Aircrafts flew high in the sky, dragging long flags and screens to display the match that was up to come. The crowd was already gathered atop a building while some were on the different fields around. That day was the day the Oharai-Otonokizaka alliance was going up against the Harekaze-Kantai high.

Talking about them, Otonokizaka's Tiger I, Jagdtiger, SU-100, Type 97 and Fiat M11/39 have already arrived and the crew made the final adjustment. The automobile club has managed to fully remair the SU and were helping everyone else with one last checkup.

Not long after that, Oharai's crew also arrived. This time, they decided to bring the Panzer IV, the M3 Lee, the StuG III, the Type 89 and the Hetzer. The commander of both school approached each others to give a greeting. "Heyooo Mipporin!" Honoka cheerfully greeted. She has managed to get along well with the other girl during their previous meeting.

"Good morning, Honoka-san, Sarah-san." The other young girl politely answered.

"Heya!" beside her, a petite girl who orange hair was attached in pigtails waved. She was Oharai's previous student concil president and the gunner of the Hetzer. "Let us do our best today."

"You can count on us." the M11 driver answered, confidence in her voice. This time around, they have prepared several plans in order to get the upper hand. Defeat was not an option anymore as if they lose, their school will be closing down.

The crew of the other tanks that did not take part in the skirmish were also there but were cheering from the side. "You can do it, girls!" they cheered.

The girls taking part in the match then decided to do one last checked up and saw their opponent arriving not long after. A young ginger haired girl claid in a sailor outfit uniform riding a motorbike approached them. "Ahoy!" she happily said while parking the bike. "I am Akeno Misaki, the commander of Harekaze high. Let's have a fair and fun match."

The opposing commanders approached her and gave polite smiles. "The pleasure is all ours. Let us both do our best."

Misaki nodded as she saw that the referree has also arrived. The Kanati high commander soon joined them as well, riding a Jeep. She cheerfully waved at their opponent. She had long Brunette hair and was wearing a white shirt and black skirt. "Ahoy! I am Kongou and I command the Kantai fleet."

"Fleet?"

"Are they also ship maniacs?"

"Sailors or pirates?"

The girls questioned as the commanders sweatdropped. Honoka was the first to answer. "Nice to meet you both! I am Honoka."

"And I am-" Miho tried to introduce herself but was cut by the brunette interrupted her.

"Nishizumi Miho-chan, right?" She happily said. "I am so excited to fight against the winner of the Summer tournament. I am sure it will make the Admiral very happy." he happily squealed like a young maiden in love.

"Admiral?"

Kongou quickly regained her composure. "She is our Senshado instructor. As she always wear navi outfits, we started calling her the Admiral." at that, the young girl started having stars in her eyes. "The Admiral is a very beautiful woman who is also very good at making up strategies. I wish she would start noticying my feelings soon. After that, we will go on a trip together and... Kyaaa!" she happily said while going in her fantasy world.

"What a cheerful one." Sarah sweatdropped but then she remembered her talk with Hanayo and Chika. Indeed some Senshado players prefered the company of other women so no one really objected, except Saori who slightly looked a little embarrased by the talk.

As they were done with the little talk, the referee cleared her throat and the everyone else bowed at each others. "Let's have a fair match!"

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The Oharai-Otonokizaka tanks were all gathered in a clearer path, waiting for the announcer to signal the start of the match. It did not take long as a firework was launched in the sky. At that signal, everyone powered their engine and moved in a delta position.

The ones leading the charge were the Panzer IV and the Tiger. "Should we just go according to the plan?" the ginger commander asked.

"Yes, let us send scoots first." Since they are mainly using Japanese tanks, they should have more mobility than us so we should avoid any direct engagement." Miho explained, having her radio operator transfer the order. "For now, let us have the Snow Support team check the northern forests while the Duck team check the South West. In them meantime, could I ask the Rabbit team to scoot ahead? Do not engage any enemy and priorize retreating in case you encounter anyone."

The commander of the three mentioned tanks acknowledges and went their different directions as the main force went to the Norht West, going slower than the M3 however. Said tank advanced full speed ahead. Thankfuly, Karina was getting used to drivin around grassy area so they soon reached a small mount. They quickly climbed it and hid the tank behind a bush. The commander and the loader got out of the tank and went toward the clif with their binocular in order to scoot around. "Rabbit team here! We do not see any enemy tank yet." as she said that though, her friend tapped on her shoulder and she turned around. "What's wrong, Saki?" said girl just pointed toward the North and to what looked like a tank trying to hide behind few trees. Of course, it was well-hiden but Saki had a good eyesign and they quickly reported it. "We spotted a type 95 hiding on point F14. They are probably scooting for our vanguard."

As Miho received the message, the nodded. "Understood. Please keep a close eye on them and make sure to always have an escape route ready in case of reinforcement. We will try to look for their flagtank first."

"Understood."

Talking about flag tank, the Oharai-Otonokizaka's flag tank was the Panzer IV. The have agreed to this on their last meeting and no one in particul objected.

