Chapter 29 - Terror in the Trenches
(Both tank formations are now making their way through the open field without cover to reach the tank trenches)
[Ooarai Tank Formation]
"Taichou! Enemy tanks straight ahead!" Noriko shouted
"Roger that! All tanks ready to engage! Do not stop moving head straight to the trenches while firing!"
"Copy that Miho! Me and Leopon Team will do what we can from outside!"
"Be careful alright?!"
"We will!" Nakajima said
[Saint Gloriana Tank Formation]
"Darjeeling-sama..Ooarai formation in front of the trenches.." Rosehip radioed
"All tanks aim for enemy tanks North of our position..get to the trenches asap!" Darjeeling ordered
"FIRE!" Both Miho and Darjeeling shouted
(A volley of shells came flying across the lifeless battlefield and landed in between the tanks of both sides but not getting any hits because they are moving while shooting. If they try to stop they'd be a sitting duck and an easy target. Mud is flying everywhere and getting on the tanks)
*BOOM *BLAAM *EXPLOSION
"This is crazy all I see is chaos all around!" Ken shouted
"Come on Ken I do crazy everyday with you!"
"Not a great time Gero!" Ono said
"Do not stop! Keep moving and firing!" Miho shouted
"Round up!"
"FIRE!"
[Saint Gloriana Tank Formation]
"Darjeeling-sama we are near the trench entrance!" Pekoe said
"All tanks inside now before you get caught-"
*BOOM
(Suddenly one Matilda II got white flagged right behind the Black Prince and surprised everyone)
"How in the world?!" Darjeeling shouted as she looked out her cupola
"Target hit Matsu-kun!"
"Thanks a lot! Couldn't hit that without you!"
(Gero's White Tiger used Spontaneous Deceleration while moving to get some accuracy while moving then shot a shell at the Black Prince's Side turret and bounced it toward the Matilda at the back)
"He bounced the shell in that situation?!" Pekoe was surprised
"Finally a worthy opponent..Firing!" Assam said with a smile
(The 17 pounder shell roared through the field and bounced on the white tiger's side turret and made a screeching noise inside the tank)
"Amazing shot! They have a great gunner as well!"
"Of course you are a lot better Gero!" Ono said loading the next shell
"Round up!"
"Damn right I am! FIRE!"
(As Gero and Assam fight a long range battle the rest of the tanks of both sides are now inside the trenches and now see the horrible and muddy maze they have entered. Lots of turns in every direction and definitely no space to maneuver in)
"This is worse than I expected.."
"Nishizumi-chan..the moment we step in here we won't be able to watch each other's backs properly.." Anzu said
"Kaichou is right Miporin..if we enter in a single file line in here we could be trapped at any moment.." Saori said
"Nishizumi-dono what's the plan?"
"This is how it will go..we go in three different directions left, middle, then right side!"
"Roger!"
"Hippo and Anteater on the left! Turtle and Mallard on the right! Rabbit and Duck with us in the middle!"
"Roger that!" everyone replied
"Yukari-san..I need you to do some recon for us to get through this maze? Can you do that for me?" Miho asked with a smile
"Gladly Nishizumi-dono!"
"Thank you very much! Please be careful!"
"Will do!" Yukari said as she got off the tank
"Panzer Vor!"
(As the tanks of Ooarai enter the trenches Yukari then headed out on the open field to look for a high enough vantage point. On the other side of the trenches Saint Gloriana has entered the trenches as well)
"All tanks forward inside the trenches..Rosehip we're counting on you!" Darjeeling ordered
"Leave it to me Darjeeling-sama!"
(Both sides have now entered the trenches while both flag tanks are outside and still having a shoot out from long range then it started to rain)
[Viewing Platform #2 for VIPs]
"I wouldn't want to be in that muddy maze.." Alisa said
"Those walls can forcefully make you claustrophobic.." Takashi said
"Mud, stress, shells flying over your head..even a God would piss himself.." Kay said
(They all look at Naomi who was seriously thinking about something)
"Naomi-san? You okay?" Takashi asked
"Ohh..I still can't get over that bouncing shell shot by Gero-kun.."
