Chapter 146: Rushing to get success
Note: Before chapter 146 I would like to wish all my fans a merry Christmas and a happy new year. I'm pleased with how the number of you reading this, following this and favouriting this, is increasing over time.
I'm still in the same place as you readers would suspect I would be, but I'm optimistic that it shouldn't be for much longer now, as we're directly outside of parliament fighting the enemy forces outside of it, even though we are struggling to break through, at least for now.
I say this as I've found inspiration, after a short while of trying to think of a way of defeating the enemy here quickly, considering the limited time we have left now. My tactic would be that we reverse some vans into parts of the wall, where the enemy presence is non-existent; in fact we can make our own parts of the wall where it's the case if it's not already. We can do so by driving the enemy guards away, with focusing our fire power on that section. Ideally we should start at the edges as from there we can take out the enemy guarding the parliament from cover, section by section, ensuring that we don't get outnumbered or caught off guard, rather that happens to them instead.
Hopefully it won't be too long before the entire outside grounds of parliament, including the scaffolding gets cleared out, and while it's possible for the enemy to attack us via going outside parliament, it'll be a choke point for them, and I'm hopeful that while they'll do a push it won't be too much compared to last time.
While I am concerned of potential mutual kills, I like to think that it won't be too much of a problem, not with those of our forces in elevated positions able to take out those in the scaffolding, who are likely to pounce once our troops that would go over the walls get close enough to them. Furthermore, while I'm concerned about fighting in parliament itself considering not knowing their numbers or deployments or defended positions they have, I cannot think about that right now, especially as planning a response requires seeing what is there itself.
Though I soon wonder if the enemy will know of our intentions, I come to the realisation of what can they do in response, as to rush out to deal with us means that we can mow them down, while waiting for us would be what we expect them to do. They may be able to retreat into parliament and attack us from there with their allies, but then there's less spaces to get us, therefore less time being wasted and I could come up with a response to it.
I want to feel optimistic since I have a plan to take the outside, and the interior should be a case of taking them out room by room, part by part, but I daren't since despite reassurances to myself, I have a sneaky feeling that they've got a trick up their sleeve but what I do not know, I can only wait and see.
I tell my friends and allies the plan, and as usual it gets the seal of approval, as well as smiles that I have a way to deal with this once again, in fact I sense the smiles are bigger since we're getting closer and closer to our ultimate objective.
It's not long after I give the orders for the Britannians in the buildings to clear out the scaffolding overlooking our desired areas, do I then order for a significant portion of our forces to keep the rest of the enemy at bay, while the trucks get into position. This is so that the troops can climb on to the van, carefully checking as best as they can on the other side of the walls before being satisfied that it's clear, only for them to then jump down and guard the area, keeping the enemy away so that more troops can get to the other side without being killed.
Though it does take a fair amount of time since they don't want to get ambushed and have to engage the enemy time and again, at the area where our makeshift entrances are, the Britannians on the vans manage to secure the immediate surrounding area, before carefully jumping down, ensuring that they land without injury. Next, they then defend the area helping to ensure our Britannian troops can be poured in quickly from each side, and from there clearing out the enemies on the grounds of the parliament building, in which our troops are in formation, moving outwards and forming a line so that we don't get attacked from behind.
The thing is, before we can move out there are enemies that can be seen in the distance lying prone, trying to engage against us, though before they can take out significant numbers of us, we move away from their line of sight which is restricted by different objects, and attack them from cover, being able to take out a fair amount of them due to them not being able to hide in most cases. This is due to the positions Britannians hold by our vans which surround the fence, allowing elevated views to the front of them and left side of them, not to mention the Britannians in the upper floor of buildings.
Once significant numbers of us go over the van, and this includes me, Noire and Uni since we need to be in parliament personally for the sake of morale and the mission, we move out together where we can, while finishing off the remaining enemies that overlook where we are. Our intention is to push our way inwards, until we can gain the entire section of the other side of the fence that's nearest to the fence, before we can use more vans and with the same tactic, apply more pressure and maybe even take out enemies that leave parliament to engage us.
