# Season 1
# E1 - The Devil of the Rhine
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**[01:04] Soldiers**
My eyes!
**[01:06] Soldiers**
Medic! Someone get me a medic!
**[01:08] Soldiers**
It's no good! The reinforcements are
just a random group of mages!
**[01:30] Soldiers**
A mage?
**[01:36] Soldiers**
What are you doing, Visha?
**[01:40] Soldiers**
We can't provide air support anymore!
**[01:42] Soldiers**
*What are the platoon commander's orders?*
**[01:44] Visha**
Sh-She cannot allow us to retreat.
**[01:47] Visha**
We are to continue delaying
the enemy till the end.
**[01:58] Tanya**
Believers, have faith in the Lord's blessings.
**[02:02] Tanya**
For the Lord will not abandon us.
**[02:07] Tanya**
Give me the power to destroy
the enemies of the Fatherland.
**[02:25] Visha**
An explosion spell...
**[02:30] Tanya**
If you have time for idle chatter,
**[02:33] Tanya**
spend it doing all you can to survive.
**[02:40] Visha**
Platoon Commander?
**[02:42] Tanya**
We are soldiers.
**[02:44] Tanya**
If the brass tells us to
do something, we do it.
**[02:54] Tanya**
*Second Lieutenant Tanya Degurechaff.*
**[02:57] Tanya**
*Amidst the downpour of shells and bullets,*
**[03:00] Tanya**
*she flew high and nobly.*
**[03:03] Tanya**
*Like a fairy of the battlefield.*
**[03:15] Narrator**
* In a cursed world,*
* always engulfed in the flames of war,*
**[03:18] Narrator**
*there was a nation known as the Empire.*
**[03:22] Narrator**
* Its vast military and industrial power*
* made it virtually synonymous with victory.*
**[03:29] Narrator**
* It possessed a large number of*
* brilliant military minds and mages,*
**[03:33] Narrator**
* but it was surrounded on all sides*
* by strong potential enemies.*
**[03:40] Narrator**
* For this reason,*
* its military formulated Plan 315,*
**[03:46] Narrator**
* wherein border forces carried out*
* delaying actions in all theaters,*
**[03:50] Narrator**
* buying time for a highly mobile,*
* concentrated main force to travel*
**[03:53] Narrator**
*to each area and defeat the enemy there.*
**[03:55] Narrator**
*At least, that was the plan.*
***SIGN*** Unified Year 1924, Imperial Capital Berun
***SIGN*** Imperial Strategic Headquarters
**[04:13] General**
What is the situation in the Rhine theater?
**[04:16] General**
When will the main force be deployed there?
***SIGN*** Vice Director of Strategy and Operations
Lieutenant Colonel Erich von Rerugen
**[04:20] Rerugen**
Movement from the northern areas
is being delayed.
***SIGN*** Deputy of Strategy and Operations
Brigadier General Kurt von Rudersdorf
**[04:24] Rerugen**
We must adjust the rail and ship schedules,
**[04:27] Rerugen**
so the deployment
will take another two weeks.
**[04:31] Kurt**
We must pull back the lines even more?
**[04:34] Kurt**
The western industrial areas
will be endangered.
**[04:37] Erich**
We don't even have enough reserves
to send reinforcements.
**[04:42] Erich**
We've been caught totally off-guard.
**[04:46] Kurt**
From the start, a major offensive against
the Entente Alliance was a mistake!
**[04:52] Kurt**
If we'd kept ourselves to
a limited mobilization...
**[04:58] Hans**
We were the ones who failed to convince
**[05:02] Hans**
the higher-ups that they were wrong
about the Republic's not mobilizing.
***SIGN*** Vice Director of Strategy and Operations
Brigadier General Hans von Zettour
**[05:08] Hans**
Plan 315 is no longer viable.
**[05:12] Hans**
Since our attempts to delay
the enemy aren't working,
**[05:15] Hans**
we'll have to move to a mobile defense, right?
**[05:19] Erich**
But that will be difficult,
given the state of the Rhine theater.
**[05:23] Erich**
Our forces are depleted and exhausted,
so it's beyond their capacity.
**[05:26] Hans**
We've already grabbed every
spare soldier we could to send there.
**[05:32] Hans**
That will buy some time.
**[05:35] Kurt**
I suppose it helps to have
a talented contemporary, huh?
**[05:40] Hans**
Isn't that statement premature?
**[05:43] Erich**
What?
**[05:44] Hans**
Reports say we've lost over half
the units we've deployed.
**[05:49] Hans**
They say the Rhine theater
is now a living hell.
***SIGN*** Imperial Army 205th Assault Mage Company Platoon 3 Commander
Second Lieutenant Tanya Degurechaff
**[06:22] Tanya**
Enemies sighted on the ground, two o'clock.
**[06:24] Tanya**
Artillery spell.
**[06:27] Tanya**
Fire!
**[06:27] Visha**
R-Right!
***SIGN*** Platoon 3 Member
Corporal Viktoriya Serebryakov
**[06:32] Soldiers**
It's coming from above!
**[06:33] Soldiers**
Damn the bastards!
**[06:36] Soldiers**
Die! Die!
***SIGN*** Platoon 3 Member
Corporal Harald von Vist
**[06:38] Soldiers**
Take this...
**[06:39] Soldiers**
You Republican bastards!
***SIGN*** Platoon 3 Member
Corporal Kurst von Walhorf
**[06:47] Soldiers**
Artillery...
**[06:49] Soldiers**
Take out the artillery.
**[06:50] Soldiers**
Come with me, Harald!
**[06:52] Soldiers**
Roger!
**[06:53] Tanya**
Both of you corporals, get back here.
**[06:55] Tanya**
Our mission is to delay the enemy
via flanking attacks.
**[06:59] Soldiers**
*Let us go, please.*
**[07:00] Soldiers**
*Now's our chance!*
**[07:02] Tanya**
Your chance to what?
**[07:03] Tanya**
Get back here!
**[07:04] Tanya**
This is an order!
**[07:05] Soldiers**
*Take this!*
**[07:08] Soldiers**
*All right!*
**[07:09] Soldiers**
*Did you see that, Commander?*
**[07:11] Soldiers**
*We'll keep going and crush the artillery!*
**[07:32] Soldiers**
Too tired to eat, huh?
**[07:35] Soldiers**
Force it down if you have to.
**[07:37] Soldiers**
You won't last otherwise.
**[07:44] Visha**
They say the 202nd and 203rd Companies
were wiped out.
**[07:50] Soldiers**
I volunteered to come to the front lines.
**[07:54] Soldiers**
And now I've gotta work for that lieutenant?
**[07:57] Soldiers**
Platoon 3, of the 205th.
**[08:00] Soldiers**
Your captain is calling you.
**[08:04] Soldiers**
We're being sent back home?
**[08:06] Tanya**
I would say you're getting off lightly.
**[08:08] Tanya**
Be grateful.
**[08:11] Tanya**
The army has no need for officer candidates
who disobey orders.
**[08:15] Soldiers**
But we were trying to take out the artillery!
**[08:18] Soldiers**
You know how many of our infantry
they took out, don't you?
**[08:21] Tanya**
Is that all you have to say?
**[08:24] Tanya**
An army is an organization.
**[08:25] Tanya**
And organizations are nothing without rules!
**[08:28] Tanya**
Dismissed.
**[08:32] Soldiers**
I... I refuse to accept this!
**[08:36] Soldiers**
I volunteered to come to the front lines!
**[08:39] Soldiers**
My only choices are victory or death!
**[08:43] Soldiers**
Me, too.
**[08:45] Soldiers**
I agree with Corporal Kurst.
**[08:47] Soldiers**
A man of the Empire is expected to be brave!
**[08:51] Tanya**
Then you're saying you'll disobey
your superior officer's orders again?!
**[08:57] Visha**
Lieutenant!
**[09:06] Tanya**
I'll take your opinion under advisement.
**[09:09] Tanya**
But you'd best be prepared
to face some punishment.
**[09:38] Soldier**
Corporal Serebryakov,
***SIGN*** Imperial Army 205th Assault Mage Company Commander
First Lieutenant Ihlen Schwarzkopf
**[09:40] Soldier**
is something wrong?
**[09:42] Visha**
Sch... Lieutenant Schwarzkopf!
**[09:45] Visha**
Um, I don't see Corporal Kurst
or Corporal Harald.
**[09:49] Soldier**
That's right.
**[09:50] Soldier**
You were in their class, weren't you?
**[09:52] Soldier**
They've been transferred
to the rear as of today.
**[09:55] Visha**
To the rear?
**[09:58] Soldier**
Yeah.
**[09:59] Soldier**
They must be standing by in a pillbox now.
**[10:04] Soldier**
This was at the suggestion of
Lieutenant Degurechaff.
**[10:09] Soldier**
I heard they made her angry.
**[10:12] Visha**
Y-Yes.
**[10:13] Visha**
I was sure they'd be harshly punished...
**[10:20] Visha**
I see.
**[10:22] Visha**
They're being sent to the rear,
where it's safe.
**[11:03] Tanya**
If you're wearing that uniform,
contribute to your country.
**[11:06] Tanya**
The Empire doesn't have resources
to waste on weak soldiers.
**[11:10] Visha**
R-Right.
**[11:13] Tanya**
Corporal Serebryakov!
**[11:14] Visha**
Yes?
**[11:15] Tanya**
Call an emergency meeting.
**[11:20] Schwarzkopf**
Bad news, everyone.
**[11:24] Schwarzkopf**
Our 403rd Mage Company suddenly encountered
**[11:27] Schwarzkopf**
and entered combat with
two companies of enemy mages.
**[11:30] Schwarzkopf**
And they can't use artillery because
the observer mages were targeted,
**[11:34] Schwarzkopf**
meaning they can no longer spot the shells.
**[11:37] Tanya**
Enemy observer-hunters?
**[11:39] Schwarzkopf**
Oh, right.
**[11:40] Schwarzkopf**
You've encountered them in the north,
Lieutenant Degurechaff.
**[11:44] Tanya**
And I never want to go through that again.
**[11:47] Schwarzkopf**
We will leave immediately
to rescue the observers.
**[11:51] Schwarzkopf**
Any questions?
**[11:54] Tanya**
We can perform a delaying action,
**[11:56] Tanya**
but rescuing them will be difficult.
**[11:59] Schwarzkopf**
Even with that Type-95?
**[12:02] Tanya**
I can still fight,
but Corporal Serebryakov is at her limit.
**[12:07] Tanya**
I don't want to be the kind of incompetent
who goes to rescue someone,
**[12:12] Tanya**
only to lose them and her soldier.
**[12:15] Visha**
Company Commander, I volunteer for this!
**[12:18] Visha**
I volunteer for the rescue mission!
**[12:21] Tanya**
Stop.
**[12:22] Tanya**
You can't do it.
**[12:23] Visha**
I-I'm an Imperial soldier, too.
**[12:27] Visha**
I'm certain I can complete the mission!
**[12:30] Tanya**
Corporal!
**[12:30] Visha**
Company Commander!
**[12:32] Visha**
Please, please let me go!
**[12:36] Schwarzkopf**
You heard her, Second Lieutenant.
**[12:38] Schwarzkopf**
I understand your concerns,
but she says she's all right.
**[12:43] Tanya**
Roger.
**[12:45] Tanya**
I'll do the best I can.
**[12:50] Visha**
Lieutenant Degurechaff!
**[12:55] Visha**
Thank you.
**[12:56] Tanya**
Corporal,
**[12:58] Tanya**
you're really ready for this, right?
**[13:01] Visha**
Yes, ma'am.
**[13:02] Tanya**
Understood.
**[13:04] Tanya**
Time for work, then.
**[13:12] Visha**
Right!
**[13:26] Soldier**
Command Post, this is Bravo 01.
**[13:29] Soldier**
Enemy mages are stopping us
from artillery spotting!
**[13:34] Soldier**
How much longer will reinforcements take?
**[13:37] Soldier**
*Command Post to Bravo 01.*
**[13:39] Soldier**
*The 205th Mage Company is en route.*
**[13:42] Soldier**
*403rd Mage Company, continue spotting.*
**[13:46] Soldier**
Damn it!
**[13:47] Soldier**
Don't they understand what's going on?!
***SIGN*** Republican Army 106th Recon Mage Company
***SIGN*** Republican Army 106th Recon Mage Company Commander
First Lieutenant Augustin Hosman
**[14:05] Soldier**
I'd heard the Imperial mages were good.
**[14:08] Soldier**
Guess you can't trust rumors...
**[14:11] Soldier**
Troops, find the remaining observers!
**[14:15] Soldier**
I've been trying, but they appear
to be hiding in the trenches.
**[14:20] Soldier**
Then blow away anywhere
you think they might be.
**[14:23] Soldier**
But a wide-area explosion spell
will drain our magic.
**[14:28] Soldier**
It doesn't matter.
**[14:29] Soldier**
Maximum firepower.
**[14:40] Soldier**
"A-Attention, all units.
We've lost contact with friendly observers."
**[14:44] Tanya**
What a mess.
**[14:46] Visha**
Sh-Should we turn back?
**[14:47] Tanya**
No, it's a shame we weren't in time,
**[14:50] Tanya**
but we're inside enemy firing range.
**[14:52] Tanya**
We've gotta earn our pay.
**[14:56] Visha**
W-We only have one platoon.
**[14:58] Visha**
We can't fight a whole company.
**[15:01] Tanya**
You said you were ready for this.
**[15:05] Tanya**
Our enemy is on an exhausting,
long-range mission.
**[15:09] Tanya**
And they've used a lot of firepower
to take out our observers.
**[15:13] Tanya**
There's a good chance we can win.
**[15:18] Tanya**
* But I guess losing new troops already*
* would hurt my promotion chances.*
**[15:24] Tanya**
You are to rendezvous with
Lieutenant Schwarzkopf and provide support.
**[15:28] Tanya**
I'll go ahead and destroy three platoons.
**[15:31] Tanya**
The rest are yours.
**[15:34] Tanya**
Man, it's rough being a salaryman.
**[15:37] Visha**
S-Salary...?
**[15:40] Tanya**
I pray unto God.
**[15:43] Tanya**
Lord, save my Fatherland.
**[15:53] Soldiers**
Magical signature, probably hostile,
approaching at high speed.
**[15:56] Soldiers**
Visual confirmation on enemy target.
**[15:58] Soldiers**
Distance, 2,000 meters.
**[16:00] Soldiers**
1,800... 1,600...
**[16:02] Soldiers**
She's fast!
**[16:03] Soldiers**
They've gone mad, huh?
**[16:05] Soldiers**
Prepare to intercept!
**[16:07] Soldiers**
Fire!
**[16:19] Soldiers**
What are you doing?
**[16:26] Background**
Unable to maintain flight spell!
Leaving the battlefield!
**[16:26] Soldier**
Scatter and climb!
**[16:28] Soldier**
Get as high as you can!
**[16:31] Soldier**
Commander!
**[16:53] Soldier**
Damn it.
**[16:54] Soldier**
Payback for Sean!
**[17:16] Soldier**
How high up is she going?
**[17:19] Soldier**
Commander, this is our max altitude.
**[17:28] ---**
Impossible.
**[17:29] Soldier**
She's over 10,000 meters in the air.
**[17:47] Tanya**
Attention.
**[17:48] Tanya**
*You are trespassing on Imperial territory.*
**[17:52] Soldier**
An open comms channel?
**[17:53] Soldier**
And this voice...
**[17:55] Soldier**
So she is just a kid?
**[17:57] Tanya**
This is our sky!
**[18:00] Tanya**
Our home!
**[18:02] Tanya**
*If you would stand against the Empire,*
**[18:05] Tanya**
*we shall eliminate you without mercy.*
**[18:07] Tanya**
*This is our task!*
**[18:09] Visha**
What an amazing patriot she is.
**[18:12] Tanya**
Answer me!
**[18:14] Tanya**
Why do you invade the Empire,
our homeland?
**[18:20] Soldier**
If you want to play more,
**[18:21] Soldier**
I'll give you some lead toys!
**[18:23] Soldier**
Fire!
**[18:26] Soldier**
A decoy.
**[18:31] Tanya**
No room to negotiate, huh?
**[18:33] Soldier**
You bitch!
**[18:47] Tanya**
Spatial coordinates identified.
**[18:48] Tanya**
Calculating stochastic evasion routes
for all targets.
**[18:52] Tanya**
Magical energy in chamber
within normal parameters.
**[18:56] Tanya**
*Attention, all allies. Prepare for impact.*
**[19:10] Tanya**
Oh, Lord... Save our Fatherland
from these faithless invaders.
**[19:19] Tanya**
At the end of our long road,
**[19:22] Tanya**
we shall reach the promised land!
**[19:29] Soldier**
Detecting massive magical signature!
**[19:37] Soldier**
Is she the devil?
**[19:53] Schwarzkopf**
A diffusive magical explosion,
**[19:56] Schwarzkopf**
caused when magic under maximum pressure
mixes with the surrounding air.
**[20:00] Schwarzkopf**
Even if you dodge the impact,
**[20:02] Schwarzkopf**
you can't escape the oxygen deprivation
or carbon monoxide poisoning that follows.
**[20:07] Schwarzkopf**
We didn't need to provide any support.
**[20:12] Schwarzkopf**
In this cruel world of wars,
**[20:14] Schwarzkopf**
there's no mage you can count on like her.
**[20:23] Tanya**
The battle is over.
**[20:26] Tanya**
Surrender now, and we'll guarantee
your rights as prisoners
**[20:30] Tanya**
under the Treaty of Worms.
***SIGN*** Republican Capital Parisee
***SIGN*** Ministry of Defense
**[20:54] Officers**
This is the record of a computation jewel,
***SIGN*** Republic Army 2nd Mage Company
Lieutenant Colonel Severin Bientot
**[20:57] Officers**
which was recovered after a certain battle.
**[21:00] Officers**
This single mage wiped out the 106th Company.
**[21:07] Officers**
Her appearance was first confirmed
two months ago.
**[21:11] Officers**
She's a named mage
whose background is unclear,
**[21:13] Officers**
but our soldiers call her...
**[21:18] Officers**
"The Devil of the Rhine"?
**[21:24] Erich**
Redeployment of our central forces
to the Rhine has been completed.
**[21:30] Kurt**
So we somehow made it in time.
**[21:33] Kurt**
We put pretty heavy demands on you, huh?
**[21:35] Hans**
Don't worry about it.
**[21:37] Hans**
It's all for our country's sake.
**[21:39] Kurt**
I must thank you somehow.
**[21:41] Kurt**
How about one of my best bottles of wine?
**[21:44] Hans**
I'm afraid I've put off drinking
until our victory.
**[21:48] Kurt**
Stubborn...
**[21:55] Kurt**
Lieutenant Colonel Rerugen,
**[21:57] Kurt**
is something wrong?
**[21:59] Erich**
No, it's just...
**[22:01] Kurt**
Just what?
**[22:03] Erich**
W-Well, this report says
**[22:07] Erich**
that Second Lieutenant Tanya Degurechaff
was sent to the Rhine theater.
**[22:13] Visha**
Kurst and Harald are dead?
**[22:16] Soldier**
While they were on standby,
an enemy shell struck their pillbox.
**[22:21] Soldier**
It's a shame.
**[22:23] Visha**
No.
**[22:25] Visha**
Does the platoon commander know?
**[22:28] Soldier**
No, probably not yet.
**[22:32] Kurt**
The one called "White Silver"?
**[22:34] Kurt**
The one who was awarded
the Silver Wings Assault Badge?
**[22:37] Kurt**
It's surprising to see an ace at her age.
**[22:40] Hans**
What about her?
**[22:43] Erich**
I once had the opportunity to
see Lieutenant Degurechaff.
**[22:50] Visha**
Excuse me.
**[22:52] Visha**
There's something I want to report.
**[22:55] Tanya**
What is it?
**[22:56] Visha**
Corporals Kurst and Harald—
**[23:00] Tanya**
They're dead?
**[23:01] Visha**
Wh-Where did you learn that?
**[23:03] Tanya**
It's self-evident.
**[23:06] Tanya**
A pillbox doesn't move.
It's an ideal target for artillery.
**[23:10] Tanya**
A perfect place for men who wanted to die.
**[23:15] Erich**
If I may be so forward as
to give you my opinion.
**[23:20] Visha**
You didn't know this would happen, did you?
**[23:28] Erich**
She is...
**[23:30] Erich**
a monster in the form of a little girl!
***SIGN*** Episode 01 The Devil of the Rhine
***SIGN*** This program is fiction. All persons, groups, places, laws, and names appearing in it have no relation to the real world.
# E2 - Prologue
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***SIGN*** 2013 AD, Tokyo
**[00:16] Man**
*I'm aware of my deficiencies as a human.*
**[00:20] Man**
* My personality is twisted in various ways,*
* and I have every complex imaginable.*
**[00:24] Man**
*But...*
**[00:26] Man**
*I'm superior to the incompetent before me.*
**[00:29] Man**
No...
**[00:30] Man**
Why?
**[00:32] Man**
* In terms of cost-benefits,*
* I've made myself quite valuable,*
**[00:36] Man**
*unlike this incompetent.*
***SIGN*** Talented Employee Award
You are receiving this award in recognition of
your contributions to the company through
the establishment of business processes.
**[00:39] Man**
P-Please...
**[00:41] Man**
I have my daughter's tuition to consider,
and the loan on my house...
**[00:45] Man**
You've missed work without
permission multiple times,
**[00:48] Man**
and you've ignored company orders
to improve your work.
**[00:52] Man**
Now, then...
**[00:53] Man**
What reason does the company have
to continue employing you?
**[00:59] Man**
W-Wait a second... Please!
***SIGN*** Improve Your Skills More Than Ever
Career Support Book
What You Need To Work the Way Only You Can
**[01:03] Man**
Please leave.
**[01:05] Man**
*As long as I'm being paid for my labor,*
**[01:08] Man**
* I'll do my job and tell people*
* they're laid off, even if it's a pain.*
**[01:11] Man**
* Obeying company rules is*
* the easiest thing in the world.*
***SIGN*** Freedom of Choice
**[01:27] Man**
* One need not look to*
* the Chicago school to understand*
**[01:30] Man**
* that a system requires rules*
* to function smoothly.*
***SIGN*** Train Arriving
**[01:33] ---**
*If I follow the rules,*
**[01:37] Man**
* I can ride the rails right to*
* the department chief's chair.*
**[01:43] Man**
*And life will become nice and easy.*
**[01:52] Man**
*At least, that was the plan...*
**[01:56] Man**
*I guess the kind of person who gets laid off*
**[01:59] Man**
* will prioritize an immediate,*
* emotional impulse over reason.*
**[02:28] Man**
*What?*
**[02:32] Man**
*What happened?*
**[02:34] Man**
*What is this?*
**[02:37] God**
I'm getting tired of this.
**[02:41] God**
Humans these days
have no sense of right and wrong.
**[02:46] God**
They've strayed too far
from the laws of the universe.
**[02:49] Man**
*What are they saying?*
**[02:51] God**
They have no ability to empathize with others.
**[02:54] God**
And not a trace of faith in their Creator.
**[02:58] Man**
The Creator?
**[03:00] God**
Indeed.
**[03:02] Man**
I see.
**[03:03] Man**
So I am to understand that
the being known as "God"
**[03:07] Man**
has stopped time in the moments
before my death,
**[03:12] Man**
appearing as people around me?
**[03:15] God**
Indeed.
**[03:17] Man**
Listen...
**[03:19] Man**
I'm sorry to say this after
you came all the way down here,
**[03:22] Man**
but I reject God's existence, from both
realistic and rational perspectives.
**[03:27] God**
What?
**[03:29] Man**
Thinking logically,
**[03:31] Man**
only God or the devil could exist
beyond our knowledge of the world.
***SIGN*** Prices Rise Sharply The Invisible Hand of God
**[03:35] Man**
But hypothetically, if God were to exist,
**[03:38] Man**
he would never let this absurdity happen.
**[03:43] Man**
In other words, you must be...
**[03:45] God**
The devil?
**[03:46] Man**
Or perhaps something similar,
which we could call "Being X."
**[03:51] God**
Apparently, you truly do lack faith.
**[03:55] Man**
It's senseless to start lecturing me on faith.
**[03:59] Man**
If a thing like this is going to happen,
**[04:01] Man**
you need to submit the details to me
in advance and in writing.
**[04:05] God**
I am that which returns people to the
wheel of reincarnation, initiating rebirth.
**[04:09] God**
But I shall make an exception for you.
**[04:13] Man**
The wheel of reincarnation?
**[04:15] Man**
You're saying that you cause
people to be reborn?
**[04:19] God**
That is no longer your concern.
**[04:21] Man**
Are you unfamiliar with
the concept of "duty of disclosure"?
**[04:26] Man**
And if you claim to be God,
**[04:29] Man**
you should try to put
more thought into your decisions.
**[04:31] God**
Administering seven billion people
is already beyond my capacity.
**[04:37] God**
Reincarnating people without faith
is a waste of my time.
**[04:42] Man**
Overwork is the sign of a
failed business model.
**[04:46] Man**
You failed to sufficiently analyze
consumer consciousness.
**[04:49] Man**
In a world with advanced science,
where one's needs are met,
**[04:53] Man**
there will be no faith.
**[04:55] Man**
Only the weak, when they're in
dire straits, cling to someone.
**[05:00] Man**
A salaryman like me would never do that.
**[05:04] God**
So, basically, your lack of faith is because
**[05:07] God**
you live in a world where needs are met,
science is advanced,
**[05:10] God**
you have a strong social position,
**[05:12] God**
and you are not in dire straits?
**[05:15] Man**
W-Wait a second!
**[05:18] Man**
I think you may be jumping to conclusions.
**[05:21] God**
If I put you
**[05:22] God**
into the "dire straits"
**[05:23] God**
you speak of,
**[05:24] God**
your faith
**[05:25] God**
will awaken?
**[05:27] Man**
C-Calm down!
**[05:29] Man**
I don't intend to break any rules!
**[05:32] God**
Try to live as long as you can.
**[05:35] God**
If you die again,
**[05:38] God**
there will be no second reincarnation.
**[05:42] Man**
W-Wait—
**[05:59] Nun**
There, there.
**[06:00] Nun**
Okay, open up...
**[06:03] Nun**
Oh, my...
**[06:09] Nun**
Now, don't be a picky eater,
**[06:12] Nun**
Tanya.
**[06:19] Tanya**
*What?*
**[06:20] Tanya**
*What's going on?*
**[06:22] Tanya**
*Tanya?*
**[06:24] Tanya**
*Me?*
***SIGN*** Episode 02 Prologue
**[06:25] Tanya**
*I'm Tanya?*
***SIGN*** Unified Year 1913, Outskirts of Imperial Capital Berun
**[06:35] Tanya**
* As a result of my absurd*
* reincarnation by Being X,*
**[06:38] Tanya**
* I was abandoned in a poor nunnery*
* in another world.*
**[06:44] Kid A**
Give that back!
**[06:45] Kid B**
No.
**[06:46] Kid A**
That's mine!
**[06:46] Tanya**
* It was very similar to a certain*
* European country and era*
**[06:50] Tanya**
*from the world in which I'd lived before.*
**[06:53] Nun**
There's nothing left?
**[06:55] Nun**
No, and we have no money
to go to town for more.
**[06:58] Nun**
What do we do?
**[06:59] Nun**
At this rate...
**[07:01] Tanya**
* Perhaps due to the times, there was*
* a huge gap between rich and poor.*
**[07:05] Tanya**
*A painful, difficult life was unavoidable.*
***SIGN*** Destroy the Enemies of the Fatherland
**[07:08] Tanya**
* And the country was gripped with*
* the madness that precedes war.*
**[07:14] Mob**
Punish the Fatherland's enemies!
**[07:17] Mob**
Now is the time to show our wrath!
**[07:19] Tanya**
*In a time when war seemed unavoidable,*
**[07:23] Tanya**
* I'd thought it would be impossible for*
* a poor, powerless girl to survive.*
**[07:28] Tanya**
* But in that world,*
* the power of magic did exist.*
**[07:33] Tanya**
*And during the orphanage's physical,*
**[07:36] Tanya**
*my magical aptitude was noted.*
**[07:39] Tanya**
* The army always conscripted*
* those with aptitude as mages.*
***SIGN*** Tanya Degurechaff Magical Aptitude A
**[07:46] Tanya**
* And if I were going to be*
* conscripted someday,*
**[07:48] Tanya**
* it made more sense to volunteer,*
* receive officer training,*
**[07:51] Tanya**
*and attempt to get onto a career path.*
**[08:02] Tanya**
* Of course, war is an unproductive*
* and therefore wicked act.*
**[08:08] Tanya**
* And I hated the idea of*
* killing or being killed.*
**[08:12] Tanya**
* But if I could just*
* get on the military's rails,*
**[08:16] Tanya**
*my future would be assured.*
***SIGN*** Imperial Army Officer Training School
**[08:20] Officer**
You have aptitude as a mage,
**[08:23] Officer**
but why volunteer at your age?
**[08:26] Tanya**
I have no other path.
That is the only reason.
**[08:32] Tanya**
* While this world was similar*
* to the one I used to be in,*
**[08:36] Tanya**
* that didn't mean this country*
* was doomed to lose in the future.*
**[08:40] Tanya**
*With my next reincarnation not guaranteed,*
**[08:43] Tanya**
* my priority was to survive and protect*
* myself in this environment.*
**[08:52] Officer**
Wow, she's flying!
**[08:58] Tanya**
* And in terms of getting*
* my revenge on Being X...*
**[09:05] Tanya**
* I could live a nice, easy life in*
* the rear echelon, where it was safe!*
**[09:15] Tanya**
New soldiers, welcome to hell.
**[09:18] Background**
No matter how difficult the military is,
**[09:18] Tanya**
* The Imperial military was*
* a champion of meritocracy,*
**[09:21] Background**
we seek only the best results.
**[09:21] Tanya**
*and in less than a year,*
**[09:23] Background**
Thus, my task is to eliminate the
incompetent from our ranks.
**[09:23] Tanya**
* I was entrusted with training*
* the second-class students.*
**[09:26] Soldier**
That's our instructor?
**[09:27] Soldier**
She's younger than my little sister.
**[09:30] Soldier**
I don't know if a voice like that
can scare me...
**[09:32] Tanya**
From now on, I'll be your teacher.
**[09:35] Tanya**
I don't expect anything from you maggots.
**[09:38] Tanya**
But at least don't drive me to despair!
**[09:42] Soldier**
She's just trying to scare us.
**[09:44] Soldier**
She doesn't mean it.
**[09:48] Erich**
Okay, submit a report about it
to the investigative division.
***SIGN*** Chief of Personnel Affairs
(Then) Major
Erich von Rerugen
**[09:53] Erich**
Next year, I plan to move from
Personnel Affairs to Operations,
**[09:57] Erich**
but my successor will handle the rest—
**[10:03] Erich**
What's going on?!
**[10:12] Tanya**
What's wrong?
**[10:14] Tanya**
You're twitching like a shrimp.
**[10:17] Tanya**
Want me to feed you to the pigs,
**[10:19] Tanya**
you maggots?!
**[10:22] Soldier**
Wh-Why is this happening?
**[10:28] Tanya**
Why?
**[10:29] Tanya**
You can't be ready five minutes
before it's time to go,
**[10:32] Tanya**
and you don't know why the Fatherland
is better off without you?
**[10:36] Soldier**
Y-You little brat—
**[10:42] Tanya**
You're free to hold whatever
opinion of me you like,
**[10:46] Tanya**
but resisting a superior officer
should be harshly punished.
**[10:50] Soldiers**
That's enough, right?
**[10:51] Soldiers**
That's going too far!
**[10:52] Soldiers**
Stop it!
**[10:54] Tanya**
I'll open up that brainless skull of yours
**[10:57] Tanya**
and carve the damn rules inside!
**[11:00] Erich**
What are you doing?
**[11:02] Tanya**
I'm just doing my job as a soldier.
**[11:06] Tanya**
It's an officer's duty
to discipline her troops.
**[11:10] Soldier**
Hey, what are you doing?!
**[11:12] Soldier**
Let him go!
**[11:13] Tanya**
*There were minor issues.*
**[11:15] Tanya**
*But afterward, I finished my training.*
***SIGN*** Northern Theater Force Garrison
**[11:18] Tanya**
* The only thing missing before*
* graduation was to finish*
**[11:21] Tanya**
*my training deployment in the North.*
**[11:31] Tanya**
Warrant Officer Tanya
Degurechaff, heading out.
**[11:43] Tanya**
*But it was there that I learned...*
**[11:50] Tanya**
*The unexpected can happen in any world.*
***SIGN*** Unified Year 1923, Norden Region
**[12:05] Norden Control**
*Norden Control to all zones.*
**[12:08] Norden Control**
* Detecting border violations*
* by the Entente Alliance.*
**[12:11] Norden Control**
*Initiate anti-air interception mission.*
**[12:13] Norden Control**
* I repeat, initiate anti-air*
* interception mission.*
**[12:17] Tanya**
I never thought I'd see battle
during my training.
