Final Chapter: Can tanks bounce on water? Pt 2

Ooarai vs Selection University, 5 hours into the match…

Another massive explosion from the shell that came out of the University's Karl Great shook the ground but only miss Konstantin's Landkreuzer by mere meters. The girls from the Chihatan's team are showering the University's battalion of Pershing who was trying to escape with the Ratte's main cannons and high-powered auto-cannons. Some of the Pershing actually tried and return fire at the titan-sized tank,only for their shells to either bounces off of its surface, or just exploded without causing any noticable damages.

The girls from the University's team spoke into the radio "Commander, we're getting slaughtered here, that thing is a monster!"

Alice, still seems quite cool as she replied "Don't panic, spread out and head toward the theme park, the Ratte is slow and can't operate well in urban battlefields…lure the Ooarai in there aswell, we'll take them out there… Karl Great team, focus ONLY on the Ratte for the moment, the Bermuda Triangle will be there shortly to assist you in case they attack you…"

With that, the Pershing quickly broke formation,with each tank heading their own direction, although the Ratte still managed to took out a few more of them with its 128mm KwK 44 cannon.

On Chouno's side, her voice can be hear as she announces "12 Pershings eliminated"

However, the Ratte's killing spree was interrupted when a shell from a Karl Gerat landed right on it's back, startled the crew and shook the entire vehicle.

Once it came to a full stop, Konstantin asked the girls "Damage report!"

One of the girls on the Ratte's auto-cannon turret replied through the radio "Uhhh no penetration but…it can't take another…" as she took a peek at the smoking,massive dent caused by the shell.

Konstantin cuts her off "I mean Are you Girls ok up there?"

The girl's voice seems a bit shy as she replied "OH, oh…ye…yes, we're ok!"

The young german man then said "Good, ditch the turrets and join us in the main turret…I got a new job for you girls"

He then said into the radio "Johanna, is the engine still operational?"

Johanna's voice can be heard through the radio "Ye..yes.."

Konstantin then spoke into the radio "Engines room,come in! damage report"

One of the Chihatan girls's voice can be heard replying "Uhh It's like a heavy metal concert down here, senpai… one of the engines is over heating, but the rest is still fully operational, we'll reroute the fuel to give them some extra juice and try to cool this one down aswell…"

Konstantin then said "Good, step on it and head back into the forest, that should lower their chances of getting a direct hit on us" as he sat down on one of the the Naval gun's seat and said loudly "Everyone, I need absolute Quiet for the next few seconds please…"

The girls doesn't quite understand why but nonetheless they quickly follow his instruction,while Johanna turns the Ratte toward the forest and steps on the pedal.

Once the colossal vehicle began moving, Konstantin closes his eyes and took a deep breath and places his hand on the angle adjusting wheels.

Just moments after he does so, he can hear a faint gunshot from afar, once he heard that, the young man began counting under his breath, then just 5 seconds later, another massive shell fell near the moving Landkreuzer,startling the Chihatan girls once more.

Right at that moment, Konstantin open his eyes and said loudly "SOUTH WEST! About 5 Km away!" before he began spinning the wheels to readjust his Naval gun while the girls quickly does the same.

Konstantin then shouted "FIRE!"

As he said so, two shells flew out from the Ratte's cannons and head toward their destination while the tank finally made it to the forest and disappeared within the thick,tall swarm of trees.

Moments after the two shell from the Ratte landed, which Alice was able to heard from her position,which seems to be a rather high and isolated hill. The young girl then spoke into her radio "Karl Gerat, did those shell hit you?"

One of the girls piloting the siege cannon replied "No,Commander, but…the shell landed just 18 meters from where we are… too close for a lucky shot…"

Alice was quiet for a few seconds before she replied "That was a warning shot…not a lucky shot…your position is compromised, how fast can you move toward…"

Before she can continue, the girl commanding the Karl Great cut her off "That's…the other problem Commander, with this rain and the soft terrain we parked in, moving is gonna take forever…"

Alice then said "Understood… for the moment, stop firing, the more shots you made, the more info you'll give to whoever commanding that Landkreuzer about your precise location…"

The girl on the other end replied "Understood,Commander"

Alice then switch the channel before she said "All Pershings stay on course and head toward the theme park, set up defensive formation and ambushes and wait for further instructions…Bermuda Triangle, have you reached the Karl Gerat?"

