3rd POV
BOOM BOOM
The main guns of the the Romagna navy battleship, Giulio Cesare, fired once more into the air attempting to hit the Neuroi circling above.
The fight between the two enemies had been going on for ten minutes with numerous shells and lasers being shot at one another.
The crew of the battleship had been able to get a few hits in, but the captain knew that his ship could do very little damage against the enemy.
Originally patrolling this sector of the Mediterranean, the captain of the Giulio Cesare was not expecting to see a Neuroi this far from land. Especially not when they had been eliminated from Gallia.
BOOM BOOM
ZAP *SPLASH
ZAP BOOM
The ship shook having taken a hit by the Neuroi's laser. The crew on the bridge holds tight of any surface they can to avoid being thrown to the ground.
1st POV
'A few more hits like that and we are done for' thought the captain
"Helmsman hard right rudder. I want a damage report and have fire teams deploy now"
"Sir... headquarters sent a reply to our distress call. They claim that a squad of witches is nearby. Will arrive in ten minutes."
' whether we are still here in ten minutes is the question. '
ZAP *SPLASH ZAP *SPLASH
BOOM
"Understood" grabbing the intercom the captain addresses the crew "attention... reinforcements are on their way. We will continue to harass the enemy and then provided support to the witches once they arrive."
"Weapons... fire at different intervals to keep the enemy occupied"
"Sir the hit heavily damaged one of the 120mm (4.7 in) guns. It is completely out of action."
"And the first hit we took?"
" Sir hit occurred above the waterline at the bow. The damage was minimal and is not a hinderance."
"Good hopefully our luck keeps up"
3rd POV -Meanwhile-
Having completed the cadet program last month, Carmen and her fellow cadets were swore into the squadron as second officers and had been involved in patrols along the Romanga coast.
Today they were doing a training run far off the coastline to get accustomed to long flight travel.
They were split into two groups, one going west the other east, each being lead by a flying officer. Today Carmen was under the command of her former instructor, Flying Officer Angela Salas Larrazabal.
They had just reached their target coordinate when a call from headquarters came in.
"Alright you guys a battleship is being attacked by a Neuroi and has request assistance. This will be the first time you two have engaged a Neuroi, but don't panic this is what I trained you guys for. Let's go save that ship."
"Roger" x2
Turning left the three push more magic into their striker units to go faster.
- eight minutes later-
The ship was smoking badly from the stern.
ZAP BOOM
Another hit takes out an AA gun, completely destroying it.
"Captain! The fire in the stern is spreading toward the engine room, the fire teams are having a hard time keeping it contained."
"Understood. Send another message to headquarters. We have done all we can and may need to abandon ship, requesting reinforcements once more."
"Sir radar just picked up three bogies heading to intercept the Neuroi"
"Understood... Helmsman full left rudder. Take us away from the action. We need to deal with the fires before supporting the Witches"
"Sir!"
As the battleship turned left below, we head directly to the Neuroi. Officer Larrazabal shouts into her comm.
"Ok rookies we are about to engage a Neuroi. I will keep it focused on me while you two swing around and focus your fire. Remember the Neuroi is not defeated until the core is shattered. Alright... let's go!"
"Roger!" x2
Officer Larrazabal fires twice at the Neuroi drawing its attention away from the battleship. It then fires on her, but she responds by activating her shield blocking the laser fire.
RAT-TAT-TAT-TAT-RAT-TAT
meanwhile we swing behind the enemy and shoot the other side. Pieces fall off as our magically infused bullets pierce the body.
The Neuroi swings right to avoid our bullets and attempts to flee. I immediately gain altitude aiming my Bren light machine gun ahead of the Neuroi leading my shots as it passes below.
It rolls to fire at me, forcing me to immediately reduce speed to avoid the lasers.
My squad mate flies to the left side and opens fire at the front section. Her shooting shatters the black cover exposing the core.
The Neuori fires numerous lasers towards her forcing her to put up her shield and brake away.
Still upside down the Neuroi dives and completes a half loop to flee in the other direction.
I angle my legs forward to stop my momentum. I take a second to reload, turn around, and proceed to pursue the Neuori. My squad mate makes a wide u-turn counterclockwise trying to get on a intercept course.
Suddenly a shot comes down from a higher elevation, piercing the core causing it to shatter and the Neuori to break apart.
Coming to a stop I use my unoccupied hand to block the sun from my eyes to see Officer Larrazabal hovering. Smoke escaping from the barrel of her anti-tank rifle.
"Well done rookies. While the Neuori almost escaped you pulled all its attention from the battleship, thus saving the lives of those sailors. Time to go back to base"