It was in 1943 that the Afrika Korps, Germany's elite units to help their Italian counter-parts, is on the defensive. After the serious defeat in El Alamein, they retreated towards Vichy-held Tunisia, but they have another thing to worry. The 'Torch' landings happened in 1942, in Algeria with a mix of American and British soldiers. Facing enormous odds, the Afrika Korps will stand against their attackers.
Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, commonly known as the Desert Fox, always lead his men wherever they go. The troops always needed him, and in due cases, they have enormous success on their belts. Now in the defensive, he must lead his troops not to be roped by the Allies. In his FOB(Forward Operation Base) in Tunisia, with his trusted Panzers and soldiers, they are discussing a possible way to get back into their initiative. However, Lt. Col. Bunsher Howel burst into the room.
"Generalfeldmarschall, Wir haben ein großer Wüste Sturm.(Field Marshal, we got a big desert storm.)" However, the Field Marshal was calm, and the Lt. Col. knew this expression enough. A desert storm will not hamper their operation, even if their Panzers got caught in it. The storm reached the FOB, and some men got into their Panzers for protection. Others got into the FOB Tent itself. When the storm ended, they are gone. Where did they go after the storm?
-Equestria-
The Mane 6, or known as the wielders of the Elements of Harmony, are having a beautiful picnic just in the outskirts of the Ponyville. Twilight Sparkle, the newly crowned princess of Equestria and her friends, Rainbow Dash, Rarity, Fluttershy, Applejack and Pinkie Pie are all enjoying themselves, even some relaxation.
"Hey girls! Who wants some of Sugarcube Corner's favorite cupcakes?" Pinkie asked her friends with a box of cupcakes.
"Hey I want some! Your cupcakes are awesome Pinkie!" Rainbow Dash replied.
"Now now girls. Don't get too excited about Pinkie's cupcakes you know." Twilight said with a chuckle. The Mane 6 get their respective cupcakes and eat them with so much delight. Suddenly, Fluttershy was staring at a single direction.
"Uhm...Fluttershy dear, what's bugging you in this day of relaxation." But Fluttershy did not utter a single word, only instead pointing a hoof at that direction. The other Mane 6 look at is and a massive sand storm was heading their way. The storm got to them 5 minutes later, but the Mane 6 was shielded by Twilight's shield spell and hid in a bush. When the storm was gone, the shield collapsed, revealing a something that the ponies never seen before.
'What the....' Twilight was loss in her words in her thoughts when she and her friends saw it. They saw a tent of some sorts, with some 'turtles' with 'sticks' poking out of the 'shells'. But what they saw even more astounds them. Coming out of the tent was a bipedal creature, with a black uniform, something around his neck, and a cap. More creatures got out the tent, with some coming out of the 'turtles'.
"Field Marshal, the storm had vanished, and we could.....Wait a minute! How could I speak English?!" The ponies heard one of them said.
"It is also mind-bogging that we could speak English, it doesn't matter. We should go back to our post and get the Panzers on their post, until I could form a plan." A series of 'Aye sir's' were heard from the beings with a salute, and they get to their 'posts'. The 'Field Marshal', and some of them move into the tent, while the others got into the 'turtles' and some roars were out. The 'turtles' moved, getting to their positions. The lead 'turtles' of each positions looked in some direction with something held in their deformed hooves.
'Who are they?' Twilight thought in her mind as the 'Field Marshal' with his races come out of the tent.
"Are you sure Rommel? Staying here would be suicide, with those British and Americans gonna kill us if they caught us."
"Don't worry Lt. Col. You know what the Afrika Korps is capable of."
"Of course Field Marshal." Twilight, unable to stand it any longer, wanted to stand up, but Rarity stopped her.
"Now now Twilight dear. It's not wise to stand up and do something. We don't know what they are capable of."
"Rarity is right Twi. We y'all don't know what they have possessed." Applejack added. Twilight, though for a moment, before answering:
"Your right girls. Let us go back to Canterlot to inform Princess Celestia about it." With some nod of agreement, they set off towards Canterlot. What they don't know, is that an observer noticed them.
-Afrika Korps FOB-
"Sir, I found some contacts due 11 o'clock." The observer notified Erwin Rommel.
"What is it Lt.?"
"Well the contacts are....well it's being weird of course."
"Just tell me Lt."
"Well the contacts are....miniature horses."
"Well then, it is weird. However, keep in alert, because those....horses could be bad business."
"Why do you have that opinion sir?"
"It's just a hunch Lt. Regardless, we should have a scout team with some of our Panzers. How many Panzers do we have anyway Lt.?"
"Not that much sir. Just 18 Panzer IV's, and 10 Panzer III's. All in all, we have 28 Panzers."
"Okay then, here's the plan for the scout team. There must be 5 Panzer IV's and 4 Panzer III's in that team. And you, Lt., will lead it."
"I won't let you down sir." Lt. said with a salute and pride.
"I know you won't." And that was settled, the scout team, compromising 5 Panzer IV's and 4 Panzer III's(that would be 9 Panzers), led by the Lt. As soon preparations was done, the scout team rolled out from the FOB.