Disclaimer: I don't own GATE, HoI Series, nor the elements used in the story. Everything belongs to their respective owners.


December 12th 1945/December 12th 2015

21 Days since arrival in the New World/Special Region.

Town of Italica, East Gate

Local POV

Very late at night.

Ever since the invaders, aka the Combined RCT3, have arrived and had agreed to help defend the town on the condition that the Countess will cede Italica and everything it possesses to the Japanese Empire. They along with the people of Italica and the Rose Order of Knights prepared and waited for the bandits to attack again in what most definitely will be another difficult battle.

Yet, as the hours passed into the cold and breezeless night there was no sign of the enemy and most of the Militias were starting to succumb to the temptation of falling asleep.

The commander of the East Gate Militia, Norma Co Igloo and his subordinate Knight were able to stay up thanks to all the training Grey Co Aldo had drilled into their heads when the Order was first created 7 years ago.

Even so, Norma was somewhat nervous as the people in question... The Imperial Japanese Soldiers, along with two of the their Iron Cast Carriages and also the one with a roof made of cloth were stationed at the East Gate. The Carriages in question were positioned behind the wooden barricades with one of the soldiers mounting that large metal wand, and the other was near the Roof-clothed Carriage holding what it seems to be a small black box.

Even just thinking about that metal wand made Norma shiver, his brief experience on what those things could do unnerved him. To think such powerful magic could kill someone so quickly and easily was unnerving, he and the rest of the Order had been trained to fight with honor... But what these soldiers were capable of, would destroy all of that.

"At least they will be pointing those things at the bandits, and not at us." Norma thought thankfully as he glanced at the soldiers, mostly all of them held an aura from battle-hardened to veteran experience as they were on guard looking out for something suspicious in the area.

That made him grimace; just what kind of battles does those soldiers experience if they were capable of killing each other so easily? Then there's the leader, does he even used that sword in combat?

Then, one of the soldiers suddenly stiffens as he seemed to have seen something through the odd object attached to his helmet somehow and shouted in their language, "This is Iseul, I got visual of a large group approaching our positions in the fields!"

After the soldier said those words, the rest suddenly went into action and aimed their metal wands in the darkness while the soldier back in one of the Iron Cast Carriages readied his large metal wand as well.

Seeing this and despite not able to see what the soldiers likely spotted, Norma ordered the rest of the Militia to be ready, causing those almost falling asleep to suddenly snap awake.

The leader of the soldiers was then giving out orders.

"Everyone you're clear to engage! I repeat you're clear to engage the enemy!"

Norma and the defenders tensed although not knowing what they're saying but they knew it was likely an order to engage, given that the tone of the leader used.

The older soldier shouted, "You heard the Lieutenant, pick your targets and open fire!"

Almost immediately, flashes of light erupted from their metal wands and flew at frightening speeds into the darkness.

The defenders were stunned at the sight of the flashes until they heard screaming at the field. They looked into the general direction where the flashes were hitting but could not see anything.

But, just as the flashes suddenly erupted, it suddenly ended.

"Furuta, Iseul fire some flares in that area!" The Leader ordered as two of the soldiers pointed smaller metal wands and released something into the air.

"Now what?" Norma wondered.

His and the defenders questions were soon answered when, to their surprise, two bluish-Green, glowing lights illuminated the night like mini sun's. It was then that Normal and the defenders laid eyes on the fields and saw dead bodies, dead bodies of bandit archers that were only several perches away from them!

But what caught everyone at the East Gate's attention was the massive army that was behind the initial group of archers.

Wasting no time Norma sounded the alarm, "Enemy attack! Send a message to Princess Piña, the enemy has launched an attack at the East Gate!"

"Archers and crossbowmen, shoot!" He ordered as arrows and bolts flew into the air and landed at the stunned enemy army.

"Càndido! Radio Barkus and the Coda Village Outpost, and tell them we need support now!" The Leader shouted as he pointed a small metal wand at the direction of the Formal's Mansion and released something into the air.


South Gate

SDF POV

At the South Gate, Itami's Team can hear the sound of gunfire at the East Gate as a Bluish-Green glow can be seen in the distance as it flew at the direction of the Mansion.

After noticing it Kurata checked his watch, "0311 hours, the perfect time for a night attack."

"They may be brigands now, but they were well-trained soldiers." Kuwahara explained before turning to Itami.

"Sir, the East Gate is clearly under attack, we should get going and support the IJA soldiers stationed there."

