Chapter 44

Dark Prince

Helltanz's notes: Hey by they way this story has been up for over a year now.

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Disclaimer: I don't own Code Geass.

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Chapter begin

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Gun batteries roared sending rounds flying towards the opposing sides of the battle. The island of Kyushu had become a battlefield tracer rounds streaked coloring the air in ways that were this not a matter of life and death might be considered art worthy.

Kallen was presently backing up the Four Holy Swords in the battle with the forces of that filthy Chinese puppet Sawasaki.

The Guren Extend, as it was provisionally being called, was invariably the Guren Nishiki with additional addons not the least of which were the cannon mounts, additional armor, or power pack.

Of course adding all this did make the odd motor bike style controls slightly ungainly, but it wasn't anything Kallen couldn't handle.

Even if they were temporarily working together she intended to show Britannia and the Royal Bitch, that was Cornelia by the way,that the Black Knights weren't going to be trifled with.

The half Britannian was also looking forward to showing up Suzaku and the Lancelot though who she wanted to show up more, the witch of Britannia or the lapdog she wasn't quite sure.

"Kozuki you're getting too far out," Todoh stated over the radio drawing the Guren's pilot back to reality. Kallen sighed and pulled back into formation with the five semi production type seventh generation frames.

It seemed as if the further they pushed the more Chinese toads they encountered this was of course to be expected. Due to the weather conditions Britania's military contribution, due to the lack of air force participation, was less than expected, and until the storm passed they'd be without air cover.
So thus far the battles had been only been held on the land and sea. Even so while they, the anti invasion coallition, were pushing back the Chinese and their puppet forces it was requiring effort and if it continued for too long it would begin to bleed them.

Even a seventh generation could be overwhelmed if they were isolated and surounded by enough of the enemy knightmares.

Lelouch's Thorians were the so called Black Knights' Puritan's primary military arm mainly because the last Puritan group was still understrength. The faction members were currentlyl hammering away at the Chinese horde with what, if the situation had been any other situation, would have force sufficent to make one pity the Chinese.

Kallen however felt no pity for the invaders as the Thorian controlled Edinburghs unleashed controlled bursts of hellish destruction, which herded the conscript army into artillery killzones.

Merlin's tactical computer was busy relaying updates about the battle as they came, and Kallen smiled briefly as word reached that Black Knights that Ogi had secured his designated landing zone. It would only be a matter of time till reinfrocements lanced and allowed them to further press on into occupied territory.

The half britannian was jarred as a cluster of shrapnel from a knightmare frame grenade launcher peppered their position. Damage, she noted, had been minimal due to the weapon's inaccuracy.

In response to the volley counter fire foared back in anger and the much less armored chinese knightmares died in howling whistles, but even so they simply weren't able to kill them quickly enough.

Black Knight Knightmares forces committed to this battle number in the low hundred the Chinese force they were engaging at the moment was more than double that.

Right now the Chinese were pulling back and consolidating their forces while such a move meant they weren't attacking it also meant that if the Chinese consildated their forces too much it'd be nigh on impossible to get them to budge.

Kallen wasn't the only one who wanted to press on either, a number of pilots were eager to push froward. However that would over extend them as it currently stood Britannia hadn't even finished landing their trooops in the south east portion of the Island.

Until reinforcements arrived they were stuck, well not completely but they wouldn't be able to get authorization to advance much further than Fukuoka.

Merlin was currently supplying directions and support to artillery crews, a dot appeared heading for that position from the rear lines of the anti invasion coallition. "Lelouch," He obviously ahd to have seen it as the air was almost completely clear.

"I see it," he remarked in response. Approaching rapidly was Schneziel's other seventh generation frame. Two faces appeared on the communications screen.

One was the pink haired girl from before, "You are very rude," She remarked over the line, the prince frowned in annoyance.

"Ah dear brother this is Knight of Six Anya Alstriem," Stated Schneziel introducing the pink haired girl, "I have entrusted her with the Gawain for this battle."

