Battle of Folk Strait

### Outcome

* Gra Valkas Imperial Navy including Grade Atlastar attacked the Port Town Cartalpas.
* Only *La Kasami* managed to escape while Holy Milishial loss half of defense ships.
* Beginning of the New World War

### Result

**Gra Valkas Empire Victory*** Allied forces fleet annihilated.
* The port city suffers heavy damage.

**World Union Pyrrhic Victory**

* Diplomats successfully evacuated
* *La Kasami* escaped

The **Battle of Folk Strait** was a naval battle erupted between the Gra Valkas Empire that attacked the Eleven Country Leadership Conference, and the participating Allied Forces.

* Holy Milishial Empire
* Mu
* Eimor Kingdom
* Japan
* Torquia Kingdom
* Agartha Kingdom
* Magicaraich Community
* Nigrat Union
* Fleet Commander Admiral Alkaid
* Captain Luxtal
* Diplomat Cielia Oudwin
* Squadron Commander Svaal
* Squadron Leader Sart
* Milishial Captain Nium
* Mu Mobile Task Force Commander Brendas
* Mu Captain Minilar
* Japanese Coast Guard Captain Seto Mamoru
* Magicaraich Commander Gireis
Total of 60 ships and aircrafts
* Superdreadnought battleship *Grade Atlastar*
* Orion-class battleship *Betelgeuse* and other battleships
* Heavy cruisers
* Light cruisers
* Destroyers
* Aircraft Carriers

**Air Squadron**
* 260 aircraft
	+ Antares fighters
	+ Rigel torpedo bombers
	+ Sirius dive bombers
Total of 61 ships
* Holy Milishial Empire
	+ 8 light cruisers
* Mu
	+ 2 battleships
	+ 4 armored cruisers
	+ 8 light cruisers
	+ 2 Aircraft Carriers
* Torquia Kingdom
	+ 7 magic ships-of-the-line
* Agarta Kingdom
	+ 6 magic fleet ships
* Magicaraich Community
	+ 7 armored magic steam warships
* Nigrato Union
	+ 4 ship-of-the-lines
	+ 4 Dragon Carriers
* Pandora Greater Magic Principality
	+ 8 magic ships-of-the-line
* Japan
	+ 1 Japan Coast Guard patrol boat *Shikishima*

**Air Squadron**
* 42 Mirishial Alpha-3 fighters
* Mirishial Beta-2 bombers (details unknown numbers)
* Mu Marine fighters (details unknown numbers)
* Grade Atlastar battleship suffers minor damage
* At least 2 Antares fighters
* At least 3 Rigel torpedo bombers
* At least 4 Sirius dive bombers
* Several Warships suffers minor damage
* Heavy Damage on Mu La Kasami Battleship, 15 others destroyed
* Half of Holy Milishial Empire Local Fleet destroyed
* Japanese Shikishima-class patrol boat
* Others fleet destroyed
* Aircrafts and wind dragons
* Port Town Cartalpas nearly destroyed

## Background

The Gra Valkas Fleet that participated in the Naval Battle of Magdola appeared near the Port Town Cartalpas, and each participating fleet was intercepted by a temporary Allied Force to maintain the state of the country. This was unwilling as Mirishial, who knew the difference in strength in advance, but the enemies did not wait and decided to give up evacuating.

The powerful and prideful nations gathered there refused to move and decided to defend the place with the escort ships they brought. Only Japan and Annonrial Empire were concerned since they were aware of Gra Valkas' actual strength. Without any destroyers with them, there's no way their coast guard patrol boat could face off against a WW2 era battleship in which Japanese diplomats lament that they should have taken the Hayabusa-class patrol boat of the JMSDF instead since it has anti-ship missiles. Japan tried to leave but at this point, it was too late since the enemy fleet was already nearby so they have to fight while hoping that the others fleets would stall the GVE force long enough for them to escape back home.

Additionally, during the conference, the diplomat Cielia announces that all of the countries should submit under their rule. When the diplomats of each countries barraging her with anger, she leave the meeting, prompting the Empire to use a "punitive attack" to display their dominance.

## Naval Battle

After the entire Alpha-3 squadron was destroyed by Antares fighters, the World Fleet began to fight the Gra Valkas Navy while the Shikishima crew ready to fight for their life so they can make it back home. The battle began and all ships of all civilized nation were decimated by the 200 Gra Valkas fighter planes flew from the Gra Valkas’ carriers standing offshore. Mirishial Alpha-3 aircrafts and Mu’s Marine aircrafts were unilaterally annihilated, but the Wind Dragon Knights did a good fight to some extent, but did not stop the attacking team. The ratio itself was 1:1 between Wind Dragon Knights and Fighter planes.

The Allied fleet, which had no decent anti-aircraft weapons, had no hands and feet in air attack, especially among wooden non- powerful ships that have been destroyed by bomber guns. It was only the *Fleet-Class Maximal Flash Magic* of the Agartha Magic Fleet that rewarded Gra Valkas’ aircraft with at least destruction of 2 fighters.

The only exception was Japanese patrol boat *Shikishima*, which was equipped with Oerlikon 35 mm twin cannon and JM61 20mm gun. The Gra Valkas aircrafts were shot down down one after the other, and the enemy and allies are greatly surprised. Still, the attacks did not stop, and some began to reach the city.

Suddenly, at the entrance to the strait, the Super-dreadnought battleship, the *Grade Atlastar* suddenly appears with just one ship to form a blockade.

At first glance, it looks like a reckless act, but the power difference with the Allied Fleet was still obvious, and the Allied Fleet is sunk from one level to the next with different levels of firepower. Even the Mirishial’s cruiser, which had been a reliable rope, was pushed out with ease, and Japan's patrol boat *Shikishima* who tried to pass through the strait in a hurry was sunk without mercy. The Allied Forces was be exhausted as more attacks are conducted by the second squadron.

Only one ship, Mu battleship *La Kasami*, was wrecked to the shore by a run-down caused by a shot, but escaped sinking after making some repairs, but all other Allied ships were sunk, and their aircrafts and wind dragons were completely destroyed. The damage of the Gra Valkas was insignificant, except for a few aircraft crashes, the *Grade Atlastar* was one spot of scratches by the Mirishial’s cruiser, and some part of the secondary cannon was damaged and inoperable from Japan's patrol boat *Shikishima*.

After the naval battle, The Port Town Cartalpas was bombed by the air raid and rescue operations for survivors from each nation including Japan were captured were carried out by the battleship *Grade Atlastar* and three other destroyers, and they were detained by the Gra Valka Imperial Navy as prisoners of war.

## Aftermath

Later, the Japanese government demanded the release of non-military Japan Coast Guard personnel. In Gra Valkas, the prisoners are interrogated. Out of all the prisoners, the Japanese remain silent. It is decided that uncooperative prisoners will be executed. The other nations and Japan try to negotiate for the return of their prisoners in the Gra Valkas embassy in Leiforia. Asada tries to convince the Gra Valkas diplomat that those coast guards were not military but police. They refused and confirmed their declaration of war on the world. Later, a public broadcast of the execution of POWs is shown. Once again, another group of Japanese is executed.

Later, this battle marks the start of the New World War between World Union Allied Forces and Gra Valkas Empire.

Meanwhile, escaped from sinking, Mu place their hope on Japan by handing over their precious Battleship *La Kasami* into Japan for refit, repairs, and upgrading it.