High School Soldier
138. Prisoner of war troops

The balance of power would change on the Holy Land battlefield, after the Expeditionary Force experienced tremendous exhaustion.

This afternoon, the nine corps each led by an entire hero arrived using the imperfect Gate opened by the heroes. The Alliance forces were extremely strong, with the number of soldiers in each corps ranging from 40,000 to 60,000. Soldiers are mostly new recruits who get grueling short training.

“Honored heroes and heroes of the Alliance Forces! Do not be afraid of the armies of the barbaric world! With the help of the heroes, we will vow to destroy the otherworldly army in the name of the God of War!”

Hearing the sentence ‘destroying the otherworldly troops’ makes the heart of Beautiful vibrate, precisely the heart of this girl is very restless. But another feeling was felt by Rio and Baron, who both looked impatiently leading their respective armies to face the Expeditionary Force.

The number of this large army was left around 280,000, and was a whole unit. In addition, a number of new weapons were prepared by the Baron and the weapons maker paid for by the Alliance Forces.

This corps will attack the side of the fortress that was successfully broken into in the previous attack, aka this large army was sent to enter the hole that had been opened during the previous attack. In other words, an army of this size would carry out a total attack, with the help of the strength of the heroes.

The Hero of Lust, Baron said in a very loud voice, “The time has come! That fortress is just a rotten warehouse! If we kick the door, your kick will tear down the castle with a single kick!”

The previous major attack also failed to break into the defense of the Expeditionary Force fortress, precisely because of the error of the orders of the Hero of Anger, aka Rio.

He led an army of 40,000 to attack the moat-protected side of the fortress with the soldiers inside. But the area was too strong, as a result Rio troops were not free to attack, and the Expeditionary Force unit tasked with defending the trench opened fire and killed the Rio-led Alliance Army soldiers. The young man managed to kill dozens of Expeditionary Force soldiers with his Abadi Bullet.

Despite losing quite a number of soldiers in today's offensive, the Alliance Army managed to kill hundreds of Expeditionary Force soldiers, and left the surviving soldiers extremely exhausted. Behind them were the heroes who had unleashed their power, so the Expeditionary Force had to fight much harder.

**

Since the attack this afternoon, no Alliance Army soldiers and heroes had broken through the Expeditionary Force fortress, and the wall had managed to hold on. The thick walls, it seemed like they would not falter in front of a large army that had never been seen before.

In the Expeditionary Force Strategy Command room, General Sucipto and about 40 soldiers gathered to discuss the changing war situation.

“I think, our ammunition consumption is chaotic.”.

The commander of the Cruiser Squad 1, First Lieutenant Auxiliary Nio threw his note and said again, “S Armored Corps must have consumed over 40% of their ammunition. Maybe they will run out of ammunition when the next attack, which is expected to happen soon.”

All the High Commanders and Officers felt the same feeling as Nio, which was a tremendous anxiety if the Expeditionary Armored Corps ran out of ammunition in the midst of the battle. It was a common feeling when the path of war was successfully controlled by the enemy.

The objective of the enemy forces was to drain the ammunition and fuel that the Expeditionary Force had. No matter if the Expeditionary Force had the latest deadly weapons, if the ammunition and fuel were exhausted then the soldiers would be forced into close combat.

As of today's battle, 407 soldiers had been killed after surviving three attacks a day by the Alliance Forces, and more than 1,000 soldiers were wounded. If a major battle were to ensue, it would gradually increase the damage, and there were even concerns about the demoralization of the soldiers.

However, it is not possible to change the strategy plan anymore. In this war, there was no choice but to face the war head-on, and it would be paid for with life.

**

At the same time, the report was received by the Enraged Hero Rio at the headquarters of the Alliance Forces. He himself did not expect it to be very difficult to face a small part of the strongest forces in the ASEAN region.

After all, he was the leader of an army that was arguably ‘his elite force’ Alliance Army. He had commanded two battalions of armored cavalry with strong fighting power, yet he also lost over 10,000 soldiers, not including the number of injuries and injuries.

The overwhelming shock given the Expeditionary Force that Rio thought was already weakening, and the fear of the Expeditionary Force began to reappear among the high-ranking officers of the Alliance Forces, not least Rio and the other heroes.

But fear is not always associated with defeat.

Cowards sometimes go crazy from being too scared, and try to escape from the fight he is supposed to be in. Rio who had already decided to fight his own country army, could not retreat on this fight.

