Chapter 198 – 197.2 Battlefields
“Come.”
Lelouch sat cross-legged on the Ikaruga’s bridge in a completely reversed position and laughed. Obviously, when he first attacked Hokkaido, they were in a position to land. He’s now in a position to defend the landings. Britannia at that time was a war under Dorothea’s command without Schneizel, so it wasn’t that difficult. Besides, since Woojin almost completely blocked the 6 rounds, it was easy for their ace pilots to not care and confuse the enemy lines.
Now is probably different than then.
But they are also different. Schneizel gave too much time. He could not help that time was still tight, but if he were himself, he would have attacked as soon as he took office. I don’t know why he took the time to recapture it, but he was a good thing for himself.
“Are you ready for Dagger-4?”
[Huh. I’m ready.]
“The enemy will come across the sea from Aomori. Dagger-4 should move immediately when the signal is given and exchange energy fillers.”
[Okay.]
“Suzaku. Do you like the new private jet?”
[Ah. It feels similar to Lancelot.]
[Of course. It’s a child made with the best specs as far as your abilities allow.]
Rakshatha, who was listening, reprimanded him. The newly created Suzaku’s body was similar to Lancelot’s. Although the armament has changed a little, it would have been better if it had been better in terms of armament, but there was nothing worse.
Takemikatsuji.
Lancelot’s appearance was all discarded. I only got the color. It was the complete opposite color of Woojin’s Asura. Gold points on a white background. The appearance was rather close to Hongryeon. Those who see it for the first time with its sharp appearance can imagine that it is an agile machine. The radiation wave was not sweet. It was because she hadn’t gotten used to radiation waves like Karen, and Suzaku’s strength was achieved by using multiple weapons at the same time. Rather, the armament was similar to that of Woojin’s Asura. There was only one pair of MVS and float systems that crossed twin swords and great swords. It means that the radius of the curve is worse than that of Asura. Suzaku didn’t even want that. It’s because Woojin’s body is strange that he endures such a right-angled maneuver as if he were eating a meal.
However, I had a hard time at first because the posture of the seat was different. Because the inside of the cockpit where I was sitting in the chair changed like a motorcycle. It was Rakshatha’s stubbornness. It was said that it was a seat that was more concerned about the safety of the pilot, so I rode it without saying anything, but awkwardness was awkward.
[I left Barris as it is, so why don’t you make good use of it? Hadron grapes were left as they were.]
Even Lloyd intervened in Rakshata’s communication and started talking. Suzaku laughed awkwardly. He decided to join after hearing the general story from Lelouch, but Lloyd and Cecil simply joined because they couldn’t overcome Woojin’s threats. Still, thank you for trying to help.
[The stage is set. Now the enemy will begin to appear. I have already passed Aomori.]
Lelouch was ready to do overall coordination on the bridge. In landing operations, the defensive side is unconditionally advantageous. Besides, didn’t the Black Knights have a weapon that could instantly boil seawater? Numerous Burritania Nightmares were seen flying through the air and gathering in the middle of the sea. It was a staggering number. To the extent that I had to give up counting. Compared to the strength of the Black Knights, it was embarrassing to compare.
Fortunately though, there are still many Sutherlands that only have float units attached. The mass production of the 7th generation was successful, but it did not seem that many were gathered. It’s just as bad though. The Nightmare of the Black Knights had barely hit 500 units. Sumeragi Kaguya suffered tremendously. Every time one of them is destroyed, you have to bear a huge burden. It was a situation where even one could not be used in vain, but even at first glance, Britannia’s Nightmare exceeded 2000 units. It was clear that the number would exceed 4000 units if the waiting Nightmare was added. Besides, this force now was not a fully assembled force.
By now, Woojin would be messing around in the Tokyo concession, so it would be very difficult for reinforcements to come.
Lelouch did not issue an order to attack until the enemy was within range. When most of the primary enemies surfaced on the sea, Lelouch shouted.
“Dagger-4! Radiation Wave!”
