RULE BRITANNIA! PT.1

This is perhaps, my best story-chapter in this fanfic.

For everyone and Remarque, all is quiet on the world front (well, as quiet as it can be with Wilhelm still being on the Imperial German throne). It was nearly a century, since the European continent experienced the madness of a major war. The Industrial Revolution, and the British empire building over the last three centuries, meant that Great Britain was one of the most influential and most powerful nations on Earth, with its colonial holdings across the world. Truly, the sun never sets on the British Empire.

However, tension were on the rise. All major European nations has strong nationalistic, militarist, and imperialist ambitions. Given said nations were practically within breathing distance of each other, everyone, all knew that a major European war was coming. But they didn't suspect this one coming.

On May 15th, 1912, a GATE opened in London, opening in London's Trafalgar Square. Out from the GATE, the Imperial Saderan Army of 500,000 soldiers, attacked London, marking the start of the British-Saderan War.

The first respondents to the Saderan invasion, were of the British Metropolitan Police Service, ordering civilians to evacuate, and resisting the Roman-esque invaders as best as they can, with their Webley revolvers. Many fall in the line of duty, as they were picked off by Saderan dragons.

The British Prime Minister at the time, Herbert Asquith, his cabinet, and the British Royal Family, evacuated London when the invasion reached Parliament, and Buckingham Palace.

The Imperial Saderan Army wasn't an army in modern military terms, as they think of raping, murdering, and robbing any unfortunate British civilians that wasn't evacuated, and not think the eventual retaliation by the British, or necessarily build defenses.

But the British, did struck back. The newly-appointed British Army Chief of the General Staff, Field Marshall Sir John French, orders the entirety the British Army of London District, to march into the heart of London, and destroy the Saderan invasion.

It was a difficult fight for London, as was in an urban setting, the Saderans hid in buildings, and the Saderans has dragons (But this advantage was nullified by QF 1 Pounder Anti-Aircraft Guns mounted on trucks).

Over the next three days, the British Army fought a brutal battle against the Imperial Saderan Army, street by street, building by building, room by room. But ultimately, the British Army won the battle of London, when capturing the GATE, capturing over 20,000 Saderan prisoners (5,000 being demi-humans).

A lot happen over that the fortnight.

There were many medals awarded for valor, many of them, posthumously. Hundreds of Distinguished Conduct Medal, dozens of Victoria Cross were awarded for military, and police personnel.

British secret intelligence services, interrogated Saderan prisoners (especially high-ranking Saderan officers or Saderan nobles). They spoke, if bastardized, version of Latin. They said that they from the Saderan Empire, with the goal of conquest of new worlds in the name of Emperor Molt el Caeser.

Some Saderan nobles were stiff-necked, some proudly proclaiming that the Saderan Empire will conquer Great Britain, then the whole world.

[One can hear the Author and Deadpool snorting, than laughing their asses off at such statement]

However, one of the more useful Saderan, was a nobleman, Colt Formal, Count of Italica. Colt, had a secret, seething, and quite personal hostility towards the Saderan Empire, so when the opportunity presented itself, he was happy to switch sides, telling them of Saderan politics, government, economy, and military.

It was then, that the British founded that the captured British citizens, are take across the Saderan Empire, to be slaves. To the British, such practise is quite distasteful (obviously ignoring the fact that the British did practice and profited from slavery till 1833).

Over 5,000 British military died or been wounded during the Battle of London, but over 3,000 British civilians has killed. They were the first (since 1690) British civilians, killed at home by an enemy force. Another 2,000 wounded, and 1,500 found to be missing (later found to be kidnapped).

For a whole day, flags were flown at half mast. Church bells toll. A minute of silence. Flowers and wreaths, laid at makeshift memorials. The British Royal family going around London, to help their people deal with their suffering.

The whole of Europe was shocked by the events that unfolded in Great Britain, and send their condolences. Even the ever antagonistic Kaiser Wilhelm of the German Empire, sends his condolences.

But sadness, brings anger, as the British were, as Malcolm from Shakespeare's 'Scottish Play' says it best of the situation: 'Be this the whetstone of your sword– let grief convert to anger; blunt not the heart, enrage it.'

They were angry that some fucking wankers, just invade the heart of the British Empire, and kill and abduct so many of Britain's citizens. They were angry that the abducted British citizens, were used as slaves, to be use for what God only know what.

It didn't help that famous tabloid newspapers, tell lurid horror stories of Saderan human and demi-humans, violently raping women (even as young as 10-year old girls), and Saderans murdering defenseless children, before roasting their cadavers over a open fire to be eaten.

Though some of the stories are somewhat untrue (the roasting and eating of children's cadavers never happened), it help demonize the Saderans in Britain's eyes, and help galvanize men to join the British army, with nationalism, militarism, in Great Britain at an all time high. The Government produced several propaganda atrocity posters, calling all young men it their God-given duty to join the army.

