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Silbern Royal Quarters (Dining Room)

"This is delicious, just like I remember it!" Yuzu said in joy.

"I'm glad you liked it." Masaki smiled contently.

Masaki had ordered the chef to take a break since she wanted to make food for both her daughters herself, primarily because it had been so long since she had last done it, usually the chefs did the food and the servants prepared everything, in this case however Masaki decided to do it herself, as she just wanted to feel the feeling of making food for her daughters again.

Miyako was also present, though Bambietta, Sabrina and the chancellors alongside Keigo and Mizuiro decided to eat outside due to the sunny weather, aswell as Sabrina also indicated she wanted to play outside aswell, in which they did so on the massive balcony on the top of the huge city sized tower, and it was a nice break for them.

"So Karin, how does your plans go?" Miyako asked gently.

"We found a field, you know those deserted fields in the city where there is nothing but dirt and grass?" Karin asked curiously.

"Ahh yes, those construction areas where nothing has happened yet?" Miyako asked.

"Yes, evidently one of those construction sides has been scrapped, all plans was stopped and eventually thrown away and now the department of construction is unsure of what to do with it, so I asked if I could use it, they agreed and then said they'll prepare a field." Karin said.

"That's great Karin-chan." Yuzu said beamingly.

"Yeah, I asked if we could turn it into a sports field and they are now considering converting it to it as nothing will be built there anyways, not unless Ichi-nii says so and overrule their decisions, regardless I told them to deliever a report on it and they did, so I think I'll deliever it to Ichi-nii and see if I can do more with the field." Karin stated in deep thought.

"We don't have a stadium in Silbern now do we?" Masaki asked.

"No we don't, we don't even have a proper sports field." Karin said with a sigh.

"Then speak with Onii-chan and see if you can't come up with something, maybe you can ask if it's possible to build a stadium?" Yuzu proposed.

"Hmm... Might not be such a bad idea but where will I even begin with that?" Karin sighed.

"If I recall correctly Ichigo has been speaking with this man... What was his name again?.. I don't remember! Anyways he was an architect that Ichigo spoke with a lot before if I recall correctly... Maybe Bambietta knows who I'm talking about!" Masaki said questionably.

"Permission to speak your royal highnesses." A servant said as he got their attention.

"Of course!" Masaki said as she wondered what the servant had to say.

"The man you are referring to is named Adalons Brunkoir, he is the chief architect of the ministry of labor, he designed the interior of this very castle and each and every room in the tower in detail before we redecorated and rebuilt it to the way it is today, while the outside of the tower looks the same it's interior is much more different then what it once was, he even built a small scale model of the city and oversaw the reconstruction of Silbern city personally, he is also the one responsible for making the Floriance memorial which will be raised once every body is identified, which is still under going." The servant said.

"Yes, that's the one I spoke about, thank you." Masaki said as the servant nodded respectfully.

The Kurosaki's and Miyako noticed a change in the royal guards present in the room, as they began to look towards the servants, and from how they held their goggles it was obvious that a radio message was being transmitted through their ear piece in the goggles, though they couldn't hear the message, they did notice that something was off, until a guard, who according to his rank insignia was a soldat 3 spoke.

"Your royal highnesses please come here! Servants stay where you are!" The guardsman said as they all unsheathed their swords and some rapidly manifested rifles.

They were all curious but the Kurosaki's and Miyako did as requested by the guards, as the rifle guardsmen aimed right at the servants, ordering them to stay where they are, the doors rapidly opened and royal guardsmen swarmed in rapidly with either swords or rifles, showing immense hostility towards the servants which made Masaki and Miyako a bit concerned, though Yuzu was visibly terrified and Karin was stunned.

"What's the meaning of this?" Masaki asked suspiciously.

"By orders of his majesty, both Kinliels are to be arrested!" An officer from the K.G with the rank of captain said as he entered the room with the A.N.U.

"What? Why?" Yuzu asked curiously.

The captain only looked at the two siblings before looking at Masaki again, and Masaki took the hint.

"I will speak with the captain in private, you two stay here." Masaki said as she went with the captain.

After a short walk away from earshot they began to talk lowly, the captain told Masaki what he had heard and the evidence Ichigo and Isshin had, something that greatly terrified Masaki as she realized her daughters had been threatened without anyone knowing until now.

"What!? I thought it was your job to protect them!" Masaki said lowly.

"It is, but the servants have access to them at any time! His majesty has ordered additional security around you and the rest of his family along with the Basterbines! Two guards will be stationed outside their bedroom door at all times and the servants monitored from now on when in close proximity! We will also do another background check on the servants in even more detail!" The captain replied.

"Good... So what will happen to them?" Masaki asked.

"They will be interrogated by the A.N.U, and the incident will be investigated as the A.N.U have recieved a copy of the photograph, if we find any evidence of any crime we will send them to the supreme court for trial!" The captain responded.

"I see, good! What about the major?" Masaki asked.

"He has been sentenced to death by his majesty! His execution will be any minute now." The captain responded.

"I see! What will the punishment be if they are found guilty?" Masaki asked.

"If they did commit to these acts then it is a level one felony, namely life imprisonment to the death penalty! Due to the seriousness of the situation I presume the latter!" The captain responded.

"I see... Well hand them over to the A.N.U then." Masaki responded.

"Yes your royal highness!" The captain replied as he ordered them transfered away as Masaki went towards her daughters.

"What's going on mom?" Karin asked.

"No need to worry about that, just let the soldiers do their jobs alright, and we can continue eating." Masaki replied as she noticed the two servants being dragged out of the room by the K.G and A.N.U.

