High School Soldier
Fighting while obeying the rules

One week later, the surgery was performed as scheduled, and the intrepid unit of Team 12 and the Silent Killer led by First Lieutenant ‘TRIP’ Nio was inside the landing ship that was sent to the landing zone as the front guard. Except for Hevaz, the messenger girl flew on a transport ship like a escort helicopter.

Nio's plan was to land before dawn, take advantage of the enemy's negligence and then destroy their cannons. As the frontline troops in the operation, the 12th Team and the Silent Killer were faced with great risks. But, in fact, the beach fortress has a weakness against attacks from behind, so all fighters led by ‘Life’ have the confidence of being able to carry out the mission successfully.

“We should be able to do this mission. I suggested this tactic, so I am in charge of the lives of my people,” muttered Nio, with the firm belief that he was able to lead an army with just one hand and eye.

Coastal defences were prepared to deal with attacks from the Guild's warships and amphibious units. When Nio was confident that the 12th Team and the Silent Killer did not require a protective attack because the most important thing was the communication between personnel, it seemed that the chances of success seemed small, as the troops were equipped with small arms.

“Five more minutes we will make the landing!” the warning from the captain made all of Nio's subordinates make the final preparations.

The landing of the 12th Team and the Silent Assassins were not supported by the friendly battleship attacks, so the possibility of them being detected remained.

“OK, everyone out of the boat!”

He could only hope that the troops he brought out brought out their respective pent-up talents. Nio's main task is to increase the likelihood of success and remove obstacles.

And a commander could not put on an anxious expression just before the operation. That was why Nio ordered his members to prepare in a relaxed tone.

Nio was indeed concerned when he saw his subordinates – except for Zefanya and the members of the Silent Killer – shivering due to sailing in the cold sea. They stood up in a jostle for warmth, yet they remained ready for battle, so Nio did not have to worry about excess.

“You should have heard it before, but our target is the cannons and combat magicians guarding the Gulf of Horns. Destroying weapons and securing Alliance combat mages is the main mission, but if they run into difficulties, incapacitating or killing them is not prohibited,”, Nio said, reaffirming the mission's aim without further ado.

“The landing mission depends on us!” continued Nio.

Coastal defense cannons and witches were not fortresses, meaning the entire member was able to deal with them. Most importantly, the Alliance forces defending the Gulf of Horn were always glued towards the sea. Facing combat magicians was indeed a tough task, but Team 12 had commanders who were experienced in battles involving war magic, plus Hevaz who had strength above normal humans. Thus, amphibious landing operations depend on them.

“After landing, the 12th Team will occupy the front line, with support attacks carried out Silent Killer and Hevaz. Basically, we do this battle alone. Destroy enemy cannons placed at the best point in an hour. I hope you all put out all the power after landing.”

Nio expected a lot on his subordinates. “Please don't mess up, show me you guys have enough power to win this battle,” Nio said inwardly, all he can do is hope.

“We will split into 2 groups as usual. I will deal with the enemy witches, Group 1 led by Sergeant Major Hassan will handle coastal defense artillery, while Group 2 led by Bamlag and assisted by Hevaz is in charge of facing the enemy resistance unit.”

“Commander, will you fight alone again?” Bima said that, as if not wanting to let Nio take the lead role in this mission.

Nio replied, “No problem. If you guys fail to do the job, call me right away. If you do not have time to do so, the plan is to stay until the landing forces arrive.”

“Mr Nio, what are our duties including handling enemy reinforcements?” a rabbit-eared Demihuman named Bamlag asked. Nio appointed the man as the leader of the Silent Assassins on this mission with various considerations. Bamlag was the former chief of one of the rabbit-eared Demihumans of the Luan Empire.

Almost all of the tribesmen that Bamlag led were forced to fight with the Alliance in this war, so few people fought with him under Nio. The reason he was willing to fight alongside Nio and his comrades was that they were accepted and treated well, regardless if their origin was previously the enemy of the green army's home country. This made Bamlag honor the soldiers who could not stand the temperature below freezing.

“True. If you can't handle it, ask Hevaz for help,” replied Nio to Bamlag's question.

Re-checking everything to make sure the troops don't forget something and keep each personnel up-to-date, they use hands-free communication in their ears. The Silent Assassins and Hevaz have become accustomed to the technology of the TNI's home country, so there is no need to use conventional communication that makes them easier to find enemies.

