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'If I ever see or hear of you shooting at a man in a parachute, I will shoot you myself.'
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not really, they have been at war for 10 days already. They will obscure but not completely hide the fact. Spreading misinformation is actually a better option now.
After a treacherous flight and a shoddy attempt at gaining some altitude before a final approach, Ye Old Pub makes it back to Erusea, barely, and it is a small miracle that it manages a landing without fire and brimstone. The commanding officer is about to award them medals for their service, but High Command ultimately gets wind of the story and is furious. No one can know. The mission never happened. Everything is swept under the rug.
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Hello there!
thank you for giving this fic a chance mate! I won't lie and say that it will be rough in the first 20 chapters.
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there will be an ASW scene in the later chaps... if I remember to jot it down lol
Of the many classes of warships in the service of the Reichsmarine, the more often overlooked vessels in the service of the Reich are not the 'pocket battleship' that is the Hindenburg-class Heavy Guided-Missile Cruiser (CAG) or the more numerous Elbing-class Guided-Missile Destroyer (DDG). No, the ships that are not as well known belong to the Munchen-class of Light Cruisers. Despite receiving the BLOCK III upgrade, thus turning them into Light Guided-Missile Cruisers (CLG), the Munchen-class of vessels struggled to get under the spotlight. This is not because they're ineffective or are too expensive to field. It's because they are geared toward Anti-air, Anti-submarine Warfare, and Escort duties that put them in the backline most of the time. The nature of their specialization means that a Munchen-class CLG is decked out with not just a 37-knot speed, and state-of-the-art sensors, but also a plethora of weapons. Their armaments consist of Dual-purpose 150 mm guns, Goalkeeper 57 mm autocannons, Gepard 30 mm CIWS with Sea Iris short-to-medium-range missiles, 533 mm torpedo tubes, an Anti-submarine rocket launcher, and a Vertical Launching System for multiple Sea Fenix long-range AA missiles and some anti-surface and anti-sub-surface ordnances.
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Well, the only real way to counter tech advantage is through overwhelming numbers... And the Belkan air defense network would do everything to eliminate most if not all of their enemy in one go
Injured and affected by the frost, things seem to get even worse for the crew of the Pub when another flak burst peppers them with another deadly metallic shower. More fragments damage and scorch the critical parts of the Pub. The bomber's internal oxygen, hydraulic, and electrical systems are damaged, and the port elevator is also gone. Engine three on the Pub took a nasty hit, reducing it to half of its power. At this point, Ye Olde Pub has effectively, at best, 40% of its total rated power available. Other than the dead Tail Gunner, the Navigator is critically wounded in the leg by shrapnel, the Bombardier's feet are frozen due to shorted-out heating wires in his uniform, the Ball Turret Gunner receives an additional cut to his head alongside his blinded eye, and the Signalman is wounded in his right shoulder. Worse, the remaining morphine syrettes carried onboard are also frozen, complicating first-aid efforts by Nybeck's crew. The loss of the Plexiglass cone has come to bite them in the arse at last. At this point, bailing out is getting more and more tempting. Yet, before any of them can voice their opinion in panic, another explosion, another jolt, and all of a sudden, they find Ye Olde Pub going down on a steep bank to the left.
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Tom Cruise would be proud
In a burst of adrenaline-infused clarity, these three men perform an award-winning feat of wearing their parachutes midair after stabilizing their freefall. How is this possible? Survival instinct, camaraderie, and most important of all, luck. Pulling the cords on their parachutes, the Navigator, Tail Gunner, and Right Waist Gunner feel their descent comes to a sudden deceleration, the air leaving their lungs before they allow their spirits to temporarily relax. Heaven above they bloody made it.
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Spoiler: They didn't
"Why so pessimistic, mate? We have a thousand guns and autocannons. Even Belkan witchcraft won't save them from our screen of lead. Nothing is gonna stop us from dropping a metric ton of bombs on Belka in the largest bombing mission in history."
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they need flex tapes
Though the Harrier ain't the fastest aircraft in Belkan's arsenal, it's more than capable of catching up with a B-17 hanging onto hopes and dreams. Soon enough, Toyjet's Harrier achieves a positive weapon lock on the B-17, though the pilot opts to not unlock the safety on his four Iris missiles. From what Toyjet's HUD is telling him, the B-17 is flying precariously slow and low, a sign that further fuels his suspicion that the bomber is badly damaged. To test his theory, Toyjet flies closer and into the visual range with the rumbling B-17. He keeps his fingers on the trigger and the B-17's rear in his sight, though he does not shoot. Something stops him. The lack of fire from the other plane makes him curious, and it is then that he truly spots the damage the enemy plane has taken.
Reich Marshal of the Belkan Reich
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