Attack on Duro

### Result

**Parpaldia Empire Victory*** Parpaldia successfully repelled the Riem wyvern attack.

**Attack on Duro** is a battle between the Parpaldia Empire and the Riem Kingdom during the Great Naval Invasion of Japan. By the Gra Valkas Empire's will, the Riem Kingdom’s dragon knights ambushed the industrial city of Duro, a part of the Doric Community, causing damage to the Japanese industries and merchant ships of Japan and other countries. It is the second battle on Duro after the JSDF strategic bombing operation conducted against the industrial area in the Japanese-Parpaldian War three years ago.

* Merchant ships damages
* Several citizens died

### Gra Valkas-Riem Coalition

The Gra Valkas Empire lent the port of Xenia for the cruisers and destroyers anchored at Hilkiga and the airbases for the Imperial Army Air Corps stationed on the outskirts of the capital and other cities in the Riem Kingdom. Beidart Sval from the Foreign Affairs Ministry of the Gra Valkas Empire gave royal capital lord Kirtana the document about the explanation that he read that the 44th Task Force and the Imperial Army Air Corps would commence an attack on the Japanese mainland at the same time. However, Kirtana read the last sentence that the Riem Navy Fleet should sort out all ships and use all wyverns to attack Japan. He thought it was not stipulated that wyverns didn't reach the mainland of Japan in the cruising range. Beidart Sval knew the wyvern's cruising range wasn't enough, but Riem had a few dragon carriers.

Furthermore, Beidart Sval informed Kirtana that the Gra Valkas Imperial Foreign Affairs ordered the Riem dragon knights to attack the Duro, the industrial city of Parpaldia Empire, on their own without any Gra Valkas support. The goal was to use the wyverns to destroy the Japanese Embassy and especially merchant ships to reduce Japan's trading capabilities. However, Kirtana disagreed with their operation because the Parpaldia imperial dragon knights operated much stronger wyvern lords than Riem's wyverns. If the Riem Kingdom carried this out, it would be the same as declaring war on both Japan and the Parpaldia Empire, or the Riem Kingdom would perish. Beidart Sval warned him if Gra Valkas Empire obeyed their orders or the Reim Kingdom would be destroyed. Kirtana conveyed the statement from him to King Bank.

On the same day, at a conference with the king, the Riem officials decided to abide by the Gra Valkas Empire's will. The attack order horrified all the Riem officials and King Bank. Since even though the Riem Kingdom committed treachery toward the Japanese by siding with the Gra Valkas, they were not foolish enough to attack the Japanese head-on. Based on their judgment of how fast the JSDF pulverized the Parpaldia Empire, a country stronger than them the Riem Kingdom could not possibly stand a chance. Riem officials desperately pleaded with Gra Valkas Foreign Affairs official Beidart Sval to reconsider the attack but only received the cold shoulder from him, much to the distraught of Riem officials.

At the beginning of the Operation Barbecue, the Gra Valkas Imperial Army Air Corps and the Guti Maun heavy bombers from several bases to take off and merged into their respective formations in the skies. At the same time, the Riem dragon knights took off and headed south to Duro.

### Japan

The Ministry of Defense discovered these slow-flying objects as the Riem wyverns were headed south towards the direction of the Parpaldia Empire while the 548 Gra Valkan aircraft had taken off the Riem on the radar. However, the JSDF ignored the Riem dragon knights that were heading to Duro at Parpaldia Empire since the Guti Maun bombers and 3rd Air Corps were the larger threat and took priority. They had called the Parpaldia imperial government that Riem wyverns were heading for them.

### Parpaldia Empire

Formerly director of the Parpaldia Empire’s Third Foreign Affairs Department, Kaios was now the empire’s head of state. Japan had warned the Parpaldia imperial government in the capital Esthirant that an attack was coming from the Gra Valkas Empire and the Riem Kingdom. However, Kaios received the report that the Riem's wyvern knights were attacking the city of Duro. Understanding that the Riem had thrown in with the Gra Valkas Empire, Kaios ordered his dragon knights on Duro because of self-defense.

## Battle

### Surprise Attack on Duro

Riem dragon knights had launched a surprise attack on Duro, causing damage to the merchant ships of other countries that were docked in Duro Port and wounding and killing their citizens. Parpaldian dragon knights, riding on the wyvern lords, flew toward them and faced them. They fought each other in the battle. While a huge number of Riem wyverns had been shot out of the sky, they were not able to stop them completely, resulting in casualties. Parpaldian dragon knights succeeded in repelling the Riem Kingdom's attack, slaughtering most of the Riem's dragon knights. Although, some of them managed to inflict some damage on the Japanese assets in Duro, mainly merchant ships. In any case, given the great losses Riem suffered, any damage they could cause would be quite small.

## Aftermath

Furious with Riem's transgression, Kaios with support from Emperor Ludius assembled 230 wyvern lords and 42 magic ships-of-the-line, intending to retaliate against the Riem Kingdom, unaware that Japan already decimated Hilkiga by JMSDF BP-3C unguided bomb carpet bombardment in the Hilkiga Air Strike. Without any wyverns or naval fleet to defend the capital, Hilkiga was subjected to utter decimation by the Parpaldian dragon knights and their naval fleet.

At the Mainland Defense Command room in Japan, the Japanese Ministry of Defense heard the communicator’s report that they tracked 230 wyvern lords on the radar that had emerged from the north of the Parpaldia Empire and were heading straight for the capital of the Riem Kingdom. Also, they received a message from the Parpaldia Empire through Foreign Affairs that they tried to counterattack the Riem bases with their dragon knights and a fleet of 42 magic ships-of-the-line. This attack was simply an exercise of the Parpaldia Empire's right to defend themselves against the attack of Riem on the Parpaldia. Japan had no right to stop them in any way. On this day, repeated attacks from wyvern lords and bombardment from magic ships-of-the-line plunged Hilkiga into a sea of flames.