[Gender Swap + Low Magic + Technological Progress + Second Industrial Revolution + Farming + From Trench Warfare and Firing Squads to Mechanized Combined-Arms Warfare + Still Thinking]
Machine guns! Industry! Tanks! Aircraft! Radar! (Lightweight) radios!
A land battleship made of riveted steel and steam! (A cautionary tale)
Internal combustion engines and aviation technology, held back by mages, are unleashed as war breaks out and the nature of warfare changes with technological progress.
After being caught up in political struggles and badly wounded, a cadet is transformed into a young white mage. She is then assigned to command cannon fodder and hold a fortress. Having had her first taste of the joys of machine guns, she begins to think.
Cavalry? Want to see how you measure up against my armored car?
Magic swordsmen? Want to test your armor against my tank?
Mages? Want a taste of the antiaircraft guns I brought to the barracks?
What? The St. Petersburg Declaration forbids developing explosive projectiles weighing under 400 grams? What does that have to do with my 20mm armor-piercing incendiary rounds?
The bill? You say ammunition costs have far exceeded our income? Heh? What are you talking about? I don't understand. (Tentative synopsis)
I originally meant to write a little harem story about a girl thrust into a position of power and manipulated by her sweet-on-the-outside, sinister-on-the-inside subordinates. How did it turn into this strange war story? How peculiar.
(The editor from the book publishing house has caught me. I'll try to update weekly.)
It looks good. The main character's soft and cute personality really pokes me. Is there anyone who can draw the picture?