User blog:Meta07/Fanfic: Eternal Wars - Chapter 16

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Japana Sea, 6:00 AM
Aturya: *via radio* Ok, this is it... are you ready?

Mizuki: The battleship Daimyo, as well as all of the soldiers involved, me included, are ready to sacrifice our lives, tennou-sama!

Aturya: (Whoa, I don't want you to die just yet! :S)If this operation fails then we'll lose the war... We must capture Raikengrad as soon as possible!

Mizuki: Hai, tennou-sama! *deeps breath*

Kohaku: Nee... why is Raikengrad so important?

Kenshi: You didn't know? Most of Deshion's most important warfare factories are located there. Nearly 50% of the Deshion weapons are made from Raikengrad! Plus it's the nearest major city to Japana.

Kohaku: Eeeeee~... sou ka... (is that so?)

Kenshi: Yes, and we just hope the worst thing from there doesn't come... *sigh*

As Kenshi looks up in the sky with worried eyes, Aturya commence the operation.

Aturya: Ok then, I order you to go!

Mizuki: Hai, tennou-sama!

Hate: Everyone, get on this passengers' ship!

Everyone then does what Hate said.

Japanese Scout: Mizuki-sama! The Deshion forces are already coming! They've heard about this operation!

Mizuki: Not surprising... this ship was made just to prepare for it after all...

Aturya: Ok now, from here to Raikengrad is nearly 500 km away, so take care, ok? That battleship is everything we've got!

Mizuki: Hai, tennou-sama! *closes cell phone* *sigh* It'll be a tough marathon of sorts...

After that, the Daimyo, its surrounding destroyers, fighters and bombers all go forward. The fighters act as scout, and the destroyers form a circle around the Daimyo to protect it. The passenger's ship that contains everyone else in the story drives behind the Daimyo. However, danger comes quickly... After the Daimyo has driven nearly 70 km, there's a call...

Scout Fighter Pilot: *huff puff* Mizuki-sama! Over 300 Deshion fighters are coming! Please take action immediately!

Mizuki: WHAT?! OVER 300?! I didn't expect them to send this much...

Scout Pilot: But it's true, sir!

Mizuki: *sigh* Ok, then... we have... around 30 fighters, right?

Scout Pilot: Yes, Mizuki-sama!

Mizuki: What kind of fighters?

Scout Pilot: *sigh*... RV-8, Mizuki-sama!

Mizuki: CARRIER-BASED NAVAL FIGHTERS?! Ack...

Scout Pilot: Y...yes, sir... (seriously, what else could it be...)

Mizuki: ...I don't know much about planes, but sending 30 fighters to fight 300 fighters would be suicide... *sigh* Ok then, I have an idea! Team Hayabusa,  rush towars those fighters and fire EMP missiles at them, you have one each plane, and that should be enough, then return immediately! Then, all other fighters, circle around the ships, and fire off the fighters together with the naval AA guns! The Daimyo's and the destroyers' machineguns should be able to do this!

Pilots: Hai, Mizuki-sama!

The Japanese forces then do what Mizuki said, with the 5 supersonic fighters from Team Hayabusa rushing towards the Deshion fighters and fire EMP missiles at them. 2 of the missiles missed, but 3 of them hit the planes, which cause the other planes to fail and drop into the sea. Roughly 41 planes dropped from this tactic. When returning, one Hayabusa fighter got shot down, but the other 4 returned safely to help preparing for the defense.

A little while later, the sky around the Daimyo can be seen covered with black fighters. Bullets were fired everywhere frrom the ships' large AA guns, and from the remaining 29 Japanese fighters. Some hit the fighters, some don't. However, hundreds of fighters fall down, both Deshian and Japanese. Some of the Deshian fighters hit the ships and other figthers while falling, damaging them.

As for the Deshian fighters, they dropped many bombs and torpedoes which damage the Japana fleet severely. Some of the destroyers were heavily damaged, and one of them, the destroyer Same, was sunk in the process. The Daimyo has also taken damage, but with her naval skills, Mizuki managed to drive and swerve it in such a way that most bombs and torpedoes miss slightly, or only hit the tough, unimportant parts of the ship. Her repairing crew helped a lot, too. However, that still didn't stop them from destroying one of the Daimyo's main turret, and one of its 2-cannon turrets.