Itami nodded, "Yeah, radio Alnus and tell them we need support now!"


Coda Village Outpost

NWEF POV

In the reformatted Coda Outpost the commanding officer of the IJA 1st Combat Unit, Colonel Kang Young-Gi was having a meeting with his Thai and German counterpart, Colonel Somchai Preecha and Oberst Otto von Hohenheim, in what was formerly the Village Chief's home when an radio operator from Young's unit arrived with an urgent message.

"Sirs, the Third Recon Team is under attack and are requesting assistance to defend Italica!"

"Get everyone ready, we're moving out immediately!" Kang ordered as and the other colonels exit the building and head straight to their Command Vehicles.(1)

Once the order went out, the troops of the three Combat Units began to mobilize.

After Kang, Somchai, and Otto's second in commands Lieutenant-Colonel Tsuge, Prasert, and Obersleutnant Wilhelm von Schnell had reported that all three of the Combat Units are ready to go, Kang radioes the entire group.

"This is Colonel Kang to all units; our destination is the Town of Italica that is currently under attack by an army of marauders! Our main objective is to support RCT3 and prevent the town from falling into the marauder's hands! 1st Combat Unit, move out!"

With that, the IJA's 1st Combat Unit rumbled forward.

"RTA Combat Unit, move unit!" Somchai ordered to the RTA Combat Unit as they followed the IJA 1st Combat Unit.

"Schützen, Helfen, Vermitteln, Kampfen with our comrades! Deutsche Heer Combat Unit, move out!" Otto ordered to the German Army Combat Unit, as they followed them towards Italica.


Barkus Hill

NWEF Airfield

At the fully lit airfield, 18 Nakajima Karyū Jet Fighters of the 5th IJAAF Combat Unit under the command of Colonel Kengun Shunya were fully assembled and prepared as the crew and soldiers of the Unit were being briefed by Lieutenant-General Hazama himself.

"The Third Recon Team under the command of First Lieutenant Itami Youji has sent a request to defend the Town of Italica! Your target is a regiment-sized force of 1,600 bandits. These are most likely remnants of the two Allied Armies that attacked us and the SDF nine days ago or so when we defeated them. Right at this moment, the Town is under heavy attack and has already suffered heavy casualties in the time before RCT3 arrived." he explained.

"The 1st Combat Unit, RTA Combat Unit, and the Deutsche Heer Combat Unit have already left Coda Village and are heading towards Italica at speed, but it will take some time for them to reach to reach the town. Speed is of the essence, so the 5th Combat Unit will go as well and get there faster to support RCT3!" Hazama finished with a salute.

After everyone saluted back, Colonel Kengun turned to face his Unit and shouted, "This will be our Unit's first battle in this world, so get to your planes and move out!"

With that order, everyone scrambled to the Jet Fighters as the sounds of jet engines and launch thrust increased, ready to take off. Once everyone had boarded after drinking sakè for good fortune, the 5th Combat Unit takes off filling the air with the sound of a rocket thrusting to the sky.

The settlements that are near to Barkus, the sound of the Jet Fighters flying had woken up the locals, causing them to look up in fear, horror, and amazement as the 5th Combat Unit flew overhead and headed towards Italica.

Those from the locals point of view, who had seen the 5th Combat Unit of the IJAAF flying overhead might think those are Legendary creatures that the gods of the invaders had summoned to aid in their conquest of Falmart.

That night someone actually had soiled their clothes in fear.


Alnus Base

JSDF Airfield

To describe the officers of the JSDF Special Region Expeditionary Force Headquarters, most of them were field-grade, and they were heatedly debating with each other. If things went poorly, it might even break out into a fistfight. Hazama looked at his subordinates and thought it would that they had probably held it in for a long time. Many members of the JSDF Special Expeditionary Force we're bored and restless. After all, there had been nothing for them to do after they came here.

For example, there were the tasks they were doing now, which would be based defense, dispatching small recon teams to gather information for future planning, fine-tuning the Unit's operational standards, all of which were primarily administrative tasks. As for base defense, there had only been a few live engagements in total, and the enemy's movements and strengths were completely unknown.

So, under normal circumstances, they would maintain perimeter security, build up the base, or maintain their personal equipment. In the end, responsibility for defending the base was given to the 5th Combat Unit, while the offensively oriented 1st and 4th Combat Units repeated their combat drills day after day in the base. By the way, the 2nd and 3rd Combat Units were not on this side of the "Gate", while the 6th Combat Unit and beyond were not fully formed yet.

