Different Solution
Neuroi
They are alien race that appeared during two periods known as First Neuroi War and Second Neuroi War. However, evidences suggest that Neuroi might exist far before the first war happened.
The Neuroi and the humanity have been at constant war with each other every time they met. No single word, no single action need to be done, both sides will 100% fight each other until the last drop of blood.
The biggest problem that humanity have is while they can defeat the Neuroi, the latter have a much easier time defeating the former. Their land forces make them a slow-moving juggernaut that will require a massive number of casualties to be paid just to defeat them. Their air forces give them dominance on the sky the moment they're deployed and again require massive casualties to be beaten.
Thanks to these, the Neuroi managed to drive the human off almost the entire western Europe with Britannia being the last western European nation that the Neuroi haven't conquered yet. To make matter worse, the Neuroi are pushing towards eastern Europe and Africa.
Fortunately, the humanity is everything but hopeless.
Since the First Neuroi War, humanity have used special females known as "Witches" to combat the Neuroi. With their special ability to create magical shield and other abilities, the witches managed to prevent humanity from sustaining complete loses during both wars.
During the early part of the Second Neuroi War, Doctor Miyafuji Ichiro revolutionized the Striker Units – devices used by Witches to increased their effectiveness – and further increased the chances of humanity's survival. Alas, he was declared dead by being caught in an accidental explosion.
The works of Dr. Miyafuji however are not dead along with him. They're used to further increase the effectiveness of the Striker Units. It was thanks to these that humanity managed to stood still against the Neuroi.
Just like humanity however, the Neuroi also try to increase the effectiveness of their armed forces.
After the Fuso Sea Incident of 1937, the Neuroi were seen to be dropping something into the Pacific Ocean. Since they keep doing these things without any effect, the Allied forces decided to just watched the Neuroi and only move in when a threat is presence.
It finally came.
On December 7, 1941, a day which will live in infamy at the minds of the Liberion, mysterious forces attacked the US Navy base of Pearl Harbor, resulting in the death of 2,403 personnel and the loss of USS Arizona, USS Oklahoma, and USS Utah.
Video recording, photos, and eyewitness accounts indicated that the attack were performed by aircrafts only bigger than the palm of adult human. The shape and type of aircrafts are also never seen before. Only few days after the attack, the Neuroi stop appearing in the Pacific. This indicated who was responsible for an attack on Pearl Harbor.
For years to come, the Pacific becomes almost one-sided battles for humanity. HMS Prince of Wales and HMS Repulse of the Britannian Royal Navy were sunk by the same forces. The Battle of Coral Sea – if it can be called one – resulted in the sufficient loses of the combined forces of US Navy and Imperial Fuso Navy. It was only during the Battle of Midway that the Allied forces finally found out who their enemy at the Pacific and the first victory for them.
They were composed of humanoid-sized beings, ball-shaped floating things, and gigantic-sized fishes (for ordinary fish at least). The rest are just plain bizarre. Reports show that they act and even used naval ships tactic. The fishes act like destroyers while the humanoids act like bigger ships like battleships or aircraft carriers.
Just like the Neuroi, human-created weapons can harm and even destroyed these mysterious forces, codename the Abyssal. There are just two problems; the Abyssal are always encountered at water regions with the oceans being the most prominent and they are too small for normal naval guns to precisely aim them.
To make things worse, just like usual, the Abyssal weapons are downsized version of naval weapons in terms of size and firepower. The latter can make things better if not for the fact that the weapons are still capable of penetrating even a battleship armor, albeit requiring more shots.
Unlike when used against the Neuroi, the Witches are less effective in fighting the Abyssal. The biggest recorded Abyssal are only slightly larger than average human, meaning less place for a shot to hit. There's also the fact that the skin of Abyssal renders most weapon ineffective unless used to shoot the faces of humanoid Abyssals, which is way harder than finding a Neuroi core. The only promising weapons are anti-tank rifles, rocket launchers, and M2 Browning machine gun due to its .50 BMG bullets.
