Parlpadian empire, Esthirant, first department of foreign affairs,
The department gathered lots of information on the central powers as time passed.
Based on the reports, the GVE had no role in driving off the imperial wyvern squadron, the flags if the ships that did drive off the wyverns was an tricolor with black, white and red banner and the second ship had an mix of colors, an full red bar on top and an red-green bar down below with two coats of arms and learned to be as an dual monarchy, an weak system according to the imperials,
They knew the enemy ship only had 4 turrets with 8 and 12 cannons respectively, they still did not understand the weird placement of guns in such a way, maybe because it had an high accuracy? it could mean they could have had entered the steam age or higher, however they did not believe it could overcome the brute force of the 100 gun ship of the line , but what if those 8 or 12 guns had such an devastating fire power? no it can't be.
Then there was the extreme case, where an single GVE ship, the super dreadnought Grade-Atlastar taking down Leifor by itself , they were certain it was some sort of mistake in the intelligence reports as any information have to be exaggerated one way or another. However the fact GVE had the capability to destroy Leifor cannot be ignored especially the news of destruction of almost all of the new Leifor class magic battleships, except HLMS Ostergotland was unbelievable it had thick armor plating and had magic fused 12 inch main guns with an colossal range of 14 km comparable to Mu's La Kasami , still, the fact Leifor is destroyed cannot be overlooked and must have an watchful eye in it.
The expedition to Fenn was an failure as according to the admiral's reports the 2 ships fired all the way from 20km with having an 70% accuracy, something very unbelievable and the imperial research bureau said that even if they had 50 years they cannot invent such an naval gun by themselves , then there was Varhal's fantastical report on 8 ships destroying 4400 ships by their own on the war between Louria and The central powers, he was diagnosed with mental illness, so his reports were taken with an grain of salt.
They also gathered surprising information on the Central powers particularly Germany and Austria who only spend 10% of their economy for the military for the armaments , knowing that the empire spends half its entire economy ie.30 billion Pasos , knowing that if even they had good weapons they will lag behind an another strong nation, thus the report concluded.
-The central powers should not be underestimated
-they should not be feared, and must be attacked soon before they accrue more armaments
Parlpadian empire, capital Esthirant, imperial palace,
The meeting hall was filled to the brim, for today, the imperial assembly the most important meeting was about to take place
"The imperial assembly now shall commence !" announced the chairman
"are we in control of Altarus?" asked Ludius
"yes my lord the kingdom has been subdued and the army is withdrawing and the colonial garrison will depart tomorrow" said supreme commander Arde
"what should we should do next? 2nd dept head Rius, any suggestion?" asked the emperor
"we should head north to eradicate some barbarians an-"
"rejected" said the emperor
"I-I...Understand, my lord!"
"I am upset...."
everyone remained silent
"that our oversight army to Fenn, was repelled by an conceited barbarian nations to the east"
Silence
"we believe, it was Germany and Austria who repelled the attack , send them to destroy Fenn first as immediately attacking the two nations is not geographically possible, first destroy Fenn, their ally if we show to the world what would be the fate of a nation if they allied with the central powers, then we attack Germany and Austria"
"Is this acceptable Arde?"
"yes ,of course your grace!"
"This Germany and Austria who pushed back our oversight army, might make an appearance there as well" said Ludius
"we must destroy and occupy both those nations they are weak with old weapons, they still belong to the empire, shame to the third department and the oversight forces for not destroying those barbarians " said Arde
Due to this Kaios , the head of the third department, shot daggers at him with his eyes
"Your grace, what should we do with the Holy land of Gahara, located nearby to Fenn?"
"We don't mind the people of Gahara, there are still many unknowns with them, if they became somehow involved, then there is nothing to be done. your enemies might simply increase but victory is still assured, if possible , try to avoid an confrontation with them, We do not want to have exceptions during the first generation, it is simply that.....the first emperor took care of them"
"Will your grace allow me to take care of strategy and finer details on this mission?"
