Summoning the Greater Axis Pact
Axis 5 - Papaldian Empire Part 3
Papaldia Empire, Imperial Capital Esthirant, 1st Foreign Affairs Department
3rd department head Kyeos had been called over to the 1st department. While the departments did sometimes exchange personnel since they were publicly part of the same governmental organ, it was normally out of the question for a department head to be summoned to another department. However, because the 1st department carried an order from the emperor this time, Kyeos was obligated to show up.
The meeting would take place in the department head's office. Kyeos was currently standing in front of the door. No matter how many times he saw that gaudily-ornamented, heavy door, he always hated it. This should have been my room… as he stood there, those kinds of thoughts crossed his mind.
Clack.
An employee of the 1st department opened the door and led him in. Inside the room, he saw 1st Department Head Elto, Deputy Head Hans, Chief of Sub-Superpower Countries Shiran, and there was also a beautiful woman in her late-twenties sitting by herself.
Kyeos bowed to each person in turn. "By His Grace the Emperor Ludius's command, I am here at the 1st department to respond to your summons… How may I be of service?"
"You do not know? It appears you have yet to learn to think for yourself," spat the beautiful woman venomously.
"I beg your pardon, but may I ask who you are?" Kyeos asked politely.
"Remille, from the Foreign Affairs Auditing Office."
The Foreign Affairs Auditing Office was established to deal with internal iniquities and cases of deteriorating relations with other countries. When departments were audited in the past, sometimes it resulted in the person leading the department being removed, and sometimes some diplomatic duties were taken over by another department. To avoid questions of status, since the foreign affairs departments were comprised of elites, the auditing office was staffed by members of the imperial family. In other words, the woman before him was royalty. Kyeos lowered his head before Remille.
"If I may ask again, how may I be of service?" Kyeos asked even-temperedly.
"We are here to talk about Argentina. If I remember correctly, the 3rd foreign affairs department is responsible for countries outside the civilized area, and the head of that department is Kyeos, in other words: you. However, His Grace's exact words were to 'meticulously educate Argentina.' I saw the notes for the first meeting with Argentina. Why were they treated like state guests? Since Argentina only has one assigned diplomat, I do not need anyone else's necks, thus I tell you directly that you were diplomatically weak—no, even worse, it was a diplomatic capitulation. For someone representing the empire to be so… if you were unable to fathom His Grace's will… I can only say that it was pathetic, Kyeos."
Kyeos felt sweat beading on his brow. Remille continued speaking.
"Kyeos, for any future dealings with Argentina, the 3rd department will no longer be necessary; the 1st department shall take over. I will temporarily leave the Foreign Affairs Auditing Office and join the 1st Foreign Affairs Department, and take over as the diplomat in charge of all issues concerning the country of Argentina. Kyeos… fools who are unable to discern His Grace's intentions are not needed in the empire. You shall not be dismissed due to this incident; I hope you are grateful for that. Watch your conduct carefully in the future."
(This bitch… how conceited!)
Kyeos drove his fingernails into his palms with incredible force.
"Yes… I will comply with your decision."
Having to endure this humiliating treatment in front of the entire 1st department was akin to a public execution. 1st department head Elto and the other officials allowed their lips to curve up slightly.
And so, the 1st foreign affairs department took over for the 3rd department concerning the Papaldia Empire's dealings with Argentina with Remille of the imperial family as the new mediator.
Kingdom of Fenn, western region, Nishinomiyako
Nishinomiyako, on the west end of the Kingdom of Fenn, would become the front line of a war with the Papaldia Empire, so about 2,000 warriors were stationed there for that eventuality. About three kilometers west of Nishinomiyako, there was a small, uninhabited island. A watchtower was built on this island to monitor for an invasion from Papaldia, and two warriors were permanently stationed there as lookouts.
It was a clear day with calm waves and light breezes. There were the sightings of the Legendary Bismarck and her fleet, next to the sound of the waves and the wind, as well as wildlife like birds and insects. The breeze was very comfortable. The lookouts noticed numerous small dots off in the distance. As the dots gradually grew larger, so did the lookouts' sense of dread as they made out what they were.
"Th… they… they're finally coming! It's the Papaldian imperial army! Send up the smoke signals!"
They used the color reserved only for the direst of emergencies, for when their country was being attacked, and soon red smoke could be seen coming from the island.
"Th… that's—! …Sound the whistle!"
Upon seeing the red smoke, the watchman in Nishinomiyako immediately ordered the emergency whistle to be sounded. The warriors who heard the whistle would blow their own whistles to propagate the alert. The entire town of Nishinomiyako was filled with the sound of whistles, and all the citizens of Fenn knew what it meant.
From the port of Nishinomiyako to about five kilometers inland at the western castle, preparations for war were now underway. Even in the military quarters in Nishinomiyako, warriors were getting ready for battle. Finally, even though they were waiting for it, the superpower Papaldia Empire's army was finally coming. They knew that they were not outmatched if the Axis joined, but still… they did not intend to lose if the Axis decides to not do anything.
The Fenn army was ready to fight, but soon the Axis Navy beginning to make their move as the massive ships roared to life. Smoke rose into the air and the ships groaned as they began to sail forth to meet their foes.
Only their objective was to completely annihilate the fleet.
Papaldia Empire, imperial army
General Cius received a report. The wyvern lords from the dragon carrier were already in the skies above Nishinomiyako and were conducting reconnaissance. Nishinomiyako didn't have a large army; the only strategic locations of note were the western castle a bit inland and the military quarters near the port. The imperial army didn't encounter any enemies during their journey; factoring the disappearance, the Fenn Naval Forces were absent, but there was something peculiar, a fleet of grey ships of sorts that was when the communications died as they ended with horrific screams.
The whole Army was silent after that message. None dared to say a word. "S-Sir?"
"Maintain our courses, no amount of fear shall stop us from subjugating Fenn." And onwards they thrust to their demise.
Aboard the Bismarck, the Admiral, Admiral Janet Lindemann, a rather ironic coincidence led the woman to the ship that her Grandfather commandeered in the Zweite Weltkrieg. "I want all ships to focus main guns on those ships, load in High Explosive and fire in my command. Have the Anti-Ship Helicopters rain down the Teufelschreck Rockets." The whole fleet began to move. "Secondaries, AAs I want all guns trained on those ships, any airborne units shall be destroyed by the Japanese Navy Air Force, and any approaching wyvern lucky enough to get out off the fuckup will be destroyed via AA Guns, understood!?"
"Ma'am, jawohl!" The navy officers had begun their movement around the ship as the ships set sail forth. Japanese A7M Reppus quickly made theirselves known as from the Carrier, IJN Taihou, Japan's first Armored Carrier, they began to sortie in a group of twenty four, never had there been an Air Wing this big after the Zweite Welt Krieg, the Wings were made smaller due to Jet Aircrafts having more than enough firepower than a Wing, but now with numerical units, one or two Jet Fighters would still have trouble with the numbers as such, propellers even if, they are a lot more older and primitive, were far more useful in dogfighting than most Jet Fighters, and few of those better are basically ground-based.
"Alright, nakamada(Comrades)! Let's kick some dragons' ass!" The planes were given outdated bombs until newer bombs could be produced, for now, they are using possibly expired bombs with the fact that they might malfunction more often. Some were given rocket pods however, making them more suited to setting ships on fire and blow them till kingdom come.
Fennese people could see the planes and ships at awe as the rumored Ruler of the Seven Seas made its move. The frontal 4 406mm cannons opened fire, without fail the others soon followed. The sheer blast compared to the previous Argentine fleet was far bigger than expected. The shockwave made by the 410mm, 406mm cannons of the Japanese and German ships made their way as smaller ships soon fired their main cannons as well.
"So this is how Grandpa felt when he commandeered the Bismarck." Janet eagerly grinned ear to ear. 'This feels amazing! Now I feel how you felt back then, gramps! Just like a badass Admiral kicking Americans, British and French Ships' Ass and taking badass names!'
"Enemy has fired!"
"What?" General Cius was skeptical at the man's word. "Are you sure?"
"They have fired their main guns at us-!" An explosion rocked the Fissennuss and it exploded without fail, the explosion was enough to send waves crashing and breaking the formation of the ships.
"The Fissennus has been lost! Oh GOD!" People panicked as more explosions destroyed the morale of the Papaldian Army.
"What sorcery is this!?"
"They...They must have shot from more than ten kilometers!" More explosions rocked the ships.
"Send out the Wyverns!"
"Incoming enemy wyverns!" All eyes went to the sky. The Wyverns-no.
Those Steel Monsters roared and quickly climbed up before an eerie whistle could be heard with roars of fire blasts coming for the ships.
"What have we awoken?" The General asked in complete horror. The ship he was on, the Super-Fissennuss, the successor of Fissennuss, the supposedly 'Super-Dreadnought' erupted into flames as the deck exploded and all the General saw was light that quickly dimmed for him and his crew as the A7M Reppus dropped their final payload.
"Enemy ships had been hit with near to no misses." Janet tried to keep her composure as she failed by a bit of a chuckle coming out.
"Acknowledged, how many ships are still afloat?"
"...Two hundred more, ma'am."
"Order a full broadside, I wish to scare them into submission."
"Right away." The whole fleet stopped as the Pride of the Kriegsmarine, the Tirpitz and all of the ships soon went full broadside. "All guns are now ready to fire."
"Concentrate fire and fire all the Secondary Batteries as well." The 406mm Guns, fired their payload of sixteen 900kg 406mm HE Shells into the fleet. Those sixteen shells hit their mark and destroyed the fleet into pieces, the Nagato's 410mm was not be underestimated with nine of them making their marks, other ships followed. Wyverns that were able to fly were shot down by the A7M Reppus, without fail, those ships were sunk with such...humiliating manner of overconfidence.
"...Gramps, I gotta admit, you were super cool back then." Janet muttered with a big wide grin on her face as she adjusted her cap. "Well, send in the Destroyers and pick up some survivors!"
"Jawohl, ma'am!" The crew soon worked and went to their station once more. The remaining ships were easy targets for the A7M Reppu's quad-20mm Type 99 autocannons.
Kingdom of Fenn, Nishinomiyako, western castle
As soon as he learned of the Papaldia Empire's attack, the Sword King, Shihan grinned at the report. The German Fleet of old rusty Pride of the Navy, dubbed 'Kanzlerschiff' and her sister, 'Stahldeck' or as the Commanders called them, 'Big ol' Bis' and 'Tyr', the fleet had sunk the Papaldian Fleet of 324 ships within minutes, despite being sixty years of age. The King laughed as the Captains and Admirals of each ship were invited for a banquet they just couldn't refuse.
What was interesting was that the Commander of 'Kanzlerschiff Bis', as some phrased it, with 'Stahldeck' were descendants from the original Commanders of the two Flagships. Making the coincidence far more amusing. When he asked how it felt, the Commanders just replied with a grin on their face. "Well, they certainly weren't lying when the ol' lady had a big fiery temper after her refit!"
That day, the Papaldians lost a tremendous amount of around three thousand men in that single battle, their Dragon Carrier Fleet and their whole Army of Subjugators. Perhaps, allying with the Axis was the better option.
Yet, the King did had some good laughs when they told him about Tirpitz's history with aircrafts and that sometimes she'd just 'waste' them with rains of light when she sees them get closer.
Papaldia Empire, Imperial Capital Esthirant, 1st Foreign Affairs Department
As the person completely in charge of dealings with Argentina as well as the diplomat plenipotentiary, Remille of the imperial family, who came from the Foreign Affairs Auditing Office to the 1st Foreign Affairs Department, summoned the Argentine diplomats via letter, "Come quickly." This letter was sent directly to the hotel where the diplomats were staying, without going through the 3rd Foreign Affairs Department. Upon receiving the cryptic message, the handsome Leone and the rotund assistant Williams immediately prepared to leave.
"What is 'Come quickly' supposed to mean exactly?!"
"As explained in the accompanying document, it appears that the department who deals with us has changed… However, this summons interests me. If we're going to talk about international relations, then…"
Overcome with uncertainty, Leone and Williams left the hotel. There was an imperial carriage waiting for them; after they boarded, it departed silently. They traveled along a cobblestone road reminiscent of ancient Rome. The carriage didn't have a suspension system like motorized vehicles did, so the shaking did a number on their rears.
