74 – The Airplane Lady
-Quaguaguagwang!!!
“Kyaaagh!!!”
“Shoot! Pour it all over!”
“Support fire on the southern defense line! They’re coming again!”
A battlefield that smells of gunpowder and blood.
The endless Abyss are rushing in like waves, forming black waves, and this is where the Hunters shoot, shoot, and wield weapons with all their might at such Abyss.
The front line of the current Korean army.
Hamhung front line.
In this place where a bloody battle was taking place every moment, a battle of a different scale from the requests that Dreamers had handled so far was taking place one after another.
“damn! When is the air support coming?”
“Just a little… just a little bit… Oh there!”
-Swoon!!!!
A group of planes flying across the sky.
Loaded with bombs, they started pouring a large amount of explosives onto the Abyss’ offensive.
-Quaguaguagwang!!!
Earth-shaking bombers swept across the battlefield.
Wherever the bomber squadron passed, the area became a sea of fire, and at the same time, the Abyss beneath it quickly turned to ashes and disappeared.
After giving the hunters a chance to breathe, the bombers turned and tried to return.
But… the bombers who wiped out a group of Abyss also didn’t end well.
-Kyaaagh!!
In the next moment, small abyss protruding from the ground and shooting out like shells.
The guys, who were flying at such an incredible speed that they could not be seen, began to ram their bodies into the bomber.
and..
-Pak! Kwagwagwang!
The bombers begin to fall as they are at the charge of the Abyss, which even lightly pierces the special alloy plate.
While doing evasive maneuvers, they tried to reduce the damage somehow, but the anti-aircraft fire of the Abyss was on a different level from what humans normally use.
Less than half of the bombers barely returned, and all the rest fell on the Abyss and were destroyed.
Although, so far, Abyss flying through the sky like aircraft have never been discovered.
However, anti-aircraft shooting, which boasts terrifying precision as it is now, hastily made mankind unable to use flight power, and also demanded close attention not to be discovered by them as much as possible in assaults using airplanes.
Every sortie, the return rate of the aircraft is around 40%.
However, the casualties caused by this were surprisingly close to zero, because most of the main attack aircraft, including the bomber that had just crashed, were operated by drones, not manned aircraft.
And, those who operate these air powers were hunters as well.
“Tch…is it unreasonable to preserve more than half of it no matter what?”
A bit different from normal hunters, hunters who control multiple unmanned aerial vehicles with terrifying precision.
This was basically due to the fact that the body vision and physical abilities of the beings called hunters overwhelmed ordinary humans, and because of this, most of the current air power was operated by the hands of the hunters.
Although, despite this, the precision of the anti-aircraft fire of the Abyss was so fraudulent that the return rate was disastrous. At least, this is also possible because it is a Hunter.
Before the hunters came forward, the return rate was less than 20%, and considering the fact that the number of casualties came out to be almost annihilated in the Air Force, which was piloting the manned aircraft, this was a really great result.
So, after stabilizing the battlefield once, the Hunters began to slowly close their eyes from the momentary fatigue as they returned the bombers.
*
‘To the full physical strength, body vision and physical abilities that transcend human beings… Really… I’m envious of people called Hunters after all.’
A temporary headquarters located on high ground.
While watching the activities of the hunters who made me feel admiration and envy every time there, I began to keep an eye on the battlefield situation that was being vividly shown in front of my eyes once again.
The offensive of the enemies noticeably weakened after one round of bombing.
In that respect, air power using airplanes was obviously useful in many ways, but considering resource consumption, it had a disadvantage that it was difficult to use it so often.
In addition, the part about drone control requires surprisingly precise skills, so it was almost impossible to use unless you were a hunter belonging to the Air Force.
In that respect, as an adjutant of the 28th Guild belonging to the Army, I only received help indirectly when conducting cooperative operations with the Air Force, but I had no direct experience of operating it until now.
However.. I know very well about its necessity and usefulness, and because of this, one of the things I have been interested in and researched while working as an adjutant was this part of air power.
‘But… From that point of view, can you say that the conditions are a little better now than in the 28th Guild?’
Unlike in the past when there were many limitations in many ways due to the restrictions of military omnipresence, now I am the lieutenant of Black Hunter Dreamers.
Although the scale was much reduced and there was a limit in the power that could be used. Instead, it could be said that it became much more free than before in terms of its diversity.
In particular, the part related to air power that I am interested in at this moment.
In this regard, it was a great fortune for me to have useful talent in our company.
Of course, there are still a lot of issues that need to be addressed before that.
‘Apart from other things, it also takes the cost part of having to prepare an airplane.
With that thought in mind, I began to keep an eye on the battlefield, feeling a bit of regret and anticipation for the future.
*
“Ew… .”
“Don’t make such an openly hateful face. Do you know who likes to eat?”
“Uh..uh.. but.. as a Français (French), this kind of âme (soul)-less rice is just…”
“Isn’t it inevitable? This is a battlefield, and it is a place where the Abyss are still looking for opportunities right in front of their eyes. Even though it doesn’t taste good, be thankful that you can eat warm rice every meal without starving.”
“Black..”
Glass, who grumbles over food in the battlefield, and two people who comfort her by giving practical reasons.
In general, short-term missions often ended in a day trip, and even if it took a little time, they could be provided with a fairly good meal as a supply.
However, this is only when they carry out their own single unit mission…
Like now, in the process of carrying out missions with other people… to be precise, real soldiers, not mercenaries, I had no choice but to eat together like this.
It was because they were mercenaries, and if they ate delicious food among themselves, it could adversely affect the morale of all soldiers.
Like that, while being realistic in its own way, the glass that continues the meal that does not suit the taste of the mouth while being applied to the rules that the person concerned does not like at all.
Then… I started to feel a sudden vibration in her waist.
“yes? what?”
Normally, I would not have been aware of this because I was so absorbed in eating, but in this case, the vibration sound was quite distinct.
In response, Glass picked up the phone and began examining its contents.
‘yes? Why did Aide suddenly me?.. and this…’
Glass feels suspicious about the slightly sudden call.
But the next moment, as soon as she checked the attached picture on the screen, she stood up without hesitation.
“uh? Did you already eat it all?”
“Yes, there is a call right now, so I will get up at this point. See you in a little while.”
Like that, somehow it’s the opposite of before… Glass starts to move with a strangely happy expression on it.
Feeling suspicious about her appearance like this, Are and Kwon Soon began to continue eating.
*
“Ugh… délicieux (delicious)! After all, it is a law that people must eat well! »
“hahahaha.. I’m sorry. Calling me out of nowhere.”
Glass is happy eating instant cup rice in front of me
Honestly, it was just such a meal normally, but compared to jjambab, which is on the verge of poorness due to the worst combination of poor ingredients and poor cooking skills, this level was a delicacy.
Like that, I automatically started to smile a little bitterly at the corner of my mouth while looking at the glass that showed me as if I had the whole world with just one meal.
‘As expected… it was absolutely not wrong to say that I was discharged because of the meal.’
In any case, it was a successful situation in calling her in separately after catching something to eat.
Then, right after a short and happy meal, Glass set down an empty cup of rice and said to me,
“I ate well aide. Then you can go straight to the point.”
“… Did you know?”
Glass is putting on a happy face all over again.
I was a little taken aback by her quick-wittedness, to which Glass spoke confidently.
“of course. There’s no way that aide would even take care of food for me unless I had to ask for something else in the first place. Come on, tell me.”
“Okay then… I’d like to ask you a favor.”
So, while thinking that it was good because the story was fast, I said while looking at this former French soldier in front of me.
“Glass, are you… still capable of piloting an aircraft?”