Rust - Chapter 439



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RUST -439

The snowmobiles carrying the admirals and generals ran behind the ice and snow that was 4 to 5 meters thick.

“We cannot allow the Department of Homeland Security to continue its tyranny.”

“Yes. Go to Naval Command. What is this case?”

Everyone was a mess, including Admiral Romain Regal himself.

In fact, he was a one-star general. He originally thought he would retire as a colonel, but luckily, he ended up getting a star.

Yes. Where would even one star be? Four stars rose on his shoulders. He wanted to achieve results regardless of the means and methods because he had climbed up to this position by catching up with the stars that had disappeared in the war with China and international conflicts.

Those who do not back down from their claims and speak out so loudly must also be doing so in order to gain power, just like I do.

And now that story is coming up, there’s no way they wouldn’t think what you’re thinking.

“They say that no one who handles information is without a dark side, and Director Dan Brown is no exception.”

“Look at your evasion of responsibility. You know the significance of the Aegis destroyer in this situation, so why are you evading it like that?”

“We can’t just leave it alone. At the very least, we need to strike Director Dan Brown.”

“I agree. If Director Dan Brown stays in office, the Marines can’t take out Gilbert Brown.”

What is the Marine Corps?

Wasn’t this a branch of the Navy created for landing operations?

Even though the Marine Corps had secured independent operational control, it was essentially a specialized landing warfare unit developed by the Navy.

That unit was commanded by Gilbert Brown, Dan Brown’s cousin. If the Navy wanted to take control of the Marine Corps, they had to get rid of both of them at once.

The goal is to secure the destroyers and take control of the Marine Corps, so that we can make up for the lost men and ships and project concentrated naval power.

I wish they would just give up and go down before things get too bad, but seeing what Dan Brown did, that doesn’t seem likely. Is that great in any way?

What people misunderstand is that those in power are not stupid because they say stupid things. Those in power are those who can make meaning out of their stupid actions.

Just as Romain Regal was childishly coaxing and cajoling, and the generals were openly saying things like that, it was part of that.

“The Department of Homeland Security is politically isolated. What should we do now?”

The noisy snowmobile became quiet at a single word from Admiral Romain Regal.

What to do with Dan Brown, who is standing firm in his position even in a politically isolated situation? The admiral did not give the answer he wanted directly. Someone else would.

“What about using a submarine-launched cruise missile (SLCM)? I’ve marked it in the DHS conference room.”

“I think it’s a good idea because they could say that the Confederacy attacked while the Aegis ships were not there, or they could say that it was an attack by Virginia Langley, which is waging an information war with the Department of Homeland Security.”

And at the same time, we can emphasize the necessity of Aegis ships. We can create public opinion that Aegis destroyers are necessary to protect New York, and based on that, we can put pressure on Vladimir Kalin.

You could also diffuse the anger of the Homeland Security agents who lost their heads by telling them that this could have been prevented if Vladimir Kalin had handed over the Aegis destroyer.

“You have to be careful not to make New York your enemy.”

“He is the one who provoked us by saying he has nuclear weapons.”

“Isn’t that just a threat? You don’t have to worry about him, he’s not some crazy guy who would annihilate countless innocent civilians in New York with a nuke.”

“That’s too optimistic. Right now, the one with the Aegis ships is the one. No matter what missiles they fire, we can’t stop them. Even if we try to respond, we’ll stop them with Aegis destroyers.”

“······.”

“······.”

Could he really be crazy?

Looking at that kid getting slapped by a four-star admiral, doesn’t that seem abnormal?

“Let’s clean up.”

At the words of Admiral Romain Regal, the generals were in charge of sorting out the situation.

“Director Den Brown is believed to have died in enemy fire.”

“I agree.”

“Let’s do that.”

The generals agreed.

“Let’s negotiate about Vladimir Kalin.”

You want to trade one Aegis destroyer for five nuclear submarines?

If you change it like that, you can operate 5 nuclear submarines?

Anyway, I had to learn how to operate a submarine here.

If you stick close to Vladimir Kalin’s subordinates and give them what they want, slowly addicting them, you will be able to get the five ships you handed over back in no time.