'I bet we can export suspension technology to them.'
As they mulled over these kinds of ideas, the carriage approached the entrance to the imperial palace. When they were working with the 3rd department, that office was outside the palace, but it appeared their new contact had an office in the palace. They passed through the gate and entered the palace grounds. There were beautiful white buildings all lined up in rows and a flawlessly arranged garden as well. Just seeing the palace gave off an impression of the empire's décor and overflowing pride, as well as its monumental national power.
Eventually, the carriage stopped at a building in the corner of the palace grounds. At the behest of an imperial messenger, the Argentine diplomats departed the carriage and entered the building. They passed through an elegant garden, then a corridor, and were led to a heavy black door. The imperial messenger opened the door and checked inside the room.
"Please enter."
The diplomats walked into the room following the messenger's invitation. Before them, there was a beautiful, silver-haired woman in her twenties sitting in an extravagant chair. She was fairly thin and wore a golden circlet on her head. Leone and Williams stiffened for a second as she examined them sharply. The imperial messenger gestured for the two diplomats to sit down, then the woman spoke.
"I am Remille with the Papaldia Empire's 1st Foreign Affairs Department. You may consider me the person responsible for all foreign affairs regarding Argentina."
"I am Leone with the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This is my assistant, Williams. I understand that you have an urgent matter to discuss, may we ask what that matter may be?"
Silence.
"Oh, it was nothing, I just wanted to show you something interesting today… This is of course by the will of the emperor," Remille intoned oppressively.
"I see; well, what do you have to show us?"
Remille flicked her eyes over to the messenger. He opened a door, behind which sat a one-meter crystal cube.
"This tool will revolutionize magical communication. It allows the projection of images during magical communications, and it is currently being implemented in both the Holy Mirishial Empire as well as our empire."
"Right…"
Leone blurted out a kind of dumb response. This was basically a giant television. He wondered what exactly was going on. Did they just want to show off their technology?
"Before we commence, I will give you a chance."
They were given handouts on shoddy paper (at least from Argentina's perspective). On it, in the Fillades common language, was listed the following:
The empire shall dispatch an imperial representative to become the King of Argentina. Argentina's laws shall be audited by the empire and revised as necessary. The Argentine army shall comply with the empire and be stationed wherever ordered. Argentina shall send a requested number of slaves to the empire every year. Argentina shall not establish diplomatic ties with any other country without the express approval of the empire. Argentina shall disclose a list of all their resources to the empire. Should the empire request any resources, Argentine shall send those resources to the empire. Argentina shall disclose all of their magical technologies to the empire. In the name of the emperor, any Papaldian citizen has the right to kill any Argentine citizen. Argentine citizens will…
"What the hell is this?!" Leone cried, his hands firmly clenched into fists. These conditions weren't even those belonging to a vassal state, they were for the worst possible colonial state, even the Netherlands weren't this hard on Indonesia...
...
Alright that maybe an extension with how some were treated back then.
But still, he couldn't even pretend to find them acceptable. Yeah, this nation is way out too far to be reached back. This sentiment kinda...reminds him of Old Germany before the Reformation.
"You object only because you are a fool who does not understand the power of the empire. Despite your proximity to us, you are just some pretentious barbarians who know nothing of the empire. Normally, just coming to the imperial capital would teach you your place, and our conditions would soften with your deference. But, of all things, Argentina refused to recognize our extraterritoriality, something even a country in the civilized areas would not dare to do… yes, something only a superpower would request. You do not recognize our national power. Or perhaps your home country does not put much stock in the opinions of its diplomats. Or if they do, then they simply lack the incentive to recognize our strength.
"Your country supposedly defeated our oversight army. While this was an internal matter, the admiral of the oversight army at the time was suffering from a mental illness. In fact, there were no deaths… we suffered no casualties. In other words, you did not defeat our forces, it was simply a problem with our personnel."
She paused for a moment.
"Now, allow me to ask. Diplomats from Argentina. Will you obey our commands, or will you doom your country to destruction?"
There was no way they could accept these terms, but they were also in an Alliance, while they may know of them, they don't know their actual power. So, perhaps for now, a compromise should do to reorganize the Armies and invade Papaldia without breaking a sweat.
"We are simply diplomats who came here in order to open diplomatic relations. While we do not believe the Argentine government will agree to your conditions, we will report this offer back to our country and await their response."
The silver-haired woman, Remille, curled her lips into a devilish smile.
"Hohoho, I thought you would say that… it seems barbarians do simply need to be educated meticulously. It was just as the emperor said. Pitiful Argentine savages, your eyes have finally been opened to the magnificence of the emperor. However, His Grace is generous. You appear to have the potential to be rehabilitated… you shall allow the empire to educate you."
The woman in front of them seemed to want to say more, but they were unable to discern what it was she wanted to communicate.
"Hohoho… feast your eyes on this!"
Flash!
Remille snapped her fingers and the crystal cube began to project a low-quality image in front of them. Leone watched the video and widened his eyes.
"We have subjugated the Kingdom of Altarus, and here, I'm sure you'll find these people a bit...familiar. These people here were possibly plotting acts of rebellion against our country… They have been detained under suspicion of being spies."
There were about 200 people roped together by the neck. Young and old, male and female; there was no discrimination in who was captured. Leone and Williams could recognize the clothing the prisoners wore. Everyone looked terrified.
"Those… those are Qua-Toinan people! …They only traveled to the Kingdom of Altarus for leisure, they have committed no crimes! Binding them by the neck with rope… Release them at once!"
Silence…
"A demand? You barbarians are making a demand of the empire?! You simpletons don't know your place!"
Remille took out a magical communication device.
"Execute them."
"Wha—!"
Slice!
A sword was drawn across the neck of the leftmost man, causing blood to spill out violently.
(DEAR NOOOOO!)
They could hear the woman's screams.
Slash!
The sword sunk into the neck of the screaming woman.
(MOOOM…! WAAAAH! NO, STOP IT!)
Slice!
The small child was also executed. The executioner made his way down the line of people, killing all those ordinary people. No matter the age or sex, he was always ruthless. Shrieks… screams… it was a picture of Hell.
"S… Stop! Stop this instant!" Leone yelled. "Do you understand what you're doing?!"
(Don't kill me… please, don't kill me… *Slash*!)
"You fucking barbarians, acting like our equals, you are the ones who do not understand your place! No, you refuse it! You blindly close your eyes… you fucking trash!"
Even as she yelled, the execution of Qua-Toinan citizens continued on.
"…I do not understand why the emperor wants to give brainless imbeciles like you the mercy of education… Well, whatever. How long will you stand there with your mouth hanging open like a retarded fish? There were about 200 Qua-Toinans though not much...I hope you are finally beginning to realize that you are absolutely powerless to save them. In addition, I hope your home country quickly learns how close it is to utter annihilation.
"You should decide quickly whether or not you will acquiesce to our demands. Ideally, before Fenn falls as they are to subjugate them. You hold the fates of all your people in your hands, as well as the fate of your entire country."
The last person was executed, and now there were no longer any moving Qua-Toinans citizens in the video.
"I am not the plenipotentiary for Argentina, but let me just say this," Leone growled as he shook in fury. "With the actions you have taken today, you have just angered more than a billion people who are acquainted to war both mentally and physically, beginning with the German government. To slaughter innocent tourists, people who just wanted to live in peace, perhaps you can't understand, but to us, you are the barbarians, no, you are scums of the lowest level and we of the Axis would like nothing more than for a country of savages like yours to disappear. What happened today, the Axis Alliance will not turn a blind eye to this, oh no, what they felt shall be what you feel, but multiplied indefinitely. We will seek justice from the people who perpetrated this act of cruelty. I can only imagine the face you'll make when you learn of our true strength. We only wanted peace, but… You have just awoken our thirst for blood for the first time in sixty years of our endless bloodlust."
The meeting ended.
While the Argentine government had been debating the legal issues of international intervention, 200 of the citizens they were trying to save were massacred. This failure reverberated across all of Axis, and it had once made them realize that this place. This place will still be the same if they don't act like how they were in the Zweite Welt Krieg. Indonesians, Malayans, Indians, Africans, Egyptians, Finnish, Vietnamese and et cetera.
All had suffered under the British, French and all of the Entente's regime, even if Netherlands weren't in it, they were the same. Now with the newer and more humane regime of the Germans, Italians and Japanese, they were flourishing in their own autonomous nations, while they were named Reichskommissariats, colonized lands, they were actual countries and states that were banded in the name of colonizers, while certainly not pleasant, they flourished and they were treated better and had their own rights.
The Colonizers could be corrected if they were actually guilty. They settled it.
The Axis shall not just rule a millennia, despite their flawed ways. They shall bring a regime that would be better than what this world has to offer. That is their promise. And they shall gladly do it in a heart beat! So the new storm began to brew.
The Three Greater Powers who had heard of this became enraged.
Now, they had shed their outer skin and now have come back to their senses of this cruel world.
A reign of terror shall come for tyrants, a reign of harmony for the oppressed, but certainly.
The Armies will come and with this being the last straw.
They are fresh of mercy.
The RSS had been informed and all of them had begun their reassignment, an Age of War and Revolution shall begin. Hundreds of Thousands, dozens of million men were reassigned to their specific divisions.
News came into town and all were livid.
Breaking News: Qua-Toinan tourists slaughtered in Altarus
Chancellor Victoria Friedrich had began her speech on her personal thoughts against these scums of the lowest levels,
"It seems that despite in a world where fantasy strives, dictatorships still exist. It is with my heart that I realize that this world will never let us be in peace, now our fellow member, the Qua-Toinans had their people slaughtered. As they are also my subject, I cannot let this go on. I believe that if we topple their government then we can finally be at peace for now, with this kind of violence, I cannot let go of this from my mind, soul or heart. Papaldia must be taught a lesson for threatening our ally, killing innocents and subjugating neutral nations."
Wehrmacht Mobilizes the Entire Army and reintroduces the Waffen-Schutzstaffel to foreign fascist fighters
Argentine Reich Army begins to mobilize and purchase more advanced panzers from Germany
Imperial Japanese Army Mobilizes with the Raiding Fleets destroying any Papaldian Ship at first sight
Italian Royal Armed Forces begins Heavy Reformation, Panzer Projects hastened with Army Exercises re-evaluated
Germany has pledged more than fifty million Reichsmark from donation, Volunteers were all around, Reishsprotektorate Moskowien had been released as the United Sovereign State of Russia. Japan had lifted the Chinese as a Satellite Nation under their rule, Nusantara and Indochina had been given the state of Reichs Protectorate.
Italy had begun full renovation with Germany backing them up in funding. The whole Axis Alliance seems to have set aside all their differences to form a better and more compact Alliance. A few satellites had been launched and now with the technology they need, they are ready for their Reign of Supremacy.
Großer Deutsches Reich
Within a room, German Naval Admirals that were in Germany gathered with screens that displayed other Admirals. "Admirals of the Kriegsmarine, this is with great honor that I welcome you to this meeting. As you know with the final evaluation and reorganization of the fleet, we finally have time to revise the ship programs, with the knowledge, we apparently do not need Missiles as a primary weapon with 2cm cannons being able to rip apart the enemy ships."
The Admirals nodded. "The usage of Missile for this place is overpriced even for a whole fleet, I say we reuse guns than missiles!"
"Although that begs the question of what to do with the Missile Destroyers as our Doctrine had been mainly focused on basically firepower."
"With the commissioning of Battlecruisers with Missiles as a new thing." Missile Battlecruisers, as the name suggests are basically powerhouses lesser armor than the Battleship, but better than the average cruiser, thus, a Battlecruiser, although the idea is new, in this world, it might be a waste of money unless they can use it for Strategic Destruction. "I believe we should revive Project Grenadier, Missiles are too expensive...although effective to some certain degrees."
Project Grenadier was a dead project when it came out in 1960s with the usage of Missiles as a Main Weapon rather than Main Guns. The Dreadnoughts were only a thing due to the range their guns can reach and that they were in stock of such weapon and scrapping them seems to be a waste, so, a compromise of a Missile Dreadnought was made with mobility, big guns that can't be shoot down unless a missile could hit it first, but then there are eight of them with a caliber of 48cm, with the sudden drop of Battleship usage, the Germans had prioritized more Carriers, but with Aviation Battleships, they might fit in some aircrafts with some big guns.
