Dark Prince Kyushu Preview Chapter 3, a code geass fanfic

Chapter 43

Dark Prince

Helltanz's notes: I've drawn up a number of 'original' machines yeah go me whoo hoo yeah… right most of these however will only get minor mentions for the time being and most are meant for mass production.

Disclaimer: I don't own Code Geass.

Chapter begin

"The Day was August tenth, of the year two thousand ten of the imperial calendar the Holy Britannian Empire had just declared war up on Japan. Confronted by Britanian's newest weapon the formidable Knight Mare Frame Japan fell to its enemy in less than a month the conquered nation was stripped of its freedom, its rights, its culture, its dignity, and finally even its name was taken away. Eleven the name of Japan and its people was replaced with a mere number."

Todo's black Gekka whizzed across the field slicing through several Gun Rus as he moved. Likewise the other Gekka were proving extremely effective against the mass production type fourth generation frames employed by the Chinese and their puppets. A voice came over the radio, "All forces standby for heavy fire support." More Hadron beams flashed across the field.

Cardoc and the newly arrived Dudleys were focusing on keeping the Chinese off balance with their heavy weapons as the forces under the command of the Black Knights began to pull back from the positions, which were collapsing in favor of preparing to assault other targets.

Due to the fact that Schneziel's visit had caught them off guard there had been some minor revisions to the deployment of forces among these had been the switch to deploy the MMI prototype with the forces in Southern Kyushu.

The Black Knights renewed their assault once more aiming to finish off the enemies who were still willing to fight. By now the field was strewn about with the destroyed and still smoldering husks of infantry vehicles and knightmare frames.

The majority of the wreckage were Chinese machines but the Anti Invasion Coalition had taken some losses as well, which of course could prove a problem.

Lelouch leveled his knightmare's weapons and opened up another barrage. At this point the Cardoc, being piloted by CC, had landed on the field.

Though how long they would in reality be able to have 3 seventh generation custom knightmares participating in a single individual battle really however depended heavily on the decisions of the Chinese and him as well.

This had been an advance force, one that hadn't expected much resistance. Britannia likely in their calculations shouldn't have been ready to respond to them so quickly or for their to be a lack of Japanese support.

Quashing his annoyance at the situation he turned his arm shields to maximum. The green light grew far larger than normal and easily absorbed the enemy attack.

One of the four holy swords destroyed the offending machine before it could try a second time. Right now the majority of their forces, those of the black knights, were off shore waiting for the landing areas to be declared all clear so they could come ashore and join the smaller advance force.

As expected the Chinese were surprised by the preemptive strike. Even so the Chinese had seized control of Nagasaki and were mucking around Fukuoka.

However the fact was currently Britannia's air force was unable to launch due to the extreme weather conditions. So right now they, the Empire, were a tad off balance with out Britannian Air Superiority.

Due to this the Britannians were letting the Black Knights go first, which would once the news broke really look bad on the Empire.

Britannia had pioneered the creation of the Knightmare Frame, in truth China was while technologically inferior they were able to afford not only production capability wise but population wise to use Knightmares in human wave tactics.

The European Universe however was catching up to Britannia in regard to Knightmare technology, already the two sides were neck and neck in traditional fields of warfare from the fact they'd been at it for almost two hundred years.

Right now if Britannia would numbers to pilot knightmares then they would have the ability to steam roll the EU before the Panzer Hummel Final Production type could be fully deployed. What was particularly worrisome was the heavier armor on the final production model of the Panzer Hummel, which could be a problem given the already impressive range.

Of course such a change in ingrained policy would cause a number of issues on the political front, to say nothing of logistics.

Lelouch analyzed the field their losses could have been worse, it still wasn't good though for a first battle. He tapped his headset, "Long range support prepare to advance to position E 5 we'll use the highway road to move up and along towards Fukuoka city if we are able we can retake the base now,"
Depending on exactly how much damage had been done to the base they might be able to retake it fairly easily or they might have to shell it thoroughly it all depended on the situation.

Kicking that mousy bastard Sawasaki out of Fukuoka would be a blow to Chinese morale and remove a threat before it became viable. According to intelligence the base's capacity was probably at less than fifty percent.

Even if the base was seventy five percent intact a sufficient bombardment would be able to deal with it, and Lelouch was more than willing to reduce the base to rubble with a sustained bombardment.

Fukuoka base was located in the West ward of Fukuoka City in the Kyushu Block to be specific on one of the islands on the north coast of Kyushu.

A message passed across his screen, Rakshata's Gefjun disturber had been an excellent addition to the Manchester Stealth version. While their effectiveness was impaired to the rain they'd still be able to start blacking out Chinese communication soon, but more than that they could hit Fukuoka base and then disappear.

During which time the main counter attack force of the anti invasion coalition would begin their landings, and the Fukuoka attack force launched their assault.

Rain hammered against everyone on the battlefield. Dozens and dozens of machines all stood in the rain.

Cornelia was likely to recommend a direct approach on Sawasaki's position. Though that could work it would also be costly. It was a fact that they didn't have accurate information on the composition of the former cabinet minister's forces.

Kyoto's forces were going to be a real pain to deal with though. Composition wise most of their main, at least already on the transports, were Burais. Given the number of Burais however it probably wasn't going to help much in comparison to other contributions.

Todoh appeared on the screen, "The ships are now on final approach we'll begin unloading its safe to begin stage two."

"Understood, once everyone is ashore just go ahead and deploy Kyoto's forces as frontline irregulars," Lelouch stated, "Their numbers won't do any good in a protracted battle on their own, but for the short time we can use them."

