High School Soldier
141. Let's buy them a bottle of vodka !

Moments when the Alliance Army managed to barge in and nearly razed the Expeditionary Force fortress. From the outside of the fort there is indeed a terrible battle scene, coupled with hundreds of thousands of soldiers who tried to enter the inner side of the fortress after successfully destroying several sides of the fortress to serve as an entrance.

The Alliance's tools of war continued to unleash giant throws of stones and spears, and caused additional damage on the part of the Expeditionary Forces and volunteer forces. Meanwhile, the Expeditionary Force's equipment and weaponry almost all ran out of ammunition, and were destroyed.

Just as the Alliance was about to achieve victory after it had almost managed to take down the only white red flag it had defended, an imperfect Gate appeared.

An imperfect gate with a diameter of 50 meters opens at 2 kilometers west side of the fort. The opening of the imperfect Gate had initially surprised the Alliance Army, and they hoped that the Gate would bring out additional troops for them.

However, dozens of steel carts with cannons, or more easily referred to as main battle tanks, drove at a speed of 50 kilometers per hour just after coming out of the Gate imperfectly. Which indicates that the exit is not a relief force from the Alliance Forces, but a relief force for the Expeditionary Forces and volunteer forces.

The commander-in-chief of each tank, both the main battle tank and the medium and light tank came out from the open hatch door and gave the command to continue onward with the signature raised upwards. The massive cannon barrel pointed directly at the thousands of Alliance soldiers who were still flocking to the Expeditionary Force fortress.

After about 50 tanks came out of the gate imperfectly, dozens of fire relief vehicles came out quickly while carrying 20 soldiers inside in addition to a fire-assistance weapon in the form of a 40mm automatic cannon and an 81mm mortar launcher. Then, behind the heavy vehicle, out dozens of panzer and 110 tactical vehicles with heavy machine gun weapons 12.7mm.

On top of the line of armored vehicles coming out of the Gate imperfectly in an orderly manner and maintaining formation, as well as 40 attack helicopters coming out quickly from inside the Gate imperfectly, and precede the line of armored vehicles to quickly provide assistance to the soldiers of the Expeditionary Force who are still struggling.

The attack helicopter was traveling at 500 kilometers per hour, causing it to overtake the ranks of the weapons below. The attack helicopter that just appeared was the same type as all the attack helicopters belonging to the Expeditionary Force that had been destroyed. Each helicopter carries 10 new types of rockets that will be tested in this battle. Of course the enemy forces will be the target of testing the new weapons of the TNI.

Of the forty attack helicopters that came out of the Gate imperfectly, 10 units belonged to North Korean and Russian forces that were sent as aid to the TNI. The number is less than the original plan, because Suroso refused to accept large forces from the two Indonesian allies. The two countries initially planned to send each of their 30 missile-carrying helicopters. Because it is feared that there will be security problems when Russia and North Korea leave for Indonesia, and protests by other countries, the two countries are forced to obey Indonesia who wants small assistance only.

After coming out of the Gate imperfectly, the aviators of attack helicopters from North Korea and Russia were the first to see another world battlefield. Precisely they are the second and third parties after Indonesia as people who have set foot in another world.

According to them, the sky in another world is no different from the sky of Russia and North Korea. Only a few things distinguish this world from their home world.

Aid teams from Russia and North Korea are still amazed by the fantasy phenomenon called ‘Gate’ they saw earlier. Other than looking at the Gate, they naturally wanted to see fantasy-smelling things that only existed in novels and others.

“After winning this fight, let's buy them (TNI soldiers, Arevelk, and Yekirnovo) vodka!”

The soldier in the attack helicopter spoke to his friend in Russian. All the passengers of the helicopter laughed in response to what the Russian soldier said.

“Not that they are prohibited from consuming alcohol. But I don't know if otherworldly forces can drink our vodka!?”

“Truely too, how stupid am I!”

Afterwards, loud laughter filled the helicopter cabin of the Russian aid forces. Behind them was a box containing vodka.

It seems, both North Korean and Russian soldiers are equally eager to face the fight later.

The aviator of one of the attack helicopters filled with the laughter of Russian soldiers turned his head back, and played the song. The sound of the song is magnified with a spiker attached inside the cabin. All the soldiers who heard the song immediately calmed down, then sang the song, which was none other than the march of the Russian Armed Forces.

