E1 - The Devil of the Rhine

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[01:04] Soldiers
    My eyes!
[01:06] Soldiers
    Medic! Someone get me a medic!
[01:08] Soldiers
    It's no good! The reinforcements are
    just a random group of mages!
[01:30] Soldiers
    A mage?
[01:36] Soldiers
    What are you doing, Visha?
[01:40] Soldiers
    We can't provide air support anymore!
[01:42] Soldiers
    What are the platoon commander's orders?
[01:44] Visha
    Sh-She cannot allow us to retreat.
[01:47] Visha
    We are to continue delaying
    the enemy till the end.
[01:58] Tanya
    Believers, have faith in the Lord's blessings.
[02:02] Tanya
    For the Lord will not abandon us.
[02:07] Tanya
    Give me the power to destroy
    the enemies of the Fatherland.
[02:25] Visha
    An explosion spell...
[02:30] Tanya
    If you have time for idle chatter,
[02:33] Tanya
    spend it doing all you can to survive.
[02:40] Visha
    Platoon Commander?
[02:42] Tanya
    We are soldiers.
[02:44] Tanya
    If the brass tells us to
    do something, we do it.
[02:54] Tanya
    Second Lieutenant Tanya Degurechaff.
[02:57] Tanya
    Amidst the downpour of shells and bullets,
[03:00] Tanya
    she flew high and nobly.
[03:03] Tanya
    Like a fairy of the battlefield.
[03:15] Narrator
    In a cursed world,
    always engulfed in the flames of war,
[03:18] Narrator
    there was a nation known as the Empire.
[03:22] Narrator
    Its vast military and industrial power
    made it virtually synonymous with victory.
[03:29] Narrator
    It possessed a large number of
    brilliant military minds and mages,
[03:33] Narrator
    but it was surrounded on all sides
    by strong potential enemies.
[03:40] Narrator
    For this reason,
    its military formulated Plan 315,
[03:46] Narrator
    wherein border forces carried out
    delaying actions in all theaters,
[03:50] Narrator
    buying time for a highly mobile,
    concentrated main force to travel
[03:53] Narrator
    to each area and defeat the enemy there.
[03:55] Narrator
    At least, that was the plan.
SIGN    Unified Year 1924, Imperial Capital Berun
SIGN    Imperial Strategic Headquarters
[04:13] General
    What is the situation in the Rhine theater?
[04:16] General
    When will the main force be deployed there?
SIGN    Vice Director of Strategy and Operations
    Lieutenant Colonel Erich von Rerugen
[04:20] Rerugen
    Movement from the northern areas
    is being delayed.
SIGN    Deputy of Strategy and Operations
    Brigadier General Kurt von Rudersdorf
[04:24] Rerugen
    We must adjust the rail and ship schedules,
[04:27] Rerugen
    so the deployment
    will take another two weeks.
[04:31] Kurt
    We must pull back the lines even more?
[04:34] Kurt
    The western industrial areas
    will be endangered.
[04:37] Erich
    We don't even have enough reserves
    to send reinforcements.
[04:42] Erich
    We've been caught totally off-guard.
[04:46] Kurt
    From the start, a major offensive against
    the Entente Alliance was a mistake!
[04:52] Kurt
    If we'd kept ourselves to
    a limited mobilization...
[04:58] Hans
    We were the ones who failed to convince
[05:02] Hans
    the higher-ups that they were wrong
    about the Republic's not mobilizing.
SIGN    Vice Director of Strategy and Operations
    Brigadier General Hans von Zettour
[05:08] Hans
    Plan 315 is no longer viable.
[05:12] Hans
    Since our attempts to delay
    the enemy aren't working,
[05:15] Hans
    we'll have to move to a mobile defense, right?
[05:19] Erich
    But that will be difficult,
    given the state of the Rhine theater.
[05:23] Erich
    Our forces are depleted and exhausted,
    so it's beyond their capacity.
[05:26] Hans
    We've already grabbed every
    spare soldier we could to send there.
[05:32] Hans
    That will buy some time.
[05:35] Kurt
    I suppose it helps to have
    a talented contemporary, huh?