On the other side of the battlefield, the Type 97 new model quickly. Hanamaru was not quite used to driving yet but was slowly improving, especially thanks to Mika's instruction. As they went deeper into the forest, the commander told her to stop the tank and the four of them started to look around. "Snow Support team here! There are no sign of enemies in the forest. Should we advance further?"

"Yes please." Miho answered through the microphone. "But instead of just going forward, please go to the North East. We received words about a scoot in point F14."

"Roger." Mika acknowledged as they started to move following the instruction. They could not go too far however as a shell landed close to their track. "What was that?" the young girl questioned as she opened the hatch and looked at the binocular. A Type 3 and Type 97 ancient model were behind and shelling them. "It's bad. They got behind us. How is this possible?" She quickly went inside the tank. "Hanamaru-san, let us turn right and escape out of this forest."

"Aye." as they were about to turn, however, another shell crashed in front of them, forcing the tank to stop. In front of them was a Type 98 Ke-Ni alongside a Type 5 To-Ku. "We are surrounded zura!"

Seira heard that and quickly turned to the gunner of the M11. She then grabbed the microphone by her right. "Please allow us to aid them."

Honoka thought a moment before agreeing. "Understood. Support Snow team, please try escaping toward the South West until the Aqua Snow team arrives." the Aqua Snow was the name they gave to the M11 team.

"I don't know if we will be able to survive but we will try our best." Hideko answered as she loaded a shell and had Fumiko shoot at the Type 3 while their tank make a 180 turn in order to go toward their their reinforcement should come from. The pursuer tailed right behind them and shoot several rounds that they somehow managed to avoid.

A young girl with black haid opened the hatch of the Type 5 in order to get a better look at what was going on but took some breaches in her face as soon as she was out. "What a bad luck." she complained before taking a microphone. "Mashiro here! We encountered their Type 97 but could not take it down. Should we pursue them."

"There is no need to." Misaki said from the other side of the radio. "They are probably trying to lure you into a trap so for now, process as according to the original plan."

"Aye!" she said and the four tanks stopped firing, instead deciding to go South.

The four girls inside the 97 were a little taken aback but quickly cheered as they saw the M11. The two teams quickly exchanged information. "Sarah-san! We are so glad to see you."

"Sorry for making you wait, girls." the driver said. "so, where did the opponents go?"

"They suddenly turned around."

Chika placed a finger on her chin after hearing that. She quickly realized something however and took a microphone. "They are most likely trying to encircle us or are planning to take out the flag tank in a blitz strategy. Everyone, please look out." with that, the two tanks quickly went after their previous pursuer to the South.

At the other side of the radio, Honoka heard that and had her own conclusion. "Rabbit team, are the scoots from Harekaze still there?"

"Yes. Weirdly enough, they haven't moved for a while." Azusa said before realizing something herself. "A trap?"

Miho nodded as she heard that. "Rabbit team, please fire but prepare to fall back if they shoot back."

The freshment acknowledged and drove the M3 to the cliff, firing using both of its gun toward the opponent tank. As the bullets hit it, it was revealed to be a realistic-looking picture placed there. "It was a fake!?"

"As I though they tried luring some of us away." Honoka concluded before taking a microphone. "Duck team, how about you? Did you find anything?"

The Type 89 was at that moment atop a hill while the commander was looking around. "There are no traces of enemies here. Should we check around more."

"Yes please." The Tiger I commander explained. "We know that 4 of their tanks are on their way here from the Northern forest but we haven't encountered any of the six others yet."

"Understood." The voley ball camptain nodded and had their tank drive further.

They soon reached a river and were about to cross it but the gunner noticed something. "An aligator?"

Said "aligator" was calmly swimming around but upon closer look, it was nothing near a real animal. They soon realized it and had the tank stop while the "aligator" popped up, revealing a Type 2 Ka-Mi who started to fire at them. "We fell into a trap." the captain said. "We will engage the enemy right away." As soon as she said that, however, bullets crashed on the ground behind them as a O-I superheavy tank. "What is that thing?" the Duck team crew awed at the monster.

Meanwhile, Kongou who was commanding the O-I chuckled. "Let us take them out fast so we could regroup with the others."

"Roger." Misaki, who was the commander of the Type 2 amphibious tank nodded as the ordered the gunner to aim while the driver had the tank go out of the water.

At the other side of the battlefield, the main force learned about this and thought about the next part of the plan. "An O-I, hugh?" Yukari thought. "That's a really tough tank. Will we really be able to take it out."

"Fortuntaly, it is not their flagtank so we should just leave it alone." Miho calmly said. "Duck team, please try escaping and join up with Rabbit team. We still don't know where their flag tank is so stay on your guard."

Meanwhile, inside the SU-100, the Yo-Itsu-Mu trio tried their best in order to not be left too far behind. It was their first real battle so Yoshimi was having a hard time driving around. "It is harder than I thought."

