27th September B.E. 2451
Ministry of Defence, Bangkok
"You're Akat Raksiam, right?" Akat's Interrogator asked him, "Yup, thats me" Akat responded, trying to be friendly. "Here, in the folder, it says you're part of the airforce, would you mind explaining more? like the history, purpose, etc. You should be able to explain, since you're part of this "Airforce"." The interrogator requested. "From what I know, in 2454 B.E., a french pilot came and demonstrated a flight, which impressed the prince so much, he sent 3 officers to train to fly in 2455, they came back in 2456, and formed the airforce, later in 2457 they put on a demonstration, which gained support to use Don Muang as an airfield." Akat responded confidently. The man then jotted some notes onto his notebook. "So... uhh... would you mind explaining how this "plane" of yours works? I read that the americans made one a few years back, but that's all I know" The man continued the interrogation. "So basically, a plane has wings like a bird, the wings work because it has a special curved shape, which pushes down the air, the faster you go the more air it pushes down, the more air it pushes down the higher it goes." Akat happily responded, he liked planes ever since their conception, so he knew alot. "What about the spinning thing in front, what is it for?" the interrogator asked once more. "Its called a propeller, its like the wing, but turned, so that inst-" Akat couldn't even finish his explanation when.
Knock Knock
"Busy!" The man replied. "But sir, you might wanna take this call, its urgent" The man on the other side of the door said urgently. "Akat, you stay here, don't go anywhere." The interrogator ordered. "Affirmative, Sir!" Akat responded Sharply
Chulachomklao Fort, Samut Prakan
"Yo dude, you seeing this?" A man in a khaki sailor uniform said to another. "See what?" The other asked back confused. "C'mere look" The first man gestured towards the binoculars. "Isn't that just a Giadian ship?" The other asked back. "No it ain't, look closely." The first man responded. "Ohhh yeah, should we tell captain about this?" The other man questioned. "Yeah, obvio-" The first man couldn't even finish his sentence, when-
Kaboom
A cannonball lands directly next to him. "OH SHIT" both of them exclaimed in unison. The first man looked through the binoculars again, there he saw the unidentified ships in battle formation, and firing. "You go and tell the captain about this, I'll sound the alarm" the other man ordered.
Just as the first man was about to open the door. "Oh, Gabriel, what in the world is happening" "Well, Sir, I was on watch duty, when I sa-" "Just cut to the chase." Captain cut off abruptly cut off Gabriel. "I saw a ship from an unknown nation fire upon us." Gabriel quickly and sharply responded. "You go alert the other forts along the river, take my horse, it'll be faster." The captain ordered, Gabriel quickly left. The captain then quickly made his way to the command post. "Moo, give me info on whats happening" The captain questioned a sailor as soon as he entered the command post. "Well sir, we got 7 sailing ships, the european type, in single file." Moo reported from what he can see. As soon as he finished the message, A cannon from parapet No.3 open fired, shaking the whole place.
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Meanwhile in Parapet No.4, the crew had just rammed in the shell, and is loading in the powder charge. "POWDER CHARGE IN!" one of the men shouted just as he punched in the powder charge, the breech was then closed, primer inserted, "GUUUNNN UP!" A commander shouted, soon the infamous BL 6-Inch Mk V, raised up from the parapet, it hasn't been used in a combat situation since the Paknam incident in 1893 when the fort had just finished construction, "Heading 134, Elevation 2 degrees" The gunner ordered, "Heading 134, Elevation 2 degrees, aye" a crewman responded, soon the behemoth of a cannon turned and adjusted its position accordingly, the crew worked swiftly and efficiently, the commander stood tall, observing his crew before him.
"Prepare to fire!" The commander's voice echoed through the parapet.
The crew scramabled into position, each man knew where he belonged, the gunner gripped the lanyard ready to fire, the loader stood ready, ramrod in hand. "All set sir!" All of them shouted in unison.
"FIRE!!" The commander shouted, the gunner quickly tugged the lanyard, which set off the primer.
With a deafening roar, the cannon erupted into action, the recoil shaking the whole fort, whilst pushing the gun backdown. For a brief moment, time seemed to stand still as everyone watched the shell fly through the air.
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Then, a voice came through, "Hit", with a distant explosion the shell found its mark, sending splinters, and plumes of smoke into the air.
Without a second wasted, the reloading proceedure restarted, just as the other parapets caught on, and started firing.
A few seconds later, 4 out of the 7 ships had sunk, with the rest barely making it through the fort, and up the river.
Meanwhile, Gabriel is quickly riding towards Phi Sua Samut fort, we had already alerted the other older forts along river, but they ain't gonna do much, as they're equipment is outdated. Soon, he saw the flagpole that marked the location of Phi Sua Samut fort, he quickly made his way to the fort and rushed in. "Wheres that commanding officer." He asked a crew member, "Uhhh, oh right there." He gestured towards a tall chinese-looking man in officer uniform. "Thanks alot dude." Gabriel responded, as he quickly ran over to the commanding officer. "I am Petty Officer Third class Gabriel Chuchatthai, I have orders from Captain Somkiat Srisawat, Sir!" Gabriel saluted the commanding officer before asking alerting of the current situation. "Affirmative, PO3, Dismissed!" The Commanding officer said to Gabriel before sounding the alarm. Gabriel gave him a salute and promptly left.