There was an explosion that seemed to overturn various opinions.

thud-

A dull jolt felt against the top of the armored snowmobile.

It was the impact caused by the active defense armor exploding.

“attack?”

“It’s the sky!”

“It’s a bombing!!!”

Kwung- Kwung-

The top plate, which had been thickly coated with active defensive armor, was peeling off.

“Bombing?”

“Air Force?”

“That can’t be true!”

“Then what is it?”

Then what the heck is this…

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Outside the window of the Homeland Security conference room, a thousand crows could be seen in the distance. Without a single cawing sound, the crows circled silently and suddenly began to plummet vertically.

Crows swooping down like dive bombers.

It seemed like I could hear a whirring sound.

The wiretapping machine became noisy with a dull bang.

[Attack!]

[Admiral! You must escape.]

[I’m surrounded. I’m surrounded. Aaaah!]

Kwakwakwakwakwang-

Bombing pours down like rain.

[What the fuck is this!]

[Where are you? Where are you attacking from?]

[Heaven! In the sky!]

[crow?]

[Eww! Bow your head!]

[It’s pierced. The glove is pierced!]

[damage!]

Kung-k …

Kwaaaaang!

[Beep—]

[···Cheeeeeek—]

The screams and explosions coming from the wiretapping device slowly began to die down.

Black smoke rose and the air was filled with the sound of sirens from converted snowmobiles and ambulances.

“Pass it on to the submarine squadron commander.”

[Connected.]

“Admiral Romain Regal and other naval officers have been killed in a surprise attack by the Confederates. We must be on high alert.”

[Delivered.]

Outside the window, crows began to fly across the sky, accompanied by rising black smoke.

Director Dan Brown poured some strong whiskey into a glass and made a small toast to the sky.

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[All footage captured on CCTV and nearby cell phones has been deleted.]

“You can just leave it.”

Maru said calmly at Hood’s report.

It would have been better if they had just left it up to the Department of Homeland Security to erase it or not, even if they didn’t erase it from here. But Maru didn’t blame Hood or anything.

[Are you okay?]

“What would be wrong?”

Maru sat on the bridge of the destroyer and looked at the smoke rising in the distance.

Considering what the Department of Homeland Security has done, the answer was to use crows.

Give me the Navy’s coordinates. Put a wiretap on the armored snowmobile that the Navy admirals are riding on and tell me what’s going on. If that’s not enough, put a bombing guide mark on the snowmobile and make it a missile target.

You told me to kill myself and now you’re saying it’s not okay? Are you trying to get me?

“By the way, this is ridiculous.”

[what?]

In response to Kim Yang’s question, Maru went back over the contents of the wiretapping file and spoke.

“All the generals acted like idiots, so I thought they had some kind of mental disability. It’s ridiculous that there was a reason for that.”

[?]

It was absurd that even his stupid actions were planned.

Anyway, now that we have nukes and Aegis, there’s no need to be swayed.

[But the Department of Homeland Security provided a missile guidance device, but the missile didn’t launch. Why?]

Aren’t missiles more effective?

Whether you’re an admiral or a general, if you get hit by a cruise missile, you’ll die.

‘We really need Aegis ships,’ they’ll say, and ask us to please trade nuclear submarines for Aegis ships. And wouldn’t it be nice to blame the Confederacy or Virginia for launching the cruise missiles?

Miss Kim frowned.

[Even if you erase the crow bomb, won’t people still spread rumors?]

“How could rumors spread? They might, but if they were posted on the Internet, they would be completely erased… It would die down with time.”

[I wonder why it’s so complicated.]

Isn’t that right? If you blew it up with a cruise missile, you wouldn’t have to erase the server, or hack it, so you wouldn’t have to do things like that? If you erase and clean it up like this, wouldn’t it be hard to make excuses about the Confederacy or Virginia?

“That’s why I brought in the crows.”

[?]

“It wasn’t a cruise missile or a surface-to-surface missile, it was a crow bombing that wiped it out. Even if the Department of Homeland Security tried to hide it, Virginia Langley and the military would know.”

Kim Yang blinked at Maru’s words.

“Those who have looked for it will know that if you do something bad, you will be blown away. If you do it with a missile, they won’t know that I did it.”

