//------------------------------// // Destruction of the Canterlot // Story: The Bismarck // by cellum95 //------------------------------// The German ships is now pursuing the enemy ship, and the crew had been asking or plea the Captain to sink the ship once and for all. The Captain, however, is still thinking about his decision when a crew member notified him. "Kapitän, der Feind ist nun Verschiebung Richtung Hafen.(Captain, the enemy is now moving towards harbor.)" The Captain took his binoculars and zoomed in front of the enemy ship. In front of it was an actual harbor, completely intact and fully functional. But another thing catches his glimpse of the harbor. 8 miniature horses, the same ones along the shoreline hours ago, is now standing their, probably waiting for the arrival of the subsequent ship. Calculating the distance, he knew the enemy is now 5 nautical miles from the harbor, and he knew he must sink it before it reaches the harbor mouth. "Ihre Bestellungen?(Your orders?)" one of the crew asked him. The Captain think of his orders for a moment, before answering: "Alle Kriegsmarine Mitglieder bewegen ihre Beiträge!(All Kriegsmarine members move to their posts!)" Alarm sirens wails on the German ships as the crew darted for their respective battle stations. The Captain then ordered the ships to turn starboard, and the guns trained on the enemy. The crew did as what the Captain ordered, and the gunners loaded AP Shells on the German naval guns. The crew waited for an order to fire, and as a cue, the Captain said: "Feuer!(Fire!)" The German guns blast away, propelling huge metal bullets towards the enemy ship. -Manehattan Harbor- The ponies watch as the Canterlot is making good ground against it's pursuers. Princess Celestia thought that, if the the ship manage to get to the harbor, the chasers would simply give up. However, the ponies watched in shock and in awe as the 2 chasers suddenly changed direction. 'What are they up to?' Celestia though about it, with the Mane 6 and her sister doing the same. However, they found their answer when the 'turtle shells' turns towards the direction of the Canterlot. Few moments later, the ponies heard a loud bang from the 2 ships, with fire and smoke emitted from the 'sticks'. They heard screeching sounds in the air, and turned their heads up, and saw weird metal things falling down from the sky. But what happened next though, will shook the Equestrian Navy to it's very core. 6 of the 16 metal things hit the Canterlot, resulting in a massive explosion. 'No.' Princess Celestia though as the ship buckled, and split into half, shearing and tearing the once pride ship, seeing it sinking beneath the waves. It was now clear to them that these mysterious ships are very dangerous, yet outgunned and outclassed the Equestrian Navy ships. But to their utter horror, the very ships that destroyed the Canterlot is still out there, with their 'turtle shells' still pointed at the harbor. -Kriegsmarine- The German crew celebrated as the massive enemy ship exploded, sheared and buckled by it, and sinking beneath the wave without any signs of lifeboats, signifying that nobody survived the massive explosion, probably from the engine compartment. The Captain also smiled, but the Admiral still has his straight face. However, a crew man asked him. "Generaladmiral, Was soll wir tun jetzt?(Admiral, what shall we do now?)" The Admiral thought for a moment, thinking about his decision. Knowing that he is dealing with an enemy far inferior than them, he gave them the order: "Eisenbahn die waffe die hafen.(Train the weapons to the harbor.)" The crew man saluted and gave the instructions to the his crew mates. The guns are still trained on the harbor, with the gunners loading HE Shells in the guns. Gunnery Control waited for an order to give the gunners to shoot at. The Germans are ready for action. -Manehattan Harbor- The ponies waited in desperate breath, as the 2 mysterious ships still has their 'turtle shells' that 'emit fire and smoke' pointed at the harbor. Seeing this as the protocol for the navy, Celestia ask her faithful student. "Twilight, can you give me a quill and paper again?" "Uhm..Yes Princess. But for what?" "I must give a letter to the Naval Headquarters, and to it's Grand Naval Chief." "Okay, hang on." Twilight uses her spell to give Celestia what she requested and Celestia begins writing her urgent letter to the Grand Naval Chief. After a few minutes of writing, she seal it with a silk ribbon and gave it to Twilight. "Please deliver this letter to the Naval Headquarters." "Okay Princess. Spike, deliver this letter to the Naval Headquarters." "Okay Twilight." With a green flame, the dragon took off to deliver the letter that Celestia wrote. -Naval Headquarters- The Naval HQ is a magnificent building, built during from our modern 18th Century time. The Naval Headquarters has 3000 from the 10000 members of the Equestrian Navy working here, including the Grand Naval Chief, Ironbutt. Ironbutt is the Grand Naval Chief of the Equestrian Navy for 2 years, being the 5th Naval Chief. He sits on his desk, thinking comfortably that his navy is having a great time defending Equestria. However, a dragon moved up to his desk, with a letter tied with a silk ribbon. "A letter from the Princess chief." "Give it to me." The dragon quickly gave him the letter, and he began to read it. What he reads, however, will shook the foundation of his confident world. "Dear Grand Naval Chief: Today is one of the most disastrous day of the navy. The Canterlot, our first ironclad ship, has been sunk by 2 mysterious ships. I sent it on a intercepting mission, but those ships damaged it, and when the ship was almost near the harbor, those 2 fired again, resulting in a massive explosion and sinking it, apparently no one survives. By: Princess Celestia" 'This is not good.' He though as he rose up from his desk.