Orcsen Oukokushi ~Yaban na Orc no Kuni wa, Ikanishite Heiwa na Elf no Kuni wo Yakiharau ni Itatta ka~ - Vol. 6 Ch. 18 - The battle for Falmaria

[MangaDex]

 

[Alex_79]

YES!!! I really hoped we would find Felix Graf von Luckner in this period and we just did. Originally the Seeadler was a famous commerce raider, not a converted steamship like this one but a WW1 Sailing vessel. I wonder if the author mixed in details of the Prinz Wilhelm hilfskreuzer which was a converted passenger ship

thnx for the chapter

 

[nobody2002]

Glad Dineru and her people were able to get some justice in the end.

Thanks for the translation.

 

[le3]

Out of the frying pan into the fire....

History bro, what this chapter real life history refer to?

 

[Alex_79]

Well its a nice smorgasbord, to use a local dish

• seeadler reference from 1917
• the abandonment of fortress Dannevirke in 1864
• the siege of Dybbol, also 1864 (we even have Col Goeben / Gruben) of the Haubitzen meme

 

[Substitution]

Piracy, Soup, and Siege.

 

[Abricomas]

Looking at the situation (only having about 6,000 demoralized troops, a city full of civilians and foreign nationals that have to be protected, absolutely shit defenses, and an enemy army that has the high ground), I would have given the Marine Corps General a pass if she surrendered. I wonder if she was captured at the end.

 

[KingZantair]

Thanks for the translation! This was clear and easy to read, much appreciated!

 

[rluka]

Either way, the marine corps commander doesn’t leave her position.

Is it alright for the commerce raiders to fly the flag of other country?

 

[CrimsonWarden]

This is some pretty clean work. Thanks for the translation.

 

[Abricomas]

Something that's been bothering me, though:
Page 17 - it says that the Second Army Corps were moving to encircle Falmaria, but according to the map on Page 4, the Second Corps is on the other side of the country and had engaged in the Battle of Nogrost. The First Army Corps looks to be in the best position to siege Falmaria. The following pages reference the First Corps, not the Second.

Page 30 - Gruben says to send in the 27th Division, but on the map, it's the 17th.

 

[Abricomas]

Is it alright for the commerce raiders to fly the flag of other country?

From what I remember, it's generally accepted as long as you show your true flag/colors before you attack or fire the first shot.
As long as you're still just cruising, you can use a different nation's flag to deceive your target.

 

[Milkshake]

Something that's been bothering me, though:
Page 17 - it says that the Second Army Corps were moving to encircle Falmaria, but according to the map on Page 4, the Second Corps is on the other side of the country and had engaged in the Battle of Nogrost. The First Army Corps looks to be in the best position to siege Falmaria. The following pages reference the First Corps, not the Second.

Page 30 - Gruben says to send in the 27th Division, but on the map, it's the 17th.

fixed, thanks for the feed.

 

[Abricomas]

I suppose it's a testament to the Marine General's skill that she lasted about 3 months (encirclement started October 31, the siege ended on February 2), even given those terrible starting conditions. And I suppose for having held out for that long against a modern army, and with enemy heavy artillery on high ground, she had enough of a shot at lasting long enough that the port of Falmaria could have been used as leverage during peace negotiations, that fighting was a calculated risk.

 

[PLaci1982]

From the elf point of view [1] simply disappeared.
From the dark elf point of view there was zero distinction between (the forces of) [1] and [2].

 

[suburbanerrorist_]

Yeah, the elf army’s not so tough now against people that can shoot back, huh.

 

[Gotham2298]

This part looks at the flaws of traditional military organisation and hierarchy, in the face of a modern military. During the Opium Wars and Boxer Rebellion, China's Eight Banners was woefully unprepared to fight modern European, American and Japanese armies:

• Designed around ethnic and clan identity, during wartime politicians had to decide which and how many units from each Banner had to be mobilised based on political and military reasons.
• Structured for both administrative and military organisation, leading to slow bureaucracy and a lack of training or updating during peacetime.
• In order to prevent military commanders from forming bases of loyalty from troops and locals from military achievements, whoever was chosen as overall commander (if at all) was rotated or reassigned from the frontlines.
• Units were scattered across the country and fulfilled different roles, leading to slow movement & lines of communication, inconsistent quality of weapons & equipment and little coordination between commanders without clear orders.
• Worse of all: The military had become so complacent from being used for internal conflicts and a lack of foreign threats, that it was not prepared to fight against militaries that were highly mobile, better organised, had more advanced weapons and allowed to act without political authorisation.

 

[SenpaiDaisuki17]

I do love some White Elf Nazi genocide for dinner

 

[BanzaiYuri]

Tanya would've loved this world XD

F to the 2nd class Marine major general, her panic is so cute lol

 

[dbgecko]

I feel like the artist really wanted to draw a cooking manga, but only had a war story, and that's why all the military meals look amazing for some reason.