School Idols of the Lighthouse War
Chapter 20.2
Battle of Farbanti - Battle
Farbanti
17:20 PM
September 19th, 2019.
After all the preparations, and our takeoff operations complete, we have arrived at Farbanti, the capital of Erusea.
Alexa: Farbanti, I would have known that this day would come… Prepare yourself for the ultimate School Idol attack!
Long Caster: Our troops have engaged at Farbanti Reconstruction Park, Silver Bridge and the Submerged Area.
Transmission
Long Caster: We need you to help out our boys in those locations. Cyclops, Strider, and School Idols, provide any support at your discretion to the places that need the most. This'll end the war.
It's time. Commence the operation. Our friends are waiting.
Alexa: Understood, Long Caster. Minna, attack all enemy threats! I'll fire the first shots!
Alexa opened missile fire and 5 enemy fighters were quickly shot down.
Yu: You heard Alexa, everyone. Engage all enemy threats!
School Idol Pilots: Yokai!/Yosh!
Wiseman: Lately, as your company commander, I've felt that some of you young bucks coming after my championship belt.
You're really putting the pressure on me, so I think I'm gonna go out there and run up the score a little bit.
Just to show you guys how it's done.
I trust that I can count on all of you to keep up? Let's go out there, take care of business, and come back in one piece!
Transmission
Shioriko: Alexa-san, Yu-chan. The Sakamoto task force and fleet has arrived at Farbanti and we have already taken off and engaged the enemy, Kira is on standby! And Hanayo is on the bridge of the aircraft carrier!
Yu: Copy that, Shioriko-chan!
Alexa shot down an enemy Mig-29.
Long Caster: Strider 1, return lines are in the north and the aircraft-carrier in the AO.
Head on either way if you want to refuel and rearm. Good luck, everyone.
We will also be moving forward with our plan to knock out the enemy's satellites. If we can pull it off, it'll confuse the hell out of 'em. So keep that tidbit in the back of your mind.
Honoka: Alexa, the enemy's satellites will be eliminated, and their LOS units are gonna be haywire. Thankfully, our satellites and our LOS are unaffected, so you will fly safely.
Alexa: Thanks, Muse 1!
You, Riko, Yohane and even Karin shot down 8 fighters quickly.
Alexa: Diva 1, this is Strider 1, how copy?
Karin: Glad to see you here with the rest of our team, Alexa-san.
Alexa: I heard that you want to be a School idol and a fashion model at the same time, huh?
Karin: Correctly answered.
Wiseman: Count is back in the saddle as Cyclops 2! It's good to be flying with you again, partner!
Count: Cute. No, that's real funny.
Alexa shot down a hostile Mig-21.
Long Caster: Strider 1: the men below you are to secure the Silver Bridge. But they can't break any lines. We also have some additional aircraft to you, but our numbers are less than ideal.
Alexa: Not to worry, Eli, Chika, Ruby, Hanamaru and Kotori, Support our allies securing the Silver Bridge.
Chika, Eli, Ruby, Hanamaru and Kotori: Yokai! We're on our way!
OGU 1: Three strikes in the sky… Too bad for those guys.
EF 2: Yeah, that's the ticket. Show the enemy what kind of surprise we've got waiting for them!
Spreading gunfire is now on both sides on the Silver Bridge.
Alexa shot down an enemy A-10C.
Jaeger: Locked on! Go down!
Jaeger shot down an enemy bandit.
Kotori managed to eliminate another A-10C.
Kotori: Took out a bandit.
EF 5: I'm spiked! Breaking away!
Chika and Hanamaru blew up the enemy defenses on the Silver Bridge.
EGU 4: We need more air support! We can't hold the bridge much longer without it!
EF 6: Call reinforcements!
Lanza: That fighter evaded it!
EF 7: Damn it! Should've known sooner!
Ruby shot down a Harrier.
Ruby: Yes! Another down!
Chika: Great work, Ruby!
EF 9: It's no use! We have to retreat!
Long Caster: Enemy backup inbound! Forces are heading for two separate combat zones.
We need to split up our forces in two and meet both threats at once.
Wiseman: Trigger, split your combat teams, head for either area, Cyclops will take care of the other one.
Húxiān: Roger.
Alexa: Got it! Eli, support the area here with Ruby, Hanamaru and Kotori!
Eli: Bibi 1 copies!
Alexa: Chika, I need you, You Watanabe, Maki, Yohane and Shizuku to attack the enemy forces on the Reconstruction Park.
Chika: Cyaron 1, understood!
Alexa: R3BIRTH 1, take Mia, Emma, Setsuna, and Mari and attack the Erusean fleet, here at Farbanti!
Shioriko: You got it, no ship will survive on this!
