CH- 1 Battle for Ginza
Japan, Tokyo, Ginza district Year 2019 May 14 Sunday
Today was the most awaited day for Itami, He was going to attend the International Doujinshi, Anime and manga convention held in Ginza. He was saving for months for this convention. This event also was being first in the whole world where writers and publishers from all over the world came to participate in the grand event. Itami was glad he was in JGSDF ( Japan's Ground Self Defense Force ) not in JMSDF ( Japan's Maritime Self Defense Force ) as those poor guys were now participating in recent Malabar Naval exercise conducted by JMSDF, US Navy and Indian Navy. This time there were more participants in this exercise they were the Royal Navy & Royal Australian Navy. Itami boarded the train to Ginza and started browsing through recent news and events all over the world. The major news after Malabar exercise was sudden disappearance of certain individuals in Ginza district, next being the reopening of the case by the Police for a missing teenager namely Hiraga Saito in the residential district in Tokyo. It has been 1 and a half year since his disappearance. News reporters and conspiracy theorists were connecting Saito's case with the disappearance of individuals from the Ginza district as he also disappeared without a trace. Itami felt a little bad for that boy. With no further delay he quickly activated his online game the ' The Warrior's Quest' to pass his time. After disembarking from the train Itami went ahead through the station to acquire a taxi to the convention. There he saw a mob of civilians running towards the station and they were being attacked by dragons and Griffons. Losing no time Itami rushed towards the exit of the station in determination no stop this unnatural attack before the convention is cancelled.
Japan, Tokyo, Ginza district ( 15 minutes earlier )
A unknown Gate materialised in the middle of the road halting the traffic instantly. Cars piled up and people started examine what just happened. Some from the crowd started taking pictures of the unknown gate. Some brave ones even ventured near to the gate to see what is it & it came in to being in front of the street. They touched the gate to see it is not a holographic projection a recent development in the field of technological advancement. The structure was in gothic and roman design. It is to be said it was like the structural design from the Holy Roman Empire. Suddenly a dragon passed overhead the pedestrians and then a large army with men dressed in early renaissance and late Medieval fashion arrived through the gate with them were strange beings like orcs and even golems. The army was armed with medieval weapons to renaissance weapons. Some of them were even armed with early version of muskets though without a bayonet. They all looked European in race except the Orcs, trolls and golems. Without any warning the unknown army started playing their trumpets and drums and started attacking anyone and everyone in front of them. The army dragons that were flying in the sky started attacking building and civilians on the ground, The cavalry trampled unlucky souls under their hoops, soldiers started looting and pillaging the immediate area. The cars were overturned shops looted and set on fire, archers picked up civilians with their arrows, Musketeers fired indiscriminately into the crowd. The resistance to the Germania army was light here and there police officers fired at them with their pistols before being overwhelmed by their sheer numbers. With adding fuel to fire the cannons now crossed through the gate it to the new world.
General Adalard POV
When we entered through the gate I thought I would see a forest or a desert on the other side of the gate. I was surprised to see those glass towers touching the skies and building with heights I cannot imagine. As soon as we crossed through I ordered my troops to attack and subdue the population by this time we hadn't faced any serious resistance and our dragons ruled the skies. Though many officers asked why we are not attacking the elves but other humans. It was the state secret that forced my hand to not inform my men till the final hour of the invasion. But with promise of glory for the empire and getting part of the booty and place to settle in a new land convinced most of the soldiers to carry on. by the looks of these pathetic people here I doubt we will be needing rest of the army.
Japan, Tokyo, Imperial Palace.
Itami was able to guide the panicking civilians to escape towards the Imperial palace as it was the only feasible fortification in whole Tokyo city. In the way he killed some of these invaders with the help of weapons acquired from dead police officers. At the palace gates the palace guards were not ready to listen to Itami for letting the civilians inside the palace. But after a phone call which is presumed from his Majesty himself the gates were opened and people were let inside the palace.