**[12:21] Tanya**
Damn you, Being X.
**[12:24] Norden Control**
*This is Norden Control.*
**[12:26] Norden Control**
* Warrant Officer Degurechaff has been*
* promoted to second lieutenant.*
**[12:29] Norden Control**
*Cease patrol practice and begin observation.*
**[12:32] Norden Control**
*Your call sign is Fairy 08.*
**[12:36] Tanya**
*Fairy, huh?*
**[12:37] Tanya**
*That's an ironic name.*
**[12:41] Tanya**
This is Fairy 08.
**[12:43] Tanya**
Entente Alliance infantry crossing
the border confirmed.
**[12:46] Tanya**
Over.
**[12:47] ---**
*Understood.*
**[12:48] Norden Control**
*Now beginning ranging fire.*
**[12:52] Norden Control**
*Give detailed observations of the target.*
**[12:54] Norden Control**
*Over.*
**[12:55] Tanya**
Fairy 08, roger.
**[13:04] Tanya**
Norden Control, this is Fairy 08.
**[13:07] Tanya**
Strike confirmed.
**[13:09] Tanya**
Error is within 10.
**[13:11] Tanya**
Fire for effect.
**[13:13] Norden Control**
*Roger.*
**[13:14] Norden Control**
*Contacting artillery unit.*
**[13:15] Norden Control**
*Out.*
**[13:27] Soldiers**
Run to the forest!
**[13:29] Soldiers**
Retreat! Retreat!
**[13:33] Tanya**
* This is the result of the Entente*
* Alliance's brinkmanship, huh?*
**[13:37] Tanya**
* Why would you cross a border*
* without being prepared for war?*
**[13:40] Tanya**
*The Empire would never do that.*
**[13:42] Soldiers**
Medic! Are there any medics?!
**[13:44] Soldiers**
It hurts!
**[13:45] Soldiers**
Damn it!
**[13:46] Soldiers**
Where are they firing from?
**[13:48] Soldiers**
Help me!
**[13:49] Soldiers**
Damn it! I can't move!
**[13:55] Soldiers**
Battalion Leader, this wasn't the deal!
**[13:58] Soldiers**
Wasn't this supposed to be a patrol?
***SIGN*** Entente Alliance 5th Air Mage Battalion
Lieutenant Colonel Anson Sue
**[14:00] Anson**
Damn those upper-brass politicians!
**[14:02] Anson**
How is this a just a
"somewhat tense military exercise"?
**[14:05] Anson**
Cunningham!
**[14:07] Anson**
What's our allies' status?
**[14:08] Cunningham**
No good... I can't get through.
**[14:12] Anson**
We'll just do what we can to
lessen enemy area suppression!
**[14:15] Cunningham**
B-But...
**[14:16] Cunningham**
With these numbers, we can't
touch the artillery camp!
**[14:20] Anson**
I know that.
**[14:21] Anson**
But we can go after the artillery observer.
**[14:29] Tanya**
Norden Control, this is Fairy 08.
**[14:32] Tanya**
Enemy infantry is beginning to scatter.
**[14:35] Tanya**
Over.
**[14:36] Norden Control**
*Norden Control, roger.*
**[14:38] Norden Control**
*Fairy 08, proceed to patrol line 2,*
**[14:41] Norden Control**
* and guide area suppression*
* for the infantry there.*
**[14:44] Norden Control**
*Over.*
**[14:45] Tanya**
Roger.
**[14:51] Tanya**
*Any more of this is just a waste of shells.*
**[14:53] Tanya**
* I didn't expect my first mission*
* to be so easy!*
**[14:58] Norden Control**
*Combat information from Norden Control.*
**[15:01] Norden Control**
*Multi... b...es*
**[15:03] Tanya**
This is Fairy 08.
**[15:05] Tanya**
I didn't hear you.
**[15:06] Tanya**
Can you repeat that?
**[15:08] Norden Control**
*Detec... multiple... fr... bo...es.*
**[15:10] Norden Control**
*Magic... interference.*
**[15:13] Tanya**
Fairy 08.
**[15:15] Tanya**
This connection is bad. The static is awful.
**[15:17] Tanya**
Over.
**[15:20] Tanya**
EM interference?
**[15:27] Tanya**
Emission signatures!
**[15:29] Tanya**
Enemy mage group detected!
**[15:31] Company Commander Ragald**
Only scratched her, huh?
**[15:32] Anson**
She looked younger than my daughter.
**[15:36] Tanya**
Engaging.
**[15:37] Tanya**
Engaging the enemy.
**[15:38] Tanya**
Repeat, I'm engaging the enemy!
**[15:42] Tanya**
Damn it.
**[15:43] Tanya**
Where's our ECM?!
**[15:45] Norden Control**
*Norden Control to Fairy 08.*
**[15:48] Norden Control**
*Give us your sitrep.*
**[15:50] Tanya**
Combat zone alpha, block 08.
**[15:52] Tanya**
Altitude 4,300.
**[15:53] Tanya**
Company-class unit is invading.
**[15:55] Norden Control**
*Roger. Initiate delaying action.*
**[15:59] Norden Control**
* Allied air units will arrive*
* within 600 seconds.*
**[16:02] Tanya**
*600 seconds?*
**[16:03] Tanya**
* That's enough time to cook*
* an instant meal, eat it, and clean up.*
**[16:07] Tanya**
*I can't hold out against a company that long!*
**[16:10] Tanya**
Permission to leave battlefield immediately.
**[16:11] Tanya**
I repeat, requesting permission to
leave battlefield immediately!
**[16:14] Norden Control**
*Unfortunately, we can't permit that.*
**[16:16] Norden Control**
* Delay the enemy until*
* the response team arrives.*
**[16:21] Tanya**
Roger.
**[16:23] Tanya**
I'll do the best I can.
**[16:25] Norden Control**
*Good luck.*
**[16:26] Norden Control**
*God is on our side.*
**[16:32] Tanya**
God...
**[16:33] Tanya**
Did she say God?
**[16:35] Tanya**
I refuse to accept the existence of God!
**[16:42] Anson**
She turned around.
**[16:44] Anson**
Does she intend to take us on by herself?
**[16:46] Company Commander Ragald**
I'll hit her at close range! Back me up!
**[16:49] All**
Roger!
**[16:50] Anson**
Company Commander! That's foolish!
**[17:12] Tanya**
I get to be the hero of
the battlefield all by myself...
**[17:15] Tanya**
What an honor!
**[17:17] Tanya**
People sometimes say,
"It's a good day to die."
**[17:20] Tanya**
And damn, this is amazing!
**[17:22] Company Commander Ragald**
She's coming!
**[17:24] Company Commander Ragald**
Fire!
**[18:00] Soldier**
Company Commander!
**[18:08] Anson**
Damage report!
**[18:09] Soldier**
*Two lost!*
**[18:11] Soldier**
*Captain Ragald is badly wounded!*
**[18:12] Cunningham**
Battalion Commander, I'll go!
**[18:15] Anson**
There's no choice!
**[18:16] Anson**
Back him up!
**[18:17] Soldiers**
Roger!
**[18:23] Tanya**
*120 seconds until reinforcements arrive.*
**[18:40] Cunningham**
Out of ammo?
**[18:54] Cunningham**
Thor!
**[18:56] Cunningham**
She's gone—
**[18:59] Tanya**
Gotcha.
**[19:05] Anson**
Get away!
**[19:07] Anson**
Her goal is...
**[19:19] Anson**
Sh-She self-destructed?
**[19:22] Soldier**
Battalion Commander! Enemy
reinforcements coming in fast!
**[19:35] Tanya**
*Making it seem you fought hard,*
**[19:37] Tanya**
* while leaving the battlefield*
* in a natural way.*
**[19:40] Tanya**
* That is the best way to protect*
* yourself and survive...*
**[19:49] Tanya**
*Or so I thought.*
***SIGN*** Imperial Army Northern Theater, Military Garrison 1
**[19:56] Officer**
Second Lieutenant Tanya Degurechaff.
***SIGN*** Medical Room
**[19:58] Officer**
During the battle with the Entente Alliance,
**[20:00] Tanya**
*Not good... This is not good.*
**[20:01] Officer**
you detained the enemy until
reinforcements arrived.
**[20:03] Officer**
Despite serious wounds, you had four
confirmed kills and two unconfirmed,
**[20:07] Tanya**
*I didn't think they'd be so impressed.*
**[20:08] Officer**
halting the enemy advance.
**[20:11] Tanya**
*They're treating me like an ace.*
**[20:15] Officer**
In recognition of your efforts,
**[20:17] Officer**
we award you the Silver Wings Assault Badge.
**[20:24] Officer**
Wonderful.
**[20:26] Officer**
Congratulations.
**[20:28] Tanya**
* Of course, it's great to see*
* your work rewarded.*
**[20:32] Tanya**
*It's great, but...*
**[20:35] Tanya**
* But I hope they don't use this as an excuse*
* to send me to the front lines.*
**[20:42] Tanya**
* I wonder if there's a child protection*
* agency I could talk to...*
**[20:53] Scientist**
Awarded the Silver Wings Assault Badge
at the young age of nine.
**[20:57] Scientist**
The young ace known as "White Silver"...
**[21:01] Scientist**
Her magical capacity and output
are both incredible.
**[21:07] Scientist**
With those capabilities,
she won't be easily broken.
**[22:44] Tanya**
*It was just a propaganda photo shoot*
**[22:48] Tanya**
*for the Silver Wings Assault Badge awarding.*
**[22:52] Tanya**
*Or so I thought.*
**[22:53] Woman**
Let's get you made up!
**[22:57] Tanya**
*But sadly...*
**[22:59] Woman**
I have some cute clothes for you.
**[23:00] Tanya**
*My will to resist*
**[23:02] Woman**
Which hat do you like?
**[23:02] Tanya**
*and my very dignity*
**[23:05] Tanya**
*were destroyed here.*
**[23:11] Photographer**
Okay!
**[23:12] Photographer**
Let's get the photo shoot started!
**[23:15] Tanya**
*Loneliness and despair, lasting an eternity...*
**[23:20] Photographer**
Okay, do it just like I said.
**[23:24] Tanya**
*But this is part of the job.*
**[23:26] Tanya**
*Don't let it show!*
**[23:31] Tanya**
Hello!
**[23:32] Tanya**
I'm Tanya Degurechaff, the White Silver!
***SIGN*** Next Time Deus Vult
***SIGN*** This program is fiction. All persons, groups, places, laws, and names appearing in it have no relation to the real world.
# E3 - Deus Vult
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***SIGN*** Unified Year 1923, Imperial Army Northern Garrison
**[00:01] Tanya**
* It was a few days after the wounds*
* from my first battle had healed.*
***SIGN*** Military Commander's Office
**[00:07] Officer**
Second Lieutenant Degurechaff,
here are your deployment orders.
**[00:10] Tanya**
Thank you.
**[00:11] Tanya**
*Just don't send me to the front lines...*
**[00:16] Tanya**
The Tactical Instructor Squad back home?
**[00:19] Officer**
Only someone accomplished
enough to earn the Silver Wings
**[00:22] Officer**
could be assigned to an instruction
unit at your age.
**[00:25] Tanya**
*That's exactly what I wanted!*
**[00:28] Tanya**
*But I can't make my happiness too obvious.*
**[00:31] Tanya**
This is an honor, but...
**[00:33] Officer**
You are dissatisfied?
**[00:35] Officer**
If you have a problem with it,
I can pass it on.
**[00:38] Tanya**
No!
**[00:39] Tanya**
I am grateful for this incredible honor.
**[00:42] Tanya**
But this is a position at the rear,
where it could be said not much is done.
**[00:47] Officer**
Don't worry about it.
**[00:49] Officer**
Even if you are an ace,
deploying you to the front lines
**[00:53] Officer**
would be bad for appearances.
**[00:56] Tanya**
I guess that settles it, then.
**[00:59] Tanya**
Deployment orders received.
**[01:01] Tanya**
*This is wonderful!*
**[01:03] Tanya**
*Safe, rear-echelon deployments...
How I love you!*
**[01:07] Officer**
Very well.
**[01:08] Officer**
Then head to the General Supply Staff.
**[01:13] Tanya**
Is this for technology testing?
**[01:16] Officer**
Yes, they need you to test
a new type of computation jewel.
**[01:21] Tanya**
*It's true that testing new equipment falls
under the instruction unit's duties...*
**[01:27] Tanya**
May I ask about this new jewel?
**[01:32] Officer**
Unfortunately, all I've been
told that it's a prototype.
**[01:37] Tanya**
I understand.
**[01:38] Tanya**
Thank you...
**[01:39] Tanya**
...kidding me?!
**[01:46] Tanya**
You can't be serious!
**[01:47] Tanya**
How is this a safe, rear-echelon deployment?!
***SIGN*** Cruscos Army Aerial Unit Testing Grounds
**[03:29] Radio**
* Second Lieutenant Degurechaff,*
* are you conscious?*
**[03:32] Radio**
*Second Lieutenant!*
**[03:34] Tanya**
* Oxygen density and body temperature*
* are dropping fast.*
**[03:38] Tanya**
*At this rate, I won't last long.*
***SIGN*** Episode 3 Deus Vult
**[03:45] Scientist**
Elenium Type-95?
**[03:47] Scientist**
By synchronizing four computation jewel cores,
**[03:50] Scientist**
this prototype grants revolutionary abilities.
**[03:53] Scientist**
It uses tremendous magical energy,
**[03:55] Scientist**
but with the amount you have,
that shouldn't be a problem.
**[03:58] Tanya**
*There are all kinds of problems!*
**[04:00] Tanya**
These crystals aren't stable at all.
**[04:02] Tanya**
If this keeps up, they'll explode again!
**[04:03] Tanya**
*If this keeps up, they'll explode again!*
**[04:05] Radio**
Roger.
**[04:07] Radio**
We'll bring this experiment to an—
**[04:10] Doctor**
Second Lieutenant! Can't you go any higher?!
**[04:13] ---**
Doctor?!
**[04:15] Doctor**
Theoretically, you should be able
to reach 18,000 meters!
***SIGN*** Imperial Military Technology
Development Chief Engineer Adelheid von Schugel
**[04:19] Tanya**
A standard computation jewel's
maximum altitude is 6,000!
**[04:22] Doctor**
The load is within acceptable parameters!
**[04:24] Tanya**
Those are theoretical numbers!
**[04:26] Tanya**
For use as military-grade items,
keep durability in mind!
**[04:30] Doctor**
What are you talking about?
**[04:31] Doctor**
* That would ruin the jewel's*
* optimized synchronization!*
**[04:35] Tanya**
I don't know when this defective
junk will explode!
**[04:38] Doctor**
Defective junk?
**[04:40] Doctor**
You called my masterpiece "defective junk"?
**[04:43] Doctor**
Take that back now!
**[04:44] Doctor**
*Take that back now!*
**[04:50] Tanya**
*Even if the Empire is a meritocracy,*
**[04:52] Tanya**
* what's a guy like him doing*
* as a chief engineer?!*
**[04:56] Doctor**
T-Temperature of jewel cores is rising.
**[04:59] Tanya**
I'm cutting the magic supply
**[05:01] Tanya**
and emergency purging
the jewel's magical energy!
**[05:09] Radio**
*Engine has shut down.*
**[05:11] Radio**
*Motive power lost.*
**[05:13] Tanya**
At least there won't be a
disaster like last time...
**[05:22] Tanya**
*I am done with this crap!*
**[05:24] Tanya**
* This thing's as defective as*
* an Italian Red Devil!*
**[05:30] Doctor**
Second Lieutenant Degurechaff...
**[05:33] Doctor**
Again? We're doing this again?!
**[05:35] Tanya**
That's my question.
**[05:38] Tanya**
If the safety hadn't worked, pieces of me
would be raining down on the base!
**[05:42] Doctor**
Wait!
**[05:43] Doctor**
,Where's your report?
**[05:44] Tanya**
Talk to me about it later.
I'm going to the medical room.
**[05:46] Doctor**
It's because you're failing to
concentrate hard enough.
**[05:49] Doctor**
,And you call yourself a soldier?
**[05:51] Tanya**
A soldier's job is to use weapons,
**[05:54] Tanya**
not spend her time trying to
get defective junk to work!
**[05:57] Doctor**
,Y-You called it "defective junk" again?
**[05:59] Doctor**
,Didn't she?
**[05:59] Scientist**
,Y-Yes.
**[06:00] Doctor**
,Take that back...
**[06:02] Doctor**
,For this time and the last time, too!
**[06:05] Tanya**
The thing's way too fragile.
**[06:07] Tanya**
It'd be more at home in an art museum!
**[06:09] Doctor**
,Why?!
**[06:10] Doctor**
,Why don't you understand how revolutionary
the four-way synchronization is?
**[06:13] Tanya**
I'll admit that it's revolutionary.
**[06:16] Tanya**
That's why I want you to make
something that works!
**[06:19] Doctor**
,Theoretically, it works!
**[06:21] Doctor**
,So why can't you get it work properly?
**[06:26] Tanya**
* They say a thin line separates*
* genius and madness.*
**[06:30] Tanya**
* But I didn't think talking to him*
* would be impossible.*
**[06:33] Tanya**
Doctor, anything that can
go wrong, will go wrong.
**[06:40] Tanya**
That's a famous law.
**[06:41] Doctor**
,That's idiotic!
**[06:42] Doctor**
,Who said something so stupid?!
**[06:44] Tanya**
If you live a long life, you'll understand!
**[06:49] Tanya**
*With the way this is going, I'm doomed!*
**[06:53] Tanya**
*I'm better off on the damn front lines!*
***SIGN*** Request for Transfer
***SIGN*** Imperial Military General Supply Staff, Technology HQ
**[07:06] Officer**
,So, what do we do?
**[07:08] Officer**
,Do we accept it?
**[07:11] Officer**
,I actually have a daughter about her age.
**[07:25] Tanya**
* "The brass have decided that the Type-95 is*
* unreliable and unsuitable for general use.*
**[07:30] Tanya**
* Additional funding has been frozen,*
* and the project has been, de facto, canceled."*
**[07:40] Tanya**
*Yeah, nothing beats being proactive.*
**[07:44] Tanya**
*Only incompetents cling to the metaphysical.*
**[07:49] Tanya**
* In a few days, I'll be on the fast track*
* in the Imperial capital, coffee in hand.*
**[08:08] Being X**
This is a serious problem.
**[08:11] Being X**
,You haven't developed even
the tiniest bit of faith.
**[08:14] Tanya**
B-Being X...
**[08:17] Being X**
,Indeed.
**[08:20] Tanya**
It's rare to have such an unpleasant reunion.
**[08:23] Tanya**
Ten years have passed,
and you're still just as unreasonable.
**[08:27] Being X**
,It seems you've not grown at all, either.
**[08:30] Tanya**
Unfortunately, I'm not desperate
enough to rely on "God."
**[08:35] Being X**
,Your attitude is as unacceptable as ever.
**[08:38] Being X**
,I'd intended to limit my interference
to a minimum,
**[08:42] Being X**
,but foolish little lambs need
to be shown the way.
**[08:46] Tanya**
Don't worry about me...
**[08:48] Tanya**
I'm not the type to stay fenced in.
**[08:52] Being X**
,Why will you not praise the Creator?s
**[08:55] Being X**
,Long ago, merely speaking to them
sufficed to make humans worship God.
**[08:58] Being X**
,Sometimes, humanity even called to me.
**[09:02] Tanya**
And so, I should pray to some
traditionally hand-crafted knick-knack?
**[09:06] Tanya**
You're kidding me.
**[09:09] Being X**
,Perhaps I should give you a blessing.
**[09:13] Tanya**
A blessing?
**[09:17] Being X**
,A miracle.
**[09:18] Tanya**
Gonna part the seas or something?
**[09:22] Tanya**
Or change water into wine?
**[09:25] Tanya**
Miracles are illusions caused by
insufficient observation and understanding.
**[09:29] Tanya**
They're just...
**[09:35] Tanya**
glorious misunderstandings.
**[09:41] Being X**
,I don't know about that.
**[09:51] Tanya**
A dream?
**[10:04] Tanya**
"Deus lo vult."
**[10:07] Tanya**
"God wills it"?
**[10:23] Tanya**
Can we seriously not?
**[10:25] Doctor**
,An experiment with magical-energy
**[10:28] Doctor**
,transformation and affixation,
via multilayer interference.
**[10:30] Doctor**
,Since the project's canceled,
**[10:32] Doctor**
,I'll obviously do the experiments
I'd been putting off, right?
**[10:35] Tanya**
If you fail, it could blow up
the whole proving grounds.
**[10:39] Doctor**
,The march of progress always has victims.
**[10:43] Doctor**
,Of course, it won't be only you.
I won't move from this spot.
**[10:47] Tanya**
To be honest, I'd prefer if you found
another use for your passion.
**[10:51] Doctor**
,A scientist must be loyal
to his research, right?
**[10:56] Tanya**
I'm a soldier, not a scientist.
**[10:58] Doctor**
,Then I should give you an order.
**[11:02] Doctor**
,Lieutenant, are you ready?
**[11:07] Radio**
*,Observation teams standing by.*
**[11:09] Radio**
*,Activating energy supply to the Type-95.*
**[11:12] Tanya**
*Guess I'm out of ideas now...*
**[11:16] Tanya**
Second Lieutenant Tanya
Degurechaff, taking off!
**[11:24] Tanya**
Present altitude 4,000 meters.
**[11:27] Tanya**
Climbing at a speed of 320.
**[11:35] Tanya**
The jewel's synchronization is unstable.
**[11:36] Tanya**
It's going to explode!
**[11:39] Doctor**
*Lieutenant,*
**[11:40] Doctor**
no need to worry.
**[11:41] Doctor**
Our success is assured.
**[11:45] Tanya**
Doctor...
**[11:46] Tanya**
Where are you getting that confidence?
**[11:48] Doctor**
It's simple.
**[11:51] Doctor**
*Last night, I received divine inspiration.*
**[11:54] Doctor**
I heard God's voice, and an idea came
to me by divine inspiration.
**[11:58] Doctor**
The god of inventions revealed himself.
**[12:01] Tanya**
Doctor, I thought you were an atheist.
**[12:04] Doctor**
I'm a devout believer now.
**[12:07] Doctor**
*Haven't you also met God, Lieutenant?*
**[12:11] Doctor**
*If we pray to God, he will grant our wishes!*
**[12:15] Doctor**
Otherwise, we both become martyrs here!
**[12:20] Doctor**
Irregularity in energy coefficients.
They're going out of control.
**[12:22] Tanya**
I'm purging the magical energy.
**[12:24] Scientist**
No!
**[12:25] Scientist**
That will disrupt synchronization
and destroy the jewel!
**[12:28] Tanya**
Damn it!
**[12:28] Tanya**
The safety...
**[12:31] Tanya**
It's not working?
**[12:33] Tanya**
Is this...
**[12:35] Doctor**
This is a good opportunity, right?
**[12:38] Doctor**
Let us both pray to God!
**[12:43] Doctor**
Jewel cores on the verge of fusion!
**[12:49] Tanya**
You got me...
**[12:51] Tanya**
You set me up, Being X!
**[13:07] Being X**
I have blessed your computation jewel
**[13:10] Being X**
and performed a miracle.
**[13:12] Tanya**
A miracle?
**[13:13] Tanya**
You call strapping a bomb to me a miracle?!
**[13:17] Being X**
Now, you must pray to God
**[13:19] Being X**
each time you use your computation jewel.
**[13:24] Being X**
And eventually, your heart
will be filled with faith.
**[13:29] Tanya**
Th-That's cheating.
**[13:32] Tanya**
You vile piece of shit!
**[13:34] Being X**
Go now,
**[13:36] Being X**
and spread the name of God.
**[13:48] Tanya**
God's miracles are great.
**[13:51] Tanya**
Praise the Lord
**[13:53] Tanya**
and his worthy name.
**[14:20] Tanya**
What did I...
**[14:22] Tanya**
Did I just pray?
**[14:24] Tanya**
To that thing?!
**[14:25] Scientist**
The cores' synchronization stabilized.
**[14:27] Scientist**
Magical energy successfully affixed
to spatial coordinates!
**[14:30] Scientist**
I never thought it would actually work.
**[14:39] Tanya**
* If you just look at the results,*
* this thing is amazing...*
**[14:43] Tanya**
*It's amazing,*
**[14:45] Tanya**
*but it's cursed!*
**[14:48] Scientist**
We did it! We did it!
**[14:49] Scientist**
It worked!
**[14:51] Doctor**
I knew it... God is real.
**[14:55] Doctor**
Deus lo vult...
**[14:57] Doctor**
God wills it.
***SIGN*** Unified Year 1924, Rhine Theater
**[15:11] Tanya**
I praise the power of the Lord
**[15:14] Tanya**
and give thanks for his blessings.
**[15:21] Tanya**
*First, that unreasonable reincarnation,*
**[15:23] Tanya**
*and now this curse.*
**[15:25] Tanya**
* But I have to use it to survive*
* on the front lines...*
**[15:32] Tanya**
What a dilemma.
**[15:34] Visha**
L-Lieutenant, is there a problem?
**[15:37] Tanya**
No!
**[15:38] Tanya**
Focus on your work.
**[15:40] Visha**
R-Right.
**[15:41] Visha**
But the main unit from
the nation's center has gathered.
**[15:45] Visha**
I don't know if we need
further reinforcements.
**[15:47] Tanya**
What did you say?
**[15:49] Visha**
I-I'm sorry!
**[15:54] Tanya**
*I'm on the front lines with a cursed jewel...*
**[15:58] Tanya**
Curse you, Being X!
***SIGN*** Imperial Strategic Headquarters Strategy and Operations Bureau
**[16:04] Erich**
As the documents you see state...
**[16:07] Erich**
After Second Lieutenant Degurechaff's
first battle with the Entente Alliance,
**[16:10] Erich**
she received the Silver Wings Assault Badge.
**[16:12] Erich**
After contributing to development
of a new computation jewel,
**[16:15] Erich**
changes in the military situation led to her
emergency deployment to the Rhine theater.
**[16:20] Officer**
While in the Rhine theater, she wiped out
an entire enemy mage company on her own...
**[16:24] Officer**
And she's still carrying out
assault missions there?
**[16:29] Officer**
She's the ideal soldier.
**[16:32] Officer**
Why do you call her a monster?
**[16:36] Erich**
I won't deny that she is a talented mage.
**[16:40] Erich**
But her personality is extremely unusual.
**[16:44] Officer**
Is this about the training school incident?
**[16:47] Officer**
Keeping rebellious new recruits in line
is part of an officer's job.
**[16:52] Erich**
She is the only one presently capable
of using that computation jewel.
**[16:57] Erich**
I believe that indicates latent danger, too.
**[17:01] Officers**
You aren't mistaken, Lieutenant Colonel?
**[17:02] Officers**
She's still ten.
**[17:03] Officers**
She's just a kid.
**[17:06] Officer**
Lieutenant Colonel Rerugen,
**[17:08] Officer**
I'm told that you are very good at your job.
**[17:12] Officer**
Your transfer from Personnel to
Operations was, in part,
**[17:15] Officer**
due to your wide range of knowledge.
**[17:19] Erich**
You overestimate me, but thank you.
**[17:21] Officer**
And because of that,
**[17:24] Officer**
I want to respect your opinion
as much as possible, but...
**[17:27] Officer**
We have already decided what to do
with Second Lieutenant Degurechaff!
**[17:39] Visha**
I want to sleep in a comfy bed.
**[17:42] Visha**
I want to take a shower.
**[17:43] Visha**
I want to eat apple pie,
even if it's from a can...
**[17:48] Visha**
J-Just kidding!
**[17:50] Visha**
I have no dissatisfaction with our mission!
**[17:52] Tanya**
Just a few months ago, you were so
new to this, you could barely fly.
**[17:56] Tanya**
And now look at you.
**[18:00] Visha**
*This isn't good.*
**[18:04] Visha**
*I hope I don't end up like Kurst and Harald...*
**[18:10] Visha**
I spoke to Lieutenant Schwarzkopf and
recommended you for an officer track.
**[18:17] Visha**
I'm going to be an officer?
**[18:19] Tanya**
If you don't want to leave the muddy
and bloody front lines, I won't force you.
**[18:24] Visha**
No, no, no, no, no!
**[18:25] Visha**
That's not it!
**[18:27] Visha**
It just seems too good to be true.
**[18:29] Visha**
I'm not sure how to handle it...
**[18:32] Tanya**
Head back to the capital
as soon as you're ready.
**[18:37] Visha**
Lieutenant, um...
**[18:38] Tanya**
What?
**[18:39] Visha**
My new deployment area won't
be blown up by artillery, right?
**[18:55] Visha**
God is real, huh?
**[19:02] Tanya**
* "Second Lieutenant Degurechaff,*
* you are hereby promoted to First Lieutenant*
**[19:06] Tanya**
*and are to attend the military academy."*
**[19:08] Tanya**
* This is the second time I can remember*
* that I've been to university...*
**[19:13] Tanya**
*I'll get a nice easy job studying at the rear!*
**[19:17] Schwarzkopf**
Looks like your ride isn't here yet.
**[19:21] Tanya**
Lieutenant Schwarzkopf!
**[19:24] Schwarzkopf**
You're always so cold.
You won't even let me see you off?
**[19:28] Tanya**
I'm sorry.
**[19:29] Tanya**
I didn't feel right about leaving
the unit and returning to the capital.
**[19:32] Tanya**
Is that why you recommended
Corporal Serebryakov for officer training?
**[19:37] Tanya**
She worked directly under me, after all.
**[19:40] Tanya**
She's already left.
**[19:43] Tanya**
* And this makes me look like a superior*
* officer who cares for her troops.*
**[19:48] Schwarzkopf**
I want to thank you again.
**[19:51] Schwarzkopf**
Your hard work and new computation jewel
have really helped us.
**[19:55] Tanya**
No, thank you, Lieutenant.
**[19:58] Tanya**
Unfortunately, I won't have much chance
to use this thing at the academy.
**[20:03] Schwarzkopf**
Either way, I wish you luck.
**[20:07] Schwarzkopf**
God is always with us.
**[20:09] Tanya**
W-With u-us!
**[20:18] Officer A**
What's the situation in the Rhine theater?
**[20:21] Officer B**
Still a stalemate.
**[20:23] Officer B**
The main unit made it there.
**[20:26] Officer B**
But our pre-war plans are proving useless.
**[20:29] Officer A**
So our main force is lacking
in mobility and adaptability?
**[20:35] Officer B**
Our current task is to establish a powerful
unit that can adapt to any situation.
**[20:49] Tanya**
* Warm food and an easy life*
* await me in the capital...*
**[20:58] Tanya**
* If I can get on the rails*
* at the military academy,*
**[21:01] Tanya**
*my future is as good as made.*
**[21:08] Officer**
A new rapid-response unit, huh?
**[21:15] Tanya**
*I was worried for a while.*
**[21:26] Tanya**
But now I feel kind of bad for Being X.
**[23:14] Tanya**
A farewell gift?
**[23:15] Visha**
Y-Yes, you've done so much for me.
**[23:20] Visha**
And so, I wanted to thank you.
**[23:22] Tanya**
Looking at it, it's obvious that it won't fit.
**[23:26] Visha**
It won't?
**[23:27] Visha**
But you're a growing girl.
**[23:30] Visha**
It'll fit you soon!
***SIGN*** Next Time Campus Life
***SIGN*** This program is fiction. All persons, groups, places, laws, and names appearing in it have no relation to the real world.
# E4 - Campus Life
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRJQ8QDVY/campus-life)
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**[00:19] Radio**
* This is Imperial Military Command*
* with your 6:00 AM war update.*
**[00:24] Radio**
* "Our forces, including our central unit,*
* are expanding in all theaters,"*
**[00:27] Radio**
*says north Norden.*
**[00:29] Radio**
* Next, a report by Western Command*
* for the Rhine front.*
**[00:33] Radio**
* In response to a Republic night attack,*
* our forces launched a large-scale...*
***SIGN*** Unified Year 1924, Imperial Capital Berun
**[00:47] Merchant**
Hey, soldiers. Buy something
with your ration tickets.
**[00:51] Soldier**
We're already issued enough!
**[00:55] Woman**
Johann's already defeated five people?
**[00:57] Woman**
Yes, he says he should
be back for Christmas.
**[01:03] Tanya**
* It's already been over six months*
* since I left the front lines.*
**[01:07] Tanya**
* The stench of blood and gunpowder*
* has yet to disappear from my nostrils.*
**[01:14] Tanya**
*But right now,*
**[01:16] Tanya**
*I'm enjoying my studies.*
**[02:50] Tanya**
* There's a sizable difference between*
* their education policies,*
**[02:53] Tanya**
* but a military university isn't that*
* different from a normal one.*
**[02:56] Tanya**
*No, in some ways, you're treated even better.*
**[03:00] Tanya**
* Part of it may be because I'm back from*
* the front lines with a medal on my chest.*
**[03:04] Tanya**
* But even in the body of a little child,*
* I've had no trouble fitting in.*
**[03:08] Tanya**
* All that's left is to use signaling theory*
* to show my human resources value,*
**[03:13] Tanya**
*and I'll be assured of an elite career track.*
**[03:15] Tanya**
* And after graduation, I can live on*
* easy street in the rear echelons.*
**[03:23] Tanya**
*Everything's going my way.*
***SIGN*** Episode 4 Campus Life
**[03:29] Officer**
When units deviate from the mission plan,
**[03:32] Officer**
should their commanding officer
be held personally culpable?
