The first wave of missile bombardment ended, and the hill of Arnous, in the midst of turmoil, entered the demarcation line at 10 a.m.

The commander of the armored brigade from the wasteland, the guard, pinched his watch, and the moment the clock turned to ten o'clock, his serious expression turned to excitement.

He looked at the red dot on the hologram and shouted to the liaison officer: "Comrades, follow me!" And then the engine under his seat roared out the most brutal heavy metal music.

The heavy tracks of the armored command vehicle brought out a long wave of dust in a roar, and in just a few seconds, it accelerated to a speed of more than 100 kilometers per hour, which is a very amazing achievement in slightly rough terrain.

Just a few minutes later, the soldiers of the Neon Special Combat Regiment, hiding in the defensive fortress of Arnus, saw a torrent of steel that had never rolled in the otherworldly land.

The waves of brown smoke and dust churning over the field caused them to sound their alarms in horror, and they shouted everywhere that the attack of the unknown enemy had begun again.

However, it was not the steel behemoth led by the armored regiment that attacked first, but the silver wyvern in the sky.

In order to completely eliminate the threat, the Night Stalker flew out.

After the air defense radar that became useless under the electromagnetic interference of the EMP, and the air defense system that was originally a soy sauce, the neon special combat unit with only a few individual anti-aircraft missiles and some inconvenient anti-aircraft guns did not realize its powerlessness until the high-explosive rockets poured down from the sky.

"Woooo

"Boom, boom—"

The aerial vehicles in the high altitude dropped aerial bombs one after another, accompanied by the cannon spraying a rain of bullets of up to tens of thousands of rounds per minute, turning the buildings built in the key areas of the neon station into a sieve in one fell swoop.

The Neon 4th Combat Regiment, which was on standby at the Arnous Air Base, had already fallen into a crumbling fate before it could fly.

At the same moment, a frontal offensive on land was led by armored forces.

Boom!

It was as if an endless stream of shells pierced the sky and roared, and the advancing armored units covered the enemy with fire.

Bombs fell from the sky and enveloped the neon barracks, and the soldiers who tried to organize resistance were injured to varying degrees.

Countless shells rained down like hailstones, flames began to rise, and gunpowder smoke began to fill the air, and a huge shock wave shattered everything nearby.

A large amount of smoke from the explosion began to fly upwards, and the air was filled with a strong smell of gunsmoke, and the Arnus Valley was ignited by the flames from the explosion.

"Let the personnel hide in the trenches and organize the defense."

"Restore communication as soon as possible!"

"What about the armored troops, let them go out and interrupt the rhythm of the enemy's attack!"

"Hurry up and contact Dongjing!"

From the beginning of the battle, in this short period of ten minutes, the sudden attack caused heavy losses to the specially dispatched troops, and until now they have only barely organized the troops to defend.

General Lu narrowly looked into the distance, where is the enemy over there?

"So, what's going on?"

The smoke of war spread through the gate of time and space to another world.

After receiving information that there was an emergency, Neon held a security meeting at the Prime Minister's residence.

After receiving the notice that it was starting at 13 o'clock, the cabinet members came panting and asked the special committee for the handling of the situation for an explanation.

The Crisis Management Superintendent, who collated the information, responded.

"At 9:48 a.m. today, General Sayama, the supreme commander of the specially dispatched troops, sent an urgent request, hoping that Dongjing would allow him to carry out Wei Daotian's instructions."

"Yaga, what nonsense is he talking about?"

Chief Cabinet Secretary Mu Hino couldn't help but stand up and yelled at the crisis management supervisor.

However, the second-in-command of the Ministry of Defense of the Self-Defense Forces, who was sitting coldly on the side, calmly answered Kihino's question as if he had nothing to do with him.

"It's incredible, but it should be true. However, the communication of specially dispatched troops was interrupted in the middle of the process, and the detailed identification of the enemy troops could not be confirmed.