Karin was still suspicious but she figured that if her mother decided against saying anything it must've been for a reason so she didn't inquire any further.

Las Noches Fourth Trench

"Your majesty, we have arrested both Kinliels without problems!" A soldat informed Ichigo.

"Good!" Ichigo responded as he looked at Maxias, who was clearly angry at Ichigo by this point.

"Maxias Kinliel, you are sentenced to death by firing squad! The execution will take place within one hour! Take him away!" Ichigo said as the guards took Maxias away to a cell in the third trench.

As Ichigo looked at Maxias being forcibly dragged away, Ichigo was still concerned that there were others involved, but he had no choice but to trust his guardsmen! Ichigo felt unusually lucky though due to Maxias actually being stupid enough to brag about it, what it was with people that enjoyed bragging about stuff they should keep quiet about Ichigo really didn't know, but he was content with the fact that Maxias had a big mouth.

After he had been dragged away Ichigo and Chad made their way outside, overlooking the entire battlefield! When Chad took a closer look he noticed that Ichigo had positioned his forces in a U shape manner, leaving the front, left and right side of the fortress besieged but their rear completely open, giving the Dominion a position where they could attempt to make a break for it, so Chad decided to point it out.

"I know, that was intentional! According to intelligence they have only one entrance and exit, and while that does provide a benefit as a besieging force can only enter at one point, effectively creating a killing field, it also means that they cannot leave the fortress! If they notice that gap we're hoping they'll make a break for it and effectively enter the open field from the front gate, where they'll step into our kill-zone but that seems distant right now." Ichigo pointed out.

"I see, clever!" Chad pointed out.

"Listen, I'm sorry if you are upset about me not bringing you! I just didn't want to force anything on to you and wanted you to make your own decision!" Ichigo said apologetically.

"I know, I read the letter! At first I didn't understand why you kept me at Silbern but now I understand, you didn't want me to feel forced into something and took my feelings into consideration! In which I am glad! But I also want you to know that I will always have your back!" Chad said with a thumbs up, leaving Ichigo to smile for a bit.

Ichigo decided to look around and noticed the autoballistas being placed all across their lines, there weren't many but many enough to wreak havoc on the Dominion flyers if they were effective! Ichigo was all too aware of the autoballista, as it was originally made for the navy to give them some more firepower, but it was eventually decided that the autoballista would also be a part of the Silbern defence network in case of an invasion!

Ichigo then looked back and tried to see the artillery trench, which was quite far behind, but he didn't see it clearly, but he did see the smoke from the guns! It was just a matter of time until those flyers came again, and then Erwig will have another thing to dissect since Ichigo want answers on what those things are made off.

Seeing the fortress being bombarded made Ichigo wonder what was going on in the heads of the fullbringers, if anything the mass bombardment by artillery should have a drastic demoralizing effect, especially if they are feeling helpless, Ichigo hoped that Chad knew how to command armies, and that he had picked up a few tricks along the way, for Ichigo knew all to well that he had more then one front line to worry about.

"There are also good news from Silbern." Chad pointed out as he got Ichigo's attention.

"What's the latest?" Ichigo asked.

"Hundreds of transport ships appeared this morning, massive ones, factories have been working overtime to make the needed resources for the war! Crosses, food, water, medical stuff, clothing, everything! It is being unloaded right now, and this is just the first shipment! You can forget the low time limit and extend this siege drastically, even if they cannot send resources right now we will get a supply run before the time limit is up!" Chad replied, leaving Ichigo overjoyed.

"I knew it! I knew that using new types of ships in the maritime sector proved beneficial!" Ichigo said pridefully.

Chad only chuckled, he knew that Ichigo wanted a more modern maritime sector then the Soul Society had, using motorized ships which was faster and could carry more weight and materials across the empire, Uryu had intently supported that idea, while Bambietta and the rest of the chancellors were puzzled since they were used to wooden sail ships themselves, regardless it didn't take too long for them to see the benefit, and once again Ichigo could reap what he sowed pridefully.

"That was just the first wave of materials, there is more coming in, and lots of it too!" Chad said with a smile.

"Well, even if that is the case and it is good news without a doubt! We still have a time limit, it is just a matter of time until the Dominion regains their capabilities to attack, and we want to attack first and place them on the defensive! We do have a front line in the world of the living, those bastards are still in japan!" Ichigo said with venom in his tone.

"With the new resources the stormtroopers of the sturmarmee and Hunters from the Jagdarmee can easily be diverted from Karakura town to handle them along with some reinforcements from Silbern." Chad replied.

"True, Theun ane Emmerich should be able to handle the situation easily, where are they located anyways?" Ichigo asked curiously.

"Mutsu forest, close to lake Usori, you know the one with the temple?" Chad replied.

"Yeah I've heard about it, the Osore-zan Bodai-ji Temple." Ichigo replied.

"Yeah, three kilometers south-west of there." Chad replied as he took out several papers, all of them maps, which made Ichigo sweatdrop.

"Hey... That's a lot of maps Chad..." Ichigo replied dumbfounded.

One was of Europe, another of Asia, one of Japan, one of northern America, one of Australia, one of Eurasia, one of Africa and lastly one of Russia! Eventually he found the one of Japan, and then he pointed towards the right position.

"By my calculations it would be right there." Chad said as he pointed at the map.

"Close to the mountain top at Ominato." Ichigo responded as he looked at the map.

"Yup." Was the only thing that Chad replied.

