8 - Someday, For The Third Time

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[00:05] I
    I expected this,
[00:06] I
    but I'm amazed at this attack's
    lack of planning.
[00:09] I
    Emergency requisitioning of jackets
    and gloves to keep out the cold!
[00:12] I
    Did the Lieutenant General not know
[00:14] I
    that it gets cold on top of mountains, Suya?
[00:19] Gi
    It pains me to know that my allies on
    the front lines are suffering in the cold.
[00:23] I
    You're as kind as
    the holy mother herself, Suya!
[00:26] I
    When you're feeling cold,
[00:28] I
    I'll hold you tight to warm you up, okay?
[00:31] Gi
    Just start a fire.
[00:35] Gi
    Anyway, we're almost there.
[00:40] Gu
    One, two, three, four...
[00:42] Gu
    Huh? There's not enough.
[00:51] I
    Again, huh?
[00:52] Gu
    Check's complete.
[00:54] I
    I see.
[00:56] I
    Bye.
[00:57] Gu
    Oh, excuse me.
[00:58] Gu
    The officer cadets
    are to go to that tent.
[01:01] Gu
    The commander wishes to see you.
[02:36] Gu
    There were 124 casualties
    in yesterday's battle.
SIGN    Northern Garrison Command Room
[02:41] Gu
    Among them—
[02:41] Gu
    What's taking so damn long?!
[02:43] Gu
    It's been three weeks!
[02:46] Gu
    The men are unused to high elevations
[02:48] Gu
    and have encountered several
    unexpected obstacles.
[02:50] Gu
    We should withdraw—
[02:53] Gu
    We're fighting a bunch of mountain monkeys!
[02:56] Gu
    The only choice is to advance!
[02:59] Gi
    Withdraw our troops?
[03:01] Gi
    What are you thinking?
[03:04] Gu
    We spread the bait.
[03:05] Gu
    That's all.
SIGN    First Lieutenant Amuse Sulkatta
[03:09] Gu
    Your next orders are to transport supplies
    to the next supply point.
[03:14] Gu
    You'll be taking the same things as before.
[03:17] Gu
    Any questions?
[03:20] Gu
    Does that mean we're being sent
    to the front lines as well?
[03:26] Gu
    I wouldn't say the front line, exactly...
[03:29] Gu
    It's just closer to the combat zone
    than you are now.
[03:34] Gu
    Any other questions?
[03:35] Y
    First Lieutenant,
    I don't see any medics here.
[03:39] Y
    Where are they?
[03:41] Gu
    They left for where you're going now.
[03:44] Gu
    There's a dire need for a field hospital.
[03:51] I
    First we're taken off the reserves,
[03:54] I
    and now we're heading to
    the front lines, huh?
[03:57] M
    If Haro and the others are there already...
[04:00] I
    Yeah.
[04:02] I
    Things must be really hot at the front lines.
SIGN    Alafatra Mountains
    3600 meters above sea level
[04:06] Gu
    Push... push...
[04:09] Gi
    I'm tougher than I thought.
[04:14] Gi
    Come on, Azan. Focus on your breathing.
[04:16] Gi
    If you pant, it will only tire you more.
[04:20] Gu
    Yes, ma'am.
[04:21] Gu
    I'm sorry, Private First Class Kanna.
[04:23] Gu
    Halt!
[04:24] Gu
    Stronghold to our front!
[04:26] Gu
    Scouts!
[04:30] Gu
    It's abandoned. Perfect.
[04:33] Gu
    And it's on high ground, too.
[04:35] Gu
    Okay, all units will remain here.
[04:38] Gu
    This can be our camp.
[04:40] Gu
    Now we won't have to climb
    any more for a while.
[04:43] Gu
    You are to defend this location to
    the death until further orders!
[04:47] Gu
    Yes, sir!
[05:01] I
    Haro!
[05:04] I
    It's been a while.
[05:06] I
    Want to eat together?
[05:10] H
    Doesn't this ruin your appetite?
[05:13] I
    It's perfect. I don't have any
     tomatoes to go with the meal.
[05:17] I
    Looks like the field hospital's
    busy every day, huh?
[05:21] H
    Yes.
[05:22] H
    We're almost out of bandages and medicine.
[05:24] I
    For our part, we kept
    running transport missions
[05:27] I
    until we ended up out here.
[05:29] I
    This isn't the rear anymore, is it?
[05:34] H
    Ikta-san,
[05:35] H
    I want to go make a proposal to headquarters.
[05:38] I
    Yeah, you should.
[05:41] I
    The field hospital should be
    further to the rear,
[05:44] I
    or more specifically, someplace lower.
[05:46] H
    Ikta-san, when did you...
[05:49] I
    I've seen a lot of soldiers being
     carried down the mountain
[05:53] I
    with no external wounds.