Upon noticing again that the grounds are full of objects be it vehicles, or different barricades acting as makeshift cover, I soon realise as does no doubt my allies from the exchanged looks to each other something concerning. This is that despite us and our allies on the other side along with the Britannians overlooking the grounds from the buildings will provide multiple fields of vision of the area, making it hard for the enemy to hide, I worry that even with that there'll still be places that the enemy can hide and ambush us. Then there is the enemy in the scaffolding to deal with, even though our fellow Britannians in the buildings are engaging the ones that can be seen.
All we can hope for is that the enemy doesn't last for too long, and that we don't lose too many of our forces in dealing with them, especially considering the time that is running out, and the troops that we have can make all the difference into succeeding on time, though I like to think that the enemy will fall quickly considering the amount of troops along with the quality of them that we have.
At least with us having reinforcements for all our sections, while for the enemy depending on the section it's not so much the number available but the ease of reinforcements, that ensures whether their contested positions can be strengthen or not, we should be able to take the grounds section by section. Furthermore, if we can take out the enemy in the scaffolding completely, then we'll have advantage of elevation and hopefully if we can get a vantage point overlooking the entrance, then enemy reinforcements will be in an even more precarious position, and thus the enemy outside will be forced to either retreat or do a banzai charge against us. Neither will bode well for them.
My group goes for the section closest to the fence, and we're all prone crawling towards the other group opposite who are also moving towards us, and we split ourselves into doing two different roles, and this is for half of us here to clear out the enemies in the area who'll be hiding where they can, while the other half to ambush the enemy in the scaffolding where that's possible.
As we go I notice lots of dead Gear soldiers who would have been killed from gunfire earlier be it from Britannians hiding behind vans, or from buildings, with a fair amount of them being finished off by our forces here just as we got over the fence. Despite this there'll still be enemies hiding, but then again there doesn't appear to be that many places they can hide, considering we now have another side where we can see them to add to the opposite side, and the side facing parliament in which both have an elevated view. There are lots of cars on the grounds positioned such that they make good cover for the enemy to use, but with our presence forcing them to hide underneath it; it means they are less mobile.
With this in mind, we can approach each one carefully and take them out quickly especially with us having numbers on our side since we're all together, where as their forces were spread out in an attempt to defend the exterior grounds of parliament. It won't be long before this area we're at will be taken, and we can take each section of the grounds in a 3 way pincer attack, as our troops are engaging in areas that get closer and closer to the parliament building itself. Along with this, with some of us taking out the enemy in the scaffolding where we can, and it is of significant number, this means that there's less areas where the enemy in the scaffolding are present. This allows our Britannian allies to engage the enemy with more fire power, with less risk of being attacked in return and thus losing lives.
In fact the Britannians in the buildings are able to clear out more of the enemy groups than before, and it will only be a matter of time before the enemy in the scaffolding are defeated. This is all looking good and I can see the looks of joy and relief on the faces of all my allies as we continue to fight, and I decide that once we clear the section we're at, we'll have another area for the vans to reverse at and have troops jump the face, this being the middle where the locked gate is. From there I'm hopeful that there'll be a direct view to the entrance of parliament and with this, we can take out enemy reinforcements that come out from there, resulting in the enemies outside being on their own with their numbers dwindling pretty quickly. They'll either have to hide and wait to die, or do a banzai charge against us in which either outcome we're more than happy with.
While it's such a nice contrast to previous chapters where fighting to survive let alone win has been an absolute struggle, we still have to be careful. Though we have reinforcements coming in in large numbers, having to rely on them will slow us down and we cannot allow ourselves to get taken out in ambushes. If we can just take out the enemy in the scaffolding then we should be able to mop the enemy on the grounds with little effort, since they'll be dealing with the Britannians on their flanks. The thing is, I soon realise that regarding the enemy in the scaffolding, what's to stop them from getting reinforcements, apart from Britannians taking on the enemies in the scaffolding on the other side of parliament. I can only hope that either reinforcements don't come, or that they won't be able to reinforce the area overlooking the outside of parliament where we are currently fighting.
Interestingly enough, just as we secure the section closest to the fence, and we all manage to take out all the enemies on the scaffolding thanks to our overall presence, and all the views we have of this side of the parliament building that we're at as a result, after what felt like a long time due to the amount and levels of the scaffolding, I learn from the Britannians in the building that the enemy have attempted to reinforce the scaffolding and they are having to engage them. But I also learn that at least the enemy there are being kept at bay, and this should lower the enemy morale since their plan hasn't worked, and the enemy on the ground will soon realise how precarious it would be, with them being the only ones to guard the outside of parliament, and them dying at a quick pace.
