>>5391649
>>“Good thing I’m not just a pretty face, huh?”
Oh shit welcome back boss, how’ve you been?

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>>5391649
>“Well, that’s what deputies are for right?”

Rolled 2 (1d2)

>>5391649
>>“Good thing I’m not just a pretty face, huh?”
= 1

>>“Well, that’s what deputies are for right?”
=2

>>5392116
Good thanks, just had my first flying lesson, life is good.

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>>5391649

>“Well, that’s what deputies are for right?”

“Yeah! I picked well, didn’t I!” Miho giggles. “How goes it?”

“As usual,” you reply. “Everyone’s getting their tanks out.”

“Tank transporters should be here soon,” Miho says glancing at her phone before handing it to you.

“They have an app?” You ask.

“And Ooarai has a discount card,” Miho confirms. “Since we use the same company so often.”

“Huh, go figure,” you nod.

A few minutes later, the transporters start to roll in, and like a well-oiled machine, the tankers of Ooarai begin to load their tanks up.

At this point it doesn’t require much intervention from Miho or you, letting her head into the warehouse lounge and collect pastries for the two of you as the tanks are loaded. You munch on it till finally you’re needed to help get your tank aboard, but once that’s done, the convoy slowly leaves Ooarai.

“How far away is the field?” You ask.

“Well, as the crow flies, it’s not very far,” Yukari replies, thrusting a map into your face. “But it’s deep in the mountains so, we have to take twisty mountain roads to get there.”

“So, I see,” you reply, taking the map from her to look for yourself.

“What do we do now then?”

“We could play games!” Aya crows. “The rest of Rabbit team agrees!”

“They’re not in this truck,” you reply.

“They would if they were here!” She counters.

You share a look with Miho who just shrugs.

“Sure, what kind of game?” Miho asks.

“What about red car, yellow car?” Erika suggests.

“Too violent,” Aya complains. “What about I spy?”

“The number plate game?” Yukari offers.

>Red car, Yellow car without the punching.
>I spy is the way to go.
>The number plate game, what even is that?
>Write-in

>>5392673
>I spy is the way to go.

>>5392673
>>I spy is the way to go.
>>5392574
>first flying lesson
Bitchin’

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>>5392673

>I spy is the way to go.

“It’s got to be I spy,” you reply.

“Fritz!’ Erika complains, before slugging your arm.

If you’re going to hit me anyway, why bother with Red car, Yellow car?” You frown.

“Then I have a good excuse!” Erika complains.

“Oh! Oh! We can get the guys in the other trucks to join us!” Aya crows. “I’ll call them! I have unlimited minutes!”

“Of course,” you nod. A few minutes later, the Rabbits have set up a group call with their counterparts in the other trucks and a team-wide game of I spy is going on. Great because everyone’s involved, less great because 60 people means things get found out ridiculously fast.

After several quick fire rounds, it finally gets to Yukari.

“I spy, with my little eye, something beginning with P,” she declares.

“Pole?” You ask.

“Park?” Someone offers over the phone.

“What park?” Another person fires back. “It’s just massive fields on the other side of the roads.”

“Pizza shop?” Mako offers as you roll past a service station.

“How could she have seen that in advance?” Erika snaps back.

That continues for a while before someone – Saki you think – quietly says “Panzer.”

“Yup! That’s it!” Yukari declares.

“What! Panzer isn’t even a Japanese word!” Aya complains. “You can’t use a German word! No one will be able to guess it!”

“It’s a word everyone here would probably know though,” Miho replies. “Saki knew it.”

“Uh oh,” you share a look with Erika. In a house that can speak three languages it’s a common problem.

>Best answer is to ignore it, pick something you can see and start another game.
>To be fair, everyone involved knows exactly what a Panzer is.
>Introducing other languages is a bad idea.

Go with anything you would hypothetically see on a mountain road. If you want to make something up like a billboard, or a helicopter or something go ahead, or I'll do it.

>>5393406
>To be fair, everyone involved knows exactly what a Panzer is.
How about a plane?

>>5393598

Sure

>>5393406
>>To be fair, everyone involved knows exactly what a Panzer is.
Plane’s fine

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>>5393406

>To be fair, everyone involved knows exactly what a Panzer is.

“Well, uh, I have to agree with Miho here Aya,” you tell the fuming Rabbit. Aya turns around to pout at you and you can’t help but laugh and pat her head.

“Commanderrrrr,” Aya complains. “It’s not fair.”

“If everyone who plays know it is fair,” you reply, getting another deeper frown from her.

You can’t help it and ruffle her hair, causing her to squawk and try to escape. Hard when you’re all in the same cabin of a truck.

“How about I have a go,” you reply.

“I spy with my little eye,” you begin, looking around. Several passing commercial airliners , high in the sky, catch your eye. “Something beginning with P.”

“Panzer?” Aya guesses immediately.

“No dice,” you reply. “Do you think I would do the same word again?”

“We once had a string of the same word twelve times in a row!” Karina reports over the phone.

“In different contexts!” Aya complains.

There’s a story there, but you decide not to pursue it, content to sit back and let people guess at what it is.

Eventually, Erwin gets it, spotting a plane coming low to land.

By then though, you’re almost at the field, so the game is put on pause. Once you arrive, you’re swiftly identified and directed to the staging area. You think you catch a glance at someone from Jatkosota, but you don’t get a chance to investigate further before you’re helping direct the removal of the tanks from the transporter.

Theoretically, it’s an easy task, but as you watch the transporter’s front wheels leave the floor for a second, you’re reminded that tough though they may be, if any of them fall off, they’re probably not going to be used today.

There are several close calls, as usual, but no accidents so you’re left with some time to spare before the beginning of the match.

>Go over the plan again with Miho.
>Check out the field yourself.
>A last minute inspection of the tanks can’t hurt.
>Write-in

>>5394511
>Go over the plan again with Miho.

>>5394511
>>Go over the plan again with Miho.

Idea for a type of match: Scavenger Treasure Hunt.

Two teams are looking for something the other is hiding, and whoever finds the object and shoots a provided flare into the air wins the match. To help the teams along, any time a tank is taken out, hints to the enemy's location is broadcasted over the radio. A team dominating their opponent will have more ears hearing and eyes looking for the treasure, but for the team getting bodied, there's still a chance for them to make a comeback by slipping through the enemy to find their treasure.

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>>5394846
Though, even though the tanks are knocked out... the only issue with the weaker team is mobility at that point, since it's part of the game to leave the tank to go find the treasure and fire the flare.

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>>5394511

>Go over the plan again with Miho.

“Right! Let’s go over the plan one last time,” Miho calls as you prepare for the match to start. All of the tank commanders are present, as well as some of the crew who aren’t busy finishing preparations.

“We all know the plan by now, but let’s just finalise some of the details,” Miho says. “The flag group will head straight for the airfield to take control of it and hunker down there. That group will have the flag tank and will be lead by Commander Hermann. It has Rabbit team as flag tank, Leopon, Hound, Shark, Hippo, and Ocelot.”

“Big group,” Erwin observes.

“They have to be,” Miho replies. “Given they’re going to be Jatkosota’s main targets.”

“And the other groups?” You ask.

“I’ll lead the group heading north,” she replies. “The other group heading south will be led by Turtle team.”

“Wha?” Anzu looks up upon hearing her team’s name.

“We’ll be leading our part of the team,” Yuzu repeats. “I hope you’ll take it seriously.”

“Of course!” Anzu looks almost offended that Yuzu would say that, and manages to hold it for almost ten seconds before bursting out laughing.

“If that’s all, I think we should get to work,” Miho says. “I recommend you figure out your order of march.”

“Miho,” you say.

“Oh, whoops,” she giggles. “I forgot who I was talking to.”

Your Group
>Werewolf
>Panther
>M6A3E1
>Tiger P
>Mark IV
>JgPz IV
>StuG

Miho’s Group
>Pz IV
>Cromwell
>Comet
>Chi-Nu

Anzu’s Group
>Jumbo
>Crusader
>M3 Lee
>Hetzer

>Ask for any changes?

>Send Erika Roving ahead with the heavy tanks close to you and the flag tanks. Tank Destroyers at the back.
>Send the Heavy tanks forwards while you and Erika are wide on the flanks. Tank destroyers close to the flag.
>Write-in

>>5395339
>Send Erika Roving ahead with the heavy tanks close to you and the flag tanks. Tank Destroyers at the back.