As not to be outdone, the North Korean and TNI attack helicopters also play a similar song, with a louder voice. The sky was now filled with the terrifying sound of the iron dragonfly propellers, and the song that played the three troops.

Not only did the attack helicopters cross the battlefield, at least the Expeditionary Force's naval units also carried out relief attacks.

The destroyer, located at a distance of 300 kilometers from the Holy Land, launched 32 missiles, targeting enemy forces. Only that, the assistance provided by the Expeditionary Force marine units for fighters on the ground. If there was a vehicle capable of transporting a destroyer-class ship, then the power destroyed would be much greater.

After ordering the launch of the missile, the ship's commander ordered the captain to head towards the region closest to the Imperial capital of Luan to carry out a bombing mission. That means, the sea units must circle the territorial waters of the Kingdom of Arevelk which is much wider than the Republic of the Russian Federation.

The two missiles released first hit enemy lines that had successfully entered the fort, and flew body parts destroyed by the missile's explosive force. The Expeditionary Force soldiers and volunteer troops had already resigned if the explosion was the magic attack of the Alliance's magicians.

Furthermore, the missiles in succession hit the human soldiers and monsters of the Alliance Army, and flew far more pieces of human and monster bodies. The huge explosions of the missile made Nio look at him with a weak gaze, and further magnified his hopes for help.

When Nio looked up, towards the 40 attack helicopters flying above him, the 40mm automatic cannon swept the enemy underneath. All helicopters fly only at an altitude of 15 meters, to make it easier to distinguish between friends and opponents. From above, everything looks the same. Then, several rockets and artillery were fired towards the enemy.

The 40mm automatic cannon on the helicopter swept across the enemy, easily ripping human and monster body parts into small pieces, not spared also the body of a horse belonging to the Alliances cavalry troops who also fell victim to the ferocity of the weapon on the iron dragonfly.

Nio who was still on his knees finally lowered his head, and felt relieved with the help that turned out to be no longer just in the form of ‘hope’, but now the expected help has become ‘reality’. However, the pain on his injured shoulder was also real, and Nio could not ignore that.

The soldiers remained allowed to hope, until that hope became a reality that they could see now. The surviving soldiers have also carried out the hopes of their fallen comrades, fighting until the help they hope to be real.

If they were to fight only for a glorious death, then it would also not hurt. Unless they had the will to die by shooting themselves in the head with the rest of the gun bullets, then it would be an unforgivable sin. For surely the soldiers of the Expeditionary Force had a belief that suicide was a grave sin.

All the struggles that the soldiers of the Expeditionary Forces and the volunteer forces have taken to this day, have been paid for. Every cell on the body cheered on the relief troops who had arrived, albeit very late.

The relief force came as almost all the soldiers who were still struggling almost fell and were desperate. Fortunately, the almost desperate soldier could still struggle to keep the Red and White still fluttering in his pole, despite fluttering at half-mast.

The surviving soldiers looked at the Red and White who fluttered half-mast proudly, as they could prove that they could fight like the heroes of the past while defending Indonesia. Although they did not know what kind of weapon resistance the heroes of the past did, they were convinced that the way they fought was the same as the heroes of the past.

No exception to the volunteers, who could be proud to fight alongside the soldiers of the Expeditionary Force. Although they were both fighting with swords and shields, the strength of the female warrior was greater than that of the experienced male mercenaries. That is what makes the strength between the Expeditionary Forces and the volunteer forces not comparable.

However, the battle task could be said to have been handed over to the relief forces that had come. Although the number of relief troops remained out of proportion to the Alliance Army, they only needed to continue advancing, and save the exhausted Expeditionary Force.

In front of Sang Merah Putih fluttering at half-mast, Nio and the soldiers defending the cloth saw the relief force helicopters sweeping the enemy with automatic cannons and their rockets.

Soldiers in attack helicopters fired assault rifle bullets and mounted machine guns, and rained down on opponents with hot lead. As much as possible they did not hit a friend, and swept the enemy human soldiers with their bullets.

