Rust - Chapter 591



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RUST [RUST]-591

Even as she ran toward the humans who smelled like steel, the mother bear felt relaxed. In her past experience, the humans who came in tin cans called armored vehicles were nothing special.

There were three cans with humans inside, each with a long gun attached, but they had been hit by something bigger than that. It was a human weapon called a cannon, and while it hurt a lot, it wasn’t life-threatening.

At first glance, it was smaller than that, so there was no way it would be dangerous. The only thing I was worried about was that there were fewer people than I thought, so I wondered if the children would not be able to eat their fill.

Even if there were only a few, there must have been 40 to 50 of them. The mother bear increased her speed toward the approaching tanks and armored personnel carriers.

[The bear is coming.]

Kim Yang responded indifferently to the tank soldier’s shouts.

Isn’t that obvious?

By the way, the bear came rushing at me even though I didn’t even touch the cub.

So, that means the bear was also targeting this side.

‘Let’s see who eats who.’

The maximum effective range of the 120mm 55 caliber tank main gun was 3km, but now it was just about 2km, which was enough distance to say hello to the pups.

[Continue forward. Aim at the pup and fire immediately.]

When the new recruit asked if it was really necessary to shoot the cub when the mother bear was rushing at him without being lured, Ms. Kim answered.

[Do you know how many people they’ve eaten? You want to die? Shoot.]

Wouldn’t the puppy’s eyes turn around and run at you if you hit it?

[firing!!!]

Boom! Boom! Kwaang!

Three tanks opened fire simultaneously.

The chicks, who stood motionless in place as their mother had commanded, were excellent targets. One shot missed, and two each hit the target.

The hide wrapped around the cub tore with a loud noise, and a pitiful sound spread through the forest.

Keeeeeeeeeee-

The mother, who had been running towards the tank, roared when she realized that the human attack was targeting her cubs and not herself.

■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■!!!

A mother bear literally running towards you with her eyes rolled back. A mother bear running through a rugged, unpaved forest, thud thud thud – got caught in a hidden trap.

thud-

As the mother bear fell over, the acceleration it had been running caused it to stumble, and the armored soldier who had been hiding behind a thick tree and in the dense undergrowth rushed towards the fallen mother bear holding a metal cable.

Kuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!

Despite the bear’s cries and struggles, four 4.5-meter-tall metal giants began throwing cables and entangling them toward the mother bear as she tried to get up.

Ki-ki-ki-ging-

[What the Fu···.]

[The cable is disconnected.]

Roy Stern shouted louder over the shouts of his men.

[Keep winding it. Wind it twice! Three minutes. No, just two minutes is enough!]

A vicious cycle of wrapping, weaving, tying, and breaking occurred in real time.

[It’s disconnected!!!]

[Fuck. Try this one more time!]

Tiddy iddy–

[My right front paw is broken!]

[Focus on the hind legs. The hind legs!]

[Give up the front legs! Just tie the back legs together!]

The mother bear’s struggles were truly amazing.

The hastily brought in tow cables began to snap as they could not hold on, and the thick trees entangled with the unbroken cables began to be pulled out whole. If left like this, they would come loose again.

[Major!]

[!]

The armored personnel carrier piloted by Major Roy Stern and the AI ​​armored personnel carrier responding to him charged at the struggling bear, wielding sharp maces. The target was the head and eyes.

As I swung and stabbed the sharp end of the mace at the bear’s eyes and the bridge of its nose, the mother bear dodged the attacks by shaking her upper body like weaving in boxing, then swung her freed forelegs like lightning.

The AI-controlled armored soldier took emergency evasive action, but the mother’s attack was faster. The armored soldier’s head and left shoulder were completely destroyed, and the soldier fell to the ground.

The mother bear, who had blown up a steel giant, was ferociously targeting Roy Stern’s armored personnel carrier. She pretended to bite it with her mouth, then attacked with her front paws, sweeping it as if she was going to crush the ground.

