Panzer und uni

Chapter 2: fledgling to shire hawk in one easy lesson

Nicholas arrived at the Kreigsfliger hanger. He had spent most of his free time here over the last week and all of the Sensha-dō training sessions getting ready. He had managed to secure funding from the University for a Small Team and had arranged for messages and posters to be put around the University for joining the team. He had also taken the liberty of moving the mosquito into the 4th bay in hanger. He had spent the time getting the hanger back in to running order. He had also assessed how much work the Oscar, Hurricane and Warhawk needed... and the answer could have been worse. They needed some oil lines changing, engines cleaning and other maintaince tasks.

"We've got our work cut out for us, but I think we can do it." Said a voice from beside Nicholas. Standing next to Nicholas was a old gentleman, clad in an old Irvin jacket and with an cane in one hand.

"I think so sir." Said Nicholas. While Nicholas had been looking for an instructor, he had thought of the only man he knew who had all the right stuff to teach a new team. His old instructor, Squadron leader Browning. "They have the best to learn from."

"No, I am not as young as I once was, these new pilots need new leadership, and as such I have something for you flight sergeant." Said Squadron leader browning. Nicholas looked down at his old instructor, curious.

"Flight sergeant Nishizumi, I grant you a field commission to the rank of flight lieutenant, with all the duties and responsibilities that accompany it. Congratulations." Browning produced a pair of rank slides for the rank of Flight Lieutenant in the RAF. Nicholas snapped to attention and saluted his senior officer. He then took the rank pips and placed them in his pocket.

"Right." Continued Browning, "Let's get the noobs in then." Nicholas laughed and keyed opened the hanger doors, the 2 massive doors opened. Standing out on the sunny flight line were 4 students. 3 boys and 1 girl.

"I'm not gonna lie, I'd hoped for a few more." Whispered Nicholas. He stepped forward, saying to the new wanna be pilots.

"Welcome, you guys are here to be in the new Sensha-dō flying team right?" The 4 students nodded. Nicholas continued with a smile. "Great, I'm flight lieutenant Nishizumi and this is Squadron leader Browning, our instructor. Your names are?"

"Jacob." Said the first boy. He was about 5'7 slim, brown hair, green eyes and dark, thick rimmed classes. He looked like the nerdy type, confirmed by the star trek pin on his lapel. Fortunately Nicholas had no problem with trekkies, considering he was one himself.

"Alex." Said the second. He was tall, about 6'1, had bright blond hair and striking blue eyes. He had the look of a Luftwaffe fighter ace about him, Nicholas felt comfortable with him, he had a gut feeling he would be a good pilot.

"Lizzie." Said the girl. She was relatively tall, about 5'10, had deep green eyes and hazel coloured hair. She was extremely attractive but had an air of intelligence and confidence about her.

"John." Said the final boy. Nicholas was startled by this, he reminded him of his deceased friend by the same name. He also looked strikingly similar. About 5'8 short dark hair, storm grey eyes and a stocky, no nonsense feel about him.

'just like John.' Thought Nicholas. He then returned to organising the team.

"Right, then. Have any of you got any flight experience or mechanical ability what so ever." The 4 students remained silent. "Great. We've got 4 aircraft including my own with is a 2 seater. So are any of you good at reading maps?"

"I am." Said John. Raising his hand. Nicholas nodded and said,

"Right then, John, you're in the Mosquito with me as my navigator. Jacob, you take the Hurricane. Lizzie, you take the Oscar and Alex take the Warhawk. Help each other get them flight ready and Squadron leader browning and I will give you a hand. Right, go to it." The 4 students wandered to their aircraft, fetching equipment to start cleaning and restoring the aircraft. A few hours later, the 4 aircraft certainly looked the part but still needed to have some mechanical work done.


"Alright I'll get the Areonaughtical Engineering department to work on the aircraft to get them flight ready. Read up on the manuals and flight instructions and I'll take you up in my mosquito tomorrow. Dismissed." The 4 students turned and left the airfield together. It had been their first session so it wasn't bad, but there was room for improvement. Especially from Jacob who likened flying in reality to flying on his computer game Warthunder. As Nicholas gathered his things, he was intercepted by Squadron leader browning.

"They've got a way to go, but they have potential." Said Browning.

"I agree." Said Nicholas, "Although we need to get the aircraft flight and combat ready first."

"Speaking of which." Said Browning, "What are you going to do about the mosquito, its unarmed."

"Not for long, leave it with me." Said Nicholas. He packed up his gear and started heading home. Exhausted to the bone.


