Chapter 84 – German Army Paratroopers (Part 2)
by PinkPanther“Hahah!! Now that’s what I’m talking about!!”
Total strength──230 men!!
Ju 52/3m──Tactical Transport Aircraft ×10
And DFS 230──Military Gliders ×10
This was the strongest force Nasser had summoned──an entire company of German Army Fallschirmjäger, professionals of airborne operations!
The breakdown was fifteen men aboard each aircraft, while each glider carried a fully armed eight-man squad.
“Ha……Hahaha!───……Ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!”
He clapped his hands lightly in applause!
With a wildly exhilarated grin spread across his face, Nasser sang out in delight.
Ahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahaha!!
“──That’s right! This is my airborne force!!”
This is my army!!
This is my power!!!
……They were, quite literally, soldiers who seemed to have been summoned for this very operation──a one-strike, certain-kill assault drop.
So then──
“Now, let me show you───that the difference in a soldier’s ability is the decisive difference in military strength!!”
This is the German Army!
These are the paratroopers!
This is what an airborne operation is!!
“──Today will be our final battle! All men, form up in tight closed formation!!”
『『『Understood—!!』』』
Wearing his military uniform beneath his cloak, Nasser spoke into the German Army radio he had brought with him.
The channel was set wide──a simultaneous broadcast to all units!
『Assemble—!!』
『Assemble—!!』
『Assemble—!!』
──GWOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!
──GWOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!
The seasoned pilots skillfully handled the heavy aircraft, forming them into a beautiful single-file aerial formation.
What magnificent formation flying───
What overwhelming martial power───!
What a reassuring emblem, that Iron Cross───!!
Across the sky, where the first glow of dawn was beginning to spread, flocks of German Ju 52/3m tactical transport aircraft wheeled through the air.
They flew with Nasser at their center……and in the great northern sky, the Iron Cross of the German Army danced in wild profusion!!
“──The time has come!!”
Shpaaah……!
Nasser pulled the Kampfpistole assault pistol from inside his coat and aimed it toward the rising morning sun!
“An assault beneath the dawn-lit sky──”
Now, all that remained was for them to descend from the heavens and overwhelm the enemy below!
That’s right!
──……All that remained was to crush them completely!!
And then──
“……Our objective is────Liz!”
Liz Virginia!
The last family I, Nasser Virginia, have left!!
“……Well then, shall we descend……gentlemen?!”
Click!
Loading a 27mm signal flare into the Kampfpistole, Nasser raised his voice in a ringing declaration!!
“With victory───with us!”
『『『Understood, Kommandant!!』』』
Now──
──Sing!
──Laugh!
And then──
“……FIIIIIGHT!!”
──BAAANG!!
“……A song of triumph──!!”
『『『A song of victory──!!』』』
～～♪
～～～～～♪
Using the dazzling flare blazing in the sky as their charge signal, the formation of transport aircraft accelerated even further and began its headlong advance!
As if to whip themselves into an even greater frenzy, the transport pilots simultaneously cranked their loudspeakers up to maximum volume!
The broadcast normally used during training to signal the beginning of a drop was now carried over the sound of a phonograph, sung out with all the grandeur of Wagner!
──This was battlefield music──the Valkyries!
──This was the beating of war drums──tam-tam!
DAN───DAN-DAN-DAN-DA-DAN-DAN♪
DAA-DAN! DAN-DAN-DAN-NDA-DA-DAN♪
A song of the burning sun,
a song praying for life tomorrow.
The paratroopers raised their voices as though determined to burn through every last moment of their short lives.
♪
♪
And still they sang.
A song calling to their comrades──come, let us go together.
Board now, and never look back──.
To the east!
They sang boldly of descending upon the frozen lands of Russia!
Go without fear,
leap from the Ju 52/3m!!
Their voices rang crudely across the dawn-lit sky through speakers distorted from the sheer volume.
More valiant than the cry of a hen,
and more violent than the music of any orchestra!
Then all ten tactical transport aircraft blasted their external loudspeakers as though they were about to shatter!
The paratroopers aboard shouted at the tops of their lungs as well, stomping so fiercely it seemed they might punch straight through the floors of the aircraft!
Board! Board!!
Fight! Fight──let us go together──────!!
“Yeah, that’s right! ……We’re going together!”
……As expected of a Lv7 Summoned Beast!!
Just keeping them summoned was draining his mana at a terrifying rate──but who cared!!
Across the sky, where the first light of dawn was beginning to spread, formations of German tactical transport aircraft danced through the air.
And all at once, they headed for the DP──the drop point──to begin their descent──────together with the dawn!!
Now then, comrade──!
Prepare──!
Jump!──!
Come with us──
without fear──!
“……That’s right. Let’s go without fear!”
With the rising sun shining directly upon him, Nasser curled the corners of his mouth into a grin as he faced the dark clouds looming in the eastern distance, as though he meant to smash straight through the dawn itself.
Ten Ju 52/3m aircraft packed with German airborne troops.
An equal number of military gliders.
Every single soldier fully armed───……
There was not a single reason they could lose!!
And so they sang!
The paratroopers sang!
Jump! Jump!!
Fight! Fight──come, let us go together──────!!
‘Yeah……that’s right……!’
Let’s jump!
……Let’s fly to Liz!
Cutting down the heads of former comrades,
racing across the battlefields of the past────!!!
To my family!!
“……Target──! Kingdom Army field division────Second Cavalry Regiment!”
Listening to the thunderous roar of the engines and the powerful singing of the paratroopers, Nasser unleashed all the emotions swelling within him───.
Yes, to save his family……
Yes! To smash apart this senseless injustice!!
Yes!! So that his cry, carrying every ounce of emotion within him,
and the savage roar of the transport aircraft engines could come crashing down upon the northern lands!!
Suuuuuuuuuu…….
“──From this moment──! Commence the airborne─────Operation! Start!!”
『『『Understood, Kommandant!!』』』
──GAAAAANG!!
At Nasser’s command, the side doors of every transport aircraft were thrown open at once, and the first jumpers grabbed hold of the doorframes as they waited for the signal to drop!
Inside, dimmed lights flickered faintly as the men waited impatiently for the order to jump!!
……Come on, let’s go!
……Come on, let’s go to our deaths!
──Doesn’t get any better than this!!
Come on!
Come on!!
Come oooooon────!!
Our blood──burns hot─!
Even death──we fear not─!!
“──Now, take up your weapons!!”
……And then────!!
Suuuu……
“All men──! Prepare for the jump──! Reaaaaaady────────!!”
『『『UNDERSTOOD──!!』』』
───VWOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOON!!
German Army paratroopers were about to descend upon the northern front lines.
On this day, the first airborne operation ever conducted in this other world was about to begin.
Led by a rescuer who had once been an avenger──a lone man commanding countless transport aircraft and riding atop a single dragon:
Nasser Virginia……!