Shinigami wo Tabeta Shoujo Chapter 14 (1/2)
Sulawesi Grand Bridge, David’s diversion unit headquarters
Thinking that they had successfully pinned down the eneoodfor ti cider There’s no battle this co a battle formation, victory was in their hands
“H deal After all this, are the insurgents little girls? Friggen Yalder, to have fallen behind these kind of guys He’ll never be called a brave general ever again”
“Certainly, General Yalder eak-h”
“This tiua, and Salvador Fortress will also fall We’ll ether We’ll also weed out those that worked with theain, ill thoroughly do them in”
David stabbed a knife onto the Rebel Arhold on the map
“……However, they are not showing anythe course Are they planning on abandoning Antigua?”
“They’re probably scared of a pursuit attack and can’tof sh they may be, I pity them They aren’t worthy of sympathy”
Replied David, confidently, at the Chief Staff Officer’s words
“While we are like this, it is probably about tiua I believe it is likely they are in the e Or maybe even it has already fallen”
“Umu They’re truly idiots They probably knohat has befallen their castle about no about tying a letter to an arrow and letting them know? They’ll think it’s a sham, but it’s real heh Once they know, they’ll be helpless!”
When David laughed loudly, the servile Chief Staff Officer also smiled Victory was before his eyes He expected inforua surrender soon If the eneua
The enemy’s momentum would be halted, and if they retreated to their headquarters, Salvador Fortress, they would pursued at once After that, they would start the clean up, and it would be the best chance to accrue achievements
Tras soldiers wanted Military officers surely were also filled with fighting spirit The door to glory would soon be opened
—-Interrupting hi sonorously could be heard Folloere the sounds of drums and chimes
“—-So they’re doing that too huh Let theood entertainment”
“……? No, they have not given the order for a fake attack today yet”
A staff officer stated his doubt, but he was brushed aith a ‘whatever’ Since the unit would currently not ulations
A short tier came to David’s headquarters with a report
“Excuse me, Your Excellency!”
A staff officer enquired to the er who executed a salute
“What’s up?”
“Sir- The confronted Rebel Army has move to Sulawesi Grand Bridge!”
“Hmph, idiotic pretense Is this a desperationto be crushed”
David drained his cider while amazed
“Your Excellency, there is no need to panic Let us wait andthe waters If we go for an offensive, they will easily retreat”
“I leave it to you Chief Staff Officer I per too far There is absolutely no need to lose troops over so so trivial”
“Sir-, please leave it to me I will immediately drive them away”
The Chief Staff Officer gave his instructions, and the uard
Then, another er flew in This tiitated
“P, please excuse me-!”
His face was caked in ard David unwittingly grier before he could speak up
“You are a dom’s Army aren’t you? With such an appearance, can you really accurately communicate your information?”
“Y, Your Excellency, b, bad news-!”
“Calm down you fool You’re so noisy, what the heck happened!
“The First Division aiua was destroyed! Major General Alexei was killed in action! The advance cavalry unit was annihilated!”
At the er’s voice, the place fell silent No one could speak up The er continued and reported sad news
“The Second Division that crossed the river have their backs to it and were suddenly attacked! They were besieged, lost half their nu to flee-!!”
“D, don’t screithso ridiculous-!! Check one ht in front of our eyes!?”
David thren the glass in his hands But, the report was not over yet
“The enees and crushed the Third Division Further this way!!”
They crushed the First Division, routed the Second Division infantry unit, and afterwards repaired and reconstructed the pontoon bridges The Third Division at a standstill before the river crossing had encountered thee weapons and supply convoys, they were annihilated with no means of resistance
Having crossed the river, the Liberation Ar to Belta but to Sulawesi Grand Bridge
They had not prepared the siege weapons necessary to assault Belta, but e was an important position that they wanted under their control If they took this place, that would be sie into the Belta area
“—-Lies I, I can’t believe it This is misinformation No, the enemy’s lie no doubt!”
David stood up while tre The staff officers’ faces were pale If this was true, staying here would be too dangerous, since the ene here They would be pincered
“Your Excellency, the vanguard has started battle at the Grand Bridge, andferry boats!”
“Shoot them doith arrows!! Absolutely do not let them approach!”
“Roger sir-, understood!”
“Your Excellency, we ently pull troops from Belta We will be pincered like this”
“Silence-, continue the strategy! Soon, a report that Antigua has been taken control of will co with the eneht!? I won’t be tricked-!”
David kicked away his co strong He could only believe that They were only a ents; a defeat was impossible That he, David, would be defeated was impossible
—-The final piece of inforitated David
“Reporting-! A great number of ene is the Rebel Ar attacked from the side-!”
