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| Prapor | Sylvia |
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| Julius | Felice |
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Summary
In the small town, the reconnaissance team found "Alloy" and learned that multinational forces were testing a new helicopter nearby. The team had to find a way to pinpoint the location of the test site and guide rear fire to destroy the target.
In the small town where the Entente forces had just passed, most of the cheering crowds had dispersed, completely unaware that a battle had taken place nearby. Only a few lingering locals remained, still immersed in their excitement.
However, at that moment, a lone reconnaissance vehicle emerged from the dust cloud of the Entente convoy and drove through the town.
Although the townspeople were used to all sorts of unfamiliar vehicles driving by, they still felt something was off when they saw this vehicle coming from the opposite direction.
Passerby A I never expected the war to progress so smoothly. Didn't the TV keep showing training for covert maneuvers to prepare for a nuclear explosion...?
Passerby A And what about being careful to deal with the Union occupation forces?
Passerby B Yes, as soon as the air strikes from Vespuccian started, the Union forces were completely overwhelmed!
Passerby B Our defense forces have advanced 100 kilometers. At this rate, we can recover all of our eastern territory in just one week!
Passerby A But look at this vehicle... it doesn't look like it belongs to our National Defense Force, does it?
Passerby B They say the area to the south of here is the garrison of the Vespuccian Army; perhaps this is a Vespuccian Army vehicle.
Passerby A Don't the cars in Vespuccian have white stars on them?
Passerby B I understand. Before a war, the markings on vehicles are painted off to conceal them. You see, even the crosses on the tanks of the National Defense Force are painted off.
Passerby A ...Could this be the Union or Osteinheim's war machine?
Passerby B Don't scare me! The Multinational forces have advanced 70 kilometers; we're in a very safe rear area now! That's definitely an Entente vehicle!
Passerby A I still feel something's not right. Aren't the Vespuccian Army to the south? Why is this car heading west?
Passerby B I heard that the soldiers in Vespuccian are all on drugs, so maybe everyone in this truck is also out of their minds?
Passerby B That means we should stay away from them. What if they get under the influence of the drugs and start shooting randomly
After driving around the town for a while, the reconnaissance vehicle finally found a quiet alley and parked inside.
There were no onlookers, only a slender beauty leaning against a bicycle not far ahead, her delicate hand covering her chest, breathing heavily and slightly out of control.
[The 501st BRM-1K can be seen in an alley covered in camoflage tarp, breanches and sandbags.]
[Some other tools and boxes can be seen around the BRM-1K]
Hannah Back then those townsfolk looked at us weirdly, was our cover blown?
Julius It’s gonna blow anyway, we need to contact Prapor before Entente Forces respond.
[Sylvia picks up the 501st radio]
Sylvia “Otto called you last night, please reply………Otto called you last night, please reply…..”
Sylvia No use, I try to tweak it. The radio station is still down and looks like we need to find some spare parts.
Erika Guys look at that civilian, all alone, may be a good target for asking, let’s get to her to know the situation in town !
Erika Maybe we could also ask where we could get radio parts !
Hannah If she grew suspicious of us, screaming, we could easily subdue her.
Sylvia So, how are you gonna get her to speak?
Erika We just call ourselves fake Bundeswehr, ask her for some help ! There’s no marking on the field uniform anyway and it’s not like civilians not gonna recognize every kind of camouflage !
Sylvia But we don’t share the same language
Erika What? Aren’t we compatriots of the same race and culture?
Sylvia I already told you, Schmalkalden Gothic language has been altered by Entente for decades, borrowing different Angles Language words and usage.
Sylvia It's completely different from our native language. You'll definitely give yourself away as soon as you open your mouth, and you won't be able to get any information from it.
Erika Is that so?
Erika Then let's call ourselves the Vespuccian Army! The people here must worship our Fatherland's heavenly soldiers like gods!
Sylvia They often see real "gods". Can you speak Anglo as fluently as a Vespuccian?
Erika That makes things really difficult...
Prapor let me try, I could claim myself as a Dominion of Vinland soldier speaking Gothic
Prapor I am a foreigner, after all, so it stands to reason that I speak with an accent; besides, most of the local people here have never seen the Dominion Legion.
