Near Uonuma

"Meh. I'm tired of these cold foods Mikaaaa!" complained Aki as the three girls from Jatkosota were sitting on the side of Mount Hakkai, south from Uonuma, Viggen High School's home city. Since the beginning of the war, Mika and her two friends were fighting with their lonely BT-42 on the northern front. The boys soon had to realize that they are a force to reckon with. They constantly raided the confederate lines and it seemed that it is impossible to take them out of action. Whenever they tried to hunt them down, the girls from the Finnish styled high school disappeared like they have never existed or disabled some confederate tanks out of nowhere.

But a few days ago they were commanded to join a unit consisting of them and tanks from Maple and Bonple, which' task was to force Viggen to move into war on the side of the JSF.

A day earlier, like in Soma, the fight has begun. However, unlike Count High School's case, this conflict was more equal. Neither of the two sides had heavily armored tanks and the majority of the guns were also low calibers. Bonple and Maple fought with 37, 20, 40 and 57 millimeter cannons. Only the BT-42 had that fearsome 114 millimeter howitzer. On the other hand, Viggen had Strv m/40 tanks with 20 millimeter Madson cannons, and Strv m/42 tanks with bigger, 75 millimeter guns.

Despite of this the students of the Swedish styled school were in numerical disadvantage. On the first day of action half of their forces were pushed back from the hills to the eastern outskirts of Uonuma. The other half held out at the Mizunashi River.

This night – as we said – Mika, Aki and Mikko were up on a nearby mountain and tried to rest as best as it was possible.

"Is it important whether your food is cold or hot?" replied Mika to her gunner, playing some slow songs on her kantele.

"Of course it does!" said Aki who was now fed up with eating only bread, ham, bacon, sausages and (if they were lucky) hard-boiled eggs. "It's far tastier, helps on your soul and keeps you warm! Not just we can't cook we can't even make a campfire!" A campfire would have betrayed their position.

"A nice song can keep you warm as well Aki."

"But it can't fill your stomach…"

"If you'd like to eat something very nutritious then you could try eating ants. A handful of them contain way more protein and calorie like a piece of stake."

"No way!"

"I'm tired!" spoke up Mikko. "Why do we have to do all of this for real?"

"All we are doing is following the blow of the wind." said Mika while still playing.

"You know Mika, I was always confused about this wind thing." said Aki as she was opening a chocolate bar. "I understand what do you mean by it, but couldn't we do something against it?"

"Well, to be honest… It's not us who raise the wind. But we can catch it and use it for our benefit. It's the sail not the storm that decides where we are heading." blinked Jatkosota's commander.

"What does it mean… exactly?" asked Aki.

"You will see. The wind is still a mighty lord. And it tells me now to not say anything." smiled the grey haired girl.

"Oh. Your wind is a bit rude, isn't it?"

"Rude is a matter of perspective."

The rest of the night was relatively quiet for them. All they could hear were the nightly sounds of the woods and the echo of the occasional gunfire down in the valley.

In the morning however they and Bonple got a new order from the HQ.

"Is it still a time of following the wind?" asked Aki while Mikko was firing up their tank's engine.

"It is." nodded Mika calmly.

"And when comes a time when we shouldn't follow it?"

"Trust me. You'll know." said Mika and they moved toward the west together with their comrades from the polish styled school.

Semla's POV

The 20 millimeter gun of Semla's Strv m/40 was firing now for hours at the tanks of Maple. Though they could not push them away they still managed to protect the rest of their land. The m/42s with the bigger guns were a big help, Maple was more careful because of them.

"Kommendör!" sounded the voice of Freja, Viggen's vice-commander in the radio around noon. She was fighting on the southern side of the front.

"What is it Freja?"

"Bonple and Jatkosota ceased fire and they are heading to the west at high speed! What should we do?"

"They must be trying to encircle us. Go and line up between the Tsukioka Park and the Uenoyama Shrine!"

"Förstått! (Understood!)"

Then Selma realized: if they want to attack them from the west, they'll have to go through…

Jajka's POV

The commander of Bonple stopped the army before they reached Uonuma. But it wasn't the forces of Viggen that made her to do this. There was something in their way to the city. And that something couldn't be ignored at all.

Sentoki-Do airfield of Adlerflügel Girls' High School

Yoshida Miyako, the overall commander of the german styled Adlerflügel Girls' High School's Sentoki-Do team climbed up to the control tower with binoculars in her hand. She reached the top and looked out the window. About 700 meters away from the fence she saw a Finnish and multiple polish tanks of the Japan Sensha-Do Federation facing toward their airfield. Their objective was to attack Viggen High School from the west but Adlerflügel's runway and hangars blocked the most ideal way for them. The question was: what are they going to do? Miyako noticed that two figures in Bonple's Sensha-Do uniform were approaching so she went down. Her second-in-command, Sasaki Sakura joined her.

