01x01 - The Devil of the Rhine

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Soldiers: My eyes!

Soldiers: Medic! Someone get me a medic!

Soldiers: It's no good! The reinforcements arejust a random group of mages!

Soldiers: A mage?

Soldiers: What are you doing, Visha?

Soldiers: We can't provide air support anymore!

Soldiers: What are the platoon commander's orders?

Visha: Sh-She cannot allow us to retreat.

Visha: We are to continue delaying the enemy till the end.

Tanya: Believers, have faith in the Lord's blessings.

Tanya: For the Lord will not abandon us.

Tanya: Give me the power to destroythe enemies of the Fatherland.

Visha: An expl*si*n spell...

Tanya: If you have time for idle chatter,

Tanya: spend it doing all you can to survive.

Visha: Platoon Commander?

Tanya: We are soldiers.

Tanya: If the brass tells us todo something, we do it.

Tanya: Second Lieutenant Tanya Degurechaff.

Tanya: Amidst the downpour of shells and b*ll*ts,

Tanya: she flew high and nobly.

Tanya: Like a fairy of the b*ttlefield.

Narr: In a cursed world,always engulfed in the flames of w*r,

Narr: there was a nation known as the Empire.

Narr: Its vast military and industrial powermade it virtually synonymous with victory.

Narr: It possessed a large number ofbrilliant military minds and mages,

Narr: but it was surrounded on all sides by strong potential enemies.

Narr: For this reason,its military formulated Plan ,

Narr: wherein border forces carried out delaying actions in all theaters,

Narr: buying time for a highly mobile, concentrated main force to travel

Narr: to each area and defeat the enemy there.

Narr: At least, that was the plan.

Narr: Unified Year , Imperial Capital Berun

Narr: Imperial Strategic Headquarters

General: What is the situation in the Rhine theater?

General: When will the main force be deployed there?

General: Vice Director of Strategy and Operations Lieutenant Colonel Erich von Rerugen

Rerugen: Movement from the northern areasis being delayed.

Rerugen: Deputy of Strategy and OperationsBrigadier General Kurt von Rudersdorf

Rerugen: We must adjust the rail and ship schedules,

Rerugen: so the deploymentwill take another two weeks.

Kurt: We must pull back the lines even more?

Kurt: The western industrial areaswill be endangered.

Erich: We don't even have enough reservesto send reinforcements.

Erich: We've been caught totally off-guard.

Kurt: From the start, a major offensive against the Entente Alliance was a mistake!

Kurt: If we'd kept ourselves to a limited mobilization...

Hans: We were the ones who failed to convince

Hans: the higher-ups that they were wrong about the Republic's not mobilizing.

Hans: Vice Director of Strategy and OperationsBrigadier General Hans von Zettour

Hans: Plan is no longer viable.

Hans: Since our attempts to delay the enemy aren't working,

Hans: we'll have to move to a mobile defense, right?

Erich: But that will be difficult,given the state of the Rhine theater.

Erich: Our forces are depleted and exhausted, so it's beyond their capacity.

Hans: We've already grabbed everyspare soldier we could to send there.

Hans: That will buy some time.

Kurt: I suppose it helps to havea talented contemporary, huh?

Hans: Isn't that statement premature?

Erich: What?

Hans: Reports say we've lost over half the units we've deployed.

Hans: They say the Rhine theateris now a living hell.

{MIssing Sign : Imperial Army th as*ault Mage Company Platoon CommanderSecond Lieutenant Tanya Degurechaff

Tanya: Enemies sighted on the ground, two o'clock.

Tanya: a*tillery spell.

Tanya: Fire!

Visha: R-Right!

{MIssing Sign : Platoon MemberCorporal Viktoriya Serebryakov

Soldiers: It's coming from above!

Soldiers: Damn the b*stards!

Soldiers: Die! Die!

{**** Missing sign : Platoon MemberCorporal Harald von Vist

Soldiers: Take this...

Soldiers: You Republican b*stards!

{**** Missing SIgn : Platoon MemberCorporal Kurst von Walhorf

Soldiers: a*tillery...

Soldiers: Take out the a*tillery.

Soldiers: Come with me, Harald!

Soldiers: Roger!

Tanya: Both of you corporals, get back here.

Tanya: Our mission is to delay the enemyvia flanking attacks.

Soldiers: Let us go, please.

Soldiers: Now's our chance!

Tanya: Your chance to what?

Tanya: Get back here!

Tanya: This is an order!

Soldiers: Take this!

Soldiers: All right!

Soldiers: Did you see that, Commander?

Soldiers: We'll keep going and crush the a*tillery!

Soldiers: Too tired to eat, huh?

Soldiers: Force it down if you have to.

Soldiers: You won't last otherwise.

Visha: They say the nd and rd Companieswere wiped out.

Soldiers: I volunteered to come to the front lines.

Soldiers: And now I've gotta work for that lieutenant?

Soldiers: Platoon , of the th.

Soldiers: Your captain is calling you.

Soldiers: We're being sent back home?

Tanya: I would say you're getting off lightly.

Tanya: Be grateful.

Tanya: The army has no need for officer candidateswho disobey orders.