Nio and the other soldiers breathed a sigh of relief, while watching the nice scenery on this sunny afternoon. Helicopters of relief forces that rained down on the enemy with brutal hot lead, are just a small part of the TNI. Nio could only imagine that the TNI was deploying all its strength to avenge the actions of the Alliance Forces against the Expeditionary Forces and the volunteer forces.

The shadow of Nio regarding the TNI exerting all its strength against the Alliance Forces is more worthy of being called a massacre than retaliation.

The hail of bullets given by the relief forces led the enemy to despair, and allowed them to see the horrors of the war-torn ways of Indonesia and its allies. Grenades thrown by soldiers in helicopters at enemy soldiers trying to save themselves lead them into chaos.

Currently, thousands of Alliance soldiers were pushing each other to get out of the inner area of the fortress in order to escape this madness. However, the helicopter fliers and their automatic cannons did not let the enemy escape for what they did with their companions, and surrounded their exit lanes and fired with automatic cannons as well as assault rifles and machines. As a result, inside the fortress was created a pile of corpses of humans, monsters, horses, and limbs that were separated from each other.

If Chandra and the others are still alive, they can definitely join us in seeing this great victory. While reminiscing about his fallen friends before him, Nio smiled and sighed.

The members of the rover Squad 1, Ryhan who was near Nio, shuddered at the sight of his commander smiling amid the slaughter created by the relief forces. There must be something he wanted to tell Nio about this battle.

Nio clenched his hands with the rest of his strength, and said, “Am I just going to stand still? There is a new battleground created now. With help, it feels like I can fight harder than ever.”

“Are you going to fight again, Mr Nio?”

Edera, Zariv, and Lux walked up to Nio after wandering around only to look for the young man.

“Why not?”

“But, your sword..”.

Lux points out the broken Nio sword, and the sword in Nio's bionic hand cannot come out because the mechanism is broken.

Nio then grabbed a shovel nearby, and decided to fight using that thing.

“Did you guys hear it, guys? Our commander will fight again, will you guys stay seated like that?”

The real Dinda was already very exhausted from saying that, and stared in awe at Nio who was holding the shovel with earnest fighting intent.

“Fuck, doesn't he have any fatigue? Is the adrenaline hormone broken?”

Sidik snorted in annoyance while saying that.

“Be quiet...Have you taken too long a break?”

Sidik's lover, Fariz actually supports Nio's decision to continue the fight.

Indeed, the relief forces had dominated the war too much since their arrival, and forced the fighters to rest a little. The area around Nio's eyes were blackened, and the eyes were showing fatigue, but Nio did not feel tired and sick in the slightest.

“Maybe my adrenaline hormone is already broken..”.

“Kan, I expected so.”

“Damn it, not the adrenaline hormone that is broken stupid, but Nio's fighting spirit that is too big!”

The voice that said that was Herlina who was still alive. His left hand suffered a long cut, and was too weak to hold a knife. But, Herlina's right hand was still firmly grasping the sword of the enemy she killed.

As if too many girls were surrounding Nio, Herlina bit her lips in frustration after seeing Lux, Zariv, and Edera near Nio. Urat appeared on her forehead as a symbol of her annoyance after seeing Lux deliberately sticking her body on Nio's body. Unfortunately, Herlina could feel her teeth shaking.

“Although we continue the fight and win, maybe our salary will not go up!”

No one can dispute that, or perhaps their salary that will not go up is the truth. The soldiers who were still holding on realized that they were completely exhausted, but they also thought that they could not be silent when things had turned around.

Although vague, the Expeditionary Force soldiers and volunteer troops could hear the sound of engines from vehicles in large numbers.

Therefore, there was no other reason for them to refrain from continuing the struggle while enduring the fatigue and pain within them.

Rio and Indah who felt victory was almost achieved, opened the Gate imperfect for the two of them, and saved themselves from the rain of missiles of the relief forces. The heroes also wanted their lives to be safe, by leaving the battlefield.

Fiercely, Nio smashed his shovel into the head of the little goblin who was trying to save himself to fall down. After that, Lux finished off the goblin that Nio had crippled with a stab of his sword.

As if not to lose, all the soldiers who decided to continue the fight against the enemy who was very unfavourable. Many pitiful roars were voiced by the monsters, and the agonizing cries of the dying human soldiers.

