Galactic Empire in New World

Part 7 Chapter 4 Battle of Western Islands

"The unknown fleet is accelerating, they're now traveling at 30.5 knots." The magic detector operator said. "No magic power was detected in the sky."

"Support has been requested from our air force currently stationed on the islands. We can only rely on forces already here, but their forces have been reinforced with quite a few aircraft since yesterday. They'll arrive over the fleet in fifteen minutes." Said the XO

Reports came in one after another to Fleet Commander Ultema on board the 0th Fleet's flagship, the Mithril-class battleship Eckes. He turned to speak to the ship's captain, Infere, standing next to him.

"What do you think?" asked Ultema to Captain Infere.

It was a curt question, which held the meaning, just give it to me straight.

"Yes, sir. We believe that this fleet of unknown origins belongs to the Gra Valkas Empire. While there are only two warships, they're traveling at 30.5 knots, a speed we had trouble believing from the report. Clearly, they are much stronger than Mu. On our side, we have three newly-produced warships, ones that are not at all worse than Mu's mechanically-driven ships. If there is one point of concern, it's that if the enemy also has mechanical aircraft, then a vehicle like that with only a single person on board will not appear on the magic detector until it gets very close, which is troubling. We are at a disadvantage when the enemy's planes can easily communicate with their fleet." Infere said

On the horizon (unlike Earth's, Corouscant's, or Myto's, the distance to the horizon was greater than 19 km), they could already see clouds of smoke coming from the enemy's ships.

"Look at them, spewing all that garbage into the air—not even a speck of elegance. How pitiful. Those barbarians from outside the civilized areas defeated Leifor, and now they've grown overconfident. It's one thing to beat their chests in front of other countries in a show of strength, it's another to launch a surprise attack on the strongest country in the world, the Holy Mirishial Empire... not only that, but they're attacking the Zeroth Magic Fleet, where we have all the most advanced ships; they're really asking for it. We may even trounce them untouched. Sink all of their ships, they can all be shark bait!!!" said the XO.

"Commander, don't forget our briefing before leaving. We've been warned of some of the things we've gotten from the Mu Empire. Weapons that travel under the surface of the water, called torpedoes, and they focus more on fighter bombing than fleet action." Infere said.

"Right, even though we have much more advanced ships, our air defenses are limited. If enemy fighters attack with torpedoes and bombs, we could suffer damage. Hopefully, the magic-reinforced armor can defend against torpedoes. Order lookouts to be on the lookout for torpedoes!" Ultema ordered.

"We must quickly clear the enemy fleet before their fighters arrive, if that happens, then it makes our hands full." XO said

Fleet Commander Ultema blazed with determination to face the unknown fleet.

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50 km over from HME 0th Magic Fleet
Gra Valkas Empire
Imperial Judgment Force

In order to launch an attack on the self-proclaimed "strongest in the world," the Holy Mirishial Empire's 0th Magic Fleet, the Gra Valkas Empire's judgment force traveled south. Having cut the distance to the enemy fleet down to 50 km, morale was flying high. There were two high-speed battleships, three heavy cruisers, two light cruisers, and five destroyers—a total of twelve ships ripping through the seas, swaths of dark black smoke belching out of their funnels, aiming straight for their victims. As a group, they blew through the water at 30.5 knots (56 km/h), an incredible speed that would floor any native resident of this world.