**[03:36] ---**
Victor.
**[03:37] Victor**
Yes, sir! Even if he isn't directly involved,
he should accept moral responsibility—
**[03:42] Officer**
I'm talking about the law, you idiot!
**[03:46] Officer**
Next! Degurechaff!
**[03:47] Tanya**
Yes, sir.
**[03:49] Tanya**
To clarify the question,
are there any senior officers present?
**[03:53] Officer**
We'll say there aren't.
**[03:55] Tanya**
A commander who's neglected his duty
to stop any such deviation
**[03:58] Tanya**
has failed in his legal duty.
**[04:00] Tanya**
Maximum penalty may include
the firing squad.
**[04:04] Officer**
And if there were a senior officer?
**[04:06] Tanya**
As long as the officer in question
has not done anything illegal,
**[04:09] Tanya**
responsibility lies with
the senior officer, as a general rule.
**[04:14] Officer**
Very good.
**[04:15] Student**
What's the next course?
**[04:16] Student**
Military spear practice.
**[04:17] Student**
Want to go to the cafeteria out front?
**[04:19] Student**
It's still too early...
**[04:27] Uger**
Degurechaff?
**[04:30] Tanya**
Captain Uger?
***SIGN*** Military Academy Student
Captain Maximilian Johann von Uger
**[04:33] Tanya**
What is it?
**[04:35] Uger**
Why are you always working on your rifle?
**[04:40] Tanya**
This equipment allows me to
fulfill my purpose at any time.
**[04:45] Tanya**
I feel uneasy unless I make sure
it's ready at all times.
**[04:51] Uger**
I see.
**[04:52] Uger**
People who return from
the front lines are different...
**[04:59] Tanya**
*This is a matter of respect.*
**[05:02] Tanya**
* And a necessary act to reconfirm*
* my enemy's existence.*
**[05:05] Tanya**
*Who knows when I might have
a chance to shoot Being X?*
**[05:11] Tanya**
* You should always be ready*
* to grab your chance.*
**[05:14] Tanya**
*And I, personally, will never not be ready!*
***SIGN*** Military Academy Library
**[05:42] Zettour**
Hannibal's Decisions at
the Battle of Cannae?
**[05:46] Zettour**
You're so studious.
**[05:52] Tanya**
I-I'm sorry, General!
**[05:55] Tanya**
I'm Tanya Degurechaff, a student here.
**[05:57] Tanya**
I'm a first lieutenant mage
in the Imperial Army.
**[06:01] Zettour**
Strategy and Operations
Vice Director Zettour.
**[06:04] Tanya**
* In the rear echelons,*
* a director of strategy is at the top!*
**[06:08] Tanya**
* In a company,*
* he'd be heading up business strategy!*
**[06:11] Tanya**
I'm honored to meet you!
**[06:14] Zettour**
I've heard a little about you.
**[06:17] Zettour**
You've been quite busy, I hear.
**[06:19] Tanya**
Your words honor me, sir.
**[06:24] Zettour**
If you aren't in a hurry,
could you come with me?
**[06:27] Tanya**
Yes, with pleasure!
**[06:33] Tanya**
*This is the chance of a lifetime...*
**[06:37] Tanya**
*Worth spending all that time in the library.*
**[06:42] Man**
Let's drink!
**[06:44] Man**
Cheers!
**[06:44] Man**
How many toasts so far?
**[06:47] Zettour**
Be seated.
**[06:49] Tanya**
Yes, sir. Excuse me.
**[06:52] Zettour**
Actually, I wanted to ask you something.
**[06:58] Zettour**
What are your thoughts on the war?
**[07:01] Tanya**
* Imperial soldiers are nearly*
* obsessed with precision.*
**[07:06] Tanya**
Sir, I'm sorry,
but your question is too broad.
**[07:10] Zettour**
Let me change it, then.
**[07:13] Zettour**
What do you think the next
developments in the war will be?
**[07:16] Zettour**
I'm afraid I don't believe
I'm in a position to say.
**[07:21] Zettour**
This isn't an inquiry.
**[07:23] Zettour**
Give me your personal perspective.
**[07:25] Zettour**
Speak freely.
**[07:27] Tanya**
*I guess refusing any more would be rude...*
**[07:31] Tanya**
Then, with your permission to speak freely.
**[07:34] Tanya**
I'm certain that this war
will grow into a world war.
**[07:39] Zettour**
A world war?
**[07:40] Tanya**
A global war, involving the majority of
the world's most powerful countries.
**[07:45] Tanya**
That is a world war.
**[07:49] Zettour**
And what makes you think so?
**[07:50] Tanya**
The Empire is a relatively new addition
to the ranks of the world powers,
**[07:54] Tanya**
but it maintains military superiority.
**[07:57] Tanya**
Its military power is incredible.
**[07:59] Tanya**
In a one-on-one fight,
it could defeat the Republic.
**[08:03] Tanya**
If we do defeat the Republic
and restore peace,
**[08:07] Tanya**
our country will be in a position of
absolute superiority on the continent.
**[08:12] Tanya**
However...
**[08:13] Tanya**
I don't think the other major powers,
**[08:16] Tanya**
the Allied Kingdom and the Russy Federation,
will ever be willing to ignore that.
**[08:21] Tanya**
They're being forced to make a choice.
**[08:24] Tanya**
Will they allow a new ruling country's birth,
**[08:27] Tanya**
or will they reject it?
**[08:30] Zettour**
Ah. I'm starting to see what you're saying.
**[08:33] Tanya**
* An intellectual conversation,*
* spent establishing a common understanding.*
**[08:37] Tanya**
*This is wonderful.*
**[08:40] Tanya**
Thus, the interference of
other countries is inevitable.
**[08:43] Tanya**
It may begin with monetary loans
to the Republic
**[08:45] Tanya**
and eventually lead to the sharing
of weapons or volunteer forces.
**[08:48] Zettour**
An interesting opinion.
**[08:50] Zettour**
How would you handle it?
**[08:51] Tanya**
I would try to start talks at an early stage.
**[08:54] Tanya**
If that fails, I would focus on limiting
our own resource expenditure.
**[08:57] Tanya**
*Now, this is how you give a presentation.*
**[09:00] Tanya**
*It's one of the best parts of being an adult.*
**[09:02] Zettour**
In other words,
**[09:04] Zettour**
you wouldn't try to win?
**[09:06] Tanya**
*Crap!*
**[09:08] Tanya**
*Not good!*
**[09:09] Tanya**
*Really not good!*
**[09:10] Tanya**
*I want to shoot myself in my stupid mouth!*
**[09:12] Tanya**
Th-That may be what I said,
**[09:15] Tanya**
but by limiting our losses
while shedding enemy blood,
**[09:18] Tanya**
I believe the Empire would
win in the long run.
**[09:23] Zettour**
Do you have a practical plan?
**[09:25] Tanya**
*Cowards get the worst front-line jobs.*
**[09:28] Tanya**
* I need to say something*
* as brave as possible!*
**[09:31] Tanya**
I would suggest a combination
**[09:33] Tanya**
of defensive infantry tactics and
offensive strategies with mages.
**[09:36] Zettour**
Mages are powerful,
but there aren't many of them.
**[09:40] Zettour**
They aren't good for capturing enemy bases.
**[09:43] Tanya**
I agree.
**[09:44] Tanya**
However,
**[09:45] Tanya**
mages excel in firepower and agility.
**[09:48] Tanya**
They're ideal for hunting enemy forces.
**[09:51] Tanya**
* This is it! This is where I must*
* show my aggressiveness!*
**[09:54] Tanya**
Without national power and human resources,
no country can maintain a war.
**[10:00] Tanya**
In the sense that you win the battle
while limiting your losses,
**[10:05] Tanya**
you could call it a loss-restriction doctrine.
**[10:08] Tanya**
I believe this may be the best use of mages.
**[10:13] Zettour**
Interesting.
**[10:14] Tanya**
*I made it through!*
**[10:16] Tanya**
*That speech even surprised me!*
**[10:18] Tanya**
* Once the war ends, maybe I should go*
* for some kind of legal certification.*
**[10:23] Zettour**
And?
**[10:23] Zettour**
If we wanted to put this into practice,
**[10:26] Zettour**
how large a force of mages
would you need?
**[10:29] Tanya**
I... I believe a battalion
would be sufficient.
**[10:32] Tanya**
That would strain resources less
and meet the minimum for combat value.
**[10:36] Tanya**
If you wanted a trial run,
it would be the best option.
**[10:40] Zettour**
I see.
**[10:41] Zettour**
I'll look into it.
**[10:43] Zettour**
Put together a formal proposal.
**[10:46] Tanya**
R-Roger!
**[10:48] Tanya**
Excuse me!
**[11:09] Erich**
*W-World war?*
**[11:11] Erich**
*An all-out war involving the entire country?*
**[11:17] Erich**
The author's identity is confidential.
**[11:19] Erich**
But this paper was given to me by Zettour.
**[11:23] Erich**
I'm sure you're busy inspecting
all the various theaters.
**[11:26] Erich**
But read it on the train or something.
**[11:36] Erich**
* A war of madness, which expends human*
* lives as if they were just numbers...*
**[11:40] Erich**
* And it'll continue until*
* the country's collapse?*
**[11:44] Erich**
*But why?*
**[11:46] Erich**
*Why can't I say it's impossible?*
**[11:48] Erich**
*What is this strange feeling I have?*
**[11:51] Erich**
* Also, the feeling I get from*
* this logic and writing...*
**[11:55] Erich**
*I recognize it!*
***SIGN*** #3 Krueger Street, Zolka Cafeteria
**[12:06] Tanya**
* My grades and school reputation*
* are progressing nicely.*
**[12:09] Tanya**
*And I have connections in operations.*
**[12:12] Tanya**
* There are next to zero concerns*
* about my life after graduation.*
**[12:21] Tanya**
Captain Uger?
**[12:23] Tanya**
It's rare to see you here.
**[12:27] Uger**
A rifle and a paper.
**[12:29] Uger**
You're the same as ever, huh?
**[12:31] Uger**
The ideal soldier.
**[12:33] Tanya**
What about you?
**[12:35] Tanya**
I heard you're certain to be one of
the Twelve Knights, the school's pride.
**[12:42] Tanya**
Is there something wrong, Captain?
**[12:47] Uger**
First Lieutenant Degurechaff,
this may be rude to ask,
**[12:50] Uger**
but why did you volunteer for the military?
**[12:54] Uger**
With your talents,
you could have done anything.
**[12:58] Uger**
So why?
**[13:02] Tanya**
My father was a soldier.
**[13:06] Uger**
"Was"?
**[13:07] Uger**
Then...
**[13:09] Tanya**
My mother abandoned me,
**[13:11] Tanya**
and I became an orphan.
**[13:13] Tanya**
There was nothing for me to do
but join the military.
**[13:16] Uger**
But... I don't know how to say this...
**[13:19] Uger**
You're still a child.
**[13:21] Uger**
You should leave the military.
**[13:23] Tanya**
Do you doubt my capabilities, Captain?
**[13:27] Uger**
No!
**[13:29] Uger**
I don't, but...
**[13:31] Uger**
I have a kid now.
**[13:33] Uger**
A girl.
**[13:35] Tanya**
Oh, wow.
**[13:37] Tanya**
Congratulations.
**[13:38] Uger**
When I look at you,
**[13:41] Uger**
I ask myself if my own daughter
will have to go to war.
**[13:46] Uger**
Sending cute little kids to
the battlefield is insane.
**[13:51] Uger**
Don't you think so?
**[13:54] Tanya**
Captain, you're a nice person.
**[13:57] Tanya**
You're rational, and you have a conscience.
**[14:00] Uger**
But...
**[14:02] Tanya**
But that's why you should get to the rear
before the madness truly begins.
**[14:07] Uger**
I... can't do that.
**[14:10] Tanya**
Captain, you need to fight battles to live.
**[14:15] Tanya**
So that your daughter isn't
sent to the battlefield, too.
**[14:21] Tanya**
Want to have lunch?
**[14:24] Tanya**
The wurst here is quite good.
**[14:31] Uger**
No, sorry, but I'll be going.
**[14:35] Uger**
My wife's waiting for me at home.
**[14:40] Tanya**
* Captain Uger has now dropped out*
* of the promotion track,*
**[14:44] Tanya**
* and I have a guy with a conscience,*
* who knows the battlefield, on my side.*
**[14:51] Tanya**
* You should try persuasion when*
* people are mentally defenseless.*
**[14:55] Tanya**
* The fascist who proposed that*
* was a demonic genius.*
***SIGN*** Imperial Strategic Headquarters, Conference Room 1
**[15:04] Officer**
The redeployment of our central
forces to the Rhine front
**[15:09] Officer**
has caused a lull in the battle.
**[15:12] Zettour**
But it's also true that the forces in the
western theater were nearly destroyed.
**[15:17] Zettour**
It's critical that we reorganize
and reinforce them.
**[15:21] Zettour**
But doing a large-scale military
reorganization now will be difficult.
**[15:25] Zettour**
I'm well aware.
**[15:28] Zettour**
And so, I want to suggest something else.
**[15:31] Officer**
Do you have a plan?
**[15:34] Zettour**
The creation of a new rapid-response force.
**[15:37] Officer**
But that would create a force we aren't using.
**[15:39] Erich**
Operations needs a highly mobile force
that we can move at will.
**[15:45] Officer**
Is this the "Plan for a
Rapid-Response Mage Battalion"
**[15:49] Officer**
that you and your people
submitted a few days ago?
**[15:52] Zettour**
Indeed.
**[15:53] Zettour**
A single battalion isn't a major loss,
and it can be quickly deployed.
**[15:58] Officer**
I understand the plan, but...
**[16:00] Zettour**
I have the ideal person in mind.
**[16:04] Zettour**
They have combat experience,
**[16:05] Zettour**
and the paper they submitted speaks
of exceptional vision and judgment.
***SIGN*** Imperial Army Western Theater Garrison
**[16:14] Erich**
Is that set in stone?
**[16:16] Officer**
Yes.
**[16:17] Officer**
Given our situation, they said we can't
let talented soldiers sit idly by.
**[16:22] Erich**
Did they read the report I submitted to them
about her time at the officer academy?
**[16:28] Officer**
Yes. But it seems they've decided
she's grown at the military academy.
**[16:33] Erich**
*Grown?*
**[16:34] Erich**
* A person's true nature*
* doesn't change that easily!*
**[16:44] Erich**
Is that why they wanted me to read this?
**[16:52] Tanya**
Once again, thank you so much
for inviting me today.
***SIGN*** Imperial Strategic Headquarters, Dining Room
**[16:59] Officer**
I'm amazed you've became one of
the Twelve Knights at your age.
**[17:02] Officer**
Aren't you, Zettour?
**[17:05] Zettour**
Yes, it's amazing.
**[17:08] Tanya**
Your words honor me.
**[17:10] Officer**
You're still growing, right?
**[17:12] Officer**
Eat all you want.
**[17:13] Tanya**
Yes, I plan to.
**[17:17] Officer**
How do you like the dish
Strategic HQ is known for?
**[17:20] Tanya**
* On the front lines, you don't*
* really eat steamed food, but...*
**[17:24] Tanya**
* Truthfully, I'd probably be better off*
* eating in a naval armory.*
**[17:30] Tanya**
To be honest, it reminds me
a lot of the front lines.
**[17:35] Officer**
That's a splendid answer.
**[17:37] Officer**
Perhaps we'll call it the
"Cafeteria of the Unending Battlefield."
**[17:45] Officer**
Now, let's get to the point.
**[17:48] Officer**
I'm sure you know this,
**[17:50] Officer**
but we've asked you here to discuss
your post-graduation deployment.
**[18:03] Tanya**
* These are all safe stations*
* within the Empire.*
**[18:06] Tanya**
*And after two years of experience,*
**[18:08] Tanya**
*I can join Strategic HQ, huh?*
**[18:11] Officer**
In light of your past exploits,
**[18:13] Officer**
Personnel will not intervene
in your selection.
**[18:16] Officer**
Pick whichever you like.
**[18:18] Tanya**
I have lots of good choices, don't I?
**[18:20] Tanya**
I'm not sure.
**[18:26] Tanya**
What's this?
**[18:27] Officer**
There's actually another one
from Strategic HQ.
**[18:31] Officer**
I'll be on my way.
**[18:33] Officer**
Good luck, Degurechaff.
**[18:35] Tanya**
Yes, sir. Thank you, Colonel.
**[18:37] Zettour**
Thank you, Colonel.
**[18:50] Tanya**
*The stuff from Personnel was just for show.*
**[18:52] Tanya**
*I never had a choice.*
**[18:57] Zettour**
Knowing you, I'm sure you'd prefer
we get right down to business.
**[19:01] Zettour**
First Lieutenant Degurechaff,
**[19:03] Zettour**
I intend to put you in charge of
a new rapid-response mage battalion.
**[19:09] Tanya**
A battalion?!
**[19:12] Tanya**
I... I believe a battalion
would be sufficient.
**[19:17] Tanya**
*Was that it?!*
**[19:19] Tanya**
* Leading a rapid-response battalion is*
* a bigger risk than the front lines!*
**[19:23] Zettour**
Due to its rapid-response nature,
it would answer directly to Strategic HQ.
**[19:28] Zettour**
Essentially, you would have
no superior officer.
**[19:30] Tanya**
B-But I'm only a first lieutenant.
**[19:33] Tanya**
I'm not qualified to command a battalion.
**[19:36] Zettour**
Don't worry. I'll put in an order to
make you an organizer immediately.
**[19:40] Tanya**
An organizer?
**[19:42] Tanya**
The position of organizer has
been obsolete for a long time,
**[19:45] Tanya**
but it's still available.
**[19:47] Tanya**
When you graduate, you'll be promoted
to captain and become an organizer.
**[19:51] Tanya**
And, once you've "organized" the battalion,
**[19:53] Tanya**
we'll reward you by forcing through
a promotion to major.
**[19:55] Tanya**
I have all the preparations ready.
**[20:06] Tanya**
That's a very enticing offer.
**[20:08] Tanya**
*Why?*
**[20:09] Tanya**
*Why did this happen?*
**[20:12] Tanya**
So, how much time do I have to organize it?
**[20:14] Zettour**
The sooner, the better.
**[20:16] Zettour**
Pick up to forty-eight people
of your choosing.
**[20:19] Tanya**
Roger.
**[20:21] Tanya**
I'll be going, then.
**[20:23] Zettour**
Lieutenant...
**[20:25] Zettour**
I'm told that you can be
very difficult to work with.
**[20:28] Zettour**
I don't question your ability,
but you have a bad reputation.
**[20:32] Zettour**
Keep that in mind.
**[20:33] Tanya**
Thank you for your warning.
**[20:36] Zettour**
Good luck!
**[20:46] Zettour**
Sending a kid to war, huh?
**[20:53] Tanya**
*Damn it!*
**[20:54] Tanya**
* I'll have to take as much time as possible*
* with the selection process*
**[20:58] Tanya**
*and delay our shipping out.*
***SIGN*** Imperial Strategic HQ External Bureau
**[21:04] Tanya**
What is this?
***SIGN*** Organizer Section
**[21:06] Tanya**
I only sent out that
recruitment notice last week!
**[21:08] Tanya**
Mages are the elite, aren't they?
**[21:11] Tanya**
Shouldn't they want the
best jobs they can get?
**[21:14] Tanya**
I made it clear in the notice
that this would be a terrible job...
***SIGN*** Mages Wanted. Extremely Difficult Battle, Little Pay
***SIGN*** Spend your days in combat and unfathomable danger.
If you return alive, you'll receive honor and glory.
**[21:18] Tanya**
Why would all these people sign up
for a one-way ticket to hell?
**[21:22] Tanya**
I can't go through all this
stuff by myself, anyway.
**[21:25] Tanya**
It's impossible... Absolutely impossible!
**[21:28] Tanya**
Okay.
**[21:29] Tanya**
I'll use the lack of personnel
as an excuse to buy time.
**[21:33] Visha**
Excuse me.
**[21:38] Tanya**
What are you doing here?
**[21:41] Visha**
It's been a while, Captain Degurechaff!
**[23:34] Visha**
This is...
***SIGN*** Next Time My First Battalion
***SIGN*** This program is fiction. All persons, groups, places, laws, and names appearing in it have no relation to the real world.
**[23:36] Visha**
good stuff...
# E5 - My First Battalion
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GYWE120MY/my-first-battalion)
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**[00:03] Visha**
Second Lieutenant Viktoriya Serebryakov,
**[00:06] Visha**
reporting in as your assistant
as per Strategic HQ orders.
**[00:12] Tanya**
You're my assistant?
**[00:15] Visha**
Yes.
**[00:16] Visha**
It seems I was assigned this post because
I already knew you, and we're both women.
**[00:21] Tanya**
Gee, the brass sure is being
awfully considerate.
**[00:24] Tanya**
Belated congratulations on your promotion,
Second Lieutenant.
**[00:28] Visha**
Thank you!
**[00:29] Visha**
I'll get to work right away, then!
**[00:33] Tanya**
Don't bother. This isn't something
two people can handle.
**[00:37] Visha**
Don't worry.
**[00:38] Visha**
I've already spoken with Garrison Command.
**[00:40] Visha**
They'll send dozens of unoccupied
MPs and other personnel.
**[00:44] Tanya**
What?
**[00:45] Visha**
I wanted to contribute to clearing
the organization work as fast as possible.
**[00:49] Tanya**
* Having an assistant who's too talented*
* is also a problem.*
**[00:52] Tanya**
*I should have left her on the Rhine Front!*
**[01:04] ---**
First Lieutenant Aisha Schubert, reporting in.
**[01:08] ---**
First Lieutenant Klein Balhelm, likewise.
**[01:11] ---**
Good to see you.
**[01:12] ---**
I am Colonel Gregorio von Turner, head of
the Mage Battalion Organization Committee.
**[01:17] ---**
You are to head to
6th Air Squadron Command at once.
**[01:22] ---**
But we were told to gather at
this garrison by 1400 today.
**[01:28] ---**
There's been a change of plans.
**[01:31] ---**
Th-There has?
**[01:34] ---**
Also, should you raise any alarm bells
regarding your handling of classified info,
**[01:38] ---**
you will be punished and returned
to your original unit at once.
**[01:41] ---**
Keep that in mind.
**[01:42] ---**
Yes, sir!
***SIGN*** Failure
**[01:49] Visha**
Are you sure?
**[01:52] Tanya**
Don't ask me.
**[01:53] Tanya**
Those who fail to notice the plainly obvious
deserve to be returned to their units.
**[01:58] Visha**
But that's the fourteenth pair.
**[02:02] Tanya**
Jeez...
**[02:04] Tanya**
I was sure at least four of them would pass.
**[02:07] Visha**
Actually, Strategic HQ just sent a demand
that we speed up the selection.
***SIGN*** Episode 5 My First Battalion
**[02:17] ---**
So the creation of the mage battalion
is nothing but propaganda?
**[02:21] ---**
And I'm supposed to shut up and leave?
**[02:23] ---**
Sorry.
**[02:24] ---**
I'm glad to see you're so ambitious.
**[02:26] ---**
If there's another opportunity,
please volunteer.
**[02:30] ---**
I understand.
**[02:32] ---**
Excuse me.
**[02:40] Tanya**
It's an illusion created by
a normal optical spell,
**[02:43] Tanya**
and the voice is a magical synthetic.
**[02:48] ---**
I can see why you keep failing people.
**[02:52] Tanya**
A mage should be able to
see through this easily.
**[02:56] Tanya**
But out of thirty-nine sets,
**[02:59] Tanya**
thirty-three have been deceived and
sent back to their home units.
**[03:04] Tanya**
Only twelve people have passed.
**[03:06] Tanya**
That's only enough for a company.
**[03:09] ---**
You'll have to lower
the standards for passing.
**[03:11] Tanya**
Then I'll need time for reeducation
and to devise an acceptable new standard.
**[03:17] ---**
How long, exactly?
**[03:20] Tanya**
A month.
**[03:23] ---**
Only a month?
**[03:24] ---**
Training a new soldier takes two years.
**[03:28] Zettour**
I don't care.
**[03:29] Zettour**
Reeducate them, even if you
have to get a little rough.
**[03:33] Tanya**
Roger.
**[03:39] Visha**
*Don't tell me...*
***SIGN*** Imperial Army Zugspitsche Training Grounds
**[03:48] ---**
An enemy attack?
**[03:49] ---**
What happened?
**[03:52] ---**
I-It's so cold...
**[03:54] Visha**
I figured this would happen.
**[03:57] Tanya**
There's your wake-up call!
**[03:58] Tanya**
No need for thanks!
**[04:01] Tanya**
I got word that the artillery unit
running exercises in this area
**[04:05] Tanya**
had old shells they needed to dispose of.
**[04:09] Tanya**
Let's give them a chance for some fun.
**[04:14] Tanya**
Also, I'm very sorry to say this,
**[04:16] Tanya**
but they don't have much ammo
stored for the exercise...
**[04:20] Tanya**
They'll run dry in about
thirty-six hours, maximum.
**[04:25] ---**
Th-Thirty-six hours?
**[04:28] Tanya**
Let's begin!
**[04:30] Tanya**
Time to start defensive training!
**[04:46] ---**
R-Retreat!
**[04:50] ---**
Hurry!
**[04:51] ---**
Move your hands!
**[04:56] ---**
We should be able to block
training shells with magic—
**[05:01] Tanya**
That's strange.
**[05:03] Tanya**
I guess they screwed something up,
'cause real shells are mixed in there.
**[05:07] Visha**
Did...
**[05:08] Visha**
Did you have to go that far?!
**[05:11] ---**
They're coming!
**[05:12] ---**
Concentrate!
**[05:15] ---**
Get down...
**[05:18] ---**
Dodge...
**[05:39] ---**
It's over.
**[05:41] Visha**
I hope so...
**[05:45] Tanya**
Those thirty-six hours just flew by, huh?
**[05:48] Tanya**
Knowing you're all warriors,
you haven't had enough fun yet, right?
**[05:53] Tanya**
And so,
**[05:55] Tanya**
it's time for you to move to the next point.
**[05:59] Tanya**
You have forty-eight hours.
**[06:01] Tanya**
No defensive spells or flight magic.
**[06:04] Tanya**
If I detect any magic, I'll launch
a magical artillery strike of my own!
**[06:08] Tanya**
I'll give you one warning.
**[06:11] Tanya**
Be very careful on your way.
**[06:23] ---**
A bomber!
**[06:42] ---**
What's that?
**[06:45] ---**
A-Army dogs?
**[06:48] Visha**
We should probably go around them.
**[06:58] ---**
N-Nothing's really happening.
**[07:01] ---**
Was she just trying to scare us?
**[07:03] Visha**
It's possible...
**[07:05] Visha**
Knowing the captain, it's totally possible.
**[07:10] ---**
Damn it.
**[07:11] ---**
She's rotten to the core!
**[07:14] ---**
That bitch!
**[07:26] ---**
Retreat! Retreat!
**[07:48] ---**
H-Help me.
**[07:49] ---**
My leg...
**[08:02] Tanya**
Now you're napping during training, huh?
**[08:07] Tanya**
Want to face a firing squad
for dereliction of duty?
**[08:10] ---**
Hang in there!
**[08:10] ---**
Hey!
**[08:11] ---**
Are you okay? Breathe!
**[08:13] ---**
Hey!
**[08:14] Visha**
N-No...
**[08:18] ---**
Too useless to even dodge an avalanche—
**[08:24] Visha**
C-Captain, that's going too far!
**[08:31] Visha**
H-He came back to life?
**[08:34] ---**
I can't believe it.
**[08:35] ---**
That isn't human...
**[08:38] ---**
If I try and drop out,
**[08:41] ---**
I'll meet a fate worse than death.
**[08:48] Tanya**
So that's all of you?
**[08:50] Tanya**
Even though this was unexpected,
training is training.
**[08:54] Tanya**
At this rate, you'll never reach the
designated point before time expires.
**[08:58] Tanya**
If you're going to quit, then now is—
**[09:01] ---**
I will continue the training!
**[09:06] ---**
Me, too.
**[09:07] ---**
Leave it to me.
**[09:07] ---**
And me.
**[09:08] ---**
I can keep going.
**[09:09] ---**
Let me do it.
**[09:10] ---**
Hurry!
**[09:11] ---**
We'll finish the march!
**[09:13] ---**
Right!
**[09:18] Visha**
I-I'll go, too!
***SIGN*** One Month Later
**[09:30] Tanya**
Today, you people are no longer maggots.
**[09:36] Tanya**
Today, you are Imperial mages.
**[09:40] Tanya**
You're part of a brotherhood.
**[09:43] Tanya**
From now on, until the day you die,
**[09:45] Tanya**
wherever you are, every member
of the army is your brother.
**[09:49] Tanya**
Most of you will go to the war zone.
**[09:51] Tanya**
Some of you will not come back.
**[09:54] Tanya**
But always remember this:
**[09:56] Tanya**
Imperial soldiers die.
**[09:59] Tanya**
That's what we're here for.
**[10:02] Tanya**
But the Empire lives forever.
**[10:05] Tanya**
And that means *you* live forever!
**[10:09] Tanya**
Thus, the Empire expects you
to fight forever for it!
**[10:16] ---**
Sir, yes, sir!
***SIGN*** Imperial Strategic HQ External Bureau
**[10:20] Tanya**
*How did this happen?*
**[10:22] Tanya**
*Why did I do that?*
**[10:24] Tanya**
*I don't even remember.*
***SIGN*** Organization Department
**[10:27] Tanya**
* Maybe it's because I used*
* the Type-95 too much in training.*
**[10:31] Tanya**
* I should get examined for*
* mental corruption...*
**[10:35] Visha**
Major Degurechaff!
**[10:36] Visha**
A military communiqué from Strategic HQ.
**[10:39] Tanya**
Understood.
**[10:41] Tanya**
Immediate answer required, huh?
**[10:43] Visha**
Yes, a messenger is waiting outside.
***SIGN*** Drawing Room
**[10:51] Erich**
Congratulations on your promotion,
Major Degurechaff.
**[10:54] Erich**
I'm Lieutenant Colonel Rerugen
from Strategic Headquarters.
**[10:57] Tanya**
Thank you.
**[10:58] Tanya**
I've heard your name many times.
**[11:01] Tanya**
I thought you were inspecting
the forces in theater?
**[11:05] Erich**
Yes, I returned a few days ago.
**[11:10] Tanya**
Is something wrong?
**[11:11] Erich**
No, nothing.
**[11:13] Tanya**
I'll ask you a question, then.
**[11:16] Tanya**
This order says we are to depart at once
for the southeastern garrison,
**[11:20] Tanya**
and it's given the highest priority level.
**[11:23] Erich**
I was told your 203rd Aerial Mage Battalion
had been assembled.
**[11:28] Tanya**
But we're still basically a training battalion.
**[11:31] Tanya**
I'd like six months, at least,
to get everyone trained.
**[11:35] Erich**
The inspector said
**[11:37] Erich**
they had reached the level where
they could be deployed immediately.
**[11:40] Erich**
All of them are using prototypes of
next-generation Elenium Type-97.
**[11:46] Erich**
And they have completed
adaptation training at 8,000 meters?
**[11:50] Tanya**
I just got them the requisite equipment
to balance their fighting strength.
**[11:55] Tanya**
Engineer Schugel owed me a favor.
**[11:58] Erich**
Our military has nothing to spare!
**[12:01] Erich**
To the west, the Rhine theater is a stalemate,
**[12:04] Erich**
and we haven't finished things in the north.
**[12:06] Tanya**
That's why I'm so confused...
**[12:08] Tanya**
Why are we being deployed to
the southeastern garrison?
**[12:12] Erich**
It was Strategic Headquarters' decision,
after my inspection of various theaters.
**[12:19] Tanya**
Understood.
**[12:21] Erich**
If you'll excuse me now.
**[12:26] Erich**
Oh, right...
**[12:28] Erich**
This is just a personal bit of advice,
**[12:31] Erich**
but since you are headed to
the southeastern garrison,
**[12:34] Erich**
why not take the opportunity
to learn Dakian?
**[12:38] Erich**
Dakian?
**[12:45] Tanya**
*I see...*
**[12:46] Tanya**
*The Entente Alliance, the Republic,*
**[12:49] Tanya**
*and now the Dukedom of Dakia?*
***SIGN*** Imperial Army Southeastern Theater, Military Garrison 5
**[13:07] ---**
A message from the southern zone.
**[13:11] Tanya**
"Emergency.
**[13:12] Tanya**
A corps-sized Dakian military unit
has invaded our borders."
**[13:16] ---**
Yes.
