7 Chapter 7

Title:"A misunderstanding that caused everything"

The Shogunate, a nation on the land called Nippon. Headed by a military dictator called the Shogun. They control the whole Japan and Korea and borders the Qing dynasty. They adopted the new automachines and rapidly industrialised increasing their whole war potential to the point that it's even greater than the Qing.The current shogun is from the Nobunaga clan. He is Nobunaga Katsuhire, he's currently in Tokyo overlooking the vast empire his great great grandfather has built.For the past years they were considered as nothing more than an upstart country on the Asia.But when they went to war against the Rusviet and defeated them the superpowers on Europa took them seriously.The Americans even tried to end their isolationism but failed miserably.Their fleet was sunk by the powerful battleships of the Shogunate.Katsuhirebwas one of a smart and logical guy. He takes the advices from his advisors seriously and chooses the most appropriate for the situation.He's also thick skinned and cunning, not minding dishonorable acts as long as he succeeds.

But the navy they're most proud of would be met with something that even in their wildest dreams didn't thought that something like those can happen.

Tens of Giga fortresses on Sky mode escorted by,thousand of Jet Tengus, Chopper-VSx, and Sky wings each.

On the sea an Imperial fortress can be seen. The fortress named Black tortoise was sailing towards the heart of the Shogunate mainland. Escorted by hundreds of Shogunate Battleships, Naginata Cruisers, Akula Submarines, and Dreadnoughts. The Giga fortresses was flying the flag of the Empire of the Rising Sun while the Imperial fortress was flying the Soviet flag.

The people on the port of Kyoto were dumbfounded by this scene. The sheer number of things sailing towards them is unheard of. The flying Oni heads was also terrifying for them as if Hachiman personally descended to them. The current Shogun who was on his palace was also shocked and felt fear course through his body with the sight of those Flying Oni heads. But what shocked him the most was the gigantic floating platform that was slowly spewing out flying metal things.

"What is that?!" shouted Katsuhire to his advisors who was also stunned by this scene.

"My great Shogun, it doesn't look good, it will be better if we can talk to them and ask them their purpose." suggested a random advisor.

"Their ships and those flying things is something we don't know. It's better to gather info about them first and put countermeasures and only then can we hopento defeat them." backed another advisor.

"Damn it, ready the troops in case.I will meet them and talk this through." commaded Katsuhire to his advisors who strongly disagreed they feared that this may cause unnecessary misunderstanding. But just then a old man in military uniform came in and gave letter to Katsuhire. The letter was written in English which Katsuhire can read and write. Katsuhire opened the letter and slowly read its content.

"Who gave this letter? How did you get this?" asked Katsuhire to the old man.

"A flying object landed near the port and suddenly transformed to something that looks like a mech. The man inside the mech came out and surprisingly he was a Japanese and gave this letter and left without a word.I think they're rebels to the Shogun and must be exterminated!" answered the old man as he gave a suggestion

"What!? Transform to a mech? Rebel? How's that possible!" questioned an advisor. They didn't trust military people, they were to ones who will most likely rebel due to them having control over the soldiers couple it with their own selfish desires.

"That's what happened and that's what I think, but I'm sure they're rebels. I saw it with my own two eyes. He wore something like a polished metal painted in white and it has a symbol of a modified Imperial flag on his arm which clearly showed his which is his allegiance." ensured the old man. The advisors all gave him a distrusting look.

"If you won't believe me, I have some soldiers that can testify the truth of this matter." said the old man with confidence.

"Thanks my great commander.Prepare a carriage and the guards, I shall meet their envoy on the port." ordered Katsuhire which everyone complied.

...

Katsuhire arrived at the port in a grand fashion. The Imperial samurais created a perimeter which no one without permission can enter numerous light and medium mechs can be seen surrounding the area for extra safety. Katsuhire was on his grand carriage wearing a royal and grand looking kimono. He walked towards the center of the port waiting for the leader of the mysterious force.

Katsuhire together with the company of his advisors and the old man was patiently waiting for a ship to land but not in their wildest dream did they ever imagined that the envoy of the mysterious force were going to land in a domineering manner.

