The Motherland In Another World | Summoning Soviet Union

Chapter 11 : Battle of Fortress City Ejei

Kingdom of Louria, Hawk Knights, part of Eastern Subjugation Army, Headquarters

Information about the major defeat at the Great Naval Battle of Rodenius was withheld from the front lines for fear of affecting morale. However, some of the higher officials were not given this courtesy...

The Hawk Knights, part of Louria's eastern vassal army advance force, were currently in shock. They had just received news that the hundred knights of the 15th cavalry regiment, who were scouting in force about 25 kilometers east of Gim, had been eradicated. According to the officer, they didn't detect any large-scale magic power, such as from wyverns, but, nevertheless, not a single knight had returned. If an unforeseen situation had arisen, at least one person should have been able to escape. It was possible that they were completely encircled and wiped out by a large army, but, considering how mobile cavalry were, it was a pretty far-fetched idea

Junfilla: Don't you think something strange is going on? The only enemies should be Qua-Toyne's demihumans... Officer Washuna, what is your opinion?

asked Duke Junfilla, who had originally organized the eastern vassal army

Washuna: Regarding the magic power detection, there was no reaction at all, at least nothing that anyone noticed as unusual. That means there weren't any magic beasts on the level of wyverns, nor were there any magical attacks such as the wyverns' fire blast

Junfilla: So then, what do you think happened?

Washuna: It couldn't... possibly...

Junfilla: What is it!

Washuna: This was circulating among the officers recently... something mentioned in a communication, something completely fantastical. It was so absurd that we paid no attention to it, but...

Junfilla: Right...

Washuna: During the Myhark invasion, 3,400 fleet was destroyed, and the 350 wyverns sent to engage the enemy flagship were completely annihilated. The operation ended in failure...

!!!!!!!!!!!

Everyone there froze in shock

Junfilla: Wait a minute, let me get this straight. The fleet and wyverns that we dispatched should have been capable of conquering Qua-Toyne all on their own. Even if they were to attack the Papaldia Empire with their renowned naval encirclement, they had the numbers and firepower to break out of even that and make it to land. It wouldn't be an exaggeration to call it the largest single fighting force in history. But you're saying they were defeated? And by fucking Qua-Toyne at that?!

Washuna: Actually... after Massacre in Gim, a country called Soviet Union apparently joined the war. This report was sent to us by a fellow officer, but... it said that, in the naval battle, they had a giant warship controlled by mages who continuously fired magic that sank an entire ship in a loud explosion with a single shot. They also had a spear of light that chased after wyverns, and, when it hit, the wyvern was blown into pieces

They all began to wonder... was this some kind of mythological battle? Or maybe just a crazy story? It couldn't possibly have happened. However, they had been wondering why 75 of the advance force's wyverns had been recalled... If this story turned out to be true, then...

Junfilla: Speaking of the Hawk Knights, the captain of the squad that was eliminated was quite strong himself. The horses they used were faster than other knights' horses too. It should be difficult to completely wipe them out...

There was a separate matter that worried the eastern vassal army's officials. They had received an order from the main force that came from the infamous Lieutenant General Adem