# The Saga of Tanya the Evil
It is June of the year CE 1923. A young girl with blond hair and blue eyes, Tanya Degurechaff, has entered the final curriculum of the Imperial Military Academy and is training at the third patrol line in the northern military district, the Norden Theater, as part of her service to the force. Her training, the first step toward a brilliant career as an aviation mage, should have gone off without a hitch... but things took an unexpected turn.
# Season 1
# E1 - The Devil of the Rhine
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GR49753Q6/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
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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!
# The Movie
# M1 - The Saga of Tanya the Evil - The Movie
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GRDKJGW8Y/saga-of-tanya-the-evil---the-movie--)
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***SIGN*** One Day in Unified Year 1966
***SIGN*** A Suburb in the Allied Kingdom
**[00:41] ---**
In those days, the Empire was
an unstoppable superpower.
**[00:45] ---**
First the Entente Alliance fell, then Dakia,
**[00:48] ---**
and then it even defeated the Republic.
**[00:50] ---**
And while they let some survivors
escape to the south,
**[00:53] ---**
they'd managed to establish dominance
over the entire continent.
***SIGN*** WTN Special Correspondent
Andrew
**[00:55] ---**
Those were the Empire's best days,
when its territory was at its largest.
**[01:01] ---**
And yet...
***SIGN*** Former Imperial Military Development Chief Engineer
Adelheid von Schugel
**[01:03] ---**
The goddess of fate
did not smile on the Empire.
**[01:08] ---**
How cruel she can be.
**[01:11] ---**
Why was the Empire forced to fight
a protracted battle against the entire world?
**[01:16] ---**
Where did they go wrong?
**[01:21] ---**
I wish I could answer your question,
**[01:25] ---**
but I'm just another lost sheep myself.
**[01:31] ---**
I see.
**[01:32] ---**
However,
**[01:33] ---**
if I were to turn my thoughts
towards the will of God...
**[01:41] ---**
Perhaps what drove the entire
world to war against the Empire
**[01:47] ---**
was their terrible fear of it.
**[01:51] ---**
Terrible fear?
**[01:53] ---**
Yes...
**[01:55] ---**
In the end, it was all about feelings!
**[02:00] ---**
Some felt terror!
**[02:03] ---**
Some felt hatred!
**[02:05] ---**
Some trusted it!
**[02:07] ---**
Some were obsessed with it!
**[02:09] ---**
The feelings in the hearts of all mankind
**[02:13] ---**
were what drove them to
follow the path of destruction!
**[02:17] ---**
Just as all who live by the sword
must die by it as well.
***SIGN*** Southern Continent, Unified Year 1926
**[02:27] ---**
*This is 03. No enemies sighted.*
**[02:29] ---**
*This is 04. No contact!*
**[02:32] ---**
*There are no enemies anywhere to be found!*
**[02:33] ---**
Shit! We fell for a trap!
**[02:36] ---**
Major, what happened?
**[02:38] ---**
* The report that*
* they'd split their forces was false.*
**[02:40] ---**
*The enemy has concentrated themselves!*
**[02:42] ---**
* They prepared a trap of sweet honey*
* for us, and we let it lure us out!*
**[02:47] ---**
*If they're not here with us,*
**[02:50] ---**
* the enemy must be concentrated*
* in front of our main force.*
**[02:54] ---**
As planned,
**[02:56] ---**
we were able to lure the enemy out of
their holes with false information.
**[03:00] ---**
Now all that remains is to wipe them out.
***SIGN*** Free Republic Military
Lt. Colonel Severin Bientot
***SIGN*** Free Republic Military
General Pierre Michelaud du Lugo
**[03:03] ---**
We've won!
**[03:05] ---**
It's no good! I can't get a hold of HQ!
**[03:08] ---**
*Your orders, Major?*
**[03:10] ---**
Everyone, form up! We turn around
and go as fast as we can!
**[03:12] ---**
* We have the option of*
* taking out their mages.*
**[03:14] ---**
Forget the small targets!
**[03:16] ---**
We're going to blow the shit
out of the bastard's HQ!
**[03:18] ---**
We're breaking through their center?
**[03:20] ---**
*Major, are you serious?*
**[03:22] ---**
Think about our numerical inferiority!
**[03:24] ---**
If we just go support the main force,
we'll only delay the inevitable!
**[03:28] ---**
Which means...
**[03:29] ---**
We flip the chess board!
**[03:31] ---**
And change the rules of the game!
**[03:33] ---**
Right!
**[03:37] ---**
A warning?
**[03:39] ---**
It says an enemy mage unit
is approaching rapidly...
**[03:43] ---**
What? From where?
**[03:52] ---**
Advance!
**[03:53] ---**
Show them no fear!
**[04:00] ---**
These failures abandoned their homeland!
**[04:03] ---**
Slaughter them to the last man!
**[04:18] ---**
They're about to break through
the 12th Mage Battalion!
**[04:21] ---**
D-Don't tell me...
**[04:23] ---**
Their goal is... *us*?
**[04:34] ---**
* I can't believe I have to*
* do this every damn time.*
**[04:37] ---**
*Being X, you piece of shit!*
**[04:40] ---**
*But right now, my priority is survival.*
**[04:44] ---**
*And since I need to do what I need to do...*
**[04:59] ---**
Holy apostles, do not forget
the power of your God.
**[05:03] ---**
Gather beneath his light and
submit to the fate he has given you.
**[05:08] ---**
All traitors to our God must burn.
**[05:12] ---**
Target: Enemy HQ!
**[05:14] ---**
Fire!
**[05:20] ---**
Evacuate! Evacuate!
**[05:22] ---**
Hurry!
**[05:23] ---**
Damn it! So it's the Rhine all over again?
**[05:27] ---**
I'm sorry, sir!
**[05:42] ---**
Did you see that?
***SIGN*** Imperial Army 203rd Aerial Mage Battalion
**[05:50] ---**
Talk about a castle built on sand.
***SIGN*** Battalion Commander
Major Tanya von Degurechaff
***SIGN*** 3rd Company Commander
First Lieutenant Wilibald Koenig
**[05:53] ---**
That was easier than expected.
***SIGN*** 4th Company Commander
First Lieutenant Rhiner Neumann
**[05:56] ---**
They're too slow!
**[05:58] ---**
I'm ashamed I was unable to
properly escort the major.
***SIGN*** Vice Commander and 2nd Company Commander
Captain Matheus Johann Weiss
**[06:03] ---**
For all their talk of class,
those escargots were pretty crude.
***SIGN*** 2nd Company
First Lieutenant Warren Grantz
**[06:07] ---**
Escargot's so yummy, though!
***SIGN*** 1st Company, Adjutant
First Lieutenant Viktoriya Ivanovna Serebryakov
**[06:10] ---**
Men, I know how you feel, but knock it off.
**[06:15] ---**
This is, in theory, a battlefield.
**[06:18] ---**
Of course! My apologies, ma'am!
**[06:21] ---**
But we were ordered to return
to the Fatherland, weren't we?
**[06:26] ---**
Let's let our allies handle the rest of this,
**[06:29] ---**
and get the hell out of this sandy shithole!
**[06:37] ---**
Let's take some drink and presents
from the Southern Continent,
**[06:40] ---**
and enjoy our first vacation in ages!
**[06:42] ---**
We can wash the sand off our bodies,
**[06:45] ---**
and finally get a good night's rest...
**[06:59] ---**
H-How?
**[07:02] ---**
How did this happen?!
***SIGN*** Hours Before
***SIGN*** Imperial Capital Berun
***SIGN*** Imperial Military Airbase
**[07:40] ---**
We're home!
**[07:42] ---**
We were so far from home!
**[07:43] ---**
Okay, let's drink until we drop dead!
**[07:46] ---**
Let's go to Zolka Cafeteria.
**[07:48] ---**
Great idea! Or maybe head outside town?
**[07:51] ---**
You're home?
**[07:54] ---**
Tanya von Degurechaff, with the
203rd Aerial Mage Battalion,
**[07:58] ---**
reporting directly to Imperial
Strategic Headquarters, has returned.
***SIGN*** Imperial Military Strategic Headquarters Strategy and Operations Bureau
Lt. Colonel Erich von Rerugen
**[08:02] ---**
Well done.
**[08:03] ---**
You accomplished great things down south.
**[08:06] ---**
I was extremely impressed
when I read the reports.
**[08:09] ---**
You honor me too highly.
**[08:12] ---**
I'm sure there were many unique
difficulties you faced in the desert.
**[08:15] ---**
By the way,
**[08:16] ---**
how is your unit?
**[08:18] ---**
Casualties were minimal.
**[08:20] ---**
We returned home with no serious losses.
**[08:23] ---**
How is morale? You've been involved
in a long series of battles.
**[08:26] ---**
Morale is high. The men are in great spirits.
**[08:31] ---**
You really are our ace battalion.
**[08:34] ---**
Let's talk about your next mission, then.
**[08:38] ---**
About your transport...
**[08:40] ---**
Oh, you know Major Uger,
with our railroads division.
**[08:43] ---**
And this is Captain Rudolph,
with Strategic Recon.
**[08:48] ---**
R-Recon?
***SIGN*** Early Morning, March 15th, Unified Year 1926
***SIGN*** Airspace Above the Empire's Eastern Border
**[09:05] ---**
*How could I have been so stupid?*
**[09:08] ---**
* I should've just said the unit had*
* suffered heavy losses, even if it was a lie!*
**[09:16] ---**
Attention!
**[09:20] ---**
Men, early this morning,
**[09:22] ---**
the Eastern Theater Forces'
437th Tactical Special Recon Platoon
**[09:26] ---**
sent out an emergency report.
**[09:28] ---**
Federation units were seen
actively moving along Warning Line 1.
**[09:34] ---**
Thus, due to an accidental error
during training exercises,
**[09:39] ---**
our forces will be crossing into Federation
territory to conduct reconnaissance.
**[09:42] ---**
We will observe their forces' activities,
and if necessary, issue a warning.
**[09:47] ---**
We are not, however, to open hostilities.
**[09:50] ---**
If we are forced to fight,
we are to withdraw immediately.
**[09:53] ---**
Of course, until war is declared,
this is a violation of the neutrality treaty.
**[09:58] ---**
You are to be extremely careful.
**[10:02] ---**
That's all from me.
**[10:03] ---**
Major, may I ask a question?
**[10:06] ---**
Of course, Lieutenant Serebryakov.
**[10:09] ---**
If combat proves to be inevitable,
**[10:11] ---**
are we permitted to use force
to defend ourselves?
**[10:13] ---**
They're Commies. Blow the shit out of them...
**[10:16] ---**
Or so I'd like to say,
**[10:18] ---**
but we need the Federation
to fire the first shot.
**[10:21] ---**
Until that happens, you are not permitted
to fire under any circumstances.
**[10:25] ---**
That... puts us in a pretty bad position.
**[10:28] ---**
I agree with Lieutenant Grantz...
**[10:32] ---**
The plane is taking us to
the mission area at top speed.
**[10:36] ---**
Nobody here's dumb enough to pass up an
adventure in the kingdom of secrets, right?
**[10:40] ---**
My battalion's gone through hell itself,
so I believe you're all better than that.
**[10:47] ---**
Okay, let's do this,
just like we do every time!
**[10:50] ---**
First the desert, then the snow, huh?
**[10:52] ---**
Fine with me!
**[10:58] ---**
I expect you to handle this mission
like you do every other!
**[11:02] ---**
Do your utmost for the Fatherland
and the Imperial family!
**[11:04] ---**
Glory to the Empire!
**[11:08] ---**
Glory to the Empire!
**[11:44] ---**
Armored trains...
**[11:46] ---**
AA guns...
**[11:48] ---**
Heavy machine guns...
**[11:49] ---**
And tanks.
**[11:51] ---**
And those stacks are...
live ammo and vehicle fuel?
**[11:57] ---**
Over here, Major.
**[12:02] ---**
Look at that.
**[12:17] ---**
Okay! Be careful with this stuff!
**[12:20] ---**
Look at the size of that thing.
**[12:21] ---**
They brought a railway gun?
**[12:24] ---**
That's practically a declaration
of war right there.