Sylvia this one----
Julius Can anyone suggest another solution?
Sylvia ……
Erika ……
Julius Then let Comrade Prapor go and fish for information.
Sylvia In that case, please allow me to assist you, Comrade Prapor,
Sylvia I am quite familiar with the local customs and way of life in Schmalkalden; if any slip-ups occur, I can smooth things over.
Erika Oh, right, right, that way, all those times you dragged yourself out of bed in the middle of the night to secretly listen to “Radio Free Europe” won't have been in vain!
Sylvia …Now is not the time for jokes like that!
Sylvia and Prapor strode along, doing their best to project the air of being in friendly-occupied territory.
[The scen Changes to Prapor talking to felice]
Prapor Greetings, madam. I am an officer of the Vinland Dominion Legion and an ally of Schmalkalden. I am now seeking your assistance.
Felice Oh my, an unexpected visitor from Vinland? Your accent is quite something.
Prapor My great-grandfather was a Brunswick mercenary recruited for the New World... I speak the language of my homeland haltingly, please forgive my awkwardness.
Sylvia What he meant to say was "please excuse my shortcomings"...... Hello, I am a sergeant with the National Defense Force, assigned to assist our allies from Vinland.
Felice Just as expected, this is exactly in keeping with our Schmalkalden hospitality.
Felice An Entente officer this young and handsome deserves an equally lovely and striking assistant from the National Defense Force; the two would make a perfect match, a truly harmonious pairing that makes the work feel effortless...
Sylvia Please, please don't tease us
Sylvia In short, we need to help this Vinland ally locate his command post. Unfortunately, however, our radio equipment has malfunctioned.
Felice Command headquarters? Hmm, I’ve heard there are quite a few multinational force command posts in the vicinity. I wonder which one you are looking for, friend?
Sylvia Really? In that case, please tell me everything you know, and then we...
Felice But is Vinland Armed Forces armored vehicle this small? What a shame, I though they will use bigger vehicle for their vast land area.
Sylvia This... ah, this vehicle belongs to a reconnaissance unit; naturally, it needs to be smaller so it isn't easily spotted by the enemy.
Felice Besides, all the multinational forces are heading east; why are you the only ones heading west?
Sylvia We… ah, this friendly force from Vinland has very important information to report to the senior commanders of the multinational forces, so…
Felice High-ranking, you ask? There happens to be a retreating Vespuccian army unit in the town just behind us, I think it’s the 13th Cavalry Regiment? I wonder if they’re high-ranking enough?
Sylvia Black Horse Squadron?! They'll see through... ...Ah, no, no.
Prapor Stop teasing Sylvia, who on earth are you, really?
Felice You took the risk of circling around the town because you were looking for the "Alloy," right?
Prapor So, Otto called you last night?
Felice "I didn't receive it; he must have dialed the wrong number."
[The scene Changes to the back of a house, The 501st and Felice can be seen] Felice (Now named Alloy) Barging in like this shows incredible audacity, you're even more reckless than NIS agents.
Prapor We had no other choice, so we were forced to resort to this last resort.
Felice (Alloy) So, what do you plan to do next?
Prapor We need some parts to repair the radio. We have gathered intelligence on enemy reserves and must report it to headquarters immediately.
Felice (Alloy) I will find a way to help you obtain the equipment needed for the Report.
Felice (Alloy) However, from this moment on, you must prioritize assisting me with a more important mission. I assume your superiors have already emphasized this to you?
Julius That is indeed the case, but only on the condition that your task is truly more important. Can you explain this to the comrades now?
Felice (Alloy) Last night, the multinational force, plagued by various malfunctions, barely managed to fly to a location in the northern forest, where they immediately decelerated and landed.
Prapor We have also noted the presence of some enemy airfields, but cannot determine their exact locations.
Felice (Alloy) There was also a battle-worn Vespuccian brigadier general staying at the town inn.
Felice (Alloy) He paid special attention to the details of this lifting operation over the phone; clearly, it was no ordinary lift.
