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For days it was total chaos as the war went on. The most intensive battle was maybe the one in northern Kyushu between Kuromorimine, Saunders, Diamondback and Seinarukaze, for the possession of the bridge to Honshu. In mean time the Confederacy took a revenge for Shizuoka and Aomori was taken away from the JSF by them which was a great loss for Pravda even if they were around Niigata, but still it was a huge scar on their prestige. Other battles took place around Japan, and then the fronts just… stuck. The war of the burning sport Sensha-Do became a stationary warfare, the lines moved back and forth with only a few hundred meters.
Considering that this will lead to nothing many started to call for negotiations but the Federation's directorate was against this peaceful solution as they claimed that any negotiations with the rebels would be a de facto recognition of them. Mostly it weren't even the girls who protested against continuing the war, it were their parents saying: why is my daughter on the fields instead of home and school?
Miho was sitting in a dark forest somewhere between the hostile city of Niigata and confederate occupied Aomori, thinking if her mother even cared about what's happening with her and her sister. Weeks passed without any big success on either side and she started to doubt the competence of their leaders. They, the soldiers spent already many time away from home. They should be in school now and tests should be their only concerns, but instead of this they sleep in sleeping bags in forests and on fields on cold autumn nights, they are afraid of enemy movements they don't know when they'll go home.
"Nishizumi-san." A voice interrupted her. It was Anzu walking up to her. "This came from the HQ." She held a paper in her hand. Miho took it tiredly. When she read it she sighed.
"To the forces stationing in northern Honshu: start an offensive immediately against Landsknecht Boys High School and Stromboli Boys High School in order to capture their territories.
From: the Supreme Headquarters of the Japan Sensha-Do Federation."
"So we're going against the Tigers?" Miho asked.
"Looks like taichō."
"What are they thinking in Tokyo I wonder? Alright. Mobilize everyone!"
"Understood." Half an hour after this Oarai, Maple, Pravda and Viking started their engines and rolled towards Niigata. Miho thought that their former battles were nothing compared to what was waiting for them now. Not just the fact that they'll have to face the most modern german tanks of WW2, but before they can even get to the vicinity of the city, they'll have to cross through a large training ground which has belonged to Landsknecht, full of fields, trees, rocks and a complex of administrative buildings of their team. It was obvious that the boys will not hand this entire thing over easily.
Landsknecht's training ground.
August, one of Landsknecht's platoon commanders was sitting on his Panther listening to the radio through which Kiyoshi, his commanding general was giving him his orders.
"Do not let the enemy get close to the main force August!"
"Our line is strong mein General." August replied. "I can assure you that we won't let the girls to be hazard to you."
This outpost of the german styled boy's school had a not too big garrison, as the most important thing was the direct defense of Niigata. There were two Panthers, five Stugs, and a Panzer IV. The tank destroyers were dug into the ground in the first line; the Panthers and the Panzer IV have been lined up behind them.
Miho's POV
Miho put her head out of the turret. She watched Pravda's tanks before them. The Russian tanks were put into the first line as they had the best armor of the four girl's schools. Oarai was in the middle, Viking was the last. Maple stayed behind as reinforcement.
The risky part begun when they entered the woods. They were now on hostile land. She knew that most of the enemy heavy tanks were still far away but it was disquieting not to know how strong Landsknecht's first line is.
After a few minutes Pravda's tanks trampled down the fence marking the edge of the training ground. It wasn't a few seconds until a shell bounced off one of the T-34s.
"Enemy attack! Prepare to return fire!"
The guns of the federal tanks roared and a new battle begun. This time they could push forward closer and closer to the Stugs even if slowly and with the loss of three T-34s. The distance between the sides rapidly decreased to a few hundred meters.
August's POV
"It's getting to be dangerous commander!" August's vice-platoon commander said from his Panther his tank was constantly firing. "Shall we call the reinforcement?"
"Patience Luther!" August replied. "Let's see if they have any special trick for today!"
And they didn't have to wait long.
"Commander! Oarai had turned left!" the report came from a tank which was not seeable at the moment. "I guess they want to bypass you while you are busy with Pravda!"
"Danke Anton!" August said. "It's time for our little surprise. You and Albert may join the party!"
"Verstanden!"
Miho's POV
Oarai was rolling southwest at high speed in order to get to the enemy's side in the shadows of Pravda.
"I just hope we are fast enough to get there without being spotted." Miho thought nervously.
"Nishizumi-san! Enemy force right before us!" Turtle team who were leading the line reported.
"What?" Miho asked confused. Out of nowhere a Jagdpanther appeared at the left flank of the JSF. On the other side a Panther came out of the shadows. Both of them fired and Nonna's JS-2 and the KV-2 were immediately knocked out.
"NONNAAAAAAA!" Katyusha screamed in shock. The crews of the two tanks quickly climbed out and started to run backwards like hell between the whistling bullets.