After all, Nio had never said that this mission would succeed, but there was no trivial reason if they failed, so there was no better choice but to get rid of all the obstacles.

“Pak Guru and Huvu, you are the backup commanders for the 12th Team and the Silent Killer. If I and Mr. Bamlag cannot be reached, have all members back down,” said Nio, but responded with sad expressions by Edera, Huvu, and Ebal.

“Retreat, Lieutenant?” answer ‘Pak Guru’ aka Ferdi.

“Mr Nio, you and Bamlag are not easy to beat. Do not speak as if this mission has the potential to fail,” said Edera, making the entire Silent Killer put on the same restless face.

Nio replied, “This operation will stop if we lose the signal. If the enemy manages to cut off our communication, our chances of winning are slim. If that possibility happens, I might still be able to survive, but I don't know what the end result is.”

Nio said his unrest, but he had absolutely no intention of sacrificing himself. If necessary, he would make a fuss to lure out enemies chasing after his subordinates, that was all he could do to keep his members in a desperate condition.

“Prepared to land!” nio's warning left the entire 12th Team and the Silent Killer upright.

“Ready, Sir!” answer everyone simultaneously.

As the entire members quickly checked their respective equipment, Nio swiftly installed a magazine on his assault rifle. Just one hand made it difficult for him to shoot, but Nio had no other choice. In short, he was used to fighting within limitations.

“All, come out in an orderly manner! May God give us ease and salvation!”

**

As Indonesian warships marched along the narrow Gulf of Horns, they showed no signs of starting the battle, leaving Gurion quite astonished.

But, he was the type of person who made full preparations for the battle.

Yet…

“Sudden attack! A number of cannons and machine guns were destroyed by the enemy! Their numbers were few, but their movements were extremely fast! What are the guard troops doing?!”

The sound of an explosion that did not come from the Indonesian warship's cannon was heard by the Hero of Regret, damaging two coastal defense artillery pieces and four heavy machine guns. The troops stationed here had no readiness in the face of a swift incursion from the rear line, even though they had been on guard.

Especially when some subordinate soldiers reported the enemy's surprise attack, indicating Indonesia had started the war. The pressure in Gurion's heart and mind made the man lift his ‘Tar-21’.

(olog note: Tar-21 is an Israeli-made bullpup assault rifle with a caliber of 5.56mm)

“The enemy attacks from behind while the troops are still resting. They must be highly trained units. No, we let our guard down because we rarely practice,” murmured Gurion.

Gurion did not hide his displeasure at all when heavy machine guns and coastal defense artillery began firing at Indonesian warships despite causing no significant impact. The Indonesian fleet did not retaliate, but its forces were unable to retaliate when one-on-one elite units set off explosives and damaged heavy machine guns and artillery.

“How is the status of the enemy attacking us now?” gurion asked one of his subordinates.

“Not yet clear, Sir. But, machine gun operators and magicians have started the attack, with Demihuman targets and a small Indonesian army.”

“What? Ask the patrolmen what happened. Why can't they realize the enemy is infiltrating!”

Gurion considers the resistance to witches and the destruction of weapons by the enemy's small army through the back line to be a mockery, causing his army to be in disarray. Fighting against witches was a tough fight, but the casualties on the side of his combat mages had reached alarming numbers.

The sun had not yet fully risen, but the combat mages and machine-gun operator units that became front-line weapons had difficulty putting up a fight. Gurion had yet to realize how bad the situation was that befell his troops, but he sighed as he kept an eye on the situation.

Landing in secret and then attacking. In order to prevent this, Gurion has advised the Alliance to create a fast patrol unit. However, the fleet that the Alliance possessed was really only an aircraft carrier Wyvern and a battleship with heavy cannons, so it was unable to make any quick movements. The alliance needs funds to build fast ships for interception operations.

Reflecting and regretting the decision of the Alliance leadership who did not pay attention to the strength of the troops, Gurion hoped that his troops would at least kill one enemy soldier in order to reduce embarrassment despite accepting defeat.

The infiltrating enemy had destroyed several artillery pieces, heavy machine guns, and killed ten combat magicians. Gurion is jealous of the enemy's power.

“Sial, it turns out they are targeting weapons! Main battalion, come forward with me!”