>>5395339
>Erika is rendered immobile due to projectile vomiting some bad sushi all over the inside of her vehicle

>>5395339
>>Send Erika Roving ahead with the heavy tanks close to you and the flag tanks. Tank Destroyers at the back.

Now that the school's no longer in a state-of-emergency, why aren't some of the teams relieved of duty? They were cobbled together from other clubs, isn't it time to let them go?

>>5396959
because tankery is a fun and productive sport that builds girls into ideal women and we still need everyone we can get

>>5397071
But you don't Need them, they don't need to be in tankery any more.

>>5397073
I mean, we don't *need* them in the sense the school will close if we don't have them, but we are already often working from a numbers deficit

>>5397080
So you're not fighting a defensive war for survival. It's time to go from "All Students Serve" to "Volunteers Only."

>>5396959
>>5397073
>>5397083
>wanting to shrink our numbers
For what purpose?

>>5397254
It makes sense to, story-wise. The Tanks are not piloting themselves, each person within them has their own wants and needs that are being ignored by keeping them drafted.

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>>5397339

Technically the girls who did tankery never knew about the school closing till the council told them in canon, and here, I don't think they were ever told.

>>5394858
this is an interesting idea I might steal actually.

Sorry about no update yesterday, work was...long. Also the Queen is dead.

>>5397080
>we are already often working from a numbers deficit
There's a whole chapter in the manga anthology about how the logistics situation with Ooarai's tank line-up is already treading a fine line with the tanks they have in canon.
https://mangakakalot.com/chapter/girls__panzer_comic_anthology/chapter_8

>>5397872
>Technically the girls who did tankery never knew about the school closing till the council told them in canon, and here, I don't think they were ever told.
Well, that is a good reason for the main character to keep things as is... Though, with all the clubs cannibalized by the Student Council, I think there may be some growing resentment at their freedoms and culture being ground under-tread.

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>>5395339

“Let’s get moving then,” Miho says, rolling up her map.

“Aye aye, Cap’n,” Erika declares in English, charging over to her tank, getting laughter from those that understand, and confused looks from those that don’t. You just shake her head and turn back to your tank where Max and Leo are tinkering with the tracks, making final adjustments.

“Are we good gents?” You ask, as you mount up.

“Ready to roll,” Max replies. “Hopefully our engine can handle it.”

“Yeah we don’t want to be stuck in the open again,” you smirk. You climb into your hatch where Ruby and Axel are doing a few dry runs, loading, and firing the gun.

“All tanks, head to our beginning zone and split into your groups,” Miho orders.

“You heard the Commander,” you say to Max. “Get us moving.”

“Aye,” Max starts the engine and Werewolf’s engines whines to life as it spins up. You’re moving a moment later, falling in line behind Miho, who in turn is behind some kind of Russian armoured fighting vehicle that’s been stripped of all weapons and has a flashing blue light a top it.

>Send Erika Roving ahead with the heavy tanks close to you and the flag tanks. Tank Destroyers at the back.

When you reach the start point, you split into your different teams. Miho and Anzu lead their teams off to the north and south. Your team assembles just to the west of the designated starting point as you organise them.

“Erika, you push out ahead of us,” you begin. “The heavy tanks and I will stick close to the flag tank, make it a hard target. Tank destroyers at the back.”

“Not concerned about the tank destroyers being picked off?” Erika asks.

“They’re probably going to target the flag tank,” you reply. “And if I have to pick between defending one or the other…”

“Then the flag tank is the better pick,” Erika nods.

With that, preparations are done, and all you have to wait for is the starting flare. You’re not disappointed, and soon Miho crackles through the Radio.

“Panzer Vor!”

>Roll 7d20 Bo3


>>5397912
True, though Ooarai and the club in particular are richer than canon.

Rolled 3, 19, 14, 6, 9, 7, 7 = 65 (7d20)

>>5397943
I see. Heh, you're still as good at debating as ever.

Rolled 16, 4, 11, 30, 26, 24, 23 = 134 (7d30)

>>5397943

Rolled 15, 13, 11, 14, 19, 14, 16 = 102 (7d20)

>>5397978
>d20

Rolled 2, 19, 18, 19, 10, 12, 11 = 91 (7d20)

>>5397943

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>>5397943

2, 4, 11, 6, 9, 7, 7

“Let’s move, ladies,” you reply. Werewolf’s engine slowly goes from whining to roaring, but Erika manages to pick up speed faster than you, and zips off ahead as planned.

“Fritz, we are moving!” she whoops.

“How do they do it,” Max mutters into the intercom. “We had that engine a few months ago, and we could never do that.”

“Our tank weighs more?” Leo offers.

“That’s not it,” Max retorts.

“What is it then,” Leo snaps back. You tune out the squabbling and instead look to make sure that the rest of your team is forming up. All of them are professionals, professional amateurs anyway, so it’s with minimal help from you that the team manages to form up around Rabbit team. You’ve taken the lead position, with Leopon north of them, Shark team south, and the two tank destroyers behind them.

“Werewolf, Hippo,” Erwin begins on the radio. “Should I take my tank and set up facing south in that forest left of us? In case they come from the south?”

>“Stay with us, they’re probably not that far yet.”
>“Sure, a flank guard might be useful for when they come around.”
>Write-in

>Roll 7d20 Bo3

>>5397966
History degree coming in clutch!

Rolled 12, 5, 2, 13, 12, 20, 13 = 77 (7d20)

>>5398930
“Our tank weighs more?” Leo offers.
“That’s not it,” Max retorts.
>Wait a second... boys are heavier than girls! That's it, we're all getting wigs and stuffed bras tomorrow, that'll help reduce the weight!

>“Sure, a flank guard might be useful for when they come around.”
They're probably seeking to draw us in and envelop us, but trying to envelop them at the same time couldn't hurt, unless they plan to envelop our enveloping and would you look at that I've gone cross-eyed.

>>5398930
>“Stay with us, they’re probably not that far yet.”
>Form Guard Dog wolfpack with flag tank
We should stick to the plan for now. We already have flank cover with the North and South groups, and we're kinda supposed to be bait anyways.

>>5398950
>That's it, we're all getting wigs and stuffed bras tomorrow, that'll help reduce the weight!
Am I missing something? Wouldn't this just add weight?

Rolled 8, 16, 9, 3, 1, 13, 20 = 70 (7d20)

>>5398930
Supporting >>5399337

>>5399337
+1

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>>5398930

>“Stay with us, they’re probably not that far yet.”

“Are you sure, Commander? I really like the way that forest looks.”

“Well Turtle team’s unit is heading south already to hunt for anything Jatkosota sends there,” you remind her. “And they won’t be able to counter-ambush anything if we don’t let ourselves get ambushed first.”

“Ugh, yeah,” Erwin sighs over the radio. “Unlike you guys, I don’t have a rotating turret, so we just have to pray they don’t hit us.”

“That’s the point,” Erika crackles back. “If they’re shooting at you, they’re not shooting at the flag tank!”

“Sorry guys!” Azusa offers.

>Form Guard Dog wolfpack with flag tank

“Stay focused,” you warn on the net before switching back to tank intercom. “Max, slow down a touch so that we’re next to the flag tank.”

“Aye aye,” he grunts.

“Fritz, we’re leaving you in the dirt!” Erika chortles. “Which way do you want us to go?”

>Tell her to follow the road into the airport. (Red)
>Tell her to ram the fence and head straight for the cover of the buildings. (Yellow)
>Tell her to swing north around the buildings. (Blue)
>Write-in

>>5399337
The simple answer is Max is an idiot.

>>5400140
>Tell her to ram the fence and head straight for the cover of the buildings. (Yellow)

>>5400140
>>5400178

Forgot to ask for

>7d20 bo3

Rolled 8, 9, 20, 10, 14, 2, 7 = 70 (7d20)

>>5400187

Rolled 6, 14, 19, 8, 17, 14, 2 = 80 (7d20)

>>5400187

Rolled 5, 20, 6, 14, 20, 17, 2 = 84 (7d20)

>>5400140
>>Tell her to ram the fence and head straight for the cover of the buildings. (Yellow)

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>>5400140

>Tell her to ram the fence and head straight for the cover of the buildings. (Yellow)

“Head for the buildings on the west side of the airfield,” you reply.

“Sure, I’ll swing south and use the road,” Erika replies.

