It is now the tenth chapter...

...unfortunately, I guess the previous tenth chapter was not very popular.

So, I decide to go for a simpler chapter.

Enjoy.

And I will say this: "Girls und Krieg" is called it with a good reason. In real life, there is almost always a period of "rest" or "preparation" before the coming storm. Don't worry; they will be more action in the next chapter.

I wish the girls well.

Please review if I have done the worldbuilding well enough. Thank you!

"H-hi," Miho said, as she paused the story. "So-sorry to interrupt, but SeekerMeeker now decides to redo his tenth chapter. Due to nobody reviewing it, he decides to redo it. Pl-please enjoy! Panzer vor!"

Girls und Krieg

Chapter 10: The Calm and the River

Miho stood on top of a plateau, overlooking a series of more plateaus, valleys, and mountains, with rivers snaking through. Scanning first with her bare eyes, she then raised her binoculars. She sighed.

"Miporin?"

"Saori-chan," Miho said, as her friends approached.

"Guess you're thinking about the invasion?"

She nodded, as she raised her binoculars again, focusing on something in the distance. A rising tide of black mass started to appear. Yet they were no shadows or some mirage.

An army was approaching.

"Are the forces ready?" Miho asked.

The others nodded.

"Then get ready on my signal," she replied.

As the others went back to their positions, Miho then looked at the Crucigon tank. It was in its immobile, SPG (self-propelled gun) form, with legs that stabilized it, while the turret's gun became one colossal 320-mm cannon, pointing up at the sky, ready to fire its infamous shells. It really looked like some sci-fi tank from a video game.

"So many things have happened..." Miho pondered, as she focused on the mass in the distance. "From Sulubi to finally encountering an actual Cratonic army...this is a lot to take in."

It had been seven years since the discovery of Sulubi, which the girls noted was much like southern Africa, except altered in the ways of Alterra, such as having a richer environment and more bizarre lifeforms, such as dicynodonts (weird reptilian creatures that looked like scale-less, hippo-like lizards with beaks and tusks). Alterra was always a mysterious planet, even before the girls became Senshazons. Even the elves, dwarves, orcs, and goblins back in Senshazonia had little to say. Everybody agreed that Alterra was definitely much like Earth, and many planets that are Earth-like. However, each race had a very different idea:

Elves viewed Alterra as a magical planet, full of all kinds of magical forces and other supernatural wonders. Dwarves viewed Alterra as a wondrous cornucopia of natural resources, especially magical metals and other valuable "gifts of the Earth." Orcs viewed Alterra as a great battlefield, full of great beasts to kill for trophies. Goblins viewed Alterra as one big circus, a world full of crazy wonders that even they could not fathom. Senshazons, however, viewed Alterra as a combination of all of the races above, but primarily viewing the planet as a mysterious planet full of surprises.

Today was no exception.

"Miporin?"

Miho blinked.

"We are getting ready to fire!" one of the girls' voices blared in the interface, which popped from a system within the Crucigon.

"Zon!" another voice blared, apparently heaving something. "This Alpha Fury is sure such a big baby!"

Miho smirked. The Alpha Fury gun and all of their vehicles had undergone a universal upgrade, in which Miho and her teams led an extensive program of revamping and reanalysis of their own arsenal, especially after discovering the native campsites. Apparently, they were obliterated by massive gunfire, leaving behind craters large enough to rival even the girls' own weapons! Miho recalled that upon seeing the evidence, she mandated an extensive upgrade of all vehicles possible.

"Are they ready?" Miho called over her own speaker. "The SPG and the MLRS artilleries?"

"All ready to fire!" Saori spoke. "Those with extra-long guns are getting ready!"

Miho then raised her right arm, as she readied her signal, remembering what had transpired only seven days ago.

"This is so much," Miho said to herself, as she was about to give the signal. "Wait, halt!"

"Miporin?!"

"Miho-san?"

"Nishizumi-sensei?!"

"What now...?"

Various voices echoed, as Miho got out of her turret totally, standing on top to squint her eyes, staring at something in the distance.

"Is it because of the army?" another voice asked. Others mumbled in agreement, as Miho looked at the army. Its composition became clearer and clearer, as she also saw what looked like flying things, hovering above the black mass.

"Flying units," Miho noted. "Good thing our tanks and attack vehicles can attack air units without much trouble."

"Can we fire now?!" one of the girls blared.

"Not yet," Miho said. "On my count...one...two...thr-wait!"

Miho called off, as she suddenly took out her binoculars.

"What is it?" Yukari asked.

"Oh come on!" various voices moaned. Many of them, especially the younger girls, were itching for a real fight. For many, this was the very first real fight in a long time.

"Hold your fire!" Miho shouted. "I see something in the river below!"

Everybody looked down, and she was right. A single boat floated down the river. Although there were multiple rivers, only one was apparently large enough for a boat to go through.

"What is that?" Mako asked, getting her head out to look. "Who would be stupid enough to float on a river, while we were ready to fire?"

"Hold your fire!" Miho shouted again into her intercom. "Watch the boat on the river below!"

Everybody froze, as multiple eyes looked down.

It was indeed a boat, something that looked a little old, something from WWII, and a little dilapidated. However, on top of it, a small group of people tried to move the boat, while signaling at the Norans above. Some of the Norans were situated on top of the plateaus, so that it was not very easy to see. However, those on the bottom saw more clearly.

"It's a group of Senshazons!" one of the girls' voices blared into the intercom. "And they're wearing scarlet armor!"

She was right. They were too tall to be normal Humans, and they wore a distinct type of armor. Yet one thing stood out:

A tank.

"Wait a second!" Miho gasped. "That's a Challenger 3 tank! Which means-"

In front of the tank, a distinct figure stood. She was not much taller than the others around her, but she had a graceful posture, albeit weakly. She waved at Miho's forces, her right arm raised, a teacup shining in the sunlight above.

Miho gasped.

"Darjeeling-san!"

Alright, I hope this one is better.

Reviews are appreciated, so panzer vor!