There was not a single person who could hold back Nio who was beating the enemies before him with thick and strong spade eyes. That was the problem, Nio who was really fed up with this war would finish off the enemies who tried to save themselves indiscriminately, be it human warriors and monsters twice as big as Nio hit with his shovel to the ground, and allowed the three otherworldly girls to make a final attack on the enemy he had knocked out.

Nio shouted loudly every time he smashed his spade eyes into his opponent's head. He shouted out loudly to order his entire subordinates to continue fighting until fainting. Well..arguably ordered is also not appropriate, because Nio mostly nagged and shouted while beating his enemies. Nio could feel his subordinates smiling angrily at him in response to his orders.

Freedom means you are not limited to doing something, it is also related to freedom on the battlefield. In war, you can overcome the desire to fight that is asleep in your body, and avenge all the actions of your enemies, as long as you do not violate the laws of international war.

Nio was clearly glaring with a smile while fighting with his opponents who were large monsters. It was a terrifying sight for people who had just seen Nio like that. But, for Herlina this was the umpteenth time to see Nio's actions like that.

Nio's seemingly unlimited power makes Zariv find a reason why Nio became ‘people predicted’. Although he himself does not know what Nio predicted for, and what events will happen in the future until Nio becomes the one who is predicted.

Every enemy that Nio had beaten using his spade, the young man cursed one by one his opponents. He did not hear the cries of the enemy begging him for mercy, he only cared about victory and salary increases.

As long as the enemy who was still holding his weapon begged Nio for mercy, the young man remained unconcerned and smashed at the faces of his enemies with a shovel.

“Rio! It's beautiful! The baron! And the other bastard heroes! Are you guys seriously going against the Student Army, TNI, and Indonesian allies huh!?”

Liben shuddered in horror as Nio shouted that out.

“Let's say goodbye to the commander's sanity..” Liben said in his heart.

Apart from his words challenging the heroes, Nio sounded a bit in pain when he was too hard to beat his opponents with a shovel.

Hearing Nio's cry, Zariv, Lux, and Edera chuckled while finishing off the opponent who was fighting the three of them.

Nio renewed his warrior oath, and added to his own made warrior vow which read, “Student Soldiers are ready to serve any enemy resistance with pleasure!”

Nio was already like a mad warrior, seen by his expression when fighting the enemy. His impatience for victory, made Nio look like a burning lust.

Although only armed with spades, Nio looks much stronger than the heroes.

Moreover, Nio still looked young in the eyes of some people. Although some people view him as a 20-year-old, it is still likely that his abilities will improve greatly over time.

The fighting skills he had shown all along already showed very clearly that he had a brilliant future in the military world. He himself did not hesitate to fight with one eye and armed with a shovel.

**

On the outer side of the fort, the imperfect Gate again took out dozens of armored personnel carriers and logistic and soldier trucks. The soldiers who arrived last yelled to order each other to quickly get off the vehicle, in order to face the fight immediately.

The relief force soldiers moved quickly towards the Alliance Army soldiers who decided to advance against them. Most advanced enemies could be annihilated easily by tank shells from their railgun cannons.

Quietly, dozens of tanks drove towards their opponents in the form of an army of monsters and humans. The tanks that drove with their strong steel armor were like a deadly walking fortress. By comparison, the 155mm gun and the weapons mounted on the main battle tank were no match for the Alliance's cannons.

The fast-moving line of enemies towards the tank line looked like it was challenging those weapons. They were deliberately advancing with the aim of countering the ranks of tanks and armored vehicles of the relief forces.

The sound that had been waiting for was finally heard as well, when the tank bullets were fired, the entire body of the enemy blocking its path was hollowed out, shattered and flew in all directions.

Tanks and lines of fire-assistance vehicles did not stop their advance, followed by transport trucks and tactical vehicles behind them. The 40mm automatic cannon on the fire aid vehicle swept through the cavalry troops, causing enormous damage to the troops.

Tanks and armored vehicles did not slow down its pace, as a result many monsters and human warriors were crushed by the chain wheel until the sound of crumbling bones could be heard amidst the desperate cries of the warrior who had crushed the wheel and the heavy body of the fighting vehicle.