"What do you think they want Kommandant?" Sakura asked.

"Let's find out." replied Miyako and the two girls dressed in old Luftwaffe styled uniform and leather jackets stopped at the gate.

It was Uszka and Pierogi, Bonple's vice-commanders who were coming. When they reached Miyako and Sakura all four of them saluted each other.

"Which one of you is the commander here?" asked Uszka.

"It is me. My name is Yoshida Miyako. Who would you be?"

"I am Uszka, the vice-commander of Bonple High School's Sensha-Do team. As you probably know our task is to occupy Viggen High School. We would like to ask you to let our forces through your airfield so we can attack them from two sides."

"Unfortunately we can't do that. Our school has nothing to do with the JSF so we are neutral in all of your conflicts. Letting you through would be an act of war from us against Viggen High School."

"So it's a "no"?"

"It's a no Uszka-san. I am sorry."

"Understood. I tell it to my commander." saluted Uszka and she left with Pierogi. Miyako and Sakura stayed standing at the gate.

"Do you think they will leave us alone?" asked Sakura quietly.

"Knowing their directorate it's in question." said Miyako. "You can see that they are able to war against their own members."

"Shall we expect an assault?"

"I doubt they are brave enough for that. OUR Federation would not like it at all."

"True."

"But just in case: let's prepare for any eventuality." said Miyako and they left for the hangars.

Jajka's POV

"They said no commander." reported Uszka.

Actually Jajka didn't expect any other answers. Now this was a problematic situation for her. Their time was short and the shortest way to reach the heart of Uonuma led through the airfield before them. But clearly Adlerflügel didn't want to play any role in this Sensha-Do war. They have had a good reason to oppose bravely. As all the Sentoki-Do practicing schools in Japan and in the world, they were members of the International Martial Arts Federation. If the JSF attacked them it would be like an attack on the whole IMAF.

Because of this Jajka decided to ask for instructions from the JSF high command. In his answer Tsuji commanded them stay where they are, try to convince Adlerflügel and place pressure on them if it's necessary. But he still didn't lose his mind completely. He told to play with them but do not shoot!

Therefore the next days were spent with this cat-mouse game. Each day a delegation visited Adlerflügel to ask if they changed their mind and willing to let them through. And every time when they got a negative response (and it happened each time) Jajka ordered the tanks to move forward with a few meters. As a result a week later they were only a stone's throw away from the fence.

As frustration grew bigger and bigger in the girls of both sides they became also angry at the same time.

The students from Bonple and Jatkosota were like: "We just want to pass through! Is this really a so big request?"

And the Adlerflügel students were like: "Do not get us involved in this okay? Come if you want, but then we will give you some harsh moments!"

In the second half of April everyone was at the edge of their patience around Uonuma.

The Sentoki-Do practicing girls wanted to finally get rid of the JSF. They felt as if their airfield was besieged. At its western side stood Bonple and Jatkosota and on its eastern side stood Viggen. But at least Viggen wasn't threatening them and they kept a distance.

Then the day came when the JSF directorate had enough and ordered Jajka to switch to a more serious tone. So she sent the following letter to Miyako: "We warn you for the last time. Let our forces to pass through your airfield or we will tear down the fences and move through by our own."

Miyako saw that this was not a joke anymore. She called together her officers and they formulated the answer. Sakura gave it to the delegation led by Uszka who brought it to Jajka. The reply was short but straightforward. It said: "If you attack our facilities, we will raise yours to the ground!"

They've sent this message for both Jajka and Tsuji. They made it clear. But Miyako knew that partly it was a bluff. She could order standby to her pilots but a possible counterattack needed authorization by the Japan Sentoki-Do Federation. Still, it had the effect and the JSF tanks didn't come any closer. Miyako however contacted the Sentoki-Do Federation's directorate in Kiyoto. She requested permission to use force in order to defend the airfield. For her relief, one day later she got it.

In the past few days she already told her comrades to place all the aircrafts in the hangars and keep them ready to move. Each day only one or two of them went on a patrol the rest of the planes stood in their slots filled with fuel and ammo. When it came to their Focke-Wulf FW 190 A-5 multirole fighters, the girls of Adlerflügel took a step further. They equipped them with bombs which were kept in their long term storages. They tried to prepare for any possibilities.

And be honest: they had a good reason.

Line of Jatkosota and Bonple, evening

"Mika, may I ask something from you?" asked Aki leaning against the turret of the BT-42.

"Hm?" looked at her Mika who was sitting on the back of the tank with her kantele in her lap.

"Do you think this war has a point?"

"Does it matter what somebody thinks when it comes to the point of something? There are things we cannot understand but they still have a point."

"Just tell me: how do you feel about all of this? Do you like the idea of being here?"

Mika stopped playing her instrument and looked at the sky. "As for me… actually I would prefer to have a vacation on a lovely island in this beautiful spring weather. What about you Aki?"