It seemed like a lost cause before it was done and the results were fairly decent with the Germans developing better ways for Battleships to lob more aircrafts into the air, the Project Magnet is a Project that revolves around magnetism to lob aircrafts, instead of catapults, the engineers had deemed the Project as a success with enough funding, with funding coming from Chancellor Drachen back then, they had been able to make some better mechanism that sends aircrafts better than the Steam Catapult.
"Project Grenadier...doesn't it seem like sixteen guns seems to be overkill?"
"Overkill for what? The way I see it, there is no such thing as overkill." The Admirals had a small chat about the usage of sixteen main guns on a Light Cruiser. The Light Cruiser was to have four turrets with each having four 130mm rapid fire cannons, with the usage of Autoloaders, the idea didn't seem farfetched.
"Then how are we to approach this matter?"
"Since we have Missile Destroyers with guns, we should reduce their missile capacity and use more of those shells to lob, since I doubt that a capacity of 450 shells would be enough."
"Considering that the Rowlians once brought a fleet of four thousand four hundred, it wouldn't be farfetched if we are to say that we need more shells for hordes." The Admirals began to agree on some matter.
"Then is it safe to say that we need more Battleships?"
"I might say no with the fact that how much power it needs and how much nuclear powerplants we can afford at this point. No, I believe we can use Destroyers and Cruisers rather than Battleships or Super Dreadnoughts." The Admirals nodded. "And the request for more propeller aircrafts."
"Seeing how they take less space than Jet Fighters, I say we permit the companies to manufacture some more advanced design." The propeller fighters were a joke when Jet Fighters came, but now with the fuel able to be reduced it is safe to say that they can focus more funds onto other projects.
This whole affair of Naval guns and aircrafts would be able to make a greater impact on buying weapons and funding more useful projects than the now too expensive missiles, they could build more tanks for the soldiers and more advanced guns that would be able to cut through things better.
Project Magnet also brought forth the Magnet Gun or Railgun Project, dubbed Project Railway, the Railgun was like a normal gun only that it doesn't require gunpowder or explosive powders of sort, the ammunition would also be able to be streamlined with no need for gunpowder, the gun would basically revolutionize the naval guns, but with artillery bombardment still a thing, it should be able to fit some explosives as well if possible.
The Admirals continued to argue over the Navy problems before coming to an agreement.
- Naval Guns will be prioritized rather than missiles due to the price for one antique 100-gun ship
- Reintroduction of Propeller Navy Planes, Jet Fighters for quick strikes or for far more superior enemies, but for now are to be in reserve
- Missile stock shall be reduced and only be used for bombardment of cities and fortifications
- Funds will be cut for more ground equipment
- More funds placed on Project Grenadier, Project Magnet and Project Railway
They were going back to the Zweite Welt Krieg age even if they had the technology of sixty years into the future, but it seems it is more economic in some cases. Other navies began doing the same as more guns were employed than missiles.
Plan Kriegsmarine Zweite
Aircraft Carrier:
(6 Graf Student-Class Super Nuclear Carriers, upped with four 128mm Dual-Purpose Guns, on separate platforms, other four Graf Student Carriers will be outfitted with such guns as well as six Anti-Air 2cm FlaK Gun and two AA Missile Batteries)
Battleships:
(4 Kaiser-Class Super Dreadnought, nine 480mm cannons)
KMS Friedrich III
KMS Barbarossa
KMS Wilhelm II
KMS Wilhelm der Große
(2 Adalard-Class Aviation Battleships)
KMS Adlar
KMS Schörner
Battlecruisers:
(6 Sieg-Class Battlecruisers)
KMS Endsieg
KMS Weissenberg
KMS Wörth
KMS Skagerrak
KMS Flandern
KMS Verdun
Heavy Cruisers:
(5 Prinz Eugen-Class Heavy Cruisers)
KMS Freya
KMS Siegfried
KMS Roon
KMS Flemming
KMS Boyen
Light Cruisers:
(10 Project Grenadier/Germania-Class Light Cruisers, comparable to Smolensk Light Cruiser in World of Warships, but with 152mm BL-10 cannons)
KMS Germania
KMS Munich
KMS Königsberg
KMS Hamburg
KMS Köln
KMS Frankfurt
KMS Leipzig
KMS Dresden
KMS Essen
KMS Bremen
Destroyers:
(15 Millennium-Class Destroyers, Comparable to an M-Class Light Cruiser with less armor, armed with eight 12.8cm cannons instead 15cm and armed with four missile hatches for emergency)
Zerstörer-Gewehr(ZG-1 - ZG-15) - Basically Destroyer Type Gun, instead of the Alpha, which are armed with Missiles and are more superior in taking out Modern Ships compared to the ZGs, which have limited missiles to fire, while ZA has more missiles to fire in a barrage.
Frigates:
(25 F2000-Class Frigates, comparable to Admiral Gorshkov-Class Frigates with twin 130mm cannons)
(Neue-Fregatte(NF1 - NF25)
Corvettes:
(50 K1999-Class Corvettes, comparable to Steregushchiy-class Corvettes)
(Neue-Korvette(NK1 - NK50)
Special Ships:
Nuclear Missile Super Submarine, KMS Eva, (Comparable to the Eva's Hammer from Wolfenstein, intended as a superweapon, construction continued with delay, estimated finishing time, 1 year and a half)
"The Chancellor's official press conference will begin momentarily."
All citizens of Germany knew about the horrendous massacre that took place in the Kingdom of Altarus. The Papaldia Empire's brutality was not limited to Qua-Toine as well, they also terrorized countries known to be friendly with the Axis. Normally, this behavior would result in war, but the aggressor was the Papaldia Empire. No matter how many countries outside the civilized areas they provoked, a superpower's national power was insurmountable. If it was only around 200 citizens, these weaker countries simply had to close their eyes to it.
But, this time the victim was Qua-Toine, a protectorate of Germany, a country who holds grudges and sue for vengeance in extreme measures. Because the empire was so cocksure of their power, they may have miscalculated. Diplomats from various countries were all gathered in Germany with their eyes glued on a television, showing the Chancellor on a podium in the familiar building of the Reichstag.
Clap clap clap clap…
The Chancellor appeared, dressed in a suit akin to more of a man's than a woman's, to the sound of camera shutters snapping. Her expression was severe with no trace of humor, her beautiful face was given a pair of glasses, while she was certainly no older than a fresh greeny from the Wehrmacht, her face had already the 'emotionless mask'. Certainly, her old man's job in preparing her as the next Chancellor paid off, but it shouldn't be with his life even when he gave out a weak and...painful joke at the end.
When the Chancellor indicated that she was about to begin her address, the restless atmosphere gave way to complete silence. She waited a moment before speaking.
"People of Großer Deutschland, as I am sure you have heard, the kingdom of Altarus has been attacked and destroyed by the Papaldia Empire. Many innocent Qua-Toinan citizens in the kingdom were unable to evacuate and were captured by the empire.
"Our officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs immediately appealed to the Papaldia Empire for their release, reasoning that they were just simple tourists, but they… unbelievably, chose to cruelly execute those citizens instead.
"…We cannot condone this extreme act of brutality.
"The perpetrators of this act of inhumanity shall be made to pay for their sins and they will pay in blood!
"If the Papaldia Empire is left alone and they defeat as well as subjugate more nations, we cannot let more bloodshed be ignored by our secretive society! This nation and his allies had flourished for sixty years! Our ancestors fought for the future of our nation and succeeded!
"Now, this brave men are needed once again! In addition, the neutral nation, the Kingdom of Altarus, has been occupied against their will, and we cannot turn a blind eye simply because their country is not our own country or our allies'. We will always believe, within our nation, within our hearts of iron and will of steel that we have a heart of gold that can and will care for others that are not our own.
"However, for invaders who are unwilling to listen to reason, we have no choice but to be firm and cruel, drive them out and make them pay!
"Our country of Greater Germany and our allies stand together, united, and both share the desire to protect all of our citizens from those who have subjugated Altarus.
"By my authority as Chancellor, the agreement of all Armed Force's Commanders, Generals and High Command, I hereby command all branches of the Deutsch Wehrmacht, the Deutsch Luftwaffe, the Deutsch-Kriegsmarine and the Deutsch-Schutzstaffel to use any means necessary to protect the lives of all citizens, no matter the race, the species, the nationality and destroy the plague known as Papaldia!"
The Chancellor's speech was met with thunderous applause and the furious sound of shutters, jet fighters, propeller fighters, cargo aircrafts, helicopters that carried men began to move out immediately out of Germania's Military Base with some carrying Leichterpanzers. After answering a number of questions from the media, the press conference ended.
That aerial escort immediately sealed the capabilities of Germany to the other nations' ambassadors, a nation of impervious technology and clearly superior firepower, comparable to that of the Holy Mirishial Empire.
Topa Kingdom, Castle Town Tormis
"News, news!"
An information dealer was handing out newspapers. When the people of Topa read the headline, their eyes bulged in shock.
'The Country of Germany alongside Argentina and the Superpower Papaldia Empire Finally Clash!'
This became the hottest topic of conversation.
"Hey, who do you think'll win?"
"Isn't it obviously that it's Argentina and Germany? They are allied with the Axis, therefore, they have similar capabilities to the soldiers that took out Demon Lord Nosgoorah, don't they? With those nonsensical weapons, isn't it already a given that Argentina and Germany would win?"
"But they're going up against one of the world's top powers. When the Papaldia Empire invaded the Kingdom of Altarus, I heard they came out of it with barely any losses."
"The way I see it, if it's an all-out war, Papaldia has the advantage."
"But based on this newspaper, aren't they just fighting in the Kingdom of Fenn? It's not quite a war… more of a localized conflict, right?"
"So if the Axis wins that local war, they still beat up the Papaldia Empire, you know. You really think those arrogant bastards won't then turn it into an all-out war?"
"Ahh, of course they would."
Even though the Topa Kingdom only saw a small piece of the Axis' military power, their residents still held the firm belief that the Axis, each and every one of those nations was far superior even the weakest ones will prove to be a challenge.
Kingdom of Altarus, Royal Capital Le Brias, Underground Resistance
After being decimated by the Papaldia Empire, the Kingdom of Altarus became a vassal state of Papaldia. However, the empire was unable to exert complete control over all parts of the country, so a few resistance cells popped up. One of those cells was able to receive magical communications from a third country.
"Commander, we've received some intriguing news."
The commander quickly skimmed the report.
"Two countries outside the civilized areas appear to be waging war with the empire. Which side do you think will win, commander?"
"Hmm… if they're both just typical countries from outside the civilized areas, the empire would crush them, wouldn't they? Even though our country was also outside the civilized areas, our equipment at least was on the same level as countries within them. Even still, we were completely helpless before the empire. Well, it would be nice if they could at least inflict some damage, but the reality is the empire is constantly expanding its territory, so their national power only continues to rise…"
"You haven't heard of the country Argentina?"
"No, I haven't."
"I think this fight will be rather interesting. Argentina helped the Principality of Qua Toine defeat the invading Kingdom of Rowlia, after all...well, with the help of an allied nation, but still..."
"Indeed, beating back Rowlia is an amazing feat, but the empire is on a different level, aren't they? I think it's impossible for them."
Among the resistance cells in Altarus, this news did not bring much hope to anyone.
Second Civilization, Superpower Mu
Because Mu had ties to both the Papaldia Empire and Japan, although not Germany and Argentina specifically, they were currently holding a meeting to decide which country they should request to send an observer, Japan had been willing to give them a ride as they are also sending an observer or basically an attaché to Germany to oversee the war, they were already sending a few of their ships into the war as well. If the side they chose ended up losing, there was a very high chance the observer would become wrapped up in the conflict and killed, so it was very important to thoroughly consider which side to choose.
If Mu were to request to dispatch an observer, they were certain either country would gladly accept.
"Considering the previous reports, it is believed that Argentina and Germany also have an advanced machine-based society, and that they may even have advanced past Mu's technology in some areas. That being the case, we would like to send the observer to the Axis' side."
Someone from Mu's military raised his hand.
"We've all read the reports countless times. However, I'm more interested in how true they are. Is it really possible? Has anyone actually seen proof that their technology is above ours? Furthermore, even if it is, is it enough to overcome the Papaldia Empire's strength of force and numbers?"
