Chapter 36: Doppelganger Squadron and War is not all Glory
1st August 1946/ 1st Ogos (Alliance of Nations or AoN's August) 1919
The situation for the Alliance of Nations was not looking good as in just the span of just half a year their old enemy, a canine humanoid called the Seiga had returned with first attacking Danmark (Denmark) from Skagen and from there the Seiga dashed down into Tyskland or crossed the Danish Kattegat into Sverige (Sweden) and Noreg (Norway). In Tyskland, the Seiga was held up at Kiel as the Tysklander Army and Navy put up a stubborn and bloody defense of the city but after two months the Tysklander and Danish troops were forced out of the city. For another three months, the Imperial Tysklander Army and remnants of the Royal Danish Army held a defensive line from Hamburg to Lubeck; this allowed Tysklander government, royal family and industry to be evacuated once again to Perancis, Belgian (Belgica/Belgium), Luxembourg, and the Nederlands (Netherlands) to the west or to Rossiya to the east. However the line broke thanks to a bloody assault at the town of Großhansdorf coupled with Seiga landing troops at Rostock and crossing the Elbe at Marne. This breakout was like smashing open the floodgates as the Seiga rapidly spread across continental Yoroppa as nations fell to the alien invaders in matters of weeks one after the other, Berlin fell in within two weeks, Amsterdam, in three, Brussels in the a few days later, Luxembourg, the very next day, Warsaw, Vienna, Prague fell within the month and Perancis fought a desperate defence but in three months Seiga were in Paris, Rome the capital of Esperia (Italy) fell five months later. All that remains is western Brittany and Gibraltar where all of the armies of Western Europe were now concentrated.
Albion, Rossiya, Vespucius and Jepun are the only free major powers left to hold back the Seiga however it was tough proposition as Jepun sat on the other side of Assuwa while Vespucius sat across the Voltanic Ocean (Atlantic) and Rossiya has the largest military in terms of ground forces and aerial forces however her armies were caught in the middle of reorganization and modernization however morale was high in the Rossiyan Imperial Army as it had excellent officers and her ruler, Tsarina Aleksandra Nikolaevich Romanov was a very competent and well respected leader, she replaces her brother Nicholas Alexandrovich Romanov who died in 1905 from a heart attack after hearing the victory of the Rossiya-Jepunese Fleet's victory against the Seiga in the Tsushima Straits.
However the point is Rossiya is fighting a stalling fight so to give more time for the army to finish up their reorganization and for the newly formed air force to get itself sorted and to allow time for the Imperial Jepunese Army to arrive from the east from the Trans-Siberian Railway while on the Western Front, the Albion Army and what remains of Perancis, Belgian, Nederlander, Tysklander army desperately cling onto the port city of Brest while the Albionese Royal Air Force and the Tysklander Imperial Flying Corps were desperately trying to defend the skies over southern Albion and the Albionese Royal Navy and the Imperial Tysklander Navy fought in the North Sea and the North Voltanic to keep Albion's supply lines safe. However the Alliance of Nations were now able to breathe a hefty sigh of relief as the United Nations Armed Forces, the Blue Neuroi, the Red Neuroi, the Kingdom of Angeloid, the Kingdom of Natsuko and the United Kingdom of Falmarr were now coming to reinforce their besieged forces. Now on the first day of August after two months out at sea, the Coalition Armed Forces arrive in Cardiff, Bristol, Plymouth, Southampton and Portsmouth as there were more than two thousand ships most of this came from the massive fleets of the UNAF. The 501st Strike Witches along with the 500th Black Panthers Witches had sent to go assist the Alliance of Nations however for the 501st; their experience is going to be a surreal one.
Albion
London
"It is a grand day for London and her citizens as the Alliance's new allies march through the great city and I must say words cannot describe the atmosphere but the crowds are in a frenzy as they cheer for the new arrivals" The radio broadcasted inside a pub in the city of London.
"Oh turn it off will ya?" A disgruntled patron grumbled as the bartender lowered the volume.
"What's the matter Todd?" The man next to the patron asked, "This should be good news for you"
"That's what they said when the Vespucius army arrived and we are still like this, barely 2km out of Brest" Todd said, "As if this new UNAF will be able to do anything about it"
"You are damn pessimistic, you know that" The other patron said.
"And you are a hopeless idiot, Mike" Todd said. Just then the guard began to rumble as voices of people could be heard cheering.
"What the hell?" Todd said as he looked outside.
"Bert, what's going on outside?" The bartender asked a man who went to the door.
"It's a whole fucking bloody army!" Bert said.
"Say what?" Todd and Mike stood up as they headed to the door.
"Come here and see for yourself" Bert said. The patrons and the bartender made their out to the streets and made their way through the crowds to see the UNAF soldiers march down the streets as the towns people watched in awe. The first soldiers they saw looked like Albionese infantry however there was a difference, there were differences, like some of the soldiers were carrying different weapons, the Albion had never seen before. Then the soldiers began singing. It was a different version of the Albionese Grenadiers.
"Some talk of Alexander, and some of Hercules,
Of Hector and Lysander, and such great names as these,
But of all the world's great heroes,
There's none that can compare,
With a tow, row, row, row; row, row, row,
To the Britannian Grenadiers;
None of these ancient heroes ne'er saw a cannon ball,
Nor knew the force of powder to slay their foes with all,
But our brave boys do know it and banish all their fears,
Sing tow, row, row, row; row, row, row,
For the Britannian Grenadiers;
When e'er we are commanded to storm the palisades,
Our leaders march with fuses, and we with hand grenades;
We throw them from the glacis about the enemies' ears,
Sing tow, row, row, row, row, row, row,
For the Britannian Grenadiers;
And when the siege is over, we to the town repair.
The townsmen cry 'Hurrah, boys, here comes a Grenadier'.
Here come the Grenadiers, my boys, who know no doubts or fears.
Sing tow, row, row, row, row, row, row,
For the Britannian Grenadiers;
So let us fill a bumper, and drink a health to those,
Who carry caps and pouches, and wear the louped clothes.
May they and their commanders live happy all their years.
Sing tow, row, row, row, row, row, row,
For the Britannian Grenadiers" The soldiers sang as they marched down the road. Then following them were soldiers that resembled Gallian troops but they wore green instead of blue and they all seem to be smiling and they began to sing.
"Allons enfants de la Patrie,
Le jour de gloire est arrivé!
Contre nous de la tyrannie,
L'étendard sanglant est levé,
L'étendard sanglant est levé,
Entendez-vous dans les campagnes
Mugir ces féroces soldats?
Ils viennent jusque dans vos bras
Égorger vos fils, vos compagnes!
Aux armes, citoyens,
Formez vos bataillons,
Marchons, marchons!
Qu'un sang impur
Abreuve nos sillons!
Que veut cette horde d'esclaves,
De traîtres, de rois conjurés?
Pour qui ces ignobles entraves,
Ces fers dès longtemps préparés?
