37 The sunset of the powers {3}

Papaldia Imperial Navy's 3rd Fleet Battleship Addis

"Enemy ship firing !!"

Despite our ship and the enemy ship still being more than 20 km apart, the Japanese warship fired.

The captain speaks to the deputy commander.

"They fired their guns at such a distance, what are they going to do? Threatening?"

"I don't understand at all. The enemy guns are too far away, even if they are longer than our range."

I have a slight discomfort.

A sure feeling of death that you have never felt on the battlefield.

"A lot of rudders! I'll take evasive action just in case!"

At the command of Captain, the battleship Addis slowly turns.

Suddenly the ship shakes violently.

Explosion sound.

Various debris falls on the captain and deputy commander. Among them, there are human parts.

"Attack on the rear of the hull! A break occurs on the waterline!"

Addis struck on the left side of the hull opens a large breach near the waterline, and water flows into the ship.

"I ... I don't know!"

Addis begins to tilt due to sudden flooding.

“I don't have it anymore!

The captain's words are interrupted by intense light and sound.

A large number of explosives fell on the sloping ship, and the explosion caused the imperial battleship Addis to disappear from the world.

The 3rd Fleet of the Emperor Papardia The flagship Dios

"The battleship Addis is going down !!!! ... The enemy's attack turned out to be bombardment !! Range is over 20km !!"

Hit with just one shot! ! ! "

"What ... what ... what? ... 20 km !? The range of the gun is more than 20 km !!!!

10 times as much as ours ...

And hit with just one shot! ?

Is the hit rate against the moving target 100 times as high as ours fired at a distance of 2km! ! "

"Is the hit rate at 20km more than 100 times better than when I shot at 2km?

What happens if you compare at a distance of 2km? Well, I can not measure with one shot. "

"Enemy guns are so powerful that they can sink a battleship with just one shot. Pure firepower may be more than just a perception!"

Executives despair for the pure surprise of the enemy's strength and the performance differences of ships that are too difficult to fight on a battleship.

Even during the debate, three battleships are already sinking with just one shot each.

"Soon 250 Dragon Knights will fly over the enemy."

"I'm sorry ..."

Admiral Arkaon put hope on the attack by the dragoon knight.

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Papardia Empire Affiliation of the 3rd Fleet Dragon Knights

"I saw it!"

250 knights of the Dragon Knights, guided by magic from the 3rd Fleet Command, recognize their shadows on the horizon.

They are so big and fast that they have never seen them before, and their tension reaches its peak.

The enemy ship fires and sinks the friendly forces, even though it is nearly 20 km away from the friendly forces.

It seems that the “light arrows” that fly at such tremendous speed and land accurately are not used.

The Ryuzu who have returned to Japan has already been sunk.

We have no choice but to land on the sea after Wyvern Road is exhausted.

The dragon knight commander, Dairos, is determined.

"All troops! Defeat the Japanese troops!"

"Wow !!"

We are the strongest knights of the Dragon, believe in ourselves and they head.

Approximately 250 knights of the 3rd Fleet of the Emperor Papardia attacked the Aegis system ship Kirishima of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, which had attacked while firing.

"What !? The enemy ship exploded !?"

In the eyes of Dairos, the Japanese ship seemed to explode on its own.

However, the next moment, when you see a light arrow launched at a furious speed above the sky, you realize that it is an attack directed at them.

"Is there an anti-aircraft too ?! A guided magic light bullet will come !!!!

Each dragon knight spreads in the sky.

The arrow of light shuffled at an incredible speed, landed on a dragon knight flying diagonally behind Dairos, and smashed its body into fine-grained dust that could not be retained with the Wyvern.

"That's too fast! Can you avoid that kind of thing !?"

"Damn! Damn!"

Various voices flow by magic.

The Knights of the Ryukyus head toward the enemy ship at speeds of 300 km / h or more, but they feel terribly slow and are far from firing range.

Further tragedy jumps into Dairos' eyes.

