In the CIC, each one in charge’s information came out one after the other.

“Forty one enemies confirmed down!”

“They’ve started taking distance from the vessel and the targets.”

Kaburagi could sense the conclusion of the battle due to the operations specialists’ intelligence. After the missile attack in which the enemy lost over ten members, this became a very one-sided battle after sending the remaining members into confusion. There was not a single dragon approaching. The flying squad completely was defeated in morale and in actual battle power, and they started to get away from the vessel.

“Stop attacking at once, and switch to manual mode. But don’t let your guard down.”

“Roger.”

“Hurry in cooling the overheated barrels and in replenishing the ammo.”

“Yes!”

Like in the practice, after the orders stopped, there came a stillness among the CIC members. The squad members looked at each other.

The barrel cooled, the coolant was applied and the ammo has been resupplied, and the enemies were hit by a rain of missiles. However, CIC knew what was important and was waiting on the lit that blips on the radar screen to disappear. That is a high-tech battle. They know there are people being hurt and killed in these situations. But, their true feelings were just a sense of wonderment.

“&h.e.l.lip;It’s as if it was just a maneuver.”

One member said this alone. Those were words which described the feelings of everyone who was there.

“It was no maneuver. Definitely, so let us not forget that.”

Kaburagi said this himself, as if the man was speaking to him.

And, the weapons officer just stood there, and quietly put his hand on the radar screen.