When an enemy makes it past the ranks of tanks and fire support vehicles, the gunner on the tactical vehicle and the panzer sweeps at the enemy who is seen trying to destroy the tanks with their swords and batons.

However, their resistance to the thick armor of tanks and fire-assistance vehicles was completely useless, and only made the vehicle's body scuffed. In order for the blisters on the body of the vehicle not to extend, the gunner on the tactical vehicle fired at the enemy with a 12.7mm bullet on a heavy machine gun.

Furthermore, the battle vehicle lineup no longer responded to the enemy's attack. But the drivers of the fighting vehicles continued to advance their vehicles, and grinded down the unfortunate enemy mercilessly at all.

The loud sound of self-propelled artillery being fired from behind a line of combat vehicles signals that the battle has been taken over by the relief forces.

TNI soldiers sent to be relief troops broke through the enemy's advance covered in strong armor, and large-bodied monsters, like wild animals crashing their prey.

“Kompi 406-32, I don't want our comrades to die here! Keep fighting!”

Surya led his company down from the transport truck, and fired at the enemy blocking with 7.62mm bullets on their assault rifles. In addition to shooting, the company members also fight with the controlled martial arts, this is done in order to save ammunition as well.

As he said that, Surya also did not want Nio to die before he saved the young man. He made sure that the ‘surat’ he wrote was still safe in place, and would be handed over to Nio after the battle was over.

The tank bullets were fired again mercilessly and consecutively. The speeding bullet fell right in front of the enemy line that decided to flee. Tank bullets hitting the ground caused an explosive effect, and metal fragments from the bullets hit the enemy's body. A tank shell that causes an explosive effect when it hits a target, will annihilate 1 company of monster troops.

Hot smoke escaped from the tip of the cannon, but tank gunners continued to taunt the enemy with heavily destructive tank shells. Some enemies may have managed to dodge tank shell fire, but the infantrymen did not let a single enemy feel relieved. They fired at enemies who fought and tried to escape, and provided instant death when a 7.62mm bullet penetrated the head of the metal helmet-protected enemy.

**

The infantry finally entered the inner area of the fortress, and fired a barrage of fire at the enemies who fought or fled. Even if the enemy had a shield capable of withstanding a 7.62mm bullet rate, a machine gun that fired a 12.7mm bullet would avenge the annoyance of the infantry who were annoyed by bullets that were unable to penetrate the enemy's powerful shield.

As the last line of reinforcements came out from inside the imperfect Gate, enemy air forces arrived. Their numbers were the same when the previous assault, about 900 dragons and wyverns. But, the vehicle that appeared last was a large rocket launch vehicle.

The entire launcher was pointed upwards, leading to hundreds of flying lizard-riding troops that caused a new scene. Each warrior who saw hundreds of dragons and wyverns flew towards them, feeling awe and goosebumps.

Each rocket on the launcher was then fired, and pointed straight towards the hundreds of flying lizards that were getting closer to the relief forces.

The Alliance air force forces, which had not learned how to evade the missiles targeting them, were eventually killed by the massive explosion of the released rockets. For the dragon riders who were not hit by the rocket, they died with the rocket shrapnel spread due to the explosion.

Hundreds of pieces of human and lizard bodies flew down onto the ground like rain, and left the Alliance Army in despair when the rest of the dragon riders chose to retreat.

“After the battle is over, I will submit a promotion proposal and the salary of the entire Expeditionary Force!”

Nugroho who was inside the command vehicle shouted in his heart like that, while getting off the vehicle as the back door opened and exposed a new world, and a battlefield.

As the TNI commander, Nugroho certainly must be escorted by the best soldiers of the TNI. Although he had also been wearing full combat gear, and carrying a rifle, Nugroho's job was to command the troops and ensure victory could be achieved.

The arrival of the relief force returned the destination of the nearly desperate Expeditionary Force soldiers. The purpose of protecting the homeland from otherworldly enemies returned to the chest of the soldiers, and caused them to be able to fight desperately.

**

Waiting is not a bad thing, is it? Like Expeditionary Force soldiers who can only fight while expecting help, until finally help really arrives.

So, continue to wait even though the things you wait for do not come, like a soul mate:v