The Sended's

Chapter 8: New Enemy Beyond the Horizon

The attack on the West led to defeat for the Nonna Federation and as expected, they began to disintegrate

Despite this, they managed to annex some areas of Germanica and its ally Lucca. But General Alexei was forced to be replaced with a young General who was still lacking experience due to unsatisfactory results for the Federation

The large number of casualties on the part of the Federation made the morale of their troops drop drastically and the lack of food supply also made matters worse. A devastated economy is one of the causes of this lack of food supplies

Although their ground forces were destroyed, their fleet still controlled the Baltic Sea in the North, they had about 50 ships there

Germanica's leaders intended to destroy them with an air force that had already taken control of the Baltic sea, but the naval commander soon convinced that Germanica's navy needed to be given a chance

Commander Erich Raeedher had about 40 ships on the North coast of Germanica or rather in the British sea, he intended to use half of them to sail into the Baltic sea in the North to deal with the Federation fleet

But penetrating out of the British sea is not easy, the only way out is if the weather worsens at night accompanied by thick fog in the morning

"Next mission to the North, huh..? It must be very cold there, Russia is just below the North Pole....?"

"Russia?"

"Just mind what I say, Victoria. I used to name other countries by weird names,"

We were given two days off due to the overhaul of the fleet to be used to the North, of course due to the colder weather we needed some extra on our ship

So all the ships that were going to the North were given two days off for their crew, so we went on a two-day walk on the mainland

Come to think of it, Victoria was the only female soldier on my ship other than the chef.

"We're up to the captain, that's where I mean,"

"Victoria, you know a lot of places huh..," said one of my officers.

We officers went together to a place to eat that Victoria said was good, after all I knew nothing about this country. Just one day in this world I've been to the ocean

When opening the door at that place, a small bell rang from above the door, then the waiter greeted us well. The place was quite crowded by the soldiers from all branches

There were even a few of my soldiers eating there, so we decided to join in

I took off my captain's clothes and put them on my shoulders because it was so hot in there, so were some of the crew

"Return!!", as my men picked up their beers and drank them together

I who had never drank decided to avoid it, even though my troops continued to force...

While we were enjoying the fun, suddenly some troops approached us,

"These are the Kriegsmarine? The most lagging branch in the military right?"

They are Heer branch troops or army troops, well I have to admit that Heer technology is the best among other armies

Germanica's military is divided into three branches, the army, the sea, and the air. These three branches have their respective names, Heer for the army, Luftwaffe for the air force, and Kriegsmarine for the navy

Just as the British named their three branches differently, the Royal Army, Royal AirForce, and the Royal Navy

Actually, the Kriegsmarine was also newly formed which was intended to challenge the dominance of the Royal Navy in the British sea, so it is only natural that our technology is still lagging behind

"What is Kriegsmarine doing here, huh..? Shouldn't the war at sea be more difficult because of limited technology? But they're just relaxing here,"

And it seems that there are still not many who believe in the ability of Kriegsmarine, even as a fellow Germanica soldier

"You say that and then why are you here too, Heer?", one of my men began to speak up

"Ah you know? That the army has an annual holiday schedule, even though we are very busy dealing with Francia in the West and Nonna in the East. While you guys should be able to defeat the Royal Navy alone, right?"

"Oiya I forgot, after all your ships are just toys in front of the Royal Navy, so it is impossible to defeat them right.", he added.

"You!!", seeing my troops starting to get emotional, I immediately stopped him and told him to hold on

Soon the situation became calm again, I also stood up and approached the army of Heer earlier

"I think you hate Kriegsmarine, don't you, squad?", I asked

"Of course, you don't even have a function against Francia and Nonna. You better not be there"

"Hmm, is that it? Then if we don't exist, will it get better?"

He immediately froze, because he just wanted to heat us up and mock us for no reason. Just imagine if we didn't exist, port cities would never exist today, the Royal Navy would have flown the British flag there

Hadeh... This split I think will only bring destruction, just like IJN and IJA used to be.

Although Heer faced enemy forces on all sides, but that does not mean that if Kriegsmarine there was harm to Germanica

We may have no function against Francia, Dacia and Nonna, but if we don't exist then things will get worse, why do you dare to border the ocean?

The squad was visibly upset and left the place along with his group of Heers

"Sorry captain because I got out of control,"

"It's okay, the important thing is that there's no problem. So, continue your activities,"

"Okay!!", they answered in unison

Then the condition returned as before visited by Heer earlier, when the atmosphere of fellow military should get along but want how else because Kriegsmarine has not won a battle that is very decisive for the future

I was standing at the entrance of the bar looking at the orange afternoon sky

"Tomorrow we will fight a different enemy huh...."

At that moment I saw the messenger running towards me while waving a letter that seemed official, I received it and immediately opened it

"Eh...?", The confused voice I made turned out to be in Victoria's ears

"What's the captain?"

"Eto, it looks like we're going to have two more days off,"

Hearing this news instantly all my troops froze for a moment, then they stared at each other, and they rejoiced at this news.

"Live Kriegsmarine!!!"

I sighed and walked to the bar's outdoor seat and sat there myself

Victoria who saw me also sat next to me when the others were still partying because of the additional holiday

"Any captain, is something bothering you?"

I looked into his eyes sharply, it seemed like he was also confused because I suddenly did that. Then I decided to tell him everything

"I am not of this world,"

"Eh? are you drunk, captain?"

"Haha, maybe," it was a relief to be able to say that.

But right, I think I'm drunk right now. My age is enough to be able to consume it, since the beginning I am no longer a high school boy

"Can you help me, officer Victoria?"

"Y-yes, I'll help you, what do you want,?"

"Please call one of the other officers,"

I.. I think it's true that I'm drunk, so I need someone to get me to my inn.

It was a tiring day, when I reached the inn room I immediately went to bed and forgot things on that day

Even the next day I did nothing and just rested in my room and went out to eat

Then the next day or the last day before our departure to the North, I invited Victoria with my other officers to the ship museum near the beach

"Captain, how are you? Are you healthy?", asked an officer to me

"Don't talk as if we haven't met for a long time, damn it"

"So I heard yesterday that you came home with Weinner on board," why did such a rumor spread so quickly?!

I immediately put on my hat and went to the museum, I will not repeat the same thing that happened at the school where just because the hat left behind made my rank drop into an ordinary army again

"Hey look, it's the ship's museum" exclaimed the Victorian spirit

We entered the large building near the sea, and had lunch near the sea

Inside the building there are many miniature warships from ancient times to the most modern, there are also several ship design papers on display there

There were also many paintings of great battles taking place throughout the Western Continent

"Captain, captain, look, that's our newest type of destroyer" Victoria pointed to one of the miniatures

His behavior was really like a boy who saw his work on display at the school festival, then his parents came to look around with him and finally the boy pointed to his own work to get his parents' praise

But am I also one of the occupants of the ship, then should I praise him....?

Finally, Victoria was satisfied to see the entire museum was quite large, we went to a place to eat on the beach for lunch

Ah fullness, plus the beautiful view of the sea, complete already this life....

"Look at the girl!! damn she's so cute, I'm gonna tease her", one of the officers ran into one of the girls on the beach

Sea....

"Hey!! I don't want to lose", the other officer ran in the opposite direction for the same reason

Sea....

"Don't just walk away" Victoria tried to stop them.

"I-ut.."

I tried to stay patient seeing this was a nice day, even though the image of my sea was very beautiful.

Tomorrow is the time when a fortune of 20 ships is needed, bad weather at night and foggy mornings. Are we going to get that situation?