A/N: I should like to point out that the information about the tanks in this story was correct around Version 0.7.4 or so, hence why certain nationalities of tanks are absent and such.

With the Red Wolves out of the picture for now, I decided that it was safe to go back out with Goliath again.

Sure, I'd encountered some pretty tough tanks in the past, and I knew that the stakes could only get higher from there, but I remained confident in my abilities and I rested knowing that my tank's cannon was deadly to even the most high-tech heavy tanks.

Keeping in mind that anything could happen, I pushed into Erlenberg, a village in southern Germany.

This place looked quite picturesque, especially with the layer of snow that had fallen…wait, was it still winter here?

Eh, it seemed quite close to the Alps, so I believe that it could still be winter.

In any case, I analyzed the battlefield.

On my side, there was a hill with lots of trees plus a few houses.

To the west, there was a wide-open area with a line of buildings, some of which had suffered severe damage.

Just ahead of me, on the north side, I could see a path leading to what looked like a bridge.

I knew that bridges like these were likely chokepoints, but I wasn't actually going to cross the thing, just move in, attack and retreat.

Before I crossed the bridge, though, a Panzer III/IV darted across.

Naturally, I destroyed it and pressed further.

Just as I was coming to the corner, I sighted part of a tank destroyer.

I knew that I might miss, but I decided to try a trick shot at it from around the corner.

BOOM!

The unknown tank destroyer was not killed, but its track was certainly shattered and it had certainly taken a seismic amount of damage.

I knew the German tank destroyers were turretless, so I went around a building to its right flank.

When I was there, I finished it off with an anti-tank grenade.

Now that I think of it, that one bore a certain resemblance to the Panther, so there's definitely something to that.

In line with my plans, I fell back to the hills, which was a good thing, too, because artillery fire was coming down near my position.

Some of it was blocked by a building, though, and the rest missed, but one came too close.

However, I moved out of range and took cover in the trees on that hill.

While here, I draped the camo net over Goliath, stopped the engine and looked around for any activity.

The camo net had survived Goliath's previous destruction, but it was somewhat damaged.

I'll make a new one eventually.

Sure enough, a few seconds later, I spotted a squad of three tanks at my back.

This squad was made up of tanks that I didn't recognize at all, though the lead tank looked sort of like a different variant of the Tiger and the middle tank may have been a new variant of the Panther.

None of them saw me, but I held my fire because I spotted a second squad coming in from the northern bridge.

I didn't even need binoculars to spot them because, like their comrades' tanks, their striped camouflage pattern made them stand out against the snow.

This squad was led by a Tiger, followed by an unknown tank and a Panzer IV.

The first squad turned around and started driving south in front of the hill.

The second squad drove past the hill and took the path behind it.

I didn't want to arouse too much suspicion, so when the second squad drove past, I took the camo net off, targeted the Panzer IV and…

BOOM!

Target neutralized!

The second squad came to a halt and looked around for what seemed like ages, but eventually kept driving and didn't appear to have seen me.

The first squad hurried over to investigate with the second squad, but broke off from the group, apparently not having seen anything, either.

I restarted my engine, and again, I waited for the first squad to pass and targeted the rear tank.

BOOM!

Enemy eliminated!

Given how well I was doing, I changed the radio frequency until I tapped into theirs.

"…seen anything? Over."

"Negative, Juno One! We will keep searching until we have found this man! Venus One, are you ready with your squad? Over."

"This is Venus One, we are on standby! Venus One out!"

"Hera One, out!"

However, the voices were those of…women!?

I was absolutely shocked!

I sat there, frozen with horror!

Nothing in the world could have prepared me for this!

I mean, I've gotten plenty of surprises since the collapse, but this was on a whole new plane!

Now, even though the Soviet government had given new rights to women prior to the collapse, I was still pretty much a traditionalist when it came to gender roles.

Even so, I would never, ever stoop to doing physical harm to women!

I felt like an absolute monster because of what I was doing!

