Gloria, a sub-city proud of its size behind the Empire within the Elsas Magic Empire and also connecting the Kilows Sea to the Tail Sea - a sub-city where people and objects gather naturally to be at the end of the eye and nose of the Marlon Strait, thus also serving as a major trading port.
Built in soil and sun-dried bricks in relation to the terroir, the white Asia building with its walls and roofs painted white with lime lines up with the unevenness, entertaining the eyes of travellers and the men of the sea who stopped by in its white and beautiful streets.
Then I shifted my gaze from the streets and looked around the city, and a large crowd of people wearing sunscreen cloth were so lively that I didn't think they were in the middle of a war.
But it was also a story limited to the front street, one step into the back street, full of starved air, people who came out of the province looking for work, but did not have a job and became vagrants, living corpses who turned away from the hard reality and drugged them lay everywhere, like chimps with scratches on their tibia and bumpy adventurers who couldn't walk down the front street, and people living in the poor neighborhoods of Gloria were walking in the open.
In the heart of Gloria, a city with such a back and surface face, a huge castle protected by robust walls and a lavish palace are built to tell the story of the imperial authority.
On the north side facing the sea there was a barrier that surrounded the city and continued into the sea, and at the confluence of the barrier there was the only gate - the Daimon - through which trading vessels and fishing vessels could enter and exit.
Also on the outside of the main gate is a fort made by landfilling a rocky reef, which disturbs and doubly inhibits the invaders from the sea.
The north side is laid with a strict defensive stance that way, but everything is not strictly protected only by the north side.
In addition to being strategically and geographically important, Gloria is a sub-city of the Empire, where the entire city is highly fortified and the defensive posture of the iron wall is in place, and where the forces deployed for defense were not half viable.
"You're not coming... enemy"
Dozens of flying demon-guided weapons were forming a sentry flight about 30 kilometres from such Gloria.
"Number three over number one, shut up and do your job."
"... Unit three, roger."
The pilot of aircraft number three, who was wasted on aircraft number one, the captain's plane, looked bored and replied, dropping his gaze on the monitor that showed what was going on outside in the cockpit of the flying demonic weapon and looking out at the blue sea.
"... Ah, I'm free ~. I mean, is there really an enemy coming here?
Ten minutes after the pilot of aircraft number three shut up, other pilots who had no time raised their voices.
"Unit 10... Shut up"
'Isn't that right, enough to talk? I'm free...'
'Ha... You need to be a little more nervous. Look, it was a week ago that the enemy destroyed the Zeuro Sea defensive fleet and crossed the Kunai Strait. If the enemy is headed straight for here, they might come at this moment, too, right?
"Ahahahahaha, captain... the enemy isn't stupid either, is he? Whatever it is, there's no way you're going to attack this Gloria. '
'Yes, Captain. Gloria has hundreds of thousands of soldiers, thousands of demon-guided weapons, automatic puppets, nearly 500 ships loaded with new artillery, and over 300 new dual-use ships.
'Yes, and rumors have it that the crossers are in Gloria's palace. I hear all the travellers are a thousand fierce men, so if you have to, the travellers will kick your enemies. "
"You guys are really easy guys... think about why every soldier in Gloria is in battle placement, and even the aircrafts are anchored and on sentry flight? The enemy must come here."
"Once again ~. The enemy's destiny comes from land, right? Then you wouldn't seriously kill each other because it's supposed to be the Squad that comes here. It's done properly."
As a result of intelligence regulation by the upper echelons of the empire, the soldiers at the end of the line, who had only been given well-touched information, had no idea that the empire had been devastated and in distress.
"Hmm? What?
A black shadow appeared on the monitor for a moment as pilot number three was listening to the other pilots' futility stories through the Magic Conductor.
"What's up, Unit 3?
"No, for a moment on the monitor..."
He lost consciousness forever the moment Pilot No. 3 tried to answer the Captain's query.
'Huh!! Flight number three has been killed!!
