Good luck and bad luck (3)
on the day of the competition.
Ahead of the subjugation operation, the villages close to the battlefield are running out of breath.
empty, empty.
Borrowing the power of a gasoline engine, as the hammer descended at regular intervals, the forge’s anvil let out a scream.
The roadside is also crowded with people and horses, so there is no space to step on.
“Where have you all been hiding?”
“Yeah.”
And the party who received a call to battle from the Russian side… I was busy looking around as if it were strange.
Huge cannons on trains, government officials distributing mission targets for each raid, merchants trying to sell even one more, and war reporters.
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My eyeballs went round during the final preparation process.
But anyway, the outsiders who were invited had no choice but to move separately. We walk inside the train under the guidance of the Russian side officer.
“Can’t you see the train wheels at all?”
“… That’s because I added more iron armor. There is no problem with rolling. By the way, a reinforced iron plate was also installed on the ceiling. As the city’s life and death depended on the operation, I tried to make the most of the parts that would help in the battle… Well, that’s the intent. At worst, it acts as a small fortification.”
“Then is it different from usual? I think it will be very heavy. Isn’t it difficult to equip and operate like this every time?”
On the other hand, Seong-Han Choo’s vigorous curiosity is solved by an engineer wearing a black hat.
The interpreter seems to be sweating, but everyone else is listening with interest.
“Yes. It’s different. The Trans-Siberian Railway is a lightly armed regular circulation train and a military train to ensure the safety of the line, and each operation method is clearly divided… It is said that this train was originally a regular circulation train. It has been modified several times for this battle.”
“Is the engineer an ordinary person?”
“… you’re right.”
“How do you withstand mental erosion? It must be difficult to handle from level 6 onwards.”
“In the case of the Trans-Siberian Railway, each engineer is assigned a person with mental abilities. It is possible to operate while enduring up to level 3 or lower.”
“… They say there are so many people with mental abilities?”
“No matter how much Russia there are,” he said.
“Then the passengers… … .”
“In the engine room, open the door of the carriage… … .Forcibly open and close… … . Yes. That’s right. It is forcibly closed. Even if a flying monster chases it for a long time, there is no problem with operation… … .”
While Lim Seol-ha muttered that she would definitely fight outside.
Passing through the junction and entering the right back of the engine room, very familiar faces come out from inside the car.
The main raid, including Oleg Kozemyak, the governor of Primorye and Rostislav Basin.
In addition, there were half a dozen faces that I had never seen before.
[Here. Did you get rid of your addiction?]
[I solved it in moderation.]
The moment he immediately responded to the governor’s greetings.
I turned my head at the feeling of tapping my forearm, and Seolha Lim pointed at those who seemed to be her age with a wink.
I guess it means who
If the other person had been talking to him in a row, he would have pretended not to hear, but the governor seemed preoccupied with a discussion with a middle-aged man in a military uniform.
“… They are seeds.”
“strain?”
“A person with special abilities who goes through a probationary period. Russia doesn’t have an official institution like a hero training academy. Take the time to go under the top talent and accumulate experience for 3 or 4 years at the shortest and 5 or 6 years at the longest.”
“Ah, when you’re a knight and a servant?”
“yes.”
“You didn’t see it last time.”
“Because right after the battle is over, he’s hectic. I must have had no time to deal with the aftermath.”
I soon finished the explanation moderately, and sat on the desk.
Listen to the conversation between the governor and the military general.
[I guess the key is to bring the target down to the ground.]
[That’s right.]
[But, can’t it be a missile? It is reluctant to offer a living life as a sacrifice.]
[The ability of the Far East Township is not enough to effectively strike the 2nd-class monster. For this reason, we requested the Strategic Rocket Force Command to use a missile with a power of 0.3 kilotons… It was rejected because the Irkutsk front was more urgent.]
[Exact reason?]
[A group of meteorites fell on Lake Baikal.]
[…] Far East is always behind.]
The man who governs the Primorye region has a disturbed expression on his face, and then pulls a tank model that is placed above and below the table.
[To sum up, deal with monsters as much as possible on the 1st and 2nd defense lines, and when they crowd near the train, start a counterattack with the main attack. cut in half Am I right?]
[Yes. In the meantime, the main raid will deal with Tier 2 monsters, and the other Tier 2 raids will focus on Tier 3 monsters. And as soon as the shield is removed, the weatherman, Erast Denisov, will make it crash.]
[How long will you last? It is full of tanks and ordinary soldiers without the support of people with special abilities… … .]
[Calculation is 6 minutes.]
[Excluding the 5th Tank Brigade, the 57th Motorized Rifle Regiment alone has 2,500 men. Is the time you can earn with that many lives only 6 minutes?]
[This is an inevitable sacrifice. Even that is 6 minutes because there is a train. In addition, the Combat Helicopter Brigade is practically incapacitated, and the 20th and 107th Missile Brigades are also in short supply, so they are dragging vehicles by horse.]
[…] … .]