"Indeed, do as you think, with less deaths though and you can do whatever you deem appropriate with Fennese people and their lands"
"your grace is too kind!!"
the Fenn nation had vast lands, if if every soldier got even amount of lands they would become an noble, Arde's loyalty towards the silly bastard of an emperor Ludius is, grew with each passing day
Kingdom of Fenn,
the kingdom of Fenn was some 210 m away from the empire, east lies the holy land of gahara, 500km from Gahara, lies the central powers, as they are located between the Continent and the central powers, it was very important for the central powers to maintain good relations with Fenn.
The nation resembled Japan before industrialization, after the central powers forged diplomacy with Fenn, it undergone many changes, notably like high speed Ferries travelling from Amanoki to an small city in the west, Nishinomiyako, and Fennese navy just received 20 heavily armed ironclads via Qua-Toyne from Germany and more than 80% of their army is armed with either breech loader or rolling block rifles and 2,000 of them are posted in the city. the tourists are well mannered, kind and plentiful and loose with their wallets, due to this citizens of Fenn welcomed them gladly. Further when the people hear the German and Austrian navy repelled the imperial wyvern attack they are immensely thankful and for example refused payment from tourists when they used certain facilities and many more, and telling them "I cannot take money from our benefactors" and more.
Tenth private Ain was assigned to guard the city as tensions with the empire is high, however due to the outstanding public safety, he wasn't worried too much and his job basically boiled down to staying on top of current affairs and guiding lost tourists, though he is an bit sad for not being able to test his new lever action rifle (imagine Winchester 1895) on somebody for thrill like an oversight army's infantrymen.
"So peaceful!......it would be great if this went on forever !!"
The empire had an lot of pride, chasing away the oversight army won't keep them away for long,. If by chance, if the empire decided to attack Fenn, it will most likely attack Nishinmiyako first, but not to worry as the high command plan to station 10,000 men in the coming week, besides, the shining new Fennese ships are docked less than 10km away from the city, and they already had 20 of the new heavily armed ironclads, further dozens of them are expected to come join them within the next 6 months, rightfully so, as recently 12 of them joined the royal navy, strengthening in to 32 ships, further the ironclads alongside having large caliber long ranged guns, have several machine guns incase an wyvern attacks them proven to be effective, while there he forms evacuation plans in case the city was attacked early,
Something came to his mind, are the tourists aware of the nation's situation right now? as they explored as if peace was eternal, currently, over 100o tourists are here combined with over 3,000 in Amanoki , further, one thing puzzled him as all the tourists, aren't rich meaning that overseas travel was not a mere privilege and available to all, it amazed him, It would be best if the empire didn't come, but........
Ain shivered at the thought of the empire's long shadows.
Parlpadian empire, Esthirant, third department of foreign affairs, December 4, 1639
The clerk Raita was manning the reception window as usual, and it is tiring to deal with various barbarian nations , as an result he was overwhelmed with stress, he thought the central powers were one of those barbarian nations, so even though it was bad, the department head didn't come back , Raita stopped their envoys at the door, normally the empire always was on the right but today they have been defeated.
"Aah...shit! why was I the only person to draw in the short end of the stick?" he asked to himself
there was an huge storm over his report and temporarily lost the chance for an promotion
"Ah man...dammit!"
"hello? we are the diplomats of the 4 nations, but has the department head's schedule has been finalized yet ?" someone called out, Raita was displeased seeing the diplomats who torpedoed his career to the bottom
Raita was miserable and wanted to cry, but he swallowed up his tears, they were simply other customers, he would just have to escalate them to the boss
"Please wait for an moment , I will go check now"
after few minutes later
"I apologize for the wait, the department head is available to see you, Please come this way"
They looked at each other in shock as it was abnormal for an diplomat directly taken to the department head, they were bought to an separate building with an window, the walls were marble with ornate paintings across the wall, with carpets in intricate design lining up the floor , and the ceiling was augmented with golden sculptures and golden statues meant to intimidate other diplomats , but the diplomats of the 4 nations sat idle in the waiting room.
