AN: So um first things first sorry to all my readers and followers for the lack of updates, I was actually busy with family matters so I couldn't really update the story much. In addition I accidently deleted some of the documents for chapter 4 and I was also sick for the past couple days so I wasn't able to update the story.

And a huge thank you to all the likes and followers. Thank you guys so much for your support.

So, this chapter is the arrival of the students to Oarai.

Oh and Saber can you do the disclaimer please?

Saber: "Ok. commanderstarscream123 does not own Girls und Panzer or any other characters from different anime etc."

Girls und Panzer: Operation Co-ed

Chapter 4: The Arrival

Somewhere in the Pacific Ocean

Oarai's School Carrier

August 30th, 20XX

It is half past ten in the morning and some Oarai Girl's High School faculty members, students, and the entire sensha-do team are waiting for the transfer students to arrive with their tanks. Sodoko who is currently impatient asked for the third time: "When will they arrive? It's nearly eleven in the morning."

The school's principal said, "Now, now Sono-san they did say that the transfer students will arrive around ten or eleven."

Saori curiously asked the school principal: "Kazumi-sensei, did the West Coast Navy High say how the students and tanks would arrive?"

The school's principal: Kazumi answered "Now that you mention it, the letter they sent us didn't really say how they would arrive."

Yukari then asked Miho on her opinion on how the transfer students would arrive: "Nishizumi-san, how do you think that the transfer students would arrive?"

Miho who had looked at the letter that the student council showed her answered: "Well the letter that the student council showed me that we were to be at the airfield, so they'll probably be arriving by air."

4,000 feet in the air

In the C-5M's passenger area, the crew members of the M103 and M48A3 heard the captain announce that they were near the drop zone. The crew members of both tanks quickly rushed to get into their respective tanks while Saber got in his Challenger Demon. Once Saber told the pilot that they were in their tanks, and car, the pilots opened the aft cargo bay door. The tanks' engines started and the M48A3 backed out of the plane and free-falling. The M103 did the same thing a few seconds after the M48A3 backed out of the plane. As soon as the two tanks were free-falling, Saber revved the Demon's engine and reversed out of the plane into and began to free fall. The AMX-13 that was on the C-17 Globemaster III reversed out of the C-17 at the same time as the M48A3.

Back on the airfield, the school faculty along with some students and the sensha-do team were standing under some trees before Miho and everyone on or near the airfield, heard the familiar engines of the C-5M Super Galaxy.

As Kazumi turned her head to look at the direction of where the engine noise is coming from, she saw four small objects being airdropped and asked "Is it just me or does anyone else see the four items being airdropped don't have parachutes?" At that statement Miho who was sitting on top of her Panzer IV looked through her binoculars and said that the four items without parachutes are three tanks and a car.

While they were still free-falling Ian asked through the radio: "Everyone good everyone make it out?"

Saber who was the last one to reverse out of the plane answered "Yeah all of us made it out."

When the tanks fell below 800 feet, Leo Pierre who is the commander of the M48A3 pressed a button that deploys the parachutes of the M48. Natalie Mochizuki who is the M103's gunner also pressed the button that will deploy the parachutes, Isabelle had deployed the parachute at the same time as Leo did. Saber is the final one to deploy the parachute in the Challenger Demon. Once the tanks are a few feet above the airfield, they released the parachute and the tanks landed on their tracks. When Saber's Demon landed he drove forward a bit before coming to a stop beside the M103.

There were various reactions to the tanks that West Coast Navy High transfer students had brought with them, and the most vocal reaction belonging to Yukari who was naming one of the three tanks on the airfield.

As soon as Yukari saw the three tanks she instantly went into a panzer high and started ranting about the AMX-13 with an excited glint in her eyes: "THAT'S A AMX-13! it's a French light tank produced from 1953 to 1985. There are over a hundred variants including self-propelled guns, anti-aircraft systems, APCs, and ATGM versions."

