Chapter 83 – German Army Paratroopers (Part 1)
by PinkPanther──Come forth, German Army!!
Nasser’s eyes snapped wide open as he poured in his mana.
Countless Summoned Beast status screens appeared in the air above the dragon he proudly rode.
The usual transparent panels.
…The usual status screens.
And what appeared upon them was……
……Bwoom.
German Army Lv7:
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Lv0 → German infantry, 1940 Wehrmacht type
Lv1 → German infantry squad, 1940 Wehrmacht type
German Army engineer squad, 1940 Wehrmacht type
Panzer I Type B
Lv2 → German infantry platoon, 1940 Wehrmacht type
German Army engineer squad
Panzer II Type C
R12 sidecar equipped with MG34
Lv3 → German infantry platoon, 1942 motorised
※ Equipped with half-tracks
German Army engineer squad, 1942 motorised
※ Equipped with 3-ton trucks
Panzer III Type M
Messerschmitt Bf109G
Lv4 → German Army Panzergrenadier platoon, 1943 type
※ Equipped with half-tracks
German Army engineer squad, 1943 type
※ Equipped with engineer combat vehicles
German Army artillery platoon
※ Equipped with light howitzers
Panzer IV Type H
Junkers Ju87D
Lv5 → German Army Panzergrenadier platoon, 1944 type
※ Equipped with half-tracks
German Army engineer squad, 1944
※ Equipped with flamethrower tanks
German Army artillery platoon
※ Equipped with heavy howitzers
Panther Tank Type G
Focke-Wulf Fw190F
Lv6 → German Army Panzergrenadier platoon, 1944 type
※ Heavy equipment (equipped with half-tracks)
German Army engineer squad, 1944 type
※ Equipped with large rocket launchers
German Army artillery platoon
※ Equipped with self-propelled heavy howitzers
Tiger I Tank
Fieseler Fi-103
※ Can be carried aboard late-model He111H aircraft
Lv7 → German Army paratrooper platoon, 1944 type
※ Equipped with Junkers Ju52
German Army paratrooper engineer squad, 1944 type
※ Equipped with DFS230 military gliders
German Army railway artillery
※ Equipped with 80cm railway gun
Tiger II Tank
Messerschmitt Me262
(Next)
Lv8 → Paratrooper platoon, 1944, Assault Type
※ Equipped with Messerschmitt Me323
Paratrooper engineer squad, 1944, Assault Type
※ Equipped with airborne tanks
German Army rocket artillery unit
※ Equipped with trailer-launched A4 rockets
Maus prototype tank
Arado Ar234B
Lv Complete → ?????
At last, he had reached the pinnacle of strength attainable by present-day humanity──Summoned Beast Lv……7.
It was literal proof that Nasser, who had defeated the Hero and sealed him away time and again, had finally reached the realm of the strongest!
“……All right, here we go. Lv7 Summoned Beast──German Army!!”
“H-Hyohhohoho! You’ve gotten even stronger again, have you?”
Even Bummel’s eyes widened at that.
Perhaps he could sense something that only the truly powerful could perceive?
“──Hah. Just as you can see!”
Even Bummel, one of humanity’s strongest, was only a Lv6 Dragon Summoner.
It went without saying just how far beyond the norm Lv7 was.
──……And now,
Burn it into your eyes, exactly as the words imply!!
──Haaaaaaah…………!!
“German Army, summon!!”
FWOOSH──!!
Nasser’s mana erupted forth and a summoning magic circle appeared high in the sky!
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German Army
Lv7: German Army Paratrooper Platoon, 1944 Type
※ Equipped with Junkers Ju52
Skills: Airborne drop, airborne firing, securing an airhead,rifle fire, grenade throwing,folding-bayonet charge, etc.
Notes: A paratrooper unit active in 1944.
Paratroopers are airborne troops.
In later years, large-scale airborne operations were no longer carried out and they came to dominate the battlefield as elite infantry.
Their transport aircraft was obsolete, but highly reliable.
The soldiers affectionately called it
『Tante Ju』meaning『Auntie Ju.』
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The very next moment──from within it, aircraft wrapped in sparkling summoning light came bursting out with a thunderous roar.
GwoooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!
GwoooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!
GwoooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!
“W-W-W… What in the world is thattttt?!”
Bummel stared wide-eyed in shock.
And no wonder.
What Nasser had summoned was the German Army’s only airborne unit──the paratroopers!
And on top of that, these were no mere infantry!!
What burst forth from the summoning magic circle, wreathed in glittering summoning light, was a formation of Ju 52/3m transport aircraft—the corrugated-metal-clad workhorses of the skies!
They were a group of medium aircraft, each equipped with three BMW 600-horsepower-class engines, roaring out with a powerful gwon-gwon!!
