Chapter 77: Battle of Luna Conquest
Julius Gallius, the Emperor of the Luna Empire, the man who was celebrating the prime of his life just a few months ago, is now facing the biggest crisis in his life.
Everything was going well until just a little while ago.
Alliance with the dark elves, betrayal of the Albatross Union, and established the glorious Luna Empire.
The strategy was successful, and the Battle of Gahara Gate resulted in a major victory by eliminating the Albatross Allied Forces. He then led his army into the neighboring country of Freyd and occupied most of its territory.
This is truly the peak of his life… That’s what he thought.
But now his life was turned upside down. A straight dive into hell.
His plan was based on the assumption that the Yamato Empire would not take aggressive actions.
Even if he invaded the neighboring country, it would be an internal matter within the Albatross Union, and the Yamato Empire, which generally does not interfere, would not be angry as long as it did not harm their own country.
With that in mind, he made a plan and put it into action.
However, the reality did not work out as he expected, and the Führer became very angry.
Her army defeats the elves, who are his last hope…
“The entire Freyd invading army has surrendered… My army is terrible.”
Frightened by the Führer who had wiped out the elves, 100,000 of the Luna Empire’s Freyd invasion army quickly surrendered.
No, quite the opposite…
“No, we were just forced to fight by the orders of an evil dictator, Julius. If the Führer Eryutheia of Yamato, stands up to him, we will also deliver divine punishment to the dictator as well!”
They betrayed him with such enthusiasm.
Betrayal is Luna’s specialty, and even Julius was confident that he had mastered it perfectly.
However, this was completely unpredictable. With how quickly things change! Even Julius did not think that his allies would betray him so quickly without hesitation.
With this, the Luna front suddenly became disadvantageous for the Julius side.
Well, it is natural because most of his army turned against him.
100,000 troops defected to the other side, leaving Julius with only 50,000 troops to defend the mainland.
Even that 50,000 is also, “Hey, would it be better if we defected?” Or In a way that’s like, “I’d rather have pasta than that,” so you never know when they might betray.
The outcome has already been decided before they have even fought.
“Oh, if I apologize now, will they at least spare my life? Well, no good huh. Or rather, even if Führer Eryutheia forgives me, the citizens of my own country will not forgive me.”
The situation is so terrible that Julius is willing to abandon his status as an emperor and fall into desperation.
By the way, in Luna, there is a custom to hang an incompetent dictator upside down and to execute him by throwing stones at him.
Mussulini, also known as the Lecherous King, was the most infamous king of Luna, fought a war against Dorcelli, and was defeated.
It is said that the victorious country spared Mussulini’s life, but his citizens did not and he was executed.
If he remained in Luna, Julius was sure he would share the same fate.
“…Is there a way for me to get away? That’s right, how about Karshka/Carsca Island? If it’s that countryside, maybe even the Yamato won’t come after me.”
If it saves my life, then the emperor’s throne is a small price to pay. I would rather survive even if it means throwing away my power.
In a desperate situation, Julius was trying to find a way to survive.
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January 20, 306 Yamato Calendar.
Finally, the retaliation weapon is ready, and the campaign against Luna, dubbed “Operation Avalanche,” has now been initiated.
The plan is simple. Destroy the enemy capital, Luna, with airstrikes and artillery fire.
After shattering the enemy’s chain of command, the plan is to take the main force of the Albatross Liberation Army southward from the northern Freyd and conquer Luna in one fell swoop.
All my army has to do is carry out airstrikes.
It is a wallet-friendly plan to leave the costly ground combat to the allies… Well, we also have the Retaliation Weapon No.2, the Chi-Ha Tank, which is designed for ground combat.
By the way, the half-beastkin army has already returned to their homeland.
Not only had we successfully repelled the elves’ invasion, but for some unknown reason, a large number of the Luna’s army also defected to our side.
The war situation has improved, so we no longer need their help. Besides, the half-beastkins are already few in population, so it would be problematic if they keep falling on the battlefield…
About half of the casualties in the previous Battle of Pudding Highlands came from the half-beastkin army. Is it about 5,000 people?
If they suffer similar casualties the next time, they may not be able to recover the national strength of the Elysium the half-beastkin country, which only has about 1 million population.
When that happens, only the meat wall remains… That’s not it, I would be in trouble if my allies end up disappearing. Therefore, let them work to restore their country’s strength.
However, the other country that sent troops to rescue Albatross, Balka, would remain on the battlefield because of the strong desire of King Baal Balka.
I still haven’t saved my wife.
……Well, it may not be a ‘rescue’ but a ‘revenge’ since the survival of Queen Diana and other Albatross royalty is not clear.
……And then.
The key to Operation Avalanche is to secure a base for bombing.
The Luna Peninsula is long and narrow, and the enemy capital Luna is located in the center of the peninsula, so it is a reasonable distance from the border.
In terms of straight-line distance, is it about 500 km?
Currently, the bomber Shinzan possessed by my country has a cruising range of 800km and an operational radius of just 400km, so it can’t reach it.
If we invade Luna, we might be able to find a good place to set up an airport, but… I don’t want any more large-scale ground battles than this, so it’s rejected.
In fact, I have no desire to be on Albatross at all, if possible. Because the infrastructure is terrible.
So, the place I set my sights on is Carsica Island.
It’s a small island about 10 km in diameter, located about 300 km west of the enemy’s capital, Luna, the island has enough flat land to build an airfield and is famous for its wine and fishing industries.
It belongs to the Grand Duchy of Carsica.
It is a small rural country that has the island of Carsica as its entire territory.
I have already spoken with the ruler of this country, Archduke Carsica, and have been given permission to build a base.
Build a base here and launch a bombing.
I am in a safe place and commanding from a ship with a bath and a fluffy bed.
Fufun, even I must say it’s a good plan.
Therefore, there’s no reason for a landing battle to take place…
So only a transport ship loaded with materials for the construction of the base and its escort force are on their way to Carsica Island.
By the way, the escort fleet consists of the new Führer’s ship, Akitsushima, that I ride, the Agano-class anti-aircraft cruiser, Agano, Noshiro, and four destroyers.
Although the numbers are not many, Akitsushima is the strongest battleship in the empire, so there is no anxiety in naval battles.
As far as anti-air combat is concerned, the Agano-class cruiser is a newly developed large light cruiser based on the American Atlanta-class anti-aircraft cruiser and is particularly adept at anti-aircraft combat.
In the highly unlikely event of a wild wyvern attack, they would shoot it down with their prized 12,7 cm dual-purpose gun… This is what I think.
Then.
We had a smooth journey, as on the way we blew away a dark elf pirate with a 38,1 cm cannon. And so, we made it to the Corsica Island.
We landed on Carsica Island without being disturbed by anything.
We then proceed to the installation of the base.
We also brought a lot of bulldozers with us, so it shouldn’t take too long to construct the base.
Once this is completed, transport the air force, bring the V-3 cannons, and it would be perfect when we began the bombardment.
……Eh, what about the Chi-Ha tank squad?
Yeah, that one.
Well, what should I do about them? Shall we make an assault landing on the outskirts of the enemy capital, just in case?
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