Ces fers dès longtemps préparés?
Gallians, pour nous, ah! quel outrage
Quels transports il doit exciter!
C'est nous qu'on ose méditer
De rendre à l'antique esclavage!
Aux armes, citoyens...
Quoi! des cohortes étrangères
Feraient la loi dans nos foyers!
Quoi! Ces phalanges mercenaires
Terrasseraient nos fiers guerriers!
Terrasseraient nos fiers guerriers!
Grand Dieu! Par des mains enchaînées
Nos fronts sous le joug se ploieraient
De vils despotes deviendraient
Les maîtres de nos destinées!
Aux armes, citoyens...
Tremblez, tyrans et vous perfides
L'opprobre de tous les partis,
Tremblez! vos projets parricides
Vont enfin recevoir leurs prix!
Vont enfin recevoir leurs prix!
Tout est soldat pour vous combattre,
S'ils tombent, nos jeunes héros,
La terre en produit de nouveaux,
Contre vous tout prêts à se battre!
Aux armes, citoyens...
Gallians, en guerriers magnanimes,
Portez ou retenez vos coups!
Épargnez ces tristes victimes,
À regret s'armant contre nous.
À regret s'armant contre nous
Mais ces despotes sanguinaires,
Mais ces complices de Bouillé,
Tous ces tigres qui, sans pitié,
Déchirent le sein de leur mère!
Aux armes, citoyens...
Amour sacré de la Patrie,
Conduis, soutiens nos bras vengeurs
Liberté, Liberté chérie,
Combats avec tes défenseurs!
Combats avec tes défenseurs!
Sous nos drapeaux que la victoire
Accoure à tes mâles accents,
Que tes ennemis expirants
Voient ton triomphe et notre gloire!" The Perancis looking troops sang happily and proudly as they marched through the streets. Then came those that resemble Tysklander soldiers but they didn't see rifles like the Albion or Perancis looking soldiers carried, many of the soldiers had rifles that had the ammunition box in the middle of the rifle and then there soldiers with some sort of submachine gun that had the magazine at the bottom of the gun instead to the side like the MP-18.
"Es braust ein Ruf wie Donnerhall,
wie Schwertgeklirr und Wogenprall:
Zum Rhein, zum Rhein, zum deutschen Rhein,
wer will des Stromes Hüter sein?
Lieb Vaterland, magst ruhig sein,
lieb Vaterland, magst ruhig sein,
Fest steht und treu die Wacht, die Wacht am Rhein!
Fest steht und treu die Wacht, die Wacht am Rhein!
Durch Hunderttausend zuckt es schnell,
und aller Augen blitzen hell;
der Karlslander, bieder, fromm und stark,
beschützt die heil'ge Landesmark.
Er blickt hinauf in Himmelsau'n,
wo Heldenväter niederschau'n,
und schwört mit stolzer Kampfeslust:
Du Rhein bleibst karlslander wie meine Brust!
Solang ein Tropfen Blut noch glüht,
noch eine Faust den Degen zieht,
und noch ein Arm die Büchse spannt,
betritt kein Feind hier deinen Strand!
Und ob mein Herz im Tode bricht,
wirst du doch drum ein Welscher nicht.
Reich, wie an Wasser deine Flut,
ist Karlsland ja an Heldenblut!
Der Schwur erschallt, die Woge rinnt
die Fahnen flattern hoch im Wind:
Am Rhein, am Rhein, am karlslander Rhein
wir alle wollen Hüter sein" The Tysklander looking soldiers sang proudly as they marched along, the came soldiers the Albion never seen before, they had bowl like helmets that were greenish brown in colour and their tunics and trousers were brown. Their weapons were those the Albionese had never seen before. These soldiers like the soldiers before them sang as well and it surprised the Albionese to hear Rossiyan from these soldiers.
"Nad stranoju shumjat kak znamena
Gody nashih Velikih Pobed.
Otzvuk slavnyh boev otdalennyh,
Ves tvoj put v nashih pesnjah vospet.
Nesokrushimaya i legendarnaya,
V bojah poznavshaja radost pobed -
Tebe ljubimaja, rodnaja armija
Shljot nasha Rodina pesnju - privet.
Rodilas ty pod Znamenem alym
V vosemnadtsatom groznom godu.
Vseh vragov ty vsegda sokrushala,
Pobedila fashistov ordu.
Nesokrushimaya i legendarnaya,
V bojah poznavshaja radost pobed -
Tebe ljubimaja, rodnaja armija
Shljot nasha Rodina pesnju - privet.
Nashej partii gordoe Znamja,
Nas na podvig vedjot za soboj!
Slovno solntse sijaet nad nami,
Nad Velikoj Sovetskoj Stranoj.
Nesokrushimaya i legendarnaya,
V bojah poznavshaja radost pobed -
Tebe ljubimaja, rodnaja armija
Shljot nasha Rodina pesnju - privet.
Nad stranoju shumjat kak znamena
Gody nashih Velikih Pobed.
Otzvuk slavnyh boev otdalennyh,
Ves tvoj put v nashih pesnjah vospet
Nad stranoju shumjat kak znamena
Gody nashih Velikih Pobed.
Otzvuk slavnyh boev otdalennyh,
Ves tvoj put v nashih pesnjah vospet.
Nesokrushimaya i legendarnaya,
V bojah poznavshaja radost pobed -
Tebe ljubimaja, rodnaja armija
Shljot nasha Rodina pesnju - privet." These soldiers sang loudly and in a triumphant manner, they too looked proud and cheerful.
"How many soldiers do the UNAF have? That was eight regiments' worth of soldiers that marched past" Todd asked.
"And look there are more" Mike said as more soldiers marched past and these soldiers had olive green or dark khaki uniforms and had bowl shaped helmets but they had an even rim and there were netting all over the helmets. Like the soldiers before, they sang as well.
"Miyo! Tokai no sora akete,
Kyokujitsu takaku kagayakeba,
Tenchi no seiki hatsuratsu to
Kibo wa odoru Oyamashima.
O, seiro no asagumo ni
Sobiyuru Fuji no sugata koso
Kin'omuketsu yuruginaki
Waga Nippon no hokori nare.
Tate! Ikkei no okimi wo
Hikari to towa ni itadakite,
Shinmin warera mina tomoni
Miitsu ni sowan daishimei.
Yuke, hakko wo ie to nashi,
Shikai no hito wo michibikite,
Tadashiki heiwa uchitaten.
Riso wa hana to saki kaoru.
Ima ikutabi ka waga ue ni,
Shiren no arashi takeru tomo,
Danko to mamore sono seigi.
Susuman michi wa hitotsu nomi.
A, yuen no kamiyo yori,
Todoroku hocho uketsugite,
Daikoshin no yuku kanata
Kokoku towani sakae are" As another two regiments march past. Then came soldiers in light brown informs with dark brown helmets. They had rifles that looked like the Vespucius M1918 BAR assault rifle.
