123 – Operation Neptune (3)
Nur Egenere.
Mohammad Omar.
Abdul Javaddehedan.
There were many other famous people from the Azov National Liberation Front.
Among them, the most threatening to the Ukrnian military and the number one person to be aware of is none other than the ‘Old Man of Alamut’.
Even Azov’s leadership didn’t know what the name was exactly.
I only know that he is the head of those who use the special form of magic developed in the southern continent——they are just called shamans.
Even the nickname of the old man of Alamut was the name of a shamanic organization called ‘Alamut’, which is like a magic tower.
In other words.
He was simply called the old man of the organization Alamut.
However, even though his true name was not known, there was not a single person in Ukraine who did not tremble with fear when he heard the name of the old man of Alamut.
Ten years ago.
At the time of the ‘Quernen War’, when the military of the Azov Islands invaded the Kurnen Province of Ukraine on a large scale, just like now.
He is the first-class contributor who single-handedly ate a single regiment and made it possible for the Azov army, which had been driven into a corner, to safely retreat to the mainland.
Numerous Ukrnian soldiers died in Alamut led by him.
The curse and poison they scattered still remained in the Pekka Plain where the final battle took place.
That kind of person.
The head of Alamut, the most powerful force of the Azov National Liberation Front.
“I didn’t expect to meet you on our island, not in Ukraine…….”
“It’s like the history of life.”
“Then, shall we have a grand welcome ceremony?”
When a group of shamans led by him arrived at Hill 921, it was only three days before the Ukrnian counteroffensive was launched.
***
2 Ship Lewandowski.
It was impossible for the ballistas fired by the enemies to pierce the hull, which was protected by a thick steel plate.
At least the ‘air bag’, which was only wrapped in several layers of fabric, was an exception.
Unlike other airships that narrowly passed by, the enemy’s ballista penetrated the right side of the ship’s air sac intact.
In addition to the oil applied to the tip, the sparks from the witchcraft turned into flames, starting a fire inside the air bag.
Fortunately, the gas filled in the air sac was not flammable and did not explode.
The problem was that the buoyancy was rapidly decreasing as the air escaped at high speed.
“Keuuu!!!”
The pilot who piloted the second ship, Lewandowski, gnashed his teeth and poured all his mana into it. However, it was clearly not enough to re-stabilize the airship.
The hull shakes like crazy.
The ground is getting closer and closer.
Unlike other ships in evasive maneuvers, the burning airship, engulfed in purple flames, was bound to stand out much more.
Lewandowski became the target of concentrated enemy fire.
The air sacs are now completely tattered, and have lost most of their power except for the inner air sacs that provided minimal buoyancy.
In the end, what the pilot chose as the last, last, and last.
“Descent!!!!”
It was to open the passenger compartment.
Altitude has already come down to a level where descent is possible. I just couldn’t give the order to descend because I was worried about concentration.
However, I couldn’t help it now.
If we go on like this, let alone the success or failure of the descent operation, will there be nothing more than to drive our precious comrades behind us to dog death?
“Descent! 3Rd company descend!!”
At the desperate cry of the pilot, Claude also ordered his subordinates to descend.
At first, they were the soldiers of the 8th Assault Magical Infantry Combat Team who were terrified by the first experience of a ‘fall’.
Looking at Claude Lane, who responded calmly and calmly even in the midst of such a situation, he quickly regained his composure.
Lieutenant Hilton Calia, who was the 1st platoon leader under his command, was also the same.
His trembling hand stops like a ghost. My heart, which had been pounding with confusion, stabilized.
She made eye contact with Claude Lane.
Claude didn’t say anything. He just looked at her and silently nodded her head.
That was enough for Hilton Calia to muster up her courage.
“Let’s go, you bastards!!!”
Her personality changes in an instant. Hilton Kalia gripped her gun at an angle and, without hesitation, leaped toward the sky.
“The platoon commander uses the Chukji method!!”
“It’s an attack!!!”
It wasn’t just her that changed her attitude.
As soon as the platoon leader’s switch is turned on, the members of the 1st platoon all jump toward the air.
The vanguard of the vanguard.
The tip of the spear.
As the members of the 1st Platoon, faithful to their roles, jumped down, the other platoons flew up into the sky, not to be outdone by them.
“Go down first.”
“I will follow you, Captain.”
From noble mtl dot com
The last was Claude Lane. He touched the shoulder of the commander of the 4th company, who was looking at him with determined eyes, and chased down his troops.
Even if you encounter an unexpected counterattack.
You can’t run away because you’re so flustered.
“The 4th company descends, prepare!”
“Descent preparation complete!!”
“Descent!!!”
In the endlessly falling airship, they soared into the sky without a single exception.
