"Sniping with a large-calibre cannon...............................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................
Blue light that passed right next to the fleet. At the bridge of the Mercenaries Dispatch Fleet flagship, the sod who saw it shrugged in half.
"Did you assume these things beforehand?
said the deputy with a lean face. "No way," Sodo denied it with a bitter laugh, standing up from the seat and peeking into the back of the window.
"With the contact ahead, that cannon has only been used once. Probably didn't use it, couldn't use it. That's because the mass of the ship is too small for the size of the cannon."
"Otherwise I would have used more," Sodo continued.
"Sure, the observation team seems to draw such conclusions, too, but -"
A deputy walks over to Sodo's side and peeks across the window in the same way. Then the same blue light muscle appeared above the front, passing backwards through the fleet. The fleet was heading backwards, or backwards, with the front armor in the direction of travel in defense.
"There's also the fact that it's been shot this way. Can it not be used on the front line? Is there anything special that needs to be done? But now that they actually halve the cruise speed, it's an effective stop."
Beyond the limitations on the ship's limited output, that is, its realistically loadable weight, it must nevertheless be equipped and consumable in its scope. It was impossible to stick thick armoured plates in all directions, and it was still focused on the front. That was also why the battleship was not in the stable form of a sphere, nor in the convenient form of a cube, but in a long thin form as a whole. Maximum armor can be applied to small projection areas.
Thankfully, the spacecraft was built to move forward. Therefore, the movement to the rear really slows down.
"If they destroy the tank more than they want to replenish, it's over. You can't point your ass at me when I'm dead... well, like, endurance comparisons."
When Sodo gently rubbed the back of his hand, he confirmed the current time that had risen. Although significantly behind what was planned by the Operations, he had not yet reached the worst assumption of his own.
"Oh, they seem to move."
said the deputy as he looked up. Sodo roared furiously when he saw from the word "people" that it was the independent forces under Yotta's command that moved.
"Are those idiots brainless? They showed me the brilliant simultaneous warp ahead, and I came up with the idea of how I could capture enemies. This is the enemy's garden."
"Absolutely. Do you want to stop?
"No... but just let him in with a warning. I can't impose anything more than a different chain of command."
The enemy practiced a terribly accurate fleet of simultaneous overdrives, whether they were stacked with veterans with considerable training or even with a relatively high-performance link stabilizer. Sodo thought it would probably be easy to get away with trying to assault a distant enemy.
"This is another raid on the same number of opponents who come in at 50 against 500. Can I call this courage?
Said the deputy with a bitter face. Though Sodo missed the answer, he knew it was a far cry from courage. Because I knew that Yotta's childcare unit was overflowing with quite a few drug addicts.
"For once, would you like to see it?
Deputy looking somewhat fed up. Sodo nodded at it, "I don't know what else to do," he flaunted.
"People I don't really want to get involved with, but I'll have trouble making noise about abandoning them later, etc."
When Sodo said that, he partially opened up the ship's system for his deputy. Although that is really trivial compared to Yotta's, it was nevertheless definitely the scanning system itself made for Sonar Man. The deputy had the ability as a general sonar man, and the advance party had one sonar man in all two fleets.
"............... it still looks like the enemy has escaped. But what would it be? There are tons of debris floating around. Is it a lightning bolt or something?
The deputy muttered with a blurred look, staring at the hollow. Sodo hoisted a single eyebrow over the word debris, but thought it shouldn't be something like being able to sprinkle a lot of bulk, and appeased.
"The other person is the other person. I'm not going to say it's impossible now or anything, but you're saying you kept yourself inside the lightning field? I doubt your sanity."
"I don't know, but that's a fair amount. It's a pretty small reaction, so it looks like something............... sorry. This is the limit on your own power."
The deputy wet the sweat on his forehead, saying so and exhaling heavily. When Sodo comforted him that it was "enough," he felt the need to change about the future policy he had been thinking about.
The enemy has the art of preparing, replenishing, and operating a large quantity of lightning - or something equivalent. The opponent was cunning and was unlikely to find anything more decisive than this one due to the size of the ship.
"If we could have prepared a few more accurate maps in advance, this would have been avoided in the first place...... there is only one cause for everything. I'm not ready."
The destination where the enemy fleet fled was considered merely interstellar space on Sodo's map. The spider nested path created by the sway of drive particles should not have stretched there. But now the enemy was jumping there, and it was clear that the map was more incorrect.
(What did you rush up there? Should have been something that could have been prevented just by putting the investigation team ahead)
In front of having a deputy, Sodo only brought questions to his mind. War is 80% preparation, and that has been common sense and fact unchanged since ancient times in Tai.
