Military trucks and wagons vibrate on the ground as they move along the road. Every truck and wagon was carrying cargo or soldiers, and dragons roared overhead as the trucks and wagons joined the long line.
All the soldiers had expressions of battle eagerness.
Trucks and wagons were then able to reach the port, where the Grand-class battleship is stranded a few kilometers offshore. When the smaller ships were away from the coast, trucks, and wagons carrying the troops boarded the smaller ships.
On Grand-class battleship...
"Vice Naval Admiral Elina! I'm here to report," a man in a dark blue jacket and trousers greeted Elina.
"Give me the details," Elina greeted the man.
"Field Marshal Mas's men begin boarding the ship. They will be fully loaded in two hours."
"Then tell them that we will proceed after the ground troops are fully loaded aboard."
"Yes Mam! - The man turned and left Elina's office."
Meanwhile...
"Soldiers of the Empire! Today we will go to another continent to fight for the glory of the empire! Not everyone gets this opportunity to fight for the emperor! We have taken over the Falmart continent. Now we are going to occupy another continent. We will give our best!
We will occupy this world in the name of the emperor! After four hundred years we got this opportunity. Fight for the emperor! If any of you are afraid to fight, stand back."
No one will back down from their line...
"Good! You know that makes me happy! We are the brave soldiers of the empire and we will fight till our end. Grand Commander Cocytus once said "Empire wants not the mighty but the true warrior and brave soldier! Those who will not hesitate to lay down their lives in the name of the Emperor" the Major, who was shouting at his company, spoke.
"Did you understand what Major Moron said?" - A soldier named Anto asked his comrade. This soldier had his private rank.
"Yes, I understand. He's telling us to fight and die," replied a soldier named Ellis, who also had private rank.
As the two were talking another soldier joined them, this soldier in the rank of corporal as his team was two chevrons on top of each other. His name was Kark.
"Hey, you two, shut up, you know most of the officers under Field Marshal Mas are strange together, for example, we have the officer who brought the torture equipment." - He points to the major.
Two soldiers listening to him
"Our officers are really strange people."
"I heard he was a very quiet person."
"He might want to write his name in history."
Hearing Anto's words, Ellis scratched his chin.
"I'm so nervous. This is the first time I'm going to do a real battle."
"We are in the same situation. But we are lucky. We may gain some fame for ourselves through this war."
"Yes, you are right. When we are retired we will be able to tell our grandchildren about our achievements."
"My grandfather was a soldier. But he didn't earn any special titles. His military life was very ordinary. But I hope I will win some medals in this war. So that I can be proud of my children and future generations."
"You are right. But do you know anything about the place where we going to fight?"
"I heard the name of that country is
Kurum Kingdom. Where we are going to attack."
"I'm so excited"
A commander noticed the three talking to each other while their Company leader is lecturing. Therefore, he immediately shouted at the three men who were not paying attention to the commander's words.
"You three, stop talking! Is there a problem with these two privates!? Have you been chatting there for quite some time?"
"No sir! We were talking about how excited we were to meet the enemy," replied Corporal Kark.
The three were completely separated after being caught by the Commander, who is now keeping an eye on them.
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21 hours had passed since they had left their waters. Ships under Vice Naval Admiral Elina also just entered Kurum Kingdom territorial waters.
The second group, known as the Strike Group, consisted of five Delta-class destroyers and one Grand-Class Battleship. Elina aboard the Grand-Class Battleship waited for any news about the enemy.
"Have we detected any enemy ships?"
One of her subordinates replied: "No, Mam!"
Elina began to lose patience in listening to subordinates. Her subordinates on the bridge looked at her and worried about her mental health.
One of her subordinates in charge of communications suddenly receives a message from another ship. The communications officer relayed the message to Elina.
"Admiral, SSG 1 (Ship of Strike Group 1.) Several enemy ships were sighted at a distance of about one hundred and two nautical miles."
"How many are there?" she asked the officer.
"Exactly three hundred and forty-eight ships."
"They are within range of our missiles, but it would be bad if our enemies learned one of our trump cards."
"So maybe we can get close to the enemy ship, Mam?"
"Perhaps we will use our escort ships with 120 mm guns as our main weapon of war." I think that this will be enough without revealing all the capabilities of our ship.
Vice Naval Admiral Elina thought for a moment before speaking again. Then she looked at her subordinates who were waiting for her orders.
"Tell SSG1 to use one of his missiles as a diversion for the enemy. After the missile hits the target, immediately move towards the enemy at full speed."
"Yes Mam! " Elina's people shouted in unison.
Strike Group 1 ship Delta-class destroyer, the captain, was waiting for orders and enjoying his coffee until an officer approached him and gave the order.
" Sir! Vice Naval Admiral Elina ordered us to fire a missile at one of the enemy ships. We will proceed after destroying one of their ships. We will then use our 120 mm main gun when we engage the enemy."
"I see, tell the CIC officers about this, and ask them to give us the most accurate location of the closest ship that our missiles can hit."
"Yes sir!"
The captain's liaison officer at SSG 1 immediately relays the order to his CIC. CIC is a section of the ship responsible for radar, sonar, and communications monitoring. It is the brain of the ship, it can be located deep inside the ship, there are no windows and darkness is normal. The only light source you can see comes from the monitor used for the ship's equipment.
In CIC SSG1, the man sitting with headphones suddenly turns his back on the senior officer in charge. He then instructed the captains.