"How many?" Ichigo asked.

"They suspect about 40 to 90.000" Chad replied as Ichigo's eyes nearly bulged out.

"WHAT!? That many!? Is the counting wrong or something!?" Ichigo asked in shock

"Nope, the counting is accurate and they weren't reinforced! You are forgetting the basic thing about fullbringers Ichigo! What happened to Ginjo Kugo when you killed him?" Chad asked as Ichigo realized what had happened.

"Oh you gotta be fucking kidding me!" Ichigo said in defeat.

"Nope... Some just refused to go to the afterlife and keeps fighting! The soldiers that were alive were the size of a platoon that is true, however we didn't consider the souls of the fullbringers, since it's in the world of the living they are in their human bodies so if they die their souls will be seperated!" Chad explained, though Ichigo knew that he just didn't consider it.

"So in the world of the living they basically have twice the army size then it appears then... Great... Just fantastic! One more reason why we should keep it in the spiri... Does that also apply for the Dominion homeworld?.." Ichigo asked suspiciously.

"Erwig doesn't think so." Chad replied.

"He doesn't think so or he knows so?..." Ichigo asked carefully.

"He doesn't think so." Chad replied as Ichigo sighed.

"Great... So we have to assume we will have to kill the same soldier twice then... Marvelous! Just fantastic!" Ichigo replied deeply annoyed.

Chad didn't answer, he knew that this was going to annoy Ichigo, who wouldn't get annoyed? It was like a second invisible army! If it happened in the Dominion homeworld then it is going to be a problem as the war will become harder, they might use that second army to defend their last stronghold aswell if the Quincies gain enough ground to push them to the brink of defeat.

Though they didn't have much choice but to defeat the Dominion so if wasn't really a word in their vocabulary when it came to the Dominion, if they didn't defeat them then who knows what will happen to the worlds! They'll exterminate the Quincy race and the Shinigami aswell, which is kinda problematic, and they couldn't allow it to happen either! This wasn't just a regular war, this was a war of survival!

"You came mechanized?" Ichigo asked as he looked at the convoy Chad came with.

"Yeah, though this is all we got." Chad replied.

"I see... I really don't like cavalry in warfare... Mechanized has proved it's value time and time again! Vehicles are faster and stronger, allowing our troops to get from one point to another quickly, though they won't have any use in the world of the living in terms of protection, atleast not our battlefield vehicles and such, or any value against captain or high officer level combatants since they might just slice them into two with ease, they can offer protection against the common weaker infantry, though the transport and utility vehicles do possess some value behind friendly lines." Ichigo replied with a sigh.

"Is that why you made these? They're not armed, just armored." Chad asked as he pointed at the combat vehicles.

Indeed, Ichigo has seen how warfare has developed over the years, and the true value of mechanized units, they're faster and if used in the same principle as their navy by coating their steel platings with reishi, can offer quite the decent protection for infantry riding in the back, whilst also having a vehicle stronger then horses, allowing it to carry more, while horses was still the backbone of the empire in civilian use, vehicles would be the backbone of the army, once they got enough of them that is.

It wasn't a secret that the Wandenreich aimed for a mechanized military, Ichigo had planned for it all along. Although the vehicles did rely heavily on fuel to continue, that wasn't much of a problem as they had already developed protocols to ensure that the supply lines lasts. Though Hirenkyaku was always faster few soldiers knew how to use it except the sturmarmee and was relying heavily on transports for fast mobility.

The idea was given to Ichigo when he learned about Hisagi's motorcycle, as he used it for easier transportation, allowing him to rest while driving comfortably around while writing for his news paper.

It also provided the Quincy army with many more benefits, as the soldiers could rest while riding it, and the vehicle itself didn't need to rest unlike animals did, it had better maneuverability in terms of movement, since they could reverse or drive more accurately inside tight spaces, unlike horses that was quite difficult to reverse accordingly as they needed to push the carts backwards after freeing the horse, where it might risk running away in the midst of battle out of fear or go whereever it pleases.

Horses couldn't be trained to use the Quincy abilities, and even if they could've been it would be very difficult to train them and more expensive then actually buying a brand new vehicle, only to have the horse come out with a bare minimum level of reiatsu, which would still make it useless in the battlefield, it also required rest, which could slow an entire military advance aswell, and since it was easily killed it unnecessarily endangered the soldier riding it, needless to say, even dogs were far better then horses since they could be trained with a higher amount of reiatsu then horses as they usually sought combat unlike horses, making them better to use aswell as vehicles.

The armored transports had a unique design, and was identical to the german . 251 half-track, also known as the battle ambulance which was only used for medical purposes as the tracks allowed the vehicle to drive over dirt, and would easily replace the stretcher bearers and it could carry more if soldiers were placed on the seat or floor, unlike it's real counterpart it actually had an enclosed roof for maximum protection as this one was armored and designed to transport and secure the safety of wounded soldiers as it drove away from the battlefield.

The Quincies built two versions of the halftrack, one was the armored medical transport, another was a flatbed halftrack, in which the weapon crates could be manifested by attaching it to a rod which caused the weapon to attach itself to the flatbed, allowing them to manifest a howitzer or a autoballista on the flatbed of the halftrack, though it was only good behind their own lines, and it was ill-advised to use them to advance with the infantry as a powerful opponent could easily destroy it, but it did make their artillery and autoballista more mobile in case of a counter artillery barrage.