The armored soldier lost his balance and fell down after his ankle was caught in the hook-like forefoot. The AI ​​armored soldier, who was half-broken, threw himself at the following downward strike and took the hit instead.

Quaddukduk-

Roy Stern took advantage of the gap and dove into the bear’s chest. The sharp tip of the kujik-mace pierced the mother bear’s eyeball from bottom to top.

Kkuu …

Pug play – The arm of the armored trooper was crushed by the forepaw that passed by and his chest armor was torn. Roy Stern’s armored trooper was thrown like a doll with its strings cut off by the impact that was so strong that the front of the cockpit on his chest was exposed.

[Major!]

[Cheeeeee – Knock knock – Don’t come this way, tie me up! Chijik]

The time earned was not in vain. Roy Stern’s men succeeded in tying up the bear’s lower body, and then the tank led by Kim Yang arrived.

[Aim for the head!]

As three tanks fired their main guns right in front of her, the mother bear, who had already lost one eye, had no choice but to cover her head and crouch.

That crouch was the last movement the mother bear could make.

[Movement blocked!]

At Kim Yang’s shout, Ki-soon launched a bunker buster cruise missile.

Kwaaaaaaaang!

The bunker buster dropped vertically and dug into the mother bear’s body, exploding. Like the male bear she had caught earlier, the mother bear had super regenerative abilities, so she didn’t die instantly, but that was it.

Her skin became weak and her muscles and bones weakened as she spent all her energy on regeneration. The 120mm artillery fire that had not been working properly began to penetrate the mother bear’s body. The brutal hunt ended with one special bullet making a hole in the bear’s head.

Kim Yang, who was on top of the tank, said while banging on the turret.

[advance.]

You have to catch the baby too.

With a heavy engine sound, the Sacred Leo tank began its relentless advance.

The cubs were where their mother had told them to stay. Even though they were hit by a 120mm 55 caliber tank gun, the leather they were wearing provided some protection, so they were not seriously injured.

[How about trying to tame a pup?]

A Russian-Canadian soldier suggested that I try taming a bear cub, saying that it was a cub and could easily be tamed.

[You can’t eat people.]

Kim Yang was cold-blooded. It was a law that a dog that bit a person must be killed. It was even more so that an animal that had eaten a hundred or a thousand people could not be spared.

Boom! Boom!

Kieeeee-

Kkieeeeing-

Despite the bear cub’s desperate cries, the 120mm main gun silently fired its flames.

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The bear, which had fled over the hill, was eventually lost. Although a crow scout was sent out, a sudden snowstorm made it difficult to continue the chase.

“But the results were certain. It’s a shame, but there’s nothing I can do about it.”

There have been quite a few achievements. Buffalo, moose, and elk have been caught and driven out of the territory. The same goes for the giant wolves that have grown accustomed to hunting humans, unlike the wolves that have returned to the kingdom. Since they have been killed and driven out, they will not come near the Holy Kingdom.

“The escaped bear is a problem, but since you’ve proven that we can catch it without you, you won’t be in trouble either.”

The variant wave that started in the north was over before the full-blown cold spell began. There were also results there.

This variant wave was an opportunity to check the weapon system. It was possible to identify errors in the new mine module, and the usefulness of the AI ​​pilot was also proven.

The fight with the mother bear would have been dangerous if the AI-controlled armored personnel carrier hadn’t been there to protect Roy Stern.

Maru, who had been actively deploying artificial intelligence in the Canadian region and border areas, was satisfied because he succeeded in controlling armored personnel carriers, which was much more difficult than driving electric vehicles autonomously.

“Isn’t it possible to deploy the armored personnel carriers using AI? Wouldn’t it be nice to organize the northern defense system around the armored personnel carriers?”

“I said it last time···. It’s dangerous to run artificial intelligence in full force. I learned it for sure this time. I thought it could be really dangerous.”

Even though they saw the same results, Maru and Kisun’s reactions were different.

