Chapter 5 - First Tank Practice

"Yo girls Hisashiburi" a woman in military uniform greeted with a smile.

"What brings you here Sensei?" Anzu asks

"Well Kodatani-kun I thought to see for myself the first boys of Senshado"

"Oh well then here they are 4 boys and a Tiger!" Anzu smiling

"Nice to meet you boys I'm Ami Chouno of the J.S.D.F and I supervised the training of these girls before."

"It's nice to meet you Instructor Chouno!" the four greeted in unison

(Chouno approached Gero and stared at him deeply)

"Hmmm so he must be..as I suspected" Chouno thought to herself

"Y-yes Instructor?" Gero asked

"You must be the commander of this team right? You have that vibe about you"

"O-Oh yes I am Gero Matsumoto position is gunner and commander!"

"A Tiger I huh..and that number..isn't that?" Chouno looked at Miho

(Chouno decided to let it go because no use in dwelling on it now)

"A fine tank you have here boys put it to good use"

"Well then I'm expecting great things for you guys! Show them what boys can do!"

"YES!" the four shouted

(Miho was just smiling at Gero with a blush seeing what an amazing person he was)

"Nishizumi-chan let's get practice going now"

(Miho snapping back to reality)

"Ah ri-right everyone mount your tanks and let's start practice!"

"YES COMMANDER!" everyone replied

"Since you're new here boys I want to see you guys operate that tank and we will adjust from there." Chouno said

"Well you heard the lady mount up boys!"

"Roger Taichou!"

(With that the four boys started up the tiger and proceeded to practice)

"Ken you ready to show some appeal to the girls?"

"You bet ya Matsu-kun!"

"Just don't pass out Tsugomoto-san alright?"

"I WON'T !"

"Ahaha poor Ken-chan"

[Ooarai Observation Tower]

"Alright let's do some basic tank mobility!" Chouno said via radio

"Alright then let's do this!"

(The Tiger entered the tank mobility course on the field)

*Tiger turns left and right *stops and forwards *emergency reverse into a corner

"Hoo that driver has some skills" Chouno said

(The other girls are watching from the side)

"Look at that Tiger move! So fast and smooth!" Noriko Isobe said from Duck Team

"They are making it look like it doesn't weigh 50 tons at all!" Yukari said

"Ohh I like that Tiger you think we can have a drag race with our Leopon?" Tsuchiya said

"Alright boys now for some shooting practice to test you accuracy!" Chouno said via radio

"Taichou your up"

"You can do it Gero!"

"Leave it to me boys! Ken sync with me alright?"

"Roger that!"

"Ready?! GO!" Chouno shouted

(A number of targets pop up in the shooting grounds of Ooarai)

"Enemy sighted, count is 5 targets, ranging from 300 to 900 meters!"

"Round up!"

"Target locked! Fire!"

(A loud bang from the 88MM cannon came roaring towards the target and a white flag popped up)

"Target hit! Next!"

"Round up!"

"Fire!"

(Another loud bang and another white flag popped up)

"Oh amazing!" Chouno smiled

"That second shot was fast!" said by Nekonya

"How many seconds was that?!" asked Sodoko

"Tiger I's reload time is 4 seconds at the most" said Yukari

"2 Seconds" said Miho

(Miho's team was in Awe)

"That loader took only 2 seconds for the next shot" Miho smiled

"They have an outrageously fast loader I might say" Chouno thought

(In 10 seconds all 5 targets were destroyed)

"Well then how about this" Chouno said via radio

*button click

(A single target emerged but now it's moving)

"Another target sighted! 1000 meters moving east!"

"Round Up!"

"Fire!"

(As the roaring shell of the 88MM went to the target suddenly..)

"Target Missed!"

"Re-adjust angle taichou!" Ken shouted

"The target reversed suddenly?!"

"Gero I think that's remote controlled!"

"That makes sense, then Instructor is the one behind the wheels huh?"