Erika Not the ordinary kind? Could it be an Apache?
Felice (Alloy) If it is a damaged Apache, there is no need for a brigadier to intervene.
[Sleak Black Helicopter can be seen traversing across the screen]
Felice (Alloy) This is a brand-new attack helicopter.
Sylvia I see, it's the latest Longbow Apache equipped with a millimeter-wave radar.
Felice My mission isn't to focus on a helicopter, even one of yours is a helicopter.
Prapor Stop keeping us in suspense; according to the intelligence we have on the enemy, the most advanced attack helicopter in the Entente arsenal is the AH-64D.
Prapor The millimeter-wave radar and Hellfire missiles it carries are both mortal enemies of our armored forces.
Erika Fortunately, we have enough anti-aircraft firepower to protect the tanks.
Prapor What if it's a helicopter that's invisible to radar? How can anti-aircraft missiles protect tanks then?
Erika This...this can't be right, it doesn't conform to scientific principles!
Sylvia This is scientific, and it's not some physical law that transcends ideology; you just don't know it.
Erika Are you going to bring up that propaganda broadcast on Schmalkalden TV again?
Sylvia This is not militarist propaganda at all. If you've ever read the “Journal of Radio Engineering of the Entente Academy of Sciences”, you'll know that invisibility in radar waves is entirely possible.
Sylvia This is a completely public publication.
Erika I don't think I've ever seen this before... Does such technology really exist?
Prapor You're right, that was an experimental aircraft codenamed LHX (Light Helicopter Experimental) , which utilized the stealth principle we discovered.
Prapor If it passes inspection, it will soon be officially named "Comanche".
Prapor Why is that plane there?
Felice Perhaps it was damaged by an electromagnetic pulse during a live-fire test and forced to land there. But there's another possibility, its testing base was originally located here.
Prapor Why place the testing base so close to the front lines?
Felice During the World War, I mean, the “last” World War, the Third Reich built numerous secret airfields to evade strategic bombing and to test new aircraft.
Felice These airfields were abandoned after the war because they were too close to the front lines.
Felice Their length is also unsuitable for takeoff and landing of jet fighters, but with some cleaning, they can be used as airfields for helicopters or attack aircraft.
Felice Moreover, it's very well concealed, making it ideal for testing weapons.
Sylvia That's the black spot under the light
Erika What's the meaning?
Sylvia That means you can't see what's under your nose.
Erika Are you saying my nose isn't small enough? I've always thought that Nox noses are smaller than those of Earthlings.
Prapor This explains why the A10 also made an emergency landing nearby; it seems we need to conduct thorough reconnaissance of this area.
Felice According to the intelligence I have, the enemy is conducting live-fire experiments here, with a large-scale experimental team including military and factory personnel.
Prapor If we destroy it, we can prevent the enemy from collecting data, thus greatly delaying the development of this weapon.
Felice There are probably more than that. A large number of military and defense industry technicians are also located near the test site.
Felice If we can find an opportunity to eliminate all of these people, we can solve the problem once and for all. The enemy will forever lose everything they have invested in this model.
Erika However, these are civilians, and we can't harm them, can we? Military tradition forbids such behavior.
Sylvia Your grandfather must have never told you what happened during the war, right?
Erika In October 1944, inspired by his Wehrmacht beliefs, he surrendered to the Union forces.
Sylvia I'm not talking about the war crimes of militarism; I'm talking about the Union strategic bombing, which destroyed many military industrial enterprises at the time.
Sylvia Many civilians and even prisoners of war worked in these companies. They were unarmed but were supplying weapons for the war of aggression, and they all perished in the incendiary bombs.
Sylvia Imagine this: if the enemy had the opportunity to eliminate our defense scientists, wouldn't they take the chance?
Erika Surely... not everyone would be so willing to do it? Shooting at a group of unarmed civilians would give me nightmares.
Prapor We don't need to fire the shots ourselves, we can't kill them with guns anyway.
Prapor If we can restore communication with higher command, we can request a tactical air strike after determining the airport's location, covering all technical equipment.
Prapor Just like the strategic bombing in the last world war, let incendiary bombs solve the problem.