So this was what Landsknecht was waiting for. Taking out their strongest tanks by surprise. The garrison continued to fire focusing their bombardment on Pravda. Because of that other T-34s became disabled until Katyusha ordered a retreat.
There was no other choice, they needed a plan B.
"I think we need to take out their leader tank." Trout proposed. "If we can behead the garrison, the others will be confused and we'll have more chance."
"And how do you think to achieve this?" Katyusha asked. "Remember that we have lost our heavy tanks in the last battle."
"Then use the fast ones. It's daring but if we can break through them by speed we can shoot him out."
"What do you think ladies?" Katyusha asked Miho and Aurora.
"It's risky." Aurora said. "But we can work it out. Our Panzer IIIs and Chafee's will be fast enough."
"Miho-san?"
"I can send the Type-89." Miho said.
"OK. Then it is decided."
August's POV
It was noon and August has just wake from his sleep which was pretty disturbed by the aftereffects of the night battle. He stood up sleepily. He was pouring coffee for himself when he was interrupted by the voice of one of his comrades.
"Enemy force incoming!" a boy shouted.
"Alarm!" August shouted out.
"They must be light tanks. I can hear their voice and they are closing fast." He thought. And he was right; he just managed to climb into his Panther when Chaffees, Panzer IIIs and a Type-89 rushed out of the vegetation.
There was no time to react, in seconds the Chaffees reached the Stugs and two of the confederate tank destroyers became immediately disabled.
"Pull back!" August ordered. "Let's head to the administrative buildings, we have to defend them. And alert the general!"
The garrison retreated in the forest.
The administration of Landsknecht's trainings (and some federal stuff before the war) was run in a row of simple buildings connected with each other. August sent here the crew of the Panzer IV while the rest of them took positions on another point of the forest.
The battle went on but it became quite obvious that the JSF had the numerical superiority.
After a while Kiyoshi had to contact Kyousuke for orders as the area was pretty important one for the Confederacy due to the many paperworks.
"The most important is still the safety of Niigata and Nagaoka." the president stated in the radiotelephone.
"So you tell us to give up the training and administrative facilities President?" Kiyoshi asked.
"Not completely General. Take to Niigata the important things and destroy everything else!"
"Destroy?"
"We can benefit from that. Those buildings were important for the Federation as well before we said goodbye to them. The gangrenous ruins will warn them about what a victory of them costs!"
"Verstanden Präsident!" Said Kiyoshi then he transmitted the order to August.
While a few of the garrison held back the girl's schools the other crews went to the facilities and packed up the most important papers and other stuff to their tanks. Then they took many tanks of petrol from the warehouse of the training ground and started to sprinkle it out all over the buildings, none of the floors were left out.
When they were ready they reported it to August who ceased the fight and met again with the rest of the garrison.
They crossed the bridge what led to the other bank of the Agano River. When they were about a kilometer away, the confederate tanks turned around and fired high-explosive shells on the buildings. When they hit their target the sprinkled petrol broke the windows out and it nearly sent the roof flying as it caught fire.
"This was a beautiful one." said August then they blasted the bridge too with shells which were earlier installed on the structure by them using a remote controlled detonator. Then they turned around again and left for their home city.
Miho's POV
The girl's schools were about to leave the forest when the heard a so huge explosion they never heard before.
After a minute or two they entered the glade and found the former federal facilities in flames; a big column of black smoke was flying toward the skies. Everything was in fire from the offices to the storages. The bridge was lying broken in the stream of the Agano.
They stared at the terrible sight. What a destruction. Why did they do this oh God? Why is this happening?
Miho was standing in her cupola. She watched as hundreds of papers were raining down from the skies. They were sent flying by the terribly hot air. She managed to catch one burned sheet. She read it.
What the schools of the Advocacy Alliance wish
1: We wish an impartial Japan Sensha-Do Federation
2: Impartial directorate
3: Participation in national and international tournaments and championships regardless of gender
4: Equal treatment from the judges regardless of gender
5: Common burden sharing
6: Abolition of the excessive control of the Approval Committee on the boy's schools
7: Equal financing
8: Full ownership of the tanks for the boy's schools
9: Real voice for the delegations of the boy's schools in the Federation
10: Abolition of any gender based discrimination
11: Possibility for male university student to take Sensha-Do
12: Prevention of excessive cuts of financial resources
13: Legitimation of the Advocacy Alliance
14: Freedom of opinion
15: The Federation must take an oath on its members' free will
16: LIBERTY! EQUALITY! FRATERNITY!
She stared at the paper processing the 16 points. Why is this war? They wanted nothing really special just equality within the sport. Why were the rejected so repulsively? Slowly, Miho started to understand them. Why they seceded and chose to take guns in their hands. She still didn't think that the boys did the right thing but she could understand their causes now.
And if that's the case why shall they fight each other?
"Come on everyone!" Katyusha ordered. "We need to get another bridge as those bastards don't make our job easier."
The engines roared up again and the tanks of the JSF went to find another crossing point.