"Yes we'll rally round the flag, boys, we'll rally once again,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom,
We will rally from the hillside, we'll gather from the plain,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
The Union forever! Hurrah, boys, hurrah!
Down with the traitors, up with the stars;
While we rally round the flag, boys, we rally once again,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
We are springing to the call of our brothers gone before,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
And we'll fill our vacant ranks with a million freemen more,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
The Union forever! Hurrah, boys, hurrah!
Down with the traitors, up with the stars;
While we rally round the flag, boys, we rally once again,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
We will welcome to our numbers the loyal, true and brave,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
And although they may be poor, not a man shall be a slave,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
So we're springing to the call from the East and from the West,
Shouting the battle cry of Freedom;
And we'll hurl the rebel crew from the land we love best,
Shouting the battle cry of Freedom" These unfamiliar soldiers sang however they were not the only ones as then came soldiers in greyish uniforms similar in design the Tysklander lookalikes. Then soldiers in khaki uniforms came marching followed by soldiers in greyish uniforms with random pale colours splattered over them while another group of soldiers in green uniforms. Then soldiers that closely resembled Jepunese troops but their uniforms were yellowish in colour. Most of them carried Type 30 rifles but some were carrying rifles similar to the olive green and light brown uniform soldiers. And they too sang like the rest.
"Ringo ga, nashi ga hanahiraki
Kawamo o kiri ga nagaredasu
Kishi ni de te ki ta no wa kachūsha
Takaku kewashii kawagishi ni
Sozoroaruki ni ta zu sa u uta wa
Sōgen no aoki washi no uta
Sore wa musume ga aisuru hito,
Taisetsu na tegami o kureru hito
Ā uta yo, musume no uta yo
Ton de ike, kagayaku taiyō nitsuite
Tōki kokkyō ni tatsu senshi e to
Kachūsha no aisatsu o todoke te okure
Soboku na musume o, senshi ga omoiokosu yō ni
Musume no uta ga todoku yō ni
Kare ga kokyō no tochi o mamori,
Kachūsha ga ai o mamoritōsu yō ni" As they marched along, then came the armoured vehicles and the Albionese were surprised to see the armoured vehicles as they were models they had never seen before.
"How can they move so fast?" Mike asked.
"I don't know but I know one thing, the Seiga are going to be in a hell of a fight" Mike said.
The very next day
(Author's Notes: Seiga are an alien race which looks like humanoid wolves and their weapons and equipment are mostly from the Soviets from Red Alert 3 without the Tesla tank, Tesla Coils, Stingray or Apocalypse tank except for two from Star Wars, the iconic four legged walker and the two legged walker)
East of Lorient
"Fucking Christ; it's the whole goddamn Seiga Army!" A Vespuciusian rifleman barked as she fired his M1917 Lee Enfield.
"All it means is we got more bastards to shoot at" A Vespuciusian marine barked as he fired his M1903 Springfield.
"Oh, you got to be fucking with me?! The fucking Chauchat jammed up again!" A Vespuciusian machine gunner grumbled
"Come on my comrades, we cannot let the wolf bastards from advancing any further!" A Perancisan officer rallied.
"Just keeping firing lads, we need to hold the line!" An Albionese sergeant shouted. Just then a Seiga Ostrich walker appeared (It is basically an All-Terrain Defense Pod (AT-DP), the two legged walker from Star War but with plasma cannons instead of lasers).
"FUCK!" A Vespuciusian marine barked.
"TAKE COVER!" A Tysklander barked as the Ostrich open fired and took out a machine gun position.
"Fuck! They took out Hilbert and Jack!" A Vespuciusian rifleman shouted.
"There is no end to them!" A Perancis rifleman shouted as more Seiga troopers charge towards the trenches.
"Merde! They really want to get to Brest" A Hochelagian (Special Realm's version of 1910s Laurentian/Farawaylander) cried out.
"Then we make it as bloody as possible for them!" A Danish captain barked.
"Keep firing soldiers! Make them bleed for every inch of land they take!" A Belgianese officer barked. The soldiers continued to fire their guns at the advancing Seiga troops but the Seiga brought up more and more of their walkers and heavy infantry however they were suffering losses but so were the Alliance forces as soldiers fell from the Seiga return fire. Just as it seems the Seiga were about to breakthrough to the trenches, something spectacular happened, the Seiga came under fire and the Alliance soldiers watched in surprise as the Ostriches and the Seiga Giraffe (basically an All-Terrain Armoured Transport (AT-AT), the four legged walker from Star Wars, with plasma cannons instead of lasers) were being shot up by something and as the wail of shells and screech of rockets were heard and they smashed into the ground in front of the trenches.
"What the hell?!" A Vespuciusian rifleman shouted, "What the hell was that?!"
"Look! In the sky!" A Nederlander shouted as he pointed to the sky as strange planes flew overhead.
"What in blue blazes?!" An Albionese soldier exclaimed as they watched a pair of planes dive on towards the Seiga Army before they began firing from their wings and they dropped bombs on the Seiga.
"What the hell are those planes" A Strayan (Special Realm's version of 1910s Australisan) asked as he looked to a Britannian officer.
"I don't know, Jack, I don't know at all" The officer said. Just then the soldiers in the trenches heard the roar of engines and it came from the forest behind them.
"What the hell?" A Zuid-Afrikan (Special Realm version of 1910s South African) machine gunner turned to see what was making the noise. And the other soldiers began to turn to see what was making the engine noises as tanks the soldiers never saw before broke through the forest.
"Mein Gott! Are those tanks?!" A Tysklander sniper gasped as she watched the tanks emerge from the forest. The same thought ran the other soldiers and that there were a huge number of tanks.
Meanwhile
The UNAF immediately went into action after arriving in Brittany, the day before by releasing a massive aerial and artillery bombardment. The UNAF pilots were taken aback by how lax the Seiga aerial defenses were as during the night before, UNAF aerial forces conducted night reconnaissance and they were surprised how brightly lit the Seiga positions were. The UNAF were able to see all of the defensive positions and the supply routes. This made the UNAF very happy and today the UNAF will unleash their full might. UNAF artillery open fired all along the frontlines while UNAF planes and witches swarmed the air. The UNAF fliers began the day by attacking airfields, fuel depots, supply depots, repair yards, bridges, railway lines, and communications stations in Seiga territory while the artillery bombarded the defense positions and trenches of Seiga.
"Alright boys, let's give these bastards hell" A M46 Patton tanker barked as the UNAF tankers broke put the forest and rumbled over the trenches filled with awestruck soldiers.
"Open fire on that ugly four legged bastard!" A Centurion tanker barked.
"THEY WILL FEAR FEMALE DRIVERS!" A T-34/85 tanker cheered as she rammed an Ostrich walker, knocking it over before blasting the cockpit for good measure.
"Oh look; the infantry is trying to shoot us, how cute" A Panther tanker joked before its 75 mm cannon at a group of Seiga infantry.