Along with this, despite the knowledge that we have troops pouring into the grounds closest to the fence gate along with the reinforcements in the scaffolding not being effective, the enemy in the scaffolding carry on as they are. This we all find curious as to why, or is it to try despite it not being successful and catch us off guard by underestimating them, and also for them to try with similar success and rely on their ability to hide and force us to come to them more slowly, since we'll no longer have as much cover since they're dealing with the enemies in the scaffolding, and therefore ensure enough time gets spent so that they can win.
We find ourselves wondering as well how long will it be before the enemy reinforcements in the scaffolding retreat, since they're being kept back and unable to provide the ideal cover for their enemies on the ground to prevent us from wiping out the enemy garrison there section by section, as they'd be able to take shots at us and even if not, that risk for us would make us more hesitant to engage them.
Though I sense looks of concern on our faces, all we can do for now is to reinforce our allies attacking the enemy at the flanks and to push further and further towards the parliament itself, before we can surround it without risk of being attacked from behind. This proves to be easy since with the enemy distracted by the flanks on both sides, we were able to mop them up section by section until we're a fair fraction of the way towards parliament.
I, along with Miss Lastation and our youngest sister Uni and the rest of our troops are from the looks of our faces are getting the increasingly uneasy feeling that this is too easy, in fact I'm been informed that the enemy in the scaffolding has retreated. I just find this baffling on their part, why do they not get reinforcements from parliament? Is it that they have none, that they wish to fight us inside, or are they waiting for the right moment? It's the third explanation that bothers me.
After all this time of struggling against them, we're bound to be feeling overall elated even with these concerns, because of how easy and well it's going now especially with how we feel as if the worst is behind us, and yet this is where our guard will be down the most. They've always had the numbers and positions, why should it be different this time? They've got to have a trick up their sleeve but what is it? There isn't many places to hide from all of us on the parliament grounds so I can't see how they can ambush there. They can't reinforce the scaffolding front due to us getting them at choke points. The only way is from parliament itself but we have soldiers looking at it, and they can't come out without being shot. Unless they have many armoured units but what is the likelihood considering they've already sent out a large force to remove us away from the area completely, but that ultimately failed.
Then again we have no way of knowing what troops they have left until we see them, but at least we can guess how they'll do it even if we can't be sure when it's coming and can only expect the unexpected. Maybe they might not even reinforce outside and just fight inside, but this could depend on what we have to do to win, as to do we need to capture Neptune and co, do we need to kill the enemies inside, or just be able to enter the building. We have no idea but what we do know is that time is running out, and it's hard to say whether we have enough time to defeat them, or if we'll get more time as a result of gaining access to parliament itself, though I doubt it considering this is Neptune we're talking about here.
After clearing out more parts of the grounds getting closer and closer to halfway with minimal effort, it is then that we learn of the enemy attempting to reinforce outside via the parliament building. They're regular soldiers similar to who we've been fighting earlier. This development in events forces us to take cover since the enemy behind the barricades will use this as an opportunity to strike back rather than hide.
We manage to mow down plenty of these enemy soldiers considering the numbers we have and the choke point they have to go through. Annoyingly though, the fact that the rate of fire of our guns are high, means that it's not too long before we have to reload allowing plenty of them to pour through. At least we have cover, where as they can only use cover against some of our troops, but they can easily swarm us Britannians who are on the grounds and bring us back to the situation before, where I was trying to work out how to take the garrison outside. Worse still, we could die which would spell doom for us all.
This cannot be allowed to happen, and while at least the enemy are having to fight us on multiple fronts, including having to deal with our Britannian troops in elevated positions, I can only hope that this will overcome the significant numbers that they have, even though I wouldn't exactly say that they outnumber us let alone outnumber us significantly.
Interestingly enough, while they are still significant in size and will need dealing with, they end up not firing back at us and instead hide and engage the forces at the other end of the parliament fence, forcing our allies there to take cover and not being able to take on any enemies in parliament that go outside. The thing is while there's nothing to stop us mopping them and the rest of the enemies on the ground up, and then going to parliament itself, I as no doubt the rest of our allies, still feel like there's more to this considering how they've lost so many in that attack, and have merely distracted one of our flanks to the point where they can't assist us, and even then how long will that last for.