The passenger's ship on the back, which is actually also a kind of destroyer, was bombed too, but it took minimal damage. Plus, from there, Sean decided to help with his sniper, so he could also take some of RV-8s down. (YAY, Sean actually does something helpful at last!). After the attack, all of Deshian fighters are down, since they know that if they escape return, it'll be a death sentence for them under Decker's oath anyways. However, only 2 Japanese fighters and 5 Japanese bombers remain intact.

Sean: PHEW! It has ended at last! Let's celebrate, girls! *looks at Kenshi*

Kenshi: Don't be happy yet sir! That's only the first attack, Deshion surely has much more to offer!

Aturya: *sigh* We lost nearly all of our fighters...

Myriad: Shouldn't be something to worry about too much. Our forces are still strong. The fighters have completed their duties, anyway. The enemy fighters have all been destroyed. *continues reading her book*

Aturya: D...demo... geez, you always so cold...

Myriad: *sigh* Am I...? I was actually just trying to tell you to stop worrying about that too much and that we still have a high chance of success...

Aturya: Sou ka...

Azura: Sugoi desu~!!!!! So many monstrous eagles falling down desu~!!!! Our mythical sharks and fiery falcons are definitely something deeessuuu~!!!

Kohaku: Be quiet, please! *pinches Azura's cheeks* Chiheehee...

Azura: Ow! Ow ow ow ow ow~...

Miyu: Aha... ahahaha...

Kenshi: *sigh* How can these girls still be too playful...

Myriad: I personally think they're just trying to do things to calm their emotions down...

Kenshi: Eh?

Myriad: Miyu has a really worried look on her face, and Kohaku wouldn't normally be that randomly playful towards kids like Azura.

Kenshi: ... ... I wonder how Mizuki's doing... The Daimyo hasn't received critical damage yet, so I hope she's fine...

Japanese Sailor: Wh...what is it, Mizuki-sama?

Mizuki: *trembles* Nearly all fighters were shot down...

Japanese Sailor: It's ok, Mizuki-sama! You did your..

Mizuki: *slams* *cries* If only Haruka-san was here, the casualty would've been much lower! *sobs*

Japanese Sailor: M...Mizuki-sama...?

Mizuki: *sobs* I'M SUCH A FAILURE!

Japanese Sailor: CALM DOWN, Mizuki-sama! That was 30 against 300! You couldn't... if it wasn't for you, our ships would've been sunk already!

Mizuki: ...

After a good while later...

Mizuki: This is Mizuki reporting! We're 290 km away from Raikengrad!

Aturya: Hai! Very well done, Mizuki! Just keep up at this pace!

Mizuki: Hai! The surroundings are clear, so we should be safe for a.. WHOAAAAA!!!

Mizuki screams as the Daimyo rumbles.

Aturya: Wh...WHAT IS IT, MIZUKI?!

Mizuki: T...torpedoes! WE'VE BEEN ENCOUNTERED BY HOSTILE SUBMARINES, TENNOU-SAMA!

Aturya: S...submarines?!

Mizuki: Hai, tennou-sama! Destroyers Kujira and Mekajiki, find the submarines quickly with sonar! All remaining fighters, bombers, and your destroyers, get your depth charges ready!

Japanese Soldiers: Hai, Mizuki-sama!

The soldiers then once again do what Mizuki said, but the Mekajiki got destroyed by torpedoes before it could complete its scan for submarines.

Kujira Captain: 8 submarines found this side, Mizuki-sama! Gah! *gets shot by torpedo* I...it's ok, Mizuki-sama! We haven't taken critical damage yet!

Mizuki: Gnnnh... this is too dangerous... Wani, replace Mekajiki! Gah! *The Daimyo rumbles violently* Wh...what was that?!

Sailor: A torpedo nearly hit our engine room, Mizuki-sama!