"Look at that cute armoured car, KILL IT!" A Konigstiger tanker barked as the 88 mm cannon blew a Seiga armoured car off the map.
"Do not fuck with a T-44!" A T-44 tanker barked as the medium tank destroyed a Seiga tank.
"Fire HE at that dumbass!" A M24 Chaffee tanker barked as the tank fired at a Seiga an anti-tank soldier. Alongside the tanks were the armoured cars and while the infantry were being brought in halftracks and APCs which came in and dropped the soldiers they carried onto the battlefield.
"Shoot those fucking wankers!" A Britannian sergeant barked.
"Take them out boys!" A Liberion rifleman barked.
"Take out the bastards" A Panzergrenadier shouted.
"Kill those bastards!" A Fusoan rifleman shouted.
"Give them hell, marines" A Liberion marine hollered.
"Bloody hell, these bastards are making it too easy" A Britannian rifleman commented as she watched the Seiga gets crushed by the UNAF's charge.
"Well, let's keep pressing the assault, forward soldiers!" The rifleman's lieutenant ordered. The UNAF pressed the assault in three days the UNAF were able to liberate all of Brittany and southern Espana (Special Realm's version of 1910s Hispania/Spain) and defended European side of Istanbul in Turtsiya (Special Realm's 1910s Turkey) and reinforced the Rossiyan front. Meanwhile the heavy bombers of the UNAF began to conduct massive tactical and strategic bombing campaign. The UNAF was now beginning a massive rearming and modernization programme for the Alliance forces so the Alliance soldiers had a better chance against the Seiga forces. This meant new tactics, new skills and more importantly new toys to kick Seiga ass with and all of Alliance soldiers are being refitted with new equipment so it is not surprising the best fighter unit in the Alliance is being equipped with new planes.
15th August 1946/15th Ogos 1919
Albion
Plymouth Royal Air Force Base
The fliers stationed at this base were waiting for a UNAF fighter unit that was assigned to their base. The fliers were in their dress uniforms as they waited for the arrival of the UNAF fighter unit. There were 31 members of this unit though only 26 are actual pilots; the remainders are gunners for some of the fliers. Now the base had been recently upgraded by engineers that came over to the base two weeks ago. The reason for the upgrade was so to accommodate the UNAF fighter unit that was going to share the base with the fliers.
In the common room
"Hey Alisa what do you think the fliers will be like?" Courtney, a Vespuciusian lieutenant commander asked.
"I don't know, Courtney but as long they are like those fliers we accompanied two days ago, I will have no problem with them" Alisa, an Albionese wing commander as she slipped in her cigar, "How about you, Grethe?"
"If they are people I can get along with them then I will be a happy flier" Grethe, a Tysklander major answered as she smoked her cigarette. Just as she was about to put her cigarette back in, they heard a strange droning noise.
"What the fuck is that?" A Vespuciusian Marine commandant asked when everyone began to realize that everyone was actually hearing that droning noise.
"So you hear it as well, Cerys?" Alisa asked.
"Now what is that noise?" Grethe said. Then came running into the room was a Vespuciusian army captain and she was excited as all hell.
"Girls! Girls! Come outside!" The Vespuciusian Army captain shouted.
"What are you talking about Vanessa?" A Vespuciusian major asked.
"Oh Caitlin, you will love this" Vanessa, the Vespuciusian Army captain said as she went back out.
"Alright, let's see what's got Vanessa so excited" The commander, a Tysklander colonel said as she stood up.
"You lead the way, Manuela" Alisa smiled. The Tysklander colonel grumbled but she smiled.
"Come on, let get going already" Manuela said. The fliers soon headed outside to what the noise was coming from and they were taken back by what they saw as flying over their base. It was a flight of planes they had never seen before. They watched the planes circle the airfield. They watched the highly advanced planes fly over the runway. Then the sharpest eyes in the unit, an Albionese second lieutenant noticed something.
"Colonel, they are signalling to us" The Albionese second lieutenant pointed to one of the lead planes which seems to be a closed cockpit however the pilot had the cover opened and was frantically signalling to the fliers on the ground. The planes that landed were 6 two engine planes and
"Are you sure, Lilly?" Manuela asked,
"I can see her hands waving frantically" Lilly said.
"Well what is he signalling?" Manuela asked.
"They are requesting for clearance to land" Lilly said as she watches the lead white plane pilot signal to her.
"Well signal to them that they have clearance"
"I hope we have enough tarmac for them to land" The second in command, a Jepunese Naval Commander said as she watched the planes line up for landing.
"Well we are about to find out, Misaki" Manuela said as she slipped her cigarette back in. The fliers watched as the planes came into land. They watched as the planes landed with slight bumps. The planes soon taxied to the new hangars.
"Well for one thing, this is not a bunch of rookie pilots" A Tysklander major said as she held her pipe.
"That is certainly true, Elisa" Grethe said as she tapped her cigarette.
"You must be enjoying this Caitlin" Cerys said as she looked to her Vespuciusian Army Major of a friend who was standing next to her.
"Such magnificent planes… just magnificent" Caitlin said.
"I agree with you there, their designs are beyond anything that I could ever dream up" A Karlslander Lieutenant said.
"I agree Farhilde" Caitlin. Then they watched the pilots climb out of their planes. They were quite surprised that the pilots were female but they stunned when they saw their faces.
"What the hell? They look exactly like us!" Cerys pointed out. The pilots looked at the girls and they too were shocked.
"Oh my god" One that looked like Caitlin said.
"Two Miyafujis?!" A Grethe lookalike said.
"Wow, it is like looking into a mirror" An Alisa lookalike said as she held a pipe.
"This is very awkward" A Vanessa lookalike said. Then a Manuela lookalike approached Manuela and she had a very perplexed look on her face.
"Excuse me but can you tell me if this base of the 1st Combine Fighter Squadron?" The Manuela lookalike asked.
"Yes and I am the commander of this unit" Manuela said, "Well why you ask? Are you that United Nations Armed Forces fighter squadron stationed to our base?"
"Yes we are that UNAF squadron, it is a pleasure to meet you, I am Lieutenant General Lord Minna-Dietlinde Wilcke, commander of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing"
"I am Colonel Imperial Knight Manuela-Baumer Wilcke, commander of the 1st Combined Fighter Squadron" Manuela said, "So these are your kites?"
"Excuse me?" Minna asked.
"Those planes, they are yours, are they not?" Manuela asked.
"No they are yours" Minna said.
"What?" Manuela asked.
"They are your planes" Minna said.
"Then what will you and your fliers will fly?" Manuela asked.
"We don't fly planes, we use striker units" Minna said.
"Striker units? What are those?" Farhilde asked.