**[12:26] ---**
Captain Weiss!
**[12:28] ---**
Remind all the troops on standby
that we are not to open fire first.
**[12:33] ---**
Roger.
**[12:39] ---**
Sooner or later, we're not going to be
able to avoid the worst-case scenario.
**[12:43] ---**
Do everything you can to remain hidden.
**[12:46] ---**
Check your mid-range radios again.
**[12:49] ---**
But maintain radio silence
until the absolute last minute.
**[12:52] ---**
Don't screw up and hit
the keys on accident.
**[12:54] ---**
As soon as we confirm them firing
on Imperial territory, report.
**[12:54] ---**
M-Major...
**[12:56] ---**
The barrel is moving.
**[12:58] ---**
If they open fire...
**[13:08] ---**
Th-They fired.
**[13:13] ---**
The Federation is attacking on all fronts!
**[13:15] ---**
This is a declaration of war!
**[13:17] ---**
The Federation has declared war
on the Empire.
**[13:19] ---**
What does HQ say?
**[13:20] ---**
All units, regardless of designation,
are to begin combat immediately.
**[13:26] ---**
*Switch to the battle response plan.*
**[13:28] ---**
*Release magical sealing.*
**[13:30] ---**
*All troops,*
**[13:30] ---**
prepare for the assault!
**[13:38] ---**
Any mages sighted in their troops?
**[13:39] ---**
Not at the moment.
**[13:41] ---**
Very good.
**[13:42] ---**
We can assume the Federation is already in
combat with our eastern theater forces.
**[13:46] ---**
We will attack the enemy's infantry
as well as their rear lines.
**[13:50] ---**
Be watchful for enemy reinforcements.
**[13:52] ---**
*All troops have formed up!*
**[13:54] ---**
Men, don't let these Communists spread
their filthy plague another inch!
**[13:58] ---**
Take up your guns and fight!
**[14:00] ---**
Grab 'em by the family jewels!
**[14:02] ---**
Right!
**[14:03] ---**
Begin the mission!
**[14:13] ---**
An enemy attack?
**[14:14] ---**
That's impossible!
**[14:15] ---**
We're not at the front lines!
**[14:17] ---**
Armor piercing explosive spell ready... fire!
**[14:25] ---**
The railway gun! Protect the railway gun!
**[14:39] ---**
Hurry! Hurry!
**[14:40] ---**
Load it up to capacity!
**[14:42] ---**
Aim for the shells before they're loaded!
**[14:44] ---**
Roger!
**[15:09] ---**
Doesn't look like there's much for us to do.
**[15:13] ---**
Big. Fragile. Highly flammable.
**[15:16] ---**
It's the ideal target!
**[15:19] ---**
Yeah.
**[15:26] ---**
*Honestly, I hate war.*
**[15:29] ---**
*I think humans killing each other*
**[15:32] ---**
*is the worst part of human history.*
**[15:35] ---**
* It's nothing but a waste of*
* materials and human resources.*
**[15:39] ---**
*But we're fighting Commies.*
**[15:42] ---**
* Totalitarians who infringe upon*
* the freedom of the individual.*
**[15:45] ---**
*There's no getting along with Commies.*
**[15:48] ---**
*If I want a nice, safe life in the rear,*
**[15:52] ---**
*I need to take up my gun.*
**[15:55] ---**
The 2nd Company has completed destroying
the enemy railway gun.
**[15:59] ---**
Well done.
**[16:01] ---**
Still, it's weird that
we haven't seen any mages yet.
**[16:09] ---**
Major...
**[16:10] ---**
We've been ordered to reinforce
the eastern forces.
**[16:12] ---**
They've given us full discretion on how.
**[16:15] ---**
What's the situation on the front lines?
**[16:17] ---**
Fighting a delaying action, I believe.
**[16:19] ---**
Waiting for forces from the continent.
**[16:21] ---**
They're holding on strong,
**[16:23] ---**
but they don't have the forces
to hold them back, huh?
**[16:26] ---**
How shall we help?
**[16:30] ---**
If we want to return to the border,
**[16:33] ---**
we need to break through
the enemy's rear lines.
**[16:35] ---**
Let's take the easy way this time.
**[16:38] ---**
We take the long way back, huh?
**[16:39] ---**
So we head for...
**[16:40] ---**
We burn their capital!
**[16:42] ---**
Call it a strategic diversion.
**[16:45] ---**
Their capital?
**[16:46] ---**
We're not in Dakia anymore!
**[16:50] ---**
You're a funny guy, Captain.
**[16:52] ---**
Everybody knows the Commies
have shit for AA defense.
**[16:56] ---**
I guarantee that you could land
a Cessna in Red Square.
**[17:00] ---**
A Cessna?
**[17:00] ---**
Red Square?
**[17:02] ---**
Uh, forget that.
**[17:02] ---**
But even an average teenager
could break through their AA defenses.
**[17:08] ---**
Then you're serious?
**[17:10] ---**
Of course.
**[17:11] ---**
It's a diversion. That's why
we really target their capital.
**[17:15] ---**
Run it through HQ first.
**[17:17] ---**
See if there are no
political considerations.
**[17:20] ---**
Roger.
**[17:23] ---**
*I get to survive, I get to keep myself safe,*
**[17:25] ---**
*and I get to fuck with the Commies.*
**[17:27] ---**
* Three birds with one stone!*
* What an awesome plan!*
**[17:31] ---**
*It's great.*
**[17:32] ---**
*I love it.*
**[17:36] ---**
I can't wait for HQ to give permission.
***SIGN*** Same Day, Imperial Strategic HQ
**[17:41] ---**
So the Federation's joining the war?
**[17:43] ---**
What's going on?
**[17:44] ---**
Send out more recon planes from command!
**[17:46] ---**
Send all our forces from the center
to the eastern front!
**[17:48] ---**
Is the retreat still orderly? Do we
know what's going on at the rear?
**[17:51] ---**
Are we mobilizing our strategic reserves?
**[17:52] ---**
Are the trains on time?
**[17:53] ---**
Men,
**[17:54] ---**
Major Tanya von Degurechaff from the 203rd
Aerial Mage Battalion has suggested a plan,
**[18:00] ---**
which I would like to discuss.
***SIGN*** Vice Director of Strategy and Operations
Brigadier General Hans von Zettour
***SIGN*** Deputy of Strategy and Operations
Brigadier General
Kurt von Rudersdorf
**[18:06] ---**
What's your opinion,
Lieutenant Colonel Rerugen?
**[18:12] ---**
A strike on their capital.
**[18:14] ---**
It's the perfect diversion.
**[18:17] ---**
I think it's worth letting her try.
**[18:19] ---**
What? Are you serious?
**[18:21] ---**
You're kidding!
**[18:22] ---**
That's ridiculous!
**[18:25] ---**
In a sense, we succeed even
by making the attempt.
**[18:29] ---**
If the Federation is forced to divert forces
to the rear to protect their capital,
**[18:33] ---**
that limits the forces they can
bring to bear on our lines.
**[18:37] ---**
Easier said than done.
**[18:38] ---**
Who knows if she'll even get the chance?
**[18:40] ---**
It's the sort of insane adventurism
front line officers are prone to...
**[18:42] ---**
It's impossible.
**[18:43] ---**
Not even worth discussing.
**[18:45] ---**
Think about it.
**[18:47] ---**
It's Degurechaff we're talking about here.
**[18:50] ---**
Degurechaff?
**[18:52] ---**
The one with the Silver Wings?
**[18:54] ---**
She's a talented warfighter.
**[18:57] ---**
And as a hunting dog,
she's a combat officer of the highest class.
**[19:01] ---**
Her attack on the Dakian capital...
**[19:03] ---**
Her decapitation strike at the Rhine...
**[19:06] ---**
She also destroyed the enemy HQ in the south.
**[19:09] ---**
This is coming from a woman with experience.
**[19:12] ---**
She must believe she will succeed,
**[19:14] ---**
and is only confirming
whether the politics allow it.
**[19:18] ---**
You seem to trust her an awful lot.
**[19:21] ---**
I cannot agree to this, regardless.
**[19:23] ---**
This is the enemy capital
we're talking about!
**[19:25] ---**
It's obviously impossible!
**[19:27] ---**
You don't think she's just mistaken?
**[19:29] ---**
Enough.
**[19:31] ---**
We don't have enough time
to enjoy a lengthy debate.
**[19:35] ---**
Indeed.
**[19:36] ---**
We're wasting time here.
**[19:39] ---**
I judge that it's okay to give permission.
**[19:42] ---**
Sir?!
**[19:43] ---**
Are you serious?!
**[19:44] ---**
It's reckless!
**[19:46] ---**
If she thinks she can do it, let her try.
**[19:49] ---**
I bet a bottle from my personal
collection that she succeeds.
***SIGN*** March 16th, Somewhere in the Federation
**[20:04] ---**
*Dear Mother and Grandmother,*
**[20:08] ---**
*How are you doing?*
**[20:10] ---**
* I've joined a certain unit as part*
* of an overseas volunteer force.*
**[20:16] ---**
* The military rules mean*
* I can't write down any details,*
**[20:20] ---**
*but I'm doing well.*
**[20:22] ---**
*I've finally figured out how to use a gun.*
**[20:25] ---**
* And I have friends who*
* I can call comrades-in-arms.*
**[20:29] ---**
*But honestly,*
**[20:30] ---**
* the one thing I can't handle is the food.*
* It's quantity over quality.*
**[20:34] ---**
*I miss the pies I used to bake with you.*
**[20:38] ---**
*Lately, I've even been dreaming of them.*
**[20:43] ---**
*I'm sorry for being weak!*
**[20:46] ---**
* I need to grow up to be*
* a great soldier like Dad, don't I?*
**[20:51] ---**
*To bring about God's justice*
**[20:54] ---**
* and destroy the Empire that*
* is the enemy of the world,*
**[20:58] ---**
*I'll keep doing my very best!*
**[21:06] ---**
*P.S...*
**[21:08] ---**
* I did something that was kind of*
* a big deal when I joined the military,*
**[21:12] ---**
* but I did it to show I was*
* serious about being a soldier.*
**[21:16] ---**
*Don't worry!*
**[21:18] ---**
Get ready, Mary. We're almost to Moscow.
***SIGN*** Unified States Volunteer
Warrant Officer Mary Sue
**[21:21] ---**
It's that time already?
**[21:23] ---**
Oh no!
***SIGN*** Federation Capital Moscow
***SIGN*** Moscow Station
***SIGN*** Allied Kingdom Military Intelligence Service
Colonel Sir Isaac Dustin Drake
**[21:46] ---**
So it's finally begun, huh, William?
**[21:49] ---**
Welcome to "allied" soil.
***SIGN*** Multinational Volunteer Force
Battalion Commander (Allied Kingdom)
Lt. Colonel William Douglas Drake
**[21:53] ---**
It's been a long time, Uncle.
**[21:56] ---**
How are you finding Moscow?
**[21:58] ---**
Enjoying spending time with
wonderful new friends?
**[22:04] ---**
The enemy of my enemy
is my friend, you know?
**[22:07] ---**
I'm being friendly, like the politicians
back home want me to be.
**[22:11] ---**
Well... I'm sorry to hear that.
**[22:15] ---**
So this is Moscow, huh?
**[22:17] ---**
It's freezing.
**[22:19] ---**
Think they've got good food?
**[22:20] ---**
Looks like you have some
wonderful friends too.
**[22:24] ---**
How was your multinational force's
first journey together?
**[22:27] ---**
It went fine.
**[22:35] ---**
Everybody from the
42nd Flying Division is safe.
**[22:39] ---**
For now, that is.
**[22:44] ---**
Sheesh... the brass always
gets the stupidest ideas.
**[22:48] ---**
A unit that symbolizes the progress and
universality of mankind, was that it?
**[22:53] ---**
Yeah.
**[22:54] ---**
To defeat the singular evil
that is the Empire,
**[22:57] ---**
people of different races come together
like a rainbow stretching across the world.
**[23:02] ---**
That's the ad slogan, anyway.
**[23:04] ---**
Sounds like something
a politician would like.