The same can be said for their regular transports aswell, though they were unarmored and only served logistical and utility purposes, they had one specific truck for that, a truck similar to the american M35 truck of different variants, each serving their own purpose, one was a transport of materials and troops, capable of carrying a lot of cargo and up to 24 soldiers, or namely two squads of soldiers.

Another was a tank truck, carrying a tank that could contain liquids in it, usually fuel for the vehicles or water for the army, since flamethrower fuel was incompatible with the engines since the research division already tried that which lead to the engine of course glowing red and blue, before it burned up, which spread to the truck and then later the building which then burned down, as the fire brigade had to use reishi powder to extinguish the reishi flames.

They used special devices to make the fuel, as their fuel was more identical to diesel then petrol, the process was to use reishi and then transform it into fuel, which was done in mass, even the ships consumed fuel in order to function, ensuring that the empire needed fuel but found a more efficient way to use reishi rather then to use regular materials, as a result massive factories that was owned by the military was built that had these transformers, which was massive in size due to all the machinery needed.

and the Quincies were good at recycling aswell as the exhaust, though black was only heated reishi, when the fuel was consumed it turned into heated reishi, making it renewable without causing a health hazard.

Whilst their navy did have massive tanks containing millions upon millions of liters of fuel, they also had supply ships that was designed to refit and resupply their navy at sea, since they didn't need ammunition storages due to reishi those room were made into a tank extension or store room in each ship, containing either fuel or necessities to keep alive at sea.

The castle tower possessed several transformers inside of it, which wasn't much of a secret, as the tower was the reason why Silbern harbor had so much fuel, even though it had to be manually sent down since they didn't want to risk sabotage, so they never connected the tower to the tanks using underground pipelines for safety reasons, if a tank exploded and a fire was present then it would spread through the pipes and into the tower, making the transformer explode due to the fuel inside and thus causing a fire inside the castle tower, so it was for safety reasons.

The H.E.C.D used the tank truck a lot, since those trucks carried decontamination liquids which they needed in order to decontaminate a hazardous area.

The H.E.C.D also used a special transport truck with a specially built sealed container, where they put hazardous materials inside, and then sealed it, effectively allowing them to transport the materials without worry of contamination or leaks as the container held it all inside, ensuring the public safety, their safety and the safety of the environment.

Another truck was the semi, which carried large trailers or the QSR-5 monitor trailer, allowing for the rapid transport of the radar system, and some trailers for the transport of supplies in larger quantities then the transport truck could carry, though mostly used by the H.E.C.D for now it wouldn't be uncommon for the military to use them either when every military units had access to them.

Then we had the ambulance trucks, though this one only had wheels and not tracks, and weren't armored, and could carry less then the half track since it was technically a hospital on wheels unlike the half-track where it was only made to rapidly transport wounded soldiers, it could carry two people while attending them, and it was highly recommended to keep this vehicle from the front lines along with all the other vehicles except the two half-track types.

Though the military weren't the only ones in the Wandenreich using vehicles, as the emergency services did so aswell, though the police also had horses, emergency vehicles were faster and had a lot more space to transport police officers or criminals, the fire brigade actually used fire truck to allow them to transport a lot of water or chemicals needed to fight fires and the paramedics used ambulances, though all of them were German brands, namely Mercedes, which surprisingly were quite modern and attached with hi-lo sirens and blue flashing lights that was used in emergencies.

Though they only ordered a few vehicles they later copied them and redesigned the engines to function better with reishi fuel as reishi fuel was more powerful, allowing them to build more which was given to the emergency services and the military aswell as the crown and state, in which the state and crowns vehicles were specially built to be armored and to protect the inhabitants against an attack should it ever happen.

Though Ichigo had horses and carriages aswell they were mostly used for formal appearances when it was deemed necessary, Ichigo did possess atleast five cars when he went to the Soul Society but saw it respectless to use that to get there faster when he could always be besides the shinigami nobles he had built a relationship with, he didn't want them to think he was ignoring them either, and the Soul Society didn't really have good roads to use them on either so a horse and carriage was better.

Furthermore in his free time he prefered to walk amongst the public and make a public appearance, and only used his vehicles for long distances, which he hasn't had yet so he has never used a car, and if he was in a rush he would just flash there anyways rather then spending time sitting in a car and risk being late.

But the main problem for the military was that their vehicles were rare, in terms of vehicles the emergency services had the priority, and now the size of the Quincy army had taken it's toll, as they tried to supply as many vehicles to the units as possible, though the special forces were prioritized, namely the Sturmarmee, K.G, Jagdarmee, Silbern Guard and the H.E.C.D!

The Sturmarmee would recieve vehicles so their soldiers could rest before storming their enemies with Hirenkyaku, effectively saving up their strength and energy for the battle ahead, the Jagdarmee would recieve theirs since they had a variety of troops, some capable of Hirenkyaku and some didn't, and they also had a lot of stuff that needed carrying around as they might have a massive search field, and they needed a base of operations and resources.

The K.G, S.G and H.E.C.D however had already recieved their vehicles, the K.G used it mostly for escorts and carrying around troops to secure an area before a royal visit, aswell as transport trucks to carry the stuff of the royal family, though the servants handled their stuff, they still used military trucks for transport, the H.E.C.D is attached to their builders, aswell as for hazmat reasons so that's their story, while the S.G used theirs to assist in the defence of Silbern and help prepare defences.

If there was one thing these vehicles did have in common was their black, blue and white camouflage, along with the silver cross in a white circle on the vehicle which was usually on the doors and the hood aswell as the back of the vehicle, unless it was a military ambulance, then it just had the camouflage and a red cross on a white field on it instead to signal ambulance and medics.