"In terms of national power, there is no doubt. We have heard many things from our diplomats working in Japan, as well as the members of parliament who have gone to visit their country, both the stories they told and the information they included in their reports. Didn't the army dispatch a number of people as well?"
"There have been some amazing things included in our internal military reports. But still… it's really hard to believe when you are comparing a newly rising alliance with an old and well known empire…"
The meeting concluded with the superpower Mu deciding to send an observer to the Axis' side.
Holy Mirishial Empire, Port Town Cartalpas, a certain bar
Everyone in the Central World considered the Holy Mirishial Empire the strongest country in the entire world. All trade there revolved around the port town of Cartalpas. At a certain bar, drunken patrons were trading stories.
"I hear the Papaldia Empire is fighting against some alliance of three countries outside the civilized areas."
"Not again! Now those three countries will get smashed to pieces and Papaldia will pick up even more territory… But, recently, Papaldia has been pretty reckless. It's just war, war, war. Are they trying to take over the entire Third Civilization or something?"
"Papaldia is a middle-ranking superpower; compared to the Holy Mirishial Empire and the mechanical country Mu, their national power certainly falls off. Maybe they're aiming to become one of the world leaders?"
"But you know, those three countries sure are brave. They know most of their citizens will suffer if they get taken over."
"The alliance is between the land of swords, Fenn, and the emerging country Argentina and Germany."
"Argentina and Germany? That Argentina and Germany? Well now, the empire might actually have their nose bloodied a bit this time."
Inside the bar, everyone was largely convinced of the empire's total victory.
Kingdom of Fenn, capital city Amanoki
The Sword King Shihan was in a great mood.
"Yes! This is good!"
His face was all smiles. The Axis had decided to oppose the superpower that had invaded his country. Fenn by itself would have likely been strangled by the difference in national power.
The Argentines who shot down the imperial oversight army's wyvern lord squadron like someone swatting a fly would be sending its magic ships to fight the empire's main army this time alongside the Axis' Joint Fleet that singlehandedly destroyed the Subjugation Army had come to his aid.
The Kingdom of Fenn would be saved.
The Sword King ordered his men to cooperate fully with the Alliance.
Papaldia Empire, Imperial Capital Esthirant, Emperor Ludius's private room
All the wealth in the Third Civilization was concentrated in the capital of Papaldia, and the person who embodied all that national power, Emperor Ludius, lived in the imperial palace. He was chatting in his private room with a silver-haired woman.
"Remille, what do you think of the world, and what do you think of the Papaldia Empire?"
"Yes, Your Grace. While everyone else scrambles around in the dirt, the empire stands at the top of the Third Civilization. We exploit fear in order to control other countries, a method I find extremely efficient."
"Correct. Ruling by fear is necessary in order to expand our national power. The Holy Mirishial Empire and Mu have chosen to live in harmony with their neighbors. It is torturous for our great empire to be ranked below such weak countries. Once we have total control of the Third Civilization, we shall reign supreme as the Great Empire—no, the Eternal Empire of Papaldia. Eventually, we shall bring the First and Second Civilizations under our heel, uniting the entire world under our rule, which will forever eliminate war and bring about true peace. This is what we envision for the people of the world… Do you understand, Remille?"
Remille trembled with emotion. His Grace was truly a magnanimous person.
"Your… Your Grace, you have thought so deeply about all the people of the world… I am truly moved," Remille choked, tears welling up in her eyes.
"To accomplish this task, there is much blood that must be spilled. It is an unavoidable sacrifice—a small price to achieve great results. Those standing in the empire's way must be removed."
"You are absolutely correct!"
"By the way, Remille, what became of the incident with the Kingdom of Fenn and Japan? We would like to hear the results directly from your mouth."
"Yes. As Your Grace commanded, the town of Nishinomiyako in Fenn was captured. At that time, our forces captured two hundred citizens of Japan, who proved to be useful in our meeting with Argentina. We gave their diplomats our conditions and they refused to come to an immediate decision, so I used the magic image relay crystal to show them the citizens of Fenn being executed."
The emperor smiled faintly.
"Aah… they are surely in a panic right now. As we suggested, simply give them the opportunity to be educated. So, how did they respond?"
"As barbarians do, they became upset and raised their voices. Your Grace, I believe it would be better to simply exterminate trash like that. Why should we waste time attempting to educate them?"
"…We believe that all barbarians should be given an equal chance to avoid oblivion. If they are fools who choose not to take such a chance, then they deserve to be eradicated."
"I understand. Your Grace, after Altarus is fully searched and we capture all of the Qua-Toinan there, I will open talks with them again. And then, if they continue to refuse our demands, we will execute the prisoners again and likely start a war of genocide. At that time, I will leave everything to Your Grace's judgment."
"Is that so… it shall be done."
Pipipi~ pipipi~…
A bracelet on Remille's left arm began blinking. Her face twisted in irritation.
"That is for official business, is it not? …We are not discussing any matters of import here, simply having a private conversation. You may answer your magical communications."
Remille bowed to the emperor then tapped the communicator.
"What is it?"
"Argentina's diplomats alongside a...guest have requested an urgent meeting, are you able to receive them?"
"That will be fine. Have them wait," Remille ordered, then cut off the communication.
"Your Grace, Argentina has come again asking to meet. This may be the result of their education, their answer to Your Grace's mercy. I shall take my leave here."
"They may be barbarians, but their very existence is being threatened, so they must be desperate now. We hope you will forgive us for taking up your time with idle chatter."
Remille turned back as she was about to leave the room with a refreshing look on her face.
"Your Grace, do you have any other matters to attend today?"
"None."
"In that case, once I am done with my duties, may I return here?"
"We shall allow it."
Remille was smiling brightly as she left.
Second Civilization, Superpower Mu
Technical Officer Myrus had been summoned by the upper echelons of the military.
"…so, that means, Technical Officer Myrus, Tactical Officer Lassan, the two of you are being sent to Japan as observers."
After that declaration, they went over the logistics in more detail.
Mu was barely a few hundred kilometers from Japan. But due to the fact it was still further away than most flights, they would first fly on the passenger plane with the longest range, the reciprocating engine aircraft La Kaosu (cruising speed 280 km/h, cruising distance 7000 km), to the international allied airport, then stop at a relay point along the way until they arrived in Japan. They would refuel as quickly as possible at each relay point, the flight itself would only take a day or two. After having contacted Japan about it, as soon as they enter Japan's airspace, they will be escorted by combat aircraft and land at an airport in the western city of Fukuoka. Japan had informed them that the Japanese Fleet that will go to the Western part of the continent of Africa would leave in a week's time and hoped that the team would arrive as soon as possible.
As soon as the meeting concluded, Myrus and Lassan made preparations to leave immediately. Three hours later, they boarded the state-of-the-art aircraft La Kaosu with food and supplies and began the long journey to Japan.
La Kaosu Passanger Plane
It was a long flight. Definitely not a flight that could be made on wyvern.
On the fifth morning after leaving Mu, the reciprocating engine passenger aircraft La Kaosu was finally nearing Japan. They would soon enter Japan's "air defense identification zone" at which point Japan's combat aircraft should arrive to escort them.
"I wonder what kind of combat aircraft will come?"
Technical Officer Myrus had heard last time that Japan had a propulsion method other than the reciprocating engine, so he couldn't wait to find out what it was. In contrast to Myrus, Tactical Officer Lassan was much more reserved.
"It won't be very impressive either way."
The moment he said that—
There were two booms of thunder that could be clearly heard even from inside their plane. They both involuntarily turned their necks to look out the window.
A combat aircraft shaped like an arrowhead with no propellers passed by them. The machine made a sharp turn, came up next to them, then slowed down to match their speed.
"It's… so fast!"
The two officers were stunned.
"It doesn't have any propellers!" Lassan shouted, shivering.
Mu's passenger aircraft was guided by a pair of Ki-352 Jet Fighters into Japan with four A36Ms passing by for patrol. The Japanese Super Carrier, the Zuiryuu had sortied her jets to scramble as she was escorted by a Japanese WW2 Battleship, the Musashi.
"L-Look! Isn't that ship similar to Gra Valkas' Grade Atlastar!?" The ship was indeed similar or rather, the ship Gra Valkas made was far younger and far less advanced with how Japan updated Yamato and Musashi until they were no longer capable of updates and modernization due to them having achieved the apex of their potential capacity.
Learning about this had made the officers far more worried as the Japanese had already built a ship of similar caliber. With the Jet Engines, they had far underestimated Japan and her Allies. Now they knew why they only look intrigued at their fighters and the La Kasami. They already had advanced technology that outstrips theirs.
After some time, they finally entered Japan's airspace, near Fukuoka Airport. They saw Japan for the first time from the skies. Before their eyes was an advanced city with a population of 1.5 million people as they had recorded. Eventually, they landed on a pristine runway, the likes of which they had never seen before. The passenger aircraft they were riding was… the apex of the superpower Mu's technology, and it looked like a toy compared to the numerous, giant, beautiful machines parked in a line at the airport.
"We've come to an unbelievable country…"
Myrus shuddered when he thought of the importance of their assignment.
Papaldia Empire, Imperial Capital Esthirant, 1st foreign affairs department
Leone and Williams from the Argentine Ministry of Foreign affairs were once again at the Papaldia Empire's 1st foreign affairs department. They were meeting with Remille, but they weren't alone now, they were accompanied by an Axis Official, a once decorated Colonel from Nusantara, named Colonel Arya Sudirman, a descendant of an Indonesian nationalist that fought against the Dutch occupation before appointed as one of the 'Tentara Nasional Nusantara' or National Nusantaran Army's General, he was sadly not a General, but his life was filled with combat that he is not to be underestimated like his grandfather.
"You're back already. Well, the fate of your country does hang in the balance. I should not be too insensitive," Remille gloated with a twisted smile on her face. "Our empire is very generous. Even though you did not have an appointment, considering your situation, we will be forgiving this time. Now then… last time, the empire presented you with a list of conditions. Please tell me the result of your deliberations."
Leone began to speak evenly, without sounding rushed, but he did sound a bit disappointed.
"What I am about to tell you is the official response from the Argentine Government with the full cooperation and knowledge of the Axis."
"Oho, so you finally recognize the empire's power."
'So they're delaying their surrender by coming to negotiate… How sly.'
"First, let me pass along this proposal to you, the Papaldia Empire."
Leone handed an official document to Remille.
Immediately withdraw all armed forces currently in the Kingdom of Fenn. Offer an official apology and reparations to the Kingdom of Altarus for damages incurred. For building damages, the amount of reparations will be 20 times the amount inflicted. Offer an official apology and reparations for the murder of Fennese citizens. The amount of reparations will be 100 million pasos per capita to the surviving families. Argentina demands the extradition of all personnel involved in the massacre of Fennese citizens, to be prosecuted under Axis War law.
"! What is the meaning of this?!"
"Unless these conditions are fulfilled, the Argentine-German Joint Force will expunge the imperial army from the Kingdom of Altarus by force. Of course, that will not be all. You yourself are naturally included in the list of criminal offenders, and the emperor of Papaldia is also under suspicion of enabling the massacre and is an important witness, so we request that you turn yourselves in."
"…You really are just barbarians in the end. You simply don't comprehend His Grace's benevolence… So you want war, and for your entire population to be slaughtered?"
Arya was the one who answered. "If that is your vision, then I believe that it will be the opposite." The Indonesian spoke up. "You see, the Papaldians...are no match for even the weakest nation in the Axis Alliance, what chance is there to have our population slaughtered when we can easily slaughter yours into minced meat for our endangered animals to eat."
"You dare question our strength!?"
"We do not. We know it as a fact that your puny and sick empire is weak, that is why you can't fight evenly. You can't. You would just lose and humiliated in every manner."
"Y-You-!"
"The Axis Alliance has given you this moment only to respond to our demand if not, the Axis will see fit that the entire alliance to go to war against Papaldia and destroy every bit of nationalism you have within you. Every bit of pride to be pulverized. Every bit of your proud navy crushed. Every person in the Royal Family will suffer before our wrath. Our prediction is that within a month, Papaldia will be no more. Or to say, that is not a prediction. That was a promise. What is the Empire's answer?"