At present, the Ministry of Defense was slowly rearranging troop deploy. He cited that there was no need to mobilize everyone since they were not planning on a full-scale invasion. The additional mention of "Operational Budget" silenced all dissent.

Despite that, these restless men must have been intensely jealous after hearing that a certain recon team had "Encountered a Dragon", and "Defeated a Dragon and Saved Innocent Civilians". In the homeland, where life was peaceful and nothing of mention was happening could endure it. However, this side of the "Gate" was a battlefield, and the Artillery and Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AAA) teams could be proud of their showing in battle, while the Infantrymen eagerly discussed the tension before firing and the feeling of pulling a trigger.

The Engineers, one the other hand, we're busy building walls and roads, and their uniforms were constantly stained in mud. And yet some people were given missions where they could win glory, while they themselves...

Their twisted feelings, combined with the daily boredom of the 1st and 4th Combat Units' lives, rotted the men's hearts. The officers who led these men had been infected by their restlessness as well. And, then, like manna from heaven, Itami's request for reinforcements came in. The Personnel who got word of this were overjoyed, and naturally, there was a noisy and boisterous response from the troops.

Itami's request could be summarized like this: Within the past month, a group of deserters from the enemy armed forces' central command has committed acts of plunder, violence, arson and wanton murder within the Italica domain. Several villages have fallen prey to them, and many lives have been lost.

3rd Recon Team was attacked while attempting to visit the Town of Italica. The defenders have tried their best to mount a defensive battle, but losses have been heavy. A second large-scale attack is coming soon. By the request of the Town's representative, Princess Piña Co Lada, we have accepted the duty of providing security and protection for the local population. Please send help immediately.

The deserters from the enemy's Armed Forces' Central Command, also known as "bandits", are heavily-armed by the standards of the Special Region. We have confirmed the presence of Calvary, infantry, and bowmen in numbers exceeding 1,000. The exact abilities of their Mages are unknown.

The Town had no ability to eliminate these "bandits", and although local authorities as represented by Count Formal's family had submitted a request for reinforcements to higher authorities, they will take a minimum of three days to arrive. In other words, this was the perfect opportunity to save innocent civilians in the name of Justice, beat the crap out of the bad guys, relieve their restlessness, and gain live combat experience!

The Colonels stomped their leather shoes as they argued fiercely beside Lieutenant-General Hazama. Colonel Kamo of the 1st Combat Unit must have been tired of the endless arguments because he came before Lieutenant-General Hazama saying, "Please! Let us go!"

The 1st Combat Unit was a combined-arms unit, built around a company of Infantry. They were supported by Artillery, AAA, Tank, Engineer, Signals, Sanitations, Weapons, and Logistics Platoons.

"Our 101st Reinforced Squadron is at full strength and mission-ready! We're ready to go at any time!"

Behind Colonel Kamo was Lieutenant-Colonel Tsuge. He stood up as well, saying something very troublesome. It was troublesome because he had gathered his men before the order to move out had been given. At this moment they were probably in full battle gear and running laps.

"No, if we take our time jogging along the ground, we'll take too long to get there. Under these conditions, only we can get there in time. Commander, order the 4th Combat Unit to action."

Colonel Kengun said this as he strode forward. The 4th Combat Unit was a helicopter-centric Aerial Combat Unit... In other words, an American-style Cavalry Unit.

"We've prepared the amplifiers and speakers, as well as the Wagner CDs!" Lieutenant-Colonel Yoga of the 401st Squadron reported.

"Very good, Lieutenant-Colonel Youga." Kengun nodded. It seemed Kengun wanted to bring him along too.

"..." Hazama pinched his nose between his thumb and forefinger, rolling it slightly.

What should he do with them, these guys... We're they possessed by the spirit of Colonel Kilgore? (Maybe their brains had rotted away...) Even so, he had no choice but to send reinforcements immediately. That being the case, the fast-moving 4th Combat Unit would be the best option.

Hazama gave Kengun his orders. Colonel Kamo and Lieutenant-Colonel Tsuge, among others, stood still as though bearing mute witness to the end of the world. Conversely, Kengun and Youga were all smiles.

"And what are you going to play?" Youga asked.

"The Warsaw Philharmonic Orchestra, of course." Kengun replied.

As he watched the two of them leave, Hazama could guess what the two of them would be like in a few hours.

The squadrons of AH-1 Cobra and UH-1J Helicopters flew an NOE (Nap-Of-Earth) course, while their loudspeakers blasted Wagner's operatic score through the sky.