Not only the boat in the front row, but also from behind, further behind, and from invisible positions, light flies at a furious speed.

And they do not deviate from each other, and accurately destroy the Dragon Knight one after another, without duplication of targets.

"Ore !!!! Monster monster !!!!!!!!"

What is that?

We are the Dragon Knights, which are said to be among the prosperous main forces of the powerful Parpaldia Empire. It is said that once it jumps out, it will destroy seven troops, and it is the feared third civilization's strongest unit.

Such a dragon is now falling like a fly due to a Japanese attack.

Life is lost as if a friend who shared many battlefields, a friend who had difficulty with hard training, and a close friend from a young age mockery their efforts in life.

The blood and meat that have fallen apart are falling like rain.

"Cheap !!!!!!!"

At the next moment, the ship-to-air missile lands on Dairos, Commander of the Dragon Knight, and his consciousness disappears beyond the void.

Flagship Dios

"Rii ... The Knights of the Dragoon have been wiped out.

No damage to enemy ships. "

The silenced bridge, everyone was desperate and began to understand that there was no way to do it.

"Battleships Martas, Regile, Kamio Rouge, Tarras hit enemy guns ..."

Only the voice of the desperate correspondent continues to echo on the bridge.

Even that long-time lion, Admiral 3rd Fleet, Arcaon, is sweating on his forehead and silent.

The strategy planned by the brain of the imperial nation Martal would have been effective if it was a powerful opponent.

However, isn't it too foul to have a long-range cannon out of 100 rounds and ammunition that can sink in one shot?

Operation becomes completely meaningless, and the sinking continues.

Enemy guns have a range of 20km or more, are almost 100 rounds, and are extremely fast to load.

It takes more than 40 minutes at maximum speed when trying to get closer to the range of the Imperial magic gun.

If you use the speed relative to the enemy, you will be able to reach faster, but you should not make sweet expectations on the battlefield.

It is impossible to avoid such accurate fire for more than 40 minutes.

"……Fuck!!"

Arcaon decides.

In the first place, there is no way that the imperial lord will surrender or withdraw with the strength of the Imperial City beyond the eyes and nose.

There are no options from the beginning.

"All forces, assault the Japanese invading !!!! Show me the will of the Imperial Navy!"

The magic stone of each ship shines.

Receives the wind caused by the magic stone that causes the wind called the wind god's tears, fills the sail, and heads for the enemy's huge ship at the maximum speed and accelerates.

However, allied ships continue to sink.

The Imperial Fleet, which spreads thinly like, the Japanese escort fleet invades as if a stick pierces the surface.

Papardia Imperial ships within a radius of 10 km of the line passed by the Japanese escort groups are shattered and sunk one after another, and only the remains of battleships float on the sea after the Japanese troops have passed.

The 3rd fleet wrapped in despair.

"The Japanese fleet is in front of my ship!"

The Guardian Fleet of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force directly faces Dios, the flagship of the Imperial Empire's third main fleet, the flagship Super F-class 150-class battleship Dios.

That distance will soon reach 20km.

"I will turn left and declare that I will keep a distance from the Japanese fleet !!!! The flagship cannot lose its command ability !!"

1 One of the executives escalates to Admiral Alcaon.

"Nan! Keep the course as it is, the imperial flagship must not pull!"

"Yes, but !!"

"The main gun of the enemy ship, facing my ship!"

"Admiral! Change course quickly !!!!"

"Nan !!"

Arcaon barks.

At that time, a watchman reports in a screaming voice.

"Enemy fire !!!!"

Tension runs to everyone.

"A shell is coming! Lots of steering!"

The captain barks and the pilots operate.

The ship begins to change course slowly, so frustratingly.

Flash-.

Explosion sound.

The ship shakes violently.

Arcaon shakes violently, hits his head against a pillar, and fresh blood flows from his forehead.

"Status report !!"

