Chapter 756

"boom!"

The violent explosion sound awakened the coast defense forces of the island country at the same time.

The siren sounded in the barracks of the island country's coastal defense force, and countless island country soldiers wearing only loincloths rushed out of the barracks frantically and poured into the position, preparing to attack the enemy.

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

The battleships of the German Expeditionary Fleet, which was slowly passing through the Uraga Waterway, began fierce shelling. One after another, the artillery shells roared and smashed into the positions of the island country's coastal defense forces.

"boom!"

A shell fell into the coastal defense forces of the island country who had not had time to rush into the coastal defense fort. There was a violent explosion, and countless soldiers of the island country were torn to pieces on the spot.

"Order all coastal defense batteries to fire immediately!" the commander of the island nation's coastal defense force ordered loudly with red eyes.

Although the incoming German expedition fleet was very powerful, the warships like hills were simply not something the coastal defense forces could handle. However, he must do his best to prevent the German fleet from entering Tokyo Bay. Otherwise, the consequences will be very serious. Once the Germans do what they did in other big cities in Tokyo, the island country will really be finished. At that time, he, the commander of the coastal defense force, may have to commit seppuku.

"Immediately report to Tokyo that the German fleet is forcibly passing through the Uraga waterway. Our strength is limited, and it is difficult to stop them! Request the navy to send warships to assist. In addition, Tokyo should prepare early!" The commander of the coastal defense force continued.

Obviously, as long as you pass the Uraga Waterway, Tokyo is within easy reach. With the speed of the German fleet, it can reach Tokyo in an hour. At that time, they can use powerful artillery fire to blow up the entire Tokyo into ruins.

"Boom! Boom!"

The coastal defense turrets of the island country began to shoot, one after another shells were thrown at the German warships in the Uraga waterway.

Because of the short distance, the hit rate will be high. It's just that these coastal defense guns are too weak to penetrate the armor of the battlecruisers of the German expeditionary fleet.

"boom!"

A 280 mm shell hit the battlecruiser Prinz Friedrich. However, the shell exploded before penetrating the waterline armor of the battlecruiser 'Prince Frederick', and did not cause any damage to the battlecruiser at all.

Immediately afterwards, a 305mm artillery shell hit the battlecruiser "Friedrich Karl", and a large hole was blown out of the deck of the battleship, causing a fire. However, such injuries are nothing to a huge battlecruiser.

The main guns of the battlecruisers of the German Expeditionary Fleet are also suppressing the coastal defense positions of the island nation. The 380mm armor-piercing projectile has extremely terrifying armor-piercing capabilities.

"boom!"

A 380mm armor-piercing projectile hit a fort of the island's coastal defense force, and the two-meter-thick reinforced concrete layer resisted the projectile. However, more than half of it was blown up. At the same time, the powerful impact of the shell explosion directly killed the island artillery in the fort.

Immediately afterwards, another shell hit the fort. The fort, which had already suffered heavy damage, could no longer withstand the shell. In the violent explosion, the fort was completely razed to the ground.

The battle was fierce, and the coastal defense artillerymen of the island country were almost fully fired. All kinds of coastal defense guns were fired. 305mm, 280mm, 203mm, 155mm, 105mm and so on. There are more than two hundred coastal defense guns of various calibers. These coastal defense guns fired crazily, so that the entire Uraga waterway was like bullets raining down. The shells exploded continuously in the Uraga waterway, splashing up jets of soaring water, as if the sea water in the entire waterway was boiling.

During the violent explosion, many mines deployed by the navies of the island countries were also detonated, which reduced the difficulty for the German expeditionary fleet to pass through the waterway.

Although the battlecruisers of the German expeditionary fleet were constantly hit by shells, they were not able to cause serious damage to them. On the contrary, it was the counterattack of the German expeditionary fleet that destroyed a lot of the island country's coastal fortifications. Those large-caliber coastal defense guns were protected in thick forts, and not many were destroyed. However, those small-caliber coastal defense guns are almost all exposed. Many were destroyed. This has caused the strength of the island country's coastal defense forces to decline rapidly.

Fifteen minutes later, the battlecruiser "Prince Frederick" at the forefront of the fleet had rushed out of the Uraga Channel and entered the wide Tokyo Bay. As soon as it entered Tokyo Bay, the battleship "Prince Frederick" immediately went on alert. At this time, what needs to be guarded against is the attack of the destroyer of the navy of the island country. Although, the battlecruiser "Prince Frederick" has powerful firepower and amazing defense capabilities. However, if it is besieged by destroyers of the island navy, the consequences will still be very dire. The torpedoes launched by the destroyers of the island navy are enough to pose a fatal threat to it.

Fortunately, the reaction of the navy of the island country did not seem to be fast. When the battlecruiser "Prince Frederick" rushed out of the Uraga Channel, it did not find any ships of the navy of the island country.

Immediately afterwards, the battlecruiser "Frederick Karl" also rushed out of the Uraga Waterway, and began to cooperate with the "Prince Frederick" to defend against danger.

The battlecruiser 'Derfflinger', the battlecruiser 'Lützow', and the battlecruiser 'Hindenburg' all passed through the waterway one after another. Although the hull left a lot of scorched black after the explosion of the shells, overall, it hardly suffered much damage.

"General, the five battlecruisers in front have safely passed through the waterway!" Major General Mao Fu reported excitedly.

"Very well, order the formation of light cruisers and destroyers to pass through the waterway immediately. Pass through the waterway at the maximum speed to avoid the impact of the shore firepower of the early islanders, the loss is too great!" Lieutenant General Spei ordered.

Light cruisers and destroyers do not have the perverted defenses of battlecruisers, and the coastal defense guns of the islanders are enough to sink them. The only thing that can make them avoid danger as much as possible is to speed up. Fortunately, the speed of these light cruisers and destroyers of the German Navy can be increased to more than 30 knots. In this way, it only takes a few minutes to cross the waterway.

Eight light cruisers and destroyers of the German Navy rushed into the waterway. And the coastal defense artillery of the islanders started again. Although there are still a lot of their large-caliber coastal defense guns left, many small and medium-caliber coastal defense guns have been destroyed. In this case, the threat is not very great.