Girls Und Panzer - The Missing Heir

Chapter 14 - Caged Beast

[Tournament Stadium]

"What an amazing and daring move by Team King's commander Erika Itsumi! They have successfully conducted a surprise attack against the opposing team and manage to cripple their tanks without a single casualty on their side!"

"With this attempt they managed to buy enough time for the rest of the tanks of Team King to position themselves properly inside the castle and store their important supplies!" shouted the announcer

(The crowd cheered for the remarkable display of leadership done by Erika)

[Team King - Castle Area - 23 Hours Left]

(The group of Erika has finally returned to the Castle)

"Okaeri Erika, Miho!" Maho said

"Tadaima onee-chan!" Miho replied

"Tadaima Maho-san" Erika replied

"Thanks to your efforts we were able to safely store our supplies inside the Castle. We were also able to get to know the place inside and out." Maho said

"How are the positioning of the defense doing?" Miho asked

"As you can see we have placed the heavy hitters by the edge of the castle wall to maximize their ranged fire power" Maho said

"What about the heavy tanks?" Erika asked

"We placed the Maus and the Lion by the courtyard in the middle and had them position in an upward angle to act as makeshift artillery."

"Good thinking, but how were you able to position such heavy tanks?"

"We had help from Ooarai's Maintenance Team and created a ramp made from tree wood that the boys cut down and carried for us"

"I see..where is that Bakatora now?"

"Concerned about him?" Maho said with a grin

"Ha?! Why would I be?! I'm just making sure he is not being useless!" Erika defended

(Miho and Maho laughed then decided to tell Erika something)

"Onee-chan, should we tell Itsumi-san?"

"Tell me what?"

"Yeah I think we should or it wouldn't be right" Maho said

"Like I said, tell me what?"

"Erika that plan that you guys did was thought up by Gero-kun" Maho said

(Erika stopped and couldn't believe what Maho had just said)

"Haa?! You must be joking right?"

"Nope, we are telling the truth Itsumi-san"

"But...it was the both of you that told me about this before the event started!"

"Yes...but before that Gero-kun called out to us and told us that fast route you took."

"I don't understand how could he come up with that?"

"Itsumi-san remember the path we took went over a river that was low enough for our tanks to cross?"

"Yes I remember that..but what does that have anything to do-"

(Erika suddenly remembered the events 10 minutes before the start)

"Gero-kun was drenched with water when arrived and was late right?" Maho said

"..."

"He scouted the area beforehand all by himself and on foot to get that information"

"Impossible..." Erika said