Caliber Is Justice

The sudden sinking of the Izumo was like a thunderclap. Many of the Sakura Country warships that witnessed it were still at a loss when they saw that enormous battleship swing its guns around again.

"Turret No. 2 ready. Port side adjustment complete!"

"Turret No. 3, starboard side ready. Charging complete!"

"All guns and combat systems online. Entering total war status."

A series of combat orders rang out aboard the Head of State battleship.

Destroying the Izumo was only the beginning. As the three triple-mounted 600mm Bio Plasma Cannons rotated, their turrets, weighing hundreds of tons, took aim at the Sakura Country destroyers and frigates ahead and to either side.

"Fire!"

At the fire-control officer's command, the battleship's main guns erupted with dazzling blue radiance.

The Bio Plasma Cannon shells shot from the barrels at dozens of times the speed of sound. The high-temperature plasma-energy shells looked like nothing more than round, glowing balls, but the instant they struck a warship, they exploded, releasing terrifying thermal energy and shock waves.

The Head of State battleship had appeared without warning, bursting from the sea right in the middle of the Sakura Country naval fleet's formation. The nearest Sakura Country warships were less than ten kilometers away, while even the farthest were no more than fifty kilometers distant.

At that range, let alone the Head of State battleship—even the old antiques from World War II would have been within the firing range of their naval guns.

With its advanced bio-fire-control radar and Bio Plasma Cannons, the Head of State battleship could not only hit hard at fifty kilometers, but hit accurately as well. It was practically one cannonball per child.

Boom!

A Bio Plasma Cannon shell slammed into the Sakura Country Agno frigate. It was a frigate with a standard displacement of