The Eagle Rises in a new world

The Night before Doomsday

Russian Empire,Moscow, a room in a certain hotel

Technical Officer Myrus and Tactical Officer Lassan of Mu were chatting with each other. On board the Rossiya-class Battleships as observers,they experienced the greatest shock of their lives during the mission to measure Russia's strength.First of all,the cannon's Range and accuracy.Despite the ship's swaying,the waves in the ocean,and the enemy ships' movements, as far as they could tell with their own eyes,Russia's hit rate was 85% at less than 20 km.theirs were 25% at 20 km.

According to one of the books they bought in Russia that they had been translating,the guns used a stabilizing technology known as "FCS" to instantly process the target's relative speed,the shell's speed and trajectory,and the enemy's future position when the gun was fired.This was new technology the Navy had just put into good use.

Furthermore, the book made mention of a number of other ridiculous weapons that they wouldn't be able to observe during this mission.A ship that could dive into the water called a "submarine,"a weapon that swam underneath the ocean called a "torpedo." the 2 different weapons had been completely unimaginable to them.And even if Mu were to devote all of its technological resources, they couldn't possibly build any of them.And the overwhelming power that Mu saw wasn't even a fraction of the might that Russia had at its disposal.They now knew that Mu did not have any technical superiority whatsoever.

While the two officers were wary of Russia's hidden power,they were also relieved that Mu was on friendly terms with Russia.After seeing all this strength and technology,through imports and exports, Mu might be able to develop countermeasures for the Gra Valkas Empire.

"Myrus, how do you see Russia?"

"What do you mean 'how'? In terms of technology, they're far ahead of us. There are just too many things I just don't understand here. Especially this Submarine I can't even begin to understand the theory behind them."

"I see. What surprises me the most is how different our very concepts of war and combat are.To put it simply,our navy could easily rout Papaldia's navy,but,against Russia,we would end up the same as Papaldia's navy ended up in that last battle.We simply have no way to outspend Russia on weaponry."

"Haah..."

They both sighed. The atmosphere felt heavy.

"Still, Lassan, we did get a good harvest."

"What do you mean?"

"We understand the concept behind their weapons,so we have a rough map to follow.For weapons we never thought of like Torpedoes,even if they're laughably slow compared to Russia's,I think we do have the capability of making simple ones.If we continue our current relations with Russia,I can see our country surpassing the Holy Mirishial Empire in the future."

"Interesting. By the way, what are your thoughts on the Gra Valkas Empire?"

"I don't know. We don't have enough information on them,except that we're both nations of science.Right now,I think they're about 30 years ahead of Mu,technologically speaking.They're probably continuing to advance, too...we don't know anything about their national power, so I have no idea how we measure up to them."

"Is that so..."

The two observers from Mu continued to investigate.

Yuri from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had asked to meet the ambassador from Mu.

"I'm Yuuhi, the Mu ambassador. What can I do for Russia today?" he asked somewhat nervously. He looked somewhat panicked.

"Actually, the Russian government has a request for your country."