One of the girls from the trio replied through the radio "Affirmative,Commander…currently no sight of attacks from the Ooarai…honestly…most of their tanks have just…vanished…"

Alice then said "They're hiding in the forest…just keep your guard up, and watch out for that Landkreuzer… that thing cannot move without mowing down a tree or two, I'll keep an eye out and give you the coordinates soon, in the mean time…wait and see what kind of tactic they'll be using next…"

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Meanwhile, Saunders and Fury's outpost…

The rain doesn't seems to be toning down, soaking the entire battlefield,which can be seen through Don's binoculars.

The young man then look at Darjeerling,who was wearing a US Poncho,obviously borrowed from the Saunders girls before he said "It's too quiet... for all I know they already know we're here… why didn't they just rush us…?"

The blonde calmly replied as she took a sip from her steamy cup of tea "They're waiting for us to make the next move…that young lass,Alice…is not to be taken lightly...I dare say she's the combination of miss Maho and miss Miho…"

Then, Miho's voice can be heard through the radio "Wardaddy? Come in"

Don quickly replied "Wardaddy here, where are you?"

Miho replied "We've just grouped up with big si..I mean Maho's team and Katyusha's team, the battlefield just got…silent all of a sudden…"

Maho's voice then can be heard "My guess is that they must have already moved into the theme park, its urban setting is perfect for close quarter combat and ambushes…"

Then, Anchovy's voice can be heard "Uhhh…the big gun still haven't moved…good thing they still haven't spotted us…that's good news right?"

Konstantin's voice quickly come up after that "Long as that cannon still operational, I can't garuantee that we'll make it to the park without losing from 3 to 10 tanks, we can't afford to lose any of our numbers until they actually balancing the odd of this fight…"

Katyusha's voice can be heard yelling "I SAY WE RUSH 'EM!"

Before anyone can say anything, Konstantin quickly replied "Agreed"

The moment he said so, everyone's voice can be heard replying "SAY WHAAA?"

Konstantin then said "BUT, the Ratte will be rushing the Gerat… 100 % chances that it'll be a suicide run, but it should be able to gives you some…needed advantages to take out the tanks defending that big black hunk-a-junk, thus decreasing their numbers further…"

Miho's voice replied "But…we need your firepower"

Konstantin huffed before replying "Trust me, Commander…my box of Trix ain't empty just~~~ yet"

Miho was a bit confused,not knowing what to say, until Don decided to spoke "Alright Blondie, we'll do it your way…Princess, you should go with Maho for now, I'll proceed with Kay and her squad… everyone just follow Konstantin's lead, but DON'T attack at the same time, split up into separate groups, surrounds then pounce on their defenses, Got it?"

All the girls loudly replied "GOT IT!"

Don then said "Alright…eh…god, I running out of things to say here…"

Miho then spoke into the radio "Anchovy, can you give us your location?"

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A few minutes later…

One of the girls commanding the Karl Gerat was looking around the perimeter with a bored look on her face as she said "Ughhhh…. If I knew it was gonna be this boring, I'd brought a…"

Her own monologue was interrupted when she heard loud rumbling noises and sounds of trees being snaps from afar.

The girl quickly get back inside the Gerat's cockpit and said "Turn the cannon, 49 Degree left, and point the barrel straight toward, they're coming"

One of the commanders of the Bermuda Triangle, with short, ash grey hair and wearing a pair of big round glasses had her Pershing cannon pointed at th direction of the noises while saying "A frontal assault? Are they that desperate?"

The moment she said so, two loud gunshot shook the forest, then, two explosions follows, flipping 2 Pershings over as a result.

Not wasting a second longer, the Karl Gerat release another massive shell, pierces through the tree lines toward the incoming attackers before an explosion shook the forest.

Seems like it was a missed shot, since no annoucement of elimiation was made by Chouno through the speaker.

Then, a hailstorm of shells and 50 cal. Bullets flew out from behind the tree lines and heading right at the Pershings.

