Summoning the German Army! 〜The Former Strongest Dragon Summoner, Who Lost Everything to the Heroes, Vows Revenge… - Chapter 45.1
The Hammer of Anger
Translated by SoundDestiny
Edited by Klepon
“《──Platoon effective fire!》”
The receiver was cracking, it was so loud!
On the other side of the headset, the artillerymen must be busy moving around.
From the radio, which was still plugged in, Nasser could hear a series of [Dokoooon!!!!] and a series of explosions.
A few seconds later – far behind – the same sound echoed.
Rhyming and pressurising the royal city, [Gokokoon!],[Goko-ko-ko-on!] and the sound of continuous artillery fire.
It seemed that they were really shooting from the church.
Then it came ────────.
First, the sound of air scraping.
The flight of artillery shells ripping through the air.
Then the screeching warning of an air force officer.
“『Get down!!!Effective fire will come!』”
A louder overlapping sound than before.
shashasha.
Jajaja ……──
Jajaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa…… and.
“Uoo! How many rounds are they firing?”
“ 『I don’t know! They’re going to fire until the target is reduced to rubble – that’s what artillery does. ……』”
A deafening screech of air rumbled through the sky, and then it suddenly stopped.
~Tsutsu!!!
“ 『Shells are landing!』”
Gopooonn …!!!
Impact!
Burst!
But…..
“Wh… what?”
Continuous zugan, zugan zugan! of the bombardment poured down one after another.
But──────!
“They’re exploding in the air? Why?”
‘It……was prevented? But, how…..’
A crispy, electrified phenomenon was taking place.
The explosion and rainbow-coloured lights were created just above the castle.
That was …….
“A barrier covering the castle…..?”
Incredibly, suddenly a visibly powerful 『Barrier』magic was activated and manifested to completely cover the Royal Castle.
The barriers prevented the Germans from shelling them.
Shrapnel blew out bright red flames and black smoke over the rainbow-coloured barrier.
They burst outside the target and it looked as if they were exploding in the air.
The barrier trembled with each burst, but it completely blocked that powerful bombardment!
“Damn! There’s still more in there…”
The king, in his luxurious cavalry chariot, yelled angrily, his soot-blackened face contorted in anger, perhaps from a close-range bullet.
“Nasssssssssssssserrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr!!”’
That idiot.
“You’re gonna fly off and die, alright. You’re gonna stay quiet until I beat the crap out of you!”
“What a magical attack to distract such an army! That’s what a cowardly heretic would do!……but my castle is designed for such things!”
──Look!
──See what a castle in the land of the heroes looks like!
“This is the ancient magical defence! It protects my castle from malice. The『Great Barrier』!!!”
It turned out the King’s『Great Barrier』was powerful enough to block the bombardment.
It arose from the walls of the royal castle and completely covered the spire with a dome-shaped 『Barrier』.
“Gahahahahahahaha! Are you seeing this heretic!? This is ancient magical technology passed down from generation to generation in preparation for war with the Demon Lord’s army! Your puny summoning magic is useless!”
“Han……? Ancient magic? If you have such a thing, use it from the start. What’s that anyway? I heard it’s got a lot of restrictions.”
The King might be behaving comfortably but to Nasser it looked like he was bluffing.
If there was defensive magic that could cover the entire castle, he would have used it from the start and above all, there was no need for the king to go out on his own.
Even if Nasser was rampaging around in the royal capital, he could just retreat into his shell.
The fact that he didn’t do that meant that there were some restrictions on that barrier.
Even the main gate of the castle was completely covered by the barrier closed by a thin, rainbow-coloured.
The king was surely flustered on the other side.
But…..
“Ha! I’ll do it. I’ll smash it…”
The Germans spoke.
“『Fire until the target is reduced to rubble?』”
“Shoot them to pieces!”
“『Roger.』”
The luftwaffe force officer nodded broadly in response to Nasser’s glare.
“『Artillery all-out fire! Target intact. Missed the target!』”
“《Zaa──correction shot? Send the coordinates again.──》
“『Just fire! Fire at will until the enemy is destroyed!』”
“《…….Roger.》”
Having said all that, the officer covered himself by holding his ears before responding.
He opened his mouth wide and urged Nasser to do the same.
“『Commander, please evacuate at all costs! This place will be hell!』”
“Ooh, okay ──── Tanks, fall back as fast as you can! Back up to where the Grenadiers are retreating, full throttle!”
Gagagaga!!! and the caterpillar’s tracks roared backwards.
Some of the Kingsguard, perhaps unable to keep up with the situation, were wandering about in a stupor but the tanks were trampling them down like grass on the roadside and retreating at breakneck speed.
The safety of the rear was no longer an issue.
Fortunately, the half tracks were able to fall back and were increasing their speed to go to a position where a trap had been set by the engineers.
The only thing blocking the tank’s path was a small group of Kingsguard.
“I don’t give a shit about them! Run them over!”
GAPAAAAN!── [Geeaaaah!] and three panzers pulled down several small groups in a flanking formation and retreated furiously.
Ahead of them, a company of Grenadiers deployed in an imposing manner on the main street connecting the castle and the capital, barricaded themselves in by destroying houses and pulling out household goods.
It did not appear to be complete yet, but construction work was apparently ongoing.
Half-tracks were laid down behind and to the sides to provide a firing cover but also to close gaps that were not suitable for construction.
‘I see, it’s an ideal blocking position. They’re going to do it at a rapid pace..’
This perfect job would be the handiwork of the engineers.
The inhabitants had been driven out and the engineers, leaning out from the second floor, were guiding Nasser and his men with their arms around in circles.
‘You want us to go through here?’
The barricade was open in one place. It seemed that they went to the trouble of leaving a gap for the tanks to pass through.
“『Hurry up!! Hurry up!』”
Quick formation transformation, single column from the flanks. The tanks did it in an orderly fashion.
Because they did it almost without slowing down, their skill seemed to have reached the realm of the divine.
Even Nasser, who was not that familiar with the German formations was astonished at the skill of the cavalry when he thought of it as a cavalry formation conversion.
The tank platoon was falling back as it was , and then, as if parking in the back, jumped from the tank’s buttocks into the surging position created by the Grenadiers.
After driving through a narrow position and finding a slightly dug-in tank bunker, the driver was guided by the Grenadier successfully and tightly tucked the tanks’ body into it.
‘They hardly even cut back…….tremendous skills.’
Goshuuuuuuuuu..…. and white smoke rose from the tank’s engine.
It must have been a very aggressive drive. It was on the verge of overheating.
Nasser glanced over and saw the tank crews were in a groggy state in their panzers. With this in the background, he finally got out of it.
The camp was in chaos and the Germans were running around.
When Nasser saw the 『Company Commander』 there, he approached to check the damage to the operation but──
“──── Gahhaha! You escaped, you heretic scum!!!”
The King shouted in another big voice.
‘How far away do you think we are from there?…… How can he make a voice like that? ……’
The king was probably being overconfident, protected by the 『Great Barrier』.
‘But how long can that barrier last?’
“『Here comes the bombardment.!!!』”
Someone in the German ranks shouted.
As soon as they heard that voice, all the Germans stopped working and got down.
“『『Get down.!!!』』”
It might seem exaggerated, but they were all serious.
‘Even though we are at a reasonable distance from our target, the Royal Castle!?’
Only the soldiers attached to the MG42 heavy machine guns on the barricade kept a minimum of visibility and kept an eye on the small group of Kingsguard Corps approaching.
There, the battlefield music rang out – the example of the battlefield music.
Shashasha ──────……!
“『Get down-ooooo!!!』”
“『All hands down!!!』”
