Azur Lane: Land To Sea.

15: 'Plan G'

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"That poor fox..."The Observer chuckled in pity. And she teleported back to one of the Siren aircraft carriers. And they were hammering the battlefield. But the battlefield was providing them massive cover so the cannons had to aim their shots upward to try to hit them.

"Ah yes..." Her eyes light up in bloodlust. 

"This is where they will all perish." 

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Caster ran back down the mountain and some of the Sakura Empire aces saw him but couldn't do anything about him. Too tired to shoot him or take out more planes. 

He jumped to the other island and he met up with the Coalition's girls who were avoiding salvos upon salvos from the Siren fleet behind the mountain. 

"Look out!" Javelin shouted and Z23 just dodged the salvo. 

"A suggestion to counter this fleet would be helpful!" Hornet exclaimed. 

"Or we could leave," Illustrious said. As she was also dodging shells. 

"No." 

The girls all snapped their heads towards Caster. But he wasn't making any faces as the girls did. 

"Are you crazy, Commander?!" Hornet exclaimed. She wasn't mad at him, but she was appalled with the situation. "We're getting crushed by either side!"

The all the girls looking at Caster right now are more or less injured. Some grazes on the arm or leg, some deep cuts, some head damage. The whole shebang. 

"I said no." Caster calmly said. As the ground rumbled with one of the shots from the Siren ships hitting the mountain face. "I get it, it's a bad situation."

"But-" Illustrious tries to speak in but Caster did something.

Caster gets his small waist bag and gets some papers. While the other girls like Hood, Edinburgh were calming the Sakura Empire's aces down and helped them get to a safe area where they can't get hit by the artillery raining down on them.

The girls look at the paper's titles. 'Plan B.' 'Plan C.' 'Plan D.' He was throwing them away. Making the girls confused.

But his tense demeanor kept going until he found the paper or 'plan' that was satisfactory to him. 

"Found it." He mumbled. And he gave the said paper to Enterprise. 

"First of all, I do have to explain the context of the problem at hand." Caster held his head to prevent himself from getting dizzy. He was exhausted at this point. 

All the sleepless nights that he did just to mount this offensive was raining down on him. His mood is always borderline hostile, And mental breakdowns are more getting into his head. But he needs to finish the job. 

He breathes in and out deeply. Trying to calm himself. "I know that we could just leave the Empire's aces and let Sirens take over their mainland."

"Sounds like a good idea on paper, and I think you all would agree with it. But it's downright counter-productive." 

Enterprise was about to voice her concern but he raised his finger signling that he isn't finished yet.

"I've read so many books about Azur Lane for the last few weeks and from the start, this Azur Lane organization is composed of many banners banding together to fight the Sirens. Am I correct?" 

The girls around him nodded in agreement.

He paused. Thinking about what he's saying next.

To further elaborate on the stakes, If he were to choose to leave the Empire to fend for itself with it's injured aces and a soul-crushed Akagi, it would definitely lay down seeds for disdain and even worse hatred on the Azur Lane. And many people would see it as immoral.