**[13:17] ---**
The enemy infantry comprises approximately
600,000 men, in four army groups.
**[13:21] Tanya**
What's the aerial combat situation?
**[13:23] ---**
No information on enemy air strength.
**[13:25] Tanya**
What?
**[13:27] Tanya**
Is there a problem with communications?
**[13:28] ---**
Everything is normal.
**[13:30] ---**
There's no word of an air superiority battle,
**[13:33] ---**
and we've also intercepted
unencrypted communications.
**[13:36] Tanya**
Unencrypted?!
**[13:37] Tanya**
Those must be fake...
**[13:39] Tanya**
I can't believe the enemy has no air forces.
**[13:42] ---**
But all communications we've picked up
in the area are the same type,
**[13:46] ---**
so that should be accurate.
**[13:48] Tanya**
They aren't encrypting communications,
and they have no aerial forces?
**[13:53] Tanya**
I didn't expect the Dakian Army
to be so inept.
**[14:00] Visha**
Attention!
***SIGN*** Imperial Army 203rd Air Mage Battalion
**[14:05] Visha**
A message from the battalion commander!
***SIGN*** Vice Commander and 2nd Company Commander
First Lieutenant Matheus Johann Weiss
**[14:07] Tanya**
It is time for war, everyone.
***SIGN*** Battalion Commander and 1st Company Commander
Major Tanya von Degurechaff
**[14:11] Tanya**
No, something merely similar to war.
**[14:16] Tanya**
Today happens to be my birthday.
**[14:20] Tanya**
Perhaps the Dukedom of Dakia knew this,
since they've sent me a gift.
**[14:24] Tanya**
A wonderful surprise present!
**[14:26] Tanya**
A bunch of targets for
a live-fire training exercise.
***SIGN*** 1st Company Second-in-Command
Second Lieutenant Viktoriya Serebryakov
**[14:30] Tanya**
You may choose to shoot them
**[14:33] Tanya**
or to destroy them with spells.
**[14:35] Tanya**
With guaranteed air supremacy,
***SIGN*** 3rd Company Commander
First Lieutenant Wilibald Koenig
**[14:39] Tanya**
this is a man hunt, if anything!
**[14:41] Tanya**
It's like kicking boy scouts about.
***SIGN*** 4th Company Commander
First Lieutenant Rhiner Neumann
**[14:44] Tanya**
One last thing.
**[14:46] Tanya**
This time, our targets will return fire...
**[14:49] Tanya**
Probably.
**[14:51] Tanya**
Not that any of you are stupid
enough to get shot down,
**[14:54] Tanya**
but keep it in mind.
**[14:57] Tanya**
Very well, gentlemen.
**[14:59] Tanya**
It's time for some sports!
**[15:05] Tanya**
Confirmed sighting of
the Dakian vanguard unit.
**[15:08] Tanya**
Approximately three divisions.
**[15:11] Tanya**
All battalion soldiers, move out.
**[15:14] Tanya**
Teach them what war is all about.
**[15:17] Tanya**
Bring the hammer of civilization
down upon them!
**[15:20] All**
Roger!
**[15:23] ---**
Advance!
**[15:24] ---**
Don't break formation!
**[15:35] ---**
A live-fire exercise is
an apt way to describe this.
**[15:38] ---**
It's basically a bunch of scarecrows.
**[15:41] ---**
If we miss, we'll be a laughingstock.
**[15:42] ---**
Penetrating spells... Fire!
**[15:51] ---**
Sheesh, we can't let them beat us.
**[15:54] ---**
Follow their lead.
**[15:55] ---**
Prepare artillery spell!
**[15:57] ---**
Fire!
**[16:00] Tanya**
Well, this sucks.
**[16:02] Tanya**
I have nothing to do.
**[16:03] Visha**
I was sure this would be a tough battle.
**[16:09] Tanya**
What, scared of a mere three divisions?
**[16:12] Tanya**
It's hard to believe you survived the Rhine.
**[16:15] Visha**
Major, um...
**[16:17] Visha**
Three divisions is a lot!
**[16:20] Visha**
I've thought this before, but your idea of
what constitutes a threat is a little...
**[16:25] Tanya**
A little what?
**[16:26] Visha**
Oh! It's nothing!
**[16:29] Tanya**
I'm sorry, Second Lieutenant Serebryakov.
**[16:32] Tanya**
Looks like you're right.
**[16:34] Visha**
Um, I'm sorry?
**[16:36] Tanya**
We should define them as a horde or mob,
a little under 50,000 strong.
**[16:42] Tanya**
I can see why calling them "divisions"
could lead to misunderstandings.
**[16:46] Tanya**
How silly of me...
**[16:53] Tanya**
*Well, it's the first world war in this world.*
**[16:58] Tanya**
* Few soldiers truly understand*
* the threat that air power represents.*
**[17:08] Tanya**
What's that?
**[17:10] Tanya**
What are they doing?
**[17:13] Visha**
I believe they're lining up to fire a volley.
**[17:16] Tanya**
You're kidding.
**[17:17] Tanya**
What year do they think this is?
**[17:19] Tanya**
This isn't the era of cavalry.
**[17:22] Tanya**
Lieutenant Weiss?
**[17:24] Tanya**
Why are you falling back?
**[17:26] Tanya**
Why are you breaking attack formation?
**[17:28] Visha**
Enemy infantry has gotten
into AA formation.
**[17:32] Visha**
So as doctrine dictates, he's trying to
fall back to the limits of his range—
**[17:36] Tanya**
Doctrine? That idiot can't
act without a manual?
**[17:38] Tanya**
Does he really think an infantry
bullet can hit a flying mage?
**[17:44] Tanya**
If any mage is shot down by one,
I'll kill him before the enemy does!
**[17:50] Tanya**
Very well! We'll join in, too!
**[17:52] Tanya**
Company, follow me!
**[17:55] ---**
Th-The enemy!
**[17:56] ---**
Fire! Fire!
**[18:02] ---**
That isn't fair!
**[18:04] ---**
Come down!
**[18:05] Tanya**
Man, I didn't expect I'd be unable
to even hear the machine guns.
**[18:10] Tanya**
Drop grenades!
**[18:18] Tanya**
It's so strange.
**[18:20] Tanya**
Aren't we the ones being invaded?
**[18:23] Tanya**
Jeez, what a bunch of morons.
**[18:35] Visha**
This looks like the invading army's
real HQ, not a decoy.
**[18:40] Tanya**
They're broadcasting communications in
the clear, without even dropping output?
**[18:43] Tanya**
I'm starting to think we actually mowed
down a bunch of tourists, not soldiers.
**[18:51] ---**
Y-You bastards!
**[18:53] Tanya**
Welcome to the Empire.
**[18:55] Tanya**
What is the purpose of your visit?
Do you have a visa?
**[18:59] ---**
Sh-Shut up!
**[19:03] Tanya**
No visas?
**[19:05] Tanya**
Would you like to enter the country
as prisoners of war, then?
**[19:09] ---**
K-Kill them all!
**[19:10] ---**
Fire!
**[19:14] Visha**
This is a waste of time, huh?
**[19:15] Tanya**
Yeah.
**[19:16] Tanya**
Kill them all, except the commander.
**[19:18] Visha**
Yes, ma'am.
**[19:29] Tanya**
Presents for Strategic Headquarters.
**[19:31] Tanya**
Take everything but the bodies!
**[19:33] Tanya**
Hey, you.
**[19:34] Tanya**
Put a booby trap on that corpse.
**[19:37] Tanya**
Has the unit rendezvoused?
**[19:40] ---**
Yes.
**[19:41] ---**
Shall we wipe out the remaining troops?
**[19:43] Tanya**
Where are our allied air fleets?
**[19:45] ---**
The 7th Air Fleet will arrive shortly.
**[19:48] ---**
As soon as they've reloaded their bombs,
they'll launch a full-scale attack.
**[19:51] Tanya**
Then we'll let our allies annihilate
the enemy, and we'll advance.
**[19:56] ---**
Yes, ma'am!
**[19:57] ---**
Where will we go?
**[19:59] Tanya**
The capital.
**[20:01] ---**
The capital?
**[20:03] Tanya**
Forward... Farther forward.
**[20:06] Tanya**
Let's try this, and see how far we can go.
**[20:10] Tanya**
Our battalion is capable of moving forward.
**[20:21] Tanya**
Target sighted.
**[20:23] Tanya**
Looks like a Republic-backed arms factory.
**[20:27] Tanya**
It's probably filled with flammables.
**[20:30] Visha**
But I don't see any air defense.
**[20:35] Tanya**
No...
**[20:36] Tanya**
They're using last century's paradigm.
**[20:38] Tanya**
They seem to still be living in
two dimensions.
**[20:41] Visha**
This is our chance. Let's attack.
**[20:44] Tanya**
Second Lieutenant,
**[20:45] Tanya**
we aren't the kind of barbarians
who'd ignore international wartime law.
**[20:51] Tanya**
In adherence to the laws the ethicists made,
**[20:53] Tanya**
we must destroy nothing but the enemy factory
and warn them to evacuate.
**[20:58] Visha**
But, Major, we'll lose the chance
for a surprise attack.
**[21:02] Tanya**
First Lieutenant Weiss...
**[21:03] Tanya**
I saw this earlier, but you play
by the book a little too much.
**[21:07] Visha**
I-I'm sorry!
**[21:09] Tanya**
Second Lieutenant,
give the warning immediately.
**[21:11] Tanya**
On the international channel,
just like the rules say.
**[21:14] Visha**
But, um... You're sure you want me to?
**[21:25] Tanya**
Oh...
**[21:26] Tanya**
Yeah. Looks like it would be better for me to.
**[21:33] Tanya**
Instructor! We swear that
we will conduct a fair war,
**[21:39] Tanya**
in accordance with international law!
**[21:45] Tanya**
We warn you now!
**[21:46] Tanya**
The Imperial Army is about to launch
an attack on your military facility!
**[21:52] Visha**
Wonderful!
**[21:53] Visha**
They seem to think it's a kid's prank!
**[21:57] Vanguard**
I didn't know you had
theater experience, Major!
**[22:04] Tanya**
Now, everyone,
**[22:05] Tanya**
we have fulfilled our duty
under international law.
**[22:08] Tanya**
Let's get to work.
**[22:10] Tanya**
All units, prepare ultra-long-range spells!
**[22:14] Vanguard**
Target the Carbelius Weapons Factory!
**[22:17] Vanguard**
All companies, match your
fire to the commander's.
**[22:34] Tanya**
In God's name, bring down his wrath on
all who would violate the Fatherland.
**[22:40] Tanya**
Manifest the miracles of God on Earth.
**[22:44] Tanya**
Open fire!
**[22:56] Visha**
Sixteen direct hits.
**[22:57] Visha**
The rest are near hits.
**[22:58] Tanya**
Hmm, not bad.
**[23:06] Vanguard**
Secondary explosions!
**[23:08] Vanguard**
Wow.
**[23:09] Tanya**
Tamaya!
**[23:12] Tanya**
Just an expression of joy.
Don't worry about it.
**[23:16] Tanya**
Looks like we owe Dakia big time.
**[23:18] Tanya**
Not only did they help with
our live-fire exercise,
**[23:22] Tanya**
but they even treated us to a
post-exercise fireworks show.
**[23:25] Tanya**
Halt! We've achieved our objective!
**[23:28] Tanya**
Now, let's head back, my battalion.
***SIGN*** This program is fiction. All persons, groups, places, laws, and names appearing in it have no relation to the real world.
# E6 - Beginning of Madness
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***SIGN*** Several Days After the Battle with the Dukedom of Dakia
**[00:02] Erich**
The southern region reports that,
**[00:04] Erich**
with the 7th Air Fleet's aid, we have
broken through the Dakian central lines.
**[00:11] Erich**
We are now beginning a mop-up operation
**[00:15] Erich**
to cut the enemy's comms lines
and destroy them.
**[00:18] ---**
Overwhelming a force of 600,000
with only 70,000?
**[00:21] ---**
Splendid.
**[00:24] ---**
We should be able to occupy Dakia by winter.
**[00:30] Zettour**
But our country still fights on two fronts.
**[00:38] Erich**
The Republic and the Entente Alliance.
**[00:41] Erich**
There's a lull in the fighting
in both theaters, but...
**[00:45] ---**
We are worrying about a world war.
**[00:48] ---**
The fewer fronts we must
fight on, the better.
**[00:56] ---**
Our only choice is to start wiping out
the weaker enemies, like Dakia.
**[01:02] Erich**
We attack the Entente Alliance, then?
**[01:04] ---**
They're probably more fragile
than the Republic.
**[01:07] ---**
The problem is supply.
**[01:10] ---**
Our supplies in the central Norden Region...
**[01:13] Zettour**
I'd like a little time to stock
supplies before an assault.
**[01:18] Zettour**
The snow's slowing railway development.
**[01:23] Erich**
We've known each other a
long time. Out with it.
**[01:27] Zettour**
We're already taxing the northern rail
and port systems to their limits.
**[01:33] Zettour**
No dramatic change can be
effected in a short time.
**[01:38] Zettour**
Making it through winter is all we
can do with our current supplies.
**[01:42] Zettour**
We don't have any to spare for an offensive.
**[01:48] Erich**
I get that our current
supply lines have issues.
**[01:53] Erich**
But I have a suggestion.
**[01:57] Erich**
I would like to use your ace in the hole...
**[02:00] Erich**
The 203rd Battalion,
which attacked the Dakian capital.
***SIGN*** Imperial Army Southeastern Theater, Military Garrison 5
**[02:13] ---**
Attention!
**[02:16] Tanya**
Good work in Dakia, everyone.
**[02:19] Tanya**
As I'm sure you've already heard,
the 203rd has received a transfer order.
**[02:26] Tanya**
We're heading north, to Norden.
**[02:28] ---**
First the south, then the north.
**[02:30] ---**
No rest for the weary.
**[02:31] ---**
It's perfect. I've been wanting to ski.
**[02:33] Tanya**
We were always intended as
a rapid-response force,
**[02:36] Tanya**
but it looks like HQ wants to
work us like draft horses...
**[02:41] Tanya**
I'm sure they have quite the carrot for us.
**[02:46] Tanya**
But horses aren't lucky enough
to get food for free.
**[02:52] Tanya**
Strategic HQ specifically requested us.
**[02:55] Tanya**
Our opponent in this snowball fight is
**[02:57] Tanya**
the Triple Entente, which has launched
several attacks on our territory.
**[03:01] Tanya**
We're expected to test a new type of tactic.
**[03:05] Tanya**
We have to show them that our battalion
has its act together enough for hiking.
**[03:10] Tanya**
Do not forget your duty as soldiers!
**[03:14] All**
Yes, ma'am!
**[03:15] Tanya**
Good...
**[03:16] Tanya**
We will now relay to you the orders from HQ.
**[03:20] Tanya**
Lieutenant Weiss.
**[03:23] ---**
At 1800, we will start the long,
overnight journey north.
**[03:28] Visha**
Major, about the flight plan to Norden...
**[03:31] Tanya**
Second Lieutenant Serebryakov,
don't you think it's strange?
**[03:35] Visha**
Wh-What is?
**[03:38] Tanya**
Even without the central forces,
**[03:40] Tanya**
we should be more than capable of
defeating the Entente Alliance.
**[03:45] Tanya**
That war should've been over by now.
**[03:48] Tanya**
That means someone is poking
their nose where it doesn't belong.
**[03:52] Visha**
One of the other major powers
is intervening?
**[03:55] Tanya**
Yeah.
**[03:56] Tanya**
The Republic... The Allied Kingdom...
**[04:00] Tanya**
Perhaps both.
**[04:02] Tanya**
But the whole world will be
watching as we go hiking.
**[04:07] Visha**
Understood.
**[04:08] Visha**
I'll pass it on.
**[04:12] Tanya**
I knew a world war was a possibility,
but things are moving faster than I expected.
**[04:17] Tanya**
Dakia's sudden invasion was also inexplicable.
**[04:21] Tanya**
It's possible...
**[04:23] Tanya**
* That the insane, self-proclaimed "God"*
* is using his invisible hand here.*
***SIGN*** Episode 6 Beginning of Madness
***SIGN*** Entente Alliance Capital, Ministry of Defense
**[04:37] ---**
Excellent news, everyone.
**[04:39] ---**
It's still in the early stages,
***SIGN*** Entente Alliance Council of Ten
Olvajoule Kazole
**[04:41] ---**
but we've begun the process
of working with our allies.
**[04:44] ---**
That is good to hear.
**[04:47] ---**
But aren't they afraid that
we'll end up like Dakia?
**[04:51] ---**
They're afraid that we'll fall,
**[04:52] ---**
and then the Empire can direct
its full force toward the Republic.
**[04:56] ---**
That news makes us sound pitiful.
**[04:59] ---**
Not only the Republic,
but the Allied Kingdom will aid us, too.
**[05:04] ---**
They've also begun secretly
monitoring the Empire.
**[05:08] ---**
I'm envious they have resources to spare.
**[05:12] ---**
We have nothing left to spare at all.
**[05:16] ---**
We're forced to ask the other
major powers for aid.
**[05:19] ---**
It's pathetic,
**[05:21] ---**
but we have few other options.
**[05:25] ---**
Thus, let us do the best we can now.
***SIGN*** Imperial Army, Northern Region Kraggana Supply Base
**[05:40] ---**
Fire! Fire! Fire!
**[05:43] ---**
Keep firing!
**[05:46] ---**
Damn it, they got here
faster than expected!
**[05:49] ---**
There are more of them, too.
**[05:51] ---**
Those intelligence asses said we
had nothing to worry about.
**[05:53] ---**
I'm running out of magical energy...
**[05:56] ---**
I can't keep up my defensive spells!
**[05:58] ---**
Battalion Commander, let's fall back.
**[06:00] ---**
No!
**[06:01] ---**
We have to defend
the supply base to the death...
**[06:05] ---**
Battalion Commander!
**[06:12] ---**
I screwed up...
**[06:14] ---**
I'm sorry. Take care of the rest...
**[06:16] ---**
Roger.
**[06:18] ---**
03 and 07, you're at your limits, too.
**[06:21] ---**
Take the commander and fall back.
**[06:26] ---**
This is Viper 02.
**[06:28] ---**
The commander has been wounded,
and I'm assuming command.
**[06:31] ---**
*Roger, Viper 02.*
**[06:34] ---**
*And I've got bad news.*
**[06:36] ---**
* Emergency message from*
* the northeast area.*
**[06:38] ---**
* Observation teams have spotted*
* two company-sized units of mages.*
**[06:41] ---**
Additional forces?
**[06:42] ---**
Where were they hiding until now?
**[06:45] ---**
* We've confirmed foreign mages*
* of unknown nationality.*
**[06:48] ---**
*They'll be in your airspace soon.*
**[06:51] ---**
It will be very hard to fight further.
**[06:53] ---**
Requesting permission to withdraw!
**[06:55] ---**
Lieutenant, multiple sightings at two o'clock.
**[06:59] ---**
Bombers...
**[07:16] ---**
Contact lost with forward units!
**[07:18] ---**
M-Multiple bombers sighted.
**[07:21] ---**
Send interceptors immediately!
**[07:24] ---**
*Wait five minutes.*
**[07:25] ---**
*We'll discuss it with command.*
**[07:26] ---**
*Can you intercept?*
**[07:27] ---**
Hell no!
**[07:28] ---**
Our altitudes are too different.
**[07:30] ---**
And we haven't wiped out
the enemy mages!
**[07:36] ---**
*That base holds mountains of our supplies.*
**[07:38] ---**
*If it's bombed, we won't last the winter.*
**[07:41] ---**
*Please... Just hang in there.*
**[07:44] ---**
Bombers are at an altitude over 9,000.
**[07:49] ---**
Only fighters can go that high.
**[07:53] ---**
Not good.
**[07:54] ---**
We'll be wiped out!
**[07:57] ---**
*What? Is that true?*
**[07:59] ---**
*All right! Viper Battalion, retreat at once!*
**[08:03] ---**
*Retreat!*
**[08:04] ---**
*Reinforcements from central!*
**[08:06] ---**
* Battalion-sized unit*
* heading your way from area B-3!*
**[08:08] ---**
*Their call sign is "Pixie"!*
**[08:11] ---**
*Rejoice! Their commander is a named mage!*
**[08:17] Visha**
Enemy mage unit at altitude 6,500.
**[08:19] Visha**
Forward forces are regiment-sized.
**[08:22] Visha**
Two companies to the rear.
**[08:23] Tanya**
Companies 2 through 4 will
hit the forward units.
**[08:26] Tanya**
We'll take out the rear units and bombers.
**[08:29] Tanya**
Then we'll launch a pincer
attack from the rear.
**[08:32] Tanya**
However, while your job is to delay them,
**[08:35] Tanya**
there isn't any need to wait for me.
**[08:38] Tanya**
Feel free to defeat them all.
**[08:41] ---**
*Yes, ma'am!*
**[08:44] Tanya**
Now, Company 1, gain altitude.
**[08:47] Tanya**
We'll go around and knock out
the two rear companies.
***SIGN*** Imperial Army, Northern Theater Command
***SIGN*** Northern Theater Strategic Commander
Lieutenant General Heinrich Schreise
**[09:00] ---**
Interceptors are ready to go whenever, yes?
**[09:03] ---**
Yes, they're standing by in the hangars.
**[09:06] ---**
Ready to launch on your order.
**[09:08] ---**
Let's do it, then.
**[09:10] ---**
We need to stop those bombers.
**[09:13] ---**
Message from the 203rd Battalion,
**[09:15] ---**
Pixie Battalion, the ones fighting.
**[09:17] ---**
What?
**[09:18] ---**
Read it.
**[09:19] ---**
Well, um...
**[09:21] ---**
What is it? Hurry up!
**[09:24] ---**
They say they don't need help...
**[09:27] ---**
They don't need help?
**[09:29] ---**
They've got guts, huh?
**[09:31] ---**
They want us to owe them a favor.
**[09:34] ---**
Airborne Control has sighted Pixie Battalion.
**[09:36] ---**
Speed is 250.
**[09:38] ---**
Altitude is...
**[09:39] ---**
Pretty fast.
**[09:41] ---**
What's their altitude?
**[09:43] ---**
A-Altitude is 7,500...
**[09:45] ---**
No, it's still increasing!
**[09:47] ---**
What?
**[09:48] ---**
It must be some mistake.
**[09:50] ---**
Those are mages, not fighter planes.
**[09:52] ---**
They're certain. Present altitude is 8,500.
**[09:55] ---**
Speed is 300!
**[09:57] ---**
Is their gear working?
**[09:59] ---**
They're working fine.
**[10:01] ---**
Everything is working properly.
**[10:03] ---**
I can't believe it.
**[10:04] ---**
It seems Strategic HQ had an
unexpected ace up its sleeve.
**[10:15] ---**
Prepare for close-quarters combat!
**[10:17] ---**
We'll wipe out the enemy's forward units!
**[10:26] ---**
The enemy's computation jewels
are better than expected.
**[10:29] ---**
Don't get cocky!
**[10:37] ---**
They're fast.
**[10:43] ---**
They can hit accurately with
this altitude difference?
**[10:46] ---**
Seems like it's those foreign mages.
**[10:48] ---**
They're tougher than we'd thought.
**[10:51] Tanya**
* So, everyone, how are you*
* enjoying a real war?*
**[10:55] Tanya**
The other day's battle against Dakia
was just a live-fire exercise.
**[10:59] Tanya**
I want to let you fight
to your heart's content this time,
**[11:02] Tanya**
so I turned down reinforcements.
**[11:04] Tanya**
Be proud. You've been given a chance
to pass a trial of iron and fire.
**[11:09] Tanya**
* Our battle is being watched*
* by the other major powers*
**[11:12] Tanya**
*and the entire world.*
**[11:14] Tanya**
* Our nation's honor is at stake,*
* and failure isn't permitted!*
**[11:17] ---**
That's just like the major...
**[11:20] Tanya**
Also, the company that contributes least
**[11:23] Tanya**
will pay for the post-victory celebration.
**[11:26] Tanya**
I ordered some fine
twenty-five-year-old booze.
**[11:29] Tanya**
If you don't want to go bankrupt, fight hard.
**[11:33] ---**
Company 2, maximum altitude!
**[11:35] ---**
Everyone, fly like death's at your heels!
**[11:37] ---**
Don't bankrupt me!
**[11:42] Visha**
All companies are fighting hard.
**[11:44] Tanya**
It's hard to show off how good
a commander you are.
**[11:52] Visha**
It's them! The bombers!
**[11:55] Tanya**
They're finally here, huh?
**[12:06] ---**
Enemy mage company below us.
**[12:09] ---**
Twelve of them. Altitude 6,500.
**[12:11] ---**
What do we do?
**[12:12] ---**
Leave them to the rear mage units.
**[12:15] ---**
We're too high up for them to do anything.
**[12:20] Visha**
Enemy escorts are here, too.
**[12:22] Visha**
Two mage companies.
**[12:27] Tanya**
Second Lieutenant, lead the
company and take them out.
**[12:30] Tanya**
Sorry, but I'm taking all those for myself.
**[12:33] Visha**
A-All those bombers?
**[12:36] Tanya**
I actually want to become the air force's
ace, too, and this is my big chance.
**[12:41] Visha**
I'm afraid you'd need to do it in a plane
to stand any chance, ma'am.
**[12:44] Tanya**
Really?
**[12:45] Tanya**
I wish I could go back and get one, then.
**[12:49] Tanya**
But I guess I can't turn
my back on them now.
**[12:53] Tanya**
Don't want them thinking I retreated
when I faced the enemy.
**[12:56] Tanya**
Guess I'll work enough to earn my salary.
**[13:04] Visha**
Company 1, we're advancing!
**[13:10] ---**
O-One mage incoming!
**[13:12] ---**
One mage?
**[13:13] ---**
Impossible!
**[13:14] ---**
That's suicide.
**[13:15] ---**
S-Speed is 250.
**[13:17] ---**
Altitude is 7,500.
**[13:18] ---**
What?
**[13:20] ---**
They're still climbing!
**[13:22] Tanya**
I'm up against some slow,
heavy chunks of steel.
**[13:25] Tanya**
I won't be able to dance with them.
**[13:27] ---**
Altitude 8,000... 8,500.
**[13:30] ---**
At this rate, she'll match us!
**[13:32] ---**
Climb!
**[13:33] ---**
Everyone, lay down some fire!
**[13:39] ---**
She's too fast!
**[13:40] Tanya**
It's only times like this when
I'm happy to have this tiny body.
**[13:44] ---**
A-Altitude is 10,000!
**[13:45] ---**
Who is this girl?
**[13:47] ---**
Damn it... Hit her! Hit her!
**[13:52] ---**
Stop.
**[13:53] ---**
Don't fire randomly!
**[13:54] ---**
Calm down and aim—
**[13:59] Tanya**
Good day, gentlemen.
**[14:02] Tanya**
And goodbye.
**[14:14] ---**
The formation leader's plane...
**[14:15] ---**
C-Call off the mission!
**[14:17] ---**
Turn around, fast!
**[14:18] ---**
Release all bombs and lighten the planes!
**[14:30] Tanya**
This is as easy as hitting
fixed-gun emplacements.
**[14:33] Tanya**
Lord, hear my prayer,
**[14:37] Tanya**
and grant my desire.
**[14:43] Tanya**
Bring down the hammer of
your wrath from Heaven.
**[14:57] ---**
Mayday! Mayday!
**[14:59] ---**
This is—
**[15:10] Tanya**
Pixie 01 to all units.
**[15:13] Tanya**
The metal birds are
heading back to their nest.
**[15:16] Tanya**
Begin your pincer attack
on the remaining mages.
**[15:19] Tanya**
I'm going to recover prisoners
from the prey I shot down.
**[15:41] Tanya**
I wanted to get some information from them,
**[15:44] Tanya**
but I can't just cut out their brain
and take it.
**[15:53] ---**
It's a joyous thing.
**[16:05] ---**
Everyone in this world is out for
your blood, you of so little faith.
**[16:11] ---**
A great crusade to punish
the blasphemer has begun.
**[16:16] Tanya**
Being X...
**[16:18] Tanya**
I knew you were screwing with me!
**[16:21] ---**
How does it feel to fight the entire world?
**[16:32] Tanya**
Damn it!
**[16:33] Tanya**
I'll show you!
***SIGN*** Somewhere in the Norden Region, Allied Kingdom Army Observation Post
**[16:43] ---**
It's the named mage we saw in the west.
**[16:46] ---**
We've identified her. The Devil of the Rhine.
**[16:49] ---**
So she's real?
***SIGN*** Allied Kingdom Army Military Intelligence
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Isaac Dustin Drake
**[16:51] ---**
I guess the Republican forces
weren't dreaming.
**[16:56] ---**
We were right to put an observation
system quickly into place.
**[16:59] ---**
She took out those bombers by herself.
**[17:02] ---**
She really is a devil.
**[17:04] ---**
You have the recorded data, right?
**[17:07] ---**
Yes, no problem.
**[17:08] ---**
What about communications intercept?
**[17:10] ---**
Unfortunately, they used an unknown
encryption algorithm...
**[17:15] ---**
I'd love to put up a control plane,
**[17:18] ---**
but our priority now is taking
this equipment back, huh?
**[17:23] ---**
It's from Alpha Unit.
**[17:26] ---**
The named is emitting a powerful
magical-energy signal.
**[17:29] Tanya**
Your light is like the morning sun.
**[17:32] ---**
All right.
**[17:33] ---**
This is our chance for good data.
**[17:34] Tanya**
Use it to illuminate the darkness,
hidden in the ground.
**[17:38] ---**
What is she doing?
**[17:40] ---**
I can't even imagine.
**[17:44] ---**
Turn off power to the equipment!
**[17:46] ---**
She's tracked us back!
**[17:47] Tanya**
Praise the Lord, who is now born unto us!
**[17:52] ---**
I-I've detected an artillery spell!
**[17:54] ---**
Does she realize how far away she is?
**[17:57] ---**
Retreat... Retreat!
**[18:10] Visha**
Observation waves are gone.
**[18:13] Visha**
Splendid work, Major.
**[18:18] Visha**
Major... is something wrong?
**[18:22] Tanya**
Let's go. We'll wipe out
the remaining enemies.
**[18:31] ---**
Damn it! She got us!
***SIGN*** Republican Capital Parisee, Ministry of Defense
**[18:36] ---**
The Entente Alliance's attack
on the supply depot has failed.
***SIGN*** Republican Army 2nd Mage Company
Lieutenant Colonel Severin Bientot
**[18:39] ---**
The mages we sent suffered
multiple casualties.
***SIGN*** Vice Minister of Defense and Armies
General Pierre Michelaud du Lugo
**[18:49] ---**
"Message to Entente Alliance Command.
**[18:52] ---**
We've told you that an analysis
of the attack on Dakia
**[18:55] ---**
reveals that leaving your rear lines
undefended is dangerous."
**[18:59] ---**
They're in bad shape.
**[19:02] ---**
Don't you think expecting anything
from them is pointless?
**[19:04] ---**
Silence, Colonel Bientot.
**[19:07] ---**
I-I'm sorry!
**[19:09] ---**
Doomed or not, we'll use what we can.
**[19:13] ---**
Naturally.
***SIGN*** Imperial Army, Northern Theater Forces Command
**[19:20] ---**
Welcome to Norden.
**[19:22] ---**
Or should I say welcome back,
Major Degurechaff?
**[19:26] Tanya**
Yes, I've returned to the battlefield here,
**[19:30] Tanya**
General Rudersdorf.
**[19:32] ---**
Glad to have you.
**[19:33] ---**
That was splendid work today.
**[19:37] Tanya**
I'm honored, General.
**[19:39] ---**
I'd like to give you plenty of
opportunities to fight here.
**[19:42] Tanya**
Yes, sir.
**[19:43] ---**
Excellent.
**[19:44] ---**
All right, let's start talking about work.
**[19:47] Erich**
Major, you will be taking out an
enemy defensive placement.
**[19:53] Tanya**
Does that mean we're advancing
the front lines?
**[19:57] Tanya**
With our present supply situation...
**[19:59] Erich**
For now, I'll merely say it is a new plan.
**[20:05] Tanya**
Roger.
**[20:07] Erich**
As you know, the other major powers
are beginning to intervene.
**[20:11] Erich**
We'll have a real mess on our hands.
**[20:14] Erich**
But we're counting on you, Major.
**[20:18] ---**
How does it feel to fight the entire world?
**[20:24] Tanya**
Yes, sir.
**[20:25] Tanya**
Not only the Entente Alliance,
but the Republic and the Allied Kingdom...
**[20:29] Tanya**
And anyone else who wants to meddle...
**[20:32] Tanya**
I'll teach them all a lesson.
***SIGN*** Hallway, Entente Alliance Ministry of Defense
***SIGN*** 5th Air Mage Battalion
Colonel Anson Sue
**[20:39] ---**
Colonel...
**[20:42] ---**
Congratulations on your promotion.
**[20:46] ---**
Don't be stupid.