However, according to the report, the specially dispatched troops were attacked by an unknown enemy, and the enemy troops are suspected to be armed with electromagnetic pulse weapons and rockets. ”

"What do you say?! How is it possible, how can there be such a thing in the fantasy world, where the hell did they get it. ”

"According to Sasama's report, the enemy first used weapons suspected of being pulse missiles, cutting off almost all the communication equipment at the station, and then used a large number of rockets to bombard Arnous twice, and our side was unable to react and caused serious casualties."

Natsume, chief of staff of the Ministry of Defense, ignored the shocked and flustered expression of the chairman of the National Public Security Commission and began to quickly explain to the others.

"What does it mean that contact is lost?"

"This means that not only are the circuits and wires cut off, but all means of communication, including optical fibers, are no longer available."

"What is this! What do you think they are doing with guns? Enemies or something, just shoot them!

Since it was specially attacked, there was no way for the mobile team to be able to respond. But the Self-Defense Forces should be different, what the hell are you Self-Defense Forces doing! ”

Kihiki turned the finger at the Self-Defense Forces and pointed at the Chief of Staff of the Unification Complex.

Although the current situation of being specially attacked by someone is closely related to their Ministry of Defense, this kind of statement of shifting the responsibility to the scene cannot be ignored, Natsume reprimanded Kihiki and said.

"Don't say anything unrealistic, from the enemy who has suddenly appeared, they may have armed forces that are not weaker than ours.

If a large-scale military force is rushed, it is very likely that it will end up in a complete defeat again.

And since the door appeared, the eyes of the whole world have gathered here, once a large-scale transfer of troops from the neon mainland, such a big movement, how to hide from the rest of the world. ”

Hearing Natsume's explanation, the representatives also agreed and nodded collectively.

Because if my own people were in the same situation, they would make similar judgments.

If you are unable to respond to a surprise attack, you should draw a line and retreat. Create a stalemate that makes it impossible to break through this boundary, gather information during this time, grasp the enemy's situation, and then start a counterattack. This can be said to be the basic correspondence in the event of a surprise attack.

"Things are going bad." The Chief of Staff said in a heavy tone.

"Well, that's bad."

"Is there anything bad?"

Hino, the finance minister next to him, leaned over.

"Actually, in the guide for sending troops, if there is an abnormality in the "gate" and communication with Japan is interrupted, in case of an unforeseen situation, an order will be issued to prepare for the retreat of the troops, and it is Wei Daotian's order, which seems to be the current situation. ”

The cabinet members frowned in unison.

"An order to prepare for the retreat of specially dispatched troops? Isn't it in the final stages now?! ”

"Well, so that's bad......"

The chief of staff took a picture of the document in his hand.

"Let's sort things out. The special station was attacked by an unknown army, and it caused heavy casualties, right? ”

"That's right."

"And, most likely, when they win, the next step will be to occupy the relevant area where the door is located, right?"

"This ......, if nothing else, should be right."

"So guess what the enemy would do if they took possession of the door?"

"Will they fight back against Neon?"

"Who can guarantee that those mysterious enemies won't?"

"Then what should I do, do you want to break the door......"

"Yes, herein lies the problem. I don't think it's okay to break the door, how about opening it later when you're ready? ”

"Can the door be closed?"

"If we blow up the reinforcements on Neon soil, we should be able to stop the invasion of the other side, but it will take time."

"How about a special troop delay for a while."

Then the ministers got nervous.

"It's too messy! What are more than 20,000 self-defense officers and equipment going to do! ”

"As for the equipment, the equipment sent is all scheduled to be updated, and even if it is lost, it is not a big loss, right?

If you want to say something unexpected, it is probably that there are 20,000 to 30,000 team members who stay in the special place, which does not mean that they will be lost permanently.

Although it will take a lot of effort for them to return, there is no loss in exploring the new world, and it is certain that they will come back one day. ”

The words of the Chief of Staff reached everyone's ears, and the stern expressions of the members of the Security Council gradually softened after listening to the Chief of Staff's overly calm opinion.

Panicked by the difficulties of the situation, they also realized that as the situation progressed, they had to seriously consider the other party's proposal.

The crisis management of the state, for example, is like a surgical operation on a patient who has been invaded by cannibalistic bacteria.