Mizuki: Gnnnhh.... ask the passengers ship to scan for submarines from behind and deploy depth charges immediately!

Wani: 7 submarines found this side, Mizuki-sama!

Hate: Mizuki-san, passengers ship Shachi has found 3 submarines!

Mizuki: 18 submarines?! Argh...

Random Submarine Sailor: Hah! We hit that big *ss ship hard! Did you see it? They're gonna scream "A TORPEDO IS COMING TOWARDS US!" Ready... aim...

Submarine Sailor 2: A TORPEDO IS COMING TOWARDS US!

Submarine Sailor 1: Hey, no need to imi.. GAH! *gets hit by torpedo from the Shachi*

Hate: *yuiface* (click here for yuiface if you still doesn't know what it s)

And just like that, the Shachi eventually sinks all the 3 backstabbing submarines. However, a 2-cannon turret on the Daimyo suddenly blows up!

Mizuki: Wh...what was that?!

Sailor: Artillery-armed cruisers, Mizuki-sama!

Mizuki then uses her binoculars to look further away, just to find 2 Phalanx artillery-armed cruisers and 5 Trident destroyers.

Mizuki: ARGH! We're still fighting with the submarines! This is really bad!

Kujira Captain: Don't worry, Mizuki-sama! We can handle the submarines! Just make sure you don't get hit too much!

Mizuki: Argh... *another 2-cannon turret gets shot dead* no matter how I drive, I maybe able to dodge the torpedoes, but I can't dodge the torpedoes AND the artillery fire at once!

Sailor: Just calm down, Mizuki-sama! As you've always said, just focus on one thing and end this quickly.

Mizuki: ...Ok then, all cannons, aim towards the Phalanx cruisers! Bombers Futen and Raiden, raid the destroyers!

And once again, the soldiers do what Mizuki said. The bombers raid the destroyers and manage to sink all of them, but not before they've done severe damage to 3 Japanese destroyers, and not before bomber Raiden gets shot down. Bomber Futen manages to complete its mission successfully, but then gets shot down by one of the two Phalanx' cruisers missiles when returning.

The Phalanx cruisers eventually get destroyed by the Daimyo's fire and the two bomber's bombs. However, they managed to shoot down 2 destroyers, Iruka and Kyoika, as well as destroying another 2 of Daimyo's 2-cannon turrets, and one of its AA turrets.

After the submarines have been found out, they couldn't sink any ship, but they could put practically all remaining destroyers, the Shachi included, to a crippled state, as well as damaging the Daimyo, creating some small fires and malfunctioning machines here and there.

Mizuki: Mission... success... *huff puff*

Aturya: Ugh... Although we are still fine, I doubt we can stand one more assault at this rate!

Sean: *smokes* Aaaaahhh... Ok, here, Full House! HAHA!

Bill: DAMN, I lost again!

Kohaku: HOW COME YOU IRRESPONSIBLE GUYS ARE STILL PLAYING CARDS?!!!

Sean: What? Do you expect me to use my sniper to destroy destroyers and submarines?!

Kohaku: B...but... GNNNNNHH!!!

Kenshi: ...It has gotten tense...

Myriad: I just hope it's smooth sailing from now on...

Aturya: Yeah... we sure wouldn't want Deshion to use "that"...

A loooong while later...

Mizuki: We're only 50km from Raikengrad now, tennou-sama!

Aturya: Yokatta! So far so good! Just keep at this pace and..

Suddenly, a huge battleship with lots of dakka emerge from UNDERNEATH THE SEA, as if it's half-submarine! The ambiguous battleship then instantly proceeds to firing the Daimyo like crazy with its smaller flak cannons.

Mizuki: GAH! N...NYAAAAAAA~!!!

Daryan B.: Hello ladies! Having a good day?

Aturya: Oh sh*...

Kenshi: Battleship Sharktooth!

Myriad: *sigh* *closes book* The worst of all has come...

Daryan B.: Yes, it's me! You girls miss me? Oh, and I've also got company to keep you all entertained...

3 battleships then emerge from behind the Sharktooth.