Saori who had thankfully been reading up on some tanks recognized the M48A3 Patton and said: "The M48 Patton. Isn't that the last U.S. tank to use the 90 mm tank gun and the third tank to be officially named after General George S. Patton?"

Miho saw the M103 and began to say: "The M103 heavy tank. It was the last heavy tank to be used by the US military as the main battle tank concept evolved making heavy tanks obsolete. The last M103s were withdrawn from service in 1974. It's main armament is a M58, 120 mm main gun and the tank has a top speed of 37 km/h (23 mph)."

The driver's door of the Challenger Hellcat opened and a teenager stepped out of the car. He was wearing a casual black blazer with a white shirt, black military tactical pants and a pair of black combat boots. He was 5'7" tall has blue eyes, a bit messy hair that is silver and a streak of red color, got out of the Challenger Demon and walked to Oarai's sensha-do team and the school faculty members that were there. Kazumi who is Oarai's school principal walked forward and greeted the teenager. The principal holds her hand out and said.

"Welcome to Oarai Girls High School. My name is Kazumi, the principal of Oarai Girls High School."

Saber grabbed Kazumi's hand and shook it while saying in perfect Japanese with a barely noticeable American accent: "Thanks, my name is Saber Aldrich. Pleased to meet you and it's an honor to be here."

Gesturing to Miho, Kazumi introduced her: "She is Miho Nishizumi, overall commander of Oarai's Sensha-do team."

Saber turned to face Miho, and noted that she looked like an average girl, with light brown hair and eyes.

She looks beautiful and cute, he thought.

"I am Saber Aldrich," he said, as he held out his hand to shake. "I'm the former Second-in-Command of West Coast Navy High School's tankery team, or Sensha-do team in your nation. "It's nice to meet you."

"I'm glad to meet you too," Miho said, reaching her hand to shake.

As soon as the two hands shook, something like a jolt of electricity ran through both of their bodies, causing their hearts to beat faster.

Eh?! Both internally gasped, surprised at the unexpected outcome.

"Ahem!" Saber coughed, as he quickly regained his composure. "We'll be in your care…here."

As he finished introducing himself, the other tank crew members of the M48A3, M103, and AMX-13 climbed out of their tanks and introduced themselves in Japanese.

(A/N: I'll put the characters and their descriptions in one of the later chapters.)

While the teams are busy with the introductions, Saber asked Miho if she could help guide him driving the M103 into the hangar as Ian Redfield who is the M103's driver is talking with someone else. With Miho giving out directions and the surroundings of the M103, Saber was able to park the M103 into Oarai's tank garage. Once Megan Wilkinson who is the driver of the M48A3, and Chloe Lynch who is the driver of the AMX-13 finish talking, Saber signals them to park their respective tanks into the garage while him and Miho will help guide them in. When they went back outside, the sounds of a C-5M Super Galaxy's engines grew louder as the aircraft landed on the airstrip.

As the aft cargo bay doors opened, the cargo on the aircraft was unloaded. The cargo that was on the C-5M were the Japan Sensha-Dō Federation approved tank shells for the M103, M48A3, and AMX-13, spare parts for tank repairs for all of Oarai Girls High School tanks. Oh and Grim was still on the C-5M when Saber and the others airdropped. So when Saber went back outside after going back into the C-5M, he is seen tenderly hugging a black furred and auburn underbelly German Shepherd puppy.

"Great, now that everything's inside I'm getting hungry. Does anyone know any nearby restaurants?" Saber asked getting a look of relief from Leo.

Saori answered: "Where do you want to eat? We do know a few nearby restaurants."

Leo answered in a deadpanned voice: "Somewhere there's food." As if agreeing with Leo, Saber's stomach growled in hunger and everyone laughed.

Leclerc Tank Cafe

"So let me get this straight…this is a café that serves tank themed cakes and desserts?" asked Saber in a surprised voice.

