Chapter 1: The Road of Fate

  Location: Inside the Rising Sun Empire, Tokyo, Imperial Palace 'Pine Pavilion'.

  The 124th Emperor of the Empire of Rising Sun, Fang Lang, sat cross-legged on the tatami mat, wearing a white samurai short suit with the national emblem of the Empire of Rising Sun printed on both sides of his chest. On his back, he carried a family heirloom, a finely crafted steel samurai sword that symbolized the imperial family and power. Although he was nearly seventy years old, with hair already gray, his sharp and vigilant eyes made him look nothing like an old man on the verge of collapse. At this moment, although it was early dawn, the tension and excitement before the battle had left him not a bit tired. He sat silently, gazing at the world map hanging in front of the gate of "Song Zhige".

  Next to him sat the Crown Prince of the Empire, his only son, Daran. Unlike his father's casual attire, he wore a black Japanese samurai armor with the emblem of the Sunyang Empire on the top center of his helmet. He was bald-headed, with a cold and stern gaze, exuding an aura of majesty and invincibility around him. As a key military leader and head of the Military Science Academy of the Sunyang Empire, Daran inherited his father's ability to seize opportunities and sharp vision; however, his temperament and way of thinking were vastly different from those of the Emperor. If the Emperor's conquest of the world was based on traditional Japanese Bushido, then Daran's conquest of the world relied solely on the pure military might of the Sunyang Empire's most advanced technology.

  Fang Lang's gaze wandered over the map, and after a while, it stopped at the country to the west of Japan, separated only by the Strait of Tartary - the Soviet Union.

  He clenched his fists, and a cold killing intent shot out of his eyes.

  After a period of time following the end of the Russo-Japanese War, Japan had once suppressed Russia to the point where it was struggling to breathe. However, after the Russian people established the Soviet regime under Lenin's leadership, Russia's strength suddenly became strong enough to rival that of the world's number one economic power, the United States. The Meiji Emperor felt uneasy in this situation, but fortunately, the prolonged Cold War between the US and the Soviet Union soon broke out, which made him feel relieved and reduced the pressure on Japan. However, he was also aware that if Japan were to get involved in this war with its current national strength, it would be like hitting a stone with an egg. Therefore, he issued a series of measures to develop the economy and military, and ordered the Japanese government to conceal its true strength, so as not to attract unnecessary attention and become a target for all.

  At the same time, he knew that Japan was completely inferior to the other two major powers in terms of military strength, resources, food, and strategic depth. Therefore, the first will of Emperor Meiji before his death was: 'Annex China, use China's resources to strengthen the body of our empire, and then gradually plot for world hegemony and a seat among the great powers.'

  The series of measures taken by Emperor Meiji was very far-sighted. Since then, no matter how fiercely the wars in the world were fought, Japan has been secretly developing and growing in strength. In nearly thirty years, Japan's economy and technology have made tremendous progress. Especially in the field of military industry, Japan's nanosteel casting and robot manufacturing technologies have far surpassed those of the United States, ranking first in the world. Since Emperor Hirohito ascended to the throne, Japan's military development has reached new heights, becoming one of the top two superpowers in the world.

  Once a country has the robust capital to contend with the world, once a government has the powerful strength to realize its ambition, then war is inevitable.

  Hōrō reorganized his government to wage war, establishing a shogunate consisting of fanatical and bellicose warrior families and extremely ambitious military financier groups, and renaming the country "Shōyō Empire", with the name "Shōyō" having a terrible implication that Japan would illuminate every inch of land in the world like the rising sun!

  In the five years, the Shengyang Empire began to expand its military and prepare for war. In addition to investing heavily in the production of various heavy weapons and equipment, it also vigorously recruited soldiers across the country. Young people from all over the country were enthusiastically enlisted, and the emperor's rallying cry was quite loud: "Fight for our heavenly mission!"

