High School Soldier
69. Enchanted for a moment
25 August 2321, at 05.12 WIB/1914 Kingdom of Luan, dawn.
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Thousands of TNI soldiers saw the sunrise of another world for the first time, even this view is no less good than the sunrise from behind Mount Lawu. Although this scene looked calming, but the battle was still not over.
The fire coming from the railgun of the main battle tanks turned out to have a very large impact, which was only one bullet shot, which was, The 100 heavy cavalry soldiers of the enemy were wiped out and left only pieces of iron armor and horse meat as well as humans.
The light that forms the yellow path does look beautiful for the TNI troops, but for the enemy Commander, they will lose thousands of soldiers because of the delay of the light. Although the force had been wearing the strongest armor, the 7.62mm bullet spun rapidly from the barrel of the assault rifle and shot through the protective suits of the five-nation joint force.
The self-propelled anti-personnel artillery still fired artillery toward the remaining monster troops. While the anti-wire artillery operator did not hesitate to shoot down the dragon rider troops who issued attacks in the form of fire and long spear belonging to the handler. Shooting down these flying lizards is much easier than shooting at a fighter jet flying at the speed of sound. At the time of the battle in Karanganyar City there were handlers riding wyverns and dragons, but smaller than those faced now. So killing them with rockets can be said to be very excessive.
In the stories, the dragon's skin felt as strong as steel, but the 20mm ammunition released at high speed from anti-aircraft artillery was able to penetrate the bodies of those protected by hard scales.
The enemy's heavy cavalry troops had been largely defeated, some could have fled the battlefield. The reason the enemy can be defeated quickly is because the TNI forces are far ahead of them, as if invisible. Enemy artillery could not reach where the TNI troops were, even stones fired from the giant catapult would only kill their own comrades.
Although the artillery in the form of a giant spear was fired from the balista at high speed, and could reach the ranks of the main battle tanks, the attack was not even able to penetrate the strong layer of tank steel, he said, it just bounced and left scratch marks on the tank.
Even the soldiers who were inside the tank could laugh as the tanks protecting them were hit by the attack from the giant spears. The gun operators on the main battle tanks prepared their next fire, this was a counterattack for the troops who unleashed an attack on them. Dozens of artillery pieces shot out very quickly from the main battle tank's railgun, and pierced through everything blocking the bullet's rate.
The shooting distance is determined by the experience of the troops themselves. In other words, the combined forces of the five countries should be able to estimate the effective firing range for archers, balistas and giant catapults. Otherwise, their artillery attacks would not have reached the TNI troops were located.
The effective range of the soldiers' assault rifles reaches 600 meters, in a shorter distance the bullets can penetrate the armor of the enemy cavalry troops.
The monster army was not a problem, as they did not use armor-like armor. So that anti-personnel artillery can destroy their large bodies. Because the joint forces of five countries believe that goblins can move quickly and be collected in large numbers, with dagger weapons can kill TNI troops. But the green dwarf creatures, still not a match for amateur TNI soldiers.
Although an army of monsters of gigantic size could shake the ground with their steps, and had a strength equivalent to 5 regular soldiers, it was very powerful, yet they were no match for the 12.7mm submachine gun that pierced through the body of the bull-headed monster.
Although the army of monsters could battle ferociously among the combined human forces of the five countries, they were now running irregularly, like chickens about to be captured.
The combined forces of the five countries in this battle numbered 100,000 soldiers, not including the monster army which numbered 20,000 monsters. While the TNI troops they faced numbered 10,000 troops, with hundreds of brutal combat equipment.
Although there is the expression ‘number is everything in battle’, it does not apply to the war that is currently underway.
The enemy with the number of 10,000 it should be easily defeated by the troops with the number of 120,000. With that amount, if they do not fight with the TNI, then they can control a country. Because this army was sent to retake the Gate controlled by the TNI, so it is not justified if an army of that size is used as a conquest army.