"Yup, why do you sound surprised?" asked Saori

Saber and Leo looked at each other before Leo replied: "Well we rarely see anything that serves tank themed food or baked goods in cafés before especially back in the States." While Leo was explaining as to why they were surprised, Saber was trying to figure out if he was supposed to press the button on the tank that was on the table. Spotting this, Miho reached out and pressed down the turret. As the tank gave off a main cannon blast a waiter skated over to their table and asked: "What can I get you?"

"We'd like a mix of cakes please, 1 lemon, 2 chocolate, 2 strawberries,2 strawberry cheesecake, and 1 New York cheese cake slice please."

Hana began to ask "So Saber and Leo was it? Can you two tell us what your school was like?"

As their orders arrived Saber took a bite from his strawberry cheesecake and began: "Well, West Coast Navy High's school carrier is based off of the USS Nimitz aircraft carrier so the carrier size is similar to Saunders' school ship as their school ship is based off of the USS George Washington which is also a Nimitz class carrier."

Leo continued: "Much like your school ship, our school ship also has other departments such as, Navigation, Engineering, Agricultural, Electrical Engineering etc. However our school carrier also has a defense force. I don't know whether this carrier has it or not but our school carrier also had a model that's somewhere under the ship's surface along with a few other areas for growing or catching food and stuff."

Saber thought for a bit and said: "As for the school itself, the building is actually more of a mixture between a Japanese and American high school. The cafeteria looks more like a food court that you can find in the US. There is also a area where students can park their vehicles that they drive to school.

Before Saber could say anything else Leo interrupted Saber: "There aren't a lot of cars in the area where students are allowed to park their cars, and the most recognizable car in that area is Saber's modified gunmetal grey Challenger Demon. Some of the other students cars would be a Chevrolet Camaro, Ford Mustang GT, a modified Nissan Skyline GT-R R34 etc."

Saber snorted a bit before whispering to himself: "That Nissan Skyline looks suspiciously like the same Skyline from 2 Fast 2 Furious. It even had the same paint job."

When Leo finished talking, Hana asked: "Leo right? What car did you drive to school?

Leo sheepishly said: "I drive the Ford Mustang GT500 to school."

Saber suddenly asked Leo: "Speaking of your Mustang where is it?"

Leo took out his phone and looked through his memos: "Umm it'll be delivered here tomorrow afternoon."

After a couple of minutes the group finished their meal and the bill was split evenly between the seven of them. They walked back to school as some people needed to unpack some stuff in their new homes.

Before Saber got in his car he asked: "By the way, does anyone know where Strawberry Street is?"

To no one's surprise, Saori raised her hand and said that she knows where it is and said: "I know where the street is but why do you want to go there? That's the residential area for people who have some extra cash to throw around."

Saber sheepishly rubbed the back of his head before saying: "Because that's where my house is."

After everyone said their goodbyes Saber started up the engine on the Demon and drove to Strawberry Street where his new house would be. Well it isn't really new it was built a few years back. The house is a two story house with the first floor containing a open kitchen and dining room, along with a toilet room that has a sink, a living room and a place to take off your shoes by the house's entrance. The second floor contains the bedroom with a connected bathroom. The bedroom contains a double bed, a computer and study desk, and a wall mounted television. The bathroom is separated into a shower area and a tub area.

Once Saber reached the house he immediately went inside and saw the cardboard boxes containing the items that he needs. The first thing that Saber tried to set up is the Wi-Fi system which took a few minutes. The second thing to be set up is his dual monitor gaming PC which took less than twenty minutes as Saber had done this a couple times before. The rest of the items took a little over an hour for Saber to unpack and place the items where he wanted it. The last couple items that needed to be unpacked was Grim's bed which was placed in a corner next to Saber's double bed, and some of his tank and jet models and two remote controlled models: an M1A2 Abrams tank and a F-22 Raptor which were placed on the shelves above his bed and study desk. Feeling a bit tired from unpacking the items and from the jet lag he decided to take a shower and then take a short nap afterwards.

