Living a Maiden Game in Hard Mode

ly, and then unleashed a torrent of nuclear fusion missiles in 10 bursts on the enemy system.
The first salvo is at 600 million km/h, and from the second salvo they will slow down by 20 million km, with a time lag to precede the uninterrupted attack.

After the launch, the fortress slowed to 400 million km/h and advanced into the system.

Six hours after advancing into the system, the missiles of both forces collided with each other ten times at 30 minute intervals.

A million white stars explode many times on a black background of outer space.

The Tenka side, which had never experienced war since its founding, shot too many fusion rounds first.
As a result, many fusion rounds turned into huge fireworks in the first explosion, and the repeated attacks after that caused them to lose their missiles to return fire.

As a result, the sector where the explosion occurred gradually approached the inhabited star system.

“Lord Amakawa, please temporarily deactivate the shields at the rear of the fortress.
We’re two hours from the enemy system.
We will launch the Salamanders.”

“………… Very well.”

The Chief of Staff and Operating Assistant, Yuna, returned to the fortress command center and issued a launch order to the Salamanders, 7.4 million crafts.

At that timing, Hart also released the blocking device and returned to his normal senses.

Looking around, Yuna and Colette sit on his right side, and Philine and Claudia on the left side.
Half of the command center’s screens are glowing with missile explosions.

The star system map showed the attack target, planet Suān, and in front of it, about 50,000 enemies of 50 fleets were displayed.

50,000 Tenka ships are comparable to 3.75 million Salamanders or 78 fleets of the Monarchy.

The current Royal Fleet, half of the total army, was a defense force that could never be conquered without the presence of Fortress Kerviel.

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However, the force evaluation in the current sector was 100:51, and the Royal Army was overwhelmingly dominant.

“Prior to contact, I will irradiate the fortress main cannons to burn down the neatly aligned enemy forces, continuing the irradiation in the range of 900 million to 200 million km.
After the battle between the fighter crafts and the enemy, we will move in the zenith direction and continue to attack with the main gun and fusion rounds diagonally from the rear of the enemy and the enemy system.
Yuna and Claudia, assist the attack, and Philine is on the propulsion engine.
Colette will take her place in a timely manner.”

Hart chose the conventional method of shooting unilaterally from outside the enemy’s range, but the conventional means are used frequently because they are effective, and because they are frequently used, they become mundane and conventional.

Hart thinks that there is no need to take an eccentric measure in a predominant state.
And to prove that his idea was correct, he fired the fortress gun at the enemy’s line.

A pillar of blue light stretched from Fortress Kerviel toward the front row of the Shinkyō fleet.

When the pillar of light penetrated the front-row ships located on the Tenka right wing, it swept through to the left wing side as it was, and it penetrated the ships located next to it one after another.

By arranging the ships in an orderly manner, it is possible to show the public the high level of control of the ships.
But when facing Fortress Kerviel on the battlefield, it was as stupid as lining up the targets neatly and insisting that they be shot at all together.

The fortress cannons quickly penetrated from the right wing of Tenka to the left wing and burned down a thousand ships.
And this time, from the left wing side to the right wing side, the enemy line of the next stage is burned.

“The defense commander is incompetent.”

Tenka’s national mages are obedient to their superiors, or worse, have poor self-judgment.

The national mages are not graduates of the military school.
Androids that ride on board and execute commands do not care for their lives.

If the individual ships couldn’t make decisions, then the commander would have to take charge.
In Hart’s experience, the commander’s ability to defend the system was a few steps lower than that of the commanders of the invading forces.

As Fortress Kerviel continued to burn the defense fleet unilaterally, the Tenka fleet took steps to move forward toward the fortress while breaking the line of ships.

If the enemy is disorganized, they will become prey to the group tactics of the fighter crafts.
Salamanders rushed into the enemy Tenka fleet and went deep inside to avoid being burned by fusion rounds.

7.4 million ray guns attack 50,000 cruisers.
In the midst of the confusion, the attacks of the two forces in all directions of the battle sector intermingled, and many ships and fighter crafts fall.

With the exception of some fighter crafts that were very good at maneuvering, warships and fighter crafts collided on the battlefield.

Fortress Kerviel tried to reduce the damage to its allies by unilaterally burning down the enemy back-row that was not engaged in close contact.
Yuna and the others played their role, and Colette took the lead in reducing the burden on the other three and coordinating with the general staff.

“Our army is overwhelmingly superior.
Part of salamanders have penetrated the enemy inhabited planet Suān”

After receiving the staff’s report, Hart nodded to the good news, but reaffirmed his purpose.

“Chief of Staff, our aim is to drop the 10 celestial bodies in the fortress to the enemy planet.
Move some of the Salamanders towards the zenith direction to wipe out the enemies in the zenith.
The fortress will go around from the outside and drop the celestial bodies.”

