High School Soldier
120. Evidence

Liben divided the Squad into 3 teams, and he led 2 teams that were in separate places with team 1 almost facing the enemy.

The soldiers slightly bowed and monitored the surroundings with their optical shots, while some looked towards the shots, others turned their heads in the other direction to prevent anyone from crossing their sight range.

“There.... they fled towards the south of the village!”.

The warning was accompanied by the sound of short-straight shots.

The team's communication channels report the number and direction of enemy escape. After receiving the command of the Squad commander, the team leader takes his members south, where the enemy appears to have fled.

Be alert! Spread out!

Heeding the hand signals from their leader, the members of the Squad who formed the team spread out and prepared to welcome the incoming enemy.

The enemies who attacked the surrounding area did not look like the Imperial troops and the Hrabro Kingdom. Because they carried out attacks with clothes similar to farmers. There was no way to tell if they were enemy soldiers or frightened peasants and used their farming tools as weapons out of fear for the TNI soldiers. If that was the case, the members of team 1 would have no choice but to treat anyone who pointed a weapon at them as a potential enemy, even if they were unarmed they would still have to be considered a potential enemy.

“Anyone who runs is the enemy! Anyone who stands still while carrying a knife is a well trained enemy!” the phrase was often used in war films to mock all improbability on the battlefield, but in reality a soldier who was able to maintain his senses in the madness of war was abnormal.

When really thinking about it, how could the warrior understand the killing of people? Anyone who can calmly and logically end one's life may be more frightening than a madman. But, it was only natural that a warrior could kill quietly, as they were driven by the madness of the battlefield.

In addition, it has become common in the military that people who do not identify themselves as enemies or comrades, and present themselves as combatants, will not be granted the rights of civilians.

Still, there is a bleeding heart for anyone who sides with those who violate the laws of war, and sympathize with civilians who are made life shields. Troops using civilians as shields will be destroyed. However, the bleeding hearts instead pointed their fingers at the soldiers hunting down the troops that made the civilians as shields, and call them ‘killer’ and ‘cold-blooded animals’ (this leads to moral holders who want to keep their hands clean from mistakes).

Indeed, the TNI troops sent here were not to repel the enemy, but to destroy them. Anyone who uses innocent people as life shields does not deserve anything but extermination, such as pests and parasites.****** spreading hatred and suffering, threatening peace on the grounds of ‘struggle’. They blurred the line between peacetime and wartime, and it was a despicable act. Normally, one would blame the troops hiding behind the civilians for engaging them in warfare.

He said heavily armed soldiers were forced to play their roles as perfectly as possible.

The battlefield is a place where small misunderstandings and small failures turn into very complicated situations. To protect colleagues and survive, there is one strict rule “If it looks like an enemy, shoot it!”. However, soldiers were required to have perfect observation of their targets, as if they were killing machines. If they are not willing to do this, they will be labeled as ‘cacat’.

However, the enemy forces were defeated mentally before they even faced the bullets and rockets of their hunting forces.

Team 1 members saw what looked like the merchant group and its wagon, and they aimed the rifle barrel at this group. In total there were eight merchants, and all of them were citizens of the Empire.

“Stop!”

The members of team 1 called out with the language they learned from Nio, and the language education at the headquarters. They surrounded this wagon and pointed a rifle at its men.

Perhaps the merchant group did not hear, as they ignored the team members and attempted to break through. The team leader fired a warning shot near the foot of the horse to frighten them, the surprised horse standing on its two hind legs.

The panicked driver pulled the harness firmly to calm his horse. After his horse calmed down, he obediently raised a hand.

The goods cart slowly stopped.

The soldiers formed a half circle around the wagon. This is so that they do not block the line of fire of their colleagues. Then carefully, they aimed their respective weapons at the men and ordered them off the carriage.

“Can I know what you want? We are a traveling merchant, are there any items you need?”

This humble and well-mannered voice came from the moustached man in the driver's seat of the merchant cart.

Team 1 members aimed at their lower bodies.

