"The match starts in:
Ten!
Nine!
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"Match start!" A voice rang out all over the training field, observation platform and probably over more than half of the carrier.
"PANZER MARCH!"Erika and Maho screamed in the same while, despite the fact that divide them hundreds of meters.
Suddenly in air rang out powerful roar of the enginesand these powerful machines literally sprang up out of their starting positions like rabid and incredibly hungry dogs whitch just broke up with a leash and moved towards their victims to devour them whole.
Meanwhile when tanks of two fighting sides headed towards positions from which they want to attack themselves on the observation platform are going on heated discussions between Kuromorimine schoolgirls.
Essence of the discussion are only two options which came to mind of schoolgirls. Maho's victory and defeat of Erika or Erika's victory and Maho's defeat.
The only person who silent was Shiho Nishizumi, she only watched everything with inhuman downright calm. Her cold and deprived of warm expression on the face betrayed everyone that she thoroughly analyzes every least detail.
{I am really interested how it will end.}She said it in mind and of her face appeared smile and in one moment all memories about sensha-dō were back in an instant, all those moments which had place many years ago, so much intense and unforgettable.
{Those good old days when I was considered as demon of sensha-dō world. Merciless and deadly effective.}Shiho said in mind and every next moment of remembering the old times seemed to be only one, irrelevant and fleeting moment.{Now It doesn't have matter, this is only insignificant memory and I have to focus on present.}
"Director?"Said someone on her left side, Shiho next turned back and saw that there is standing Hikari. Medium height girl, unfortunately for herself not very pretty, with pale face, long, black hair and black eyes.
"Did something happen?"Shiho asked after a short while.
"I wanted to ask for something."Hikari said with trembling and cracking voice, she many times spoke with Shiho but despite this director of Kuromorimine girls academy and Nishizumi family head was always incredibly cold relative to literally all students, even during simple conversation her voice was literally glacial and thanks to this Shiho was sometimes called Iron lady, just like just like the former prime minister of United Kingdom.
"Can I?"Hikari added immediately after a previous words and still with the same voice like before.
"You can."Shiho replied and her voice was the same like before.
"Who do you think will win?"Hikari finally did what she wanted for a few minutes.
Her question was not original but of course adequate to the current situation and completely justified.
"I would like to reply you at this question with certainty but unfortunately I am not able to."Shiho replied.
Answer of Kuromorimine girls academy director was literally total surprising for Hikari and a few girls who heard it.
{Director should be completely convinced that he daughter will win this fight meanwhile it turns out that even she is not sure of the result.}Hikari said in mind and not only her said it in mind, other girls who heard it had similar thoughts.
After that on the observation platform prevailed a deep silence punctuated sometimes by single sounds, everyone is focused at what is happening on the battlefield.
Meanwhile when at the observation platform prevailed a deep silence Erika's tanks were finishing up in attack position, shock squad took up position in the wood, forces for distract Maho's team took up positionn on the hill and now they are waiting at this what is inevitable.
The plan has not changed are crews of squad whitch will be distract enemies team are just finished calculated distance necessary for conducting effective fire. It all went fast because of the extremely precision german measuring equipment, even if this is equipment from the period of second world war it still doesn't change fact that this solid equipment.
Crews of shock squad just finished checking the engines of tanks which they have, Koume Akaboshi gave an order to her tanks crew despite the pre-battle engine inspection but she I don't want to fail her commander.
Now they all are waiting, part of the both teams decided to relax before commencement of the operation, another part stayed focused and concentrated to not be surprised by the enemy.
Despite the general calmness for the moment the atmosphere remained thick and even girls which relax felt that and they were constantly aware of it.
After ten minutes after took up positions shock squad have noticed that Maho's tanks are coming.
"Erika-san!"There was a voice in Erika's tank and the source was radio.
The entire crew looked at the person to which this message was addressed, she put the headphones to her ears and prepared microphone which was part of that headphones.
"Did something happen Koume-san?" Erika asked with calm voice.
"Yes, tanks of Maho's team are coming, they formed the spikes and at the front of formation is Maus, next two Königstiger and next in formation are eight Panthers, two Jagdpanthers, Jagdtiger and right behind the formation Tiger 1 Ausf E, Maho-san flagship tank."She replied and despite the thick atmosphere her voice was calm.
{For now nothing unusual happened.}Erika said in mind with slight smile on her smooth lips.{Maho-san will not introduce her tanks to the forest because of their size, not to mention that for königstiger caterpillars and engine incessant maneuvering in the forest would be literally deadly, same in case of Jagdtiger and Maus, they have to apply typical strategy for Kuromorimine, attack in precise formation but the position of her tank is at least weird. Perhaps she know that what I planning.}
Despite these thoughts Erika remained the same as before a while, smiling like happy child and calm like buddhist monk's.
Carrier New Berlin 9:05
When on training fields of Kuromorimine Girls Academy the fight begins at Carrier New Berlin were happening events crucialf for the following few monts, maybe even the next few years.
Office in Volkshalle where once was office belonging to Führer of LSSAH Military High School now performed a different function.
Today morning this place has been changed to staff in which Lothar together with other senior officers coordinates the preparations for today's operation.
"Gruppenführer Namrob."Lothar said suddenly from the chair on which a few days ago sitting his brother Walter.
There were only a few people in the office, among others Gruppenführer Naoki Namrob, he replaces Oberstgruppenführer der flieger Mamoru Keserling who is unavailable since morning, unavailable was also Reichsmarschall Eduard von Künzell.