He made his way back to chulachomklao fort, before being told that alot of the ships had been sunk and that some of them made it through. Soon, Captain Somkiat approached him, "Gabriel, sorry to bother you again but, we need a few volunteers to row out and pick up the survivors, you in? we already got a few men on standby." the captain requested gabriel. "su-sure" Gabriel responded tiredly. He soon walked over to the docks. There we saw 5 boats and 4 men on standby. "Hey, Gabriel, you're finally here." Din said to Gabriel, "Lets go and fetch these retched asses outta the water" he continued. "Yeah yeah, whatever, lets go then" Gabriel rolled his eyes.
The 5 of them got on their boats and rowed out into the river mouth, and collected the survivors and remained, just as Gabriel was going to head back to shore, he heard something "Help... me...", He looked around, until, there he spotted a man in a purple napoleonic-era uniform clinging on for dear life on a piece of driftwood, Gabriel quickly rowed over to the man, tossed him onto the boat, and rowed back to shore. "What do we have here" Captain Somkiat asked Gabriel. "Well, looks be an officer sir, Shall we send him to the ministry of defence?" Gabriel asked Captain Somkiat. "Very well, We'll send him off tomorrow, and why don't you go visit your mother as well, I heard you were trying to take leave." Captain Somkiat responded.
"Rise and shine buddy" Din said to Gabriel. "Uhhhhhh, what time is it" Gabriel asked groggily. "Hmmm, about 0830" Din responded. "0830?!?!?!? FUCK FUCK FUCK SHIT, WHY DIDNT YOU WAKE ME UP EARLIER??!?!?!?!" Gabriel leapt outta his bed. "Bags packed?" Din asked. "Yeah yeah" Gabriel quickly grabbed his duffle bag and jumped onto the boat. Soon he heard a commotion "LET ME GO!! I DID NOTHING WRONG. I WAS FOLLOWING ORDERS" The officer in purple uniform shouted. "QUIET YOU" A fellow sailor screamed back at him before tossing him into the boat.
"...Hello?" Gabriel asked timidly. The officer scoffed at him. "Must've been the Zealandians" The officer said to himself. "Zealandians? Sorry, I'm not familiar with the term" Gabriel asked back. "Then how do you explain all this Zealandian Technology HUH? Your fort, Your uniforms, Your equipment, all of it looks Zealandian" THe officer retorted, "YOU even look Zealandian yourself." The officer said to gabriel. "Well, to start off, WE got all this stuff from the BRITISH, I'M half BRITISH, ya hear me BRI-TISH" Gabriel responded angrily. "British?" he scoffed, "Is that what you call the Zealandians now, where is this "British" of yours anyways" The officer said mockingly. "Its an Isle out west, in western europe, also we call it Britain when refering to it." Gabriel responded confidently. "Out west? Europe?" The officer said back confused. "Zealandia is east, on its own continent." The officer explained. Before Gabriel could respond back, a voiced boomed from behind. "Shut up, both of you, all of this argueing is gonna sink the boat" The captain complained.
A short nap later, they soon arrived into the Bangkok area, where the officer, walked out and looked around. "...Huh?" He asked himself. "Welcome to Bangkok, Siam" Gabriel said to him while approaching from behind. "Siam? I thought we were in Giraya." The officer responded confused. "No???? We're Siam, as in the Venice of the East????" Gabriel responded even more confused. "Are you sure though, cause like, I'm pretty sure we were sailing to Giraya" The officer responded still confused. "Yeah, I was born here, how do you ex-" before Gabriel could finish, they arrived at the docks. The officer, again was tossed out, and sent to the Ministry of Defence. Gabriel on the other hand, headed back home.
Ministry of Defence... Again
"So, you're saying you're from "Ultamia", yes?" The same Interrogator that interrogated Akat questioned the officer. "Yes" the officer responded. "And that you got the order to invade this nation "Giraya" from your monarch, correct?" The Interrogator asked again. "Yes, thats correct, we got the order a few weeks ago." The officer responded. "Now, would mind pointing to your "Ultamia", and "Giraya"" The Interrogator requested, before gesturing to an officer to pull out the map.
"What kinda map is this?" The officer asked in confusion. "I don't see any of the nations here." The officer continued. "Well thats puzzler" the interrogator murmured to himself. "What about the Giadian map sir?" An officer interjected. "How about we try that." The interrogator responded before, "DID YOU GUYS JUST SAY GIADIAN??" The officer shouted in excitement. "...yes" the interrogator responded, confused on why he's shouting. "THE ONE WITH THE GREEN FLAG??? GIAD??" The officer continued. "Yes, that Giad, now, will you please shut up" The interrogator responded, very annoyed. "Is one of the Giadian officials here, they'll clear this up for sure, Ultamia is in an alliance with them." the officer continued, disobeying the interrogator's request to shut up. "Yes, one of them is here, 2nd Lieutenant, go grab him for me." The interrogator responded, and ordered just he was about the leave the room.
While the 2nd lieutenant was on the way to grab the map, he happened to run into the Giadian official stationed here, "Sir, Major has requested you to join him in room 204, Sir!" 2nd Lieutenant said before giving him a salute. "Affirmative" The Giadian official said before heading over to room 204.