The battlefield had no trees blocking, no rivers hindering the pace of the troops. This place is just a vast and infertile expanse of grassland, they call it ‘Holy Land’.
Artillery fired from combat equipment often misses and does not hit the troops, instead hitting the camp standing behind the main troops, there are tens of thousands of reserve troops and thousands of horses there.
The open combat tactics that the five-nation joint force used, only made their troops brutally killed by TNI weapons. That was why, they themselves did not understand what was going on with the troops.
The army died instantly with the sound of continuous explosions heard. What hit them was artillery from the TNI.
Shooting exercises are a daily exercise of TNI troops, which is why the TNI is famous for their shooting skills, even amateur soldiers.
TNI troops continue to shower the troops with hundreds of thousands of bullets, and mortars that simultaneously explode with enormous.
“Never enter our firing zone...!!!” Nio shouted like that as his ammunition supply was already depleted.
“Peltu Nio, you've been following the battle too much. Now let us take a turn to get excited...!!!” said one of the soldiers of the rank of Corporal One who was beside him.
Excitedly Nio shouted, “Ijin given...!!!”
Troops located near Team led by Nio seen ‘charmed for a moment’.
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A bright morning sky shone on the ground filled with corpses of humans, horses and monsters and covered ‘Holy Land’ of this world.
They also found smaller dragons and flying lizards that were heavily damaged by 20mm anti-aircraft artillery shells. Their handlers looked much more dire.
So from now on, no more expression ‘hard dragon skin is impossible to penetrate’. Because the TNI army has broken the legend.
Black smoke was still billowing, Nio and several soldiers were walking on the former battlefield to find survivors on the enemy's side. During the observation, Nio only saw corpses with hollow bodies, shattered heads, and body parts that were separated from each other.
“Perhaps there were no survivors,” muttered Nio while picking up a sword lying down.
The number of bodies in this place there are hundreds of thousands, if combined with the enemy who attacked Karanganyar, it could be to fill a city if the victims were still alive. The number does not include other fantasy creatures.
If it used common sense, a country that lost so many soldiers would be subjected to a very heavy pressure. But this time, the enemy of the TNI is the countries on this continent, except a country.
Among the thousands of corpses that covered this Holy Land, there were some like children. But they are not really children, because they look like they have a kind of mustache and a thick beard. Or maybe they were a certain tribe that possessed such characteristics?
Not necessarily children will be sent to a brutal battlefield, unless the country that sent them is already completely desperate.
After losing so many soldiers, what would the enemy do next?
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Luan Imperial Palace had so many people coming to this place every day, of course they would ask about the development of the ongoing war.
The Holy Land was in the Luan Empire, so some representatives of the countries residing in the Andzrev Continent would attend the meeting.
Now, the combined forces of the five countries could be said to be nearly destroyed. Since the generals and nobles who followed the battle were part of the army that attacked the other world, there were a number of casualties and prisoners there.
Even after the final battle, more nobles had to spend the day rushing to attend the funeral of the other nobles.
The distance of the capital of the Luan Empire to the Gate is very far, 7 days if driving by horse.
Large area of Luan Empire, they will use as ‘fort’. If their enemies start sending in troops, all towns and farmland will be burned and water sources will be poisoned. With the dwindling supply of logistics, the enemy forces will inevitably start to weaken.
Make the enemy advance into this region and attack them when they are weak. It was an easy and effective tactic.
The meeting room was very quiet, because the peace faction that managed to corner the military faction that suffered a major defeat. The military faction was also being extremely frightened by the troops they were fighting in the Holy Land.
The enemy made the troops scream, without even touching them. The enemy in the Holy Land was an extremely powerful army, with weapons that possessed god-like strength. Even the strongest troops were even made to run around pissed by the sound of an explosion that caused the body to disintegrate.
No one from the military faction thought that. The military conditions of the five-nation joint forces were completely destroyed.