[Okay!]
The right hand of the Hongryeon virtual expression that was waiting at the bottom of the sea rose red. It is a steam explosion that was used in the Narita Battle in the past. Radiant waves operated at full range quickly heated the sea in front of Hongryeon. It quickly rose to the surface as huge bubbles began to form. It felt like the whole sea between Hokkaido and Aomori was boiling.
A huge amount of steam gushed out from the sea level beneath the feet of the Britannia army, which was slowly moving in line with the Black Knights floating on the sea surface and waiting on the shore. The Britannia army was taken aback, but there was no need to panic because the radar was enough to identify friends and family anyway. But that wasn’t the problem.
[I can’t keep my balance!]
[Hold on as much as possible!]
Flying through the atmosphere, they found it very difficult to balance in the air due to the steam and turbulent atmosphere created by the sudden heating of the sea surface. In an instant, hundreds of enemies stumbled into the sea. Air bubbles were still forming, so once Britannia’s Nightmare fell into the sea, it never surfaced again. In an instant, the situation turned into chaos.
“Now! Set off the mines!”
Lelouch’s second order was given. The mines that had been sprinkled beforehand caused an underwater explosion all at once around the Nightmare who was drowning in the sea due to the foam. Due to the powerful bubble jet generated at once. The sea water, which has been reduced in density by bubbles, expands and contracts all at once, then expands again. A mine that exploded suddenly created countless empty spaces in the sea. Into the empty space, Nightmare’s limbs struggled. Despite being in the sea, the enemy Nightmare felt the strange sensation of falling with their lower bodies in the water but their upper bodies in the air.
And that was the last memory of the pilots.
A large number of seawater rushed into the expanded underwater space. After the water pressure disappeared, reappeared, and disappeared again a couple of times, the skeleton that made up the nightmare could not withstand the metal fatigue and began to twist due to the enormous pressure. It was as if a giant had grabbed it with both hands and twisted it in the opposite direction.
“Amazing.”
Karen, who was looking at it from under the sea, muttered blankly. The steam still didn’t stop. That meant, the Nightmare continued to fall into the sea. The Nightmare, which had already been twisted and stopped maneuvering, would stop without exploding if it was lucky, but the unlucky Nightmare exploded underwater once again. Nightmare became a mine once again. Because of her bubble jets that exploded in such a chain, Karen felt that Hong-ryun was drawn into the place where the explosion occurred. Lelouch shouted.
[Dagger-4! What are you doing Get out of here! Replace the energy filler!]
“Ah Okay!”
Now, with this single attack, more than half of the enemy’s Nightmare, which had been floating in the air and flying stealthily, disappeared. Karen gulped her saliva into hers. The captain, Woojin. And Lelouch. Now, even Suzaku, who stopped them from before, is on the same side. It was to the point where I couldn’t imagine losing.
ㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡㅡ
“Hmm…”
“67% of allies lost! That’s a lot of damage!”
“What shall we do? Governor-General.”
Schneizel opened his mouth while laughing at Kanon’s carefully questioning words behind him.
“I see. It’s the same as the old Zero. Then.”
Schneizel laughed. The fighting style was similar to Zero from Black Rebellion in the past. It uses terrain features, shows a performance that inflicts great damage at once, and lowers the enemy’s morale. He likes to do the most damage with the least risk, but the opposite is so frail that he can’t do it even if he dies.
Schneizel mourned inwardly for the soldiers who died without doing anything this time. And he gave the order right away.
“Don’t retreat.”
“Yes!?”
“It’s a retreat.”
Schneizel was not obsessed. Already, he has won. The Black Knights will lose.
“Immediately return to the Government General Office. And send soldiers to Ashford Academy. Lelouch Ranfelji. He is Zero. Arrest Roro Lanfelji too. He is a collaborator.”
Schneizel said calmly. And he thought to himself.
Lelouch. It was true that your memory came back.
It was also true that the emperor has the ability to manipulate memories.
The game is over.
My little brother