And inside their bellies, fully armed German soldiers had already been summoned in a fully boarded state!
“Fuh……! This is the majestic might of the evolved German Army!”
They were the elite of the elite among the German forces──members of the German Air Force, the Luftwaffe.
“──The Lv7 Summoned Beast, the sky-hunting Fallschirmjäger!!”
Nasser declared it proudly as the transport aircraft flew alongside him.
Bummel, who had been standing there slack-jawed, soon burst into booming laughter.
“……W-well now, this really is astonishing. To think you’d transport the soldiers themselves by air—my, my, I’m impressed──Kah-kah-kah-kah!!”
Bummel praised him without holding anything back.
It must have been just that revolutionary a strategy.
To make a long-range advance and deploy troops where the enemy least expected them!
……It was, quite literally, the perfect branch for this rescue mission.
“But… not yet. It’s still not enough──”
──There are still more paratroopers yet to come!
……The enemy, for all their faults, were still a finest-of-the-finest cavalry regiment.
There weren’t enough troops to bring them down in a single strike…… Nowhere near enough────!!
That’s why!!
GWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!
“More……! More!!”
More……!
More──
“────Come on, give me MORE!!”
GERMAN ARMMMMMMMMYYYYYYYYYYYY──!!
BWAAAAAAASH───!!
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German Army
Lv7: German Army Paratrooper Engineer Squad, 1944
※ Equipped with DFS 230
Skills: Airborne drop, airborne firing, securing an airhead,submachine-gun fire, demolition work, obstacle clearing, construction of field fortifications, setting up temporary obstacles, route clearing, etc.
Notes: A paratrooper engineer unit active in 1944.
They possess a large amount of special equipment for airborne operations,
and are combat engineers who fight with robust bodies and indomitable spirit.
Their craft is a military glider towed by a transport aircraft,
and the improved model can carry 15 fully armed soldiers.
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Shupaaaaaah……!
“Hah… hah……!”
Summoning magic circles dyed the sky, while glittering trails of summoning light scattered sparkling particles everywhere.
The groups of transport aircraft that had appeared together with countless summoning circles were now towing military gliders as well and the buildup of their forces showed no sign of stopping.
“Gah……!”
“H-Hey! D-Don’t push yourself too hard, now! Wouldn’t it have been fine to summon them after we arrived at the site?”
Blood dripped steadily from Nasser’s nose as his complexion worsened, prompting Bummel to show a rare moment of concern.
“……I’m fine. The cost is only high at the moment of summoning. Once they’ve been summoned, all I have to do is maintain them──”
So for now, he was fine.
Fine…….
Nasser gulped down the mana-recovery potions he had collected in the royal capital, then tossed the empty bottles aside.
“No, that’s not quite what I meant……”
Bummel suppressed the difficult-to-express feelings welling up inside him as he spoke.
But there was no need to worry──.
“The enemy is a cavalry regiment──……They’re fast, and their mobility is excellent──”
That meant if they took their time landing before launching the attack, there was a risk the enemy would escape.
If Liz were taken away again, then this time Nasser would truly have lost……!
“……That’s why. We need to hit them with everything we’ve got from the very beginning and force a decisive battle with them.”
If they were truly elite troops, then the moment they were attacked head-on, they would surely respond with everything they had.
If they were going to choose flight from the very beginning, it would only be while they still had no grasp of the situation.
──That was why this would not be a『surprise attack』 but an『assault』!!
And among all the forces Nasser possessed, there was only one capable of carrying it out──……the paratroopers!
“If you understand, then shut up──Goh!”
……Hah, hah.
The amount of mana required by a Lv7 Summoned Beast was every bit as enormous and excessive as expected.
Naturally, for Nasser, whose original level was low, the burden was anything but ordinary.
In fact, from the excessive use of mana, blood was now flowing not only from his nose, but from his ears and even his eyes───……
But who cares!!
‘……I don’t care if I use up every last drop of mana today!’
──I’ll save Liz.
As long as my mana holds out for this one day──today──that’s all I need!!
“───Let’s go, German Army!!”
The glowing curse mark of 『Do■■■』!
Receiving the mana granted by that curse mark, the German Army burst forth from countless magic circles and thundered across the sky with a deep, rumbling roar!!
The sight of so many medium transport aircraft surging forward at once was truly overwhelming.
Each and every one of them was wrapped in glittering summoning light,while all of the soldiers were clad in specialised equipment, wearing the distinctive helmets of airborne troops and carrying automatic firearms.
And behind the transport aircraft,military gliders were being towed by steel cables.
With this, no one could defeat them.
──This was the German Army’s Fallschirmjäger!!
『Lead aircraft! Ready──』
『Number Two! Ready as well───』
『Aircraft Three through Ten, all ready!!』
──GWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!