Felice Well, regarding restoring communications... Perhaps we can find the MNF radios used by the Entente aircraft at the airport; the call quality would be much better than the ones in your car.
Julius If such helicopters are so valuable, the airport must be heavily protected.
Julius It could be a garrison battalion of the defense force, a border guard post, or even a regular army of a multinational force.
Hannah The regular enemy forces we encountered today were not vigilant at all, probably because they thought they had already won and were on friendly territory.
Felice On the contrary, the border guards were always paranoid and suspicious, but they never caught a real scout.
Erika In other words, if the airport is protected by regular troops, we can infiltrate it; if it's guarded by border guards, we'll just eliminate them.
Prapor The next important question was how to find the airport. I saw the A10 lower its landing gear and speed brakes and turn northwest.
Prapor We can spend a day or two traversing the Forest to search, which will be less efficient, but we won't be detected by enemy aerial reconnaissance.
Felice Speaking of eavesdropping, I have a special device that allows for non-contact eavesdropping. It's a high-end device that was used in Berlin's "Golden Plan".
Hannah There's no need for that; I only need to connect a telephone line.
Felice That would cause unstable line voltage and increased noise, and if the other party is a seasoned border guard, they might be discovered.
Hannah So, you mean we can't do without your equipment? Okay, then we'll try the high-end stuff.
Where were we? Right, we were talking about a friend of mine in the 6th Regiment in the Kreuzberg district. I wonder how he is now."
"It's probably not going to get better, and we haven't heard anything from them."
Hannah decided to switch to a different line to eavesdrop.
"Why hasn't our aviation kerosene arrived yet? I saw that the border guards at the airport had cigarettes and hot meals, but our air force only has biscuits?"
"And that A10 pilot who did as he pleased and landed here, he made the base alarms go off all morning."
"His attitude was also extremely bad. He ignored our people and said he had to wait for his superior to pick him up."
"What do you know? We're conducting complex environment combat experiments, and you know those things are incredibly stupid; they often attack our own targets."
"This plane is stuck there, delaying the entire test program."
"We were also assigned a temporary task to install a temporary transponder on it, in order to prevent the plane from being blown up during testing."
"Think about it, we finally made it to the end of the testing phase, and we can get our gear and be deployed to real combat immediately. This will save us from being sent to the front lines, close to those nuclear-contaminated areas, "
"as a result everything is ruined by this idiot!"! If he causes the test to restart, who knows when it will be over."
"What exactly is that temporary transponder you're talking about?"
"Yes, it's a backdoor left by the engineers to pass tests."
"The operators can't always stop those black birds from locking onto their own people in time, so they installed these transponders on things nearby."
"Once a specific command is given, that thing will stop attacking."
"You know, lately everyone in the company has been going crazy trying to meet deadlines."
"These weapons were originally intended to be deployed immediately upon the start of the attack, but someone in command just wouldn't sign off on them. It's because too many backdoors were used during testing."
“I like people like that. Why should other employees get bonuses and want to leave, while we have to stay? There needs to be someone who takes responsibility and disciplines them.” Hannah I think I've found it. However, they mentioned something interesting. They locked up the pilot of that A10.
Prapor This base appears to be more than just a runway.
Sylvia The higher-ups have long suspected there's a base hidden in the forest here. This runway may just be part of a larger base complex.
Hannah They also mentioned that the A10 needs an additional transponder to avoid being mistakenly shot down by the new helicopters being tested.
Prapor This is interesting, meaning that the IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) system of this new type of helicopter is not compatible with the existing system of multinational forces.
Prapor Or perhaps their communication with other units is not smooth.
Hannah The implication of their conversation was that this new type of helicopter, currently under testing, is equipped with a highly automated combat command system, enabling search and attack operations to be completed automatically.
Hannah Unless the pilot intervenes actively, the automated process will be stopped.
Erika Automatic attack? That would make flying such a plane far too easy.
Prapor This World War required weapons that were easy to operate and could be deployed in large numbers.
Prapor In other words, if we could obtain this transponder, could we hinder or even prevent helicopter attacks? Interesting.