  Mandate of Heaven? Laughable! Think about it carefully, this is actually the same as Stalin's "Everything for the people", both are just excuses to start a war. But this slogan with a strong sense of superstition has caused a huge response in Japan and gained the support of tens of millions of people. The reason is that the Japanese people have great faith in their emperor and Bushido, just like the Russian people's faith in Bolshevism, once a nation is mobilized by faith, the destructive power generated is enormous and endless.

  Russian leaders ridiculed the Japanese as "ignorant and superstitious people", while Japanese leaders retorted that Russians were "barbaric raw meat-eating savages" - in fact, they were both wrong. The ignorant and barbaric ones are not the people, but them, those so-called national leaders! It is because of their irresponsible throwing of people's lives and property into that war full of private desires, dirty and bloody, that they have brought unprecedented disasters to the people!

  However, the call of "Tenmei" still had a huge impact due to the Japanese people's extreme trust in the Emperor. Although it was unclear what "Tenmei" meant, women encouraged their husbands, children and relatives to go to the battlefield for the empire out of strong patriotism.

  After a long period of preparation, Emperor Hirohito finally waited for this day. In a few hours, the Imperial Navy stationed in Chishima will be fully assembled and set sail to the east coast of the Soviet Union, launching a surprise attack on Russia's important military port, Vladivostok, preparing for the landing battle of armored units and the army.

  At this moment, however, Hoshino's mood was mixed with joy and worry. Thinking that a large area of land would fall into Japan's hands after the sudden attack on the Soviet Union, he was excited beyond control; but he also knew very clearly what fate awaited him and Japan if this war failed, it was likely to be death at the hands of others, national destruction and family ruin.

  What made him even more uneasy was that half a month ago, the top-secret underground laboratory of the Shinra Biological Research Institute was actually destroyed! And what destroyed everything was just a small white mouse used as an experiment in the institute! One person, just one person! A woman! Omicron. Nozomi Izumi!

  This woman, no, this monster! She actually withstood the devastating blow of the 2 mixed regiments that came to reinforce, and forcibly destroyed the entire base! Among them, just because of the collapse of the base, more than 3,000 Imperial warriors were crushed to death, and more than 400 mechs and tanks were destroyed! And the entire set of alloy buildings of the Shinra Company's headquarters was worth as much as 20 billion yen! Because of this number, President Palmer spat out blood on the spot after learning about it.

  Then, Emperor Fang Lang gave a death order to the military department - must find Omega. Yeshen. After finding it, no matter what cost is paid, go and kill this 'shame of the empire'!!

  The eyes of this lovely young man's micro-expression shot out a bone-piercing murderous intent.

  Darang also saw that the Emperor seemed somewhat emotionally agitated, he wanted to persuade him, stabilize his determination, and so said in a low voice: "Father..."

  Suddenly, the wooden door of the house was pulled open and a military intelligence officer in gray uniform walked in. He bowed to the Emperor and said: "Your Majesty! The Grand Admiral Shirakawa Naokimi has sent a telegram that the Imperial Navy has assembled at Chishima Naval Base and is ready for orders!"

  Then another grey-clad intelligence officer came to report: "Your Majesty, the Southern Organ of the Nanjing Puppet Government also sent a telegram to the Military Department, and Shen Zongyuan, the head of the Manchukuo government, also agreed to provide certain support for our military's operation in Haishenwei!"

  "Your Imperial Majesty, the Commander-in-Chief of the Imperial Korean Army, General Teshio, has sent a telegram from Hanseong reporting that all preparations for our armored divisions are complete and they can be deployed at any time to support Lieutenant General Shirakawa's attack on Vladivostok."

  "I report to Your Majesty, that a telegram from the Grand Duke Cyril Vladimirovich has arrived from Vladivostok, stating that the naval port of Vladivostok is completely paralyzed and unable to offer any resistance."

  Fang Lang took a deep breath, while Da Lang beside him stared at him intently. At this moment, it had finally come to this - the decision to start fighting or not had to be made!

  He nodded and then ordered in a calm voice: "Pass on the order to Shiratai Naomi, the whole army sets out! Attack Vladivostok!"

  War, a new war, has begun!

  It seems like I'll have to skip over the chapters for now and talk about it later.