Tyranny of Steel

Itami stood on the hills above the personal domain of the Mōri clan, with her sword in hand. She was dressed in a uniform that resembled that of a general in the Imperial Japanese Army, specifically from the Taisho era. Her soldiers were equipped in similar attire, albeit with the proper ranks for their position, while wearing type 90 based steel helmets.

The Self-Proclaimed Empress of Japan had yet to hear from her most loyal General who she dispatched to her homeland in an attempt to protect it from the main forces of the Rebel Army. It was an arduous task, but Itami had used the greatest defensive techniques she could think of when she built her family ’s territory into a massive fortress.

At the very least, she was confident that her soldiers could defend the land until she had succeeded in her aim. Dawn had yet to arrive on this day, and because of this, the darkness in the sky concealed her and her army from what few defenders remained in the enemy fortress. She did not hesitate to attack, instead the moment she arrived she issued orders to her followers to set up the new field guns.

Unlike Berengar, who had opted to mass produce the early Krupp Guns because of ease of manufacturing. Itami had opted to create a more complicated artillery piece from a later era of Japanese history. Though she would have less of them early on, she figured she could use them for a greater period, and not bother having to replace them in five to ten years, when her manufacturing abilities became advanced enough to produce these pieces on a larger scale.

The artillery in question was heavily based upon the Type 38 75mm Field Gun used by Imperial Japanese forces during the Great War of her past life. Essentially, the Type 38 was nothing more than a Krupp 7.5 cm Model 1903 that had been licensed and produced by the Osaka Arsenal. The major difference between the two artillery pieces was the Japanese modified the breach block to make use of the interrupted screw pattern block, rather than the Horizontal sliding block. Was this an improvement? Far from it, but it was the type of action that Japanese troops were already familiar with.