100 – Chapter 34. Fortune – 1
– 101 –
Summer vacation is over.
Until the last school year, the children who were chatting about the fun memories of the vacation were keeping their mouths shut.
The homeroom teacher, Armion, stood still with his arms crossed after playing the video of the opening ceremony with a firm expression.
There was tension in the school.
I’ve been feeling it faintly since I returned to the dormitory last week, but I didn’t expect the atmosphere to become this heavy.
And the first contribution that created this heavy atmosphere appeared on the screen.
Kirst didn’t put on her sunglasses as usual, nor did she unbutton a few buttons on her shirt.
Standing in front of the camera in a military uniform full of medals, he held his opening ceremony with a solemn attitude.
After a brief announcement of the start of school, he carefully opened his mouth.
“Everyone knows about what happened last summer. Gentlemen would not have been able to watch the news only from the perspective of ordinary citizens and students.”
There was an awful silence in the classroom.
In the meantime, here, the family is vaguely a military family, so there must be a lot of students who applied to the military academy to get a quick career and a stable job.
I came here because the person I met for the first time ordered me to come with my memories gone.
How will such children react if they face war and terrorism?
I turned my head to look at the classroom.
“Some of you must have been directly at the scene.”
The friends who participated in the last transport helicopter training looked back at each other.
Then everyone’s eyes began to turn towards me.
“Hummm.”
When Armion cleared his throat for nothing, everyone turned their eyes to the screen in surprise.
“The demonic terrorism is a global phenomenon, not just in Korea. There was no damage to the people thanks to the efforts of our kingdom army, but you never know when and where the demons might do something similar.”
Kurst lightly hit the podium with both hands.
“If Ekarta here becomes a target for the demons, what will you guys do?”
The children’s expressions darkened in an instant.
Everyone has a lot of thoughts.
I’m going to have to go out and fight right away, so I have nothing to think about, so my head is at ease.
Kurst paused for a moment and then dropped a big bomb.
“From the second semester, the curriculum will change significantly. The short-term goal is to create the capacity for current sophomores to graduate from the first year after completing their third year.”
The classroom, which had been silent at Kirst’s remarks, was awakened.
Children’s shouts grew louder and louder, and in the past, Armion even hit the school table.
Kust seemed to have guessed the fuss, stood still with his back on his back, and then uttered the closing line.
“Especially the current 2nd year pilot class students, look forward to it. More than.”
“… ….”
Silence enveloped the classroom again at Kirst’s remarks, who pointed us as pinpoints.
After a few seconds, the classroom atmosphere became chaotic as the children opened their mouths in unison.
“Now, everyone be quiet.”
In the end, Armion was struck down with her desk broken.
As Kirst said, the curriculum for the second semester has changed considerably.
First of all, I got rid of all the classes that were called culture and etiquette.
Instead of bowing down to say hello, lower your posture to avoid bullets. Instead of holding hands and ballroom dancing with a partner, he learns to hold and carry the body of an injured comrade.
The military academy, which served as a learning center for the children of the aristocracy, has disappeared.
“Students who don’t like it can leave.”
Kurst is said to have given congratulatory orders to several aristocratic students who came to express their dissatisfaction.
As it is said that some students actually dropped out of school in the first year as well as the third year, so the pressure felt by other students was considerable.
It was strangely quiet in the second year.
No, she was more motivated and studied hard.
It’s because it’s the same grade with the main characters.
There were not many students who were organized into helicopter units in the pilot class in the second year.
Cermia and Shane were included, of course, and a lot of friends who acted together during the last transport helicopter training were included.
The rest of the students either switched to the tank early or were taking turns boarding the two sergeants.
Compared to the tank, the production system was not established for the helicopter, and it was somewhat uncertain whether it was active or not.
Even though I show outstanding performance, it is difficult to appeal the superiority of the helicopter due to the peculiarity of being a humanoid spirit.
After all, in order for the helicopter to become the main force of the kingdom and even mankind, actual data must be accumulated.
Me? I am the commander of the helicopter unit.
“Oh. Oh This is Angel 1. Can you hear me?”
「I can hear you well」
“Good reception.”
“It’s my first time training with a tank unit, but you just have to do it like you’ve always done it.”
“Okay.”
「Larger.」
“Orders come from the command team?”
“That’s right. It’s a joint exercise, so follow the orders of the commander or operator.”