"Are you that arrogant that you think you can beat the Papaldian Empire, barbarians!?"
"...I rest my case. Then see you in a month of time in the face of the Axis Justice Court."
The meeting ended with the Axis clearly conveying its intention to fight back. Remille can only screech in an unholy voice and cursed their nations day and night.
Papaldia Empire, Imperial Capital Esthirant, 1st Foreign Affairs Department, Inner Office
Remille was reading over a summary report that she dictated to one of the secretaries. Next to her was the Department Head Elto, reading over her shoulder.
"'The barbarians… wish for their own destruction…' Huh… 'Their leaders are so stupid it's almost unbelievable. For Japan to feel no sense of crisis over the extermination of their people is something that I cannot understand.'"
Elto felt a little sympathy for Remille. The empire had completely destroyed many other countries. This would just be just a few more. The peaceful image of executed barbarians rose unbidden in his mind.
Knock knock.
"Enter."
Deputy Head Hans ran in holding various documents. His face was pale and he looked extremely nervous.
"What is it?" Elto asked.
"Regarding our conflict with the Kingdom of Fenn, we have been closely monitoring any requests for observers from the other superpowers."
"If you're referring to the Holy Mirishial Empire, they have already informed us that they do not intend to send an observer."
"Yes, as always. So, when will Mu's observer be arriving?"
Hans's face scrunched up.
"That's, um… Mu has declared that they will not be sending an observer to the empire."
"Hoh, how sad, for them not to send an observer. Have they gotten over their obsession with collecting combat data?"
"…"
Hans appeared conflicted.
"Hm? What's wrong?"
"We've discovered that… Mu has sent observers to the Axis instead."
"…HUH?!"
Liberation of Altarus
War Plans:
- RSS Divisions, 5th Division Wiking, 39th Division Vikingtog, 41st Division Adolphus Gustavus, 31st Division Charlemagne will commence a Naval Landing on Kingdom of Altarus' Coast of Freelar
- The Japanese-German Joint Fleet will sail alongside the Argentine Fleet and provide Shore Bombardment before Landing
- German and Japanese Carriers shall send their Jet Fighters to deal with fortifications that are left intact and destroy the aerial units above Altarus
- If intelligence is correct, in a few days, Altarus shall be able to launch a rebellion after Princess Lumiess' speech of Rebellion
- General Werner will oversee the Landing and will lead the Liberation of Altarus
- War Plan named Fall Einz
Argentina, Protectorate of Chile, Prisoner-of-War camp
When they decided to go to war with the Papaldia Empire, a prison was converted into a war camp, which was where imperial oversight army eastern fleet Special Class A Dragon Knight Reckmeyer was sent. He was currently sitting with a Japanese newspaper in one hand and a Japanese-Common Fillades dictionary in the other. He was reading the news one word at a time. The more he read, the more his fingers became wet with sweat. Eventually, his entire body was covered in cold sweat and his fingers were trembling.
This was the article he was reading:
Papaldia Kills Fennese Tourists! Axis Alliance Official: "We Absolutely Cannot Forgive This!" Axis Nations Orders Their Entire Armed Forces to Remove Papaldia Army from Altarus!
by Irene Stahl
After the Papaldia Empire's massacre of Fennese tourists in the Kingdom of Altarus, every government in the Alliance has ordered their Armed Forces to eliminate all of Papaldia's armed forces in Altarus and other occupied colonies. When our reporter asked about the possibility of battle, the strong response we received was "There will be no further innocent victims. We won't allow it. That's why we're taking military action!" In other words, if the Papaldia Empire does not yield, the chances of combat are very high. This is the first order for real military action in 5 years, since the Middle East Conflict. The governments had vowed that there will be no tolerance for any Papaldian soldiers.
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"They… they've gone and done it now…"
His homeland had finally tried to push their usual intimidation diplomacy. Because the foreign affairs departments were too large, reports to superiors were often simplified or twisted to fit someone's agenda. They normally would have already been aware of the danger Japan posed, but their hubris and indolence as a superpower probably resulted in that information never being communicated properly. A war with the Axis was simply unavoidable now.
…Can they win? Reckmeyer wondered.
He knew for himself how much national power Argentina alone had, as their prisoner. However, they were still only a nation within a continent, the empire might have a chance in an all-out war. …No, if it were just after Argentina was transported here, they could maybe have defeated them. But now, they were being supported by the entirety of the Axis Alliance, an Alliance where even Argentina was considered a Secondary Power.
At the very least, he knew they were going to lose in the Altarus conflict. His homeland was going to have its foundations shaken. Reckmeyer silently grieved over the future of the empire.
Kingdom of Fenn, Capital City Amanoki, East Coast
Upon the Eastern Coast of Amanoki, the four RSS Divisions had arrived with Panzers and APCs driving out of the German-built Landing Ships, there were also Corvettes and Frigates that escorted them with some ships beginning to let down a few Nusantaran-made Tank-Boats named the BootPanzer I or Armored Boat 1, the Indonesian-Malayan Union had crafted these machines with some pretty good hands, the Germans had to admit, the design had come up, but were not really realized.
The time the Indonesian-Malayans made them, the Germans ordered a hundred of them for Anti-Terrorists and Anti-Insurgency, the Boats were armed with actual 105mm guns from the outdated Leopards they used with some powerful diesel engines of 1200HP, fitted with two of them as well.
The boats were quickly circling and going through some deep rivers to navigate through. Each boats armed with twenty soldiers and made into squads of four.
The Divisions number around 18,000 men per Division, the Divisions were going to liberate Altarus by taking a single beach head and had planned to breach through and spread as well as kill every Papaldians found without mercy.
In the distance was the German's new Missile Battlecruiser with the name of KMS Gustaf Adolph, under the Class, Carolus Rex-Class Missile Battlecruiser.
The BC was part of Germany's Missile Ship Program dubbed Program RS or Raketen Schiff, the Gustaf Adolph was given orders to destroy Papaldian Fortfications in Altarus. They planned on firing twenty Tactical Missiles to destroy those forts in a single barrage, next were the ships that travelled with them, around 25 ships if correct.
The Germans and Japanese and organized the plans for invasion.
Preparations were being made.
In a span of six days, the Liberation can be commenced, but for now. The other nations had sent their ships to harass Papaldian Naval Forces.
By harass, they were told to annihilate every single Papaldian ship in sight. With that in mind, every Axis Warships were to escort convoys and destroy any spotted Papaldian Convoy or Warship.
The hunt was on, but first…
Fall Hoffnung
Kingdom of Altarus, royal capital Le Brias, underground organization
Resistance movements continued while the Kingdom of Altarus functioned under the Papaldia Empire's control. However, the strength of a superpower was immense; even if they somehow disposed of all the empire's people from the country, the empire would simply send another army to enforce their rule. The underground organizations felt like they were fighting a battle they could never win.
Regardless, they would never think of stopping.
As per usual, Captain Rial was monitoring the empire's movements. At the very least, if anyone from the royal family were still alive, by establishing them as the leader of the resistance, the citizens would endorse their activities. However, the king had died in battle and nearly everyone else in the royal family had either been executed by the empire or was currently missing.
"Damn!" Rial cursed, exploding from stress as he thought things over.
"Captain! Captain!"
All of a sudden, the door to the room slammed open. The operator in charge of intercepting magical communications from other countries rushed in.
(He didn't even knock… what a rude guy.)
"Captain! Come to the comms room, now!"
"What's going on?!"
"Just come on, hurry up! Hurry!"
The operator grabbed him by the hand and pulled him out the door. In the communications room, among the many magical communication devices, one receiver was faintly glowing green.
"I've tapped into the Mauze Kingdom's communications, a Third Civilization country! This is Mauze's news!"
They focused on the device.
zzz…KSHSHzzzzz…
It appeared to have a poor connection.
"zzz… zzKSHzzz… -ryone, I am the princess of the Kingdom of Altarus, Lumiess."
!
Rial's entire body convulsed, like he had just been punched in the stomach.
"Princess… Princess Lumiess, you're alive…!"
"Shh! Quiet! You're not listening!"
"…know, our kingdom is currently being unjustly occupied by the Papaldia Empire. Therefore, we have established a temporary government within the country of Germany with myself, Lumiess, as the head, which I hereby declare the legitimate government of the Kingdom of Altarus. The Kingdom of Altarus and the nation of Germany are continuing talks regarding security treaty, and we have made absolute assurance that they will not back down from the danger that lurks before Altarus.
"To the Papaldia Empire: withdraw from the Kingdom of Altarus at once. If you do, there will be no needless loss of life. People of Altarus! If you can hear my voice, then prepare yourselves for 'that time'! Let all the people in our kingdom know that 'that time' has come! To those currently living under Papaldia's rule, to all peoples across the world who are suffering! Today, the forces of Papaldia were driven out of the Kingdom of Fenn by the allied forces of Germany, Japan and Fenn.
"The Papaldia Empire, a superpower, is truly strong. However, they are not invincible! We will not lose! When the time comes, we will have need of all of your strength! But for now, wait and prepare! As the poem says!"
"Morning will come after a long night.
The sun shall once again rise from the east.
The longer you have suffered, the brighter the sun will shine.
Good fortunes on the day of Tas."
At first glance, it seemed like a poem. But for Altarans, the first part was taken from a piece called 'The Miraculous Victory,' a historical battle in the Kingdom of Altarus where they had been rescued from an invading army by a hero from another country. Then the last line, 'Good fortunes on the day of Tas,' was code for 'in one week'!
Those thoughts were halted as the news reporter came in.
"As you've just heard, Princess Lumiess of the Kingdom of Altarus has just formally announced the establishment of the legitimate government of Altarus. The German government has recognized the princess's claim, as well as her announcement that they are in talks regarding a security treaty. They are also urging other countries to recognize the government in exile.
"…Uhh, we've just received breaking news. This concerns the comment Princess Lumiess made earlier about how the Papaldia Empire was defeated in the Kingdom of Fenn. Earlier today, Papaldia's military, which had tried to invade the Kingdom of Fenn, keyword and keep in mind, tried was defeated by the alliance of the Greater Empire of Japan, Greater German Reich and Fenn in a quick and one-sided battle by Fennese waters.
"Huh?! …Hey you, are these numbers right?
"…I apologize for the interruption.
"In the previously-mentioned battle, the Papaldia Empire lost over three hundred warships. This is… they were almost completely wiped out, the Papaldian navy suffered enough damage to almost completely incapacitate them.
"Ehh, the Papaldian navy's dragon carriers, their main force, were also lost, all of their dragon carriers were also lost."
Everyone stared agape at that announcement. More than 300 ships? That meant that the Subjugation Army that went missing after the Fleet of thirty four instigator fleet had been sunk.
"What do you… I'm just reading the script, I can't believe it either!
"And now, for our next story. The mage Candee has developed a new spell to to help make your skin healthier and more beautiful…!"
The broadcast ended.
The room was totally silent.
Everyone was quietly trembling with smiles on their faces.
"The Papaldia Empire was completely routed in Fenn! Before they can even land!"
"Princess Lumiess is still alive!"
"All right, until the time comes, we'll keep giving our all!"
Morale in the underground resistance soared.
Papaldia Empire, imperial capital Esthirant, 1st foreign affairs department
"What the hell was that magic broadcast just now?!"
The recording that Germany sent to various countries was intercepted by the empire. An angry roar echoed throughout the building. The empire's vassal countries were starting to declare their independence. Not only that, they were encouraging others to stand up to the empire as well.
This was an erosion of the very foundations of the empire.
"Um… Miss Remille, about your request to meet with His Grace regarding a war of genocide, I believe you missed his response. His Grace has approved it."
"Those Axis Bastards have done something very stupid. We'll soon engrave the true terror of a superpower on all of their bodies."
The executives continued talking in the office. Then, one of the window clerks burst into the room.
"What is it this time?!"
"Two envoys from Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs are here. They said they already sent word in advance that they would be coming for a meeting with the department leadership…"
…
Little did they know that if this talk went as what the Argentines and the rest of the Axis have thought through then this will lead to imminent and inevitable destruction of Papaldia.