In the small town, the reconnaissance team found "Alloy" and learned that multinational forces were testing a new helicopter nearby. The team had to find a way to pinpoint the location of the test site and guide rear fire to destroy the target.
In the small town where the Entente forces had just passed, most of the cheering crowds had dispersed, completely unaware that a battle had taken place nearby. Only a few lingering locals remained, still immersed in their excitement.
However, at that moment, a lone reconnaissance vehicle emerged from the dust cloud of the Entente convoy and drove through the town.
Although the townspeople were used to all sorts of unfamiliar vehicles driving by, they still felt something was off when they saw this vehicle coming from the opposite direction.
Passerby A I never expected the war to progress so smoothly. Didn't the TV keep showing training for covert maneuvers to prepare for a nuclear explosion...?
Passerby A And what about being careful to deal with the Union occupation forces?
Passerby B Yes, as soon as the air strikes from Vespuccian started, the Union forces were completely overwhelmed!
Passerby B Our defense forces have advanced 100 kilometers. At this rate, we can recover all of our eastern territory in just one week!
Passerby A But look at this vehicle... it doesn't look like it belongs to our National Defense Force, does it?
Passerby B They say the area to the south of here is the garrison of the Vespuccian Army; perhaps this is a Vespuccian Army vehicle.
Passerby A Don't the cars in Vespuccian have white stars on them?
Passerby B I understand. Before a war, the markings on vehicles are painted off to conceal them. You see, even the crosses on the tanks of the National Defense Force are painted off.
Passerby A ...Could this be the Union or Osteinheim's war machine?
Passerby B Don't scare me! The Multinational forces have advanced 70 kilometers; we're in a very safe rear area now! That's definitely an Entente vehicle!
Passerby A I still feel something's not right. Aren't the Vespuccian Army to the south? Why is this car heading west?
Passerby B I heard that the soldiers in Vespuccian are all on drugs, so maybe everyone in this truck is also out of their minds?
Passerby B That means we should stay away from them. What if they get under the influence of the drugs and start shooting randomly
After driving around the town for a while, the reconnaissance vehicle finally found a quiet alley and parked inside.
There were no onlookers, only a slender beauty leaning against a bicycle not far ahead, her delicate hand covering her chest, breathing heavily and slightly out of control.
[The 501st BRM-1K can be seen in an alley covered in camoflage tarp, breanches and sandbags.]
[Some other tools and boxes can be seen around the BRM-1K]
Hannah Back then those townsfolk looked at us weirdly, was our cover blown?
Julius It’s gonna blow anyway, we need to contact Prapor before Entente Forces respond.
[Sylvia picks up the 501st radio]
Sylvia “Otto called you last night, please reply………Otto called you last night, please reply…..”
Sylvia No use, I try to tweak it. The radio station is still down and looks like we need to find some spare parts.
Erika Guys look at that civilian, all alone, may be a good target for asking, let’s get to her to know the situation in town !
Erika Maybe we could also ask where we could get radio parts !
Hannah If she grew suspicious of us, screaming, we could easily subdue her.
Sylvia So, how are you gonna get her to speak?
Erika We just call ourselves fake Bundeswehr, ask her for some help ! There’s no marking on the field uniform anyway and it’s not like civilians not gonna recognize every kind of camouflage !
Sylvia But we don’t share the same language
Erika What? Aren’t we compatriots of the same race and culture?
Sylvia I already told you, Schmalkalden Gothic language has been altered by Entente for decades, borrowing different Angles Language words and usage.
Sylvia It's completely different from our native language. You'll definitely give yourself away as soon as you open your mouth, and you won't be able to get any information from it.
Erika Is that so?
Erika Then let's call ourselves the Vespuccian Army! The people here must worship our Fatherland's heavenly soldiers like gods!
Sylvia They often see real "gods". Can you speak Anglo as fluently as a Vespuccian?
Erika That makes things really difficult...
Prapor let me try, I could claim myself as a Dominion of Vinland soldier speaking Gothic
Prapor I am a foreigner, after all, so it stands to reason that I speak with an accent; besides, most of the local people here have never seen the Dominion Legion.