**[23:06] ---**
As you can see, it's an excellent unit.
**[23:09] ---**
If you'd like, I can let you take over.
**[23:13] ---**
I'll admit I'd prefer not to
shake hands with wolves.
**[23:16] ---**
But I'd rather do that than
lead sheep into battle against a lion.
**[23:21] ---**
Any interest in being a sheepdog?
**[23:24] ---**
The world's a stage.
**[23:26] ---**
Everybody has to play some role.
**[23:33] ---**
But it doesn't need to be me.
**[23:39] ---**
You're right.
**[23:42] ---**
Let me give you one last warning.
**[23:45] ---**
The Federation purged
every one of its own mages.
**[23:49] ---**
They all got sent to the camps.
**[23:53] ---**
So the rumors were true?
**[23:55] ---**
Communists have no room for
X-factors like mages, it seems.
**[24:04] ---**
My, my... What a wonderful "ally" we've got.
**[24:13] ---**
Men, we're moving to a Federation facility.
**[24:16] ---**
This place is no ally.
**[24:18] ---**
Be very careful.
**[24:22] ---**
Yes, sir!
***SIGN*** Somewhere in Moscow: People's Party Meeting Hall
**[24:27] ---**
That concludes the report from the front.
**[24:32] ---**
Comrade Secretary, if I may speak.
***SIGN*** Internal Affairs Committee
Comrade Loria
***SIGN*** Party Leader
Comrade Secretary Josef
**[24:36] ---**
Go ahead.
**[24:40] ---**
Thank you so much for that
report from the front lines.
**[24:44] ---**
I cannot thank those comrades who have
brought us this wonderful news enough.
**[24:49] ---**
But...
**[24:51] ---**
It's unacceptable that the Empire
was ready for us to begin our attack.
**[24:57] ---**
Why do you think that is, comrade?
**[24:59] ---**
I-I haven't the slightest...
**[25:02] ---**
Oh, you can't even come up
with an idea or two?
**[25:05] ---**
After all, Comrade Nicolai,
**[25:08] ---**
weren't you on quite good terms
with the Imperial Ambassador?
**[25:11] ---**
I... I only interacted with
the Imperialists in an official capacity.
**[25:16] ---**
You had dinner with him but a week ago,
and you now downplay the relationship?
**[25:22] ---**
Was that 20-year old wine he served good?
**[25:26] ---**
No!
**[25:27] ---**
Comrade Secretary,
**[25:29] ---**
why don't we ask our comrade
here for more details?
**[25:35] ---**
Go ahead.
**[25:41] ---**
W-Wait!
**[25:42] ---**
Listen to me!
**[25:43] ---**
I can explain everything!
**[25:45] ---**
I've never worked with the Empire!
**[25:47] ---**
Hey, let me go!
**[25:51] ---**
Comrades, I expect each of you to continue
to give your utmost for the Motherland.
**[26:05] ---**
Y-You really just want me
to drive around town?
**[26:08] ---**
Yes. Just another inspection of the city.
**[26:11] ---**
Even someone like me
needs a break every now and then.
**[26:22] ---**
How about that one?
**[26:31] ---**
Not great...
**[26:33] ---**
So close.
**[26:35] ---**
If I'd found her just a little sooner,
she would've been ripe for the picking.
**[26:40] ---**
What group are those idiots with?
**[26:41] ---**
This is a no-fly zone!
**[26:43] ---**
Is it that group of multinational volunteers?
**[26:46] ---**
That's why you can't trust mages.
**[26:49] ---**
I was right to send every last
one of them to the camps.
**[27:09] ---**
This is 02!
**[27:10] ---**
I've succeeded in destroying Moscow Plaza!
**[27:13] ---**
I've destroyed that ugly bronze statue!
**[27:30] ---**
03 has destroyed the snakes' nest.
**[27:33] ---**
I can see the secret police
fleeing in terror!
**[27:44] ---**
So even the AP rounds we use to
destroy enemy bases won't work?
**[27:50] ---**
This is 04. Our target isn't taking damage.
**[27:53] ---**
It's incredibly tough!
**[27:55] ---**
The goal of this operation is to
blow some stuff up and mock some people.
**[28:01] ---**
Don't push it. Turn around and go.
**[28:04] ---**
*Roger. Executing order immediately.*
**[28:06] ---**
*All members of the battalion, I win the bet.*
**[28:10] ---**
* I told you even a teenager*
* could break through their AA.*
**[28:13] ---**
And you were right, Major.
**[28:17] ---**
I'm glad you're willing to
accept your defeat like a man.
**[28:20] ---**
But I will show no mercy.
**[28:22] ---**
* Everyone, when you get back, feel free*
* to enjoy a bottle of 02's best wine!*
**[28:27] ---**
We haven't had a mission of
that scale since the beach.
**[28:30] ---**
I won't retreat a single step
in the face of alcohol.
**[28:33] ---**
You've got guts, you bastards!
**[28:35] ---**
*Yes! Hooray!*
**[28:40] ---**
Men, I'm glad you have
something to look forward to,
**[28:44] ---**
but work comes before recreation.
**[28:47] ---**
Continue the attack!
**[28:49] ---**
Roger!
**[28:52] ---**
Now, then...
**[28:58] ---**
So in this world, that thing was completed?
**[29:03] ---**
Members of 1st Company,
we're taking down the big guy there.
**[29:08] ---**
As soon as we're done, we'll attack
the other government facilities.
**[29:11] ---**
Activate magics.
**[29:13] ---**
Target: that big pile of shit!
**[29:15] ---**
Target: that big pile of shit!
**[29:18] ---**
Fire!
**[29:23] ---**
You might've shot an ally,
Warrant Officer Sue.
**[29:27] ---**
I-I'm sorry...
**[29:29] ---**
You really are a terrible shot...
**[29:32] ---**
Even though you're an
incredibly talented mage.
**[29:35] ---**
You've got that right.
**[29:37] ---**
It's the same for the rest of you.
**[29:39] ---**
You need to get used to the gun!
**[29:41] ---**
Make it a part of you!
**[29:42] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[29:43] ---**
Okay, keep firing!
**[29:47] ---**
Our equipment's in terrible shape.
**[29:50] ---**
And we haven't been given
enough ammunition to train with.
**[29:53] ---**
I'd like to issue a formal complaint.
**[29:55] ---**
I'll tell the party.
**[29:57] ---**
Yeah, you do that.
**[30:05] ---**
Enemy attack! Enemy attack!
**[30:16] ---**
Wh-What's going on?
**[30:35] ---**
Looks like their "People's Palace"
was more fragile than it looked.
**[30:39] ---**
Guess they shouldn't have rushed
the construction so much.
**[30:42] ---**
Looks like they shouldn't have
rationed the concrete so much.
**[30:57] ---**
You stupid Commie bastards.
**[30:59] ---**
You've got your altitude settings
stuck on "bomber."
**[31:02] ---**
Their aim is terrible, too.
**[31:03] ---**
Shall we take out the emplacements?
**[31:05] ---**
Shit or not, an enemy camp is an enemy camp.
**[31:08] ---**
I can't think of a reason
to take unnecessary damage.
**[31:12] ---**
I'm sorry!
**[31:14] ---**
Hey, Lieutenant,
**[31:15] ---**
you had a special reason to
hate the Commies too, didn't you?
**[31:21] ---**
I know a little about your background.
**[31:24] ---**
It was when I was a child.
**[31:25] ---**
I know!
**[31:27] ---**
Let's do something a little special for you.
**[31:30] ---**
If you're familiar with the place,
I'd like you to show me around.
**[31:36] ---**
Are you okay?
**[31:37] ---**
An attack?
**[31:38] ---**
What was that attack?
**[31:39] ---**
Vivi! Vivi!
**[31:41] ---**
Are you okay? Vivi!
**[31:43] ---**
Y-Yeah. I just got hit with some rubble.
**[31:47] ---**
But you're bleeding!
**[31:48] ---**
We need a medic!
**[31:50] ---**
M-Mary, calm down, please.
**[31:54] ---**
Sir, the whole city's under attack!
**[31:58] ---**
Is it the Empire?
**[32:00] ---**
The Empire...
**[32:01] ---**
We never should've borrowed
a Federation facility.
**[32:04] ---**
How much damage did we take?
**[32:06] ---**
Some injuries.
**[32:07] ---**
That, and we lost our place to sleep here.
**[32:11] ---**
Get the troops together.
**[32:12] ---**
We'll stay on standby and
move at the right time.
**[32:23] ---**
Mary!
**[32:29] ---**
Warrant Officer Sue, what are you doing?
**[32:31] ---**
I can't let them get away with this.
**[32:33] ---**
I'm going out there!
**[32:34] ---**
You are not!
**[32:36] ---**
Return to your position!
**[32:37] ---**
But they hurt one of us!
**[32:39] ---**
I see. So what?
**[32:40] ---**
"So what"?
**[32:42] ---**
The Empire may be killing the people
of the Federation right now!
**[32:46] ---**
Like I said, so what?
**[32:48] ---**
Even if they have a different
ideology than us,
**[32:51] ---**
if our allies are fighting,
we need to be with them!
**[32:54] ---**
That's what it means to
be a soldier, isn't it?
**[32:57] ---**
If you want to talk about being a soldier,
then first, follow orders!
**[33:06] ---**
*Attention, citizens of the Federation!*
**[33:08] ---**
What is this broadcast?
**[33:10] ---**
It's the Empire, apparently!
**[33:11] ---**
Where do we run?
**[33:12] ---**
Anywhere downtown is dangerous!
**[33:14] ---**
Run to the housing projects!
**[33:16] ---**
What is this warning?
**[33:18] ---**
Where's it coming from?
**[33:20] ---**
I don't know! But the Empire is
addressing it to the citizenry!
**[33:24] ---**
That's ridiculous!
**[33:25] ---**
Nobody's going to trust what the Empire says!
**[33:28] ---**
Just seal off the plaza!
**[33:30] ---**
The Empire may bomb it again!
**[33:33] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[33:35] ---**
Impossible!
**[33:36] ---**
The Empire?
**[33:39] ---**
How could this happen?
**[34:51] ---**
Wonderful.
**[34:55] ---**
How beautiful.
**[34:57] ---**
My blood feels like it's boiling over!
**[34:59] ---**
I want her!
**[35:01] ---**
I want her, no matter what!
**[35:06] ---**
What's this?
**[35:10] ---**
You bastards!
**[35:11] ---**
Wait! Warrant Officer Sue!
**[35:18] ---**
Shit! That idiot!
**[35:44] ---**
You ruined the mood.
**[35:47] ---**
Major, enemy reinforcements!
**[35:49] ---**
Two companies' worth of mages, from our rear!
**[35:53] ---**
Did you really get permission to engage?
**[35:55] ---**
Yes!
**[35:56] ---**
Your kind uncle got us the okay!
**[35:58] ---**
We get caught up in this mess
as soon as we get here?
**[36:01] ---**
Now we've got extra work to do, damn it.
**[36:05] ---**
How is she so fast?
**[36:07] ---**
Is her magical power overflowing?
**[36:09] ---**
Mary's latent magical ability is incredible.
**[36:11] ---**
She was far better than any of her class.
**[36:14] ---**
So she's incompetent, and a hard worker.
**[36:16] ---**
That's a bitch.
**[36:17] ---**
Fall back and support.
**[36:19] ---**
Don't try to get near her!
**[36:21] ---**
Yes, sir!
**[36:48] ---**
Their training is on a whole other level.
**[36:52] ---**
Major! It doesn't seem
to be Federation forces.
**[36:54] ---**
What? But this is Commie airspace!
**[36:59] ---**
Their appearance and equipment
suggest a multinational force.
**[37:02] ---**
What?
**[37:03] ---**
There may be more.
Look for a chance to get out of here.
**[37:14] ---**
Phil! Keith!
**[37:21] ---**
She's out of ammo?
**[37:25] ---**
Give me power, God!
**[37:29] ---**
For peace! For justice!
**[37:32] ---**
You're bothering me.
**[37:34] ---**
This reminds me of something
that happened before.
**[37:47] ---**
A young girl?