[Uh- So you’re saying we bombed the crows to let everyone know that we hit them?]

“I did that because I wanted to do the right thing for Director Dan Brown.”

You two should figure it out?

And then there’s the missile guidance device, and the real-time wiretapping files?

Shouldn’t we at least give them a warning that if they do something they’ve never done before, it’ll no longer be fun?

We’ve been doing well so far, but it seems like Dan Brown’s temperament has changed, so we need to check it out. You can tell by his reaction to the crow bombing.

[?]

“It’s almost time to get in touch. What should I do?”

Now that the Navy leadership has disappeared, it’s past time to hear anything about the Aegis exchange or the Crow bombing.

“It has definitely changed.”

[Director?]

“okay.”

It doesn’t matter, it wouldn’t be a problem even if we didn’t exchange it for a nuclear submarine.

“Search the hidden cocoon in the Riser Group with an airship.”

[What about the destroyer?]

“Take both ships except the one I’m on, and the oil tanker too. And leave Hood and the guards behind.”

[Okay.]

As the Hood and the Guard descend, the airship, two destroyers, and two fuel tankers depart.

“I heard you’re the commander of a submarine squadron.”

“We only communicate with the Department of Homeland Security.”

I got a call from the author who was the commander of a submarine squadron, but he just chewed it up.

“We will not stand by and watch the destroyer being stolen.”

“If you’re confident, then do whatever you want. How can I stop you from giving up?”

It’s not a hydra, so what keeps popping up?

After cleaning up the Navy’s brain, the submarine squadron commander is doing something crazy.

Only after the airship and two destroyers had escaped into the northeastern waters did I hear from Director Dan Brown.

[The submarine squadron commander requested a video conference regarding the transfer of the destroyer.]

“Transfer? Who said it was transferable? Right. Director. If you did it once, why would you do it again?”

Maru shook his head and smiled.

“Then I will assume that the Aegis ship is unnecessary and go. After thinking about it again, I realize that it was a mistake to come here. We were living well without the Aegis ship, so I brought it here and it seems like I only caused trouble.”

Director Den Brown said without blinking an eye at Maru’s joke.

[The rivers and lakes are frozen, so you won’t be able to get to Lake St. Clair or Lake Huron?]

“Thank you for your concern, but it’s okay since I can just wait until it melts before going in.”

Someone on the other side of Director Den Brown’s screen raised his voice. It was probably the voice of the commander of the submarine squadron. Regardless, Maru cut the communication.

“Okay, let’s get ready to go.”

“Are you really going to continue like this?”

The hood was startled.

Then should I really go or fake it? Maru stretched while tilting his head from side to side.

“Let’s go. Hurry up.”

“Yes? Yes.”

The destroyer began to slowly increase its speed.

New York, with black smoke rising here and there, slowly disappeared into the distance.

“Warning from the submarine. If you don’t stop immediately, we’ll attack you…”

“No one can stop you. If you’re confident that you can live happily even after getting hit by a nuclear weapon, then shoot.”

The submarine, unable to give up its foolishness, chased the destroyer Maru was on, but the moment the anti-submarine helicopter took off, it had no choice but to stop the chase.

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A small crack appeared in Director Den Brown’s hard face.

‘He really is gone.’

Political risk, worsening public opinion, the threat of a submarine attack, not to mention the deterioration of future relations, were all said to have been ignored.

‘I thought I noticed the signal···.’

It was Vladimir Kalin who ignored everything and left. It was a chance to get a nuclear submarine, but he didn’t need any of that.

There was a world of difference between predicting that something might happen and what had already happened. It was the difference between the future and the past.

Things would have been easier if we had taken care of the so-called submarine squadron commander, but Vladimir Kalin was missing.

The conditions there probably weren’t bad either.

‘Are you saying you won’t be swayed?’

Aren’t relationships like that? Swinging and being swayed.

Coming isn’t the beginning, and leaving isn’t the end.

That’s reality.

[Director, the submarine squadron commander is coming.]

Yes. Since we missed the Aegis ship right in front of our eyes, we have no choice but to come ourselves.

“Begin operation.”

Director Dan Brown poured himself a glass of whiskey and toasted the sky. Black smoke rose into the distance.