High School Soldier
97. What an interesting kid
24 October 2321, 00:00 WIB/1914 Luan Empire, early morning.
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Currently the clock shows the time at 00.00 WIB, and the air feels cold in the center of the provisional government, Jakarta Province.
Today, the atmosphere of this great city was like it had never died. Thousands of workers riding electric bicycles and cars passed by on overpasses. Never not stuck on the streets of Jakarta for hundreds of years.
Some workers who just came home after overtime duty, stopped by the angkringan scattered throughout this city.
This time, were the hours when the people in the big city started their lives.
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The State Palace in the centre of the interim government has not shown a time of rest, with everyone seen working hard after the Expeditionary Forces headquarters sent out a message.
Suroso was communicating with the officers at the Expeditionary Force headquarters since they sent out the message on Sucipto's behalf, even if he only used a t-shirt so there was no time.
He made video call communications with officers in another world while sipping instant coffee brewed in paper cups. A few minutes later, a representative from Kemenhan entered.
“Sorry to disturb you, Mr. President.”
“What news from another world?”
Suroso placed the paper cup next to the PC, then removed the headfree that he used to communicate with the officers in another world.
“Defense Secretary and Commander-in-Chief allow Expeditionary Forces to conduct operations to free our kidnapped citizens.”
The President looked at the clock on the PC, now it has been shown at 00.21 WIB. Because the General of the Expeditionary Force sent a message since 23:01 WIB.
“How long was it!?”
“Pak, sorry in advance, but they need to understand the situation correctly and it takes time.”
“Wait what else, tell people in other worlds to conduct an immediate operation to free our citizens kidnapped enemies!”
When Suroso got this post of President, he was ready for the heavy task of taking command in the event of an emergency in another world. He should also be ready to receive calls that may come every minute.
However, the young President was also disturbed by the performance of the members of the DPR/MPR who were slow, but demanded to raise his salary.
Officials in Suroso's cabinet can be considered as elites among the elite, with their respective backgrounds being very impressive. In terms of their ability to manage and run an organization, they are at the top. However, there are times when situations require immediate action, and decisions to be taken in a fraction of a second. These officials will mutter, “Hah? What?” while taking a walk spend time, which shows how useless they are in an emergency.
Worse, they are not able to handle small mistakes in daily work, such as annual income recording errors.
Some say if in times of peace, such problems will be resolved quickly. However, this is not a peaceful time, especially the international world which is not friendly with Indonesia.
After Indonesia entered into a peace treaty with one of the nations of the other world, the United Nations continues to be urged by America, China, Israel and the European Union. Since they started sending representatives to Indonesia with the aim, “Let's discuss the issue of Gate.”
People can do everything they want, that's what the US does. This great country was the first to declare their destination if it managed to enter the Gate. These uninvited guests did not even wait for the host to serve them. As host, Indonesia has the right to firmly reject the US proposal.
The heads of state in the European Union and China do not want Indonesia to have sovereignty over the Gateway and the other world behind this thing. They began to impose sanctions and other measures to make Indonesia open the Gateway to the international world. Large resource-producing countries, such as the Alliance of the Middle East and South Asia, have urged the United Nations to co-manage the Gateway.
Resource-producing countries are worried what will happen if a militarily and economically powerful Indonesia gets an unlimited supply of natural resources from the other world. This will likely cause those countries to lose influence on the international scene.
The main problem is that influential groups and organizations in the world support international supervision of Indonesia.
In Indonesia alone, many political parties, various community organizations and religious organizations expressed their desire to enter the Gateway and see the state of the other world. They also want the right to observe and act freely in another world. The mass media also want unrestricted access for their news seekers, and even want to interview people who have been to another world, and other issues.
All these demands arise because of the announcement if Indonesia succeeds in making peace with one country in the other world. Some parties could not even help but laugh with this joke.
So, all the parties who demand a lot against the Indonesian government put a lot of pressure on the government.
The first nagara that needs to be addressed and tamed is the United States, followed by China which has a less harmonious relationship with Indonesia. It seems that the other world provides the benefits that the nation wants. In reality, they still did not know enough about the other world. Even the Indonesian government itself is still experiencing some problems in developing a beak in the other world as planned.
Frankly, Indonesia still needs the help of allied countries to spread influence in other worlds. Like the Japanese side, which has a culture called ‘anime’ and ‘manga’. Perhaps with the help of otaku in the country, Indonesia can get ‘mu fantasi’ additional apart from the isekai novels and comics.
Some countries conduct hardline diplomacy with Indonesia, for example Israel which is to the extent that it takes refuge behind the armpits of its ally, the US. The country uses its production goods in the form of war equipment as bargaining materials with the Indonesian government. However, the Indonesian-made defense system can still be able to compete with the strongest military country.
Russia and North Korea are Indonesia's most feared allies by the claimant state above. For both countries, it would be better if the Gate never appeared again than to cause a disaster other than war. These two countries are the ones who can calmly drown a country, if the situation gets out of control and endangers Indonesia.