"Sir, we received new orders from the bridge, they want to send us new coordinates."
"Give their coordinates."
"Yes sir!"
Then the people in charge of the radar started giving coordinates to the bridge.
This time the FC man in charge of the missile put the coordinates into his FCS (Fire Control System) which is integrated with the missile. A loud siren then sounded from the ship's deck, alerting the deck crew that a missile was about to be launched.
After the coordinates are entered into the rocket, the FC starts the calculation. - Five, four, three, two, one, fire fire!
He then presses a red button, which causes the missile tubes on the ship's deck, carrying the missiles, to release smoke from the bottom of the ship. A loud supersonic noise accompanied the annoying sound of the deck sirens.
*PEEEEEEEEEEEEEISH! The missile was flying through the atmosphere and heading towards the poor enemy ship.
"The missile will hit the target in eight minutes," the FC spoke again after the missile took off.
Upon receiving this message from the missile-firing destroyer, Vice Naval Admiral Elina immediately ordered all ships under her command to proceed at full speed.
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A fleet of three hundred ships. This fleet consisted of ships of various sizes. But among the whole fleet stood 7 large ships. Each of the 7 large ships was separately pulled by a large red-scaled beast that lurked beneath the water. But one sees animals with large spikes on their backs rising from the water.
Even if the 7 ships stand out from the rest due to their size and beasts. You'll also notice that one of the 7 ships stands out more than the other 6. This was due to its luxurious design, as it had a golden mermaid figure on its body. The hull was also covered with gold and copper, which extended to its stern. Not only this, these inserts were also carved in different shapes and forms.
This luxury ship was the command ship of the Kurum Kingdom's fleet. It was the ship of Admiral Ash, the fleet commander of the entire Kurum fleet.
Ash sits on the deck and talks to his men about the attack plan. Ash was a man in his fifties, with gray hair the same color as his hair and a beard on his chest. He wears the Kurum Fleet Admiral's suit, a luxurious blue tailcoat, and blue trousers, with a saber on his belt, the crest of which is a lion between two scorpion tails, the symbol of royalty in the Kurum Kingdom.
The Sorcerous Empire named the new continent Malbert. It is about thirty-five hundred kilometers from Falmart. The Kingdom of Kurum is a country on this continent. The Sorcerous Empire sent a message to this country a month ago. Surrender or fight.
"Then how can this Sorcerous empire attack us?" - Ash said looking at the map placed in front of him.
"Sir, they can enter our sea from this direction"
Ash rubbed his beard and looked at the map: "This is quite unpleasant. They are coming from another continent to attack us. The road they are coming through is full of sea monsters."
One of his subordinates, a young man in his early twenties, after hearing Ash's words, said: "Admiral, I think this will not be as troublesome as you expect."
"Hmm, why is that?"
"Long before we left port, sir, I heard people talking about the diminishing presence of sea monsters. But if they really have to think about monsters, they must have their own monsters to scare other monsters. "
"Ah! There is logic in your words. These people must have their own monsters."
" They dared to invade from one continent to another. So they must be so powerful"
"Sais! How is our animal tamer doing?"
"She's doing well, Captain, but she wants to rest."
"I see, then leave her alone, and we might as well talk about this Sorcerous empire, I'd like to know what information you have on them."
Five minutes passed and Admiral Ash was listening to his subordinates again. They discussed the information they had about the Sorcerous Empire's fleet.
After hearing the information gathered by his team, Admiral Ash spoke his mind.
"So they have large ships made of iron, which is really unnatural." A ship cannot move with such a weight. But if this is true, we can still defeat them with a superior number of ships.
"It must work, Admiral, I'm sure these ships of iron will exist, I think it is because of these ships that they are coming to attack us by passing the ocean which is full of sea monsters. But I'm sure there are only a limited number of them."
"We may make war with a barbarous nation, but it is too vain to sink an iron ship. Maybe we can capture it and present it to our king. Then we can upgrade our own naval capabilities and eventually become the superpower of this continent," said one captain.
"Not just the continent but the whole world!"
After hearing their words, the admiral said: "It would be an amazing achievement for my career, so let's capture these iron ships and destroy these idiots who call themselves the Sorcerous Empire."
Ash discussed his officers. A crow's nest is a structure at the top of a ship's main mast or structure used as an observation post.
The lookout saw something approaching the fleet at incredible speed. It looked like it had been set on fire and left a trail of smoke behind it. The lookout immediately shouted to the admiral:
"Admiral! Something is approaching our ship! "As soon as he caught the Admiral's attention, the lookout immediately pointed his finger to where he saw the object.
Admiral Ash immediately looked in the direction where the lookout was pointing. Ash reluctantly asked the rest of the crew: "What is it!?"
"Perhaps a meteor?" Sais spoke up.
"I don't think so, but it's headed for one of our...
Before he can finish his sentence, a meteorite-like object crashes into one of the ships.
Boom! The wreckage of a wooden ship suddenly flies into the sky when a meteor hits one of the ships in the fleet. The command ship's top lookout shouted again:
"Enemy ships are ahead!"
The admiral immediately looked ahead and was shocked by what he saw.
Admiral Ash immediately shouted: "Wait, I expected to see iron ships, but not in such large numbers, damn it!" Get ready everyone! We are preparing for war."
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"Enemy ship sighted, Vice Naval Admiral Elina!"
"Tell the destroyers to attack using their main guns. Reduce their numbers so the transport group can get through without a problem."