[05:56] H
    So you noticed...
[06:01] Gu
    Enemy attack!
[06:03] Gu
    Someone fight them!
[06:05] I
    Ikta Platoon, Matthew Platoon,
    Torway Platoon,
[06:09] I
    grab your weapons and line up near the tents!
[06:11] Y
    The Yatorishino Cavalry Platoon
    is to mount and stand by here.
[06:15] Gu
    The enemy...
[06:16] Gu
    Where's the enemy?
[06:18] Y
    They've launched a night attack, Captain.
[06:20] Y
    The enemy probably isn't using any light.
SIGN    Captain Hilmish Nikafarma
[06:23] Gu
    I-I see.
[06:25] Gu
    If we just let the defending
    force handle it...
[06:29] I
    Our platoons will stand by with our weapons
    to the rear of the defending force, then.
[06:34] I
    If the tide turns against us,
    we'll offer support.
[06:38] Gu
    Yes.
[06:39] Gu
    That's right!
[06:42] M
    Hey, Ikta.
[06:43] M
    Shouldn't we meet up
    with the defending force?
[06:47] I
    There's a lot of chaos at the front.
[06:49] I
    If we rush there, we'll be caught up in it.
[06:51] I
    And the captain there will be in control.
[06:54] Y
    Meaning you're our temporary leader, Ikta?
[06:59] I
    You want to attack if possible, right?
[07:02] I
    And I want to move as little as possible,
[07:04] I
    so our interests coincide.
[07:06] Y
    Oh, could you see it on my face?
[07:09] Y
    I'll have to learn to control myself better.
[07:16] M
    The enemy?
[07:17] I
    No, allies.
[07:19] I
    They're being chased from the rear.
[07:21] Y
    This isn't good.
[07:22] Y
    They're out of formation.
[07:24] Y
    Both enemy and ally are following after them.
[07:28] I
    All infantry, ready your swords!
[07:32] I
    Warrant Officers Torway and Matthew,
[07:33] I
    do not open fire until
    our allies have passed!
[07:36] I
    Ikta Platoon's light troops,
    prepare to attack!
[07:39] I
    Equip your partner to your crossbows!
[07:42] I
    Yatorishino's Cavalry Platoon
    is to stand by to the rear.
[07:45] I
    I'll send the attack signal later!
[07:49] M
    Ikta, I know it's embarrassing,
[07:52] M
    but can I ask you something?
[07:54] I
    Anything, my friend Matthew.
[07:58] M
    How can I be as calm as you?
[08:04] I
    Once upon a time there was a brave general,
[08:07] I
    and a cowardly general.
[08:09] I
    One day the cowardly general
    asked the brave general,
[08:14] I
    "How can I avoid being afraid of battle?"
[08:18] I
    The brave general asked him
    a question instead.
[08:21] I
    "How can I stay sane in
    that hell, like you do?"
[08:26] I
    You've recognized your cowardice,
[08:28] I
    and you want to fix it.
[08:31] I
    Which means you're more
    than calm enough already.
[08:34] I
    Matthew!
[08:43] I
    Ikta Platoon, aim forward!
[08:51] I
    Beams on!
[08:56] I
    Charge!
[09:05] I
    A second wave's coming!
    Matthew! Torway!
[09:08] M
    Fire!
[09:13] I
    Okay, finish it!
[09:15] I
    Yatori!
[09:19] Y
    Charge!
[09:26] Y
    All troops, draw swords!
[09:28] Y
    Charge through the middle to split the enemy,
[09:31] Y
    and then wipe them out!
[09:37] Gu
    Don't separate!
[09:39] Gu
    Regroup!
[09:40] Gu
    Regroup!
[09:58] Gi
    Warrant Officer, the enemy was
    almost completely eliminated.
[10:01] Gi
    No casualties on our side.
[10:03] Gi
    It was...
[10:05] I
    Too easy?
[10:08] Gi
    No... Um...
[10:11] I
    If you thought it was easy, good.
[10:14] I
    If it's a bad job, you should
    at least make it easy.
[10:25] Gi
    Are you okay?
[10:27] Gu
    I'm really sorry, um...
[10:31] Gi
    What?
[10:33] Gu
    Thanks for all this...
[10:35] Gu
    You kind of remind me of my mom.
[10:39] Gi
    Give me a break.
[10:40] Gi
    I'm not that old—
[10:43] Gi
    Well, I was married.
[10:45] Gu
    You were?
[10:46] Gi
    He died right after,
[10:48] Gi
    and his family kicked me out.
[10:51] Gi
    The only thing they gave me was a book.
[10:53] Gu
    A book?
[10:54] Gi
    They had this huge library.
[10:57] Gi
    When I wasn't doing chores, I'd always read.
[11:01] Gu
    You really do like books.
[11:04] Gi
    Yeah, they're great.
