Note: Sorry for making this 4 chapters boring, it's just that I wanted to make an introduction for the Australian themed high school. But yeah, expect the following chapters to be a bit more exciting. Enjoy
St Gloriana, 2 weeks before the match:
The day passed like every other day at that school, the only different thing was the combined exercises with the "infantry", most of the crew still felt weird knowing that the battles wouldn't be any more tank on tank combat.
Darjeeling felt a bit weird combating not only tanks but also against infantry, after their daily training Darjeeling sat alone outside the place where they kept their tanks. A male soldier came and sat next to her.
"Commander… May I ask you something?" The soldier said taking out his helmet showing his short red hair
"Go on… You want some tea?" Darjeeling asked offering the soldier a cup of tea
"No thanks, I just drank a cup of coffee." The soldier refused "May I ask… are you afraid about the upcoming match?"
"I'm a bit scared… Anzio doesn't have heavy tanks, but they are smart. But the real threat it's Kuromorimine" Darjeeling said while she was looking at her tea
"Kuromorimine?" The soldier asked
"It's a school that represent Germany, they are known by their strategies and their brute force. They, Pravda and Ooarai really gave us a hard time during the matches that we had in the past" Darjeeling answered
"Oh… May I ask another question?" The soldier asked a bit scared this time "Hope I'm not bothering you with this questions"
"Don't worry you aren't bothering" Darjeeling said smiling to the young student
"I heard that you had a fight with ANZAC High School… Is it true?" The red haired boy asked the British tank commander
"Yeah…" The commander answered a bit sad
"Let's say that we started good but the commander and vice-commander didn't want to listen" she continued
"And they also insulted me and the American commander considering our teams as weak…" She finished
"Those guys deserve a lesson" The soldier said with an angry tone
"Yep, also something funny during our visit" Darjeeling said giggling a bit
"Let's say that a female guard was taking our names to tell them to her commander… And when Assam told her name to the guard she considered it cute" She continued
"And after that I teased her a bit saying that maybe the guard was flirting with her" Darjeeling continued
"Oh, and do you think that she was really flirting with her?" The soldier asked
"Nope, I think she just considered Assam's name cute. That's all" The commander answered
Darjeeling and the soldier continued talking a bit, before the soldier had to leave to his house knowing that during night his bigger brother had to go to work and nobody could take care of his children.
"By the way… My name it's Mark" the red haired soldier said before putting his helmet back on and going to his house
"I'm Darjeeling" the blonde girl answered while getting up
Darjeeling went back to her house, she didn't notice that she had some messages from Kay on her phone
Kay: "So… How were things today?"
Darjeeling: Good, nothing new. "Only that I stayed talking with a guy"
Kay: "Oooh… Is he handsome?"
Darjeeling: "Shut up you… You know that I have a crush"
Kay blushed a bit after she read that message, she was in love with Darjeeling. She felt like that after the match against the University team when they helped Miho and Ooarai team so they could defend their school.
Kay: "Mind if I ask who it is?"
Darjeeling: "Well… she is blonde, I almost kissed while I was helping her with her English homework"
Darjeeling knew that maybe she messed up after that message, but she didn't know that Kay also had a crush for her. Darjeeling blushed after reading the message remembering when Darjeeling almost kissed Kay´s lips during a night that she stayed to help the American commander with her English homework.
At Kuromorimine:
"Is everything ready?" Maho asked to Erika who was supervising the tanks and the equipment
"Yes… We have everything in order" Erika answered "You never told me the story of you and the Finnish commander"
"I said that I would tell you that story another day not now" Maho answered annoyed
"Sorry" Erika apologized
Maho and Erika continued supervising the equipment of the Kuromorimine team and were doubting about sending some supplies to Anzio team.
"Should we send them some of your supplies?" Erika asked to her commander
"We should… After all I don't think that Anzio will make a lot of effort during the battle" Maho said
Maho went to the planning room before being intercepted by one of the commanders of the infantry
"Commander Maho" The infantry commander said "May I take a minute to talk to you please?" She asked
"Okay… What do you need?" Maho asked a bit annoyed knowing that she couldn't plan the strategies that day
"Do you think that we should make a Blitzkrieg attack on the enemy before they entrench themselves?" The commander asked
"It's a good idea… But, we don't know how many soldiers they have, If they have anti-tank cannons" Maho answered
"Also… We can't just throw a Blitzkrieg attack just like that… We have to see where they entrench themselves… We might have an opportunity against ANZAC High School, it is said that they had a fight with the British and American commanders" Maho continued
"Roger that…" the commander said before leaving
"So Darjeeling and Kay got into a fight?" Erika asked
"Never thought that Darjeeling would get in a fight" She continued
"Yes, apparently the Australian commander considered both teams as weak… And also she insulted Kay and Darjeeling" Maho answered as she looked her watch
"Weak huh?" Erika asked
Maho entered into the planning room and continued to look into the maps trying to plan for strategies and trying to select the best location to make the outpost. She also tried to plan the best locations to set up anti-tank mines and to entrench soldiers so they could make ambushes.
At ANZAC:
When the noticed arrived at ANZAC High School, most of the students were shocked. Even the Federation considered banning ANZAC from the match knowing that they were violating the rules. When Sophia got the notice she went straight to Christian and slapped him with all her forces,
"Hey! What is your problem?!" Christian said
"You and me… In the meeting office right fucking now" Sophia said as she carried the newspaper to the meeting office
"Okay… Jeez" Christian said before following the commander
After Sophia and Christian entered the room, Sophia closed the door with force making the guards scared knowing that their commander was angry and they didn't want to intervene in the argument
"Have you lost your fucking mind?!" Sophia asked Christian
"What?" Christian asked lighting up a cigarette
"You just insulted the British and American commanders. Now everybody thinks that we are the worst school in all Japan" Sophia shouted even louder hitting a newspaper on the desk
"Even MEXT it's after our asses thinking if they should ban us from Sensha-Do" Lucy continued as she unwrapped the newspaper and showed the note to her vice-commander
"They deserved it… They wanted us to be on the defense, and we aren't known for being a defensive team" Christian said in a lazy tone trying not to look to the newspaper
"Jesus fucking Christ… First you insult the commanders of both teams, and then you decided to insult Lucy" Sophia continued
"You insulted her because she really didn't do her job? Or because you are jealous that she is flirting with your ex-girlfriend?!" Sophia asked making Christian drop his cigarette
"She didn't do her job… Wait, she fucking did what?!" Christian said before coughing "So Assam just came to our school and you didn't tell me?" Christian continued "I'm going to kill Lu…"
"I didn't hear her name… But this isn't the topic of discussion, we are talking that you insulted Lucy, you had to remind her of the death of her father" Sophia interrupted Christian
"So you are going to kill Lucy just because she considered your ex-girlfriend´s name as cute?" Sophia asked "A lot of boys consider my name as cute but my boyfriend knows that it's a compliment not a way of flirting" She said before leaving the room
"If you excuse me I will contact both schools and try to solve the problems… Maybe you should do the same or just quit, it's the first match that we have after 10 years since they banned us when your father almost killed a member of the opposing team" Sophia said before closing the room
Christian was alone lighting another cigarette and looking an old image of he and Assam sharing a kiss on their lips during Valentine's Day.
"Fucking Lucy…" Christian said to himself as he continued smoking on the office
Hi, just wanted to say that sorry if there is a bit too much swearing in this chapter but I can't hold it, it's in my nature to swear a lot. I will take a bit more to make the following chapters, I need to read again about the battles of El Alamein.