While Saber was taking a nap after he finished unpacking his stuff, the same couldn't be said for the rest of the group as they're currently arguing which bed is theirs etc. At 3:00 noon the phone in Saber's house ran and a really sleepy Saber answered the phone and said: "This is Saber Aldrich who is this?"

Ian who was the caller said: "Saber, it's me Ian. I forgot to tell you but we're supposed to back to the school in thirty minutes because the Sensha-do team wants a demonstration."

Saber who is still half awake asked: "What do you mean 'a demonstration'?"

Ian answered: "Well, uh Oarai's Sensha-do team wants a demonstration of how we operate by playing a practice match of the three of our tanks against their eight WWII era tanks."

Groaning in annoyance, Saber sat up and said: "Oh you've got to be kidding me...alright tell the team to meet at the garage where the tanks are parked. I'm going over to the school now." Saber quickly hang up the phone and fell back onto his bed before washing his face and driving to school. Once Saber reached the tank garage, he quickly went over to the M103 where the crew of the other two post-war era tanks and began to talk with them.

Isabelle Fontaine asked Saber: "So what are supposed to do?"

Saber thought for a bit and laid out a map of the area before replying "Alright here's what we're going to do, Isabelle, once the match begins I want you to scout out their team since the AMX-13 is the fastest and also has a low silhouette. When you see any of their tanks relay their position to me and try to bait them to go to grid 5B where we'll be waiting. Leo you and your M48A3 will be with my tank in a sniping position. Everyone got it?"

The entire team said: "Yes sir!"

Everyone got into their respective tanks with Saber and his team prepping the M103. Soon Ami Chouno's voice came over the tank's radio and she said: "Alright, each team head to your starting points." After Oarai's sensha-do team drove to their starting point, Saber's team began to drive to their starting point after a couple minutes. Once Ami looked through her binoculars and saw that each team are at their starting points she quickly said: "Looks like you're all at your starting points. The rules are simple: immobilize all tanks of the opposing team. Sensha-do always begins and ends with a respectful bow. Everyone, bow!"

The other teams can be heard from the radio saying: "Let's have a good match." Ami's voice came over the radio again and she said: "Let the match begin." After the sentence was finished Saber said to his team: "Alright you guys know what to do. Begin Operation: Chaos."

In the forest the tree branches swayed in the wind as the rumbling of multiple tank engines pierced the silence of the forest. The engines belonged to the tanks of Oarai's girls' senshado team. The eight tanks pushed through the dense forest towards their destination while on the lookout for any signs of West Coast Navy High's tanks while they were moving.

Yukari let out a sigh and said to Miho: "Nishizumi-dono don't you think we should've seen them by now?"

Miho also suggested: "Agreed or it may be possible that they might have set up an ambush for us."

Miho said through the radio to her team: "This is Miho. Everyone keep a extra close eye out. The could be hiding anyw.."

*BOOM*

Miho was interrupted when a shell hit the ground in front of her Pz IV, throwing up a cloud of dirt and grass as a result. The tank commanders simultaneously turned to look at where the shot came from. About 600 meters behind the Pz IV, trying to hide behind the trees was the AMX-13 with its 75 mm cannon smoking. The AMX-13 then turned its turret towards the M3 Lee and fired at the tracks causing the tank to jerk to a halt.

Miho said over the radio: "Rabbit team is everyone okay?"

Rabbit team responded: "Yes we're fine but our tracks are out and we can't get out of the tank because the AMX-13 is nearby."

The AMX-13 fired one last time at the Type 89 and disabled the tank before being disabled by a shot in the rear by the Porsche Tiger.

Isabelle sighed and slumped in the commander's seat as she radioed back to Saber: "Isabelle here. The AMX is knocked out but we managed to take out the Type 89 as well."

