117 – Awakening the Sea God (1)
The blockade of Portmork’s western port, which was carried out by Sonny Zeppelin’s Special Response Brigade, was now transferred to another division of Corps South.
It was natural.
Already, Nur Egener was practically just a baby mouse sitting in a cat’s mouth.
The supply pressure and the threatening artillery bombardment of the Ukrnians, which continued for several days, were an ideal way to demoralize the forces driven into Portmork.
In the 1st Azov Regiment that landed in the city, surrenders occurred every day.
Some of them even deserted along with some of the townspeople in captivity, hoping for ‘better treatment’.
Anyone who studied military science even a little bit could tell how low the morale of the troops was.
However, even in the midst of that, there was no reply from Noor Egenere, who could be seen as the actual leader.
I don’t even know what the hell he was thinking.
But apart from that, the newly launched Landing Force Command was in a state of descending living hell.
“How do you organize? A landing force command must have at least one division as a subordinate combat unit.”
“We have to build a new castle from sand! Not one month, but two more months!”
It was Sonny Zeppelin who cozily told her that one month would be enough, but her staff members in her Special Response Brigade assisting her were mad and on the verge of jumping.
The job I was in charge of was brigade level.
But since they were suddenly promoted to headquarters level, it was only natural that they would catch fire.
The brigadier general I used to serve became a lieutenant general with two more stars, and that wasn’t enough, and now we have to reorganize a landing division directly under the command.
The brigade headquarters became the predecessor of the landing force headquarters, and had to operate a broader and larger organization that was not limited to the special response brigade.
In the end, they are faced with a situation where they have to fill a huge administrative vacuum in a matter of days—.
The overwhelming personnel authority promised by the king and the cheat key called ‘wartime situation’ began to be abused.
“First of all, we need to newly organize the Logistics Support Brigade.”
“Let’s assume that this is a relatively low-important military brigade under the Western Corps. If that nobleman were to attach another chrysanthemum to his epaulettes, he would not be dissatisfied.”
“The staff is also overwhelmingly lacking.”
“Just sprinkle rank insignia! If you want to have a career and roll your head, hit the official document as a whole to apply!”
The Landing Forces Command, whose limits were lifted, is in fact with them, excluding the southern corps, which will be an axis of the offensive in this ‘Second Quernen War’ (named by the king himself), and the remaining four corps. Began to absorb quickly.
Of course, talent wasn’t just drawn from other corps.
This isn’t some kind of StarCraft, and hitting the M key repeatedly on a barrack doesn’t mean that the troops that didn’t exist spring up.
The Headquarters of the headquarters began to attract talented people who were originally scattered in the battalions under the Special Response Brigade to their headquarters using the ‘promotion’ as a bait.
Even the 8th Assault Magical Infantry Combat Team couldn’t escape from that beast.
“Colonel Josef Lewandowski.”
“Don’t be too sad, how many talented people are right around you.”
Originally, it was Joseph Lewandowski, who had been aide to Sonny Zeppelin as one of his closest and most trusted advisors.
Because he was an overwhelming talent that no one could present a different opinion on.
I easily skipped the rank of lieutenant colonel and went up to the headquarters staff with the rank of colonel. He is the Chief of Operations at the Landing Force Command.
“The newly appointed chief of staff, Major Eisen Hoover, is also quite talented. As you know, didn’t we solve the terrible logistical disturbance of our unit like eating a piece of cake?”
“Aizen versus…… No, it’s the major’s ability, I know it well. I am not concerned.”
“Please take good care of the 8th Assault Magic Infantry Combat Team, Lieutenant Colonel Enoch Levandell.”
And I was the same person who became the beneficiary of the benefits.
Seven months from lieutenant to captain.
2 Months from captain to lieutenant colonel.
‘The speed of promotion is crazy?’
Since Sonny Zeppelin had become a lieutenant general, he could not hold the same post as before.
However, as Chief of Staff Joseph, who was far superior to me in terms of rank and career, also flew away as a staff member of the headquarters, the battle commander’s position was completely vacant.
In the end, I couldn’t select a combat leader among the staff officers who hadn’t played properly in the field, so naturally, I, who was in the third rank, took over as the leader of the 8th Assault Magic Infantry Combat Team.
Until now, the concept of a magical infantry fighting team did not exist in the Ukrnian military, but this time it was newly recognized.
It’s practically the first battle leader.
“If you had joined the army three years earlier, I bet you would have worn a brigadier general now.”
“…… You are exaggerating.”
“I’m not kidding, your name has been raised as the third candidate for the head of the Special Response Brigade. It’s not something other division guys know about, but at least the senior commanders within the same brigade overwhelmingly appreciate your outstanding skills and abilities.”
Tuk-tuk, Josef smiled and patted my shoulder strap. A pair of sparkling silver chrysanthemums.
“Then thank you so much. I hope to see you in a higher place.”
“You worked hard.”
“Don’t die.”
In that way, the father who raised the 8th Assault Magic Infantry Combat Team left. I saw Joseph disappearing on the carriage and saw him off until the end.
“Now is the real beginning.”
A promotion made almost simultaneously.
In a way, it looks good, but what was hidden behind it was no different from the fact that the Ukrnian army’s manpower was lagging behind.
No matter how wartime ranks were, it was a matter of great importance that a major became a colonel in one queue, and a captain became a lieutenant colonel.
Because even the US has a structure in which the military is usually reduced after a war and then expanded at the same time as the war.
“Then at least we shouldn’t be doing that.”
There are also achievements that we showed in the past.
Because he is in a position to receive a lot of trust from his commander, Vice Admiral Sonny Zeppelin.