All we can do is to wait while we carry on in taking this area, keeping casualties to a minimum, but at least with what we're seeing, we are expecting them to try and pull something off, even though there's no certainty as to what, and with this we are less likely to get ambushed and taken out.
Annoyingly though, considering how I'd rather face more of them now than later due to not wanting to slip up by them, those regular soldiers seem to be it. In fact we're moving more slowly because of this, and they can just attack in our direction with their increased numbers. We've even taken a few of their lines, and yet there's still no reinforcements. In fact the rate it's going it shouldn't be too long, before we can take the enemy line that would be the only thing standing between us and parliament, and with it their reinforcements.
I sense that I'm not the only one concerned, despite our morale appearing to be high because of us being so close to them, and it going so well for us.
As if on cue, just as I suspected, more enemy troops come from the parliament building. This time they appear to be of the distinct type in which they are tankier but carry less advanced weapons. We've dealt with them before and they can be a pain. At first there are the archers in which they get mowed down without difficulty. After which there are the spearmen who they too fall down pretty quickly. Annoyingly though, we are having to reload again, and it is then that troops who look like ninjas come out, who are tougher and more manoeuvrable with their cartwheels and acrobatics.
At least we have the advantage of range, but how long will that last for? We can only hope to take out enough of them while retreating back, before having to hide and spray and pray, along with hoping that the allies in the buildings in which the ninjas won't be able to kill due to range, finish those accursed enemies off. Still, we cannot give up just yet and I like to think that we can get them considering the range and numbers that we have, even if their movement makes it a challenge to kill them.
As we fire back at the ninja, and kill as many of them as we can, I notice a lot less of them are coming after us, and while this means it's not so hard for us, and we're confident that we can kill them without many casualties, I as not doubt my allies do too, realise the issue with this. The ninja have split themselves into two groups with one of them going after us, and the other trying to kick out the Britannian troops who arrived in the grounds on the other side of the complex. If they can capture that area then taking it back while possible, will be difficult and this means that the enemy won't be as pressured and so will last longer and therefore increase our chances of ultimately losing.
I only hope that the fact that they'll have to split themselves up means that we're able to finish off the remaining ninja, but the annoying thing is that there are more enemy soldiers, this time armoured samurai, and while slow are incredibly tanky, we'll just have to deal with the ninja first and hope that the samurai are all that's left, though somehow we really doubt it's the case.
As I and no doubt the rest of us figured, the ninja get dealt with thanks to the Britannians in the buildings, along with those by the vans as well as us. Annoyingly yet predictably, this was not without losing Britannians on the other side of where we began our attack on the grounds of parliament, along with them having to retreat meaning it will be significantly harder now to get troops into their via van, as it's now full of enemy troops with guns pointing at it.
I'll just have to order for some vans close by but away from parliament, to reverse into the wall as another front, hoping that we can provide that much needed flank after taking out the enemy lines.
Interestingly enough, the samurai don't approach us but hide, no doubt ambushing us in hopes that we've forgotten about them later, but while they still get shot from the Britannians in the building due to them having to find space, another batch of enemy reinforcements come out, and they are well armoured and carry light machine guns.
Wonderful just wonderful, this is just what I was assuming they'd do, and even worse they're splitting into two with one group keeping our allies on the other side away, while the rest of them open fire in our direction along with the windows in the upper floors where the Britannians are hiding, forcing us all to hide behind cover. I know they intend to move and comb the place and ultimately wipe us out, and prevent any more troops to come in or at least to postpone it long enough for the enemy to win this battle.
I wonder if they even know we're here and are eager to kill us and put an end to this once and for all, knowing full well that while we can hide, it's only for now, as there appears to be no way of getting out of the grounds. All we can do is to engage from cover, and if they get too close to pull back, line by line and hope that that will be enough, especially as while there are a significant number of them, there isn't too many of them.
The unfortunate thing is that even that proves too risky for allied Britannians die even from engaging from cover, and the Britannians on the upper floor daren't fire anymore, in fact myself, the CPU and Candidate of Lastation, almost got hit a few times concerning us deeply, making us breathe heavily and blow air out in concern. I don't blame them at all, for I value their contribution and need them alive if we are to succeed in this. We even try staying in cover until they no longer fire, before opening fire in unison but that doesn't work either, only taking out a few of them while taking some of us out in return. It's no good, they are coming for us, and it looks like there's nothing that can be done to take them out.