3 large jets flew from the Imperial fortress towards the port of Tokyo. Their speed reach mach 10 and landed directly near the group of Katsuhire. The sheer impact made them fly away and stagger on the ground. Once the smoke cleared this revealed 3 8 foot tall mechs. The first one was a red colored mech with gold outlines and flew the flag of Soviets.It possessed 2 energy swords and a very powerful sniper rifle that can bring down a large mech in one shot. The sniper rifle was interchangeable from a sniper rifle to assault rifle. The damage from the assault rifle mode was much weaker than the sniper rifle because it forsake damage and range for fire rate and reload speed.This mech was personally piloted by Natasha and she named it medved', a Russian word for bear(Search Lancelot Albion and imagine the new changes). The second one was colored white with 2 katana's as its main weapon.It flew the flag of the Empire of the Rising Sun. It has a powerful psychic enhancer on its head which does what its name implies.Piloted by Yuriko and couple it with her very powerful psychic capabilities, this mech is a dread to everyone.She called the her mech Shi which translates to Death.(Search Zangetsu frame and imagine the changes)Finally, the last mech was colored black and gold with a very powerful defensive mechanisms and the weapon that once shot will create a singularity on the area thay it hit, pulling everything and creating a psuedo blackhole. This mech was piloted perosanally by Commander Georgy and he named it Anubis.(Search Gawain frame with the changes)

The medved' and Shi opened its hatch revealing 2 figures clad on a battlesuit that looks just like their mechas. They both walked towards the direction of Katsuhire's group slowly. Once they arrived Natasha first spoke.

"Greetings, people of the Shogunate.I believe you can understand English, yes?" greeted Natasha to Katsuhire who she believed to be an important figure based on his clothes.

"I am Nobunaga Katsuhire, the Shogun, and yes we understand English.Now,tell me your identity and purpose, I don't recall having an enmity with you people." said Katsuhire as everyone looked at the duo with caution.

"You're not eligible enough to know who or what are we. All you need to know is that we are powerful beyond your imagination, so surrender or die." said Natasha to Katsuhire as everyone suddenly wipped out their weapons, the mechs on the surrounding pointed their miniguns and cannons towards the direction of Natasha and Yuriko.

"I don't want to fight you, can we talk about this?" said Katsuhire as he cowered in thoughts of them fighting the enemies with weird technologies.

"We will give you a day. Once the the next morning starts our whole fleet will invade and forcefully take the city and your country.Choose wisely." said Natasha as she signaled for Yuriko that they will be returning to their respective mechs. Yuriko complied and they both started to walk. Katsuhire didn't know what to do regarding this whole predicament.But the old man from earlier was clearly offended by how the duo acted and shouted for the soldiers to attack. The soldiers under the old man quickly got to work and fired their rifles to the duo. The light mechs under him also started to fire their miniguns. Katsuhire was shocked by this scene that he immediately tried to order a ceasefire.But everything went to hell. The soldiers under his command and the medium mechs saw that their comrades shot at the duo and they too shortly followed thinking the negotiation went down the drain. The duo of Natasha and Yuriko saw what they did and immediately thought that they chose war.

Georgy on the Anubis immediately activated its Iron Curtain and everything that hit it was shrugged off. Natasha and Yuriko flew towards their cockpits and piloted their own mechs. The medved' and Shi went online and unleashed destruction among the enemy. Natasha already radiod Alfonso that they went for the bloody way and soon swarms of Jet tengus and Chopper-VXs flew towards the position of the trio. Once they neared they immediately transformed to their mech mode and helped their superiors, unleashing the power of technology.Katsuhire didn't have a time to think as he was quickly evacuated with everyone of his advisors and the old man. They went inside a carriage and he growled at the old man.

"What do you think you did you baka!" growled Katsuhire as he lashed strings of insult to the old man.

"They disrespected you my great Shogun, they deserved nothing more than death!" said the old man with a calm demeanor.

"Respect can only be given to those who's powerful enough to be respected!Now see what have you done! You doomed the Shogunate!" shouted Katsuhire as he punched the old man with all his might and it landed perfectly on his the old man's face.

"Forgive me my Shogun but with their current action they already showed that they're rebels against you and they have no sincerity at all by giving you those absurd terms and attacking us!" countered the old man as he didn't mind the punch.

"You ducking idiot!" shouted Katsuhire once again as he sat back on his seat.

" I want the army to encircle Kyoto, as long as we can keep them inside we can push them back to the sea.As for those flying heads and that gigantic moving island I'm sure that it has a fatal weakness! Bring the heavy mechs and the field artilleries and bombard those duckers to oblivion. If that didn't work then bring the airships from the north and bombard them until they're nothing but scraps!Oh wait, no, I want those flying heads and that island.I want the army to conquer it without damaging it in a bit. " ordered Katsuhire as he spewed out orders after orders which his advisors quickly relayed using telegram.

"As for you, I will deal with you later, for now put him in the chains so he doesn't escape." ordered Katsuhire as a samurai immediately handcuffed the old man.

