Parpaldia Empire, Imperial capital Esthirant, Remille's mansion
Remille: U-Ugh! No! Stop! Stooooop!!!
Remille woke up. She was in her room, her breathing ragged, her entire body covered in sweat. After that meeting with Mu's ambassador, she had seen the same nightmare countless times, the one where the Soviet Army ran roughshod all over the empire
They had the faces of the Soviet people she had executed, the ones who had died by her order in the Soviet ship they captured
Remille: Tch!
Remille collapsed into her bed again, lying face down. She had really screwed this one up. She thought it was for the sake of the empire, so she had put everything into her work and pushed forward rashly. However, the result of that was... the empire's survival, barely hanging on by a thread
Based on what Mu's ambassador said:
- The Soviet Union was far stronger than Mu.
They may even surpass the Holy Mirishial Empire
- There was a possibility that the imperial capital could be completely destroyed
- Soviet combat aircraft could fly faster than sound
She couldn't believe it! No matter what, she just couldn't believe any of it. But since they had already suffered devastating losses twice to the Soviet Union, it... was probably true. Combat aircraft that could surpass the speed of sound almost sounded like something from the Ancient Sorcerous Smpire... If they had equipment comparable to that mythical country, then, realistically, Parpaldia had no chance of victory. Remille thought hard about a possible way to avoid battle, muttering to herself
Remille: We could gift them land, or divide up territory with them... does the Soviet Union want anything? Ah!!!
With a start, Remille remembered what Soviet Ambassador Fuutarou Uesugi had said:
Regarding the massacre in MS Lenin, we request the extradition of criminal offenders and any related persons. You yourself are naturally included in the list, and the emperor is also an important witness, so please turn yourselves in!
Remille: That can't happen... it won't happen! It absolutely will never happen!!!
She herself was an imperial noble. Not only that, she was a noble from one of the world's five superpowers, and she would someday marry Emperor Ludius and become empress; they were going to conquer the world, and she would be its queen! How could she give that up just to appease some barbarians outside the civilized areas for killing a few hundred of their people!!!
Remille: I will not allow myself to be captured by the Soviets!!!
Remille was determined to struggle until the very end
Imperial capital Esthirant, imperial palace
Emperor Ludius received a report from the 1st Foreign Affairs Department Head Elto
Elto: According to what Mu's ambassador told us, it's clear that the aircraft from the reports were developed in the Soviet Union. That concludes my report on the Soviet Union; we wish to ask for Your Grace's guidance on what should happen next
Emperor Ludius stayed silent for a time. To Elto, having to wait quietly for this long was unbearable
Ludius: Elto
Elto: Yes, Your Grace!
Ludius: Do you fear the Soviets?
Elto: N...No, of course not! It's simply that, I am overwhelmed by this report
Ludius: Elto, you have forgotten three things
Elto: What... May I ask what those are?
Ludius: First, a defensive position is much easier to maintain than an offensive one. In the previous two battles, we were the attackers in the first, and we were completely unprepared in the second. The empire itself is fully prepared, surprise attacks will not work
Elto: Of course, Your Grace!
Ludius: Second, the Soviet Union only spends about 1% of their gross national income on their military. Even if they were a large country, they could not support a large army with only that much investment. In all likelihood, even if their weapons are high-quality, they will not have very many of them
( A/N: Really? 1%? )
Elto: I... I believe your reasoning to be sound on that topic
Even still, our military suffered two enormous defeats to the Soviets! Elto wanted to shout, but he swallowed his words
Ludius: Third, even if our enemy were the Holy Mirishial Empire, we simply have no choice but to prevail. Our empire is meant to rule over the world, and this is our divine trial. In this battle with the Soviet Union, even if their main force is their navy, our ground forces are strong: they are equipped with the newest weaponry, they are well-trained, and they are at full strength! In addition, our new wyvern overlords have yet to see battle. What we sent to Altarus was our main navy. Even in the one-in-a-million chance they are defeated, there is no country in this world that can best our defending ground army
( A/N: Are you kidding me? Underestimate a country with the strongest and largest land army on Earth? )
Ludius: Ooh!
