A distance of more than ten kilometers is nothing to a destroyer sailing at high speed. It only takes more than ten minutes. The two 'Kamikaze-class' destroyers of Island Nation Navy rushed towards the two 'G-class' destroyers of German Navy with courage.
Although, the 'Kamikaze-class' destroyer is more than half the size of the 'G-class' destroyer. However, there was a huge main force of the fleet behind them, so they were not afraid at all.
"Shorten the speed to two thousand meters, then open fire and sink the Germany people's destroyers to avenge the Empire people they massacred and make the Germany people regret coming to Far East!" Captain Sonoda Shigeyoshi, the builder of the 'Isolami' destroyer, ordered.
"Hi, Captain!" the other officers and soldiers replied loudly.
The captain of the destroyer Ayanami, Matsushita Sōkichi Captain, also issued a similar order.
Although their destroyers are much smaller than those of Germany, they still have a great advantage, especially since Naval Gun has twice as many destroyers as German Navy. This gives them a considerable advantage in close combat.
However, the two 'G-class' destroyers of German Navy obviously will not give them this opportunity. When the two sides were three thousand meters apart, Captain Mike gave the order to fire.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!" The three 88mm Naval Gun on the destroyer 'G37' began to shoot wildly. The dense shells hit the destroyer 'Isolami' hard.
Germany's artillery technology is enough to throw Island Nation several blocks away. This makes their artillery not only have a greater range and power than Island Nation's artillery, but also have a much faster rate of fire. Especially the 88mm main gun is the classic artillery of Germany. The maximum rate of fire can reach more than ten percent.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Shells continued to fall around the destroyer 'Isolami', splashing water jets.
"Baga! Didn't our intelligence say that there are only three 88mm Naval Guns on the Germany destroyer? But how could their artillery fire be so fierce?" Captain Sonoda Shigeyoshi cursed with a dark face.
German Navy's destroyer's artillery fire rate is fast, which gives Captain Sonoda Shigeyoshi the feeling as if there are more than ten artillery shooting at them. Sonoda Shigeyoshi Colonel certainly knows the reason for this. However, this made him feel very Panic. The destroyers of German Navy effectively make up for the numerical gap of Naval Gun with their rate of fire, and even occupy a great advantage. This makes it very difficult for the destroyer Island Nation Navy to win.
At the same time, the destroyer 'G38' of German Navy also began to fire at the destroyer 'Ayanami' of Island Nation Navy. The fierce artillery fire made Island Nation Navy's destroyer 'Ayanami' experience what it means to rain down bullets.
Although the distance between the two sides was still relatively far, there was no other way. Captain Sonoda Shigeyoshi and Matsushita Sōkichi Captain had no choice but to order a counterattack.
At this distance, their 40 times caliber 80mm Naval Gun can threaten the German Navy destroyer. However, the 28x caliber 80mm Naval Gun is much worse.
The faces of Admiral Ijūin Gorō and Rear Admiral Yamashita Gentarō on the number 'Kongo' Battleship are not very good-looking. Their two destroyers were suppressed by the two destroyers of German Navy as soon as they fought. This undoubtedly shows how big the performance gap between the two sides' warships is. If this continues, Island Nation Navy's destroyer has no chance of winning at all. Instead, it will be hit or even sunk as time goes by.
"Boom!"
An 88mm shell hit the bow of the destroyer 'Isolami', easily blowing a big hole in the bow.
Because of their small displacement, destroyers have almost no armor and they all run naked. This makes its ability to withstand strikes naturally very bad. Compared with the German Navy destroyer, which has some armor in the core area, the Island Nation Navy destroyer, in order to equip more Naval Gun on the narrow hull, naturally saves on other aspects. Under such circumstances, its survivability can be imagined.
Immediately afterwards, another shell hit the destroyer 'Isolami'. This shell hit the side of the destroyer 'Isolami', blowing away a 28x caliber 80mm secondary gun. It also caused the shells piled next to the gun position to explode, blowing off a large piece of the entire side and igniting a raging fire.
"Baga!" Captain Sonoda Shigeyoshi, his face was as dark as the bottom of a pot. Our own warships were continuously hit, but we were unable to hit the enemy's warships at all. Even a fool knows that they can no longer take advantage of anything in this battle!
The battle between the destroyer 'Ayanami' and the destroyer 'G38' was almost one-sided. The destroyer 'Ayanami' was completely suppressed and was continuously hit.
"Well done! Let the gunners work harder and resolve the battle within five minutes." Captain Mike had a smile on his lips. He seemed to have seen that his side was about to win.
"Yes, Captain!"
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
The gunners stuffed the cannonballs into the barrels one by one as quickly as possible and then fired them out. The three-seat 88mm Naval Gun on the German Navy destroyer has exerted great power.
Soon, Island Nation Navy's destroyers 'Isolami' and 'Ayanami' were beaten to bruises. The superstructure had been hit with holes everywhere, and a raging fire broke out. It seemed like it was only a matter of time before they were sunk.
"Baga! Damn Germany's destroyer, how can it be so powerful? Our destroyer has no power to fight back in front of them!" Rear Admiral Yamashita Gentarō's face was ashen. He definitely did not expect that the destroyer showdown between the two sides would have such an outcome. Although he knew that German Navy's destroyer was very strong, he didn't know that it would be so strong!
Admiral Ijūin Gorō, his face is also very ugly. Although, even if the two destroyers were sunk, it would not be considered a big loss to Island Nation Navy. However, before the main showdown between the two navies, if they can win the destroyer confrontation, this will undoubtedly have a great boost to the morale of the fleet. But now it seems that his expectations have been dashed. Their destroyers not only have no way to win, but they also have the possibility of being sunk. If this continues, it will also cause a big blow to the morale of the fleet.