Japan Space-Time Strange Chronicles

Second Battle of Philip Island

This is the first chapter this month.

Finally... finally, a battleship fires its guns against a ship!! ...Well, it doesn't have to be a battleship, but please, let me tell you one thing.

Please take a look at the overwhelming power of the Musashi...

- Kazuhiro Kasami

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More than half an hour had passed since the Japanese reconnaissance plane had flown away. The Yi Empire's Southern Dispatch Fleet was able to assume that their location would have been exposed to the enemy by the recon plane that had just flown over. Therefore, assuming that the enemy would have already entered the radius of action, they sent reconnaissance planes repeatedly in the direction from which the enemy's reconnaissance planes had flown away.

However...

"How's the report from the first recon team?"

The reconnaissance version of the Jianyu fighter has only a rear swivel machine gun so that its speed can be faster than that of the fighter, and it is lighter for the machine gun and its ammunition, so in addition to a slight increase in speed, its range has been extended. However, the report from the reconnaissance unit had not yet come.

"Why have there still been no reports... has the enemy sent that reconnaissance plane from farther away than we imagined?"

"It can't be, but considering the speed of that reconnaissance plane that had just arrived... I think it would be too fast to dismiss the idea that it is 'impossible.'"

"That's right. Do you have radio contact?"

"I think so, sir."

"I see... I'll add a word of advice to take it easy."

If the recon team's planes crashed, it will expose the commander's incompetence. So he wanted them to not push themselves too hard.

"Yes, sir. I'll send a message immediately."

The communications operator quickly transmitted the message to the recon team, but for some reason, Chao could not stop sweating bullets.

"...I hope nothing happens."

"Commander, we must not show weakness. We are the Yi Empire's navy, the champions of the eastern seas."

"...True. Thank you, Captain Liu."

"It's no big deal, sir. Considering I'm dealing with a difficult girl, it's not a big deal."

"By the way, isn't your daughter's birthday soon?"

The captain of the Dingyuan, Liu, took a black-and-white photograph from his pocket.

"Yes. She is a sassy girl in many ways... but she's still my child. I can't help but think she's adorable. When I get home, I'll have to make sure I celebrate her birthday..."

Liu had a reputation for being a very strict person, so much so that his subordinates called him "Demon Captain Liu" in training, but he was a person with a very kind face when it came to his family.

It's just that the danger is closer than they thought.

. . .

The Japanese Maritime Self-Defense Force's artillery destroyer Musashi had already detected the enemy on its radar at a distance of fewer than 200 kilometers.

"Captain Igarashi, we will soon be in the range of radar-guided shells."

"We have only just finished testing... this is our first attempt against a moving object..."