"Bombardment on the right rear of the hull! Fire occurred! Also, many inundations were recognized from the breach !!"

The speed of Dios's ship visibly drops, and the hull begins to tilt.

Gunpowder rolls in battleship Dios.

The gunpowder under pressure releases its ability, engulfs nearby gunpowder, and its flames pass through the ammunition chamber.

The flame penetrates the upper ceiling, breaks through the upper deck, and emerges as a large pillar of fire.

The flagship Dios of the third main fleet of Papardia, along with its fierce pillar of fire, had its hull broken in half and sunk.

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Emperor Papardia Navy HQ

Seamaster Barus was looking at the harbor.

The main ships of the Imperial Kingdom, which are leaving one after another, will soon complete their first and second fleets and departure.

It has already been reported that combat with the Japanese fleet has begun in the outer circle of the 3rd Fleet.

In the Operation Room, the main officers of the Navy headquarters gather and stare at the nautical chart.

Among them was Martal, the brain of the Imperial Kingdom.

Martal cannot hide the color of the impatience in the report of the progress of the war.

I didn't think there was such a difference in individual ship abilities.

The performance difference between the powerful Emperor Papardia and the Japanese army is greater than the power difference between foreign powers and civilized foreign countries.

"... the 3rd Fleet flagship Dios has been sunk."

Silence.

"Good!"

Martal begins to speak, as determined.

"Kaisho! The first and second fleets are in the densest formation, let's rush into the Japanese army! I didn't think there was such a difference.

Fortunately, the Japanese army seems to be small. The only way to defeat them is to crush them by number. "

"……To give permission."

According to Marine Commander Barus's words, the first and second fleets of the Imperial flagship headed for the Japanese army in densely packed form.

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Maritime Self-Defense Force 2nd and 4th escort groups Flagship Ise

The situation that changes every moment of the battlefield is reported to the bridge.

At present, the operation seems to be proceeding smoothly. However, the volume of enemy ships emerging from the ports of the enemy capital was a sufficient threat to keep them nervous.

At the same time as the report of the enemy platoon is raised, tensions are running on the executives.

"Are you in a dense formation! Anyway, there are too many enemies on the path."

The fleet is already sticking like a stick digging into an enemy that spreads like a thin surface, and there are enemies in any direction.

Nevertheless, the amount of enemies denser before the kill target.

The fleet commander Uchino tweeted as determined.

"A GSDF helicopter attacks enemies on a path outside the range of the ship's artillery range and breaks the path.

In the fleet, in order to save guns, limit the range forward and attack only within 6 km on the sides, and rush while destroying enemies on the path! ! "

"Well, but that's too dangerous."

"The only way to escape the enemy that has expanded so much and destroy the core is to be thin."

The discussion continues.

Other executives also speak.

"I think I should go on attacking the enemy home after all the sunk."

"The range of the enemy's deployment is too wide, and it's impossible. Even so, there are 12 knots."

"If so, you should sink as much as possible."

The executive strategy meeting continues.

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Papardia Empire Sea area 150 km south of the Navy HQ

The Maritime Self-Defense Force destroyer continued to sink the Imperial fleet.

The sound of artillery fire is constantly echoing on the sea, and the Imperial Ship sinks by the number of sounds.

An attack helicopter flies over the sky, making an attack from outside the enemy's range.

The battleships are burned by anti-tank missiles and rocket attacks.

But they were brave.

In a single sound, hundreds of people die, but bravely fight.

They will have a truly magnificent end worthy of being the patrons of the great Emperor Papardia.

A lot of remnants of the Imperial Ship float on the sea.

"The enemy has entered the missile range at the Navy HQ."

"Launch about 3 shots, attack seyo !!"

Along with the explosions and the fire flames, the destroyer fired a Type 90 ship-to-ship missile (SSM1B).

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Port where the Imperial Navy Headquarters is located

Silgaia, who was hired as a temporary worker, was cleaning at the port.

"Hey, you! There's garbage on the ground! It's just a simple job of cleaning, so clean it up!"