“Why bother?” You reply. “Go straight through.”

“I…” Erika seems to blue screen for a minute. “Why didn’t I think of that?”

“You’re losing your touch,” you snark.

“Noooo,” Erika complains, she continues her charge forward though, and soon she’s approaching the airfield.

You take a moment to listen in on what the other groups are doing. Both are approaching the forests on either side of the valley.

“Oh man, I can see them on the other side!” Erika says.

“What? How?” You ask. “Aren’t you behind a bunch of buildings?”

“I can see the dust cloud on the other side,” she says. “Big group probably.”

“Are they charging us?” Azusa wonders. “That doesn’t sound smart.”

>Tell Erika to hide in the buildings (Red)
>Tell her to swing north so she can shoot down the runway. (Blue)
>Tell her to go find out herself. (Yellow)
>Write-in

Main force
>Bring your tanks in to fight whatever’s coming in. (White)
>Hide the main group in the nearby forests (Green)
>Just hold your position for now.
>Write-in

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Rolled 10, 3, 9, 13, 18, 20, 14 = 87 (7d20)

>>5400704
Tree Branches can be dragged behind a tank to make a group appear larger than they are or to provide a smokescreen.
>Tell her to go find out herself. (Yellow)
>This is a literal fog of war, so light up the field with MG fire!

>Just hold your position for now.
>Of course, broadcast to the other team that you're probing with bullets.

>>5400704
>Tell Erika to hide in the buildings (Red)
>Just hold your position for now.

Somehow I don't think an MG is going to get rid of a cloud of dust. I'd rather her stay concealed and get info for us for now. Charging forward into them is obviously suicidal and exactly what they want, and I'd rather not do that with either us or Erika. We'll find out soon enough how many they are, no need to lose Erika to find out a turn sooner.

>>5400837
An MG's fire pings off of metal when it hits metal. That produces a sound.

>>5401109
You're going to hear an MG pinging off metal over the sound of your own tank, tanks around you, the crowd of tanks likely producing the dust cloud, and also the MG itself which you are firing? I doubt it.

>>5401123
From probably over a kilometer away at least to boot. Not going to happen.

>>5401123
That's what they did in the war, hearing the impact of bullet on metal was how they judged artillery targets.

>>5401125
I doubt they did that against a company's worth of immediately approaching armor with a lone tank they sent in directly towards them

>>5401143
A scout's purpose is to find the enemy, find out how much they have, and report it on the radio. Before the radio, it was to return alive, but we have radios.

>>5401148
We don't need to shove Erika right in their faces to scout. Either of the two other paths still have her well ahead of us, and not in a completely exposed position with no hope of reinforcement. There is No Need to scout this out in the first place. Whether or not it is a ruse does not impact anything, nor will knowing sooner help us. Also, no one we've ever been up against has done something like fake a dust cloud, and just because you remembered that people did it in historical contexts doesn't make it likely now. I'd say it's incredibly unlikely to be happening, and whether it is or it isn't, the worst thing we could do is suicide Erika.

>>5401159
We need more information, and you can't outwait the Finnish. May as well bloody their nose.

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>>5401160
We really don't, and we can get enough information anyways without suiciding Erika.

>>5401306
Yes we do, we need to determine if their main force is here or if they're attempting to lure us out with bait. If it's the main force, we've found their main force. If it's bait that's one tank strong, Erika can 1v1 it.

Either way, the initiative is seized, there's nothing not to gain by acting.

>>5401309
No, we don't. We really do not need to know right now. We can wait for our flanks to form properly before rushing ahead recklessly. If it is a bait, you are falling right into it by sending Erika in like you want to, and we lose one of our best tanks to confirm that yes, the giant dust cloud was actually their tanks. Or if it's not their main force... then what? Then plan doesn't change. On the other hand, if we don't send Erika, we risk NOTHING. If we have her in an observing position like the non suicidal options are, we'll find out anyways, and we get a nice bonus of not losing one of our best tanks immediately for no reason.

We seize no initiative by rushing one tank into what is probably their main force. Neither of you have yet to qualify how any of our actions change depending on whether Erika finds their main force or not, nor how having a forward observation position that isn't driving directly into them wouldn't give us the same intel for less risk. This is utterly foolhardy and it baffles me how the troll option is getting this stubborn support.

>>5401335
Know your adversary. The Finnish use Motti Tactics, they lure the main force into an encirclement and either cut us off from reinforcements or pick off targets from opportune angles. So, it's key that we find out if that's their main force or bait, so we can keep eyes front or look to the sides.

So long as we can know how to proceed, I would ask Erika to give her "life" for that.

>>5401339
It's not key, because we were never planning on charging in to them in the first place. Whether or not they are the main force, we were never going to charge in, so it's irrelevant if they are planning to draw us in.

We already know how we want to proceed. We make ourselves a juicy target here in the center *like was our plan from the beginning*, which doesn't change regardless of if this is the main force or not. Throwing Erika away here betrays either reckless overconfidence, disregard to, or ignorance of our plan.

>>5401347
You seem to be under a misconception here, we're out to hit their flag tank. We need to find it first.

>>5401351
You seem to be under a misconception, it isn't our job to find the flag tank or advance. That's the job of our flank forces.

>>5401356
You don't even know who your flank forces are until you find their main force.

>>5401358
Yes I do, we deliberately created our flank forces for this task. And even if it were our job to be aggressive (it's not, it's rather the opposite), being more conservative with one of our most capable tanks would better serve us to that end.

>>5401359
If you're conservative in a battle of tanks, you're gonna get rolled over. Erika's gone up ahead, the advantage there is that she can spot the enemy. Or, she stays where she is, the enemy potentially roll up to her before we do, and her tank is disabled before she can see or take out anything.

We're not here to hold land, we're here to advance. If you act like we're holding land, you're gonna get encircled by Finns who will cut us off from reinforcements.

Panzer vor means panzor vor, and panzer vor means no one lags behind, so tanks forward!

>>5401367
>Erika's gone up ahead, the advantage there is that she can spot the enemy.
Yes! So let her do so, and keep her in cover.

>Or, she stays where she is, the enemy potentially roll up to her before we do, and her tank is disabled before she can see or take out anything.
The lack of self awareness is stunning. You're scared that they're going to roll up on her and disable her before she can report anything, so in order to mitigate this, you have her charge forward to where we think they are, completely out of cover? Her best chance to survive getting a report to us is to remain unseen and in cover. And on them rolling up to her, she's in a panther and they have mostly light tanks according to our intelligence. Her staying at range with front facing forward makes it very unlikely to get knocked out, especially in comparison to charging forward which opens her up to be flanked, outmaneuvered, and obliterated at close range.

>We're not here to hold land, we're here to advance.
Actually, according to our plan, our job is to bait the enemy into attacking us so that our flanks can do the work. OUR job is NOT to advance. Stop thinking like Chihatan. The answer to every question is not "Charge" just because we're in tanks.

>you're gonna get encircled
Honestly this would be a great outcome, because if you pay attention to the map and our plan, this is almost exactly what we want. To bait them into a decisive engagement where our flanks can collapse on them or otherwise find their flag tank in the mess while we have the survivability to sustain the battle.

>Panzer vor means panzor vor
See Chihatan point.

>>5401380
She is still at range even if she goes out of cover. As you say, they are mostly light tanks, so her getting taken out is unlikely, even if they take out the tracks. She can still subdue the enemy with harassment if it's their main force, or take out whatevwr bait there is before our main force falls for it.

You need to seize the initiative, don't wait for the opponent to get comfy.

>>5401614
If you hated the idea of us being bait so much, then you should have said something when we were planning to do exactly this. This situation is close ideal for our plan, and we should follow it.

If Erika charges forward, she'll be in the middle of a bunch of building, making it easy to flank her and engage her in close range. The same would not be true if she held back, since she would have a large strip of runway between any approaching tanks and herself.

There is no disadvantage to her hanging back. Either it is the main force and things go exactly to our plan, and she stays alive, or it isn't and we find out soon anyways when they don't show up, and we actually give our flanks time to form.

Frankly, I have no idea why you give so much credence to a tactic that we have never seen before even once, which would require special preparation and material to accomplish, when our opponents do not have much budget to work with.

>>5401659
You're not being flexible. No plan survives contact with the enemy, and we need to get all the information we can before the enemy makes contact with us. A plan needs planning and improvisation to make it work. We need intel on the enemy as part of the planning step, and to get that we can improvise.