On the other hand – putting aside my gender or my tank-driving experience – they seemed competent enough to operate tanks as men did, and if they could fight as good as men, then they were certainly good enough to die like men!

With my pangs of regret tempered, I readied my aim and prepared in case the first squad decided to change direction.

As I had anticipated, the first squad came back in the other direction looking for me.

This time, I targeted the lead tank – the Tiger-like vehicle – and fired.

This tank lost a track, but it was certainly still alive.

"This is Hera One, we have been immobilized and I still can't see our target! Juno Squad, please assist us, over!"

"Hera One, this is Hera Two; I've spotted him! Our target is driving a Soviet KV-2 and is heading downhill now! He's…"

I slammed into the Panther like tank with plenty of force, shattering its track as well.

However, even before that, it fired at me and wounded my tank pretty badly.

Owing to the close range, of course, I destroyed Hera One's tank with an anti-tank grenade.

"This is Hera Two, Hera One is down and we've been immobilized! Our gunner has been hurt, too! Juno Squad, where are you!? Over!"

"This is Juno One, we're almost there! Be careful! Out!"

Rather than destroying Hera Two's tank, though, I headed north in a sort of "zig-zag" fashion to avoid her fire and some artillery shells.

However, because there were two destroyed tanks surrounding her and because her gunner was down, she could hardly get a good shot at me.

In the meantime, I intercepted this message:

"Venus One, this is Juno One! We have located Hera Two and she appears to be damaged badly! We are attempting to repair the damage now! Can you give us some assistance? Over."

"Affirmative! Venus Squad is now checking the area! In the meantime, get out of there! Venus One out!"

"Confirmed. Juno One out!"

While this was going on, I made a risky maneuver and went to the row of buildings near the river.

Having found one that was blown-up, I put the camo net back over Goliath and stopped the engine.

In the meantime, I spotted Venus Squad coming in from the south and going behind the hill.

I couldn't recognize their leader, but I was sure that there was also a Panther and a VK 3001 in that squad.

Eventually, the remnants of the Hera & Juno Squads went to check the village by the river.

Both squads combed the east side, but eventually, they reported in:

"Juno One, this is Venus One. I can't see anything here, over!"

"Venus One, this is Juno One. There is nothing to report in this quadrant, either! Mother, do you have anything sighted? Over."

"Negative, Juno One! Keep searching! Mother out."

"Juno One out."

I waited a few more minutes until Venus Squad came my way.

By that time, I had the turret cranked around, so when that squad arrived again, I threw off the camo net, re-started my engine, and drove out a little.

After that, I aimed for the rear tank, and…

BOOM!

Another one down!

I backed into the building again, but then another radio call changed my mind:

"He got Venus Three! Juno One, he may be near the river, over!"

"Understood, we are heading there now! Juno One out!"

Taking a risk, I left the building and headed for the northern bridge.

Nobody saw me on the way, but when I turned to go on the bridge, I swore I caught sight of one of the others.

"This is Hera Two, I've spotted him! He is heading for the western sector, over!"

"Message received! Everyone, attack! Venus One out!"

"Yes, leutnant! Hera Two out!"

If she meant what I thought she'd meant, then I was in deep trouble.

Today, though, was the day that I'd brought an anti-tank mine with me, so I armed it and dropped it behind me.

Some more artillery shells landed towards me, but I avoided them and instead stayed close to the riverbank on the north side.

I got another fortunate radio message:

"This is Juno Two, Hera Two has been destroyed and the northern bridge is out! We're heading south! Juno Two out!"

"Copy that, this is Mother! I have not yet sighted him, but we will do so very soon! Use caution with the other bridges! Mother out!"

By this time, I'd discovered an unknown SPG on the hill with what appeared to be a ball-shaped turret, so I did myself a service and took it out.

Having taken its mantle, I spotted the others coming in from the central area and going around the southern end of the hill.

Rather than targeting them, though, I targeted a JagdPanzer IV that was guarding the southern bridge, and…

BOOM!

All support tanks destroyed!