"That's right Gero-kun think of it as fighting me in the field" Chouno said via radio

(On the other side of the field the girls forgot about practice and watched the boys' performance)

"Ara ara there it is Instructor Chouno's moving target" Hana said

"That is impossible to hit when Chouno-sensei is controlling it!" Erwin said

"It's very hard to shoot at something that knows its gonna be hit! said Ayumi of the Rabbit Team

(They had completely forgotten about practice)

"So Gero-kun how are you gonna handle this? Don't disappoint me now!" Chouno said to herself

"Ken! You ready to do "that"?"

"Ohh taichou by "that" you mean "that"?"

"Yes that!"

"But Gero I feel sick when we do that!" Ono crying

"Suck it up Ono!"

"Driver forward! Match speed with the target!"

(The white tiger is now giving chase to the moving target with the same speed)

"Hoo look at them go!" said Shinobu from Duck Team

"Nishizumi-dono do you think Gero-san can hit it?" asked Yukari

"I don't know but I trust Gero's skills" Miho said with a serious smile

(The chase is now nearing its end)

"Round up!"

"Driver steady...steady..target in sight! Locked!"

"Oh no you don't" Said Chouno

(The moving target as expected reversed suddenly to avoid the shot but what Chouno didn't expect gave her chills)

"Never thought I'd see it again, a move that needed the driver and gunner perfectly in sync to succeed. "Spontaneous Deceleration" "

"Now!"

(She saw the white tiger gradually lost speed the second the moving target reversed)

"That move?!" Miho was surprised

(Everything was in slow motion inside the Tiger I. All that Gero could see was the target slowly but surely entering his gun sights then suddenly..)

"Fire!"

"Kanpai Gero-kun" Chouno thought

(The mighty 88MM shell found its way to the side of the moving target and destroyed it then a white flag popped up)

"Wooooooow Amazing!" "Sugoi Tiger team!" "Impressive marksmanship!"

(The girls shouted and cheered for the boy's amazing performance)

"Training is over! Head back to the garage now boys!"

"Roger that Instructor!" Hajime replied

"That boy is gonna shake the Senshado world" Chouno said with a smile

[Ooarai Girls High School - Garage]

"Everyone Otsukaresamadeshita!" Miho said

"THANK YOU VERY MUCH COMMANDER!" the whole team replied

"Ughh Matsu-kun I'm sooo tiiired!"

"Same here Ken. By the way excellent driving their brother!"

"Hehe you know it!" *Fist bump

"Amazing reload speed as well Ono!"

"All that practice paid off Gero"

"Hajime! Thanks for relaying those comms!"

"I just said what I heard nothing special Taichou"

"Come on don't say that, your a part of my team and wouldn't be complete without you!"

"Thanks Taichou"

(The four boys started laughing their first practice off)

"A great tank commander and an amazing friend huh?" Chouno looked at Gero

"Congrats Gero on hitting the target!" Miho said

"Nah just got lucky there Miho"

(Both laugh together)

"Hey Gero-kun amazing tankery you displayed there!"

"It wasn't all me Instructor, couldn't have done it without my team here"

"I guess you're right. By the way, how did you do that move that hit the moving target?"

"Yeah Gero what was that?" asked Miho

"What move ma'am?"

"Huh? Did you see it from somewhere or someone teach it to you?" Chouno asked

"Hmm I don't know, I just told my driver what to do and trusted him that's all"

(Chouno and Miho was shocked and their eyes got big and wide)

"Don't tell me he did that not knowing what it was?" Chouno thought to herself

(Gero just looked at them with a big question mark on his head and Chouno couldn't help but laugh at the boy)

*Laughter *Giggle

"Hahahaha you are one amazing kid Gero-kun!" Chouno said

"Ughh thanks I guess ma'am?"

"Well you definitely showed me something today and I thank you for that. You best get some rest now cause this just the start line for you. The both of you Miho-san"

"DISMISSED!"

"Thank you very much ma'am!" everyone thanked Chouno

Author Note:

Here is chapter 5 guys! Thanks for the views! Hope you are liking things so far! It's just gonna keep getting better and better! Favorite and leave a review!