The Bermuda team quickly returns fire, while their teammates do the same.

Then, just when things couldn't get worse for the Karl's squad, the Keizoku's BT-42 suddenly emerges from the tree lines and speed toward the Pershing's formation, then shot one of the Pershing on the side armor as it passes by, eliminated it as a result.

Right then, The Fury Sherman and the whole Saunders squad quickly emerges and open fired on the Bermuda's Pershings,causing them to retreat, leaving the now highly panicked Pershings and the Gerat, still loading the next shell into the cannon's chamber.

The bucket hat girl from the Keizoku then spoke into the radio "Iron Princess, I'll pursue the Bermuda trio, we can't allow them to reach the theme park…"

Miho quickly replied "Don't, they might be on the run but it's still a 3 on 1 scenario"

The Keizoku commander then replied "You didn't let me finish Commander, I said we can't allow them to reach the theme park in one piece…"

With that the BT-42 speed off, but not before shooting another Pershing in its tracks.

Anchovy's voice then can be heard "I'll go with them"

The girls from the Pink Bunny team chimed in through their radio aswell "Us too"

Miho sighs before she said "I understand…just be careful" before a loud explosion startled her.

The Gerat managed to fire another shell at the Landkreuzer, and due to the titanous tank's size and slow turning speed, it took the whole thing directly. The impact took out one Naval cannon and the 128mm cannon, but the vehicle is still up to speed and oprational.

Back to the remaining Pershings defending the Karl, they're being slaughtered by the Saunders, Don's Fury Sherman with supporting fires from Darjeerling, Maho and Katyusha's team from behind the tree lines surrounding them.

Back inside the Landkreuzer, sparks can be seen flying around the damaged control panels and smoke are filling the interior of the main turret. Konstantin can be seen passing gas masks to the Chihatan girls as he said loudly "I know I've never say this to anyone beside Collier but…It was a BLAST riding with you girls"

The Chihatan girls quickly yelled back in unison "SAME GOES FOR US,SENPAI!"

As they said so, another shell from the Gerat shook the Landkreuzer, but luckily, the last Naval gun is still unharmed.

The Chihatan girls quickly loaded the last shell into the chamber and aim it right at the Karl as the Landkreuzer mow through the trees and finally made it into the open, just 12 meters away from the Karl.

The Ooarai's tanks couldn't help but stopped and stare at the entire thing, same goes for the eliminated Pershings's crews.

The commander of the Karl's voice can be heard from out side the cannon "C'mon,C'mon, C'mon, C'mon, C'mon, It's cominggggggggggggggg!"

Inside the Landkreuzer however, Konstantin, Johanna,Leon along with every single Chihatan members in the cockpit and the engine room all yelled "BANZAIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII!"

Right then, the Karl spit out another shell, at the same time as the Landkreuzer.

Times seems to slow down for everyone at the scene,as the massive 60cm shell from the Karl flew pass the Landkreuzer's 28cm shell as they head toward each others' target, two of Germany most powerful creations,a behemoth cannon that saw limited actions and a titanous super tank with so many potential that almost made it out of the drawing board,firing their last shots, putting an end to their short-lived head-to-head battle.

As time still seems to be in slow-motion, the camera then stars showing the expression of each team members, with Kay doing an air guitar solo for some reasons, Darjeerling was bending down to pick up the teaspoon that she dropped, Maho was staring awkwardly at Erika,who was giving the Karl two "Fingers", Don was trying to get a spider off of his hair, Grady was blowing a kiss toward Momo, who rejected it with a disgusted,but blushing face, and Katyusha, who was also giving the Karl the Double Fingers.

Then, another earth-shattering explosion shook the battlefield. Followed by complete silent.

It took a whole minute for the smoke to clear, giving Chouno's plane a clear view of the aftermatch of the "joust" just happened below. The Karl's cannon substain heavy damages from being shot right in it's barrel while the Landkreuzer's remaining Naval gun has been reduced to a bent, molten piece of junk.

Then, out of nowhere, a girl from one of the eliminated Pershings pop out from the turret hatch and yelled "WWWOOOO! GO OOARAI!" which caused everyone to look at her awkwardly.