Japan's shining knight nodded, "Understood, you suspect that they will be uncooperative?" He inquired.

"Yes in all likelihood Kyoto is going through a crisis in the worse case it will fracture and we will have to deal with the radicals." Stated the Prince.

The initial advance of Chinese forces had been diverted and ground to a halt and then crushed by a surprise strike. Unfortunately the Chinese invasion was not the only issue on the world stage.

Right now the last thing the world needed was a repeat of the first pacific war, especially given present hostilities with the EU.

At present between there was growing discontent in Russia's upper middle class intellectuals and movements with in the military.

Well there were those who were expressing disapproval over how the Tsar was handling the aforementioned situation with the middle class intellectuals.

Movements from the naval station out of Vladivostok were starting to worry him, more because Britannia might get the wrong idea, especially given the fact China had just invaded Kyushu.

If Charles sensed weakness or splintering in the military of the other autocratic monarchy he's pounce. This would of course cause the Black Knights to interfere far sooner than they had expected they would need to.

Roland relayed the current peace that had existed up until this point was the work of the political marriage of Charles's half sister to the heir apparent, later Tsar now deceased, following the bloody period, which had allowed Charles to ascend.

The other alternative was that Charles or someone high up in the Britannian military would think that the Russian Empire was about to go on the offensive, and that was what the movements out of Vladivostok looked like.

Pytor had as planned continued to produce the Wiedzmin at the Russian Factories as well as the other installations. The bulk of the Imperial Guard was continuing to use Panzer Hummels. However an increasing number of troops loyal to the Tsar's brother had been reequipped with the Sixth Gen frame.

Roland sighed, "We suspect that one of the other factions within the military noticed also more of worry is the concern of the Chinese."
As it stood they couldn't contact the elements who were on their side in Russia not with the war in Kyushu just now starting.

The collusion of the EU and the Chinese Federation along with Japan over Area 10 had been a startling surprise however in the end it had changed little. In regards to the Chinese and Russians the Sino Russo war was still somewhat fresh on the minds of both sides.

Of course the Chinese under the previous emperor should have known better than to even try to invade Siberia. The out come had been unsatisfactory to both sides in the end with the creation of the Mongolian DMZ.

"We'll watch for now pass along to those inside the Chinese Federation to do nothing when you get the chance,"
The business executive nodded his ascent to the command.

Warning lights flared, shit they were early, he though as Merlin's shields deployed. The Chinese hadn't bothered with numerous expensive knightmare development programs like the EU and Britannia.

While their program had designed the disposable Gun Ru it had also modified the design for another model. The Tortoise was more or less as knightmare mounted field gun and while not as accurate as Britannian, and even less so than the EU artillery groups they could still do a lot of damage in large groups; a Chinese specialty.

IF the Chinese had already massed artillery around Fukuoka, or worse on the road to the city it would be trouble.

Lelouch activated his float system. Merlin began to rise into the air and then began to accelerate upwards at an angle.

Right now Float system technology was slow no where near the level of conventional jet fighters meant for air superiority. It did still permit for a great deal of maneuverability and in the air Lelouch could get a better shot.

Sawasaki and his Chinese masters definitely had control of Saga and Nagasaki as well a good deal of Kumamoto and Fukuoka prefecture. There would be fighting in Oita and Miyazaki prefectures before the day was up.

Thankfully the Anti Invasion Coalition had the advantage when it came to deploying troops. They didn't have to travel as far to put their troops on Kyushu's soil. Britannia should hopefully be able to land their forces in Miyazaki as planned despite the ongoing weather conditions.

Two crimson pinpricks could be spotted high up in the air with the rain coming down as Lelouch rapidly switched Merlin's San Graal system to a different mod. It was to early for a road black. So desperate times called for desperate measures.

Merlin's hadron weapons, the two full size cannons and its two smaller hadron blasters were specially designed to work with the San Graal System.

A flash pierced the battlefield. The system had acted as a particle collider in its new configuration. Hadron particles had collided right in the midst of the Chinese support fire machines. This was a sort of prototype for the Black Knight Project Clarent, a more advanced Hadron Particle weapon system.

Pytor sighed. "Your highness I should remind you not to over use that configuration," the Polish scientist was correct the system while operational and finished still had its limits.

Limits that were not yet fully explored and considering that the system involved radiation and super conduction among other things it would be unwise to strain the system to early in this campaign.

He certainly didn't want to burn out any of the delicate machinery, which he wouldn't be able to replace in the middle of the battlefield.

Still CC had was tied up elsewhere with the Cardoc he really had no choice seeing as Schneziel's darling, and he meant that sarcastically, Gawain had neither a devicer nor was the seventh generation frame fully operational.

So rather than have the witch deplete the MMI's battery by speeding towards this point and then laying waves of fire Lelouch had opted to use Merlin's more efficient movement capabilities.

Though inferior in raw power to Cardoc's four full size Hadron cannons by themselves with just two they were still enough to bust the Chinese position like an over ripened fruit.

"All forces prepare to move up proceed with caution," Lelouch ordered as the Merlin landed back with his own forces.

Operation times here would be longer than in the minor skirmishes that had been the majority of what he had fought in. The Black Knight Machines were capable of operating far longer than most mass production frames that were in service today anyway.

Still it wouldn't be wise to be wasteful in using the high energy systems of the Merlin while there was still plenty of enemies around.

Chapter conclusion

Helltanz's notes: So I've been working on my own backstory for the Geass verses recent history. I figure if ol' Ben Franklin could be a traitor I could have Russia and China go to war over Siberia.

Rather short I'll admit and the chapter barely cleared 2k words. Hopefully however it made for a decent read though.