You had not accounted for Erika going ahead, but it can be turned to the team's advantage by informing us all of rhe enemy positions and if this is a feint. If it is or isn't, we would be committing one tank to this task either way, and getting intel.

By acting now, we can force the enemy to commit to whatever they're doing now rather than give them time to adjust and improvise, or at worst set up within buildings of their own and make this a battle of castle vs castle where we don't even know how occupied their castle is. Instead of seizing the initiative, we'd get bogged down in Finnish marshland.

>>5400704
Btw, these >>5400710
>>5401284
IDs are me.

>>5401659 #
>Frankly, I have no idea why you give so much credence to a tactic that we have never seen before even once, which would require special preparation and material to accomplish, when our opponents do not have much budget to work with.
It requires all the budget of hooking a tank's towing cable around a tree, uprooting the tree, and driving the tank while towing the tree.

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Oh wow, lots of argument today, good to see people are passionate.

I'm not sure if we'd hear MG fire or see it ricochet given we've just been told the dust cloud is big enough Erika can see it from several kilometers away, on the other hand this is Jatkosota, and they hid in snowmen canonically, so some kind of trick isn't past them at all.

No update tonight as I both need rolls and someone to break the tie. And also work is killing me.

>>5401659
>If you hated the idea of us being bait so much, then you should have said something when we were planning to do exactly this. This situation is close ideal for our plan, and we should follow it.
Part of being bait is presenting your bare ass to the enemy. Whether to show you're vulnerable, or to smack it and provoke the enemy, you still have to present something for the enemy to go after. Figuratively speaking, of course, we're not Scottish.

Wouldn't having Erika get in a scuffle here help with the objective of baiting them?

>>5402181
>>5401818
Still me, btw, unfortunately can't break the tie. Though, I'm fine with whatever option a third party chooses, even if it's neither of our options. A Fritz-style Tiebreaker.

>>5403376
It might, but at the cost of Erika, and I don’t think it’s necessary to sacrifice her to bait them in

>>5403391
>>5401659
me

>>5400704

>Tell Erika to hide in the buildings (Red)

Erika is one of our best tankers so it’s probably not worth throwing her away on something like this. I hope it goes through since I’ve been range banned for ages.

Rolled 12, 17, 18, 20, 5, 16, 6 = 94 (7d20)

>>5403442

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Rolled 18, 6, 17, 18, 14, 10, 14 = 97 (7d20)

I'll do the last roll.

Update will be tomorrow since I'll get time to write it at work.

Man having a job is great for not being poor but I have no time to spend it.

>>5403448
>little brother's come into the room asking where the sardines at and he sees this
>"ew, your butt got bigger! stinky!"

Here's a match between Kuromorimine and Keizoku from phase.Erika.
https://mangakakalot.com/chapter/girls_und_panzer_phaseerika/chapter_7
https://mangakakalot.com/chapter/girls_und_panzer_phaseerika/chapter_8
https://mangakakalot.com/chapter/girls_und_panzer_phaseerika/chapter_9
https://mangakakalot.com/chapter/girls_und_panzer_phaseerika/chapter_10
https://mangakakalot.com/chapter/girls_und_panzer_phaseerika/chapter_11

Keizoku's armor is thin, their guns can't pierce the front of a Panther, but they are highly skilled at maneuvering (obviously) and pinning down an opponent while getting to more advantageous ground. They also fire their primary and secondary guns towards the ground around a heavily armored opponent to obscure their line of sight, so they are accustomed to tactics involving dust to cover their positions while they move.

>>5403586
To counter the event of Keizoku launching a blizzard attack with a dust cloud and point-blank Chi-ha-tan style assaults, link the tow cables on yours tanks together to form a spider web. The two cables will prevent or at least hinder the enemy if they try to get between or behind some tanks, and the tug will indicate where the enemy is in the midst of a dust cloud.

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>>5403587
It's also said the quickest way to someone's heart is through their stomach, and to get to the stomach you must first pass beneath the nose! We should get some bacon or something that's aromatic enough to waft over a battlefield that Keizoku will be taking advantage of wind for dust tactics on, and lure the school with the second worst cuisine St. Gloriana still the reigning champs to opportune points for ambushes while they attempt to raid our rations.

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>>5400704

>Tell Erika to hide in the buildings (Red)
>Just hold position for now.

“Erika,” you begin.

“Yes, Fritz?”

“Park yourself between the buildings and keep us informed,” you order.

“Aw what? That’s so boring though!” Erika complains. “Let me at em! I can take them!”

“Absolutely not,” you reply. “Stay where you are and keep an eye out - there might not even be any tanks in that dustcloud.”

“I’m sure there’s at least like 2,” she replies. “Maybe moving around really fast.”

“Watch and report,” you repeat. Erika groans, but you know her well enough to say that she’s probably not going to go against your orders. Hopefully.

“Flag group, all tanks halt,” you order. It takes a moment for the various tanks to come to a full stop but with a screech of metal, soon all the tanks in your group are stationary.

“Why are we stopping here?” Azusa asks. “We’re pretty open from the north. The forest covers our south decently though.

“Erika’s spotted something ahead,” you reply. “Don’t want to stumble into whatever it is.”

“And I suppose it’s unlikely their tanks are this far east yet,” Azusa muses. “I still don’t like being out like this.”

“Good thing you have several feet of armour in the form of Leopon then, right?” You ask, getting an indignant squawk from the automotive club.

You sit there for a few minutes, waiting for Erika to move into position then get back to you.

“Dust clouds have split and are getting smaller,” she reports. “Whatever was inside it probably split up and might be on the concrete by now.”

“Are they still heading our way?” You ask.

“Maybe,” she shrugs.

>Tell her to investigate one of the clouds. (North? South?)
>Tell her to stau put
>Write-in

>Keep your group where it is
>Slowly begin moving towards the airfield again
>Write-in

I meant to get this out yesterday but fell asleep as soon as I got home. Oops.

>>5404860
They are faster than us, and about to find our positions. We need to hide until we're on the center, and to do that, we need to act like we're already there.

ENGAGE!

>Tell her to investigate one of the clouds. (North! If they go around the airfield, they'll see us in an open field.)
>Slowly begin moving towards the airfield again. No dust clouds, and there's a forest in the South group's line of sight should they go that far.

>"Erika, fire all guns! Make them think we have at least 3 tanks here and hold them off!"

>>5404860
>Tell her to investigate one of the clouds. (North)
But keep at range and kite back. We just want to get their attention and prevent them going North too much.

>Slowly begin moving towards the airfield again
>report these likely enemy formations to
Miho

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Hey, did y'all ever play against Yogurt?

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>>5404860

>Tell her to investigate one of the clouds. (North)

“Right, Erika, why don’t you have a go at investigating one of them?” You ask her.

“Sure thing,” she answers after a moment, probably judging her chances of getting close. “Which one to you want me to move towards?”

“How about the northern one?” You ask.

“I can do that,” Erika replies. “I’ll go wide to the north. The trees and fence should give me advanced warning of anything coming out the forests.”

“Whatever you think is safe,” you reply.

“I didn’t know you cared,” she teases.

“I have to, on pain of death,” you quip, sharing a laugh with your sibling.

>Slowly begin moving towards the airfield again

You leave Erika to it, turning back to the rest of your team.

“Let’s get moving towards the airfield again,” you say. “We might as well spring this trap, right?”

“As long as you’re in front of us!” Azusa cheers, getting snickers from others on the net.

“There’s stuff moving between the buildings,” Erika reports. “What or how many…no clue.”

>Tell Erika to stay where she is and watch
>Tell Erika to push in and find out (Red)
>Tell Erika to retreat to the eastern buildings (Blue)
>Write-in

>Bring your groups into the cover of the buildings (Yellow)
>Try to swing round into the southern group’s flank (White)
>Write-in

>>5405495

I don't think we did. Not off the top of my head at least. I will check my notes to see who we've fought.

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Also it's Darjeeling's birthday apparently.

>>5406166
>Tell Erika to stay where she is and watch
>Bring your groups into the cover of the buildings (Yellow)
Red and White are walking into the most obvious ambushes ever, no thank you.

>>5406166
>Level the buildings with HE Rounds. Our opponentss will either be on an open field or buried beneath it.
>Bring your groups into the cover of the buildings (Yellow)
Blow it all to heck!