Hearing Emperor Ludius's explanations, Elto felt enlightened. It was true that their main forces were still hale and hearty, and their ground army had only tangled with Soviet Army a single time. With the empire's elite ground force on defense with the advantages from being in their home country, they couldn't even be outclassed by the Holy Mirishial Empire
Elto: You are absolutely right! Your Grace's wisdom is unparalleled!!!
Department Head Elto prostrated himself before Emperor Ludius
Parpaldia Empire, imperial capital Esthirant, 3rd Foreign Affairs Department Head Kyeos's mansion
The 1st Foreign Affairs Department and Remille were acting oddly. This strange behavior started after the meeting with Mu's ambassador, during which they were probably given information about Soviet actual power. Common sense dictated the obvious course of action, but considering that there were no large commotions around the 1st Foreign Affairs Department, it appeared that Emperor Ludius and Remille were not planning to allow themselves to be extradited to the Soviet Union as war criminals
Kyeos: If they would just turn themselves in, it would minimize the chance of the empire's citizens being dragged into this war!!!
Kyeos muttered irritably in his room
Kyeos: Do I need to make a move this early? ...No, since the military is still mostly intact, I can't secure the support of the people
He couldn't execute his plan until the empire weakened a bit. However, the only way it would "weaken" would be if some civilians were sacrificed in defense of the empire. Kyeos was not happy with that tradeoff
He also had one other worry. What if, after Soviet first attack, the empire became so crippled they could not recover? There was a chance that the vassal states would then align themselves with the Soviet Union, in which case it might become impossible to maintain the empire as an independent country. Kyeos felt impatience
Kyeos: What should I... what should I do?!
Central Calendar Day 20 Month 2 1640 (2025)
Socialist People's Republic of Altarus, capital Le Brias
General Secretary Lumiess looked down on the capital from within the castle. No matter how many times she went over it in her head, the only explanation she could find for this situation was that a miracle occurred. She thought back
Parpaldia's ambassador had demanded that she be given over to him as a slave. At the same time, the king, her father, was pressed to transfer the rights to the core of the kingdom's economy, the Siltras magic gem mine, over to the empire. When the king refused to comply with these demands, the Parpaldia Empire, a superpower, started a war with Altarus. The Altaran navy was wiped out by the Papaldian navy, and, similarly, the elite Altaran ground army was wiped out by the imperial army
By order of the king, Lumiess had escaped from the kingdom on a disguised merchant ship. Right when they ran out of food supplies, they were saved by a Soviet ship just north of Rodenius and she found herself living in the Soviet Union
The USSR was a wondrous place. There were buildings that rose up far into the sky, there was the large-scale transportation and distribution system known as the "railroad" and there were cities that shined bright through the night. It was like living inside of a fairy tale
However, the Parpaldia Empire's evil influence even extended all the way to this country on the far eastern edge of the world. In their port city Duro, the imperial army murdered scores of Soviet tourists they captured from a Soviet cruise ships, MS Lenin
That was how the Parpaldia Empire came to incur Soviet wrath
The empire, which had trampled over Altarus, got annihilated by Soviet Armed Forces and, unbelievably, the Soviet Union didn't even lose a single soldier in the effort
When she heard the news, she prayed to God. If she were able to form an alliance with the Soviet Union, the imperial army could be driven out of the Kingdom of Altarus. That was the dream she envisioned, fortunately, The Soviet Union accepted it and included Altarus in their Economic and Defense Pact named the New Comintern Pact
The Soviet Union also promised that they would get rid of the imperial army occupying Altarus and liberate the workers, farmers and people of Altarus from the chains of oppression. Shortly afterwards, they actually did expel the empire's forces, and that was how she came to be standing in the castle at that moment. And now...