Author: Deadpool, please narrated the British propaganda Posters, in your best British accent.

[Imagine Deadpool's British accent is Squire from the Squire YouTube channel]

Propaganda poster #1: Men of Britain! Join the army. And help to avenge the cold-blooded murder of innocent women and children in London. Show the spineless enemy that Britain, will exact a full penalty for such repulsive, cowardly slaughter. Enlist today!

Propaganda poster #2: Men of Britain, remember London! The Saderans who brag about their 'Culture', have shown what it is made of, by murdering defenceless women and children in London. But this only strengthens Great Britain's resolve to crush the Saderan barbarians! Enlist now!

Author: Thank you very much, Deadpool.

Meanwhile in Falmart, the Saderan Senate called an emergency meeting, as they heard the Saderan expedition into the otherworld, was encountering heavy resistance. Then another messenger arrived, bringing the news of the Saderan army's expedition into the otherworld, was destroyed by the otherwolders.

This caused some concern from some of the senators, as destruction of 500,000 soldiers, some of the most experienced soldiers that the Saderan Empire has, was something not to scoff at. But the Saderan Emperor, Molt el Caesar just shrugged off the losses, stating it was just 'a small setback'.

Deadpool: A small setback? More like a huge fuck up.

Author: Must be all that inbreeding in the Imperial Saderan family that's affecting his thinking.

Speaking of inbreeding, the little shit that's Crown Prince Zoral el Caeser is no where to be seen, as he's more predatory interested in the captured women from the otherworld (which comeback to haunt the Saderans big time).

Over the fortnight at the end of the battle of London, British recruitment stations went into overdrive, recruiting thousands of men (some were even boys) for the British Army, swelling the ranks with new blood. All of the new recruits have different motivations to joining the army. Some said it was their patriotic duty to defend their loved ones. Others said it was moral outrage of the Saderan atrocities and Saderan kidnappings.

And Prime Minister Herbert Asquith, ask the British Parliament and King George V, to declare war on the Saderan Empire, citing the 'uncalled total aggression' on part of the Saderan Empire. It passed by parliament, and approved by the King. And on 21st of May, 1918, Great Britain declared war on the Saderan Empire. The British-Saderan War, had officially begun.

The majority of the British population were for the war, but there were some anti-war people protesting the war, but they were savagely attacked by the British press and public (both figuratively, and most of the time, quite literally), screaming at them of being cowards, ignorant of suffering in London (they were not entirely wrong on that claim), and that they don't care of the kidnapped British citizen in the Saderan Empire.

In the meantime, with approval from the Prime Minister, Field Marshall Sir John French, formed the British Expeditionairy Force, or BEF for short, under the command of fellow Field Marshall, Douglas Haig, with the strength of four infantry corps, along with a independent cavalry and medical division, and a supply and signals regiment. The total strength of the British Expeditionairy Force is little over a quarter of a million soldiers.

Not only that, the BEF will be well-equipped, being lavishly armed with latest weaponry.

But that's not including the British dominions' armies, under the British Dominions' Expeditionary Force, or BDEF, with Canada, South Africa, India, Australia, and New Zealand, contributing a either of a division or corps. Total dominion forces is two hundred thousand soldiers. But they will take time to arrive to Britain.

All of these armies will be under the overall command of Field Marshall Sir John French.

With all of these soldiers, it maybe considered overkill (with hindsight), considering the Saderan Empire's primitive military tactics and equipment, but the British aren't taking any chances, and on the 30th of May, 1912, the BEF marched through the GATE, destroying the Saderan garrison at Alnus hill, and establishing a foothold, constructing defensive works, and towing in the artillery guns.

Meanwhile, the Saderan prisioners that were captured during the battle of London, were placed into heavily fortified prisoner of war camps, located in rural area, gurards with heavily armed, and watchful soldiers.

There were Saderans that tried to escape, some failed, other Saderans did successfully escape the prison camps, however, they were quickly captured by British guards, or in some cases, lynched by British civilians.

The high-ranking or noble Saderans were interned at a splendid country house, though have the same security as a normal British POW camp. The only exception is Colt Formal, who was interned at a undisclosed location (the official story is that Colt Formal had manage to escape through the GATE. None of the other Saderans didn't see Colt surrender, so it was believable).

Meanwhile at Alnus hill, the BEF beat off another attack, this time by the armies of Saderan vassal states. In the Second Battle of Alnus Hill, the largest artillery barrage with hundreds of British artillery pieces sending their wrathful hellfire upon some poor bastards that shouldn't been there, onto the Allied encampment.

Back in Sadera, Molt orders a scorched earth policy, design to deprive Britain of Saderan resources. In hindsight, he's really stabbing himself in the foot, as the BEF was well supplied from London, and don't need to forage. Also, it pissed off the common people of Saderan Empire.