Today is the day of joint training for all 2nd graders.
Originally, it was a kind of simulated combat training in which the command team divided sides and gave orders to the pilot team and the warrior team who drive the tank through the operator.
Now, a helicopter can be added to perform various operations.
“This is HQ. Jungle Rat Group 1 advances to the left and right. Angels 1 and 2 must escort Jungle Rat Group 1.”
“Rager.”
I heard that this joint training was originally held in the 3rd year, but the proportion has increased a lot since the 2nd semester of the 2nd year.
It was speculated that the reason that morning classes, which had been held all week, were pushed into the afternoons of Mondays and Tuesdays were often made for joint training to be used throughout the day.
Initially, the field of the military academy is too narrow for joint training.
But he said that almost a week was wasted in one training session, so joint training could only be done once or twice a semester.
There was no way I could tolerate such a waste of time in the curriculum that was changed to focus on practice.
I pressed the pedal firmly with my left foot.
The screen in front of me slowly tilted, and my body leaned to the left.
Like operating a real helicopter.
We were now in the auditorium with about 100 seats of simulators.
When the building under construction is completed, the number of simulators will be increased to 200.
Considering that the command group or operator class can give instructions from outside, it is practically a size that can be used by the entire 2nd and 3rd graders.
“The simulation technology has advanced a lot.”
“That’s right. I feel like I’m really in control. Ah, it’s a group of jungle mice.”
While flying alongside Cermia, it made contact with a group of five jungle rats.
The 3rd generation Gorgon tank, which I got from the master by applying the new tank-related technology I got from the master to the simulation, went up a steep hill lightly, and the boys of the warrior class were guarding the keys with various firearms on top of the tank.
That’s the most amazing thing.
Children of the warrior class move their bodies directly rather than controlling weapons, so they wear special power armor in a unique simulator and move their bodies.
I tried it once, and it was quite fun.
I’m thinking about the first semester of the first year.
Looking around, the illusion magic embodied in her window showed Cermia the helicopter she was riding on.
This development of simulations was also driven by some knowledge of other worlds that I vaguely recovered.
What used to be at the level of simply showing enemies with illusion magic has evolved like a game in which multiple people fight a large-scale battle.
I was advancing, anxious to see if our unit’s name would come out of the constant audio stream from the communicator, but I ran into an enemy unit.
“From Angel 1 to Jungle Mouse 1 group. Found an enemy unit in the forest over the hill ahead. I will intercept.”
「Larger.」
“Angel 2, I will share the enemy’s location.”
“Okay.”
The type of spirit inhabited by each helicopter was slightly different, and the type of detection magic changed accordingly.
Mainly, it is divided into wind, which can determine the topography and location of weapons, and water, which can determine the location of living things.
Cermia’s Angel 2, which uses a water spirit as a detection role, cannot accurately determine the location of the enemy tank, so I have to share the location.
“Wait. There are quite a few enemy infantry among the bushes.”
When Chermia shared information, the location of the enemies was displayed on my map.
There were more than I expected.
It would be nice to pour magic from a distance, but the joint training was limited in armament.
What was given were 50 chain guns, 4 Earth Spears, and 4 Hell Flames converted from Hellfire.
In order to assume various situations, it is not possible to catch all tanks with helicopters alone.
Naturally, the only thing that could be used against infantry was a chain gun.
As we passed the hill, anti-aircraft fire started in the forest.
“The tank is running away.”
“Go try to lure us in.”
Enemy tanks were fleeing hard using hills and trees as shields.
In the meantime, the anti-aircraft fire became more intense.
The helicopter I’m piloting now doesn’t have a strong defense like mine, so I decided to step back for a bit.
“HQ, this is Angel 1. Jungle Rat Group 1 Found a lot of enemy ambush in the forest ahead.”
There was no answer for a long time, perhaps because of the war situation elsewhere.
I was sharing the situation with Group 1 of the Jungle Rat and discussing countermeasures, but I got a call from the headquarters.
「Angel 1. Break through the forest with the first group of jungle mice. After that, if we raid the side of the enemy in the battle in the center, we can win.”
“… Lager.”
I’d like to see some faces from the command team.
“Isn’t that what you’re saying to just die?”
After hearing the command, the first group of jungle mice made a sound of death.
I can’t.
I reached out and grabbed the chaingun lever with my left hand.
Chermia followed right next to it.
There was no separate communication between us.
