I'm working on this story while simultaneously trying to update my first story. I'm gonna try my best to update this.

NOTE: GATE- Jietai Kare no Chi nite, Kaku Tatakeri belongs to its respective owners, I only own the original characters.

Lord NV: I'll try to do that on the next chapters.

Malayknight: Sorry lad, the UIA was considered as the antagonist in this story. Ironically, they do have a small portion of Muslim conscripts in their armed forces from 2073 until 2079. Most of which have participated in the invasion of Middle and SouthEast Asian countries.

Katsuo's phone ringed in his pocket, he's surprised that his phone's still okay after the bus crash, nonetheless, at least it's not broken. He reached for it to see who's calling, it's her sister.

"Brother! Are you okay? Did you see what happened at Ginza?" hearing from her sister's tone, she's very worried.

"Yes, I'm fine. I managed to get to a safe place." He heard a sigh from her sister, "Glad you're safe, mother and I were worried of you. We tried calling you for more than 5 times."

"Stop worrying so much, I know how to survive in a situation like this." But the truth is, he and the other passengers might not have get back safely without those men in black's help.

"Eh...I'm sorry sis, I might arrive there la-"

"It's okay bro, Better late than never.. We'll wait for you!" He chuckled "Alright, I'll be there." He hang off the phone and began walking towards the gate of the outpost. Before he could even get out off the base, a QRF rifleman acting as a gate sentry stopped him.

"Hold on sir, please state you reason of departure." The sentry guard asked. "Going to the bus station, why?"

The sentry frowned, "Sorry sir, but most public transportations leaving Ginza are temporarily closed now until the district is secured. It's best if you stay here, the outpost is a lot more secure than the streets." He couldn't object against what the guard said, the invasion hasn't been fully repelled, the streets are now a risky place to be in.

"However, there will be transportation for evacuation of civilians arriving in 30 minutes sir. That might be a better chance for you to get out of the city, just head to Garage number 3."

Katsuo nodded, "Thank you for the information sir!"

As advised by the rifleman, he went to Garage-3, located at the vehicle storage yard of the outpost.

The garage was quiet, with only a few civilians and military personnel staying in it. He sat on one of the benches and wait for the transport to arrive.

20 minutes ago

Plaza Ginza, Tokyo

The Pillbox positions were the defences that managed to prevent the invaders from reaching further into the cities. It was operated by three men, a gunner, one loader, and one spotter for betting locating of enemy forces. Two riflemen acting as sentry guards the entrance of the pillbox.

A pillbox stationed at Plaza Ginza was among the first military forces to witness the first waves of the invasion.

"Hey Fujita, how much time left before the end of our shift?" The loader of the group, Private first class Haru Fujita, looked at his watch. 13:45

"3 hours left sir." Sergeant Daichi Oshiro, spotter of the crew, sighed. For 5 hours, they've done nothing much other than watching the endless sea of pedestrians crossing the streets, maintaining and cleaning their weapons and observation equipment.

"Hmm...How about let's play a game." suggested the gunner of the crew, Leading Private Kazuo Shimizu.

"What game?" asked Fujita.

"...How about I spy?"

"A child's game" He looked at him in a skeptical way, but gave in anyway. "Fine, you first."

"Alright, I spy...a weird structure in the middle of the street." Three of them saw it, a huge structure made of marble stood in the open. Several silhouette of several men can be seen in the dark interior of it.

"Since when did that appear?" the spotter wondered, he peeked through a periscope installed in the pillbox.

"No idea, looks like a event or something." The sergeant's radio suddenly turned on with a voice speaking, "Sergeant Oshiro, this is Watcher-3. Do you spot a large building in the middle of the street?"

"We spot one, Watcher-3. What should we do with it?"

"Resume observation of it."

"Roger."

Just after that, the playing of a horn came from the structure.

Then waves of footsoldiers and beasts came out of it, shouting war cries and charging at the civilians.

"What the...Is this is a roleplay event or something?" He watched on as pig-like beasts started hacking through civilians.

"Looks too realistic for a roleplay. Sergeant, they're attacking civilians. Permission to open fire?"

"Negative Shimizu , innocent bystanders are in the area."

Another voice called the sergeant in his radio, "Sir are you seeing this? What are they?!"