The navy however was already mechanized but they used ships and not land based vehicles, if they did it was only an amphibious landing craft for amphibious military operations, allowing them to land troops on beaches and so on with rapid speed, making them harder to hit with defensive weapons.

Another benefit that was to be pointed out was the benefit of having the capability to move forces large distances where they are unable to use the schatten for whatever reason, while the Quincies were well capable of using their shadows to travel around the Wandenreich, any other world could potentially be a different story, they couldn't use the schatten as a source of transport in the Soul Society anymore since the Wandenreich moved without using a gate of the sun and that was only for interworld travel.

The world of the living had the same exception, exception unless they actually made a sub-world in the shadows, which was extremly hard in the world of the living, though they could use the schatten as a transport measure in the realm of the from point A to B, it wasn't advised due to the possibility of accidently merging with another being or object, armies that used the schatten that way without using a gate of the sun as a exit point even for travel inside the realm at large numbers could potentially merge with a wall or another person, usually resulting in death, as a result the schatten transportation internally in the Wandenreich was highly regulated and monitored by law.

And when it came to the chain of supplies there were two methods of resupplying the army, one was the gateway supply method where they used a gateway to the realm they belonged, like the Shinigami would use the Senkaimon and the Dangai while the Quincies used the gate of the sun and the schatten, but that had it's flaws as it was a double edged sword, you could not use that method in a battlefield due to the risk of having enemies enter.

Another was the supply line where they sent supplies through the gateways in safe zones far behind their own lines, and then used transports either by carriages, vehicles or ships to transport it safely to their own lines, in which case the further behind the gate was the better and easier it was to keep their own world safe while they resupplied the armies on the battlefield.

Having vehicles that was faster, had a longer range and could carry more meant that they could increase the size of their area of operations without having to move the gateway, ensuring a safe supply operation, without supplies the army would starve to death, so that wasn't really an option for Ichigo if he wanted to win this war.

And if a senkaimon or schatten is unable to open in specific zones, their chain of supply would be cut off, and by having vehicles that was faster and had a longer range without the need to rest, could give a certain assurance that their supply lines would be well maintained, unlike the Soul Society that did take massive risks by maintaining their edo traditions.

Ichigo knew all to well that in order to fight a war, supply lines MUST be maintained, it doesn't matter if it's a war between humans or spiritual beings, the point remains that without supply lines their army would fall on the front lines due to exhaustion and starvation, if it wasn't winter and they froze to death due to the lack of clothing which could have been recieved through supply lines, so a supply line was necessary, and vehicles would help a lot in that regard due to their speed and strength.

Especially in the Dominion homeworld, if they were able to reach opposite japan and secure it they would use it as their base of operations, transporting supplies there and keeping the gate of the suns there and use it as a supply storage as supply ships can easily transport supplies if the navy can achieve naval superiority and escort for the supply and transport ships.

Japan also had certain benefits as it was an island, making it easier to protect using coastal batteries and emplacements and having naval patrols out, though Ichigo knew that the supply chain would be long, as the Quincies aims for the opposite world of the European continent, as intelligence has pointed out that the majority of the fullbringers are located there and probably Gabrin too but Gabrin was just a guess by the O.D.K.

That's why the vehicles were so important for the Quincies, Erwig and Kisuke has concluded that the only way into the Dominion was through a spiritual enriched zone, which made Karakura town even more important and it's defence was now the top priority of the O.D.K, however it had an exception, two gate of the suns aiming a gateway towards eachother could make a schatten gateway into the Dominion homeworld.

The Shinigami was also unable to open up a senkaimon towards the realm, they've tried that already and it didn't work, so the 12th division had to use a garganta through Karakura town, since the schatten could make sure they lost troops as they got lost inside of the schatten, which was an unnecessary sacrifice, so Karakura town would be a strategically vital point throughout the war.

Teleportation was another possibility for resources but could only be done in small quantities, not enough to sustain their invasion force, and the amount of devices they had was extremly limited as the device was difficult to make,

"How many do we have availeble?" Ichigo finally asked.

"Not many, they are prioritizing the army groups that will assault the Dominion but it will take some time!" Chad replied.

"How long?" Ichigo asked.

"If we're lucky... It's gonna be close!" Was all that Chad replied.

Ichigo knew that Chad was refering to the timelimit on when the Dominion could attack, and it did bother Ichigo massively, but if they were able to ensure that their invading army became mechanized the benefits would be higher then the negative, if they were unable to do so then they'd still have a lot of mechanized units regardless, so they had to wait even more.

In truth the military plan was long term and the mechanization of the army was to be done over time but then war broke out, and when it did they had barely started mechanizing the H.E.C.D and the K.G, so production was put on full speed, lucky for Ichigo however the industrial capacity of the Wandenreich was massive, the Quincies specialized in manipulating reishi, which ensured that building and creating was easy and fast.

"I see..." Ichigo replied a bit disappointed.

"Anyways, a field ambulance is on the spot of sternritter M, evidently he is conducting surgery." Chad pointed out.

"I know, he is soon finished with his surgery... I'm curious as to what that soldat has to report..." Ichigo said though he knew it wouldn't be good.

"I know." Chad replied, getting only a small glance from Ichigo.

"Anyways, I'm putting you in charge of the rear guard, the mechanized units have no use here right now, so use them for combat patrols, there are small pockets of enemies behind our lines that I want cleared out by tonight, tomorrow we assault the fortress and end this!" Ichigo replied as Chad gave a thumbs up and went to the rear guard.

