High School Soldier
Target shoot

In the north, where the battle between the 12th Team and the Alliance forces had not yet ended and there continued to be unilateral massacres, the artillery operators had not stopped their work. The second commander of the self-propelled artillery continued to order fire, although the intensity of the attack was slightly reduced after Team 12 was thought to have been in the middle of the fight. Meanwhile, two MLRSs that had been ready to launch rocket artillery were still awaiting orders and requests from the small team.

Because rocket artillery carries a warhead far more deadly than cannonballs on ordinary artillery, they cannot indiscriminately fire the weapon if the situation has not been truly desperate. Typically, rockets will be launched to disable or destroy enemy facilities such as bases and fortifications as well as weapons such as tanks and field artillery. However, the enemies they fought this time had nothing like that, and the heavy weapons they carried were only siege weapons like giant catapults and trebuchets.

Well, that's their job – even though the enemy is completely known to have no tanks even though they are rumored to have rifles. And a clear day with cool air temperatures they must be forced to live by preventing enemies united in a large number of troops entering the territory of the Holy Land Yekirnovo and the Special Region of Indonesia in the New World – to be exact what they did was a massacre.

“Here 12th Team, our commander requested the intensity of artillery shelling be reduced, precisely if it could be stopped. Enemy has started to mess up, please send the Relief Company to the point we have sent.”

The one representing the captain of the 12th Team communicating with the commander of one of the field artillery commanders was Bima. The point where they were at had been received by the Relief Company, and they instantly moved to a predetermined point by carrying hundreds of soldiers and heavy machine guns.

Sometimes giving the enemy a little chance to fight is a good move, considering they still rely on swords and arrows in warfare, as well as siege weapons. Kindness is important, but forgiving the enemy too much will break you.

“Stop shots for a while, we wait for communication from Team 12 for the continuation of the attack.”

The commander of one of the motion artillery himself informed his subordinates and the artillery operator next to him. The 12th team that asked them to stop firing had not one rocket artillery launched. The move not to launch a rocket capable of sinking a Corvette-class ship is very wise, or there will be thousands of women losing their husbands and becoming widows.

In addition to giving the enemy a chance to show their resistance, the temporary cessation of fire was useful to reduce the defense budget of the three Peacekeeping Forces member countries, given the price of an artillery shell, you can buy dozens of 125 cc ducks, or buy a new car.

However, it is not easy to think logically and economically in the middle of a battle when the enemy is blatantly showing a threat.

Perhaps firing an artillery shell with or without a warhead against an enemy with a sword or arrow is futile and wasteful, and closer to unilateral slaughter. It was bad for Indonesia's defence budget, which is usually just enough for weapons maintenance and buying some new weapons to replace old weapons, but it would not be a serious catastrophe for the country's finances, so the Indonesian contingent can use various means to protect Indonesia and its allies by fighting from this world.

“What happened to Lieutenant Nio? Has he not asked for another shot?” ask one of the commanders of the Major rank artillery.

“We continue to connect with the 12th Team signal, and he has not said anything after his subordinates asked us to stop firing for a while,” said the artillery battalion communication unit.

Experienced soldiers should be able to think positively, and set an example for young soldiers.

Meanwhile, the Relief Company is expected to join the 12th Team in one and a half or two hours.

**

Nio realized the situation he was in was unfavorable to him, and his expression darkened after vomiting and hearing the automatic cannon firing dozens of projectiles carried by the weapon operator to protect him from some enemy infantry soldiers who realized his position was full of gaps. A total of six Alliances infantrymen were killed in a hollow body condition as a result of a 20mm projectile lesion fired from less than thirty meters away.

Although he had been around for quite a while and had various battle experiences during his stint in this world, Nio was still worried about weapons capable of killing enemies instantly. Although the enemy had units armed with rifles, they could be easily defeated in an open field battle like this. In addition, the SP1 used by the Alliance is currently impossible to use against the Guild's manned or unmanned artillery, especially remotely fired artillery rocket-type artillery.

“We should fight with a balanced enemy!” said Hassan who was on one of the tactical vehicles.