Sylvia this one----
Julius Can anyone suggest another solution?
Sylvia ……
Erika ……
Julius Then let Comrade Prapor go and fish for information.
Sylvia In that case, please allow me to assist you, Comrade Prapor,
Sylvia I am quite familiar with the local customs and way of life in Schmalkalden; if any slip-ups occur, I can smooth things over.
Erika Oh, right, right, that way, all those times you dragged yourself out of bed in the middle of the night to secretly listen to “Radio Free Europe” won't have been in vain!
Sylvia …Now is not the time for jokes like that!
Sylvia and Prapor strode along, doing their best to project the air of being in friendly-occupied territory.
[The scen Changes to Prapor talking to felice]
Prapor Greetings, madam. I am an officer of the Vinland Dominion Legion and an ally of Schmalkalden. I am now seeking your assistance.
Felice Oh my, an unexpected visitor from Vinland? Your accent is quite something.
Prapor My great-grandfather was a Brunswick mercenary recruited for the New World... I speak the language of my homeland haltingly, please forgive my awkwardness.
Sylvia What he meant to say was "please excuse my shortcomings"...... Hello, I am a sergeant with the National Defense Force, assigned to assist our allies from Vinland.
Felice Just as expected, this is exactly in keeping with our Schmalkalden hospitality.
Felice An Entente officer this young and handsome deserves an equally lovely and striking assistant from the National Defense Force; the two would make a perfect match, a truly harmonious pairing that makes the work feel effortless...
Sylvia Please, please don't tease us
Sylvia In short, we need to help this Vinland ally locate his command post. Unfortunately, however, our radio equipment has malfunctioned.
Felice Command headquarters? Hmm, I’ve heard there are quite a few multinational force command posts in the vicinity. I wonder which one you are looking for, friend?
Sylvia Really? In that case, please tell me everything you know, and then we...
Felice But is Vinland Armed Forces armored vehicle this small? What a shame, I though they will use bigger vehicle for their vast land area.
Sylvia This... ah, this vehicle belongs to a reconnaissance unit; naturally, it needs to be smaller so it isn't easily spotted by the enemy.
Felice Besides, all the multinational forces are heading east; why are you the only ones heading west?
Sylvia We… ah, this friendly force from Vinland has very important information to report to the senior commanders of the multinational forces, so…
Felice High-ranking, you ask? There happens to be a retreating Vespuccian army unit in the town just behind us, I think it’s the 13th Cavalry Regiment? I wonder if they’re high-ranking enough?
Sylvia Black Horse Squadron?! They'll see through... ...Ah, no, no.
Prapor Stop teasing Sylvia, who on earth are you, really?
Felice You took the risk of circling around the town because you were looking for the "Alloy," right?
Prapor So, Otto called you last night?
Felice "I didn't receive it; he must have dialed the wrong number."
[The scene Changes to the back of a house, The 501st and Felice can be seen] Felice (Now named Alloy) Barging in like this shows incredible audacity, you're even more reckless than NIS agents.
Prapor We had no other choice, so we were forced to resort to this last resort.
Felice (Alloy) So, what do you plan to do next?
Prapor We need some parts to repair the radio. We have gathered intelligence on enemy reserves and must report it to headquarters immediately.
Felice (Alloy) I will find a way to help you obtain the equipment needed for the Report.
Felice (Alloy) However, from this moment on, you must prioritize assisting me with a more important mission. I assume your superiors have already emphasized this to you?
Julius That is indeed the case, but only on the condition that your task is truly more important. Can you explain this to the comrades now?
Felice (Alloy) Last night, the multinational force, plagued by various malfunctions, barely managed to fly to a location in the northern forest, where they immediately decelerated and landed.
Prapor We have also noted the presence of some enemy airfields, but cannot determine their exact locations.
Felice (Alloy) There was also a battle-worn Vespuccian brigadier general staying at the town inn.
Felice (Alloy) He paid special attention to the details of this lifting operation over the phone; clearly, it was no ordinary lift.
Erika Not the ordinary kind? Could it be an Apache?