Alexa: Yu-chan, take Ayumu, Lanzhu, Kanata, and Honoka and eliminate the enemies in the Submerged Area.
Yu: Niji Manager copies, moving out!
Alexa: Karin and Rina, you're with me!
Karin: Diva 1 copies! Flying on your left!
Alexa, Karin and Rina fly over the Reconstruction Park, readying to attack the Erusean ground forces there.
Erusean Fleet 1: Where did these guys come from?! My job just got that much harder!
Wiseman: Okay, Trigger. The park is all yours. We'll deal with the other threat.
Count: I'll show you all how it's done.
EGU 7: We can't let the enemy take this position! Kill them all!
One enemy fighter fired a missile on You, but she evaded it.
You: Missile evaded!
Chika, Alexa and Rina destroyed 5 APCs and 4 tanks, as well as 4 SAMs.
EGU 8: Low morale is our real issue right now!
EGU 11: They shouldn't have mentioned both Three Strikes or the School Idols during the briefing!
Skald: Special delivery!
Skald took out an enemy tank.
Yohane destroyed 3 enemy AA vehicles and Shizuku destroyed 4 tanks with some fuel-bombs.
EGU 12: Look what's left of our forces! Damn that Three Strikes!
OGU 10: Boy, am I glad that either Three Strikes and The School Idols are here!
Lanza destroyed an enemy APC.
You's F-35C shot down an enemy Su-37, with support from the allied flak fire.
Another Su-37 got shot down by Alexa's modified F-22.
Maki took out the 2 enemy attack helicopters.
Maki: Two enemy choppers down!
Karin took out 3 AA vehicles as well as 3 tanks.
OGU 14: Roger, the park will be secured! The Osean bigshots cleared the way!
Fencer: *laughing* I know the feeling.
Yohane destroyed an enemy tank.
Yohane: That'll show them not to mess with Yohane, the Fallen Angel!
Alexa: You better not talk too much, Yohane!
Yohane: Less talk, more action! Got it!
EF 4: Conditions keep changing. This battle is ugly.
Long Caster: Enemy reinforcements on radar. Take 'em out.
Chika and Mito smash the enemy reinforcements, along with Shizuku's fuel-bombs.
EGU 19: Hostile units moving towards the enemy HQ! We don't have enough units to hold them!
Wiseman: Split up. The longer this drags on, the greater our losses.
Count: Roger that.
EGU 6: HQ, we're falling back! We don't stand a chance against their air support!
Erusean GHQ: Hold your ground!
Alexa: Chika, Karin and You, follow me. We have to go to the Submerged Area. Rina-chan, stay with Maki, Shizuku, and Yohane.
Rina: Rina-chan board: Yokai!
EGU 17: The attacks just keep coming!
You destroyed the enemy AA guns on the rooftops.
Jaeger: Targets destroyed by Aqours 2.
OF 2: Careful. The ruins and the sunken ships make these waters shallow.
Karin neutralized the enemy SAM and AA vehicle.
EF 5: Stop these planes before somebody lights a fire under our butts.
Transmission
SN Sadamichi: Sadamichi to Strider 1, I have a heliborne team, loaded with Satsuman special forces on their way to the Erusean GHQ, can you suppress their enemy Aegis Ashore close to the GHQ?
Alexa: I'll get it done!
SN Sadamichi: I'll leave it to you!
Alexa: Shizuku! New orders! Destroy the Aegis Ashore defense building so that our heliborne team will engage the Erusean GHQ.
Shizuku: Roger, cleaning up for a bomb run.
Karin and Alexa shot down 2 enemy F-15Js.
EF 12: Attacking.
EF 27: Abandoning aircraft!
One Erusean pilot bailed out.
The Osean fleet is battling the Erusean Fleet.
OF 3: A missile got through our ECM! Shoot it!
You destroyed the last F-15J.
You: Got the last one.
The Osean Ground Forces are also punching through the Silver Bridge and are now in the center of the capital, to only find more resistance.
EGU 19: The enemy is showing signs of fatigue! Deal the final blow!
EF 18: These guys just won't give up.
Alexa, Chika, Karin, and You are heading for the suburban areas of Farbanti to assist Eli and her team.
Wiseman: Okay, Trigger. That area is all yours. We'll back up Helm Squadron as well as Yu and her team in the submerged area.
Alexa fired her machineguns and destroyed the enemy A-10C.
Alexa: How are you holding, Eli?
Eli: I need some help from you. Kotori just took out 2 enemy fighters before you arrived. Ruby and Hanamaru are supporting the ground forces.
Alexa: Copy that, we're her for some anti-air assault. Chika, assist both Hanamaru and Ruby!
Chika: Understood!
EF 24: Bandit behind you. Heads up!
You and Karin took out 3 enemy multirole fighters.
EF 25: We've lost half of our men? What about reinforcements?!