All around them, the bandits fled.

What came from the sky were wings of death.

Though there was no way there would be Anti-Aircraft Missiles pointing at them, the helicopters launched flares anyway. These flares weighed down by gravity and traced a trajectory through the air, and dozens of smoke trails they left resembled the wings of an angel.

When the locals saw it, they must have trembled in fear at the descent of a goddess of war.

The AH-1 Cobras fired their rocket pods and turned the ground into a sea of fire.

Bullets rained down from the sky and mowed the bandits down.

There were no blind spots under their overlapping fields of vision. The troops did not even need to dismount, and they cut down the bandits from their perches on their helicopters.

The residents watching this must have taken this apocalyptic vision to be a glimpse of hell... Especially when the NWEF had decided to jump into the fray as well... Shit!


Town of Italica

South Gate

After Kuwahara radios Alnus for reinforcements, Itami checks up on the group at the West Gate using the radio which his IJA counterpart had so gratefully given him.

"This is First Lieutenant Itami of the SDF to Sergeant Major Thakshin are there any signs of the enemy might've sent some of their forces at your position?"

"No, we haven't seen the enemy here at all." Thakshin reported.

That was enough information for Itami as he gave new orders on behalf of his counterpart.

"Alright, the enemy is clearly focusing their entire army at the East Gate. Thakshin, if the enemy is truly not going to attack at the West Gate, head to the East Gate! My group will also go and support Ossan and his squad until reinforcements from Alnus arrive, understood?"

Thakshin replied, "Affirmative, we will head to the East Gate now, Thakshin out!"

After that Itami radioed the NWEF Tanks, "Everyone, move your tanks and hit the enemy from behind! We don't know how long Ossan and the others will last, but speed is of the essence, move now!"

Once everyone collectively acknowledged his orders, Rory, due to being a little frustrated that the enemy was not coming to the South Gate, suddenly junked down and sprinted at great speed into the town.

"Sir, Rory is-" Kuribayashi started.

"I saw what happened, just get into the Humvee and we'll go after her!" Itami replied before glancing at Lelei and Tuka.

"If you two want to go with us, stay behind the barricades when we get there, alright?"

After the two girls nodded, the group rushed down the stairs and boarded the two LAVs and the Humvee, Armando shouted at the Militia, "Open the Gate!"

Though hesitant at first, two of the Militia rushed forward and opened the South Gate, allowing the Tanks to rushed out and turn to the left toward the East Gate.


In a makeshift garrison situated between the East and South Gates

Local POV

"What they're attacking at the East Gate!?" Piña exclaimed as a runner gave his report to her.

"Yes, your Highness! Presently Knight Norma and his defenders, along with the Imperial Japanese Soldiers are currently engaged in combat with the enemy!"

Piña glances at the South Gate as the unfamiliar sound of the metal wands echoed in the distance, "The enemies were ex-soldiers, yet they aren't employing tactics or any strategy. Are they just using numbers to try and force their way through the Gate?"

She gritted her teeth in frustration as she realizes that the Imperial Soldier, Itami and his subordinate, were right, the enemy were not going to fall for her original plan and would've been suspicious if they had seen a rather small number of troops defending the South Gate.

"Reality is truly different from what I had originally thought of... Shit..."

Grey, Hamilton! We're going to the East Gate and garrison the perimeter!"

Following her orders, the forces mlved out and headed toward the East Gate to prepare for the worst should the East Gate fall.


East Gate

Combined RCT3 POV

Back at the East Gate Itami and his squad, along with Normal and his defenders continued to fire at the enemy army, slowing them down as the initial shock of once again being attacked by the invaders in Alnus and Barkus had frozen the marauders on the spot.

Although a good chunk of the enemy had been taken out, they had started to regroup and begun to advance once they realize that the amount of fire from IJA Itami and his group was significantly less than what they had experienced at Alnus and Barkus Hill.

This was not good news as the squad knew they have limited ammunition and tried to conserve ammo as IJA Itami, Shang and the others fired their Type 5 rifles in single shots while Kim fired the Type 99 LMG in bursts.

Zan with the mounted Type 5 Machine Gun had yet to fire, but that would change as the enemy managed to set up several ladders on the walls and had begun to bash the Gate with a makeshift ram.

"Grenade out!" Furuta shouted as he banged it on his helmet and dropped the Type 99 Hand Grenade onto a small group of bandits setting up a ladder near him, blowing up the group and the ladder with them while barely dodging an incoming arrow.

