Chapter 58: The Führer and the Air Force
Just as I thought, Ayame is overprotective.
This is the Moruro Front. it’s the battleground.
But my life is very comfortable.
Why, because Ayame-san brought a big camping trailer. It is something that can only be towed by a huge military truck.
It’s well furnished with things like a kitchen and a sofa, which is quite luxurious.
It stands out and out of place in the middle of the field encampment… It is not like a field encampment at all.
What’s more, you know? This is not just one unit.
There is a trailer car for the bedroom with a bed, a trailer car for the bath, and so on… Despite being on a battlefield, I’m able to have a lifestyle that’s no different from my usual lifestyle.
By the way, all of this was made with Ayame-san’s personal funds.
She said, “Are you saying you want my Eryu-san to sleep out in the open on the battlefield? Not acceptable… What, a tent? Even so, it’s not acceptable. What about things like toilet and bath!” That’s what I heard.
……She is really overprotective.
But I don’t hate that kind of thing.
Now then.
And that Ayame-san is in a really bad mood at the moment. While sitting on the sofa of the camping trailer, she is feeling sulky while being in my lap.
Speaking of whom she is angry with…
“What’s up with that man? To enter my love nest with Eryu-san without knocking! Execution! Capital punishment!”
That boy.
I don’t know his name, but he’s a man with a very foolish-looking face. He is a pervert who intruded into our trailer without even knocking.
“Calm down, Ayame-san. You don’t have to kill anyone…”
It’s not as if a particularly embarrassing moment of mine was seen… it is in a way, but…
Ayame-san was just licking my cheek, but I would kill him if he saw my underwear or something like that… right?
“…Mmph, if Eryu-san says so, I’ll refrain from killing him. Yes, there is a shortage of labor, so let’s use forced labor appropriately.”
“Ahh, and it was going so well…” Ayame-san looks down feeling dejected.
I understand, I also feel a little upset when I’m being interrupted.
……That’s why.
Shall we continue?
I glance at her and casually tug on her sleeve to tempt her a bit. What do you think?…
“I know, Eryu-san. You don’t have to make a face like you want to continue.”
“…Mnn.”
As expected, Ayame-san understands even without me saying it.
Ayame-san’s slender and smooth fingers are reaching towards my thigh… I was being pushed down onto the sofa…
――Vroooomm! A roaring engine sounds.
……It’s noisy, isn’t it? I was just beginning to feel good. Is it an aircraft engine, I wonder?
It feels like they flew over the trailer at a low altitude.
Following that, there is an annoying knock.
Yes, we are forced to stop. What’s the matter, really?” Completely fed up, Ayame-san takes me in her arms.
“Your Excellency, the Fuhrer! Honorable Chief of the Imperial Guard! It’s the Air Force.”
……That voice is Captain Nishi’s, isn’t it?
She’s been speaking strangely lately. It might be since the other time I went on a movie date with Ayame-san.
She was my personal driver, so she drove me to the movie theater, but on the way back she spoke in such a manner.
Have I done something? I just wanted to express my thoughts on the movie…
……Well, I can’t help it, so let’s go outside.
When I opened the trailer door with Ayame-san, Captain Nishi greeted us with a salute.
“Your Excellency! The air force has arrived. Um, your clothes are disheveled…”
“Because I was sleeping.”
“Oh, my apologies, did I wake you up?”
“…No, it’s fine.”
Captain Nishi seems a bit apologetic.
She probably feels that way.
That girl, she really thought I was asleep, didn’t she? She’s really innocent, and it’s convenient for me that she is to believe what I say unconditionally.
It’s not fair to keep deceiving her, so let’s watch a movie together next time, shall we?
“…No, Eryu-san. You can’t going out with someone other than me.”
“It’s fine as long as I’m with Ayame-san, right?”
“If that is the case, then I will allow it. However, I’m the only one allowed to sit next to Eryu-san, okay?”
Yes yes.
Please spare me from being jealous.
She said the Air Force was here, right?
I look up at the sky… Ah, there they are.
A platoon of four biplanes flying freely through the sky of Moruro.
It closely resembles the Fokker D.VII biplane. Well, it’s not much different from the prototype they showed me before.
“Ayame-san, what is that airplane?”
“It is the developed version of the Prototype Aircraft No. 1, the Type 5 Fighter. It’s a new model that was adopted by the Imperial Guard.”
“Type 5 fighter…”
……That strange…
“What’s the matter, Eryu-san? Making such a puzzled look on your face. There, look at that, it’s cool, isn’t it?”