"Did something happen herr Reichsführer?"Naoki Namrob asked him after approaching to the desk.
"I want to know did the search squad found Oberstgruppenführer der flieger Mamoru Keserling or Reichsmarschall Eduard von Künzell."
"No, we have no idea where they are."
{Great, they most likely received from Otto-san informations about place where are supposed to be some... Materials which as they probably think have to destroy me.}Lothar said in mind and immediately after finishing he back to reality.
"I understand."He said and after a while he decided about implementation the final phase of his grand plan."Please, call to me Standartenführer Hans Günshe, I have a special task for him."
"And what about operation?"Naoki Namrob asked him with embarrassment in the voice, that was of course well-founded. Both, embarrassment and question.
Lothar as Reichsführer and superior of all LSSAH Kampfgruppe should as soon as this is possible give an order to start the operation but although he should do that at eight-thirty he did not do it.
{Now, if my master plan is about to come into effect I have to show up reliably so I will wait a while before I do what I have to do.}
Lothar he did exactly that what he said in his mind, he had delayed a reply for some time, looked down at the floor and his face expression has become different, more embarrassed, full of conflicting emotions and all this to show Naoki that he is internally conflicted and every subsequent decision will be made with great difficulty.
Naoki after a while began think like Lothar want, he started ruminate about difficulty of making a decision in this matter but he had no idea that in fact he planned it all .
{I do not envy him this dilemma.}Naoki said in mind.{Or Lothar will give an order to commencement of the operation and be responsible for death of many innocent people or he will opposes orders and will have to arrest his brother, maybe even kill him.}
Lothar after raising the head, for a split second looked straight into his eyes. That split of second was enough for Lothar to read Naoki thoughts.
{He believed it}Lothar said in mind after that.
Meanwhile all who was with them in office they looked at this scene and began to ask themselves in thoughts, what will this man do?}
He after a while looked at them, he looked straight in they eyes for at least a second. All the people here was on yesterday meeting, they saw that Lothar don't want unnecessary bloodshed.
{What will he do now?}One of them asked himself in mind.
Nobody here had idea that Lothar in fact is capable to doing almost everything.
Suddenly Lothar stood up and said with confident voice.
"Connect me with commanders of our strike forces."
And after his words everyone in the office looked at each other with surprised face expression. They all asked again themselves in mind:
{What will this man do?}
"Now!"He added after a while with high and strong tone of voice."I will not give the order to bomb people who are ours kameraden, ours colleagues!"
After that short speech all who heard it felt chills and was froze, Lothar's voice was really unforgettable for they and there is no other option than be remembered by all of them. After a while they all began to wonder who they were actually seeing at that moment bur after next while they based on what happened moments earlier realized that the man who they see is now someone who doesn't care anymore about orders of people higher in the hierarchy and will do anything for good of all those who are the part of a community in which he live.
And after that they finally moved from their seatsin which they stood and by using present in the room radio station try to contact with all commanders of strike forces.
{Alea iacta est(The die has been cast)}Lothar said in mind with feeling of satisfaction and joy. He knew perfectly well that he just lost his last chance to withdrawal from the plan so now there is no turning back, or he will win and gain power in LSSAH Military High School or he will lost and lose literally everything, everything including and maybe even especially life.
Kuromorimine Girls Academy 9:15
"Kommandant, our squad is ready to start the operation and enemy after our attack from behind will be quickly crushed."Koume voice was heard in headphones and in all communication channel."Should we begin?"
Erika did not react, not immediately. She for a short while just watched battlefield and waited.
{But if we attack them too fast we can lose this battle quickly, same iun case of too late attack.} She said in mind and next Erika again looked at the battlefield in front of her.{Now is the perfect time to attack.}
"Attention to all"She said after putting the microphone to the mouth.
When Erika said it everyone on her team, literally moment to moment focused and were ready to attack.
Meanwhile when Erika's team was getting ready to attack tanks of Maho's team slowly approached to position which was captured by squad commanded directly by Erika.
These tanks were accompanied by loud engine sounds and vibrations in the area caused by the weight of tanks which they using.
{This heavy tanks are too much slow and too much loud, verily I say}Maho said in mind, after that she looked around.
Maho's Tiger was moving behind of her tanks formation. She decided to do it because still remembers what happened when during the match against Ooarai lonely tank destroyer attacked them from behind.
{I know how you want to play it Erika-san.}Maho said in mind with smile on face.{Your tanks will try force us to chase and you will attack us in the back. Clever but it will won't work for me.}
And smile on Maho's face became even more wide after that thoughts. Attitude of her team is affects on her
"Kommandant."Mauko voice was heard in Maho's headphones."We've detected an enemy on the hill in front of us."
Maho in the next seconds opened the main hatch of her tank, she stuck out her head and torso and she put the binoculars to her eyes.
"Four StuG 40"She said quietly."And one Panzerkampfwagen VI Tiger, what is she going to do?"
She did not notice that cannons of these machines are aimed at her tanks.
Suddenly ona the hill in the time of one second cannons of all five tanks aired light and air has been torn by their sound.
First bullet after a while hit in turret which belongs to one of Panther, dozens or maybe even hundreds of sparks accompanied that short moment when the steel pierced the steel and caused that tank was marked with a white flag and out of the fight.
Next three bullets missed but fifth and last, having caliber 88 millimeters bullet hit in turret of other Panzerkampfwagen V and excluded from the fight.
