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236 . Portrait of Battle 3

actual battle training, you say? (the King)

Yes (Mitsuha)

actual or training, which one is it (the King)

The King hold his head with an expression that screams [I dont understand at all] .

Its not battle training? (the King)

Its not (Mitsuha)

Its not a training for the actual battle either?

Its not either (Mitsuha)

Umumumumu (the King)

I am currently at the royal palace of Zegreius Kingdom, my second home country after Japan .

Not in the audience chamber, but in a small room for inner circles, there are the King, Prime Minister, Marquis Aiblinger, andSabine-chans and Luchen-kuns oniisanthe crown princeso far, I get it . Its understandable .

But Sabine-chan and her eldest sisterthe first princessare also present no, why are these two here!!?

Well, rather than a family meeting with [the usual member, plus the X factors], todays meeting is more like to [lay the groundwork] .

Ah, Count Bozes is not present because he is now in the territory . The port town development is taking a lot of his time that he can hardly come to the royal capital anymore

Well, it cant be helped .

The chances of it ending without us having to take a turn is high, but still, I want to make some preparation just in case . to be more specific, I want the countrys approval and to inform the crew in advance .

If everything goes well, we can get valuable actual combat experience . We can only fire a cannon 5-6 times from the shore for bombardment training in order to save the ammo, after all (Mitsuha)

Yeah, we somehow managed to make shells since theyre just a lump of iron, but the same cant be said for the gunpowder .

We more or less can make gunpowder too . Since I can find out how to make it on Earth, it would be strange if we couldnt make it even though the whole project is backed up by the country .

However, there are several problems such as the performances uniformity, safety, stability and quantity of potassium nitrate supply, and so on

Actually, I wanted to make the shells to be stuffed with explosives too, but its still a long way off when we dont even have a stable supply of gunpowder .

Explosives, detonationsystem,and various other issues are still piling up high after all As I thought, maybe we should use a fuse to time the detonation

It would be possible to make cannons too if its the same type as the one from the ships we captured, but well only use it as a technical reference . What we want to make properly is a breech-loading rifled-gun that uses cylindro-conoidal shells .

Our country is inferior in terms of technology and national power, and only capable of building a small ship . So in order to compete with major powers, we have no choice but to create an overwhelming difference in gun performance .

theres a long way to go before we can put that into practice, though .

In other words, the gunpowder that we collected from the captured ships is limited, so once we used up all of them, both the guns and the ships would become useless .

So perhaps theyre wondering if its okay to use those precious resources when were not even in a crisis .

Its not wrong to think so, but

Currently, we can only deploy the three captured ships, and even if we managed to complete [Eras] s reparation and the new ships construction, we would only have five . Besides, those ships are outdated compared to the enemy countries, and on top of that, the new guns are still far from mass production, theyre still in development phase . In such a state, preserving the ammunition wont make much sense . Far from bombardment training, we havent even experienced a trial shooting, after all (Mitsuha)

Uhh (the King)

Right, why should we preserve the ammunition when were nothing better than an amateur? as if that would make any difference .

Besides, its not like were going to use all of them . Just for a few salvos should be enough .

And its not necessarily decided that we would get a turn .

I just want to prepare so that I have full authority in advance in case we cant afford to hold a meeting or get the necessary permissions when such asituationcomes .

And the silence continues for a while

I say, why dont we give it a try? (Marquis Aiblinger)

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Eh (the King)

The King leaked a surprised voice to Marquis Aiblingers sudden remark .

Im sure those three outdated ships couldnt even hold a candle to their state-of-the-art ships . And the ammunition we currently have would be drained in a single battle anyway . More than that, the guns on those old ships would be replaced by the new guns were trying to develop sooner or later . So theres little point in saving those ammunitions . If they can be a stepping stone for the future, isnt it all right to use them? Also, they were originally obtained by Viscount Yamano . If Viscount Yamano, who is most aware of the situation, thinks that it would be reasonable to use them right now, I have no objection to entrusting everything to her . (Marquis Aiblinger)

Even though hes in the Kings presence, Marquis Aiblinger is just talking casually .

Apparently, theyve been good friends since long ago, so aside from formal occasions, they seem to have a quitefrankrelationship in these kinds of informal meetings .

Well, since he was appointed as the general commander of the Royal Defense Force, its evident that the King deeply trusts him, I guess

And finally, my request was accepted, and the other ministers, the military, and the crew of the ships will be given an explanation in advance .

What about the other attendees opinion, you ask?

It seems that His Highness, the Crown Prince, was only present to observe and learnhe had no say in it . The real members of the meeting were just me, the King, the Prime Minister, and Marquis Aiblinger . Really, it was just like a small, informal meeting with acquaintances . Thats why Marquis Aiblinger was also speaking to the King in such a mannerjust like talking with an old friend .

What about Sabine-chan and the first princess? Hahaha

No, really, I wonder what were those two doing there

Of course, I dont want to involve this country in a battle between the countries of the new continent .

It would be utterly foolish if we let our people get killed in a battle between other countries .

However, I also dont want the international situation around there to become unstable .

When a powerful powerhouse is born, it will continue to seek power . And after actively suppressing the surrounding countries, they will start to look for something new .

right, and they will dispatch expeditionary fleets to search for unexplored lands . And after they took the treasures and slaves from those lands, they will continue to exploit them forever .

So, in order to prevent it

I came to the town of the naval port .

The Leviathan which Soldier-kun is assigned in is

not here .

Well, its a ship, of course, itll eventually leave the port .

Especially since its a sailboat and more than half of its crew are sailors, of course, daily training would be necessary .

I guess I was lucky that it was always at the port whenever I came .

Oh, by [sailors] I didnt mean [sailors], but rather the mastmen who are in charge of controlling the ropes to the sails .

even so, its rather empty in here .

I wonder where most of the ships are tte, they went on a sortie!!

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I thought they were still in the political exchange phase, but if the war is already decided, then I guess its natural to dispatch the fleets to protect the colonies and routes immediately . Sailing ships move slowly after all .

And the [Leviathan] is a squadron flagship . Although its not a flagship of a fleet, theres no way for a 64-gun state-of-the-art ship to remain behind .

or rather, all that remains is the kind of miscellaneous and support vesselsalso, the ships which were about to be decommissioned and left moored here .

what do I do now?

I dont know where the fleets are heading .

I dont even know the location of the enemy fleets .

I dont know where the battle will be taking place, nor do I know when the battle will begin .

Theres nothing I can do!!