The weather was fine today—blue skies, white clouds, seabirds everywhere...
Through signal lights used for communication between ships, the Snow Thorn swiftly relayed combat orders to the entire fleet. The formation of the whole North Wind Fleet silently shifted. The four Ironblood-class Battleships with the strongest firepower changed from a line abreast into a column, moving to the outer perimeter of the fleet's formation, where they could unleash their firepower to the fullest.
The key technologies used to build the four Ironblood-class Battleships of the North Wind Fleet, including the Snow Thorn, and its eight cruisers had all come from Golden Roc Bank's free aid to Ice and Snow five years ago.
The Ironblood-class Battleship might not have been the strongest battleship of this era, but it had at least reached a standard comparable to the mainstream battleships of most nations on the Western Continent, excluding the Eastern Continent. In certain specialized capabilities and standards—such as icebreaking and resistance to wind and waves—it even outperformed ordinary battleships.
The North Wind Fleet completed its formation change and pressed toward the Holy Light Empire's ten-thousand-ton behemoth. Yet not a single ship in the waters off Saint Hena Island reacted, because the North Wind Fleet had put to sea for training every day these past few days, and changing formations while underway was a common exercise.
Many luxury cruise ships had gathered in the waters off Saint Hena Island. Many aboard those vessels were sunbathing while watching the North Wind Fleet's formation shift with great interest, discussing bets and odds with the people beside them.
The entire North Wind Fleet slowly closed the distance from seven or eight kilometers away from the Holy Light Empire's giant ship to within two kilometers.
As they approached that distance, people on several distant luxury yachts watching