Chapter Summaries

Shen Xiyao pushed through a dense crowd to reach the Tank Battle Base, where she watched a chaotic but exciting tank match. She filmed the spectacle for her livestream as viewers reacted to the replicas and wished they could join in.

• Shen Xiyao listened as two people argued about the Porsche Tiger and recalled its memorable portrayal in Girls und Panzer.
• Shen Xiyao told her livestream viewers she was heading to the Tank Battle Base and struggled through the packed crowd.
• Shen Xiyao emerged at the arena railing and watched a ten-tank free-for-all between Oarai Girls' Academy tanks and Zoo tanks.
• Shen Xiyao filmed the match as the tanks exchanged wildly inaccurate fire and the livestream audience reacted with excitement.

Shen Xiyao explored the crowded tank-battle venue and asked how she could take part. After the staff member explained the formats and terrain, she decided to join a match and was escorted toward the rest area.

• Shen Xiyao struggled to get a staff member’s attention amid the noise and followed him to a nearby shed.
• Shen Xiyao asked how to participate, and the staff member described solo matches, team battles, and large-scale melees.
• The staff member pointed out the rest area and explained that the venue featured varied terrain and lightweight mock buildings.
• Shen Xiyao’s livestream viewers urged her to try a battle, so she told the staff member she wanted to participate.
• After resting, Shen Xiyao followed the staff member toward the rest area and asked whether she was cutting in line.

Shen Xiyao arrived at the tank battle rest area and chose to handle registration herself so she could show her viewers the full process. While surveying the crowded sign-up area and interviewing players, she spotted a Kuromorimine Fan Club recruitment banner that amused her viewers.

• A staff member explained that Shen Xiyao could enter an individual match or recruit teammates for a team match.
• Shen Xiyao declined the staff member's offer to register her and headed to the crowded registration desk to experience the process herself.
• Shen Xiyao heard players recruiting teammates for matches and examined the teams gathered around the registration area.
• Shen Xiyao spotted the Kuromorimine Fan Club's tank-themed slogan, and her viewers reacted with laughter and enthusiastic comments.

Shen Xiyao joined a team of girls after Tian Zhiwei recruited her as a war correspondent for a tank-battle competition. The newly registered team waited for the arena to open, excited to compete.

• Shen Xiyao approached players trading banners and arguing over their favorite tanks, schools, and characters.
• Tian Zhiwei rushed up to Shen Xiyao, asked her to join the girls’ team, and called her a war correspondent.
• Shen Xiyao agreed to join, and Tian Zhiwei celebrated that their team had reached ten members.
• Shen Xiyao followed Tian Zhiwei and the others to register for the grand melee, then waited with them for the arena to open.
• Tian Zhiwei told Shen Xiyao to call her Zhiwei or Xiaowei instead of addressing her formally.

Shen Xiyao asked Tian Zhiwei about her experience with the tank competition and learned that Tian had chosen two Tiger I tanks and considered only the driver and gunner essential. Tian reassured Shen that she had planned their tactics, leaving Shen doubtful as the realistic tank controls and model-based speed limits were described.

• Shen Xiyao asked Tian Zhiwei about her previous matches, and Tian said she had once teamed up with boys and later eliminated herself by crashing in a solo match.
• Tian Zhiwei told Shen Xiyao that she had chosen two Tiger I tanks, each with a five-person crew.
• Tian Zhiwei said the driver and gunner mattered most, making Shen Xiyao regret joining her team.
• Tian Zhiwei reassured Shen that she had worked out tactics and promised they would get good results.
• The chapter described how Fang Zheng’s modified tanks had realistic controls and speed limits tailored to each tank model.

Shen Xiyao learned more about the realistic, electrically powered tanks and competition grounds, then questioned what role she would have on Tian Zhiwei’s team. Tian Zhiwei revealed that she planned to command the team and hoped to lead it to victory like her idol, Miho Nishizumi.

• The chapter described how Fang Zheng equipped the tanks with realistic controls, sounds, and recoil while keeping their speed safe.
• Shen Xiyao wondered what use she would be as a battlefield reporter when the driver and gunner seemed to be the only essential crew members.
• Tian Zhiwei offered Shen Xiyao command of the other tank so she could livestream the competition.
• Shen Xiyao asked what role Tian Zhiwei would take, and Tian Zhiwei declared that she would be the commander.
• Tian Zhiwei said her dream was to lead her tank team to victory and praised her idol, Miho Nishizumi.

Shen Xiyao gave up on changing Tian Zhiwei’s admiration for Miho Nishizumi, then spotted Fang Zheng arriving at the grounds. His fans crowded around him as he hurried inside with his companions.

• Tian Zhiwei said she had become devoted to Miho Nishizumi after watching her tactical skill.
• Shen Xiyao recalled that she admired Mahō Nishizumi and doubted her team could get a good result in its first battle.
• Shen Xiyao recognized Fang Zheng at the entrance and called out to him.
• The crowd of contestants and fans cheered for Fang Zheng and called out requests as staff held them back.
• Fang Zheng’s companions crowded around him, and he hurried toward the grounds while reacting to the fans’ antics.