"Damned these bastards!" Kim exclaimed as he guns down a bandit that managed to climb up the wall before pushing the ladder off, "Assaulting the Town with sheer numbers! This is like back at the Sino-Japanese Front all over again!"

Though one may thought he's angry and filled with rage. But in reality he was relieving his experience while nostalgia filled his form of vision as he remembers back during the Second Sino-Japanese War with the constant Chinese attack and charges.

Just then, almost everyone had noticed that some of the arrows launched by the defenders weren't hitting the enemy and were seemingly blown away.

Looking further back at the army Saru spotted the source, "Sir, over there!"

Everyone (including Norma) looked to where Saru was pointing at and to their surprise saw that the source of the winds was from a green, feather-like haired girl with bird-like talons for feet.

"A Spirit wielder?" Norma muttered.

"Huh? Why would she helped them!?" Sora exclaimed in disbelief as it did not look like she was being forced to use her magic and was instead willingly used her magic to support the bandits.

It was then a trail of smoke suddenly appeared on their side as flames sprouting from its tail accelerates near to the Spirit wielder and detonates, knocking the girl off the ground and landed with thud, thus knocking her unconscious.

For a moment everyone stopped what they're doing and looking at the source, everyone saw Càndido holding the Type 5 RPG and shouted, "She'll be out for a few hours!" he said in their language as he returned to one of the Type 5 LAVs to reload his used RPG Launcher.

"Good thinking Càndido!" IJA Itami complimented as he resumed fire on the enemy as well as the others who resumed firing the enemy.

With a few minutes of fighting, the enemy had managed to scale the top of the walls, forcing IJA Itami and his Squad (minus Kim) to fix their rifles with bayonets and engage in close quarters.

Behind everyone, Piña and her forces finally arrived on the scene and were somewhat surprised that the East Gate had not yet fully overrun as they watch the battle going on the walls. Still, Piña ordered Hamilton and Grey to organize a new defense line at the barricades and instead wait for the enemy should they take the East Gate.


Local POV

As the battle continued, Norma had heard one of the marauders shouting "well done" before killing a Militia that had chopped down a ladder with an axe right in the head with a crossbow bolt.

"Well done?" Norma thought in confusion as he glances at one of the corpses that cut down and saw that a bandit... Was smiling.

He recoiled at the sight, "Have they come here seeking a place to die by our swords?"

Distracted momentarily, Norma barely noticed a marauder rushing towards him with a spear before barely dodging and grabbing hold onto it before beheading his opponent.

Suddenly, two different small explosions from the metal wands the Imperial Japanese soldiers were using erupted near him as a bandit behind him was ripped to pieces while another two rushing with their swords in a thrusting position was riddled with holes.

Norma was shocked at not only what almost happened to him... But Alis at the sight of the corpses of the three marauders riddled with holes or ripped into pieces by the metal wands. It made him realize that this is what would've happened to him when he was shot at by the soldiers when they were accidentally 'attacked' by one of the Crossbowman.

He glanced back at the sources and saw the older Imperial Japanese soldier and the other soldiers aiming their metal wands in his general direction. Piña, Hamilton, and Grey were looking on in shock at what happened to the enemies that nearly killed him as well.

Then another bandit tried to strike at Norma's back, and before the Knight could react, the bandit was suddenly beheaded as his head fell to ground. Leaving his now headless corpse flowing his blood to the ground.

It was cleanly sliced and looking at someone who was responsible for this was the Leader of the Imperial Japanese soldiers, who then sheathed his sword before Norma could even take a good look of it.

Another bandit then tried to kill the Leader from behind, and like Norma's, the bandit was beheaded by the leader after he drew his sword from its sheath with coordinated speed as he sliced through the bandit's head with his sword. Cleanly and swiftly killing him.

"Oi, sir Norma stop wandering around and get back to work! Or else you might be killed by them and it won't be my fault!" The Leader shouted but judging by his tone he seems to be enjoying this battle as well as some of the other soldiers that were with him.

Norma shook his head as he briefly gesture thanks to the Leader, the older, and the other Imperial Japanese soldier at the Iron Cast Carriage before refocusing the task at hand. After all, the battle is not over yet.


Combined RCT3 POV

With Normal clearly safe for a moment, the Type 5 Machine Gun resumes to cut down any marauder whenever Zan sees an opportunity, and pray that he does not hit any friendly's by accident, while behind him Piña and her forces continued to look on shock and surprise at what the Type 5 Machine Gun could do.