"We're under fire!"Geshiko screamed, she was scared because of excluded from action one Panther whitch was right next to her Panzerkampfwagen V.
"Really?"Mauko said with obvious irony in the voice."So do something about it."
"Order!"Maho said with slightly raised tone."Calm down and return fire!"
And all crews of her team's tanks turned turrets and hence cannons, they aimed and fired a volley but without result, their bullets or missed and didn't hit anything or hit in the hill.
{Only five tanks and where is the rest?}Maho said in mind.
When Maho wondered where is rest of the Erika's tanks fire exchange initiated a few moments ago lasts at its best. Erika's tanks continued firing and they do this by single volleys, meanwhile Maho's tanks fired erratically, it was because of no orders from Maho's side so they the only thing they could do in this situation was firing towards Erika's tanks.
Within the closest two minutes Maho and her team lose next two Panzerkampfwagen V and in cannon of the one Jagdpanther stuck bullet of some StuG.
"Forty degrees to the left and ten upwards."Erika said to Otoha.
She did as her commander ordered, forty degrees to the left and ten upwards and after that Erika screamed:
"Fire!"And Otoha in a split second after hearing it pulled the trigger.
Straight after one finger movement from eighty eight millimeters cannon of Erika's tank missile flew bullet powerful missile of the same caliber, in the time of world war two, second phase the same missiles was one of the worst things which could happen to tanks belonging to enemies of Großdeutsches Reich.
Mentioned caliber eighty eight bullet just traveled almost all distance between Erika's and Maho's tanks and hit in cannon of next Jagdpanther, so now two Jagdpanthers was was deprived of possibility of taking a shot.
"Kommandant!"Screamed scared and panicked Geshiko."We are losing panther after panther and our two tank destroyers are useless as tank destroyers!"
Those words finally brought back Maho to reality, it has become obvious that defeat is inevitable if Maho's team will be continue that what they are doing now.
"We're withdrawing."Maho said to microphone with calm in voice and stoic expression of face.
Everybody from her team was absolutely surprised. The oldest daughter of Shiho Nishizumi and thus heiress of Nishizumi style at this moment gave the order to retreat for forces under her command. Despite the incredible shock they did not protest and their tanks began to recede facing to opponents.
{Why we haven't met yet most of their forces.}Maho said in mind and her face expressed obvious anxiety.
"They fall back"Erika said with slight joy in the voice.
Erika's Tiger and four StuG 40 stopped firing when they saw that Maho's team is in retreat.
"Great shots Emi-san."Erika said after a while."You gunner destroyed two panthers and cannon of one Jagdpanther, really great result."
"Thank you Erika-san."Emi replied immediately after hearing her praise.
After that Erika looked at the battlefield once more, Maho's tanks fall back and their formation is almost completely dispersed, only a first three tanks maintain formation.
"This is the perfect moment for ours strike forces."
"Well."Hadrianna Goertzmann said, she watched the entire scene thanks to leaning out by hatch in the front part of the fuselage."Personally, I think that we shuld form a powerful shaft, just like Emperor Hadrian."
Her tone indicated that this is only joke so Erika only replied:
"Maybe another time."
"Kaho-san, connect me with Koume-san."She add after a while.
Kaho Kahai immediately carried out the order and just after a few moments communication with Koume's Panzerkampfwagen IV has been established. Doing it was not a problem for so good radio operator like Kaho, she finished course on the highest class of radio operator while she was still in first year of high school with one of the best results.
First time she and Erika meet first time when in Kuromorimine Girls academy at the beginning of junior high school lasted matching to crews, it was they first crew and until now they are almost inseparable, the exception was final of 63nd National High School Sensha-Dō Tournament, two days before the match came to explosion in one of magazines of ammunition, it is not known what caused it but all with Erika's crew was enough close to be wounded.
For Erika it ended with few bruises and scrapes but for the rest of her crew it ended up in two weeks in the hospital so during match agains Ooarai Erika's team was composed of few randomly and fast selected people.
"Koume-san."Erika said to microphone."Start immediately."
"Hai, Kommandant!"Koume shouted to microphone and she said nothing more.
And Erika began to observe that what would happen soon using binoculars.
{I'm curious how Maho-san will react to attack from behind.}Erika said in mind with slight smile on face.
Meanwhile in the forest, tanks crews belonging to schock team which is under Koume Akaboshi command started finish all preparation necessary for success of the attack.
"Koume-san, engines of all tanks and they caterpillars have been checked, just like the they cannons and optics. Everything is ready to start attack"Leila Rou said to Koume Akaboshi immediately after walked over to her Panzerkampfwagen IV.
The crews of her squads are excited, they all want to prove themselves in that battel.
Koume within a few seconds looked at them all and she didn't even notice a shadow of weakness in them, thay all are so strong and ready.
{If we keep this enthusiasm that undoubtedly we have become the strongest Sensha-Dō team among all High School Sensha-Dō teams in Japan}She said in her mind and this thought made that blood in the veins started boiled, level of adrenaline jumped up and her determination has become unusually tall.
For a while she closed eyes, she focused and after opening it from her blue eyes determination began to literally emanate and inspire all who looked at them.
Thanks to that her entire team right after a while was ready for something which is supposed to be decisive in this fight.
"Let's go!"Koume screamed, her voice was really inspiring and in some sense unforgettable.
