High School Soldier
101. Night raids
11 November 2321, 00.06 WIB/1914 Luan Empire, early morning.
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Thousands of captives obtained, can be friends of hundreds of captives obtained before. At least those in the camp were treated like ordinary citizens.
The entire army was in a state of unharmed, and was ready to continue the operation to accept the challenge of the Luan Empire's war. Even if they were injured, with current medical technology it would be easy to heal the injured.
The next target was, the capital of the Luan Empire.
There Combat Group 3 had been waiting, as the outskirts of the capital had been captured and converted into a frontline defense there.
Each soldier receives an order without question, believing that if there is an obstacle ahead, they can get through it.
An army of 5,200 soldiers managed to trample the troops with a number of 90,000. The sorcerer of this army simply became a burden, and ended up being a prisoner of war alongside the others. After scoring the victory, the troops were ordered to attack the Imperial capital. The entire Squad Commander so possessed of confidence, that it approached arrogance.
“Who can't beat them?”
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A quiet night arrived at the capital of the Luan Empire, as calm as before the war.
This could be called a quiet and pleasant night for the citizens of the capital. They did not care about the fringe citizens who defected to the green troops, they were just slaves.
The people of the capital were raised up with vigor after the start of the war with the green troops, they were so confident of being able to obtain victory with their large numbers. With the alcoholic wine in hand, all the men and women were excited, a small portion had gone home to sleep.
The cool breeze, made the fire from the small swaying torches.
The only small stains hidden at night were the Combat Groups 1 and 2 that would help the Combat Group 3.
This was the first night raid on a city in this world. Therefore, this mission should not be too difficult.
Nio led in front of the 2 Cruiser Guilds, wearing a night vision he led a small team into one side of the capital.
If there was a reporter recording Nio leading the troops with a calm and elegant expression, this young man would become extremely confident, perhaps even approaching arrogant. A team of 64 people settles in a small alley scattered with a beautiful expanse of stars. But, within this starry night sky, an attack would come. It would be nice to burn the target.
Intrusion at night in the enemy capital, this would be as easy as infiltrating an empty territory. As expected, the guard was not too tight, the team saw hundreds of soldiers having fun with dozens of wine barrels.
If the troops guarding the capital were making careful preparations, why would they let hundreds of enemy soldiers into the capital? In the end, if the Imperial forces were to conduct aerial combat, they would be bulldozed easily by iron dragonflies.
On the battlefield, that imbalance was common. When the Imperial forces had the concept of evacuation, the battle would take a few casualties.
Behind the pity of the green army soldiers, they felt that the Imperial army needed to be taught a lesson after not learning from the previous experience. If tonight's lesson doesn't work, artillery and missiles will kick their ass.
Bringing the light of civilization to the barbarians is clearly the glory of this green army. Nio understands something, namely the Gate is a cultural troublemaker and causes a very wide technological gap. However, the Gate was only an inanimate object that was a creation of humans, so he had no right to blame.
Team Nio reached a wall surrounding the northern region of the capital, he further coded a flashlight to communicate with the nearby team.
The Imperial Palace shone so brightly as the outskirts were pitch black. It is not surprising that the suburbanites choose to become refugees and defectors.
The palace was the main target, in addition to the main base of the Imperial forces.
“I can't believe the palace is not guarded strictly.”
“How to think they are stuck, they seem to underestimate our small amount.”
The team members only heard Nio and Chandra whispering. Maybe they were laughing at the enemy's stupidity.
Ignoring the dozens of artillery and missiles that were about to burn down the capital, the Empire only knew the war from which they had been. Even they did not want to bother to estimate the strength of the enemy. The TNI is free to let their intelligence stop.
The Combat Group troops should be completely happy about the stupidity of their enemies while making use of the favorable circumstances.
“It's a good opportunity to attack, but why haven't we done it yet?”
“Do not ask me, we are only ordered to check the state of the palace only.”
Chandra said his concerns, though he sounded impatient as the opportunities were wide open. However, Nio was still waiting for a call from the Combat Group command.
It is a rule that cannot be changed and broken. Soldiers must not attack important facilities, it is forbidden to attack unarmed civilians, indiscriminate bombing is inhumane, and so on. How great are the laws governing the crazy battlefield. The creator of this law deserves an award, if the team can do it.
Nio finally got a call from the command of the Combat Group, he was ordered to broadcast an evacuation notice to the citizens of the capital, he said, because he was the only person in all three Combat Groups who was truly fluent with the language of this world.
The Imperial Palace was a state facility, as well as the main base of the enemy forces in this place. Attacking by destroying an important facility is a mistake, but there are some things that require it to be done. It is part of the strategy to demoralize the enemy.
If the world had international laws of war, perhaps the fighting had already taken place since then, and there were no citizens of the capital having any fun in the city.
“Chandra, give them a warning, evacuation message according to regulations.”
“You want me to do that?”
Yes, the superior orders against the subordinates are just a formality, so it could be said that Nio was joking. But that was enough to make the evacuation order time a little late.
Only Nio was very fluent in the local language, so it was impossible for Nio to hand over the task to a person who did not master it.
A team member handed over a loudspeaker so that Nio could carry out an evacuation order against the citizens of the capital. He took a deep breath and shouted at the loudspeaker, “This is a warning...!!!”
And the warning echoed throughout the entire Imperial capital. The extremely loud sound shocked the entire people of this region, they thought that this voice came from their god.
“We, the Indonesian infantrymen, will start an attack on the Imperial facilities!”
The citizens really did not know why this extremely loud voice appeared, even the person speaking was invisible. Undoubtedly, most of the citizens thought that this was really a deity act.
Most importantly, would anyone take orders from the enemy forces? Many residents of the capital regarded the warning as a joke that made people think about the truth. Some people decide to go to bed after a few minutes the sound is not heard anymore.
“We really promise, will fight fairly and honestly, according to international war law!”
On the other hand, the troops guarding the capital were wondering, “What is the international law of war?”
To the Imperial troops, this voice was merely a mere act of godly prank. On Nio's side, he was quite upset that his warning was not heeded by a single person.
Nio had finished giving evacuation warnings to the citizens of the capital, he did not care whether these warnings would be carried out or not, at least Nio had complied with the international laws of war. His mood was not very happy, so Nio deliberately shouted while giving the warning earlier.
“I hope the palace is destroyed during the earthquake. But I'm glad we could destroy that building. Maybe there's something flammable in there.”
Nada Nio was full of determination to destroy the assault target tonight. It kept his team members motivated, and prepared to return to the Combat Group in the suburbs.
The fireworks show will soon begin.
“Amunisi ready!?”
“Amunitions ready!”
“Target lock!”
“Target locked!”
“Shoot....!!!”
Typically, artillery and missile attacks will be fired if there are no civilians around the target. However, the palace was quite far away from the settlement, so it would probably cause a slight civilian injury.
However, if this city was filled with Imperial troops, then it would be a different story.
Artillery rained down on the target so easily that the gunner was almost disillusioned, and the explosion produced a large impact on the target. The artillery was fired from a distance of 10 km from the target, and it was in an empty suburb.
The Imperial Palace exploded, completely like the fireworks Nio had promised. The burning building, illuminating the starry night with occasional accompanied by moderate explosions.
The entire person was jolted by this incident, and the light could be seen from miles away.
Then, calm and satisfied cheers of the entire Combat Group squad sounded.
The explosion was like the sun at night felt like a fireworks display to entertain the Combat Group troops.
“We have completed the last task, it's time to search for our kidnapped citizens!”