"I will show you" Minna said as she then turned to her unit, "Girls, show these pilots our wings"
"Roger" The members of the 501st went to the C-54 Skymaster and unloaded their striker units and their guns. By now, all of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing has jet strikers. Most common models were the Me-262 Schwalbe, the P-80 Shooting Star, the Gloster Meteor and the J9Y Kikka however there were a few oddities like Heidemarie's Me-510 (A Me-410 but with jet engines) or Mio's A8M (A naval version of the J9Y Kikka jet fighter) and Amirah's Vampire FB.6 strikers. The 501st unloaded their strikers and their weapons.
"What are those?" Manuela asked.
"These are our strikers…" Minna began explaining about strikers and magic.
"Well damn if one thing is for certain, my girls will never be able to fly those" Manuela said, "Our magic is not as strong you see, we tried some strikers and we barely got off the ground, only Alisa was able to get some air but she was damn tired afterwards"
"We know, we saw the results so we decided to bring these planes for you" Minna said.
"Well thanks for the upgrade but I fear it will take some time for us to get used to those planes" Manuela said.
"Well don't worry we will help you girls get into your new birds" Minna said.
"Now why don't you introduce your girls?" Manuela gestured.
"Of course, 501st Joint Fighter Wing, let's introduce yourselves to the members of the 1st Combined Fighter Squadron" Minna ordered.
"Rear Admiral Viscount Mio Sakamoto, second in command and first battle commander of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing at your service" Mio saluted.
"Brigadier General Noble Lord Heidemarie W. Schnaufer, commander of 501st JFW night fighters" Heidemarie saluted.
"Brigadier General Baron Keiko Katou, second battle commander of the 501st JFW" Keiko said.
"Colonel Imperial Knight Gertrude Barkhorn, it will be a pleasure working with all of you" Gertrude snapped a salute.
"I am Group Captain Duchess and 1st Viscount of Trafalgar Square Amirah Aisyah binti Sulaiman, at your service and ready to assist" Amirah said.
"Colonel Charlotte E. Yeager but do call me Shirley" Shirley smiled.
"I am Colonel Ember Vermillion or the First Neuroi Witch, ready to assist" Ember grinned.
"Good morning, I am Liberion Marine Corps Colonel Christiane Audrey Halsey, glad to meet you" Chris smiled.
"Morning to all as I Liberion Navy Captain Christine Jane Halsey express wishes that we will be able to work like a good ship's crew" Christy grinned, "Just kidding that was just for fun"
"Hello, I am Colonel Imperial Knight Erica Hartmann" Erica smiled.
"I am Colonel Knight Hanna-Justina Marseille the Star of Afrika" Hanna smirked.
"Colonel Aleksandra Garadinava is my name and I am honoured to be working with you all" Garadinava said.
"Lieutenant Colonel Blazette Vermillion is my name, shooting bad guys is my game but do call me Blaze" Blaze smiled.
"Lieutenant Colonel Noble Raisa Pöttgen at your service, ready to guide if necessary" Raisa smiled.
"Lieutenant Colonel Lady Perrine Henrietta Clostermann, it will be a pleasure to work with you all" Perrine bowed.
"Lieutenant Colonel Lady Sanya Vladimirovna Litvyak, second in command of 501st's night fighters" Sanya smiled softly.
"Good morning, I am Lieutenant Colonel Vera Neckiton, I am looking forward to working with you all" Vera smiled.
"Major Eila Ilmatar Juutilainen is my name and my forte is seeing the future" Eila said, "And no, I can't see that far ahead"
"Hi! I am Major Dame Francesca Lucchini of the Royal Romagnan Air Force" Francesca cheered.
"It is a pleasure to meet you, I am Major Baron Yoshika Miyafuji, I am here to help" Yoshika smiled.
"Major Jessica Xaliana, don't worry, it will a great time working with us" Xaliana smiled.
"I am Major Friederike Porsche, if you got mechanical trouble I can fix it" Friederike smiled.
"Major Dragoslava Svetlana, I am Amirah's assistant" Dragoslava said.
"Hello I am Major Relius Natsuko, I am an attaché in the 501st Joint Fighter Wing" Relius said.
"Hello I am Captain Masako Miyafuji, and before you ask, I am Yoshika's sister"
"I am Captain Lady Lynette Bishop, I hope we can work together" Lynette smiled.
"Captain Mami Inagaki, I am ready to fight with you" Mami saluted.
"I am Lieutenant Shizuka Hattori of the Imperial Fusoan Navy and member of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing, proud to serve" Shizuka snapped a salute.
"Hello, I am Lieutenant Charlotte Lueder, commander of 501st Joint Fighter Wing's ground witches, it is a pleasure to meet you all" Charlotte shyly smiled.
"Master Sergeant Furuko Kitano is my name, pleasure to meet you" Furuko smiled.
"Staff Sergeant Matilda, assistant to Colonel Marseille" Matilda said.
"Sergeant Abigail, first member of the 501st JFW's Patton's girls" Abigail smiled.
"Sergeant Marilyn Savon, second member of the 501st JFW's Patton's girls" Marilyn grinned.
"And I am Sergeant Patricia and the third and last member of the Patton's Girls" Patricia said.
"Salutations, I am Sergeant Ikaros of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing and I am Mistress Yoshika's servant" Ikaros said.
"Hello I am Sergeant Nymph, also of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing and I am Christiane's servant" Nymph's said.
"Wow that is a lot of officers in your unit" Manuela said.
"Well we had been in combat for the good part of four years and a half" Mio said, "So these ranks were earned"
"That makes sense" Manuela said.
"Well, you know our members, let's know your unit" Minna said.
"Alright, I'll start just so those who didn't hear, I am Colonel Imperial Knight Manuela-Baumer Wilcke, commander of the 1st Combined Fighter Squadron" Manuela said.
"Kon'nichiwa, I am Navy Commander Baron Misaki Sakamoto, second in command and field commander of the 1st Combine Fighter Squadron" Misaki saluted.
"Lieutenant Colonel Knight Hilda Adolphine Schnaufer, assistant commander to Colonel Wilcke" Hilda said as she pushed her glasses up.
"I am Colonel Baron Kazuko Katou, I am the assistant field commander of the 1st Combined Fighter Squadron" Kazuko said.
"Hi everyone, I am Major Knight Grethe Barkhorn, nice to meet you" Grethe smiled.
"Hello, I am Wing Commander Sir Alisa Khatijah binti Sulaiman; you can rely on me to cover your back" Alisa said while she held her cigar.
"Morning, I am Major Caitlin Evans Yeager, nice to meet you, usually people call me Kate but not today it seems" Caitlin said before gesturing to the redhead next to her, "Also this is Major Emma Lowe Vermillion"
"Oi! I can speak you know, you Wee Vee" Emma barked.
"Calm down, you short fuse or I will kick your ass into the tarmac" A Vespuciusian marine officer said.
"Whatever, stupid marine" Emma pouted angrily before being punched in the shoulder, "Hey!"
"Behave Emma or you are not getting leave" Manuela barked. Emma glared at the marine before she turned away from the marine.