Before the joint training, the helicopter units had been given special training several times, and they did quite a bit of attacking against the spread infantry units.
I pushed the control lever as much as possible to increase the speed.
The red dot on the map is getting closer.
The enemies who noticed our approach launched an anti-aircraft fire all at once.
We fired the chain gun one step faster, crossing left and right.
Druck-Drift-
The enemies who were carrying out anti-aircraft attacks with their bodies exposed through the trees fell down with dust.
I was given only 50 shots, so the accuracy was not that high as I shot several shots at a time.
Even so, the tanks rushed in and made it enough to subdue it.
“Jungle rat group 1, rush in!”
The tanks hidden behind the hill are moving forward.
When the infantry got off the tank, they lowered themselves, took cover behind the tank, and aimed their guns at the forest.
At the beginning of the forest, an infantryman holding an anti-tank weapon popped out and scratched it with a chain gun.
Thanks to the fact that we eliminated the enemies with heavy weapons in advance, the tank unit was able to enter the forest safely.
Now leave the forest to Group 1 of the jungle rats, and now we have to go catch the escaped tanks.
“We’ll catch the tram and come. Let’s go, Angel 2”
「Okay.」
Flying through the blue sky for a long time, it caught up with the enemy tank unit that was fleeing at full speed.
I was already joining the central battlefield, but I was barely able to catch its tail.
It was difficult to even enter the central battlefield with anti-aircraft guns everywhere.
“I’ll take care of it from the left.”
“Then I’m right.”
It is weaker than the Hellfire of the main body, but it is loaded with a Hell flame with excellent performance.
It was a pity that the weapon in the simulation didn’t actually have spirits, so it was a pity that I couldn’t get help.
I had to check whether the loading was complete, and I needed to be more careful about aiming.
I carefully manipulated the attack lever to aim at the enemy tank.
And then, firing.
Hwareuk
The sound of burning air was heard, and dark red fireballs split the air.
It was so far away that the flight lasted a few seconds.
The fire that fell from the sky created a flower of flame on the earth.
“First shot hit. Let’s keep going.”
“Okay.”
We kept pouring fire.
After catching six of the ten tanks that fled from us, we were about to join Team 1 of the jungle rats, but we saw enemy helicopters flying from afar.
The number is four.
In fact, all the attack helicopters the enemies had were out.
Cermia’s sigh was heard over the communicator.
「Should we deal with that too?」
“I will. Let’s go. You haven’t used any Earth Sphere yet, have you?”
“Yes. They must have written some Would you like Shane too?”
“I don’t know. Let’s ask later.”
We loaded the Earth Sphere and increased our altitude.
Starting with Chermia, who was measuring her range, flying her Earth Spear and evading to her side at the same time, a dogfight with air superiority for joint training began.
“Win, it’s over.”
Hours of training made even me with good physical strength exhausted.
Cermia, who caught two enemy helicopters during the air battle, crashed, and after I finished the remaining helicopters, I stabbed the side of the battlefield with a group of jungle rats and pushed it back.
It wasn’t long, but it was quite intense training.
Continue training like this for a year and a half?
By the end of our third year, we’ll be entitled to be called veteran soldiers.
When we came out of the simulator, our victorious teammates welcomed us.
In the end, I was selected as the MVP after returning to the headquarters and changing all the armaments to Hell Flame and catching the tanks once more.
Would you like to give me an extra point?
Well, I don’t really care about extra points anymore, but the higher the score, the better.
There were quite a few researchers and soldiers as well as students and teachers.
They noticed the practicality and strength of the helicopter, and they were looking at me and exchanging whispers.
Kurst, standing on one wall, approached with someone hiding behind his back.
“You did a great job, Erif.”
“Can you tell me about your simulation improvements?”
“Ha ha. I’ll tell the wizards later. You have someone who has a business for you.”
As Curst turned to the side, someone hiding behind him popped out.
“Erif! It’s been a while.”
“Oh, Ireana.”
What’s wrong with the chick junior?
The first semester taught me everything I could teach, so I switched to autonomous training for the second semester.
Ireana giggled for a moment, then she smiled a little embarrassed.
“Hey, I have a favor for you.”
“What?”
Ireana stared at her toes for a moment, then lifted her head and lifted her eyes with her swipe.
“My father, can you meet the king just once?”
It seems that Ireana came as the king’s adopted daughter and envoy.