>>5406172
We'll celebrate it on December 16th when our ships are at harbor.

>>5406166
>Tell Erika to stay where she is and watch

>Bring your groups into the cover of the buildings (Yellow)

Rolled 14, 5, 15, 5, 11, 20, 6, 19, 20, 13, 17, 11, 17, 7, 17, 14, 9, 2, 14, 14, 8 = 258 (21d20)

I forgot to ask for dice so I'll roll them so I can get onto writing.

Rolled 12, 14, 2, 2 = 30 (4d20)

>>5407797

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>>5406166

>Tell Erika to stay where she is and watch

“Erika, keep an eye on that northern group then,” you order.

“What? From here?” She asks. “I’m so close, let me at them!”

“Give it five minutes and they’ll be coming at you,” you retort. “Stay put.”

“Ugh, fine,” Erika grumbles. “They’re getting closer anyway.”

“And how do you know that?”

“I can hear ‘em now,” she replies. “Oh man it’s gonna be a sea clubbing.”

“Remember, they’re better than their machines,” you warn.

>Bring your groups into the cover of the buildings (Yellow)

“The rest of us, why don’t we head for the cover of the airport buildings?”

“Sounds good to me!” Azusa chirps. No one has any objections, so the lot of you begin to head for the buildings.

“Lead the way Max,” you order. He guns the engine, and you’re soon coming up on the airfield’s perimeter. “Punch through the fence.” You climb down and close your hatch as you give the order. The fence might be flimsy, but it can still give you a massive headache if it hits you.

The fence breaks with a massive clang, followed shortly by another massive clang.

“Commander Hermann! Something hit you!” Azusa says. “From the north!”

“Miho?” You ask the team in the north.

“We heard it,” she confirms. “We can’t see anything yet.”

“Did it do any damage?” Ruby asks. You pop your hatch and look.

“Huh, not really.”

>Leave Erika in place
>Tell her to watch north in case someone takes another potshot at you.
>Write-in

>Cover your north towards whatever shot at you and west towards
>Continue as planned into the buildings.
>Write-in

>>5407874
Also

>Roll 7d20 Bo3

Rolled 4, 5, 7, 3, 17, 8, 10 = 54 (7d20)

>>5407874
>Leave Erika in place
>Continue as planned into the buildings.
>Move the TD's a bit further west (just east of the buildings) and have them watch the north)
They can do a better job of it than us, and with the buildings covering their south (their rear), we can take up their flank. We definitely don't want Erika watching north, she has enemies nearly right on top of her.

Rolled 1, 7, 9, 8, 5, 14, 4 = 48 (7d20)

>>5407874
>>5408206
Supporting!

Rolled 15, 11, 3, 11, 1, 4, 17 = 62 (7d20)

Gonna roll the last one so I can get writing.

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>>5407874

>Leave Erika in place

“They’re too my north, Fritz!” Erika informs and complains at you.

“I figured,” you reply.

“They’re shooting at me,” she continues complaining. “And you’re not letting me fight them!”

“Are they doing any damage to you?” You ask.

“Uhh, yes?” She answers, telling you all you need to know.

“Hold for the tanks coming from the west,” you order.

>Continue as planned into the buildings.

“The rest of you into the cover of the buildings,” you order, slightly unnecessary. Even as you speak, most of the tanks are rattling into the cover of the buildings.

>Move the TD's a bit further west (just east of the buildings) and have them watch the north)

“Hippo, take the other tank destroyer and stay back,” you order.

“You don’t want us to come into cover?” Erwin asks, slightly confused.

“I want you to watch north,” you reply. “If we’re between you and the enemy in the centre, then you have nothing to worry about.”

“Ok, we’ll trust you with this,” Erwin replies after a moment to think on it.

“We’re engaging the enemy!” A voice crackles through the radio. It takes you a moment to realise it’s Momo in the south. “They’re super close!”

>Stay as you are, there’s nothing you can do to help the
>Send the tank destroyers down to help. (Yellow)
>Send Erika through to see how much you’re facing (Blue)
>You have very heavy tanks, they don’t really. Close the distance to engage. (Green)
>Write-in

>Roll 7d20

Sorry for the delay, rough couple of days at work. I'm away for the weekend so next update is most likely monday.

Rolled 13, 9, 16, 19, 15, 15, 12 = 99 (7d20)

>>5412174
>Stay as you are, there’s nothing you can do to help the
Having heavy tanks is exactly why we shouldn't close in.

Rolled 19, 10, 13, 20, 8, 15, 3 = 88 (7d20)

>>5412174
>"Good hunting, Momo! Nice and close is the way to do it!"
>You have very heavy tanks, they don’t really. Close the distance to engage. (Green)

>>5413477
bruh, close is exactly where they want to be, at any range that isn't close they can't hope to penetrate our armor

>>5413530
It's Momo we're advising here.

>>5413639
you voted for us to close in

>>5413648
If the King doesn't move, why should the other pieces follow?

>>5413650
This is really dumb for many reasons, but I'll just beg you to please not push us right into the only range we can realistically lose at. Going forward into all the buildings is exactly what I would do if I wanted to minimize our chances of winning and I were a spy working for the other team. Really I wonder why QM puts up such obviously dogshit choices, and I despair that people like you fall for them and we have few enough voters that it can come down to a roll and win.

>>5413657
So, this a one-man show? I was wondering on the lack of players.

>>5413678
I mean, usually we get around 3 players, but for this thread it seems to be us mainly. I'd love for one of the others to tie break.

Rolled 3, 10, 19, 2, 8, 13, 16 = 71 (7d20)

>>5412174
>>Stay as you are, there’s nothing you can do to help the
Goddamn I’ve missed a lot, probably the most lively I’ve seen these votes get in awhile. Been too busy with college and random crap that popped up to read and participate

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Rolled 20, 2, 4, 9, 7, 7, 8, 10, 3, 12, 6, 17, 7, 15, 1, 12, 5, 14 = 159 (18d20)

>>5412174

Afternoon all, I'm finally back so we can get rolling again.

Rolled 3, 19, 3, 2 = 27 (4d20)

>>5416423

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Rolled 89, 54, 6 = 149 (3d100)

>>5412174

>Stay as you are, there’s nothing you can do to help them

“I thought the President was meant to be in charge,” Max snarks.

“She’s probably delegating,” Ruby quips.

“Go for it, Momo,” you say into the radio. “If you’re engaging them, then you’re doing your job!”

You don’t get any direct reply from her, but you can hear the orders being given by the three members of Turtle team, and they seem decent enough, so you leave them to it, instead, focusing on your own situation.

“And us?” Azusa asks. “Maintaining position?”

“Exactly,” you confirm. “We’ve issued our challenge, so we’ll see if they take us up on it.”

It’s as you say that, that you hear the boom of a cannon from in front of you.

“Anyone hit?” You demand.

There’s a chorus of nos and negatives before Erika interrupts.

“Yeah a couple of tanks had a go at me, early model KV-1s, probably did some damage” she says. “The tanks to my east could flank me, I’m going to whack these KVs then pop smoke and withdraw.”

>Overdrive Werewolf to the south of the airfield. It’ll give you long sight lines and the enemy tanks to the south are engaged already. (Blue)
>Move forwards. You can’t hit them, but you can put smoke shells into them. (Yellow)
>Let Erika get on with her plan and sit tight.
>Write-in

>Roll 8d100 Bo3

Extra 1d100 is Erika’s Toughness test against whatever I roll here.

Rolled 79, 26, 69, 43, 94, 63, 55, 13 = 442 (8d100)

>>5416530
>Move forwards. You can’t hit them, but you can put smoke shells into them. (Yellow)
>After Erika fires at them, of course

Rolled 41, 53, 85, 26, 38, 40, 25, 40 = 348 (8d100)

>>5416530
Supporting >>5416909

Rolled 7, 52, 74, 13, 58, 35, 25, 38 = 302 (8d100)

>>5416530

Will do the last one for you guys

Rolled 1, 10, 6, 6, 7, 10, 19, 1, 19, 20, 1, 15, 18, 14, 14, 19, 5, 6, 9, 1, 9, 15, 14, 11, 12 = 262 (25d20)

Rolls for the skirmish in the south, and the KVs' gunnery

Since Erika is under your direct command I'd like 1d20 b03 for her shooting.

(I will just slash the d100s you just gave me by 5 since we're meant to be using d20s. I blame my boss.)