[11:06] Gi
    It's like your whole world's expanding.
[11:11] Gi
    Especially the Great Alafatra Survey Records.
[11:14] Gi
    Come to think of it, I wonder
    if Ikkun-dono is doing well.
[11:19] Gu
    Ikkun-dono?
[11:21] Gi
    He's a weird guy,
[11:23] Gi
    but he'd read that book,
[11:25] Gi
    and he said I was a fellow student.
[11:28] Gu
    Are you close?
[11:30] Gi
    No, we just met each other twice.
[11:33] Gi
    He's like a book, though—he knows a lot.
[11:37] Gu
    You're looking forward to
     seeing him again, then?
[11:43] Gi
    Yeah.
[11:44] Gi
    What should I ask him the next time we meet?
[11:55] Gu
    We're completely surrounded.
[12:01] Gu
    They deliberately left the fortress empty.
[12:04] Gu
    We've fallen into a trap!
[12:18] I
    Hey, Suya,
[12:19] I
    our mission was to deliver supplies
    to the camp at the front lines, right?
[12:24] Gi
    Yes.
[12:25] Gi
    If necessary, I can repeat it to you.
[12:30] Gu
    The camp was taken?!
[12:31] Gu
    Curse you!
SIGN    First Lieutenant Manubans Najiru
[12:32] Gu
    Now we can't deliver the supplies!
[12:36] Y
    That's their goal, probably.
[12:38] Y
    We'll need a full reevaluation
    of our supply lines.
[12:42] Gu
    You're overstepping your bounds!
[12:44] Gu
    Warrant Officer Ikta!
    Warrant Officer Matthew!
[12:46] Gu
    I order your group to perform
    force reconnaissance!
[12:49] I
    Um... First Lieutenant Najiru?
[12:52] I
    The enemy has approximately
    two platoons worth of soldiers.
[12:56] I
    It may be a bad idea to fight them in equal
    numbers under unfavorable conditions.
[13:01] Gu
    Shut up!
[13:02] Gu
    The order's been given!
[13:04] I
    Can you at least give us
    Torway's platoon as support, then?
[13:09] Gu
    Shut up!
[13:10] T
    I'll go! Please let me go, First Lieutenant!
[13:13] Gu
    Silence!
[13:14] I
    One hour.
[13:15] I
    How about that?
[13:17] Gu
    What?
[13:19] I
    I'll take the whole thing back in an hour...
[13:22] I
    if you leave it to my platoon.
[13:27] M
    That's crazy.
[13:28] M
    You can't bring down
     that fortress in an hour.
[13:31] I
    Matthew, my friend,
[13:33] I
    if this goes well, it won't take 20 minutes.
[13:36] I
    Right, hottie?
[13:37] T
    If we are thinking the same thing,
[13:40] T
    it won't take that much time.
[13:42] T
    As long as we can get in position...
[13:45] T
    I'll give you six from my platoon,
    including me.
[13:48] M
    Wait, what's the plan here?
[13:52] M
    You have Torway provide
    fire support from above,
[13:54] M
    and we charge in?
[13:56] I
    That's right.
[13:58] I
    Worried about something, Matthew?
[14:00] M
    I'm worried about everything!
[14:03] M
    An air gun has an effective range
    of 40 meters at best!
[14:06] M
    There's 150 meters from there
    to the enemy camp!
[14:09] M
    It's not going to hit!
[14:11] M
    And with only six people,
    you can't fire enough bullets
[14:13] M
    to make up for the drop in accuracy.
[14:17] I
    Thank you for that excellent summary.
[14:19] I
    You're very good at making it easy
    for others to understand
[14:24] I
    what it is that you don't understand.
[14:26] M
    That's not a compliment!
[14:28] M
    And it's because nothing you do
    ever makes any sense!
[14:31] I
    Now, now, calm down.
[14:33] I
    You'll know soon.
[14:38] Gu
    The enemy's here!
[14:39] Gu
    Everyone get to your positions!
[14:41] Gu
    Get that cannon ready!
[14:48] Gu
    Don't rush. Let them get closer.
[14:52] Gu
    Ready, now!
[14:56] Gu
    Where are they firing from?
[15:02] T
    The trick is to aim at
    the artillery soldier's chest.
[15:05] T
    Equip the bullet.
[15:08] T
    Aim at the man to the left.
[15:13] M
    How can he hit them from so far away?
[15:18] T
    He dug small ridges in the barrel
    of the gun to make the bullet spin.
[15:24] T
    That makes it go in a straighter line,
[15:26] T
    and a more stable trajectory.
[15:28] T
    That alone makes it around five times
    more accurate than a normal air gun.
[15:38] T
    It's new technology that old man Anarai
    put into use in Kioka,
[15:41] T
    and told me about, too.
[15:44] T
    The air rifle.