"Sato, I have no idea. Just take out as many hostiles as you can. We'll wait till the area's clear of civilians." Genzo Sato, a marksman, took out his designated marksman rifle and aimed at the enemies, picking out targets he could find.

Policemen and Enforcers arrived and started getting any civilians to safety.

"Sergeant Oshiro this is Watcher-3, QRF reinforcements will arrive at your area in 10 minutes."

"Affirmative Watcher-3, we'll try to hold them out for as long as we can." Now that the streets are clear, this gives a chance for the crew to operate their Type-82 HMG turret. Securing the ammobox, pulling the bolt carrier backward. Now ready to fire, private Kazuo pressed the trigger, releasing a barrage of 50. caliber bullets into the waves of enemies.

Imperial Palace, Chiyoda, Tokyo

The residence of the Emperor, at the former site of the old Edo castle. In the Fukiage garden, the Emperor and the Japanese Prime Minister sits on a set of chairs accompanied by security agents.

The Prime Minister glanced at his watch, waiting for the foreign minister of Germany, who has been arranged for a meeting with them.

Finally, a LPT-80B flew above them, landing on an open field in the garden.

6 German Stormtroopers stepped out of the VTOL, then the foreign minister himself stepped out of the

aircraft followed by a squad of men in black tactical gear. The stormtroopers in ceremonial uniform lined up in two columns to make way for the minister. He gave a salute to the men in return.

He went towards where the Emperor and the Prime minister are waiting, they stood up and shook hands with the foreign minister.

"Pardon me for being late, the maintenance got a slight delay for repairing the transport."

"No worries Mr. Stahmer, please take a seat." and so he followed the Emperor's request.

"Let's get straight to the matter, as a symbol and celebration of the reestablishment of a military alliance between Japan and Germany. The Chancellor ordered 5 KampfPanzer II Tigers to be sent to the Japan Ground Self-Defence Force."

A wide smile was on Emperor Takashi "That's wonderful! I'm very impressed at what those Tiger tanks were able to do in Berlin and Africa."

General Takeshi Ishiyawi, a famous general of the JSDF walked towards them. He had a large frown on his face, He bowed before speaking "Good afternoon my Emperor, I've got some...unpleasant news."

"What is it General Ishiyawi?" asked the Prime minister. "Ginza district is under attack sir."

Hearing this, the Emperor's usual pleasant mood, was turned into the opposite. "By who, General?"

"We can't identify who they were yet sir, it's best if we respond to this situation immediately. Authorization to insert the ShockTrooper 2nd Battotai Squad and Fireteam B of 122nd Meiji Battalion?"

"Authorization granted my general." With the Prime minister's permission, the General walked gave a salute and walked away.

"I shall send a fireteam to assist the Shocktroopers." said the German Foreign minister, calling the black-uniformed men, the Shocktroopers to him. "Sir?" asked the leader. He told the fireteam on what they're going to do, "Yes sir."

"I called a transport to bring you and your team to Ginza district. Good luck men."

Another LPT-80 VTOL landed on the garden, the fireteam entered it and flew off to Ginza.

Ginza city, Tokyo

Half of the 2nd Battotai Squad, led by Corporal Tanaka, are on top of an apartment building, observing the activities at the Gate that . While the other remaining, led by Sergeant Masuda, are on the ground waiting for Fireteam B. A SAT-72 flew above the building, fireteam B of the 122nd Meiji Battalion rappeled down to the rooftop of the apartment to meet the squad.

"What's the situation?" the team leader asked the . "So far, we only observed enemy troops coming out of the Gate. But we did saw something interesting, take a look." the corporal motioned the leader to an observation scope.

He looked through the scope and saw a man in an adorned armor, making him distinct among the normal soldiers. Many soldiers surrounding him acting as guards made him obvious as a high-ranking person.

"Looks like someone very important to the enemy, perhaps a commander or general. If we could capture him, we may get some vital information. Meet the sergeant, he's downstairs." A rifleman tapped on the corporal's shoulder and point to another direction. "Sir, I spot another fireteam arriving at our location." They saw the fireteam in an alley in front of the apartment. Fireteam B went down to the ground floor to meet up with the sergeant.

The first floor was a dimly lit small room with a security desk on the right side, a key cabinet hung behind it. Sergeant Masuda was talking with the leader of the unknown fireteam that have just arrived. He looked to the left and saw them, "Glad you're finally here, just discussing a few matters with the team leader."