"This waiting room is reminding me of an palace I visited in Venice, while in vacation in Italy, Though I can't remember it's name" said the Bulgarian diplomat
"Oh, I Might know the name of it .....I think it might be the Doge's palace, but-" said the Austrian diplomat before being cut off
"Department head Kaios, is ready to see you, please follow me inside"
They travelled through the entire building , turning several times before arriving in front of an state door, Raita, took an breath....knock, knock
"you may enter" said an voice from the inside
"excuse us" said Raita as he led the diplomats inside "this way please" said him
"My name is Michael Von Hartmann, diplomat from the German Empire"
"My name is Karl Von Adenburg , diplomat of the Austro-Hungarian empire"
"My name is Mustafa Ibn Abumali , diplomat of the ottoman empire"
"My name is Boris Karpov, diplomat from the Tsardom of Bulgaria"
"please take an seat " said an man in the room
(huh, feels more of an interview than an meeting)
Several important officials of the third department sat in an conference styled table and one by one introduced themselves.
"So you are the envoys of the central powers, you have become quite infamous recently, now what is your dealings with the empire?" said department head Kaios
"We believe our forces have engaged in an unfortunate clash with your country near Fenn, we are here if we could repair our relationship and build diplomatic ties" said Michael
The manager of the eastern islands, an official stood up
"An unfortunate clash!? you used an trick to attack an oversight army, but you are sitting here as if it is some trivial matter to you! Don't you try to think you will be forgiven just like that" said the manager
The manager spoke to the envoys the same way he would against normal usual barbarian countries, but Michael did not back down.
"No, it was YOU who attacked us in the first place , attacking an ship of an neutral nation, and yet you have the nerve to talk smack. We simply fought them off before the flames burn the forest!" said Karl
"are you calling our magnificent oversight army, nothing more than cinders?"
"yes" said Karl
At this the manager of the eastern islands looked like he is going to pounce on them, but Kaios waved his hand to calm him down.
"I see that you want to restore relations with us, well unfortunately my nation including myself doesn't know anything of the central powers, if you teach us about yourselves, then we'll decide if your alliance is worth to be associated with our empire" said Kaios
The envoys smiled and handed over several packets about their nation's simplified information in it to each of the imperial representative
"Wh......at....?"
The officials could not believe it, despite having mediocre territory, the nations had over 100 million people , more than the empire's 70 million, despite being outside the civilized zones, they were worthy their attention like Louria had. Many questions arose in their minds, despite this much of an population, being close to the empire, no one had previously contacted them before. The second part was simply unbelievable , they were from an another world? it is not possible as simply no entire nation with all it's assets can move around unless if one believes in the transfer of Mu and the Ravernal empire, but if this is the case, it explains why previously no one in the empire contacted them, yet ,
"How ridiculous! transferred?! this is utter bullshit and expect to believe it like fools? are you treating us as fools? Sorry, I mean they are mere legends and if what ya'll saying is true, it is just impossible!!!!" said the Chief of eastern affairs
"Unfortunately we don't know how this even happened in the first place, we are still investigating, this is the latest information we have, we also request you to send if possible an envoy to dispell your doubts on our nations , we would like an ambassador of yours to experience the real central powers with their own eyes " said Karpov
The other information the envoys gave were rough numbers on military strength, their local flora and fauna , cultures, the wars fought population centers and more, they put this as since this 'empire' was an warmongering , dangerous and prideful . they felt it would be better for them to send an ambassador in the first place to learn the central powers were more advanced than them , if the empire refused this and refused to compromise within the next few sets of talks, then the central powers would launch a massive task force or an battlegroup consisting of 12 battleships, 5 carriers , 10 battlecruisers, 3 submarines , 50 destroyers, 10 heavy cruisers and 10 light cruisers to Esthirant to open them up and if the situation escalated bombard the city to ash.