"Alright, nice job Isabelle. Leave the rest to us." Leo responded

Both tanks rolled forward until only the turret is visible and they both opened fire. The M103's shell flew straight into the M3 Lee and disabled them while the M48A3's shell impacted the front of the Hetzer, disabling the German tank destroyer.

Leopon team's gunner, Hoshino succeeded in hitting the M103, but the shell bounced off the 254 mm thick gun mantlet of the M103. Anglerfish Team aimed at the M48A3's turret ring hoping to jam the turret, but the shell just bounced off the Patton's turret. The two post-war tanks fired again but the shells missed. The M103's shell grazed the side of the Porsche Tiger's turret, while the M48A3's shell just hit the ground in front of the Char B1 bis, sending dirt onto the front of the tank. Seeing that Miho's team is getting closer, Saber ordered Leo to back up. The two tanks began backing up while Anteater team's shot bounced off the M103's upper hull. Hippo team began to speed up the STuG III to get behind the M48A3 but was disabled when the M48 shot at the side of the STuG.

While the M48's turret was aiming at the STuG, Leopon team fired at the side of the M48's turret and disabled the American medium tank. Seeing that his tank was the only one left, Saber ordered Ian to back up the tank at full speed. Natalie then aimed at the Pz IV as the Panzer was about to flank them and shoot at the rather thin armor on the M103's rear. The M103 fired at the Pz IV and managed to track the tank which bought some time for the M103. The remaining tanks opened fire on the M103 and tried to disable the heavy tank, however most of the shots either missed or bounced off the M103's upper hull. Anglerfish Team reloaded their gun and fired at the M103's tracks causing the heavy tank to come to an abrupt halt.

Ian quickly said; "Saber the tracks have been taken out, we're dead in the water and I can't go out and repair them with the tank shells flying about."

The M103's 120 mm main cannon discharged again and this time the shell disabled the Char B1 bis, but while the two loaders were trying to reload the gun as fast as possible, the M103 suddenly rocked forward slightly. As Saber looked out of the commander's hatch he saw the white flag of the M103 fluttering in the wind and behind the heavy tank was Anglerfish Team with their cannon smoking slightly. For a couple moments, silence filled the air until Ami Chouno announced: "Team B has been taken out! Team A is the winner!"

Oarai's Tank Garage

Saber walked into the tank garage with the rest of the team after the tanks had been recovered. Saber along with Leo and Isabelle began to look at their tanks to see what needed to be fixed. After a couple minutes of checking over their tanks, not a lot was damaged except for the tracks of the M103 and they needed to get some dents out of the armor. Saber began to walk to the cargo boxes to look for the tracks for the M103 and managed to find the tracks on one of the larger boxes. As the team finished repairing the M103's tracks, the student council along with Anglerfish team came in the garage.

Anzu exclaimed: "I've got to say, that was quite fun." while she was chewing on sweet dried potato while holding a rather large bag of sweet dried potatoes.

Saber turned and saw Anzu munching on sweet dried potatoes and he replied: "Thanks, you guys are pretty good."

Miho said to Saber: "Thanks, your team is pretty good as well."

Anzu then said to Saber and Miho: "We need to talk to you two about something, so can you two meet me in the office in a little while?"

Saber became a bit confused and said: "Uh…sure?"

Oarai Girl's High School

Student Council President's office

As Miho and Saber entered Anzu's office, they saw Momo and Yuzu talking to Anzu who is sitting in her office chair. When they heard the office door open Anzu turned around and said: "Ah, you're both here."

Miho asked: "Anzu-san, why did you call us here?"

Momo answered for Anzu who is busy munching on her sweet dried potatoes "We called both of you here to discuss what the other schools may field due to the new rule."

Yuzu handed Saber the handbook from the Japanese Sensha-do Federation. After browsing the handbook which took less than 5 minutes, Saber said: "Huh, well the rules are pretty easy to understand. More or less the rules are basically the same in the US except that the US allows the use of artillery tanks that are from the WW2 era."