"Corporal Scholz of Fireteam D, 23rd Prussian Company." The team leader introduced himself. "And you must be the Team leader of FireTeam B of the 122nd Meiji Battalion?" He nodded, "Correct."

"What's the plan?" he asked.

Masuda gestured them to follow him outside. The exterior was guarded by 2 riflemen and 1 autorifleman, scanning around the area for any hostiles.

Masuda looked left and took out his , "You guys have your binoculars?" Both of the leaders nodded, they both take out their binoculars and looked at where he's looking.

"This is the plan. Fireteam B, fireteam D, and my team will engage the enemies in the ground and capture the target. There are archers posing as lookouts, so the corporal will get rid of them and give us firing support. Any suggestions or questions?" All of them shook their heads.

"Alright, let's move." Fireteam B and Masuda's team slowly moved forward, as to not be spotted by the enemies guarding the gate

Plaza Ginza, Tokyo

"12 hostile infatrymen 40 meters, front!" A VQR officer shouted as he fires his Type-78 carbine, hitting a shieldsman.

Sergeant Mori's squad and several other QRF and VQR units have been holding the plaza area against the hordes of invaders for 30 minutes.

"Tsukuda, pass me another box! I'm gonna be empty soon!" shouted Corporal Arashiro, one of the autoriflemen of the squad, with loud machine gun fire booming in the background.

Private Tsukuda frantically took out an ammobox and gave it to him "Here sir." Arashiro grip it and place it down beside him, "Thanks." He then continued firing his Type-82L machine gun.

An archer went up to one of the buildings unnoticed and aimed his bow at Matsushita, but Sato saw him and fired 3 shots at him, the archer voiced a grunt and fell down the building. He then continued on to his previous task.

"Sergeant Mori this is Watcher-3, reinforcements will arrive at your location in 5 minutes." The UAV operator called the segeant from the radio. "Acknowledged Watcher-3."

The defenders at the plaza could still last for 10-20 minutes, with the large stock of ammunition. But with the large number of enemy troops pouring out from the gate, they might get overrun soon if they're not going to have decent reinforcements arriving.

Mori spotted 3 dragons flying towards them "3 hostile dragons ahead, 70 meters!" He peeked through his scope.

One of the dragons flew in a lower altitude, but its rider was quickly shot down by someone. He scanned the view to see several black figures standing on top of an apartment. The men were revealed to be unfamiliar soldiers, firing their weapons at someone.

He looked out of his scope to see several men in black attacking the enemies guarding the gate, distracting other forces away from Mori's group.

"Unidentified men near the gate sir." Katsuo said, taking out a grenade and throwing it at a group of swordsmen.

*BOOM*

"Do not open fire on them." ordered the Sergeant, an officer approached him and gave a salute. "Sir, reinforcements have approached."

A Type-M275 airship flew over the plaza, casting a huge shadow over the plaza due to its size.

A wyvern flew up to the airship, attempting to attack the armored airship. The airship's machine guns and AA guns turned towards it, firing a barrage of bullets at it and tearing the wyvern and its rider to pieces.

It flew over the plaza and headed towards to the gate.

"Sir enemies cleared." the Sergeant said right after taking out the last guards of the camp. The target was captured by Fireteam D, and Corporal Tanaka's team provided great fire support against the hostiles. While Fireteam B and Masuda's team assaulted the camp and took out any hostile troops.

"Sweep for hostiles and secure the camp." ordered Masuda. Some troops went into the makeshift covers and posed themselves as lookout for any more hostiles, and the others patrolled the camp.

"Sergeant, come with me." Masuda motioned the sergeant to follow him.

They finally stopped at a tent, where half of the Fireteam D were guarding. They went in, the first thing they see were several men of Masuda's squad, most were searching the tent for anything useful. Corporal Schölz was standing behind a table, looking at something. Behind the corporal was the enemy high-ranking officer they captured, guarded by two men.

"Comrades, take a look at this." Schölz said, pointing at a map. The map wasn't fully drawn and the sketched part looks like the streets of Ginza.

"This confirms the Command's suspicion of the establishing of a forward-operations camp of the enemy." He glanced at the captured man, who was still unconcious.

"Alright let's move out. The Coalition and Self-defense forces will do the rest." They exit the tent with the man and was met by the sight of the large armored airship.