Warriors of this world, especially Imperial troops were adept at using swords and spears, and their martial techniques were equivalent to that of a light MMA athlete. So, they are trained to respond quickly to attacks aimed at their heads and chests. However, the stomach and lower body cannot move without lower body movement. Thus, they had lower agility, and became easy targets even in the fierce of battle.

“Why are you trying to escape?”

The team leader began to interrogate him while maintaining a distance of several steps from the wagon.

The messy-moustached man seemed to be a representative of this group. He raised his hand and replied:

“Isn't that clear? We will pass through this village, and see a puff of smoke from a distance. We wanted to see what happened, but we saw that the village was burning like this. So, saving yourself makes sense isn't it?”

In short, the man muttered about how this village was already like this when they had not arrived here yet.

That's a pretty reasonable reason. But if they let go of this group just like that, there was no point in stopping this group.the team leader reported to the commander of the Squad, and then he asked the messy mustachioed man, “Can we check your cart?”

“Ah... well... the..”.

“Is there anything you don't want us to see?”

The merchants stared at each other, and reluctantly pulled the cloth covering their luggage.

There were piles of furniture, consumption supplies, and other valuable items inside the cart. And it is difficult to ascertain whether these items are new or old. The team leader checked these items once again while muttering, “It looks like these items were taken from houses around.”

There was a fairly large box inside the wagon, and it caught the attention of the team leader. He was just about to order his subordinates to open this box, but the moustached man tried to stop them.

“Let's have a look first, it's all good merchandise.”

The man then sighed long and deep.

Then the mustachioed man continued his words, “Ya, some of the goods (stolen goods) we found on the roadside. But we can't do business if we're blocked like this.”

“Where do you plan to sell it?”

“Which way. In times of war, you can sell anything anywhere.”

“You mean?”

“Whatever, you can sell anything. Food, equipment, daily necessities, alcohol. We also sell slaves, yes, female slaves. Do you want a girl? We provide all kinds of slaves. There must be something that suits your taste and your subordinates. Bottom line, we can sell whatever you want.”

The moustached man smiled obscenely as he said about the female slave.

“Dan, your destination?”

“Holy Land, I heard that it is now a small town. And according to some informants, there also stands a very large fortress.”

The moustached man seemed to feel the change in mood, and began to ask if his words were wrong. However, the members of the man could not help themselves. As a unit, they draw hidden weapons and prepare to face TNI soldiers in a life-or-death fight.

The team members had already anticipated this kind of situation. The team members took a few steps back, and they had no trouble dealing with this situation.

Team 1 members shoot sword-wielding men in the stomach and head. Then, the mustachioed man was surrounded with three gun barrels in his head before he unsheathed his sword.

“They must be the ones who attacked the village!” one of the team members shouted at the dead men while pointing at the weapons they were carrying.

The sword they were holding was still covered in blood, blood that the villagers might have. The base of the sword had the emblem of the war flag of the Luan Empire's forces.

“What did you guys do before!? Slaughtering civilians?”

Team 2 led by Liben and the three journalists ran close to team 1. Liben's face almost pale after seeing his members finish off some people.

“No, they are guerrillas of the Luan Empire.”

However, the senior journalist said like doubting the fact that team leader 2 said by saying, “Are you trying to prevent us from uncovering the truth about how these troops are killing civilians?”

Liben almost beat up the journalist, but ten of his subordinates took pains to hold Liben who almost lost his temper.

The senior journalist called a cameraman who was filming the bodies lying down.

“I want a good photo of the corpse, make sure you show her face. And make sure you don't include any TNI attributes or the like in the photo!”

In accordance with the direction of the senior journalist, the cameraman and his assistant began recording the corpses of Imperial soldiers disguised as merchants.

Liben felt that this would make headlines for one week in a row, so he explained some of the people who had already been snuffed out and the emblem of the Imperial army on the sword. Liben ordered the captive mustachioed man to open the box and some luggage on the cart.

Some members of the Squad helped to bring down the luggage and boxes. After that, the team members opened a fairly large box.

They found clothes like TNI striped uniforms!