Lelouch was just barely able to restrain his urge to curse vehemently at this whole affair regarding since Schneziel's arrival. "How nice," He muttered.

"I was attempting to tell you earlier," Schneziel stated, "While we were attempting to get the Gawain ready for its first real debut in combat," He continued, "Well you said talk to Cornelia so I did but she said to contact you once we deployed the Gawain, so seeing as you are in charge of the battle I thought it best to defer to your expertise,"

The Dark Prince scowled and even not fully in the know Kallen could understand why, her father was well acquainted with Scheziel el Brittania who as the Prime Minister of the Empire, and the Knights of the Round were reputed to be amongst the best pilots in the world.

"Do you see the difference yet," Lelouch inquired on the open channel to the Avalon, as his seventh generation frame opened up on a squad of Gun Rus. In this battle every available frame needed to be on the frontline.

Schneziel remained silent on the other end.

"You don't do you?" The Dark Prince laughed this was hilarious to him, Merlin's eighty millimeter mortars fired. Scatter burst munitions split apart in mid air and began to rain down. "You are pathetic!" He roared over the open channel, the message blared across the speakers of the Gun Rus and all the other Invading Chinese forces radios as well as across the speakers of the Avalon.

From the back of the large seventh generation frame blonde knives launched striking out and ripping through more of the fourth generation frames. Indeed for many of the pilots that fought on the side of the invaders the black Knightmares of the Black Knights would be the last of what they saw of this life.

He switched the channel back to only the Avalon, "You waste resources throwing them at all manner of wonder weapon projects, and you can afford it to Prime Minister." The eleventh prince of the Holy Britannian Empire sneered over the screen. "You see I don't have that luxury while you throw money at your precious wonder weapons like the earl of pudding's Z –01 Lancelot and those displays of egotism like the Avalon I've been more efficient I've built up using existing technologies to outfit my troops while researching and making sure that wonder weapons are indeed feasible for combat," At this he activated the San Graal system and appropriately tuning the system fired all four of the Merlin's Hadrons energy weapons.

The two Hadron blasters and two Hadron cannons performances were even further enhanced by the use of the system in this mode and wiped out more of the fourth generation frames.

It was true while the Avalon was impressive it had flaws its MSV particle shields right now only covered the front of the machine, and the Lancelot, the only complete seventh generation frame that was in Schneziel's arsenal, was only one machine. As to the Gawain well it was incomplete what with its Hadron Cannons lacking Gefjun disturbers to regulate its firepower, all of them were absurdly expensive to develop and most of that funding had come from the Britannian government.

By contrast Lelouch's forces where more numerous and the funding for research was filtered through the Black Knights' various front corporations. Also there was the fact that as what was a terrorist organization or one that certain took what could be considered terrorist actions the Black Knights gained assets that way.

The point was that they used what they had, they focused on building and using existing technologies that were effective in battle. As it stood a large number of airborne combat capable Knightmares were currently engaged in making landings on what was occupied soil.

These Black Knights fielded frame being carried by what was basically a combination of existing Knightmare VTOLs and other existing craft. There deployment in addition to the deployment of the faster float system equipped Knightmares it was proving a distinct tactical advantage.

Schneziel nodded, "You are correct of course this is a battle where proven technology that is already in production is vastly more valuable than single sets of weapons," He agreed, "However at the same time in this battle our wonder weapons give us an edge against the Chinese,"

Lelouch had to concede that point, Schneziel was correct the Chinese had nothing that could match the technological superiority of any of their advanced tech, but the Chinese had a numerical advantage which they would be hard pressed to overcome.

Britannia's Prime Minster resumed speaking, "Between us we are enough to defeat the Chinese and perhaps after this my technology can be refined to the level you have refined what is already proven,"
"Don't consider the future until the enemy is beaten or your liable to miss something," Lelouch remarked irritably, "We'll coordinate the impending assault on Fukuoka soon." He stated.