Papaldia Empire, imperial capital Esthirant
Supreme Commander Arde was baffled. Knowing that Mu sent an observer to the Axis and finding out that their analysis showed the Axis would emerge victorious, he came up with feasible countermeasures for dealing with a larger military force. He thought, without actually seeing the results of Mu's analysis, that, if anything, what he would've misread was their method of attack. However, based on the report during the meeting, he was completely baffled over the amount of pure strength they had. Losing everything they sent to the Kingdom of Fenn wasn't a big deal where ground forces were concerned, but it was equivalent to a third of their naval power.
The implications of this information were causing confusion in Arde's mind. If instead it were some country inside the civilized areas that had brought a few thousand ships-of-the-line, he imagined that the forces they dispatched would have taken some damage and their overall strategy would have been delayed a bit, but there was no possible way they would ever get wiped out.
He had calculated Germany's war potential alone using the report on the naval battle with the Kingdom of Rowlia, but maybe some of the information in it was inaccurate.
"I need to look at all of our information on Germany again and check the sourcing! Mu… what kind of information did they stumble onto?! …Wait, could it be…?"
Arde imagined the worst possible situation. Could Mu have possibly… started exporting their machine science weapons? By moving their technology from the Second Civilization to the farthest reaches of the world, they wouldn't encounter much risk to themselves, and they could attack the empire by proxy. If by some miracle Germany was able to wipe out the Third Civilization, it would fall to the First Civilization, mainly the Holy Mirishial Empire, to keep them in check. The level of advancement outside the civilized areas was too low for them to reproduce the weapons, too. And for Mu, they would be able to measure how effective their weapons were against other superpowers, profit from the exports, and also keep the Papaldia Empire in check; it wasn't just two birds, but three birds with one stone.
"If that's what's happening… this is bad! This is really bad!"
Supreme Commander Arde ordered his men to reinvestigate the Alliance in much more detail.
First Civilization, superpower Holy Mirishial Empire, port town Cartalpas, a certain bar
At a certain bar, drunken patrons were watching a flat crystalline lens. In the top superpower, the Holy Mirishial Empire, news could be magically recorded then transmitted and displayed elsewhere, in color, using a flat crystalline lens receiver. The exact method differed, but this magic news program was available in both Mirishial and the Second Civilization superpower Mu, though only Mirishial, the world's strongest country, could watch it in color. Once a week, news from around the world was projected via these crystalline lenses. For traders, this news was invaluable.
"It's starting!"
Music began to play, signaling the start of the news broadcast.
"Greetings, it is now time for the world news. We have some truly unbelievable news for our viewers today. And now, for our first story.
"The nation that dominates its neighbors, the perennially aggressive Third Civilization superpower Papaldia Empire, failed in its invasion of the Kingdom of Fenn, and they even lost all of their forces in combat. Among the forces lost include one third of their total naval strength.
"The ones who defeated Papaldia were from a country in the far east outside the civilized areas, Japan, who allied themselves with Fenn. It's unclear what kind of weaponry they used to defeat the powerful empire, but there's no doubt that the aftereffects of this event will ripple across the entire Third Civilization.
"Next, the Gra Valkas Empire, also known as the Eighth Empire, has sent a request to the Holy Mirishial Empire to participate in the leadership conference held in our country that includes the top eleven countries every two years. Our government is carefully investigating this request and the motive behind it. It is widely believed that, because of their overwhelming victory in the war between the Gra Valkas Empire and the superpower Leifor, they should now be considered a superpower themselves."
The news ended.
"Hey, hey! Did you hear that?!"
There was only one hot topic among the drunks today.
"I heard! The Third Civilization's Papaldia Empire tried to bust into Fenn and got sent packing by a three or more-country alliance from outside the civilized areas!"
"A superpower getting done-in by some uncivilized countries, I don't believe it."
"Not that again! They got caught up with that emerging Alliance! The ones who saved Qua Toine when they were invaded by Rowlia."
"Now that you mention it, I heard that legendary Demon Lord Nosgoorah from the Third Civilization's myths came back to life, but some secondary countries from the Axis took it out with just a small regiment of troops."
"'Demon lord,' that must've been an exaggeration if that's all it took to deal with it. But with Leifor's fall and now another superpower losing in a local war, there's sure been lots to gossip about recently."
"Well, but you know, no matter how great the Axis is, the Central World will always be peaceful. Mirishial is just too far above everyone else."
"Hahaha, ain't that the truth!"
The drunks kept on chatting.
Papaldia Empire, western region, island country, Kooze territory
Citizens were wallowing in the depths of despair. The Republic of Kooze had once been a symbol of wealth and prosperity, but, after twenty years of being bled dry by the Papaldia Empire, there was no longer any trace of its former self. The people now struggled with poverty and looked for any chance to leave the island.
The steelworker Haki was thinking to himself as he mined for ore in the magic gem mines. He heard that his household used to be one of distinguished knights. When he was five years old, his father left to fight off the Papaldia Empire. However, the superpower was too strong, his father died in battle, the country was conquered, and his mother was taken away by the imperial army. After that, he was taken to the mines, and he had been working there ever since.
At first, his heart burned with animosity towards them, but, knowing the empire's unparalleled national power and the strength of their military, it faded away over time, along with his despair. On the contrary, he started to wonder, why would the Republic of Kooze even try to fight back if they knew of the gaping disparity?
The other day, he heard on the news from the Central World's Holy Mirishial Empire that Papaldia invaded an eastern island, home to the Kingdom of Fenn. Apparently, the new trend in Mirishial was to watch news with pictures, but all he had was an old magic communications device, so he could only listen to it.
(Well, now there's yet another broken country out there.)
That was what he thought. That's what everyone in the Kooze territory thought. This world contained nothing but despair. To live was to cut oneself off from everything else, they believed. Now, today's news was starting.
"…the Papaldia Empire army's expedition into the Kingdom of Fenn was defeated by the allied forces of Fenn, Germany, Japan and an Alliance of sorts, three or more countries outside the civilized areas; the imperial troops were completely wiped out. The imperial ships lost amount to more than one-third of their total naval strength…"
"Wh… What?!"
He hadn't heard wrong. The empire just suffered considerable losses and was defeated.
"What is this feeling I have?!"
Tears were streaming down Haki's face. Countries outside the civilized areas, ones that no one thought could possibly win, stood their ground. The listeners didn't know how much they lost to achieve it, but they held their own. Haki felt something pulse to life in his heart.
Papaldia Empire, imperial capital Esthirant, imperial palace
Remille was paying a visit to the emperor in order to request permission to destroy the Axis as a whole(as if they can with guerilla fighters being hard-core ultranationalists that could potentially rip them apart).
"I believe you have already seen the reports, but…"
Remille summarized what happened.
"…as a result, the Imperial Military's invasion of the Kingdom of Fenn failed...miserably. Afterwards, Altarus's princess Lumiess announced the establishment of a temporary government within Germany. Other territories are starting to show unrest as well. If we allow this...Alliance to do as it pleases, this cancer within the empire will only grow. Therefore, I have come to request that we officially declare war on the Axis and authorize the extermination all of their people."
Emperor Ludius took his time responding.
"So the stain of this failure falls on Arde, huh… We must consider how to punish him later. However, they are just some uncivilized barbarians… They make light of our empire, a superpower… This displeases us. How excellent, Remille. Your original insight was correct. We were too soft. These barbarians must be exterminated, and the world must be shown what happens to those who defy the will of the empire. …Here and now, in the name of Emperor Ludius of Papaldia, we declare a war of genocide on the nation of the Axis!"
The Third Civilization superpower Papaldia Empire was essentially declaring that they would ethnically cleanse all Axis-aligned people.
Remille of the imperial family headed to the meeting room in the 1st foreign affairs department. Normally, it would be unthinkable to meet with Argentina, who had just been declared an "enemy," but Remille herself was the one who proposed another meeting after the battle in the Kingdom of Fenn was over, which the Argentine Ministry of Foreign Affairs had also acknowledged.
Even if it was a local war, she still never imagined they could ever lose, so her steps were heavy as she walked to the meeting room. She imagined that this time they would act even more conceited than they were the last time.
"…How impertinent."
However, if she thought about it, their declaration of war on the Axis was much easier, it helped cut through the bureaucracy. In addition, once the Axis citizens hear from their own diplomats that the superpower Papaldia Empire had declared a war of genocide on them, they would be utterly consumed by terror. That was a nice thought as well.
Remille opened the door to the meeting room. Greeting her were the familiar faces of the ambassador Leone and his assistant Williams.
The meeting began.
"…I believe you know the results of the battle in the Kingdom of Fenn… For the sake of the citizens of the Papaldia Empire, have you considered the requests from the Axis that we delivered last time?"
The Axis' demands were for the extradition of a large number of people, including the emperor and Remille herself, suspected of having a hand in massacring Fennese citizens in Altarus; reparations for the families of the killed citizens; and reparations and a formal apology towards the Kingdom of Fenn.
"Hmph… You should already know the answer. We refuse."
"Is that so… Well then, regarding the Axis' next steps—"
"We have something we would like say as well," Remille declared, cutting off Leone's words. "You have incited rebellion in the empire's vassal states and offered protection to those who seek independence, incurring the wrath of His Grace, the emperor. You barbarians fail to understand that what you're doing is wholly unnecessary. Your countries hav continued to underestimate the strength of a superpower. And the people in charge of making decisions for your country, are they under the impression that they alone are completely safe where they are now? How naïve. That foolish thinking will lead to your downfall. It has bought you the emperor's fury and will lead to your annihilation.
"Pitiful citizens, the Papaldia Empire has declared war on the Alliance of Axis, and we will completely exterminate you, down to the last person."
Leone looked as if he couldn't hold his laughter with Williams sighing at him.
"...Alright...I'll have to admit I didn't see that coming...we underestimated you?" Leone finally lost it, his laughter came full-blown, stunning Remille. "But I think you got that backwards. You underestimated us. It is so hypocritical of you, since we did research and found that you were below...our expectations as a whole. Let me tell you, never in my years of life had I heard such ambitious yet foolish dream to exterminate the people of the Axis. That had never been done and never will be done, in every way you are cornered. But really, you are a piece of work that I can never finish even if I tried."
"So in this world, a superpower can only put up this much of a front, huh… Personally, I hope I never have to deal with you barbarians ever again."
"Heh, such are the ramblings of a dead man."
"And also a sex whore, I needed to add that one."
"Whatever..."
Leone, the primary negotiator for Argentina's Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the establishment of diplomatic ties with the Papaldia Empire, left the room along with Williams, who gave her the middle finger along their way out.
After Leone and Williams departed from the 1st foreign affairs department, they headed back to the hotel to retrieve their luggage. Along the way, their carriage suddenly stopped.
"What's going on?!"
There was a man dressed in black standing in front of the carriage. As he approached the carriage, he spoke to them.
"I'd like to speak with you for a bit. My mansion is nearby. Would you be willing to have a chat there?"
Leone and Williams seemed to remember this man who was speaking to them… because standing there was the 3rd foreign affairs department head.
"Mr. Kyeos?! I apologize, but Argentina and your country are now at war. We have nothing else to discuss. Please excuse us."
"Please wait a moment! Whatever happens in this war in the future, it would be a mistake for neither of our countries to have a point of contact. At the very least, I would like to establish a secure means of communication between just myself and your country. I was thinking of giving you a magical communication device, but, if you cannot trust me, then I would not mind putting a mechanical communication device prepared by your country in my mansion."
"Are you serious? This is your country. If your superiors were to learn of this, you're the one who will suffer for it and frankly, while we do not care much about your nation, I respect that you are willing to negotiate."
"While thank you for the compliment, indeed, I would not be let off with just a slap on the wrist. However, if there were just one point of contact somewhere here, then your country would be less likely to 'airstrike' it, right? There are a number of people in the imperial family and leadership who still lend me their ears. It's just a single communication device, I don't think it's such a bad trade for your country."
"Airstrike? Huh...I did underestimate some people in your Empire, at least you still have remembered the 'Know yourself and know your enemy' doctrine and it is impressive that you've done some digging into us unlike some people. I understand. I will discuss your offer with my superiors."
Kyeos's mansion looked out over the sea, and it was on a large plot of land. Later on, a communications device and the requisite electric generators were secretly installed there.