"Looks like Naomi wants to have a shooting match with my Darling.." Kay said with a grin
[Viewing Platform #1 for VIPs]
"That first kill before entering the trenches was huge.." Erika said
"As expected of onii-sama!" Maho said with a smile
"This is where it gets ugly..the trenches will be muddy and hard to traverse in this rain.." Shiho said
"I'm sure Miho can handle it..the problem is Darjeeling's brains.."
"Saint Gloriana is making a move now!" Erika said
[No Tank's Land - Trenches]
"All tanks report in? We got no contact here in the middle.."
"Left side clear, proceeding smoothly.." Erwin said
"Nothing happening on the right side Nishizumi-chan.." Anzu radioed
"Copy that keep your eyes-"
*BOOM
"Contact! 1 Matilda in front Miporin!"
"Return fire Rabbit Team!"
"Roger!" Azusa replied
"Taichou! 1 Matilda and 1 Cromwell here at the left side peeking the corner!" Erwin radioed
"Right side as well 1 Matilda, 1 Cromwell and 1 Crusader also going in and out of the corner!" Yuzu said
"All tanks return fire but don't take unnecessary risks!"
(All lanes now have begun a shootout but not getting any proper hits. Both teams cannot risk getting white flagged because it can clog up the whole trench if their tanks get immobile)
"Taichou! The Matilda in front of us is starting to reverse!" Azusa radioed
"They are stretched thin in this trench, rabbit team move forward while firing! We'll try and close the gap and reach that intersection at the middle!"
"Roger that!" Azusa replied
"What's the situation in the flanks?" Miho asked
"They are still here Taichou!" Erwin said
"We can still see 2 tanks Nishizumi-chan but the crusader hasn't showed up in a while.." Anzu reported
"Alright continue the pressure while advancing carefully!"
(The middle lane tanks of Ooarai now moved forward chasing the single Matilda towards the intersection which was a little circle leading to 4 directions. Anglerfish team went in first followed by rabbit then duck team)
"We're here at the intersection Miporin!" Saori said
"Fire!" Azusa ordered
(The M3 Lee fired at the Matilda in front and hit it's tracks immobilizing it)
"The tracks are hit!" Ayumi said
"Hana-san aim for the Matilda dead ahead..ready..fir-"
"Taichou! The crusader is now here in the left side with the Matilda! Cromwell is missing!" Erwin radioed
"Same here at the right! Cromwell is gone!" Momo said
"Huh?! Where did they-"
*BOOM *BLAAM
(Shells suddenly impacted near the Panzer IV and the M3 Lee)
"Contact! Cromwells both the left and right of the intersection!" Azusa shouted
"How did they get here so fast?! We're surrounded Miporin!" Saori shouted
(Darjeeling had the same idea as Miho at the start to send a mobile recon to scout the trenches. She sent Rukuriri out and she climbed a half destroyed windmill and radioed in specific directions to the Cromwells in the trenches to reach the intersection without getting lost)
"Darjeeling-sama, we have trapped Ooarai's commander" Rukuriri radioed
"Well done Rukuriri return to your tank now...Nilgiri fire at will!" Darjeeling ordered
"Roger! Firing!" Nilgiri said
(The two Cromwells now unleashed round after round targeting Miho and Rabbit Team)
"This is bad! Rabbit team reverse now!"
"Karina full reverse now!" Azusa said
"Aye aye! We're getting out-"
*BOOM *BLAAM
(As the M3 Lee tried to reverse it was suddenly hit at both sides by the Cromwells and white flagged leaving the Anglerfish Team isolated inside the intersection and the Duck Team still inside the trench behind them and was blocked by the M3 Lee)
"Rabbit Team! Are you alright?!" Saori radioed
"We're all fine Taichou! But white flagged we're sorry!" Azusa said
"Nishizumi-Taichou! We're blocked in here! Can't assist!" Noriko shouted
"Duck Team! Backtrack quickly and find another way!"
