The Saga of Tanya the Evil, Vol. 2: Ultra Plus by Zen Carlo

Author:Zen, Carlo
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Yen Press
Published: 2018-03-27T04:00:00+00:00

SAME DAY, IMPERIAL ARMY GENERAL STAFF OFFICE, JOINT CONFERENCE ROOM

The situation was bad if the Service Corps staff, the Intelligence staff, and the Operations staff were all at wits’ end. Maybe there was some kind of political strategy problem or some kind of military issue. It was natural that the staff officers would be worried about how to get things under control.

Well, they had probably also started thinking about who to blame.

“What? We lost the Entente Alliance ships?” That accurately summed up the sentiment of all the army officers present. No, all the participants’ thoughts could be expressed that way.

Not that they’d had them trapped like rats, but everyone had believed it was certain, given the power balance, that they would deal the enemy ships a serious blow in this naval battle. It had been finally a chance for the idle navy to shine and show some results, but the staff’s expectations had been magnificently betrayed.

“…The Northern Sea Fleet failed to relocate them.”

“Even though we succeeded in building up superior fighting capabilities?”

“Yes, it seems they got away.”

They let them get away? Not that the fleet was perfect, but they had managed to gather a fair number of capital ships. They were also able to choose the battleground. It was only natural to have high expectations under those circumstances.

Were all those fleet maneuvers just a waste of heavy oil?

The stern gazes from the army seemed to contain a rebuke. What is the meaning of this? The confused naval officers bearing the brunt of it were forced to present materials and attempt to explain.

“No, the weather was so horrible. The fact that we even made contact twice was a fluke. It’s incredibly difficult to relocate a fleet.”

There was nothing easy about finding something in the sea. Even a fleet of warships is nothing but a speck in the wide-open water.

Unless you controlled all sides of an area, it was impossible to patrol it perfectly. How well you could do was practically up to probability. For that reason, the navy prioritized inferences based on past experience. To put it another way, the Imperial Navy’s lack of experience was enough to break them down into tears. Though the expansion of their “hardware” was on schedule, the personnel operating them still required improvements.

“But that’s your job.”

Still, it was true that griping wouldn’t get them anywhere. They didn’t need to be told that doing their best with what they were given was demanded of military men. In that case, the navy had to supplement their perfectly adequate hardware with “software” that could operate it in the form of quality manpower.

“Still, I guess saying any more at this point won’t change anything.” Major General von Zettour figured that was enough useless finger-pointing and chimed in to end the venting.

As far as he could tell, the army had already expressed most of their complaints and discontent. The navy was getting near the end of their rope. Any more of this was just a waste of time. Yes, he made up his mind to end the witch hunt and proposed that they work toward a realistic solution.

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