Las Noches Octava Palace

***H.E.C.D Hueco Mundo Battalion, E Company 3rd platoon Alpha Squad***

Erwig, having created a temporary battalion nicknamed the Hueco Mundo Battalion which consisted of 800 soldiers from the H.E.C.D, with 10 companies, each consisting of 80 men, where platoons, squads, and fireteams were randomly created and never permanent based on their needs in case they need to dispatch some soldiers to assist or to commit themselves to combat patrols or searches.

Mostly they transport materials back to Silbern, but they had a job of finding Szayel Apporo Granz's labs, and now the soldiers of E company is confident they are heading somewhere of high relevance, though they were cautious and never entered without taking every hazmat precaution, ensuring that their suits were fully sealed and that their detection equipment was fully functional.

A small squad were now searcing for the labs, hoping to find something though they had a feeling that Mayuri had taken everything from here since the reports clearly stated that it has been rebuilt from ruins, even though the reports were half wrong since it was still being repaired, atleast on the top part of the palace. And that was ground enough for them to warrant and investigation into the palace, though they had reported it in prior and was still awaiting backup, they decided to search it rather then to waste time.

"Hey, when will our backup arrive anyways?" A soldat asked.

"It will arrive soon, they're sending someone from the front and hopefully someone else from our unit later." A sergeant replied.

"The front? I thought they'd only send hazmat teams?" A soldat asked.

"Yeah well hazmat backup is taking too long, unless it is an hazmat alert other squads from our company and platoon will search their sectors and won't be able to assist before they are done with that." The sergeant replied.

"There is a closer team isn't there sarge?" The soldat asked.

"Yeah, there is, but they are busy cleaning up after the massacre in the primera palace!" The sergeant replied.

"Damn fullbringers... Should've exterminated them all!" A soldat said.

"That's going a bit too far isn't it?.." Another soldat asked.

"Not really considering what they just did!" The soldat replied.

"Shut it soldat! We're not blaming everyone for the actions of a few! If we do then we are no better then them so save it for Gabrin!" The sergeant replied sternly.

"Shutting up sarge!" The soldat replied.

After going through the palace for a while searching for anything they could find they did find something in a specific room and noticed that the Quincies weren't the only ones mechanized, much to their dismay, though it did answer the question how they were able to evacuate Tokyo without opening a garganta, aswell as their trench network when they evacuated to the fortress.

They found trucks, transports to be precise, similar to a ZIS-5 truck, whilst it was true that armored vehicles held no value in the world of the living, transport and utility trucks could be valuable in terms of logistics, supplies and troop transports, though the Quincies could make platforms to drive the vehicles on in the air, ensuring they could just drive over forests and everything like it was a normal road.

If not they had a device to make a massive platform and cover it in a cloud like smoke and hide their presence, just like the Soul Society did when they transported the king's seal before the convoy was attacked and the seal stolen, the device was usually handy for massive convoys but the Quincies has never used it, not even once.

Regardless they decided to inspect the trucks and noticed they were empty, nothing in them at all, eventually they just figured it was abandoned in the chaos of the evacuation, though that didn't make sense as they couldn't figure out why they wanted to leave their quickest mode of transportation behind unless they were able to use some sort of flash ability that allowed them rapid movement like the elites and the sturmarmee.

But the fact that fullbringers alone were able to use such abilities were unheard of! True they could leap from building to building in the world of the living, and from the looks of things from Chad and Inoue, while their fullbring originally came from Ichigo, that ability had to be learned and didn't come naturally like it did for an echt Quincy, though gemischt had to train for it, echt learned it by instinct and gemischt had to train for it.

Eventually a soldat opened the fuel tank and measured it using his detection device on his vest by attaching a sensor to it, after a few seconds it got the results they wanted.

"It's normal gasoline converted into reishi, it's signature has a trace of the living world sarge!" The soldat said as he looked at the device readings.

"I see, they're using resources from the world of the living! But if they are filled why are they here?" The sergeant asked confused as they started to report in their findings.

"Alright let's look around and see what we can find!" The sergeant sternly ordered as they decided to keep their weapons at the ready just in case.

After walking further into the palace as they were searching for a few minutes their devices started to beep and flash red! The device had two alert lights that could flash, orange to alert them to keep their masks on and be weary filters are safe to use, and red which was danger, which meant hazardous environment! Shut the filters off and use oxygen instead!

They didn't need to be told twice as they quickly turned the knob on their masks, and then read their devices, however the composition in the air was unknown and the device could not say anything on it as no information had been stored prior, which meant that they were now walking into an unknown hazardous environment.

They already knew that their suits were sealed, but they were still extremly careful, having an alert was never pleasant for anyone, if anything nervousness was running free, they kept walking for another six minutes until they started to hear voices, which made them brace for hazardous environmental combat, mentally it was hard for them to prepare but they had been trained for this, so they could do it!

After scanning their sectors, they eventually found a room, or a lab to be more precise! And what was going on was sinister, several captured Shinigami and Quincies were locked up in glass like cages, the Dominion didn't wear any hazmat suits at all but they did carry masks, with a hose from an oxygen tank, giving the impression that whatever they were doing, it was dangerous for them aswell!

But what greatly alarmed the H.E.C.D soldiers was that there wasn't just soldiers, there were Quincies in civilian attires, which was greatly distressed, men, women and children alike, the soldiers still carried their masks but seemed to be stripped of their crosses, effectively disarming them! The Shinigami also had a lack of zanpakutos, and which division they belonged to was currently unknown.

