Disclosure of Strategy Plan

"First of all, just to reconfirm, the military action this time is a joint operation that was established with the consent of Kosuke-dono, with the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom requesting cooperation from the Merinard Kingdom. Is there any problem with the shape?"

"Of course, that's fine. We don't have the know-how to command a flying dragon knight."

　Of course, they don't have the know-how to command magic airships, magic musketeers, or harpie bombers, so even if they were asked to take command, it would only cause trouble for both of them. It is best for each other to seize each other's strength and cooperate.

"It is most important that we have obtained your consent. You can watch the operation.However, I want you to protect yourself.The opponent is a flying bite.Just because a monster is a spectator, it doesn't mean that you can distinguish between attacking opponents.Magic Airship If you board and watch the game, you are responsible for your own safety."

　Of course, Prince Sindriel said with a faint smile that there wouldn't be a single military officer in this place who couldn't protect himself. I'm not a military officer, so I'm safe. Isla isn't a military officer, she's the head court mage, so it's safe. Well, Isla can protect herself at least by herself.

　Let's put that aside for the time being and raise the agenda from here first.

"For the time being, I think it is important to grasp each other's strength, but how about it? I don't think so."

"That's true, but isn't there really no choice but to see it for yourself?"

"That will be necessary as well. We are ready for it, and we can show it at any time, so let me explain here first."

　Saying that, I stood up from my seat and took out the blackboard from my inventory. It is an excellent item that can be moved easily with casters, and is also equipped with white, pink, and yellow chalk and a blackboard eraser. I really wanted to use it as a whiteboard, but unfortunately, I'm having trouble developing ink that feels just right, like a magic pen, and I haven't been able to put it to practical use.

"It's light, but I will disclose the attack capabilities of the new magic airship developed by our country."

　With that said, I simply drew the side view and top view of the magic airship on the blackboard with white chalk. It's really very easy to draw an outline, so I can draw this much without any problem even if I'm not an artist.

"First of all, the ship's fixed armament is equipped with a torpedo cannon. One on the bow and two on each side. This is a magic weapon that can fire a powerful lightning strike, with a range of about 100m. The attack range is conical with the cannon as the apex.It is possible to attack a fairly wide range, but the drawback is that it is a bit difficult to use when approached."

　Basically, it's not a weapon that you use after approaching, but a weapon that attacks a wide range by shooting at a certain distance. It's powerful if you hit it at the root, but the attack range is narrow, and it's difficult to aim in the first place.

"And all the soldiers aboard the ship are magic musketeers. Magic musketeers are a special class of soldiers who handle our country's latest weapons, the magic guns, and the magic guns they use have tough shells like gizma. It has the power to break through the armor of monsters and inflict fatal wounds.As long as it's not too hard to hit, it's possible to shoot down even a wyvern with a single shot and disable it.This has been proven in actual combat training in the Sorel Mountains. I will also guarantee that. I will take some time later and have you actually see the power of the magic gun."

　I take out a magic gun from my inventory and hold it. It comes with a thick black steel barrel. It's supposed to be used by demi-humans who excel in physical strength, so it's a bit heavy for me.

"This thing's effective range is well over 100m――but, as expected, in an aerial battle where both you and your opponent are moving, you need to attract them quite a bit in order to hit them reliably. , You can think that the attack power is higher.However, even if this bullet misses, it will fly a considerable distance while maintaining lethal power.If a stray bullet hits a person, it will die first, and the wyvern will be fatally injured. That's why, in the event that Flying Biters engage in melee combat, I'd like the Flying Dragon Soldiers and Flying Dragon Knights of the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom to cover the bottom of the magic airship. ,how about that"

"I see, so you're protecting the bottom of the ship, which is a blind spot."

　In fact, there are many embrasures on the bottom of the ship, so it is not a completely blind spot. Unlike normal ships, even if there are holes in the bottom of the ship, water will not enter and sink. for airships. To be precise, it's not the bottom of the ship, but the hull, but there's no need to explain it carefully here, and above all, I want to avoid a situation where we're fighting each other with stray bullets. Do not deny or confirm here.

　Or rather, the effective range of the magic gun is easily 500m, but after all, when it comes to anti-aircraft combat in the air, the hit rate drops accordingly. Even against an opponent as large as a wyvern, it is extremely difficult to hit at a distance of 100m or more. Well, against fighter planes, even the bomber's anti-aircraft machine guns didn't seem to hit that much. is an impossible game. If I remember correctly, the hit rate of anti-aircraft machine guns during World War II should have been in the single digits at most. Even though the bullets are scattered at high speed like hot water and that number, why is it that our magic musketeers can hit so much even though the opponent is a fairly large Wyvern? I don't understand this.

"If you want to use the offensive power of our ship to fight, you can lure a flock of flying biters from their nests to the ship, first get a lot of flying biters involved with lightning guns, and then intercept them with magic gun soldiers. Flying dragon soldiers. And sweeping up the remaining enemies while receiving the support of the Flying Dragon Knight.Repeat this to gradually deplete the strength of the nest, and after lowering the defensive power, invade the sky above the nest.Bombing by magic airship and harpie bomber squadron I think it would be better to destroy the nest with

　This is the straight forward attack that I came up with. By the way, Plan B intercepts the Flying Biters and charges into the sky above the nest at maximum ship speed, dropping golem soldiers from the inventory in the sky. It is a plan to destroy them with their offensive power, and Plan C is a different plan from Plan B, dropping a magic stone bomb and leaving as it is. Naturally, both were rejected by Isla.

　According to Isla, both plans rely on my personal abilities and do not meet the purpose of showing off the power of the Merinard Kingdom. If you use that method to destroy the Flying Biter's nest, you don't even need to use a magic airship, and it's far safer and more reasonable to have Grande carry me and hit and run. That's definitely true. Grande is much faster than the magic airship, and her self-defense ability is perfect.

"If you are going to fight with the support of the Kingdom of Merinard, Kosuke-dono's plan seems to be good. Then what about the decision to withdraw? If the cooperation does not go well or an unforeseen situation occurs, it is necessary to make a decision to withdraw. I think it will be

"Regarding that, I would like to go in the direction of following the judgment of the Dragonis Mountain Kingdom. We have combat experience with Wyverns, but not with Flying Biters. No. It would be helpful if the experienced Dragonis Mountain Kingdom could judge the difficult timing of withdrawal.」

"I agree"

"Then let's show off the power of the magic gun once we've worked out the details."

　After that, after deciding on details such as the date and time of departure and the number of people, I prepared a target near the airfield where the magic airship was anchored, and smashed the stone target protected by iron plates with a barrage of magic guns. As a result, I think that the quality of the gaze directed at the Magic Musketeers from the escorts of the Small Nation Alliance has changed. After all, it's important to show your strength and not be underestimated.