Carrier New Hamburg 9:30
Meanwhile when on carrier belonging to Kuromorimine Girls Academy the struggle continued and on Carrier New Berlin order of bombardment and dump of Fallschirmjäger has been canceled on Carrier New Hamburg all students. Rebellious students began preparations for repelling the attack of forces loyal to Führer.
Hauptsturmführer Wilhelm Goertzmann more or less twenty minutes earlier got a message from Hans Günshe. He informed that soon may come an attack from the site of forces loyal to Führer. Hans informed also about all phases of operation which has ben named Adlertag.
"You are absolutely sure about that Erik-san?"Asked admiral Shinchi Kochi, at the moment he and commander of all rebellious forces Erik Itsumi talk together in guest so to say part of the office of Shinchi and both are sitting on comfortable, leather and black seats located opposite.
"He is a subordinate of Reichsführer Lothar Rou and he is loyal to Führer so we can't trust him."Shinchi add after a while and with clear concern in his voice.
Erik replied to his words by ambiguous look. The situation on carrier began to get more and more tense and there is no reason to be surprised, information about potential attack spread rapidly among all cadets and all began insist to take immediate action. Erik had no choice, he had to start preparing.
Actually their demands coincided with his intentions so he immediately gave the order for all cadets on Carrier New Hamburg and Carrier New Munich to preparation tight anti-aircraft defense.
Wilhelm Goertzmann immediately after that Erik's order went on Carrier New Munich to make sure that preparations will come into effect.
"I have already made my decision and I will not take it back."Erik finally said after long while with confident in voice."Otherwise you can never be too careful, isn't it?"
Shinchi Kochi sighed deeply and decided to gave up, that what he was proposing was just stupid and he realized it.
"Let it be."He said."And let's moving on to the important things, generally on Carrier New Hamburg we have a lot of anti-aircraft guns like 2 cm Fliegerabwehrkanone 38, 2 cm Flakvierling 38 or Flak 18, we have also self-propelled guns like Flakpanzer I and Flakpanzer 38(t), maximum thirty Flakpanzer IV Wirbelwind and as far as I know carrier New Munich have same equipment but in slightly more numbers, unfortunately we do not have modern anti-aircraft artillery or anti-aircraft missiles so summarizing we have only outdated equipment."
Erik heard disappointment in his voice but he only smiled in response, Shinchi was surprised by this but before he could say something Erik said:
"What do you think? What is their equipment? Is it on the level modern army or maybe on level army from times of the Second World War."
The Shinchi's pupils have expanded and Shinchi could only ask himself in mind, after a while he couldn't believe that in the evaluation of forces made such big mistake.
"You're damn right Erik-san!"He shouted after a moment and the same questions which Erik said him a moment ago once again appeared in his head.
"Never mind."Erik said quickly after commander of Kampfgruppe Kriegsmarine words and question which was repeated in Shinchi's thoughts in one moment just disappeared and suddenly, from one moment to another Shinchi Kochi was already focused and just in case ready to advise.
"So, the chances are more or less equal, isn't it?"Shinchi asked a rhetorical question, after all the answer was even too much obvious.
But despite the obvious of that question Erik decided to reply, the situation was after all precarious and he did not want to commit none, even least mistake because even something trivial in that situation could ultimately end as a total disaster for the rebels.
"Undoubtedly."Erik said."But I'm convinced that we have a slight advantage over shock forces, after all we will defend ourselves and defense is always easier and of course less deadly for defenders than attak for attackers."
There was silence for a while after Erik's words but just like silence has been initiated by Erik, same was interrupted by him. He after a long moment got up and went to the huge massive table where the map was located.
That map was showing Northwest Pacific basin, specifically the waters in which the fleet of five carries swimming.
Erik after going to the table, leaned over the map and looked at the position of New New Hamburg and New New Munich and after a few seconds he looked at position of rest fleet which remained loyal to the Führer, both fleets are divided by a distance of fifteen kilometers.
"I hope that attack operation on our carriers will start for more or less half-hour, otherwise we will be massacred along with civilians on carriers."Erik said with obvious and huge anxiety on the face.
Trembling left hand seemed to confirm his feelings voiced by his expresses of face.
Meanwhile when Erik still spoke Shinchi slowly walked over to the table, Erik's trembling hand made that he almost stopped but ultimately didn't stop and finally he came over to the table and after that he said:
"I've already given the order to crews of ours carriers to move away from Führer's fleet at a distance ten kilometers, we've probably gone now roughly a third of the way."
{Reasonable action but in my humble opinion it only delays that which is inevitable, our confrontation.}Eriks said in mind and after that he sighed deeply.
Shinchi in the blink of an eye realized it what Erik thinks, it was not difficult for him because when he gave the order for crews to displacement the carries knew that this action is just buying time but in the current situation each additional five minutes is invaluable.
"I know what you are thinking about."Shinchi said and came even closer to Erik.
"It is no secret."He replied."Can I be completely honest?"He askeds after a while and looked at surprised by his question admiral.
Shinchi initially was surprised but after a while he understood why Erik asked him about it, when nothing is certain such a question is in place, it is even advisable.
{He doesn't trust me but at the same time he knows that I am proud of my own a stiff moral backbone and my truthfulness.}Shinchi said in mind and after that he he remembered how he the first time showed his features which made him become seen as man with stiff moral backbone, predecessor of Reinhard von Künzell on commander of Kampfgruppe Sicherheitsdienst position once called him Der Mann Aus Stahl, A Man of Steel.
