My Little Pony: Soldier's Side
Chapter 1: Operation Sunrise
Princess Celestia is a young princess. Her main is pink, and her ambitions are high. The Kingdom of Equestria has gone into a process of military modernization to keep themselves as the dominating power in all the lands. Yet there are others out there that feel the Princess of Equestria might be taking things a little bit too far.
One of those opposed is the Griffon Kingdom. By the rifle they were all united under one flag, and one queen. Queen Galiana the First was the first queen of the Griffon Kingdom since the beginning of the Griffon Civil War. Since the war ended, the Griffon Kingdom had a veteran fleet defending her waters, and brave soldiers.
The Royal Army went through changes though some weapons from the war remained in the standard issue. The M1906 Luger Rifle was one of them. The Walther Model 6 was replaced by the Walther P38. The M17 stahlhelm was replaced by the M42 stahlhelm. Yet new weapons made it into the arsenal that made them feared.
Three of the most noteworthy are the tank, machine gun, and the self-propelled gun. The old Bergmann machine guns were replaced by the MG39Rh machine gun. A general purpose machine gun, this gun is what some might call a squad automatic weapon. Panzer divisions were formed as thousands of tanks went into production.
The tank of choice is the medium tank. Engineers developed a tank to test a new track suspension with the speed, armor, and gun to duel with heavy tanks. The Indien-Panzer was chosen to lead the defense of the Kingdom. Other vehicles developed included the Gep. MTW Katzchen, and the fearsome Jagdpanther tank destroyer.
The Army is well stocked with armored vehicles, soldiers, and artillery. Yet they have not been tested outside the training grounds. The queen's daughter is the heiress to the Throne of the Griffon Kingdom. With open war looming, Princess Ghislaine is hard at work putting a newly developed light tank through it's trials on the proving grounds.
The tank is the Panzer II Ausf. D. This little tank has a modified 7.5cm KwK L/48 with a shorter barrel the same length as an M4 Sherman tank for better weight balance, and now has a turret-mounted machine gun. The princess approved of it's 40mph top speed and firepower giving the tank the responsibility of an infantry support and scout tank.
The princess inherited her mother's beauty, buxom healthy flanks, and fighting spirit. A harpy eagle-snow leopard griffon, Ghislaine gave permission for the tank to enter production. That evening, she returned home with the news, "Looks like we have a light tank," she said to the queen whom was finishing up her bath that night.
"War has changed so much since I last took the field of battle," said the queen, "and still we find new ways to kill each other,"
"Not all things change, your majesty, Princess Celestia still wants our kingdom," replied Ghislaine,
"I worry about Princess Celestia, here is hoping that she learns," Galiana sighed, "an alicorn bolstered by pride is never good,"
The next day, the princess visited the Royal Army Training Grounds. Soldiers needed weapons to fight. From machine guns, to rifles, and antitank weapons. Those weapons that can combat tanks were of great importance. Soldiers trained with the new Panzerfaust 250M antitank rocket, and the Solothurn S18/1000 antitank rifle.
As a princess earned the right to be a princess by royal blood, Ghislaine had went through the same rigorous training to become a soldier. Within three years and a minor conflict with rebel changelings, she was now an officer, a lieutenant in command of an infantry division like her mother was when she reunited the Kingdom.
"If I must have my say, I would say the same for our navy, our ships have seen much action during the Civil War, but they are old and Equestria is modernizing," the princess explained, the queen nodded in agreement to her daughter's concerns, "if an invasion were to come, I would say it will be our army that will lead the fight,"
The queen looked great for just turning forty years old. The harpy eagle-black panther griffon was as youthful as her daughter, but wiser in her years, "It is fair to say that I make mistakes, even as queen," said her mother looking out the window of her castle at the constellation Orion, "we have done all that we can do to prepare,"
"But we will meet the enemy none the less, the Equestrian war machine will come, and we will stand and fight," the princess vowed, Queen Galiana smiled a motherly smile to her daughter and hugged her, "now don't worry about me, mother, I have trained well, and you have taught me all of your ways," she reassured the Queen.
Today was the day that Princess Celestia summoned Ghislaine to discuss terms. With her green-grey peaked cap with a silver cross in front and matching button up long sleeve top with a sash showing her medals of merit and bravery, she is the modern fighting princess with her royal 'Degen' sword at her side and a Walther P38.
Under escort by the Royal Guards, she flew to Cantorlot. Griffon Kingdom Royal Guards are known as some of the best in Equestria. They wear 'feld-grau' uniforms with gold accents and buttons, and a matching M35 Stahlhelm. Princess Celestia smirked a light smile seeing her visitor arrive, "It's good to see a princess that comes prepared,"
"What do you want, Princess Celestia?" asked Ghislaine, Princess Celestia lightly chuckled, sources from the guards stated that Princess Celestia said she will conquer their kingdom as there is no need for griffons in a land named for ponies. Ghislaine replied, "the day you conquer our kingdom is the day hair grows on our palms,"