The hero magician wants to relax. He was too active and targeted for his life, so we'll start over.

The Third Fleet of the True Empire was under unidentified attack.

Admiral Eyalhall frowned at the command tower of the flagship "Tornado".

I can't see the enemy.

When I recognize a super-speed object coming from a distance, my ship is pierced and blown to pieces.

"Is it an artillery shell...?"

A true Great Empire battleship protected by a barrier crystal defense was destroyed and sunk in a single blow. Its power penetrates the armor of Battleships. It's the last thing we need to do if we're targeted.

"Random Dodge! Evasive motion while watching out for warships!"

Third Fleet Each ship does not know where the enemy is, but each performs evasive actions. It's just that if you're flying straight, you're just going to be charmed.

However, the ultra-high velocity artillery shells flying out of nowhere, burying one of them, and one of the True/Great Empire ships, in an attempt to mock such evasion.

"Can't you see the enemy...?"

The captain looked back at Lieutenant General Eyalhall's murmur.

“Anti-aircraft surveillance and other sightings have no reaction from the enemy!”

Ultra-long range artillery......

An out-of-range range from outside the area of enemies. If I didn't know who the enemy was in the first place, I couldn't fight back.

"The location of the attack is unknown." But to see the ballistics, my fleet is surrounded. ”

The chief of staff roared.

"But this is... impossible."

The longer the artillery shell, the harder it is to hit. Ballistic calculations by adding atmospheric conditions such as wind speed and direction, his and my position, speed and orientation, and various other factors. Anyway, the necessary data and calculations are necessary, and the performance of the machine that makes it do so is also important.

The high level of straightness of the enemy's ultra-high velocity artillery shells is unlikely to ignore some of the conditions, nor will they calculate them at all.

No, not yet. The enemy has sophisticated projectiles, so we can convince them.

The problem is that the shells are so powerful that even the heavily armored battleships have the power to sink them. A ship capable of operating artillery of that class would probably make an enemy battleship class.

A Battleship class with a cannon to wipe out such a blow is rummaging against the enemy. This is a terrible thing.

The fleet of the True and Great Empires is under attack from enemies who can only unilaterally destroy them without a second hand.

"Facts are facts, they are happening in front of us."

Lieutenant General Eyalhall lifted the edge of his lips.

"When it comes to enemies who can do this kind of thing, it's still Sheepang." Jin Amiwool. "

Elusive Magician

The chief of staff looks bitter.

"Exactly, an attack worthy of that alias." We can't even see his fleet. "

I wonder what's going on here.

Lieutenant General Eyalhall thought about it.

What the hell is that weapon?

"It's definitely a live ammunition shell. But being hit in the blink of an eye....."

What do you see when the shells are on fire?

"Probably due to friction with the atmosphere." It must be so fast. ”

"How many ships do you think there are, Chief of Staff?"

What kind of battleship fires at the enemy's ultra-high velocity artillery shells? - Lieutenant General Eyalhall's words are echoed by the Chief of Staff.

"From what I can see, the ballistics are too fragmented..." There must be at least ten of them. "

"I don't know where the enemy is shooting from."

"I think I'm observing from somewhere..." Aeronautical staff! Where's the scout plane? "

"I still can't see the enemy shadow."... and I was talking to the staff about it. "

The aviation chief of staff said with a difficult face.

Maybe the enemy is using a single-use shell.

What do you mean?

When Lieutenant General Eyalhall asked, the Aviation Chief of Staff began to explain.

"I was concerned that the provenance of the shells I observed was really unnatural..." Rather than artillery fire, I thought the artillery sniper tactics the Army was working on were more like moving and changing positions after a single attack. ”

"Artillery fire from land?"

"No, no ground-mounted turret with a limited range would be a direct hit by an evasive ship."

The aviation chief saw his colleague, the artillery chief.

“I assumed that the source of the mutilation was not only the battleship but also the cruiser class.”

Can you operate such a powerful weapon on a cruiser?

When the chief of staff cried out, the artillery chief nodded.

“There is also the possibility of a dedicated gunship. It could be a ship with only one cannon that uses the ultra-high velocity shell, and the others are omits."

Without any extra gear and a single ship dedicated to that weapon, we could certainly stock up on Battleship class weapons on board our cruisers. It would be a ship that cannot be used for any other purpose, so it is doubtful if it would be cost-effective.

"However, in this case, I think you're using a disposable gun that can only be fired once." That explains why the source of the attack is different every time. ”

If you're a Battleship and you have a series of dedicated ships in operation, they should be able to move somewhat, but still fire from relatively close proximity to the first attack. But that doesn't explain the fact that the spot where it was observed flying in is fragmented.

For example, if each of the 20 ships fired one shell at a time, we can see that the observed ballistics of the attack were different.

"At least, it seems more realistic than if there were 10 or 20 battleships that could use such a superweapon."

No matter what kind of weapon, those with high performance are costly and difficult to operate. If the Empire had similar technology, how many ships could it build?

“I don't know. It's that Sheepang.”

Lieutenant General Eyalhall smiled deeply.

"I think they're at least ahead of us." It's a superpower you haven't seen yet. Ten or twenty such unrealistic weapons. No, I may have the national power to operate 50. "

Don't try by your own measure. That's Jin Amiwool and Sea Pang, Lieutenant General Eyalhall thinks.

And the situation moves.

"Reporting! I am detecting an enemy fleet approaching our fleet!"