The Commander, feared by the Empress and the Mechanist Army soldiers, finally appears on the battlefield.
*Author’s Note*
I’ve uploaded the “Clone Soldier’s Daily Life: Setting Collection & Pink Bookmark” as separate novels. The setting collection is still under construction, but the pink bookmark is an alternate episode. The content is in the style of Nocturne works, so interested readers are welcome to take a look.
Combat helicopters were repelled by Curtis, and the Armored Unit was salvaged into scrap by Abby.
To save the Armored Unit, whose forces were halved, the Rebron Division Detachment deployed ground troops.
That’s where we come in.
With Marika-san’s charge order, we begin to move, leaping to the front lines.
I run alongside Shuri, my one and only best friend, towards the battlefield with the ground troops.
“A mere doubling of troop numbers is nothing that would require me to use my skills.”
“We can’t exactly massacre all 1400 soldiers of the Rebron Division Detachment. We shouldn’t use them unless we’re in dire straits.”
“I’ll leave the capable ones to Kanata. I’ll take this opportunity to observe Kanata’s valiant efforts.”
“Shuri, the tank’s turret is pointing this way!”
“Whoops, if I miscalculate that dodge, it’ll be bad.”
It seems the tank unit has adopted a policy of not hesitating to fire, even if it means a bit of friendly fire, to turn the tide.
Shuri and I scattered and dodged, but it was a pointless expenditure of energy.
The tank shells were being blocked by the extraordinary Psyche-Barrier deployed by Lilith.
A small amount of blood dripped from the fingertips of the silver-haired child who had stopped the shelling.
She wasn’t damaged by the shelling; her delicate body couldn’t withstand the strain of deploying the Psyche-Barrier, damaging her capillaries.
“Hmm, surprisingly, tank shells do stop.”
“Lilith, don’t push yourself too hard! You’ll kill yourself with your own psychic abilities!”
“I won’t do it anymore. This is my first real battle, so I had to test out what I could do.”
While I was warning Lilith, a red blur shot past me.
It was Marika-san, a woman with legs that could cover 100 meters in 4 seconds, possessing overwhelming speed.
Even a cobra takes 5 seconds. What kind of legs does she have? That’s calculated at over 80 kilometers per hour.
While running, Marika-san pulled the pin on a hand grenade and tossed it into the tank’s muzzle, immediately pulling away.
Moments after the tank crew scrambled out in a panic, the tank exploded, sending the crew flying.
They flew quite high. The soldiers who landed on the ground headfirst were no longer moving.
There’s a way to take out tanks like that, huh? Even I could probably use a similar tactic, if not as gracefully as Marika-san.
It’s no wonder tanks have fallen from their position as the main force in war.
They’re far cheaper than tanks, those bio-metal ampules.
While I was contemplating this, five enemy soldiers surrounded me.
Oops, if I’m spacing out on the battlefield, this is bound to happen.
But it’s not much of a problem.
I closed the distance with a dash and began to take care of the soldiers in front of me.
A soldier attempting to attack from behind was impaled by Rimse’s brainwave-guided boomerang, ending his life.
Rimse, continuing her charge, took a stand back-to-back with me, watching for new enemies.
With my rear secured, I effortlessly eliminated the soldiers in front.
“Sergeant, no slacking! There’s a proverb that says ‘Don’t let your guard down, like a Taiyaki!'”
“That sounds delicious, ‘Don’t let your guard down Taiyaki.'”
“Ah, what?”
“Rimse, you mean ‘Don’t let your guard down is a great enemy.’ That’s why I always tell you, right? The ideal soldier is one who excels in both academics and martial arts…”
“I’m tired of Shuri’s nagging! My ears are covered in takoyaki!”
From Taiyaki to Takoyaki, huh? Come to think of it, Rimse was a glutton.
Our bickering was interrupted by a roaring sound. The Commander’s flagship, Hakuren, had advanced to the center of the battlefield.
The sortie hatch opened, and the Commander, clad in pure white battle attire, appeared, leading Lieutenant Colonel Kurando and the No. 0 Unit.
The white hawk perched on the Commander’s shoulder soared majestically into the sky over the plains that had become a scene of slaughter.
“Is that…”
“That’s the Commander’s eye, Shurimaru. It’s a bio-metalized hawk, just like Yukikaze.”
“I see. So you can link your vision to it and survey the battlefield from above.”
“That’s right. But it’s been a while since I’ve seen the fighting style of the Commander, nicknamed ‘The Empress’.”
The Commander, at the head of the No. 0 Unit, cut into the front of the Rebron Division Detachment.
