The weeks passed as the Pravda students were listening around a radio as it was clear that they were enjoying their break. Brook's wound had healed but she was keeping the sling much like the ace bandage for injuries she would need to treat. She, Alina and Nina were trying to listen to some music as Katyusha and Nonna were preparing for a new influx of students. Soon the radio began to crackle.
"Nonna this is Kay, we are under attack, we request tanks and students, we are sending this message out to all of the schools as we are under attack by a group that calls themselves Liberals. Please respond if you are going to send help." Kay was giving the frantic call as Katyusha silenced the radio. She turned as she went ahead to her office as she had a very important announcement to make. She soon tapped her microphone as she began to speak.
"This is your Sensha-Do captain Katyusha speaking as we got the news that Saunders is under attack again. We need every tank, every airsoft rifle from the sporting group and every student ready and willing to fight these new enemies. We are going to be heading out from the school ship under the cover of darkness to help out our poor friend that is desperate for forces. Every student will need to be mobilized for this endeavor. This is Katyusha signing out." Katyusha made her announcement. Katyusha was ordering a complete mobilization of the entire school as these students will be needed. Nina and Alina looked at Brook as she remembered the golden wristband she was given in basic training.
"Brook where are you going?" Nina asked her wondering where the student was off to. Brook looked at them as she began to speak.
"Off to prepare. Katyusha is going to need every last one of us on the front lines and I wish to be there as soon as possible. I suggest you two prepare for this as well since we know Kay is going to need us." Brook soon went off to her dorm to prepare for the mobilization to be sent to her school ship. She grabbed the golden wristband and slipped it on her right wrist. She soon puts the Ushanka on her head as she remembers the patches Nonna gave to her. She soon took the one that looked like the серп и молот, taking off her jacket and she soon grabbed the Iron as she filled it with water. She soon pressed the iron down on the patch as she stuck the patch into place. Brook puts on the jacket as she takes a look at her cuddle buddies as she soon bids them farewell. "I will be gone for a while, take care of the place." She soon slowly closed the door as she went to one of the ships that will take her to the distressed school ship.
Brook, Alina and Nina were the next morning on a Saunders provided train with the students from the other schools, St, Gloriana's, Chi-Ha-Tan, Anzio, Kuromorimine, Jatkosota, and a small number of Oorai students mostly their Sensha-Do club have volunteered. Brook, Nina and Alina were riding along as several students from other groups were going to serve as Saunders other groups such as their logistics, radio operators and drivers and operators for the various equipment. Soon the train stopped as it was to let these students off and the Saunders students who were willing to fight to be sent to the front lines. The ones in charge of the train soon began to make the announcement.
"This is a military convoy, no one stays on board but our valiant soldiers." The driver shouted as students were helped off of the train along with their equipment and their supplies, the smaller locomotive was swapped off as the students heading for the front lines began to board. "This is a convoy to Saunders University High School. Only the soldiers of the school army." The driver told them. The ones working the platform began to slam the doors shut as they began to lock the doors up. Soon a much larger locomotive coupled up alongside. This was an armored train as in front of it was an AA gun and one of the airsoft machine guns. Soon the whistle blew as the train was now heading for the frontlines.
From one of these cars a 14 year old girl looked out as she was heading to the frontlines to represent her school. Her friends looked on as she was nervous yet excited that she was going to be fighting alongside them.
"Hey Olivia, you feel excited?" Maho asked her as she was going to see if she had her morale back.
"Excited to get back in the fight. Maybe we can beat Oorai next match." Olivia told Maho. Maho, Erika, Emi and Koume were sitting in their spots crammed in the car.
"You've yet to learn that these matches are just games however something like this is real. I think you just apply what's real and roll along with it." Maho told her as Erika looked at them.
"Commander Nishizumi I demand in all honesty, stop talking to that freshman." Erika told Maho to not spend so much time with her. Maho looked at her.
"I want to make it up to her since she was upset that we lost the championship for that tournament. Neither one of us are willing to make the same mistake twice. If we did then we will never be able to learn from them. When I graduate next year I want someone to have as much strength and courage as myself and my choices are broad. The youngest student displays everything I like in a tank commander." Maho told her that she needed someone that was willing to carry on when she left Kuromorimine in the time to come. Erika groaned as Yukari walked up to the two of them as she began to speak.
