High School Soldier
137. Can you fight for 24 hours?

50 Elite witches belonging to the Kingdom of Arevelk stood in front of the relief forces, and made preparations to open the imperfect Gate that would later be entered by the troops and all combat equipment. All journalists from Indonesia, North Korea, and Russia who obtained permission to cover this incident await the opening of the Gate.

All the witches stood and lined up on the 8-lane street of Karanganyar City, and stood back to the memorial while chanting a long enough spell. At least, the existence of magic began to be accepted and some community groups equated magic belonging to other worlds with magic possessed by shamans.

The entire army was certainly waiting for the witches who were still preparing very patiently, and the Russian soldiers were forced to use a device that could make the body cool. The temperature in this place is predicted to reach 36 degrees Celsius, and many soldiers must refrain from complaining about the situation.

The homeland would be in crisis if the Expeditionary Forces lost the war. The relief forces will do their best, and understand that the war will be exhausting. Their hearts had been spent being patient, and angry with the enemies who were at war with the Expeditionary Force.

The good people will understand the state of those who endure fear, and uphold a sense of optimism for the victory that will be achieved after coming out of the Gate and fighting alongside the Expeditionary Force.

Soldiers were required to suppress fear, but the tense expression on their faces was too obvious, of course there was still hope.

Captain Surya, who currently served as Commander of Company 406-32 replaced Captain Herlina who was sent to the Expeditionary Force glancing behind him. There were hundreds of Karanganyar City guard soldiers who had fought with otherworldly forces, before this war. They had direct combat experience against enemies from other worlds. That's why their faces show more readiness to fight, than tension and nervousness.

Members of the Semarang 302 Garrison Company, and members of the Special Student Forces, Ika who had been subordinate to Nio during training held back a sense of nervousness. The girl who is far above the Russian and North Korean soldiers thinks about the condition of the troops there, especially her former commander, Nio. Precisely the one that filled Ika's mind the most was Nio.

Meanwhile, Arista and Sima who both had fought alongside Nio wished the young man patience to wait, and could continue to fight if help came too late.

Then, Dina who used to be a nurse at the Expeditionary Force Soldier Health Center is now a member of the Medical Unit. Indeed, most of the members of this unit were medical soldiers, but there were a handful of volunteers who volunteered to become additional medical members. This girl was just thinking about Nio's condition there, and thinking about what she should do if Nio returned badly injured. Dina and a few others are young volunteers who are passionate and loving towards their country.

Nugroho stared at the volunteers from beside Suroso after accompanying him in a speech.

“They are eager to go to the battlefield. But what can they do when they finally arrive? Disappointingly, it was this damn me who allowed them to go to war,” a patriot almost cried.

Nugroho thinks if volunteers are supposed to protect their homeland, they should be proud of it. On the contrary, as if the previous experience of war was quite an experience, with ‘plosnya’ the volunteers volunteered to help on the battlefield. And now it might lead the young men to the path that promises death.

The commitment to self-sacrifice comes from a sense of responsibility to defend the country in order to remain on the world map.

“If these youths will sacrifice themselves for the homeland, then there should at least be people to accompany them on that path. How can I let them die there?”

Even so, the volunteers marched along with the soldiers with proud faces, and nervous feelings. Suroso could not bear to see the restless-looking family of warriors who would say goodbye to their son, father or mother, and lover.

“Pak, permission to speak..”

Suroso turned his head towards Nugroho who was looking at him with a grim face, he then allowed his commander to speak.

“Let me go with the soldiers to the battlefield.”

“General?”

Nugroho then continued his words, “That it takes young people is adults who will accompany and guide them. I promise not to be a burden to those who are struggling!”

This country is his family home, Nugroho is a father, even if he is nowhere near his son. Despite that, he did not regret it, and swore inwardly to fight alongside the Expeditionary Force in another world.

Provolfsky and Ambassador Kim Sun An could not respond to Nugroho's actions, but they were amazed.

The determination of the commander to share his unwavering energy. Nonetheless, he also thought about what difficulties would befall there later.

After about 10 minutes the magicians specially sent Arevelk Kingdom finished making preparations. The gust of wind that blew away a lot of dust and the dried leaves felt quite strong, the flag that some soldiers held was fluttering strongly as well. Then, a few moments appeared a purple spiral that almost filled the path of this province.

The diameter of the purple spiral is slightly smaller than what appeared during the previous war, at least a fighter jet can pass through it without being dismantled, or stay about 50 meters.