He gave a support shot when the firing range of the automatic machine gun operated ‘Pelukis’ aka Kaikoa did not reach the enemy who managed to survive. This tactical vehicle was also hitched a ride by Sigit and Agus, and they both provided fire assistance if there were enemies who were not hit by gunfire and continued to show resistance.

“Sergeant Hassan, I think it's also a very bad choice if we fight in a world with enemies who have a civilization higher than ours, he said,” ‘Martabak’ City aka Yandi replied to the statement of the vice-captain of the 12th Team.

“Well, I thought we were connected to an alien planet like in the movies,” Hassan talks again.

“If we used to be at war with aliens, maybe the earth was overrun by them,” Yandi responded to Hassan's words. To be honest, he also hopes that in the previous war, the earth is faced with a nation of aliens who have high technology, as often shown in Hollywood films. ‘Unfortunately’, he is now at war with another world nation with a civilization equivalent to the medieval era.

Meanwhile, while listening to Hassan and Yandi who were heard talking about the war film against the aliens, Agus shot while saying, “You better remember what the Lieutenant said about the enemy's power, which is why, although they were equivalent to European troops in the middle ages.”

“Yes, which he said may be true, the fact that they managed to destroy our weapons in the previous great war that Lieutenant faced,” Sigit agreed Agus' words.

Despite fighting with enemies who had the technology of the medieval kingdom era, still facing them was as difficult as facing modern troops who had railgun weapons and particle cannons. After all, the dragon and wyvern possessed by the enemy had scales that were impenetrable to 7.62mm and 12.7mm projectiles, respectively, and the only easiest way to fight and kill those fantasy flying animals is to shower them with 20mm to 80mm anti-aircraft artillery.

Fortunately, in this battle they did not engage in resistance against the dragon or wyvern rider troops. But still they cannot continue to rely on heavy machine guns and automatic cannons on both tactical vehicles and pansers, or troops were forced to submit proposals to the Defense Ministry to increase ammunition stocks due to their waste. And of course it cannot be directly approved by the Secretary of Defense without the approval and permission of the President and the council members, and it is a long and dizzying procedure.

“Dia... why?”

From the second tactical vehicle, Hevaz looked from the passenger window at the tactical vehicle he was riding with Edera, Arif as the driver, Hendra, Ardi as the operator of the automatic heavy machine gun, and Arif as the driver, as well as the four Traveler Nio girls who were crouching down and took something out of his mouth.

“Tuan Nio... is he okay?” Edera looked anxious after looking in the same direction, Nio who was crouching and vomiting.

“Lettan.. surely that's his weakness.” Arif guessed Nio's weakness after knowing the cancer that the man was riding was traveling at high speed and seemed careless. The combat vehicle is designed to speed on offroad terrain, but it is not a good choice if the driver has a weak passenger against strong shocks.

All the info that the 12th Team members got regarding Nio was if that man was one of the soldiers capable of leading his previous subordinates to survive the attacks three times a day the Alliance for a week, although he lost three subordinates before the massive assault began. However, the look on Nio's face was not like someone who suffered from mental distress or war trauma, according to the entire 12th Team member and several Peace Forces officers.

“He is strong, but he actually has a trivial weakness,” said Hendra.

It was ironic, but it was one of the facts of the many weaknesses that Nio had and had not been revealed.

“The first to middle-ranking officers also admire him. Unfortunately, he was quite mysterious in my opinion,” said ‘Crossdresser, aka Ardi in the middle of his job of giving support shots.

“What do you mean by the mysterious Mr Nio?” hevaz asked Ardi with a very fluent Indonesian speech.

Ardi replied while shooting help from the window opening to make it easier for him to shoot, “I mean, he seems to have a lot of secrets. Although he is quite capable of making tactics, but it seems that his ability is not only limited to making tactics or such.”

From Ardi's words, Nio's position not only shows that he is a First Lieutenant who leads a team of elite members. Unfortunately, information about elite and special forces soldiers is very limited, it could even be that all information about an elite army soldier has been forged by the soldier's home unit, the soldier said, and the punishment for tappers of information even though it is just a fad is equivalent to life imprisonment.

All the passengers, except for the four Explorers girls nodded awkwardly in response to Ardi's words. They then continued their role in this battle as gunfire relief givers.