EF 26: They have been wiped out too! Those School Idols slammed them hard!
Alexa evaded an enemy attack that an enemy fighter gave.
And a split second later after a flight roll, she shot down an multirole fighter.
EGU 30: Hold them! Don't let them get through!
OGU 18: Don't stop!
EF 19: Breaking off!
Karin shot down an enemy F-14D.
And Alexa shot one enemy F-14D with her machineguns.
Another enemy F-14D got shot down by a tracking missile fired by Ruby's F-16.
EGU 16: It's no use.
EF 20: I don't like the look of things! They are relentless!
EF 27: Did these guys really fight a battle before this? They just keep coming.
Alexa shot down another F-14D, while Ruby destroyed an enemy F-35C.
And Eli shot the last A-10C.
Eli: That's all of them!
Alexa: Nice work! Let's go to the aircraft carrier, girls. I'm gonna refuel, and change ammo.
OF 18: Reduce altitude! Fly between the buildings!
EGU 5: The area is fully cleared! Let's head to the enemy GHQ, go!
The Osean troops on the east side march now on route to the Erusean GHQ.
Some minutes later...
SATC: Strider 1, this is the Sakamoto. You are cleared to land.
Alexa: Copy that. Prepared to land.
And some minutes later, I landed.
The flight engineers are getting the QAAMs of my plane, and loaded the XSDBs.
While doing so and refueling, I have a little chat with Kira.
Kira: Me, Erena and Anju formed A-Rise to counter the Muse. We we're beaten by the Muse on the way to get a ticket to the finale.
Alexa: Ah, yeah, only one team get the ticket to the grand finale.
And after the talk with Kira, I can now get back in the air, and Saint Snow is also ready to assist.
Alexa: Time for takeoff!
Several minutes later...
After taking off with Saint Snow and reunited with our allies in the air, we have to assist Shioriko and her members.
OF 7: Enemy vessels, fire!
OF 9: Did you really think that missile was going to hit anything?!
Me, Karin and some of our members are gonna fly southwest to assist Shioriko and her team.
EGU 27: How come we're the only ones losing tanks out there?! Where is our air support?!
EGU 31: The tide of the entire battle changed once that plane and a major squadron showed up!
We have arrived at the area, and it seems that the Osean fleet has taken some good turns on the Erusean Fleet.
Our Satsuman allied fleet hit them from the rear as well.
EF 6: What the… we're under attack from the rear!
EF 10: And it seems that we've pissed them off!
OGU 20: Show them how Osea fights its battles!
EGU 32: It's the damn enemy air support! They're the ones who turned the tide!
Hanamaru: I have to go back, Kotori. Keep them off my back while I come back.
Kotori: Roger, Hanamaru-chan. Land now and be there on time.
Hanamaru has to land on the Sakamoto.
Shizuku: Bomb dropped!
The fuel air bomb hit the Aegis building and blew up with the force of impact.
SAS 1: Aegis Building destroyed!
SAS 2: Okay, there it is our cue. Lock, load and stand by.
A Satsuman heliborne team, along with the Satsuman attack helicopters, are now preparing to attack the Erusean General HQ.
SAS 2: A • ZU • NA 3 has suppressed the anti-air weapons for us. We can now begin landing!
SSF 2: Okay, landing stations we are now ready to land and engage on the roof!
Back at the southwest...
Shioriko: Good to have you come here, Alexa-san!
Alexa: Ah dear, I wouldn't miss this party.
Alexa destroyed the battlecruiser, while You, Karin and Eli destroyed an enemy destroyer.
Long Caster: Your air support considerably weakened organized resistance from the Erusean Army. Operation nearly complete. Just need to see it through.
All Cyclops, Strider and School Idol Pilots: Understood/All right/Yokai.
Kotori destroyed an enemy frigate and a destroyer.
EF 1: We've lost 30% of our fleet! It's gonna be very difficult to complete our mission given these circumstances.
EF 7: Everyone's requesting backup. They'll take forever to get here!
Alexa's XSDBs destroyed an enemy ship.
OF 9: Thanks to the Satsuman fleet and the air support, victory is in sight! Let's turn the remaining enemies into shark bait!
Long Caster: You all did really well out there. This is sure to bring an end to the war. You'll be heroes.
Alexa: Maybe, but for us, School Idols. Our job isn't over yet.
Shioriko: True.
Wiseman: Don't know what medals they've got on you, but if you want one, come back in one piece!
Long Caster: Some reinforcements are here. Check your radars.
Mia: Alexa! Let's do a combined attack on the battlecruiser.
Alexa: Nice thinking! Dropping the bombs!
Alexa's bombs and Mia's ground missiles destroyed the enemy battlecruiser.
Jaeger: Trigger, it's about time that we finished up here and helped other allies in trouble.