Flying at a speed of Mach 5, aircraft number 3, which was instantly manned by fire after eating a direct strike from a missile, crashes towards the Kiuros Sea.
And the fuselage exploded as it spinned and crashed like a dead leaf, blowing to a fine piece of wood dust.
"All planes scattered!! Scatter - Grrrrrrrrrrrr!!
"Ku, I'm coming!!
'Ugh, wow, wow!
"I got hit!! Damn it!! Falling!! Falling!! Somebody!! Somebody help me!! Hot!! There's a fire in the cockpit, there's a fire. Aaaaaaaaah!
It was a flying demon-guided weapon that quickly moved into evasive action in a sudden ambush attack, but it could not escape countless missiles and exploded in the sky one after the other.
"Huh!! 3 o'clock direction, distance 8000!! Demon Guided Weapon in Sentinel Flight is under attack!!
"Enemy attack!? Take a rudder!! Lower altitude to 100!!
"And take a rudder!! Advanced - da, no!! Evasion, we can't make it!!
"Enemy rounds approaching!!
"... damn. This is the place!!
The sentry, which confirmed that the flying demonic guidance weapon would be shot down with a bump, rushes into evasive action, but in time, it crashes down as it eats through the hull and spits black smoke on the dozens of missiles that flew in.
All the flying demon-guided weapons and air navigation ships that were flying to protect Gloria's sky will be shot down by a group of missiles that pushed in enough numbers to fill the sky.
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A large fleet of parabellums approached Gloria that, when all the ships, large and small, were combined, would amount to nearly 4,000 ships.
"31st Combat Attack Fleet, Zero All Aircraft Remnants. I'm returning from this."
At the Blue Ridge Battle Command Station (CIC), the flagship of an expedition fleet of several flocks, soldiers were always serious and encouraged to do their job in order to succeed in the Gloria offensive strategy that had finally begun.
"First offensive team, ten minutes to Gloria."
A full-scale attack was finally launched when a devastating blow struck the Empire's aerial power, which was flying to defend Gloria's skies by AIM-54 Phoenix, a long-range air-to-air missile that went up hundreds fired from the 31st Combat Attack Flight Force (a flying force formed only by F-14 Tomcat), entrusted with the blow of announcing the opening of Gloria's strategy.
"Incoming from the avant-garde fleet. Launch long-range guns and cruise missiles, ground-to-ground rocket fire."
In the wake of the destruction of enemy air power, 10 Spruance Class Destroyers and 3 Zumwalt Class Destroyers served as the avant-garde of the Expeditionary Fleet, as well as 13 rocket-propelled ground-to-ground attack guided artillery shells and INS/GPS guided missiles, Tomahawk cruise missiles and powerless skid guided bombs (Brilliant vs. Armored Bombs) were fired from the avant-garde fleet consisting of 30 anti-ground attack (land-supported) battleships equipped with 3 to 5 automatic 127mm guns and MLRS - forced to launch launchers for a multiple-integrated rocket system.
"All bullets fired, all bullets fired!!
"Knock in everything you can!! Don't think about it later!!
"" "Roger!!
In the avant-garde fleet, which progresses slowly towards Gloria, the attack can continue with the momentum of exhausting all the ammunition on board.
And the rain of guided shells and tomahawks fired from the avant-garde fleet pinpoint Gloria's military installations, and the black smoke that flames have burned and sprayed up the military installations dyes Gloria's sky in pitch black.
An inductor bomb detached from the ATACMS body over Gloria also deployed wings with acoustic sensors to slide and scan the ground.
The infrared sensor dares attack from above when it captures the target demonic weapon.
When an inductor bomb hit a neatly lined demonic weapon and a tandem-type molded explosive munition burst, it completely destroyed the demonic weapon.
But that wasn't the end of it. When the whole demon weapon blew up, the demon weapon that was parked around him detonated like a domino defeat, causing the damage to expand.
……
The soldiers of the Imperial Army were unable to carry out fire suppression operations in the untouchable situation where the flames were wild and the detonation invited them to detonate, and were just watching the demonic weapon burning quietly.