"Anyway, I am Commandant Cerys Webb Halsey of the Vespuciusian Marine Corps and a member of the 1st Combined Fighter Squadron" Cerys, the marine smiled.
"I am Lieutenant Commander Courtney Thomson Halsey, it will be a pleasure working with you all, I can tell" Courtney said.
"Greetings, I am Major Knight Elise Nimitz Hartmann, I hope we will be able to work side by side" Elise said as she held her pipe.
"Hello I am Major Noble Helma-Fitzgerald Marseilles, I am honoured to meet you all" Helma saluted.
"Hi! I am Captain Brylee Hewitt Vermillion but please call me Bri" Brylee smiled and waved.
"Hallo, I am Captain Sir Rolanda Brockhaus Pöttgen, it is a pleasure to meet such fine girls such as yourselves" Rolanda smiled.
"Bonjour, I am Captain Lady Paulette Carrell Clostermann, I wonder what new things we will learn from you" Paulette smiled.
"Zdravstvuyte, I am Captain Lady Somova Vladislava Litvyak, happy to meet you" Somova said in a sing-song voice.
"Captain Vanessa Neckiton, at your service, proud to work with you all, ma'ams" Vanessa saluted.
"Hi… I am Captain Eliisa Klemetti Juutilainen, I hope we can work together" Eliisa said shyly.
"Greetings, I am Captain Derinav Fedulovna, I have a feeling we will all get together just nicely" Derinav smiled warmly.
"Ciao, I am Lieutenant Noblewoman Fortunata Lucchini, welcome to our unit and I hope that we can kick the Seiga out of Yoroppa" Fortunata said.
"Hello I am Lieutenant Baron Yukimi Miyafuji, I am the medic of the unit and I think that maybe we can end this war" Yukimi said as she held her cigarette.
"Lieutenant Farhilde Porsche is my name and cranking out new inventions is my game" Farhilde smiled
"Hi, I am Second Lieutenant Lilly Bishop and my, oh my, you all look… beautiful" Lilly said with a perverted smiled.
"Lilly, if I get a complaint from the 501st Joint Fighter Wing, you will be cleaning the runway alone for two weeks" Manuela said.
"Fine… spoilsport" Lilly pouted.
"Moving on, I am Lieutenant Mikasa Inagaki, and don't worry I am not "Lewdly", our nickname for Lilly" Mikasa said.
"I am Second Lieutenant Shizuya Hattori, I hope we can win this war and finally get some well-deserved peace" Shizuya said.
"Morning I am Second Lieutenant Carla Lueder, pleased to meet you all" Carla saluted.
"Hello, I am Master Sergeant Fumiki Kitano, and wow your uniforms look dashing" Fumiki smiled.
"I am Sergeant Matilda, I am Helma's servant" Matilda said as she dropped her cigarette to the floor and stepped on it.
"Sergeant Annabelle is my name, glad to meet to you, I hope you all pack a punch because the Seiga are going to need it" Annabelle said.
"My name is Sergeant Mellissa Savon, my profession is killing Seiga Savages" Mellissa said.
"Howdy y'all! I am Sergeant Priscilla" Priscilla smiled.
"Well thank you for introducing yourselves to us" Minna said.
"Wow, not only do you look like us, our names share the first letter and surname, well except for Dragoslava and Derinav's case" Mio pointed out.
"Oh maybe it is because I am married" Derinav said. That statement made the witches of the 501st Joint Fighter Wing all turn to Dragoslava as they looked to her as she tried to hold in her feelings, "Is there something wrong?"
"There is nothing wrong… nothing at all" Dragoslava said as she put a brave face.
"Oh… if you say so" Derinav said.
"Anyway, it is surprising that you are quite calm about the similarities" Misaki said.
"Trust me, we have seen stranger things and we have seen other version of ourselves" Minna admitted as she recalled meeting a wolfgirl that resembled her.
"Wow, that is interesting" Grethe said.
"So you are a version of me" Alisa said as she approached Amirah.
"Yes I am, why are you asking?" Amirah said as she took her pipe out.
"Just curious" Alisa said as she took out her cigar, "To see if you are anything like me"
"That may be true" Amirah said as she pockets her hands.
"Well there is only one way to make sure, isn't it?" Alisa said as she put her hands in her pockets. The two Malay girls stared each other down.
"Let's dance" Amirah smiled. Immediately Amirah and Alisa pulled out a blade out of their pockets, a Keris and a Kukri respectively. Alisa attacked first with a slash but Amirah was able to dodge but Alisa thrust forward, hitting the side of Amirah's neck.
"Urgh" Amirah grunted from the pain but she attacked with her Keris by thrusting it forward but Alisa twisted to the side but Amirah swung her arm and slashed Alisa's side.
"Fuck" Alisa hissed as the two then jumped away from each other, "Not bad, what service were you in?"
"Special Air Service, an elite infantry unit" Amirah answered, "You?"
"6th Gurkhas Rifles" Alisa said.
"Nice" Amirah smiled, "Surrender?
"You wish sunshine" Alisa smiled as the two immediately clashed blades. Amirah and Alisa were locked in a brutal spar. The fight was becoming more intense as Amirah and Alisa fought viciously as they stabbed, slashed each other with their knives or punch, beat, bash or kick each other. The two didn't hold back as both tried to outdo each other.
"Come on Alisa, show her what a Gurkha can do" Emma cheered.
"Give that Gurkha a good beating, Amirah!" Chris shouted. The witches and the mages began cheering for their own. They were definitely each other's version of themselves. However there were differences, differences that Relius noticed. Amirah was slightly more agile than Alisa while Alisa was more forceful than Amirah. Relius also noticed that Amirah would like to feint an attack while Alisa would just strike directly. Amirah also likes to follow up her knife attacks with an attack with her body, head, arms or legs while Alisa doesn't but use her body parts for a separate attack. The two were getting very bloody as both fighters began biting each other, or strangle each other as they tried outdoing each other.
"Mein Gott, are they going to kill each other?" Gertrude wondered.
"Waga kamiyo/Jesus Christ, they are like savages" Mio and Misaki said.
"Wait, you are Christian?" Mio asked.
"Yeah, I converted back in 1916" Misaki said.
"Oh well, one to their own" Mio said, just then Amirah and Alisa jumped away from each other. Both were bloody and bruised and their clothes were cut and covered in dirt and blood.
"That's it! TAKE THIS!" Alisa shouted as she charged at Amirah with her arm coiled behind her, knife in hand.
"HOW'S THIS FOR SIZE?!" Amirah barked as she charged at Alisa with her arm stretched back, knife in hand as well. The two elite soldiers attempted to stab or slash each but the both dodged by the narrowest of margins, just enough to cut open the skin. Then the two slammed into each other and this somehow made Francesca and Lilly have grabby hands and perverted smiles.
"Why are they acting like that?" Blaze asked.
