Girls Und Panzer: Tricolore
Chapter 1: Vive La France!
Bonjour. Comment allez vous? Bienvenue a la France. Wait, you don't speak French, do you? My mistake, please forgive me. Still, it is nice for you to come to our school to visit. My name is Alexandra Puteaux. You can call me 'Alex'. I warmly welcome you all to Lille, and the Jeanne D'Arc Ecole de Combat Blindé. Our school specializes in the heavy tanks.
Not only that, but we also specialize in tank destroyers too. Our tank of choice is nicknamed 'Le Roi' by our crews: the 'AMX M4 Mle. 49'. This heavy tank can be called a 'French King Tiger' hence it's nickname. This tank looks similar to it's German brother, but faster with a similar road wheel configuration. This tank has a mighty roar with an 100mm gun
"Another day, my friends," I said to my crew
We were out in the Forest of Éperlecques, 850 hectares of woods and plenty of space for our tanks to roam around. I am the commander of 'Team Faucon', My driver is Anne-Marie Sainte-Claire, a blond haired and brown-eyed young lady that can drive this tank like a sports car. A native of Brittany, her skill helped propel us to the Euro League Finals.
That was last year, and sadly we lost to Russia for the third time in a row. Still, I will never ever trade my tank crew for a new one. My gunner is Jeannette Joffre, and my loader is Christine Schneider, we call her 'Chrissy' for short. The 1000HP diesel engine roars, and the squeak of the tank tracks outside sound like mice having a rave in a cheese factory
"Are we there yet?" asked Jeannette
"Don't make me turn this tank around!" Anne-Marie blasted back like a mother fed up with her kids complaining in the backseat. Jeannette is a brown-eyed brunette that usually has her brain in her guts, yet she is still has an eagle eye when it comes to spotting targets. I smiled warmly, and patted her on the upper shoulder to soothe her as a friend will.
"Don't you worry, Jeannie, the sooner we get to the gun range, the sooner we eat," I replied to make her feel better. I soon heard her tummy growl, "oh for God's sake," I lightly giggled hearing that, the average height of a student is 5'7 and weight between 150 and 155lbs. We soon made it to the gun range in an area in this huge forest, and we rested.
Christine has light brown hair the color of chocolate frosting on a cake, and dark brown eyes. She wears round, thin wireframe glasses, and is quick when given the command to fire. I crawled into the back to see our rations. Like the army, we too are given RCIRs. I looked at the menu options on each box, "Right then, who wants Strasbourg Sausages?"
"Me!" called out Jeannette happily. I read out each menu main course option to all my crew ladies. Anne-Marie settled on Paella for lunch while Christine went for the Duck and Mashed Potatoes. That left me with the Pistachio-Stuffed Sausages. We got out of the tank, and saw another team make it to the range. It's Team Aigle in their 'AMX AC Mle. 48'.
I saw their commander, Julie Montreau, "Hey Alex!"
She is my best friend outside of my crew. Like me, she's the type that gets along with everyone. She has wavy blond hair in natural curls that goes down to her shoulders. Most of the time, she keeps it in a ponytail. I go for a more 'Judi Dench' style to my hair. I'm a tomboy. I'm a big and buxom girl just like her and my crew. She gave a big warm hug.
"Oh, you give the best hugs, you teddy bear," I said to my best friend. A brilliant tactician with blue eyes, Julie and her crew will spearhead a first assault or an ambush with an 120mm AC SA46 gun. Julie smiled back, and ruffled my hair, "Care to join us? We were just settling down for lunch," I offered out to her, Julie seemed to take it as she sat down.
"Did you hear, Alex?" Julie asked, I shook my head
"An inspector from the Japanese League is coming by the school today to see our tanks today," said Esmeralda Gagnon, a tomboy like me but with slightly longer and spikier light brown hair with grey eyes. She was setting up the Esbit Stove for a tin of Cassoulet, "it seems a bit strange that the Japanese will show interest in post-World War II tanks,"
Esmeralda is the driver for Team Aigle. Julie grinned as she was mixing her mango tea sports drink in her canteen, "Well, if one thinks about it, post-war French tank design was heavily influenced by the Germans, thus they may actually let us compete in their competitions, I myself am quite keen on seeing the Japanese teams and their tanks," said Julie
"I always wanted to see Japan," said her gunner, Claudette
A rare French redhead, Claudette Dubois is nicknamed 'Lady Fox' because of her hair color, and that she's very clever. She knows exactly where to land her shot on an opposing tank to make it hurt, "Rumor has it that the Japanese League will allow four French teams to compete in Japan, should our tanks pass the inspection," explained Claudette to us.
With her blue eyes and hair in natural shoulder-length curls and light-colored and clean-looking skin, Claudette reminds me of a sexy spy in an action movie. Their loader is Tina Tremblay, a brunette with blond highlights and straight hair that goes down to her mid-neck with bright brown eyes, and round glasses. Watch out Japan. Here come the French!