**[37:49] ---**
But I guess that goes for both of us.
**[38:05] ---**
Th-That's...
**[38:22] ---**
What?
**[38:43] ---**
Major!
**[38:44] ---**
I think it's time to go!
**[38:46] ---**
Let's retreat!
**[38:48] ---**
Major!
**[38:50] ---**
Yeah...
**[38:52] ---**
Everyone, withdraw.
**[38:54] ---**
Head for the rendezvous point at top speed.
**[38:56] ---**
Roger!
**[39:11] ---**
Mary! Mary!
**[39:12] ---**
Warrant Officer Sue,
can you hear me? Wake up!
**[39:16] ---**
Warrant Officer Sue!
**[39:17] ---**
She's awake, it seems,
but she's badly injured.
**[39:19] ---**
Pick her up. We're heading back to base.
**[39:22] ---**
Hang in there, Mary!
**[39:23] ---**
Don't pass out on us!
**[39:25] ---**
*Being shot with a gun hurts.*
**[39:29] ---**
*Even more when it's Dad's gun.*
**[39:33] ---**
*My dad was so nice...*
**[39:36] ---**
*And she killed him.*
**[39:40] ---**
*I'll make that demon pay.*
**[39:44] ---**
*God... God!*
**[39:47] ---**
*Please! Give me power!*
***SIGN*** Several Days Later
**[39:56] ---**
Extra! Extra!
**[39:59] ---**
Fatherland's flag planted on enemy territory!
**[40:02] ---**
They burned all their flags?
**[40:04] ---**
They took out the secret police?
**[40:06] ---**
They even made a movie!
**[40:08] ---**
It says they "do not believe in tears."
***SIGN*** Imperial Strategic Headquarters
**[40:10] ---**
They're making fun of that
Federation saying, huh?
**[40:14] ---**
Why?
**[40:17] ---**
Why did this happen?
**[40:19] ---**
I thought they were just going to
put some pressure on the capital.
**[40:24] ---**
I didn't think they'd destroy every
political symbol of the Federation,
**[40:28] ---**
put up a flag, and sing our anthem.
**[40:37] ---**
That's going too far.
**[40:41] ---**
At least we completely achieved
our goal of a strategic distraction.
**[40:47] ---**
Lieutenant Colonel,
**[40:48] ---**
it seems that even you
underestimated the major's powers.
**[40:53] ---**
It was the perfect distraction, in fact.
**[40:57] ---**
And the people are saying
it's a historic achievement.
**[41:03] ---**
The problem is the politicians.
**[41:06] ---**
We won't be able to submit
a peace proposal for a while.
**[41:11] ---**
Not after we completely crushed their pride.
**[41:15] ---**
In their anger, the Federation's
sure to send even more forces now.
**[41:20] ---**
We need to come up with
a plan for the next stage.
**[41:27] ---**
*Degurechaff...*
**[41:30] ---**
* When she gets back,*
* I'm going to strangle her!*
***SIGN*** March 26, 1926
***SIGN*** Imperial Eastern Front Temporary Base 21
**[41:38] ---**
Cheers!
**[41:40] ---**
How many times have we done that?
**[41:42] ---**
You can toast as many times as you like!
**[41:44] ---**
Drink! Drink!
**[41:45] ---**
That attack on the capital
was a stroke of genius!
**[41:49] ---**
That's why you're Strategic HQ's ace unit!
**[41:52] ---**
You sure showed those Commies!
**[42:02] ---**
Captain, you remember the deal, right?
**[42:07] ---**
I'm glad you're willing to
accept your defeat like a man.
**[42:10] ---**
But I will show no mercy.
**[42:12] ---**
Everyone, when you get back, feel free
to enjoy a bottle of 02's best wine!
**[42:21] ---**
You've got more than we thought!
**[42:23] ---**
You sell what you brought back
from the south to stock up?
**[42:26] ---**
You're a fan of the good stuff, huh?
**[42:31] ---**
Sorry, but not as much as you are!
**[42:38] ---**
"Aaah," my ass!
**[42:40] ---**
This was mine to begin with!
**[42:44] ---**
He's going really hard!
**[42:45] ---**
Is he going to be okay?
**[42:47] ---**
I'm scared. He's gonna be
a pain to deal with later.
**[42:52] ---**
* In any era, drinking has a certain effect*
* in bringing people together.*
**[43:02] ---**
*It's tough.*
**[43:04] ---**
Major!
**[43:06] ---**
How about some dessert?
**[43:09] ---**
Fruit punch!
**[43:11] ---**
Lieutenant!
**[43:14] ---**
Are you giving the major
my liquor-preserved fruits?
**[43:16] ---**
You can't do that! You can't!
**[43:19] ---**
There's no alcohol in them.
**[43:22] ---**
They're specially made to be sweet.
**[43:25] ---**
Drunks.
**[43:27] ---**
Don't worry about me.
**[43:30] ---**
I think I have an illness that
definitely needs 24 hours to wear off.
**[43:34] ---**
Don't wake me up for anything but a mission.
**[43:38] ---**
Let yourselves go, but don't get to the point
**[43:42] ---**
where it interferes with your duties.
**[43:47] ---**
The major, who's like a living,
breathing rulebook...
**[43:51] ---**
The major, who's a demon
obsessed with military code...
**[43:54] ---**
Told us to...
**[43:56] ---**
...let ourselves go?
**[43:58] ---**
Attention, everyone!
**[44:01] ---**
Our battalion commander
has retired due to illness.
**[44:05] ---**
Seriously?
**[44:06] ---**
Lucky us!
**[44:07] ---**
And so...
**[44:09] ---**
Let's have another toast to
Major Degurechaff's health!
**[44:14] ---**
Cheers!
**[44:32] ---**
*It's tough.*
**[44:43] ---**
*That toughness...*
**[44:45] ---**
*wasn't normal. Not at all.*
**[45:02] ---**
*That sturdiness, the amount of magic...*
**[45:07] ---**
*It has to be.*
**[45:13] ---**
*That insane fanatic!*
**[45:19] ---**
Your ability to recover is impressive.
**[45:21] ---**
I planned to have you get a longer rest.
**[45:24] ---**
I can't rest.
**[45:26] ---**
We need to show the people of
the Federation why we're here.
**[45:30] ---**
You don't have the right
to argue that with me.
**[45:34] ---**
The volunteer force is
a high-level political matter.
**[45:38] ---**
Our ally's capital was attacked.
**[45:41] ---**
We're not going to help them?
**[45:43] ---**
It's their fault for not being
able to properly protect it.
**[45:47] ---**
We did nothing wrong.
**[45:49] ---**
You want us to just be observers?!
**[45:52] ---**
We came together to destroy the Empire,
our common enemy!
**[45:57] ---**
For humanity! For the world!
**[45:59] ---**
We should all fight together!
**[46:04] ---**
You want revenge that badly?
**[46:10] ---**
I know about your past.
**[46:12] ---**
Your father died in combat
with the Empire, yes?
**[46:17] ---**
I can understand your hatred for the enemy.
**[46:20] ---**
But...
**[46:22] ---**
We're not murderers or avengers.
**[46:26] ---**
We're soldiers.
**[46:28] ---**
We're not fighting this war
out of personal feelings.
**[46:37] ---**
We're leaving Moscow in the morning.
**[46:39] ---**
If you're a soldier, don't conflate our enemy
and the object of your vengeance.
**[47:01] ---**
Within the Empire,
there's a demon I must defeat!
**[47:15] ---**
Everyone, wake up!
**[47:21] ---**
What's going on?
**[47:24] ---**
Captain Weiss! Is Captain Weiss here?
**[47:26] ---**
Yes, ma'am!
**[47:28] ---**
Captain Weiss, Strategic HQ
sent us a love letter.
**[47:31] ---**
Get the battalion together.
**[47:33] ---**
Yes, ma'am!
**[47:35] ---**
Hurry!
**[47:36] ---**
We'll begin the briefing as soon you're done.
**[47:42] ---**
It's been 10 days since the start of the war,
and the borders have moved a lot.
**[47:45] ---**
Look at how the enemy's moving.
**[47:51] ---**
There are three general groups.
**[47:53] ---**
Group A, moving to the north.
**[47:55] ---**
Group B, readying for
an attack on the Empire itself.
**[47:59] ---**
And Group C, which has started
to move towards Dakia.
**[48:04] ---**
It's believed that Group B,
the one in the center, is their largest.
**[48:08] ---**
But there's no reason
to just face it head on.
**[48:10] ---**
Strategic HQ wants to start at
the north and strike them first,
**[48:14] ---**
then head down to strike and encircle
the main force from their flank.
**[48:18] ---**
Then what's our job?
**[48:22] ---**
To act as a mobile flying column.
**[48:24] ---**
We'll be going ahead of the main units from
central command that are heading north.
**[48:28] ---**
But we can't ignore the pressure
Group B is putting on us.
**[48:32] ---**
Their sheer numbers make them
difficult to deal with.
**[48:35] ---**
Can the center hold while
we're destroying Group A?
**[48:40] ---**
Captain Weiss...
**[48:42] ---**
Remember this.
**[48:44] ---**
It's not the numbers on paper.
It's what's inside that counts.
**[48:49] ---**
Communists believe that
the party is always right.
**[48:52] ---**
They put politics above military logic.
**[48:56] ---**
And if you go against that, you're purged.
**[48:58] ---**
Do you want to tell me an army
like that is a *real* army?
**[49:05] ---**
Come in.
**[49:06] ---**
Excuse me.
**[49:07] ---**
Emergency request from the eastern forces.
**[49:10] ---**
What?
**[49:13] ---**
The 3rd and 32nd Divisions that are serving
as the rear guard for withdrawal
**[49:18] ---**
are being surrounded at Tiegenhoff.
**[49:21] ---**
What about the eastern forces?
**[49:22] ---**
This is their job.
**[49:24] ---**
They've expended their strategic reserves
in the battles so far.
**[49:28] ---**
So they've come begging to the unit
under Strategic HQ's direct command?
**[49:32] ---**
Urban combat, huh?
**[49:34] ---**
If the enemy has it heavily encircled,
won't it be difficult to rescue them?
**[49:38] ---**
Aerial photography from the area
doesn't show any heavy guns.
**[49:43] ---**
All we've been able to confirm is
a small number of field artillery pieces.
**[49:46] ---**
Heavy guns are incredibly slow.
**[49:49] ---**
The Federation's got the same problems
moving the things as we do.
**[49:53] ---**
But it's possible that there are long-range
railway guns deployed near the border.
**[49:59] ---**
That's true.
**[50:00] ---**
Something their size could
cause serious damage.
**[50:06] ---**
You're right to not
underestimate your enemy.
**[50:10] ---**
But even railway guns
aren't a serious threat.
**[50:14] ---**
In all our battles against the Federation,
we've yet to see a single observer mage.
**[50:20] ---**
Even if their infantry
have observers with them,
**[50:24] ---**
its not realistic for them
to adapt on the fly.
**[50:27] ---**
You're right, come to think of it.
**[50:29] ---**
So it's possible to save them.
**[50:31] ---**
But the 203rd Battalion has already
received orders from Strategic HQ.
**[50:38] ---**
We report directly to Strategic HQ.
**[50:43] ---**
*So both of them need our help, huh?*
**[50:46] ---**
But a partial victory that leads
to an overall defeat is worthless.
**[50:51] ---**
I hate to do this to the eastern forces,
**[50:53] ---**
but for the sake of our whole army,
we should do the flying column mission.
**[50:57] ---**
I hate to say it, but you're right.
**[51:00] ---**
We'll just have to pray for Tiegenhoff.
**[51:08] ---**
Major?
**[51:10] ---**
What's wrong?
**[51:11] ---**
This is an interesting position.
**[51:14] ---**
Lieutenant Serebryakov...
**[51:16] ---**
Bring me a more detailed map.
**[51:17] ---**
Yes, ma'am.
**[51:18] ---**
A railway map, too.
**[51:28] ---**
Tiegenhoff is in a good position.
**[51:31] ---**
You could say it's a critical point in
Strategic HQ's northern operations.
**[51:36] ---**
I see!