I even thought of getting troops on the other side of the fence to attack those armoured soldiers with some hiding under the van, but then the enemies protecting against that flank can just shoot the tyres, crushing and killing those beneath the vans, and that flank being covered and covered well, in fact that side has more troops there, will mean that engagement will be even more suicidal. This is frustrating especially as we have numbers, more areas to get them with, and in order to be thorough they'll have to spread out their already relatively thin numbers…. That's it, if I can get the Britannians from the upper floors in the buildings to engage on a group of enemies to our left before retreating, and then do the same with the Britannians by the vans that has a straight view of the parliament entrance, this should be take enough of them out, such that we can sneak past them, especially as they'll be distracted.
Hopefully if this works, we can ultimately take them out from behind, and even if the enemy on the other side were to reinforce, we can do the same tactic again. This shouldn't take too long either, and perhaps we can in the end take the remaining enemies on multiple fronts, and before we know it we can enter parliament itself.
We wait until they get into position, and as we do so we all find this to be tense considering the possibility of it failing, along with us being seen by them and dying by them in the process. Still, we have no other choice considering our previous methods not working all that well. The annoying thing is that it's taking too long, and we do not have much time, and so rather than us attack them from behind, we will attack them from the side and hope that that will be enough to defeat them.
I quietly give the order for the attack to commence, and for us to move out while prone in hopes that they'll be distracted long enough for us to strike, and even better for the enemy forces there to bleed so that our ambush will defeat all of them. The thing is that it's quite a way to reach them, and I'm tempted to just rush in while being as far away from their line of sight as possible, but I can't risk it.
Saying that though as a fair few of the enemy die where we asked them too, I feel like they're less likely to see us unless they look in our direction.
In fact the firing from our side stops and apart from a look to their side to see their fallen allies, they move forward but then they spread out, which while I initially hoped they wouldn't do that, now it makes no difference, since I can just get the Britannians to attack on the other side in the same method, and if they are to spread out again, that increases our chances for when we move in to take them out.
With this in mind, I get the Britannians to attack again and while the enemy are distracted, we carefully rush in doing our utmost to avoid being seen, before taking out the enemies on our side. Weirdly enough though we've taken out most of them, instead of them trying to respond to us, they don't fire at us at all. Instead they appear to have hidden as best as they could. In fact they've all tried to take cover where they can and hope that they can ambush us when we come, and worse still they appear to be better at concealing themselves than the samurai as a lot less of them have been killed, no doubt due to the way they hide and them using other barricades to hide rather than share with their allies.
This isn't good as this will force us into a drawn out fire fight in which time is running out. My fellow Britannians tried to engage them from their elevated positions, but the tragic thing is that they're well hidden, and we'll have to coordinate our forces and take the grounds line by line like before. Though I notice that the enemy armoured guards attack from their positions, this is for a short while and it's only so their forces can retreat to their location.
While at first I thought that this would make it easy, as they can all be taken in one fell swoop, I wonder if it will since there'll be lots of enemies firing there, and I as am sure are the others, am deeply concerned that we'll lose many of our troops, but like I keep saying, what choice do we have in this regard? They're protected from the elevated positions of ours, and they're ready for an attack from the side. I just know that they're waiting for us to approach.
What I predict they'll do that is they'll strike when we're near and with their samurai, rush in and attack us in the sides. If only we had a way of attacking them before they attacked us, but how to do so? Hmmmm. I then have an idea for us to go and see if it's possible to kill them from a barricade close to their position, by lifting our guns high enough at an angle that should get them, and when they respond with their samurai, the Britannians on the other side can then take them all down from cover, at least it should make that line more manageable for us, especially if we can take out the armoured enemies first, in which they shouldn't be too many now.
While I can't be sure if it will work, it's better than letting them ambush us, and even if this is a nightmare, I cannot bear leading my Britannian troops to the death, even if they're more than prepared to die for this country and its people, freedom and prosperity.