Rolled 17 (1d20)

>>5417802

Rolled 12 (1d20)

>>5417802

Rolled 14 (1d20)

>>5417802

Rolled 9 (1d20)

>>5417802

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>>5416530

>Move forward. You can’t hit them but you can put smoke shells into them. (Yellow)
>After Erika fires at them, of course.

“Go for it, Erika,” you reply, approving her plan. “Once you’ve had a crack at them I’ll put some smoke into their positions so they can’t continue engaging you.”

“Probably for the best,” Erika says. “Otherwise they can put another shot into my flank while I withdraw - imagine that - me! Taken down by tanks from 1939! I would retire right then!”

“Let's make sure it doesn’t come to that,” you chuckle. “Max, take us a couple hundred metres forwards. Ruby, bring the gun to 10 o’clock. Axel, I’ll need smoke.”

“Moving now,” Max confirms, Werewolf beginning to rumble forwards.

“Leopon, watch the flag tank for me,” you order, trusting them to do so as you rumble forwards.

“Give it to ‘em!” You hear Erika exclaim. You see the flash of her gun a moment later. It’s a welcome surprise when instead of waiting to see the damage she’s done, she immediately pops her smoke grenade launches and heads back to the buildings. Hopefully anyway, you can’t see her behind the smoke.

“Our turn, Ruby, about a kilometre on this bearing,” you order. “Aim for the second building from the right.”

“I see it,” she replies, as shots whizz out from that area. “On the way!”

The smoke round sails forward, exploding nicely against the building, probably obscuring the two KVs.

Miho still hasn’t found anything in the north according to her confused radio reports, and the skirmish in the south seems to be going on, Jatkosota hampered by their lack of armour piercing and your own team by the relative unwieldiness in the thick forests.

>Just continue to sit tight. Everything seems to be going according to plan.
>Send one of the tank destroyers south a bit in case Jatkosota win in the south. (Yellow)
>Send Leopon up to replace Erika on the airfield. (Green)
>Write-in

Rolled 9, 16, 9, 14, 4, 20, 1 = 73 (7d20)

>>5418968
>Just continue to sit tight. Everything seems to be going according to plan.
>Kill the Engines, rely on left-over power to aim your guns. These people and Count High use echo-location in low-visibility conditions.

>>5419065
+1
except for the TD's, I'd rather them have the ability to be mobile

>>5419065

Oops, I should’ve included

>roll 7d20 bo3

My bad.

Rolled 3, 6, 14, 1, 15, 6, 14 = 59 (7d20)

>>5419497

Rolled 9, 4, 8, 11, 5, 8, 8 = 53 (7d20)

>>5419497
Yeah, that's smart. Hm, should we send one of the tank destroyers down south then?

Rolled 12, 2, 6, 15, 9, 12, 1, 13, 14, 10, 15, 13, 5, 8, 12 = 147 (15d20)

Rolled 17, 14, 3, 1, 20, 14, 3, 9, 4, 11, 2, 14, 19, 13, 19 = 163 (15d20)

>>5419841

Rolled 20, 19, 20 = 59 (3d20)

>>5419842

>>5419874
Guppie... dead?

>>5419877
Massive skill issue for someone

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>>5418968

>Just continue to sit tight. Everything seems to be going according to plan.

You watch the puffs of smoke that indicate Erika’s progress back to the safety of the buildings.

“How’s it going, Erika?” You ask. You get no reply for a moment, presumably she’s busy with something, you leave her to it for the moment and turn back to the rest of your tanks.

>Kill the Engines, rely on left-over power to aim your guns. These people and Count High use echo-location in low-visibility conditions.

“Everyone else, kill the engines if you can, they don’t know we’re here yet, so no need to give them any more information on our position,” you order.

Max dutifully complies, turning Werewolf off, leaving the power traverse of your tank down to the battery. Most of the other nearby tanks do the same, but some – the flag M6 and the tank destroyers don’t.

“I’m alive,” Erika suddenly replies. “Man, how embarrassing. I take a hit from a KV-1 and I don’t even manage to kill it back.”

“It happens to the best of us,” you reassure her.

“Speaking of,” Anzu chuckles. “We’re being overrun.”

“That’s not good,” you sigh. “Can’t do anything to stop it?”

“Well, we don’t have a turret,” she replies. “And the Jumbo with us has a jammed turret so we’ll be dead soon.”

“We’re engaging a tank destroyer up here,” Miho chimes in. “We can’t see anything else so I’m detaching two tanks to hunt it down.

>Send tanks to help north. (Which?)
>Send tanks to help south. (Which?)
>Move your tank destroyers to guard south. (Red)
>Continue to hold position.
>Write-in

>Roll 7d20 Bo3

Rolled 1, 11, 6, 13, 19, 4, 11 = 65 (7d20)

>>5419931
>Send tanks to help south. (Tank Destroyers)
Shouldn't be too hard for them to get shots, right?

Rolled 5, 15, 7, 20, 15, 9, 3 = 74 (7d20)

>>5419931
Supporting >>5419945

Rolled 2, 5, 10, 15, 10, 2, 13 = 57 (7d20)

>>5419931
This:
>>5419945

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>>5419931

>Send tanks to help south. (Tank Destroyers)

You take a split second to think about it. While it is important to keep your combat power intact, and the enemy in front of you is still a threat as Erika found out, but if the enemy to the south finishes off the rest of Turtle team’s group, then you’re looking at being pincered, which is never fun.

“Ocelot, Hippo, there’s a problem to the south.”

“They’re getting overrun?” Erwin asks.

“Listening in?” You ask back. “Exactly, I need you two to head down and destroy or drive off those tanks.”

“Yeah, wouldn’t do to get caught between the two, would it?” Erwin chuckles. “We’re moving now.”

You watch as both tanks turn around and trundle down south.

“We’ll take positions to intercept them if they head for the forest cover,” Erwin says. “I don’t fancy our chances trying to knife fight with them.”

“I’ll leave you to it,” you reply, trusting Erwin to deal with the situation as she sees fit.

>Ask Miho to get eyes on that northern group that Erika spotted. (Green)
>Now that you know where the southern enemy tanks are, send a tank to the south of the airfield. (Blue)
>Put more smoke into where Erika last spotted the KV-1s.
>Write-in

>>5421818
>None of the above, just wait
All of these options seem foolish. Asking Miho to advance with half her force before it regroups is asking to be picked apart by an enemy group in the northern trees. Sending a tank to the south of the airfield is problematic for reasons elaborated on before. Putting more smoke on where the KV-1's were just risks revealing our position and serves no practical purpose now that Erika is safe, and might even give the enemy light tanks a chance to close in on us if they wanted to.

>>5421818

>Roll 7d20 Bo3

>>5421831
Apologies forgot to ask

Rolled 5, 12, 3, 12, 7, 20, 10 = 69 (7d20)

>>5421831

Rolled 16, 18, 3, 7, 18, 19, 1 = 82 (7d20)

>>5421818
I’ll support >>5421831

Rolled 12, 2, 7, 14, 17, 3, 12 = 67 (7d20)

>>5421818

Rolled 3, 13, 10, 18, 4, 7, 9, 19, 11, 6, 7, 5, 1, 7, 5 = 125 (15d20)

>>5421818

Rolled 7, 8, 2, 7, 18, 7, 2, 19, 6, 11, 7, 8 = 102 (12d20)

>>5423648

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>>5421818

>None of the above, just wait

“And that leaves us to sit back and relax,” you sigh as you sit against your cupola. Erika has finally rejoined you and is very loudly complaining about the damage done to her by the KVs.

“Erika…” you say trying to get through the ranting. “Erika! Either quite down or turn off your mic!”

“Oh,” she has the good sense to look embarrassed for a moment before going back to being angry about the damage to her tank.

“We’re run into two more light tanks up here,” you hear Anteater through the radio.

“I’ll send Duck team up and cover the west and southwest myself,” Miho orders. “Three tanks spotted up here, minimum three in the centre and five down south. That’s four tanks unaccounted for.”

“We know there’s three KV-1s, so that’s probably with the other three,” Yukari cuts in.

“Leaving three tanks unaccounted for,” Miho continues. “Either we’re being drawn into a trap up here, they’re waiting in the centre, or they’re following behind the tanks down south.”

“Turtle team will let us know if they pass,” you reply.