**[51:38] ---**
Aerial photography shows
the rail lines are undamaged!
**[51:41] ---**
We'll be able to resupply for our flying
column mission at regular intervals.
**[51:46] ---**
It's on a river and easy to defend,
**[51:48] ---**
and also a fair distance away
from the eastern borders.
**[51:51] ---**
And we should be able to apply pressure to
strategic transit points from there as well.
**[51:55] ---**
It's the perfect base!
**[51:58] ---**
Wonderful.
**[52:01] ---**
Rescuing Tiegenhoff is
the ultimate aufheben.
**[52:04] ---**
We can give both the eastern forces
and Strategic HQ what they want.
**[52:09] ---**
We're gonna do it.
**[52:11] ---**
Right!
**[52:14] ---**
So we're saving people, huh?
**[52:17] ---**
Lieutenant Serebryakov,
**[52:18] ---**
have the troops load up
all the medical supplies they can carry.
**[52:21] ---**
Roger that!
**[52:22] ---**
It would be nice if we could take
some whiskey and cigarettes,
**[52:25] ---**
but we barely have any to begin with.
**[52:28] ---**
Don't worry about that, Major.
**[52:31] ---**
Actually...
**[52:33] ---**
We won a bunch from the eastern
forces playing cards yesterday.
**[52:36] ---**
I was going to put them in
the battalion's warehouse,
**[52:39] ---**
but we should share them with our allies!
**[52:42] ---**
I can't believe you, Captain Weiss.
**[52:44] ---**
I thought you had more discipline
as an officer.
**[52:49] ---**
No, it was Lieutenant Serebryakov,
not me, who took their stuff.
**[53:04] ---**
We're counting on you!
**[53:05] ---**
Save our allies!
**[53:07] ---**
Rescue Tiegenhoff!
***SIGN*** Imperial City of Tiegenhoff
***SIGN*** Imperial 49th Mage Battalion: Major Jotuck Hofen
**[53:37] ---**
There are so many! Give it up, damn it!
**[53:40] ---**
Major!
**[53:41] ---**
There's not enough of us!
**[53:43] ---**
Our defenses to the northeast
won't last much longer!
**[53:47] ---**
Shit! I need help, and I don't care
where it comes from.
**[53:50] ---**
I'm not even gonna ask questions!
**[53:53] ---**
*Tiegenhoff Control to 49th Mage Battalion.*
**[53:56] ---**
*Reinforcements are on their way.*
**[53:58] ---**
*Watch for them.*
**[54:07] ---**
Allies?
**[54:09] ---**
You came!
**[54:17] ---**
Anti-ground bombardment! Aim at will!
**[54:20] ---**
Fire!
**[54:35] ---**
I am Major Hofen,
**[54:37] ---**
with the 49th Mage Battalion
of the 3rd Division.
**[54:41] ---**
Major Degurechaff,
**[54:42] ---**
of the 203rd Aerial Mage Battalion
reporting directly to Strategic HQ.
**[54:47] ---**
I'm terribly sorry
we couldn't get here sooner.
**[54:51] ---**
Is there a problem?
**[54:52] ---**
N-No...
**[54:53] ---**
Thank you for coming!
**[54:56] ---**
We only survived because you got
here before their heavy guns did.
**[54:59] ---**
I'm glad we made it.
**[55:02] ---**
HQ is this way. I'll take you there.
**[55:10] ---**
Our job will be to protect HQ
and wipe out their survivors.
**[55:14] ---**
What about you?
**[55:15] ---**
We'll use this city as our base
**[55:18] ---**
and carry out the flying column order
that we were given by Strategic HQ.
**[55:21] ---**
They're pretty rough on us.
**[55:24] ---**
I see.
**[55:25] ---**
I can understand why, given how
highly-trained you looked.
**[55:29] ---**
I'm honored.
**[55:31] ---**
I'd love to have a drink with you...
**[55:36] ---**
But I'll buy one for your men, someday.
**[55:39] ---**
I'm afraid my men are heavy drinkers.
**[55:43] ---**
They might bankrupt you, I think.
**[55:49] ---**
All right, then!
**[55:50] ---**
My whole battalion will pay for them!
**[55:53] ---**
Drink all you like!
**[55:56] ---**
My men will be happy to hear that!
**[56:01] ---**
I'll be going, then.
**[56:07] ---**
Major!
**[56:08] ---**
Was that the officer who came to save us?
**[56:12] ---**
Yes.
**[56:13] ---**
The rumors that Strategic HQ had
a child officer were true, it seems.
**[56:19] ---**
That legend of the battlefield
was surprisingly true.
**[56:27] ---**
Comrades, the situation is dire!
***SIGN*** Federation Front Lines
**[56:30] ---**
Our main force is barely managing
to continue their advance,
**[56:33] ---**
but the lack of heavy guns
is a huge problem.
***SIGN*** Federation Rear Echelon
**[56:36] ---**
That's right.
**[56:38] ---**
The front lines say the situation
is "difficult, but manageable."
***SIGN*** Federation Army Political Officer
**[56:42] ---**
Some heavy guns would be appreciated
if they're available.
***SIGN*** Federation Capital Moscow
**[56:45] ---**
Comrades, I'm told everything
is going "almost perfectly"!
**[56:48] ---**
Our forces are advancing with
an overwhelming advantage.
**[56:53] ---**
There's no need to wait for
the arrival of heavy guns.
**[56:56] ---**
The mission is almost complete.
**[56:59] ---**
Thank you for the good news.
**[57:02] ---**
Comrade Secretary, I have
some other good news.
**[57:06] ---**
Speak.
**[57:08] ---**
Yes.
**[57:10] ---**
That enemy unit is in Tiegenhoff right now.
**[57:16] ---**
"That enemy unit"?
**[57:17] ---**
The ones who did *that*,
if you follow my meaning.
**[57:24] ---**
An unforgivably barbaric offense!
**[57:27] ---**
Just thinking about it makes my blood boil!
**[57:31] ---**
There's no reason to let them live.
**[57:35] ---**
The overwhelming numbers
given to us by the Motherland!
**[57:40] ---**
And the air planes birthed
by our technology!
**[57:45] ---**
And then...
**[57:47] ---**
While they are a filthy
imperialist curse...
**[57:51] ---**
We can also send in
the multinational volunteers!
**[57:56] ---**
We'll send everything we've got at them!
**[57:59] ---**
Torment them!
**[58:01] ---**
Torture them!
**[58:02] ---**
And obliterate them!
**[58:14] ---**
My beloved Comrade Secretary...
**[58:17] ---**
I propose a large-scale assault
on Tiegenhoff.
***SIGN*** March 28, Unified Year 1926
***SIGN*** Federation Airfield
**[58:27] ---**
Are we not done resupplying yet?
**[58:29] ---**
We don't have enough people!
**[58:31] ---**
We can't go any faster!
**[58:34] ---**
Real combat, huh?
**[58:35] ---**
I never thought we'd fight on
the same side as the Federation.
**[58:38] ---**
We can do this.
**[58:40] ---**
Damn...
**[58:42] ---**
How did this happen?
**[58:44] ---**
Lieutenant Colonel Drake...
**[58:47] ---**
We're fighting the Empire, right?
**[58:49] ---**
We get to fight too, right?
**[58:51] ---**
Only in accordance with orders from home,
and as much as they allow us.
**[58:55] ---**
That's part of God's will too, I'm sure.
**[58:57] ---**
Right.
**[58:58] ---**
I hope you don't end up meeting that
God of yours sooner than you want to.
**[59:02] ---**
"Do not test the Lord."
**[59:04] ---**
I will simply do my duty.
**[59:11] ---**
That's a wonderful look
you have on your face.
**[59:13] ---**
Do you miss the sea so badly?
**[59:16] ---**
Yes. I'd love to be kicking
back in a pub right now.
**[59:20] ---**
You think it's a stupid order?
**[59:22] ---**
That's right.
**[59:24] ---**
The politicians back home must really want
to get in the Federation's good graces.
**[59:28] ---**
And they're sacrificing a unit filled
with nothing but rookies to do it.
**[59:32] ---**
Are they insane?
**[59:34] ---**
Who knows how much we'll have to
pay the widows in pensions?
**[59:37] ---**
By the way, is that her?
**[59:41] ---**
Yes. Warrant Officer Mary Sue.
**[59:46] ---**
Her father was a brave soldier.
**[59:49] ---**
I know you've no obligation to do this,
**[59:52] ---**
but please keep an eye on her
as much as you can.
**[1:00:05] ---**
Major! Major!
**[1:00:08] ---**
Wake up! Major!
**[1:00:10] ---**
What is it?
**[1:00:12] ---**
An attack! The Federation is attacking!
**[1:00:15] ---**
How many?
**[1:00:17] ---**
Eight divisions at a minimum.
**[1:00:19] ---**
Eight divisions?
**[1:00:21] ---**
That's the initial report
from our air fleet.
**[1:00:23] ---**
That's four times what we have!
**[1:00:24] ---**
Yes. And that's the most
optimistic estimate.
**[1:00:31] ---**
They shouldn't have realized how
important Tiegenhoff is yet!
**[1:00:35] ---**
But they're abandoning their plans
for a bold offensive?
**[1:00:40] ---**
*Commies aren't allowed to be that adaptable!*
**[1:00:43] ---**
*Did they figure out my plan?*
**[1:00:44] ---**
*Or did something leak?*
**[1:00:47] ---**
*Shit!*
**[1:00:48] ---**
*How?*
**[1:00:53] ---**
W-Well, the enemy is human, too.
**[1:00:56] ---**
They can't get their heavy
equipment here in time.
**[1:00:58] ---**
They'll use their light forces
to execute an attack first.
**[1:01:02] ---**
At this rate, we might lose our new base.
**[1:01:05] ---**
Wake everyone up, now!
**[1:01:29] ---**
Comrades, what has our homeland done?
**[1:01:33] ---**
The answer is simple.
**[1:01:35] ---**
We did nothing.
**[1:01:37] ---**
Nothing.
**[1:01:39] ---**
But the Federation is attacking us.
They want to kill us.
**[1:01:43] ---**
It's impossible for us to be good neighbors.
**[1:01:46] ---**
This world isn't fair at all, it seems.
**[1:01:50] ---**
If they wish to violate our rights,
**[1:01:53] ---**
we must fight!
**[1:01:57] ---**
I love freedom above all else.
**[1:02:00] ---**
I will secure freedom,
**[1:02:01] ---**
I will protect freedom,
**[1:02:03] ---**
and I will defend freedom to the last!
**[1:02:05] ---**
We cannot retreat from this battle!
**[1:02:07] ---**
Comrades, this is a battle for freedom!
**[1:02:11] ---**
The slightest hesitation
will not be allowed!
**[1:02:14] ---**
We're kicking these Commies
out of our country!
**[1:02:17] ---**
We will have victory!
**[1:02:19] ---**
Or we will have death!
**[1:02:20] ---**
We are the guards of our country's gates!
***SIGN*** Battle of Tiegenhoff
***SIGN*** 3 Hours Since the Start of the Battle
**[1:02:42] ---**
Wh-What the hell is this?
**[1:02:45] ---**
I can't believe how many there are!
**[1:03:17] ---**
Don't let them scare you! Fire! Fire!
**[1:03:48] ---**
Shit! Can't we do something
about those tanks?
**[1:03:59] ---**
Mages? We're saved!
**[1:04:02] ---**
Now! Fire! Fire!
**[1:04:04] ---**
Don't let up!
**[1:04:06] ---**
The enemy's offensive has been blunted!
**[1:04:08] ---**
We outnumber them!
**[1:04:11] ---**
Shit! They just keep coming!
**[1:04:13] ---**
Where's our air support?!
**[1:04:15] ---**
Stop them no matter what!
**[1:04:16] ---**
Where the hell is she?
**[1:04:18] ---**
Let's go! Charge!
**[1:04:20] ---**
Die, devils!
***SIGN*** Battle of Tiegenhoff Resupply Point A
***SIGN*** 18 Hours Since the Start of the Battle
**[1:04:32] ---**
Everyone, resupply quickly!
**[1:04:35] ---**
Resupply units, move quickly from one
company's resupply point to the next!