"I've never seen a student crave battle as much as I do. Miho says it will give her school much more practice in the matches to come." Yukari told her as she soon turned to Olivia. Maho was starting to smile a bit as Yukari soon began to speak. "Hey I didn't know you were taking an apprentice to train. What's her name?" Yukari spoke as she never knew that Maho was training another student. Maho soon began to introduce her to the group.
"Her name is Olivia, err…" Maho seemed to forget the name to the student. Yukari was quick to introduce herself.
"Yukari, and my friends, Saori, Hana and Mako." Yukari introduced herself as well as some of her friends that she made. Miho soon began speaking.
"I'm glad to be fighting alongside my big sister once more." Miho told her as she hugged Maho. Hana got up as she recognized Olivia.
"Haven't seen her in years and she's so grown up now. When I was in a match with her she was as thin as a twig but now she has a similar body shape to Maho." Hana commented. Olivia blushed slightly as she wasn't used to being commented like that.
"Maybe she can have a boyfriend, she is the legendary Kaya-San after all." Saori squealed as maybe she can have a cute boy to love her. Maho soon spoke to Saori.
"No need, she already has one named Erwin, we dropped him off as he is going to do the logistics to this battle. We are also stockpiling a large amount of oil on the stern end of the carrier which will be vital for the tanks. Yuri doesn't have much oil to begin with so she is going to have to cross the river we made so she doesn't make it." Maho told Saori about it as she knew what the plan was. Yukari soon began speaking.
"Looks like Yuri will need to invade the Caucasus and take all the oil." Yukari made a joke that Yuri will need to try to break through to secure the oil. Miho soon looked at Olivia.
"So you are my big sister's apprentice right?" Miho asked Olivia, the freshmen was caught off guard as she turned to face Miho.
"Yes I am, she praised me back in the first rebellion and my skills as a tank commander, I hope I can make her even more proud." Olivia told Miho that she had a fascination with her as much as she had a fascination with her. Maho looked at her younger sister.
"I wish she was a Nishizumi much like us." Maho commented about it as she put an arm around Olivia. Miho laughed but it would only be a matter of time before they were all going to be put into the meat grinder.
The sky around the area was gray, beige and brown. It was a war zone out there as the civilians were busy evacuating the area to reach for the safety that was the stern. The train stopped as the locks were opened as the doors slammed open, soon the students on board were in for a rude awakening.
"Everyone off the train now. Glorious comrade Katyusha has ordered not another step backwards. The people of Saunders shall be free!" One of the commissars had ordered as the students were too nervous to exit the train. Soon they began to yank the students out of the cars to make room for the evacuees. "Go forward comrades, not one step backwards!" Brook soon exited the train as they were being ferried down to where the boats to cross the so called river were, it was a barrier upon which they can set up their artillery with their new paintball artillery round which were deemed much safer and easier to use than their counterparts. Brook was separated from Nina and Alina as they were taken by Nonna as the Pravda students were being crammed into one of the ferries that would take them across the river. Soon the boat began pulling the ferry along with much needed supplies and reinforcements across as one of the older Pravda students began speaking.
"Listen to these letters sent by Pravda mothers to their daughters on the front." The student began. The students were prepared to listen as they wanted to keep their morale high. paintball artillery began raining down as the shots hit the water mostly passing through harmlessly. Some explode as a splatter of paint fly everywhere destroying some of the vessels. The pieces of paintball splatter onto the students as they cried out in pain. Some even made attempts to bail as planes flew around shooting paint rounds into the ships carrying the vital supplies. "Volodya my child, I know it's for our motherland that you're giving your life. Everyone here knows that you will not fall back. Everyone here is proud of you. Your father is dead. Your brothers are dead. Avenge us on the hordes of fascists…" Soon the student stopped as the whirl of planes came flying along trying to take out the ferries One of the adults got his Papasha-41 as he began spraying the rounds to take down some of the planes The planes danced around in the skies before they came around, spraying their rounds into the tightly packed ferries, taking down one of the adults trying to protect the students while slightly injuring many more. Fear swept over some of the students and they began to bail as panic washed over them. Some dropped their cargo of large explosives to take out the ferries.
