into the breach

by Giblets

Into the breach follows Heinrich Sommer a Gefrieter (lance corporal) in the WW2 era German heer as he goes from the cold and unforgiving winter fighting of Stalingrad after a large scale untested soviet explosive goes off sending him to the planet of Remnant and the power grab that is going on in the shadows. Will Heinrich survive or will he die just another statistic in the number

1. Chapter 1

Authors note: first time ever writing so please hang in there as I revise and adjust as I go. So first I do not own any of the RWBY well anything that belongs to the late Monty Oum and rooster teeth studios. I own the poor saps thrown onto remnant so on with the show.
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Chapter 1: Into the breach

Stalingrad, October 15, 1942
0130 hours: one hour prior to push on soviet controlled areas.

When I was a young boy growing up all I ever wanted to do was serve my country and protect my loved ones. The parades and patriotism everyone showed makes a illusion around the military, what a shroud it was for it did not show me the full aspects of the way of life of a soldier. From the lack of personal space and creature comforts that civilians take for granted on a daily basis such as personal showers, latrines, and the like are for lack of a better term a luxury that we as soldiers can ill afford. But with negatives comes positives just like any aspect of life; for instance, I learned that as a soldier not many others can ever fathom about what I do or did sure that makes it hard to open up to others but the other soldiers the select few who have also gone through the same if not harder times than my own we can are able to connect and understand in a way incomprehensible to others who have never faced what we faced. That alone makes it worthwhile because even at the end of the day you will have someone you know you can trust enough to confide in along with…

"Heinrich!"

Heinrich looks up from writing in his journal to see another soldier jogging to him. The other soldier is wearing a dark green great coat over his body which covers the standard issue army field green tunic and trousers, the black cow hide leather jackboots are visible as covered in snow. He has two thick gloves on his hands and his combat webbing on the outside of the greatcoat to make getting to his spare munitions and other equipment easier. Atop his head he is wearing the standard issue Stahlhelme(steel helmet M35 pattern) it has white fabric covering it to help it blend in easier in the snow. He has his Karabiner 98 Kurz (Kar98K) slung over his right shoulder as he crouches down in front of Heinrich.

"what is it Wilhelm?" Heinrich responds as he closes his journal and puts it and his writing instruments away inside one of his parka's pockets. Heinrich is wearing the early Heer (army) winter non-reversible parka in white along with the pants and helmet covering so as to help him break his silhouette up at farther distances as well as keep him warm. He gloves finish closing and securing his left side pocket once that is done he checks his own webbing and munitions to ensure that he had a full combat load out which normally for him is his MP40 with six (6) 32 round magazines, his PO8 Luger with two (2) 8 round magazines, three (3) Steilhandgranate (stick grenade) 24, his trench knife, entrenching tool, supplies, both medical and sustenance, and his binoculars. Satisfied with his quick pat down and inventory he gives his undivided attention to Wilhelm who had out of courtesy remained silent until the quick equipment check was complete.

"Unteroffizier Weber wants the squad formed up and ready to move out within the next ten minutes. It seems we are to go and take a residential building from some soviets who are hiding out in there." After getting the message and helping Wilhelm gather the remaining seven men of his infantry squad he and Wilhelm along with the rest of the squad form up around Unteroffizier Weber and start to get their briefing before they move out.

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"Alright men today we are going to take some real estate from the Russians. Pretty straight forward there is an apartment building two blocks from our current location that from initial recon labels it as a communications hub for this sector. Our task is to assault and knock out the communication capabilities of this area after doing that we are to clear out the building and repurpose it for our own use to make it easier for us to coordinate our units in this sector if they surrender than great if not you know the drill. We leave in twenty minutes make ready and Godspeed." After finishing his brief Unteroffizier Weber walks off to go report in to the platoon commander.

Heinrich looks at Wilhelm and shrugs as the squad starts to split up and get ready for the assault as they do so they proceed to take as much as they can carry without hampering their ability to keep moving. Heinrich grabs two more grenades along with 3 magazines for his PO8 2 extra magazines for his MP40 and extra medical supplies and rations. As He readies himself he can't help but feel that something unexpected and life changing will occur today but he shakes his head and shrugs as he prepares himself for the fight that lays ahead. All the while that small sliver of foreboding and worry linger in his thoughts. He lets out a sigh as he smiles slightly seeing his breath due in no small part of the frigid air from the cold of the Russian winter. He then proceeds to make his way to the starting point for the squad to meet up prior to moving out to the pre-determined location they would stage their assault on the communications hub from. As he walks he pulls out an old black and white photo of him and his fiancé. He doesn't have the time to spend actually taking in the photo due to as soon as he arrived they started moving out he hastily puts the photo in his right parka's pocket as he mentally prepares himself for the trials of combat once again up ahead.

little does poor Heinrich know of what is to befall him on this day nor do the people on the world of Remnant know of the repercussions that the master of lines of fate has set in motion starting domino effect that will lead to the events that will befall them and certain huntress who only wanted to protect and help people.

Audaces fortuna potest favent (May fortune favor the bold)

Authors note: Hey guys it's me again the lowly plebian who is trying thy hand at this craft please Rate, review and give me any Helpful pointers as this is my first fic I am more than happy to receive pointers on the matter at hand I know it is not a very detailed segment and for that I do apologize but I promise it will only get better and better each update!