---Short Story Arc: The Planning---
Author here! This chapter is dedicated only to the planning period of the war that's breaking open, you may skip it, it contains very little content, beyond war planning. Feel free to skip to Chapter 5 and or wait for it. Unless your interested in reading about the war plan for how the Iron Blood will defense against the primary assault.
---Two Days Later---
---Captain Of Destroyer HNoMS Olav Tryggvason Point of View---
"What the hell is that!?" I shout over the bridge, staring out at three human figures moving over the ocean off our west coast of Norway! The fog is too strong to make out the figures, but it's no less alarming, and no less hard to make a guess whose faction it was. The ships rigging depicts Heavy weapons, Likely their Azured battleships. I make the decision rather quickly to call the fact in to our Iron Blood Allies.
---U-Boat 81 Point Of View---
Northwest of Denmark on a southeast heading of 94 degrees are shadows curving over the horizon. Shadows I saw through my periscope at first, I'm a little puzzled, it appeared to be three warships approaching Denmark, into the Baltic sea. It was... Unusual. I don't seem to recall any information being relayed to me of any Vichya dominion ships coming to Kiel, or anything past it. Perhaps it's a Soviet fleet making its way to Baltic harbors... We're not yet at war with the Soviet Navy, we have a pact against aggression against each other's navy, though our tensions are very high. After a few minutes, the three warships, seem to grow into 6... Then minutes later, it's 12... Then it's over 20 and growing, and every one of them appears to be azured warships heading this direction at full steam. The sight is beyond alarming. It's the Grand Fleet of the Royal Navy. Immediately I break radio silence, practically blaring my current location and position to the coming Fleet, that would no doubt have depth charges. "This Is U-81! The grand fleet is nearing the Baltic sea's above Denmark!!! Reporting 20 ships and the number is growing by the minute! The British are making their move!!!"-
---Only Minutes Later---
---Admiral Erich Point Of View---
"SIR!!!!" My second in command roars barging into a important meeting with the head of our nation on the political scale, the Führer himself. Rather rudely I turn to the boy, and ask. "What is it!?" As if the world was crashing down. He answers with no hesitation. "THE ROYAL GRAND FLEET IS ENTERING THE BALTIC SEA THEY ARE ABOUT TO ARRIVE ABOVE DENMARK IN 12 HOURS! U-81 Believes one of our ports are going to be under siege! Likely Kiel, Danzig or Konigsburg! AND The Norwegians spotted three battleships likely of British Origins heading up towards Tirpitz above Norway!" This news not only concerned myself, but the Führer was deeply troubled by the fact. "Inform KMS Bismarck immediately! There's nothing we can do to help Tirpitz, we must focus on protecting our nation and it's people! Do not inform her of Tirpitz's impending danger or it'll cloud her judgement! AT ONCE Every second counts!" I make my demands, as I finish the Fuhrer speaks. "I have a bad feeling about this."
---Hour and 30 Minutes Later---
---Prinz Eugen Point Of View---
"...9 Aircraft carriers, 6 Battleships/Battlecruisers, 22 Light cruisers, 11 heavy Cruisers and 24 destroyers! All of which Azured, and highly capable... Meanwhile if we mixed our entire navy together, Azured or not, we have only a quarter of that, most of which not capital shops such as them. We have 11 battleships sure, but only a quarter of which are actually built, and operational. 10 of which are azured, but again, only a quarter of which built and ready to go to combat. We have 8 light cruisers, one with a heavy damaged keel, that may break if even a 55mm hit it the wrong way in bad sea's. (Leipzig) We have 16 destroyers, but three of them aren't complete, but are all azured. We have 10 Heavy Cruisers, 2 of which aren't exactly finished, Incomplete as they may be, they can fight, and can float as they are now. All ten are azured. we have over 50 Submarines, but only 12 of which are azured, and currently 4 are out at sea that Are Azured, and all the unazured ones, are convoy raiding and assisting Vichya Dominion. And lastly we have a grand total of 5 Aircraft Carriers, one, is 85% complete, can move under its own power, and has only a bunch of prototype Carrier based planes aboard. Not yet azured. The other 4, are hulls that haven't been azured, and aren't completed enough to float so much as even launch a plane.
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Flame Of War | Azur Lane
Fanfiction1919 June 21, Around 10:00 a.m. on 21 June 1919, Commander of the Surrendered Remains of the German Naval Power, Reuter sent a flag signal ordering the fleet of 74 Ships of all different class of ship to stand by for the signal to scuttle, these shi...