Everyone who witnessed this was amazed, and there were definitely some soldiers who grew even more nervous after the imperfect Gate opened. With a hopeful cry from all the soldiers as the Gate imperfectly opened, the path to the aid force's destination had opened perfectly. There was no doubt that tainted the hearts of the soldiers when the Gate opened.

Amidst all that, the soldiers began to think of doing everything they could to fight there. Because they knew exactly what the Expeditionary Force was expecting, the reinforcements he had expected.

“Time to hit a brash little opponent!”

**

600 Kilometers from the border of Arevelk Kingdom and Yekirnovo State, Sigiz stood before his 150,000 best soldiers and came from various units. This is why Sigiz is not in the Holy Land and is still in his country.

He was busy gathering some of the country's military power to serve as Expeditionary Force assistance. Although he managed to gather an army that could be said to be very large, Sigiz remained dissatisfied with this. Hin managed to persuade Sigiz to bring in the assembled troops, rather than continue to muster greater strength that would make time inedible for free.

The troops that were once commanded by Lux wondered about the whereabouts of their general. According to them, without a loud bluff from the girl, the troops would feel even more desolate and a little lackluster.

Sigiz had a strong desire to protect someone, and so that this war would quickly end. Seeing Sigiz's enormous determination for someone's sake, reminded Hin of struggling to win his wife's heart.

In addition, if this war ends, the Kingdom will be able to receive ‘bayaran’ from Indonesia with the help of opening an imperfect Gate for the relief forces.

A sizable imperfect Gate opened after several elite magicians and Sigiz cast spells and made some preparations.

Accelerating the time of arrival of this army in the Holy Land is expected to accelerate also the victory of the Expeditionary Forces and other assistance.

Before leading his army to enter the imperfect Gate, a messenger appeared in front of Sigiz all of a sudden. Usually the person who served as a messenger is a witch who has the ability to move very quickly, or more often referred to as the ability to teleport.

“So Yekirnovo has also finished making preparations, yes?”

In addition, the letter also stated that the Yekirnovo State sent 80,000 soldiers and an army of elite magicians whose numbers were kept secret.

“I hope you save the foreseen person, Your Majesty.”.

“You just calm down, Teacher. Soon I will fight with him and end this war.”

Then, the Great Witch clasped his hands together and said, “May this great war be the last war.”

Sigiz's face was slightly clouded, considering he had a little while left his subordinates fighting alongside the Expeditionary Force. Similarly, Ivy, who followed Sigiz without permission and left Liben fighting on the battlefield.

“I expect a lot from you, my soldiers...!!!”

**

At midnight, the Alliance Army assault resumed. They have been attacking the eastern side of the fort for several hours. Gunfights that occur long enough to drain the ammunition that is expected to be saved if the war occurs in a long time.

The sound of drums roaring eeriely in the darkness of the night, and the sound of roars and weapons inflicted by over 30,000 troops of monsters was a signal. The trained army of monsters continued to move to the east side of the fortress quickly.

“They still have an army of monsters...!?”

As Nio squinted, the myriad of trolls, small, medium, and large goblins, minotaurs, and orcs moved swiftly.

All the guns fired ammunition. In the absence of time to breathe in a full automatic barrage of fire, the shots filled the battlefield with chunks of lead and flashes of light. The 20mm heavy machine gun attack and the armored vehicle cannon as well as mortar turned the monsters into rotten-scented pieces of meat. The troops stopped the enemy with grenades and dropped the enemy with assault rifles.

However, the purpose of the Alliance Forces dispatching the monster army was not a midnight surprise attack. This attack was merely a diversion to be able to attack the other side of the fortress.

The Expeditionary Force has reorganized the division of the guard positions of the fort, with the Expeditionary Force in charge of the areas damaged by the previous assault, and the refugee forces in charge of the less damaged areas.

The western part of the fort that was targeted by the night attack was relatively lightly damaged and was largely handled by the refugee forces. Especially since there were also Expeditionary Force soldiers who joined this army and were forced to fight with swords and shields, as the rifles started to run out of ammunition, at least a few hundred grenades were left.

Then, hundreds of yellowish-colored light spots flew close to the defensive trench line. Upon realizing the yellow flying object, the entire commander began to fret.

“Job! Watch out for the arrow attacks…! All down!”

The Alliance forces did more than just repeat the wave of attacks terauku, and the monster army attacked blindly and irregularly. Archer troops with excellent range and accuracy were stationed at various points to snip the Expeditionary Force commander. In this case, the Hero of Anger, aka Rio was also involved in a long distance fight.