General Secretary Lumiess looked up. Beautiful, dazzling planes with the mark of the red star on a white field painted on them were flying through the sky. The roars of the Soviet aircraft, the sheer number of them flying around, she could describe it in a single word as "incredible" The demonic and Imperalist Parpaldia Empire and the demon-hunting army of the red star: they were finally going to attack the empire itself. It would be a march of destruction
General Secretary Lumiess and all the citizens of the Socialist People's Republic of Altarus watched the Soviet Air Force's large formation of TU-22M3Ms with fierce hope in their hearts
Early morning
The skies were clear and blue, and a cool wind blew. There was just a little light, and visibility was very good
High in the sky about 300 kilometers south of the imperial capital Esthirant, they flew through the air, circling the area. On top of the airplanes, there were large disks slowly spinning. The Soviet Air Force's Beriev A-100 AWACS were monitoring the imperial capital from an incredible distance utterly beyond the capabilities of the human eye
The Beriev A-100's disk-shaped radar, the Vega Premier AESA radar, The array will rotate once every 5 seconds and it can detect aerial targets more than 600 kilometres (370 mi) away and warships nearly 400 kilometres (250 mi) away
Vega Premier AESA radar
That radar detected 20 flying objects in the skies south of the imperial capital. This information was transmitted to all combat aircraft in real time. Flying ahead of the Beriev A-100 AWACS about 100 km north were 20 arrow-shaped aircraft: air superiority fighters, the Mikoyan MIG-35S. Trailing behind about 50 km were 20 Sukhoi Su-35S flying at subsonic speeds, fully loaded with guided bombs, whose target was the military base housing the empire's ground forces located north of the imperial capital
The would be performing the first attack on the empire. The difference in atmospheric pressure on the top and bottom of the main wings caused lines of white to appear in the wakes of the wingtips. They were sharing information in real time with the Beriev A-100 AWACS: in the southern skies of Esthirant, they knew to be wary of the force of twenty flying enemies
(I know it's just a warning, but usually we would just ignore them if there were so few)
The Soviet pilot was a bit amazed considering the empire's national power when he had confirmed his mission. The enemies were about 100 km out. The order came in clearly at the same time across every plane's radio
<<Commence attack, I repeat, commence attack, Over>>
The solid fuel was ignited on the R-77M air-to-air missile installed on the Mikoyan Mig-35S. The missiles, boasting a range of over 193 km, shot forward at Mach 4 with a loud boom, shooting forward to obliterate the wyvern overlords flying in the southern skies over the imperial capital
Parpaldia Empire, Imperial Capital Esthirant, southern airspace
20 wyvern overlords were on guard in the skies a bit south of the imperial capital Esthirant. They belonged to the 2nd squadron of the 18th dragon knight order. Squadron Leader Derius was talking to Pukrate, a veteran originally from the 1st squadron, via magic communications
Derius: Let's monitor that section of the sea over there as well
Pukrate: Sure, sounds good
The wyvern overlord formation moved as though it were a single unit, showing off how well-trained they were.
Pukrate: Squadron leader, about the enemy...
Derius: What is it?
Pukrate: According to the memo we got a few days ago, the Soviet Union would be using Mu's aircraft to fight us. But, you know, in the last two battles, I feel like our losses were way too high. When I asked the military top brass about it, they wouldn't give me a straight answer and told me to just refer to the memo. What are your thoughts, squadron leader?
The empire's upper management, afraid of the military's morale taking a huge dive, decided to limit the distribution of information about the Soviet Union to only some of the military officers
Derius: It's true-I've heard that the top brass has been really tight-lipped about this war. It's clear they're hiding something, but I'm not sure exactly what. However, an enemy stronger than Mu, who else is there?
Pukrate: Other than the ancient sorcerous empire or the Holy Mirishial Empire, I guess there's no one else
Derius: By the way-
???: What the hell are those?!?!
One of the sharp-eyed dragon knights interrupted their conversation. Every other dragon knight looked over in the direction that the one knight was pointing. They saw a number of specks in the clear blue sky. They were like crumbs that had been spilled on a clear, beautiful photograph. They quickly grew in size, though, which made it clear that they were some kind of flying object
Derius: T-They're fast! Evasive action!!!