"Yay, Captain, it's tough!! G., Gloria is under attack!!
Outside Gloria, in a military facility, a guard who noticed Gloria's anomaly changes his blood phase and jumps indoors.
"Become!! Enemy attack!? Why did I miss it!!
"Oh, wow, I don't know!! Nothing is shown in Magic Conductive Detective!!
"Such a stupid thing to do!! - Huh!! Look!! One enemy after another is passing over our heads!!
A soldier looking up at the sky through a window and capturing the enemy yells at his men.
"Well, even if they say so... There's nothing on this crossover made demon-conductive detective!!
Aren't you in Gloria's castle or palace? The soldiers of the Empire, who had placed their trust in the magic conductor detective that the rumored crosser had made, could not hide their confusion and frustration at the unhelpful magic conductor at a critical time.
"Shit!! You useless piece of shit!! Where are the enemies from!!
The fact that the First Attack Squad, which departed from the aircraft carrier of the Expeditionary Fleet and flew to Gloria, was formed exclusively of F-35C Lightning II, which had stealth performance, and the poor performance of the Magic Conductive Detector of the Rapid Buildings, led to the unhelpful defamation of the Magic Conductive Detector.
"And the enemy is coming this way!!
"Everybody evacuate!! Run!
The demon-conductive probe installed outside Gloria is large, and because it was a radar facility at a glance, it was destroyed by an F-35C bombing that noticed its existence.
As a result, the demon-conductive detective soon gained a chance to regain his honor and ended up with a real crap.
"Incoming power from the first attack team. Enemy counterattack is faint. I have control of the airspace, Seri."
Gloria's aviation and maritime capabilities were devastated and completely silenced by the first offensive team consisting of 200 F-35C aircraft.
That made the air and sea control rights in Gloria's perimeter belong to Parabellum.
Attack team two, ten minutes to Gloria.
While the First Attack Squad was still rumbling around over Gloria, 300 Second Attack Squads, consisting of F-14 and F/A-18E/F Super Hornets, AV-8B Harrier II and Su-33, hardened themselves in uniform for ground attacks, were approaching Gloria.
Attack Squad III, start launch.
Furthermore, it is good that Kazuya was summoned together when he summoned the aircraft carrier, but there was not enough training time to change the model, nor enough aircraft to board itself, so he was summoned and renovated with himself. Loving aircraft - Zero onboard fighter type 62, onboard bomber comet, onboard attacker meteor, F6F hellcat, SB2C heldiver, TBF Avenger and so on - the third attack unit, which was to assemble and launch in 1500 old aircraft, will kick the flight deck one after the other while hanging heavy bombs and fly out into the air.
Attack team four, prepare to launch.
Another eighty drone fighter striker hitting the flight deck of two Nimitz-class nuclear carriers with a slack - the X-47B Pegasus - enters the final check before the first inning.
"The Fifth Attack Team pilots will be ready to launch."
Helicopter units serving as the Fifth Attack Squad - AH-1Z Vipers, Hydra 70 rocket rounds, and UH-1Y Venom pilots armed with GAU-17 miniguns - were being assembled.
Before the arrival of the Expeditionary Fleet in Gloria as a result of the major air raid, which thus spanned five conveniences by dusk, Gloria's defensive posture had completely collapsed and ceased to function at all.
That too should be true, as of the time of the attack by the avant-garde fleet and the First Attack Squad, the Imperial Army's means of counterattack - the flying demonic guided weapon and the air navigation vessel - have already been lost.
Much of Gloria's defense equipment was blown away by the ensuing Second Attack Squad induction bombs and pinpoint bombings of anti-ground missiles.
Gloria's military installations were turned into piles of rubble by a triple beating of horizontal bombardments, sudden descent bombardments and machine gun fire by a third assault squad swarming Gloria like Yunxia.
Also in the bombing of the Fourth Attack Squad, large holes were drilled in the strong city walls surrounding Gloria and the walls protecting the castles and palaces.