“Dog! This Imperial army is looting with this outfit yes.”

The cameraman recorded evidence that had been removed from the box.

This pile of clothes does not look like the original TNI striped uniform, but it is enough for the victim to spread rumors about ‘the green forces that plundered the village’.

“If they don't kill the enemy, who will protect a fool like you?” grumbled the members of the Squad, and it seemed that everyone in the Squad approved of the grunt.

Liben then ordered the mustachioed man to open the biggest box out of the other wooden boxes, the big box had already caught his attention from earlier.

There was a girl in the box, she was curled up and covered in blood and mud. He trembled in fear after the box closed open. This girl is from the Demihuman cat species. His hair was brownish in color and his hands and feet had sharp claws, and his neck was attached to a slave necklace.

Liben patted his head to comfort him, and asked, “What's your name?”

“Kuchez.”

Liben then turned his head back to the moustached man whose two hands had already been raised high, and loudly asked.

“Then, where is your headquarters!? Where is your area of operation!? What is the main force of the Imperial army!? I'll make sure you say everything!”

It should be emphasized, if any outsiders were to witness this scene, they would violently demand that people like this mustachioed man deserve to be treated like prisoners of war.

The 1st explorer squad would hand the mustachioed man over to the frontline defense base, on the outskirts of the Imperial capital.

The expression of the mustachioed man was frightened and trembling as the camera recorded him.

Liben stopped his interrogation, and said in a tense tone, “What? You see a herd of monsters near the village?”

The entire Squad members became tense when they heard Liben's words.

Chandra, who was standing next to the senior journalist explained for him.

“Monster is a kind of humanoid that has the equivalent sense of a toddler aged 2-5 years. But they have a large body and strength, although some monsters have small bodies and fight in groups. Lately, enemies are using monsters as weapons.”

In fact, Chandra explained it forcefully, but the senior journalist kept urging him to explain everything he knew. Some members of the Squad protect from all sides of the civilians.

“This area has become very dangerous, let's go. I'll call the carrier helicopter aviator to pick us up.”

“Do not be stupid! If there is a dangerous creature here, can we not record it?”

The senior journalist said so while pointing towards the soldiers, who were preparing to head for the pick-up point.

“Are you all not coming? We will be safe with you guys, right?” the senior journalist whined.

“Chandra, do you have formula milk?”

“Eh, isn't the Demihuman girl we found a teenager?”

“Not for this girl, but for her,” Liben said that while pointing at the senior journalist who was blabbering was unclear.

The commander of Combat Group 6 had already decided to face the monsters that appeared.

Otherworldly monsters were threats, and some were far more dangerous than the most dangerous animals in the origin world. But, monsters were not creatures that could be controlled from a distance. Defeating the monsters might be able to defeat the Empire's guerrilla army.

Liben handed the girl to Dinda, and said, “Take care of her”

“Oi... what do you want me to do with him?”

“Give him milk...your chest must have kept a lot of milk right?”

“Don't joke, I can't milk before having a baby!”

Moments later, a rumbling sound in the air rang out and disguised Dinda's screams. A series of explosions were heard from the west side of the village.

The gunfire support has begun.

Members of Combat Groups 5 and 6 disembark from the transport helicopter using wire rope.

Attack helicopters fired their rockets, while troops on the ground also opened fire. The sound of explosions rang out everywhere, and the entire rover Squad 1 turned to the source of the sound.

**

Nio quickly headed for the bathhouse, and took off his field uniform. Then apply soap on the part of his face that has been covered by hair, and start shaving it with a disposable mustache shave.

She rarely does such facial treatments, and leaves her face adorned with whiskers and a thin beard.

But, Nio forgot that after welcoming the second wave of the Eskpedition Force, he had to attend a meeting with the military officials of Yekirnovo State and Arevelk Kingdom. During the meeting, he served as a translator, and a representative of the Expeditionary Force among the Student Army.

However, he still did not know the purpose of this meeting, as he was told to attend this meeting a few minutes after doing the welcoming work.

