I Became an Officer in Another World in Just 5 Minutes - Chapter 194

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Episode 194

“What I’m seeing right now… is what I’m seeing truly reality?”

The walls of Belzium began crumbling as cracks spread from the bottom.

The Crown Prince couldn’t close his mouth at the sight.

“Concentrate the magic cannons on where the cracks have formed! Pick up the pace!!!”

Colonel Siris, who had been so dispirited, began shouting at the top of his lungs.

The infantry of the Ground Operations Regiment all took positions ready to charge in.

“Fire!!!”

Kwaaaaang! Kwaaaaang!!!

The magic cannons now began targeting a single point.

As the attacks concentrated, the fortress wall visibly crumbled away.

“Lieutenant… you truly are.”

The Crown Prince stared at me intently, and his gaze was quite burdensome.

“Didn’t I tell you? Nothing changes if you don’t try.”

Though I just said it myself, it sounded pretty cool.

“You give me invaluable teachings that exist nowhere else in the world.”

“How could I dare teach Your Highness? Rather, I should return to my position now.”

Now that we knew the crack locations in the wall, the artillery battalion commander and Colonel Siris would handle the rest.

So there was no need for me, an infantry battalion commander, to stay here any longer.

‘Honestly, slacking off here wouldn’t be bad either, but how could I abandon my battalion members?’

I’m just that kind of sentimental guy.

“Are you planning to enter the fortress together when we breach it?”

“Yes, I have my infantry battalion to lead.”

“That’s true, but.”

Those pitiful eyes clearly showed he didn’t want me to go.

If it had been a beautiful woman, I might have wavered slightly, but unfortunately the Crown Prince is a man.

“I will return victorious.”

“Do as you wish. All of this is your creation, Lieutenant.”

He didn’t try to stop me twice, and I headed straight to where my battalion members were.

“You’ve returned, sir.”

“Is everything ready?”

I asked Lieutenant Larsen, who had been acting battalion commander while I was away, about the situation.

“Yes, everyone is fired up right now.”

“I can see that.”

When the bombardment started, the atmosphere was so cold it made the weather feel even chillier.

But now I could feel the heat radiating from their eyes.

‘If we actually measured the temperature, it probably rose several degrees.’

No need to go to clubs with difficulty…

‘There definitely is.’

It’s rude to even compare this place swarming with only men.

‘Anyway, we can charge immediately once the signal comes.’

And that signal would be given by.

Colonel Schultz standing at the very front.

‘That guy… looks like he’s planning to go in personally?’

Normally someone at regimental commander level would command from behind.

He couldn’t shake his Special Forces habits.

Kwaaaaang!!! Kwaaaaang!!!

Magic cannons finally started flying from atop the fortress wall.

But hitting cannons installed in various irregular positions was definitely not easy.

“Fire!!!”

“Fire!!!!!!”

Kwaaaaang!!! Kwaaaaang!!!

In contrast, all our cannons hit the massive target that was the fortress wall.

Crack! Thud!!!

Another massive fragment fell.

The more it broke, the more strain it put on the circuits, and the mana surrounding the nearby walls was gradually thinning.

‘If we keep bombarding, we might be able to collapse more of the wall.’

But I couldn’t tell them the truth.

Honestly, this much was already sufficient.

“Lieutenant Larsen.”

“Yes!”

“Given the Regimental Commander’s personality, it’ll be soon. Prepare to charge.”

“Yes!!!”

Indeed, Colonel Schultz at the front had just grabbed his horse’s reins.

‘Once we start, magic cannons will pour down first.’

A similar scene to last time.

But this time there was no need to stop.

Because the fortress wall was completely breached.

‘Once we enter and secure the wall…’

From that point on, we could practically consider it victory.

“Men!”

Just as I was making final preparations.

Colonel Schultz turned his horse and shouted in a booming voice.

“Avenge your comrades with your sharp swords! Today, there’s no need to spare a single one! Follow me!!!”

“Uaaaaaaah!!!”

Colonel Schultz turned his horse back and charged rapidly toward the fortress wall.

Tens of thousands of troops began frantically chasing after him.

‘Really… does that man have two lives?’

Charging out front like that would definitely make him the highest priority target.

As if such concerns meant nothing to him, he was actually picking up speed.

“Fire… fire!!!”

Kwaaaaang! Kwaaaaang!

The enemy began firing magic cannons in earnest as we advanced.

Just like last time, an enormous amount poured down, but no one retreated.

“The moment we enter the fortress is our victory! Never stop!!!”

Though not as much as Colonel Schultz, I too ran at the front.

The distance to the fortress rapidly closed, and when I came to my senses, I had somehow crossed the wall.

“We must stop them here! Push them back without retreating a single step!”

Clang! Clang! Clang!!!

Beyond the fortress wall, Colonel Schultz and the Special Forces were engaged in combat with blocking enemies.

‘How are they fighting without being pushed back with just those numbers?’

They were simply monsters, and situations like this were when such monsters could rampage most effectively.

‘Still, accidents happen doing that.’

Since they weren’t fighting with protective barriers around their bodies, variables always existed.

