Tank Academia! (Part II/II)

Location: Tank Academy in the Valley

POV: Gunther's

The 3 crews nimbly entered the Tank, taking a few seconds to familiarise themselves with the internal layout, the middle tank already took off followed by the right one and as for last the left one. The drivers were a lot less skilled, in the right tank the Commander and Driver were not even synced causing them to make minor mistakes causing a loss on speed. after about 3 minutes and 45 seconds did the first tank crew arrive at the designated Positioned and started to rain shells upon the Tank 1000 meters away. 15 seconds after the 1st Tank arrived did the 2nd arrive and 15 seconds after that the 3rd one.

After the 5 minutes were up a horn sounded causing the 3 crews to stop, any shells fired after the horn will automatically lose one point of a penetrated hit. The tanks started to drive back to the Starting place, ''we go from left to right. Team one, you were the slowest but had the most penetrating hits, you gain C, team 2 gets C level as well and team 3 gets D level.'' Gunther said harshly, and with that said the 3 new teams already entered the tank and the start signal was given. This scene continued for another 8 hours. =The majority came at level D or C a few came at E level as well, while only 20 gained A rank and one even gained S rank. ''Now lads don't get to full of yourself tomorrow is Theory day, get a rest and get prepared!'' The loader shouted.

Gunther and his other 4 crew members started to slowly walk to the Motherbase from Blatten. ''Sir Gunther! A Black hand is waiting in your office! Please come by to greet him.'' Gunther's secretary came running towards him, Gunther just nodded and started to head towards his office.

''Sorry for the wait, I was teaching new tank recruits!'' Gunther apologised for his tardiness, The black hand just waved it away, ''Herr Gunther. I am here for a request, as you see we have been tasked a mission in Germany, In order to complete it we need your support of the Organisations Elite Tank Division!'' The black hand said, who actually is Zero in disguise, ''I have the Marshall's permission to ask you, he only said you have to allow it.'' He continues seeing Gunther having a troubled face, ''Ah, if the Marshall allows the deployment than it is fine, I do need some details, as the movement of Tanks is quite a large operation which means I need a minimum of 3 months beforehand to discreetly smuggle tanks over the German border towards the target.'' Gunther asked, ''Ah yes yes, of course. The mission is currently secret, but the mission location is Wewelsburg, Germany. You can start moving the tanks to the base of operations that is currently being built there.'' Zero replied, before standing up and putting his hand forward.

''I hope we can cooperate'' He said, ''Me too'' Gunther replied and also extended his hand to shake hands. With the hands shook Zero left the Office and headed for one of the secret entrances to the HQ of the Secret police.

'Hmm, I will need to consult with the head of Logistics and speak to my second in command.' Gunther thought, ''HANS! GET ME AN APPOINTMENT WITH THE HEAD OF LOGISTICS AND CALL IN MY SECOND IN COMMAND!'' Gunther shouted through the door, making the secretary just hear it.

With that said did Gunther head towards the Cafeteria of the Officers, 'Ah I am hungry after not eating for 8 hours, Gunther grabbed a good quality steak with potatoes and vegetables, 'At least the Organisation knows how to feed its members!' Gunther was happy having such good meals every day. After Gunther finished his meal did he start to head towards his bedroom, which is located behind his office and went to bed.

The following morning he woke up early as today would be a test on theory and eye of discernment, the test involves spotting weaknesses in tank designs, but as tank designs are still very different from what the Organisation has, means that they have to be knowledgeable, good thinkers and have a very good eye of discernment to pass the test.

''Now Gents! There are 5 tanks in front of you, their respective names are; King Tiger, Panther, Churchill Mk. VII, Cromwell and lastly the IS-3. You will get all 5 pieces of paper, you will write the pros and cons of the tanks. You will have to fight for a good viewing spot, whoever spots the most pros and cons wins, you will again be rated E to S. ''We start at the count of 3. 1...2...3!'' The radio operator shouted, and immediately the Recruits ran towards the tank trying to get a good view, testing armour thickness, specs, engine power all were written on the tank.

But you have to find them. Fighting broke out between teams as 1000 men were crowding the 5 tanks, the time limit is unknown but knowing their Teachers there must be one. Some were already carried away by doctors as the fighting got more severe. 'One must be able to stand their ground, but one must also learn to cooperate with your fellow teammates, we are watching which teams work together and which could not, each have their strengths and weaknesses, so people who are lone wolves will get different roles later than the ones who can cooperate.' Gunther nodded with satisfaction.

While Gunther was training his new recruits a bloody Debate was being held in the CC between the two largest factions inside the Organisation, the first faction is led by Rudolf and represents a more secretive way of dealing with the Union and Mackensen's faction which represents a more direct way of dealing with the Union, each vying for power, both are still loyal to the Marshall, but want to help the Marshall achieve his goal in their way. Other factions are the Faction of the Intelligence which is the 3rd largest and represents the idea of not destroying the Union but controlling it. These 3 are always head to head, only coming together in times of emergency or if demanded by the Marshall.