**[1:04:39] ---**
Get the wounded to the medics, now.
**[1:04:42] ---**
*This is 02!*
**[1:04:44] ---**
* Another two enemy divisions*
* approaching from the northeast!*
**[1:04:47] ---**
*They should reach our area within minutes.*
**[1:04:56] ---**
This is 03.
***SIGN*** Point D
**[1:04:57] ---**
We're seeing new reinforcements as well.
***SIGN*** Point C
**[1:05:00] ---**
This is 04.
**[1:05:02] ---**
Enemy armor sighted at point G2!
**[1:05:07] ---**
I'm starting to wonder if you
grow Communists in fields.
**[1:05:12] ---**
1st Company, anybody who
can move, follow me!
**[1:05:15] ---**
We'll hit the Commies before
they can enter the city!
**[1:05:22] ---**
*Shit! What the hell is going on here?*
**[1:05:25] ---**
*These goddamn Commies...*
**[1:05:26] ---**
* Don't they give a shit about*
* their human resources?*
***SIGN*** Point C, 27 Hours Since the Start of the Battle
**[1:05:36] ---**
Hey, aim for the mages in the sky!
**[1:05:39] ---**
Right!
**[1:05:43] ---**
Take cover! Take cover!
**[1:05:50] ---**
Lieutenant Serebryakov!
**[1:05:51] ---**
What are the reports from
the other companies?!
**[1:05:54] ---**
No severe damage, but most of
the soldiers are exhausted!
**[1:05:59] ---**
They're running out of magic and ammunition!
**[1:06:03] ---**
How many divisions does that make now?
**[1:06:05] ---**
Ten.
**[1:06:07] ---**
We can't hang on anymore.
**[1:06:10] ---**
*This is 03!*
**[1:06:11] ---**
*They made it past our interception net!*
**[1:06:14] ---**
A battalion of enemy mages!
**[1:06:16] ---**
They're heading straight for the city!
**[1:06:17] ---**
After all this, *now* there's mages?
**[1:06:20] ---**
*They're not Federation soldiers!*
**[1:06:21] ---**
I think they're the ones
we ran into in Moscow!
**[1:06:23] ---**
What?!
**[1:06:26] ---**
Get in one good hit, and then run!
**[1:06:28] ---**
You can do this!
**[1:06:30] ---**
*Show the Empire the power of our will!*
**[1:06:34] ---**
They're attacking the city...
**[1:06:36] ---**
Are they after HQ?
**[1:06:38] ---**
Turn and pursue!
**[1:06:39] ---**
We must stop them—
**[1:06:40] ---**
*...to all units.*
**[1:06:42] ---**
*Tiegenhoff Control to all units!*
**[1:06:44] ---**
* Allied observers have picked up*
* multiple incoming air units!*
**[1:06:49] ---**
* Fighters and bombers are*
* approaching from the northeast!*
**[1:06:58] ---**
* A special alert has been*
* issued for the area.*
**[1:07:01] ---**
*All units, be alert!*
**[1:07:02] ---**
*Repeat!*
**[1:07:04] ---**
*All units, be alert!*
**[1:07:05] ---**
So many air threats...
**[1:07:08] ---**
And there are still so many
enemy infantry soldiers.
**[1:07:14] ---**
*Major, your orders!*
**[1:07:19] ---**
2nd, 3rd, and 4th Companies,
your job is AA defense.
**[1:07:22] ---**
Tell the mixed fighter-bomber formation
that their tour of the city is canceled.
**[1:07:26] ---**
So we're immigration officers now?
**[1:07:28] ---**
That's a tough job for mages.
**[1:07:31] ---**
*You get it, Captain Weiss.*
**[1:07:34] ---**
Now do it.
**[1:07:35] ---**
And keep the pressure up on the
surface as much as possible, too!
**[1:07:38] ---**
*Right!*
**[1:07:40] ---**
1st Company, follow me!
**[1:07:43] ---**
Shove a lead bullet up the asses
of the enemy mage unit!
**[1:07:53] ---**
You go first!
**[1:07:54] ---**
Keep your defenses up as you charge!
**[1:07:56] ---**
Right!
**[1:08:01] ---**
*Wait! Mary!*
**[1:08:03] ---**
Warrant Officer Sue,
**[1:08:03] ---**
*stay in your two-man cell!*
**[1:08:05] ---**
I'm fine! I can do this!
**[1:08:07] ---**
The idiot's heading right at us!
**[1:08:10] ---**
Ready...
**[1:08:12] ---**
Blow her apart!
**[1:08:19] ---**
Mary!
**[1:08:32] ---**
She's like a wild boar, huh?
**[1:08:36] ---**
Three kills confirmed!
**[1:08:38] ---**
Good, time for some duck hunting!
**[1:08:40] ---**
Let's do this!
**[1:08:43] ---**
*More enemies to our rear!*
**[1:08:44] ---**
*An enemy mage unit!*
**[1:08:47] ---**
*We'll handle them!*
**[1:08:49] ---**
*The goal is the enemy HQ!*
**[1:08:53] ---**
*Warrant Officer Sue, strike the enemy HQ!*
**[1:08:53] ---**
M-Mary?
**[1:08:59] ---**
What's she doing here?
**[1:09:01] ---**
*You're supposed to attack the HQ!*
**[1:09:04] ---**
One's heading for us!
**[1:09:16] ---**
Fire!
**[1:09:53] ---**
A-An optical-type spell?
**[1:09:56] ---**
Her magical readings are incredible!
**[1:10:00] ---**
So she's only after me, huh?
**[1:10:08] ---**
We'll draw her away and kill her!
**[1:10:10] ---**
I'll take one of you and do it myself.
**[1:10:11] ---**
Everybody but Lieutenant Serebryakov,
keep up the hunt!
**[1:10:39] ---**
We can't get any higher!
**[1:10:40] ---**
Shoot down the fighters first!
**[1:10:48] ---**
* The bombers circled around us*
* and are advancing!*
**[1:10:50] ---**
*We won't make it in time!*
**[1:10:59] ---**
17 has taken damage!
**[1:11:00] ---**
Withdrawing!
**[1:11:05] ---**
Captain, the 3rd and 4th
Companies will handle this!
**[1:11:08] ---**
We'll pull away the fighters.
**[1:11:10] ---**
You get the bombers!
**[1:11:11] ---**
But if you try to do this alone...
**[1:11:14] ---**
It's better than having
the major pissed off at us!
**[1:11:16] ---**
Enemy fighters are nothing compared to her!
**[1:11:25] ---**
2nd Company, prepare to ascend!
**[1:11:32] ---**
Stop running!
**[1:11:34] ---**
You coward!
**[1:12:04] ---**
How many times is she going to fire?
**[1:12:05] ---**
She has to be burning through her magic!
**[1:12:23] ---**
Put all your magic into this...
**[1:12:25] ---**
Climb as high as you can possibly go!
**[1:12:31] ---**
Come on!
**[1:12:32] ---**
Blow them apart!
**[1:12:56] ---**
Altitude eight thousand!
**[1:12:59] ---**
Eight thousand, five hundred!
**[1:13:05] ---**
Nine thousand!
**[1:13:10] ---**
Nine thousand, five hundred!
**[1:13:17] ---**
Piercing spell!
**[1:13:21] ---**
Fire!
**[1:13:38] ---**
We did it... We did it!
**[1:13:55] ---**
All companies, well done.
**[1:13:57] ---**
But our job isn't done here.
**[1:14:00] ---**
We're moving on to hit
the enemies on the surface!
**[1:14:15] ---**
The way he moves... He's a named mage?
**[1:14:17] ---**
She's stronger than I thought.
**[1:14:19] ---**
She's a veteran fighter!
**[1:14:23] ---**
Die already!
**[1:14:31] ---**
Die! You killed my father!
**[1:14:34] ---**
*What* did I do to you?
**[1:14:36] ---**
Don't mess with me!
**[1:14:38] ---**
I never mess around with work!
**[1:14:40] ---**
Shut up! Shut up! Shut up!
**[1:14:43] ---**
I'll kill you! I swear it!
**[1:14:56] ---**
Bringing your personal feelings
to a battlefield?
**[1:14:59] ---**
How stupid can you be?
**[1:15:13] ---**
What have I done?
**[1:15:15] ---**
I guess I'm no different.
**[1:15:21] ---**
This is work. There's no room for emotions.
**[1:15:24] ---**
With my free will,
guided by my rational mind...
**[1:15:29] ---**
I choose to kill you.
**[1:16:29] ---**
Oh God,
**[1:16:31] ---**
grant forgiveness to us sinners.
**[1:16:36] ---**
I pray that you guide them to your presence.
**[1:16:39] ---**
No!
**[1:17:32] ---**
Is she a monst—
**[1:19:13] ---**
Animal.
**[1:19:14] ---**
I don't have time for your shit.
**[1:19:18] ---**
Goodbye.
**[1:20:00] ---**
Major! Are you okay?
**[1:20:02] ---**
Yeah. Barely.
**[1:20:09] ---**
I wanted to kill her if I could.
**[1:20:11] ---**
No, I should've killed her.
**[1:20:20] ---**
Sir...
**[1:20:22] ---**
I can still fight.
**[1:20:26] ---**
Let me go back.
**[1:20:29] ---**
Let me go...
**[1:20:32] ---**
Please!
**[1:20:35] ---**
Let me kill that demon.
**[1:20:36] ---**
Shut up.
**[1:20:40] ---**
*Lieutenant Colonel Drake, the Federation...*
**[1:20:43] ---**
*The Federation is retreating!*
**[1:20:45] ---**
What?
**[1:20:46] ---**
It's a rout.
**[1:20:47] ---**
Everywhere, they're in chaos.
**[1:20:52] ---**
It's time to go. Let's get out of here.
**[1:21:03] ---**
Why?
**[1:21:04] ---**
Why, Daddy?
**[1:21:15] ---**
We don't have enough stretchers!
**[1:21:17] ---**
Well done!
**[1:21:18] ---**
Move him quick!
**[1:21:19] ---**
How many left?
**[1:21:33] ---**
Hey, want a smoke?
**[1:21:43] ---**
*Being X once told me*
**[1:21:48] ---**
*that he'd throw me into "dire straits."*
**[1:21:53] ---**
* And he was right.*
* A peaceful life seems very far away.*
**[1:21:58] ---**
*Even the most veteran soldier gets tired.*
**[1:22:02] ---**
* Even an officer who gets promoted*
* still might not survive.*
**[1:22:09] ---**
* I can't even see an end*
* to this battle anymore.*
**[1:22:15] ---**
* A huge war that just keeps*
* growing and growing...*
**[1:22:19] ---**
*If that's the fate I've been given, then...*
***SIGN*** 10 Days After the Battle of Tiegenhoff
April 9th, Unified Year 1926
***SIGN*** Imperial Strategic HQ
**[1:22:38] ---**
Major, what is this?
**[1:22:41] ---**
A request for transfer, sir.
**[1:22:45] ---**
I understand that, but...
**[1:22:48] ---**
You want a mission that doesn't
take you to the front lines?
**[1:22:52] ---**
Is this some kind of joke, Major?
**[1:22:54] ---**
No, I am extremely serious.
**[1:22:58] ---**
*That warmonger wants a position in the rear?*
**[1:23:02] ---**
*What's going on here?*
**[1:23:04] ---**
Major,
**[1:23:05] ---**
why do you wish to abandon the front lines?
**[1:23:07] ---**
To give up your mission?
**[1:23:10] ---**
Sir, I'm afraid I don't
understand your question.
**[1:23:15] ---**
Do you think this is some kind of game?
**[1:23:18] ---**
*It's like a child throwing a tantrum.*
**[1:23:21] ---**
*I mean, she is a kid, but...*
**[1:23:23] ---**
*Don't tell me this is her rebellious phase!*
**[1:23:26] ---**
Major, we have a high opinion of you.
**[1:23:31] ---**
I'm honored, sir.
**[1:23:33] ---**
So why would an ace like you
ask for a mission in the rear?
**[1:23:38] ---**
Tell us what you're really thinking.
**[1:23:42] ---**
If you say so, sir.