Großer Deutsches Reich, Capital City Germania
Technical Officer Myrus and Tactical Officer Lassan of Mu were chatting with each other. On board the Tatsumaki-class destroyer as observers from Mu, they experienced the greatest shock of their lives during the mission to measure Japan's and her Allies' strength. First was the speed of the Japanese Warship, it was able to reach a speed of 40km/hour at a constant pace.
According to one of the books they bought in Japan that they had been translating, they utilized an engine named the Gas Turbine to generate enough power to run the whole ship, the next thing was the gun. While they haven't seen it in action, it had claimed to be able to fire in an impressive rate of fire of in average, roughly 30 shots per minute that is with the help of autoloaders, which were something of their own. The guns they used utilize a stabilizer known as the Fire Control System, a system used to improve accuracy and 'predict' where the shot will land or something close to that.
The next was the autoloader, while regular cannons needed to be manned by people with the help of machines to ram the shells into the gun. The Japanese and her Allies had used a system called the Autoloader to simply load the shells in automatically as in 'by machine and not by man', the gun is also given a substitute to be manually reloaded by soldiers if the Autoloader is deemed incapable to perform a task.
Furthermore, the book made mention of a number of other ridiculous weapons that they wouldn't be able to observe during this mission. A ship that could dive into the water called a "submarine," a weapon that had an effective range of over 100 km called a "guided missile," and a weapon that swam underneath the ocean called a "torpedo." All of these different weapons had been completely unimaginable to them. And even if Mu were to devote all of its technological resources, they couldn't possibly build any of them. And the overwhelming power that Mu saw this time wasn't even a fraction of the might that Japan had at its disposal. They now knew that Mu did not have any technical superiority whatsoever.
While the two officers were wary of Japan's hidden power, they were also relieved that Mu was on friendly terms with Japan. After seeing all this strength and technology, through imports and exports, Mu might be able to develop countermeasures for the Gra Valkas Empire.
"Myrus, how do you see Japan and the Axis as a whole?"
"What do you mean 'how'? In terms of technology, they're way too far ahead of us, even the weakest of them all could prove to be a match against us if they have even inferior weapons than the Japanese or the Majors or even the Secondaries. There are just too many things I just don't understand here. Not to mention these Mobile Phones or whatever they are called and I can't see us manufacture or even develop these in the near years!" Myrus can only stare at his gifted Axia Mobile Phone, the Germans had been fairly advanced that they actually gifted them as gifts to the Diplomats of Mu, it was unbelievable on how humble in diplomacy and cruel in combat as they have shown to be...
"I see. What surprises me the most is how different our very concepts of war and combat are. To put it simply, our navy could easily rout Papaldia's navy, but against any other country in the Axis with an up to date navy, no matter how small, we might still end up the same as Papaldia's navy ended up in that last battle. We simply have no way to outspend Germany, Japan nor Italy, the 'weakest' superpower on weaponry."
"Haah…"
They both sighed. The atmosphere felt heavy.
"Still, Lassan, we did get a good harvest."
"What do you mean?"
"We understand the concept behind their weapons, so we have a rough map to follow. For weapons we never thought of like guided missiles, even if they're laughably slow compared to Japan's or any of the Axis', I think we do have the capability of making simple ones. If we continue our current relations with Japan, Italy and Germany, I can see our country surpassing the Holy Mirishial Empire in the long term."
"Interesting. By the way, what are your thoughts on the Gra Valkas Empire?"
"I don't know. We don't have enough information on them, except that we're both nations of science. Right now, I think they're about fifty years ahead of Mu, technologically speaking. They're probably continuing to advance, too… we don't know anything about their national power, so I have no idea how we measure up to them."
"Is that so…"
The two observers from Mu continued to investigate. But in the meantime also talk about Germany, it was a wonder how such an Alliance can come forth from this.
Aleksander from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs had asked to meet the ambassador from Mu.
"I'm Yuuhi, the Mu ambassador. What can I do for Germany today?" he asked somewhat nervously. He looked somewhat panicked.
"Actually, the Axis Alliance has a request for your country."
Yuuhi's expression degraded into even further panic.
"And what might that be?"
"Well…"
Aleksander took an A2-sized photograph out of his briefcase, making out the form of a part of Altarus' land.
"I heard that Mu built an airport for the purpose of maintaining diplomatic contact with their allies."
Aleksander pointed to a spot on the photo, an airport of sorts, too small to be an airport that can support the Axis' Jet Prop Cargo and Commercial Transport aircrafts, but barely enough for a small propeller aircraft as well as fighters, while Zweite Welt Krieg Strategic Bombers wouldn't be able to fly out or even land on it as it is now.
"We want to ask for permission to use this airport in the Kingdom of Altarus. We'd also like a few details on it, such as how much weight it can support."
"Wha-! This… This is so intricate! Is this an aerial photograph?!"
"No, this was taken by an unmanned satellite my country had launched into outer space prior times."
"! …No no, I've read your country's books, but I'm still beholden to my old common sense. This photograph is so wide, but I already know about your country's technology."
Yuuhi took a deep breath. The tension that was showing on his face earlier was now already gone.
"You're correct, my country built that airport. I don't have the specifications on hand right now, but I will contact my superiors and let you know as soon as I hear from them. Because of the large-scale magic gem mining operations in the Kingdom of Altarus, we had been developing a large transport aircraft for future use, so it should be quite sturdy.
"However, whenever we construct an airfield, we build it with permission from the country, then the airfield belongs to that country. So if it's built in the Kingdom of Altarus, it becomes Altarus's property. Altarus is currently under the Papaldia Empire's rule, so it technically belongs to Papaldia. When the empire attacked Altarus, they gave advance notice to Mu, so none of our people are currently there.
"So, if you want permission to use an airfield, you must ask its current owner for permission, not Mu. If the country that owns the rights allows it, Mu has no reason to object. With regards to Altarus, under the empire's rule, it cannot be used in its current state, so if Japan wants to use it as a base, you're free to remodel it as you see fit, we don't mind."
Aleksander's face brightened up at that point.
"Thank you very much. This is great news. One other thing: while our some people in our government have their own views on it, I wanted to tell you that there have been discussions about relaxing a part of the New World Technology Export Restriction Act with regards to the country of Mu."
"That's… That's wonderful news! I do hope that… it continues moving in a favorable direction."
Their meeting concluded.
Großer Deutsches Reich, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Princess Lumiess of the Kingdom of Altarus came to meet with the German Ministry of Foreign Affairs. After exchanging greetings, they began the meeting.
"I am Aleksander with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. Let me just be frank with you. With regards to the security treaty with the Kingdom of Altarus, because of the way our current constitution is written, it is unlikely to pass."
Princess Lumiess stiffened, looking petrified. Aleksander continued talking.
"As an alternative, we wanted to float the possibility of our forces invading the Kingdom of Altarus in order to destroy Papaldia's military bases and take care of most of the imperial army. Once Altarus regains its independence, we would like to request permission to use the airfield that Mu built in your kingdom, with that we maybe able to repay you in the form of Advanced Infrastructure for both Airport and the Kingdom. This would allow us to put the imperial capital of the Papaldia Empire, Esthirant, within range of airstrikes."
Using the airport that was built in the Kingdom of Altarus, they could launch airstrikes from the airfields in both Japan and Kua Toine and hit not only Papaldia's industrial cities and their large-scale military institutions, but also the imperial capital itself. Japan was trying to move the conversation forward from a military point of view.
"If my country can claim its independence, I will gladly give the Axis permission to use the airport in my kingdom. You may convert it to a base or use it however you wish."
The talks ended early, and the decision was made to attack the Papaldian forces stationed in the Kingdom of Altarus.
A Day before Fall Einz
Papaldia Empire, Imperial Capital Esthirant
Chaos.
It was chaos.
Convoy ships from the colonies transporting slaves, resources and personnel were sunk left and right.
Officers were already panicking with these events. The fact that their escorted convoys were being slaughtered left and right, words of survivors had described gray massive ships with different amount of cannons attacking them, but the one thing that remained consistent was that they were being hit from afar.
It seemed as if the survivors were spared to instill fear.
And it was working.
Every survivors would be rendered 'Missing' or 'Killed' after their arrival to stop the fear inducement. But rumors spread even with those actions.
And they spread like a disease.
Many people were being so paranoid and questioned whether the Empire could even fight back such a force when their 'Superior Navy' is being turned into driftwood left and right without any signs of even the smallest of victories. Provided that they had lost more than four hundred ships and still counting.
The Emperor had continued his speech to keep the morale amongst both civilians and soldiers alike, but nothing seemed to work for the long run.
Remille had been having constant nightmares of shadows of how big the fleet the enemies were deploying to even destroy their fleet. How they would destroy Papaldia and burn it to the ground.
Kyeos had been wanting to make contact, but having missed his opportunity to do so, he had since began to develop major trauma disorders, paranoia and constant hallucinations.
The fear instilled had long since worked as Axis' Doctrines were to instill fear into their enemies when deemed necessary and plausible to do. With constant prideful people, the idea was necessarily suggested, because they would have bigger effects on people with bigger egos.
Nevertheless, Papaldia had been traumatized by the constant harassment from the Axis Forces, but this was not the end for them.
Joint German-Japanese Operation to Liberate Altarus
Fall Einz
Fall Einz had been given a green light as German and Scandinavian troops began to set sail for landing. Amphibious Landing Ships had already began movement with German Battleship Bismarck and Tirpitz following for Shore Bombardment.
KMS Gustaf Adolph, German Missile Battlecruiser had began to make its way for testing as such, the field test would prove best against bunkers and fortifications.
The Landing Fleet soon came in to a hundred kilo mark. Enemy fleet could be seen from afar, for that the Battlecruiser began to fire its older Missiles, the Kraken Guided Missile, a more older version made for Ground to Ground, with a 128mm tank cannon able to sink a ship, it should be easy for these things that pack more explosives than panzers would be able to.
While expensive, it was worth the price at least. Just to see how...impressive of a Missile Platform this ship might be. "Coordinates, -0.25, 10, 0." The basic XYZ use of coordinates were given out, Z was usually fixed on many things, the height of a target, but with the fact that they just rangefound the ships meant that they were easily sitting ducks. The 0 just signalled the target as a seaborne target or just same level as the sea right now.
"Launching." A metal plate opened up as a missile flew off the hole. "Load that battery!"
"This is Admiral Janet Lindemann, Fall Einz begins as of now. Gott mit uns."
That single line motivated everyone, ever since its use in 1701, the words struck like lightning and every soldier's bloodlust came online.
"Let's make them feel all of the hatred, the pain and the suffering they have inflicted on the innocent."
Altarus Port City, Freelar
1 Minute after Fall Einz Commences
The Port City of Freelar, west to the Capital of Altarus, Le Brias was filled by currently twelve ships, eight 30-gun ships and four 50-gun ships, while not as powerful as the Fissennuss 100-gun ship, they were powerful on their own means.
10 Dragon Knights flew into the air before in the distance stood out a flotilla of ships. "What? Are those ships?" Grey ships.
Large grey ships.
Of foreign and alien design, four ships began to move in far closer. "Enemy attack! Heh! We'll destroy them no problem! All Knights focus on the four ships! Sink them!"
But before that could happen, the cannon up front elevated on an impossible angle, it was aiming at them. It fired.
Four consecutive shots from the frontal guns caused four massive explosions in the air. "What!?" The Captain saw four of his Knights fall and the ships fired without fail and without much delay. "This...This is imposs-GAH!" He was shot down, 10 Knights, 10 shots fired.
Bridge of the Bismarck
"Skies are cleared, ma'am." An Operator spoke to the Admiral who nodded in satisfaction.
"Send the missiles out."
"Roger. Gustaf Adolph, you are cleared to missile bombard the fortifications."
"Jawohl. We will begin bombardment shortly." The line cut off as from the deck of the Battlecruiser, eight hatches opened, there were eight forts from the description, with that knowledge, the missiles whizzed out one by one. All going for the forts specifically.
WOOOSSHHHHHH!
The missiles soon hit their marks, smoke rose from the burning forts. "Commence Landings!"
The Bismarck and Tirpitz soon aimed at the patrolling ships, 12 of them.
Easy targets.
Old Converted Catapult-Aircraft, the two Fw190 A-8 Float Fighter Aircrafts flew out, armed with 4 20mm cannons and 2 13mm machine guns, the two aircrafts flew into the sky, BootPanzer Is were deployed to see how effective of cheap naval tanks they are.