[05:40] Hans
    Isn't that statement premature?
[05:43] Erich
    What?
[05:44] Hans
    Reports say we've lost over half
    the units we've deployed.
[05:49] Hans
    They say the Rhine theater
    is now a living hell.
SIGN    Imperial Army 205th Assault Mage Company Platoon 3 Commander
    Second Lieutenant Tanya Degurechaff
[06:22] Tanya
    Enemies sighted on the ground, two o'clock.
[06:24] Tanya
    Artillery spell.
[06:27] Tanya
    Fire!
[06:27] Visha
    R-Right!
SIGN    Platoon 3 Member
    Corporal Viktoriya Serebryakov
[06:32] Soldiers
    It's coming from above!
[06:33] Soldiers
    Damn the bastards!
[06:36] Soldiers
    Die! Die!
SIGN    Platoon 3 Member
    Corporal Harald von Vist
[06:38] Soldiers
    Take this...
[06:39] Soldiers
    You Republican bastards!
SIGN    Platoon 3 Member
    Corporal Kurst von Walhorf
[06:47] Soldiers
    Artillery...
[06:49] Soldiers
    Take out the artillery.
[06:50] Soldiers
    Come with me, Harald!
[06:52] Soldiers
    Roger!
[06:53] Tanya
    Both of you corporals, get back here.
[06:55] Tanya
    Our mission is to delay the enemy
    via flanking attacks.
[06:59] Soldiers
    Let us go, please.
[07:00] Soldiers
    Now's our chance!
[07:02] Tanya
    Your chance to what?
[07:03] Tanya
    Get back here!
[07:04] Tanya
    This is an order!
[07:05] Soldiers
    Take this!
[07:08] Soldiers
    All right!
[07:09] Soldiers
    Did you see that, Commander?
[07:11] Soldiers
    We'll keep going and crush the artillery!
[07:32] Soldiers
    Too tired to eat, huh?
[07:35] Soldiers
    Force it down if you have to.
[07:37] Soldiers
    You won't last otherwise.
[07:44] Visha
    They say the 202nd and 203rd Companies
    were wiped out.
[07:50] Soldiers
    I volunteered to come to the front lines.
[07:54] Soldiers
    And now I've gotta work for that lieutenant?
[07:57] Soldiers
    Platoon 3, of the 205th.
[08:00] Soldiers
    Your captain is calling you.
[08:04] Soldiers
    We're being sent back home?
[08:06] Tanya
    I would say you're getting off lightly.
[08:08] Tanya
    Be grateful.
[08:11] Tanya
    The army has no need for officer candidates
    who disobey orders.
[08:15] Soldiers
    But we were trying to take out the artillery!
[08:18] Soldiers
    You know how many of our infantry
    they took out, don't you?
[08:21] Tanya
    Is that all you have to say?
[08:24] Tanya
    An army is an organization.
[08:25] Tanya
    And organizations are nothing without rules!
[08:28] Tanya
    Dismissed.
[08:32] Soldiers
    I... I refuse to accept this!
[08:36] Soldiers
    I volunteered to come to the front lines!
[08:39] Soldiers
    My only choices are victory or death!
[08:43] Soldiers
    Me, too.
[08:45] Soldiers
    I agree with Corporal Kurst.
[08:47] Soldiers
    A man of the Empire is expected to be brave!
[08:51] Tanya
    Then you're saying you'll disobey
    your superior officer's orders again?!
[08:57] Visha
    Lieutenant!
[09:06] Tanya
    I'll take your opinion under advisement.
[09:09] Tanya
    But you'd best be prepared
    to face some punishment.
[09:38] Soldier
    Corporal Serebryakov,
SIGN    Imperial Army 205th Assault Mage Company Commander
    First Lieutenant Ihlen Schwarzkopf
[09:40] Soldier
    is something wrong?
[09:42] Visha
    Sch... Lieutenant Schwarzkopf!
[09:45] Visha
    Um, I don't see Corporal Kurst
    or Corporal Harald.
[09:49] Soldier
    That's right.