“Hei, stop this vehicle.”

Arif complied with Hevaz's request, and the girl got off the tactical vehicle followed by Edera who had been in battle-ready condition – if ordered by their ‘tuan’ who were helpless by her current state. The two of them then moved with the aim of approaching Nio, while fighting every enemy warrior who considered them both as enemies.

Meanwhile, the four Maze Explorer girls who had been in the Andzrev Continent, precisely sixty kilometers from the Special Region of Indonesia in the New World, were seen wearing expressions of disbelief. To be precise, they were amazed by the steel carts capable of moving without being pulled by horses or monsters, as well as steel sticks capable of exploding and killing enemies at long distances.

“This cart is very awesome, I did not know that in our world there is such a thing.”

“Sabole, do not forget that this steel cart belongs to the team ‘otherworld’.”

“Which Kardas said is true, there is no way this strange vehicle was made by the craftsmen of our world.”

Sabole then said with a plain face,” Ah... I forgot that they are from another world, I was really amazed by the objects made in their country.”

“Move! Don't mind me. I can still fight.”

“Lettan, I know you are strong, but your condition is not supportive now,” Zefanya said after seeing Nio vomit quite a lot.

After getting a lot of pressure from the members who continued to shoot at the enemy from inside the panzer, Nio saw Edera and Hevaz fighting agilely against enemies numbering in the tens and supported by archers. He then stood up while rubbing his mouth using the sleeves of his snow camouflage uniform.

“As long as I can still move, I will do everything as I can,” Nio spoke with face without the slightest problem after vomiting.

Unfortunately, Ika's attempt to cancel Nio's intention to join the fight with Hevaz and Edera did not produce results. He could only stare at Nio who was dashing fast towards Hevaz and Edera who were facing the enemy in a close combat.

It was obvious that the artillery battalion resumed its assault, and it made Nio think his team was in two different situations. Indeed, an artillery strike is capable of killing dozens of enemies at once, but if its members are unable to avoid the artillery rain then it would be a pretty terrifying event to imagine.

The shaking ground and the rumbling sound produced by the artillery projectiles of between 105mm to 155mm caliber were still felt by Nio, the 12th Team, and the Alliance troops who had been in irregular condition.

In other words, the enemy had fallen in a short period of time, although some of the soldiers still showed resistance. It was impossible to avoid artillery shells with warheads capable of damaging something within a ten-meter radius of the explosion. Enemies who have been victims of brutal weapons ‘other world’ Nio estimated to have reached 25 percent of the total enemy soldiers.

Anyways, though, they continued to fight as long as the commander was alive and continued to give them orders to fight until their bodies were damaged by the projectile's lesion or cut in half by the lightning slash of the Death Goddess Envoy and the War God adored by people who work as soldiers or fighters. On the other hand, the lightning slash that split the enemy's body was called ‘ Efficient attack’ by Hevaz.

Nio then pulled out the sword from its scabbard mounted on the back of the vest, and grasped it in the right hand while the left hand grasped the gun. He fought with an enemy who had considered himself an enemy in close combat.

Although the majority of the enemy infantry troops were filled by regular soldiers, Nio had admitted close combat with them was never boring. Although in a state of annoyance, Nio still fought calmly, and fought efficiently without expending energy in vain.

He repelled every slash his enemy had slashed towards his body many times, then retaliated in a lightning strike. Humans would not just die with a single slash on the stomach or back, so Nio shot the head of the enemy he injured to give them instant death.

Nio fought as if he still had the full energy to do so. With a boost of pride as a fellow soldier, he accepted every challenge of the enemy trying to attack him from all directions.

“Uhngh...!” still, Nio was unable to withstand all enemy attacks, and had to be slashed on his forehead as a result of failing to escape the attack of one of the enemy soldiers.

Unfortunately, the incision on the forehead was not enough to paralyze Nio, even though blood was flowing past her cheeks. The incision was not too deep, so it did not harm Nio. With his only eyes, Nio stared intently at every enemy that surrounded him with killing intent.

A moment later, the five warriors advanced along with swords raised overhead and accompanied with excited cries to cripple the morale of Nio who fought ‘alone’.