"Looks like Yotta's troops are turning back...... hey, this is terrible"
Apparently the deputy, who was running a detailed scan to the distance again, said so with a glance at his face. The deputy followed Sodo's "go on" words and opened his mouth again.
"Six ships are not in turning motion. Obviously, about ten are showing delays in operation. A lot of the ships you're bringing on, well, you're probably avoiding lightning. If you're not just in a mess, it's a huge damage."
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"It looks like enemy sniping has also begun against slow-moving ships. There are a lot of electronic warplanes, so they seem to be getting away with jamming... I can't do that for a long time, so at best we can do the best we can with rescuers."
"Totally, did they do it? If you're happy that the shelling has stopped, but it doesn't seem to be... what exactly did the enemy sprinkle? I have never heard of anti-ship lightning that can be dispersed in bulk. Is that some kind of new weapon?
Sodo remembered the fact that the enemy had connections with Gigantech and the Imperial Navy, and said so. In fact, there was the fact that some of the Imperial Navy began operating new weapons using live ammunition, which did not seem to have anything to do with the fact that enemy flagships were using live ammunition weapons.
"Our intelligence department doesn't seem to have that information either, but they were the ones who couldn't confirm the presence of the aircraft carrier in the first place. It might be possible............... I'll see what happens"
The deputy took the comms and said so. Sodo nodded silently, reflecting on the screen a map that no longer became anything to be relied upon. I praised above that it was at the beginning of the war that we had a good map of a region with nothing like this, but now that feeling had blown away somewhere.
"It's a long corridor......... if we get through this, we'll be right next to our destination. As long as we hold out here..."
Sodo fingered through the sparse space of drive particles currently sailing by the fleet, biting his teeth all the way down. There was something quite harsh, both physically and mentally, about keeping the long time before the jump reached a possible space exposed to the threat of aircraft carrier raids and long-range sniping.
"Admiral. The..."
A deputy in the hands of a communications machine waved his wearing in a very bewildered manner.
"It turns out who the example lightning is. With about fifty centimetres of motion that can be remotely manipulated, the plasma expander packed inside appears to cause just a small explosion. It seems to be used primarily as a means of damaging engines and thrusters, and there is no damage to the uniforms and armor that was the main"
"Hmm. That's a very niche weapon... for drones or something. I'm pretty sure the other side is exactly the weapon we need right now, but the use area is too limited. They've been mass-producing that stuff since normal times?
"No, that's not what it looks like… the sports body was not produced as a weapon…"
"An improvement on a folk product... too vague an expression for a sports body, but what the hell was it?"
"Well... according to the report... no, the footage has also been sent..."
A deputy who seems to have a hard time answering anything. Besides, I said exactly "answer the question," including Sodo's frustration. Instant spine stretching deputy.
"Ha, excuse me! The enemy used Dildo!
Unexpectedly visited, long silence. Eventually I regained my sanity when Sodo said, "Am I hearing this wrong?" Then the deputy answered with a strange look, "No.
"Definitely in Dildo, Admiral. Vibes, kokeshi, tensors, and callings come in many different ways, but they are so-called masturbation products for women. Considering what the enemy does, well, are you convinced? It was originally built to be remotely operated by BISHOP."
Saying so, the deputy cheeked badly. Sodo didn't know what face to look like, and for now he sighed loudly.
"I don't know if I should praise it for being a flexible idea, or be angry at you for not making a fool of yourself. They... what? How productive is that?
"Wait a minute...... according to the material tens of millions of copies in annual production seem crappy. I don't care how much it costs or takes to weaponize, but it still doesn't seem strange to hold quite a few"
"Right............... ok"
Once Sodo exhaled loudly now, he said, "I have no choice," and held the comms to communicate new instructions to the entire army.
"Fleet Command to all fleets. Change course 180 degrees. After the turn, set the output to the maximum fleet cruise speed. Don't worry about sniping."
Orders by direct communication directed to the flagship of all fleets. Sodo said that briefly, this time making contact towards a place on the ship that is not normally used much.
"Are you ready to damage and prioritize speed?
The deputy says some dissatisfaction. "No," Sodo shook his head at it, briefly giving orders to the comms, then turning to the deputy.
"Before the showdown, no more damage is acceptable. Don't let them expose you to unpredictable attacks. Stop the enemy attack, proceed at full speed, and slap the enemy's main force. Then, let's reclaim the rest of the minefield. In any way, it's no different to being a friend."
I'm just saying it's easy, Sodo. Besides, the deputy leans his neck.
"Is that possible?
In contrast to Sodo, a skeptical facial deputy. Sodo turned to him like that, "There's nothing to say," he prefaced, then said away.
"We're just talking about a truce. Make a flashy declaration against all sides of the enemy."