"Roger! Let's go Shinobu!"
"Moving now!"
"Mako-san! Continuously move and dodge until we find a way out!"
"I got it!"
"Hippo Team and Turtle Team try and rendezvous with us here at the intersection! We need urgent help!"
"We're moving as fast as we can Taichou!" Erwin said
"The Matilda's are trying to hit our tracks we can't rush in!" Yuzu said
"Miporin! We won't last here!"
(Miho then went out her cupola to get a better view of the field then she saw the Cromwell was aiming at their tank)
"Mako-san move-"
*BOOM
(An explosion occurred inside the intersection and Miho had closed her eyes. She slowly opened them to check if there was a white flag on their tank but there wasn't. The Cromwell to their right was the one that was white flagged and it surprised Miho)
"Taichou! You guys alright?!" Erwin said
(The Stug III was behind the white flagged Cromwell and it's gun barrel was smoking hot)
"Hippo Team! But how?!"
"We got a little help from Guderian zeyo~!" Oryo said
"Yukari-san!"
(Yukari was on top of a tree was hugging the main trunk because it had no more branches)
"Sorry I'm late Nishizumi-dono!" Yukari radioed
"Geez! What took you so long?!" Momo shouted
"It's very hard to climb a dead tree with no branches in the freezing rain!" Yukari shouted
"What's the current situation up there?"
"I sent Hippo Team to you for they had the shortest and fastest route! The Matilda II on the right side has already been white flagged by Anteater Team! The Matilda II at the middle has fixed their broken tracks and started to fall back" Yukari said
"We're making our way towards the crusader on the right-nyaa" Nekota said
"What about the right side Yukarin?" Saori asked
"Turtle and Mallard Team are slowly making their way but still engaging the Matilda at the right"
"Alright! Hippo Team head back and catch up to Anteater Team!"
"Roger!"
"Turtle and Mallard force your way out that side!"
"Copy!" Sodoko replied
"Mako-san move right and head up the middle!"
"On it!"
(All lanes now started to move as ordered while Yukari maintained recon)
"Darjeeling-sama they got a Cromwell and the ambush has failed!" Nilgiri radioed
"Get yourselves out now before you get cornered!"
"Roger!"
[Trenches - Right Side]
"Koyama full speed ahead! Kawashima I'll man the gun! Sodoko stay right behind us!"
"Roger!" all replied
(The Hetzer then now sped up the lane and is headed straight for the Matilda with the Char B1 right behind it)
"Fire!" Rukuriri ordered
(The 40mm shell of the Matilda went across the trenches and hit the hetzer but bounced)
"Firing!" Anzu said
(The Hetzer returned fire and the shell landed in front of the Matilda splashing mud all over it's front blocking both the gunner and driver's sights)
"Rukuriri-sama I can't see anything!" the driver and dunner said
"Alright brace!" Anzu shouted
(The hetzer then lowered its gun barrel and rammed the Matilda and due to the mud and rain the hetzer lifted up the Matilda over turtle team)
"W-What the heck is going on why are we going up?!" Rukuriri shouted
(The Matilda then fell behind the hetzer then it continues through the trenches)
"Sodoko take care of them please!" Anzu said
"We got it! Nozomi fire!" Sodoko ordered
(Both guns of Mallard team shot the blinded Matilda and white flagged it instantly)
"Matilda II destroyed right lane but we are blocked now so we have to find another way Nishizumi-Taichou!" Sodoko radioed
"Understood Mallard Team! Yukari-san please guide them out of the trenches!"
"Roger! Mallard Team reverse now then go left after 2 corners then right! That should bring you to the intersection!"
"Copy that! You heard her Gomoyo!"
"Moving!" Gomoyo replied
[Trenches - Left Side]
(Hippo Team is now making their way at the left side to rejoin Anteater Team)
"Erwin-san after 3 corners turn right on the 4th one, from there it should be a straight path towards Anteater Team!" Yukari said
"Roger that Guderian! Oryo move out!"