And by the time difference, the Fifth Attack Squad was able to retrieve the remains of their companions, remove debris, and restore a little bit of defense, wiping out the Imperial Army soldiers with machine guns, rocket rounds, and BGM-114 Hellfire.
"Finally, tomorrow..."
"Yep. You'll be busy tomorrow."
The military activities of the Parabellan army on that day ended when the last finishing touched the entire downtown area of Gloria with a villa of evacuation recommendations not to be involved in the Gloria landing battle, which the C-2 Greyhound of the ship's transporter withheld the next day, all carried over the next day.
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"... what the hell is that"
"Lying...... right?
"Oh, God..."
"Oh my... it's a big ship..."
Soldiers who managed to survive the tumultuous day of being subjected to air raids by unknown groups of weapons and were able to bathe in the morning sun alive gazed at the sea.
Dozens of black steel castles float above the sea at the edge of the soldier's blind view.
It's a war day.
Colonel Ariga, the captain, was staring from the bridge of Yamato, the largest ship, to see the streets of Gloria shining white in the morning sun.
"Yeah, no clouds, the wind is calm. You're blessed with the weather."
"Uhm.... and how are the enemies?
Captain Ariga nodded at the deputy captain's response, looking back from Gloria, inquiring about the intelligence staff member who was holding the information terminal in his hand.
"Ha, according to reports of undercover detectives infiltrating Gloria, the enemy is taking up a thorough anti-war plot."
"Well... why don't you surrender quickly?... go on."
"Ha, later... reports that the Imperial Army is keeping citizens trying to escape Gloria after receiving our evacuation recommendations"
"What? So there are still citizens in downtown?
"Exactly. As a result, shelling of the city is prohibited in principle."
"... you mean the meat wall? Whatever it is, it's troublesome."
Hmm... you have to go through the city to occupy the castles and palaces where the troops landing in Gloria are the most important targets of domination.
In the meantime, even if the civilian population is handicapped while passing through the city and being attacked by an enemy, we can't properly support artillery fire and close air support.
... I hope nothing happens.
"… Captain, it's time for the operation to begin"
The deputy captain speaks to Captain Ariga when he realizes that the time is approaching for the start of the operation when Captain Ariga faces the report of the intelligence staff.
"Yeah? It's that time already...... Shall we go to battle command?"
"" "Ha" "
Finally, Captain Ariga, who burned the beautiful streets of Gloria in his eyes, took his men to the battle command post on board.
"All ships in place."
Five minutes till the shelling starts.
"Warning, deck men, evacuate aboard. I repeat, all decks, evacuate the ship."
Nearly seventy battleships, including 'Yamato', had assembled in the waters 15 kilometres off Gloria to carry out support shelling.
"But... that's spectacular"
"Yeah, I've never seen so many battleships together before. Really..."
Captain Ariga and his deputy spoke with emotion as they watched the LCD screen where the outboard footage flowed inside the battle command post.
Thus, while the two men were having a conversation, the time for the start of the operation approached momentarily, and two minutes before the start of the operation, all the ships simultaneously swiveled the main and secondary guns to 90 degrees to the right, taking high angles, and setting the gunpoint towards the target and firing posture.
By the way, the battleships assembled to support the shelling of Operation Gloria ranged from age to nationality, a sight that is sure to shed tears of tears if you see what you see.
Five, four, three, two, one, zero until the shelling starts.
The moment the operator countdown begins and the clock needle points to 7am.
The massive ship artillery fire, which is underneath for Gloria's offensive, has finally begun.
"Start shooting the main cannon simultaneously!!
Three dozen 45-calibre 46cm3 combined guns of "Yamato" protruded over the sea in the starboard direction with the hanging of the length of the torpedo emitted a dazzling flash of glare and burst flames simultaneously.
Moments, the area is surrounded by thunderous roars and tremendous shock waves that crush the ears and rock the bottom of the belly, the sea surface that was being waved is dimpled for a moment by the shock waves, and the firecrackers are mow and the standing ship itself is heavily shaken by a single-reflex recoil.
