The next morning

Elsa and Zoey had just gotten out of bed after a night of peaceful sleep and were getting ready for breakfast. Elsa had given Zoey a good morning kiss upon waking up, and they got up to get dressed. Zoey putting on her light blue sports bra and panties, then her dark green dress shirt covered by her light green tunic, followed again by a light brown tankers jacket. Elsa putting on her white panties and underwire, then her light gray dress shirt followed by a dark gray tunic and a black leather jacket.

Elsa and Zoey came into the dining room where the rest of the witches were already eating: Mother Hen, who we already know, Tiger, and Big Dog. Tiger, better known as Gunsō Akiyamo Homura, was a 15 year old Fusian Tank witch using the Type 4 Chi-To Striker Unit. Homura, codename "Tiger", both because of her familiar, and because she, like Zoey, was a hot blooded predator. Next was Big Dog, also known as Staff Sergeant Elizabeth Smith, a 17 Britannian tank witch, callsign "Big Dog", because she used a Heavy Tank Striker, the Churchill MKVII, and because her familiar was a Mastiff.

"What's for breakfast?". Zoey asked, already eating what was on the plate in front of her as she waited for an answer. "Me and Elizabeth made Karlslander Breakfast Pancakes" answered Hilda. "mmmmmhhhhh" Zoey moaned loudly, making everyone uncomfortable. "Where'd you get all the ingredients from?" asked Elsa, surprised to see a real meal, and not a K-Ration. "One of the nearby farmers brought some us some food to thank us" Hilda answered.

"So now that we're are all here, i'd like to go over todays mission. About twenty miles north-east of our position is the Gallian town Carotte. In Carotte is a Neuroi Artillery emplacement which Allied Command believes will pose as a threat in Operation Overlord, so it's up to us to destroy the gun. We don't know much about the area, but it's expected to be be moderately protected by Neroui turtles, nothing we can't handle though." Mother Hen explained, giving all details she could about the operation, as Hilda always looked down on the tactic of keeping your subordinates in the dark. She always felt that if she was able to feed them enough info, the unit could just run itself. "Any questions?"

"Do you have a plan to take the town?" asked Elsa, the only one who'd ever ask an actually military tactics question. "No, not yet, I want to see the town first and it's defenses, then we'll make a plan, though I don't think it'll be anything complicated" Hilda answered, then asked again "anyone else?". "Do you want me to go ahead of you guys and scope the place out? Seeing as I can get there in about twenty minutes while it'll take you guys just over an hour." Zoey asked, not wanting to drudge along at a third of the Hellcats pace because of the Churchill. "If you really want to, then yes, just don't engage the enemy until we get there, there's to many for you to handle on your own, and please don't take that as a challenge". "Yes mam!" Zoey saluted, finishing of her breakfast and sprinting to her striker. "Looks like we're leaving" Hilda said, leaving to the hangar followed by the rest of the unit.

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Outskirts of Carotte

Hilda approached Zoey as she saw her laid down on a grassy hill, watching the town through binoculars. "What have you found?" asked Hilda, going prone next to Zoey and taking her binoculars out as well. "It looks like the artillery's dead in the town square, and there are about twenty turtles evenly spread throughout the town" Zoey said, relaying the information she had spent the last forty minutes obtaining. "Alright, seems like this'll be pretty simple: Tiger, you and Big Dog will head down to the east side of town while Gray Wolf and Shepherd will head to the West side. I'm going to stay here on the south side, giving you guys about a quarter of an hour to get to your positions, then i'll attack the south side. After you guys hear fighting you'll pincer from your sides and take the enemy by surprise. After they're all cleaned out, we'll move to the artilly gun and set up the explosives. Everyone understand?"

"yep"

"got it"

"ja"

"hai"

"lets role" Hilda said, setting the operation in swing.

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Eastern outskirts of Carotte

Elizabeth and Homura held prone in the grasslands just outside the town. Waiting for the signal to strike. "You ready homu?" said Elizabeth, adressing the younger witch. "I was born ready" said homura, practically ready to pounce on town, like her tiger familiar would on pray.

Kapow

Boom

"Looks like it's time to move". Elizabeth said, taking time to get fully standing with her heavy tank striker, while Fusian comrade had already teleported ahead using her power, and was in a full force sprint to the town. Homura's power was the ability to "blink", or teleport short distances; this was an incredible useful skill for ambushes, and occasional surved to dodge laser beams. Elizabeth's power was simple, her shields were incredibly good and could get incredibly big, this combined with the Churchil VII's Striker's heavy focus on shields, made her, and anyone near her, nearly invincible to enemy fire. You'd think these two's fighting styles wouldn't pair well together, but they were a deadly combo, with Elizabeth drawing enemy fire, Homura was able to zip around behind the turtles, and take them out with ease.

Elizabeth and Homura got a little ways in the town before they saw a group of three turtles heading towards Mother Hen's position. Elizabeth fired a shot at the rear turtles leg, shattering that limb and throwing it off balane, while Homura went off to a parallel street to flank them. The three turtles were now facing Elizabeth, firing beams to only be deflected by her shield. After some time drawing their fire, Homura came out from an alley behind one, firing a sabot round point blank into the crippled turtle, shattering it instantly. The two turtles scuttled about nervously in surprise, still trying to adapt to the sudden change in the battlefield. With the turtles in a panic, it wasn't hard for Homuea to blink rush another, landing underneath the turtle and firing shot direct into it's soft belly, shattering it. While Homura was busy zapping around the battlefield, Elizabeth had been busy drawing fire, and in doing so she had found time to place a few shots at the third turtle, taking it out shorty after Homura took out her second.

Their firefight had drawn the attention of more neuroi, leading them to be pincered by two groups of two turtles. Homura pressed against Elizabeth for cover, waiting for the turtles to get in range then blinking behind one of the groups, causing them to turn their backs to Elizabeth. "Big mistake" Elizabeth said, firing a round into the weak backside of one of the turtles who was foolish enough to turn it's back on her, killing it quickly. Homura lined up a shot on the Neuroi she had jumped, which was now facing her, obliterating its leg and knocking it lopsided. With its leg broken it stayed still long enough for Elizabeth to strike it in the back, finishing off the first pair of the attacking groups.

With the first group down Homura and Elizabeth turned to face the second. Homura dashed off to an alley again as Elizabeth stood drawing fire, waiting for Homura to strike and knock off their guard.

Zip

Bang

Kling

After Homuea took out the first one the second turned to face her, turning its back to Elizabeth, allowing her to line up a shot on its soft back and destroy it. The two witches looked around to see if any more neuroi would leap out. "Looks clear. Let's head over to the south end and see if we can't flank the ones on Mother Hen" Elizabeth said, taking off with Homura toHilda's position.