Derius yelled the order at preternatural speed owing to his intuition screaming "Danger!" when he saw those things coming at the dragon knight squad. The squadron of wyvern overlords dispersed, but the things also changed direction, continuing to pursue them
Derius: No... No way!!!
The missiles, wrapped in shockwaves, chased the otherworld dragons. The air friction at the edge of the shockwaves heated up the air to high temperatures. Each of the 20 R-77M fired by the Mikoyan MiG-35S found their designated wyvern overlord targets
BOBOBOOMBOBOOMBOBOOM!!!
The dragon knights died without even letting out a single cry. The Parpaldia Empire homeland had just become a battlefield for the first time since they had earned the title of "superpower" The entire city of Esthirant reverberated with the sounds of the explosions, the eerie noises totally inconsistent with its sense of peace. Some felt fear. Others wondered if the clock had begun to count down on their ruin. Citizens who were already awake, prompted by the explosions, looked up at the sky and saw the shocking scene play out before their eyes
The wyverns belonging to the strongest defense force defending the imperial capital of the Parpaldia Empire, a superpower, were plummeting from the sky like giant raindrops. Some drops were just wyvern heads, trunks, legs, wings, and other parts; some were bodies with the entire upper half missing, things that had ceased to be humans. It was a shower of meat and blood
"AAAAHHHHHHHH!!!"
All over the capital of Esthirant, screams could be heard from people unable to stand the gruesome sight. The residents began to chatter noisily, doors and windows opening everywhere. When they looked up into the sky, they saw 20 somethings shaped like arrows zoom by at a speed they had never thought possible. Those things each spurted two flames behind them
Immediately after that, a blast of sound assaulted them, loud enough to make them cover their ears. The glass in the buildings closest to those things shattered from the ensuing shockwave
The residents were overcome with pure fear
The Residents: What was that?! What were those?! What's happening?!?!
The shockwaves from the Mikoyan Mig-35S continued to echo throughout the imperial capital Esthirant while the residents were infected by terror
Parpaldia Empire, north of imperial capital Esthirant, military ground base
On the first floor of a gaudy stone building, magical technician Paie was tracking signals on the magic detector. Wyverns were the only flying creatures with high magic power; compared to humans, they were basically overflowing with magic. The magic detector was created to track magic power for anti-air defense purposes, but it could also be used for ground monitoring as well
Currently, the detector only displayed friendly forces in the sky; there were no other creatures in the vicinity with high magic power
Paie: Hm? Did something just happen?
Paie noticed that the friendly wyverns, which were previously flying in perfect lines, began to scatter in a disorderly fashion. Right when she was about to report the oddity to her boss, the 20 dots on the screen suddenly brightened, then disappeared. There was no other explanation for that phenomenon...... They had been shot down!!! Paie immediately grabbed the magical communicator next to her and screamed into it
Paie: Emergency, emergency! A patrol of twenty dragon knights from the eighteenth dragon knight order, second squadron, in the southern skies over the capital have all disappeared from the detector! There is a high chance they were shot down! Third squadron on standby, you're cleared for urgent launch, go check the southern skies! Furthermore, there are no enemy responses on the detector; there's a high chance they're using aircraft!!!
Right after Paie's order went out, the military ground base became lively with the sound of crashing and clamor. The ruckus immediately alerted everyone to the abnormal situation
Paie's boss: All twenty signals are gone?!
Paie's boss exclaimed, his face changing color before her eyes as he stared at the detector screen.
Paie: Yes sir; in a very short amount of time, each signal blinked out one after the other
Paie's boss: ! There were twenty of them up there! That's a sizable patrol squadron, and they were all the strongest dragons in the world, wyvern overlords!!! How could they be done in so quickly?!
Paie: But it's true! They all disappeared in the space of 20 seconds!!!
Paie's boss: Are you sure it's not some kind of malfunction?!
Paie: That's out of the question!!!
Paie's boss: Kh! What the hell are we fighting?!
While the two were bickering in the communications room, the 3rd squadron was getting ready to take off having received their orders
Dragon Knights leader: The second squadron got taken out?! Dammit all! Make sure you're on alert when we get to their last known location, don't get distracted!!!