"Nobody move! Stay on the boat!" One of them shouted, another one got his airsoft Nagant revolver as the adult threatened to keep order on the boat.
"Get back from the rails or I'll shoot!" He shouted as he wanted to keep order but some of the students were beginning to bail as they thought there was no way out from this. He soon turned to see some of them swimming away. "Shoot the traitors!" Soon their Nagants began firing as they struck the swimming students as they were trying to get somewhere far from here. Brook looked on as she knew Nakhimov was ruthless when it came to training but not like this. They continued swimming either to get to the other side or retreat back to the shores. Despite all of this, the ferry soon reaches the other side as more civilians were trying to evacuate to safety and students were coming in to defend the Saunders School from falling into rebel hands.
"Where are you?" One of the students called out as there were rows of injured students that the rebels took down.
"Over here! Stretcher!" Another one called out. Brook looked up as she saw Commissar Nakhimov had a megaphone as he was giving instructions on how to distribute the rifles and ammo.
"Come on, come on move! The ferry guards shouted as the students began scrambling off of the ferry. "Come on comrades, move! Move or you'll be shot!" Brook looked back as some of the students were crying out in pain but now she didn't have the time to go back for them instead she was to fight against the liberals. A long line awaited them as Nakhimov was explaining the instructions.
"One out of two students will get a rifle." The assistant called out as he and another were distributing the rifles and the paintball rounds needed.
"The one with the rifle shoots! The one without follows him! When the one with the rifle gets killed, the one who is following picks up the rifle and shoots!" Nakhimov was giving the instructions as students hog desperately for rifles. Some students got the rifles while others got the paintball rounds instead that would be used to help weaponize their rifles. Nakhimov explained the process again. "The one with the rifle shoots! The one without follows him! When the one with the rifle gets killed, the one who is following picks up the rifle and shoots!" Brook was getting closer as she was praying for a rifle to use. Many students wanted their rifles. Brook desperately tried grabbing one of the rifles but the rifle was handed to the student in front of her and she was given paintball bullets instead and shoved her aside. She looked at the rounds as she didn't have much use for them. Nakhimov repeated the process. "The one with the rifle shoots! The one without follows him! When the one with the rifle gets killed, the one who is following picks up the rifle and shoots!" Brook soon made it with a group of students as they prepared to climb the bank to the battlefield. Soon the students began charging up the bank as several adults sprayed their Papasha's into the sky to take down some of the planes and provide cover for the students. Brook knew what she was in for but she was unprepared for this.
The school ship was in ruins as the rebels had once again taken control of the school and the surrounding area. Katyusha was the leader of all of this as the students had massed to try to break the rebels stronghold and force them back. Soon she began speaking.
"Soldiers of the glorious Red Army, for now on, it is either victory or death! Those who will retreat…" Katyusha began. Brook was at the front as she was muttering something to herself.
"I need a rifle." Brook muttered to herself as her bullets were no use if she cannot fire them.
"...will be shot!" Katyusha finished her sentence Brook muttered to herself again.
"I need a rifle." Brook muttered to herself. Katyusha finished up her speech.
"There will be no mercy for cowards and traitors!" The students from the other side had their multitude of colored hairs and black skin as they prepared their weapons, Kar98k's Mp40's Mg34's and Mg42's and tanks they were able to seize from Saunders. Paintball rifles were used to try to knock out the charging students.
"Can't wait to tell us about the Liberal victory on social media." One of the girls smiled as they wanted to drag them into a killing field.
"The right needs to have their voices silenced. Much like Kay herself." Another one cheered as they pushed the bolts to the Kar98k's forward. Brook knew she needed to be ready to take them out. Soon the whistle blew from Katyusha ordering them to charge.
"URA!" The students screamed as they charged from their positions in fury as they wanted to take out their enemies. One was holding Pravda's flag and an Airsoft tokarev pistol as they leaped from their positions.
"Come on! No retreat!" Katyusha hollered as Nonna was holding her Papasha-41. Brook followed along with the crowd, remembering the guide that Nakhimov told her about the rifles. A horde of students came flooding from their positions as they were running across an expanse of open ground. Nina and Alina soon wheeled along a PM M1910 on a sokolov mount with a shield. They soon put it down as more students charged forth as they were heading into a killing zone.
