Continental Hero Senki

Pope Navy (Regia Marina) General Vermilio was baffled.

I can't help it. If you were told from above to fight the Navy of Christ in support of the virtual enemy, Ostmarc, and you hated coming to Ostmarc Naval Base, there was one female officer of the Imperial Army of Ostmarc and two officers of the Kingdom of Silesia who should have been in a sinister relationship with that Ostmarc.

Even more surprisingly, those three officers were more than 20 years younger than General Vermilio. And

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"Yuzef still can't ship..."

One of the officers in it isn't very good, but he doesn't look like a good soldier.

Vermilio quickly realized that Lt. Fine von Linz, a silver-haired female officer in the Ostmarc Imperial Army, was a person who had just graduated from cadet school. Every time I saw him, he had some kind of material and writing equipment, so I had predictions with an intelligence martial officer or a supply officer.

Meanwhile, Major Sarah Marinovska, a female officer of the Royal Silesian Army, contrasts with the person. Bloody hair, eyes and the atmosphere she emits are the front-line commanders themselves. Even though she was still young, her eyes were like those of a raptor who ran through many training grounds.

And the key figure, Major Yuzef Waresa, was a person in trouble to describe.

physique and face that are roughly invisible to military personnel. That would still be good, but the atmosphere released from him felt more like the Taoist son of the Master of the Eighty Hundred Houses than a soldier, so that confused Vermillion.

He complained of symptoms of seasickness as soon as he left Kerkira and is currently being pursued by the task of feeding the fish of the South China Sea while feeling more uncomfortable than anyone else.

... Let's refrain from fish for a while.

Yes, he was so enthusiastic about the work that Vermilio thought.

A paragraph on Yuzef's seasickness came on September 6, the day after the Second Fleet of the Pope's Navy left Kerkira.

"I apologize for showing you such an unpleasant occasion, my lord..."

Yuzef apologized so, looking blue as if blood had been drained in litres. I thought I'd curse him for being a soft guy on military habits, but if he got such an apology, the servant Vermilio couldn't reprimand his weak body, and instead Vermilio looked at Yuzef worryingly.

"Uh......, are you feeling all right with your body?

"Not that it's complete, but it's fine to the extent that it doesn't affect the operation."

"Oh well..."

I can't say anything at the earliest.

Vermilio expected his physical recovery to be cured by the passage of time. He knows empirically that seasickness is something that will heal in a few days. I therefore decided to wait for it.

But Yuzef doesn't mind.

Yuzef and Vermilio, as well as Fleet Command personnel and a group of non-Yuzef military advisers, were assembled in the Command Office at the tail of the second fleet flagship "GUIDE".

Since it was a first-class battleship and a ship that could not afford space, the Commander's Office also had a meeting room.

And Vermilio, no. To the surprise of everyone gathered on the spot, the meeting was set to proceed by Major Yuzef Waresa MC, who is still looking like he's going to fall with this seasickness.

"So, Phi...... Cohon. Excuse me, I would like to decide on the action to be taken by the Pope Navy of Glory on the basis of information provided by Lieutenant Linz, an officer of the Ministry of Information, part I, who is a member of our Military Advisory Corps"

Yuzef occasionally stops the words and rehydrates them, while checking the information he has now.

The Fleet on the South China Sea side of the Second Reich Navy of Christ left the Izmir Naval Base in the Aegean Sea on August 31. It appears that it arrived at the Hania Military Port on the island of Crete two days later on September 2.

"And this is the size of the Christ Navy South Sea side fleet at Izmir Naval Base, but normal combat power is dominated by six first-class battleships, 10 second-class battleships, and 35 other medium-sized and small ships such as cruisers. The total is 51 ships."

The Papal Navy officers rounded their eyes to Yuzef's words, which did not make them feel unwell. Though the face is entirely that of the dead, the words unleashed were more calming than the age.

It was the moment I made Vermilio understand whether a man named Yuzef was taking leadership within the military advisory corps. But his abilities are still unknown. Maybe I'm just incompetent to be calm.

"51 ships, but you're outnumbering my 2nd fleet, right?

"Yes, but that's the sum of ordinary combat power. It also includes vessels escorting transport convoys to the Glycos region, as well as coastal security, and naturally those vessels are not in the Hania military port. I don't know the number of children, but I think it's the same number as this second fleet or a little more than that."

Vermilio agrees with Yuzef. More than Christ knows the Pope Navy is out there, because there's no way he's going to be out there with less ships than that.

"If so, what about 40 ships of the Christ Navy in Hania?"

"Probably."

Vermilio then turned his gaze from Yuzef to the nautical charts around Crete Island.

"According to the Chief Voyager, our second fleet is currently sailing about 200 to 250 kilometres west of Crete."

From the sky and the speed and time of the fleet, the approximate fleet position can be determined. The problem, however, is the position of the enemy fleet over the position of its own fleet.

"Major Waresa. Where are the expected contact waters with the Christ fleet?

Everyone thought that the papal navy officers would not have a hard time if that were easy to see. In this wide sea, where we cannot dispatch reconnaissance troops as finely as land, it is a difficult task to even find our enemies. Regardless, Vermilio knew that too.

This question of Vermilio was a test of Yuzef. As an answer to a serious question as to whether this boy has the ability the rank deserves.

He was interested to know how to answer this difficult question.

But contrary to Vermilio's expectations, Yuzef responded instantly.

"It will be near the Strait of Antiquitilla."

"... on what grounds?

"Based on the situation on Crete."

Crete has very elongated and steep mountains to the east and west. The narrowest part of the island is only 12 km to the north and south, with mountains measuring 2,000 metres. And the mountain range is a little south of the center of Crete.

As a natural stream, Crete built a city on the north side, built a port, and put troops there.

"In relation to the concentration of important cities, military facilities on the north side, the Christ fleet will try to protect the north side. And when Christ builds up the fatigue of the Pope's navy to its fullest and assured destruction in the interest of the land, nature and the expected waters of the enemy will be limited."

It is obvious that if we intend to circle from the south side of Crete to the north side of Crete, we must break through the straits between East and West. But the eastern side of Crete is too close to Christ's own country to be dangerous. That concludes what Yuzef said earlier.

"I therefore believe that the Navy on the South Sea side of the Second Reich of Christ is stationed just west of the island of Crete, around the Strait of Antiquitira, less than 80 km wide. Because that's where the Christ fleet can do its utmost."

Yuzef made that clear. I made him say that there was almost certainly an enemy there. Vermilio was satisfied with it and couldn't - open his mouth - try to decide on a concrete draft operation. For Yuzef continued to speak.

"That's why I think there's a chance"

With that fortitude he showed Vermilio the paper he had. Vermilio was impressed when he saw it, and he also thought:

This man, I was wondering if it would be more amazing if he wasn't seasick.