"Fire!" shouted Miho. The 105mm cannon on her Leopard 1 fired, sending a armour piercing round towards the target, scoring a direct hit on the target. She smiled as she watched other teams score hits with similar accuracy on their targets. For once C team had gotten hold of the range over A and B teams. The bottom of the chain, C team were the last ones to receive priority equipment and training spaces such as gun stabilizers and range times. Miho wanted to change that and as such, had started running extra training sessions for C team so they could get a fair go at the range. She listened as a new sound filled the air, it was a droning sound and Miho looked up, seeing 3 single engine fighters of varying colour and type flying in a loose formation, Nicholas' Mosquito following. Though she couldn't tell from the brief glance, the mosquito looked... different, and sounded different as well.

"What's Nicholas done this time?" thought Miho, knowing her husband, she guessed he's blown a stupid amount of money on some upgrade kit as for their Mosquito... again. She decided to go to the airfield later and see how her husband was doing with his team.


Miho walked into through the open hanger bay doors, parked in each of their bays, were the flight teams aircraft. There were more students than just the pilots, there were also the Areonaughtical engineering students who were using the hands on experience with aircraft to help their studies, as a result they worked as ground crew and engineers for the team. Miho found Nicholas talking with one of the other students by his mosquito. From looking at it, Miho had been right, Nicholas had modified the Mosquito. Instead of a glass bubble in the front of the fuselage, there was now a solid nose, with 4 machine guns sticking out and 4 recesses below as well as 4 rails under each wing toward the wing tips. Nicholas spotted his wife and broke off his conversation with the engineering student and walked over to his wife, kissing her.

"Like what I've done with her?" he asked, he then went through the upgrades, "I converted her to a deHavilland Mosquito MK F2. 4 20mm cannon, 4 .303 machine guns, 8 rockets, 2 250 pound bombs. I've also added paddle props and WAR emergency power like on the spit, but the best upgrade is around here, follow me." Nicholas led Miho round the mosquito to the pilot side of the aircraft. Under the canopy, painted onto the nose was 'Magnificent Miho II" with a cartoon picture of Miho by it. Miho blushed heavily and then asked.

"How are the rest of the team?"

"Good," said Nicholas, "There all natural pilots. I actually had to make them not fire on you guys on the range. We should have them battle ready for the first round but they still need to have their first dogfight."

"Couldn't you organise a match with another school?" asked Miho.

"That's what I was planning on." Said Nicholas. "Anyway, how go's the search for a new loader?"

"I've got one." Said Miho, "Her name is Katy Jordan. She ex Saunders so she has the Sensha-dō skills already, and is a bit of a military history nutter." Nicholas laughed,

"That seems to be a continuing theme with your loaders. First Yukarai, then me, and now this now this girl. Good luck with her, let me know if she gives you any trouble and I'll sort her out. By the way, haven't C team got a match against A team?" said Nicholas,

"Yeah, were having a team meeting to discuss strategy later." Said Miho,

"Well if you want your crazy husband's advice, all your tanks are relatively small, fast and manoeuvrable, just play ambush, gang up and run rings around them." Said Nicholas. Miho laughed and started formulating a plan.


Miho stood in the cupola of her Leopard 1, she and the rest of her team were in the starting position for their match against A team. Miho and Megan had come up with a plan and discussed it with the team. They were hopelessly outgunned and their opponents had more experience than them. But they had speed, manoeuvrability and camouflage on their side. Miho hoped that these would be enough to find and kill A teams flag tank, Commander Sato's E-75.

"Alright, remember the plan, everyone split off into their teams and good hunting." Miho knew the plan. The team would split into sections, 1st scout section, the ELC AMX's, 2nd scout section the AMX 13 75's, the tank destroyers, the 3 E-25's and finally the medium section, the Bat- Châtillon25t's and Miho's Leopard 1 would ambush and assault the A team heavy tanks, distracting them so that the res of the team could fire on A teams heavies from all sides. But above all they had to protect their own flag tank, Megan's Bat- Châtillon 25t..

"Battle Begin!" The various panzers of C team leapt from their start point, all quickly accelerating past 40KPH, heading for their Ambush point.


"Find them and destroy on sight!" ordered Sato. She was confident that her experienced crews with their heavy tanks and tank destroyers were more than a match for a group of noobs with light and medium tanks. Also, she wanted to prove Miho Nishizumi that she wasn't the champion expert that everyone thought she was. Her heavy panzers moved from their starting position slowly. Little did they know, that in the shadows, their doom was watching, waiting, like a group of hyena stalking their prey.


Hana watched from the cupola of her E-25. As one of the few members of C team to have any experience in Sensha-dō and also to be the best shot on the team, she was given command of C teams tank destroyer section. She watched as A teams tanks formed up, the lumbering heavy tanks grouping together to search for the small light tanks. Hana pressed her throat mic and said,

"The enemy team is on the move, heading north at approximately 20kph over." There was a moment of silence, then Megan responded.