Perhaps, if a landing war unfolds, they will be the vanguard units who will be the first to attack and take out Azov’s soul.
Or, as before, it might fall to the rear and hit the jackpot.
Either way, it must be a higher risk mission than a regular operation in which thousands or tens of thousands of people are simultaneously deployed.
“Let’s say hello to our side and direct the traffic.”
As the first combat leader, the first task given was to reorganize the combat team.
***
“Um, over there…… Anybody home?”
Blue eyes twinkled through the hair that slightly covered one eye. Two diamonds on epaulettes. Lieutenant Hilton Calia carefully opened the barracks.
He was Hilton, who still did not realize that he had attained the rank of lieutenant.
It wasn’t just Hilton, but most of the members of the 8th Assault Magic Infantry Combat Team had become like this, so I had no choice but to let them go.
And it was also because his immediate supervisor, Captain Claude Lane, who had come to see him right away, was reacting insignificantly.
“Squadron commander…… ?”
“Is it a Hilton?”
Inside a tent where only one candle flickers.
Claude Lane, who had been examining the map with a large bottle of wine on the desk, stood up.
With the military uniform thrown off, he wore a sleeveless shirt, and anyone could see that he was an elite field soldier.
I’ve seen it since I was still just a boss.
Sergeant or captain, regardless of rank, Claude was very consistent. It seemed that even if he later became a major or a lieutenant colonel, he would be the same as he is now.
“What happened?”
“Ah…… I just came here because I was anxious.”
“Anxiety?”
Claude’s eyes narrowed.
Hilton Calia was a braver and stronger combatant than anyone else on the battlefield, but if she only left the battle, she would return as a calm person.
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What is the gap that comes from that?
It was a part that even Claude Lane, who had seen countless people, couldn’t adapt to.
“Operation Azov vacuum, is it because of Operation Neptune?”
“Yes… ….”
Neptune.
The name of a sea god worshiped by islanders in ancient times.
It was also Sonny Zeppelin’s nasty decision to name the god worshiped as Azov’s folk religion as the name of the amphibious assault to ravage the Azov Islands.
To strike with a mace in the name of the god they serve.
But it was a name for the operation that Claude liked. He was the one who wanted to split Azov’s head more than anyone else.
“I can just do what I’ve always done, what’s so uneasy about it?”
“This…… Is this correct? Now, to be honest, I don’t know.”
Hilton Kalia said as she sat down on a cot on one side of the tent.
“Huh, since she revealed her aspiration to kill Azov in our first meeting, is there a change of heart now?”
“That is not…… I still get angry when I think of the Azov guys.”
“Then what is the problem?”
“I’m afraid of crossing the line.”
Her wrath towards those who completely destroyed her childhood, Hilton unfailingly erupted in several battles.
She broke through the defenses and broke the neck of the man who was pointing a gun at her. He shot down the legs of those who screamed and ran away, and completely cut off their breath by wielding purple mana.
However, this operation is different.
Their blades were not only aimed at the soldiers of Azov.
At the time when a large-scale vacuum operation is being planned by establishing the headquarters of the landing force, there will be quite a few innocent civilians among those who will be harmed by them.
“If, if, in a runaway…… What if you cross the road of no return?”
Ukraine has always been on the defensive.
At least until now.
Once the enemies landed in Ukraine, they were literal invaders, so Hilton Kalia was able to slaughter them without guilt.
However, Operation Neptune is a different story. For the first time, it is a war in which the Ukrnians are in the position of the ‘aggressor’.
While she was distracted, she honestly wasn’t sure what she was going to do.
The moment you enter the battle, Hilton Calia is no longer Hilton Calia.
She was a Raksha.
An evil spirit that roams the battlefield, consuming the life of every enemy it encounters.
That’s why I was afraid.
“I’m scared. I’m afraid they’ll catch and eat even those who shouldn’t be eaten.”
She hates Azov, but at the same time she sympathizes with him.
It was a bond of hatred that lasted for centuries. Azov invades Ukraine, and Ukraine repulses Azov.
The children of Azov and Ukraine, who were painted with terrible memories in the process, grow up as they are and return to the bondage once again.
She hated being part of that bondage.
If she lost her temper and slaughtered everyone in sight, how would that be any different from the butchers of Azov that remained in her memory?
“Hilton.”
A rough hand rested on her trembling shoulder.
“You have a subordinate who trusts you by your side, and you have a superior. Never forget that fact.”
“Captain Claude… ….”
“If you are having a hard time, tell me. Don’t lighten the load I’m a scum with no answers, but I’m not scum enough to refuse a request from a subordinate I care about.”
Claude’s golden eyes shimmered softly. Looking at those eyes, those eyes always gave me a feeling of stability.
A person who will always lead the soldiers on the front line and become a milestone.
“Thank you, Captain Claude.”
“Um.”
Claude Lane nodded and went back to his seat, slamming his hips into his chair.
“By the way.”
“Yes?”
“Would you like to have a drink together if the time permits, Lieutenant?”
Challang.
At some point, the transparent glass was filled with alcohol.
“The combat leader seems to be very busy these days. If possible, it is better to face each other.”
Claude said with a grin.
I was surprised by his smile, which is hard to see at all, but Hilton Kalia accepted the glass straight away.
“There’s not much time left, but I’ll take good care of you even then, Lieutenant.”
“I will definitely repay that trust, company commander.”
The two soldiers, who had been entangled with Azov from the past, forgot the past at this moment and clashed glasses.
Crackle.
Operation Neptune.
The period remaining until the Azov vacuum operation.
D-20.