[09:50] Soldier
    You were in their class, weren't you?
[09:52] Soldier
    They've been transferred
    to the rear as of today.
[09:55] Visha
    To the rear?
[09:58] Soldier
    Yeah.
[09:59] Soldier
    They must be standing by in a pillbox now.
[10:04] Soldier
    This was at the suggestion of
    Lieutenant Degurechaff.
[10:09] Soldier
    I heard they made her angry.
[10:12] Visha
    Y-Yes.
[10:13] Visha
    I was sure they'd be harshly punished...
[10:20] Visha
    I see.
[10:22] Visha
    They're being sent to the rear,
    where it's safe.
[11:03] Tanya
    If you're wearing that uniform,
    contribute to your country.
[11:06] Tanya
    The Empire doesn't have resources
    to waste on weak soldiers.
[11:10] Visha
    R-Right.
[11:13] Tanya
    Corporal Serebryakov!
[11:14] Visha
    Yes?
[11:15] Tanya
    Call an emergency meeting.
[11:20] Schwarzkopf
    Bad news, everyone.
[11:24] Schwarzkopf
    Our 403rd Mage Company suddenly encountered
[11:27] Schwarzkopf
    and entered combat with
    two companies of enemy mages.
[11:30] Schwarzkopf
    And they can't use artillery because
    the observer mages were targeted,
[11:34] Schwarzkopf
    meaning they can no longer spot the shells.
[11:37] Tanya
    Enemy observer-hunters?
[11:39] Schwarzkopf
    Oh, right.
[11:40] Schwarzkopf
    You've encountered them in the north,
    Lieutenant Degurechaff.
[11:44] Tanya
    And I never want to go through that again.
[11:47] Schwarzkopf
    We will leave immediately
    to rescue the observers.
[11:51] Schwarzkopf
    Any questions?
[11:54] Tanya
    We can perform a delaying action,
[11:56] Tanya
    but rescuing them will be difficult.
[11:59] Schwarzkopf
    Even with that Type-95?
[12:02] Tanya
    I can still fight,
    but Corporal Serebryakov is at her limit.
[12:07] Tanya
    I don't want to be the kind of incompetent
    who goes to rescue someone,
[12:12] Tanya
    only to lose them and her soldier.
[12:15] Visha
    Company Commander, I volunteer for this!
[12:18] Visha
    I volunteer for the rescue mission!
[12:21] Tanya
    Stop.
[12:22] Tanya
    You can't do it.
[12:23] Visha
    I-I'm an Imperial soldier, too.
[12:27] Visha
    I'm certain I can complete the mission!
[12:30] Tanya
    Corporal!
[12:30] Visha
    Company Commander!
[12:32] Visha
    Please, please let me go!
[12:36] Schwarzkopf
    You heard her, Second Lieutenant.
[12:38] Schwarzkopf
    I understand your concerns,
    but she says she's all right.
[12:43] Tanya
    Roger.
[12:45] Tanya
    I'll do the best I can.
[12:50] Visha
    Lieutenant Degurechaff!
[12:55] Visha
    Thank you.
[12:56] Tanya
    Corporal,
[12:58] Tanya
    you're really ready for this, right?
[13:01] Visha
    Yes, ma'am.
[13:02] Tanya
    Understood.
[13:04] Tanya
    Time for work, then.
[13:12] Visha
    Right!
[13:26] Soldier
    Command Post, this is Bravo 01.
[13:29] Soldier
    Enemy mages are stopping us
    from artillery spotting!
[13:34] Soldier
    How much longer will reinforcements take?
[13:37] Soldier
    Command Post to Bravo 01.
[13:39] Soldier
    The 205th Mage Company is en route.
[13:42] Soldier
    403rd Mage Company, continue spotting.
[13:46] Soldier
    Damn it!
[13:47] Soldier
    Don't they understand what's going on?!
SIGN    Republican Army 106th Recon Mage Company
SIGN    Republican Army 106th Recon Mage Company Commander
    First Lieutenant Augustin Hosman
[14:05] Soldier
    I'd heard the Imperial mages were good.