***
I looked at the falling second ship Lewandowski. Soldiers fling their bodies into the air one after another against the backdrop of purple flames.
“We will also give orders to descend!”
Likewise, after confirming that the troops had descended, Rumia stamped his feet and said.
Not yet.
I grabbed the communicator again and called Roxanna, who was piloting the fire support vessel.
“The wind of Enoch’s answer.”
[This is Enoch, Roxanna Elim.]
“The third ship is projecting all the firepower it has right now onto the ground. All visible artillery, objects, and troops are destroyed.”
[Good reception.]
Rumia’s expression was tinged with astonishment when she requested artillery fire on the fire support ship even though she was descending in real time.
“Captain?!”
“Generally, it takes 3 minutes to descend 500m using a magical Noble Phantasm. That’s enough time to sweep the ground before our allies land.”
It wasn’t just airships that were defenselessly exposed to the enemy’s concentrated fire.
On the contrary, it is fortunate that it is an airship.
We just have to re-produce the weapon, and if we have materials and money, we can somehow get it back.
But they are not members of the 8th Assault Magic Infantry Combat Team.
They are by no means irreplaceable personnel.
Having accumulated quite a bit of practical experience at this point, less than half a year after its establishment, they are heroes who will nurture outstanding warriors in the backbone of the Ukrnian army in the future.
The pointless death of a dog is a specification. Such a tragedy could never be tolerated as a unit commander.
That’s why it was necessary to take out the souls of the enemies with minimal firepower at the most vulnerable point.
Since all forces could not descend at the same time, and the Enoch fire support ship’s preemptive strike was not carried out, it was clear that there must have been a lot of Azov troops underneath to target the descending allies.
“Ah…… !!”
Boom!! Quaang!!
Scared to give the order, a 57mm grizzly howitzer opened fire from the number 3 ship.
Originally, only three were installed.
Recently, through repairs, two guns on each side, totaling four guns, were attached.
Strictly speaking, the firepower of a company-level artillery can be reached.
Of course, Azov’s ground forces, who were opening their mouths to eat the soldiers who had escaped from the airship, tasted the fire support ship’s hot baptism of fire and were startled to scatter in all directions.
‘Now.’
“Rumia, command the passenger compartment to descend.”
“Okay!!”
Rumia rushes to the boarding compartment. At that time, I also quickly finished preparing for the descent and was about to move towards the boarding compartment.
“Have a safe trip, Captain!”
“Let’s see it in the unit.”
The pilot sent us off with a nervous expression.
I gave the pilot a thumbs-up, and started walking toward the battlefield again.
‘I put all the death flags instead, but don’t die…… !’
Now, what I fully desire.
Nothing else, it was just the ‘miracle’ of all being safely resurrected.
***
The members of the 3rd Company, who had descended in the lead, fell directly to the center of the hill.
If Roxanna Elim’s fire support ships hadn’t opened fire in time, they would have suffered significant losses by this point.
The 1st Platoon of the 1st Company of the 8th Assault Magical Infantry Combat Team.
“I’m digging straight into the trenches you see over there!! Follow me if you don’t want to be left behind!!”
Sergeant Tchaikovsky, who served as deputy platoon leader under Lieutenant Hilton Kalia, screamed and ran toward the trench.
Even the veteran noncommissioned officer who had been with the unit since its foundation was the first to experience a battle like this.
Have you ever encountered an enemy counterattack while descending?
No.
Even in the most recent battles, Maniopol and Portmork, the enemies were busy running away instead of actively counterattacking.
But this time the airship, which seemed like it would never fall, caught fire.
A sharp bullet flew toward them as they fell.
Even Tchaikovsky, who was marked by great experience, could not help but be afraid in this situation.
However.
His intuition, which he had experienced in countless battles, was stimulating the nerves of his body this time as well.
Run. He hides himself
I put the butt on his shoulder and aim my eyes at his scope.
As I was running out, a guy stuck out his head on the ground. Tanned skin unique to islanders.
As soon as he saw him, he pulled the trigger.
“!#!@$!@!!”
The head of the guy who was talking incomprehensible words exploded.
“Good job!!”
The platoon leader, Hilton Kalia, follows right after him. Where did she get her rifle, she drew her pistol from her pocket and ran into her trench.
Bang! Bang!!!
A gunshot that rang in the eardrums.
Tchaikovsky felt a strange sense of security.
Everything was a battlefield. And now the battlefield was Tchaikovsky’s second home.
Feeling a strange sense of stability far from reality.
He exclaimed in a highly aroused voice.
“1St platoon!! Turn around!!!!!”
It took an instant for the hoarse shouts to be covered with sharp gunfire.