{I remember perfectly well the moment when I was de facto forced to make a choice between the good of the individual and good of whole Kampfgruppe, difficult choice but the best choice was only one, actually it was least bad choice.}He said in mind and at the same time Erik saw that Shinchi's mind is somewhere else entirely.{Ultimately I have to choose what's was the best for the largest group of people.}
And when Shinchi end this internal dialogue he saw that Erik looks at him at least for a few minutes.
"Did something happen?"Erik asked with anxious expression on his face.
"No."Shinchi replied but without conviction in his voice."Anyway, you asked me for something, isn't it?"
"Yes, I did."Erik replied."Can I be completely honest?"He repeated the question.
"We are in this moment closest coworkers, we have to trust each other and therefore we have to be completely honest in our conversations relation otherwise we we will start fighting among ourselves for power."Shinchi replied."So yes, you can be completely honest."He add immediately after his previous words.
Erik's eyes at the time of saying these words by his associate became in some sense full of peace and confidence and of course Erik had now quite sure that this conversation will be honest on both sides.
"I am pleased with fact that we both can be completely honest so let's get to the point."Erik said with calm but at the same time in some sense full of little joy."Let me say it straight, we must prepare ourselves perfectly. Just now our chance are little and questionable, if we won't buy enough time and we will not preparing properly we shall be literally massacred and our bodies will be hung on lanterns as I think."
Last Erik's words were something more than idle talk, he heard from Goertzmann that once people who tried to object not controlled by anything Walter's supremacy, however their actions were completely ineffective and ultimately they all have been caught by unknown perpetrators and hung on lanterns at Carrier New Berlin, near the Volkshalle building.
Of course the perpetrators have never been found and therefore no one has been held responsible for this crime but for all the important persons in LSSAH Military High School it was an unmistakable sign how ends even an attempt to resist Walter's reign.
"Amazing, isn't it?"Shinchi said.
At first his worst was for Erik out of context but next Shinchi words made that it made sense.
"Until a few weeks ago probably almost everyone who are students of LSSAH Military High School wouldn't even dare to criticize the Walter's and his ideas, no matter if it was good or bad and now almost half of all students is against him."
"I'm not surprised, he many times brutally suppressed any form of dissent."Erik said with calm and smile on the lips but in his voice there was no even hint of laughter."Everyone was scared but his decisions in the most important matters was no idiotic so everyone accepted his tyranny after all."
Shinchi in answer smiled broadly and his smile was full of some kind irony, after more or less seven seconds he said:
"As always power was placed in the hands of a tyrant with the consent of ordinary people but they probably as always even failed to realize it and when tyrant which so far he made reasonable decisions but when he made spectacularly stupid decision and for this affecting many people his rule began to crumble."
Final Shinchi's words show perfectly this what is happening now. Walter's rules began to fall because of one stupid decision, just like the house of cards after one touch.
Yesterday Erik realized that even if attack of forces loyal to Walter will be success, the previous day he saw during the inspection on New Munich that students want change, they all literally spit on in words at reference to German National Socialism and the names of the degrees which are copied alive from names of the SS degrees, old authority of the Führer never will be rebuilt and even if someone else will take up this position, it will not change anything.
Moments after that short conversation Shinchi turned away and walked over to a nearby bookcase on on which there were literally piles of briefcases and after that began to move them, it took a few minutes, at the time Erik noticed that his associate looking for something.
"I had it hidden here somewhere."Shinchi said and began to search the next floors of the bookcase a little more nervous than earlier."Damn it, after all I had another bottle here."
His search continued for a few more seconds and after a while he decide to pull one of the books which he kept there, next he carried her on his desk and Erik went to the desk after a while, he didn't know what to expect but mention about bottle has spawned several theories in his mind.
After a few seconds Shinchi opened this thick book titled ,,Pan Tadeusz" andwrote by someone with a Polish name and surname, or so Erik thought.
{I never knew that... No, I would never even think that some Japanese might read a Polish book. Apparently I'm a bit mentally retarded.}Erik said in mind and unconsciously, a smile appeared on his face.{At least now I know that Shinchi reads good literature.}
To Erik's great surprise pages of the book was cut out, but not just cut. Instead of this pages was cut out in this way to possible was put the bottle inside and as it is not difficult to guess inside was a bottle a bottle of strong vodka and two small glasses.
"Will you have a drink with me?"Shinchi asked and pulled out the bottle and moments later two glasses, of course both of these things he put on the desk.
Erik for a moment he was unable to say anything.
"I will"He said after a while, his late reply resulted from shock.
He was shocked because of what he just saw and what he did not expect. But ultimately Erik agreed at Shinchi's proposition and after a while they both started drinking.
Carrier New Berlin 9:40
While in on carrier belonging to Kuromorimine Girls Academy still going on fierce fight and on Carrier New Hamburg and New Munich preparations to repel the attack were underway on Carrier New Berlin because of Lothar's order was quite a stir. Commanders of the strike forces stopped their preparations, however senior commanders disagreed with that but in the face of Lothar's order which talked about suspension of preparations and cancellation of Adlertag, they were helpless.
But despite the Lothar's order they did not give up and tried to notify someone with direct access to Führer, however, to no avail. For some reason, unknown to them all communication and Internet network at New Berlin just stopped working, for no apparent reason.
One decision resulted of the paralysis of preparations and consequently of all operation.
However Walter knew nothing about any of this, he was still sure that everything he decided would come to fruition soon and for this reason organized a party in in the corridors of Carrier New Berlin, under Volkshalle.
