=REMNANT=
The second semester of beacon academy begins, and team CFVY is sent on a mission by Ozpin while Cinder and her group begins planning out the infiltration of the Valian CCT tower.
=EARTH=
1942 June 29 - The empire of Japan and its sphere of influence suddenly vanish from the earth and are carried to the world of Remnant in a flash of white light, A night before the attack on mid-way commenced.
Asia vanishes from the face of earth. The imperial headquarters loses contact with navy submarines and merchant ships operating out-side of Asia, as well as much of their skilled spies who were working in the U.S.
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1942 June 30th - A state of emergency is declared in the mainland. Taking this as an opportunity, Tojo-Hideki orders the kenpeitai to raid hundreds of locations in Tokyo, purging known communist cells and political rivals against Tojo in a bid to further solidify his position in the military and government. The damage is kept at a minimum, as the emperor steps in and forces Tojo to back down in his reign of terror.
However, the damage had been done, with internal factions who had lost many core members further deepening their extremism.
The kido-butai sent to Midway under vice-admiral Nagumo reappears at Tokyo. Command instructs the fleet to dock at Sendai for the time being and for admiral Nagumo to come in and explain him self. After a heated report from the vice-admiral, Nagumo is tied down in Tokyo, closely monitored by the praetorian division.
On the front-lines of the pacific, all military operations stop in their tracks as they just find the ocean where there used to be front lines and no enemy planes or ships to sink.
Confused by this, frontline armies contact Tokyo for answers, causing command to puncture by the sheer volume and as a result, paralyzing Japanese operations with in the pacific.
Meanwhile, on the continental front, PLA guerrillas and Kuomintang forces hold the line against the IJA in a bloody conflict of decimation. Even after allied support stops due to the transportation, Chinese forces keep to the hills and rural area, sustaining them-selves through routine raids against Imperial convoys. In response, the Japanese bomb suspected resistance hubs with mustard gas to thin their numbers. Yet it proves in effective, as PLA morale holds regardless and the Kuo-mintang continue to conscript anything they can get their hands-on.
The thunder-storm of steel, mud and blood continues.
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1942 July 2nd - As a response from the confusing reports from the front lines and borders, The navy sends "type two" aircraft, while the army sends modified "type one hundred" transport planes with varying degrees of success.
The navy air service's scouting crafts go dark after discovering two completely new continents, one a mostly inhospitable desert and another with distinct yet alien purple-coloued soil. While speculations spurred up on where the scouting crafts went, they were ultimately dismissed by navy minister Yoneda, deeming it to be a non-issue compared to the more pressing matters at hand, such as the Pacific war and the location of the U.S naval fleet.
Meanwhile, the army air service's scouting crafts also go dark after relaying back to command of the existence of a city of unknown allegiance or origin. Subsequently, the army command is led to believe that the reconnaissance vessel had been shot down by the city. Tojo is alerted and intrigued at the news of the mysterious city, and the assembling of a collection force begins in a hurry under his order, while army-officials go to the imperial palace for emperor showa's approval. They are ultimately successful as they receive his reluctant go ahead after a four-hour-long persuasion session.
Yet, due to manpower shortages caused by the many, newly formed occupation forces and the sheer scale of the operation to begin with, The army is forced to discuss this matter in Tokyo with the navy and government.
After hours of consideration, all sides debating while 100-year-old grudges and scores to be settled remained between all major-factions and sub-factions, all parties finally came to an agreement after 4 days to dispatch the kido-butai with the first-fleet, along with a civilian delegation to the city to establish relations and save the two air service-men, with the operation itself spearheaded by the navy.