“Copy that, executing orders at once.”

When the Chief of Staff’s notification flew to the fighter craft division, from the two types of light that intersected in the front of the planet reflected in the system map, a blue part separated and began to move around the planet from the zenith direction.

As the fighter crafts pushed through in numbers to create a safe sector, Hart accelerated the fortress and released four rushing bodies to the top, bottom, left, and right of the planet facing them.

Confirming that celestial bodies had been released from the fortress, the Tenka army moved to prevent the entry of celestial bodies.

Because they had lost control of the sector, they had no choice but to forcibly intercept them with fusion rounds from deployed ships or from within the planet, but they were still able to stop two of them.

However, the remaining two shots could not be stopped, and they entered the continent and Arctic on the left side from the fortress with the speed and angle of incidence close to what Hart had planned.

The continent’s entry point was encased in a fireball, and heat radiation burned down a radius of 4,000 km.
In addition, a powerful shockwave ran through the range that was further doubled.

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Even on the Arctic side, the point of impact went through the ocean with ease, and a huge tsunami occurred from the impact point, and headed for various parts of the northern hemisphere.

“Successfully rushed into two shots.”

“Second projection, three points except the north pole.
On the left, slightly lower the target to the continent in the south.”

Before the shockwaves and tsunamis generated by the rushing bodies raced through the planet, Hart had sent the next projectiles.
The target is three places excluding the north pole.
The shattered continent on the left was removed from target and replaced by the southern continent.

When the second celestial body was ejected, the Tenka defense fleet, which had been deprived of control, tried to break into their path, ignoring the damage.

As a result, the Tenka fleet succeeded in stopping one of the three celestial bodies amid the number of dropped ships.

As it was aimed at the continent on the right, Hart revisited his assessment of the commander, inwardly praising the efforts of the Tenka Defense Fleet with a click of his tongue.

But the national mages must be killed.
In order for Fleur to absorb the purified magic elements, Hart brought Fortress Kerviel closer to the planet side.

“The continent to the right remains.
There are three celestial bodies left, but one of them must be dropped on the continent on the right side.
If it fails, we can’t cut down their national mages and protect the Monarchy.
Chief of Staff, order to the command post to have Salamanders take down the enemy fleet on the path with the highest priority.
At this time, our sacrifices will not matter.”

“Understood, Issuing the highest priority.”

The order was executed immediately.

As the fighter crafts, which were told the meaning of the operation, desperately secured the sector, Hart increased the speed of the fortress, deepened the angle of incidence, and projected one of the remaining three objects onto the right continent.

Regretting that more celestial bodies had not been prepared, the 8th celestial body broke through the enemy’s obstruction and rushed into the target continent.

Although it was more powerful than planned, Hart considered it within the margin of error due to the multiple failed objects.
Dropping celestial bodies on three major continents, Hart then sent the 9th body onto an independent continent on the north side.

Perhaps because of the efforts of the fighter crafts, the 9th celestial body also succeeded in rushing in, so six out of nine hit the target.
Hart, who threw the last celestial body into the right continent, advanced the fortress to the limit of the enemy ship’s attack range, and looked at Fleur’s situation.

Fleur, the contracted spirit of Hart, wore a hair ornament with crimson jewels on her head and held a staff with huge blue jewels in her hands, with a look of anguish and suppression on her face.

Recognizing that she was in the process of absorbing the massive magic elements being converted, Hart did not tell the people around him about it, but simply communicated his policy.

“The celestial rush was a success.
The order prioritizing the suppression of the path is lifted.
Originally, I wanted to force the return of the enemy’s invasion by scattering deadly weapons from satellite orbit, but it is impossible to destroy the enemies in the sector.
After weeding out the enemy fleet in a dominant state, we will leave the sector.
Let the battle continue until further notice.”

“Understood, Lifting top priority order.”

The battle sector is still in a state of chaos, with the wreckage of both forces warships’ were still flying around, with ships and salamanders that were thought to be wreckage moving and shooting.

In the battlefield, far beyond the information processing ability of the human brain, both armies were fighting with battle-linked systems, the decision-making speed of the androids, and the senses of the spirits attached to each of them.

This kind of crushing battle is not the way Hart likes to fight.
In terms of strength evaluation, the Monarchy had an advantage, and it was possible to bring it to a state of complete melee so that each ally could not shoot fusion bullets, but if it was just a fight, he wanted to cut it short.

『It’s over.』

After holding out for three hours, Fleur reported that both allies and foes have suffered considerable damage.

After sighing, Hart removed the fortress from the planet’s orbit, and then ordered Salamanders in battle to retreat to the fortress.

After Salamander left the planet, Hart further expanded the damage by firing a total of 3 million fusion rounds at the dense enemy fleets and enemy planets.

The shockwaves of the explosion created a distance between the two armies, as if forcing Hart and others to leave the sector.