**[20:47] ---**
You can tell where our country's headed
by the fact that I was promoted
**[20:50] ---**
because my superior officer was killed.
**[20:53] ---**
If you survive till next year,
you'll be a general.
**[20:56] ---**
If you survive two years, you might
be running the whole place.
**[21:00] ---**
If you have time for jokes, get ready to go.
**[21:04] ---**
We're heading to the rear lines.
**[21:05] ---**
Yes, sir.
**[21:06] ---**
I'm terribly sorry, sir.
**[22:59] Tanya**
You impress me, Lieutenant Weiss.
**[23:02] ---**
Wh-Where's this coming from?
**[23:04] Tanya**
You don't smoke, right?
**[23:06] Tanya**
I have no intention of restricting any rights,
**[23:08] Tanya**
and I don't want to tell people
not to smoke on the battlefield.
**[23:12] Tanya**
But I wish people would keep
the secondhand smoke in mind.
**[23:15] ---**
Secondhand smoke?
**[23:16] ---**
What's that?
**[23:18] Tanya**
Major Tanya Degurechaff,
with the 203rd Air Mage Battalion.
**[23:23] Tanya**
This way.
***SIGN*** Next Time War Report
***SIGN*** This program is fiction. All persons, groups, places, laws, and names appearing in it have no relation to the real world.
# E6.5 - War Report
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**[00:02] Narrator**
*Being X...*
**[00:06] Narrator**
How does it feel to fight the entire world?
**[00:12] Narrator**
*So it was his doing, after all...*
**[00:15] Narrator**
*Why...*
**[00:16] Narrator**
*Why did this happen?*
**[00:18] Narrator**
*Damn it!*
**[00:19] Narrator**
*It all went wrong back then.*
**[00:21] Narrator**
*Yes, that's when it all started.*
***SIGN*** Episode 6.5 War Report
***SIGN*** 2013 AD, Tokyo
**[00:32] Narrator**
What reason does the company have
to continue employing you?
**[00:37] Narrator**
W-Wait a second... Please!
***SIGN*** Improve Your Skills More Than Ever
Career Support Book
What You Need To Work the Way Only You Can
**[00:39] Narrator**
Please leave.
**[00:41] Man**
*I'm aware of my deficiencies as a human.*
**[00:45] Man**
* My personality is twisted in various ways,*
* and I have every complex imaginable.*
**[00:50] Narrator**
*But...*
**[00:51] Narrator**
* Obeying company rules is*
* the easiest thing in the world.*
**[00:55] Narrator**
* I can ride the rails right to*
* the department chief's chair.*
**[00:58] Narrator**
*And life will become nice and easy.*
**[01:07] Narrator**
*At least, that was the plan...*
**[01:12] Narrator**
*What?*
**[01:14] Narrator**
*What happened?*
**[01:17] Narrator**
Apparently, you lack faith.
**[01:20] Narrator**
And not a trace of faith in the Creator.
**[01:24] Narrator**
The Creator?
**[01:26] Narrator**
I'm sorry to say this,
**[01:28] Narrator**
but I reject God's existence, from both
realistic and rational perspectives.
**[01:34] Narrator**
In a world with advanced science,
where one's needs are met,
**[01:37] Narrator**
there will be no faith.
**[01:39] Narrator**
Only the weak, when they're in
dire straits, cling to someone.
**[01:45] Narrator**
So, basically,
**[01:46] Narrator**
if I put you
**[01:46] Narrator**
into the "dire straits"
**[01:48] Narrator**
you speak of,
**[01:49] Narrator**
your faith
**[01:50] Narrator**
will awaken?
**[01:51] Narrator**
C-Calm down!
**[01:54] Narrator**
Try to live as long as you can.
**[01:57] Narrator**
If you die again,
**[01:59] Narrator**
there will be no second reincarnation.
**[02:03] Narrator**
W-Wait—
**[02:15] Narrator**
* As a result of my absurd*
* reincarnation by Being X,*
***SIGN*** Unified Year 1913, Outskirts of Imperial Capital Berun
**[02:19] Narrator**
* I was abandoned in a poor nunnery*
* in another world.*
**[02:23] Narrator**
* And the country was gripped with*
* the madness that precedes war.*
***SIGN*** Destroy the Enemies of the Fatherland
**[02:29] Narrator**
*In a time when war seemed unavoidable,*
**[02:33] Narrator**
* I'd thought it would be impossible for*
* a poor, powerless girl to survive.*
**[02:38] Narrator**
* But in that world,*
* the power of magic did exist.*
**[02:43] Narrator**
*And during the orphanage's physical,*
**[02:46] Narrator**
*my magical aptitude was noted.*
**[02:49] Narrator**
* The army always conscripted*
* those with aptitude as mages.*
***SIGN*** Tanya Degurechaff Magical Aptitude A
**[02:56] Narrator**
* And if I were going to be*
* conscripted someday,*
**[02:58] Narrator**
* it made more sense to volunteer,*
* receive officer training,*
**[03:01] Narrator**
*and attempt to get onto a career path.*
**[03:08] Narrator**
New soldiers, welcome to hell.
**[03:11] Narrator**
* The Imperial military was a*
* champion of meritocracy,*
**[03:14] Narrator**
*and in less than a year,*
**[03:16] Narrator**
* I was entrusted with training*
* the second-class students.*
**[03:19] Narrator**
I don't expect anything from you maggots.
**[03:22] Narrator**
But at least don't drive me to despair!
**[03:25] Narrator**
You little brat—
**[03:30] Narrator**
*There were minor issues.*
**[03:32] Narrator**
*But afterward, I finished my training.*
***SIGN*** Northern Theater Force Garrison
**[03:35] Narrator**
* The only thing missing before*
* graduation was to finish*
**[03:38] Narrator**
*my training deployment in the North.*
**[03:43] Narrator**
*But it was there that I learned...*
**[03:45] Narrator**
*The unexpected can happen in any world.*
**[03:51] Narrator**
Emission signatures!
**[03:52] Narrator**
Enemy mage group detected!
**[03:55] Narrator**
Only scratched her, huh?
**[03:56] Narrator**
Permission to leave battlefield immediately.
**[03:58] Narrator**
*Unfortunately, we can't permit that.*
**[04:00] Narrator**
*Delay the enemy.*
**[04:05] ---**
*It was me versus an entire enemy company.*
**[04:09] ---**
* Faced with the enemy, I had to choose*
* between flight, honorable death, or...*
**[04:16] ---**
Gotcha.
**[04:21] ---**
Get away!
**[04:24] ---**
*Making it seem you fought hard,*
**[04:26] ---**
* while leaving the battlefield*
* in a natural way.*
**[04:29] ---**
* That is the best way to protect*
* yourself and survive...*
**[04:35] ---**
Second Lieutenant Tanya Degurechaff.
***SIGN*** Medical Room
**[04:37] ---**
During the battle with the Entente Alliance,
**[04:39] ---**
*Not good...*
**[04:40] ---**
you detained the enemy until
reinforcements arrived.
**[04:41] ---**
*I didn't think they'd be so impressed.*
**[04:45] ---**
*They're treating me like an ace.*
**[04:49] ---**
We award you the Silver Wings Assault Badge.
**[04:56] ---**
* But I hope they don't use this as an excuse*
* to send me to the front lines.*
***SIGN*** Commander's Office
**[05:01] ---**
Second Lieutenant Degurechaff,
here are your deployment orders.
**[05:04] ---**
Head to the General Supply Staff.
**[05:07] ---**
Is this for technology testing?
**[05:11] ---**
Yes, they need you to test
a new type of computation jewel.
**[05:15] ---**
I understand.
**[05:18] ---**
* My long-held dream of a safe,*
* rear-echelon deployment...*
**[05:22] ---**
* No, there wasn't going to be*
* any problem at all.*
**[05:26] ---**
Elenium Type-95?
**[05:28] ---**
By synchronizing four computation jewel cores,
**[05:31] ---**
this prototype grants revolutionary abilities.
**[05:34] ---**
It uses tremendous magical energy,
**[05:36] ---**
but with the amount you have,
that shouldn't be a problem.
**[05:39] ---**
*There are all kinds of problems!*
**[05:41] ---**
These crystals aren't stable at all.
**[05:43] ---**
If this keeps up, they'll explode again!
**[05:44] ---**
*If this keeps up, they'll explode again!*
**[05:46] ---**
Can't you go any higher?!
**[05:48] ---**
Doctor?!
**[05:50] ---**
Theoretically, you should be able
to reach 18,000 meters!
**[05:54] ---**
A standard computation jewel's
maximum altitude is 6,000!
**[05:57] ---**
The load is within acceptable parameters!
**[05:59] ---**
Those are theoretical numbers!
**[06:01] ---**
For use as military-grade items,
keep durability in mind!
**[06:05] ---**
What are you talking about?
**[06:06] ---**
* That would ruin the jewel's*
* optimized synchronization!*
**[06:09] ---**
I don't know when this
defective junk will explode!
**[06:19] ---**
*I am done with this crap!*
**[06:20] ---**
* This thing's as defective as*
* an Italian Red Devil!*
**[06:25] ---**
* And after ten years,*
* I was reunited with Being X.*
**[06:32] ---**
This is a serious problem.
**[06:35] ---**
You haven't developed even
the tiniest bit of faith.
**[06:38] ---**
B-Being X...
**[06:41] ---**
Indeed.
**[06:42] ---**
Your attitude is as unacceptable as ever.
**[06:45] ---**
Perhaps I should give you a blessing.
**[06:49] ---**
A blessing?
**[06:53] ---**
A miracle.
**[06:54] ---**
Miracles are illusions caused by
insufficient observation and understanding.
**[07:02] ---**
Glorious misunderstandings.
**[07:08] ---**
I don't know about that.
**[07:17] ---**
In the last experiment before my transfer,
**[07:20] ---**
he got me again!
**[07:24] ---**
Lieutenant, are you ready?
**[07:28] ---**
Second Lieutenant Tanya
Degurechaff, taking off!
**[07:39] ---**
The jewel's synchronization is unstable.
**[07:41] ---**
It's going to explode!
**[07:43] ---**
Irregularity in energy coefficients.
They're going out of control.
**[07:45] ---**
Is this...
**[07:48] ---**
This is a good opportunity, right?
**[07:50] ---**
Let us both pray to God!
**[07:54] ---**
You set me up, Being X!
**[08:05] ---**
I have blessed your computation jewel
**[08:07] ---**
and performed a miracle.
**[08:09] ---**
A miracle?
**[08:10] ---**
You call strapping a bomb to me a miracle?!
**[08:14] ---**
Now, you must pray to God
**[08:16] ---**
each time you use your computation jewel.
**[08:20] ---**
You vile piece of shit!
**[08:22] ---**
Go now,
**[08:24] ---**
and spread the name of God.
**[08:29] ---**
God's miracles are great.
**[08:32] ---**
Praise the Lord
**[08:34] ---**
and his worthy name.
**[09:01] ---**
What did I...
**[09:04] ---**
Did I just pray?
**[09:06] ---**
To that thing?!
**[09:07] ---**
I never thought it would actually work.
**[09:09] ---**
I knew it... God is real.
***SIGN*** Unified Year 1924, Rhine Theater
**[09:25] ---**
* With the double-edged sword called*
* the Elenium-95 and a bunch of raw recruits,*
**[09:31] ---**
* I was sent west to fight on*
* the Rhine Theater's front lines.*
**[09:38] ---**
A mage?
**[09:44] ---**
What are you doing, Visha?
**[09:48] ---**
We can't provide air support anymore!
**[09:58] ---**
An explosion spell...
**[10:02] ---**
How much longer will reinforcements take?
**[10:04] ---**
*The 205th Mage Company is en route.*
**[10:07] ---**
Company Commander,
we only have one platoon.
**[10:10] ---**
We can't fight a whole company.
**[10:13] ---**
Our enemy is on an exhausting,
long-range mission.
**[10:16] ---**
There's a good chance we can win.
**[10:20] ---**
* But I guess losing new troops already*
* would hurt my promotion chances.*
**[10:27] ---**
You are to provide support.
**[10:29] ---**
I'll go ahead and destroy three platoons.
**[10:32] ---**
Man, it's rough being a salaryman.
**[10:35] ---**
S-Salary...?
**[10:38] ---**
I pray unto God.
**[10:41] ---**
Lord, save my Fatherland.
**[10:50] ---**
As the documents you see on
Second Lieutenant Degurechaff state...
**[10:54] ---**
After contributing to development
of a new computation jewel,
**[10:56] ---**
she was sent on emergency deployment
to the Rhine theater.
**[10:59] ---**
While in the Rhine theater, she wiped out
an entire enemy mage company on her own.
**[11:03] ---**
And she's still carrying out
assault missions there?
**[11:09] ---**
She's the ideal soldier.
**[11:15] Tanya**
* "Second Lieutenant Degurechaff,*
* you are hereby promoted to First Lieutenant*
**[11:19] ---**
*and are to attend the military academy."*
**[11:22] ---**
* This is the second time I can remember*
* that I've been to university...*
**[11:26] ---**
*I'll get a nice easy job studying at the rear!*
**[11:31] ---**
Be seated.
**[11:33] ---**
Yes, sir. Excuse me.
**[11:36] ---**
Actually, I wanted to ask you something.
**[11:40] ---**
What do you think the next
developments in the war will be?
**[11:44] ---**
I'm certain that this war
will grow into a world war.
**[11:50] ---**
A world war?
**[11:51] ---**
A global war.
**[11:53] ---**
An interesting opinion.
**[11:55] ---**
How would you handle it?
**[11:56] ---**
By limiting our losses while
shedding enemy blood,
**[11:59] ---**
I believe the Empire would
win in the long run.
**[12:03] ---**
Do you have a practical plan?
**[12:05] ---**
I would suggest a combination
**[12:07] ---**
of defensive infantry tactics and
offensive strategies with mages.
**[12:10] ---**
Mages are powerful,
but there aren't many of them.
**[12:15] ---**
I agree.
**[12:16] ---**
Mages excel in firepower and agility.
**[12:18] ---**
They're ideal for hunting enemy forces.
**[12:21] ---**
In the sense that you win the battle
while limiting your losses,
**[12:26] ---**
I believe this may be the best use of mages.
**[12:31] ---**
Interesting.
**[12:33] ---**
I'll look into it.
***SIGN*** Imperial Strategic Headquarters, Conference Room 1
**[12:36] Narrator**
* Things kept going in the worst possible*
* direction, as if someone had set them up.*
**[12:41] Narrator**
*I never expected that chat to spell my doom.*
***SIGN*** Imperial Strategic Headquarters, Dining Room
**[12:50] Narrator**
Thank you so much for inviting me today.
**[12:54] Narrator**
We've asked you here to discuss
your post-graduation deployment.
**[12:59] Narrator**
First Lieutenant Degurechaff,
**[13:01] Narrator**
I intend to put you in charge of
a new rapid-response mage battalion.
**[13:07] Narrator**
A battalion?!
**[13:10] Narrator**
* Leading a rapid-response battalion is*
* a bigger risk than the front lines!*
**[13:14] Narrator**
B-But I'm only a first lieutenant.
**[13:17] Narrator**
I'm not qualified to command a battalion.
**[13:20] Narrator**
Don't worry. Everything's been arranged.
**[13:31] Narrator**
That's a very enticing offer.
**[13:33] Narrator**
*Why?*
**[13:35] Narrator**
*Why did this happen?*
**[13:37] Narrator**
*Damn it!*
**[13:39] Narrator**
* I'll have to take as much time as possible*
* with the selection process*
**[13:42] Narrator**
*and delay our shipping out.*
***SIGN*** Imperial Strategic HQ External Bureau
**[13:47] Narrator**
What is this?
***SIGN*** Organizer Section
**[13:49] Narrator**
I only sent out that
recruitment notice last week!
**[13:52] Narrator**
Mages are the elite, aren't they?
**[13:54] Narrator**
Shouldn't they want
the best jobs they can get?
**[13:57] Narrator**
I made it clear in the notice
that this would be a terrible job...
***SIGN*** Mages Wanted. Extremely Difficult Battle, Little Pay
***SIGN*** Spend your days in combat and unfathomable danger.
If you return alive, you'll receive honor and glory.
**[14:02] Narrator**
Why would all these people sign up
for a one-way ticket to hell?
**[14:05] Narrator**
I can't go through all this
stuff by myself, anyway.
**[14:10] Narrator**
Excuse me.
**[14:15] Narrator**
What are you doing here?
**[14:18] Narrator**
It's been a while, Captain Degurechaff!
**[14:21] Narrator**
You're my assistant?
**[14:24] Narrator**
Yes.
**[14:25] Narrator**
It seems I was assigned this post because
I already knew you, and we're both women.
**[14:30] Narrator**
Gee, the brass sure is being
awfully considerate.
**[14:33] Narrator**
Actually, Strategic HQ just sent a demand
that we speed up the selection.
**[14:39] Narrator**
Only twelve people have passed.
**[14:42] Narrator**
That's only enough for a company.
**[14:44] Narrator**
You'll have to lower
the standards for passing.
**[14:47] Narrator**
Then I'll need time for reeducation and
to devise an acceptable new standard.
**[14:53] Narrator**
How long, exactly?
**[14:56] Narrator**
A month.
**[14:58] Narrator**
Only a month?
**[15:00] Narrator**
Training a new soldier takes two years.
**[15:03] Narrator**
I don't care.
**[15:04] Narrator**
Reeducate them, even if you
have to get a little rough.
***SIGN*** Imperial Army Zugspitsche Training Grounds
**[15:09] ---**
* Now that it's come to this,*
* I'll push them to the absolute limit*
**[15:15] ---**
*and make them give up for sure!*
**[15:19] ---**
It's so cold...
**[15:21] ---**
I figured this would happen.
**[15:24] ---**
Retreat! Retreat!
**[15:28] ---**
Now you're napping during training, huh?
**[15:33] ---**
Want to face a firing squad
for dereliction of duty?
**[15:35] ---**
Hang in there!
**[15:36] ---**
Hey!
**[15:37] ---**
Are you okay? Breathe!
**[15:39] ---**
Hey!
**[15:43] ---**
C-Captain, that's going too far!
**[15:50] ---**
H-He came back to life?
**[15:53] ---**
I can't believe it.
**[15:54] ---**
That isn't human...
**[15:57] ---**
If I try and drop out,
**[16:00] ---**
I'll meet a fate worse than death.
**[16:03] ---**
If you're going to quit, then now is—
**[16:07] ---**
I will continue the training!
**[16:13] ---**
Me, too.
**[16:13] ---**
Leave it to me.
**[16:14] ---**
And me.
**[16:15] ---**
I can keep going.
**[16:16] ---**
Let me do it.
**[16:17] ---**
Hurry!
**[16:18] ---**
We'll finish the march!
***SIGN*** One Month Later
**[16:24] ---**
*But they endured hell...*
**[16:29] ---**
Today, you are Imperial mages.
**[16:33] ---**
Most of you will go to the war zone.
**[16:36] ---**
Some of you will not come back.
**[16:38] ---**
But always remember this:
**[16:41] ---**
Imperial soldiers die.
**[16:44] ---**
That's what we're here for.
**[16:47] ---**
But the Empire lives forever.
**[16:50] ---**
And that means *you* live forever!
**[16:54] ---**
Thus, the Empire expects you
to fight forever for it!
**[17:01] ---**
Sir, yes, sir!
***SIGN*** Imperial Strategic HQ External Bureau
**[17:05] ---**
*How did this happen?*
**[17:07] ---**
*Why did I do that?*
**[17:09] ---**
*I don't even remember.*
***SIGN*** Organization Department
**[17:11] ---**
* Maybe it's because I used*
* the Type-95 too much in training.*
**[17:15] ---**
A military communiqué from Strategic HQ.
**[17:17] ---**
Understood.
**[17:22] ---**
A message from the battalion commander!
**[17:25] ---**
It is time for war, everyone.
**[17:29] ---**
No, something merely similar to war.
**[17:33] ---**
We've been given a bunch of targets
for a live-fire training exercise.
**[17:36] ---**
You may choose to shoot them
**[17:39] ---**
or to destroy them with spells.
**[17:42] ---**
Very well, gentlemen.
**[17:43] ---**
It's time for some sports!
**[17:58] ---**
A live-fire exercise is
an apt way to describe this.
**[18:02] ---**
It's basically a bunch of scarecrows.
**[18:04] ---**
If we miss, we'll be a laughingstock.
**[18:06] ---**
Penetrating spells... Fire!
**[18:11] ---**
Drop grenades!
**[18:17] ---**
Then we'll let our allies annihilate
the enemy, and we'll advance.
**[18:21] ---**
Where will we go?
**[18:22] ---**
The capital.
**[18:24] ---**
This is our chance. Let's attack.
**[18:26] ---**
Second Lieutenant,
**[18:27] ---**
we aren't the kind of barbarians
who'd ignore international wartime law.
**[18:32] ---**
In adherence to the laws the ethicists made,
**[18:35] ---**
we must destroy nothing but the enemy factory
and warn them to evacuate.
**[18:41] ---**
We swear that we will conduct a fair war,
**[18:47] ---**
in accordance with international law!
**[18:52] ---**
We warn you now!
**[18:54] ---**
The Imperial Army is about to launch
an attack on your military facility!
**[18:59] ---**
Wonderful!
**[19:01] ---**
They seem to think it's a kid's prank!
**[19:04] ---**
Now, everyone,
**[19:05] ---**
we have fulfilled our duty
under international law.
**[19:08] ---**
Let's get to work.
**[19:11] ---**
In God's name, bring down his wrath on
all who would violate the Fatherland.
**[19:18] ---**
Manifest the miracles of God on Earth.
**[19:22] ---**
Open fire!
**[19:33] ---**
Now, let's head back, my battalion.
***SIGN*** Imperial Army Southeastern Theater, Military Garrison 5
**[19:44] ---**
The 203rd has received a transfer order.
**[19:49] ---**
We're heading north, to Norden.
**[19:52] ---**
*And I headed back to Norden once more.*
**[19:56] ---**
Enemy mage unit at altitude 6,500.
**[19:58] ---**
Forward forces are regiment-sized.
**[20:00] ---**
Two companies to the rear.
**[20:02] ---**
Companies 2 through 4 will
hit the forward units.
**[20:05] ---**
We'll take out the rear units and bombers.
**[20:08] ---**
Then we'll launch a pincer
attack from the rear.
**[20:11] ---**
However, while your job is to delay them,
**[20:14] ---**
there isn't any need to wait for me.
**[20:16] ---**
Feel free to defeat them all.
**[20:20] ---**
Yes, ma'am!
**[20:23] ---**
Now, Company 1, gain altitude.
**[20:26] ---**
We'll go around and knock out
the two rear companies.
**[20:37] ---**
Prepare for close-quarters combat!
**[20:39] ---**
We'll wipe out the enemy's forward units!
**[20:48] ---**
The enemy's computation jewels
are better than expected.
**[20:51] ---**
Don't get cocky!
**[21:00] ---**
They're fast.
**[21:05] ---**
They can hit accurately with
this altitude difference?
**[21:08] ---**
Seems like it's those foreign mages.
**[21:11] ---**
They're tougher than we'd thought.
**[21:13] ---**
* So, everyone, how are you*
* enjoying a real war?*
**[21:18] ---**
The other day's battle against Dakia
was just a live-fire exercise.
**[21:21] ---**
I want to let you fight to your
heart's content this time,
**[21:24] ---**
so I turned down reinforcements.
**[21:27] ---**
Be proud. You've been given a chance
to pass a trial of iron and fire.
**[21:33] ---**
It's them! The bombers!
**[21:36] ---**
They're finally here, huh?
**[21:39] ---**
Guess I'll work enough to earn my salary.
**[21:48] ---**
Bring down the hammer of
your wrath from Heaven.
**[22:02] ---**
Mayday! Mayday!
**[22:03] ---**
This is—
**[22:15] ---**
Pixie 01 to all units.
**[22:17] ---**
Begin your pincer attack
on the remaining mages.
**[22:20] ---**
I'm going to recover prisoners
from the prey I shot down.
**[22:27] ---**
I wanted to get some information from them,
**[22:29] ---**
but I can't just cut out their brain
and take it.
**[22:36] ---**
It's a joyous thing.
**[22:41] ---**
Everyone in this world is out for
your blood, you of so little faith.
**[22:47] ---**
A great crusade to punish
the blasphemer has begun.
**[22:52] ---**
Being X...
**[22:54] ---**
I knew you were screwing with me!
**[22:56] ---**
How does it feel to fight the entire world?
**[23:05] ---**
Damn it!
**[23:06] ---**
I'll show you!
***SIGN*** Imperial Army
Northern Theater Forces Command
**[23:09] ---**
*I'm always sent to the war's front lines.*
**[23:13] ---**
*Always desperate situations where safe,
rear-echelon deployments are a pipe dream.*
**[23:20] ---**
*Damn you, Being X!*
**[23:24] ---**
Not only the Entente Alliance,
but the Republic and the Allied Kingdom...
**[23:28] ---**
And anyone else who wants to meddle...
**[23:31] ---**
I'll teach them all a lesson.
***SIGN*** Next Time The Battle of Fjord
***SIGN*** This program is fiction. All persons, groups, places, laws, and names appearing in it have no relation to the real world.
# E7 - The Battle of the Fjord
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***SIGN*** Entente Alliance, Port Arnelus
**[00:07] ---**
Please understand, Mary.
**[00:11] ---**
It's only a matter of time until
the war reaches the cities.
**[00:16] ---**
It's safer for you to leave
the country while you can.
**[00:20] ---**
What about you, Dad?
**[00:23] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[00:27] ---**
I wasn't a good father, was I?
**[00:30] ---**
No, you're a good dad.
**[00:34] ---**
Oh, but you should shave your beard.
**[00:37] ---**
Yeah, I should.
**[00:42] ---**
Mary, take care of your mother.
**[00:46] ---**
And stay healthy.
**[00:48] ---**
Okay.
**[00:50] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[00:53] ---**
Good luck, sir.
**[01:05] ---**
Daddy!
**[01:06] ---**
It's a little early,
**[01:08] ---**
but take good care of your Christmas present!
**[01:19] ---**
Colonel Sue...
**[01:21] ---**
Major Gunner.
**[01:23] ---**
This is from your daughter.
**[01:27] ---**
What is this?
**[01:28] ---**
The latest model of submachine gun.
**[01:32] ---**
Why would my daughter
give me something like this?
**[01:35] ---**
Perhaps she wants to help her father
fight for his country?
**[01:43] ---**
"Anson Sue."
**[01:45] ---**
Your initials, aren't they?
**[03:28] Tanya**
Thus, we'll deliberately
pull back the battle lines
***SIGN*** Imperial Army Northern Theater, Command Strategy Conference
**[03:32] Tanya**
and reduce the distance supplies
must travel to the northern army.
**[03:35] Tanya**
I believe this will make it easier
for us to mount a spring offensive.
**[03:47] ---**
As always, the ideas front-line officers
come up with are quite unique.
**[03:53] ---**
Well? What's the opinion of
the northern theater's army?
**[03:58] ---**
Major Degurechaff, was it?
**[04:03] Tanya**
Yes, sir.
**[04:05] ---**
You seem to plan on
dragging this out beyond winter,
**[04:07] ---**
but we don't want the war to last any longer.
**[04:10] ---**
Our priority is to put an end to it
as quickly as possible.
**[04:13] Tanya**
But if we do attack, we'll run out
of supplies almost immediately
**[04:17] Tanya**
and quickly reach the limits
of what we can do.
**[04:19] Tanya**
We're under no obligation to please
the enemy by wasting supplies and troops.
**[04:24] ---**
At minimum, we have enough
for a three-week offensive!
**[04:29] ---**
We just need to take out
their front-line forces.
**[04:33] Tanya**
The interventions by the Republic
and the Allied Kingdom
**[04:36] Tanya**
have greatly strengthened enemy resistance.
**[04:38] Tanya**
I see no way we can take them out
in such a short time.
**[04:42] ---**
Enough!
**[04:42] Tanya**
I am obligated to register
my objections to this.
**[04:46] Tanya**
At this rate, I believe we'll just put
severe stress on our front lines.
**[04:51] ---**
That's enough out of you!
**[04:53] ---**
Are you saying we aren't concerned with
the lives of our troops on the ground?!
**[04:56] ---**
Watch your mouth!
**[05:00] Tanya**
I'm sorry, sir.
**[05:02] Tanya**
Compared to when I was out west
and saw our soldiers starving,
**[05:08] Tanya**
Northern Command here
seems to want for nothing,
**[05:13] Tanya**
so I forgot myself.
**[05:14] ---**
Y-You bitch!
**[05:16] ---**
Return to the western theater, then!
**[05:18] ---**
We don't need cowards here!
**[05:19] Tanya**
Is that the consensus of the northern theater?
**[05:23] ---**
Shut up!
**[05:24] Tanya**
All right.
**[05:30] Tanya**
Excuse me.
**[05:40] Tanya**
Why won't you stop them?
**[05:43] Tanya**
With our present supply situation,
a full offensive is reckless.
**[05:46] Tanya**
Its failure is obvious.
**[05:51] ---**
Major, I want you to tell me
what you really think.
**[05:55] ---**
Without the formalities of a proper proposal.
**[05:59] Tanya**
Sir, I humbly remind you that
I am a strategy officer.
**[06:05] Tanya**
I appreciate the request,
**[06:07] Tanya**
but I believe that, out of courtesy
for my hosts, I must remain silent.
**[06:15] ---**
That's a rather acrimonious way
to express one's opinion.
**[06:18] ---**
Very well. I'll get to the point.
**[06:22] ---**
If, hypothetically, the theater forces
were to proceed with their attack plan,
**[06:27] ---**
what benefits would it bring?
**[06:33] Tanya**
It would bring some benefits to
the western Rhine theater.
**[06:39] Tanya**
It could blind the Republic to
our coming offensive against them.
**[06:43] ---**
If it went well, isn't it possible it could
reduce strain on the western front?
**[06:48] Tanya**
I'm sorry, sir, but I believe
that would be difficult.
**[06:51] Tanya**
I can't see the Republic sending
the north enough reinforcements
**[06:54] Tanya**
to affect the Rhine front.
**[06:58] Tanya**
If you wish to look at things that way,
**[07:01] Tanya**
we should consider this full-out offensive
**[07:03] Tanya**
nothing more than a decoy to
distract the Entente Alliance.
**[07:07] Tanya**
If we consider the front-line
offensive a decoy,
**[07:10] Tanya**
its true benefit would be in
opening the rear to attack...
**[07:17] Tanya**
The rear?
**[07:19] Tanya**
The rear...
**[07:21] Tanya**
Behind.
**[07:22] Tanya**
Back?
**[07:25] ---**
What's wrong, Major?
**[07:29] Tanya**
So the goal of this offensive is to
**[07:33] Tanya**
create a diversion for our troops
to land from sea?
**[07:36] Erich**
Where did you hear that?
**[07:38] Tanya**
Hear what?
**[07:40] Erich**
About the landing!
**[07:42] Erich**
Did General Zettour tell you?
**[07:46] Erich**
I can't believe it.
**[07:48] ---**
Well, that's a surprise.
**[07:50] ---**
You guessed a plan that only
a few officers know about.
**[07:54] Tanya**
I simply realized that it would be
an effective plan under these circumstances.
**[08:00] ---**
Then we'll use you, after all.
**[08:03] ---**
The 203rd Mage Battalion will go in
advance of the rest of the landing force.
**[08:09] Tanya**
Yes, sir. We'll do everything we can.
**[08:11] ---**
It goes without saying that, strategically,
this is close to a surprise attack.
**[08:16] ---**
Thus, our landing point needs to be where
the enemy would never expect it.
**[08:22] Tanya**
Which means?
**[08:26] ---**
The Orse Fjord.
***SIGN*** Episode 7 The Battle of the Fjord
***SIGN*** Entente Alliance, Orse Fjord
**[08:39] ---**
Quite a view, huh?
**[08:42] ---**
A narrow, labyrinthine fjord,
covered with capes and islands.
**[08:46] ---**
The cliffs are steep,
**[08:47] ---**
and twenty cannons in the area
let us attack from any direction.
**[08:52] ---**
No navy in the world could
pass through this sea.
**[08:56] ---**
Truly a natural fortress, isn't it?
**[08:59] ---**
Is there any real need for us to be here?
**[09:02] ---**
It does need defenders, though.
**[09:05] ---**
I don't like the fact that only our battalion
was sent here as reinforcements.
**[09:11] ---**
But it's understandable, really.
**[09:12] ---**
The Empire has launched
a winter offensive on the front lines.
**[09:17] ---**
So the brass has their hands full?
**[09:20] Tanya**
Men, you have my gratitude for
rising up to defend our homeland.
**[09:24] Tanya**
With the help of youth like you,
**[09:27] Tanya**
our victory is assured!
**[09:29] Tanya**
You have already been promised honor.
**[09:32] Tanya**
So I expect you to fight hard,
not fearing death!
**[09:34] Tanya**
Yes, sir!
**[09:37] Tanya**
At this point, all our country can do
is ask its youngsters to die.