With wings spread wide, the wyvern overlords began running, preparing to launch themselves into the air. Because this was an emergency situation, all the wyverns ran together in a single file
???: Enemy detected!!!
Someone yelled into their magic communicator. The dragon knights all looked up into the sky
Dragon Knights: Wha-!!!
The dragon knights, about to take off, heard the sound of back-to-back blasts from the short-range missiles R-73s fired by the Mikoyan Mig-35s
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After hearing the strange noise, Imperial Capital Defense Army Lieutenant General Mayga looked out the window. At that moment, one of his men stumbled into the room without knocking
His men: Lieutenant General Mayga! All signals have been lost for the eighteenth dragon knight order, second squadron! Please come to the war room at once!!!
Mayga: I'll be right there
Mayga quickly walked over to the war room next door. As soon as he entered, he received a report
The Subordinate: Just now, we lost the signals from the second squadron, which was patrolling the southern skies over Esthirant, on the magic detector. On that detector, right before the signals disappeared, a large light appeared, so the probability that they were shot down is very high. Right now, the third squadron is preparing for emergency deployment
The subordinate pointed out the window. As ordered earlier, the 3rd squadron's wyvern overlords were on the runway, just about ready to start their takeoff run.
Mayga: These enemies... how strong are they...?
Mayga mumbled
???: What are those?!
Someone yelled suddenly, seconds later, numerous arrows of light slammed right into the dragon knight squadron running down the runway. All the arrows flew true and hit each member of the 3rd squadron, turning them into lifeless pieces of flesh before Mayga's eyes
Mayga: !!!!!!
He was so surprised he couldn't find his voice, but then some kind of aircraft passed by with tremendous speed, spewing flames out their rears. They could feel the shockwaves... There were probably 20 of the aircraft. They suddenly began to ascend into the sky at an unbelievable speed, quickly disappearing from sight
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-!!!
The base's emergency alarm began to howl, stirring the people in the base who began running about frantically
Mayga: Everyone hurry and get ready for combat!!! All dragon knight squadrons, anyone who can launch, launch!!!
Lieutenant General Mayga roared
Imperial capital Esthirant
The capital's residents were all talking about the explosions that went off earlier
Residents 1: What was that just now?!
Residents 9: I saw the dragon knights over in the south get butchered! All I know is the empire just got attacked by someone!!!
Residents 3: Who attacked? It couldn't have been the Soviet Union, could it?
Residents 2: No way! They're just some barbarians outside the civilized areas blowing smoke. The Parpaldia Empire is a superpower and the strongest country in the Third Civilization, there's obviously no way they could attack our capital!!!
Residents 3: Then, who exactly did it?"
Residents 4: Another superpower, or... I don't really think so, but maybe the Ancient Sorcerous Empire?
Residents 8: Now that's just silly...
The citizens' conversation was drowned out by the thunderous roar that suddenly blared. 20 Su-35s carrying guided bombs flew overhead at the super-low altitude of 50 meters at subsonic speeds
The Residents: W-W-W-What are those?!
Some people were so shocked they couldn't move, while others ran around panicked; the city fell into a panic. The Sukhoi Su-35s which had invaded the capital's airspace turned to climb into the sky, dropping bombs as they rose. The guided bombs soared through the air, drawing a parabola as they fell
HYUUUUUuuuuu...!
Numerous shrill whistles cut through the air. Even though they had never heard a noise like it before, the people who did hear it instinctively felt their senses of danger ring out
After dropping the bombs, the Sukhoi Su-35s let out another thunderous boom, releasing a giant flame as they climbed into the sky and disappeared from sight
Western imperial capital, military ground base
HYUUUuuuHYUUUuuuHYUUUuuu!!!
Mayga: What is that?! What's that noise?!
Lieutenant General Mayga bellowed upon hearing the unsettling sound. There weren't just one or two of the them, but a bunch of things making that racket. Mayga looked out the window. Right then...
A blinding light...
Countless flashes...
