Armed Enlightenment Book 1 (Practice Story [My other stories are better])

Lamentation and Return

"Your name is unknown, your deed is immortal." 
-Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, Moscow

Tokyo, Japan

1330 hours

7 hours after the initial Altarus Landings

In a room in the Ministry of Defense, the Japanese prime minister was receiving a briefing on the strategy being used for the war with the Papaldia Empire from both the Ministries of Defense and Foreign Affairs.

"I will now outline our strategy."

A projector was turned on, showing a map of the imperial capital Esthirant and the surrounding areas. A laser pointer was used to assist with the explanation. The Papaldia Empire was quite far from Japan, but it was very close to the Kingdom of Altarus.

"This relies on the modifications to Mu's airfield in the Kingdom of Altarus being completed for us to use as a military base, but..."

The pointer circled an area a bit north of Esthirant.

"There is a very large enemy base here. Fortunately for us, the Papaldia Empire has a tendency of building their forts and bases far from their cities. The fact that they concentrate all their forces in once place leads us to believe they're completely unfamiliar with our style of modern warfare. Papaldia has three of these large military bases; the one here appears to be the cornerstone of the capital's defenses. This base has a fair amount of aerial combat power; we've confirmed wyverns. In addition, at Esthirant's southern port, there are a few hundred ships-of-the-line anchored there. As expected of the famed conquerors of the Third Civilization, their fleet would probably make the nineteenth-century British Empire quake in their boots. For the ships at the port, two escort flotillas should be sufficient; for the ground bases, we'll send a large number of F-2 and F/A-18 fighter planes and P3C patrol planes to conduct large scale bombing with unguided bombs. That should wipe them out. With regards to munitions, after the war with Rowlia, as you already know, the budget resolution for the mass production of bombs and lend-lease program with the Terrans was approved, so there's need to worry about our stock."