"My great Shogun, perhaps we can still talk with them and negotiate for us to exist as some sort of a vassal state. I know this may seem cowardly and dishonorable, but running is still a form of courage. We can benefit from their weird technologies and advance ourselves before rebelling against them. And with our new found strength we can expand our great Shogunate much faster and wider. It's like playing the long game." suggested an advisor that looked like a hermit with his moustache and bald head.

"That would have been a great plan I would consider.I wouldn't mind being called coward, backstabber or dishonorable as long as this benefits the Shogunate. But if it wasn't for this ducker! We didn't got a chance to decide but instead was pulled into a war that we may or may not be able to win just because of this ducker!" said Katsuhire as he schemed on his mind a way to turn this whole situation to their favor.

"My great Shogun, I may have the way for you to snatch the enemy rebel allegiance with their technologies and at the same time become the emperor." raised an advisor as Katsuhire suddenly became curious about this and motioned for him to continue.

"Well all you need to do is...."

...

Inside the Black Tortoise.Just before the first shots were fired.

Alfonso can be seen sitting on the highest seat inside the command room of the Black Tortoise. He was currently watching the exchange between the envoys he sent and the supposed Shogun by the eyes of a hidden burt drone. He was wearing a Black overcoat with a black suit inside. He chose this outfit because he isn't sure how cold Japan would be when nearing winter. Everyone inside the command room was a modified SS uniform. Instead of the Third Reich flag on their arm their wore a flag of their respective nationalities.(Note: I am not a supporter of the Third Reich or Hitler, I just chose the SS uniform because you can't tell me it ain't super stylish and looks cool and if there's something the Third Reich won, it is the fashion war.)

As Alfonso was watching an old man caught his attention.The old man looks your normal military general except he looks excited about this whole scene. He didn't acted all loyal around the Shogun. Instead he looked like he will do something bad.

'Does he know about us?' thought Alfonso in confusion.

Alfonso continued to watch the exchange and after Natasha and Yuriko walked away the old man suddenly shouted an order to attack and his personak soldiers and mechs followed. The scene turned to that of hell. Natasha radiod that they chose the bloody way. Alfonso just ordered for a detachment of the Chopper-VXs and Jet Tengus to support Natasha, Yuriko, and Georgy.

...

The scene on the city became chaotic. The people didn't imagine that their powerful mechs will be turned to scraps of metak before even getting a chance to fire their weapons.

"Alpha Tengus with me!" shouted Natasha shouted in the comms. The whole Alpha team of Tengus followed Natasha's medved' towards the palace of the Shogun.

On the way, they were met with 15 medium mechs but was quickly turned to useless sctaps as the cannon on the Tengus fired at them punching right through them destroying the important components inside the medium mechs.

As they quickly made their way on the palace hordes of soldiers met them and hid on the sandbags that was quickly prepared.There was also anti mech cannons on the ground.

The Mech tengus transformed into their jet form and did a dive clearing the anti mech cannon personnels.

Natasha ejected from her cockpit and charged through the hordes of the soldiers on the sandbags, easily slicing through them.

Natasha slowly made her way inside the palace and killing anyone that tried to stop her.

"Command, come in, this is Natasha the palace is deserted by the Shogun, the city is now ours. Send in the Imperial warriors and Conscripts to clean the surviving opposition." radiod Natasha as she surveyed the whole throne room and slowly made her way to the balcony. She overlooked the burning city with pride.

"The era is changing, whoever adapts that fastest, leads the future." whispered Natasha to herself. Just then the voice if her beloved Premiere and boyfriend sounded.

"This is Alfonso, the operation "Sunset" shall commence. I repeat commence the operation "Sunset".

"Let the world know the power of the human brain!"

...

Operation Sunset, a special operation that aims to bring down the Shogunate in the matter of a month.The operation would be conducted on various staging grounds of the enemies, crippling them of their reinforcements and any possible way to defend themselves.The operation would fully use the power if technologies.A combination of fast moving armored battalions followed by tanks and a preemptive strike by the Kirov airships softening the enemy base for the armored battalions to clear and occupy while being fortified by the tank. The MIG fighters would quickly strike against any enemy airships, gaining control of the skies for the Kirovs to bomb the strategic positions unopposed.

The moment the operation commenced, hundreds of sudden transports containing both Imperial warriors and Conscripts unveiled their presence to their targets. Being followed by the Tsunami tanks and escorted by different battleships from both the Imperials and Soviets. They quickly landed on the shores while the paratroopers quickly attained the high grounds and silenced any cannon or artillery.

