The convoy arrives

Athens

The people who were assigned to go into the Britannia Kingdom gathered at the port.

Everyone was talking to each other, most of them excited because they were going abroad for the first time.

The platoons assigned to go into the Britannia Kingdom were neatly lined up and briefed by their commanding officer.

The port was still loading some cargoes as well as vehicles

Piles of cargo were being stacked on the deck of the aircraft carrier Akagi. Tall cranes were busy lifting vehicles and placing them into the ship deck.

The aircraft carrier Akagi was preparing for another mission, carrying a heavy load.

After loading goods and vehicles, the soldiers boarded the Aircraft carrier.

Then the ship's crew began checking the ship's systems. Every engine, every system, was undergoing rigorous testing. The engineers were doing their duty, making sure the ship was working perfectly. A worker held a checklist with a column of check marks. With the final tests completed, the Akagi was ready for her voyage.

The aircraft carrier Akagi was escorted by three Fletcher-class destroyers.

The four ships sailed towards the Britannia Kingdom, which is about 2000 kilometers away from their country.

The Captain who was in the bridge accompanied by his officers was looking at the instruments in the dash of the ship. They were checking the status of the ships, such as speed, location, temperature, weather forecast, and the radar map.

One of the officers reported, " Maximum speed will be reached in 8 minutes, engine temperature normal, wind speed 15 kilometers east, buoyancy stable. "

The Captain said, " Well the weather and sea current sure is friendly to us today, it's good"

...

1000 hours

After a long journey, the aircraft carrier and its escort ship arrived near the port of Maria.

However, the harbor was not deep enough for Akagi, so Akagi was forced to stop some distance from the harbor. Helicopters were used to transport goods and vehicles to the harbor.

Hearing the roar of the helicopter, the port people looked up and saw large crates and vehicles hanging below the helicopter.

Many people were surprised and many were scared. Since they had never seen anything like this before.

"God! What is this?" someone said loudly.

"It's a huge bird! It doesn't have wings, yet it flies!" another man exclaimed.

"Maybe a devil is coming upon us?" a woman said in fear.

"Is this a new species of Wyvern?"

Many questions came to people mind. But the guards assigned to protect the port were calm about this incident because they had been informed in advance of the arrival of Akagi and her escort ships in the port. Although they also had many questions in their minds.

...

Palace of Versailles

Alberto was sitting in his office, he was very bored. Because he was very tired from working.

Then there was a knock on his door.

"Sir, I'm here to report."

Alberto replied, "Then come in, and report immediately, I'm very busy today."

The door slowly opened and a young man entered the office.

He had several papers in his hand.

The man began the report, "Sir, the Aircraft carrier Akagi and its escort destroyers have safely arrived in the Britannia Kingdom. Our troops are headed for Britannia's capital with the supplies."

Alberto then replied, "Good, you can leave now and please tell security that I will be working overtime today."

"Okay sir." The young man took his papers and left the office.

Alberto gets up from his chair and looks out the window. Many thoughts are running through his mind.

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Barta

5 hours later—

The convoy has finally seen the gates of Barta. The guards stationed at the gates already expected the convoy to arrive, but they still showed a surprised face after seeing a lot of horseless carriages. It was also their first time seeing the big Iron carriage, and they were very amazed.

One guard even questioned his comrade, " Hey do you have any idea on how something that big can move fast? "

The guard replied to his comrade, " Why are you questioning me I'm not smart and also definitely not a mage. "

The people in the carriages and wagons, who were lining up to enter the gate, immediately turned their eyes to the convoy. They were amazed by the convoy of horseless carriages that it made them think that a very powerful, wizard or sorcerer might be visiting the capital

One of the passengers of a wagon spoke about the rumours that he heard, " Those carriages might be from the new country that I heard about. I heard rumours about them forming an alliance with our country. "

Another one spoke his opinion, "Maybe those are just merchants who are able to hire a powerful mage"

The wagon became noisy after the passengers started to give their opinions on what the carriages really were about.

The convoy was let in immediately by the guards that were stationed at the gates; every guard that was on duty that day wanted to know the reason why there were a lot of big horseless carriages arriving; some of the guards asked their superiors, but their questions were not answered.

The lead humvee, where the commander was, spoke to his sergeant, " Report to command that we have arrived at the destination. "

He then picks up his radio and says, "Everyone we will be meeting with the ISSD in 15 minutes."

The convoy stopped at the roadside, and all of the soldiers got out and stretched their bodies after the long drive they did.

Many people on the streets have strange gazes at the newly arrived convoy. Everyone in the streets has mixed feelings about the soldiers, which they don't know we're literally soldiers, as they thought that they were mages because every single one of them was carrying an iron staff.

The people will call someone a soldier if they are wearing armour that may be made from leather or plate; it could also be made from iron. Another one is he is carrying a short sword, a spear, or a bow and arrow. The armour had the insignia of the army or the royal family's military.

But the people saw were men in green with almost identical clothes, and people thought they were ugly looking that if they were standing next to a knight, they would look like servants of the knight.

The soldiers noticed the gazes of the people but they just ignored their gazes.

After a few minutes, a Humvee came near the convoy, and a member of the ISSD got out to meet the platoon leaders.

The ISSD soldier went near the platoon commanders, and spoke,

" Captain Levi, welcome to the Barta. I will be leading you to your camp, please follow me. "

The soldiers got in immediately to their designated vehicles and moved forward, following the ISSD member. The soldiers and the organizing members were looking at the view of the city.

The convoy continued to travel. After a few minutes, they were able to reach their destination; the soldiers saw the ISSD members and some locals arranging the area of the cultural exchange event.

The soldiers immediately got out of their vehicles, as well as the organizers; the platoon commander then spoke to their subordinates.

Captain Levi:—

"Ok, men have arrived at our destination; all of you know why we are here; we are here to show the power and capabilities of our country's military. So I will be expecting a good performance during the exhibition, don't do anything stupid that will make us a laughing stock for their people, show them that we are a force to not be taken easily, so everyone is careful when exploring or speaking with the locals. Am I clear with these men!? "

All of them replied, " Yes Sir! "

The soldiers started to move; they started to scout the area and coordinated with the ISSD to know the possible escape routes, danger zones, and advantage defensive position.

Some of the organizers, along with the soldiers, started to build the tents and arrange the place. They even thought of decorating the tables and chairs where the kingdom nobles would be sitting. They also made tents for different products in their country; the tents were designed with the logos of the products.

The organizers also reviewed their planned programs while Captain Levi's platoon started to practice again with their demonstration of the weapons.

The locals who were helping were weirded out by the actions of the platoon and thought they were just readying for a stage play.