**[09:43] Tanya**
That's exactly why we adults
have to keep fighting, too.
***SIGN*** December, Unified Year 1924
**[10:01] Tanya**
*I guess it's possible, huh?*
**[10:04] ---**
*Target point approaching.*
**[10:06] ---**
*Cutting engine and preparing to glide.*
**[10:09] Tanya**
Everyone, get ready to drop.
**[10:11] ---**
Yes, ma'am!
**[10:12] Tanya**
Again, this plan relies on surprise.
**[10:16] Tanya**
We have thirty minutes to capture the fjords.
**[10:20] Tanya**
Second Lieutenant Serebryakov,
you're a back-up officer.
**[10:23] Tanya**
If you lose contact with me
and the first lieutenants,
**[10:26] Tanya**
command the retreat.
**[10:28] Visha**
The retreat?
**[10:30] ---**
If the first lieutenants and I go down,
the mission's a failure.
**[10:35] ---**
The rest of you can't beat enemies with
the kind of equipment that can take us out.
**[10:39] ---**
Man, I feel like a canary in a coal mine.
**[10:42] ---**
Let's sing them a pretty song, then.
**[10:45] ---**
How does a canary sing, anyway?
**[10:48] ---**
"Chirp, chirp," right?
**[10:50] Tanya**
I don't want to hear you guys sing.
**[10:53] Tanya**
Get ready for work.
**[11:00] Tanya**
All right, troops,
**[11:01] Tanya**
it's time for us aerial mages
to do what we do best.
**[11:06] Tanya**
You're ready, right?
**[11:07] ---**
Yes, ma'am!
**[11:08] Tanya**
Excellent.
**[11:09] Tanya**
Jump!
**[11:30] ---**
What's going on?
**[11:32] ---**
I don't know.
**[11:33] ---**
For some reason, we've lost contact
with a patrol ship.
**[11:37] ---**
Equipment trouble?
**[11:39] ---**
What about the other ships
on the patrol line?
**[11:44] ---**
The same.
**[11:45] ---**
None of the three are responding.
**[11:48] ---**
What?
**[11:51] ---**
What was that?
**[12:00] Tanya**
Next! Hurry!
**[12:05] ---**
Prepare artillery spell!
**[12:08] ---**
Fire!
**[12:31] ---**
Enemy attack...
**[12:33] ---**
Enemy attack!
**[12:39] ---**
Wh-Where did they come from?
**[12:42] ---**
They paradropped.
**[12:49] ---**
Damn it.
**[12:50] ---**
Let's get out there!
**[12:52] ---**
Coastal gun platforms are engaged.
**[12:54] ---**
They're requesting reinforcements.
**[12:56] ---**
Get them out there via rail!
**[12:58] ---**
Why are they only attacking
the cannon emplacements?
**[13:12] ---**
Battalion Commander,
enemy reinforcements!
**[13:15] ---**
Battalion-sized unit of mages
is approaching fast!
**[13:17] Tanya**
They responded fast.
**[13:19] Tanya**
Company 1, prepare to engage!
**[13:21] ---**
* Major, engaging with a single company*
* is too dangerous.*
**[13:24] Tanya**
We can handle it!
**[13:27] Tanya**
You silence those damn guns!
**[13:28] Tanya**
*You silence those damn guns!*
**[13:29] ---**
Roger!
**[13:30] Tanya**
Company 1, follow me.
**[13:36] Tanya**
*I don't like it,*
**[13:38] Tanya**
* but it's better than having them*
* take out my troops and trap me.*
**[13:44] ---**
Incoming counterattack.
**[13:45] ---**
The enemy is company-sized.
**[13:47] Tanya**
Company-sized?
**[13:49] Tanya**
They don't see us as a threat, huh?
**[13:51] ---**
We're heading in.
Prepare for close-range combat!
**[13:58] ---**
By now, the North Sea Fleet should have
crossed the enemy patrol line.
**[14:03] ---**
If those gun emplacements can't be
taken out in thirty minutes,
**[14:08] ---**
the fleet will have to turn back.
**[14:11] ---**
If that happens, we'll have performed
the largest, most spectacular
**[14:14] ---**
"landing training exercise"
in the history of man.
**[14:18] ---**
And our reputation will be ruined.
**[14:33] ---**
Trap them!
**[14:34] Tanya**
Don't let them trap you!
**[14:45] Tanya**
Maintain altitude! Take them out!
**[14:48] Tanya**
*Do they have those guns down yet?*
**[15:02] ---**
Are we done?
**[15:03] ---**
Not yet.
**[15:04] ---**
They're here!
**[15:05] ---**
Fire!
**[15:10] ---**
Enemy mages sighted.
**[15:12] ---**
We're running out of time.
**[15:14] ---**
Just keep firing.
**[15:15] ---**
Don't stop for a second!
**[15:27] ---**
Multiple casualties! We're being pushed back!
**[15:30] ---**
Hang in there till reinforcements arrive!
**[15:32] ---**
But at this rate—
**[15:36] ---**
Major Gunner!
**[15:48] Tanya**
I'm dying from overwork here.
**[15:51] Tanya**
But I can't bail just because
this wasn't in the contract.
**[15:58] ---**
God...
**[16:02] ---**
Why?
**[16:04] ---**
Why... Why is she here?
**[16:12] ---**
Out of my way!
**[16:35] Tanya**
If I run, there goes my career...
**[16:48] ---**
What?
**[16:49] Tanya**
Wonderful.
**[16:51] Tanya**
No overtime today.
**[16:52] ---**
*I repeat.*
**[16:53] ---**
All companies have succeeded
in silencing the guns!
**[17:25] ---**
Reporting!
**[17:26] ---**
Our defensive forces are losing the battle!
**[17:28] ---**
We will head to the coast
and aid the defense.
**[17:31] ---**
Thus—
**[17:40] Tanya**
Mission complete.
**[17:42] Tanya**
Everyone, withdraw!
**[18:07] ---**
Not yet.
**[18:10] ---**
It isn't over yet!
**[18:20] Visha**
Enemy pursuit.
**[18:21] Visha**
One mage incoming.
**[18:22] Tanya**
Damned fanatical patriots!
**[18:27] Tanya**
With that speed, he has a lot
of kinetic energy built up.
**[18:31] Tanya**
Oh, Lord,
**[18:32] Tanya**
in the Father and Son's name,
**[18:34] Tanya**
bring down the lightning of judgment.
**[18:39] ---**
God, I pray you give me strength
to destroy that devil!
**[18:52] ---**
I will never let my homeland fall!
**[19:06] Tanya**
I've seen you somewhere before.
**[19:15] Tanya**
Not that it matters.
**[19:23] ---**
M-Mary...
**[19:31] ---**
It's a little early,
**[19:33] ---**
but this will make a perfect
Christmas present to myself.
**[19:46] ---**
Capture the railroads!
**[19:48] ---**
And the supplies!
**[19:54] ---**
Cheers!
**[20:09] Tanya**
Quite a sight, huh?
**[20:26] ---**
It's not over yet.
**[20:27] ---**
Our defeat isn't set in stone yet.
**[20:43] ---**
The North Sea Fleet's
landing mission has succeeded.
**[20:46] ---**
Orse City railroads are under our control.
**[20:51] ---**
Now, we can use the enemy's railways
to resupply ourselves.
**[20:55] ---**
Bold as ever...
**[20:59] ---**
So you kicked the enemy's ass
from behind, huh?
**[21:03] ---**
We can attack from both front and rear now.
**[21:07] ---**
We can end a battle that's lasted too long.
**[21:12] ---**
It feels a bit early to say for certain,
**[21:16] ---**
but we have landed a truly decisive blow.
***SIGN*** Unified Year 1925
Unified States, State of Arkansas
**[23:01] ---**
*And now, in world news,*
**[23:03] ---**
* an update on the Norden situation*
* from DC Broadcasting.*
**[23:07] ---**
*Last December,*
**[23:09] ---**
* the Empire ran a successful*
* landing operation at Orse Fjord,*
**[23:11] ---**
*in the Entente Alliance's northern region.*
**[23:14] ---**
*The coastal defense forces were wiped out,*
**[23:16] ---**
*and many casualties were incurred.*
**[23:19] ---**
*After occupying Orse City,*
**[23:21] ---**
* the Empire launched a large-scale assault*
* from the north and south,*
**[23:24] ---**
* which resulted in the de facto occupation*
* of the nation's capital.*
**[23:28] ---**
* It's believed to be only a matter of time*
* before the Entente Alliance surrenders.*
**[23:33] ---**
* The situation will continue*
* to be monitored.*
***SIGN*** Next Time Trial by Fire
***SIGN*** This program is fiction. All persons, groups, places, laws, and names appearing in it have no relation to the real world.
# E8 - Trial by Fire
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**[00:07] Tanya**
*Clear, with a chance of artillery shells.*
**[00:10] Tanya**
*Visibility is excellent again today,*
**[00:12] Tanya**
*and so a bloody war is taking place.*
**[00:21] Tanya**
* Just when you thought we'd finally*
* taken out the Entente Alliance,*
**[00:24] Tanya**
* you find yourself back to the front lines,*
* dealing with shells the whole day.*
**[00:30] Tanya**
*And sometimes, when you wake up,*
**[00:32] Tanya**
* you can find that the comrade who*
* went to sleep next to you is dead.*
***SIGN*** Unified Year 1925 April, Rhine Front
**[00:35] Tanya**
*That's how life is on the Rhine Front.*
**[00:40] Tanya**
Battalion, we'll provide
support for this mission.
**[00:42] Tanya**
*Get in there as low as possible*
**[00:45] Tanya**
*and take out all enemy artillery at once.*
**[00:47] Tanya**
* Deal with enemy air units*
* and mages as you see fit.*
**[00:54] Tanya**
* Also, our allies won't cease artillery fire*
* even after we begin the mission.*
**[00:59] Tanya**
* I doubt anyone in my battalion is stupid*
* enough to get hit by one of our shells,*
***SIGN*** Imperial Army 203rd Aerial Mage Battalion, Company 2
Second Lieutenant Warren Grantz
**[01:04] Tanya**
*but keep it in mind.*
**[01:13] ---**
They're as extravagant as ever.
**[01:16] ---**
Artillery shells aren't free, you know.
**[01:18] ---**
Stay sharp.
**[01:19] ---**
Those are airburst shells with timers.
**[01:22] ---**
Once they explode,
their fragments will rain down on us.
**[01:25] ---**
I know that.
**[01:27] Visha**
*This is 05.*
**[01:29] Visha**
I've sighted two enemy mage
companies approaching!
**[01:33] Tanya**
*Company 1, begin anti-mage combat.*
**[01:36] Tanya**
* Show these idiots we won't see them*
* without an appointment!*
**[01:38] Tanya**
*The rest of you, take out artillery.*
**[01:40] Tanya**
*Do it fast, and rendezvous with us!*
**[01:50] Tanya**
Battalion, it's getting lively here.
**[01:55] Tanya**
Fun, ain't it?
**[03:31] ---**
Damn it.
**[03:32] ---**
That's why I told you to stay sharp.
**[03:34] ---**
First Lieutenant Weiss!
**[03:36] ---**
But I managed to score a fair few points.
**[03:40] ---**
Count on me next time, too.
**[03:42] ---**
Don't blame me if the last point
you score is when you get blown up.
**[03:45] ---**
Haven't had enough of
the commander up your ass?
**[03:49] ---**
I know...
**[03:51] ---**
Take a lesson from
Second Lieutenant Serebryakov.
**[03:54] ---**
She became a veteran just by
flying next to the battalion commander.
**[03:59] Visha**
What's this about me?
**[04:03] ---**
You and the commander have been
a pair for a long time, right?
**[04:08] Visha**
Well, I suppose so, but...
**[04:12] Visha**
Will you take my place?
**[04:15] ---**
Military regulations won't allow that.
**[04:18] ---**
I'm sorry, but we can't.
**[04:21] Visha**
I see.
**[04:22] ---**
Major Degurechaff!
**[04:24] ---**
Is Major Degurechaff here?
**[04:27] ---**
I'm First Lieutenant Weiss,
her second-in-command.
**[04:30] ---**
Is this an emergency?
***SIGN*** Episode 8 Trial by Fire
**[04:38] Tanya**
A rear area's been cut off?
**[04:41] ---**
Y-Yes.
**[04:42] ---**
The partisans have started
a rebellion in Arene City.
**[04:46] Tanya**
Arene City was formerly Republican territory.
**[04:48] Tanya**
We failed to extinguish
the opposition completely, huh?
**[04:52] ---**
Local garrison MPs failed to quell it.
**[04:56] ---**
They already control the railroad
and are straining our supply lines.
**[05:01] ---**
That's bad.
**[05:03] ---**
We have to fight without food or shells?
***SIGN*** Imperial Territory Arene City
**[05:09] ---**
Die!
**[05:10] ---**
Take this!
**[05:11] ---**
Dog of the Empire!
**[05:27] ---**
A-An aerial insertion...
**[05:28] ---**
The Republic's begun an airship mission!
**[05:31] ---**
Enemy mages are trying to
hook up with the rebels—
***SIGN*** Republican Army 2nd Mage Company
Lieutenant Colonel Severin Bientot
**[05:38] ---**
Secure defensive points and
prepare for a long battle!
**[05:41] ---**
Every day that we can, we'll draw out
the war and strangle the enemy!
**[05:47] ---**
Rejoice, Major Degurechaff.
***SIGN*** Imperial Army Western Theater Command
***SIGN*** Imperial Army Western Theater Command Commander Mortiz Paul Von Han
**[05:52] ---**
As of 1423 today, you have a special mission
from Theater Command.
**[06:01] Tanya**
"The 203rd is to eliminate enemy mages
who have joined forces with Arene rebels.
**[06:07] Tanya**
Afterward, work with allies
to recapture the city."
**[06:12] ---**
The situation requires quick action.
**[06:13] ---**
We're counting on you.
**[06:15] Tanya**
With pleasure, if those are your orders.
**[06:18] Tanya**
But combat in a city will be difficult.
**[06:21] ---**
No need to worry about that.
**[06:24] ---**
Strategic Command has given us a plan to
quickly eliminate enemy units in the city.
**[06:31] Tanya**
And what is it?
**[06:32] ---**
An evacuation order will be issued for Arene.
**[06:36] ---**
Under international law, anyone who
remains in the city after that order
**[06:39] ---**
will be considered a Republican soldier.
**[06:45] ---**
Orders from above are to eliminate
all hostiles in the city.
**[06:49] ---**
Once you wipe out the enemy mages,
our artillery will begin a barrage.
**[06:58] Tanya**
I see.
**[07:00] Tanya**
So we've got hell ahead of us,
**[07:02] Tanya**
and hell behind us.
**[07:07] Tanya**
Naturally, this is a very silly question.
**[07:10] Tanya**
But our enemy is only
the Republican Army, yes?
**[07:15] ---**
Of course.
**[07:17] Tanya**
If possible, I would like to know
the nature of these enemy combatants.
**[07:23] ---**
All of them, except a small number
of Republican mages, are militiamen.
**[07:27] ---**
Many Imperial civilians have
already been captured.
**[07:32] Tanya**
How sad...
**[07:34] Tanya**
We must get to work immediately, then.
**[07:38] ---**
Yes.
**[07:39] Tanya**
Well, the civilian presence will be an issue.
**[07:43] Tanya**
But I can't see regular soldiers
using civilians as human shields.
**[07:50] Tanya**
We're simply taking out an enemy base...
**[07:55] Tanya**
Since we'll be following the rules
and issuing an evacuation order—
**[07:59] ---**
Major?
**[08:03] Tanya**
I'm sorry, sir.
**[08:06] ---**
It is a sad thing, though.
**[08:09] Tanya**
Yeah, it's terribly sad.
**[08:12] Tanya**
But we are soldiers,
**[08:14] Tanya**
and if orders say we must burn
beautiful Arene to the ground,
**[08:18] Tanya**
that is what we must do.
**[08:20] ---**
Who would want to be a soldier, huh?
**[08:27] ---**
An evacuation order? Ha!
**[08:31] Tanya**
Battalion members,
it's time for a sightseeing trip.
**[08:34] Tanya**
The enemy has sent airships.
**[08:36] Tanya**
Their mages have joined up
with the Arene militia.
**[08:40] Tanya**
The city has fallen into Republican hands.
**[08:43] Tanya**
Of course, we'll take it back!
**[08:46] Tanya**
But there's a problem.
**[08:53] Tanya**
We must eliminate
all Republican forces in the city.
**[08:59] ---**
All?
**[08:59] Tanya**
Well, firing on non-combatants
is strictly forbidden.
**[09:04] Tanya**
But since we're fighting in a city,
**[09:06] Tanya**
we have permission to destroy property.
**[09:09] Tanya**
Additionally, we'll issue declarations before
and after combat with enemy mages.
**[09:14] Tanya**
If the enemy accepts our terms
of surrender, then very well.
**[09:17] Tanya**
If they don't, we wipe them out.
**[09:20] Tanya**
Dismissed.
**[09:22] ---**
Wipe them out?
**[09:23] ---**
In a city?
**[09:24] ---**
Eliminate all enemies?
**[09:26] ---**
She can't mean...
**[09:28] ---**
Is this really okay?
**[09:30] ---**
Wiping out all enemies in the city means...
**[09:34] ---**
It means...
**[09:36] ---**
I can't imagine them surrendering
just because we issue a declaration.
**[09:41] ---**
And I heard we're even using
an artillery barrage.
**[09:44] ---**
Besides, differentiating between
militia and non-combatants is impossible!
**[09:49] ---**
We might end up—
**[09:52] ---**
Don't say another word.
**[10:12] ---**
Get in here and stay put!
**[10:23] ---**
I didn't expect them to be here
in just a few hours.
**[10:26] ---**
It seems they're taking this seriously.
**[10:30] ---**
*Bravo Leader to Combat Area Control.*
**[10:32] ---**
*Sending data on enemy mage unit.*
**[10:34] ---**
*Confirm.*
**[10:37] ---**
The Devil of the Rhine?
**[10:39] ---**
They brought out the big guns, huh?
**[10:42] ---**
* Enemy vanguard has passed*
* the IFF boundary.*
**[10:45] ---**
* Approaching airspace above*
* the city at high speed.*
**[10:47] ---**
They're coming!
**[10:48] ---**
Prepare for long-distance ambush!
**[10:57] ---**
No one's here, huh?
**[11:00] ---**
An evacuation order was issued.
**[11:02] ---**
So of course not.
**[11:12] ---**
Ambushers! We're being sniped at!
**[11:15] Tanya**
Engage!
**[11:16] Tanya**
Everyone, split up!
**[11:24] Visha**
Enemy locations confirmed.
**[11:25] Visha**
Four o'clock and seven o'clock.
**[11:34] Tanya**
*They're fast.*
**[11:35] Tanya**
You won't escape!
**[11:41] ---**
Damn it.
**[11:42] ---**
Where are they?
**[12:19] Tanya**
Everyone, prepare for close-range combat.
**[12:21] Tanya**
Their goal is to buy time!
**[12:23] Tanya**
Don't get scared!
**[12:24] ---**
Yes, ma'am!
**[12:25] ---**
Second Lieutenant Grantz...
**[12:27] ---**
Sorry, but I'm feeling strangely tired.
**[12:29] ---**
Can I get a stimulant?
**[12:31] ---**
R-Right!
**[12:32] ---**
First Lieutenant Weiss! You've been hit!
**[12:34] ---**
What?
**[12:35] ---**
You didn't notice?
**[12:37] ---**
I'll use a coagulant.
**[12:38] ---**
Hurry!
**[12:42] Tanya**
Second Lieutenant,
how does that idiot look?
**[12:44] ---**
His life isn't in danger,
but I don't think he can keep fighting.
**[12:48] Tanya**
Fine.
**[12:50] Tanya**
First Lieutenant Weiss, get out of here.
**[12:53] ---**
But, Battalion Commander—
**[12:54] Tanya**
Your leaving won't create problems.
**[12:57] Tanya**
I'd rather you take all the wounded
out of here than slow us down.
**[13:02] ---**
Yes, ma'am.
**[13:03] Tanya**
First Lieutenant Koenig will
take over as second-in-command.
**[13:06] Tanya**
I'll take command of Company 2.
**[13:09] ---**
Roger.
**[13:10] ---**
Good luck.
**[13:12] Tanya**
You think too much.
**[13:14] Tanya**
You hesitated, didn't you?
**[13:16] Tanya**
You fool!
**[13:19] Tanya**
Be prepared for the worst when I get back.
**[13:26] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[13:43] ---**
Enemy mages have scattered!
**[13:44] ---**
They're charging us!
**[13:46] ---**
Fall back!
**[13:48] ---**
Stay at range and keep firing!
**[13:52] Visha**
Enemy mages are retreating.
**[13:54] Visha**
They're hiding inside a building.
**[13:57] Tanya**
Fine, the assault is canceled.
**[13:59] Tanya**
Let them go inside.
**[14:01] Visha**
Are you sure?
**[14:03] Tanya**
If we ensure they can't touch
the artillery units outside the city,
**[14:06] Tanya**
we've basically achieved our objective.
**[14:08] Tanya**
What happens later isn't our problem.
**[14:12] Visha**
Roger.
**[14:13] Tanya**
Let's send our message.
**[14:15] Tanya**
Connect me to artillery, too.
**[14:22] Tanya**
* A message to the irregulars*
* engaged in armed rebellion.*
**[14:26] Tanya**
* In accordance with Article 26, Clause 3*
* of the Wartime Combat Treaty,*
**[14:30] Tanya**
* we request the release of*
* all Imperial civilians in your custody.*
**[14:34] Tanya**
* Release the people of Arene*
* that you have unlawfully imprisoned.*
**[14:38] ---**
Shut up!
**[14:39] ---**
We are the people of Arene!
**[14:42] ---**
There are no unlawful prisoners!
**[14:44] Tanya**
We cannot allow your massacres to continue.
**[14:47] Tanya**
In accordance with Article 8, Clause 5
of the Wartime Combat Treaty,
**[14:50] Tanya**
send us your commanding officer.
**[14:53] Tanya**
*If you fail to heed this warning,*
**[14:55] Tanya**
*we will be forced to consider you combatants.*
**[14:58] ---**
It's way too late for that.
**[14:59] ---**
Damn those Imperial shits!
**[15:02] ---**
What do we do? What do we do?
**[15:04] ---**
Damn it... Damn it all!
**[15:15] Tanya**
Did you get that?
**[15:16] Visha**
Yes.
**[15:17] Visha**
I recorded it with my computation jewel.
**[15:19] Tanya**
Send it to Command.
**[15:21] Tanya**
Sheesh... This is the problem with militias
that don't have a chain of command.
**[15:27] ---**
* Command to all units involved*
* with the operation.*
**[15:30] ---**
*We will move to wipe out the enemy.*
**[15:32] ---**
*Eliminate Republican forces in Arene.*
**[15:36] Tanya**
Okay, I've fulfilled my duty by
demanding their surrender.
**[15:42] Tanya**
Let's get to work... "protecting our people."
**[16:25] ---**
Wha...
**[16:27] ---**
What is this?
**[16:34] ---**
What the hell is this?!
**[16:37] ---**
Commander Bientot!
**[16:40] ---**
Protect the Republican citizens
and withdraw from the combat zone!
**[16:44] ---**
Hurry!
**[16:47] ---**
Loading complete.
**[16:50] ---**
Fire.
**[17:09] ---**
This way!
**[17:11] ---**
Hang in there!
**[17:28] ---**
I'm just saving the prisoners...
**[17:31] ---**
I'm just helping people.
**[17:40] Visha**
Anyone else?
**[17:42] ---**
I think this is everyone.
**[17:44] ---**
*Attention, Pixie Battalion.*
**[17:46] ---**
* Remaining enemy mages are at point B4,*
* serving as a rear guard.*
**[17:52] ---**
* They're interfering with our spotters*
* and preventing our artillery from firing.*
**[17:56] ---**
*Can you take them out?*
**[17:58] Tanya**
I have visual.
**[18:00] Tanya**
No problem.
**[18:01] Tanya**
It's possible.
**[18:03] ---**
*As soon as the rear guard is down,*
**[18:04] ---**
*we'll resume the artillery attack.*
**[18:06] ---**
*Try to finish within five minutes.*
**[18:08] Tanya**
Roger that.
**[18:09] Tanya**
I'll do my best.
**[18:24] ---**
Battalion Commander!
**[18:28] ---**
Please reconsider...
**[18:31] ---**
They don't know how to
escape an artillery barrage!
**[18:35] ---**
If... If we take out those mages—
**[18:38] Tanya**
The Empire's enemies will be
wiped out by artillery.
**[18:42] Tanya**
Fine by me.
**[18:43] ---**
But that's—
**[18:44] Tanya**
Second Lieutenant Grantz,
**[18:45] Tanya**
the enemy you let go will
take up his gun again.
**[18:50] Tanya**
To shoot us.
**[18:58] Tanya**
If we let them go, some will become
new soldiers who hate the Empire.
**[19:04] ---**
So... You want us to kill them
just for that reason?!
**[19:12] Tanya**
This is the order from our superiors.
**[19:14] Tanya**
We shoot the enemy, or they'll shoot us.
**[19:17] Tanya**
If nothing else, we must shoot
until we're told not to anymore.
**[19:24] Tanya**
I'll pretend I didn't hear what you just said.
**[19:28] Tanya**
But I'll say this once more.
**[19:30] Tanya**
This is the order from our superiors.
**[19:33] Tanya**
Take up your gun.
**[20:11] ---**
What did you want to discuss?
**[20:14] ---**
This paper,
**[20:15] ---**
which was submitted last summer
to the Army Academy's 17th Lab.
**[20:21] ---**
The paper deals with ways to
legalize combat in cities.
**[20:26] ---**
It contains a way to interpret wartime law,
**[20:29] ---**
to avoid the restrictions on
artillery bombardment of cities.
**[20:34] ---**
Did you use this
when you planned this operation?
**[20:38] ---**
If I did?
**[20:40] ---**
Nothing.
**[20:41] ---**
I just wanted to know for certain.
**[20:48] ---**
The author of the paper was
Major Degurechaff, wasn't it?
**[20:56] ---**
As you say, she seems to be
an extremely talented soldier.
**[21:02] ---**
Not using those talents would be foolish.
**[21:07] ---**
I am going to give her an
extremely important job
**[21:13] ---**
to end the war with the Republic.
**[22:49] ---**
You're finally awake?
***SIGN*** Allied Kingdom Humanitarian Aid Group "Peace World Hospital"
**[22:56] ---**
I'm told you were found floating
in a fjord, critically wounded.
**[23:00] ---**
You've been unconscious for months.
**[23:02] ---**
They only identified you a few days ago.
**[23:08] ---**
I saw a light.
**[23:17] ---**
The light of God...
**[23:22] ---**
Very interesting.
**[23:24] ---**
And what did God tell you?
**[23:29] ---**
To destroy that devil.
***SIGN*** Next Time Prepare to Advance
***SIGN*** This program is fiction. All persons, groups, places, laws, and names appearing in it have no relation to the real world.
# E9 - Preparations for Advance
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***SIGN*** A Few Days After the Battle of Arene
**[00:06] Tanya**
* At Arene, I insisted on*
* defending my nation's people,*
**[00:10] Tanya**
*eliminating only the enemy mages.*
**[00:14] Tanya**
* My hands are still pure as*
* the driven snow... Probably.*
**[00:18] ---**
Excuse me.
**[00:21] ---**
It's been a long time, Major Degurechaff.
**[00:23] Tanya**
Uger...
**[00:26] Tanya**
Major Uger!
**[00:27] Tanya**
Glad to see you're doing well!
**[00:29] ---**
Same to you.
**[00:31] Tanya**
You're with the army's railway division now?
**[00:34] ---**
Yes.
**[00:35] ---**
I've heard a lot about you.
**[00:38] ---**
Anyway, are you on your way to Strategic HQ?
**[00:41] Tanya**
Yes.
**[00:42] Tanya**
You, too?
**[00:45] ---**
Lately, I've been doing nothing but
running errands for General Zettour...
**[00:48] Tanya**
If the railway division's busy,
**[00:51] Tanya**
then it's a big operation?
**[00:55] Tanya**
Looks like you know something.
**[00:58] ---**
Well, I guess it's safe to tell you.
**[01:01] ---**
I owe you for recommending me
for a rearguard position.
**[01:06] ---**
The railway division has been asked to
**[01:08] ---**
make a plan for emergency transport
from the combat zone.
**[01:11] ---**
The planning folks intend to
pull the Rhine front way back.
**[01:15] Tanya**
Pull back our lines?
**[01:17] Tanya**
After we've pushed the enemy so far back?
**[01:19] ---**
Indeed.
**[01:20] ---**
The plan seems to be to draw
the enemy's main unit in and destroy them.
**[01:26] Tanya**
I see.
**[01:27] Tanya**
So like Bonaparte at Austerlitz,
**[01:29] Tanya**
or perhaps Hannibal at Cannae.
**[01:33] Tanya**
That's a surprise.
**[01:35] Tanya**
A surround-and-destroy operation
on the scale of the Rhine front...
**[01:38] Tanya**
A bold but fascinating plan.
**[01:41] ---**
You've got that right.
**[01:42] ---**
The brass wants to end the war with
the Republic soon, no matter what.
**[01:47] Tanya**
But how do we surround the enemy?
**[01:50] ---**
I haven't been told the details.
**[01:52] ---**
But your unit will be asked
to serve as the rearguard
**[01:54] ---**
so the enemy doesn't learn
about the retreat.
**[01:57] Tanya**
The rearguard, huh?
**[02:00] ---**
The battle will be even fiercer
than what's come before.
**[02:04] ---**
Once you get to Strategic HQ,
**[02:06] ---**
I'm sure they'll prepare
everything you ask for.
***SIGN*** Imperial Army Strategic HQ, Joint Conference
**[03:42] ---**
The Arene incident damaged
our railway network,
**[03:46] ---**
making supplying the front lines difficult.
**[03:48] ---**
A full-scale assault at this time
would be impossible to sustain.
**[03:52] ---**
Is a landing operation possible,
like the one against the Entente Alliance?
**[03:57] ---**
The Allied Kingdom's response
would be the issue.
**[04:00] ---**
In theory, they're neutral,
**[04:03] ---**
but they won't let us pass through
their territorial waters.
**[04:06] ---**
Which means it will take time...
**[04:08] ---**
I believe some degree of attrition
is unavoidable.
**[04:13] Zettour**
We need a paradigm shift.
**[04:16] Zettour**
We're facing the first world war
since the dawn of humanity.
**[04:22] Zettour**
The pre-war doctrine of entering an enemy
castle to force them to sign a peace treaty
**[04:28] Zettour**
isn't practical here.
**[04:31] ---**
How do we win, then?
**[04:34] Zettour**
We don't win. We avoid defeat.
**[04:37] Zettour**
I think that's the only way to stay standing.
**[04:41] ---**
General Zettour, are you saying
you're opposed to the offensive, too?
**[04:46] Zettour**
No, I support the idea of aggressive action.
**[04:51] Zettour**
But breaking their lines shouldn't be our goal.
**[04:54] ---**
What do you mean?
**[04:56] Zettour**
We eliminate as many enemy soldiers as possible
**[04:59] Zettour**
and render them unable to continue fighting.
**[05:03] Zettour**
That's the one way to end the war.
**[05:07] ---**
Do you have a practical plan?
**[05:10] ---**
The planning department already has
a plan to destroy their main force.
**[05:15] ---**
A decisive battle? In these circumstances?
**[05:18] ---**
Are you serious?
**[05:19] ---**
Isn't that reckless?
**[05:20] ---**
The first stage of this plan
is a large-scale withdrawal
**[05:23] ---**
from the battle lines, in order
to lure the enemy forward.
**[05:27] ---**
It's the first step toward the rest of the plan.
**[05:31] ---**
We must go forward.
**[05:34] ---**
You could say a "forward escape"
is the best path toward victory.
***SIGN*** Episode 9 Preparations for Advance
***SIGN*** May 10, Unified Year 1925
***SIGN*** Rhine Front: Imperial Army Right Flank, Front Lines
**[05:58] Tanya**
*Break! Break!*
**[06:03] ---**
*Damn it! They got me!*
**[06:05] Tanya**
Take cover, 03!
**[06:06] Tanya**
Grab 27 and fall back!
**[06:08] ---**
This is 04! Company 4
has lost multiple men!
**[06:10] ---**
Losses are at over 60%!
**[06:13] Tanya**
*Company 4, put out decoys and retreat!*
**[06:15] Tanya**
*Anyone who can support them, do it!*
**[06:17] ---**
Roger!
**[06:21] ---**
Who are our guests?
**[06:23] ---**
A force recon unit.
**[06:25] ---**
They're the size of an expanded battalion!
**[06:27] ---**
Maybe they really are planning
a full-scale offensive!
**[06:31] ---**
They're coming! Fire! Fire!
**[06:36] ---**
Damn it! Air burst rounds?
**[06:41] Visha**
Everyone, form up!