The other four students in the room just stared and said: "Really?"

Looking at the four of them Saber replied: "Yeah the US does allow artillery, however there are some rules for the artillery. A few of the rules is that they cannot fire at tankettes and they cannot fire directly at the tank and the artillery is limited to a few tanks due to the size of the gun. The shells that they use has to be approved by the US version of the Japanese Sensha-do Federation."

Yuzu asked: "Out of curiosity what is the role of artillery in the matches?"

Thinking for a bit Saber asked: "Well you know the game World of Tanks right? Basically the artillery tanks just give fire support when needed or they can try to fire at some locations to take out the enemy."

Momo interrupted Saber before he can say anything else: "As interesting as this conversation is we need to talk to you two."

Miho asked: "Talk to us about what?"

Anzu began: "Well as you know, the new rules allow some post-war tanks to be fielded in matches now, so we want to talk about which school will field what kind of tanks, in addition Saber, we need the specifications of the tanks that you have."

Saber said: "Well I did some research on the opponents your team faced in the 63rd National High School Sensha-do Tournament."

Saber continued: "For Saunders as they field American made tanks, they'll most likely field the M48 Patton tanks and probably some light tanks like the M41 Bulldog, maybe the M103 and they may also try to get some better tanks then the Shermans."

Miho began to say: "Pravda has a lot of tanks to choose from like the T-54, IS-8, some experimental tank destroyers like the Object 704."

"As for St. Glorianas they may try to obtain tanks like the Conqueror and the Centurion, along with some tanks like the Cromwell, and the A34 Comet." Continued Miho.

Saber said: "The real question is that I'm not so sure what Kuromorimine will field. Most of Germany's tanks were from the US during the 1945-1959 period which they mostly received M47 and M48 Pattons. From what I looked up Kuromorimine mostly focuses on their heavy tanks so they may try to get some IS tanks or some other heavy tanks like the Conqueror or they may try to get some German heavy tanks that may be experimental or never left the blueprints."

Yuzu asked: "Saber-kun what about the specifications on tanks that your school gave?"

Saber said: "I can write down the specifications about the three tanks tonight and give the documents to either you or Miho tomorrow if that's okay?"

Satisfied with the answer that Saber gave, Anzu said: "That's fine with us. Oh and before I forget, we scheduled a practice match in five days with BC Freedom."

As Saber and Miho walked out of the office he said to himself: "Well, I better notify my team that we're going to have a practice match in three days."

Back at the tank garage Saber called his team while standing in front of his M103. Saber said: "Alright listen up! There will be a practice match against another school in five days. The school is a French based school named BC Freedom, the tanks they use are the SOMUA S35, ARL 44, FCM F1, FT-17, M4A1 and A2 Shermans, M10, M5 Stuart and probably some other tanks from other countries. The match will be a flag battle type match meaning we knock out the tank of the other school that has a flag on it GOT IT?"

Miho approached Saber and said to him: "Saber, the prez asked for you to be present for the next meeting for all tank commanders which will be held on September 1st."

Saber asked: "Ok, what time will the meeting start?"

"After school has ended." Replied Miho

Saber told Miho: "Alright I'll be there. Anyway I'm going home now, I still have some things that I need to do. See you tomorrow Miho."

As Saber drove home he was thinking about a certain tank commander with light brown hair and eyes. The same thing was happening to Miho who was walking home with her friends, she couldn't help but think about a certain boy with blue eyes and silver hair that has a streak of red on the front.

Alright so that's the end of chapter 4. I am so so sorry for not updating the story for a while. As I've said in the beginning of this chapter, I had family matters, got sick for a while, and I also accidently deleted some of the documents for the GuP: Operation Co-ed Story. I apologize immensely for making you guys wait.

So if you guys liked this story please leave a review about your thoughts, maybe some things that you guys would want to see in future chapters.