"Sergeant Masuda, this is the captain of the Ginza defense Airship-4. We'll give you support fire while you and your men get out of there."

A loud horn was heard again in the dark tunnelway of the gate, signifying another batch of reinforcements coming.

Two SAT-27 landed on the camp and took in the Shocktroopers, just in time for the enemy cavalrymen, swordsmen, and archers to come out of the gate.

The soldiers were shocked to see the camp in ruins, dead bodies lying around, makeshift covers broken, and tents teared.

"Where's the commander?!" The leading soldier looked around and saw a huge object in the sky. It was an elongated rod horizontally hovering in the sky.

Several rods of smaller various sizes were sticking out of its sides, pointing towards them.

The Imperial soldiers had no idea what it was, unknown that it posed an imminent doom for them.

In a split second, bright lights and flashes came from the rods, what came out were lightning rods coming right at them. "What th-"was the only words the leader could mutter before being engulfed in an explosion.

Men were cut down by heavy machinegun fire and blown apart by autocannon projectiles fired from the airship's side armaments.

After the heavy barrage of the airship, any survivors of the army tried to regroup and counter-attack. Then horse-less green carriages came into the streets.

The carriages stopped and came out were men in green uniforms. "Watcher-3, I spot several surviving hostiles, dispatch or apprehend?" The captain of the squad said.

"You have the authority to apprehend the men, but dispatch anyone who resists."

Backed by a Type-80 IFV, two JSDF squads approached the scattered survivors. The soldeirs stopped when the survivors saw them, who were frozen in confusion. Some were just staring at them and wondering who they were, while a few foolishly tried to attack the JSDF soldiers.

The men raised their rifles and open fired on the attacking hostiles. The footsoldiers were quickly gunned down.

The other survivors saw this and didn't move further, fearing they might end up like their fellow men.

"We're giving you a chance to surrender." The Squad leader informed them.

The surviving enemies were surrounded by the JSDF, so one by one, the men dropped their weapons and raised their hands up in defeat.

The squad leader raised their radio and speak into it "Watcher-3, we have secured the scattered remnants."

"Acknowledged, VQRG and QRF forces will arrive in your area to assist your men in securing the district."

3 minutes later, QRF and VQR units arrived at the scene. The commander of the VQR squad, Sergeant Daisuke Mori, walked towards them. "Sergeant Daisuke Mori, leader of Squad-24, ready to assist."

"Sergeant Yamazaki of 43rd Squad and this is Sergeant Matsui of 27th Assault Squad."

After introducing themselves, the soldiers began their objective of securing the buildings for any remaining hostiles.

"Each squad will form 2 fireteams to clear the buildings. Alright let's begin." Second fireteam consisting of Corporal Yamada, Scout officer Matsushita, officer Suzuki, and officer Hirai of VQR Squad-24 moved towards a building with a shop on the first floor. The team lined up in front of door, the corporal hold the doorknob in preparation.

"Ready?" he asked, his teamates nodded in return. He quickly opened the door and scanned the room, then they proceed to enter the shop.

The shop is in complete disorder, tables were turned over, and a few spills of liquid substance lay in the floor.

The CQB operative of the team, officer Hirai advanced further. He immediately stopped when he see a hand on the floor, behind a tipped-over table.

"Sir you've gotta see this." He slinged his carbine and crouched down, a wounded man was lying down on the floor.

"Suzuki, Matsuhita, cover us." ordered Yamada while he examined the injured man.

"Unconscious, sir."

A scream followed by a loud bang was heard upstairs, startling the men.

"Officer Suzuki, accompany Hirai here while me and Matsushita will go up."

"Yes, sir." Suzuki nodded.

"I'll lead the way up, while you, Matsushita, cover my back."

They carefully walk up the stairs, the wooden stairway made a creaking noise each step they take. This was a very nervous experience for Arata, as it was his first time in close-quarter combat.

The loud banging started again.

"Hhhaaa!" A swordsman popped out of the doorway, carrying a dagger. Corporal Yamada fired his suppressed rifle, hitting him in the chest, the corpse tumbled down the stairway.

Up on the second floor, several men were trying to break into a room. The footsoldiers were using a hand-held type of battering ram in trying to breach the door.

The leader of the men was shouting a different type of language, foreign to the two Japanese operatives.