My plan would be to have two lines of troops that are as close to the parliament entrance as possible, with most of the troops in the back line. Along with this, the flanks are to be well protected to help deal with the samurai or any troops that try to flank us. The front line is to attack, and the remaining forces are to kill the enemy once they're seen, and hopefully the allied troops on the other side, and the Britannians in the upper floors of the building and on the vans overlooking the parliament entrance, will mean that this enemy line, this last line before the parliament will fall.
While I am concerned about us losing many troops considering the enemy presence, even if this plan should result in us taking out many of them, as usual I cannot think of a better way, and I'm confident that our plan should work and they'll end up either having to stay put, or doing a banzai charge.
I tell the troops quietly of my plan, and they're all in agreement and are full of confidence and determination, even if it could result in some losses for us.
Here goes nothing, as ordered my troops at the front carefully position themselves so they're not above their hiding place but their gun is above them, and is tilted such that when fired it should hit the enemy hiding behind their barricade. After which they open fire for a while before retreating as best as they could. Just as I predicted and hoped, the enemy stands up and tries to open fire but with them being seen, the Britannians at the back line, along with the Britannians from the upper floors of the buildings, not to mention the Britannians by the vans encircling the fence open fire, apart from the ones by the enemy line's flank, mowing them down before they have a chance to react.
The samurai that try to rush out in an attempt to cut us to pieces get mowed down too with minimum difficulty. They cry out banzai in an attempt for them to rush out but because of the obstacles in the way, they don't have a clear run and just get mowed down by us.
I'm ever so pleased for it to work as are my friends and allies as we share smiles of celebration and appreciation that my tactic has paid off, and we don't appear to have suffered significant casualties from that attack.
Interesting how after all those chapters, those battles, those setbacks, those retreats, those losses, finally the grounds of parliament are in Britannian control, and the final fire fight to take it went smoothly, even though those enemy armoured guards did have us fairly concerned as to how to deal with them without suffering too many casualties.
Now there's nothing standing between us and parliament itself. If we can take the building, if we can take out that nasty Neptune and her cronies, then this nightmare should finally be over, and we can wake up with another day's work in liberating Lowee, province by province, city by city, street by street, forest by forest.
The thing is, I and no doubt the rest of us, have a feeling that the battles in parliament will be the hardest yet, and who's to say that something unexpected will happen in there, even though can I say that when we've tended to expect the unexpected. Whatever is in there, that stands between us and victory, us and another day of us doing our bit to ensure Gameindustri prospers once again, we will not just do our best, but we will overcome it like we've always done, and will continue to do.
I would have liked to have given our troops a rousing speech, a rallying cry for us to enter parliament and take the fight to them since they're deserving of it, and yet the enemy are expecting us, especially since this is the only way we can get in and stop whatever she's doing, no doubt finalising her manifesto pledges that will bring disaster, destruction and despair to this great nation of ours, which is a massive force for good in the world.
Instead we need to find out what's inside the entrance, what are the enemy numbers and arms, and positions so that we can respond accordingly. We got them in a choke point earlier, and now it's their turn to get us into a choke point, and I can just imagine the entrance being of significant size full of guards all over the place that are waiting to take a shot at us.
We still have our mirrors and so carefully we'll have a few troops directly by the door, such that the enemy can't see us standing there, and use the mirrors so that we can see the enemy without being shot, while the rest of us surround it at a distance in case they come to try and attack us.
The thing is just a few seconds after the Britannian troops get a look, lots of footsteps can be heard from inside. I instinctively quietly tell my troops to pull back away from the door and have our guns pointing at the door, as my gut tells me that the enemy intends to attack us before we have a chance to discuss what we've seen and plan accordingly.
While I like to think that this will be a wipe out, this does depend on how many of them there are, since there's only a small amount of time we can fire for before we need to reload, and therefore inadvertently provide a window of opportunity for them to kill us all.
There's no time to think about that as we retreat as best as we can while we wait for the enemy to come out in which it doesn't take long at all. They appear to be doing a banzai charge though it's interesting how they didn't call for one like usual, perhaps because we would hear them and know the significance of that yell.
Though loads of them come out and it does appear to be endless, we keep mowing them down, but eventually it gets to a point where we're having to reload, and it's quite precarious with there being many occasions where they almost stabbed one of us.
At least we survived that but then there appears to be another wave of them, though this time rather than coming out to stab us they try to shoot us instead, and with this they've managed to kill the Britannians by the door and wall, though at least that wasn't too many with most of our forces Uni, Noire and myself included hiding behind barricades.