Felice (Alloy) If it is a damaged Apache, there is no need for a brigadier to intervene.
[Sleak Black Helicopter can be seen traversing across the screen]
Felice (Alloy) This is a brand-new attack helicopter.
Sylvia I see, it's the latest Longbow Apache equipped with a millimeter-wave radar.
Felice My mission isn't to focus on a helicopter, even one of yours is a helicopter.
Prapor Stop keeping us in suspense; according to the intelligence we have on the enemy, the most advanced attack helicopter in the Entente arsenal is the AH-64D.
Prapor The millimeter-wave radar and Hellfire missiles it carries are both mortal enemies of our armored forces.
Erika Fortunately, we have enough anti-aircraft firepower to protect the tanks.
Prapor What if it's a helicopter that's invisible to radar? How can anti-aircraft missiles protect tanks then?
Erika This...this can't be right, it doesn't conform to scientific principles!
Sylvia This is scientific, and it's not some physical law that transcends ideology; you just don't know it.
Erika Are you going to bring up that propaganda broadcast on Schmalkalden TV again?
Sylvia This is not militarist propaganda at all. If you've ever read the “Journal of Radio Engineering of the Entente Academy of Sciences”, you'll know that invisibility in radar waves is entirely possible.
Sylvia This is a completely public publication.
Erika I don't think I've ever seen this before... Does such technology really exist?
Prapor You're right, that was an experimental aircraft codenamed LHX (Light Helicopter Experimental) , which utilized the stealth principle we discovered.
Prapor If it passes inspection, it will soon be officially named "Comanche".
Prapor Why is that plane there?
Felice Perhaps it was damaged by an electromagnetic pulse during a live-fire test and forced to land there. But there's another possibility, its testing base was originally located here.
Prapor Why place the testing base so close to the front lines?
Felice During the World War, I mean, the “last” World War, the Third Reich built numerous secret airfields to evade strategic bombing and to test new aircraft.
Felice These airfields were abandoned after the war because they were too close to the front lines.
Felice Their length is also unsuitable for takeoff and landing of jet fighters, but with some cleaning, they can be used as airfields for helicopters or attack aircraft.
Felice Moreover, it's very well concealed, making it ideal for testing weapons.
Sylvia That's the black spot under the light
Erika What's the meaning?
Sylvia That means you can't see what's under your nose.
Erika Are you saying my nose isn't small enough? I've always thought that Nox noses are smaller than those of Earthlings.
Prapor This explains why the A10 also made an emergency landing nearby; it seems we need to conduct thorough reconnaissance of this area.
Felice According to the intelligence I have, the enemy is conducting live-fire experiments here, with a large-scale experimental team including military and factory personnel.
Prapor If we destroy it, we can prevent the enemy from collecting data, thus greatly delaying the development of this weapon.
Felice There are probably more than that. A large number of military and defense industry technicians are also located near the test site.
Felice If we can find an opportunity to eliminate all of these people, we can solve the problem once and for all. The enemy will forever lose everything they have invested in this model.
Erika However, these are civilians, and we can't harm them, can we? Military tradition forbids such behavior.
Sylvia Your grandfather must have never told you what happened during the war, right?
Erika In October 1944, inspired by his Wehrmacht beliefs, he surrendered to the Union forces.
Sylvia I'm not talking about the war crimes of militarism; I'm talking about the Union strategic bombing, which destroyed many military industrial enterprises at the time.
Sylvia Many civilians and even prisoners of war worked in these companies. They were unarmed but were supplying weapons for the war of aggression, and they all perished in the incendiary bombs.
Sylvia Imagine this: if the enemy had the opportunity to eliminate our defense scientists, wouldn't they take the chance?
Erika Surely... not everyone would be so willing to do it? Shooting at a group of unarmed civilians would give me nightmares.
Prapor We don't need to fire the shots ourselves, we can't kill them with guns anyway.
Prapor If we can restore communication with higher command, we can request a tactical air strike after determining the airport's location, covering all technical equipment.
Prapor Just like the strategic bombing in the last world war, let incendiary bombs solve the problem.