Long Caster: You don't need to try and target every enemy. Just keep your focus. Take one down, then move on to the next.
Mia: Enemy vessel going under! Great job!
EF 12: Steer clear of the sunken allied ships! Just how many did we lose?!
EF 14: Nearly all of them by air support!
EF 35: Three Strikes is back.
OFS 11: This is the Stork. There are small boats hiding in the ruins. Take them out before they can approach our fleet.
Transmission
Long Caster: The buildings are weak from erosion over the years. A good jolt will send 'em crumbling on the ground. If a collapse catches the enemy, that's fine, but watch you don't get yourself caught in the carnage.
Mia, Chika and Eli destroyed the last large ships of the Erusean fleet.
EF 18: We don't have enough ships left for organized combat!
Mari: This is Guilty Kiss 1. All enemy ships are down! We're going back to the aircraft carrier!
Setsuna: Roger that, Once I refueled, I'll go back in the air right away!
Wand 2: HQ, this is Wand 2. We've eliminated the enemy resistance! Wand 2 and Wand 3 are now making their way to the HQ now.
Long Caster: Enemy fleet is crippled. Friendly warships should be able to finish 'em off.
More enemy aircraft are coming in, but many of them got shot down.
EF 45: Damn! Shot down by a Satsuman fighter! The shame of that!
Yu and Ayumu cleared out the enemy positions and destroyed the gunboats and missile boats.
Eli saw an enemy Ace in a Su-37 and shot it down.
Eli: Crossed an ace off the list.
EGU 47: Don't let them get through! HQ is just behind us!
EGU 49: Fall back 900 yards. Three Strikes is here.
Lanzhu destroyed an AA gun of the enemy frigate, while Kanata delivered the final blast.
OF 20: HQ, powerful AA defense system in the AO! Coordinates T28, L39. There's an AA… No, a CWIS protecting the defenses!
Wiseman: Locked on! Lights out!
Wiseman destroyed an enemy gunboat.
OF 22: HQ! The CWIS and the defense building are destroyed! Someone took it down before we arrived!
Long Caster: 3 minutes remaining.
Alexa: Better get ready for the confrontation. Setsuna, You, Honoka, Lanzhu, Eli, and Shioriko, we better get landed to the Sakamoto and get rearmed with a full anti-air ordnance. Yu, keep all our allies safe!
Yu: Roger that, see you guys back.
OGU 23: Drive the enemy back! Take out these pests!
EGU 30: There's just too many of them!
OGU 42: Those squadrons that just flew overhead are friendlies! They defended Stonehenge!
Honoka took out with a TLAAM the F-2A ace named Bogen.
Honoka: Shot an ace off! That's one off the list.
OGU 43: The enemy has let up. Hopefully, it stays that way for a while.
Alexa, Honoka, Eli, You, Lanzhu and Shioriko have landed on the carrier and their weapons are exchanged, but they have to wait for a while, Setsuna landed earlier and took a break.
Count fired an enemy missile and shot down an enemy bandit.
EF 45: This is bad! Bailin' out!
Another Erusean pilot bailed out.
OGU 5: Silver Bridge is secured! Thank all of the allies they helped us!
Sarah: It's no problem!
Leah: Just doing our task.
Lanza shot down a tank.
Lanza: Target is down!
On the Erusean GHQ…
OGU 36: This is Wand 2, we have secured the enemy's GHQ! We also saw some Satsuman soldiers around the offices, they hadn't fired on us, but they gave us some intel while taking the critical evidence for their next tasks of theirs! They are the ones taking out all sentries and some hostile Erusean officers!
Wand 3: We should give them our thanks for clearing up the area for us, they gave us a free entrance!
And a few minutes later, Alexa, Honoka, Eli, You, Setsuna, Shioriko and Lanzhu took off from the SN Sakamoto. And just in time...
Alexa: Time's up.
Long Caster: All aircraft, listen carefully. This is Long Caster. We have the upper hand; the enemy headquarters is almost ours.
The operation to eliminate all enemy satellites is also underway. All according to plan.
The Satsuman satellites are almost in position. It will not go haywire with the LOS of theirs.
The end of the war is in sight.
Think of something to eat, guys, 'cause I'm buyin'.
Count: Roger that!
Wiseman: Man, don't jinx us!
Alexa chuckled.
Long Caster: Ah, you're right.
Alexa: Wait a second! I see something on my radar screen! 5 bogies!
Jaeger: New bogies? That doesn't look good!
Long Caster: New bogies inbound… No, five Su-30s inbound!
Alexa: He's finally here!
Wiseman: …It's Mister X!
To be continued on Chapter 20.3...
Next time, the biggest confrontation between the Snow Birds/School Idols vs Mihaly and the Sol Squadron!