The boats were speedy as they are now, unlike their first prototype which ended the project. The 105mm Rheinmetall Cannons fired in the range of 3 km, scoring two hits, coming from six boats, while not impressive, they were still early in design and still in review.
The reload time was simply...astounding, the gun reloaded in an average three seconds. Firing off another wave that destroyed the previously wounded ships, sinking it after a fire broke out in both ships and exploded their ammunition.
"Impressive...for Prototypes." Janet smirked.
"They're actually for Rivers, so I can understand their lesser effectiveness."
"Understandable...alright, fire all we got, boys!" Eight 406mm cannons fired, six 410mm cannons fired. The Nagato, Bismarck and Tirpitz led the attack and escort of the Landing ships.
"Five minutes till landing!"
The sounds of the 406mm and 410mm cannons fired, shook the soldiers on the boats. "Ah, the good ol' days, so this is what it feels like when the old man landed in England…"
"Ja, but probably a lot worse, we're basically untouchable!"
"Lose that part, ain't healthy for ye." Another SS soldier sighed. "Cockiness often leads to dumb mistakes."
"Alright, old man! Alright!"
"Hey hey! We just got the new script for our song!" A man yelled out as he soon took out a paper. "Ehem, it basically is the same, but the part of the nations are replaced with the others, so yes! We get to make a song of this world now! Probably the first military song to tell about the New Welt!"
"Really?"
"Yeah!"
"C'mon lads! For Axis!"
"AXIS!"
Shore of Freelar
Narration: When Papaldia declared war on Argentina and Germany, a mistake was made, they who have stood guard in the Second World War had returned back to their old ways.
A force that willingly faces against nature.
Upon the landing of Dover, a Division of men held fast and faithful.
Holding the land until help arrives, they were of the Northern.
Descendants of brave men.
As they marched, blood trails behind them, corpses rot before them and Death follows after them...
They...They are no men.
They are the Hirdmenn
Men quivered as forts were blown up into pieces. Six boats with cannons burnt down two 30-gun ships, four ships shredded their 10 dragon knights, everyone was in disarray until the voice came and panic ensued.
(Insert: På vikingtog - Wolfnacht)
På vikingtog til fremmed land dro menn av nordisk ætt,
It was the song of their doom.
På kongeskip sto mann ved mann
One by one water pillars rose from the sea from the shellings that they didn't think would happen.
Av Hirden kamp beredt.
The 50-gun ship, Rizum exploded into planks and splinters as body parts exploded out of the ship.
Til Qua Tøine og Quira og Røwlia,
The pillars soon got the ships to crash onto each other.
Gikk ferden på langskip mot vest,
But they weren't done yet.
I Fenn, Altarus og Papaldia,
Three ships came from the fog of war, three massive ships.
Var nordmannen ubuden gjest.
The ships opened fire.
Ja, fienden de måtte vike,
Fire spread as each shot set the remaining ships ablaze.
Selv paven han tapte sin makt,
The ships soon began to turn their guns as the remnants of the last of the ships soon sunk with survivors bleeding out.
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha – ha.
It was now that the Papaldians knew.
For til vern om det stornorske riket
It was at this very moment.
Stod trofaste Hirdmenn på vakt.
They knew they have fucked up.
Ships stopped near the coast, Archers and Ballistas as well as anything they can get their hands on readied themselves.
The door opened and death came with it.
Nå reiser vi en Hird påny
Dragons of Steel came out of them, they blew fire and men burnt.
Av Vidkun Quislings menn.
The Ballistas exploded before they could fire, men scorched by explosions.
Og her i gamle Oslo by
The Beasts roared and began to move forwards into the water.
Står Vikingkorpset frem.
They floated and began to swam. This was what the survivors from the initial invasion of Rowlia's coasts had said.
Se baunene lyser fra fjellet
Beasts of Steel that blew fire, swam in the water and slaughtered them.
Bærer bud om den nye tid.
They thought it was a joke.
Og baunenes lys skal fortelle
A legend.
Om Hirdmenn som fylkes til strid.
Now the Legend stands before them.
Da fienden atter skal vike
Blood trails behind them.
Og pampene tape sin makt,
Death follows them.
Ha-ha-ha-ha-ha-ha – ha.
They did something no Papaldians never did after their achievement of title of a Superpower.
For til vern om det stornorske riket
"Retreat! Retreat!"
Står trofaste Hirdmenn på vakt.
And soon as the storm starts, the Hirdmenn of the Reichs-SS stood forth facing it.
The voice continued on a loop as the Beasts of Steel landed and opened its maw, men, no monsters came out as they pointed their stave and fired without warning.
Bodies fell, arrows or light tore through them, one by one.
Head by head.
Body by body.
Deaths racked up.
Many fell to the murderous rampage of these creatures.
Men were shredded in half as the screech of multiple thunders literally shredded people by half.
Running through the beaches, they crouched and held their staves before firing upon them.
Magic that was never achieved by them.
Men fell faster than ever before.
They cowered in fear.
Those monsters with masks of round eyes and a maw of a squid.
They laughed.
Their eyes then glowed red.
And their carnage had not ended.
Or rather…
Their carnage will never end until the death of the Empire.
And thus…
Står trofaste Hirdmenn på vakt.
Trivia:
BootPanzer I = X18 Tank Boat Antasena, armed with a 105mm Rheinmetall Cannon and will be used for mostly Anti-Insurgency, but cannon can also destroy wood-based ships, placed on Anti-Medieval Ship Strikes and Insurgency Control.
Program RS = A Program revolving on the extensive use of missiles, a deed that was deemed expensive after the use of V2 Rockets and later variants. The Program includes 4 Aviation Missile Cruisers, 6 Missile Battlecruisers, 12 Missile Cruisers, 16 Missile Destroyers and 20 Missile Corvettes.
Carolus Rex Class Battlecruiser - Similar to OTL Kirov-Class Battlecruiser, but with a single turret with a twin 380mm cannon turret upfront, behind twelve missile hatches, the rear was armed with a triple 280mm cannon turret.
Bismarck(Zwei)-Class Battleship - The Retrofit Version of the Bismarck-Class, armed with twin 406mm cannons instead of 380mm, with modernized AA guns, firing system, a radar, an AA system with a modernized armor belt, modernized engines and modernized secondary batteries. (Known Bismarck Zwei-Class Ships: Bismarck, Tirpitz)
Plan Kriegsmarine Zweite - The Second Coming of Plan Z, although not limited to be given additional ships to be built, possibly more Light Carriers will be in order, Light Cruisers, Destroyers, Frigates and Corvettes. Plans for Littoral Combat Ships were planned, but scrapped as they were too big to be remotely useful for insurgencies, BootPanzer I had been chosen for that. Although the LCS can be reclassified and repurposed as smaller Corvettes and act as Coast Guard.
Project Grenadier - A Project to create a new Light Cruiser with maximized damage in one salvo, while 130mm didn't cut it, the Top Brass ordered for 152mm cannons, the results were the usage of the Russian built 152mm BL-10 Cannon which for once was actually useful, the gun was soon given to a turret, a total of four, two on either side and placed like 2cm FlaK guns, only bigger and meaner, the Cruiser had been armed with four of these, and with minimal armor, the Project was later scrapped due to the use of missiles, but revived as of now for cheaper alternatives.
Project Magnet - Project Magnet, the Project being developed to replace Steam Catapults, deemed necessary for the Navy as German Investors quickly look at this as possibly one of the most effective modernization a Carrier can ever have. Currently in Prototype Stage.
Project Railway - Project Rail Gun, a Project that was created by Project Magnet, Railway was supposed to be a cannon that would be used to replace gunpowder, with the kinetic firepower, it would virtually penetrate through anything if done correctly, said Project is still in development.
Reviews:
Cap Vietnam: Strongest is just too much, half-decent would be enough, and I dunno about blitzing into Papaldia :p Guess you'll have to see for yourself next time
Commander 31: That's what I thought, but then, I don't really care about that shit no more, even if I don't have more followers or favorites, I'd at least have an audience to please here :D
Alberto: Gracias por la revisión, bueno, sí, hay algunas fallas en los sistemas y esas cosas, se necesitaría una recalibración, especialmente cuando todo lo que sabían antes sobre el mundo fue eliminado, pero debería solucionarse fácilmente en algún momento. Nuevamente, gracias por la revision.
UN Peacekeeper: You can also apply the same on Tyrants, humans, elves and others, probably will die the same though.
Kamen Rider Zero: Ah, just hope they get an anime soon...kinda disappointed about not getting a Fascist/Monarchist turned Japan in the story though...
Dark Omake: What happened back in Earth?
Recovered a few days ago when someone reported of a strange boat of sorts in the beach of Hamburg
Excerpts from the Lost Diary of The Lost Ones(specific dates)
1st January 2000: Just set sail from America to Germany, probably would take 15 days or so, the trip's pretty long, but well, being a sailor is always like that...
16th January 2000: Captain just ordered to do a few more errands, we should've reached Germany by now...
18th January 2000: We can't make contact with the shores, no Coast Guard Patrols, there's nothing, the Captain's been a bit panicky, I...I wonder what's going on...
1st February 2000: Okay, this is creeping me out, there are no signs of land anywhere! Captain had been acting strangely, we're probably going to Antarctica by now, probably to see if there is life here...asides fish
10th February 2000: Everyone...Everyone had just gone bonkers, I've...I don't know what's going on, but I don't think we have meat on storage...and...it doesn't taste like beef...what is going on?
17th February 2000: I...I just hijacked a life-boat, I don't what's going on, I saw bones, I saw human bones in the lowest level, a bit burnt, but...I think I'm going to puke if I stay there...I sweat someone just eyed me like a wolf to a rabbit...I don't know how to express it, but I think I'm going to die if I stay there any longer...
25th February 2000: No food...no drinking water...I don't think I can last a little longer...
26th February 2000: No help...No food...pencil was wasted...writing with pen I brought with me...hopefully enough...
28th February 2000: Everything is lost...there is no more hope...I barely am clinging to my life...
1st March 2000: I don't know what else to do...maybe I should've bring someone aboard...at least I can get some meat...
5th March 2000: I...I think I committed cannibalism on myself...
15th March 2000: If anyone reads this, I don't think I'm alive, I just want you to know that I think that the whole world is gone, it just left us, it's impressive I manage to live through a few months without much supplies-
Diary notes ends there, author probably died from major blood loss or from failing body issues, notes from 7th till 15th March 2000 are written in blood, unknown if pen was used to write the diary...it is impressive that the diary is well kept, even though it is heavily rotten, there were many usage of types of pens, inks, media used in writing such diary. Paper was highly yellowing, with some dates exposed and unreadable, these are some of the ones that could be read.
Lifeboat found in the shores of Hamburg, ways of reaching there unknown, dead body is thought to be around two hundred years old, ship that is described to have departed in 1st January 2000 is probably the newly commissioned ship, Millennium, ship is not known, probably sunk somewhere.
Apparently ships are left in the old world, theories are made, but not made sense, not yet, luckily there are only twenty seven ships known to be currently sailing after the deadline of reaching the shores in 31st December 1999 for the Millennium Celebration, The sailor's name was [Data Expunged], coming from [Data Expunged], born at the date of [Data Expunged], lifeboat only managed to survive, only because it was made of mostly plastic, the plastic had decomposed itself into a yellowish green moldy and somewhat disgusting mixture of plastic, mushrooms and probably...rotten organic materials that had just disappeared a hundred years ago, the bones are preserved and sent to be buried in the cemetery with the family informed if there is any.
Perhaps, it was not all good when we are transported here, many people had died, maybe this boat arrived here through one of the Disaster. If so, then the other ships and boats from the previous world might be here or still stuck in the other world, the thought itself is terrifying on how hopeless life was for these men and women.
End of Report
A bit of a dark twist for an Omake which is usually made for funny jokes, I am not good with jokes, so I won't even try, I'd be making cringy shit, I'm just comfortable writing some dark plots and such, I can't write anything funny tbh, so sorry if I just flipped that switch from having a good day seeing Papaldia smashed into...
Well, probably in a bit of a mess, I can't really speculate how'd you turn out when you read the Omake...
I might have not expressed the Omake enough to make it impactful, but I think you'll get the gist of it...
Hopefully...