Walter invited to a party most of his associates. They were present there, for example Reichsmarschall Eduard von Künzell, Oberstgruppenführer Reinhard von Künzell or Obergruppenführer Adolf Eckmann.
Absent were definitely Standartenführer Hans Günshe, Oberstgruppenführer der flieger Mamoru Keserling and Reichsführer Lothar Rou, but their absence is unnoticed.
Everyone present there where busy having fun, too much to worry about the absence of officers who are involved in operation Adlertag and probably they want prepare everything perfectly.
Suddenly to one of the rooms were staying Walter with still loyal to him the most important officers entered Untersturmführer Shō Ichiro, dressed as usual in the male version of the LSSAH Military High School uniform.
"Mein Führer."He said with absolutely serious face and with fear in his eyes, sincere and unseen terror fear."Outside waiting some Standartenführer who just arrived from the airport.
At these words on Walter's face appeared grin because of the great joy, he was still unaware of what Lothar had done, he even did not notice facial expressions of Shō or expressions of his eyes.
Therefore the conclusion is simple and straightforward, Walter lost touch with reality and he live inhis own imaginary world.
But when Shō told him what Lothar had done, he went berserk and after exclamation of a few curses calmed down and ordered the operation to be resumed.
Meanwhile the party was in full swing, everyone seemed to be pleased and indeed they was. Wine, nihonshu and other alcohols it all was drunk by revelers on an industrial scale.
The exception to this rule was some siblings, which was in the room in which there was no one. Only them focused on their conversation.
"I know that."Christa Günsche said with stoic calm in the voice, she and Otto just start talked about tragic death in car accident of they parents.
Otto was surprised by her answer but despite this he decided to don't stop that conversation by deathly silence. He just wanted to ask his younger sister how she knew about death of their parents but Christa cut him off before he could say anything.
"Hans said it to me as soon as he founded out about it."She said.
Until now, both of them looked at each other straight in the eyes but after Christa's words Otto stopped looking at her.
"I wanted to tell you about it in quiet circumstances to be able to talk about it calmly, without the emotions caused by external factors.
And after a while Christa cut him off once more.
"Now we have calm circumstances but putting it aside, you lied to me.
"I didn't lie to you."Otto said trying to defend himself."I just didn't tell you that this happened..."
His words clearly annoyed Christa and Otto didn't say what he wanted to say.
"It does not matter."Christa said with obvious irritation in the voice."You didn't tell me that our parents are dead, only Hand informed me yesterday about that fact.
She noticed that her brother's face has obvious sadness which seemed to be bigger from second to second.
{We should finish this issue as fast as this is possible, without unnecessary extension.}Christa said in mind, still looking at her brother who now looks totally pathetic, tears ran down his cheeks and his eyes exuded incredible weakness.
Christa put her hand on his cheek and tilted her head and after that they both again looked straight into each other's eyes.
"Remember Otto, we are family thus you have to always tell me the truth, no matter how painful it may be, no matter how not acceptable it may be."Christa said without a single blink of an eye.
"Promise me Otto, promise that no matter what, you'll tell me the truth. Promise me that!"Christa demanded after a while and her eyes revealed that she will only accept one answer.
"Yes Christa-chan, no matter what I will tell the truth. I promise you this."Otto said and after saying these words he hugged his younger sister.
And he wanted to say something else but Otto was not allowed to do so because relative calm at the party was interrupted by the sounds of five shots from a pistol and sixth after a while.
At the same time in another place on the carrier New Berlin, under the same red, residential building in which Lothar talked his allies yesterday just pulled up three armored personnel carriers.
Immediately after stopping from inside of vehicles ran out fallschirmjägers led by Oberstgruppenführer der flieger Mamoru Keserling, their job was simple. Search the building indicated by Otto as a hiding place of materials which skillfully used can be decisive in this struggle for power.
Within seconds a big part of people subordinate to Mamoru entered into the building and they started searching all the rooms right away but without the expected result.
At the same time in front of the building stood and waited together with five fallschirmjägers.
{No shots or other form of resistance?"Mamoru asked himself in mind."It goes too easily, too much protection in seemingly normal residential building would be undoubtedly suspicious but no protective? Something's is wrong here.}
Then he began to observe the surroundings and intense uncertainty combined with stress began to overwhelm him.
Suddenly there was a loud noise all over the area and moments later a bang, Mamoru was stunned, the people around him were confused and surprise. He was only able to turn his head in the direction from which the bang came.
With fear he saw that one of the transporters is destroyed, only the burning wreckage remained. Moments later he noticed that on the roof of one of nearby building are some people dressed in gray uniforms of LSSAH Military High School, stahlhelm helmets and armed with modern assault rifles and grenade launchers.
"Inside!"Mamoru shouted with anxious tone and he together with surrounding him fallschirmjägers ran inside.
But it didn't matter because moments later building was all consumed by fire.
Kuromorimine Girls Academy 10:10
"Retreat!"Maho shouted and given the circumstances, it was the only reasonable solution.
For the last few minutes the formation of her tanks was destroyed, machine by machine. First precisely deadly fire from the hill and then lightning attack from the rear.
Tanks commanded by Koume Akaboshi approached quickly to formation of Maho's tanks.
Six PzKpfw II Ausf. J which formed the vanguard of the Koume formation in no time reached to the Maho's formation and began destroyed caterpillars and wheels in Maho's tanks and Panzers 4 which were driving several hundred meters behind Panzers 2 and after come enough close, stopping the machine and accurate aiming started shooting to panthers and jagdtigers.