Ayame-san did say something about it, but the topic of the official adoption of the military aircraft has not yet come to me.
if that is the case, it’s unlikely that there will be any airplanes flying in the sky of the battlefield.
Equipment used by the Imperial Guard is shared with the military, which means that if the military has not adopted fighter aircraft, the Imperial Guard should not have them either.
So, which means that fighter aircraft are not genuine.
Could it be…
“Hey, Ayame-san. Those are not the prototype aircraft, right?”
“Ugh, There’s no way that the case… You are surprisingly sharp.”
I can hear you.
……Well, it’s understandable.
You just wanted to show off, Ayame-san.
In order to make it in time for the war, you hastily gathered the prototype models that hadn’t been adopted, turned them into fighters, and put them into actual combat?
I can’t believe you put such a valuable thing into actual combat…
“…Sigh, Ayame-san’s habit of showing off is quite a problem.”
Even the other day, when I mentioned that I could drive a car, she desperately started practicing driving.
Being excited to take me on a drive date. It seems that she has not gotten her license yet.
“Fufu, it’s obvious that I want to show off a bit in front of the person I like. Look, they’re going to land, let’s go.”
……Yes, let’s go. Come on, Captain, come with us.
A four-aircraft formation of Type 5 fighter planes slowly descending and landing on a flat field outside of the encampment.
Just as you would expect from a World War I era aircraft.
Even if there is no runway, you can land in that open field nearby.
The four planes were taxiing neatly lined up near me… The pilot is coming down.
Huh?
“Ayame-san, Ayame-san.”
“Yes, yes, what’s the matter?”
“That pilot is not a native of Yamato, is he?”
The pilot who got off the first plane doesn’t seem to be from Yamato no matter how you look at it.
As the name suggests, the Yamato people have a Japanese appearance.
But, that pilot, how should I put it… Foreigner? He’s a man but, he has a European-like appearance.
One of his legs is a prosthetic leg… Hmm, that’s suspicious.
“…Who is he?”
“I wonder? I don’t know either. He suddenly appeared at the aviation testing ground in Yamato, the person said something about the Luftwaffe…”
Luftwaffe? German Air Force?
No, but there is no Germany in this world… Could it be a reincarnation or a transmigration?
“Is it really okay to make such a person a pilot? Let’s arrest him.”
“it’s impossible. Even if we try to arrest him, no matter how hard we try, he always manages to escape. Even when we mobilized military dogs to chase him, it was useless…”
Above all else, his skills as a pilot are really good.
Ayame-san continues.
“Is his skill as a pilot really that good?”
“Yes, strangely enough. Apparently, he’s an expert in piloting airplanes. Maybe he came from another world, like us.”
Hmm, the mystery only gets deeper. The only existing airplanes in this world are those manufactured by the Yamato Empire and their first flight took place just a few months ago.
There shouldn’t be enough time to become proficient in piloting an aircraft.
As I thought, that person is also from another world…Ah, he started drinking milk.
“Your Excellency, I have heard from a friend of mine in the Air Force that man has a hobby of climbing mountains.”
“I didn’t ask, but thank you. Captain Nishi.”
He has a prosthetic leg, can escape even when chased by military dogs, loves milk and mountain climbing…
“…Is he also a doctor or something?”
“Ah, you’re quite knowledgeable, Eryu-san. After the investigation, he was not found to be hostile, so he was recognized as an immigrant and now belongs to the medical association in our country.”
“Please call that man to the front line as a military doctor.”
……This world is a fantasy world, right?
Maybe someone could summon a devil or even a demon lord. So if something like that was summoned.
Umm… Well…
My deepest condolences. To everyone in this world.
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A brief explanation of the weapon: “Type 5 Fighter”
Specifications:
Maximum speed 160 km/h
Maximum altitude 5000m
Flight range 250 km
Ascent rate 4 m/s
Liquid-cooled reciprocating engine with 160 horsepower.
Armed with two 7,7mm machine guns mounted on the nose of the aircraft.
A single 30kg bomb attached under the body of the aircraft.
1 crew member.
……However, this is just the basic specification. The “Type 5 Fighter” is in fact nothing more than a collection of prototypes of fighter planes developed based on the “Prototype Aircraft No. 1” that were deployed to the battlefield.
Therefore, the airframe structure varies. The engines and weapons they are equipped with are also slightly different.
Among them, it is said that there are also some monsters that have a 37mm gun installed in their nose.
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