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Chapter 393
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Chapter 393 – Chicken Run
“Hmm, what should we do about it? Hmm, hmm.”
Rinko is unusually upset by this. She starts mumbling to herself while dancing in a strange way, a mixture of hula and bon dance. There are people who make strange movements when they think, aren’t there?
But that’s not important right now. I don’t know what to do and look up at the sky.
“Hey, Rinko, even if it’s a torpedo, it’s impossible to make a judgment without knowing the extent of the threat.”
“I know it’s based on my design, but the only thing I can predict is the propulsion and guidance systems. The explosive power depends on the amount of gunpowder loaded and the detonation method…”
Myrril looks at us with a puzzled expression.
“Sorry to interrupt, but what is a torpedo?”
“Well, it’s a… a projectile that has the power to sink military ships, and it chases its target through the water.”
“I see.”
Mir-san, that ‘I see’ doesn’t sound like a sense of crisis or fear. It sounds more like an engineer’s intellectual curiosity.
“It’s the same type as the ‘missile.’ What does it detect to track its target?”
“Hmm?”
“The missile loaded on the ‘Ekuranoplan’ was said to fly along a certain magic power, but is it the same in this case?”
Missile, is that it? The guided anti-ship missile that Rinko specially made that sank the Imperial Navy gunboat in the southern continent. Before I knew it, we were sharing this kind of technical information with Rinko.
“In my design, it was sound.”
“Sound?”
“Yes. The naval forces of the Republic, which was the Empire’s hypothetical enemy, had no magical weapons installed, so a magical power detection system would not be able to detect the target. However, each ship has a sound source that is marked with a specific rhythm. The work of ‘marking’ the sound source of the target is necessary. That’s what we’re doing now.”
I think they’re doing something with the coffin-like torpedoes in the water, but I can’t see it.
“Are you sure they’re going to attack us?”
“There is no other reason to put a guided torpedo in the water. Your Majesty, please make a decision.”
Rinko hands me a microphone for the ship’s internal transmission.
I guess gunboat diplomacy naturally attracts the opposition of the locals. I hadn’t expected that our captain’s legacy would be turned against us.
I press the call button.
“Caretta-jiisan, prepare to fire the 100mm cannon. Target: landing craft ahead.”
“Roger!”
“The target is soft. Use high explosive rounds. Prioritize the one with the coffin in the water. Use the machine gun if necessary.”
“You can count on me!”
“Heimann-jiisan, can you go full throttle?”
“Yes, I’m ready!”
“At the same time as Caretta-jiisan fires, we’ll break through the center of the enemy fleet formation. We’ll continue straight ahead and take control of the harbor area.”
“Roger.”
Rinko gives instructions to the bear-beastman’s helmsman.
“This is Caretta. Main guns and machine guns ready to fire!”
“Fire!”
A roar echoed, and the ship’s hull shook slightly. The enemy ships were shattered, and they rained down on the surface of the sea, along with the flames. One ship was hit on each side. The other three were unable to move with their coffins in the water as they tried to attack us. We would also be defenseless until we loaded the ship’s cannons.
“Alright… Heimann-jiisan, full speed ahead!”
“Aye, full speed ahead!”
The frigate begins to accelerate, emitting a roar that resonates in the stomach. In the captain’s seat, Rinko lets out a villainous laugh.
“Hahahaha, this is wonderful! The flagship of the Casemaian Navy is finally showing its true power! Caretta-jiichan, blow it up!”
The frigate steams straight toward the inner bay of the harbor, weaving between the landing craft that has come to a halt on the sea. Just before it passes, the machine guns on either side roar to life, unleashing a hail of bullets on the landing craft a short distance away. Flames rise as the black powder ignites, and splinters of blasted wood can be seen floating in the air.
“The one on the right fired before it exploded!”
“Turn to the right, all the way!”
Rinko orders the helmsman to turn the ship, then looks behind us through the starboard window.
“Can you handle the machine gun?”
“Leave it to me! Heimann, keep the speed steady!”
“Roger!”
Clinging to the sloping deck, Myrril and I also look out the starboard window for the torpedo’s wake. The violently churned sea surface is covered in fine white waves, so it’s hard to see.
“That thing…”
Something was coming towards us in a wide arc in the direction Myrril was pointing. It wasn’t moving very fast, but it was a question of whether we could shake it off at full speed. Judging by the way it was moving after being buffeted by the waves, it seemed to be following us closely.
“That thing is really following us, isn’t it?”
“I did the basic design and verification, so if we get sunk, I’ll just be an idiot.”
“What, if it comes to that, the Demon King will take care of things.”
Like a god putting an end to the chaos of the theater? The Demon King is also on stage now.
The starboard machine gun fires a short burst at the torpedo coming at our flank.
“That one missed. A little further back… that’s it!”
There was an explosion about 200 meters away, and a spray of water shot high into the air.
“How about that!”
I could hear cheers over the ship’s intercom as Caretta-jiisan shouted.
“Thank you, Caretta-jiichan. Hyman-jiichan, slow down the engines.”
“Slow down the engines, aye.”
“Turn back the rudder, turn 90 degrees to the left.”
“Understood.”
Finally, the crisis is over, and the frigate heads for the inner bay of the harbor. It is a little more than four kilometers to the central quay, which faces the fortress in the deepest part of the port. From here, we will make our imposing presence known as we demand the surrender and bloodless opening of the city.
“Oh, that’s right, Yoshua. We’ll be within range of the fortress’ guns at about half that distance.”
“What? What’s that?”
A cannon with a maximum range of two kilometers? I’ve never heard of anything like that. Or rather, if there was such a thing, you should have told me about it before.
“Sorry, I just remembered. I guess I didn’t take it seriously.”
What does that mean?
“Isn’t that Rinko’s bronze cannon?”
The clumsy saint, now the clumsy captain, looked over at me and shook his head with a very subtle half-smile.
What’s with that reaction?
“Well… it’s the self-proclaimed most powerful super-secret weapon of the Imperial Army, the ‘Magic Compression Cannon.’ I don’t really know much about its specifications other than its range.”
“Huh?”
“The Imperial Army Experimental Development Unit I was in had a bad relationship with the Field Verification Unit. I heard that it was developed by the higher organization of the Field Verification Unit.”
“Well, but you know, since it’s the Experimental Verification Unit, it must be something that can be used, right?”
“I don’t know. Those guys are notorious for not verifying things. Well, the place I was at was also full of incompetent people who didn’t experiment or develop anything, so maybe that’s just the way things are in this country.”
“Is that so?”
“Like they just shamelessly proclaim their ideals and desires?”
Yes, there are such people. Anyway, they’re a pain in the ass.
“Destroy them at the captain’s discretion.”
“Understood. Caretta-jiichan, prepare to fire. Target is directly ahead, enemy battery protruding from the top of the fortress.”
“Roger. At 2,500 meters, I’ll take them out.”
“Good, then keep going straight.”
Rinko said in a cheerful voice to the young bear-beastman who was the helmsman.
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