"Could you take me and Mikko with you?" asked the gunner wondering.

"Ha-ha. Be patient. Something tells me the wind is about to turn. Maybe it can blow us away from here."

"Wish you were right."

"Wishes can come true." blinked the commander in the sauna hat.

Aki but even Mika didn't know that she was right. The wind will soon change its course. And the new wind will come from the west.

Friedrich Schiller High School, Hamburg, Germany

The days of Gustav Giertler, the commander of the co-ed Friedrich Schiller High School's Sensha-Do team were spending in calm and peace, undisturbed by the Japanese Sensha-Do war on the far side of the world. He instructed his team during trainings and led them during matches. He was going to classes then had fun with his friends or walked on the shore of the Elbe with his own thoughts while founding joy and calm in the water what he always loved.

He was a tall, friendly looking young man with blue eyes and a sporty physique. And most importantly he was a rather quiet yet kind boy who was loved by his teammates.

One bright late April day Gustav was at school and he had break at the moment when he heard someone calling for him.

"Gustav!"

"Ah, Gertrud. What can I do for you?"

It was Schiller's vice-commander, Gertrud Lehnhart. She was a mid-high girl with blond hair tied in a ponytail and brown eyes. "Can you come with me to the secretariat? Sofie would like to talk with us about the Japanese topic."

"Oh, I see. Did something new happen there?"

"I don't know, she just asked me to call you there."

The two walked inside the secretariat and met with Sofie Stein, the student secretary whose duty was the management of the school's Sensha-Do life.

"Welcome you two. Take a seat please!" greeted them Sofie.

"What happened in the Pacific?" asked Gustav as they sat down.

"I think I don't have to tell you what the situation is over there. It's pretty… complicated. But now we got into the picture too."

"How?" asked Gertrud.

"Long story short: two schools of the Japan Sensha-Do Federation denied the order of their leaders to join the war. As a response the JSF attacked them. But I guess you already knew this. What you don't know yet is that in the case of one of these two schools the JSF wants a Sentoki-Do practicing school to let their tanks marching through their territory. The later school refused. Now it's a very hot spot and there's a possibility that the tank federals will attack them too to reach their goals. There is a problem with this however. This Sentoki-Do school, Adlerflügel Girls' High School is a member of the IMAF like we are. The JSF can't assault them without facing us all."

"They just can't be that big idiots." said Gustav.

"Honestly, I'm no longer sure about this. I called you here to ask you if you'd like to give your names to the declaration in which the IMAF condemns the latest acts of the JSF and warns them to stop threatening our member schools."

"Of course." nodded Gustav.

"It's not even a question." added Gertrud.

"Alright, here are the papers."

After signing the document Gustav and Gertrud left the office.

"Let's assume that the tankers will commit aggression against those fly girls." said Gertrud. "How do you think the IMAF would to react?"

"They will sure have something to say about this scenario."

"And do you think it's possible that…"

"That?"

"That we ore some of our friends will be commanded to pay the JSF a visit?"

"That's a question Gertrud I can't answer yet. The dark side clouds everything. Impossible to see the future is." smiled Gustav.

"Okay Master Yoda." Gertrud rolled her eyes. "Go back to class shall we?"

The commander duo went back to their classroom and sat down, waiting for the teacher to arrive. Suddenly someone has touched Gustav's shoulder from behind.

"What was it Gustav? Will they hang you finally?" the boy asked with a grin on his face.

"You know Fabian, you could sit in the commander seat earlier if you'd assassinate me by yourself." replied Gustav to his gunner, Fabian Schuster with a raised eyebrow.

"But that would be also tiring for him." said the girl sitting next to Fabian with a sarcastic voice. She was Gustav's driver, Emma Groß. She had shoulder long black hair.

"No if I do it with our tank's cannon." smiled Fabian.

"Anyway, what was it really?" asked Emma from Gustav.

"The Japanese tank girls can't control themselves. They started an offensive against two of their own schools and now they are threatening a Sentoki-Do girls' school. We signed a proclamation against this and it is possible that the IMAF's central directorate will call together the Federal Assembly." said the commander.

"Hm. Maybe the Asians ladies bit off more than one can chew." said Emma.

"Honestly, I think that they are really going too far now." said Gustav. "That whole war, the gas attacks, the misdemeanors, the tear gas attacks and now this. It's time to have a "talk" with them."

"And who should have a talk with them? We?" asked Emma.

"You know, I am not a man of aggression."

"That is not what I meant. I know you are a peaceful guy. But would you want to go there and make peace?"

"I'd prefer that to be the last option. But visiting Japan is an old dream of mine."

"How much do you know about Japan?"

"Well…" Gustav couldn't tell it, because in that moment the teacher entered the room.

Our friends spent the rest of the day as they used to, but in mean time in the Far East the hotspot at Uonuma was becoming even hotter and hotter.

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