Combined Fleet Chief of Staff Rear Admiral Yamashita Gentarō, seeing the ugly face of Admiral Ijūin Gorō, he gritted his teeth and immediately gave the order for other warships to go into battle.
"'Uzuki', 'Minazuki', 'Nagatsuki' and 'Kikuzuki', attack immediately and kill the two destroyers belonging to Germany!"
"Hi, general." Communications Officer immediately went to send Telegram.
The four 'Kamikaze-class' destroyers, after receiving the order, immediately attacked the two destroyers of German Navy.
"The despicable Island Nation people, two of them are no match for us, and now they have sent four destroyers at once. Five or three minutes, the last three minutes, if we can no longer sink the destroyers of the Island Nation people, we will have to retreat!" Captain Mike ordered.
This made the two destroyers of German Navy fire even more crazily. The dense shells hit Island Nation Navy's two 'Kamikaze-class' destroyers like a heavy rain.
"Boom!"
An 88mm shell hit the bridge of the destroyer "Isolami". The shell penetrated the bulkhead and exploded internally. Although the 88mm shell was not very powerful, it exploded in the small bridge and scattered shrapnel, easily killing all the Island Nation Navy officers and soldiers inside, including Captain Sonoda Shigeyoshi.
Within the next three minutes, the destroyer 'Isolami' was hit more than ten times again. Such injuries are undoubtedly fatal to a destroyer with a displacement of only 450 tons.
Soon, the destroyer sank into the sea due to excessive injuries.
The destroyer 'Ayanami' had better luck and escaped. Although they were also severely damaged, the other four destroyers of Island Nation Navy arrived. This allowed the two destroyers of German Navy to give up continuing to shoot at the destroyer 'Ayanami' and instead evacuate.
Island Nation Navy's four 'Kamikaze-class' destroyers were in hot pursuit. However, the maximum speed of the G-class destroyer of German Navy is as high as 34 knots, which is not what these 'Kamikaze-class' destroyers of Island Nation Navy can catch up with. The final result was that they could only watch the two G-class destroyers of German Navy cruising around Combined Fleet, with no way to catch up.
"Don't worry about the two destroyers of the Germany people. Let's continue going south! Anyway, this time our goal is to have a decisive battle with the Germany people. Even if they know our whereabouts, what can we do? As long as our fleet always moves together and we don't give them a chance." Admiral Ijūin Gorō ordered.
"Hi, Your Excellency Commander." Rear Admiral Yamashita Gentarō nodded reluctantly.
At this moment German Navy Expeditionary Fleet is at Kitakami. Now that Island Nation Navy has the courage to go to sea for a decisive battle, of course they cannot let go of this opportunity. If the main force of Island Nation Navy can be eliminated in this decisive battle, the next battle will be much easier to fight. They can even continue to force the Island Nation government to give up their ambitions and accept German government's conditions without any worries.
"General, the destroyers 'G37' and 'G38' have just won a small victory. They sank Island Nation Navy one destroyer and severely damaged another. Island Nation Navy sent more destroyers to chase, but they were thrown away by using their speed advantage. I think the Island Nation people will be very frustrated now." Rear Admiral Mauff's face was full of smiles.
"Well, it seems that the performance of Island Nation's battleship is worse than I imagined! In this case, we have a greater chance of winning this battle." Vice Admiral Spee also had a smile on his face.
"General, I want to report this news to the entire fleet." Rear Admiral Mauff asked for instructions.
"Okay, let everyone be happy." Vice Admiral Spee nodded.
The fleet was fighting in the sea thousands of miles away from the mainland, which made the officers and soldiers feel a little depressed. A small victory can undoubtedly improve the morale of the fleet. Let them know that victory will soon be achieved. At that time, the fleet can set off and return to German homeland.
Sure enough, after the fleet learned that they had sunk a destroyer Island Nation Navy and severely damaged another, the officers and soldiers cheered. Although the previous attack on Island Nation's coastal cities also killed a large number of Island Nation people. However, for a soldier, this is not a military achievement, but it makes them feel a little uncomfortable. Now, the joy of victory has finally diluted the negative emotions in their hearts, allowing them to devote themselves wholeheartedly to the next battle.
Germany eyes Expeditionary Fleet and Island Nation Combined Fleet are approaching at high speed. Both sides knew that a large-scale decisive battle was inevitable. Therefore, they did not take the initiative to avoid such a decisive battle. They all wanted to defeat the enemy and win in the next battle.
At 11 o'clock in the morning, the fleets of both sides encountered each other in the sea area about fifty kilometers away from Ise Bay.
The huge Island Nation Navy's Combined Fleet is heading south. Nineteen Battleships have formed a long battle line. Other Armored Cruiser, Protected Cruiser and destroyers formed multiple formations, surrounding the Capital Ships team to provide them with protection.
"For a country like Island Nation, it is very rare to be able to have such a huge fleet in such a short period of time." Vice Admiral Spee said.
"Yes, General. However, after today, there will be no Island Nation Navy's Combined Fleet. They will all be sunk by us." Rear Admiral Mauff said confidently.
"Order all ships to prepare for battle. All Battlecruiser, form a battle line!" Vice Admiral Spee ordered.
"Yes, General." Rear Admiral Mauff immediately conveyed the order.
On the other side, Admiral Ijūin Gorō also issued orders to prepare for battle. The battle line composed of 19 Capital Ships began to turn, closing the distance between Tula and German fleet. After all, except for the four 'Kongo-class' and 'Battlecruiser' ships of Island Nation Navy and Capital Ships, the rest are equipped with 305mm Main Gun, and even 'Sagami-class' is equipped with a 254mm main gun. If the combat distance is too far, the power of these smaller caliber main guns cannot be exerted. Only by closing the distance as much as possible can we win.
At the same time, Admiral Ijūin Gorō also issued an order to Combined Fleet's cruiser formation and destroyer formation, asking them to find an opportunity to kill Light Cruiser and destroyers of German Navy to prepare for subsequent lightning strikes.