Seeing a sword belonging to an enemy two meters away about to stab his body, Nio twisted his body and floated a kick into the hands of one of the Alliance's soldiers. The twisting kick from him could not be anticipated, and made the sword belonging to an enemy soldier flung. Without a second thought Nio instantly pulled the trigger on his gun, and a 9mm bullet instantly pierced through the face of an Alliance soldier.

The next moment, Nio fended off a slash of an enemy soldier who was trying to slash his head which was indeed not protected by a helmet. However, Nio's instinct told him that they were no ordinary infantrymen, and Nio fired a projectile from his gun again into the head of an enemy. He did that to avoid getting hurt again, and Nio felt the remaining three Alliance soldiers staring at him fearlessly.

The frenzy of gunshots from his comrades made the three Alliance soldiers appear shocked, and gave Nio an opportunity to attack. Unfortunately, before Nio made his first move, the three Alliance soldiers actually ran away from him, like something scared them. However, after seeing the faces of the three of them, Nio did not feel that there was anything frightening behind him as he himself did not hear the sound of any approaching tactical vehicles or panzers.

Nio then turned his face back, but immediately jumped to the side after the horseman soldier put his ride in full speed towards Nio. If he dodges too late, it is certain that Nio will be bounced or stepped on the horse's foot.

After unsuccessfully crashing into Nio, the Baron immediately stopped his horse and turned around again.

“Heh, whereas earlier you had better be stepped on my horse's foot only, Nio,” Baron smiled as he said that. He saw Nio in an injured condition on the forehead, and it made the Baron feel an advantage on his side.

Baron unsheathed his sword which had been enveloped with magic which made the sharpness of the weapon increase.

“That's enemy commander, shoot the man wearing that nice outfit!” Nio shouted to the Yogi-piloted panzer for the automatic cannon operator to shoot the Baron.

Dozens of projectiles shot at extremely high speeds and were fired from close range, making it impossible for the Baron to escape. Unfortunately, the shield magic that protected the Baron was too powerful, so the projectile was unable to break through those magic defenses.

A moment later, there was an extremely loud explosion, as well as a puff of smoke that made the Baron slightly startled.

The grenade launcher fired its ammunition, and the one who carried out the attack was the Gita. The Panzer he was riding on paused for a moment so that he could aim precisely, and that his attack succeeded in making the Baron forced to strengthen the magic shield on the back, where the explosion occurred. A moment later, the automatic heavy machine gun unleashed a short barrage of fire, and dozens of projectiles that shot out at speeds reaching over 1,000 meters per second were able to crack the front side of the Baron's magic shield.

“No way, whereas they do not use magical weapons!” Baron said his surprise was that the 12.7mm projectile was able to crack his magic shield which was quite weak on the front.

According to Nio's words, technology is able to balance magic power if used with the right tactics. The entire 12th Team members had obtained some means from Nio regarding how to deal with the strength of the hero. Although they do not yet know the effectiveness of these tactics, they will know if they use these tactics on the battlefield directly.

Although it was only able to crack the magic shield of the Baron without breaking it, it had included satisfactory results. They managed to make one of the Alliance's strongest figures put on a foolish expression, and were unable to move for a few seconds.

The baron soon awakens to his shock, which leaves him silent for a while after Nio shoots two 9mm projectiles, which makes the front side of his magic shield even more cracked.

Nio stopped shooting after seeing Hevaz flying over the Baron, then swooped down in high speed. The great scythe of Hevaz hit the front side of Baron's magic shield, and the girl continued to press her weapon against the magical protector of one of the Alliance's heroes as if draining all her power to break Baron's shield magic.

Meanwhile, more than sixty archers raised their weapons and drew arrows at Hevaz's target trying to break through Baron's defenses, directly hitting Nio.

Nio pulled the trigger for a while, then three projectiles pierced through the faces of the three archers. Normally, archers would be placed at the very back of the line, thus relying on the protection of the troops in the front row, and that was why the Alliance archers did not have complete body armor.