Right after that, Chouno's voice can be heard "The P1000 Ratte, Karl Gerat , and 10 Pershings Eliminated"

Konstantin stretches as he spoke into the radio "I gotta say, that was FUCKIN' AWESOME!…"

Miho's voice replied "Are you sure you and Don aren't long lost twins?" with a giggle.

Then, Konstantin's crew and the Chihatan's girls can be seen exiting the Ratte,all sport soots here and there on their faces and uniforms.

Nishi then pops out from her Chi-ha's turret hatch, look at the girls with a proud look before saluting them and said loudly "That was an Oustanding victory, I'm honored to be your leader!"

The girls then startled Konstantin, causing him to jump onto Leon's arms as they all yelled while crying comically "US TOO SENPAI!"

Konstantin,still in Leon's arms, cleared his throat and said "We done our part Commander, the rest is up to you…and you aswell, my friend" as he look at both Miho and Don.

Don just flash a smile and nodded at his rival in reply.

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Meanwhile…

The view then show The Bermuda Triangle trio, still being pursued by the M3 Lee,the Tankette and the BT-42 along the open dirt terrain, with both side exchanging fire constantly.

Anchovy's voice can be heard "Somebody better come up with something… once they reached the theme park and regroup with the others, we're toasted"

The girls from the M3 Lee replied "It's no use, the Lee's engine is not powerful enough to catch up…"

Anchovy's voice chimed in "Our Takette can but… you know…flimsy machine gun?"

The bucket hat girl from the Keizoku's voice then can be heard "Our BT-42 can handle it… you two should head back…"

Anchovy's voice protested "Uhh no you can't, this is three Pershings we're up against, not 3 Jeeps with machine guns"

The bucket hat girl's replied calmly "Just trust us…"

With that, the BT-42 began to speed up and eventually caught up with the Pershing trio, while skillfully dodging their shells, leaving the Tankette and the M3 Lee far behind as the two tanks pulled to a stop.

The BT-42 quickly attempted to get close to the first Bermuda Triangle member's Pershing as it slowed down a bit then position itself right behind the vehicle's back hull with its cannon loaded and ready.

Not wasting a second, the girl with short dark hair manning the cannon pulled the trigger, sending a shell right out of the BT-42's big but short cannon and right into the Pershing's back armor surface.

Right before the Pershing,now eliminated with a smoking back hull came to a full stop, the girl with the crimson red twin tail hair quickly turn the wheel, steering the BT-42 away from the obstacle and continue the pursuit, much to the remaining two Triangle member's shock.

However, before the BT-42 can make the next attack attempt, a shell from one of the Pershing landed right on its track,caused it to spin around before stopping.

With the last pursuer off of their tails, one of the girls commanding the Pershings's voice can be heard "I don't know about you but…we might have underestimated these kids…"

The other girl's voice replied "It's just a lucky shot… two of us are still more than enough to take the rest of them on…"

As she said so, a shell landed right onto the left side of her Pershing,destroying the left caterpillar track strip in the process,forcing the Pershing into a halt.

As the immobilized Pershing's commander took a peek out from the turret hatch, her eyes was wide open as she saw the BT-42 speeding toward her tank, top speed, as if nothing ever happened to its tracks.

The girl then said in disbelief "What the…" as she take a closer look at the BT-42's tank's tracks just to find out that the caterpillar track strips have been removed and the vehicle is now running on the four wheels inside the discarded strips,with a rather thin layer of rubber tires installed.

The red twin tail girl from the Keizoku grinned as she said "NEVER underestimate the Finish military you college brats!"

As he said so, the BT-42 shot another round at the immobilized Pershing, hitting it in the turret, but it was just a grazed shot.

Not wasting this window, the remaining operational Pershing quickly turn around and head back to assist its teammate while the BT-42 closing in on it.

The moving Pershing quickly took a shot at the BT-42,only for it to dodge it, thanks to the red twin tail's driving skills. However, the second shot,from the immobilized Pershing hit it right in the right side of its track, blew off the entire set of wheels on that side.