The men were distracted in their work, giving the two a chance to strike.

The two aimed the rifles, "On the count of three, we'll take them out one by one."

"Three."

"Two."

"One."

Yamada took out three hostiles while Matsushita took out the leader. After checking the area for any remaining hostiles, they began making their way towards the room that the men were trying to breach.

Corporal Yamada tried to open the door, but someone was stopping him from doing so. "Coalition Voluntary Quick-Response Group. Don't worry, you're safe now."

Seconds later, the door slid open. There were 5 civilians in it, 2 men and 3 females. Most likely to be young adults.

"Oh thank you sir, we've been trying to hide here for more than 10 minutes." One of the men stressfully said.

"Any injured?" asked Yamada. One of them stood up and carry a man, who's holding a wound near his abdomen.

"We got one sir, he got stabbed in the stomach. Please help him." one of the girls pleaded.

Yamada nodded, "Matsushita, help him carry the wounded."

The Corporal led them down the stairs while Matsushita and the other man carried the injured man.

Downstairs, several QRF medics were carrying the unconscious man they encountered while ago. Hirai and Suzuki were sitting down on a table, their hands and vests were bloodied.

They immediately stood up when they saw Corporal Yamada and officer Matsushita returned with several civilians in tow. 2 JSDF infantrymen approached them and escorted the civilians out.

"Sir, the person is in critical condition. But he'll survive." reported combat officer Hirai.

"Good, let's report back to the Sergeant."

The streets were now better secured due to the JSDF and Coalition forces' counterattack against the invaders. The enemy forces attempted to try another route for an assault against the city defenses, but were destroyed by JSDF reinforcements. AH-75 gunship helicopters strafed down enemy footsoldiers, Type-74 SPAAs shot down the remaining wyverns in the sky, IFVs and light tanks were quickly deployed to support the infantry, and armored airships wiped out enemy targets from high altitudes.

Sergeant Mori and Yamazaki were outside talking with each other in a makeshift command post.

"The buildings we've checked have been secured, just gotta wait for Yamada's team and the 27th Assault Squad."

A rifleman of the 27th Assault squad peeked into the tent, "Sir, Corporal Yamada and his team have returned."

Second fireteam, led by Corporal Yamada, entered the temporary command post, a medium-sized tent with communication equipment and officers operating them.

"Corporal Yamada, now that you and your team are back, that means 43rd Squad's the only left that haven't returned yet." A radio operator walked towards Sergeant Mori and whispered into his ears.

"It seems the Command wants us back at the main HQ, let's move men. We don't want them waiting do we?"

A H-70K transport chopper landed in front of the tent to pick up Squad-24. A Coalition officer sat in a seat, waiting for the squad.

"Ginza district-Squad-24?" the officer asked.

Mori nodded, "Alright, hop in guys."

The helicopter took off after extracting the VQR squad, transporting them to the main VQR headquarters in Chiyoda, Tokyo.

Hope you enjoy the chapter!

Information:

[1] The Type-82 HMG is a locally-made heavy machine gun primarily used by the JSDF.

Basic information:

Name: Type-82 Heavy Machine Gun

Type: Heavy machine gun

Country of origin: Japan

Manufacturer: Sumitomo Heavy Industries

Cartridge: 50. caliber

Feed system: 200-rounds belt-fed ammo box

Firemode: Automatic

User: Japan

[2] LTP-80 is a German VTOL transport aircraft used as troop transportation. The LTP-80B is a modified variant used as transport for high-ranking personnel, with advanced countermeasures and uparmored for better protection against attacks.

Basic information:

Name: LuftPersonenTräger-80

Type: Tilt-jet VTOL aircraft

Country of origin: Germany

Manufacturer: Valhalla Aeronautics Corp

Users: Germany, Spain, Austria, and CoN

Main Armaments: 2x AMG-75 heavy machine gun

Secondary Armaments: 2x pintle-mounted Mg-40 HMG (Only for Assault variant)

Countermeasures: 8x flare canisters

Fuel capacity: 900 liters

Crew: 3-4 (2 pilots, 2 gunners)

[3] The KampfPanzer II "Tiger" is a German heavy battle tank known for its defence of Berlin and successful use in the 2nd African Campaign.