By now, a fifth tank had joined the group, which was probably "Mother".

This one looked similar to Venus One's tank, but with a large dome-shaped turret and "pig snout" gun mantlet.

It also had the words "DIE LÖWIN"(1) painted on the side of the turret.

Unsure of who to target first, I targeted Venus One's tank and fired.

She was not destroyed, of course, but her track was busted.

Suddenly…

"There he is, up on the hill! Mother out!"

Naturally, I hurried down the hill with a few shells flying by me.

Goliath suffered a couple of hits, but my old friend was still OK.

These ladies were just too good.

Even with most of their tanks taken out, the remaining tanks were still a threat, so I had to come up with a new idea fast.

When I saw the JagdPanzer's corpse, that's when inspiration struck:

After passing by it, I quickly jumped out of Goliath and hooked some tow cables to it.

I got back in and dragged the JagdPanzer's corpse until it rested on the bridge.

I didn't have enough time to collect the tow cables, so I just detached them and left them behind for now.

Since the northern bridge was destroyed and the southern bridge was now blocked off, the surviving tanks had no choice but to cross the center.

Perfect!

With little choice left, my foes attempted to go straight across.

Carefully, I picked away at them, but I slipped up once and took damage.

Another slip-up cost me a track, but since I'd gotten a reprieve, I fixed it up and waited for "Mother".

Come to think of it, why wasn't she at the central bridge?

My waiting ended when she replied: "Foolish chauvinist, did you really believe that your plan could contain me!? Now, face the true power of German women!"

"Woman or not," I replied, "I'll toast you!"

"Ha! I am not moved by your words, Soviet dog!"

I found out that while I was engaging her subordinates, the leader had actually taken time to push the dead JagdPanzer out of her way and go through.

OK, here goes nothing!

Actually, this battle was disappointingly easy for a boss battle.

Despite her cunning, overall the leader seemed to be inexperienced in operating her tank.

Most of her shots missed, which made me wonder if she'd barely driven the lower-tech machines before acquiring this one.

Those that did hit either bounced off the gun mantlet or pushed Goliath close to death.

As usual, though, we won the day.

Unusually, the leader and her crew escaped their tank before it became a coffin for them.

Just when I thought I was done, though, I encountered a Leichttraktor.

Rather than running it over, though, I just drove up to it, stood still and aimed the cannon at it.

Knowing that they could not win, the crew bailed out and ran, shouting insults and threats such as, "SOVIET SWINE!", "WE'LL BURY YOU!" and "YOU WILL BE ENSLAVED!"

After this gut-wrenching battle, I ran my usual checks.

These women were "Die Eisernen Mädchen"(2), a company who believed that men were responsible for the Dark Times and that only a woman's touch was capable of ensuring that the "Aryan race" would rise up and bring peace to the world.

Woman's touch or not, I knew the Germans could only bring hatred and death to the world, but there had to be something more to the madness that had enveloped the globe.

Now, as for their tanks, there were two new prototypes: One designed by Henschel that was called the VK 3601, and the VK 3002, which was designed by Daimler-Benz.

I was right about the supposed Tiger as well: They also had an alternate version of the Tiger that was designed by Porsche.

Speaking of Tigers, they had an advanced model called the Tiger II, which had sloped armor similar to the Panther.

This new Tiger was also nicknamed the "Königstiger", or "King Tiger".

Wait… if this is owned by a female company, shouldn't it be a "Queen Tiger", then?

Well anyways, about the Panthers: They had a tank destroyer version called a "JagdPanther" and an SPG called a "GeschutzWagen Panther", which was odd because SPGs usually lacked turrets (barring our own SU-26, of course).

They also had an advanced Panther called a Panther II.

Finally, their leader's tank was known as a Panzer VII, or "Löwe".

I was particularly lucky to have survived against her because it was equipped with a 105mm KwK 46.

Now that I was done, I collected my tow cables and went home for the usual fixes

EN:

(1): "The Lioness"

(2): "The Iron Maidens"

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