Another problem is the Abyssal aircrafts. Since the Witches are flying when attacking the Abyssal, the aircrafts have a significant advantaged of their small size, making hitting them quite hard, and the Witches often used their shields to defend themselves. The fact that they spend most of the time defending rather than attacking doesn't bode well for everyone.
With these, humanity stood little chance against the Abyssal.
Until now…
Classified Location
A man puts a cup of coffee in front of a woman and offers it to her. The woman accepts the coffer and slurps a little bit before looking at the man.
"Thanks for the coffee, Bill." Said the woman.
"I am surprised. I thought you will call me Bull, just like what those boys called me." Replied Admiral William Frederick Halsey Jr.
"So is it true?" Asked Admiral Bruce Austin Fraser.
"Do you have any other explanation?" Asked the woman back.
"Well, sorry ma'am. It just sounds quite unbelievable." Said Admiral Chester William Nimitz.
"Actually, it's not that unbelievable." Said Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto. "In Fuso, there's a belief that when an object reach the age of a hundred, it will be inhibited by a soul. Granted, she's only few years old but the point still stand."
"Alright, enough of that talk. So, is there a way to call more of the girls?" Asked Halsey.
"There is, Admiral. However, while the process is not hard, it can be quite delicate and anyone who meet them for the first time must prepare for everything since it can be quite hard to predict what kind of personality they will have." Answered the girl.
"Yeah, I can think of a reason or two." Commented Nimitz.
"Then what are we waiting for, gentlemen? The more time we waste talking is more time for the Abyssal to take over the Pacific. I am sure we can handle whatever personality they will have. Just look at the Witches." Said Fraser.
The woman stands up to grab her white sun hat and tidies up her blue dress before looking at Fraser with deadpanned look.
"I have a very good feeling that you will eat back yours words a hundred times." Said the woman with the other admirals silently agreeing.
Taranto, Duchy of Romagna
At the port of Taranto, Squadron Vice Admiral Inigo Campioni is fighting a headache that's about to come at any moment.
He's currently inside a mess hall as he looks at the drunken state of a woman with another woman besides her. The sober one has an apologizing and ashamed look thanks to the behavior of the woman besides her which is her sister.
"Buona giornata (Good day)!" Said the drunken woman as she lazily waves her hand.
"Sis…" Said the other woman with dejected tone.
If there's one thing Campioni is sure he will do after this, is that giving punishment to the entire crew of heavy cruiser Pola.
Yokosuka, Empire of Fuso
"Ha, do you see that?! Now who said that CarDiv 5 can't beat the CarDiv 1? Huh?!" Said a twin-tailed woman in Fusoan archery clothes.
"Your results are mostly because of luck, unlike the CarDiv 1 that rely on skill." Replied a woman in same clothes albeit blue.
"What did you said?!"
Meanwhile, several Fuso sailors are looking at the scene with dumbfounded.
"Of all thing we forgot is the rivalry between those two CarDivs." Commented a sailor.
"Well, at least the other two aren't fighting and focused on something else." Said another sailor.
He refers to the sister of the twin-tailed woman as she keeps practicing her archery and a woman in red Fusoan archery clothes who's eating a large amount of rice balls.
Pacific Ocean
Inside the navigation section of USS Skipjack, several sailors are currently checking the navigation devices to make sure they're on a right track.
"So, how long do you think until we reach the land?" Asked a sailor.
"Maybe a day or two, probie. Not exactly long." Replied another sailor.
Just then, they hear two people are running towards the room. When they see who do that, they see a woman in swimming suit while also wearing a pants and a captain who's chasing her…without his pants.
"Get back here with my pants!" Shouted the captain.
"I don't wear your pants!" Replied the woman as both of them passed the navigation room.
"Yes, you are!"
As both of them disappear from the sailors' eyes, the two sailors look at each other with incredulous look.
"Skip and captain again, huh?"
"Yeah. I told you it was a bad idea to call her when we still at the sea."
And the prologue is done.
Can you guess who are the women that appeared in this chapter?
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