The specific wording used by Akagi in the final panel is a parody of the anecdotal "Let them eat cake" line.
(Baux even sounds similar to cake in Japanese.)
We're currently conquering the event, so please grin and bear it.Is... Is this to be Yamato's dinner!?Then let them eat baux. *munch!*STEELIf there's no ammo,AMMOAm I to die...?*munch**crunch!**crunch*FUELBaux-bowl11/6 Only bauxite left overUuuugh...