Childhood Anime Grand Tour

bark...

With a series of loud roars, Kushana's airship finally arrived. Nausicaä's airship was supposed to take off first, but all the airships had to tow their transport ships, so their speed was naturally slow.

"It seems these people really do keep their promises!"

Kushana's face was expressionless, and it was impossible to tell whether she was angry or happy. She had previously had some reservations about the participation of the elderly, weak, sick, and disabled in the war, but now, seeing such military equipment, she began to admire it.

"Your Highness, is this little bird reliable? I think it would be better to wear protective gear."

"Krotova, at least it's more reliable than you! Don't worry, this level of miasma can't reach! As long as it's alive, there's no need to wear it."

It seems that animal evolution is faster than human evolution; bird-like creatures that can coexist with the Sea of ​​Decay have already emerged. Of course, Crotova had no time to concern herself with this, looking at the map beside her and saying:

"Once we've assembled, we need to find a place to land!"

"No need to land, let's head straight south into the Sea of ​​Decay!"

"Ah! Directly... but if we rashly enter the Sea of ​​Decay without any preparation..."

Kushana's decision shocked Crotova, who thought, "Sister, you really don't care about human lives! I thought you were gathering troops? Turns out you're gathering cannon fodder! Even filling in lines isn't done like this!" But Crotova quickly calmed down and said in a deliberately indifferent tone:

"Your Highness, if this were to happen, it would cause unrest among the various tribes..."

"Will it shake the various races? Heh heh... That's why I made them launch attacks carrying heavy transport planes! Our warships are too cumbersome, much more cumbersome than theirs. Sending these people into battle at this time would undoubtedly teach them to rebel."

This statement is undeniably weighty. It seems Kushana's nickname "White-Faced Witch" is well-deserved. How to put it... it's incredibly daring!

The airships of the Kingdom of Dorumechia are all heavy warships, while these airships are light aircraft, which are indeed much lighter and faster, so these airships are towed by cumbersome transport ships.

This makes it harder for these gunboats to escape. There's another point Kushana didn't mention: firstly, to prevent these gunboats from deserting in the face of battle, and secondly, to facilitate enemy attacks while also making it easier for the subsequent warships to manage, thus playing a good supervisory role.

Upon hearing this, Crotova was also taken aback, but a smile quickly appeared on her lips as she looked at Kushana and thought to herself:

"Oh! Leading these shackled soldiers in a charge... beautiful, smart... adorable Kushana..."

It was less an expression of admiration and more of mockery. Such a moronic strategy couldn't be conceived without a ten-year brain thrombosis. This just goes to show how utterly incompetent Kushana is, a mere mortal...

But that's how war is; conscription is unavoidable, but getting these people to become fighting forces is a different story!

During the War of Resistance against Japan, the Kuomintang did this kind of shady tactic quite often, using hemp ropes to help men go to the front lines. As a result, at the very beginning, these men scattered and fled, losing their lives and ultimately breaking down the battle lines.

The warships in the sky naturally attracted the attention of those below, and of course, all sorts of things were said. Nausicaä also saw the flagship at the very front.

"Is war finally about to begin?"

Even at this moment, Nausicaä still harbored illusions about peace, while Mito, who had been singing and dancing in the transport ship behind her, became serious.

"Silence! The Dorumechia fleet is here!!"

"Mite, don't worry, they won't fire on us, will they?!"

"What kind of time is this to be talking nonsense? This is His Highness's first expedition, you all had better behave yourselves!"

Mitt reprimanded his men like a patriarch, but he hadn't finished speaking. This was his last campaign; he knew his own body and would soon follow in Chief Gil's footsteps.

Meanwhile, in the Valley of the Wind, Gil looked at Yuba by his bedside.

"Hehe, old friend, are you leaving?"

Although Kiel had a smile on his face, there was still some reluctance in his eyes, because he knew that this might be the last time he and Kiel saw each other. Yuba knew this too.

"The Sea of ​​Decay is already expanding, having swallowed three countries in just a few years. If this continues, this entire continent will be submerged within a hundred years..."

This was Yuba's responsibility. In fact, the situation was more serious than he had imagined. Not only in remote border regions like the Valley of the Wind, but even in a powerful empire like Torumekia, the population was dwindling.

In this world, countless times new creatures have replaced old ones.

What's worse, whether it's historical records or his hearsay, the Sea of ​​Decay and the King Worm played a very important role in it.

"It seems that the creatures of the Sea of ​​Decay are preparing to wipe out all living things in this world. The priest of Andorumekia said that this is the punishment the gods have inflicted on humanity for the Seven Days of Fire. But if it was created to punish humanity, why hasn't it spared even plants, trees, birds, and beasts?"

