91 Beginning of the end (1/2)
Alu, border town of Mu
Arou, a border town located on a little plateau.
There are many plains on this plateau, but the town is built on slightly elevated hills.
The outside of the old wall, which was no longer useful in modern warfare, had low-growth grass and exposed soil in some places.
Two soldiers were talking in the forest slightly above the high hill, and in the artillery fort located inside.
”Well, did you hear that Alu would be at the forefront in the event of a collision between the Gura Barcas and the Mu?”
The artillery Arts Say shudders at his colleague's words.
Suddenly the Gura Barcas Empire emerged from the west of the Mu continent
Suppress neighboring nations in a blink of an eye and defeat the powerful power Reyfol.
Nevertheless, the state of Mu was able to respond with plenty of room .... However, the state-of-the-art fleet boasting Mu's pride is devastated off the coast of the sacred Myrical Empire, Cult Alpas.
A severe earthquake ran through the military.
Furthermore, the battle between the World Union and the Gra Barcas, in which even the Holy Myricial Empire participated.
The Holy Myriad Empire and the Mu country fought with the will of the world's No. 1 and No. 2 powers and pride.
But the result is painful… I heard that the Sacred Military Empire launched an old magical empire super weapon, but even that was sunk.
It seems that the upper ranks of the military are eager to fill the hopeless technology gap.
Among the general soldiers, they had to fight, and the legendary Gura Barcas empire was the subject of fear.
”The enemy will be strong ... but still ... we're the guardians of the Aru people !!!!
No matter how strong the enemy is, they are the same person.
If the gun hits, it will always die, and there is no such thing as a weapon that does not allow the gun to land! ! ! ”
”But ... a book from Japan was sold in Mu before, but it seems that there is a strange weapon in Japan called a tank, which has a gun like a car with armor.
This armor seems to be strong enough to repel Mu's guns.
A Japanese cruiser was sunk by the Gura Barcas Empire in the Battle of Cult Alpas.
The empire has the potential to be stronger than Japan.
... What if an enemy puts in a weapon called a tank ... ”
The artillery was determined to fight, but scared by the overwhelming enemies that would soon come.
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West of Alu, 24th Task Force of the Mu Army
The trench extending west from Alu, a long, serpentine trench extends nearly 20 km from Alu.
Trenches are similar to trenches that can be dug below the ground and allow humans to pass through them. In comparison, the survival rate increases dramatically.
In the trench, Kynes, an infantry at the forefront, looked through the border with binoculars.
”What ... what is that ?!”
Smoke is rising over the horizon with good visibility.
The number was so large that black and greenish cars appeared under the smoke.
If someone who likes the old army sees it, you will think that it resembles a Type 97 medium tank.
Kanes tried to report to the headquarters the unfamiliar object ...
A ground sound like a deep bass and a bursting sound were heard from behind.
He looks back.
”Ts !!”
In the city, shells explode continuously, and intense smoke is emitted in some places.
The building where the bombardment landed collapsed with a rattling sound.
”The cannon landed !? Stupid! It's completely out of sight !!”
Surprise ...
”Attack! ! Attack! ! Attach to all members combat arrangement! ! !
Warning coming late.
As the city to be protected is exposed to shelling, Canes prepares for the enemy to come.
Artillery position
An enemy aircraft appears in the sky and flies with my face.
The bombs, which were sometimes aimed at and dropped, were intense, and a lot of fire was rising from the Arou defensive base.
Looking up into the sky, Mu's state-of-the-art machine Marin fought bravely to enter the battle and knock down the invaders. The anti-aircraft fire, sometimes rising from a blazing friendly base that was knocked down, was cutting through the sky.
Fortunately, under the guidance of Japan, the artillery position disguised as melting into the forest when viewed from above was apparently not found by the enemy, and was not attacked.
But ... The artillery base was in a state of poking a beehive.
”Enemy black vehicle, probably a tank. Call it a tank from now on, ready to fire! ! Repeat, ready to fire! ! !
Artillery Arts Say prepares quickly and accurately.
The enemy tank was not within this range, but the Gura Barkas bombarded the fire from far behind the tank ... Aru's guardian, the regret that he couldn't fight back ... Artillery Arts Say Had to feel the technology gap.
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Mu Town Arou
The shell lands.
Screams erupt everywhere in the town and people die.
At the point of impact, the building collapsed as rubble with a violent explosion, and smoke was raised.
In this city, where there is no air raid shelter, residents escape from the fear of never dying if they hit it.
There have been repeated evacuation calls from the Government of Mu, but many people have no reason to believe that they will never attack the mainland, the world's second-largest power, by inhabitants. Residents and families who believed in the evacuation were delayed, and now.
Because of the importance of freedom, the power of the government was weak against the inhabitants, and the negative effects of the political system, which was unable to exert enforcement, appeared.
The town will panic.
”Ines, I'm sorry to get you involved in our misjudgment, you should have evacuated first ...”
The mother of her daughter, called Ines, sheds tears and regrets.
The Palmer family, an aristocrat living in Alu, struggled to evacuate the inhabitants after the government issued an evacuation recommendation. Many of them have changed their minds and their efforts have helped save millions of inhabitants. Would have been.
However, the border town where the railway has not yet been developed, few people have private cars, and even the cars issued by the government were not enough, and their evacuation was postponed, so that they were involved in the fire. became.
”Ines, do you know how to ride a motorcycle?”
”Yup”
”It's dangerous here! Run away with Meln right now!”
His 16-year-old daughter, Ines, longed for riding on his father's motorcycle and eventually reached a level where he could drive himself.
”But ... but don't leave your mom and dad !!!”
”I'm sorry ... but everyone will die in this way.
”Mu is the second strongest in the world! The base is nearby and it should be able to do it !!”
”The Mu army is strong, but the Gura Barkas is so incredibly strong, even the Holy Military Empire burns his hands ... even the super-weapons of the old magical empire ... Please, you and Meln are the treasures of the Palmer family, the ones that must be protected in the case of life ... Go !!!!
”Ines tears in his eyes and starts running. He put his six-year-old sister, Meln, in the backseat of the motorcycle and started the engine.”
”Escape to the east! Go through the hollow mountains to the city of Hargeki, visit your uncle there, and you will surely help!”
Some parts of the city are bombarded and roaring.
Ines put his sister, Meln, behind the bike and slowly released the accelerator and engaged the clutch.
The $ 270CC single-cylinder motorcycle starts to accelerate with a rattling sound.
Ines, the daughter of the Palmer family, and his sister Meln escaped the city of Aru.