The enemy sneaks in and destroys artillery, machine guns, and combat magicians. Gurion then assembled his battalion, leading his subordinates to prevent more destruction of the main armament in order to defend the Gulf of Horn.

The Gurion battalion was armed by the SP-1, but for protection it still relied on the shield. The curved front of the shield is expected to deflect enemy projectiles. The entire army under Gurion's direct command moved with determination in the chest.

Gurion orders his battalion on the move now before the enemy's main amphibious forces land.

Nio saw thousands of SP-1 armed soldiers running towards the beach, hearing their excited screams. After all, the Alliance only won in terms of quantity, and their quality was far below that of the Guild. Nio had killed ten witches, with the addition of two that he finished off a few minutes ago.

Around the coast grew many large trees, rocks the size of houses, and open beaches. Nio seemed to be running from behind a reef, shooting at a number of combat magicians who had just cast spells. Some magicians managed to take out ice and stone javelins, then thrust them towards Nio who was moving here and there. In addition to the ice and stone javelins, a number of magicians unleashed artillery magic, targeting the Alliance's main targets.

The alarming speed of the ice and stone javelin made Nio have to jump when he reached a rock for cover. The surrounding rocks and corals broke apart as the opponent's artillery magic hit him, making Nio somewhat uneasy if the attack hit him. However, the ice and stone javelin instantly broke apart when it hit the rock protecting it.

“Commander, you seem desperate?!” zefanya said, shooting one by one the machine gun opponents from one side of the coastal cliff.

Nio heard the words of one of his subordinates through his handsfree, then put on a serious face.

“I also saw it, Zefanya! Hey, can you take down one or two enemy witches?!” asked Nio, but was soon replied with a small smile by the Russian girl.

“Commander, too little if you order me to kill only one or two enemy witches. After all, they have pretty good protection, so it is quite difficult to paralyze them,” Zefanya replied.

Nio instantly decided without hesitation, “No, the witches can't see you directly, right? It's not like when you're dealing with an Angry Hero who can figure out your position, so they won't have time to protect themselves with shield magic.”

The Alliance's combat magicians who were hunting Nio could not move quickly, they were not the type of magicians who could fly using a wand or magic broom. Despite hunting in the area with dense trees, the witches were able to push Nio to the shore.

Nio was ultimately unable to escape, so he needed a supporting attack that could give the effect of trepidation to the enemy magicians. The reason Nio could confidently say that he would face a hundred Alliance combat mages alone was because he had a sniper, so that he could fight comfortably.

The artillery magic attacks, ice javelins, and stone fighting magicians of the opponent had not been able to hit Nio. But, thanks to the relentless rain of attacks, the witches' efforts to corner the Alliance's main target in this war came to fruition.

“Zefanya, where's my help shot?!”

“Ah? Get ready, get it done, Commander!”

After Nio and Zefanya's brief communication was completed, Nio immediately came out of hiding while the enemy magician was still chanting the spell. The average Alliance mage took 5 seconds to prepare for the magic attack, a short time that was more than enough for Nio to find a better hideout.

Nio wanted to find a place higher than his opponent, so he ran to the cliff that also lined up dozens of coastal defense artillery as well as heavy machine guns.

An ice javelin shot out in bullet speed, passing through Nio and stuck on the tree trunk in front of him. Nio turned his head back, seeing the twenty combat mages of the Alliance being within 40 meters of him. Within the forest, Nio had many advantages, but the number of enemies cornered him.

Nio aimed at one of the magicians who stopped to cast a spell, and a shot hit his head. It gave Nio time to increase his distance with the witches still chasing him.

However, thanks to Nio fighting alone against the enemy witches, Team 12 and the Silent Killer managed to destabilize the Alliance's coastal defense artillery forces. The messy situation Gurion did not expect.

While continuing to lead his battalion, Gurion oversaw every enemy maneuver targeting cannons and machine guns. The enemy's sneak attacks made a lot of profit for them, thus making Gurion curse them.

“They're fast, Mr Gurion!”

“The number of them does not reach one company. Indonesia must have underestimated us!”

Gurion responds to the hatred of his commanders, “They are elite forces. Don't underestimate their training. Take advantage of our large numbers to defend and suppress the enemy!”

Unfortunately, the enemy troops that only numbered in the tens did not tremble as they relied on the strength of numbers. But Gurion confidently led his army to repel the enemy forces that attacked artillery, machine guns, and combat mages.

