"Your Excellency Commander, we cannot continue like this. We have already lost five Battleships. If this continues, all our Battleships will be lost soon. We will lose this battle!" Rear Admiral Yamashita Gentarō looked anxious.
At this point in the naval battle, there is no doubt that Battleship of Island Nation Navy's Combined Fleet is no match for German Expeditionary Fleet. In fact, they were unable to even fight back under German Expeditionary Fleet's attack. Until now in this battle, Island Nation Navy's warships has been being sunk, while German Expeditionary Fleet's battleship has not even suffered much loss in combat effectiveness. It can be seen that Island Nation Navy is completely at a disadvantage in this battle.
Admiral Ijūin Gorō nodded. "Compared with the Germany people, our strength is still far behind! Pre-dreadnought is always unable to fight against the dreadnought."
In this regard, Admiral Ijūin Gorō is very helpless. While West powerful countries no longer use Pre-dreadnought in large-scale naval battles, Island Nation Navy still uses Pre-dreadnought as the main force on the spot. It can be seen how big the gap between the two sides is. Under such circumstances, you can imagine how difficult it is to defeat German Expeditionary Fleet.
This is mainly because Island Nation's national power is too weak, and they simply do not have enough financial and material resources to support the development of the navy. After all, each dreadnought ship requires a lot of money to accumulate. If you don't have money, how can you build Battleship?
Originally, Island Nation wanted to make a fortune with the help of World War this time. Island Nation in another time and space made a fortune in war precisely by virtue of World War. Not only did they pay off all their debts, they also made huge profits. This has enabled Island Nation's economic and military power to be greatly developed. However, this time and space is different. It has only been a year since the war broke out. Although Germany has not yet destroyed Britain, anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Britain people are just making their final struggle. There was no way they could hold on for long. Soon the war was over. Countries around the world will no longer have the opportunity to make war profits.
What's more, now Island Nation is involved in the war because of his greed and ambition. German Expeditionary Fleet destroyed several coastal cities in Island Nation, which already made them pay an extremely heavy price. If Island Nation cannot truly take Southeast Asia's colony as their own, they will lose more than they gain in this war.
"Yamashita-kun, get our cruiser formation ready!" Admiral Ijūin Gorō ordered.
"Yes, Your Excellency Commander." Rear Admiral Yamashita Gentarō nodded.
According to Combined Fleet's battle plan, when Capital Ships was unable to compete with German Expeditionary Fleet, they had no choice but to adopt risky tactics. That is, use the cruiser formation to eliminate the small and medium-sized warships of German Navy, and then use the destroyer formation to launch a lightning strike. Use Torpedo to severely damage or even sink Battlecruiser from German Navy. That way, they have a chance of winning.
However, no one can say clearly whether such a tactic will be successful. After all, Island Nation Navy's Combined Fleet's cruisers and destroyers have a great advantage in numbers. But in terms of performance, there is no advantage at all. Of course, what Armored Cruiser does not have in German Expeditionary Fleet is a big advantage they have.
After receiving the order, the Island Nation Navy cruiser formation immediately took action. 8 Armored Cruiser and 13 cruisers circled to the left side of German Expeditionary Fleet.
Island Nation Navy's actions immediately alerted German Expeditionary Fleet.
"What do Island Nation people want to do? Attack us from both sides?" Rear Admiral Mauff said with a frown.
"It doesn't look like it! No matter how stupid the Island Nation people are, they should know that the main guns of their Armored Cruiser and Protected Cruiser cannot penetrate the armor of our Capital Ships." Vice Admiral Spee said.
Even Island Nation Navy's Capital Ships's main gun can't penetrate the armor of German Expeditionary Fleet's Battlecruiser, let alone those Armored Cruiser and Protected Cruiser. Island Nation Navy's Armored Cruiser main guns, except for the Kasuga, which has a 254mm single-mounted gun and a 203mm twin-mounted main gun, the rest are two twin-mounted 203mm Main Gun. Such a main gun naturally cannot pose much of a threat to German Expeditionary Fleet's Armored Cruiser. As for those Protected Cruiser, except for the 'Kasagi' Protected Cruiser, which is equipped with two 203mm single-mounted guns, the rest are equipped with 152mm Naval Gun. These Naval Gun pose no threat to German Expeditionary Fleet's Battlecruiser.
"No matter what the Island Nation people are planning, as long as they are sunk, we will no longer be a threat!" Vice Admiral Spee said.
"Order our cruiser to prepare for battle. All Capital Ships's secondary guns are ready to provide fire support for the cruiser. If necessary, a main gun from Capital Ships can be deployed to support them!" Vice Admiral Spee ordered.
"Yes, General!" Rear Admiral Mauff nodded.
After all, German Expeditionary Fleet has only ten Light Cruisers in total, two of which are protecting the transport fleet, and only eight are capable of combat. Compared with Island Nation Navy's 8 Armored Cruiser and 13 Protected Cruiser, German Navy is far behind in terms of cruisers. The only advantage is probably that you can use Capital Ships.
The main gun of German Expeditionary Fleet's Battlecruiser can easily pose a fatal threat to these Armored Cruiser and Protected Cruiser of Island Nation Navy. Its numerous 150mm Secondary Gun and 120mm Quick-firing Gun can also cause fatal damage to those Armored Cruiser and Protected Cruiser. Under such circumstances, it is almost impossible for Island Nation Navy to use these cruisers to threaten Battlecruiser of German Navy.
"Amaterasu Omikami bless! We must kill the cruisers and destroyers of Germany. In that case, we can defeat them with lightning strikes!" Rear Admiral Yamashita Gentarō kept praying to Amaterasu Omikami, praying to bring them good luck.
When Capital Ships was unable to deal with German Expeditionary Fleet, using a destroyer to launch a lightning strike became their only chance to make a comeback. However, German Expeditionary Fleet also has a lot of destroyers, although the number is smaller than Island Nation Navy's Combined Fleet. But it is completely possible to provide protection for German Expeditionary Fleet and Battlecruiser. Therefore, Island Nation Navy's Combined Fleet must first find a way to deal with German Expeditionary Fleet's cruisers and destroyers.