited improvement in combat power and cannot be compared with German Navy at all. This also made the two ships 'Fusō-class' and Battleship basically play no role in this battle.
Now they are even more targeted by German Navy Indian Ocean Fleet's Battleship formation. Seven against two, you can naturally imagine what kind of effect it will have next.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
German Navy's four 'Nassau-class' Battleship and three 'Blücher-class' Battleship started bombarding, one by one 380mm Shell, crazily smashed into the 'Fuso' number Battleship.
The cannonball fell into the sea and splashed a column of water into the sky.
"Baga! What's going on? Why is there German warship here?" Captain Sato Tsutomu, the captain of the Battleship number 'Fuso', stared at the German warship who were firing in the distance.
They received orders to leave the battlefield quickly, so they were retreating at maximum speed. But unexpectedly, it was attacked by German fleet. They thought that German fleet was chasing other warships and would not find them at all. After all, because of their slow speed, they were already far away from the battlefield.
"Your Excellency, Captain, there are seven Capital Ships, that is the Capital Ships team of Indian Ocean Fleet people from Germany!" said a staff officer.
"Asshole! What should we do now?" Captain Sato Tsutomu panicked.
This time Capital Ship Squadron of the Island Nation fleet has suffered a big setback. So far, four Capital Shipss have been sunk. Now, they have encountered German Navy and seven Capital Ships, and the end will undoubtedly be extremely tragic.
"Send Telegram to 'Suruga' number Battleship, tell them that we encountered German Navy Indian Ocean Fleet's Capital Ships team, and request reinforcements!" Captain Sato Tsutomu said.
"Hi, Captain!" Communications Officer immediately went to send Telegram.
However, Captain Sato Tsutomu probably also knew that even if he sent a request for help to Telegram, it would probably have no effect. Lieutenant General Yoshida Zengo is leading the fleet to escape now, where is the time to rescue them?
Indeed, when Lieutenant General Yoshida Zengo received Telegram's request for help from Captain Sato Tsutomu, his face turned pale.
"Damn it, Indian Ocean Fleet from Germany appears! This time, we are completely finished!" Lieutenant General Yoshida Zengo's eyes were full of despair.
In the previous battle, he was guarding against German Navy Indian Ocean Fleet's Battleship formation. However, what he didn't expect was that just eight Capital Shipss from Pacific Fleet defeated them. Now Indian Ocean Fleet's seven Capital Ships have also arrived. Wouldn't this cost them their lives?
"General, 'Fuso' number Battleship and 'Yamashiro' number Battleship may be in danger this time." Captain Fukudome Shigeru said.
Lieutenant General Yoshida Zengo nodded. Now the Island Nation fleet Capital Ship Squadron deducted the four Amagi-class Battlecruiser ships that performed sneak attack missions, and there were only eight Capital Ships ships. Moreover, they are still being pursued by German fleet. It is undoubtedly difficult to say how many Capital Ships will be left by the time this naval battle is over. However, one thing is certain, that is, in this naval battle, Island Nation Navy's Combined Fleet has been completely defeated.
"Send Telegram to Tsutomu Sato and let them evacuate on their own!" Lieutenant General Yoshida Zengo said.
"Hi, General!" Captain Fukudome Shigeru replied.
Obviously, Lieutenant General Yoshida Zengo is letting 'Fuso' number Battleship and 'Yamashiro' number Battleship fend for themselves.
Of course, Lieutenant General Yoshida Zengo has no choice. Now they are already at an absolute disadvantage, and it is already very difficult to deal with the eight Capital Shipss of Pacific Fleet. Coupled with the seven Capital Shipss of Indian Ocean Fleet, it is enough to take care of them all. If warships are sent to rescue the 'Fuso' number Battleship and the 'Yamashiro' number Battleship, their losses will only be further increased.
"Send Telegram to 'Ise', 'Hyuga' and 'Mutsu', and have them turn around immediately and leave the battlefield as soon as possible!" Lieutenant General Yoshida Zengo ordered.
Now, the battle has not yet started with these warships. If we do not take this opportunity to evacuate as soon as possible, once German fleet catches up, these three Capital Ships will obviously not be able to escape.
"Hi, General."
Lieutenant General Yoshida Zengo did this, undoubtedly to safely evacuate as many Island Nation Capital Ships as possible. With German fleet having an absolute advantage, we can only keep as many Capital Ships as possible.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The battle was very fierce. The Battleship main guns on both sides fired wildly, and heavy shells hit the sea one after another. The Island Nation fleet wanted to evacuate safely, but German fleet was pursuing them, trying to sink more Island Nation Capital Ships.
It can be said that in the battle, German fleet has completely gained the upper hand. Under their attack, the Island Nation fleet could not withstand it at all, and could only watch its own Capital Ships being sunk one after another.
After all, in a night battle, the Island Nation fleet is at a disadvantage. Although their Capital Ships is equipped with Radar, it can only play a search role and cannot guide the main gun to fire at all. However, German fleet can use Fire-control Radar to effectively increase the hit rate. This is why German fleet was able to take advantage in this naval battle.
Under the Encirclement Offensive of the Battleship formation of German Navy Pacific Fleet, the 'Fuso' number Battleship and the 'Yamashiro' number Battleship were sunk successively. And they caused almost no damage to German fleet.
In addition, the 'Tosa' Battleship of the Island Nation fleet was also sunk during the battle, but one of the three 'Derfflinger class' Battlecruiser chasing the Island Nation fleet was also sunk. The remaining two ships, 'Kii-class' and 'Battleship', used high speed to evacuate the battlefield. German fleet, except for the three ships 'Blücher-class' and Battlecruiser, could not catch up at all.