All the soldiers who were in the trenches and who fought in the open field surrounded themselves and friends with riot shields and picked up the shields of the enemy to protect themselves from the rain of fire arrows. However, the shields the soldiers used were useless as the hundreds of magic bullets Rio unleashed struck them. There were dozens of soldiers killed during the attack that Rio carried out, he did so without any guilt at all.

Then, when the rain of fire arrows was over, now there was another flash of bright blue light from the sky. Judging from its movements, the flash of light shot out almost as fast as a sniper rifle bullet at a speed of 1,000 meters per second.

As a flash of light similar to a magic arrow fell to the ground and struck the refugee army soldier, the attack penetrated the soldier's body into the hollowed out part of the body. The one who unleashed the attack was the Hero of Sadness, aka Beautiful. He had suppressed the regret and sadness that filled his heart when he had to face the troops from his country.

The fear of being targeted that either when and where it occurs will eliminate the fighting spirit of the refugee forces. The fighting spirit of the refugees, who had no combat experience, was quickly lost and many soldiers were killed in the attack on the western side of the fortress while the eastern side was still being fought. But different story with mercenaries, who work together with Expeditionary Force soldiers who fight with swords and shields.

The operation of the Alliance Forces besieging the Holy Land was very simple. Namely do not stop doing a bumpy attack to drain the enemy's energy.

Part of the Holy Land had been fortified by the Expeditionary Forces, and its strength had been evidenced by the unilateral defeat of the combined forces of the five countries and the Empire which cost the total casualties of over 200,000 soldiers. Although the number of personnel had been reduced, there were still many Expeditionary Force soldiers who had secret combat skills, and weapons that had still not been used before the situation was really desperate.

All the generals of the Alliance Army knew for themselves that it would not be easy to take down the Expeditionary Force in a decisive direct battle. But they still forced the attack, of course there was a reason.

The purpose of the Alliance Forces continuing to carry out massive attacks was to exhaust the Expeditionary Force's army. They still had reinforcements from the other alliance countries, but the Expeditionary Force had no reinforcements, which they believed since it managed to close the Gate perfectly. In other words, the longer and more often they carried out attacks, the weaker the Expeditionary Force would be.

The biggest advantage of having a large army is that you can fight endlessly by making waves.

“Win true weaponry Indonesian troops scary, but anyway we have the heroes. War is a fight between humans.”.

Despite its terrifying technology, the Angry Hero has a magic rifle and the Hero of Lust that can create similar weapons just by looking at once the weapon one wants to make.

Each corps of the Alliance Forces that had an army of between 40,000 and 60,000 had to divide the troops into three, and ordered each section to fight three times. The purpose of this tactic is to make the enemy exhausted. The generals did not order their troops to break through enemy ranks, but tried to minimize the damage to their own troops.

The heroes and generals of the Alliance Army continued to create new tactics without coming out of the tent. Except for the Hero of Anger, the Hero of Sadness and the Hero of Envy who fought directly. The Alliance forces were appearing continuously, and no matter how many of them were killed, it was as if they had an infinite army.

**

After today's battle that felt endless, the Expeditionary Force was completely fed up. Among them there must have been soldiers who had been sleep-deprived, not even sleeping since the first day of battle.

Stress and lack of sleep are two sides of the same coin. What happens if the soldiers do not sleep, while they have to fight against the enemy forces in this great war?

First of all, if sleep deprivation persists, soldiers will not be able to rest their brains and bodies, meaning they become more stressed. If that happens, they won't be able to sleep much longer due to stress, and they'll be sleep deprived. If this continued, it was no different from the vicious cycle cycle.

The symptoms are slowly apparent, and occur with Expeditionary Force soldiers and refugee forces, whether they are amateur volunteers, experienced mercenaries, or veteran Student Army personnel. It gently penetrates into the body, and slowly but surely thinks mind and physique.

At the moment when the trumpet of the retreat marks sounded from the Alliance Army side, a number of the corpses of the Alliance Army soldiers and pieces of meat like horses, humans, and monsters were scattered throughout the gazing eyes.

“For now, this is a win, but.. how tiring to achieve it.”.

The most troublesome thing was when the soldiers faced a herd of troll and orc type monsters. A large creature with dull nerves insensitive to pain would go on even though the body was filled with dozens of machine gun bullets and arrows. Even if they were defeated, it would require a lot of ammunition.

So far this battle, the Expeditionary Force managed to get through and face it all. And the Expeditionary Force soldiers are human. It is easy to imagine what would happen if this situation continued.

However, fighting for 24 hours a day is not a good path.

“Can you fight for 24 hours?”