At Anzio High School:
"Okay listen up! Next month we have our first joint match with Kuromorimine against Gloriana and Saunders" Anchovy said to the crowd that were listening to her "We will show the world that Anzio isn't weak! ANZIO will be victorious this time!" she added
"Duce! Duce!" the crow starting shouting
"We have new rules now! Infantry will be allowed and also boys will drive tanks and be infantry just like us! We might have an advantage with that" Pepperoni said making all the girls shout even louder "Duce!"
All the crowd went to different directions in order to practice driving, shooting a rifle or just to make physical activities to be in shape for the match. Anchovy decided to go to a room to plan the strategies for battle alongside Pepperoni and Carpaccio.
*Knock* *Knock*
"Come in!" Duce said
"Sorry to interrupt you… But its Maho Nishizumi from Kuromorimine, she wants to talk to you" A soldier that was outside the room handed the phone to her leader
"Maho?" Anchovy asked "Do you need something?"
"I want to know if you have a plan for the match" Maho answered "I sent Erika to inspect your troops and equipment so you better have a good strategy or I will be the one to destroy you"
"We… We were just planning on the strategies right now" Anchovy answered "Wait… have you already sent Erika here?" "Without telling?"
"Relax… She is at the airport now, she will be arriving in 3 – 4 hours so you have time to prepare your army" Maho said before finishing the call
"Pepperoni… Tell everyone to get ready, we are having an inspection in 3 – 4 hours" Anchovy said to her teammate
"Roger that" Pepperoni said before leaving the room
"Carpaccio, I need you to teach everyone how to handle a rifle and how to drive a tank" Anchovy said
"But Duce… Driving a tank takes time" Carpaccio protested
"It was an order!" Anchovy shouted to her teammate
"Okay…" Carpaccio said
All the school of Anzio was a complete chaos about all the girls and boys that wanted to take part of Sensha-Do, the backyard was filled with infantry units that were practicing how to shoot, reload and throw a grenade. All of the weapons that they use are like the airsoft weapons so there isn't a threat of actually killing someone
The area of operations for tanks was also filled with light and medium tanks from Italy and some that were given as a gift by Kuromorimine.
The visit of Erika was short but really uncomfortable for the Italian side. Every mistake that Anzio could mean a defeat for the "Axis". Erika was a bit amused by the handling of the weapons and by the joint operations that the infantry and the tanks did together.
"Congratulations… You passed the inspection" Erika said giving a small smirk
Erika left without saying other word, making the ambience feel extremely heavy, after she left all of the girls and boys of Anzio started cheering and celebrating knowing that they might have a chance against Gloriana, Saunders and ANZAC.
At Kuromorimine High School:
Maho was waiting for the message of Erika to tell her if Anzio was prepared or not, after she received the message saying that Anzio might give a small fight against the "Allies" she started preparing the troops and the tanks for the battle.
All the troops started practicing tactics of battle with tanks, insurgent tactics like "Bomb-cars", etc. Some of them decided to study the real battle of El Alamein to know the tactics and why the Allies won that battle. Maho meanwhile was inspecting the tanks and studying the terrain to know if the tanks will be able to drive without problems in that terrain.
"Maho…" A woman called her
"Yes?" She answered
"Take care… You don't know but ANZAC it's known for being really aggressive during hand on hand combat" Shiho said to her Daughter
"Mother, it's a simulation of a war… I might get hurt, wait ANZAC?" "Wasn't ANZAC the joint armies of Australia and New Zealand during both World Wars?" Maho asked her mother a bit confused
"Yes… But looks like a school that has the theme of those two countries decided to take that name, I had to fight against them twice. And trust me… They are really hard to fight" Shiho said before leaving her daughter
*Sigh* "So ANZAC huh?" Maho said before she kept reading her book about El Alamein
*Knock* *Knock*
"Come in…" Maho said
"Commander, Erika arrived would you like me to tell her something?" A guard asked
"Tell her to come here, we need to plan the strategies" Maho said
"Roger that." The guard said before closing the door and
Some minutes passed and she still didn't get any notices from Erika, until she heard a knock on her door making her a bit angry knowing that she couldn't concentrate. It was Erika that finally arrived and was ready to plan strategies.
Both girls stayed most of the day in the room planning strategies and talking about the new school that might be a threat during the battle.
"I heard there is a new school that will help Saunders and St. Gloriana" Erika said to her commander
"Yeah, let's hope that they aren't like Jatkosota High School" Maho said while looking a picture on her phone
"If they are that aggressive as they say we might be prepared for a lot of hand on hand combat." Erika said while looking at the map "After all there will be a lot of trench warfare so we should be careful"
Tanks will also be a threat" Maho said after letting her phone on the table
"But we have the anti-tank cannons…" Erika said before watching the image on the phone "So… you are in a romance with the commander of Jatkosota?" Erika said. The phone had an image of Mika kissing Maho's cheek.
"Shut up and let's get this ready" Maho said before turning off her cellphone "Maybe I can tell you the story behind that photo" she added