The violent sounds of war could be heard Fro sounds of horses’ hooves
Time, for David, stopped
Sulawesi Grand Bridge, Liberation Army encampment on the opposite shore
Having confireneral was nodding many times
He was the co of
“To not have seen through the decoy fro, how pitiful”
“It would suck to be theh, just judging fro about it gives me the shi+vers”
“Taking that into consideration, the ones that set up this strategy were probably the staff officers That they don’t know of our aruys will be defeated just as they should be”
Muttered the Colonel silently, and a staff officer agreed
“The Colonel’s words pains h our morale is sufficient, we are insecure about our skill therefore…”
This diversion unit in particular was an asseular soldiers, 5,000civilians Due to their battleflags and phony straw soldiers, they kind of appeared so like 30,000 or 40,000
“But, one cannot win a battle with just skill It is the soldiers’ morale that matters in the end Theywithout it No matter how one uses plans, or how an excellent commander commands”
“Certainly We have an ideal that needs to be realized We will not lose to the lot of the codom”
“That’s the spirit These old bones are a bit tired”
The Co patted his back, and the Adjutant spoke up while s bitterly
“We ork you until the end, Colonel”
The extre at each other would soon end They were coercively crossing froes and small ferries Their main force would attack froht now, and overrunning the enemy encampment was only a matter of time probably
The Grand Bridge’s defenses and offenses were equal, but the difference was that the enemy would be co their flank Just one more push, and the enemy that had fallen into chaos would be kicked aside, and they would take possession of Sulawesi Grand Bridge They had already inflicted serious da before Belta Castle also fell probably
The aged couished hi the future Kingdom on his shoulders He was a man ould realize their dreams without fail He wondered if he would be able to see it with his own eyes
“……You know, I heard Lieutenant Colonel Fynn took the head of the ene perfor of the Lion is not just a decoration it seems”
He had smashed the enemy cavalry unit and had taken Major General Alexei’s head he heard He took it upon himself to pursue the remnants of the enemy Second Division it appeared
“He will soon be the Hero of this battle I bet, Lieutenant Colonel Fynn will His faets proain, he’ll finally be on par with you huh”
“Princess Altura, and now Lieutenant Colonel Fynn, with this, the reputation of us old people will collapse Hmph, we definitely don’t want to lose to the youths We’ll just have to show the we’ve served, how about it?”
The coh he may be, he could stillit around, just war up
“The Colonel still has much active service left in hie?”
“Okay! Shove the rear guard infantry unit to the front Tell the civilians that have cooperated with us to stand back The outcome of this battle has already been decided All that’s left is to squash them We’ll splendidly take the enemy commander’s head, and devote our battle Princess Altura how about it!?”
“Sir-, Understood!!”
—-The Liberation Are diversion unit, started the attack
This battle should have been concluded with this one attack
David’s 20,000 were pulverized from the front, and they had already fallen into pandemonium They were inferior in numbers, lacked leadershi+p ability, and their soldiers had not the will to fight As a consequence of the ed, each unit’s cooperation was in a sorry state Already, the units would collapse before long, and the Liberation Army would be able to rout them
Every one of the Liberation Are expected an overwhelly favourable victory for the Liberation Army This battle should have ended
Until behind the civilians who breathed sighs of relief, bathing in their victory, a white, o with terrible speed, in ranks with not one thread out of file, uninvited to the party The people watched them with smiles It was reinforcements from Salvador Fortress They waved their hands in their air and beckoned them Sohing
These er oppressed smiled from their souls
They had finally been liberated, and they were content from the bottom of their hearts
—-Until a blood-stained scythe would mercilessly swoop down on them
Now at an audaciously close distance, Schera’s Cavalry had gone northward, aie They had soundly shut down all the Liberation Army scouts, and they had finally arrived behind Sulawesi Grand Bridge Luckily for them, they had not encountered an enemy unit
Not a single horseman had defected They had zero deserters For a unit in the middle of a rout, this was almost unbelieveable Their provisions carried on hand had already been exhausted Schera was at the liry Why did she have to experience such an eer
“Major, this is the last candy Please help yourself”
“…………”
When Katarina offered a sacrifice to Death, Schera silently took it and crunched it
Absolutely not enough Her irritation due to the e in rage Vander asked carefully, so as to not disturb that rage
“Ma, Major What e do after this? In front of us, an ene in wait We have o a little more northward, there is a ford we can cross—-”
He cut his words off there–because he was glared at with bloodshot eyes If he spoke poorly, it see down at any moment Schera was just in that bad a mood
“Despite there being a shortcut right in front of our eyes, why is there a necessity to make a detour? —-Second Lieutenant Katarina Are you of the same opinion?”
While oozing bloodlust frolared at another adjutant
“There is indeed no need We will stab theether We can absolutely break through I will devote even the last vestiges of th”
“That so? Then no probleo”
“Sir-, there is no problem at all Major Schera”
Katarina pushed up her glasses, and took out a s, portable ic cane This was the first tile word that this Second Lieutenant colleague of his had knowledge in sorcery
“O, oi You can use sorcery? I’ve never heard of it”
“I just never said it However, there is no longer a need to keep it hidden For Major Schera’s sake, I will devote all o I will happily use pagan hter of a heretic is a heretic”
Spoke Katarina rapidly on and on Her eyes were the same as the other cavalry members
“……What do you mean?”
Asked back Vander who could not understand Katarina did not respond to that question
2,500 cavalry waited for orders For the order to charge and deci their bloodthirst, and their bodies shook
Schera raised her scythe, and gave her command
“Target: Sulawesi Grand Bridge! All e-!! Kill them!”
““““““Ou-!!””””””
Their yells resonated, and Schera galloped down the hill at the vanguard Her two adjutants followed, the 2,500 cavalry kicked up a cloud of dust, and they started dashi+ng like a fierce wave The Liberation Aran to notice Schera and her group They soon started to let out cheers and waved their hands They elco However, Schera’s expression did not change Before her eyes were si to be eaten