"Hahaha! really, you want us !,the glorious empire to send envoys to an barbarian continent filled with sub humans! huh no chance, your armies seem strong , yet pales in comparison to ours, you only fought the reserve forces of ours! if we sent our veteran army, things will not go good for you" said the Head of the island groups
"calm down, you are going too far, the emperor has the final say in the decisions " said Kaios whispering to the man
"Y-You are right , I'm sorry" said the head before sitting down
"Moving on, regarding your request to send envoys to your nation, would you be able to wait for 2 months? there are various circumstances on our side, so....May I ask you return again in two months, we will arrange lodging for you" said Kaios
"yes, that sounds acceptable"
"Good...we shall meet them in two months"
After the meeting,
"sir Kaios, why were you placid with them, weren't the emperor order us to meticoluosly 'educate' them, we should have ignored their peculiarities and try to bend them to his grace's will"
"Despite that, according to our reports, they are much more than an barbarian nation, heck they might be our future rivals, this is an small opportunity, I have an idea!"
"An idea?"
"Indeed, but I would advice you, not to pry"
"Yes sir! please excuse my impropriety"
"Hehehehe! , the central powers, huh I hope their national power is much higher than expected to meet our expectations, but barbarians are still barbarians, albiet one with the power to face head on with us they will be defeated at an higher cost though, not too high, I hope" said Kaios not knowing that he will get much more than that! (when Esthirant is bombed to ash later)
2 Weeks later, 200km west of Fenn at sea,
A fleet that struck fear on any who saw , was on it's way east 211 ironclad and ship of the lines, 12 dragon carriers and 101 transports, their destination, Fenn who not only rejected the imperial demand , but had the nerve to resist the imperial oversight army with the help of the central powers, the imperial army isn't here to punish Fenn, rather destroy it, under the command of general Cius, who just defeated Altarus
"Make sure to stay vigilant" said Cius
After Altarus, Fenn was going to be the second consecutive victory for the imperial army
Vienna, Austro-hungarian empire, December 18, 1639, war room
"do someone know where my father is ?" asked Otto von Habsburg
"No crown prince, we still have no idea where he went, also five of his guards are missing" said prime minister Miklos Horthy
"Based on the latest evidence the Parlpadian empire was sailing towards Fenn, they might be there" said an general
"what do we do? we cant simply attack for no reason" said Otto
"Don't worry my kaiser, the 5th and 2nd fleets of 1 battleships, 1 carrier, 4 heavy cruisers, 3 light cruisers and 10 destroyers to evacuate our people alongside the 6th army division and the 12th Panzer battalion with the new Panther tanks have been dispatched, further the island base we set up alongside our allies near the empire is still undetected , we plan to reinforce them with 2 battlecruisers and 5 heavy cruisers, ready to strike the imperial capital at any moment"
"The hell the ministry of foreign affairs are doing ? those lazy fucks ! my father's life is on the line!" said an panicked Otto
"the empire did open an diplomatic channel , but no attempt to contact us was made"
"What? we too are an empire, we should have shown an strength of force, and it is my father's mistake for this shitty policy"
An butler rushed in the room and handed an letter to Otto, and whispered in his ears, something which made the man to turn white
"This is the letter from the Kaiser" he began reading it
"Dear Otto,, I have heard that you finally married, congrats ! and she is pregnant, take care of her and the child whoever it may be, If you ask where I am, I am in vacation in Fenn, after all I am growing old and sick with each passing day, and I want to visit something that reminded me of Earth like Japan Something, I always wanted to visit, I am all the way here in Nishinomiyako, with my 5 most loyal guards with me, it is very wonderful here and relieving my old bones, Despite the assholic behaviour of the 'Parlpadian empire' whatever that shitstain is, it is very lovely here to say the least, though despite some troubles I have gone to Fenn, Thanks for keeping the nation together While I am gone, I might have never told you this, but I fully entrust the future of Austria into your hands, and I hope with god, that you will lead Osterreich to greatness, For when I meet god, I do so happily , knowing that Austria is in your good hands, I'm glad I saw you to grow into an fine young man ,
Your best regards, your father , Kaiser Karl Von Habsburg"
The room was silent, with an slight noise of crying heard from Horthy, an long time friend of the kaiser began to sob, like no tomorrow causing the room to descend into chaos and utter panic and crying, before an admiral calmed the room down.
"We must save the Kaiser now!!!" he said, "Quick contact our German allies and get some coffee "
The room exploded into the moment to save the Kaiser before the worst can happen, unfortunately, it would be in vain and fate was not lucky......
TO BE CONTINUED..................................