Fang Zheng welcomed the Anime Carnival’s visitors and announced that he would compete in the tank battle. The fans jeered at his bragging as he declared he would take on a hundred.

• Two men at the contestants’ rest area revealed that they had entered the competition and looked at Fang Zheng with ill intentions.
• Fang Zheng arrived at the rest area and addressed the surrounding crowd, joking that they should praise his looks.
• The fans mocked Fang Zheng’s narcissism while acknowledging that his good looks attracted admirers.
• Fang Zheng thanked the visitors for supporting the Anime Carnival, which had already drawn a record crowd.
• Fang Zheng announced that he would enter the tank battle competition and take on a hundred opponents.

Fang Zheng taunted the fans at the venue by boasting that he could fight a hundred opponents, provoking them to target him in the competition. The fans demanded to know which vehicle he would drive, but he dismissed their attempts to bait him and left them without an answer.

• Fang Zheng told the fans he would fight a hundred opponents, then joked that he would settle for ninety-nine because the venue could only host a hundred vehicles.
• The fans grew furious and vowed to target Fang Zheng during the competition, even urging each other to unite against him.
• The fans realized they did not know which vehicle Fang Zheng would choose and began demanding that he name it.
• Fang Zheng dismissed the fans' provocations and silently mocked the person who threatened to uninstall the game.

Fang Zheng taunted the gathered players by calling them admirals, then announced the start of the hundred-tank melee. He left the scene as the fan clubs entered the battle, determined to defeat him.

• Fang Zheng called the players admirals, provoking their anger and embarrassment.
• Fang Zheng challenged the players to attack his IS-2, then announced that the hundred-tank melee was beginning.
• Fang Zheng told the players to put on their protective equipment and prepare to enter the arena.
• The Kuromorimine, Oarai, and Pravda Fan Clubs shouted that they would defeat Fang Zheng.
• Fang Zheng left the scene as the fan clubs entered the battle.

Fang Zheng disguised his team by taking a Hetzer instead of the IS-2 he had claimed he would drive, then secretly entered the battlefield ahead of the other players. The hundred-tank battle began as the players moved toward their designated positions.

• Fang Zheng and Zhang Siyu, Yang Li, Chen Xianting, and Qin Hemo put on protective gear and headed for the tanks.
• Fang Zheng stopped Zhang Siyu from choosing the IS-2 and directed the group to the smaller Hetzer instead.
• Fang Zheng explained that claiming he would drive the IS-2 would draw the players' attention, then took the driver's seat while Qin Hemo became the gunner.
• Fang Zheng drove the Hetzer out through the warehouse's back door, entering the field unnoticed before the other players.
• The broadcast ordered the tanks to their positions and announced the start of the hundred-tank battle.

Ninety-nine players joined forces to hunt Fang Zheng, but he hid his Hetzer behind an earthen mound instead of driving the expected IS-2. The match began with the players searching the battlefield while spectators watched and shouted advice.

• Several fan clubs and unaffiliated players formed a force of ninety-nine tanks to target Fang Zheng.
• The match began, and the tanks advanced together as spectators watched the live broadcast on giant screens.
• Fang Zheng concealed his Hetzer behind a low mound and erased its tracks with a tree branch.
• Spectators jeered at Fang Zheng for hiding and urged the players to spread out and search for him.
• The players continued their search without realizing that spectators outside the arena could see their movements.

Fang Zheng waited calmly in his tank while the other players advanced cautiously, unwilling to scout or risk being eliminated. He explained that their alliance against him would fall apart once the players began competing for the championship, then threatened to dock Qin Motiao’s salary if Qin Motiao held him back.

• The arena players formed a temporary alliance against Fang Zheng but kept their light and medium tanks behind the heavy tanks, each refusing to scout ahead.
• Fang Zheng watched the cautious formations from his tank while Zhang Siyu asked why he seemed unconcerned.
• Fang Zheng told Zhang Siyu that the players were not truly united and would turn on one another after eliminating him.
• Qin Motiao pretended to understand Fang Zheng’s explanation, and Fang Zheng challenged Qin Motiao to explain it.
• Fang Zheng threatened to dock Qin Motiao’s salary if Qin Motiao dragged him down, promising Qin Motiao the limited-edition figure if they won.

The players failed to find Fang Zheng and began suspecting one another after Shen Xiyao guessed he might be hiding among them in a different tank. Fang Zheng quietly reached the rear of their formation and pointed out a stationary StuG III as a target.

• Fang Zheng told Big Shot Fang to figure things out for himself, while Qin Sudong perked up at the mention of a limited-edition figurine.
• The players searched the battlefield for Fang Zheng but found no trace of him.
• Shen Xiyao suggested Fang Zheng might have switched tanks and hidden among the players, and Tian Zhiwei enthusiastically agreed.
• The players began checking vehicles and aiming their turrets suspiciously at one another, drawing ridicule from the spectators.
• Fang Zheng arrived at the rear of the formation, stopped by a hill and thicket, and told someone to attack a stationary StuG III.