[14:08] Soldier
    Guess you can't trust rumors...
[14:11] Soldier
    Troops, find the remaining observers!
[14:15] Soldier
    I've been trying, but they appear
    to be hiding in the trenches.
[14:20] Soldier
    Then blow away anywhere
    you think they might be.
[14:23] Soldier
    But a wide-area explosion spell
    will drain our magic.
[14:28] Soldier
    It doesn't matter.
[14:29] Soldier
    Maximum firepower.
[14:40] Soldier
    "A-Attention, all units.
    We've lost contact with friendly observers."
[14:44] Tanya
    What a mess.
[14:46] Visha
    Sh-Should we turn back?
[14:47] Tanya
    No, it's a shame we weren't in time,
[14:50] Tanya
    but we're inside enemy firing range.
[14:52] Tanya
    We've gotta earn our pay.
[14:56] Visha
    W-We only have one platoon.
[14:58] Visha
    We can't fight a whole company.
[15:01] Tanya
    You said you were ready for this.
[15:05] Tanya
    Our enemy is on an exhausting,
    long-range mission.
[15:09] Tanya
    And they've used a lot of firepower
    to take out our observers.
[15:13] Tanya
    There's a good chance we can win.
[15:18] Tanya
    But I guess losing new troops already
    would hurt my promotion chances.
[15:24] Tanya
    You are to rendezvous with
    Lieutenant Schwarzkopf and provide support.
[15:28] Tanya
    I'll go ahead and destroy three platoons.
[15:31] Tanya
    The rest are yours.
[15:34] Tanya
    Man, it's rough being a salaryman.
[15:37] Visha
    S-Salary...?
[15:40] Tanya
    I pray unto God.
[15:43] Tanya
    Lord, save my Fatherland.
[15:53] Soldiers
    Magical signature, probably hostile,
    approaching at high speed.
[15:56] Soldiers
    Visual confirmation on enemy target.
[15:58] Soldiers
    Distance, 2,000 meters.
[16:00] Soldiers
    1,800... 1,600...
[16:02] Soldiers
    She's fast!
[16:03] Soldiers
    They've gone mad, huh?
[16:05] Soldiers
    Prepare to intercept!
[16:07] Soldiers
    Fire!
[16:19] Soldiers
    What are you doing?
[16:26] Background
    Unable to maintain flight spell!
    Leaving the battlefield!
[16:26] Soldier
    Scatter and climb!
[16:28] Soldier
    Get as high as you can!
[16:31] Soldier
    Commander!
[16:53] Soldier
    Damn it.
[16:54] Soldier
    Payback for Sean!
[17:16] Soldier
    How high up is she going?
[17:19] Soldier
    Commander, this is our max altitude.
[17:28] ---
    Impossible.
[17:29] Soldier
    She's over 10,000 meters in the air.
[17:47] Tanya
    Attention.
[17:48] Tanya
    You are trespassing on Imperial territory.
[17:52] Soldier
    An open comms channel?
[17:53] Soldier
    And this voice...
[17:55] Soldier
    So she is just a kid?
[17:57] Tanya
    This is our sky!
[18:00] Tanya
    Our home!
[18:02] Tanya
    If you would stand against the Empire,
[18:05] Tanya
    we shall eliminate you without mercy.
[18:07] Tanya
    This is our task!
[18:09] Visha
    What an amazing patriot she is.
[18:12] Tanya
    Answer me!
[18:14] Tanya
    Why do you invade the Empire,
    our homeland?
[18:20] Soldier
    If you want to play more,
[18:21] Soldier
    I'll give you some lead toys!
[18:23] Soldier
    Fire!
[18:26] Soldier
    A decoy.
[18:31] Tanya
    No room to negotiate, huh?
[18:33] Soldier
    You bitch!
[18:47] Tanya
    Spatial coordinates identified.
[18:48] Tanya
    Calculating stochastic evasion routes
    for all targets.
[18:52] Tanya
    Magical energy in chamber
    within normal parameters.
[18:56] Tanya
    Attention, all allies. Prepare for impact.
[19:10] Tanya
    Oh, Lord... Save our Fatherland
    from these faithless invaders.