Basic information:

Name: KampfPanzer II "Tiger"

Type: Heavy battle tank

Country of origin: Germany

Manufacturers: Krupp, OverEye Industries, and Porsche

Users: Germany, CoN, Japan, and Austria

Main Armament: 210mm Smoothbore gun

Secondary Armament: 1x coaxial Mg-48 HMG

1x Mg75 HMG remote turret

Speed: 65 km/h

Fuel capacity: 1,200 liters

Operation range: 600 km

Crew: 5 (Driver, Gunner, Commander, Loader, and Machine gunner)

[4] The ShockTrooper, other names, ShockCorps, Special Service (Deutsch: SchockTruppen) is the secretive elite special forces of the Coalition of Nations. Created in 2051 by General Frederick Goettner along with some SturmTruppen commanders, the creation of the ShockTrooper is highly supported by Former Supreme Commander Vadim Sokolov.

The ShockTrooper unit consists of three divisions:

Combat Division (Kampf Abteilung)- The main division of the Shocktroopers, they participate in combat operations.

Tactical Intelligence Group(Taktische Intelligenz Gruppe)- The smallest section of the ShockTrooper, they distribute military intelligence and information for the Combat Division. They always posed themselves as Coalition Intelligence Division personnel.

Strafverlofgung Abteilung (Law Enforcement Detachment)- These section fills the role of providing law enforcement support for Enforcers and authorities of a specific state/ country. They would also participate in raids with SWAT groups if ever needed.

Armored Combat Division (Gepanzerte Kampf Abteilung)- The experimental division of the unit, these were specially selected for armored vehicles training to test new armored vehicles, especially tanks.

Since the elite unit is considered as secretive, the shocktroopers would disguise themselves as SRAG operatives and other special forces (i.e. Navy SEAL and SAS).

The 2nd Battotai Squad's name was inspired by the Battotai/Battoutai or "Sword Corps", is a police unit during the Satsuma Rebellion of 1877. The Battotai March song was inspired by the Sword corps. Note: This info may not be fully accurate, as there's not much information behind the song and the Sword corps.

The 122nd Meiji Squad, of course, was named after Emperor Meiji.

[5] The Type-78 Carbine is the carbine variant of Type-77 assault rifle of the JSDF.

Basic information:

Name: Type-78 Carbine

Type: Carbine

Country of origin: Japan

Manufacturer: Howa

Cartridge: 7.92mm

Feed system: 30-round box magazine

Firemodes: Automatic, Semi-automatic

User: Japan

[6] The Type-82L is the lighter version of the Type 82 HMG.

Basic information:

Name: Type-82L machine gun

Type: General purpose machine gun

Country of origin: Japan

Manufacturer: Sumitomo Heavy Industries

Cartridge: 12mm

Feed system: 100-round belt-fed ammo box

Firemodes: Automatic

User: Japan

[7] Type-M275 light support airship is the license-manufactured version of the British LS-275.

Basic information:

Name: Type-M275 light-support armored airship

Type: armored airship

Country of origin: Japan

Manufacturer: Kawasaki Aerospace Company (licensed manufacturer)

User: Japan

Armaments: 2x 70mm AT cannons

4x 35mm autocannons

6x 20mm AA turrets

6x Type-82 HMGs

Countermeasures: 6x flare canisters

2x AirShield defense system

Fuel capacity: 2000 liters

Crew: 30 crewmembers

[8] Type-80 IFV is the upgrade of the Type-63 IFV, improved with better armor plates and upgunned with a 30mm autocannon and an ATGM launcher.

Basic information:

Name: Type-80 IFV

Type: Infantry fighting vehicle

Country of origin: Japan

Manufacturer: Mitsubishi Heavy Industries

User: Japan

Main Armaments: 1x 30mm autocannon

1x ATGM launcher

Secondary Armament: 1x 7.62mm MG turret

Speed: 76 km/h

Fuel capacity: 800 liters

Operation range: 550 km

Crew: 4 (Driver, gunner, commander, loader)

[9] The H-70K is the Japanese version of the American UH-70 helicopter.

Basic information:

Name: H-70K

Type: Transport helicopter

Country of origin: Japan

Manufacturer: Kawasaki Aerospace Company

User: Japan

Armaments: 2x pintle mounted Type-82L MG

2x rocket pods (optional)

Fuel capacity: 1200 liters

Crew: 8 (pilot, co-pilot, 2 gunners, 4 passenger seats)