**

Sucipto had received an e-mail from the TNI Commander, whose message was that the Defense Ministry through the President allowed the delivery of several warships, and additional military aircraft.

It was an amazing thing, because the government gave permission within two days after Sucipto sent the message.

The reason the Expeditionary Force General requested the delivery of additional warships and military aircraft, was because news of the Empire and several other countries having formed the Alliance Forces to fight them.

Without a word of hesitation, Suroso agreed to the message and ordered some high ranking Air Force and Navy officers to be sent to another world.

**

First Lieutenant Nio's maid had already arrived at the door of the meeting. Several female officers fervently watched Nio's sturdy body as the young man was examining the completeness of his clothes.

The young man did not feel he was being noticed, and focused more on this important meeting.

After knocking on the door and stepping into the meeting room, he had already greeted all the guests who had arrived earlier than him. Luckily Nio, he arrived at the meeting 30 seconds before the meeting officially opened.

Nio sat down in a special place reserved for him, and looked as if some paper was stacked in place. Nio was in line with the Army officers. Through the murmur of everyone in this room, Nio felt that this meeting was at a higher level than just the word ‘ is very important’. Because it could be that this meeting was discussing war with the Alliance Army.

The target of attacking the Alliance Forces was the Holy Land, it meant that they would have to pass through the Yekirnovo Country if they wanted to attack the Expeditionary Force. So, Nio thought that this meeting would discuss the military of Yekirnovo State who needed the help of Expeditionary Forces to face the enemy Alliance Forces.

“Indonesian General, what do you want from this meeting?”

The first to speak was the commander of the Kingdom of Arevelk, he appeared to be much older than Sucipto. However, compared to the potbellied Sucipto, the middle-aged man was much more muscular.

Nio translated the words from the commander of the Kingdom of Arevelk, and some officers recorded what Nio said, while Sucipto only nodded as a sign if he understood the meaning of the question.

“We, the Indonesian National Army, apply for permission to send our small naval fleet.”

According to the otherworldly people who were at this meeting, the meaning of the word ‘small’ that Sucipto seems not as the man said.

Because, the walking cannons, or tanks they saw were much larger in size than the cannons that the nations of the continent had. Then, the artillery owned by the Expeditionary Force is far more devastating than the balista or giant catapult belonging to the military of the Kingdom of Arevelk who fired artillery in the form of stones and large spears. And the warplanes that often fly in the skies of the Yekirnovo State and the Kingdom of Arevelk, are far more powerful than the dragons and wyverns belonging to the air forces of both countries.

Even so, all the weaponry in this place is a small part of the military of the country of origin of green troops.

“Do not go down like that, General Indonesia. I know if your warship is much stronger than the sea dragon king.”

“Yes, I am sure if your ‘small’ naval fleet can easily ******enemy navy.”

The Kingdom of Arevelk had already decided if the Luan Empire and its Alliance were enemies, after considering several things, including those who had kidnapped several people of the Kingdom to be used as collateral to open the Gate perfectly.

Then, the main problem is “When did the enemy troops arrive in the Andzrev Continent and move to the Holy Land?”

It was impossible for a KCR-class ship to be transported into the Gate without being dismantled first. And the assembly of a ship takes a long time without adequate expert work. The leader of the country at this meeting did not necessarily give permission for the Expeditionary Force to set up shipyards for the assembly of warships that had been sent.

If the assembly is carried out on land, then the transport of ships to the coast also requires time and power.10 large transport helicopters could have carried a Fregat-class ship by air, but if it is really done, then the funds needed are also greater.

“If this troops need to build a shipyard, we have a suitable place.”

Sheyn gave her opinion, and it made Sucipto smile after his words were translated by Nio.

“But, the problem is the transport. Our team may not have enough funds to do so.”

“If that's not to worry, the magician of Arevelk Kingdom can open an imperfect Gate. But we also have to see how big a warship you will bring.”

Well then, if Sigiz's magician army is really going to open an imperfect Gate, then a shipyard is not needed. And what is needed is a port as a place to lean warships.