They looked closer into the room and noticed a Quincy soldat alongside a man, strapped to a special gourney, bound tightly with a special chain, whether it was a fullbringers ability or not was yet uncertain, the soldat and man was obviously distressed and the H.E.C.D troops didn't know what would happen next, but they did notice the fullbringers taking out a vial containing something, but what it was they didn't know, regardless the conclusion was that it was the same thing that made their devices give out an alert.

Once they opened it a fume came out, the man spat out something white but nothing else seemed to happen, until he became pale and showed signs of becoming seriously ill, a mother and a child screamed out in horror, though the child screamed daddy, which led to the conclusion that the man was the childs father, the soldat followed a bit later as the mask temporarily protected him but the fume eventually got through the filter.

The soldat began to choke on the white liquid inside his mask as it became filled with it, and because of the mask he was in worse shape as he was unable to take it off due to him being tied down to the gourney, surrounded by fullbringers attached with staves and swords, though the room was filled with soldiers!

"Alright, so the fumes can go through the mask! His grace will be happy to know that." A fullbringer said content as he wrote it down on a piece of paper.

"They seem more resilient?" Another fullbringer asked.

"It must be because of their connection to that Kurosaki brat, his shinigami side has probably stabilized their souls a bit more." The fullbringer concluded.

"Regardless they will die from this?" An officer asked.

"Yes, they will over time!" The fullbringer concluded.

"Should we take that brat next?" A fullbringer asked as he pointed to some of the children, the child of the victim in particular.

"Yeah he screams so much it's annoying!" The fullbringer said as he looked at the kid and the mother.

The mother quickly grabbed her child, begging them to stop as several Dominion soldiers approached, which alerted the Quincies, some soldiers tried to scream from their glass cages to no avail, the H.E.C.D decided to act rapidly!

"Command this is E.C 3A, we have a hazmat alert 4! Repeat alert four! We have several hostiles in the sector! Friendlies have been observed captured and are being experimented on alongside civilians! Where the hell is our back-up!?" The sergeants said sternly into the radio.

"Copy that E.C 3 Alpha! Hazmat alert four acknowledged! Back-up is there soon, 20 minutes out! Hold fast until reinforcements arrive!" Command replied.

The sergeant grunted as the fullbringers were about to open to glass cage and realized he had to act fast, he looked around and noticed several points which could give them the advantage they needed.

"Command we can't wait that long! They're taking a child as an experiment! We're moving in now!" The sergeant said into the radio.

"Negative alpha squad, hold your ground and await reinforcements!" Command replied.

"Alright, you two get to the top over there, use the stairs! Use the ginrei kojaku and pin the bastards! The rest of us we're assaulting over here so fix your bayonetes! We'll take those guys as prisoners since they appear unarmed! Double time it!" The sergeant said as his men quickly nodded and put on their bayonetes on their rifles as the two others tried to get the high ground quickly!

"Alpha three respond!" Command said.

After the troops was in position the child was halfways to the gourney, the mother had been violently pushed back, it was evident that the child had trouble breathing, but after seeing vents in the roof the sergeant concluded that the fumes probably blew away, aswell as the open area probably scattered it all around, leaving only a small dosage left, the father while extremly weak tried to scream at the fullbringers to let his child go!

"Alpha three come in!" Command replied.

"All companies be advised, we have a hazmat alert four in sector 241, civilians and friendlies are reported in the sector and experimentations have been reported! All companies respond immediately and reinforce! Prepare for potential hostages aswell!" Surprisingly it was the major that relayed the order.

Just as the child was being strapped on the gourney which the soldat laid on, who was now still choking on the ground and the fullbringers prepared a vial, The sergeant gave the order as he screamed the song Strength save the king! Which was one of the two anthems of Ichigo himself, one was the Königgrätzer Marsch which usually played when he appeared in public, and the Strength save the king was played when he did something special during the event or when he left, a song his entire squad decided to sing along with as they killed fullbringers!

The song was the usual royal anthem for many royals, originially from the god save the queen/king from the united kingdom, but since Ichigo was a god already it was a bit wrong to use the word god save the king in the song, so they decided to use Ichigo's immense power in the song instead and changed god with strength, since he was the Quincy king and emperor of the Wandenreich.

Highly confused by the loud voice the fullbringers turned around and noticed the Quincies but had no time to react before the Quincies drew first blood, as several fullbringers rapidly fell, the sergeant aimed at the oxygen tank a soldier had which blew up once damaged, severely injuring the soldier.

A soldat shot straight between the eyes of another soldier, making his skull explode due to the reishi shrapnel caused by the rifles, Another soldat shot straight at the leg of another soldier, nearly making it fall off as the reishi shrapnel cut through almost everything in the leg.

Just as the soldiers were about to fire their staves and some unsheathed their swords aswell as reinforcements the sergeant didn't see, the ginrei kojakus opened fire, shredding their reinforcements under a rain of arrows, leaving the fullbringers a bit confused as they looked up, before looking at their assistance which was brutally dismembered by the sheer amount of arrows as body parts and organs flew everything and the floor was covered in blood, enough to start filling a pool, that's how much blood filled the floor!

Now in close quarter combat the riflemen was happy they had already fixed bayonetes, as they used their rifles as spears, stabbing and parrying incoming sword strikes, the sergeant parried one himself before turning 360 degrees, throwing the blade away and when he finished the turn the force and speed of his body thrust the bayonet in the fullbringers chest, piercing his lung and heart brutally!