Mizuki: Y...you sick bastard!

Daryan B.: Whoa, that's harsh, lady! *Sharktooth fires* Every bad girl deserves a bullet in the ***, you know! Hahaha!

Mizuki: Ah! Gnnn... Each of the remaining bomber bombs a supporting battleship! Everyone else, aims at the Sharktooth! (This is no good... Although I expected it, it's really... no good... gnnh...)

And so, everyone does what Mizuki said yet again. The bombers try to bomb the battleships but all got shot down, either by the battleships' respective AA guns. Or by the Sharktooth's ridiculous number of flak guns. However, they did manage to severely damage them.

Mizuki: Gnh... ok then, everyone, aim at the 3 supporting battleships!

The destroyers then aim at the 3 supporting battleships and fire some bullets, but it didn't finish them off. And then, the Sharktooth and its company assaults all the remaining destroyers as well as the 2 remaining, fighters, sinking them all except for the Shachi, as they've been severely damaged.

However, after that, the Shachi uses its missile launchers and laser cannons (because Hate's in there so why not? *yuiface*) to sink the 3 severed battleships, as well as damaging the Sharktooth a bit, destroying some of its small guns, before going into the Daimyo's cargo on Mizuki's order, as it was too dangerous aside. (And yes, the Daimyo can carry another ship) However, Hate decides to use its laser cannon to "drill" a pretty much harmless little hole on the Daimyo's cargo in order to be able to use it to shoot the Sharktooth. So, only the Sharktooth, a damaged Daimyo with 2 3-cannon turrets, 2 2-cannon turrets and 1 AA turrets, and a Shachi that can only use its laser cannon is intact.

After a fierce battle, both sides manage to cripple each other. The Daimyo and Shachi managed to destroy all the cannons on the surface of the Sharktooth, and the Sharktooth destroyed every single turret on the Daimyo, so its only form of attack now is to deploy torpedoes and depth charges.

Daryan B.: Ahahaha! You destroyed all of my guns, how fabulous!

Mizuki: Mou... just get out of the way already.

Daryan B.: All my guns have been destroyed, except... that was not all!

The Sharktooth's body then opens up just to reveal more dakka inside! It then goes underwater and shoot the Daimyo from the bottom!

Mizuki: Gah! What the... deploy depth charges!

Depth charges are dropped, but they are all destroyed by the Sharktooth's machine guns before they could hit it, thus rendering them useless.

After that, the Sharktooth goes to the back of the Daimyo, and prepares to shoot its engine room.

Mizuki: No... no... GAH! *engine room gets hit but no critical damage yet*

Daryan B.: Hah! How long can your little *** stay in one piece now?!

Mizuki: N...no... I...

Daryan B.: Look at you! Your ship is riddled with bullet marks, all of your guns have been destroyed, your torpedoes stock is probably depleting, and you can't do anything about it when I'm behind you and underwater! Eat this!

The Sharktooth shoots another torpedo at the Daimyo. Now there's some serious fire and the Daimyo seems like it's going to sunk.

Mizuki: Well done, but... *smiles* you're not the only one backstabbing here...

Daryan B.: ...Huh?

As Daryan is being confused, suddenly the Javelin charges through the Sharktooth from behind using its special attack, drilling a huge hole inside it.

Mizuki: Hmph... *smiles*

Javelin Driver: Mission complete, Mizuki-sama!

Daryan B.: Gah!!! Bye-bye, suckas!

Daryan Blazer then escapes in a small speed submarine ejected from the Sharktooth while the Sharktooth explodes.

Mizuki: Mission... complete... tennou-sama.... *breathes weakly*

Aturya: Mizuki! Mizuki! Are you ok, Mizuki?! Don't worry, Mizuki, you did really well, at least the Daimyo is still intact! *sobs* I bet Haruka must be really happy if she knows this...

Mizuki: Y...yeah... now... Raikengrad is there! We just need to go there and... deploy our land troops...

Aturya: One of Deshion's major military factories is right there! Well done, Mizuki! The operation will be a success!

--TO BE CONTINUED--