“Push the enemy back together with the Regimental Commander!”

“You bastards! All of you die!!!”

Soldiers charging at enemies with literally bloodshot eyes.

Having crossed the magic cannon barrage overhead to enter the fortress, their emotions had already reached their peak.

‘At least I should stay calm.’

After steadying my mind as much as possible, I aimed for the nearest enemy.

Clang!

The trembling hilt as real sword met real sword.

It was only a single exchange, but the difference in skill was clear.

“Go quietly.”

Clang! Swoosh!

“Gack!”

After deflecting the opponent’s sword to create an opening.

When I thrust my sword into his chest, blood splattered all the way to my face.

“Isaac!!!”

The enemy soldier died before he could even react or respond.

One of his comrades who had been fighting our soldiers nearby raised his voice upon seeing it.

‘They must know each other.’

Well, it might be heartbreaking in a way, but that’s what war is originally like.

If I don’t want to die, I must kill.

You could say it’s the ultimate form of selfish choice.

“Take out the commander first!!! Target the one on horseback!!!”

As the battle situation became unfavorable, the commander in the middle of the enemy forces issued a new order.

‘I don’t know who he is, but he’s smart.’

If he just said “commander,” it would inevitably cause confusion among the soldiers.

In this kind of chaotic battle, checking rank insignia one by one isn’t easy.

However, if he says someone on horseback, it makes target identification much easier.

“Aaahhh!!! Kill that bastard first!!!”

“We must stop them here!!!”

Countless enemy soldiers rushed toward me following the order.

The number was dizzying just to look at, but fortunately and thankfully, I wasn’t alone.

“The enemies are targeting the Battalion Commander! Form 1st Company formation and block them!”

“Yes!!!”

Captain Larsen, who quickly assessed the situation, gave orders before I could even open my mouth.

Clang! Clang! Clang!

Battle began to unfold with me at the center.

Unlike us who formed ranks and responded systematically, the enemy had only one goal: to kill me.

‘Finally, the idiots I knew have arrived.’

I waited so long I almost collapsed from exhaustion.

“Battalion Commander! Are you alright?”

After blocking the enemy’s first attack, Captain Larsen, who was right in front, turned his head to look at me.

“I’m perfectly fine. More importantly, prepare to attack immediately. If they keep coming from behind, we need to break through with this opportunity.”

“Yes!!”

Combat is like a turn-based game.

The enemy just used their turn, so now it’s ours.

“Attack! Break through the enemy’s encirclement!!!”

“You bastards, it was nice up on the walls, wasn’t it?!”

“Die! Die!!! You worthless pieces of shit!”

The soldiers riding the wind of victory showed no hesitation.

Their sharp sword blades pierced through the encirclement in an instant.

“That’s it! 1st Battalion follows me up onto the walls!”

“Yes!! Follow the Battalion Commander!!”

Since it was a promised action, there was no need for hesitation or deliberation in giving orders.

“Take out the bastards firing cannons first! Every one we stop means our allies survive!”

“1st Company! Don’t leave a single one alive!!!”

Swoosh swoosh

I guess being from Special Forces showed.

Once the stage was set, Captain Larsen also began showing insane movements.

“Wai…wait, spa…spare me, aaahhh!!!”

Swoosh!

Amid the screams and sounds of blood splattering on the walls, the enemy numbers rapidly decreased.

And at the end of it all.

Flutter!

The Lycan flag flew in the wind atop the watchtower.

* * *

“We’ve established a secondary defense line, but the enemy’s momentum is too strong right now, so I don’t know how long we can hold out.”

Baren, who had barely managed to evacuate, explained the situation in a somewhat subdued voice.

“Damn it, what the hell happened here.”

General Wolf had certainly been one of the happiest men in the world until this morning.

But now he was so angry he couldn’t even breathe properly.

“We’ll have to investigate to know for certain, but there seems to have been a weakness in the walls.”

Otherwise, the reinforced walls of Belzium couldn’t have collapsed from such a small amount of bombardment.

“Hah.”

It was truly a situation like a natural disaster that neither General Gering nor Lieutenant Colonel Baren could be blamed for.

General Wolf sighed as he looked down at the secondary defense line marked on the map.

“How long will it take for our reinforcements to arrive?”

“Even running without rest… they say it will take three days.”

“Hopeless.”

We might be able to hold out if we had walls.

But three days with a crude secondary defense line was physically impossible.

“Lieutenant Colonel Baren, isn’t there some way? Think about it.”

General Wolf asked Baren for his opinion with a hint of desperation.

The answer didn’t come immediately.

‘Who would have thought the walls would be breached.’

I had calculated the possibility of enemies climbing over the walls, but I never thought they’d punch a hole through and push in.

‘Urban warfare using narrow roadways? No, that would be poison instead.’

With morale down, small-scale battles would only lose troops and eventually be completely overrun.

‘We need to… flip the board.’

If you think of this as gambling chess, the game is already on the verge of checkmate.

In this situation, there’s only one way not to lose money.

“Instructor.”

“Speak.”

“Let’s go out through the North Gate and strike the Crown Prince.”

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