134 – Day After Year (3)
# Day After Year (3)
Tal Tal Tal Tal Tal!!
The sound of the propellers was obviously much louder than when I heard it from a distance. It feels noisier than a modern helicopter, doesn’t it?
Roxanna, who was sitting in the front seat, handed me something like earplugs and said something.
I couldn’t hear it well, but judging by the shape of my mouth, it felt like ‘use this’.
As she put on her earplugs, the ghostly sound of the propellers diminished and Roxanna’s clear voice was heard.
“Can you hear me now?”
“Oh, I see.”
“It’s really amazing. All of us used hand signals or flags…….”
It was.
The airship does not have the noise of propellers as it does now, but since the distance between the aircraft was very far, a separate signalman was needed to communicate with each other.
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Of course, there were the sorcery communication devices I used last time.
That was unnecessarily expensive. With the repeater installed, the communication range was quite far, and during the Quernen War, it was possible to communicate from Hill 921 to the Azov coast.
“This is only about 3 km long. It cannot be communicated with the ground, and is for communication between the squadron, the gunner, and the auxiliary gunner.”
Roxanna excitedly explains the new equipment related to aviation.
“By the way, has Roxanna ever flown in this aircraft before?”
“This is the second time. Four times, including prototypes.”
“When the hell…… ?”
“Didn’t Sister Rumia, no, Adjutant Rumia and Chief of Staff Claude tell me?”
“…… I guess it was because I told you to take care of it unless it was something serious.”
It’s not possible to stamp documents all day long, so Rumia and the staff were guaranteed a certain amount of autonomy.
It seems there were several more flights in between.
Thinking about it again, it seems that there have been requests to observe before…… I vaguely remember thinking it was Diabola’s flight and rejecting it.
‘That must have been a fighter jet. I didn’t know.’
Definitely busy, but too busy.
It was quite a while ago that I took a proper rest.
It was a day when I was so busy that I was cured of insomnia, fell asleep like I fainted, and woke up at dawn to digest my schedule.
“I need to adjust my workload. We’re also doing some department reorganization.”
“Although we are in charge of the aviation side. The battalion commander is particularly busy, hahahahaha…….”
“I mean. Recently, it is armored, and new doctrines are being established all over the place, so I am at a loss.”
Roxanna laughed bitterly. I couldn’t help but smile bitterly at the same time.
“Yeah, but! You are free as long as you fly. Relax without any worries!”
“Of course. Captain Roxanna’s excellent piloting skills. Who in Ukraine doesn’t know?”
“Wow…… !? Ah…… Um, yes.”
“?? Why are you so surprised?”
“Oh no! Thank you for taking good care of me.”
Roxanna turns her head, fanning with her whipping hand. I poked her head out and checked her instrument panel.
Certainly, unlike modern times, there is a special system called ‘magic’ in its very early form.
The instrument panel of the Mannfred fighter belonged to the fairly simple side.
There is one column displaying altitude and other external information.
One column displays the amount of fuel the fighter has and the status of the mana engine being used as an auxiliary.
Lastly, the keys to the cockpit. Because that was all there was to the instrument panel.
And, as Captain Erich said, there was only an emergency escape device in the back seat.
Other than that, the Gavier machine gun holder and the 7.52Mm cartridges used in it are all.
If you learn how to operate the equipment even a little, it is so simple that even I can operate it.
“By the way, did you buy this from us in Ukraine?”
“Yes, I have already signed a contract for 30 units.”
“Ummm… ….”
I am worried about whether the national finances will be okay.
Of course, even if the 57mm grizzly howitzer and barbed wire for defense, which I proposed and completed by our excellent technical research department, are exported quite a bit as a national project.
The cost of fighter jets cannot be compared to the price of barbed wire and howitzers…… ?
‘That’s for the Ministry of Finance.’
As was the case in the previous world, I wasn’t very familiar with mathematics.
As soon as I tried a simple calculation, I saw signs of tingling, so I shook my head and scattered it.
“Three minutes before squadron sortie!”
“Have you checked the safety device? We are leaving soon!”
A sortie order was issued for Roxanna and the Mannfred training squadron just in time.
I double-checked the seat belts and seat footrests that were tight on her shoulders, and patted Roxanne on the shoulder.
“No problem.”
Roxanna, too, checked her safety gear and raised a thumbs up over her fuselage.
