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
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