Just like that the whole Japan capitulated in under a whole week. The Shogun was forced to escape to Pyongyang and entrench his troops on the Korean peninsula.The Qing dynasty on the other hand was oblivious on the happenings of their neighbor. They didn't thought that they were being attacked but instead having a revolution.Due to rampant corruption on the court of the Qing they can't decide if they were going to attack the Shogunate who was engulfed in a "civil war".

"We must attack them now while they're on their weakest!" suggested a court official to the Emperor.

"A war would be costly! Thousands of men will surely die,which means our manpower will be lessened!" growled a court official who was also one of the richest in the Qing.

"We would be able to grow much stronger if we can at least get the Korean lands. The manpower there would be enough to improve and counter the lost of our own manpower." defended a general.

"The war may go on for a month up to a decade! How can we be confident that we can end this easily without spending too much of our resources?!" asked another official who was also a businessman to the general.

"You! You only want something that benefits you without sacrificing something!" shouted the general in anger.

"How can you say that general?! I only want what's for the best for our nation!" countered the official.

"Silence!" said the emperor which everyone followed.

"The official is right, we can't afford to have a wae right now instead we will watch how their civil war unfolds." ordered the emperor.

"Yes your imperial majesty"

...

"How did they attacked all our military bases simultaneously? It's illogical and doesn't make any sense!" questioned Katsuhire.He was currently in Pyongyang entrenched without any hope for reinforcements.

"We don't know my great Shogun.Their mechs was transforming from those flying things and vice versa. Their troops appears out of nowhere. I think they must have used some sort of magic." answered a random official.

"Yes, he must be right my great Shogun. They must've used some sort of ritual that teleports their troops! If we can force them to continue to use this then we can surely win! This kind of ritual must come with a high price." agreed another official.

"That's completely nonsense and illogical.Their speed must have come from those flying heads or the moving island." countered a general.

"Enough of this nonsense! We must be united against the common enemy." ordered Katsuhire at everyone started to settle down.

"We must fortify ourselves here and let them control and improve our mainland. Then once we regained our power we will invade them and defeat them. After, we would have most if not all their technologies with us. Then we will conquer the whole Asia and the world!" proclaimed Katsuhire as everyone looked at him with great pride and happiness.

"But in order to complete that plan, I must first convince them that I am much more worthy than their current leader or Emperor." said Katsuhire. As everyone kneeled waiting for him to continue.

"Because the Imperial family was exterminated long ago, I Nobunaga Katsuhire hereby proclaim the Nobunaga clan as the new Imperial family and I as the head proclaim myself as the Emperor of Japan. The nation shall hereby be called the Empire of Nippon." declared Katsuhire as everyone acknowledged it.

"Yes my Imperial majesty!" shouted everyone in the room.

"For my first decree, I want the man who was responsible for all of this to be killed! Execute my nephew, Nobunaga Nashukiro!" decreed Katsuhire.

"Spread the news, and include that I will be merciful to the rebels should they lay down their weapons and be of service to me!"

......

"Hmmmm, that Katsuhire declared himself as an emperor? Then wants us the "rebels" to surrender and be his lapdogs. That's a pretty nice joke by this stupid fool. What's next I become his concubine?" riduculed Yuriko as she read the notice written in Japanese that was delivered by an envoy earlier today. She looked at everyone inside the room expecting some laughs but all she got was serious stares.

"M-my lord, you-you wouldn't consider this...right?" asked Yuriko as her cute beautiful face showed fear.

"Of course not, but I fear this may rally the people inside mainland Japan amd cause us troubles.It would prove detrimental for our future should they rebel. We would need to set an example to eliminate any thoughts of rebellion, which the "righteous people" will condemn and label us as enemy of humanity." said Alfonso as he reevaluated his plan according to this new variable.

"My Premiere, the soldiers of the motherland is notifiied about this matter. They will shoot anyone who will try to rebel against you." said Natasha as she got off the walkie talkie.

"Is it really necessary? We can assimilate the Japanese people by giving them a head figure which would keep them in line.I mean we can give them a puppet emperor while we control them in the shadows while you my lord would be my and the soldiers only emperor." suggested Yuriko as she feared the Japanese people would be killed for their insubordination.

"You needn't worry about any massacre from happening.As for your suggestion, we can consider it. Natasha, order the troops to be on alert incase a rebellion occurs on their region. But don't mindlessly kill anyone due to suspicions." ordered Alfonso as he slowly started to walk to the balcony of the Shogun's palace.

"Send the the navy and stage an invasion on Manchuria. We'll end the operation Sunset with the opening of operation Wall breaker."

"After all of this is over, we will have a nice grand vacation on Europa! While you my girls will cosplay as the Chinese Premiere and Nippon Empress while we visit different countries!"

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