This too appears to be endless, but eventually they stop considering they must have realised that our numbers, our vantage points and hiding places means that them coming out is a kill zone, and us going in would be their kill zone, and yet this is where we need to be. They try to shoot at us from cover but we shoot where we think they're hiding, and this results in them no longer doing it presumably because we've killed them.
This leads to silence as I then wonder what they're going to do next, or are they going to wait for us to make a move and respond to it, since we're attacking and what they've done has cost them many lives, in exchange for us not knowing where the enemy positions are. The thing is while I indeed do not know since the Britannians that have looked in there have now been killed, I can take a good guess as to where they are. It's best to assume that they're everywhere, and if we're to just spray and pray and cover the entire entrance, then hopefully we'll be able to get them all, and even if not we can respond to that situation.
Annoyingly though this isn't an ideal strategy, but since using mirrors doesn't work, as even though they sent lots of troops to their deaths last time they won't this time, what else do I have? It's frustrating because this will take up valuable time and I fear it's going to take a long time trying to take this parliament building due to the rooms and troop numbers and armaments to go through. Yet we don't have a long time and I feel as though we've spent lots of long times trying to get to this point as it is.
Nevertheless, it's a strategy that's worth a try since getting in the entrance is at least a start, but then just as I have allied troops beginning to spray and pray, the enemy inside fires back forcing them to retreat, and then they throw some gas grenades which forces all of us by the barricades closest to the parliament entrance to retreat away from there, but this is no ordinary smoke grenades, they seem to be tear gas but no ordinary tear gas.
While I expected to struggle to breathe and my vision to go fuzzy before collapsing, it's the middle symptom that is different, as my vision is replaced with a light that's brighter and brighter. I have a feeling that this isn't a tear gas grenade but something different entirely, something to signal something significant but what?
Have we ultimately failed in our liberation of Britannia and have failed to get to parliament in time despite being so close to it? That would be a real downer especially after struggling so much to get this far, to the outside of the building. But other than this what is to say we've lost?
Have we actually succeeded, and all it required was for us to defeat the enemy troops that came out and we've won? Despite the difficulty, the pain, the anguish, along with the tension and struggles to succeed, I find it hard to believe that here would be it, where is the final level in parliament itself? Where is the boss battles? The Showdown?
Am I actually about to wake up in this nightmare now, thanks to something that Noire and Uni have discovered, even though it's not meant to happen yet? It's a nice thought and it's possible with her constant innovation and advancements and being able to come out on top eventually.
Or is it that we're about to enter a different level in this nightmare like in certain video games, perhaps taunting me that there's more to this than what we've thought (well I say thought I did figure whether something like this would happen), and try and put us in a more precarious situation than what we've already had at outside parliament, since there is numbers and smoke grenades on our side, as well as our tactics which have ensured our ultimate success.
Whatever it is I hope it is the final possibility, especially since even if it's a nightmare, I should eventually get to Neptune, and could put a stop to her plans and give her some much needed punishment for her actions, along with doing the same to the likes of Plutia, Nepgear and anyone else of that sort who is present in this nightmare. I've not encountered the purple haired witch in Gameindustri while awake, and I have no idea when that will be, and so to deal with her and give her the punishment and humiliation that she truly deserves will be most satisfying, and I have no doubt that it'll be the same feeling of satisfaction for my Lastation goddesses.
While there is the concern that the three of us will be in a precarious position of the Planeptune CPEwww's creation, I like to think it won't be for long, and knowing how she's done her nightmares, they'll be challenging but possible, and victory will ultimately be ours. This is of course if what's happening is that we're being knocked out so that we find ourselves somewhere else, where we need to continue the fight against Neptune in our nightmares.
Whatever it is we will face it soon enough as no doubt it's the same for my sisters. I can no longer see the light as my eyes are shut and I'm lying on the ground about to drift into unconsciousness. Even if it's defeat which I don't think it is, I know that I've done my best and have done really well to have led my fellow Britannians to reaching parliament, and defeating all the enemies that stood in our path, just as I and my friends have done well to stop Neptune all those times and have managed to make the worlds we've been in a better place than if we didn't exist. Come on whatever it is let's get this over with, as I now become unconscious.