[15:46] T
    No enemies in sight.
    Consider them suppressed.
[15:49] T
    Proceeding to support Point Two.
[15:54] I
    It's about time, huh?
[15:56] I
    Okay, charge!
[16:08] M
    The bullet's path is amazingly stable.
[16:10] M
    It's much less open to luck.
[16:13] M
    This really is revolutionary.
[16:16] Y
    So this is part of the technology
    hidden in Anarai's box?
[16:20] I
    It's still a prototype,
    so there are only 40 of them.
[16:25] Y
    The Empire lost a valuable man to Kioka.
[16:28] Y
    Or perhaps I should say a terrifying man.
[16:33] I
    Don't worry about that.
[16:36] I
    Old man Anarai wouldn't want one country
    to have a technological advantage.
[16:42] I
    He's very concerned with
    keeping things balanced.
[16:44] M
    I still can't believe you shut down
     six cannons with three shooters.
[16:51] T
    I think these air rifles are going to
    change what it means to be a gunner.
[16:56] T
    And to adapt to this new era of technology,
[16:59] T
    I came up with a new class
    of soldier, called a "sniper."
[17:06] M
    "Sniper?"
[17:08] Gi
    Warrant Officer Solork!
[17:09] Gi
    I'm coming to you since
     First Lieutenant Najiru is absent!
[17:12] Gi
    The camp on the front lines
    is requesting aid!
SIGN    32nd Air Gun Platoon Sergeant Major Higgins
[17:18] Gu
    My camp, a day away by foot,
[17:22] Gu
    is surrounded by the enemy
[17:24] Gu
    and in danger of being wiped out!
[17:26] Gu
    You must go to rescue them immediately!
[17:31] M
    Hey, are you okay?
[17:33] I
    Call a medic.
[17:35] I
    And tell no one of this.
[17:38] I
    I'll give the orders.
[17:42] I
    None of the superior officers have realized.
[17:58] I
    Halt!
[18:01] I
    We will make camp for two days here!
[18:05] T
    Ikkun, there's no time to rest!
[18:08] M
    What do you mean?
[18:10] M
    We don't know what's going on over there!
[18:12] Gu
    Our troops still have the strength to go on!
[18:16] I
    That's not the problem.
[18:18] I
    There's another reason we have
    to wait two days here to prepare,
[18:23] I
    or we can't go any higher up.
[18:25] Y
    We need to adapt to the altitude.
[18:28] I
    We're fighting a deadly battle on
    top of the Great Alafatra Mountains.
[18:34] I
    If you want to do something weird like that,
[18:37] I
    you need to obey the rules of high places.
[18:42] T
    The rules of high places?
[18:44] I
    The air is thinner up high.
[18:46] I
    That causes all kinds of sickness.
[18:50] I
    Dr. Anarai called it Alpine Sickness.
[18:55] Gi
    Hey, hang in there!
[18:59] Gi
    He's so frail...
[19:02] Gi
    Help me, Azan.
[19:04] Gi
    Azan?
[19:08] Gu
    It's dark...
[19:09] Gu
    It's so dark, even though it's midday.
[19:15] Gi
    Azan!
[19:18] I
    My highest priority is
    keeping my comrades here safe.
[19:24] I
    And in order to do that,
    I cannot skip the altitude adaptation step.
[19:29] I
    So we can't go save them yet.
[19:31] I
    Not until two days pass and
    your bodies adapt to this altitude.
[19:37] I
    This is an order.
[19:38] I
    Please follow it.
[19:56] I
    Halt!
[19:59] M
    Well?
[20:00] M
    How's it look, Ikta?
[20:04] Y
    I'm willing to attack immediately.
[20:08] I
    No need.
[20:11] I
    I don't see any allies
    moving in the fortress.
[20:14] I
    Which means it's all over.
[20:38] I
    We had the choice to go save them, or not.
[20:44] I
    The risks, the chances of victory...
[20:45] I
    I hate to say it,
[20:47] I
    but sometimes on the battlefield
    you have to make hard choices.
[20:51] I
    We won't be able to carry the bodies down—
[20:56] Y
    Get the tags from the dead commander...
[21:00] Y
    Ikta?
[21:05] I
    Of all the places...
[21:20] I
    I met you twice.
[21:24] (Flashback) Gi
    You're a weird guy, Ikkun.
[21:29] I
    I...
[21:32] I
    I was looking forward to the third time.
[21:41] I
    Goodbye, Kanna.
[21:47] Narr
    A splendid victory,
     brought about by his command,
[21:51] Narr
    and a bitter conclusion,
    brought about by his choice.
[21:55] Narr
    Ikta Solork gained both on this battlefield.
SIGN    Someday, For The Third Time
SIGN    Next time: "The Fate of a Small Reputation."
SIGN    The Fate of a Small Reputation