Also, other battleships that were expanding around Yamato were shaking Yurayura in black smoke because they unleashed the main cannon just like Yamato.
"Until it landed... three, two, one, now!!
Hundreds of shells fly in the air simultaneously, and the flying sound of a shell called Hulhul plays a song of death as if it were an orchestra.
And the song of death - a song announcing death to an Imperial Army soldier came to an end, and Gloria blew it up at the same time she heard the sound of a hyun like Reaper shook down a sickle.
The earthquake burst filled Gloria and shockwaves rushed around, mushroom-shaped burning columns of fire and black smoke rose heavenly high and the stones blown up by the explosion swept through the tunes, and the winding dirt and sand poured down to the ground like zaazaa and rain.
"Ugh... guh... ho, ho... wow... did you?
For decades, soldiers of the Empire, fortunate enough to survive the heavy rains of poured shells, arose and rose buried in dust and dust.
"... hey... no... what the... this..."
It was Gloria's tragedy that accidentally made me want to cover my eyes when the smoke burst into the wind enveloping the area, opening my sight and at the same time jumping into the soldiers' eyes.
For hundreds of years, Daimon and the rocky reef fortifications, which have refused repeatedly to invade by external enemies, disappeared beautifully and refreshingly from the foundations themselves.
Coastal turrets, castles and palaces in Gloria, shaped by piles of shaped rocks and bricks scraped out of the rocky mountains, and fortified areas except downtown - several giant craters in pots had been carved into places where the majority had been turned into piles of rubble as a result of yesterday's air raid, and everything had disappeared.
"... where is everyone..."
Once the landscape changed and I didn't know where I was, when I was searching for company in yo-yo and unwary footsteps, another shell was fired and landed from a group of battleships that had finished loading the next bullet.
The soldier who was looking for his companion was swallowed by the flash, and made a resumption with the companion he was looking for.
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That was when he consumed about a third of the shells he was planning to shoot into Gloria and drove many Imperial Army soldiers out of combat by shell neurosis (shell shock) - post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
"- Huh!! Emergency call from 'Blue Ridge'!! Cease fire immediately. I repeat, cease firing immediately."
The voice of a telecommuter echoes in the battle command post of "Yamato".
"Cease shelling...? What's the matter? Is something wrong?
"Ha, that's... I don't know the details, but anything. An operative infiltrating Gloria's castle accidentally secured a crossover... He did, but the crossover wants asylum in our country..."
"Asylum...... you say?
Captain Ariga looked like a pigeon eating a bean cannon in the words of a telecommuter.
"That's right. … As of now, the ship's artillery fire has stopped, and the landing unit has been rapidly disembarked and transferred to Gloria's control."
"Such an idiot!! Some areas haven't been hit by shelling yet!! Besides, the landing squad's landing should have started at noon and would not be ready to land yet!!
"That's... talking about landing them sequentially from a ready unit... Anyway, Delta Force and the 75th Ranger Regiment, which are ready to deploy at the moment, are going to deploy immediately. Delta Force will also be ahead by helicopter and the 75th Ranger Regiment will be heading for the castle by road through downtown. And after the leading Delta Force took control and occupation of Gloria's castle, transfer the crossers here by helicopter if possible. If it is not possible, a subsequent 75th Ranger regiment will transfer it by road. In addition, as soon as ready, start landing the main Marine Corps Divisions 1, 2, 3 and other units. We're moving to full control of Gloria."
"A gradual infusion of troops... you say? I want to forget about the battle lesson on Gajima!! In case anything happens, it sucks, they'll destroy each one!!
"Huh!! ……
Nothing wrong with Captain Ariga's drink. The telecommuters tremble in dismay.
"Shit, I'll protest you directly to Fleet Command"
He was Captain Ariga, who vomited evil and sent a protest to "Blue Ridge" fleet command, but the decision would not be overridden and the landing would begin.
And this will be the major turning point in the battle over Gloria.
Unfortunately, Captain Ariga's fears became real.