The amount of students charging in at once was an impressive sight to behold but this was the trap the others were waiting for. Soon the guns from the rebels began opening up. A splatter of rainbow colors were painting the students as the paintball rounds exploded taking out swarms of the students. Brook continued charging on as more collapsed. One of the Mg42 gunners was having a blast firing Paintball bullets at the students painting a large streak of color as the students collapsed, the ones with the rifles that collapsed caused nearby students to come running to them. One of the students picked up the rifle and continued the charge despite the mounting casualties. Brook charged onward hoping she could get a chance to pick up the fallen rifles and fire it. Soon one of the students collapsed as she threw her rifle in the air. Brook darted to the side as the rifle landed wondering if she could pick it up. She tried to grab it but another student picked the rifle up to aiming position and she fired it. More and more students continued to get cut down as they continued to relentlessly charge at the enemy, they squeaked and screamed every time they were struck as Brook looked onward to see more and more students get cut down. She decided to run crouched as she didn't want to be a victim to all of this. She dove into a ditch and decided to play dead. Some of the students realized their situation as they decided to head back.
"It's hopeless comrades, get back!" She shouted as the students began to turn around and retreat the other way.
"Pull back!" Another one shouted as she too began to to turn and retreat. "Pull back!"
"It's no good!" Another student shouted as she began to fall back.
"Get back! Get back!" They squealed as some were carrying their friends away but Katyusha had other ideas in mind as some weren't following their orders.
"In the name of the Pravda Girls High School, Not one step backwards or we shoot!" Katyusha shouted through her megaphone as she was ordering the students to get back out there and fight. "No retreat!" The students had set up their barrier to prevent disobedient students from retreating. "Not one step back! No Mercy! Deserters will be shot!" Nina and Alina had their PM M1910 primed as Alina was holding the ammo belt. Katyusha leaned down soon giving the order. "Fire! Fire! Shoot the traitors!" The Machine gun opened up as Nonna and another student fired their Papasha's away. Katyusha raised her Tokarev pistol as she began shouting. "Cowards will be shot!" The clanking of weapons was heard as they were shooting up the retreating students. "NO MERCY FOR COWARDS!" Katyusha shouted as Nina continued to spray the retreating students down as they collapsed one by one as the students were mercilessly painted by Katyusha's barrier troops. Soon the gunfire died down as many of the areas had been splattered by the students as they laid down not responding.
"Students surrender, you will see your home again. This is not your war. Join your liberal comrades, they understand your suffering and will care for you more than your own leaders who are only sending you to your death. The black Students Matter is not your enemy, the enemy is blood thirsty Kay and her democratic views. She has stripped you from your homes, your beliefs and your freedoms." Their radio called for their surrender but it wasn't going to be enough for this as the students were going to stubbornly hold out until the end.
A van was being driven as it made a loud noise and it was carrying cargo for the students as the rebel tanks spotted the van as they decided to open up and tear it down.
"Fire!" One of the rebels shouted, the tank opened fire as a paintball round flew over. The driver turned the van trying to dodge their fire but it was no good as more and more flew it. Soon the van was hit and sent flying, papers spilled out from the van as it landed on its side. Soon a girl came out of the van, she had upper back length blonde hair and blue eyes as she looked like she was slightly shorter than Nonna. She heard the rumbling of tanks as she knew she needed somewhere to hide. The student headed for a fountain as she pulled herself in and tumbled down She soon crawled to the center as she looked up. The rebels were getting closer. She soon looked over as she slid a leg on her as she wanted to give the impression that she was knocked out. Soon the tanks arrived as the liberals began spraying the fountain that was full of bodies, the paint splattered everywhere as the students were once again marked as many of them were simply trying to hide. After this the tanks left as the girl looked up.
Thankful that she wasn't hit she looked over deciding on what she can use to take down some of the liberals. She soon spotted a rifle. She grabbed it from the group as she tilted the bolt down. She was eyeing two students of the group as they were preparing for a shower. She was eyeing them as someone began to speak out.