"Just look at our two fighters" Elise said while pointing with her pipe. Blaze looked to Amirah and Alisa and she blushed at what she saw, Amirah and Alisa were literally in each other's faces growling at each other and seeing that both of them are quite top-heavy, Blaze could see why Lilly and Francesca attracted. The two fighters stared into each other while everyone watched in anticipation then Alisa and Amirah began laughing.
"What the hell?" Cerys asked.
"That was a damn good fight! I haven't a fight like that since when I was a rookie Gurkha" Alisa laughed, "You are a good fighter, Amirah"
"And so are you, Alisa" Amirah smiled, "Haven't that tough a fight since I was a rookie SAS soldier"
"Thanks and looks like we look like shit… *hisses in pain*" Alisa hissed.
"And feel like shit too" Amirah said as the two painfully sat down, "This is going to be sore tomorrow"
"Ain't that true" Alisa smiled as she slipped her cigar into her mouth while Amirah slipped her pipe between her lips.
"Well not if Masako has anything about it" Yoshika said.
"Are you sure sis?" Masako asked.
"Of course, you have trained hard to master your magic so I believe you can do it" Yoshika encouraged.
"Thank you, one-chan!" Masako said. She then walked up to Amirah and Alisa and activated her familiar which surprised the Fusoan witches excluding Yoshika and Relius.
"What familiar is that?" Keiko asked.
"This is my familiar; Õmaki Amaterasu… is it bothering you?" Masako asked.
"No it is fine it just that we were just surprised that you have a legendary familiar" Mami said.
"Well Natsukan witches are rarer than human witches but what we lack in number, we compensate with power which is why many Natsukan witches have legendary familiars" Relius said, "For example, Empress Mikazuki has a Kyuubi familiar"
"Wow…" Furuko said.
"Well, let's see what you can do Masako" Amirah smiled.
"Alright but this might feel strange" Masako said as she places her hands on both Amirah and Alisa's foreheads. Then a grey sphere of magic envelopes the three.
"Interesting, your magic is grey in colour instead of the blue that we are familiar with" Minna said.
"Well, you people can be interesting yourselves" Relius said.
"I am done" Masako said.
"Wow that was fast" Gertrude said.
"So what now?" Grethe asked.
"Now?" Minna said as she eyed the planes she and the Strike Witches had brought in, "Time for you to learn new tricks"
The mages of the 1st Combined Fighter Squadron were in for a tough month as the 501st JFW basically took them back to flight school. They were given classes and lectures and not to forget tests and examinations. Then came basic flying in new trainer planes and there were a lot of bitching and barking from the witches as the mages would fall on old habits. The mages were also trained in using radios; this was done mostly on the ground at first before they moved up into planes then into the air. The pilot mages were then put in command of trainer versions of their future planes while the gunner mages were familiarized with their new guns and trained in gunnery in combat conditions. After the pilot mages got familiar with their new planes, they were allowed to fly their new planes.
Now they were taught aerobatics, combat manoeuvres and formations. The witches at times were losing their voices as they had to bark many times over and over again so to get the mages to not fall on old habits. The mages would have mock dogfights with each other and do mock combat missions like bomber escorts, combat patrols and ground attack missions. The mages were also trained by actual pilots and airplane gunners most notably by brothers of the witches such Muto Kaneyoshi, Yoshika's other brother, Gerhard Barkhorn, Gertrude's older brother and Erica's older brothers Erich and Alfred Hartmann. At the same time this allowed the 501st JFW to adapt Masako into their own tactics and formations as Masako's strikers, the J7W2 Shinden Kai II which were a super version of Yoshika's old J7W strikers as Masako's strikers were insanely fast with a top speed of 1.35 Mach and she has a deadly 30 mm cannon, capable of firing APHE, APCR, HE and regular AP rounds in a 850 round box magazine. But after 30 days of tough training the 1st Combined Fighter Squadron has successfully undergone their modernisation and restructuring program and so had the rest of the Alliance forces beside the naval forces as they waited the ships to undergo complete overhaul. This situation was a win-win for the UNAF and the Alliance forces as the Alliance soldiers got new equipment and weapons and the United Nations Armed Forces were able to sell their early war equipment and weapons and fully reequip their forces.
Oktober 1919
It has been three months since the UNAF, the Blue Neuroi, Red Neuroi and Natsukan forces arrive to aid the Alliance forces and they had made all the difference as the Coalition forces were making headway in Southern and Central Espana while pushing the Seiga away from Moscow and plus the UNAF led an invasion of Silica (Sicily) then on Southern Esperia and now were making up their up the Esperian boot however just as Romagna and Venezia's mountains proved a challenge to fight in so were the Esperian mountains.
Monte Cassino
Alliance and UNAF forces were fighting a desperate defense around the Abbey of Monte Cassino ever since the Seiga launched an unexpected counterattack against the newly acquired positions of the Coalition forces. The Natsukan forces on that were north and west of Monte Cassino were overrun as they were caught off guard and were pushed back to east and south of the mountain however the Seiga bypassed the Alliance positions around the Abbey of Monte Cassino thus cutting off the Alliance Forces which was the Tysklander 1st Gebirgsjager Division, the Esperian 1st Alpine "Taurinense" Division and the Vespuciusian 10th Mountain Division. There were also UNAF units trapped on the mountain which were the Liberion 101st "Screaming Eagles Airborne Division, Karlslander 90th Panzergrenadier Division, the Orussian 41st Guards Rifle Division and the Britannian 46th Infantry Division.
25th October 1946
"Here they come again!" A Tysklander Gebirgsjager shouted.
"Persistent motherfuckers these Seiga bastards" A Liberion paratrooper said.
"Persistent or not, they are not getting to the Abbey" A Britannian rifleman shouted as the Coalition forces stood fast and held a stubborn defense. However the Seiga attacks were wearing down the Coalition forces as it has been four days since the encirclement started and it is not helped by the fact the commander of troops trapped around the Mountain Abbey is arrogant, self-centred, stubborn, glory hungry, extremely old fashioned and in the UNAF commanders' eyes, as useless as tits on a fish and this is the kindest way the UNAF commanders describe General Antonio Berlusconi who is command of Coalition Forces encircled in Monte Cassino, now called Group Monte Cassino.
In a tent outside the Abbey
"Our situation isn't looking good" Commander of the Karlslander 90th Panzergrenadier Division, Lieutenant General Ernst-Günther Baade said, "We are running low on everything but enemies, I have battalions reporting that they only have handfuls of grenades"
"And it doesn't help that we had a stupid bastard as overall commander, he seriously believes the Seiga won't target the Abbey" Lieutenant General Arthur Kirkland of the Britannian 46th Infantry Division said, "The bastard thinks this is the fucking Napoleonic Era"
"Da, the Ublyudok thinks machine guns and mortars are artillery pieces and not infantry weapons" Lieutenant General Tanya Vatutin, commander of the 41st Guards Rifle Division complained.