‘Looks like a real pilot.’
I never thought that a fussy pink-haired mage could grow up to this extent. Recalling what happened in the 3rd Magic Battalion, it was to the point of doubting whether it was the same person.
For a while, I was caught up in the nostalgia of the past.
“Squadron, sortie!”
Wheei Iik—!
With the whistle announcing the start of training, the red-bodied monoplanes lined up on either side start propulsion.
Keying.
Roxanne, too, put her own mana into her engine and skillfully started her.
“Let’s sortie!”
Purruleung, tatatatatatata—!!
Wheeeing!!
It flew up into the high sky.
***
This is not the first time facing the sky. Right now, in my previous life, I’ve ridden so many transport planes and helicopters.
Even after falling into the haoje, he belonged to the assault magic infantry battalion and was the first person in the world to operate an airship for military purposes.
But it was the first time I had ever piloted an airplane like this.
To be honest, I didn’t say anything about piloting, I just sat in the back seat.
The sky spreads wide like the sea.
Hair fluttering non-stop, clean air.
The sensation of the sunlight hitting my skin was really refreshing.
A completely different feeling from riding an airship.
“The battalion commander!? How is it!!”
“Too…… It’s beautiful. Are you alone enjoying this scenery, Roxanna?”
“Ehehehe, I knew you would like it!”
Roxanna said that and she nodded her head towards another aircraft flying in parallel.
Then, the fuselage of the planes flying together tilted, and in an instant, they went down and disappeared from sight.
Since this training flight was a test of individual flight capabilities as well as formation flight, it was necessary to test the maneuvers of dispersing and regrouping at various altitudes.
“Let’s go inside the clouds too! This is one of the test items.”
“I will.”
However, it must have been several minutes since we entered the pure white clouds.
I had a foreboding feeling. Why does my butt feel like it’s floating?
“Roxanna, are you going in a straight line?”
“Yes!”
“The angle seems to have tilted somehow… ….”
“Isn’t the parallel system no problem?”
Because it was inside the clouds, it was impossible to discern what was going on with the naked eye. However, this cool sensation entwined the spine. I continued to look at the instrument panel and asked Roxanna.
“What is the altitude?”
“2800, Stable.”
“…… Something is weird Could you please turn the nose down?”
“Wait a minute.”
That’s when Roxanne tried to get her steering wheel down.
Pang!
Tarrr!!
With a noise, the rotation of the propeller stopped. A body that begins to tilt rapidly.
“…… !?”
“Why, why are you doing this?!”
Roxanna kept her composure, but her voice was tinged with bewilderment.
“Call sign zero three, response to the office waiting now!”
I urgently tried to call nearby aircraft, but the radio was silent.
Roxanne I tried turning her engine off and back on, turning her steering wheel, and using her own magic to keep her craft lifted, but her power engine was already dead. Was
The sense of falling rushes through the whole body.
“Captain Enoch!! Emergency Escape Device!”
“Wait a minute!”
A aircraft that falls almost vertically, opposite to when it rises. I turned my head and quickly secured my watch.
If you activate the escape device in an halfway position, you could be in serious trouble.
It is, of course, the North. How do you know if this is the middle of the Kalpas Mountains?
As of now, without any equipment, it was clear that there would be no answer if they were stranded in a snowy mountain.
“Roxanna! Slow down somehow, pull the steering wheel to maximize air resistance!!!”
“Aww…… !!!”
Roxanna pulled her steering wheel as hard as she could. When I glanced sideways, the parallel system was still intact.
It seems that there is something wrong with the entire instrument panel.
It was only in this way that even if lift was restored, normal operation was impossible. A situation where you have to crash somehow.
“Altitude 2100! Get out of the clouds soon!”
“Prepare for an emergency landing!!”
“1800!!”
Let’s get out of the clouds that we couldn’t see an inch ahead like that.
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What I could see right in front of me was a village.
“Ah-!!!”
“Turn the nose!! Over there, over there!! Excuse me!!! To the lake ahead!”
A situation where even the screams I was screaming went into it. I was out of breath. I held on to Roxanna’s shoulders and endured the rush of acceleration.
The aircraft rotates as if passing through the town.
I’m afraid to let out a sigh of relief.
“Crash!!! Crash!!”
“Huh…… !!”
We got sucked into the lake.