“Saving Roy Stern was also a matter of AI’s choice. Seeing as they chose to protect humans, wouldn’t it be okay to use AI to command armored personnel carriers?”

“What if the enemy is human? For example, let’s say you’re at war with another human. What if a monster attacks you while you’re transporting a captured enemy? Should you let the enemy die? Or should you engage the monster and risk damaging your machine to protect the enemy, since the enemy is also human?

“I know what you’re trying to say, but it’s literally artificial intelligence. I think it’s something that can be done by accumulating judgment cases and teaching it.”

“That’s the problem. Depending on the basis you give, you can get completely different results.”

Maru raised both hands at Ki-sun’s attitude, which had become more aggressive than last time.

“Let’s talk about artificial intelligence next time.”

“okay.”

There were many lessons learned from this operation.

“It seems that we will need to change our weapon system to properly respond to mutant monsters.”

The main firearms used in the stronghold were 30mm machine guns, 12.7mm machine guns, and 81mm mortars.

The firepower configuration was designed after considering a weapon system that could deal with both humans and monsters, but given the current situation, the results were below expectations.

“That’s right. I guess it wouldn’t have worked with a 30mm machine gun or an 81mm mortar.”

Even if it was a special bullet for anti-monsters, it was difficult to stop the charge of a buffalo or moose that was 6-7 meters tall at the shoulder. It was not even worth mentioning the 81mm mortar.

“I think the best thing to do these days would be to introduce rapid-fire guns for naval ships.”

“Shall we mount a cannon?”

“If you use a naval gun, you can mount a gun that fires up to 20 rounds per minute. If you transplant the fire control device as is, the accuracy should be decent.”

“That may be true. But these days, each unit needs at least 5~6 doors, and up to 9~10 doors. Can you afford that right now?”

Assuming that the Mk. 45, 5-inch (127 mm) 62-caliber naval gun was the base, the number of strongholds in the northern region alone exceeded 1,000.

Including the supply bases and intermediate villages, the number of water bodies reached 1,200, so the number of cannons was in the thousands to tens of thousands. Since the cannons used rapid-fire guns, shells had to be produced in the tens of millions.

If you try to deploy tanks and armored personnel carriers there…

“······.”

“······.”

It was a situation that would have been a long-term plan for several years. Maru suggested a realistic method.

“Let’s start with the fortress next to the road.”

“I guess that makes sense, since mutant monsters also use the roads. And?”

“Let’s replace them one by one. If a cannon enters a fortress, place a tank in the place it can’t enter, and put in an armored unit in the place where there are no tanks or cannons.”

“That would be the most realistic way to do it.”

Ki-soon agreed.

“Let’s say that’s how it goes, but the strongholds in this area are all demanding more crows. Is there no way to get them?”

Currently, sacred crows are being mobilized in harsh environments such as the Newport News Shipyard, including northern Canada.

The sacred crows, armed with faith and medicine, accepted with a repentant heart even when placed in harsh environments, but the other crows did not.

“It’s difficult for the common crows because they value workaholics. The acid gull chicks are almost all grown up, so we should leave the shipyard to the gulls and look after the sacred crows there.”

The chicks hatched from the eggs of seagulls collected at the Newport News Shipyard were almost fully grown and were being trained. They were undergoing rigorous training from the Sacred Ravens, and they looked like they would be able to do their share when the weather cleared up.

“Oh. Then it seems like it will be back in a tight time.”

Ki-sun looked relieved as she looked at the documents related to distribution.

“Still, I guess I won’t have to worry about meat this winter.”

Leaving aside wolves and other odds and ends, there was a huge amount of buffalo and moose meat, so it would be a bountiful winter.

As Maru, who had seen Gi-sun’s hazy expression, tried to quietly leave, Gi-sun’s slender eyes flashed.

“Where are you going, Your Majesty? What are you going to do with all the work here?”

“······.”

It was winter, and the papers were piling up like snow. The two people were having a good time.