The sound of the Type 5 Machine Gun caused the enemy to halt as more flashbacks at what happened in Alnus and Barkus Hill came flooding in. Their leader was also shocked but immediately shook it off as he shouted.

"Keep calm! There is only a handful of them! Advance and kill them to avenge our fallen warriors at Alnus and Barkus that didn't live to see this!"

The Leader's words had a tremendous effect on the army, as memories of Alnus and Barkus Hill was now used to fuel their newfound thirst to avenge their fallen as they all collectively shouted and swarmed the ladders.

"Avenge the fallen at Alnus and Barkus Hill!"

But before the army could rush toward the ladders and climb the walls... Several distant roars were heard. For both the enemy and local defenders, it was an unfamiliar sound, but for IJA Itami's group, it was a sound they know very well as they looked to the right and most of the couldn't help but grin as a pair of Type 98 Medium Tank and a pair of Panther II Tanks roared into view.

The enemy was at first confused at the sight of the 'Iron Elephants', but that soon turned to terror once the tanks fired their main guns on the bandits causing enormous casualties as well as surprising the local defenders at the booming sound of the Type 3 90 mm AT Gun and the German 8.8 cm KwK. 43 Gun.

Before long the O-I Kai Tank also arrived on the scene at fired its 150 mm Howitzer Gun and two Type 3 AT Guns on the enemy causing more devastating destruction on the enemy ranks.

"About time they showed up!" Kim shouted as he resumed fire on the enemy.

Shang answered on the behalf for the tank crews, "Sergeant give them a break! It was still quite a distance from the South Gate to reach here!"

IJA Itami shook his head, "It doesn't matter we're not letting these bandits anywhere near the Gate, so keep shooting!"

As the group continued to fire on the marauders, everyone heard the sound of rapid feet behind them. Turning around and they saw it was Rory running at inhuman speed!

"Wow... She's fast.", was all Saru had to say before Rory jumped high into the air, launched herself over the walls with her halberd, and land in the middle of the army.

For a moment... Everything had stopped as everyone stared at Rory as she stood up with a grin and swings her Halberd, splitting several marauders in one swing.

In the O-I Tank, the crew watched as Rory giggled and hacked her way through on the enemy army even taking out a giant of a man armed with a large spiked flail with relative ease

"Damn... Remind me not to piss her off." The co-driver, Juan Manto, nervously said.

The others inside the O-I Tank numbly agreed, "Yeah, well... We might as well provide cover for her so that she doesn't get surrounded."

After Armando said those words, the tanks resumes firing their weapons from their position as they sent several HE shells at the enemy lines, sending shrapnel and causing more death as the shell detonates. At the same time, while the their Main Guns were reloading, the tank crews fired their machine guns as they fired with the Type 5 Machine Guns and the German MG-42s while they cut down the enemy.

While IJA Itami and his team resumed their fire as well as provide covering fire for Rory, Norma and his forces, gawked as the 'Iron Elephants' killed the enemy in such a brutal manner as they fired their guns again, sending more bandits to their death. Piña, Hamilton, and Grey as well as several curious Militias had reached the top of the walls and also gawked at the site of the battle.

"Is this the kind of power the Japanese Empire and her allies are capable of?" Piña thought to herself.

All the while, Rory the Reaper herself was in the middle of it all as many (still surprised that the Apostle of Emroy herself on the battlefield, just not on their side) fell for her Halberd.

A few minutes later as the local sun is starting to lighten up the sky, SDF Itami's HENce and the Two SDF Type 73 LAVs arrived and everyone dismounted. Behind them, the Chaiprakam and the Leichter Panzerspähwagen also arrived as Thakshin and Schmidt's squads dismount.

"Sir, Rory went over the walls!" Azuma called out from the parked Type 73.

"Dammit, everyone fix bayonets! Get up onto those walls and provide her with support!" SDF Itami ordered as he fixes his own bayonet onto his rifle.

Once the SDF had mounted the bayonets, they all rushed toward the East Gate walls while Lelei and Tuka stayed behind at the barricades with Kurokawa and Azuma. As they climb the steps SDF Itami radios the reinforcements.

"This is RCT3. We are engaged in combat with hostile forces at the East Gate! Repeat, the enemy is at the East Gate, where the hell is that support!?"

Over the radio a voice is heard.

"This is Colonel Kengun Shunya of the 4th Combat Unit we are few minutes out from your position, hold out for just a little while longer."

Then another voice was heard on his IJA counterpart's radio.