Qin Helin fired at the StuG III while Fang Zheng hid their tank, and the resulting confusion led the players to accuse a nearby Hetzer crew of the ambush. Qin Donglin watched the players start fighting among themselves in disbelief.

• Qin Helin aimed at the StuG III and fired, while Fang Zheng maneuvered their tank into a nearby thicket.
• The shot filled the area around the StuG III with paint and blinded nearby players, throwing their radio channel into chaos.
• The StuG III crew discovered it had been eliminated by a hit to its rear and blamed the Hetzer behind it.
• The Oarai Fan Club crews surrounded the Hetzer, whose crew denied firing on the StuG III.
• Qin Donglin watched the players begin fighting and told Director Fang that they were attacking one another.

Fang Zheng explained how he had provoked the StuG III into suspecting the Hetzer behind it, then withdrew his tank to watch the players fight. As the battlefield descended into chaos, Shen Xi urged Tian Zhiwei to retreat.

• Fang Zheng explained that he had baited the StuG III into firing at the Hetzer behind it, making the two vehicles suspect each other.
• Zhang Siyu clarified Fang Zheng’s plan to Qin Dongdong, who realized he had deliberately set the tanks against each other.
• Fang Zheng drove the tank backward after completing his mission to incite the players to fight.
• The fan groups battled amid flying paint and stray grenades, while Shen Xi nudged Tian Zhiwei and urged them to move farther away.

Shen Xiyao and Tian Zhiwei fled the battlefield in their Tiger tank, hoping to survive while the larger groups weakened one another. After they left the fighting, Fang Zheng appeared at point-blank range, leaving Shen Xiyao trying to distract him as she urged Tian Zhiwei to escape.

• Tian Zhiwei drove the Tiger tank away from the battlefield after Shen Xiyao warned that staying would make them cannon fodder.
• Shen Xiyao noted that the other tank crew from their ten-person team had been eliminated while escaping.
• Shen Xiyao and Tian Zhiwei planned to take advantage of the larger fan groups fighting among themselves, while watching for other survivors with the same idea.
• Shen Xiyao heard an approaching engine and saw a tank with its gun barrel aimed less than a meter away.
• Fang Zheng greeted Shen Xiyao from his hatch, and she forced a smile while kicking Tian Zhiwei to signal her to flee.

Fang Zheng’s Hetzer eliminated Shen Xiyao and Tian Zhiwei’s Tiger at close range, covering the girls inside with paint. He left them behind as staff were expected to arrive, while Shen Xiyao vowed to get revenge.

• Shen Xiyao tried to get Tian Zhiwei’s attention as Fang Zheng’s Hetzer approached their Tiger.
• Tian Zhiwei spotted Hetzer’s gun aimed at them, then recognized Fang Zheng and called him “Pipi Shrimp.”
• Fang Zheng signaled Qin Dongqiu to fire, and the paint shell hit the Tiger at close range, eliminating it and splattering the girls inside.
• Fang Zheng laughed at the paint-covered girls and backed Hetzer away, while Shen Xiyao promised to take revenge on him.

Fang Zheng won the tank battle tournament with Hetzer through deception and tactical play, leaving the other players furious. After claiming the championship and Taisha Biao’s desired limited-edition figurine, he defended his tactics before the crowd.

• Fang Zheng emerged after touring the battlefield and helped Qin Momo defeat the few tanks still standing.
• Fang Zheng’s Hetzer won the championship, and Taisha Biao received her limited-edition figurine.
• The defeated players left the competition grounds battered and dejected while the fans outside celebrated Fang Zheng’s victory.
• Fang Zheng thanked the players for supposedly presenting him with the championship, drawing angry protests over his promised IS-2 and his use of Hetzer.
• Fang Zheng dismissed accusations of cheating, argued that all was fair in war, and said he had taught the players to rely on tactics rather than brute force.

After leaving the tank battle arena as its unexpected champion, Fang Zheng left Tian Zhiwei furious and Shen Xiyao with ruined cosplay makeup. Shen Xiyao invited Tian Zhiwei to help with her livestream, and the two headed off to eat before visiting the “Plastic Memories” theme park.

• Fang Zheng announced he was done for the day and left the tank battle arena, while the players complained that his appearance had spoiled their fun.
• Tian Zhiwei vowed to get revenge on Fang Zheng, and Shen Xiyao lamented that his paint had ruined her makeup.
• Shen Xiyao invited Tian Zhiwei to work as her livestream assistant, and Tian Zhiwei agreed.
• Shen Xiyao and Tian Zhiwei left the crowded Tank Battle Base and checked the Anime Carnival guide.
• Shen Xiyao decided they would eat first and then visit the “Plastic Memories” theme park.