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.