He noticed one of his own men having trouble with a melee combatant, and fired his rifle and hit the soldier in the ass in hopes of avoiding to hit his own soldat with shrapnel, which worked as the soldier recoiled back in pain and the soldat stabbed his bayonet into the chin and it came out through his skull, killing the brain!

Not once did they stop singing, and it did have an effect, as the fullbringers began to wonder whether they were crazy or not, which was demoralizing in itself, and very scary since they had no idea what they would do next! In actuality royalism was high in the Wandenreich, and if they were to die today, they atleast wanted to honor their emperor and Quincy king by atleast singing a song in his honor.

However they weren't fighting against regular soldiers, these were D.D paramilitary soldiers, which was easier to scare then regular soldiers! Two soldats charged towards the child who was on the gourney as the fullbringers which was obviously scientists quickly tried to tie the child up who screamed at them to stop!

Orders be damned, they made a bayonet charge! In which a few fullbringers facing them noticed and they quickly tried to flee, but there was no way out alive so they quickly backed up and held their hands up and surrendered! While the fullbringers with their backs towards the charging soldats, noticed that and quickly turned around and then was stabbed in the stomach!

Two researchers probably didn't matter, they could still captured the rest of them so they eventually sliced open their stomachs and barely avoided slicing the researchers besides them where they knocked them unconscious using their rifle stocks, and then they quickly and forcibly dragged of the mask of the choking soldat, who was barely conscious but could still be saved! After that the soldat noticed a soldier running towards them and he aimed his rifle and fired three shots into the chest of the fullbringer!

A soldat behind them held the rifle on the opposite end, trying not to stab himself with his bayonet as he used the stock of the rifle to bash a fullbringer lying on the ground, begging him to stop, which he didn't as he continued to smash and bash while singing until his skull was cracked open and he succumb to his injuries!

The sergeant kept stabbing a soldier which was clearly an officer, by this point the Dominion paramilitary soldiers decided to surrender but the H.E.C.D knew all to well who they were, and they were pissed, so they kept firing and mercilessly murdered them in cold blood! The officer begged for mercy as he was stabbed and close to puking blood!

The sergeant ignored it and kept stabbing him in non-lethal places, albeit very painful places, it kept going until the officer lost consciousness of bloodloss, in the cells Shinigamis cheered at the H.E.C.D while Quincy soldat sang the same song pridefully, the civilians however were horrified, covering the eyes of the children if they shared cell, and telling the children not to look.

The battle was over and the killing stopped, leaving few injured survivors, the dominion forces had been annhiliated, while the Quincies didn't have a single casualty, making it a massive success, the sergeant was sure that they had single handedly destroyed an entire company, if they hadn't had the ginrei kojaku things would have turned bad very quickly.

"Command, this is E.C 3A reporting in." The sergeant said into his radio.

"Alpha squad report! What the hell is going on down there!" The commander asked sternly.

"We are victorious, we have a lot of civilians here, we saved the child and I'm sure we just killed an entire company of fullbringers! No casualties on our end though the fullbringers are D.D, there are few survivors amongst them and we have captured a few fullbringer scientists, from the looks of it they are D.D aswell!" The sergeant replied into his radio.

"An entire company!?" The commander asked surprised.

"Yes sir! Looks that way! We need decontamination over here, we also have whatever they tried to use, requesting a transport to Silbern with the materials!" The sergeant replied.

"Alright you'll get it! Good job sergeant! I'll inform general Erwig and his majesty on your actions! Just hang tight until we get there! There might be more roaming around..." The commander replied.

"Affermative!" The sergeant replied into the radio.

"Alright, do not open the cages until we can get decon here! Backup is enroute! We will hold this position!" The sergeant said as they prepared defensive positions.

To be continued

A/N: Alright, I decided to make the Quincies mechanized, primarily out of the idea of Hisagi's motorcycle in CFYOW, but these are mostly transport, utility and support vehicles, as I've mentioned the Quincies does appear to be in the 1940's era, however, I also said that I wanted to keep them in a mediveal manner, so I will not be introducing combat vehicles as that would be too unrealistic for this story, I also explained why they wouldn't be an option as they could be easily destroyed by powerful combatants.

I hesitated just to mention them, but I also find it hard to see that the Quincies, who are in the 1940's era would use hand transports and Ichigo would allow his troops to be exhausted before they came into the battlefield, as it, strategically allows the troops to rest, allowing the troops to fight at full strength later, while also maintaining long and fast supply lines, and that is the only purpose, while also making artillery and auto-ballista more mobile so they will be harder to track and destroy, so no, there are no direct combat vehicles unless the enemy gets too close to them and they function best behind friendly lines rather then directly in the battlefield for mentioned reasons, so vehicles have practically no combat role and will only be on the sidelines and only used for transport and utility purposes.

The reason law-enforcement and emergency services in the story does possess modern vehicles are because they are supposed to have the best of the best in terms of civilian terms, be quick to respond, have space for equipment and confiscated stuff, and so on, and they are not a direct part of the story, and it's not like it's anything special about them except they are marked vehicles with sirens and flashing lights to give them space, I admit they are more modern then I wished for, however the vast majority of the Wandenreich still rely on horses, so you can actually say they are more like germany in 1930-1940's in a manner of speaking, namely a combination of mechanical and horses, again it is only for transport and utility purposes aswell as to have a place for their equipment that they cannot manifest or needs to have around.

I also apologize for the delay in releasing this chapter, as I've been very busy and will be busy for the next weeks, probably longer, but I will write when I have time and I will try to release weekly atleast, just probably not mondays like I've tried before.