A few weeks after the Second Battle of Alnus Hill, and as the Dominion forces arrive through the GATE, John French order reconnaissance teams to scout the lay of the land, and enemy troop disposition, so that a general offensive can be planned. Each recon team consist of an armored car, cavalry, motorized anti-aircraft (QF-1s mounted on trucks), and motorized infantry. It's quite a large formation, with the strength of each recon team being around a large company-level size of around 150 soldiers.

Meanwhile in Great Britian, the British Government partially mobilized the economy for the British-Saderan War. Uniforms, equipment, weapons, and ammunition, are produced at unprecedented rate. The report on the Second Battle of Alnus Hill was positive, there was a need for more mobile firepower, and thus, the British government brought the license to build the Lewis Machine Gun.

And The British Government also began to pour resources into military research and development. Automatic rifles, anti-aircraft artillery, bomber aircraft, explosives, and armored vehicles are especially given special attention by researchers, engineers, and scientists.

The British Army is training tens of thousands of new recruits, all wanting to avenge those lost in the Battle of London. The British Army size swelled, from roughly 500,000 personnel, to 2,000,000 personnel.

Back in Falmart, the British Army made their first friendly contact with Falmartian locals, in the form of a small village (called Coda), thanks to 5th Recon Company, headed by young Lieutenant, Harold Alexander. 5th Recon company also manage to rescue Tuka, a Falmartian elf, who was the sole survivor in her village, of a Flame Dragon attack.

The news of the Flame Dragon attacking a village, caused the Coda villagers to ask the British soldier's assistance in evacuating Coda village.

And they also meet Rory, the apostle of Emroy. It was a strange experience, considering that Rory was trying to 'sit' on Harold's lap, much to poor Harold's embarrassment, and much to the soldiers' dirty amusement.

Then the Flame Dragon attacked the convoy, surprising and killing many British soldiers and Falmartian civilians. And it can resist rifle and machine gun fire, with the .303 rounds, simply bounce off the dragon's scales. The 37mm bullets from a mounted QF-1 anti-aircraft gun, manages to blind and wound the Flame Dragon severely, causing it to retreat.

The heavy causalities, with 20 soldiers and 140 civilians lost their lives, and the British do the decent thing, by burying the dead, earning the respect of the Coda villagers. This is when the Coda elder asked Harold if he can take in some refugees.

The problem is that there could be Saderan spies among the group, and it wasn't 5th Recon Team's original goal, and initially, Harold refused. After some begging by the Coda village's elder, Harold reluctantly allows some of the Coda refugees, all of ones Harold and 5th Recon Company taken in, are orphans, Rory, Tuka, Lelei and Cato.

They arrive back a Alnus hill, and obviously, Harold's commanding officer was not amused by the refugees. Harold can be court martial for disobey orders. He only avoided court martial, as he have important intelligence (a map of Falmart), establish first, good relations with the Falmartian locals, etc.

5th Recon Company's report was sent back to London.

They were pleased that this is one of the first friendly contact with Falmartian local. This will go a long way for any long-term plans that Britsh has planned for Falmart.

They were shocked that such monstrosities like the Flame Dragon exist, their existence, will endanger both soldier and civilian alike, so development priority into faster and deadlier aircraft, mobile heavy anti-aircraft artillery, anti-armour shells, was highlighted.

They were surprised at the size of Falmart, and the Saderan Empire that was on the map brought by 5th Recon Company, the map describing Falmart being the size of Eurasia.

This partially excited them, as Falmart has countless resources to build and make British Empire, the greatest empires the world that has ever seen (and snub that mentally defective Wilhelm and his 'Empire'). And Falmart was handed to the British, on a silver platter.

This partially worried them, sweating bullets, as it meant that British may take territory, but Saderan have the potential to fight on for months on to the bitter end. The last thing they want, is to do what Napoleon did in Russia little over a century earlier. However John French reassured the British Cabinet that such a situation will not happen.

Sorry if this was been awhile. Life was in the way and I'm beginning the final year of school. Expect larger update gaps.

Oh yes, I wanted to leave a rule for suggesting new ideas for GATE stories.

Rule #1: ABSOLUTELY, no muthafucking harem suggestions, because I will completely ignore it, as if it doesn't exist. As Filthy Frank says it best: IT'S TIME TO STOP!

Now some QnA.

Austin: Oh boy, you haven't seen nothing yet on what I'm planning for this fucking Zoral wanker.

Various people: Alright, alright! I will do story on Warhammer 40,000! Just stop repeatedly posting reviews saying that you want the Imperium of Man!

Guest Million: Okay, you have a lot of suggestions, and I will do some of some them (Ghost in the Shell, Avengers).

Hell Unleashed: Um, no. I don't want to do a fictional story, replacing an event where real people suffered and died.

Guest: I already did a chapter on the Tsar Bomba, and its effects on Falmart. It can be found in Chapter 3: The Nuclear Test That Change Falmart.