The fight was one-sided, tanks of Maho's team were not able to respond with fire due inability of aiming. Panzers 2 immediately approached near to tanks so it was impossible to target them and Panzers 4 moved too quickly.
And if that was not enough engine of the Maus for some reason started to smoke and ultimately has burned out so Panzerkampfwagen VIII was excluded from the fight.
One of the two Königstiger's engie has failed by what was automatically excluded from battle and in second the caterpillar broke off and was quickly hit in side armor at close range by one of the Panzer 4.
{I guess it couldn't get any worse.}Maho said in mind.
But despite the apparent hopelessness her team's situation it wasn't so much hopeless as it might seem, Maho thanks to tiger one was able to eliminate two Panzer 4 and three Panzer 2.
However it was not enough because on one tank eliminated by Maho's tiger, two from her team are lost.
As if that was not enough in one of her panther which withdrew with her the caterpillar has been destroyed so this tank was unable to continue the retreat and has been moments later eliminated from the fight by Erika's tiger, missile fired by this tank flew more or less one kilometer to then pierce the armor of a panther.
However Maho's tiger and Geshiko's Panzerkampfwagen V Panther approached the forest quickly but incessantly were pursued by Eriks's shock squad and under fire by team from the hill.
"The battle is over."Kaho Kahai said with noticeable contentment in the voice when she watched the entire scene from the tower of tiger using binoculars.
"There is no doubt about that."Cecilia Rathaii said after a short while and Hadrianna Goertzmann after hearing her words nodded showing consent with the opinion of a tank companion.
Only Erika and Otoha looked at everything not even for a moment showing joy, all the time they faces was serious and revealed that they both are absolutely focused on current situation because know that this isn't over.
After all the fight will not over until one of the teams will not lose all tanks.
Kaho, Cecilia and Hadrianna noticed it after a short moment but none of them decided to say nothing, at least for a while.
"It's a challenge"Erika said, Otoha understood easily what Erika's words mean but rest didn't understand it.
"Maho wants us to fight being in unfavorable situation."Erika said after noticing that her companions don't understand her words.
"Summarizing, we have to confront her."She add after a while.
Carrier New Hamburg 10:15
On the entire aircraft carrier everyone was busy by completing preparations but roughly the entire defense was ready to counter the attack which was to come soon.
Meanwhile Erik together with Shinchi was walking and watched all, they make decisions to Carrier New Hamburg has been turned facing the direction from which they expected arrival of bombers and transport aircraft with squads of paratroopers on the board.
Additionally they decided to put most c on the front part of the aircraft carrier to give crews possibility of this equipment to quite accurately concentrate the fire together in the one direction.
"Everything seems to be ready."Shinchi said with confidence in the voice when he together with Erik just passed last position.
"Yes, indeed"Erik replied."If we're lucky that we will be able to respectively fight against them and win.
Shinchi wanted to say something but the sudden wail of sirens cut him off, it was an unmistakable sign that the moment of confrontation is approaching.
Everyone on the board moved to their positions and they started did last preparations before the fight and Erik together with Shinchi they immediately went to office of this latter from where they were supposed to command the defense.
It was possible thanks to great radio communication, at every position where anti-aircraft artillery has been posted also has been posted a special point with the radio but normal radio which they used every day but significantly improved, one of students responsible for radios designed improvement and network of connections thanks to which was possible fast communication with several places at once.
Final preparations were completed extremely quickly and after a while artillery was aimed in the direction from which enemy planes were approaching.
Carrier New Berlin 10:20
Gruppenführer Namrob now commanded the entire operation, by order of the Führer.
Think that he have to command from a remote command post forces which soon will be decimated does not fill him with optimism.
{Lothar you bastard.}He said in mind.{By you my name will be remembered as the name of loser who is responsible for the deaths of many people, in addition unnecessary death which changed nothing.}
His subordinates were also dissatisfied about this fact.
Everything indicated that what was going to happen will happen, irrevocably.
But suddenly to the inside of the office entered some non-commissioned officer and immediately walked over to Namrob and said:
"Herr Gruppenführer, we have problem, Führer is Delta Out."
Everyone in the room were shocked by his words and thats because it means that Walter is dead and now power it is not uniform because Reichsführer has power over military affairs and Reichsmarschall over the civil.
"Reichsmarschall Eduard von Künzell was shot together with him."He add after a while.
{This makes things a bit easier but still..}Naoki said in mind with indifference in the face.{It means that the decision is mine because of Lothar's absence.}
"We are canceling the operation."Namrob said.
Carrier New Hamburg 10:20
Heaven was that day practically cloudless so observers had no problems with spotting enemy planes so they quickly alerted commanders of the anti-aircraft artillery crews and they quickly notified thanks to the new radios Erik and Shinchi.
"Take aim immediately and when the planes will be in range shoot without order!"One of the commanders ordered his subordinates.
Airplanes were coming very fast and and in a moment they would be within artillery range.
"Achtung!"Ordered commander and his subordinates were ready to shoot but then one of them screamed:
"Wait! Don't shoot, just watch!"
Similar situations took place in other positions and everyone started looked at planes.
They noticed something strange, enemy planes seemed to be turning back but at first, they assumed that their imaginations were playing tricks on them.
However, after a while any doubts gave way when they saw than this wasn't they imaginations but reality.
Airplanes that just moments ago were flying at full speed here suddenly started to turn back.
