Central calendar year 1639, May 27

Somewhere in the Rodenius Sea, near the town Jin Hark, 05:58 AM

The NAM Atlantic was being escorted by the corvette Fernando de Noronha across the Rodenius Sea, 20km off the Lourian coast, with F-41 Freestyle fighters taking off vertically loaded with Spice-1000 guided bombs.

(Explanation:

VTOL 'Vertical Take-off and Landing' F-43 Freedom fighters are the Yak-43 developed in the late Soviet era, they were offered to Brazil along with other ships and equipment that will be revealed soon.

In the 2010s they suffered major upgrades in their avionics and on-board systems, with the addition of an AESA radar created by ATMOS Systems, named RCA-41B, which can detect targets up to 220km away. Its cockpit has been brought into the 21st century with LCD screens replacing the old analog displays.

Unlike the AV-8B Harrier, the F-43 can take off vertically with a full load without requiring large expenditures of fuel, not to mention that it can fly above the speed of sound.

In addition, the deck of the NAM Atlantico 'ex HMS Ocean' helicopter carrier, has been reinforced to withstand the heat generated by the fighter engine.

End of explanation)

The Captain First Class commanding the ship is Ezequiel Araujo, in charge of Operation Alvorada, an amphibious landing in the Lourian capital to put an end to this war.

Ezequiel looked intently at his watch counting the minutes left before the start of the operation.

"What is our status?" He asked one of the flight operators.

"All aircraft are in the air."

"What about the amphibious commandos?" His question went to Major Carlos Vilagrand, who was heading Marine operations.

"They are waiting for the command on the landing craft."

Knowing that everything was ready, he looked again at his watch that marked less than 30 seconds to 6:00 am, this day would be very special for both Louria and Brazil.

When the hand marked six in the morning, the sun was beginning to rise and the promised hour arrived.

"Commence Operation Alvorada!"

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Meanwhile, at the Planalto Palace

President's Room

Arthur was at his desk checking documents and guiding the course of Brazil. Many things were happening at the same time, Operation Alvorada had just begun, this would get Brazil noticed by the other countries around for beating Louria, sure the Lourians are not a major world power, but they are still a force to be reckoned with on the continent.

Several diplomats were on their way to other nations in the scope of extending international relations, with two of them standing out, the first was a nation called the Kingdom of Altaras, the largest producer of magical minerals in the entire third civilization.

Magic was being explored by Brazilian researchers and engineers, who wanted to use it in military and civilian environments, but it proved difficult to do because it requires a magician to channel the energy. Until there is a way around the problem, magic will not be used in Brazil.

The second nation that Brazil was interested in was the famous country of Mu, the only nation in this world that had developed based on mechanical force and not magic.

While reading the documents, someone knocks on the door.

"Mr. President, it's me Adriel."

"Come in!"

His assistant has just arrived bringing the report coming from the Altaras expedition.

"I've come to report to you that the expedition headed by diplomat Nathan Gomes has made contact with the government of Altaras, a meeting with King Taara XIV has been scheduled for three days from now."

"Good work, I hope to be able to achieve a solution to the use of magic, as well as securing an advantageous trade of these resources."

With the message given, Adriel stared at him for a while until Arthur was bothered by it.

"Do you have something you wish to talk about?"

"Actually, yes, did you actually give the order for the reactivation of the battleship 7 de Setembro and the aircraft carrier Manaus?"

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"Yes, it was decided yesterday at the meeting with the naval high command."

(You will soon find out what those two ships are.)

"I can understand the reactivation of the Manaus, but why the battleship?"

"Listen buddy, a missile is too expensive to be launched on wooden or 19th century ships, a large caliber projectile is much cheaper, not to mention it's a symbol of power."

"I understand that, but it will cost a lot to reactivate a 100-year-old ship, not to mention the cost of installing modern anti-aircraft defenses and the development of a large-caliber guided munition."

An excalibur-type guided projectile was being created to improve the battleship's accuracy and range.

"It will be worth it, in the long run it will save us a lot of anti-ship and cruise missiles, trust me."

Adriel simply gave up convincing him, he was also a fan of battleships, but in modern warfare they are a white elephant.

"Speaking of ships, the Santos Shipyard has paused the construction of the aircraft carrier Deodoro da Fonseca for lack of money."

Arthur put his hand to his forehead as he thought about the situation.

"We have already paid BRL$4.8 billion for the entire construction, what more do they want?"

"According to the CEO, they have had great losses from the transfer and have lost all the foreign and activist contracts, to continue the construction will require at least another billion reais."

The president felt a pang in his heart upon hearing the figure, a lot of money was being spent for economic recovery, but national security was on the agenda more than ever, especially the navy with two oceans to watch over.