“Forward! Hold the enemy's movement!” shout Gurion.

All Gurion could do was shout and lead his troops against the enemy.

What else could he say besides that?

Gurion stared at the beach, where the opposing warrior slaughtered his combat magician. He prayed in his heart, but then asked, “Did my Lord pay attention to this world? Does my God see me even though I am no longer in my home world? Is this world nourished by the God I believe in?”

“Mr Gurion!” a soldier's warning made him immediately aware of the unease.

“Yes God. Why is he here?” gurion said with a face that exceeded restlessness as he gazed towards the beach.

“Pursue the green pig. He's only one man, shower him with bullets. Don't let him kill more of our witches!” the reserve commander shouted like that, and was received by the battalion.

“Guild has one annoying ordinary human-shaped warrior, his nickname is ‘Life’ or something like that,” When Gurion mutters and stares at a TNI soldier running from the beach to the forest area, he is, he immediately remembered the news from Rio and Emperor Bogat.

“With the courage capable of injuring the Alliance's strongest Hero, the Hero of Anger, he deserves the nickname ‘Life. The soldier is difficult to die, even though the enemy he faces has strength beyond reason.”

Gurion trembles at the sight of an Indonesian soldier killing 12 combat witches alone. There is no disgusting curse that the soldier deserves. He's an ordinary warrior who has more power than the strongest Hero.

“Lord, I pray to You. Give me the strength to defeat that enemy.”

Gurion prayed while aiming for the Undead, his rifle glowing by his magic energy. However, he immediately canceled his intention, he saw his troops hunting down Nio with a face full of courage and confidence. He did not want to interfere with his army's efforts.

But he couldn't possibly back down.

‘Life’'s life is alone, whereas he has a magic rifle like Rio's. If he managed to capture the Undead, he would turn it into a real corpse. With such thoughts in mind, Gurion chased after the Undead with a burning spirit.

On a difficult run, in Nio's heart thought he worked far more than his salary. However, the way the soldier works is not by inserting a coin from the hole that has been provided, then starting to work after the user presses the button after inserting a certain amount of coins.

Nio fought while obeying the rules.

Although Zefanya helped by shooting dead five enemy combat magicians, the number of people chasing after Nio was even the size of a battalion. Although Nio wanted to escape, in this case he could not escape. In such a situation, the soldier must continue to fight.

“A*su! They are tough too it turns out!”

When Nio thought about continuing to run away, he realized his achievements during his service as a soldier. He thought that if the only one kept running away from trouble, for the sake of a bright future he should stop even though helpless. At full risk, he had to take a step beyond the word ‘nekat’ and fight.

The only way to counter the large numbers preventing the enemy from opening fire is to go ahead for close combat. At close range, the danger is indeed much greater. However, in close range, the shots will be more on target and the difference in number can be ignored.

“Don't let him reach the artillery. There are target colleagues!”

The witch who shouted the sentence released an ice javelin, but missed the target in the form of ‘Life’. The retaliatory shots came from the Undead, but the shots instead killed one nearby witch.

Nio and the rifle infantry as well as the Alliance magicians exchanged fire. This scene features technology against the existence of fantasy, where technology and magic clash, or even unite to create a new weapon that comes from a fusion of the two.

Unfortunately, the fusion between magic and technology only created iron that spilled blood on the ground.

In the end, excellence is something that has its limits. Especially the superiority of the number, many parties who declare a large number of troops declared the winner.

“Letnan Nio, how is your status now?!” communication came from the commander of Group 1, Sergeant Major Hassan.

“I'm staying away from the enemy. Don't worry about me.”

“Don't make it up, Lieutenant! Miss Hevaz, please help Lieutenant Nio,” Hassan's statement is quite surprising Nio who is still running.

Nio and his army had taken control of the situation, they no longer worried about succeeding or failing instead. Instead, Team 12 and the Silent Killer thought about what would happen next.

Coastal defense artillery and heavy machine guns were still in the process of being disarmed, Nio's pursuers began to fight the Envoy of the Goddess of Death and the God of War, respectively, and landing craft carrying amphibious infantry and amphibious fighting vehicles began to move closer to the obstacle-filled shore.

The movement of infantry and amphibious fighting vehicles showed the scene that the Indonesian contingent was one step closer to victory.

This victory will be history for the TNI during the war against the enemies of the fantasy world.