Ever since the last war, the New California Republic had been carrying out planned sabotage against Arkham, this Ork "industrial center," such as sending spies inside to blow up key facilities or inciting the city's slave workers to revolt.
But this time, faced with Guk's direct threat of war, the New California Republic decided to strike hard.
They would use a still-classified long-range bomber formation to launch an air raid directly against Arkham!
Although Ork workshop-style industry was highly resistant to bombing, the key to this air raid was not how many industrial facilities it destroyed, but to boost national morale and answer Guk's declaration of war.
A total of one hundred and fifty Devil Bat four-engine heavy bombers took part in the raid. These bombers could carry ten tons of bombs and fly at an altitude of fourteen thousand meters, just beyond the Raiders' attack range.
The Devil Bats were also equipped with numerous defensive machine guns, capable of weaving dense defensive fire when flying in formation.
Thus, they carried out this air raid alone, without the protection of any fighters.
"Hm?"
Having just inspected the largest weapons workshop in the city, Guk raised his head and saw densely packed black dots flying toward Arkham in the distant western sky.
"What's going on?"
He turned to look at the Court Guard behind him, who was contacting the flight squadron command post at the front through a communicator.
"What!? Shrimp planes? Fine, I get it!"
After shutting off the communication, Kundraka reported to Guk.
"Boss, the Shrimp planes are here. There's a lot of them."
"Get them all in the air! Don't let a single one get away!"
"But those flyers... the Shrimp planes are too high. They might not be able to reach them unless the Shrimp lower their