"Copy, all panzers prepare to engage, back up, you ready?" there was a brief pause of static, and then a male voice came over the channel.

"This is Nova squadron, on station, ready to assist. Over."


"This is Nova squadron, on station, ready to assist. Over." Miho suddenly felt a lot more comfortable with Nicholas and his team and their payload of ordinance ready to rain hell down on the anyone who he was told to. She placed her eyes to her commanders periscope, waiting in her ambush point. She started issuing orders to her crew.

"Mako, keep the engine ready to roll, Chihiro, pick your target, go for a weak spot and something you can hit, Katy, get an AP round loaded."

"Right." Came the collective response. Miho looked down at her loader, she had an uncertain feeling about her new loader, she may have been ex-Saunders but she felt that she was a little nervous and... Distracted. Miho was willing to give her a chance but kept half an eye out for an alternative. She returned her concentration to the task at hand, readying her crew for a fire fight that would decide their fate.


5 minutes later

The large convoy of heavy tanks and tank destroyers emerged from the forest into the clearing that would be their grave. Unknown to them, they had been surrounded in the clearing by the tanks of C team, like a group of Hyena, waiting to kill. Inside the Leopard 1, Miho felt Chihiro rotate the turret, making adjustments toward their target, one of the Waffentrager Auf E-100's. Miho triggered her radio when the turret stopped,

"This is C2, ready to fire." Reported Miho, using their assigned teem call sign. Megan was the first to respond.

"Confirm, all panzers ready to fire. Synchronised firing on your targets. All panzers... FIRE!"

"Fire!" said Miho, relaying the order to her gunner. Immediately the 105mm cannon discharged, sending its composite round hurtling toward its target, barely 30 meters away. The shell slammed into the venerable side of the massive turret, even with the carbon reinforcing to protect the crew, the shell left a large dent in the armour, A white flag deployed quickly afterward. Miho smiled at her crews first university kill. The rest of the team fared less well however, the E-25 platoon had ganged together to bring down one of the Chieftains and the 2 Bat. Chat 25t's had opened up with their fierce 100mm autoloaders onto various targets, Chieftains, one of the T110E4's and even the flag E-75, however all shells bounced off or failed to penetrate their targets heavy armour, the light tanks fared even worse, most didn't even hit their targets and those that did hit, failed to penetrate. As A team came to realize they were under attack they began to turn to face their enemy, Realising that if A team got their weapons on them that C team had no hope, Miho engaged her back up plan.

"Nova Squadron! Airstrike on targets with green smoke! Bring the rain."


"Nova Squadron! Airstrike on targets with green smoke! Bring the rain." That was all that Nicholas needed. High above the battlefield, the 4 fighters of Nova squadron orbited the battlefield out of sight of the panzers that unknowingly awaited their impending doom. In anticipation of the strike, Nicholas started issuing orders.

"Alright Nova squadron listen in. I want us attacking in pairs, one makes the attack run the other is above and comes in when the first is out. Jacob Your with me, Alex and Lizzie follow us in, targets will be marked with green smoke. Engage" The Hurricane and Warhawk broke away from the formation and dived toward the deck, The zero and Mosquito following behind. Nicholas opened the bomb bay doors on his mosquito and flicked the cannon arming switch, releasing the safeties on his concentrated firepower. Ahead of them, the Warhawk and Hurricane released their lone 250 pound bombs into the midst of the formation, to devastating results.


On the ground, the earth shook under the impacts of high explosive ordinance. Inside her E-75, Commander Sato was shaken by the impacts.

"What the hell was that?! C team don't have that kind of fire power!" Her loader, hanging onto her chair as the tank shook,

"No, But Nova Squadron do!" Another 5 explosions rippled through the ground, braking tracks, scorching armour and wreaking tanks. Soon, Sato heard the knocked out flag deploy from the roof of her E-75 The ground continued to shake under the impact of more ordinance until all fell silent. Sato looked out of her Cupola, judging if it was safe to open the hatch. She took a careful gamble and opened her commanders hatch. She was taken by what she saw, The carnage that Nova squadron had unleashed had knocked out every single panzer in A team and had left no tank without a broken barrel, track or some other piece of critical damage, one of the T110E4's had even been flipped over onto its side by the force of an explosion. Crew members were also opening hatches and surveying damage, Sato gritted her teeth in annoyance, she was going to get back at Nicholas and his squadron.

One way or another.


Hi guys,

sorry its been a while since I updated but life has gotten hectic beyond belief, we've had it all, family deaths, birthdays, I'm now learning to drive and Ive got A level work pilling up that this story won't, sadly be updated for a good long while,

my halo/ walking dead fanfiction btw is purley a back burner project compared to this one

anyway, please read, review and let me know what you think PM me with suggestions

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