Although he had nothing to fear from running out of bullets, and his good shooting ability, he could only kill dozens of Expeditionary Force soldiers. The corps he commanded was repeatedly repulsed by the protection shots of the Expeditionary Force.

**

Nio stared at the watch, and saw the time showing at 21:08 as countless hordes of soldiers moved swiftly towards the trench that he and the other 30 Cruiser squads were defending.

Nio and his entire subordinates stared at the Alliance Army soldiers in front of him with shocked faces as he was about to order the 1st Cruiser Squad to retreat. Despite having won the battle earlier, it seemed that they were not allowed to retreat even if it was just to urinate.

The experience in this grueling and infuriating battle, made Nio realize that the situation was getting worse when something shocking happened on the battlefield. A bad premonition was felt by Nio when he saw the hundreds of Alliance Army soldiers continuing to move quickly, and the desire to retreat was cancelled.

As he and the rest of the soldiers defending this trench saw the troops in front of them, who looked nothing like the other Alliance Forces units, and Nio's eyes were rounded when he saw the shocking one.

“He-hey, this is a lie right..?”

“Commander, what do you see?” The curious Liben also wanted to know what Nio was looking at.

Nio was not a coward at all, he was not afraid of the almost countless enemy troops.

But, the feeling that dominated his heart now was the true horror. As Nio watched more and more, cold sweat came out and his entire body trembled.

The corps that appeared in front of Nio was the ‘Indonesia’ Prisoner of War Squad that armed with shields and spears. They seemed to be forced to face forces from their own country.

It is not unusual in history to turn prisoners of war into spearheads. The Mongols used this cunning tactic on a large scale, and managed to make it the most effective cunning tactic to demoralize the enemy.

The psychological burden of having to shoot at the civilians of his countrymen, and regard them as enemies caused unrest on the part of the Expeditionary Forces. Since the units delivered were hundreds of prisoners of war, the Alliance Army would not incur any significant losses.

The total number of prisoner-of-war units appearing in front of Nio and the others was over 600 people. This is much higher than the amount estimated by the government itself. In terms of numbers, a unit with 600 soldiers is a small number when viewed from the standpoint of medieval forces. If the entire army defending this trench were to fire, they would finish off the prisoner-of-war forces in less than half an hour, given the limited amount of ammunition.

But…

“Can I fight them..?”

Nio felt cold sweat running down his back, and this young man bit his lips.

In the face of Indonesians who had the same language and other things, the Expeditionary Force soldiers could not easily shoot. Indeed, it is very easy to kill them, but if you do, you will break the warrior oath ‘protect the life of Indonesia’ that has been carved in your heart.

“We will do it for you...!”

Above Nio, dozens of volunteer army soldiers jumped over the trench and passed through the soldiers inside with loud cheers. Edera who had entered ‘mode war’ ran quickly among the mercenaries.

Zariv who was ready with his magic-armored dagger, stood on top of Nio while staring at the approaching prisoners of war troops.

“Can't!” Nio denied Zariv's proposal to confront the prisoners of war. Lux who was also preparing to fight just stared flat at Nio's face.

Nio and the Expeditionary Force could not simply hand over the dirty work of confronting prisoners of war to the volunteer forces. But, it's time for all the Expeditionary Force soldiers and volunteer troops to fight together.

“The government remains the same! Just shoot all those approaching trenches and fortresses, just think of them as enemies!”

Nio's orders continued, yet he still did not hear any gunshots. All the soldiers seemed hesitant to shoot, and just looked at each other.

“There is no reason to forgive anyone who cooperates with the enemies of Indonesia!”

Half a second later after saying that, Nio pulled the trigger of the first generation 20th Attack Rifle. A 7.62mm bullet that shot at 900 meters per minute hit the forehead and chest of a former Indonesian citizen.

Among the prisoners of war, there were several former TNI officers who were captured and forced to face the Expeditionary Force. The head of an unprotected prisoner-of-war soldier with a steel helmet was crushed like a watermelon when a 7.62mm bullet hit his head.

Nio kept pulling his trigger - with teary eyes and a cloudy heart. All the soldiers in charge of this ditch fired one bullet at a time while the rifle was in semi-automatic mode.

“Not useful pity them! Shoot it! Kill it! Finish off all enemies!”

Along with Nio's orders, a fierce assault against the prisoner-of-war forces begins. When shooting at the prisoners of war, some soldiers put on a face of pity, even female soldiers to drain tears on their cheeks.

But, they continued to engage in gunfire against the prisoners of war, and carried out protection shots for the volunteer forces that helped them confront their former compatriots.

