E12 - 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.
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    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
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    They declare they intend to
    fight our Empire to the end.
SIGN    Imperial Army, 203rd Aerial Mage Battalion Quarters
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    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!