The Rebron Division concentrated their forces on the front to overwhelm the Commander with numbers, but the Commander advanced without concern.
Enemies who recklessly stood in the Commander’s path were all cut down.
Strong, the Commander is a perfect compatibility, I knew they were strong, but they live up to the name of Asura Unit Commander.
Marika-san might be faster, and Tozen-san might have a sharper technique.
But the Commander is a total fighter. Fast, strong, and skilled.
Everything is at a high level, and in terms of flawlessness, the Commander seems to be in a league of their own among the three perfect compatibilities.
And Lieutenant Colonel Kurando, who reaps enemy lives as if mowing grass, also seems to possess skill comparable to the captains of the Asura Unit.
No, their seasoned and perfected movements might even surpass those of the captains.
They truly are what are called “Divine Soldiers.” The pronunciation is the same as Shinpē, but it’s a far cry from a rookie like me.
Oops, no time to be staring. If I get surrounded again, the hell of Shuri’s nagging awaits.
Less than five minutes after the Commander entered the battlefield, the balance of power began to show cracks.
The Commander, not missing this, sent instructions via bio-radio to all units.
“I’ll handle the front! Shigure, take the right flank, and Abby, the left! Marika, flank around the right rear and break through! Tozen, the left! Curtis, support Marika, and Todd, support Tozen!”
“Bullshit! Do I need support for this?”
“That’s what he said, Commander. I also don’t feel like supporting Tozen.”
“If you don’t want the battle reward, do as you please.”
“Tch! Fine!” “Tch! I don’t want to do it, but I have no choice!”
Tozen-san and Todd-san, in unison, clicked their tongues and obeyed the Commander’s orders.
We, the 1st Unit, being more civilized than those two, decided to use our inherent speed to bypass the battlefield and loop around to their rear.
“It’ll be a pain if we get attacked from the side, Marika-san.”
“Don’t worry, Shigure will cover for me if they attack from the side! The rest of you, follow me! We’ll go around to the rear at maximum speed!”
We desperately ran behind Marika-san, speeding across the battlefield.
The enemy, unwilling to let us pass, tried to reorganize their formation to attack us from the side.
But at that moment, Curtis’s Unit 6 unleashed a barrage of heavy machine gun fire.
Enemy soldiers were mowed down one after another, their blood dyeing the plains red.
“If they try to attack us from the side while we’re trying to flank, they’ll expose their front to Curtis and his men. They aren’t very good at dividing offensive and defensive roles. This tactic is based on Iska’s orders.”
I see, the tactic was to exploit the fact that the Rebron Division Detachment couldn’t instantly and precisely divide their roles into flanking and defending against flanking attacks from the enemy in front.
“They may have more numbers, but their individual abilities are overwhelmingly inferior to ours, so there’s no contest.”
Lilith, being carried on Rasen-san’s shoulders, commented with a bored expression.
The odds were decided when the 1st and 4th Units flanked around, completing a semi-encirclement.
The battle transitioned into an annihilation war with surprising speed.
The land battleships of the Rebron Division, positioned in the rear, abandoned their comrades and retreated.
The earnest Shuri became indignant.
“What kind of people are they, running away when their comrades are still fighting!”
Rasen-san, seemingly entering a nonchalant mode, replied without changing his expression.
“It’s doubtful they even considered them comrades in the first place, Shuri.”
Lilith, who had reshaped her hair into an ear-pick using her shape-shifting combat cells, was cleaning her ears on Rasen-san’s shoulder.
How much confidence does this little girl have?
After finishing her ear cleaning, the little girl stifled a yawn and declared.
“Even if they wanted to help, the situation was clearly a losing one. They only had three land battleships to our eight, so I suppose their judgment that it was an uneven fight was unavoidable.”
I agree. But they should have realized the disparity in abilities when Curtis and the others shot down the combat helicopters.
“There’s nothing more pathetic than weak soldiers led by incompetent commanders. It’s good that our Commander is competent.”
That competent Commander regally stood at the center of the battlefield, issuing a menacing call for surrender to the remaining soldiers.
“Well, even you, with brains no bigger than gnats, should understand the power gap between us. You are free to choose the path of discarding your weapons and living out your not-very-valuable lives, or becoming nutrients for the cacti of this plain. Either way is fine with me. But make your decision now… Choose!!!”
The way she compared them to insects, it seems Lilith’s venomous tongue has spread to the Commander.
Of course, none of the defeated soldiers chose the path of becoming cactus nutrients.
The alternate episode is a last resort.
For the sake of the plot, I must have Kanata remain indecisive, a virgin who only talks about eroticism.
