Empire at war.
Disclaimer :I don't own Gate :and thus the jsdf fought there.
Chapter 2.
The music was heard loudly over the in construction military base of the British imperial forces, the words were powerful and provocative.
"Stand up, oh enormous country,
Stand up for deadly fight
Against the dark force threatening the peace ,against the damned hord!
May the noble fury boil like a wave,
The people's war is on
The Sacred War of peace!".
The words which came from an old soviet war song were moving chills through the solderis, who's eyes were burning in fury.
It was a month since they moved through the gate, and for now they didn't moved an inch... The strengthening of the borders were first priority, which resulted in the German forces standing like ducks, doing nothing but building the military base.
Roland was sitting in his small office, the walls of which were decorated by flags of both the empire and the province of Germany.. His eyes were closed as he leaned on his hands, before his eyes he saw only one thing... The last thing he saw before entering the gate.. The image which was burnt into his mind to never forget.. The image of a little girl, standing near the monument for the fallen, holding in her little hand two bouquets of flowers, her blue eyes teary.
He swore revenge.. He swore to make the invaders to pay.. But he had to hold his fury.. He had to retain his ability to think..But he hated them.. And when the time will come he will extract his revenge on those pathetic fools.
A small noise and a transmission was excepted by his wireless earphones.
" Lord Roland" came the deep voice of the elderly General " If I may request your presence... We just got transmission from your brother and his majesty the Emperor" the tone of voice was respectful.
" Of course grand general.. I'll be there in a few minutes" he said, as he stood up from his seat and briskly walked out of the room.
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The young noble entered the office of the grand general, only to be met with the holographic image of two of the most powerful people in the world, the emperor himself, and his older brother.
Bowing deeply, Roland addressed the ruler first as was costume " Your majesty" he said bowing deeply, and straightening himself a bit he turned to his brother " My lord brother" he greeted the two man, his face unreadable.
" Ah young Roland, it's good to see you again.. How are you? How is it going there on the other side of the gate?" the emperor started looking at the young boy with appreciation " Your deeds speak well of you.. Indeed you are a worthy child of the Whitestrake family.. " the older man moved a strand of blonde hair from his face.
" Your majesty is too generous.. I am not worthy of any praise as I am just fulfilling my duty as a citizen and noble of the great empire " he said bowing.
The emperor chuckled" Such humility... Well in any case Lord Roland, we came here for a reason " the man stated" Lord Alfred if you will.. ".
The black haired man nodded" Of course.. Well Roland it was a month since the incident and as we understand the base is in its last construction stage... It is time for us to venture into the land, trying to learn more of the people, their culture and of the world in general " he stated "Tell me brother, did you learn the language guide we gave you?" the lord asked.
The teen bowed " Of course my lord brother.. Me and my team.. Also we are insisting on the grunts to learn it too" he answered.
" Good then.. You and your team now code named team hawk will be sent into the continent to learn as much as possible... We need information, of course we will send other groups as well.. Your objective is learn and befriend the natives.. We do not want to antagonize them if possible.. Is that clear? "the lord asked" if you have any questions ask general Karl " the lord said" farewell brother and be carefull " he finished as the transmission cut out.
" My lord "the grand general turned to the young special forces commander" for this mission you will be given a special all purpose ICV... Also you will get twelve rocket launchers of the new Phaust mark 15 for specialy sticky situations... Anything else you need sir? " general Karl asked seriously.
" That's will be plenty general.. Thank you we will be on our way then " Roland answered smiling.
" Good luck my lord "the general wished him.
Roland soluted and walked out, contacting his team via radio" Mission.. Be ready in ten minutes with all you need.. Long term " he said curtly and after reciveng " Affirmative " he went to get ready himself.
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Ten minutes later, the now dubbed Hawk team was standing in front of the ICV, it was a beautiful vehicle, colored dark black, with a heavy turret on the side which made it look like a tank.
The ICV was equipped with a heavy 100 mm turret , an autocannon from the panther type 45 mm and a granade launcher.