Meanwhile, Edera with fangs and long claws typical of cats nimbly slashed at the necks of soldiers of prisoner-of-war forces. Occasionally he bit the rear neck of a prisoner-of-war soldier with his sharp teeth. In his heart, Edera felt pity for Nio and the other Expeditionary Force soldiers who had to fight against their own comrades.

Lux and Zariv team up with volunteer soldiers to confront a captive army of war dominated by former Indonesian citizens. Both girls understand the feelings of Nio who has to kill his own countrymen.

The three girls fight while expending all their abilities, with the aim of ending the war and taking Nio's heart.

**

After the prisoner-of-war troops were finished without rest, the Expeditionary Force was not given a break, even to urinate.

The next troops sent were troops who had been checked for narcotics.

Soldiers who receive narcotics become unsettled and warlike, and they have no fear and pain. Not only human soldiers, monster troops are also crammed with narcotics. The eyes of the human and monster army soldiers glared and were accompanied by a terrifying roar.

An army of about 80,000 trampled the corpses of their comrades that flooded this Holy Land. When arrows and bullets hit their bodies, the troops who had consumed these drugs became more excited.

Nio had no choice but to be stunned by this horror. Some of the Alliance Army's human warriors ran with arrows and hunted right through their bodies, like zombies or something.

“Shots become meaningless...!” Liben became very restless.

The Alliance Army soldiers who had been pierced by arrows and bodies hollowed by bullets, still did not stop advancing. There was no manual on how to attack the enemy, they would attack blindly like human-shaped monsters.

They did not seem to be afraid of the Expeditionary Force's fire, even the dead soldiers were used by their comrades as additional shields to withstand the bullets. Some of the Expeditionary Force soldiers were instinctively frightened, and became panicked by this terrifying sight.

“Shoot head! Like shooting the head of an undead in a movie!”

Desperately, Nio tried to calm his troops amidst this chaos.

“No... they will penetrate us.” Nio realized a bad thing and tried to shout to order his subordinates to retreat.

But, the loud sound of explosions shook the battlefield, accompanied by the lesion of tank gunnery railgun shells.

A moment later, the sound of the usual tank gunfire and the railgun gun with little remaining power sounded earthy. Then, the 200 enemy soldiers in front of the Cruiser Squad defending the front row moat crashed, and a warm piece of human flesh stuck to Nio's face.

When Nio turned around, he saw the entire tank that was about to run out of fuel and electric power for the railgun gun speeding slowly. Smoke emerging from the tip of the cannon, and electric sparks from the railgun cannon adorned the entire Armored Corps of the Expeditionary Force.

The commander of the tank gave further instructions from the hatch, and the entire heavy and light machine gun fired bullets and destroyed the enemy troops in front of them.

Cheers rang out, both from the troops inside the trenches and inside the fort.

The tank is on again. The next bullet will be released cannon railgun lined up in the rear row of the Expeditionary Armored Corps. With the speed of sound, the tank bullets threw 600 Alliance Army soldiers into the air, with the limbs cut off, and made the cheers of the Expeditionary Force even louder.

The entire armored vehicle drove slowly to save fuel. The entire armored vehicle aimed their main weapon at the enemy forces while maintaining calm.

The enemy does not feel pain, rather they feel pain even if only for a moment. Then after the cannonball was released, it would inflict a moment of pain, then the body of the enemy soldier would be crushed and become a lump of flesh.

No matter how high the dose of narcotics the enemy consumes, human physical limits cannot be exceeded. If cannonballs and mortars hit their bodies, it would turn them into pieces of meat.

“Good! Shoot, fire! Kill those Alliance bastards!” unexpectedly, Sucipto gave command from inside one of the armored vehicles.

Later, self-propelled artillery advanced from behind the tank ranks of the Expeditionary Armored Corps. What appeared was a self-propelled air defense weapon that had been modified into a field artillery piece, and it worked!

“Crazy...!!!”

The devastation caused by the huge lead bullets fired from the air defense weapons was terrifying. When a bullet specifically designed to fight a fighter jet shot at a speed of 2,000 meters per minute hitting the body of an Alliance Army soldier, it left their bodies hollow with a diameter of 60 cm, and caused flesh and organs to fly in all directions.

“What can this be called war?”

“Isn't their civilization thousands of years adrift with us?”

Nio finally laughed when he heard the ravings of his subordinates who had recovered his fighting spirit, and made some jokes. Finally one by one the fire support vehicles arrived on the battlefield, and made the attacking forces on this night destroyed.

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Keywords for next episode: “See you”