Kiel became more and more agitated as he spoke. He had initially believed these claims, but after witnessing Nausicaä's secret chamber, Yuba knew he was wrong, terribly wrong. So now he was leaving to find the real truth.

The key point is that Yuba knew that Nausicaä was not the first person to propose this theory.

When Yuba was young, he also investigated the Sea of ​​Decay and read many ancient books. Some of them recorded that the land, which had been burned to the ground and contaminated by poisonous gas, had become a paradise for fungi.

The sand there is not toxic, and the sand in the Sea of ​​Decay is not ordinary gravel, but a special metallic compound that cannot be broken down by ordinary chemicals or flames.

It's actually quite simple. The Sea of ​​Decay was created artificially, but the Yuba just don't know it. Gil said weakly:

"So, the Sea of ​​Decay was formed to purify this polluted planet?"

“It was just a hypothesis before, but… Nausicaä saw it through her intuition. I want to explore what the depths of the Sea of ​​Decay are really like.”

"Heh, that kind of power again? Alright! Old friend, I support you, go for it! Too bad, Nausicaä..."

Kiel didn't say anything more, and Yuba left the room after saying goodbye. Kiel watched Yuba's retreating figure and murmured:

"Nausicaä, Nausicaä..."

On Nausicaä's side, some ships, feeling they couldn't stand being constantly watched from behind, accelerated away from there and headed towards the rendezvous point.

The warships behind also flew over Nausicaä's head, casting huge shadows across the sky. After the shadows passed, a red airship appeared above the clouds.

"Hmm? I've never seen him before. It's a boy! Did he just arrive?"

Everyone instinctively notices red, and Nausicaä didn't take it seriously. She had just arrived at the alliance meeting and was about to greet them with a signal light when the airship was swallowed up by the sea of ​​clouds.

"Strange, it's gone. Why aren't the flags up?"

Every airship has its origin and naturally bears the markings of its country, but this red airship has no markings at all.

The small gunboat was not far from Nausicaä's yellow gunboat. At the same time that Nausicaä spotted it, Asbel inside also spotted Nausicaä and then hid in the clouds.

After another half hour of flight, all the gunboats finally entered the Sea of ​​Decay, but Nausicaä felt a vague unease. It wasn't her first time in the Sea of ​​Decay, but this was her first time venturing so deep into it in an airship.

"What's going on? I have a feeling of unease, the sky is filled with hostility... but it's not the King Insect's voice!"

Nausicaä's special ability always gave her warnings at crucial moments, and at that moment, a commotion arose from the transport ship behind her.

"Ugh, nobody else is wearing them, we might as well take them off too, they're so uncomfortable!!"

"Everyone, please bear with me a little longer, don't take off your masks, I have a bad feeling!"

With Nausicaä's orders, the people stopped pulling and shoving, but still grumbled:

"Those stupid birds, Dorumechia, why are they so slow?! It's driving me crazy!"

"There are still people on the lower gun emplacements! That's outrageous!!"

Grandpa Mitt was already short-tempered, and now that someone had a cannon pointed at him, he was itching to curse. Just as everyone was about to start complaining, Nausicaä suddenly said urgently:

"Watch out, everyone! Something's coming!"

"What??"

The old men immediately returned to their posts, and following Nausicaä's gaze, a small red gunboat appeared directly beneath the sun, diving down at an extremely fast speed.

boom! !

"what!!"

Nausicaä gasped, for the small gunboat had pierced through the Torumekia warship, and then roared as it rapidly ascended.

boom...

The warship that was hit immediately disintegrated in mid-air, and the soldiers inside fell downwards.

"Your Highness, those are Pejite's gunboats! We must speed up and leave immediately!!"

When friendly forces are in trouble, we should speed up the evacuation. Grandpa Mitt is indeed a veteran of the battlefield.

"How could that be? So that's how it is..."

Nausicaä did not leave; instead, she headed towards the Torumekia warship, which panicked Grandpa Mitt.

"Nausicaä, what are you doing?"

In his haste, he called her by her name. Nausicaä is still so young! He immediately pulled the engine off:

"Should I go help them?"

"Your Highness, don't be silly, look around!"

It turned out that when the gunboat next to them saw that the Torumekian warship was under attack, they immediately distanced themselves. They were gunboats, so they naturally had cannons, but the men stuck their heads out of the windows and were firing machine guns into the sky.

Look at these good people! You say he didn't participate in the war? He did indeed return fire with a gun. Whether he hit or not, tell me whether I fulfilled the alliance!

While everyone else was just trying to lighten the mood, Nausicaä was thinking about how to save the warships.