"Can we use the national treasury?"

"Negative, we are already using it to build factories to produce all kinds of products that used to be imported."

"Is there any place you can take money from without affecting anything?"

"The only place we haven't touched is the assets of foreign countries in the old world, we can confiscate them."

"Good idea, I'll leave that in your hands."

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Royal castle of Louria, at 06:02

Throne room

The sun was casting its first rays over the bustling capital city of Jin Hark, being the largest and most populous city on the entire continent, it was a symbol of power and national pride.

Sitting on a massive throne bathed in gold and precious stones was King Hark Louria, the man charged with leading this nation had a look of weariness and exhaustion on his face.

The reason for this was the direction the war had taken, in this last month his soldiers had been wiped out like cockroaches and his ships sunk like paper, but how was this possible? The Qua Tonians and Quilans were nothing but beasts pretending to act like humans, so what defeated them? The only option left was a nation that had recently appeared called Brazil, which they ignored, but after reanalyzing the information coming mainly from bar conversations and rumors, it was discovered that they are a country of only humans who use science and possess powerful machines powered without magic.

Now it was too late to cry over spilled milk, Hark was content that at least they had not been invaded, could it be that the enemy was not strong enough? No matter, the objective now is to keep their territories intact and try to reach a peace agreement.

While he was lost in thought, someone called out to him.

"Your Majesty, you called me?"

That man was the new chef who arrived a month ago, his name was Lampião and he stood out from the others for his innovative and delicious recipes that quickly won the king's palate.

"I called you, Lampião I want you to do something to lighten my mood a little and help me forget my problems."

This request seems very vague, but the chef grasped what he meant.

"Don't worry your majesty, I will make a sweet that you will love. And I have a feeling that the gods will deliver you from all your troubles."

"I'll wait, young man."

Hark noticed a strange smile on the cook's face, but just ignored it and was about to dismiss him when a big bang accompanied by a tremor hit the outer areas of the castle and reached the throne room.

"Your majesty, are you all right?"

The guards protecting the door entered to find out if anything had happened to the king.

"I'm fine, but find out the source of that tremor!"

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The F-43 fighters dropped their guided bombs on the palace entrance, the attack destroyed the structures holding the large gate and caused it to fall to the ground.

In addition, the Knights' training center and base was bombed into oblivion, with only ashes remaining.

With the defenses destroyed, the amphibious commandos disembarked from the LCVP mk5 landing craft directly into the capital's harbor. The harbor guards tried to stop them, but were quickly decimated by assault rifles.

The sky cavalry was composed of AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters that destroyed the few reinforcements that tried to stop the marines.

The objective was to secure the points of importance, these being the port, the city center and the palace.

While the helicopters brought death through the skies, EnGini Sariema tanks were launched into the harbor via combat vehicle landing ships to make their way through the dirt and cobblestone streets.

It did not take long to secure the port and the city center, the last and most important target that has not yet fallen was the palace, this would last for a short time.

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20 minutes later, royal palace

The castle was already under heavy attack, with the gate open the work was much easier and any knight who tried to position himself on the wall would be shot down by the helicopters.

The amphibious commandos were marching towards the throne room with great care, as each room and hall could be used to set a trap from which the royal guard would force the marines into hand to hand combat where they have no advantage.

In the throne room the king began to despair with each passing minute, his knights who were sent to stop the invaders never returned.

"Your Majesty, at this point you had better escape, we will hold the invaders here."

The leader of the royal guard convinced the king to use one of the secret exits and flee the palace, the fall of the capital is a heavy blow, but resistance could continue in the lands of other loyal nobles.

"I want five guards and the chef."

The king wanted Lampião to go with him.

"Your Majesty, we can't let this commoner slow us down."

"I will not be without his food."

The king pulled the torch from the wall at a 45 degree angle and a hidden passage formed in the wall.

Two guards went ahead to clear the way and as the king entered to escape, a sound of a firearm firing was heard, the source came from the cook who was actually an ABIN spy tasked with eliminating Hark louria.

With the former king's body lying lifeless on the floor with a hole in his head, the guards tried to avenge him only to be killed by the Marines who finally entered the room.

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Battle of Jin Hark

Participating countries: Brazil vs Louria

Soldiers: 150 Amphibious Commandos (Marines) vs 489 Knights of the Royal Guard

Ships: amphibious assault ship NAM Atlântico and Corveta Fernando de Noronha (V-25)

Aircraft: 4 F-43 Freedom and 6 AH-1Z Viper helicopters

Casualties: 489 Royal Guardsmen

Winner: Brazil