"Lieutenant Itami Youji. This is Colonel Kengun Shunya of the IJAAF 5th Combat Unit we are fast approaching to your position, there are several SDF gyrocopters on our vision, permission to fire?"

Realizing that the 4th Combat Unit is in grave danger, SDF Itami immediately answered to prevent any misunderstanding if they attack the 4th Combat Unit

"Negative, please proceed on attacking the enemy army, we don't want to form any misunderstanding between us and the SDF."

"Affirmative Lieutenant, then we're going to combine formations with the SDF, hold out for just a little while longer."

After that SDF Itami then contacted the 4th Combat Unit.

"Colonel Shunya there are several IJAAF Aircraft joining formation with you, please inform your units that the IJAAF will join formations with you."

"Affirmative Lieutenant, I will inform my Unit."

Another voice is then heard in IJA Itami's radio.

"This is Colonel Kang Young-Gi of the IJA 1st Combat Unit, my Unit along with Colonels Somchai and Otto's can see smoke in the distance as well as the SDF gyrocopters, ETA four minutes."

"Just how the hell Ossan had called so many reinforcements?!"

"Understood, we will mark the target with a flare! Be advised, our Tank escorts is also outside the walls so check your fire." SDF Itami informs the Units before switching the tanks in question.

"Everyone! Reinforcements are fast approaching, someone get Rory out of there before they arrived!" SDF Itami orders as he fires a flare, given by his IJA counterpart, as well as his own into the air while his team engages the enemy from the walls.

"Understood, we'll go and get her!" IJA Tomita replied, "Driver plow through the enemy, we're getting the Reaper herself out of there!"

"Ossan! Tell everyone to provide cover for the Type 98 while they get Rory out of there!" Itami called out as his IJA counterpart had finished cutting down a bandit with his Katana.

Ossan immediately replied, "Got it, Gaki!" as he unslung his rifle from his back and shouted, "All units! Provide cover for the Type 98 while they get Rory out of there!" he ordered as he shoots several bandits closest to the Type 98 while it drives through the army and fire its weapons.

The bandits themselves had given the tank a wide berth as it moved through their ranks just as Rory was about to dodge a group of spearmen attempting to rush at her when the tank's machine guns and its 47 mm cannon ripped them apart before stopping a few feet away from her as the tank crew emerges from their hatches and starts shooting with their Type 5 Sub-machine guns.

"Apostle of Emroy, we have to get out of here! Our forces are almost here!"

Although Rory wanted to continue fighting, she somewhat understood why they had to leave and jumped onto the Type 98 Tank.

"Driver, get us the hell out of here!" IJA Tomita ordered as the Tank reverses and fired its smoke grenade dischargers, surprising the bandits as it made a sharp turn, crushing an unfortunate swordsman in the process, before rushing out to be killing field as the SDF 4th Combat Unit and the IJAAF 5th Combat Unit arrived on the scene with the rising sun behind them as they also played some Wagner CDs to make it epic.

The escort Nakajima Karyūs moved up at the front and fired their first rockets onto the enemy, resulting in multiple massive explosions while also strafing their enemies with the Type 5 30 mm Autocannons as they make a pass over the army.

The squadron of UH-1J helicopters then split up into four groups of three as they pass over the battlefield with their gunners firing their Machine Guns onto the enemy with extreme prejudice, much to both the astonishment of the defending Militia, as well as fear of Piña and her Knights as the Jet Fighters fly over them before turning around back to the battlefield.

The soldiers that the SDF helicopters were carrying also fired their weapons at every opportunity while also throwing grenades into the enemy ranks causing further confusion and chaos as the bandits started to panic.

"What are these things?!" a crossbowman exclaimed before he and several other bandits were gunned down.

"Run away! Those are monsters!" A horseman screamed as a group of bandits tried to flee from the combined might of the SDF and the IJAAF. This caught the attention of a OH-1 "Ninja" helicopter flying nearby as its observer radios to Colonel Kengun Shunya.

"Sir, there are a group of marauders are running towards the direction of the NWEF Units and are fast approaching towards them."

"Copy that, they've got a little surprise to those bandits!" Colonel Kengun Shunya responded as the IJA 1st Combat Unit, RTA Combat Unit, and the Deutsche Heer Combat Unit made their appearance on a small incline, shocking the bandits.

"Their armies are here too?!" A swordsman exclaimed in shock as the enemy from Barkus appeared in front of them.