**[06:43] Visha**
Limit yourself to stochastic evasion and—
**[06:51] ---**
This is 02!
**[06:52] ---**
We've lost half our men already!
**[06:54] ---**
*We won't last much longer!*
**[06:55] ---**
Damn...
**[06:56] Tanya**
This is Fairy 01!
**[06:58] Tanya**
We are surrounded and engaged with
a company-sized unit of enemy mages!
**[07:02] Tanya**
What is your situation?
**[07:04] ---**
*Initiating Plan 1.*
**[07:06] ---**
*Not quite ready yet,*
**[07:08] ---**
* but you have permission for*
* an immediate withdrawal.*
**[07:11] Tanya**
Permission to retreat? Now?
**[07:14] Tanya**
Unnecessary.
**[07:16] ---**
*What? Are you serious?*
**[07:18] Tanya**
If we retreat here,
they might discover our con.
**[07:22] Tanya**
Since we can't let the enemy
learn about the retreat,
**[07:25] Tanya**
we will continue.
**[07:26] ---**
*Roger.*
**[07:27] ---**
*We'll have it ready ASAP.*
**[07:29] ---**
*May God's protection be with you.*
**[07:31] Tanya**
God's protection...
**[07:33] Tanya**
I can see Being X's ugly face—
***SIGN*** Rhine Front: Imperial Army
Right Wing, Rawl Lowlands
**[07:47] ---**
Hurry!
**[07:48] ---**
Destroy the heavy cannons!
**[08:07] ---**
Hurry!
**[08:12] ---**
The rest can get on the next train!
**[08:13] ---**
Get moving!
***SIGN*** Operation Fog and Sun
A False Retreat From the Battle Lines
**[08:19] ---**
* We will shortly reach*
* the designated retreat point.*
**[08:22] ---**
*I don't see any pursuing forces.*
**[08:24] ---**
* They seem to think we're engaging*
* in a large-scale offensive.*
**[08:30] ---**
Hey, hang in there!
**[08:31] ---**
We don't have enough bandages!
**[08:32] ---**
Where are the medic mages?
**[08:33] ---**
How much longer?
**[08:34] ---**
M-My stomach... My stomach!
**[08:37] ---**
Warrant Officer... Warrant Officer Teyanen!
**[08:48] Visha**
Lieutenant Grantz, what were
your grades in classes?
**[08:53] Visha**
Didn't you learn in officers' school that
all responsibility for a unit's actions
**[08:58] Visha**
rests with their commanding officer?
**[09:00] Visha**
In law class.
**[09:02] ---**
I think I did...
**[09:06] Visha**
At the Battle of Arene, the major emphasized
that you were acting under orders.
**[09:12] Tanya**
I'll say this once more.
**[09:13] Tanya**
This is the order from our superiors.
**[09:15] Visha**
She was the commanding officer,
**[09:16] Visha**
so there was no need for
her men to feel responsible.
**[09:20] Visha**
Maybe that's what she wanted to say.
**[09:27] ---**
I never thought you'd be making me
feel better, Lieutenant Serebryakov.
**[09:32] Visha**
Huh? What's that supposed to mean?
**[09:36] ---**
Hang in there, Teyanen!
**[09:40] ---**
Teyanen!
**[09:42] ---**
Plan 1 was a success.
**[09:45] ---**
It's all thanks to your unit.
**[09:48] ---**
On behalf of Strategic HQ,
I thank you again.
**[09:51] Tanya**
Your words honor me too much.
**[09:54] Tanya**
Actually, I wanted to ask you something.
**[09:59] ---**
What is it?
**[10:01] Tanya**
I'm told our military is distributing
false propaganda via third countries?
**[10:07] ---**
You hear things fast.
**[10:10] Tanya**
Supposedly, the mess at Arene
destroyed our supply lines.
**[10:15] Tanya**
Even maintaining our front is difficult,
**[10:19] Tanya**
and we're planning a reckless,
large-scale assault.
***SIGN*** The Empire on the Brink
**[10:22] Tanya**
Republican forces will believe it
and will concentrate their forces.
***SIGN*** A Desperate Large-Scale Assault?
**[10:26] Tanya**
If we want to draw them in,
encircle them, and wipe them out,
**[10:30] Tanya**
don't we need to disrupt them
and put them in disarray?
**[10:35] ---**
Just like at Norden?
**[10:38] ---**
You never cease to amaze me...
**[10:41] ---**
Your new orders.
**[10:44] Tanya**
Thank you.
**[10:47] ---**
The name of the second operation
is "Shock and Awe."
**[10:52] ---**
The plan is to directly take out
the enemy's HQ
**[10:56] ---**
and leave them in disarray.
**[10:59] Tanya**
And then capture the enemy units?
**[11:02] ---**
Indeed.
**[11:03] Tanya**
I see.
**[11:04] Tanya**
On a strategic level,
it makes a good deal of sense.
**[11:07] Tanya**
But if it were that easy to
take out the enemy's HQ,
**[11:11] Tanya**
the Rhine theater wouldn't have
fallen into a stalemate to begin with.
**[11:15] ---**
That is quite true.
**[11:19] Tanya**
Then we'll need a new tactic.
**[11:22] Tanya**
Something completely unexpected.
**[11:26] ---**
God has brought us to this moment,
hasn't he, Major?
**[11:31] Tanya**
Doctor Schugel?
***SIGN*** Imperial Army V-1 Launcher Secret Base
**[11:41] Tanya**
What is this?
**[11:44] ---**
A special acceleration booster device
I developed for force recon.
**[11:49] ---**
Code named V-1!
**[11:52] ---**
It's a new type of recon unit
**[11:54] ---**
that flies too high to be intercepted
and too fast to be pursued.
**[11:58] ---**
Use these V-1s to cross their defensive lines
and attack their HQ.
**[12:03] Tanya**
When did you build this?
**[12:05] ---**
General Zettour requested
their development.
**[12:09] ---**
He requested a new type of equipment
to break through heavily defended areas.
**[12:13] Tanya**
And a certain mad scientist made something
that surpassed your expectations, huh?
**[12:19] ---**
It's still in the testing stages,
**[12:22] ---**
but the fact that we could get a small run
**[12:23] ---**
of mass-produced versions ready before
the decisive battle is truly...
**[12:26] ---**
Truly, a blessed message from God!
**[12:29] ---**
That's the only way to describe it!
**[12:31] ---**
Behold these huge boosters!
**[12:35] ---**
It contains five specially-made engines
that run on hydrogen fuel!
**[12:40] Tanya**
Doctor, it's fine to boast about
their size and numbers,
**[12:44] Tanya**
but you can adjust their speed
and direction, right?
**[12:47] ---**
Adjustments? You don't need adjustments!
**[12:51] ---**
Just fly straight!
**[12:53] ---**
Just keep going straight forward!
**[12:58] ---**
That look on your face...
**[13:00] ---**
You're worried the boosters
might be too heavy, right?
**[13:03] ---**
Relax! No need to worry at all!
**[13:06] ---**
The used fuel tanks can be purged from
the booster when they're empty.
**[13:11] ---**
By lightening the load,
the final speed gets even higher!
**[13:18] ---**
Its final speed is Mach 1.5!
**[13:21] ---**
As the first humans to
break the sound barrier,
**[13:24] ---**
we will shake off anyone
and everyone on our tail!
**[13:30] Tanya**
Um, how will you handle the increase
**[13:33] Tanya**
in drag and shock waves caused
by breaking the sound barrier?
**[13:36] Tanya**
Vibrations and shocks caused
by aeroelastic flutter
**[13:39] Tanya**
should be something mages can handle
with their defensive shell.
**[13:42] Tanya**
You can do it, right?
**[13:44] Tanya**
It would be strange if you couldn't.
**[13:47] ---**
I suppose he thinks everything
comes naturally to everyone.
**[13:50] Tanya**
Yeah. He's a natural-born disaster.
**[13:53] Tanya**
He went and got us a one-way ticket to hell.
***SIGN*** Rhine Front: Former Imperial Army Right Wing, Rawl Lowlands
**[14:09] ---**
No response.
**[14:11] ---**
It seems they really have withdrawn.
**[14:13] ---**
Roger.
**[14:14] ---**
Contact command.
**[14:17] ---**
*This is Rhine Command,*
**[14:19] ---**
speaking to all units on the left flank.
***SIGN*** Republican Army Rhine Theater Forces
**[14:24] ---**
We have confirmed that Imperial forces
have withdrawn from the Rawl Lowlands.
***SIGN*** Rhine Theater: Republican Army Left Wing, Rear Echelon
**[14:27] ---**
*Begin advancing our main force immediately.*
**[14:31] ---**
Roger.
**[14:32] ---**
All units, advance!
**[14:48] ---**
We've gathered our main forces
and started advancing the left flank.
**[14:54] ---**
The right flank is staying put.
**[14:57] ---**
If we take out the left flank,
the Empire will give up.
**[15:01] ---**
And that will end the war, huh?
**[15:05] ---**
Yes.
**[15:06] ---**
I want to repay them for
what happened in Arene.
**[15:09] ---**
But I'm reduced to
a cigarette gofer for a while...
**[15:15] ---**
Distribute them among the right flank.
They aren't doing anything.
**[15:19] ---**
Are you sure?
**[15:21] ---**
Leave enough to celebrate our victory.
**[15:40] ---**
Second Lieutenant Grantz.
**[15:45] ---**
Lieutenant Weiss...
**[15:47] ---**
Calm down, Lieutenant.
**[15:49] ---**
You look kind of pathetic.
**[15:51] ---**
Sorry, sir.
**[15:54] ---**
Well, I understand how you feel.
**[15:57] ---**
To be honest, I don't feel calm, either.
**[15:59] Tanya**
Now, you've been specially selected
for this mission.
**[16:02] Tanya**
To be blunt,
**[16:05] Tanya**
our mission is to ride rockets
right into the enemy HQ.
**[16:09] Tanya**
I'm sure that only a few of you eleven
are capable of enjoying a rocket ride,
**[16:16] Tanya**
but we have to do this.
**[16:18] Tanya**
And if we have to do it,
we must ensure we succeed.
**[16:22] Tanya**
Our current intelligence has
given us three attack targets.
**[16:26] Tanya**
One of them is the enemy's Rhine theater HQ.
**[16:30] Tanya**
Once we take it out, the enemy will
be leaderless and easily destroyed.
**[16:36] Tanya**
In other words,
tomorrow's mission will end the war!
**[16:41] Tanya**
We are the head of the entire army!
**[16:46] ---**
No soldier in the Empire
could remain calm after that.
**[16:50] ---**
Hell, no soldier in the world could.
**[16:59] ---**
I take that back.
**[17:03] ---**
The Republic's main force has
already started its advance.
**[17:06] ---**
Only a matter of time before the western
industrial districts are within firing range.
**[17:11] ---**
Preparations for Plan 2, the assault
on the enemy HQ, are ready.
**[17:16] ---**
What is the state of the next plan?
**[17:17] ---**
I'm told we're finishing our last
preparations on the left flank.
**[17:21] ---**
Deployments at the target
point are completed,
**[17:23] ---**
and we can begin tomorrow.
**[17:27] ---**
We've crossed the Rubicon.
**[17:29] ---**
And now, it's all up to
Major Degurechaff, huh?
**[17:45] Zettour**
If we're eating in silence, we must
be more nervous than I expected.
**[17:52] ---**
I thought you never got nervous.
**[17:55] Zettour**
You, too.
**[17:57] Zettour**
I'm surprised to find you're nervous.
**[18:08] ---**
The Fatherland's fate rests on this mission.
**[18:11] ---**
If we fail to take the enemy's head,
the remaining plans will also fail.
**[18:16] ---**
Moving forward is the only way we can win.
**[18:20] ---**
No, it's the only path we have at all.
**[18:24] ---**
Anyone who stands in the way of
the Fatherland will be destroyed.
**[18:31] ---**
My friend, victory for the Empire!
**[18:35] ---**
Victory!
***SIGN*** May 25, Unified Year 1925
**[18:51] ---**
Hydrogen fuel levels confirmed.
**[18:55] ---**
Firing angle and direction confirmed!
**[18:57] ---**
All equipment working normally.
**[19:00] ---**
All units, proceed to final preparations.
**[19:03] ---**
Releasing safeties.
**[19:06] ---**
Launch preparations complete.
**[19:08] ---**
Staff is to leave the area!
**[19:10] ---**
We will now launch a mage company
**[19:14] ---**
via the manned rockets code named V-1!
**[19:18] ---**
Light all rockets.
**[19:22] ---**
*May God watch over the Fatherland.*
**[19:27] Tanya**
My comrades-in-arms, I believe not in God,
**[19:31] Tanya**
but in Strategic HQ,
a stronghold of logic and reason.
**[19:35] Tanya**
Our pride lies in duty and sacrifice.
**[19:38] Tanya**
We go to win this battle.
**[19:41] Tanya**
* A true Imperial soldier goes anywhere,*
* even Purgatory, and conquers it!*
**[19:50] Tanya**
Show them what good guard dogs we are!
**[19:54] ---**
All units, take off.
**[20:11] ---**
I shall pray for your success.
**[20:17] Tanya**
I was supposed to climb the ladder
in the rear lines.
**[20:21] Tanya**
How did I end up here?
**[20:32] Tanya**
It's all... It's all Being X's fault.
**[20:37] Tanya**
Until I pound free-market principles
into that piece of shit,
**[20:41] Tanya**
I won't die, no matter what!
**[20:44] Tanya**
I'm going to live... to live and...
**[20:48] Tanya**
I'm going to end this!
**[20:49] Tanya**
* Everyone, prepare for*
* non-magic-dependent drop!*
**[20:53] Tanya**
*Release door knockers!*
***SIGN*** Operation Shock and Awe
Assault on the Enemy HQ
**[22:47] Tanya**
*"To the family of my friend,*
**[22:50] Tanya**
*Warrant Officer Tweet Nika Teyanen.*
**[22:53] Tanya**
*I'm terribly sorry to inform you*
**[22:56] Tanya**
* that Warrant Officer Teyanen*
* will be retiring due to injuries.*
**[23:01] Tanya**
* A military doctor has decided*
* that he needs long-term care.*
**[23:07] Tanya**
* I ask forgiveness that I can only return*
* the child you entrusted to us in this state.*
**[23:13] Tanya**
* I know it isn't much,*
* but I have put in a request*
**[23:17] Tanya**
* for a Class 1 Combat Medal*
* and a War Injuries Medal,*
**[23:21] Tanya**
*and it has been accepted.*
**[23:23] Tanya**
*I hope he successfully recovers."*
**[23:31] Tanya**
* I never thought I'd lose one of*
* my troops to a rotten potato...*
***SIGN*** Next Time Path to Victory
***SIGN*** This program is fiction. All persons, groups, places, laws, and names appearing in it have no relation to the real world.
# E10 - Path to Victory
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**[00:12] A**
*No sign of the enemy at present.*
**[00:14] A**
* Estimated time of arrival at the Republican*
* port town is nearly on schedule.*
**[00:19] Drake**
We stay put all this while,
and now we intervene?
**[00:22] Drake**
The brass sure can't see things through.
**[00:25] Drake**
They must be desperate to enjoy wine
and galettes at a Republican café.
***SIGN*** Allied Kingdom Army Military Intelligence
Lieutenant Colonel Sir Isaac Dustin Drake
**[00:30] Geoff?**
Don't you hate that they're now sending us
into a fire they could've put out long ago?
**[00:35] Drake**
Well, the Imperial Army is nothing
if not based on rationalism.
**[00:39] Drake**
The moment they realize they'll lose,
they'll probably sign a peace treaty.
**[00:52] Geoff?**
Are you sure about this?
**[00:54] Geoff?**
I know you pulled some strings
in Intelligence, but...
**[00:57] Drake**
More than anyone, the colonel
understands the threat posed by the Empire.
**[01:01] Drake**
He'll be a good fit for bull-baiting.
**[01:04] Drake**
Besides, ever since his rescue,
**[01:06] Drake**
he's been like that,
not even contacting his family.
**[01:10] Drake**
If no one stops him, he might
charge into enemy territory alone.
**[02:50] Tanya**
Squad 1 on the ground.
**[02:52] Tanya**
No hostile magical signatures.
**[02:57] Tanya**
All squads, come in.
**[02:59] Tanya**
All squads.
**[03:00] A**
Squad 2 on the ground.
**[03:02] A**
We've established contact with Squad 3.
**[03:04] A**
No hostile magical signatures.
**[03:06] B**
Squad 3 here.
**[03:08] B**
No hostile magical signatures.
**[03:09] B**
Status of projectiles from
the acceleration device?
**[03:12] A**
The door knockers appear to have
hit the main targets quite precisely.
***SIGN*** Republican Army Base, Point A
***SIGN*** Republican Army Base, Point B
**[03:16] A**
We assume defensive teams at each
location are scrambling to respond.
***SIGN*** Republican Army Base, Point C
**[03:20] Tanya**
Good.
**[03:21] Tanya**
March with magical camouflage, and begin
infiltration and sabotage operation.
**[03:25] Tanya**
Remove equipment and respond swiftly.
**[03:28] Tanya**
*Squad 2, you're on target B.*
**[03:29] Tanya**
*Squad 3, on target C.*
**[03:32] Tanya**
We will take target A.
**[03:34] Tanya**
The enemy might get backup,
so finish this in ten minutes.
**[03:38] Tanya**
After the attack, retreat at full speed.
**[03:40] A**
Yes, ma'am.
**[03:41] Tanya**
All troops, move out!
***SIGN*** Episode 10 The Path to Victory
***SIGN*** May 25, Unified Year 1925
***SIGN*** Imperial Army High Council
**[03:51] Zettour**
Let me give an update on
the current situation.
**[03:53] Zettour**
Our army has moved
the Rhine front's right flank
**[03:56] Zettour**
back to the designated defensive line.
**[03:58] Zettour**
We have completed a massive
reorganization of battle lines.
**[04:02] B**
Why did we retreat so far?
**[04:04] B**
Isn't this too much?
**[04:06] Zettour**
About that... I've been notified that
the Imperial court has similar concerns.
**[04:12] Zettour**
On behalf of the military,
I apologize for worrying the emperor.
**[04:18] Zettour**
Unfortunately, as it is
a classified military matter,
**[04:22] Zettour**
I can provide no further detail.
**[04:24] C**
Then, may I make a comment
on behalf of the treasury?
**[04:28] B**
Please.
**[04:29] C**
As I'm sure we're all well aware,
**[04:32] ---**
most of the funding for this war
is through the sale of bonds.
**[04:36] C**
With that being the case,
**[04:39] C**
prolonging this war may cause
considerable economic distress,
**[04:44] C**
and we've repeatedly
expressed concern about this.
**[04:48] C**
Regarding the topic you mention,
**[04:50] C**
we very much appreciate everyone's
tremendous efforts and sacrifice.
**[04:56] C**
At the same time, we believe that
**[05:00] C**
we are at a crucial stage that will lead
to the Republic's destruction.
**[05:12] A**
Any other casualties?
**[05:25] Tanya**
Lieutenant...
**[05:26] Viktoriya**
We're clear.
**[05:29] A**
No sign of optical camouflage.
**[05:31] Tanya**
Good.
**[05:32] Tanya**
Proceed to clear the building.
**[05:37] A**
It's only a matter of time before
the lowland's industrial area is lost.
**[05:41] A**
How do you respond to the fact that
**[05:44] A**
the western industrial area is nearly
within range of enemy artillery?
**[05:50] A**
At this rate,
**[05:51] A**
our country's industrial production
capabilities will be devastated.
**[05:55] A**
We and the military must find a solution,
**[05:58] ---**
or we may be forced to discuss
unpalatable political measures.
**[06:03] B**
What does the military
have to say on that matter?
**[06:10] Zettour**
Delicious.
**[06:26] Viktoriya**
It appears this is
an abandoned facility, after all.
**[06:29] Zettour**
Damn.
**[06:30] Zettour**
How much time left?
**[06:31] Viktoriya**
Roughly 120.
**[06:33] Zettour**
We have no choice.
**[06:34] Zettour**
We'll raze it per our orders,
even if it isn't the right site.
**[06:37] Zettour**
Prepare combustion spells.
**[06:39] A**
Yes, ma'am.
**[06:41] B**
We're going to lose
our industrial foundation!
**[06:43] B**
Why have you retreated so far that
the western industrial area is exposed?
**[06:48] A**
This is obviously foolish!
**[06:55] Rudersdorf**
It's almost time.
**[06:57] A**
How do you plan to take responsibility?
**[06:59] B**
Give us a proper explanation!
**[07:01] C**
Do you not even have an apology for us?!
**[07:10] Tanya**
01 to all units.
**[07:11] Tanya**
Target A wasn't the enemy headquarters.
**[07:14] Tanya**
All squads, report your situation.
**[07:17] Tanya**
All squads, report!
**[07:19] Tanya**
What's the matter?
**[07:20] Tanya**
Report!
**[07:21] A**
*02 here.*
**[07:23] A**
*Target B is a hit.*
**[07:24] A**
* We destroyed their*
* communication headquarters.*
**[07:33] B**
A-Apologies for interrupting the meeting!
**[07:36] A**
What was the code?
**[07:38] A**
We have a telegram.
**[07:39] A**
"Our Fatherland, the ruler of the world."
**[07:42] A**
I repeat.
**[07:44] A**
"Our Fatherland, the ruler of the world."
**[07:47] Zettour**
Absolutely wonderful!
**[07:53] A**
03 here.
**[07:54] A**
Similarly, we've destroyed
**[07:55] A**
*an ammo depot at Target C.*
**[07:57] Tanya**
Good.
**[07:58] Tanya**
All units, retreat at full speed.
**[07:59] Tanya**
Head to our ally's submarine.
**[08:06] Zettour**
Our elite troops have just destroyed
the enemy headquarters on the Rhine front.
**[08:12] Zettour**
We've successfully destroyed
the enemy command structure.
**[08:16] A**
You've destroyed their headquarters?
**[08:27] Zettour**
Let me inform you that, as of this moment,
**[08:29] Zettour**
Operation Shock and Awe is complete,
**[08:32] Zettour**
and a third operation is now underway.
**[08:37] Zettour**
I hope you look forward
to a follow-up report.
***SIGN*** Rhine Theater: Republican Army Left Wing, Rawl Lowlands
**[09:05] A**
All units have arrived at the front lines.
**[09:13] B**
Observation team reporting in.
**[09:14] B**
No enemies in sight.
**[09:16] B**
Enemy troops silent.
**[09:18] C**
Copy that.
**[09:19] C**
Requesting orders from command.
**[09:23] A**
What's our current situation?
**[09:25] B**
There are no problems.
**[09:27] B**
The Republic's main forces have
arrived at the Rawl Lowlands.
**[09:31] B**
They currently face our right flank.
**[09:33] A**
What about the third operation?
**[09:35] B**
I'm told it's ready.
**[09:38] A**
One year later, we finally have
a chance to pry open the door.
***SIGN*** Rhine Theater: Republican Army
Right Wing, Mesienn Highlands
**[09:49] A**
Man, it's so boring on this side...
**[09:52] A**
I envy the left flank.
**[09:58] A**
Stop, don't do it.
**[10:01] B**
They won't shoot at us, anyway.
**[10:05] B**
Damn it.
**[10:06] B**
When will this staring contest end?
***SIGN*** Rhine Theater: Republican Army Right Wing
Rear Echelon, Mesienn Highlands
**[10:43] A**
Please respond.
**[10:44] A**
This is Whiskey Dog.
**[10:46] A**
Rhine Air Zone Control, please respond.
**[10:52] A**
Radio jamming?
**[10:54] B**
Let's hurry.
**[10:56] B**
The right flank will get so bored,
they'll start drinking industrial alcohol.
**[11:02] A**
A messenger's life isn't easy.
**[11:07] C**
There we go.
**[11:34] A**
W-Was that a man-made explosion?
***SIGN*** Operation Lock Pick Destruction of Enemy Encampment
**[11:39] A**
Is the Empire attacking?
**[11:43] B**
Lieutenant Colonel, what just happened?
**[11:59] Dudes**
E-Enemy troops advancing!
**[12:01] Dudes**
It's a combined force of heavy armor
and mechanized infantry!
**[12:06] Dudes**
Make an emergency call
to front command!
**[12:08] Dudes**
If we don't use all the reserves we have,
**[12:10] Dudes**
we can't shore up our defenses!
**[12:12] Dudes**
Make it fast! No time to spare!
**[12:14] Dudes**
S-Sir...
**[12:15] Dudes**
I can't get through.
**[12:17] Dudes**
What?
**[12:18] Dudes**
I've been trying for a while,
**[12:20] Dudes**
but none of the frequencies are working!
**[12:30] Dudes**
Don't tell me...
**[12:40] Rerugen**
Operation Lock Pick is a success.
**[12:46] Rerugen**
Our forces' left flank has used
the tunnels dug from our trenches,
**[12:51] Rerugen**
set several mine fields
behind enemy encampments,
**[12:54] Rerugen**
and with a coordinated attack,
**[12:57] Rerugen**
blown the Republic's right flank away.
**[13:01] Rudy**
Open sesame, eh?
**[13:03] Zettour**
I see you still lack a way with words.
**[13:08] Rudy**
Words of wisdom passed down
from the days before cannons.
**[13:10] Rudy**
I much prefer them to
displays of one's book smarts.
**[13:14] Zettour**
The Renaissance certainly wasn't bad,
**[13:16] ---**
but our concern should be the next step,
Operation Revolving Door.
**[13:20] Zettour**
How does it progress?
**[13:21] RR**
Without delay.
**[13:24] RR**
The mixed force of heavy armor
and mechanized infantry,
**[13:26] ---**
which broke through the enemy line
during Operation Lock Pick,
**[13:30] ---**
is proceeding to the enemy's main force.
**[13:33] RR**
Things are progressing, steadily and swiftly,
**[13:36] ---**
toward complete encirclement
of the main force.
**[13:40] Zettour**
After this, they'll have to add a page
about us to books about the art of war.
**[13:46] Rudy**
Yes...
**[13:48] ---**
This one attack...
**[13:50] Rudy**
This one strike will end the war.
**[13:55] Republic**
What's going on out there?!
**[13:57] Republic**
Where's the captain? Is he all right?!
**[13:59] Republic**
What's with comms?
**[14:00] Republic**
No good, sir!
**[14:01] Republic**
I have orders from the commander!
**[14:02] Republic**
The commander's dead!
**[14:03] Republic**
What the hell's happening?
**[14:08] Republic**
What... What... is this?
**[14:13] Republic**
This was... headquarters?
***SIGN*** The Next Day, May 26
Imperial Territory
**[14:36] Weiss**
Good morning, Major!
**[14:40] Tanya**
Good morning, gentlemen.
**[14:42] Tanya**
None of you were foolish enough to mess with
Lieutenant Serebryakov as she slept, yes?
**[14:48] Weiss**
No worries there.
**[14:50] Weiss**
We may be excited about
destroying enemy command,
**[14:52] Weiss**
but we're still plenty anxious over
our submarine being potentially sunk.
**[14:57] Sub**
Pardon me.
**[14:59] Sub**
Message from Strategic HQ,
Major Degurechaff.
**[15:04] Tanya**
Good work.
**[15:08] Tanya**
Fantastic! So Operation Lock Pick
was a success?
**[15:12] Tanya**
That should get
the Revolving Door turning, too.
**[15:19] Tanya**
Oh, I suppose you weren't
briefed on the details.
**[15:23] Tanya**
It's a top-secret plan that Strategic HQ
proposed to end the war.
**[15:29] Tanya**
The first operation
**[15:31] Tanya**
was feigning a large-scale retreat
to lure the enemy's main force in.
**[15:35] Tanya**
The second operation
**[15:36] Tanya**
was the attack on the enemy HQ
to disrupt their chain of command.
**[15:41] Tanya**
The third operation
**[15:42] Tanya**
was the use of tactical tunneling
to break through the enemy line.
**[15:46] Tanya**
Bringing us to
**[15:47] Tanya**
Operation Revolving Door, which will
surround the main enemy force.
**[15:51] Tanya**
Complete annihilation,
using a large-scale envelopment.
**[15:54] Tanya**
An example of the ideal
mobile encirclement.
**[15:57] Grantz**
Sounds like it's already been decided...
**[16:01] Tanya**
Correct.
**[16:02] Tanya**
The enemy's main forces
are now fish in a barrel.
**[16:07] Everyone**
We did it!
**[16:09] Everyone**
All right!
**[16:10] Everyone**
Yes!
**[16:17] Tanya**
We will now deploy from the submarine.
**[16:20] ---**
And after participating in
the encirclement attack,
**[16:22] Tanya**
we will return to the capital!
**[16:24] Tanya**
I'm sure you understand, but the field
trip doesn't end until you're home!
**[16:28] Tanya**
No one can head to Valhalla without
joining the victory celebration!
**[16:32] Force**
Yes, ma'am!
**[16:34] Imperial**
Now! Fire!
**[16:45] Republicans**
Retreat!
**[16:47] Republicans**
What is this? What the hell's going on?!
**[16:47] Republicans**
My arm!
**[16:49] Republicans**
Weren't we on the offensive?
**[16:52] Republicans**
Hey!
**[16:59] Republicans**
Massive casualties!
**[17:00] Republicans**
The 3rd Regiment was wiped out!
**[17:02] Republicans**
Artillery units are down, too.
**[17:05] Republicans**
Orders from command?
**[17:07] Republicans**
Chain of command is totally paralyzed!
**[17:09] Republicans**
Nothing but contradictory orders!
**[17:14] Republicans**
Pull back. We need to retreat.
**[17:17] Republicans**
Pull back! The order is to retreat!
**[17:20] Republicans**
Pull back!
**[17:57] Radio**
*All Imperial forces engaged in the mission,*
**[18:00] ---**
* offensive operation 177*
* is currently underway.*
**[18:03] Radio**
*All units, continue fighting.*
**[18:11] Tanya**
This is Fairy 01.
**[18:12] Tanya**
Confirming declaration of 177.
**[18:16] Tanya**
Victory to the Empire.
**[18:18] Tanya**
Now, troops, our job is to find
**[18:21] ---**
and destroy any enemy forces
attempting to retreat.
**[18:24] Tanya**
All you have to do is
attack the enemy if you find them.
**[18:28] Tanya**
If the land forces' performance
is any indicator,
**[18:30] Tanya**
you won't have much to do.
**[18:32] Tanya**
Back at the capital...
**[18:34] ---**
For our attack on enemy command,
**[18:36] ---**
enough people to form an army
corps want to buy us drinks.
**[18:40] Tanya**
I can guarantee you'll have
free drinks for life.
**[18:44] Squad**
That's fantastic!
**[18:46] Tanya**
Which does me no good, since I don't
drink anything harder than coffee.
**[18:53] Tanya**
* The first large-scale encirclement*
* since Cannae...*
**[18:56] Tanya**
* The Empire has created an unassailable,*
* golden monument in military history.*
**[19:02] Tanya**
* Now that I think about it, being a*
* soldier who lives amidst combat*
**[19:06] ---**
*can make you lose your mind at times.*
**[19:10] Tanya**
*But once there's peace again,*
**[19:12] Tanya**
*everyday life will restore everything!*
**[19:17] Tanya**
*So just a bit more...*
**[19:20] Tanya**
*I need to be a little more patient.*
**[19:23] Tanya**
*With this attack... Just a bit more...*
**[19:26] Tanya**
*the war will be over!*
**[19:29] Radio**
*Rhine Control to all units.*
**[19:31] Radio**
* Multiple magical signatures*
* detected in area 42.*
**[19:34] Radio**
* Look out for long-range*
* optical sniping spells.*
**[19:37] Weiss**
Area 42 is the patch of ocean near us...
**[19:42] Radio**
*Rhine Control on general channels.*
**[19:44] Radio**
* This message is for the unidentified*
* mage unit in area 42.*
**[19:48] Radio**
*Identify yourselves immediately.*
**[19:50] Radio**
*I repeat, identify yourselves.*
**[19:53] Tanya**
This is Fairy Battalion.
**[19:55] Tanya**
What information is there
on this unidentified mage unit?
**[19:58] Radio**
*No indicators of affiliation.*
**[19:59] Radio**
* But we've received reports*
* from allied forces*
**[20:02] ---**
* that they've had contact with*
* the Allied Kingdom's forces.*
**[20:04] Tanya**
The John Bulls are getting involved?
**[20:07] Radio**
* I'm just part of operations,*
* so I can't confirm.*
**[20:11] Tanya**
Copy that. We'll assume bogey is a bandit.
**[20:14] Tanya**
Requesting permission to engage.
**[20:16] Radio**
*Sending a security echelon now.*
**[20:18] ---**
* You're to maintain your distance*
* and stand by until they arrive.*
**[20:21] Tanya**
Fairy 01, unable to comply! If we
can get the drop on them—
**[20:30] Weiss**
Grantz!
**[20:42] Anson**
One enemy down.
**[23:07] Grantz**
This goes beyond tossing and turning...
**[23:10] Visha**
Explosion spell...
**[23:13] Grantz**
What?! L-Lieutenant Serebryakov—
**[23:17] Visha**
Captain, we've neutralized the target.