“And if they go wide around the forests?” Miho replies. “Through the hills?”

“Turtle, can the jumbo with you reach a position to have a look?”

“Once they’ve repaired their track,” Yuzu replies. “Might take them a while but the three light tanks bypassed instead of finishing them.”

>Stick the plan and sit in cover. Miho can clean up in the north then come down to help.
>The tanks on the other side of the airfield can’t see you. Slowly leave so you can crush the tanks coming from the south. (Green)
>Begin edging everyone north so you can regroup with the northern tanks. (Blue)
>Write-in

>Roll 7d20 Bo3

Rolled 17, 14, 6, 10, 3, 17, 8 = 75 (7d20)

>>5423722
>Begin edging everyone north so you can regroup with the northern tanks. (Blue)
>Leave Leopon behind to watch for the middle group's movements and to act as a decoy to make them think we're still around.

I think it's clear at this point that they are not taking the bait. and our flanks aren't properly forming anyways. The plan isn't quite working out.

The southern group should be trapped between us, the TD's, and the Jumbo. and if the middle group makes a move Leonpon can let us know about it.

On the other hand, that southern group is going nowhere fast, and we already have tanks watching them that can pop them if they leave the forest, and chasing them might lead us on a wild goose chase while north group gets collapsed upon. North group might also be walking into an ambush, and if they are, they might be able to make a fighting retreat into us, where we can execute a devastating surprise counterattack.

Rolled 16, 9, 11, 13, 19, 15, 11 = 94 (7d20)

>>5423722
Supporting >>5423821

Rolled 17, 17, 1, 3, 1, 16, 18 = 73 (7d20)

>>5423722

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>>5423722

>Begin edging everyone north so you can regroup with the northern tanks. (Blue)
>Leave Leopon behind to watch for the middle group's movements and to act as a decoy to make them think we're still around.

“It seems like they didn’t take the bait then,” you say. “We’re going to bring our group north to link up with you, make ourselves a harder target.”

“Good idea,” Miho replies. “If they’re watching you, it’ll force them into action so we can destroy them in the open.”

“I was thinking safety in numbers,” you reply after a moment. “But that’s possibility too depending on how they react.”

“Get to it then,” Miho orders.

“Aye Captain,” you reply, switching your attention back to your own platoon. “Leopon, sit here and maintain position. You see anything moving, let us know. The rest of you, lets push North.”

There’s a split second of silence as everyone scrambles to start their engines. It’s promptly broken by the whine of Werewolf’s turbine powering up and the symphony of engines coming online.

Your quickly rolling north, and a report soon comes in from the Jumbo of the three light tanks moving north into the forest before they lose sight of them.

>Continue moving all the tanks in your group north.
>Leave the tank destroyers where they are to cover Leopon’s back.
>Write-in

>Roll 7d20 Bo3

>>5426268
Well I certainly wasn’t expecting our TDs that we had explicitly for getting those south tanks to abandon their job and let them flank us, even put it as part of my reason.

>>5426317
Ah shit, blue option had an arrow from the TDs to the north, didn’t notice that. Well that’s a significant oversight

>>5426317

In my mind, they're sort of reversing back so they can still cover with fire.

Rational of them moving too being their previous position is rather exposed to being flanked without the support of the rest of the group nearby.

Though on the other hand, it could be argued that if they stayed, they could have damaged or destroyed the light tank group as it dashed for cover.

Since it's an oversight I don't mind tweaking things a bit, doesn't cost me anything XD.

>>5426351
The entire point of them being there in the first place is to punish/prevent them doing exactly what they just did, and if they try to rush the TDs, great! That was literally our plan from the beginning.

>>5426351
Also, did the north tanks not move at all? I thought they were hunting the tanks up there

>>5426359

Engaged in a gunfight. Gonna do gunnery in with next turn since it'll be the weekend so I can spend more time onit.

>>5426358
Yeah, no worries, I can redo that little bit. I'd rather punish you guys for decision making mistakes you make rather than a slip up or my own mistakes

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>>5426380

Just realised you guys need my Tweak before you can do anything else. Just sit pretty for now.

Rolled 10, 5, 10, 10, 12, 7 = 54 (6d20)

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>>5426268

>Begin edging everyone north so you can regroup with the northern tanks. (Blue)
>Leave Leopon behind to watch for the middle group's movements and to act as a decoy to make them think we're still around.

“It seems like they didn’t take the bait then,” you say. “We’re going to bring our group north to link up with you, make ourselves a harder target.”

“Good idea,” Miho replies. “If they’re watching you, it’ll force them into action so we can destroy them in the open.”

“I was thinking safety in numbers,” you reply after a moment. “But that’s possibility too depending on how they react.”

“Get to it then,” Miho orders.

“Aye Captain,” you reply, switching your attention back to your own platoon. “Leopon, sit here and maintain position. You see anything moving, let us know. The rest of you, lets push North.”

There’s a split second of silence as everyone scrambles to start their engines. It’s promptly broken by the whine of Werewolf’s turbine powering up and the symphony of engines coming online.

You’re quickly rolling north, and a report soon comes in from the Jumbo of the three light tanks moving north into the forest before they lose sight of them.

“Got a group of three in our sights,” Hippo team crackles through the radio.

A moment later, you hear the cracks of both of your tank destroyers firing.

“Scratch one,” Erwin reports. “Other two will make it to the forest though.”

>Have the tank destroyers maintain their current position.
>Have the tank destroyers pull back to the Tiger P’s position.
>Have the tank destroyers rejoin you.
>Write-in

>Roll 7d20 Bo3

Rolled 17, 17, 4, 19, 20, 6, 11 = 94 (7d20)

>>5427582
>Have the tank destroyers pull back to the Tiger P’s position.

Rolled 20, 15, 17, 10, 1, 15, 19 = 97 (7d20)

>>5427582
>>Have the tank destroyers pull back to the Tiger P’s position.

Rolled 1, 17, 4, 8, 3, 8, 18 = 59 (7d20)

>>5427582

>Have the tank destroyers pull back to the Tiger P’s position.

Rolled 19, 20, 9, 12, 12, 8, 16, 11, 12, 9, 16, 14, 3, 18, 16, 4, 15, 20 = 234 (18d20)

>>5427582

Rolled 4, 6, 9, 7, 11, 7, 17, 7, 6, 9, 3, 14, 6, 11, 13, 3, 1, 17 = 151 (18d20)

>>5429076

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>>5427582

>Have the tank destroyers pull back to the Tiger P’s position.

You listen to Erwin’s report as you rumble north, and quickly come to a decision.

“Hippo, pull back to parallel of the Tiger P,” you order. “No point letting them get close enough to use smoke to close and destroy you.”

“Got it, we’re moving back now,” she replies. You hear the crack of a couple more shots coming from Hippo team’s direction before the growing rumble of their engines starts to come through the mic. “They’re into the forest now, could be anywhere in it given how fast they can move through it.”

“Understood,” you reply. “Leo?” He passes you a map a moment later, with a circle scribbled on in oil pencil, the rough distance that they could have travelled in a couple minutes.

“Fast maths,” you commend. “Based on?”

“The BT-42 they saw down there,” he replies.

“Smoke’s appeared,” Leopon team reports through Erika’s cackles as she runs down a fence. “About where the KV-1s attacked Erika.”

>Tell Leopon to keep watch and see what they do.
>Move one of the tank destroyers to watch the northern group and the KV-1 group’s line of advance towards you.
>Tell the tank destroyers to slowly continue backing north.
>Write-in

>Roll 7d20 Bo3

>>5429090

Oops, forgot this little bit.

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"We got one," Anteater reports. "Took a hit in return."

Rolled 16, 3, 7, 17, 8, 6, 8 = 65 (7d20)

>>5429090
>Move one of the TD's to the blue arrow
>Other TD backs up north while facing the eastern forest
I think that smoke is most likely for going into those northern airfield buildings. A TD to watch our flank would be helpful, and there's enough space between the eastern forest that one should be enough to give them pause.

Rolled 2, 13, 2, 12, 18, 3, 7 = 57 (7d20)

>>5429090
Supporting >>5429190

Posting sone dice I need. Long day at work tomorrow so I’ll leave it for another to potentially roll as well.