Immediately the Tanks fired their guns at the group, wiping out several bandits before switching targets at the rest of the crippled and disorganized bandit army. Immediately afterward, the rest of the Unit's Infantry dismounted as the combined forces of 7,200 of the IJA, RTA and the Deutsche Heer along with their armored vehicles laid waste on the enemy.

At the same time the Karyū fighters radioed the Type 5 self-propelled Howitzers of the IJA 1st Combat Unit stationed further back to provide artillery barrage on several enemy locations, resulting in massive explosions to erupt all over the battlefield.

In the ensuing chaos, the bandits leader was caught in one of the explosions and was killed instantly.

Meanwhile, after moving to a better position, the five Tank Escorts resumed fire on the bandits as Rory, from on top of the Type 98 Medium Tank turret, watched in glee at the sight of such a one-sided slaughter.

Soon it was too much for the demoralized bandits. After being attacked by the Iron Pegasi, the Iron Dragons, and a large force of the enemy from either Alnus or Barkus; as well as being attacked by some of the enemy already at Italica East Gate, many simply dropped their weapons and surrendered.

Slowly the battle began to wind down as the soldiers from the IJAAF, RTA, and the Deutsche Heer rounding up the surrendering survivors while the SDF 4th Combat Unit hovered down and dropped their passengers.

Meanwhile for the IJAAF 5th Combat Unit they were returning back to Barkus seeing there's no need for them to stay here much longer and needed to restock their ammunition and as well as fuel for their new mission somewhere for the near-future.

Back at the East Gate, the Combined Team could see that the battle is over and cease their fire... Although Shino was rather reluctant to stop since she wanted to keep fighting after getting several kills with her bayonet since CQC was her specialty.


Town of Italica, East Gate

Local POV

Morning

"By the gods... In all my years of service for the Empire... I have never seen such a terrible sight." Grey muttered as he along with Piña and the Knights looked on what was once a fertile fields of Italica, now littered with smoking holes and the remains of what was once an army of over 1,600, completely wiped out with no casualties on the Imperial Japanese, the Thai, and the German armies as they gather up the remaining survivors.

"Iron Elephants capable of blowing fire... Iron Pegasi with people riding in them... Iron Fire Dragons unleashing all forms of destruction... They are otherworldly monsters capable of unleashing an overwhelming power that no human can withstand... A power that can crush everything, a power denies honor and pride in an instant." Piña muttered.

Was this their true power? Is this the gods mocking them at how frail, worthless, and insignificant that they truly are?

They then realized that although Italica was saved, it is now likely that Countess will cede the Town as promised to the Imperial Japanese and their allies in their war against the Saderan Empire. But, what can they do? The mighty Saderan Army was crushed in a short of time on two occasions, the Allied Armies was destroyed despite their superior numbers, and now even a group of soldiers and five Iron Elephants were able to hold off an army many times their size and numbers.

So what they, only seven of the Rose Order of the Knights, could do against the enemies that occupies the Holy Hills of Alnus and Barkus when they have such overwhelming power?

"Princess... What are we going to do now?" Hamilton asked.

"... I don't know. If we fight, we will surely die. If they were to demand our complete and unconditional surrender, then one of Sadera's most important agricultural areas would forever be integrated to the Japanese Empire. And the people of the Town would welcome them with cheers and open arms as their saviors." Piña replied.

"That's-" Hamilton started but was cut off by Piña.

"The victory is not ours; it was the Priestess of Emroy and the Imperial Japanese and their allies who won, not us. They wiped out the brigands in but a moment of with things like the Iron Elephants, Pegasi, Fire Dragons, and Carriages that no blacksmith, not even the dwarves were capable of making anything similar." Piña explained as she turned around and walked down the stairs of the East Walls.

"If they were to turn that power towards Sadera, the Capital City, we would be quickly turned into captives... And I'll have to plead for mercy. Me the Imperial Princess pleading to the enemy for mercy." Piña laughs hollowly at what might happen as her knights follow her.

"Why did we even attack them in the first place?" Piña quietly muttered.

None of her Knights could answer as they saw an Imperial Japanese soldier replacing the flag of Sadera to that of their flag, the Empire of Japan, as they heard a loud noise and what they can assume it was unmistakenly a cheer.

"BANZAI!"


1.) Just imagine their Command and Communication Vehicle similar to that of their OTL ones.


Hello there. Wow this is much earlier than I thought it would be.

Anyway I would like thank you all for the support you guys have given.

So don't forget to leave a review and be sure to PM me for ideas or suggestions for this story.

gabrielchiong11 out.