**[23:25] Visha**
Captain, what are my next orders?
**[23:33] Grantz**
What the heck?
***SIGN*** Next Time Resistance
***SIGN*** This program is fiction. All persons, groups, places, laws, and names appearing in it have no relation to the real world.
# E11 - Resistance
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**[00:02] Tanya**
This is Fairy 01.
**[00:04] Tanya**
Confirming declaration of 177.
**[00:07] Tanya**
Victory to the Empire.
**[00:09] Tanya**
Now, troops, our job is to find
**[00:12] Tanya**
and destroy any enemy forces
attempting to retreat.
**[00:15] Tanya**
All you have to do is attack
the enemy if you find them.
**[00:19] Tanya**
If the land forces' performance
is any indicator,
**[00:21] Tanya**
you won't have much to do.
**[00:23] Tanya**
Back at the capital...
**[00:25] Tanya**
For our attack on enemy command,
**[00:27] Tanya**
enough people to form an army
corps want to buy us drinks.
**[00:31] Tanya**
I can guarantee you'll have
free drinks for life.
**[00:35] ---**
That's fantastic!
**[00:37] Tanya**
Which does me no good, since I don't
drink anything harder than coffee.
**[00:44] Tanya**
* The first large-scale encirclement*
* since Cannae...*
**[00:47] Tanya**
* The Empire has created an unassailable,*
* golden monument in military history.*
**[00:53] Tanya**
* Now that I think about it, being a*
* soldier who lives amidst combat*
**[00:58] Tanya**
*can make you lose your mind at times.*
**[01:02] Tanya**
*But once there's peace again,*
**[01:04] Tanya**
*everyday life will restore everything!*
**[01:08] Tanya**
*So just a bit more...*
**[01:11] Tanya**
*I need to be a little more patient.*
**[01:14] Tanya**
*With this attack... Just a bit more...*
**[01:17] Tanya**
*the war will be over!*
**[01:20] Radio**
*Rhine Control to all units.*
**[01:22] Radio**
* Multiple magical signatures*
* detected in area 42.*
**[01:25] Radio**
* Look out for long-range*
* optical sniping spells.*
**[01:28] Weiss**
Area 42 is the patch of ocean near us...
**[01:32] Tanya**
The John Bulls are getting involved?
**[01:35] Radio**
* I'm just part of operations,*
* so I can't confirm.*
**[01:39] Tanya**
Copy that. We'll assume bogey is a bandit.
**[01:42] Tanya**
Requesting permission to engage.
**[01:43] Radio**
*Sending a security echelon now.*
**[01:46] ---**
* You're to maintain your distance*
* and stand by until they arrive.*
**[01:49] Tanya**
Fairy 01, unable to comply! If we
can get the drop on them—
**[01:58] ---**
Grantz!
**[02:10] ---**
One enemy down.
**[02:14] ---**
We can't reach Republican Control.
**[02:18] ---**
We must get control of the situation
and gather information.
**[02:21] ---**
Hit 'em hard!
**[02:24] Visha**
A b-battalion of mages!
**[02:27] Visha**
Designating bogeys as bandits!
**[02:32] Tanya**
Disperse!
**[02:34] Tanya**
Turn and intercept!
**[02:36] ---**
B-But there aren't enough of us...
**[02:39] Tanya**
Since they've sighted us, they'll pursue.
**[02:42] Tanya**
So it's better than having
those bayonets up our asses!
**[02:44] Tanya**
Form up! We'll get closer!
**[02:46] ---**
Roger!
**[02:52] ---**
Enemy company is forming up.
**[02:55] ---**
Speed 300. Approaching fast!
**[02:58] ---**
So that's her...
**[02:59] ---**
Yeah... The Devil of the Rhine.
**[03:05] ---**
Everyone, assault formation.
**[03:07] ---**
Let's go!
**[03:16] ---**
Lord, grant me power.
***SIGN*** Episode 11 Resistance
**[05:00] Tanya**
When will reinforcements arrive?
**[05:03] Visha**
They say another 600.
**[05:10] ---**
Enemy is company-sized!
Overwhelm them with numbers!
**[05:31] Tanya**
Use the altitude difference!
**[05:32] Tanya**
Strike where they're vulnerable!
**[05:56] Tanya**
Nine o'clock!
**[05:57] Tanya**
Circle at high speed!
**[06:06] ---**
Enemy units lost.
**[06:08] ---**
Don't pursue too far!
**[06:39] ---**
L-Leaving the battlefield.
**[06:41] ---**
Damn it!
**[07:14] Tanya**
Trench guns?!
**[07:15] Tanya**
That's a treaty violation, you barbarians!
**[07:29] Tanya**
Damn it, they're persistent.
**[07:30] ---**
03, covering you.
**[07:35] ---**
You're mine!
**[07:52] ---**
Koenig...
**[07:53] ---**
Neumann!
**[08:01] Tanya**
Idiot! Calm down!
**[08:03] Tanya**
Stop! That's stupid!
**[08:05] Tanya**
Weiss!
**[08:09] ---**
Activate spells.
**[08:15] Tanya**
Lord, if the day comes when
I fly through the heavens,
**[08:19] Tanya**
I shall approach thee!
**[08:27] Tanya**
Move!
**[08:36] Tanya**
Damn it.
**[08:49] ---**
Damn it!
**[08:52] ---**
Major...
**[09:43] Tanya**
H-He's that guy from before.
**[09:48] ---**
It is the Lord's guidance.
**[09:51] Tanya**
Being X...
**[09:54] Tanya**
You again?!
**[09:56] Tanya**
Damn it!
**[09:57] Tanya**
Let me go... Let me go!
**[09:59] Tanya**
Let me go.
**[10:02] Tanya**
Let me go!
**[11:09] ---**
E-Enemy visual confirmation.
**[11:12] ---**
Reinforcements at battalion strength!
**[11:14] ---**
We're out of time, huh?
**[11:17] ---**
I-If we can recover something
of the colonel's...
**[11:20] ---**
It's hopeless now.
**[11:35] Tanya**
Major!
**[11:38] Tanya**
We were supposed to have the upper hand.
**[11:40] Tanya**
Pathetic, huh?
**[12:03] ---**
*All Imperial forces engaged in the mission...*
**[12:07] ---**
*We will now move to cleanup operations.*
**[12:10] ---**
*Repeat.*
**[12:11] ---**
*We will now move to cleanup operations!*
**[12:51] Tanya**
Troops, we'll return home victorious!
***SIGN*** 15 Days After the Surround and Destroy Operation
***SIGN*** July 10, Unified Year 1925
***SIGN*** Republican Capital Parisee
**[13:23] ---**
* This morning, the Republican government*
* declared their capital undefended.*
***SIGN*** Imperial Capital Berun, Zolka Cafeteria
**[13:28] ---**
* This declaration means the withdrawal*
* of Republican forces from the capital*
**[13:33] ---**
*and a glorious victory for the Empire.*
**[13:36] ---**
For the Fatherland!
**[13:38] ---**
Cheers!
**[13:43] ---**
My highest compliments to
Strategic HQ once again.
***SIGN*** Imperial Army High Council, Diplomatic Briefing
**[13:47] ---**
Your decisive battle plan was brilliant,
**[13:49] ---**
and then you took their capital.
**[13:52] ---**
Even the court is calling
it a splendid effort.
**[13:56] ---**
We merely did our duty.
**[13:59] ---**
The ground troops did a good job.
**[14:02] ---**
The Republic was awfully willing
to give up their capital, though.
**[14:07] ---**
Indeed, I was caught a little off-guard.
**[14:11] ---**
They must have really wanted to keep us
from damaging the city's aesthetics.
**[14:18] ---**
All right,
**[14:19] ---**
moving on to the post-war dispensations...
**[14:24] ---**
Does the military have any thoughts?
**[14:26] ---**
Our mission is simply to
defend the Fatherland.
**[14:30] ---**
We respect your position and
have no intention of interfering.
**[14:35] ---**
Thank you for the consideration.
**[14:38] ---**
At present, the Foreign Affairs Bureau
**[14:40] ---**
plans to have the Republic abandon,
or perhaps hand over,
**[14:43] ---**
several of their overseas colonies.
**[14:46] ---**
Oh, surprisingly fair.
**[14:50] ---**
Treating the overseas colonies
as de facto satrapies
**[14:54] ---**
wouldn't be realistic.
**[14:56] ---**
I see...
**[14:58] ---**
You can't devise peace plans
**[15:00] ---**
when you're drunk on
the wine of victory, huh?
***SIGN*** Imperial Capital Outskirts, Unnamed Church
**[15:24] G**
Fool!
**[15:26] G**
Did you learn your lesson?
**[15:28] G**
Don't get cocky.
**[15:29] G**
What?
**[15:30] G**
You want to fight more?
**[15:32] G**
I'll... I'll never forgive you!
**[15:34] G**
What's his problem?
**[15:36] G**
Get him!
***SIGN*** Imperial Capital Berun, 203rd Aerial Mage Battalion Quarters
***SIGN*** Imperial Army Secures Massive Victory
***SIGN*** The War Is Over
**[15:59] Visha**
Oh? Major?
**[16:01] Visha**
I thought you were off today.
**[16:03] Tanya**
I don't really have anything to do.
**[16:07] Visha**
That's the major for you.
**[16:09] Visha**
And compared to you, the men are...
**[16:11] Visha**
They're having a barbecue
on a Republican beach.
**[16:15] Visha**
Jeez...
***SIGN*** Somewhere in the Republic, Unnamed Beach
**[16:18] ---**
All companies, give me a report.
**[16:21] ---**
All troops ready for combat!
**[16:24] ---**
Provisions are also in order.
**[16:27] ---**
Beer, check!
**[16:28] ---**
Wine, check!
**[16:29] ---**
Meat, fish... Check!
**[16:31] ---**
Sea, check!
**[16:33] ---**
Very well! Begin the operation, men!
**[16:36] ---**
To victory!
**[16:38] ---**
To our comrades!
**[16:40] ---**
To our Fatherland!
**[16:41] ---**
Cheers!
**[16:44] Visha**
Even if they are on leave,
aren't they taking it a little far?
**[16:50] Tanya**
It's summer already, huh?
**[16:52] Visha**
Well, the war's over, either way.
**[16:55] Visha**
Supposedly, the Republican Navy is withdrawing.
**[17:00] Tanya**
The navy's withdrawing?
**[17:02] ---**
Yes.
**[17:03] Visha**
Under General Du Lugo's authority,
**[17:07] Visha**
the Republican Army ordered the navy
to cease combat and move.
**[17:11] Visha**
It's only a matter of time
until the end of the war.
**[17:14] Tanya**
Lieutenant, did HQ say "end of the war"?
**[17:18] Tanya**
Not "an armistice" or "surrender"?
**[17:20] Visha**
H-Huh?
**[17:22] Tanya**
I'm asking if they said "end of the war,"
as opposed to an armistice.
**[17:26] Visha**
Th-Thinking back, I believe
the word was "armistice"...
**[17:31] Tanya**
You said the withdrawal order
came from General Du Lugo?
**[17:35] Visha**
Yes.
**[17:36] Tanya**
Where is the Republican Army?
**[17:38] Visha**
Brest Military Port, I think.
***SIGN*** Republican Territory Malgeria
**[17:51] Tanya**
Damn it!
**[17:53] Tanya**
Why didn't I notice?
**[17:57] Visha**
Major?
**[17:58] Tanya**
Lieutenant, contact the engineers
and have them ready the V-1s.
**[18:03] Tanya**
The V-1s... Have everyone recalled
here by air at once.
**[18:07] Tanya**
Vacation is canceled!
**[18:09] Visha**
Wh-What?
**[18:11] Tanya**
We're attacking Brest Military Port.
**[18:14] Tanya**
Prepare for full assault!
***SIGN*** Republic, Brest Military Port
**[18:19] ---**
Get the rest of the cargo loaded!
**[18:23] ---**
How is Operation Ark going?
**[18:26] ---**
The 3rd Armored Division has boarded.
**[18:29] ---**
A mixed brigade from the 7th Strategic
Mobile Corps is currently boarding.
**[18:34] ---**
We've confirmed the safety
of the sea route, as well.
**[18:37] ---**
The Allied Kingdom's fleets are
keeping the Empire at bay.
**[18:42] ---**
That will buy us a few days.
**[18:43] ---**
We leave in two hours.
**[18:46] ---**
Load as much as you can
before time runs out.
**[18:49] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[18:53] ---**
We're fleeing, leaving behind
**[18:55] ---**
the people and land we're
supposed to protect, huh?
**[19:00] ---**
I can't think of a more humiliating job.
***SIGN*** Imperial Army Western Command
**[19:08] Tanya**
Please, let me go... Whatever it takes!
**[19:12] Tanya**
Let my unit go!
**[19:14] H**
Major Degurechaff, calm down.
**[19:17] H**
This isn't like you.
**[19:19] Tanya**
They plan to abandon the mainland and let
their counterattacking force flee overseas!
**[19:23] Tanya**
If we let them escape,
our victory will be threatened!
**[19:25] Tanya**
Their fleet is as good as defeated.
**[19:28] Tanya**
Do you intend to ruin the armistice
and waste our manpower?
**[19:32] Tanya**
The armistice isn't in effect yet.
**[19:35] Tanya**
And an armistice is only temporary.
**[19:37] Tanya**
The war isn't over yet!
**[19:42] Tanya**
Please let me go!
**[19:43] Tanya**
Now is our only chance!
**[19:45] Tanya**
This brief window will decide if
the Empire gains the whole world,
**[19:49] Tanya**
or loses everything!
**[19:52] ---**
Major, enough!
**[19:57] Tanya**
I beg you to understand...
**[20:00] Tanya**
that I have to do my job as a soldier.
**[20:05] ---**
No.
**[20:07] Tanya**
You refuse to allow me, no matter what?
**[20:10] ---**
Enough!
**[20:13] Tanya**
Very well.
**[20:15] Tanya**
I understand and will respect
the demands of the theater forces.
**[20:19] ---**
What?
**[20:20] Tanya**
If we don't act now,
**[20:22] Tanya**
future historians may call us lazy.
**[20:26] Tanya**
In accordance with the privileges
Strategic Command has given me,
**[20:29] Tanya**
I will engage in force reconnaissance
under my own authority.
**[20:32] ---**
Wh-What?
**[20:34] Tanya**
I ask that you not intervene.
***SIGN*** Imperial Army V-1 Launcher Secret Base
**[20:41] ---**
Major, wait...
**[20:43] ---**
Please reconsider!
**[20:45] ---**
High Command requested
I test the V-1s.
**[20:48] ---**
I'm merely doing as they ask.
**[20:54] ---**
Lieutenant, are Weiss and
the others here yet?
**[20:57] ---**
There's no time—
**[20:57] Visha**
Special orders from Strategic HQ.
**[21:02] Visha**
"To all units. Top priority."
**[21:11] Visha**
It's an armistice order!
**[21:15] Visha**
The mission is canceled.
**[21:19] Tanya**
Damn it...
**[21:21] Tanya**
Just a little more.
**[21:22] Tanya**
Just... Just a tiny bit more.
**[21:26] Tanya**
And the war...
**[21:28] Visha**
Major...
**[21:37] Tanya**
Since I'm a soldier,
**[21:39] Tanya**
I could face a firing squad
for disobeying orders, huh?
**[21:46] Tanya**
Damn it!
**[21:48] Tanya**
Damn it! Damn it! Damn it!
**[21:50] Tanya**
Damn it!
**[21:55] Tanya**
We...
**[21:56] Tanya**
We had a chance to end the war,
**[22:00] Tanya**
and we let it slip...
# E12 - How to Use a Victory
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRDQ8WQ4Y/how-to-use-a-victory)
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**[00:19] Tanya**
Tanya von Degurechaff,
of the 203rd Aerial Mage Battalion.
**[00:26] Tanya**
I need to speak with General Zettour.
**[00:28] ---**
Oh, Major...
**[00:30] ---**
I'm sorry, but the general is away.
**[00:34] Tanya**
General Rudersdorf, then.
**[00:37] ---**
I'm sorry.
**[00:39] ---**
All the chief strategists are unavailable.
**[00:44] Tanya**
Is there some important meeting?
**[00:46] ---**
I believe they're at the beer hall.
**[00:50] Tanya**
The beer hall?
**[00:51] ---**
They were shouting about a victory toast.
**[00:55] ---**
I wish I could join them,
**[00:58] ---**
but you know how it is...
**[01:08] ---**
Did something happen?
**[01:10] ---**
I mean with Major Degurechaff.
**[01:12] ---**
No, nothing really.
**[01:14] ---**
She wanted to see General Zettour.
**[01:17] ---**
I told her he's probably at the beer hall.
**[01:26] ---**
Major Degurechaff.
***SIGN*** Episode 12 How to Use a Victory
**[01:50] ---**
I don't believe you take milk or sugar.
**[01:53] Tanya**
Correct. No, thank you.
**[02:03] ---**
Maybe it isn't right, after all.
**[02:06] ---**
Drinking Dallmayr to celebrate our victory.
**[02:09] ---**
It's what the imperial family drinks.
**[02:14] ---**
I hear you wanted to see General Zettour.
**[02:18] ---**
Your contribution to this victory
was immeasurable.
**[02:22] ---**
If you have something you wish to say,
**[02:24] ---**
I'd like to hear your unfiltered opinion.
**[02:27] Tanya**
My unfiltered opinion, huh?
**[02:31] ---**
Is something...
**[02:32] Tanya**
It's true that our forces
have won a splendid victory.
**[02:37] Tanya**
The entire world has no choice
but to pay heed to our gallantry.
**[02:43] Tanya**
For this one moment,
the Empire's glory and victory may be real.
**[02:50] ---**
This one moment?
**[02:53] Tanya**
Victory.
**[02:55] Tanya**
Such a tempting thing.
**[02:58] Tanya**
Naturally, everyone wants to savor a taste,
**[03:02] Tanya**
but why is Strategic HQ
not making use of this victory?
**[03:13] ---**
The major went to Strategic HQ?
**[03:15] Visha**
From the way she was acting,
she might have gone to yell at them.
**[03:20] ---**
Well, no need to worry.
**[03:22] Visha**
But she's clearly different than usual—
**[03:24] ---**
Don't worry.
**[03:25] ---**
I can't imagine the major
breaking the rules.
**[03:30] ---**
Right now, she's probably drinking wine
in the banquet hall—
**[03:33] ---**
Well, maybe not.
**[03:35] ---**
Anyone have some lotion?
**[03:37] ---**
I got too much sun.
**[03:38] ---**
I think there was some in
Warrant Officer Teyanen's stuff.
**[03:58] ---**
Not making use of our victory?
**[04:00] Tanya**
If you'll excuse my saying so,
it seems that our Strategic HQ
**[04:03] Tanya**
knows how to win a victory,
but not how to use one.
**[04:10] ---**
What does that mean?
**[04:12] Tanya**
I'm told the members of Strategic HQ
are toasting to victory right now.
**[04:19] Tanya**
Of course, the soldiers who did
their duty on the front lines
**[04:24] Tanya**
have the right to celebrate
a moment's respite.
**[04:30] Tanya**
But if even the officers who should guide
the war's course naively revel in victory,
**[04:38] Tanya**
that would be a mistake
and a dereliction of duty.
**[04:41] Tanya**
It would be a criminal failure to act.
**[04:45] ---**
Major, enough.
**[04:48] ---**
That's going too far.
**[04:50] Tanya**
Lieutenant Colonel, you were the one
who asked my unfiltered opinion.
**[04:55] ---**
Even if Mars, the god of war,
loves you, that is arrogance.
**[05:00] Tanya**
I'm afraid, sir, I don't believe
that God loves me at all.
**[05:12] ---**
You are an exceptional officer,
gifted with foresight and decisiveness.
**[05:18] ---**
But I suppose, at their core,
people do not change.
**[05:34] ---**
Western theater forces filed a complaint
about your attempt to disobey orders.
**[05:40] Tanya**
I simply tried to act within
the authority I've been granted.
**[05:46] ---**
I know you aren't the kind of soldier
who would disobey orders.
**[05:50] ---**
But the authority Strategic HQ gave you
**[05:55] ---**
wasn't intended to generate
friction on the front lines.
**[05:58] ---**
You are free to be proud
of your achievements,
**[06:01] ---**
but we cannot have you thinking
you accomplished them alone.
**[06:04] ---**
The Republic has lost its capital.
**[06:08] ---**
Any further resistance is meaningless.
And would be harmful, in fact.
**[06:15] ---**
What reason is there to continue the war?
**[06:20] ---**
A modern state uses its military
to impose its will via violence.
**[06:24] ---**
Sacrificing the nation itself to
continue the fight is madness.
**[06:31] Tanya**
You are completely correct.
**[06:33] ---**
Then why do you say that
the war will continue?
**[06:40] Tanya**
If I may be permitted to give my opinion...
**[06:43] Tanya**
Generals Zettour and Rudersdorf
are logical pragmatists,
**[06:46] Tanya**
highly skilled in political
and military matters.
**[06:51] Tanya**
They are great soldiers.
**[06:53] Tanya**
As are you, Lieutenant Colonel.
**[06:57] Tanya**
Our Strategic HQ is a powerful fortress
of logic and knowledge.
**[07:05] Tanya**
And therefore, due to logical reasoning,
**[07:09] Tanya**
everyone believes the war is at its end.
**[07:12] Tanya**
But it must be said that
this rationale is incomplete.
**[07:19] ---**
Incomplete...?
**[07:22] Tanya**
The members of Strategic HQ
are far too rational.
**[07:28] Tanya**
And thus, they have completely
missed the point.
**[07:32] Tanya**
Rationalism isn't the only thing
that drives human action.
**[07:37] Tanya**
We are foolish creatures...
**[07:41] ---**
Are you saying that humans are
still beasts, lacking in reason?!
**[07:49] Tanya**
If I may be permitted to speak freely,
then that is completely correct.
**[07:55] ---**
And what evidence do you
have for this statement?
**[07:58] Tanya**
History.
**[08:00] Tanya**
Though I mean my own history.
**[08:04] Tanya**
My personal experience.
**[08:09] ---**
Tell me.
**[08:13] Tanya**
I have seen the eyes of men,
burning with hatred.
**[08:20] Tanya**
I have seen the moment
when my talented men
**[08:22] Tanya**
gave in to anger and lost their reason.
**[08:26] Tanya**
I have seen a chain of revenge,
**[08:30] Tanya**
driven only by hate.
**[08:33] Tanya**
And so, I realized...
**[08:36] Tanya**
No, perhaps it's more accurate
to say that I remembered.
**[08:42] Tanya**
I have personally experienced
an insane reaction against rationalism.
**[08:50] Tanya**
No matter how much we modernize,
**[08:53] Tanya**
no matter how social norms affect us,
**[08:56] Tanya**
humans are foolish creatures
**[08:59] Tanya**
who sometimes prize feelings over reason.
**[09:13] Tanya**
A human being who's overcome
with hatred will keep struggling,
**[09:17] Tanya**
without regard for self-interest or reason,
**[09:19] Tanya**
regardless of what they may lose or gain.
**[09:24] Tanya**
That is why I cannot help but speak up.
**[09:33] Tanya**
We should not become intoxicated
by a temporary victory!
**[09:38] Tanya**
All flames of hatred
**[09:41] Tanya**
must be extinguished.
**[09:48] ---**
E-Excuse me.
**[09:50] ---**
This information is still being verified,
**[09:53] ---**
but remnants of the Republican Army
are active on the southern continent.
***SIGN*** Unified Year 1925, August 10
**[10:09] ---**
As a freedom-loving Republican citizen...
***SIGN*** Southern Continent, Chiers Military Port
**[10:13] ---**
As a proud Republican citizen, I swear
**[10:18] ---**
I shall not lower my weapon
until the day of victory!
**[10:24] ---**
My comrades-in-arms
**[10:26] ---**
lend me their power, as well.
**[10:30] ---**
The fate of the world rests
on our shoulders.
**[10:36] ---**
And thus, I now...
**[10:40] ---**
As a member of the Free Republic,
on behalf of my homeland,
**[10:47] ---**
I swear I will fight the Empire
**[10:50] ---**
until the end!
***SIGN*** Meanwhile, Imperial Capital Berun
**[11:04] ---**
Didn't the Republic fall?
**[11:07] ---**
Damn it!
**[11:08] ---**
What are they doing?!
**[11:10] ---**
Johann hasn't gotten in touch at all.
**[11:13] ---**
Will the war keep going?
**[11:17] ---**
* This is the Imperial Army with*
* your three o'clock war update.*
**[11:21] ---**
We should go attack
the southern continent now.
**[11:22] ---**
* The remnants of the Republican Army,*
* led by General Du Lugo,*
**[11:24] ---**
Is it okay to let this drag out?
**[11:26] ---**
*are calling themselves the "Free Republic."*
***SIGN*** Remnants of the Republic Rise on the Southern Continent
**[11:30] ---**
* They declare they intend to*
* fight our Empire to the end.*
***SIGN*** Imperial Army, 203rd Aerial Mage Battalion Quarters
**[11:43] ---**
How long will this go on?
**[11:47] ---**
I heard the war would be
over by next Christmas.
**[11:51] ---**
At least, that's what I was told.
**[11:53] ---**
In the end, we'll barely get any break.
**[11:56] Visha**
Back to the front lines like normal,
**[11:59] Visha**
covered in mud and eating cold food?
**[12:05] ---**
"Extremely difficult battle. Little pay.
**[12:09] ---**
Spend your days in combat
and unfathomable danger.
**[12:13] ---**
If you return alive,
**[12:15] ---**
you'll receive honor and glory."
**[12:18] Visha**
The words on the recruitment poster?
**[12:21] ---**
Yeah.
**[12:22] ---**
Except for the last part, it was all true.
**[12:39] ---**
You seem upset.
**[12:41] ---**
Have you still not sobered up
from your first drink in a while?
**[12:49] ---**
I'm told this Free Republican Army
is steadily expanding its forces.
**[12:54] ---**
Survivors from the Allied Kingdom
and the Entente Alliance
**[12:58] ---**
have begun to join them.
**[13:01] ---**
The peace treaty being drafted back home
**[13:03] ---**
has been sent back to
the drawing board, obviously.
**[13:17] ---**
Ultimately, the problem is our failure
to defeat all of the enemy's forces.
**[13:23] ---**
Now, our only choice is to
send troops south.
**[13:28] ---**
Our military is army-based...
**[13:31] ---**
Any expedition crossing the sea will
put a severe strain on our system.
**[13:35] ---**
We must send as few troops as possible.
**[13:39] ---**
A small, elite force, huh?
**[13:41] ---**
Let's use that battalion, then.
**[13:44] ---**
Yes, you're right.
**[13:48] ---**
What?
**[13:50] ---**
No, I don't think it's anything.
**[13:53] ---**
We're friends here.
**[13:55] ---**
What do you want to say?
**[13:58] ---**
Are we doing something wrong?
**[14:04] ---**
The deployment to the south
**[14:06] ---**
assumes that no other country joins the war.
**[14:10] ---**
If another does...
**[14:12] ---**
If any other countries intervene in the war...
***SIGN*** Unified Year 1925, August 15
***SIGN*** Ocean Waters Near the Southern Continent
**[15:14] Tanya**
In a cursed world,
engulfed by flames of war,
**[15:17] Tanya**
there was a nation known as the Empire.
**[15:22] Tanya**
With its vast military power,
**[15:24] Tanya**
talented strategists, and high mobility,
it overwhelmed the Dukedom of Dakia,
**[15:30] Tanya**
the Entente Alliance, and the Republic.
**[15:34] Tanya**
Threats to its safety were removed,
one after the next,
**[15:39] Tanya**
and everyone was overjoyed.
**[15:41] Tanya**
But that is why they could not imagine
**[15:45] Tanya**
how much the surrounding
countries feared
**[15:52] Tanya**
the creation of a massive power
in the continent's center.
**[15:58] ---**
I can't believe it...
**[16:01] ---**
Jeez, they should give up already.
**[16:04] Tanya**
The Empire went to such lengths to
display the sharpness of its sword,
**[16:09] Tanya**
it was incapable of imagining
the terror that its sword inspired.
***SIGN*** Southern Continent, Chiers Military Port
**[16:18] Tanya**
Of course, everyone wants peace.
**[16:21] Tanya**
So, to protect peace,
they take up their guns
**[16:27] Tanya**
and thrust themselves into battle,
hoping to achieve it.
***SIGN*** Allied Kingdom Capital Londinium
**[16:33] Tanya**
So that this cruel war would end,
**[16:37] Tanya**
everyone except the Empire wished
**[16:40] Tanya**
for the evil enemy called the Empire
to be eliminated from the world.
***SIGN*** Near the Federation's Border
**[16:54] Tanya**
Could there be any greater paradox?
**[16:58] Tanya**
Ironically, their desire for peace
**[17:01] Tanya**
caused the war's intensification,
rather than its end.
***SIGN*** Somewhere in the U.S., Army Recruiting Office
**[17:14] Tanya**
It's true that
**[17:16] Tanya**
the U.S. is presently recruiting
volunteer deployment units
**[17:19] Tanya**
to be sent to allied countries.
**[17:23] Tanya**
But you're at the minimum age
for volunteers, Mary Sue.
**[17:28] Tanya**
You can take more time to decide.
**[17:32] M**
No, I volunteer.
**[17:35] ---**
We're very happy you feel that way,
**[17:38] ---**
but if you go to the battlefield,
you may be hurt or even killed.
**[17:43] ---**
I'm prepared for that.
**[17:45] ---**
I'm sure that your mother
and your late father
**[17:50] ---**
would want for you to live
in a peaceful place.
**[17:56] ---**
I know that.
**[17:59] ---**
But that's why
**[18:01] ---**
I want to do what I can!
**[18:04] ---**
To protect that peace!
**[18:08] ---**
You won't change your mind, will you?
**[18:12] ---**
I understand.
**[18:13] ---**
Then make your declaration
as you volunteer.
**[18:22] ---**
I declare that for sake of
the peace I must protect,
**[18:26] ---**
and for sake of the family I love,
**[18:30] ---**
I will give my whole power!
**[18:33] ---**
To make a world where no one else
has to experience the sadness...
**[18:38] ---**
of losing their family to the Empire.
**[18:42] ---**
And to enact God's justice!
**[18:47] ---**
I swear by my good heart,
which believes in the Lord!
**[18:53] ---**
May the Lord's grace be with me!
***SIGN*** This program is fiction. All persons, groups, places, laws, and names appearing in it have no relation to the real world.
**[20:37] ---**
Attention, everyone!
**[20:40] ---**
A message from the battalion commander!
**[20:43] Tanya**
Everyone, we've gone from
an armistice to a sortie.
**[20:47] Tanya**
The brass just does whatever it wants.
**[20:50] Tanya**
But since it's our job, we have no choice.
**[20:54] Tanya**
We must follow our orders
and crush the enemy.
**[20:58] Tanya**
But now, our enemy is the whole world.
**[21:03] Tanya**
There's no way to avoid a cruel war,
**[21:06] Tanya**
and no end to how long we must fight.
**[21:11] Tanya**
That is why I want to say once more...
**[21:18] Tanya**
If there is a God who rules this world,
**[21:21] Tanya**
it is a stern, solemn,
**[21:23] Tanya**
and infinitely good being.
**[21:27] Tanya**
A being that is far too great...
**[21:30] Tanya**
God keeps forcing us to confront
these cruel fates.
**[21:35] Tanya**
As if those were the rules of this world.
**[21:46] ---**
We could only deploy
two divisions and a support unit.
**[21:51] ---**
Even the Republic's local security force
could handle that number!
**[21:55] ---**
If their allies start sending troops, too...
**[22:00] ---**
Orders for troops on the ground?
**[22:02] ---**
Already sent.
**[22:05] ---**
Upon arrival, our forces will maintain
constant mobility at all times.
**[22:10] ---**
The enemy will split up to attack us,
and we will defeat them in detail.
**[22:15] ---**
Major Degurechaff's
203rd Battalion will take point.
**[22:21] ---**
But with a force this size...
**[22:23] ---**
Even the major...
**[22:26] ---**
I believe that is quite
a reasonable opinion.
**[22:30] Tanya**
Thus, I declare once more...
**[22:39] Tanya**
Oh, God...
**[22:44] Tanya**
I'll slice you into tiny pieces
and feed you to the pigs!
**[22:50] Erich**
But there's nothing...
**[22:53] Erich**
nothing to worry about at all.
**[22:57] Tanya**
Our battlefield is no place
for that piece of shit God!
**[23:00] Tanya**
I think it's time we took over God's work.
**[23:05] Tanya**
We soldiers will take God's place.
**[23:10] Tanya**
We'll put the arrogant ass, God, out of a job!
**[23:17] ---**
Yes, ma'am!
**[23:18] Erich**
If I may speak freely...
**[23:22] Erich**
She is a monster in the form
**[23:28] Erich**
of a little girl!
**[23:30] Tanya**
All right, troops...
**[23:32] Tanya**
It is time for war!