[The General Directorate of Intelligence also carefully reviewed the operation and concluded that it was the best. Although the cost is high, if you only kill Tier 2 monsters, you’ll be at peace for a while. Just make your decision.]
Some time for the heavy silence to linger.
[Isn’t it you who is the commander of the Far East Army? I’ll trust your judgment.]
When the person in charge gave permission, the man referred to as the commander walked out of the cabin with a light salute.
Soon, with a deep sigh, his eyes turned to the Russian raiders.
Talking to the sorcerer, Rostislav Basin, doesn’t seem to have any intention of talking to me right now.
Of course, there is no action that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs officials can take.
Except for one person, Choo Seong-han, who was full of self-esteem, that was the case.
“… When will we be informed of our mission?”
“uh… I went out-”
rattle.
When the door is locked, the slight embarrassment is amplified by the noise and vibration emitted by the locomotive.
[Why are you so upset? What?]
Then, out of nowhere, a large tanker, Boris Azarov, came up to me and said something that I didn’t know if it was a help or a fight.
[Hmmm, hero. Allied raiders have not received mission cards. Can I go out for a while? I’d like to speak with a state government representative.]
[Didn’t you hear the horn blaring? It’s customary to wait in the area in charge after the operation tone sounds. It’s leaving in two hours at 5:00 PM, so sit quietly until then.]
[But going to the battlefield without knowing your purpose… … .]
[Why don’t you know the purpose?]
[Yes?]
what.
Seeing the way he talked to the interpreter, it seemed like he was just being rude.
[Why don’t you know the purpose? It’s just sitting still and waiting for the whole battle. Isn’t it enough to help just by looking at it?]
[no… Other than that, I’m a non-combatant, right? I-I want to go to the battlefield too?]
[…] Tsk. Then only you come here.]
or stupid
However, it’s just that the situation that goes back to me is too ambiguous to think of it as funny. I’m about to approach Rostislav Basin and talk to him.
Again, the size blocks my eyes.
[Where are you going?]
[I have something to say to your captain.]
[Kid, the time for talking is over.]
[…] Didn’t we agree in advance?]
[agreement? oh, i did I decided to take you to the battlefield. That’s why I’m taking you now.]
The sorcerer shot out strong enough eyes to notice, but the harsh old man ignored it without blinking an eyelid.
It’s going to come out like this, right?
“excuse me.”
“… Yes?”
“Please take me with you as you leave. If you go outside, it will fly by itself.”
However, there was nothing I could do about it right now, so I sent the parrot along to the interpreter who went outside as the next best option.
* * *
Same day afternoon, 9:20.
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My mental preparation for the sudden participation in battle must have been insufficient, but my comrades were nervous but not trembling.
It was because they sat in a carriage with several small holes instead of windows and comforted each other, and the subsequent process proceeded smoothly and unexpectedly.
The combat train, camouflaged in brown and green paint, moved slowly (it couldn’t run very fast in the first place for fear of leaking engine smoke and noise) so that other combat personnel could follow.
I wonder if I could look down from the ridge, both the horse and the man moved on the other side of the leopard’s land, that is, on the right side of the train.
Plus, just after sunset begins.
Shadows stretched over the mountain range on the right occupied by the allies, and the lights were controlled (to prevent the light from leaking out).
Two and a half hours after departure, we encountered a military train departing from Ussuriysk, a city in the north.
Each carriage is 20 meters long and the two trains are made up of a total of 18 cars, so 360 meters of iron barriers were quickly built to the left and right of the point where the tracks were cut.
And then we are allowed to go out on top of the carriage and look at the thick darkness.
There was no light, so it was literally pitch black, but there was a continuous rustling sound coming from the place where the trench was dug.
Presumably, they are sorting out those who died in the previous battle.
“Is it okay to just wait here?”
“… It’s an order from the person in charge, so that’s how it should be.”
“… … .”
“To be honest, there is nothing bad for us. If you get caught up in a large-scale battle, you might be killed by a dog.”
In the meantime, reactions mixed with skepticism are coming and going between the members of B-7.
While receiving the current location of Venetus from the parrot, I suddenly heard the whispering voices of Park Gun-young and Lim Seol-ha from the left.
“Maybe it was because I went to the gambling house.”
“Why? He said he won money too.”
“yes. got money He had a talent for roulette. But for Russians, it’s a foreign currency outflow. Could that be why you were excluded from battle?”
“… … .”
For a while, I felt like my ear canal was festering.
The ridge on the other side is shaking earlier than expected, and there are signs of it.
Ssssss.
The vibrations that had not yet reached the ground spread through the air, and the trench, which had been quiet for a moment, was covered with the sound of busy footsteps.
An obvious sign of readiness for battle.
The point is taken by the artillerymen who were waiting at the rear, on the right side of the train.
[Everyone to their place!]
[Check the condition of the DShk (Degtyalev-Shupagin large-caliber machine gun)! Be careful not to interfere with the line repair work-]
[The main gun fires at the next signal!]
[Fire flares!]
pop!
between mountains and mountains.
As red flames rose on the wide plain, black waves roared beneath them.