Itami's POV
The situation is deteriorating with the passage of time though Metropolitan police was able to regroup near the Palace our numbers are too few. After some time riot police units started arriving and we started fortifying the palace gates and walls. SAT ( Special Assault Teams ) also arrived and reinforced the palace defences. I was given a MP5 SMG after I provided my identity as an off Duty SDF officer. We waited till the enemy army arrived from the Ginza. The enemy had taken control of the whole of Ginza district and were advancing towards other parts of the city. I saw many building those were civilians have taken shelter are being attacked by those dragons. They were set on fire by those dragons. The enemy slowly surrounded the whole Palace and started probing our defences. They first launched massed infantry assault but were quickly repulsed then again they assaulted with Testudo formation used by ancient Romans. Those formations might be useful against arrows but our guns shredded them to pieces. Another attack commenced with a massed volley of musket fire. We took some losses from those fire and then some from their formation started attacking our defences with lightning bolts and fire balls and a number variety of magical attacks which we were ill prepared and took heavy losses. But our concentrated fire mowed down their Pike men and even some mages of their army fell. Suddenly cannon fire erupted and started hitting the walls of the palace. The walls around the fort were hit hard. With ammo running low and constant artillery barrage we were now in doubt if we will be able to hold their next assault. Then a friendly chop chop sound was heard, when I look towards the sky I saw those flying angels from havens coming to save us, they were the apaches of the JGSDF with cobras with them. I also saw US army Blackhawks with them as they started pounding the enemy position with rocket and missile and cannon fire .
General Adalard POV
I was overseeing the siege of the enemy fort in front of me. their consolidated forces were able to repulse our 7 assaults towards the fort and we faced heavy losses we also lose some Germanian knights by defenders relentless fire. I was surprised how their muskets could fire rapidly while ours take a while to return fire so I used my magical knights to pin them down. Then out of nowhere I saw iron dragons came into view our dragons tried to intercept them but were mowed down in an instant then they started their relentless attack my ground forces. I was knocked my horse. I 'shouted how this happened' before consumed by another blast.
Japan, Tokyo , In front of Imperial Palace
With the invaders in disarray the Tokyo Riot Police fired their tear gas and charged into enemy formation. invading forces were completely caught off guard by this charge and routed from the battle. Soon the police forces were Relived by JSDF and US Marines from Okinawa Marine base.
With the constant flow of reinforcements the battle turned into a war of attrition. With superior technology and training JGSDF troopers were holding and pushing the enemy back towards the gate. But the advance by ground troops was halted by constant barrage of cannon fire from the enemy. Those 17th century cannons though primitive were still very much effective against soft vehicles to lightly armoured vehicles. Streets turned into full blown pitched battles between the combined forces of Riot Police, JGSDF, US marines and the invading army. Another advantage the enemy had was the mages in their army, those guys were the only ones capable of halting an Infantry assault. That too many buildings were turned into fortified structures by the enemy grinding the military advance to a halt. After the arrival of heavy armour and the air force did military was able to break through invader defences. The first day of the battle ended with a stalemate. On the 2nd day the Malabar combined fleet arrived at the ports of Tokyo and started providing fire mission to root out invaders from their hideout. After presumably destruction of their Headquarters near the gate their army began to rout and escape towards the gate. The combined forces pursued the invaders back to the gate capturing a number of them. Some of them even surrendered, after reaching the gate the immediate area was fortified for further enemy attacks with tanks, APCs , and machine gun nests.
The whole battle was fought for nearly 2 and a half day with major part of Ginza being turned into a battlefield. This battle was being one of the major battles in the coming war of Earth Empire War.
END
After taking consideration from one of my reviewers Sleipneir I re watched the anime and rectified the mistake i did in the setting of the story. I have changed the setting from 2 months to 1 yr and a half for saito's disappearance from earth. As it is more realistic as the things happened in the anime cannot be squeezed in the time frame of 2 months.
Thank you Sleipneir for pointing out by mistake.