"We're already at the 2nd corner, turn right after this or?"
"No! After this then another corner then turn right!" Erwin said
*BOOM
"Damn what happened?!"
"You guys alright Hippo Team?!" Yukari radioed
"We're fine but our right tracks are busted!"
"How?!" Oryo shouted
(Caesar then peeked at her right side and saw the Crusader right beside them)
"It's the crusader! Right side!" Caesar shouted
"How did it get there without Guderian seeing?!" Erwin asked
"It's so small the trenches are preventing me from seeing it from here!" Yukari said
"Oryo adjust the tank's angle to the right before it shoots!" Erwin ordered
(The Stug III then tried to inch its angle to the right to face the retreating crusader. It fired its 40mm gun but it bounced on the front armor of the Stug)
"Round up!"
"Firing!" Saemonza shouted
*BOOM
"Did you get it?" Erwin asked
"No it's not there anymore!"
(Then to their surprise the Crusader then suddenly appeared via the 1st corner they passed and went directly to the side of the Stug III)
"Fire!" Rosehip ordered
*BOOM
(The shell hit perfectly the side armor of the Stug III at point blank range and a white flag popped up)
"This is Hippo Team at the left lane, we got taken out sorry!" Erwin radioed
"Are you guys alright?!" Saori asked
"We're fine! Just embarrassed we got taken out by a crusader!" Oryo said
"I'm sorry about that Hippo Team!" Yukari said
"It's alright..it's not your fault that tank is just too small to see" Erwin said
"Duck Team turn right after that corner and you should see that crusader!" Yukari radioed
"Copy that! You heard her Shinobu!" Taeko said
"Turning right now!"
"There's the crusader! Don't let it out of your sights Akebi!"
"Roger! Firing!"
(The 57mm shell of the Type 89B went across the trenches but was dodged by Rosehip's Crusader. Duck Team is now chasing them and returning fire as they go while at the middle lane Anglerfish Team is still chasing the Matilda II)
"Round up Hana-san!"
"Thank you Miho-san!"
"Fire!"
(The Panzer IV took a shot at the Matilda II but was dodged by it and continued to retreat. Miho was now reloading in place of Yukari who was out in recon)
"Mallard Team what's your location?"
"We are now entering the intersect-"
*BOOM *STATIC *STATIC
"Mallard Team!? Respond!"
(Just by the intersection the last Cromwell commanded by Nilgiri had set up an ambush for Mallard Team and white flagged them instantly)
"Sorry about that Nishizumi-Taichou! We got taken out by a Cromwell! It's heading towards you now!" Sodoko said
"Alright thank you! Anteater and Turtle Team make your way out of the trenches and head towards the enemy flag tank!"
"Roger!" Both teams replied
"Yukari-san please regroup with us now and wait at the other side of trench entrance!"
"Got it Nishizumi-dono!"
"Tiger team what's the situation up top?"
"Glad you asked..currently still having a shootout with the Churchill and Black Prince..have a plan Miho?"
"Yes..try and close the gap between you and their flag tank then distract them long enough for Turtle and Anteater Team to exit the other side of the trenches!"
"Copy that Miho! Let's go Leopon Team! Ken forward!"
"Understood!" Ken and Nakajima said
(Both Tiger and Leopon Team's tanks now headed towards the other side while shooting at the Churchill and Black Prince)
"Darjeeling-sama enemy flag tank is now approaching us.." Pekoe said
"I see..looks like we have entered the final minutes of the match.." Darjeeling said as she sipped tea
"Then let's make this the most memorable minutes of our lives!" Assam said as she looked at her gun sights
"Up! You look very happy Assam-san" Pekoe said
"Gero-san is by far the most skilled gunner I've fought against ever since doing Senshado! Bloody right I'm having fun! Firing!" Assam shouted with a smile
Coming Up Next : Chapter 30 - Ore no Senshado
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