Detonations that tore apart his ears...
The bombs dropped by the Su-35s, missing their intended targets by tens of meters due to variance, hit the wyvern runway. Relentless explosions, one after another. The windows shattered from the explosions, shards of glass plunging right into Mayga's eyes
Mayga: GAAAAAAAH!!! MY EYES!!! MY EYEEEEEES!!!
He clapped his hands over his eyes, writhing on the ground in intense pain. Mayga had temporarily panicked from the pain, but forced himself to come back to his senses
Mayga: Situation report!!! Someone tell me what's going on!!!
Blood flowed freely from the Lieutenant General's eyes; he knew instantly that his sight was lost. However, he had not lost his ability to lead
Officers 1: Those explosions were caused by bombs dropped from the sky, we believe. Currently, the runway is on fire, we cannot confirm the extent of the damage just yet
One of the officers stated
Mayga: Bombs from the sky?! Unbelievable... what a terrifying power!!!
While the Parpaldia Empire did have bombs, they didn't have any bombs that could be dropped by wyverns. The flying dragons couldn't fly with too heavy a load. They could shoot fire blasts from the sky as supporting fire, but there had been no precedent for dropping bombs out of the sky. All the people in the room were shocked
Officers 2: The smoke is clearing up
Wind helped to blow away the smoke obscuring the runway.
Officers 7: Wha-! N-Now we can't...!!!"
Mayga: What is it?! Tell me what you see!!!
The base was littered with giant holes, like those on the moon; the runway that appeared behind the smoke was completely unusable.
Officers 3: The... The runway has been totally destroyed. We can't launch any more dragon knights now!!!"
It was a disastrous report. Mayga felt himself succumbing to despair upon hearing it.
Mayga: The-Then... What do we do about the capital?! Do we have no other options?!
Officers 4: There are none. We could gather all of our wyvern overlords, but without a way for them to take off, there's no point. As of now, we have lost control of the airspace over the capital
Lieutenant General Mayga and all the other officers present had completely lost all hope
Imperial capital Esthirant
The Residents: Hey! Look!!!
Some agitated residents were pointing to the north. But, with no prompting needed, the people were already looking in the direction of the massive explosions. Enormous, never-before-seen billows of flame were blossoming over the military ground base. No words were said; they all just stood there sweating. Some women were crying at the sight. Unfortunately, they then heard something that brought on even more fear
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU-!!!
Where was it coming from? There were a lot of them; they made a noise like a deep growling.
Residents 6: Now what's happening?!
Residents 10: Over there, it's from there!!!
Someone with good eyesight pointed to the south.
Residents 1: AH-!!!
Residents 5: NOOOOOO!!!
There were many more of them than before. Big, white machines, descending from the heavens. White clouds trailed behind them, and they made that deep rumbling noise that so terrified the people. They were a lot slower than the previous machines as well, so much so that the residents thought they were be teased by them traveling at such a cruel, leisurely pace. Their slowness, size, and quantity engendered untold dread in the citizens of Parpaldia
The Residents: Are those dragons?!
The formation of TU-22M3M bombers flew over the capital, accompanied by an escort of 8 Mikoyan MiG-35S. There were 70 planes in total; the vapor trails left behind by the passing aircraft completely changed how the sky looked over Esthirant. The Parpaldia Empire had no way of repelling them. The people of the empire could do nothing but watch as their destruction crept closer and closer
Tu-22M3M Bombers Formation
"We will reach the drop point soon"
They saw a flourishing otherworld city beneath them. A hegemonic culture drunk on its own arrogance. To the Soviet Union, they were a country that had no qualms with calling for genocide, including civilians, so there was no need to show them any mercy, and they will do that again..
"Three... two... one... Bombs out!!!"
The TU-22M3M of the Soviet Air Forces reached the drop point as planned and, with the objective of incinerating the imperial capital's northern military base, let fly countless guided bombs, each bombs filled with thermobaric warhead, and one of the TU-22M3M also dropped the most powerful conventional (non-nuclear) weapon in the world
Father of All Bombs (FOAB)
Parpaldian Military bases
Imperial Capital Defense Officers: The enemy! The enemy is invading!!!
