As the match against St. Gloriana begins, Miho's team acts as a decoy to lure their opponents into an ambush, which fails because of the Ooarai teams' poor marksmanship and inexperience. Surrounded and taking heavy fire, Miho has the remaining Ooarai teams retreat into the downtown area. Using their familiarity with the town layout to stage further ambushes, the Ooarai teams manage to take out most of the St. Gloriana tanks, but eventually succumb to their opponents' superior firepower and armor. On their way home after the battle, the girls encounter Hana's mother, Yuri Isuzu, who does not take the news of her daughter's participation in tankery very well. Upon returning to school, Miho learns that the St. Gloriana commander, Darjeeling, has left her a parting gift, acknowledging her as a worthy opponent. Ooarai then enters the national tankery tournament, drawing Saunders University High School as their first-round opponent.