This was the all purpose combat vehicle, code named Chariot , a project which the German conducted with province three Israel, as their research teams worked closely with each other.
Roland felt like laughing.. This vehicle was more of a tank the an ICV and probably had enough fire power to take down by itself the entire primitive forces.
Alice approached him " Roland.. We are ready" the girl said briskly.
" Good.. We are moving on, hop on everyone" he commanded as he entered the armored vehicle.
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The sky was bright, as the sun stood highly in the heavens. The flockes of birds were flying freely in the sky.
The four people sitting in the vehicle were talking and laughing freely, Roderick from the driver seat was telling a joke which made all three others to laugh.
At the same time Roland was looking through the binoculars, scanning the road ahead, when something caught his eyes.
" Derrick" he said " halt".
The man obeyed his superior without question, and turned around with a questioning look on his face.
" Look there.. Twenty degrees to the left" the officer said as he himself continued to watch.
There was some sort of a gathering, people clothed in simple garments were moving toward them, or at least initially, as right now they were fighting something which assulted them.
Looking closely, Roland saw them easily " wolves" he said quietly " they are attacking those people there" he said.
"Should we interfere?" Gerard asked.
" Yes.. command wanted us to make good with the natives... What can be better than saving some of them.. Forward" he said.
" Pleasure!" Roderick said as he squeezed the gus pedal and the vehicle launched forward.
As they nerad firing range,the young officer prepared his sniper rifle " Shoot freely but be careful not to hurt any people.." he ordered, his eye already in his scope
There was a reason he was known to be one of the most talented snipers in the world, and he proved it right now by finding the alpha of the pack and shooting him from afar from a moving vehicle.
The bullet was released, and flying forward it pierced the skull of the wolf.
Without waiting Roland released one after another bullet, taking down a wolf with every shot.
The team wasn't far behind, shooting the proud creatures down as well.
When the vehicle finally arrived near the people and came to stop, they were surrounded by a mass of wide eyed people, who looked shocked at what happened.
An old man approached them, his steps were heavy as he leand on his staff to walk.
Roland made a hand gesture, signaling his team to be ready to open fire if anything will happen, while he himself exited the ICV his hands on his hand guns.
The man bowed to the young lord " Greetings... I am Torlaff of the fang nomadic clan.. Are you the sorcerers who saved us from this pack of dire wolves?" the man asked.
Roland furrowed his brows, the language was new to him.. So it took him some seconds to understand " Well met elder Torlaff.. I am Lord Roland von Heidelberg, the commander of this group.. I am glad we could help " he said smiling.
The man looked bewildered " You are a lord?.. I am sorry my lord for not showing the proper respect... Are you from the empire? " he asked clearly bewildered.
Roland shook his head" No we are not... I am from a country you never heard of Germany.. This empire you are talking about... What can you tell me about them? " he asked slowly.
The old man blinked twice" You don't know of the empire my lord?... Well maybe you should come to our humble tents... We want to show our appreciation for you my lord "the elder said.
" Very well then... We will come in " he said, messaging the others to come with him.
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Sitting on a comfortable carpet, the young lord was slowly sipping out the tea he was given by the elder, as his friends stood around, watching everything carefully, their weapons ready.
" So elder Torlaff" Roland started his eyes boring into the old man " What can you tell me about the empire? And about the land... Are there a lot of dangerous beasts around? Things like dragon's or unicorns?" he asked, feeling stupid about asking.
The man looked at him weirdly " My lord.. The empire is spawning on the entire continent... All the other kingdoms are under them... The current raining emperor is emperor Molt.. " the older man proceed to explain all the details which the young lord recorded.
" As for dangerous monsters.. Dragon's are extremely rare and untameble.. No one dares to awaken the ire of a dragon... But wiwerns are common enough for the empire to use them as mounts... Unicorns are even rarer... The Elves know more about them than we humans " the old man said.
" Thank you... Is there anything you want to ask me in return? " Roland asked.