[19:19] Tanya
    At the end of our long road,
[19:22] Tanya
    we shall reach the promised land!
[19:29] Soldier
    Detecting massive magical signature!
[19:37] Soldier
    Is she the devil?
[19:53] Schwarzkopf
    A diffusive magical explosion,
[19:56] Schwarzkopf
    caused when magic under maximum pressure
    mixes with the surrounding air.
[20:00] Schwarzkopf
    Even if you dodge the impact,
[20:02] Schwarzkopf
    you can't escape the oxygen deprivation
    or carbon monoxide poisoning that follows.
[20:07] Schwarzkopf
    We didn't need to provide any support.
[20:12] Schwarzkopf
    In this cruel world of wars,
[20:14] Schwarzkopf
    there's no mage you can count on like her.
[20:23] Tanya
    The battle is over.
[20:26] Tanya
    Surrender now, and we'll guarantee
    your rights as prisoners
[20:30] Tanya
    under the Treaty of Worms.
SIGN    Republican Capital Parisee
SIGN    Ministry of Defense
[20:54] Officers
    This is the record of a computation jewel,
SIGN    Republic Army 2nd Mage Company
    Lieutenant Colonel Severin Bientot
[20:57] Officers
    which was recovered after a certain battle.
[21:00] Officers
    This single mage wiped out the 106th Company.
[21:07] Officers
    Her appearance was first confirmed
    two months ago.
[21:11] Officers
    She's a named mage
    whose background is unclear,
[21:13] Officers
    but our soldiers call her...
[21:18] Officers
    "The Devil of the Rhine"?
[21:24] Erich
    Redeployment of our central forces
    to the Rhine has been completed.
[21:30] Kurt
    So we somehow made it in time.
[21:33] Kurt
    We put pretty heavy demands on you, huh?
[21:35] Hans
    Don't worry about it.
[21:37] Hans
    It's all for our country's sake.
[21:39] Kurt
    I must thank you somehow.
[21:41] Kurt
    How about one of my best bottles of wine?
[21:44] Hans
    I'm afraid I've put off drinking
    until our victory.
[21:48] Kurt
    Stubborn...
[21:55] Kurt
    Lieutenant Colonel Rerugen,
[21:57] Kurt
    is something wrong?
[21:59] Erich
    No, it's just...
[22:01] Kurt
    Just what?
[22:03] Erich
    W-Well, this report says
[22:07] Erich
    that Second Lieutenant Tanya Degurechaff
    was sent to the Rhine theater.
[22:13] Visha
    Kurst and Harald are dead?
[22:16] Soldier
    While they were on standby,
    an enemy shell struck their pillbox.
[22:21] Soldier
    It's a shame.
[22:23] Visha
    No.
[22:25] Visha
    Does the platoon commander know?
[22:28] Soldier
    No, probably not yet.
[22:32] Kurt
    The one called "White Silver"?
[22:34] Kurt
    The one who was awarded
    the Silver Wings Assault Badge?
[22:37] Kurt
    It's surprising to see an ace at her age.
[22:40] Hans
    What about her?
[22:43] Erich
    I once had the opportunity to
    see Lieutenant Degurechaff.
[22:50] Visha
    Excuse me.
[22:52] Visha
    There's something I want to report.
[22:55] Tanya
    What is it?
[22:56] Visha
    Corporals Kurst and Harald—
[23:00] Tanya
    They're dead?
[23:01] Visha
    Wh-Where did you learn that?
[23:03] Tanya
    It's self-evident.
[23:06] Tanya
    A pillbox doesn't move.
    It's an ideal target for artillery.
[23:10] Tanya
    A perfect place for men who wanted to die.
[23:15] Erich
    If I may be so forward as
    to give you my opinion.
[23:20] Visha
    You didn't know this would happen, did you?
[23:28] Erich
    She is...
[23:30] Erich
    a monster in the form of a little girl!
SIGN    Episode 01 The Devil of the Rhine
SIGN    This program is fiction. All persons, groups, places, laws, and names appearing in it have no relation to the real world.