When the sixty archers were about to release their arrows, Edera slipped between the ranks of the archers, and thrust her sharp claws into the necks of one of the Alliance's archers. He jumped onto the target very quickly, like a real cat. In his cat mode, Edera's fighting ability will increase dramatically, and is able to kill targets in a single scratch.

Edera's unexpected attack made almost the entire archer agitated, and attempted to shoot Edera who moved very agilely. Some archers shot while Edera was in the middle of the line, and caused several archers to kill their own comrades. Some archers who had no intention of killing their own comrades could not anticipate Edera crashing at them and clawing at their faces and bodies easily.

After killing hundreds of archers, Edera crouched down like a cat and licked her hands like a cat with ears and a tail that moved like a cat. Nio looked at the girl from quite a distance away, and felt Edera was much more cute if she acted like a cat.

On the other side, Rio who was still gathering strength after being affected by the missile explosion that killed thousands of his soldiers at once saw Nio was fighting with the infantry soldiers and killing them in an effective combination of sword and gun.

His distance to Nio was only less than a hundred meters, and he immediately stood up using his rifle as a pedestal. He staggered slightly as he stood up, but after that his strength gradually returned and was able to stand firmly.

“I'll fight you, asshole...!!!” rio's voice filled with naf*su killed a very large rumble in the midst of his soldiers who were in the fog due to the rain of projectiles from Nio's subordinates. He immediately ran to get close to Nio, even though his condition was still injured.

Although the distance with the person who shouted earlier was quite far away, Nio was still able to hear it amidst the fanfare of the battlefield.

A moment later, Nio heard the sound of an explosion that was two levels stronger than a grenade-throwing ammunition. Then, a long barrage of audible gunfire coming from the heavy machine guns and automatic cannons on the fire aid vehicles was heard by Nio and his entire subordinates.

After being attacked with so many projectiles and artillery shells, the Alliance forces are now shocked by the arrival of hundreds of soldiers carrying slightly weaker weapons than the artillery that killed hundreds of their comrades, the 81mm mortar.

Two mortars, each operated by three soldiers, hurled mortar artillery that floated in a parabolic trajectory, then struck hundreds of Alliance cavalrymen chasing one of the 12th Team's tactical vehicles.

Dozens of pieces of their human limbs, horses, and iron armor floated in the air along with the mud from the soft ground. Mortar exerted an extraordinarily brutal impact, and killed less than thirty Alliance cavalry warriors. As for the soldiers who were only hit by the shockwave from the explosion, they were knocked to the ground on soft ground.

While the other mortar hit the rearguard, the archer who prepared to rain down the Relief Company with thousands of arrows. Dozens of bodies were knocked down along with body parts due to mortar explosions. For the surviving archers, they decided to flee.

However, the soldiers of the 006 Relief Company did not let them escape safely, and fired at the archers with 7.65mm projectiles from the assault rifles of each country's production, it was as if the Witches of the Alliance were merely a target object of fire.

Looking at the scene that the Relief Company presented, which was a very easy resistance against the attacking party (Alliance), Nio could only imagine if the Alliance continued to fight only with arrows and swords, as well as siege weapons. He feared that more widows and families would lose their sons to the war.

It is unclear what purpose they agreed to help Indonesia deal with the Alliance's great powers, Russia and North Korea just showing off their weapons, and fighting enemy forces with their well-trained artillery and soldiers.

On the other hand, the arrival of the enemy Relief Company made Rio just speechless, and the Baron spurred his horse as hard as possible to retreat with the rest of the troops. Seeing the Baron who had retreated with the rest of the soldiers, Rio immediately did the same and followed the rest of his cavalry troops who did not reach two thousand out of the six thousand soldiers and horses. Rio canceled his intention to kill Nio, and avenged what the man had done to him.

There might be a point in chasing after an enemy who decided to withdraw from the fight, that is, they must have experienced very bad mental pressure, so the move was very profitable. But, the bullets that had been fired could not replace the tax money of the people, and the entire bullets that had been used were almost non-recyclable. Recycling has its limits.

The 12th Team and the 003rd Aid Company halted fire, and let the rest of the enemy forces retreat to their origin. A follow-up shot would only be a waste of bullets, which would mean wasting the manpower of the people working to pay taxes to buy bullets and weapons for the military.