"Вы поймаете нас." The voice called. The girl turned to her as the voice belonged to Brook. She apparently cheated death and was now in the fountain. She began speaking again. "Товарищ комиссар." The girl raised the primed rifle and clicked, nothing happened, it was a sign that the rifle was empty. The student was struggling to get the bolt open as Brook crawled to her. The Student looked at her as she couldn't get the bolt to open the rifle. Brook decided to take a look with it. "С вашего позволения товарищ комиссар." The girl soon handed Brook the rifle as Brook took some gentle nudging as she gently got the bolt on the rifle to open, she pulled it back as it was clear the magazine was empty. She soon remembered the stripper clip that she had acquired from when the adventure began as these rounds had a red tip on them meaning whatever they land on will represent a red color. She soon nudged all 5 rounds of the stripper clip into the rifle. She cycled the bolt forward afterwards and gave it to the girl. "Я знаю эту винтовку, с ней я тренировался. Это M1891/30." The girl leaned out with the rifle as she was looking to see what target she could choose first. A fat naked, girl who was planning to take a shower or her friend that was accompanying her.
"Как вы думаете, в какую из них я должен прицелиться в первую очередь?" The girl asked, wondering who she should take down. Brook nudged her hand down as she began speaking.
"Тебе следует подождать... пока не произойдет взрыв." Brook responded. The girl continued to aim the rifle as she looked down the sights. She knew she couldn't do it as she soon handed the rifle to Brook.
"Ты умеешь стрелять?" The girl asked if Brook had some experience. Brook looked at her friend as she began speaking.
"Немного." Brook teased as she soon grabbed the rifle. She soon went prone with it as she looked out of a little peep hole that was large enough to fit a bullet through. Soon a jeep with three students pulled up as two of them got out to enjoy themselves while a third one went to patrol the area. The blonde girl looked out as she saw someone was approaching.
"Не стреляйте. Не стреляйте. Она смотрит на нас." The student approaching soon knew nothing was there as she decided to turn away. All of their heads were focusing in different directions as this gave Brook an opportunity to strike.
From the peep hole. Brook fired her rifle at the fat student who was bathing. The round slammed into her head as a red mark was formed from the paintball, she soon collapsed to the ground knocked out cold. Brook cocked the rifle as she ejected the spent casing. She aimed again, focusing a bit more to the right. One of the students looked at her friend who was on the ground with a red mark in her head. She soon turned back around and bam! She gets a red mark too on her forehead and she collapses to the ground, knocked out cold. The patrolling student turned around as another one of her friends was knocked out. Brook cycled the bolt getting a new round in. The patrolling student looked back to see two of her friends were now on the ground. She went prone wondering who it was that was taking down her friends. Brook focused in as she soon fired again. The third round slamming into the side of a green haired student's head. She fell down to the ground. The patrolling student knew the shot came from the fountain as she began unscrewing a paintball grenade to get them out. But Brook had her sights on it. She fired the fourth round, the shot nailed the student priming the grenade in the head, knocking her out as well. The last student realized what was happening as she decided to make a run for it. Brook stood up as she aimed her rifle to take on a moving target. She soon fired as she was hoping to get this one as well and bam! The round slams into the fleeing student's head. She soon collapsed as Brook pulled the bolt back ejecting the last spent casing. She soon collapsed onto her back triumphant as she huffed, this was moreover an easy task for her at this point. Rolling over, she crawled back to the blonde haired student as she handed her the rifle.
"Спасибо. Товарищ комиссар." Brook told her as she was thankful to be able to take out the threat. The blonde haired student soon introduced herself.
"Клара, бегунок «Правды», Из Новосибирск." Klara introduced herself as she was a pure native speaker. Brook decided to introduce herself.
"Брук, спасибо большое, товарищ." Brook replied. She soon pulled Klara by her hand as she and the student slipped from the fountain and decided to return to friendly lines. The two of them began speaking as Brook was telling her about the city. "Это не Курск, не Киев, не Минск." Klara was looking at her new friend wondering what this area of the USS George Washington was called.
"Как это тогда называется?" Klara asked. She was wondering what this area of the ship was called. Brook turned back as she soon began to unravel her answer.
"Это Сталинград. Сталинград!" Brook told her as the two of them walked off together.
[A/N]: Getting this out early as I had a lot of fun writing this as I had a lot of motivation on it and will make me very happy about this. Thank you all that has supported me so far because there will be even more where that came from in the next few days and that is great. As far as other stories go, they will need to try a lot harder if they are going to compete with me. Getting a few members on discord who really like my work so that is something to be happy about.