The blast knock the BT-42 over, but not completely, as the other 4 wheels still have good friction, keeping it balanced, also thanks to the twin tails's skill.

The two Pershing commanders got their jaw dropped way to the floor as they witness the BT-42,still rolling, on 4 wheels. In the same manner of a normal car's 2-wheel-drive manuveur as it keep speeding right at the immobilized Pershing at full speed.

The camera then show both commanders of two Pershing rusing their loader "Reloadreloadreloadreloadreloadreload!"

Then the view switch to the Keizoku's loader closing the cannon chamber while saying "ready!"

The bucket hat girl, still as calm as ever, replied "Wait for it…"

Time once again slowed down as the BT-42 finally reached the down Pershing, with its cannon now only 5 meters away from the vehicle's armor with the right end of the barrel pointed right at it. However, so does the two Pershings's cannons, now all loaded and ready to fire.

The three commanders then said in unison, with the two Pershings commanders yelling at the top of their lungs while the bucket hat girl from the Keizoku just calmly said "Fire"

The three cannons all fired at the same time. The BT-42's shell landed right onto the Pershing's hull at point-blank range and exploded, the shell from the Immobilized Pershing just grazed the Bt-42's turret armor, the third shot from the operational Pershing however, landed right at the Bt-42's remaining wheels and blew them right off, forcing it into a full stop and completely incapacitated it, but not before T-boning the already eliminated Pershing.

The last remaining Bermuda Triangle member still couldn't believe what just happened as she look at the aftermath, with both her teammate and their pursuer, a unfavored and not very well known tank of WWII, eliminated.

The girl then said "…Tha…that… weird thing.. just took out…" before Alice's voice can be heard through the radio "You did your best…rendevouz with the others at the theme park… we haven't lose yet…"

The last Triangle commander reluctantly pick up the radio as she replied "Oh uh…ye…yes Commander, I'll head there at once…" before she got back inside the tank while it rolls off.

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Back at Miho's team position, the rain still haven't show signs of stopping as Chouno's voice can be heard "2 Pershings and a BT-42 eliminated"

Miho seems surprised as she said "They…they actually took out 2 members of the Bermuda Triangle?"

Anzu on the other said to Momo "Is there anyway we can…have those girls transfer to Ooarai permanently?"

Then, Anchovy's voice can be heard on the commlink "Miho, we're heading back…boy you should've been here… those hippie looking chicks sure knows how to drive a tank…"

Miho then replied "Wait Anchovy, please head toward the theme park with the Pink Bunny team, we need someone acting as our eye from the high grounds…"

She then look at the map and said "There should be a hill just half a kilometer away from where the park is with good height and view…"

Anchovy's voice can be heard replying "Ughhhh…Got it… man why do we always ended up on scout duty?"

Anzu's voice then can be heard "Hey Chovy, we'll go with you if that'll make you stop whining"

Anchovy snaps back "I TOLD YOU NOT TO CALL ME THAT YA GNOME! ….Bu…But…thanks"

Don sighs as he smiles "We'll go with them aswell… a head on assault on that theme park as of this point will only won us a ticket to Loserville…"

Miho nodded as she reply "Agreed, I think we should do the same as how we attacked the Karl, split up and move in both agressively and silently…"

Don then look at the Sherman Firefly before saying "Naomi, we need a sniper…" loudly

Naomi replied through the commlink "Say no more"

Miho then said "Well, with two of the Bermuda Triangle's members and the Karl out of the battle, the threats we're facing now shifts to the overwhelming number of the Pershings and the Centurion… for all we know they've already took up positions in every vantage points in there… the odds are still against us…"

Maho then said "Listen Miho…we got this far with just 20 tanks thanks to you…don't tell me that you'll began to lose hope now…"

Katyusha then chimes in "That's right Miho-sha! Think of it this way, they've been cornered, they KNEW they are gonna lose and they're Desperate, everyone can be dangerous when they're desperate, I CAN BE DANGEROUS when I'm desperate for some Milk n Cookies!"

As Miho awkwardly giggle when she heard Kat's comment.

Maho then smiles "Well then… Iron Princess… we're all ears for the next plan"

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End of Part 2