"Please keep it up." Itsuki cheered her friend before opening the hatch in order to look around. Their tank was the one further behind compared to everyone else but fortunately, they were not too far. As she looked around, the girl noticed something approaching from their right flank. "Enemies!" she said and everyone turned to it.

True enough, three tanks composed of a Type 95 Ha-Go, a SR II Ro-Go and a Type 4 Chi-To were charging at them at full speed. They however went to a complete halt at few kilometers away as the Oharai tanks turned toward it. It was at that time that they noticed that the Type 95 was the opponent's flag tank. Said tanks started to shoot rounds of bullet at the alliance.

"Eeek!" Mutsu panicked as a shell hit their tank's side.

"Everyone, please focus fire on their flag tank only." With Miho's order, every single one of the tank started to shoot. The SU was very inaccurate however as their bullet landed very far from their objective.

The same went with the Hetzer who totally missed. "Momo-chan, you missed again." Yuzu sighed as she looked at her friend.

"Don't call me Momo-chan!" the black-haired girl complained. At that time, the former president was still chilling, letting Kawashima taking her place.

The StuG crew also aimed and so did the Panzer IV and Tiger. The three of them shoot at the same time and their bullet hit the SR II. The commander of the enemy flag tank panicked at that. This one was a young girl with short brune hair and wearing the same outfit patter as Kongou. "Awawa. They took the SR." the two remaining tank then slowly backed away, still firing once in a while while the Oharai-Otonokizaka were getting closer. "Is it okay to retreat now." The commander spoke in the microphone.

"Please go ahead, Hiei." the girl nodded as the two tanks started retreating.

"You are not getting away." Riko said as she had the Jagdtiger take aim. With that said, the pressed the trigger and had the tank shoot at the Type 4. It was not taken down right away but was heavily damaged. The Tiger was the one to deliver the coup de grace as the shell shoot by Umi hit it at full force.

As its white flag popped up, Hiei panicked. "Nee-san, they took two of our tanks."

"Please continue with the plan."

"But-"

"I believe in you, Hiei!"

The young girl slightly blushed as she heard their commander's comment. "Understood. I will do anything Nee-san says!"

"That's my Heiei for you! You got it girl."

As that was being said, the Type 95 swiftly dodged the incoming bullet as they went toward the forest.

"Do not let them escape." Honoka ordered as their main force advanced forward in order to chase at the escaping tank.

"Roger!" everyone else acknowledged and focused fire.

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On the other side of the battlefield, the Type 89 was struggling very hard. They did not have enough firepower to fight back and could only cound on their guts alone in order to attempt to escape. They soon met up with the Rabbit team and they tried to make an escape together while protecting each other's back.

"They are persistent." The O-I gunner commented.

"They are truly interesting." kongou smiled. "But we shall end this here. Are you ready Haruna?"

Said gunner nodded as she aimed and shoot once, which the M3 managed to avoid.

"Misato." Kongou said and the mentioned girl ordered her gunner to shoot. This one hit the M3's flank and the white flag popped on it.

"Oharai-Otonokizaka's M3 Lee was taken out." the announcer said for everyone to hear.

Shiori quickly grabbed a microphone. "Everyone, are you unhurt?" she asked with a concerned tone.

"I am fine."

"My glasses are broken but I am okay."

"Saki said she is fine too."

The radio operator let go of a sign of relief. Not long after that, however, she heard a noise in her headphone and it was soon followed by Sasaki Akebi's voice. "It looks like they took us out as well. Sorry everyone."

The ginger-haired girl turned to their commander. "Mipporin, they took the Rabbit and Duck team. Their other tanks should now be trying to encircle us."

"Understood." she needed before speaking into the microphone. "Chika-san, do you still have visual on the 4 tanks you were chassing from earlier?"

Said ginger shook her head. "Unfortunately, we have lost sign of them." as soon as she said that though, it started to rain and their vision lowered even more. "I can't see anything with this raid." she complained.

"Then, let us shoot fire tracers in order to try and find if they are still in front of us." Sarah suggested.

Hanayo, Chika and Fumiko nodded and they all started shooting using the miniguns toward the forest in front of them. The M3 fortunately had two miniguns, one that Chika could use and the other was used by Hanamaru.

Unfortuntaly, there was no answer and their bullets just flew without meeting anything. "It's weird." Mika commented. As she tried to look around once again, however, their tank suddenly rocked around and their white flag popped up. On their left, a Type 1 Mi-Sha has managed to hide among the leaves and trees so they did not notice the ambush. Sarah quickly noticed this and maneuvered around while Hanayo loaded a shell in the main gun.

As they shot at the amphibious tank however, a shell landed by their right and they saw the Type 3 has also joined in. "Are we surrounded?" Hanayo panicked as she loaded another shell. "Someone please help us."

They tried to avoid as much as possible but another shoot from the Type 3 hit them, taking down their tanks.

"Oharai-Otonokizaka's Type 97 and Fiat M11 were taken down."