Suddenly the door of the room opened, a soft-sounding female voice shattering the daydreams of everyone in this place.
“Dad!” everyone had gotten used to Sheyn's seemingly impolite nature.
Her face was actually pretty with white skin and black hair, if there was no scar on her face, and made her left eye almost blind.
He managed to survive death, as his troops did not enter the Gate after the first troops were almost completely massacred.
“How? Is your army ready?”
“The empire is in a precarious state, how can father send troops again!?”
“The enemy is stronger than the fire dragon king..!!!” Sheyn continued her words in a more serious tone.
The nobility of the peace faction approved of Sheyn's words, while the military faction's nobility simply kept quiet and bent their faces in shame.
If Sheyn can talk like that, you can be sure that the animal is very strong. According to legend, the fire dragon king was one of the four dragon kings. One dragon king can destroy a city in a few days.
This kind of news, if in Indonesia must have become the headlines of newspapers and other communication media. But in this world, the movement of troops was unknown. Even if they lost the war, then they would simply replace the ruler with another. After all, it would not interfere with their lives.
Conflicts of some sort of invasion were a natural thing in this world. Sometimes one side is at war with the one with rich resources, and seeks to gain control of the region. Because rulers change frequently, the people can choose to be loyal to the state or not.
Return to Sheyn who still looks upset about her father's order to send troops to the Holy Land.
The Emperor's first child, Sheyn, stood in front of his father while trying to smile as his father tried to consider sending troops to the Holy Land. But that beautiful smile had to be covered by a flaw Sheyn had. Before he had a scar on his face, countless sons of the ruler wanted to be his wife. However, Sheyn is now only considered a knight and successor to the royal throne. Even men near Sheyn will have goosebumps, because they have never seen a woman who has such scars.
“Enemies who just hide in the hole and build a fortress and take shelter there. Such an enemy is by no means a threat to us,” after hearing Bogat's words, the eyes of Sheyn and the noble members of the peace faction certainly widened in shock.
“I'm not a child anymore, I know what will happen next if we continue this war!”
“So you want to write fake history like that?” no one dared to answer Bogat's words.
But Sheyn said with no thought, “Don't you know yourself that the Holy Land is still under enemy control? The enemy managed to win this battle and made the ground there covered by corpses.”
“Then what will we do after this?” Sheyn was too stupid to remember that her father gave his problems to others too often.
Sheyn clicked his tongue because he was annoyed to hear Bogat's words, because Bogat's words were a code for military faction nobles to prepare troops again.
Sheyn stood up over-excited and said, “How long do you think the enemy will be silent and then attack us again?”
One from the military faction then stood up and said, “Yang excellency, I am aware of that. But all we can do now is recruit, train and rebuild the army. Even neighboring countries have lost their troops.”
Hearing the words of one of the Luan Empire's military generals, Sheyn was already astonished and said, “It is impossible to defend against enemy forces if you wait for that long!”
Bogat realized that if Sheyn could trigger a fight here, he then raised his hand to stop the fight between the two of them.
“Information about enemies we have very little. Why don't you lead a small part of your army to monitor it?” of course Sheyn was surprised by her father's statement.
“I?” Bogat then nodded slowly and said, “Yes, we are still rebuilding the troops, so we lack scouts.”
The Holy Land was now a dangerous frontline, where hundreds of thousands of soldiers were killed. And after that, he and the Barisan of Roses had to rush there. Although he was dumbstruck because he was assigned a mission, the content of this mission was not satisfactory. Also, Sheyn had never experienced a direct battle. This dangerous mission must be completed by him and his army. But Bogat's gaze on Sheyn has the meaning ‘if you are not able, then just shut up!’
“What can?”
“I accept it,” Sheny replied by raising his head with a determined look.
After which, Sheyn turned around and exited the meeting place to prepare her troops.
He did not know, whether he would fight with the enemy or luck siding with him for not meeting the enemy.