Soldiers: But we were trying to take out the a*tillery!

Soldiers: You know how many of our infantrythey took out, don't you?

Tanya: Is that all you have to say?

Tanya: An army is an organization.

Tanya: And organizations are nothing without rules!

Tanya: Dismissed.

Soldiers: I... I refuse to accept this!

Soldiers: I volunteered to come to the front lines!

Soldiers: My only choices are victory or death!

Soldiers: Me, too.

Soldiers: I agree with Corporal Kurst.

Soldiers: A man of the Empire is expected to be brave!

Tanya: Then you're saying you'll disobeyyour superior officer's orders again?!

Visha: Lieutenant!

Tanya: I'll take your opinion under advisement.

Tanya: But you'd best be preparedto face some punishment.

Soldier: Corporal Serebryakov,

{**** Missing Sign : Imperial Army th as*ault Mage Company CommanderFirst Lieutenant Ihlen Schwarzkopf

Soldier: is something wrong?

Visha: Sch... Lieutenant Schwarzkopf!

Visha: Um, I don't see Corporal Kurst or Corporal Harald.

Soldier: That's right.

Soldier: You were in their class, weren't you?

Soldier: They've been transferredto the rear as of today.

Visha: To the rear?

Soldier: Yeah.

Soldier: They must be standing by in a pillbox now.

Soldier: This was at the suggestion of Lieutenant Degurechaff.

Soldier: I heard they made her angry.

Visha: Y-Yes.

Visha: I was sure they'd be harshly punished...

Visha: I see.

Visha: They're being sent to the rear,where it's safe.

Tanya: If you're wearing that uniform, contribute to your country.

Tanya: The Empire doesn't have resources to waste on weak soldiers.

Visha: R-Right.

Tanya: Corporal Serebryakov!

Visha: Yes?

Tanya: Call an emergency meeting.

Schwarzkopf: Bad news, everyone.

Schwarzkopf: Our rd Mage Company suddenly encountered

Schwarzkopf: and entered combat withtwo companies of enemy mages.

Schwarzkopf: And they can't use a*tillery because the observer mages were targeted,

Schwarzkopf: meaning they can no longer spot the shells.

Tanya: Enemy observer-hunters?

Schwarzkopf: Oh, right.

Schwarzkopf: You've encountered them in the north,Lieutenant Degurechaff.

Tanya: And I never want to go through that again.

Schwarzkopf: We will leave immediately to rescue the observers.

Schwarzkopf: Any questions?

Tanya: We can perform a delaying action,

Tanya: but rescuing them will be difficult.

Schwarzkopf: Even with that Type-?

Tanya: I can still fight,but Corporal Serebryakov is at her limit.

Tanya: I don't want to be the kind of incompetent who goes to rescue someone,

Tanya: only to lose them and her soldier.

Visha: Company Commander, I volunteer for this!

Visha: I volunteer for the rescue mission!

Tanya: Stop.

Tanya: You can't do it.

Visha: I-I'm an Imperial soldier, too.

Visha: I'm certain I can complete the mission!

Tanya: Corporal!

Visha: Company Commander!

Visha: Please, please let me go!

Schwarzkopf: You heard her, Second Lieutenant.

Schwarzkopf: I understand your concerns, but she says she's all right.

Tanya: Roger.

Tanya: I'll do the best I can.

Visha: Lieutenant Degurechaff!

Visha: Thank you.

Tanya: Corporal,

Tanya: you're really ready for this, right?

Visha: Yes, ma'am.

Tanya: Understood.

Tanya: Time for work, then.

Visha: Right!

Soldier: Command Post, this is Bravo .

Soldier: Enemy mages are stopping usfrom a*tillery spotting!

Soldier: How much longer will reinforcements take?

Soldier: Command Post to Bravo .

Soldier: The th Mage Company is en route.

Soldier: rd Mage Company, continue spotting.

Soldier: Damn it!

Soldier: Don't they understand what's going on?!

Soldier: Republican Army th Recon Mage Company

{*** Missing Sign : Republican Army th Recon Mage Company CommanderFirst Lieutenant Augustin Hosman

Soldier: I'd heard the Imperial mages were good.

Soldier: Guess you can't trust rumors...

Soldier: Troops, find the remaining observers!

Soldier: I've been trying, but they appear to be hiding in the trenches.

Soldier: Then blow away anywhere you think they might be.

Soldier: But a wide-area expl*si*n spellwill drain our magic.

Soldier: It doesn't matter.

Soldier: Maximum firepower.

Soldier: "A-Attention, all units.We've lost contact with friendly observers."

Tanya: What a mess.

Visha: Sh-Should we turn back?

Tanya: No, it's a shame we weren't in time,

Tanya: but we're inside enemy firing range.

Tanya: We've gotta earn our pay.

Visha: W-We only have one platoon.

Visha: We can't fight a whole company.

Tanya: You said you were ready for this.

Tanya: Our enemy is on an exhausting,long-range mission.

Tanya: And they've used a lot of firepower to take out our observers.

Tanya: There's a good chance we can win.

Tanya: But I guess losing new troops alreadywould hurt my promotion chances.