"Excuse me."

Silgaia cleans while screaming from naval low ranks.

I'm sorry. I'm too sad now.

He looks up at the Imperial Naval Headquarters of Papardia.

"He's ... I've got a job."

He tears in his eyes and recalls the other day reunion.

The Imperial Navy's general, Barus, was present at the reunion.

In school, Barus was a rival.

My grades and athletic ability were almost the same, but I was slightly inferior.

The slightest difference in my school days, and the accumulation of this difference, has emerged as an overwhelming difference today.

He felt that there was such a difference between the moon and the terrapin, the heavens and the earth, the gods and insects.

I remember the words of the marine advisor Barus when the story of the war dead came out at the reunion.

"Ha! Will be the destruction spell of the Great Power Parpaldia. "

"One who got everything, one who didn't get anything ..."

He wants to mourn for the absurdity of life.

Silgaia looks at the sea suddenly, feeling uncomfortable. He has good eyes.

"! What is that?"

Three things approach the sea surface at a furious speed.

It passes in front of him and heads for Navy HQ.

Silgaia instinctively understands that it is an attack directed against the Empire.

Seamaster Barus was a rival but a good friend of Silgaia.

Valse was also the pride of Silgaia.

He saw it heading for the Navy headquarters, screaming instinctively, thinking of the admiral.

"Balth !!"

At the next moment, anti-ship missiles continuously pierce the Navy HQ and emit a fiery flash.

Roar.

A much larger explosion blasts than the decorated Navy headquarters, a building that dignified and dignified.

Unable to withstand a fierce explosion, the building makes noise and collapses without a trace.

The powerful Emperor Papardia, who has continued to rule other countries with fear, the Navy headquarters, a symbol of fear and power, collapses, and the sound of the explosion echoes back to the imperial capital Estsilant.

Here, the Emperor Papardia lost command of the Navy as a whole.

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Don ... Don ... Don

The sound of the battle as if firing a magic cannon echoes to the Imperial City of Estlanto.

Due to the fear of the attack on the army base, no inhabitants were seen outside, and the imperial people entered their homes, closed their windows and keys, and just shook.

At the port where the Navy headquarters was located, everyone was stunned to see the collapsed headquarters building.

Silgaia, a temporary worker, looks at the sea.

The sound of the battle gradually and surely approaches the harbor, and the cause of the sound appears on the horizon.

Gray, big and fast.

It seems that allied ships are sinking by the number of sounds fired by the enemy.

"Awful! A monster has come !!"

Silgaia stands out.

Beside that, the soldiers in the harbor move around in a hurry and are installed on land, activating the guns facing the sea.

Silgaia understands the threat of the enemy accurately, hits his immobile foot with his hand, and finally begins to move.

He runs away from key facilities such as barracks, ammunition, and turrets on land. Leave the port, climb to a hill and look back.

An enemy attack hits the harbor turret continuously, and the turret raises a fire pillar.

Then hit the ammunition storage, the entire port is engulfed in a violent explosion and black smoke.

"Let's do it!

Attack by the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force on the port where the enemy naval headquarters is located destroys port facilities, weapons and ammunition storage and barracks completely, sinks 550 of the Imperial Navy of Papardia, and 50 fleets, including the Ryumon Missed.

The main civilian naval army of Parpaldia, the third civilization-stricken area, was virtually destroyed by this attack.

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Emperor's Castle

"I want to start an emergency meeting now."

The meeting was held only when the national crisis was in progress, and there was no negotiation, and a meeting was held to collide live information.

The meeting will be led by the country's executives, led by Emperor Ludias, the head of the country.

Everyone has a dark face and no one smiles.

The meeting also included the Imperial Remir, Elt, First Foreign Affairs Director, Lance, Second Foreign Affairs Director, and Chios, Third Foreign Affairs Director.

Now, a meeting on Japan's measures to influence the future of the Empire is about to begin.