Everyone was initially surprised and began to wonder what was actually going on here but after a while they resigned and give themselves up to joy.
Kuromorimine Girls Academy 10:30
Damn it!"Erika said with dissatisfaction on the face.
Erika fought against Maho and Geshiko has been going on for twenty minutes but despite the time and how exhausting this fight is, neither side has yet gained a clear advantage and even neither side did not start to weaken.
Contrary both sides minute by minute are getting stronger, as if facing inhuman hardship.
The fight started twenty minutes ago but Erika's tiger drove into the forest about five minutes before the final battle starts but before it started Erika's tank with bloody number two hundred seventeen drove slowly through the forest.
Erika constantly and vigilant watched the battlefield, every ten seconds or so she looked right and left and she continued it until felt someone's presence behind.
In a split second she gave Hadrianna order to turn fast and abruptly right, right because in the meantime she felt someone's presence on the left so right direction seemed to be a reasonable option and it was.
Tiger turned sharply and quickly to the right and perfectly because two tanks that lurked for her fired at the same time and by this violent maneuver both missiles missed the target.
And the escape began, Erika in her tank watched what was happening in the back, it turned out that tank on the back it was Maho's tiger and this on the left Geshiko's panther.
However that fact didn't matter now. Now matter have only escape so much quickly as this is only possible.
And that's how it started, long chase but eventually Erika made up decision to face the threat face to face.
Her tiger suddenly and violently made a mighty turn and headed straight for the enemy, Maho and Geshiko was surprised by this bold maneuver.
Both tanks fired a shot towards upcoming and the rushing beast but without result because both missed.
However Erika in her tank was still getting closer and maybe even sped up, certainly she did not slowed down.
"Now!"Erika ordered and her voice despite the incessant engine noise seemed to resounded through all forest.
Her tiger made a slight twist, the tower turned several dozen degrees to the left and began to approach to the Geshiko's panther and when was close to it made a sharp drift, it was so strong that track has torn off the grass and a trace remained after that.
But skip that fact, Erika's tiger thanks to this maneuver for a while was on the left side of the Geshiko's panther and it was enough.
Otoha pulled the trigger and in a few nanoseconds from a cannon a powerful missile caliber eighty-eight millimeters flew out and hit the side of the tank and moments later from the tower a white flag came out which show that this tank is disarmed.
But no word was uttered in relation to this event, the fight went on.
Tiger which a moment ago destroyed another tank now was crossing the forest at full speed and less or more two hundred yards on the left was another tiger which was shooting with the intention of destruction of the Erika's tank.
This situation lasted for about twenty seconds until Erika's tiger did not turn his tower towards Maho's tiger.
And an intense fire exchange began.
From Maho's tiger cannon a missile was flying out and Erika's tiger for a while slowed down to avoid the shot, from Erika's tiger cannon a missile was flying out and Maho's tiger for a while slowed down to avoid the shot.
And that's how it went on and repeated itself for more or less minute until both commanders, Erika and Maho have decided to do a similar maneuver at about the same time.
For viewers this situation began to be remarkably similar to fight in the final when Maho fought with her sister, the differences were made by fact that the fight in the final took place in the city and that in the middle of a forest.
Erika's tiger suddenly and violently turned left and Maho's tiger suddenly and violently turned right and both tanks began to approach each other at full speed.
And when both tanks approached to each other Maho and Erika issued at the same time order.
"Fire!"
And cannons of both tanks fired at the same moment, moments later the duel was already resolved but despite this, both tanks collided and the match is over.
In a certain dark room where the only source of light was candles located close to metal throne on which Lothar sat, dressed all in white.
White suit with white trousers, white lacquered shoes and white unbuttoned cotton coat.
In his hand, Lothar holds silver and richly decorated goblet with red wine.
Suddenly he directed the goblet towards his mouth and took a deep sip and moments later when he pushed the goblet aside from his mouth wine began to leak out and soon got splashed his white shirt and suit.
In this one moment he seemed to look like a vampire who just sucked all the blood out of the victim's body.
Moments later Lothar smiled but his smile had nothing from his former spite, wiliness and cunning.
Now his smile just like eyesight was full of pride worthy of a king, courage, will of steel, knowledge and wisdom but at the same time also had some kind ofseverity
It all made that he he seemed to no longer be a snake what he be once.
"And this is how this story ends, dear reader"He said and his voice was proud and delicate."Probably you did not expect such foggy ending and this kind of afterword, I'm not surprised."
"I also did not expect this but ultimately and unfortunately I am only a puppet in the hands of my creator, if he want make me suffer he make it, this is my fate."
"But apart from my misfortune he gave me an order and I have to do them."
"He told me to say thanks to you for reading this work and sacrifice your own valuable time, he know that this story is not perfect, actually me too."
"He also told me to say that this is not the end of my story yet and he will do continuations but now he is focused on creating another story about the player who took the form of a vampire in some DMMO-RPG and on the day of the closing his awareness was sent to another world, or maybe that's just his soul or maybe copy of both."
"Well I am unable to answer this question but I am shure that you guess that this story will take place in universe in which some powerful skeleton after transferring to another world rule underground tomb and NPCs which gained awareness after transfer."
"Unfortunately now I and he have to say goodbye to you for a some time but do not worry, we will someday you will read the next chapter of my story."
"And the story about the birth of a new enemy and transformation valkyrie into an angel and snake in dragon came to an end."
"Be careful in these uncertain times and be happy."
And after his words the candles went out and the room became completely dark.