**[1:23:45] ---**
Right now, we won't be able to win this war.
**[1:23:51] ---**
We can't defeat the Federation, you say?
**[1:23:53] ---**
Correct. As far as I know.
**[1:23:57] ---**
Your personal opinion will suffice. Speak.
**[1:23:59] ---**
At the present time,
our forces are eking out
**[1:24:02] ---**
meager victories not due to the
strength of our organization,
**[1:24:05] ---**
but due to the contributions
of individual soldiers.
**[1:24:08] ---**
This will not be sufficient
to conquer the huge territory
**[1:24:10] ---**
and vast space of the Federation.
**[1:24:13] ---**
Without improvements to the organization,
we will not win.
**[1:24:17] ---**
In the last battle,
**[1:24:19] ---**
we encountered something called
a multinational volunteer force.
**[1:24:23] ---**
What's particularly concerning
**[1:24:24] ---**
is that soldiers from the Unified States
were participating in this.
**[1:24:28] ---**
So you're saying at some point,
the Unified States will join the war?
**[1:24:34] ---**
Yes.
**[1:24:34] ---**
But the Empire presently has no
plans for the strategic environment
**[1:24:39] ---**
that would result if the US
joined the war, do they?
**[1:24:42] ---**
I'm unaware of any.
**[1:24:45] ---**
You're concerned over nothing, Major.
**[1:24:48] ---**
They are, and have always been,
isolationists.
**[1:24:50] ---**
You think they'd cross an ocean to involve
themselves in the continent's doings?
**[1:24:55] ---**
Of course, ideally, they won't.
**[1:24:59] ---**
But is a World War without them possible?
**[1:25:04] ---**
The answer is clear.
**[1:25:06] ---**
It's not.
**[1:25:11] ---**
So you're saying that in
order to win this Great War,
**[1:25:15] ---**
we need a reevaluation of our entire
set of strategic assumptions?
**[1:25:19] ---**
You're correct, sir.
**[1:25:22] ---**
Instead of focusing too much on
the victories we've had so far,
**[1:25:25] ---**
we must engage in tactical research and
training to use our forces as a single whole.
**[1:25:30] ---**
I believe that's what will
give us a chance at victory.
**[1:25:35] ---**
And you want to be the one
to lead that research?
**[1:25:39] ---**
Yes. I would like to work in the rear,
**[1:25:43] ---**
finding ways to strengthen our military
and properly utilize our forces.
**[1:25:46] ---**
I've come up with this specific proposal.
***SIGN*** "Unit Operations and Operational Mobility in the Great War"
**[1:25:53] ---**
*It's laid out so logically,*
**[1:25:55] ---**
*with every possible objection answered...*
**[1:25:58] ---**
* I never thought that*
* could seem so eerie.*
**[1:26:05] ---**
You're taking the situation very lightly.
**[1:26:08] ---**
You seem to have forgotten something.
**[1:26:11] ---**
When you want to fight a war...
**[1:26:14] ---**
This is how you do it!
**[1:26:23] ---**
Shock power!
**[1:26:24] ---**
And the Empire has that power.
**[1:26:27] ---**
War isn't about tricks.
It's a question of will.
**[1:26:32] ---**
Remember that.
**[1:26:36] ---**
The Empire is just like your fist. Wounded.
**[1:26:41] ---**
Too much blood is being shed.
**[1:26:43] ---**
Even a fist like this is
still good for boxing.
**[1:26:49] ---**
I must fight to the end, even if I'm alone.
**[1:26:54] ---**
Sir,
**[1:26:56] ---**
what awaits you after that battle?
**[1:27:03] ---**
War is politics.
**[1:27:05] ---**
Another means of foreign diplomacy.
**[1:27:07] ---**
Thus, if you cannot bring the war
to an appropriate conclusion...
**[1:27:12] ---**
All that awaits you
**[1:27:15] ---**
is a preparatory period for the next war.
**[1:27:19] ---**
It may be the beginning
of a new foolish mistake.
**[1:27:27] ---**
Or perhaps the flames of destruction
will envelop everything,
**[1:27:32] ---**
and all that will remain is a wasteland.
**[1:27:43] ---**
Even if you conquer the whole world
and become a superpower,
**[1:27:48] ---**
it will only mean that
the conflict takes on a new form.
**[1:27:56] ---**
In this world,
even in the midst of your triumph,
**[1:27:59] ---**
a single stab from behind may
cause you to lose everything.
**[1:28:07] ---**
As you said, victory is everything.
**[1:28:11] ---**
But the war must be won properly.
**[1:28:14] ---**
Otherwise,
**[1:28:16] ---**
someday history will laugh at you.
**[1:28:20] ---**
What matters with war is how you win it.
**[1:28:29] ---**
I'll give you two months.
**[1:28:32] ---**
I'll have you deployed to
the west under my authority.
**[1:28:36] ---**
What happens after that
depends on your results.
**[1:28:39] ---**
Get to work immediately
examining the combat records
**[1:28:41] ---**
and seeing what new tactics
we can learn from them.
**[1:28:43] ---**
Does that mean...
**[1:28:48] ---**
Yes. The rear echelon mission you want.
**[1:28:54] ---**
Understood!
**[1:29:07] ---**
*Tanya von Degurechaff...*
**[1:29:09] ---**
*Warmonger, strategist...*
**[1:29:13] ---**
*And child.*
**[1:29:15] ---**
* Is this the ultimate form of*
* the soldier that our Empire wanted?*
**[1:29:22] ---**
*Major, in this insane world of war,*
**[1:29:26] ---**
*what are you thinking?*
**[1:29:49] ---**
The rear echelon deployment I've dreamed of!
**[1:29:52] ---**
Peace is finally mine!
**[1:29:55] ---**
There's no reason for me to accept
the cruel fate that God gave me!
**[1:30:02] ---**
I refuse to get on my knees
and beg God for salvation.
**[1:30:07] ---**
Use the cards you've been given
to get the future you want!
**[1:30:12] ---**
That's the right that only humans have!
**[1:30:14] ---**
That's what makes you human!
**[1:30:19] ---**
Too bad for you, Being X!
***SIGN*** Two Months Later
***SIGN*** Imperial Western Garrison Warfare Research Institute
**[1:32:06] ---**
From west to east, and then back west...
**[1:32:10] ---**
But this time we're safe in the rear.
**[1:32:13] ---**
I'd love to get some rest, but...
**[1:32:17] ---**
It's hard to feel relaxed.
**[1:32:19] ---**
Front lines syndrome, they call it.
**[1:32:22] ---**
Really, how did this happen?
**[1:32:32] ---**
* The right person for the right job.*
* That's how it should be.*
**[1:32:36] ---**
* I'm going to keep doing such a*
* good job that nobody can complain,*
**[1:32:39] ---**
* and spend the rest of my*
* life doing desk work.*
**[1:32:58] ---**
* Yes, this is Lieutenant Colonel Degurechaff*
* with the Warfare Research Institute.*
**[1:33:02] ---**
Hello, Lieutenant Colonel.
**[1:33:04] ---**
Sir!
**[1:33:05] ---**
I'm so grateful for
the opportunity you gave me.
**[1:33:08] ---**
I simply gave your abilities
the recognition they deserved.
**[1:33:13] ---**
*You honor me too highly.*
**[1:33:15] ---**
Strategic HQ has decided to accept
all of your suggestions.
**[1:33:20] ---**
*I'm so happy to hear that!*
**[1:33:23] ---**
* We need to do practical research*
* to learn how to best utilize our forces.*
**[1:33:28] ---**
* And we'll have the proposer carry out*
* that research on the front lines.*
**[1:33:37] ---**
Congratulations.
**[1:33:38] ---**
We're giving you an entirely
new combined arms unit.
**[1:33:41] ---**
*Oh, don't worry.*
**[1:33:43] ---**
* The 203rd Aerial Mage Battalion*
* will still be at its center.*
**[1:33:48] ---**
*We won't take them from you.*
**[1:33:50] ---**
* We'll also be giving you*
* an infantry battalion,*
**[1:33:52] ---**
*a mobile armor company,*
**[1:33:54] ---**
*an artillery unit,*
**[1:33:55] ---**
* as well as the ability to requisition*
* some additional forces for yourself.*
**[1:33:59] ---**
* This is the Empire's first*
* combined arms unit.*
**[1:34:04] ---**
Officially,
**[1:34:05] ---**
it'll be known as the Strategic HQ's
Experimental Combat Arms Unit.
**[1:34:09] ---**
But that's a bit of a mouthful.
**[1:34:11] ---**
So we've given it the code name "Salamander."
**[1:34:17] ---**
* The Salamander "Kampfgruppe,"*
* as you called it.*
**[1:34:21] ---**
I see.
**[1:34:23] ---**
So that's what you were thinking
when you gave her a mission in the rear?
**[1:34:28] ---**
I wasn't thinking anything.
**[1:34:31] ---**
She's the one who asked for it.
**[1:34:47] ---**
How...
**[1:34:51] ---**
How did this happen?!
# Operation Desert Pasta
# EX1 - Operation Desert Pasta
Source: [Crunchyroll](https://www.crunchyroll.com/watch/GZ7UVP74Q/operation-desert-pasta)
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***SIGN*** September, Unified Year 1925
***SIGN*** Imperial Capital Berun, Imperial Strategic Headquarters
***SIGN*** Strategy and Operations
Colonel Erich von Rerugen
**[00:21] Erich**
I'm a little tired of this.
***SIGN*** Military Railways
Captain Maximilian Johann von Uger
**[00:23] M**
The railway folks feel the same way.
**[00:26] Erich**
Every day, the same food.
And not good food, at that.
**[00:31] Erich**
The quality of food has a
direct effect on morale.
**[00:35] Erich**
In other circumstances, I'd be asking the
cooks to exercise their creativity...
**[00:39] M**
But we can't ask for luxuries.
**[00:41] M**
The front lines, particularly on the
southern front, are probably far worse.
**[00:45] Erich**
The southern front?
**[00:48] Erich**
The 203rd Aerial Mage
Battalion is there, too?
**[00:55] Erich**
I suppose I can make a suggestion
to General von Zettour.
**[00:59] M**
What do you mean, specifically?
**[01:00] Erich**
Our nominal allies in Ildoa have been making
noises about wanting a closer relationship.
**[01:07] Erich**
If we drop hints about wanting to share
provisions, they might be willing to provide.
**[01:13] Erich**
I'm sure the 203rd will love it.
***SIGN*** Interstitial Episode Operation Desert Pasta
***SIGN*** Southern Front, Imperial Military Temporary Base
***SIGN*** Base Command
**[01:37] Tanya**
I've already drunk half
my ration for the day.
***SIGN*** 203rd Aerial Mage Battalion Commander
Major Tanya von Degurechaff
***SIGN*** 1st Company, Adjutant
First Lieutenant Viktoriya Ivanovna Serebryakov
**[01:42] Visha**
It hurts not having enough water,
doesn't it, Major?
**[01:48] (W)**
Major Degurechaff? Are you there,
Major Degurechaff?
**[01:52] Visha**
What is it, Captain Weiss?
***SIGN*** Vice Commander and 2nd Company Commander
Captain Matheus Johann Weiss
**[01:54] (W)**
Splendid news, Major!
**[02:00] Men**
Supplies from home!
**[02:02] Men**
Look at the size of those crates!
**[02:04] (W)**
Let us through.
**[02:05] Grantz**
Oh, Major!
**[02:08] Grantz**
Look at this!
**[02:10] Tanya**
That's pasta!
**[02:12] Tanya**
Are all these crates filled with pasta?
**[02:15] (W)**
Yes.
**[02:16] (W)**
"We realized it was possible to
transport dried short pasta by air.
**[02:21] (W)**
The troops who've received it love it.
I hope you'll enjoy it."
**[02:26] (W)**
So the enclosed message says.
**[02:31] Visha**
I've gotten so sick of that k-brot bread!
**[02:34] Koenig**
We wouldn't want to refuse HQ's kindness.
***SIGN*** 3rd Company Commander
First Lieutenant Wilibald Koenig
**[02:37] Grantz**
Let's chow down!