Todoh could defintely also see the potential of giving a knight of the round a seventh generation frame, he coiced as much once Leouch ended the conversation with his brother. "The Knights of the Round are directly subordinate to,"

"The Emperor of Britannia, I am aware of this." Lelouch conceeded bitterly,"Its an unforseen turn of events we however have no choice it for now changes the disposition of our forces for this battle,"

The half Britannian scowled no intending to be shown up by some late comer Britannian with an untested unfinished machine. Kallen gunned the throttle causeing the battle scarred Guren to tear into another group of Gun Rus.

Right now their orders were, originally from Todoh, but now reaffirmed by Lelouch himself, were to isolate and destroy as many of the rretreating enemy knightmare frames as possible in order to prevent the Chinese from massing their forces in harder to assault positions, such as Fukuoka which was their next planned target.

Still the battle while going well for them the pitched combat was having its effects. More than a few machines had neeed to have their energy fillers replaced. Though this had only happened recently due to all the machines being ready for a pitched battle. As such all the knightmares were ones ready for actual real battles however that hand't stopped them from running dry on ammo.

Reloads in a combat situation were tedious at best, so most had elected to ready melee weapons and then close with the enemy and slaughter them.

This was true for Kallen and the four holy swords as well, though their was more choice than being out of ammo. Of course with their landing secure they'd be rotating so they could rearm soon enough but for the time being they needed to bleed the chinese as much as possible.

Field reloading was planned for once they had secured this area in preparation for the impending assault on Fukuoka City which lay ahead of them.

Lelouch's rant earlier seemed to have finished the last bits of the Chinese morale on the front lines and spurred the anti invasion coallition forces on to victory.

With the arrival of the Gawain the last of the pieces seemed to be in place for a total rout of the Chinese vanguard that was responsible for defending Fukuoka as Hadron bursts tore into their ranks.

This did not mean that Kallen was any happier to see the large seventh generation knightmare frame. "Red One frogs are running," announced a girls voice, that the half Britannian recongnized as the pilot of the Gawain, the knight of six.

She blinked the Gun Rus were retreating at last into the city which really would be a problem since with Brtiannia's air force grounded due to the high level of wind preventing take off, the only thing besides the Gawain they had in this sevtor were artillery forces, which would be all kinds of useless in urban combat, and then Lelouch's Merlin as far as high firepower went.

Never mind that they'd have to stop before they launched their assault on the city in order to rearm and make sure everyone was in place to attack, along with 'refilling on gas'.

Still Kallen knew once they entered the city itself the Guren would really be able to shine given the close confines of Fukuoka's streets.

The half Britannian gave the Gawain a last withering look and then settled to wait for Todoh to give the all clear to charge en masse towards the city.

The rain had impeeded high speed attacks without treaded landspinners, which surprisingly gave Lelouch's ugly gun platforms an advantage besides overwhelming firepower.

Thankfully the Gun Rus were already slow machines still without land spinners being garuntted to work once the Black Knights started to run dry on ammunition again and were still at range they ran the risk of volley fire from the Chinese fourth generation frames.

For the most part the shrapnel grenades were not an immediate concern for the sixth and above generation machines still any high shots from knightmare grenade launchers to knightmares like the Burai or Sutherland ran the risk of having the shrapnel pierce the cockpit.

"Kozuki," Todoh stated after almost half an hour, "We're going to begin the Lancelot will be joining us I repeat the Lancelot will be joining us,"
The red head slumped, that meant that suzaku was joining the battle, which of course meant that Pytor and Rakshata were here.

Though this did of course mean they'd be getting reinforcements soon no doubt Britannia and Kyoto had both commenced their northern landings as well.

Hopefully they could finish off this last bit of resistance before the Chinese could reorganize and attack the new arrivals.

A dark figure appeared on the communication screen. "All forces Britania and Kyoto have begun finall landings of the day proceed to phase 2 of the operation," Lelouch announced over the radio.

The assault on Fukuoka had begun.

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Chapter conclusion

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Helltanz's notes: okay that was chapter 44, and Anya has entered the battlefield any one want to help me with here speech patterns

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