The Imperial Capital Defense Army officers screamed, With the destruction of the runway, all of their wyvern overlords were now grounded. They had no weapons that could reach the enemies at their altitude, so there was nothing they could do
Officers 9: Those aircraft are huge! And there are so many of them, too!!!
Soldiers 5: What are they doing?!
Everyone in the base was looking up at the sky.
Soldiers 1: Hm?!
Soldiers 2: Th-Those are-!!!
Officers 6: Some kind of black things are falling!
HYUUUuuuHYUUUuuuHYUUUuuu...
It was the same sound made by the weapons that destroyed the runway earlier
HYUUUuuuHYUUUuuuHYUUUuuu...
There were a lot more of the noises than before as well
HYUUUuuuHYUUUuuuHYUUUuuu...
Everyone's eyes opened wide at the sight. There were dozens of enemy aircraft dropping an abnormally large number of the black objects
HYUUUuuuHYUUUuuuHYUUUuuu...
The number of shrill sounds was increasing exponentially
Soldiers 13: They're the high-powered bombs from before!!!
Officers 56: A rain of bombs is coming!!!
Soldiees 5: Take cover---!!! Take cover---!!!
Officers 1: Damn it! There are too many of them, where can we possibly run?!
The base devolved into chaos, but the bombs didn't wait for their curse
The explosions were endless. The bursts of light were blinding. The blasts surpassed the height of a building dozens of stories high. Everything in the base was covered in clouds of smokes from the explosions-yet they continued. As if spitting spitefully on this level of trauma, fierce flames raged across the base ad infinitum
And an particular bomb which is bigger than the previous bombs that were dropped immediately explode once it reached the ground and let a small mushroom cloud with it's blast yield reached 44 t (97,000 lb) of TNT and it's blast radius reaches 300 m and kills and destroys anything within the blast radius
After dropping all their bombs, the TU-22M3M bombardment climbed up high into the sky and flew off to the south
Tu-214R Reconnaisances planes
The Soviet Air Forces' Tu-214R reconnaissance planes flew towards the military ground base north of the imperial capital to survey the results of the attack run and the results of FOAB, If the damage inflicted was insufficient, they would call in a second attack
The reconnaissance planes confirmed the damage from high up in the sky. Using a camera to monitor the results, there were no longer any standing structures, and what was previously a base was now just a field of craters with no moving objects. They confirmed the base's complete annihilation
"Enemy base has been eliminated. Follow-up attack is not necessary"
The reconnaissance planes radioed in their report, then flew off, back to the base in Socialist People's Republic of Altarus
The Papaldia Empire's Imperial Capital Defense large-scale military base had its runway destroyed by the Soviet Air Force's Sukhoi Su-35s multirole fighters jet, then was wiped off the face of the planet by the Soviet Air Force's TU-22M3M bombardment without any vestiges remaining
Parpaldia Empire, imperial capital Esthirant, southern seas
They stormed forward through the waves. There were one lines of metal ships, 10 of them, heading north. The Soviet Black Sea Fleet's 1st Khrushchev Carrier Battle Group was coming for the Parpaldia Empire's main naval force docked at the large port on the south side of the imperial capital Esthirant
1st Khrushchev Carrier Battle Group consist of:
- SN Nikita Khrushchev, Ulyanovsk-class Aircraft carriers
- SN Sovetskaya Rossiya, Sovetsky Soyuz-class Battleships
- SN Kalinin, Kirov-class Battlecruisers
- SN Admiral Flota Lobov, Slava-class Cruisers
- SN Leon Trotsky, Lider-class Destroyers
- SN Bespokoyny, Lider-class Destroyers
- SN Admiral Isakov, Admiral Gorshkov-class Frigates
- SN Admiral Yumashev, Admiral Gorshkov-class Frigates
- SN Odessa, Akula-class nuclear attack Submarines
- SN Vsevolod Bobrov, Elbruss-class Logistic vessel