Chapter 754: Forced Entry
"Boom!"
The sound of violent explosions woke up the coastal defense forces of the island nation at the same time.
The sirens sounded in the barracks of the island's coastal defense forces, and countless island-country soldiers wearing only crotch cloths frantically rushed out of the barracks and poured into the positions, ready to attack the enemy.
"Boom! Rumble! Rumble! ”
The battleships of the German expeditionary fleet, which were slowly passing through the Uraga waterway, began a heavy shelling. One after another, the shells roared and smashed into the positions of the coastal defense forces of the island country.
"Boom!"
An artillery shell fell on the island country's coastal defense troops who had not yet had time to rush into the shore defense battery, and a violent explosion sounded, and countless island soldiers were torn to pieces on the spot.
"Order all shore defense batteries to open fire at once!" The commander of the coastal defense forces of the island country, with red eyes, ordered loudly.
Although the attacking German expeditionary fleet was very powerful, the battleships like hills were simply not something that the coastal defense forces could deal with. However, he had to do everything in his power to prevent the German fleet from entering Tonkin Bay. Otherwise, the consequences will be severe. If the Germans had done what they had done in other big cities in Tokyo, the island nation would be finished. When the time comes, he, the commander of the coastal defense force, may have no choice but to commit suicide.
"Report to Tokyo right away that the German fleet is forcing its way through the Uraga waterway, our strength is limited, and it will be difficult to stop them! Request the Navy to send warships to assist. Also, let's prepare early in Tokyo! The commander of the coastal defense forces continued.
Obviously, once you pass through the Uraga waterway, Tokyo is just a stone's throw away. At the speed of the German fleet, it was possible to reach Tokyo in an hour. When the time comes, they will be able to blow up the whole of Tokyo to rubble with powerful artillery fire.
"Boom! Rumble! ”
The island's shore defense batteries began to fire, and shells were smashed at the German warships in the Uraga waterway.
Because the distance is close, the hit rate will be high. It's just that these shore defense guns were too weak to penetrate the armor of those battle cruisers of the German expeditionary fleet.
"Boom!"
A 280-mm shell hit the battlecruiser 'Prince Frederick'. However, the shell exploded before it could penetrate the waterline armor of the battlecruiser "Prince Frederick", and did not cause any damage to the battlecruiser at all.
Immediately afterwards, a 305-mm shell hit the battlecruiser "Frederickar", and a large hole was blown out of the deck of the battleship, causing a large fire. However, such an injury was nothing at all for a huge battlecruiser.
The main guns of the battlecruisers of the German expeditionary fleet were also suppressing the coastal positions of the island nation. The 380 mm armor-piercing projectile has an extremely terrifying armor-piercing ability.
"Boom!"
A 380-millimeter armor-piercing shell hit a battery of the island's coastal defense forces, and a two-meter-thick layer of reinforced concrete withstood the shell. However, more than half of it was blown up. At the same time, the powerful impact force of the shell explosion directly shocked the island artillery inside the fort to death.
Immediately after that, another shell hit this battery. The battery, which had already suffered heavy losses, could no longer withstand this shell. In the violent explosion, the fort was completely razed to the ground.
The battle was very fierce, and the island's coastal defense artillery was almost at full fire. All kinds of shore defense guns, all fired. 305mm, 280mm, 203mm, 155mm, 105mm, etc. There are more than 200 coastal defense guns of various calibers. These shore defense guns fired wildly, so that the entire Uraga waterway was like a rain of bullets. The shells continued to explode in the Uraga waterway, splashing columns of water that seemed to boil over the entire waterway.
In the violent explosions, many mines deployed by the navies of the island countries were detonated, which made it easier for the German expeditionary fleet to pass through the waterways.
Although the battlecruisers of the German expeditionary fleet were constantly hit by shells, they were not able to inflict heavy damage on them. On the contrary, it was the counterattack of the German expeditionary fleet that destroyed a lot of the coastal fortifications of the island nation. Those large-caliber coastal defense guns were protected in thick batteries, but not many were destroyed. However, those small-caliber shore defense guns are almost all exposed. There are a lot of things that have been destroyed. As a result, the strength of the island's coastal defense forces is declining rapidly.
Fifteen minutes later, the battlecruiser Prince Frederick, which was at the head of the fleet, had already rushed out of the Uraga waterway and into the wide Tokyo Bay. As soon as it entered the Gulf of Tonkin, the battleship "Prince Frederick" immediately went on alert. At this time, it is necessary to guard against the attack of destroyers of the island country's navy. Although, the battlecruiser "Prince Frederick" had great firepower and amazing defense. However, if it is besieged by the destroyers of the island country's navy, the consequences are still very terrible. The torpedoes fired by the destroyers of the island navy were enough to pose a deadly threat to them.
Fortunately, the reaction of the island navy did not seem to be fast, and when the battlecruiser "Prince Frederick" rushed out of the Uraga waterway, it did not find any ships of the island navy.
Immediately afterwards, the battlecruiser "Frederick Carr" also rushed out of the Uraga waterway and began to cooperate with the "Prince Frederick" to defend against danger.
The battlecruisers "Dfringer", "Lützov", and "Hindenburg" all passed through the waterways one after another. Although, the hull was left with a lot of scorched black after the explosion of the shells, on the whole, there was almost no much damage.
"General, the five battle cruisers in front have passed the waterway safely!" Major General Maugf reported excitedly.
"Very well, order the formations of light cruisers and destroyers to pass through the waterways at once. Crossing the waterway at maximum speed to avoid the blow of the shore fire resistance of the people of Hayashima Province, the loss is too great! Lieutenant General Spee ordered.
Light cruisers and destroyers did not have as perverted defense as battle cruisers, and the shore defense guns of the islanders were enough to sink them. The only thing that can keep them out of danger as much as possible is to speed up. Fortunately, these light cruisers and destroyers of the German Navy were able to increase their speed to more than 30 knots. This way, it only takes a few minutes to get through the waterway.
Eight light cruisers and destroyers of the German Navy rushed into the waterway. And the shore defense artillery of the islanders has begun again. Although, there are still a lot of their large-caliber coastal defense guns left, but a lot of small- and medium-caliber coastal defense guns have been destroyed, so the threat is not very great.