Rolled 17, 6, 4, 9, 2, 1, 7, 3, 2, 16, 16, 12, 4, 2, 14, 17, 12, 15 = 159 (18d20)

>>5431086

Rolled 13, 1, 7, 7, 14, 16, 4, 7, 1, 7, 14, 11, 17, 20, 20, 10, 19, 9 = 197 (18d20)

>>5431087

Rolled 9, 12, 12, 17, 17, 7, 18 = 92 (7d20)

>>5429090

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>>5429090

>Move one of the TD's to the blue arrow
>Other TD backs up north while facing the eastern forest

“Ocelot team, start pulling back,” you order. “Hippo team, I need you to make a run for the buildings, cover those unspotted tanks in the north of the building, we don’t want them coming out to intercept us.”

“We’re moving now,” Erwin confirms, followed shortly by a growing rumble as her tank speeds up.

“More smoke,” Nakajima reports through the radio. “All of the tanks we were watching for are probably moving now.”

“Got a contact!” Ocelot’s commander crows through the radio. You leave her to engage at will when something catches your eye to the west.

“A trio of T-34s, moving our way,” you report just as they start madly popping smoke.

“They’ve probably realised we’re attempting to group up,” Miho replies. “I see some KV-1s behind them as well.”

“Even better, we have them in a crossfire!” Erika crows gleefully.

“If you can see the KV-1s, then we’re moving out into the open,” Nakajima states.

>Stop moving and order the Mark IV and M6 to start firing high explosive to clear the smoke so Erika and you can open fire.
>Start pulling back. Hippo team will have flanking shots in a moment.
>Keep moving north. Drag them towards your allies.
>Write-in

Other orders
>Order the Tiger P not to move out into the open.
>Drop the Mark IV back to help Ocelot in the StuG
>Use Frenzy, SUHE, your MG, everything you can on them.
>Write-in

>>5433124
>Stop moving and order the Mark IV and M6 to start firing high explosive to clear the smoke so Erika and you can open fire.

>Drop the Mark IV back to help Ocelot in the StuG
>Use Gunslinger, SUHE, your MG, everything you can on them.

>>5433226
+1

>>5433124
Supporting >>5433226

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>>5433124

>Stop moving and order the Mark IV and M6 to start firing high explosive to clear the smoke so Erika and you can open fire.

>Drop the Mark IV back to help Ocelot in the StuG
>Use Gunslinger, SUHE, your MG, everything you can on them.

“Stop moving!” You order the second you’ve decided on your course of action. At this point, after months of working together, the response is automatic, and all four tanks begin turning left to face the oncoming rush. “Shark team, dump your HE into the smoke then head south to reinforce the StuG. Rabbit team, dump HE but stay put.”

“I’m not switching to HE,” Erika warns you staring you down from 400 meters away.

“I’m aware,” you sigh, getting a round of laughter from the other members of your crew. Further banter is cut off by the crack of shells whistling past you followed a moment later by the rumble of Shark team’s engine as they make best speed south.

For a moment it seems like the detonation of the high explosive makes things worse, but the smoke begins to slip away, revealing the tanks charging towards you.

>Roll 15d20 Bo3

Rolled 5, 4, 6, 7, 2, 15, 11, 12, 6, 5, 6, 7, 12, 19, 8 = 125 (15d20)

>>5434523

Rolled 13, 17, 1, 3, 1, 17, 17, 10, 2, 1, 19, 16, 9, 16, 5 = 147 (15d20)

>>5434523
Here goes nothing!

Rolled 7, 3, 2, 4, 19, 16, 5 = 56 (7d20)

>>5434523

Rolled 5, 11, 17, 5, 6, 6, 17, 11 = 78 (8d20)

>>5434671
I don't know why I rolled 7 instead of 15

Rolled 20, 7, 5, 15, 9, 9, 8, 10, 6, 19, 6, 5, 16, 17, 20 = 172 (15d20)

>>5434523

Rolled 16, 15, 12, 10, 17, 7, 3, 11, 11, 9, 20, 20, 3, 11, 14, 9, 13, 12, 15, 2, 3 = 233 (21d20)

>>5434523

Rolled 20, 16, 17, 1, 12, 5, 10, 11, 7, 7, 4, 6, 10, 20, 8, 18, 14, 14, 15, 14, 4 = 233 (21d20)

>>5435495

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>>5434523

“Ruby?”

“Yes, Fritz?”

“Fire when ready,” you order. “And make sure Axel is ready to give you as much SUHE as he can.”

First blood is struck by Hippo team a moment later. A round flies out of the warehouses slamming into a T-34, followed a second later by one from the north which is probably Hana making her mark. The tank spins out and pops a flag, having been struck in weak side armour.

Erika strikes out next, her gun finding another of the T-34s in the vanguard followed by the Leopon hitting a tank you think might be out already.

“Any time now Ruby,” you tease. It’s been maybe twenty seconds, but the rest of your team seems to be on the ball today.

“I’m getting there!” She snaps back. A moment later she begins firing. “On the way!”

A hit, you see it slam into a KV-1 which somehow survives, getting a confused grunt from Leo.

“I thought that was Suped-up HE,” he murmurs.

“On the way!” Ruby exclaims, ignoring it for now.

Another hit – this one into the T-34 Erika hit, knocking it out.

“On the way!”

The third looks to fly true, tumbling at the last minute and spraying dirt all over the lucky KV-1.

“Two-thirds,” Max says. “Sloppy.” Earning him a kick from Ruby.

“We’re in trouble behind us,” Erwin states. “Ocelot has just been blasted and they’re still moving forwards.”

“Will you be able to turn around in time?” You ask.

“Unlikely,” Erwin grunts.

>Leopon team is there, let them deal with it.
>Leave Erika to clean up the KVs, go down to deal with the Ha-Go, and have Duck team take your place.
>Stay where you are, Duck team is heading down fast.
>Send Erika down, stay with the flag tank.
>Keep moving north, get closer to Miho.
>Write-in

>Roll 5d20 Bo3

Rolled 3, 13, 9, 9, 14 = 48 (5d20)

>>5435663
>Leopon team is there, let them deal with it.
>Send Erika down, stay with the flag tank.
Us, north group, and Hippo should easily mop us these battered tanks. I'd be pretty disappointed if Leopon and Erika couldn't 4v2 a couple light tanks charging across the open.

>>5435751
and when I say "send Erika down" and "let Leopon deal with it", I mean remain stationary and fire from range, zero reason to close in with them. More of "shift your focus to them", they should be within line of sight pretty easily.

Rolled 6, 4, 13, 5, 3 = 31 (5d20)

>>5435663
Supporting >>5435751

Rolled 14, 15, 2, 10, 20 = 61 (5d20)

>>5435663

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>>5435663

>Leopon team is there, let them deal with it.
>Send Erika down, stay with the flag tank.

“Don’t worry about it then,” you reply to Erwin. “Focus on those left over KV-1s.”

“If you say so,” she replies. You can hear the reluctance to leave her flank open, but she trusts your judgement and she’s reasonably well hidden in her current position.

“Leopon, Erika, are you able to deal with those two approaching light tanks?” You ask as you survey the oncoming heavy tanks.

“Sure, we just need to get turned around,” Nakajima reports. “We should be able to start shooting at them soon.”

“If our engine doesn’t explode,” Hoshino snarks.

“More common than you’d think,” Max mutters, sharing a moment with a fellow driver with a temperamental tank.

“Into the valley of death!” Erika howls, her engine roaring.

“Absolutely not!” You shout back. “Use your head.”

“By valley of death I mean a metaphor for putting myself in the line of fire,” Erika corrects quickly. “As in a hundred meters east so I have a better shot.”

>Pop more smoke while you wait for Axel to recover.
>Keep plinking away at the KVs with your MG to throw them off.
>Begin moving back yourself.
>Write-in

>Roll 7d20 Bo3
(Firing for all tanks that can)

Rolled 5, 19, 7, 20, 15, 4, 13 = 83 (7d20)

>>5438405
>Begin moving back yourself.
If they want to chase their only real target around the corner and further expose themselves to fire from multiple angles, they're free to. In the meantime, we can displace to better fight the incoming light tanks if they somehow get through Erika Leopon and the Mark IV.

Rolled 10, 4, 6, 9, 17, 2, 2 = 50 (7d20)

>>5438405
>>Begin moving back yourself.

Rolled 19, 11, 13, 1, 12, 1, 12 = 69 (7d20)

>>5438405

We're almost off the board, so I'll call it here for now.

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>>5440379
Thanks for the run boss, thanks for running