Tanya: You are to rendezvous withLieutenant Schwarzkopf and provide support.

Tanya: I'll go ahead and destroy three platoons.

Tanya: The rest are yours.

Tanya: Man, it's rough being a salaryman.

Visha: S-Salary...?

Tanya: I pray unto God.

Tanya: Lord, save my Fatherland.

Soldiers: Magical signature, probably hostile,approaching at high speed.

Soldiers: Visual confirmation on enemy target.

Soldiers: Distance, , meters.

Soldiers: ,... ,...

Soldiers: She's fast!

Soldiers: They've gone mad, huh?

Soldiers: Prepare to intercept!

Soldiers: Fire!

Soldiers: What are you doing?

Background: Unable to maintain flight spell! Leaving the b*ttlefield!

Soldier: Scatter and climb!

Soldier: Get as high as you can!

Soldier: Commander!

Soldier: Damn it.

Soldier: Payback for Sean!

Soldier: How high up is she going?

Soldier: Commander, this is our max altitude.

: Impossible.

Soldier: She's over , meters in the air.

Tanya: Attention.

Tanya: You are trespassing on Imperial territory.

Soldier: An open comms channel?

Soldier: And this voice...

Soldier: So she is just a kid?

Tanya: This is our sky!

Tanya: Our home!

Tanya: If you would stand against the Empire,

Tanya: we shall eliminate you without mercy.

Tanya: This is our task!

Visha: What an amazing patriot she is.

Tanya: Answer me!

Tanya: Why do you invade the Empire,our homeland?

Soldier: If you want to play more,

Soldier: I'll give you some lead toys!

Soldier: Fire!

Soldier: A decoy.

Tanya: No room to negotiate, huh?

Soldier: You b*tch!

Tanya: Spatial coordinates identified.

Tanya: Calculating stochastic evasion routesfor all targets.

Tanya: Magical energy in chamber within normal parameters.

Tanya: Attention, all allies. Prepare for impact.

Tanya: Oh, Lord... Save our Fatherland from these faithless invaders.

Tanya: At the end of our long road,

Tanya: we shall reach the promised land!

Soldier: Detecting massive magical signature!

Soldier: Is she the devil?

Schwarzkopf: A diffusive magical expl*si*n,

Schwarzkopf: caused when magic under maximum pressuremixes with the surrounding air.

Schwarzkopf: Even if you dodge the impact,

Schwarzkopf: you can't escape the oxygen deprivationor carbon monoxide poisoning that follows.

Schwarzkopf: We didn't need to provide any support.

Schwarzkopf: In this cruel world of wars,

Schwarzkopf: there's no mage you can count on like her.

Tanya: The battle is over.

Tanya: Surrender now, and we'll guarantee your rights as prisoners

Tanya: under the Treaty of Worms.

Tanya: Republican Capital Parisee

Tanya: Ministry of Defense

Officers: This is the record of a computation jewel,

{**** Missing sign : Republic Army nd Mage CompanyLieutenant Colonel Severin Bientot

Officers: which was recovered after a certain battle.

Officers: This single mage wiped out the th Company.

Officers: Her appearance was first confirmedtwo months ago.

Officers: She's a named magewhose background is unclear,

Officers: but our soldiers call her...

Officers: "The Devil of the Rhine"?

Erich: Redeployment of our central forces to the Rhine has been completed.

Kurt: So we somehow made it in time.

Kurt: We put pretty heavy demands on you, huh?

Hans: Don't worry about it.

Hans: It's all for our country's sake.

Kurt: I must thank you somehow.

Kurt: How about one of my best bottles of wine?

Hans: I'm afraid I've put off drinking until our victory.

Kurt: Stubborn...

Kurt: Lieutenant Colonel Rerugen,

Kurt: is something wrong?

Erich: No, it's just...

Kurt: Just what?

Erich: W-Well, this report says

Erich: that Second Lieutenant Tanya Degurechaff was sent to the Rhine theater.

Visha: Kurst and Harald are dead?

Soldier: While they were on standby,an enemy shell struck their pillbox.

Soldier: It's a shame.

Visha: No.

Visha: Does the platoon commander know?

Soldier: No, probably not yet.

Kurt: The one called "White Silver"?

Kurt: The one who was awardedthe Silver Wings as*ault Badge?

Kurt: It's surprising to see an ace at her age.

Hans: What about her?

Erich: I once had the opportunity to see Lieutenant Degurechaff.

Visha: Excuse me.

Visha: There's something I want to report.

Tanya: What is it?

Visha: Corporals Kurst and Harald—

Tanya: They're dead?

Visha: Wh-Where did you learn that?

Tanya: It's self-evident.

Tanya: A pillbox doesn't move.It's an ideal target for a*tillery.

Tanya: A perfect place for men who wanted to die.

Erich: If I may be so forward as to give you my opinion.

Visha: You didn't know this would happen, did you?

Erich: She is...

Erich: a monster in the form of a little girl!

{Episode : Episode The Devil of the Rhine

{Episode : This program is fiction. All persons, groups, places, laws, and names appearing in it have no relation to the real world.