Coate Plain

**Coate Plain** is a bleak field of short grass between Nishinomiyako and Amanoki in the Fenn Kingdom .

## Location

The Coate Plain is located in between the east of Nishinomiyako and the west of Amanoki in the Fenn Kingdom. The earth there is quite dry, unsuitable for growing crops, but it is extremely absorbent, so much so that the rainwater it absorbs sank far beneath the ground, away from the reach of human hands. Therefore, no one lives there and no trees grew; it was just a bleak field of short grass.

## Chronology

### Japanese Parpaldia War Arc

After Parpaldia Empire invaded and occupied the town of Nishinomiyako in the Fenn Kingdom, the Parpaldian ground legion force under Lieutenant General Bertrand marched towards to the capital Amanoki. There were 3,000 soldiers in all. The invasion force included 32 land dragons as well as 12 Wyvern Lords for reconnaissance. Because there were land dragons assigned to each squad, they would be taking a detour around the mountains through the Coate Plains.

They were currently in the middle of the detour to avoid the mountains, taking a one-hour break in a magical dead zone where they were out of contact with the fleet’s flagship.

The Parpaldian ground legion came across a village along the way, which they attacked and looted. They were on schedule to reach the plains with one more break along the way.

Following their next march, the Parpaldian ground legion arrived at the Coate Plain. The JGSDF civilian rescue brigade 1st battalion leader, Lieutenant Colonel Amano, was analyzing a report he received from one of his men. The imperial army’s ground forces had arrived at the Coate Plain, and there were no residences in the vicinity, so it was the optimal time to attack them.

Out the south of the Coate Plain, twelve wyvern lords who flew along the route to Amanoki to scout ahead, shot down and Parpaldia’s fleet of twenty backup ships-of-the-lines sunk ship by ship by main cannon from JMSDF Akizuki-class destroyer. The Parpaldian ground legion was quickly losing morale.

On the Coate Plain, JGSDF Type 90 tanks coming towards the Parpaldian ground legion and cast explosive, firing it at the land dragons from their horns. All land dragons were eliminated. The imperial soldiers set up the portable magic cannons that were hauled along for the march by the cavalry and fired their portable magic cannons at the nearest Type 90 tank. Numerous magic cannon shells rained down on it. The barrage shaved away the earth. Two of the shells hit the Type 90 tank dead-on, but it emerged unscathed and continued running towards them.

The Type 90 tanks that had just annihilated the land dragons started moving backwards while still facing the imperial legion. Some of the imperial soldiers thought they were afraid of the empire’s magic cannons and began cheering.

Three AH-64D attack helicopter appeared floating high in the sky and hovering around the imperial legion. They roared oppressively while continuing to fire bursts of light. The lights exploded, steadily whittling away the ground legion. The imperial soldiers in the rear, consumed by fear, suppressed their way into the middle of the legion formation. They had noticed that they were now cornered in one place by the Type-99 155 mm Self-Propelled Howitzers and MLRS attacks.

Without their supports, the Parpaldia imperial army ground legion began waving their unit flag to the left and signaling a surrender, but the JSDF did not know the surrender signal in this world and suspected that it might be "preparing for large-scale attack magic". Furthermore, the commander of the strike force, Amano was driven by the death of his niece and brother-in-law. Consequently, the Imperial Army was literally annihilated by JSDF artillery barrage with no single soldier survived.