Many factors made China want to enter the Gate. China is a country of more than 1 billion people, and a stupid reason to give its people a happy life is to put half of them into another world. However, controlling billions of humans is a difficult task for China. The ego of the Chinese people grows indefinitely, and incurs hatred towards other countries. All their hatred combined to create an excessive ambition. They do everything they can to be seen as a superpower, for the sake of realizing it, the inhabitants are forced to live more miserable than when they were colonized by Japan.
China has no cultural influence to control their greed, and their egos are far too great than the ability to protect its people. They turn the ego into what they call ‘justice’.
Such discontent should be eliminated immediately.
Indonesia cannot avoid contact with China when the situation of the country is like that. Therefore, rather than taking the risk that will cause ‘war’, peace is a more profitable option for both countries.
If it forced their will, this could result in both parties being seriously injured. Therefore, it is only common sense that they will try to change their attitude and bow their heads while saying, “Please, give me a little.”
Indonesia's current president, Suroso, has received a lot of slurs from opposition parties, but he is a strong and far-sighted leader, although he can do anything with his position.
Now, problems continue to arise from other worlds, such as “Allow the Expeditionary Force to fight so that kidnapped Indonesians can survive!”
Indeed, among the Expeditionary Force soldiers there were hundreds who joined the special forces, both the Main Force and the Student Army special forces.
Suroso accidentally opened a profile belonging to one of the special forces personnel of the Student Army illegally, namely Peltu Nio. The soldier barely passed the training because he was not doing math problems, and managed to graduate because one of the students fell ill.
Nio's special skill is to hide from danger and hide things. This skill can be said to be so extraordinary. Because when the Squad only get rations of two rations for the survival test, Nio hid an additional supply of 10 packs of instant noodles and managed to be untracked by the coaches. It was able to make the coach who knew this almost want to beat Nio.
Personal information about members of the special forces is only available through illegal means, for example by god-level hackers, but Suroso can view Nio's profile easily.
“Students are lazy but very genius huh?”
Nio's nature at the final assessment is close to ‘bad’, as Nio is unwilling to exchange techniques with his friends during training, in hopes of doing cross-training, as Nio is unwilling to exchange techniques with his friends during training, they would refine their respective fighting styles. But Nio is different, he just doesn't want to absorb the knowledge from others, and instead create a new science.
When Suroso saw this, he could hardly imagine Nio's self while in that ‘neraka’.
While doing the survival exam, and students are released one by one with the pursuit of a coach who plays the role of an enemy, Nio is a student who can easily be detached from the pursuit of the trainers.
“Attractive child, even the trainers are said to be unable to catch it.”
Training to become the Khesus Student Forces, by the Student Army personnel who failed to follow him dub the training ground with ‘valah desperation’.
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Members of the entire Combat Group 1-5 prepared their own assault rifle magazines, in case of a jam on their weapons, it was a fatal mistake.
They were very careful as they headed for the battlefield, where the boundary between life and death was almost invisible.
From below, they could see the attack helicopters of the Combat 6 group flying towards the Imperial capital as a relief infantry force. The ropes then piled to the ground, after which all the soldiers aboard the transport helicopter quickly descended through the ropes.
Some of the soldiers who had been on the ground, were on guard against enemies who might attack the descending soldiers.
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The Squad members immediately spread out in all directions as they landed. Their eyes were alert while aiming at the optical shots on their respective weapons.
The googles' glasses serve as an infrared scanner that will show the target's body heat.
To find enemy troops within the city, soldiers kicked in doors anywhere people might hide. However, they did not find a living person. All they saw were people, both men and women of different races. Their bodies were covered with slashes and stabs caused by swords.
Infrared scanning devices capture the infrared radiation emitted by warm-blooded creatures, and can find anyone hiding.
This device is not a basic equipment of the TNI, but which was purchased by the soldiers' money. It could indeed irritate a soldier, but it could be to cover up a shortage of personal equipment.
If the technology is not effective, then they should use their eyes and ears to locate the target.
In the end, the ability to observe the environment was a skill for warriors. They have to hone these skills because no matter how far the development of technology, there are many circumstances where the technology cannot be used.
Not only searching for the presence of enemy troops, the soldiers searched for survivors among the ruins caused by the Roughness troops who destroyed the facilities of the capital in order to hinder the green troops.
Calmly, the Squad members calmly regulated their breathing, and continued forward calmly and as quietly as possible. Their eyes moved unhurriedly while monitoring the surroundings.
Suddenly a gunshot was heard from one of the places.
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Message from author:
Maybe I put too much political and international elements into this novel, so some readers might not understand, not even like politics.
However, I want to make a surprise from the inclusion of political elements in this novel, this is also for the progress of the storyline.
Then, I might create a story that is too ‘fiki’. Because in this novel, Indonesia seems to be transformed into a nation that is able to rival China and Russia. Even the Indonesian military in the setting of this novel is equivalent to the US and other developed countries. On this issue, I would like to seek advice from loyal readers.
Warm regards to the honorable payer.
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