"Why the hell do you need captured Imperial anti-tankguns?" Lieutenant Delson asked as he went through Marvins list. Everyone had made a seperate one so Delson knew who to ask why they wanted Equipment X or Weapon Y. "I dont think lances are enough to take that ship down, Lieutenant. Therefor i thought something bigger might be needed." Marvin replied. "Hm. I may get them as "direct anti-armour-support". But that doesnt explain why you also want a gatling and a mortar…" "Oh, thats easy. The gatling to kill the infantry, the mortar to blow up their guns." "Well, the High Command may get suspicios if a "frontline-support-platoon" requests that much equipment. Settle for one of them." Lieutenant Delson then looked at Walther. "Ok, Walther, i know you are knew and all, but 10 mines, 30 grenades and 4 kilogramms of explosives are way too much. Try to bring them down to a plausible ammount." "Yes Sir." He then faced the soldiers of the navy. "Well Gentleman, i appreciate your help, but 2 smgs and 1260 rounds of ammuntion are a bit much. Maybe 300-400?" "Aknowledged." the shorter one of them said. His name was Bernhard, Francis thought. "Well Francis, now to you. A pistol, three magazines and binoculars... nothing else?" "No Sir. That will be enough. I dont need more." "Good. Ill come back later with the equipment. Walther, Marvin, have you made adjustments?" Both of them nodded.
Just three hours later, they had nearly everything they asked for. Marvin had settled for the Anti-tankgun and Walther had decreased his requests to 4 mines, 11 grenades and 3 kilogramms of explosives. They decided to plan near a smaller bridge somewhere north of Randgriz. "Ok. We will just assume, that they will act the way Marvin said they would do and attack Randgriz to end this war. Any ideas?" Delson asked. "Well, we have to make them come to the surface to attack them. But how?" Bernhard said. "Good point. Any ideas to achieve that?" A few minutes passed. "Uhm… we could like...uh… put a large net under a bridge to block the way…?" Marvin suggested. Everyone looked at him. "Thats the worst idea i have ever heard…" Walther said. "Hold on a minute." Francis said. "That could actually work. A thick net that blocks the river could give us an advantage. We could see how long it takes for the ship to come to the surface and how long they need to get rid of the net. If we need that, we could put another net under a second bridge and use the information to attack it during its time on the surface…" Everyone remained silent. "Anyone got a better plan?" Lieutenant Delson asked. "Because if that works, ill eat a broom once all this over…" Nobody said anything. "Good, then its settled. We use a plan that has a high chance to fail. Lets try to raise our odds by planning everything carefully. Im open to suggestions, this plan can only get better…"
"Ok, i will sum it up." Lieutenant Delson said a few minutes later. "Francis will hide near the first bridge and inform us about everything they do. Meanwhile the rest of us sets everything up. Once they surface again, Marvin will stay here and attack their guns. After they got destroyed, Bernhard and Paul will try to take out their infantry while Marvin provides firesupport with the gun. Then we blow up the two bridges and force them to surrender. If they dont do it, we will blow their boat up." There was a pause. "Thats the most crazy plan ive had so far, and during the first war my squad had to raid an enemy trench, only armed with shovels and pistols… lets hope that this works…but most importantly, lets hope that they try to sieze Randgriz." "If they do, the only thing between them and the capitol is us. 6 soldiers against a diving ship of the Imperial Navy, a platoon of Imperial Guards and a tank. What could possibly go wrong?" Marvin said.