"Now how the fucking hell this piece of shit of a bastard become a commander if he so fucking old fashioned and a fucking bastard at that?" General Taylor of the Liberion 101st Airborne Division barked, "The fucking bastard had the nerve to call my paratroopers a waste of resources and manpower"
"Don't forget this bastard brought his pregnant wife to the battlefield and posted her in an active combat unit" Baade said, "Why kind of a bastard does that? To his own fucking wife?!"
"I heard rumours that he bribed and blackmailed his way to the top" Lieutenant General Jacob Schwarz, commander of the Tysklander 1st Gebirgsjager Division said.
"Well that seems the most logical explanation because he is a serious threat to us as much as the Seiga are" Lieutenant General Rebecca Lawson, commander of the Vespuciusian 10th Mountain Division said.
"And now the bastard wants Taskforce 141 to try and sneak in a convoy so to supply us because he thinks that's the only way to supply us" Taylor said.
"I hope that his plan work because that is one of our most elite units he is putting on the line" Arthur said, "But I have a feeling that he will fuck it up himself"
"Oh I hope not" Baade said.
26th October 1946
The special operation for the most part went well until disaster fell upon Taskforce 141 and the convoy they were sneaking in. When the convoy was about six hundred meters from the Abbey for some insane reason, General Berlusconi ordered the USS North Carolina which was 30 km away to fire on Taskforce 141's position and only called off the bombardment after a team of four from Taskforce 141 reached Group Monte Cassino but the damage was done, twenty trucks were heading for Group Monte Cassino but only nine survived the journey plus six dead UNAF soldiers and thirty wounded. Furthermore, Amirah, commander of Taskforce 141 was critical wounded in the bombardment however General Berlusconi didn't seem to care as he claims that Taskforce 141 were at fault as they didn't report their positions to him yet it begs the question, why bombard the area?
This act of insanity by the General had sound alarm bells throughout the Coalition especially the UNAF as one their most veteran soldier was nearly killed by their own ally. However this was not the only thing he did that made the UNAF commanders on edge. The general "requisitioned" the supplies meant for the UNAF divisions and gave them to his men, he had the UNAF divisions conduct pointless and suicidal attacks on the Seiga forces encircling Group Monte Cassino while the nearest Coalition Forces were sixteen kilometers south and east of Monte Cassino. Furthermore, the general refuses to use air support or call in supply drop was concerning for the UNAF commanders so much so that they decided to speed up their counteroffensive plan to rescue the encircled troops.
29th October 1946
Abbey of Monte Cassino
"General Berlusconi, High Command just radioed that they will be launching their counteroffensive in three days" A radio operator said.
"What?" Berlusconi asked as he looked up from his desk.
"High Command has informed that they will be launching a large scale offensive to retake the land we…" The radio operator said before Berlusconi cut him.
"Leave" Berlusconi ordered, "LEAVE NOW! OR I WILL SHOOT YOU FOR DISOBEDIENCE!"
"Yes sir!" The radio operator ran from Berlusconi's office.
"They can't do this! Then all my plans will go to waste!" Berlusconi barked as he pounded his desk, "How am I going to become a war hero? Damn our new allies, they are taking the glory out of war… And they will pay for this with their blood"
Later
"What?!" Taylor barked.
"You heard me right, our forces are to launch an offensive to retake the land we lost to the Seiga" Berlusconi said.
"Sir, what you are saying is impossible!" Baade disputed, "Sir, we barely have enough ammo to defend this position let alone commence an offensive!"
"What are you so worried about? Are you not the veteran soldiers that you all claim to be?" Berlusconi said.
"Sir, even veteran soldiers need weapons and equipment to fight with not to mention, the soldiers are in no fucking condition to attack!" Taylor barked.
"Preposterous, the soldiers look fine to me" Berlusconi said.
"Only in your mind they are fine but they are hungry and tired, you sorry excuse of a commander! If we went on the offensive now, we will be slaughtered!" Arthur barked.
"Well you shouldn't have taken the glory out of war then" Berlusconi said. This made the soldiers and the officers pause, Berlusconi thinking that he got them smirked, "What? Is what I said true?"
"What did you say, you bastard?!" Taylor barked, "So you are more concerned about glory than victory?"
"If it means that we fight to the death then of course, or why else we fight if it is not for glory?" Berlusconi smiled, "And if you want to know, I knew that those elite soldiers were there when I ordered the bombardment"
"You bastard, did you know that was one of our best soldiers you nearly killed!" Arthur said.
"If she was so good why six soldiers died under her comm-AAH?!" Berlusconi scoffed before he felt a pain in his side. He looked down and saw there was a gunshot wound there, "Who dare shoots me?!"
"That would be me, you bastard" A voice said from behind Berlusconi. He turned around and nearly shitted himself when he saw a black figure with glowing red lines.
"Who are you?" Berlusconi asked.
"I am Ember Vermillion, member of the Taskforce 141 and you are to pay for your crimes" Ember hissed.
"But I have done nothing wrong?!" Berlusconi said before Ember stabbed him with her neuroi sword.
"You nearly took my friend away from me" Ember said as she kicked Berlusconi's corpse off her sword, she then looked to General Taylor, "General Taylor, Amirah told me to inform you that you are now in command of Group Monte Cassino and that the Coalition will be launching their offensive to retake the land we lost in three days' time"
"Understood" Taylor said, "And thank you"
"Thank Amirah, she was the one that figured it all out" Ember said before she turned to walk away only to find the Alliance soldiers all bowing to her, "What the?"
"Why are they bowing?" Arthur asked.
"Our soldiers must think that Ember is a Fire Maiden, you know those rare mages in our lands" Rebecca said.
"Interesting" Arthur said. Group Monte Cassino was liberated on the 4th of November as the Coalition Forces pushed the Seiga back and away from Monte Cassino. Ember was found not guilty as General Berlusconi was found to be grossly incompetent and highly corrupt thus unfit for command also he is guilty for the death of six UNAF soldiers.
The war carries on as the Coalition continue to push the Seiga out of Yoroppa. Amirah was soon able to resume her duties as a soldier and commander though she now has a scar that runs down her left eye. The Alliance Forces then began weeding out incompetent commanders and replaced them before they did any harm to the war effort. Meanwhile the 1st Combined Fighter Squadron and the 501st Joint Fighter Wing became very close friends though it could be said that the fact that they were each other's doppelganger probably helped as well. However as the war against the Seiga was going nicely, the war against the Saderan Empire has taken an unexpected turn.
Saderan Empire controlled Falmarr
Port City of Taron
A large ship was docked off the port city while a small rowboat headed for the docks where Zorzal was standing there.
"Your highness, a boat is approaching" A guard pointed to a boat. Zorzal looked at the boat and saw a man in strange attire which was blue and white and he had a funny black hat. The man soon got onto the pier once the boat came close to the pier.
"So you are the one that wanted to assist my kingdom?" Zorzal asked.
"Yes I am" The man said.
"Who are you?" Zorzal asked.
"Who am I?" The man smiled, "I am Napoleon Bonaparte, Emperor of the Empire L'Hexagone"