Felice Well, regarding restoring communications... Perhaps we can find the MNF radios used by the Entente aircraft at the airport; the call quality would be much better than the ones in your car.
Julius If such helicopters are so valuable, the airport must be heavily protected.
Julius It could be a garrison battalion of the defense force, a border guard post, or even a regular army of a multinational force.
Hannah The regular enemy forces we encountered today were not vigilant at all, probably because they thought they had already won and were on friendly territory.
Felice On the contrary, the border guards were always paranoid and suspicious, but they never caught a real scout.
Erika In other words, if the airport is protected by regular troops, we can infiltrate it; if it's guarded by border guards, we'll just eliminate them.
Prapor The next important question was how to find the airport. I saw the A10 lower its landing gear and speed brakes and turn northwest.
Prapor We can spend a day or two traversing the Forest to search, which will be less efficient, but we won't be detected by enemy aerial reconnaissance.
Felice Speaking of eavesdropping, I have a special device that allows for non-contact eavesdropping. It's a high-end device that was used in Berlin's "Golden Plan".
Hannah There's no need for that; I only need to connect a telephone line.
Felice That would cause unstable line voltage and increased noise, and if the other party is a seasoned border guard, they might be discovered.
Hannah So, you mean we can't do without your equipment? Okay, then we'll try the high-end stuff.
Where were we? Right, we were talking about a friend of mine in the 6th Regiment in the Kreuzberg district. I wonder how he is now."
"It's probably not going to get better, and we haven't heard anything from them."
Hannah decided to switch to a different line to eavesdrop.
"Why hasn't our aviation kerosene arrived yet? I saw that the border guards at the airport had cigarettes and hot meals, but our air force only has biscuits?"
"And that A10 pilot who did as he pleased and landed here, he made the base alarms go off all morning."
"His attitude was also extremely bad. He ignored our people and said he had to wait for his superior to pick him up."
"What do you know? We're conducting complex environment combat experiments, and you know those things are incredibly stupid; they often attack our own targets."
"This plane is stuck there, delaying the entire test program."
"We were also assigned a temporary task to install a temporary transponder on it, in order to prevent the plane from being blown up during testing."
"Think about it, we finally made it to the end of the testing phase, and we can get our gear and be deployed to real combat immediately. This will save us from being sent to the front lines, close to those nuclear-contaminated areas, "
"as a result everything is ruined by this idiot!"! If he causes the test to restart, who knows when it will be over."
"What exactly is that temporary transponder you're talking about?"
"Yes, it's a backdoor left by the engineers to pass tests."
"The operators can't always stop those black birds from locking onto their own people in time, so they installed these transponders on things nearby."
"Once a specific command is given, that thing will stop attacking."
"You know, lately everyone in the company has been going crazy trying to meet deadlines."
"These weapons were originally intended to be deployed immediately upon the start of the attack, but someone in command just wouldn't sign off on them. It's because too many backdoors were used during testing."
“I like people like that. Why should other employees get bonuses and want to leave, while we have to stay? There needs to be someone who takes responsibility and disciplines them.” Hannah I think I've found it. However, they mentioned something interesting. They locked up the pilot of that A10.
Prapor This base appears to be more than just a runway.
Sylvia The higher-ups have long suspected there's a base hidden in the forest here. This runway may just be part of a larger base complex.
Hannah They also mentioned that the A10 needs an additional transponder to avoid being mistakenly shot down by the new helicopters being tested.
Prapor This is interesting, meaning that the IFF (Identification Friend or Foe) system of this new type of helicopter is not compatible with the existing system of multinational forces.
Prapor Or perhaps their communication with other units is not smooth.
Hannah The implication of their conversation was that this new type of helicopter, currently under testing, is equipped with a highly automated combat command system, enabling search and attack operations to be completed automatically.
Hannah Unless the pilot intervenes actively, the automated process will be stopped.
Erika Automatic attack? That would make flying such a plane far too easy.
Prapor This World War required weapons that were easy to operate and could be deployed in large numbers.
Prapor In other words, if we could obtain this transponder, could we hinder or even prevent helicopter attacks? Interesting.