" Yes my lord... If possible.. We came here to meet the apostle of the god of light Lux " the man swallowed hard" we would like you to meet him with us.. ".
Roland's eyes grew wide.. He didn't even think to ask about religion in the new world, frowning at his own stupidity he turned to the elder" Umm.. Elder Torlaf.. What can you tell me about your religions here? " he asked.
" You do not know of the gods? " the man asked" what religion do you people have? " he asked a bit rudely.
" My country has many different religions.. But none of them match the one you describe "he said.
The man nodded and explained about the immortal apostles of the dietis and the dietis themselves.
Alice's eye twitched" Immortals?... That's sounds farfetched... But if it's true... "she shivered.
But Roland's face didn't change" I understand elder Torlaf.. We will stay for now.. I hope it's won't take too long " he said.
The man shook his head" he should be here by tomorrow noon my lord " he answered.
" Alright then... Roderick.. Inform the grand General " he commanded curtly.
" Sir yes sir! " the man said with a salute as he went out to do as he was told.
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On the next day, Roland could be found writing schematics, and calculating something.
Alice entered the tent, surprised at the tense expression on her commanders face.
" Roland? Is everything alright?" she asked her officer.
The boy did not answer her, instead he wrote some more, and a smile appeared on his face " Yes Alice... I was just calculating how to defeat an immortal if it will be neccecary" he answered to her without looking.
" Oh" the black haired girl looked at him with appreciation " so you were worried too... I just thought.." she trailed off.
" We don't have to piss them off.. Keeping a straight face is important" he answered, and stood up " Let's go... He should be here any minute" he said as he walked outside.
The girl smiled and ran after him.
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The four Germans were standing there, their eyes looking around their weapons ready in case of an attack..
Roland was waiting, but he felt some sort of uneasiness creeping in his heart... As if something bad is going to happen.
But he waited patiently... Not showing even the slightest of annoyance, Gerrard was looking through his binoculars hopping to see something only to suddenly scream " Sir.. There is a huge monster there, fighting against somone!" he called.
Roland looked through his snipersniper scope only to widden his eyes.. There, far away a huge black dragon was fighting against a blonde man, who was wearing heavy armor and a long blade in hand.
His mouth was agape as the man danced around the creature, but even so he was unable to hurt it.
Closing his eyes for a moment Roland took a deep breath " Hawk squad! Into the ICV get the damn Phausts ready... We are going to kill the monster!" he called, while silently praying he wasn't dooming them all.
The elder looked frantic " What is going on?" he asked fearfully.
" Your appostole is fighting a damn black dragon... We are going to help him! " the noble answered curtly.
The man's eyes widdend " We are doomed!" he called " what should we do!?" he asked the officer.
" Just stay calm... We will get rid of it" he said quietly.
" You can't.. You'll die!" he called.
" Don't worry... We will survive" the lord answered as he hoped on the vehicle which sped up forward.
" Alice... Get ready to use the launchers! Everyone get ready!" he called as he moved his own Phaust into position " Move!" he called and the armored vehicle sped forward.
1943 : the soviet forces, under the expert command of Lev Trotsky and Georgy Zhukov launched an attack against the United States, moving through the cold regions of Alaska, while at the same time Emperor Hiroito launched a simultaneous assult on Perl Harbor.
1944 : the British empire refused to interfere in the war, calling for neutrality.
1945 : France moved their forces against the advancing Red army, but were stuck in a combat with Zhukov.
1946 : Germany under the new Kanzler declared neutrality, refusing to interfere in the war.
1947 : The United States launched nuclear bombs on Russia, which were interrupted by the soviet air force.
1948 : the war reached a new setlmate , as the soviet forces advances were stopped for a time.
1950 : the German forces revoked their neutrality, and launched an attack on the Japanese forces, thus starting the war anew, which brought to the resumeing of war between the United States and the Soveit Union.
Excerpts from the short summary of the great war, by Dimitri Krasni 1976.