The cannibal bacteria that invade from small wounds like abrasions spread at a rate of one millimeter per minute, mercilessly killing and dissolving people's hands and feet.

In order to protect people's lives from this threat, doctors have to boldly remove even the suspected healthy parts.

If anything, crisis management is built to make the brutal decision of what to sacrifice and how much.

A quick judgment is the key to keeping the whole. If you hesitate to save the whole from the beginning, you will not be able to save the whole as a result.

The result is a patient who says, "Why, it's just a bruise?" But if you don't do this, it will only lead to the death of the patient, so it is necessary to quickly judge the situation, make up your mind, and act with a firm attitude.

It should not be able to endure the abandoned party, but there is no such thing as gentle politics in the world, and politics is the way it is.

Territory, people, money, prestige, and the lives of self-defense officers and police and coast guards when using strength.

None of them could be lost.

But if you are in a situation where you have to give up something, you have to prioritize what you leave behind and what you want to discard.

Of course, the values and priorities in making a choice vary depending on the situation and the purpose of the organization's existence.

For example, if you belong to a fighting organization of the country, maintaining combat effectiveness and the security of the country is the priority above anything else.

War is not a humanitarian aid organization, the Self-Defense Forces are a fighting organization of the country to which they belong. The priority of each player's life is relatively low. Otherwise, in the end, the team members will not be allowed to fight the enemy.

Although on the surface, the lives of the special team members are put first to think and act, but it is only because what exists on the other side of the scale in that case is not as valuable as the lives of the team members.

If the security or interests of the country are put at one end of the scale, the lives of the team members will be ruthlessly discarded as a necessary sacrifice, a tolerable damage.

In the final analysis, the so-called self-defense officers became members of the special team because they were aware of this.

The Chief of Staff's proposal was to allow the team members to be isolated in the special area for a short period of time.

This was not taken into account when the doors were closed and when the new territories were discussed to be secured.

Because doing so would mean that the members of the special dispatch team were in danger and separated from their families.

However, the occupation of a country's capital by foreign troops must be avoided, and resolute action must be taken to that end.

"Now let's show up on the special emergency application!"

The supreme commander of the Neon Self-Defense Forces is the prime minister, and the highest military decision-making body is the cabinet meeting.

The "Security Council" is the highest military deliberative body of the Cabinet, composed of the Prime Minister, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Minister of Finance, the Chief Cabinet Secretariat, the Chairman of the National Public Security Commission, and the Minister of Defense.

In other words, they are the only ones who have the right to decide on this proposal.

"Agreed!"

"Meaningless!"

"Agreed!"

The resolution fell coldly......

The contrast between the calm and cold conference room on one side and the battlefield full of gunsmoke and artillery fire on the other is stark, and at the same time, the personal fate of being in both places begins to change at this moment.

The hill of Arnus, hiding in the narrow room inside the trench, looked at the message that finally came from the neon headquarters, and the original anxious mood exploded again.

"Wei Daotian's application was rejected, and he specially sent troops to defend the hill of Arnus!"

Sasama felt like a volcano about to burn, except that he was burning with helplessness and anger.

Sayama tightly held the application instruction that only had a few words written on it, and used so much force that the green tendons burst out, his eyes were red, and his expression was hideous.

"Damn, pass the order, everyone, defend Arnous!"

He looked at the rain of iron that spread from the distant sky to the defensive front, but he felt that the hope of returning to his hometown in his lifetime was getting slimmer and slimmer.

The attackers, on the other hand, crossed a barricade with a torrent of steel.

Thousands of shells from the chambers of the armored units smashed the defensive points in front of them that had been rebuilt by the terrain into a sieve, and the tattered structure was almost immediately about to collapse.

The high-explosive incendiary munitions turned modern forts into barbecue grills, and the grizzly tank driver with a satisfied face laughed as the fish jumped down the stairs in a panic with a blazing fire, turning into half-baked meat stuffing in the embellishment of "ah-".

"Oh, hit, Grizzly Tank is such a good baby, the big guy is energetic!"

Immediately afterward, the huge and flexible muzzle of the cannon spun around in the air, rushing to the next target assigned by the command center.

The Hill of Arnus, which began to burn......