***SIGN*** 2nd Company
First Lieutenant Warren Grantz
**[02:38] Neumann**
I'll do the cooking!
***SIGN*** 4th Company Commander
First Lieutenant Rhiner Neumann
**[02:42] Tanya**
Men...
**[02:43] Tanya**
Where do you think we are?
**[02:46] Tanya**
Desert battles are harsh.
**[02:48] Tanya**
Weapons. Ammo. Parts. Fuel.
**[02:50] Tanya**
All that, and even water,
needs to be transported in.
**[02:55] Tanya**
I think the guys at HQ need
to learn what it's like
**[02:58] Tanya**
to not have water come out
when you turn the faucet.
**[03:02] Tanya**
So, did we get any water with this pasta?
**[03:08] Weiss**
No, not really...
**[03:10] Tanya**
Sheesh. So the Fatherland
wants us to chew on raw pasta?
**[03:14] Weiss**
That wasn't in our orders.
**[03:17] Tanya**
If we used up all our water cooking pasta,
it wouldn't even be funny.
**[03:23] Tanya**
It's as edible as a picture of a dumpling,
or a pie that's floating in the sky.
**[03:27] ---**
What?
**[03:30] Tanya**
Now, let's get back to our mission.
**[03:34] Tanya**
We do force recon and strike
their supplies, like always.
**[03:39] Tanya**
We'll hit their supply lines
and see how they react.
**[03:42] All**
Yes, ma'am!
**[03:55] (W)**
This is 02 to 01.
**[03:57] (W)**
We've sighted an enemy supply
depot that looks like our target.
**[04:00] Tanya**
Very well.
**[04:02] Tanya**
Follow the plan. The 2nd Company
will hit from above.
**[04:05] Tanya**
3rd and 4th Companies,
strike from the flanks.
**[04:07] Tanya**
Don't fly into your allies' firing lines.
**[04:10] Tanya**
All units, attack!
**[04:12] ---**
Yes, ma'am!
***SIGN*** Southern Front Free Republic Supply Depot
**[04:20] Soldier**
What?
**[04:22] Soldier**
What is it?
**[04:23] Soldier**
You see something?
**[04:31] Soldier**
Enemy attack! Enemy attack!
**[04:35] Soldier**
Imperial Mages!
**[04:36] Soldier**
Impossible! Where did they come from?
**[04:38] Soldier**
Hit them back!
**[04:39] Soldier**
They came out of nowhere!
**[04:49] Grantz**
Enemy mages to the rear.
**[04:51] Grantz**
They're panicking and rushing up here.
**[04:53] Tanya**
Okay. 2nd Company, draw the mages away.
**[04:57] Weiss**
Roger!
**[05:00] Visha**
Major, detecting EM waves.
**[05:03] Visha**
That's the comms facility!
**[05:04] Tanya**
Okay. We've got a present
from the Empire for it.
**[05:21] Weiss**
This is the 4th Company. We see what looks
like an ammo storage facility.
**[05:25] Weiss**
You should be able to see it
directly ahead of the 3rd Company!
**[05:28] Tanya**
You guys can hit it, right, 3rd Company?
**[05:30] Koenig**
Right!
**[05:36] Koenig**
Thanks for gathering it
all in one place for us!
**[05:57] Soldiers**
What happened?
**[05:58] Soldiers**
The ammo dump's on fire!
**[06:00] Soldiers**
This place is finished!
**[06:02] Soldiers**
Retreat! Retreat!
**[06:05] Soldiers**
Get to the evac bunkers!
**[06:06] Soldiers**
Leave the trucks! They're easy targets!
**[06:19] Tanya**
Okay, we're done here.
**[06:21] Tanya**
No enemy reinforcements.
**[06:24] Tanya**
Pretty good work, for a force recon mission.
**[06:28] Visha**
Major, over here!
**[06:32] Tanya**
Did you find something,
Lieutenant Serebryakov?
**[06:37] Visha**
Look, Major!
**[06:39] Visha**
It's filled with 20-liter water tanks!
**[06:42] Visha**
We shouldn't lack for water for a while now!
**[06:45] Tanya**
Hmm! Just what we were waiting for.
**[06:56] Neumann**
Here you are, Major.
**[06:58] Tanya**
Thank you.
**[06:59] ---**
Hot, hot, hot, hot...
**[07:04] Tanya**
Good. It's al dente.
**[07:06] Guys**
How long has it been since I've had pasta?
**[07:08] Guys**
This water is so good!
**[07:09] Guys**
I never thought I'd get pasta in the desert!
**[07:10] Guys**
Good job, HQ!
**[07:17] Weiss**
This is, well...
**[07:20] Grantz**
It's nice and toothsome, but...
**[07:22] Koenig**
Depressingly flavorless.
**[07:25] Neumann**
It's nice to be able to enjoy the
original flavor of the ingredients.
**[07:29] Neumann**
You can eat it in the ancient Ildoan style
and not get your hands dirty.
**[07:34] Soldiers**
This wasn't what I was hoping for.
**[07:36] Soldiers**
But it fills you up, at least.
**[07:39] Soldiers**
It's not great.
**[07:40] Soldiers**
It's not that different than k-brot.
**[07:43] Tanya**
* Before all this, I could*
* eat whatever I wanted.*
**[07:46] Tanya**
*Honestly, this is...*
**[07:51] Visha**
You don't like it either, Major?
**[07:55] Tanya**
Pasta's only good if you
have sauce and spices to go with it.
***SIGN*** Southern Front Imperial Army Temporary Base Command
**[08:09] Weiss**
I propose an Allied Kingdom
Forward Base as our next target.
**[08:15] Weiss**
We have limited information about them,
**[08:17] Weiss**
but what we have suggests they're moving
large amounts of supplies at night.
**[08:21] Weiss**
We should see what they're stocking up on.
**[08:26] Neumann**
Major, I suggest we strike
the Escargots, not the Limeys.
**[08:32] Koenig**
I'm not a gourmand by any means,
but there are things even I can't eat.
**[08:39] Visha**
What about this supply dump?
**[08:41] Visha**
Given its location, it should
have some yummy ingredients...
**[08:54] Visha**
No, I mean...
**[08:55] Visha**
I-I-It has important-looking
supplies, and, um...
**[08:58] Visha**
It's a good place to test
the enemy's response.
**[09:06] Tanya**
I see. If we hit this place, then we...
**[09:12] Tanya**
We'll go with Lieutenant
Serebryakov's suggestion.
**[09:18] Visha**
I'm honored!
**[09:20] Grantz**
Well done, Lieutenant Serebryakov.
**[09:22] Koenig**
You've got a good nose.
**[09:24] Weiss**
Yup.
**[09:25] Tanya**
Of course, the goal of the
operation is still force recon.
**[09:31] Tanya**
But since we're exercising
some local command discretion,
**[09:33] Tanya**
contact the Southern Front Commander,
General Romel.
**[09:37] ---**
Ma'am!
**[09:38] Weiss**
Dismissed.
**[09:41] Tanya**
*It's always best to keep the brass informed.*
**[09:46] Tanya**
* I've got to make sure to cover*
* my ass, bureaucracy-wise.*
**[09:53] Visha**
Um, Major?
**[09:55] Visha**
What should I name the operation
when I put it in my report?
**[09:58] Tanya**
We're fixing HQ's screw-up.
Just make something up...
**[10:02] Tanya**
No.
**[10:03] Tanya**
I just thought of a good name.
**[10:17] (W)**
Attention!
**[10:22] Tanya**
Men, the cooks at Strategic Command
have no idea how food works.
**[10:27] Tanya**
Thus, we're forced to find
our own water in the desert,
**[10:32] Tanya**
as well as our own meals!
**[10:35] Tanya**
However, there's no need
to take any big risks.
**[10:39] Tanya**
It would be the height of stupidity
to lose talented, veteran mages
**[10:44] Tanya**
for the sake of some flavor.
**[10:46] Grantz**
Major, are we more important
to you than food?
**[10:51] Tanya**
Correct, Lt. Grantz.
**[10:53] Tanya**
Both you and the food are
the property of the Empire.
**[10:58] Tanya**
But you'll rot slower.
**[11:01] Grantz**
I'm honored to hear it, ma'am!
**[11:03] Koenig**
We always get the worst jobs.
**[11:09] Neumann**
Cause we're the hardest workers.
**[11:12] Tanya**
Both of you, that's not quite right.
**[11:15] Tanya**
When I give you the shittiest jobs,
it's 'cause I care.
**[11:21] Man**
Okay, time to get to work!
**[11:23] Man**
Just like we always do!
**[11:27] Tanya**
Regardless, what we need is
always far away from us.
**[11:32] Tanya**
To get it, we must keep working.
**[11:36] Tanya**
And so I now initiate...
**[11:37] Tanya**
"Operation Desert Pasta."
***SIGN*** Southern Front Free Republic Base
***SIGN*** Free Republic Army
General Pierre Michelaud De Lugo
**[11:48] De Lugo**
What's going on?
***SIGN*** Free Republic Army
Lt. Colonel Severin Bientot
**[11:49] Severin**
The Empire knows the status of our supplies.
**[11:56] Weiss**
Major, I found tomato sauce!
**[12:00] Visha**
It has chicken in it!
**[12:03] Severin**
The attacks look sporadic and random, but...
**[12:08] De Lugo**
If you look at which countries
jurisdictions were attacked,
**[12:12] De Lugo**
it reveals a startling
and dangerous truth.
**[12:17] Koenig**
Got some basil!
**[12:19] Grantz**
And dried parsley from Ildoa!
**[12:21] Neumann**
Oregano, too!
**[12:23] Neumann**
That'll be good in a tomato-based sauce!
**[12:25] Severin**
They're not just idiots who
are after our canned goods.
**[12:29] Severin**
It's a cunningly-disguised strategy.
**[12:32] Severin**
Every base that was attacked
**[12:34] Severin**
was right on the border of another
country's operational jurisdiction.
**[12:38] De Lugo**
Which makes life harder.
**[12:40] De Lugo**
Those disgusting dogs have already sniffed
out the weakness in our alliance.
**[12:49] Weiss**
Wine!
**[12:50] Grantz**
And cheese, too!
**[12:52] Visha**
That's perfect for the pasta!
**[12:54] Koenig**
I could use some side dishes.
**[12:56] Neumann**
I wanna make potato salad.
**[12:58] Severin**
According to an intercepted
enemy transmission...
**[13:01] De Lugo**
They're calling this mission
"Operation Desert Pasta"?
**[13:06] De Lugo**
The bastards are mocking us!
**[13:14] Tanya**
Everyone...
**[13:17] Tanya**
Mission complete!
**[13:18] All**
Hooray!
**[13:30] (SV)**
It's so good...
**[13:32] Grantz**
This chicken is great.
**[13:34] Koenig**
So's the potato salad.
**[13:36] Weiss**
It goes great with the wine!
**[13:40] Neumann**
*We're eating better than they do back home!*
**[13:42] Soldiers**
This is so good!
**[13:43] Soldiers**
When's the last time we
had something so good?
**[13:46] Soldiers**
It's amazing!
**[13:57] Tanya**
* It's just a temporary coincidence that*
* we're able to eat so well in the desert.*
**[14:03] Tanya**
* But that coincidence has restored life*
* and humanity to the troops of this unit.*
**[14:10] Tanya**
*It's wonderful.*
**[14:13] Visha**
May I sit here?
**[14:15] Tanya**
Go ahead.
**[14:17] Visha**
This is a nice change of pace, huh, Major?
**[14:22] Tanya**
Yeah.
**[14:24] Tanya**
Food is important.
***SIGN*** Imperial Capital Berun, Imperial Air Force Base
**[16:16] Rerugen**
I didn't expect such splendid results.
**[16:23] Rerugen**
It was hard to get another shipment,
**[16:26] Rerugen**
but the guys at the front are
working so hard, I just had to.
**[16:30] Soldiers**
Bring on the pasta!
**[16:32] Soldiers**
We're sending more to the southern front!
**[16:35] ---**
Sir!
**[16:36] Soldiers**
Keep the noodles coming!
**[16:37] Soldiers**
Hurry, hurry!