Rust - Chapter 666



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RUST -667

When Kim Yang worked as a cleaner in the organization, no, in the company, the reason the enemies couldn’t stop her was simple. It was because she shot first.

Why are snipers scary? Of course, it’s because of the preemptive strike. Imagine an enemy hiding in an unseen place being attacked preemptively.

The reason why snipers with high first hit accuracy were so terrible was the same. If friendly forces were certain to die in the first attack and a fight began, the pressure was beyond imagination.

This is the same in war. That is what Kim Yang thought. As a result of China’s preemptive attack on the United States, the United States ended up splitting into three.

On the other hand, if the US had launched a preemptive strike, would China have been able to counterattack? Even if China had counterattacked, it would not have suffered as much damage as it has now, and it would not have split into three.

Since they had launched a preemptive strike, it was likely that China would have anticipated a counterattack and that all key command posts would have evacuated, and since the attack was planned in advance, the damage from the cannibalism epidemic or mutant virus outbreak would have been significantly reduced.

‘After all, the answer is to strike first.’

If there had been no Chinese nuclear attack, Maru would still be rolling around as a mercenary for the Department of Homeland Security, and Virginia Langley would be quietly working overseas.

The aftermath of a preemptive strike, a nuclear attack, had reached this point. Kim Yang knew it.

‘No matter how much I think about it, I have to kill him first.’

If you kill first, there will be no aftereffects. Whether it was company to company or organization to organization, the one who destroys the enemy first was bound to win.

Cold War between the Soviet Union and the United States? At that time, the other side could respond the moment a ballistic missile was launched, so they protected each other, but that is not the case now.

What if the Southern Alliance, which has a psychic generator as seen in the simulation, strikes first against the Holy Kingdom? What would be the point of going on a rampage and seeking revenge after the Holy Kingdom falls?

huh.

Kim Yang was convinced. After the ruin, what good would a great seat be and what good would the gold he had accumulated be?

huh.

Above all, don’t we have the Tsar Bomba-class hydrogen bomb now? The season was good. The bitter winter. An environment where the enemy’s movements were restricted.

Move to the new airship. Rain down fire on the major cities with hydrogen bombs and napalm, then deploy ground forces and slaughter all the cannibalistic and vampire bastards. The game is over.

“After wiping out the major cities with a preemptive strike of hydrogen bombs, we burn down the small villages that survive with a large-scale napalm bombing. If we send in ground troops and wipe them out, we win.”

Kim Yang’s voice, full of confidence in victory, rang out.

“Are you crazy?”

The hood shouted in protest.

“Unit 2. Do you want to die?”

Kim Yang’s eyes became cold and sank.

“Should we launch a preemptive strike with a hydrogen bomb? Are you saying we should kill all the civilians? When we dropped nuclear weapons on Japan in World War II, we warned them to evacuate. So you’re saying we should just launch a surprise attack with a hydrogen bomb? What are you thinking?”

“In war, it is natural to attack the enemy’s supply lines.”

“You think killing civilians with hydrogen bombs is a way to spread the virus?”

“What do you little monsters eat? Aren’t they humans? If that’s not food, then what is food? If you burn food, won’t they starve to death or freeze to death?”

To Kim Yang, America was just an American empire. A country built with the blood of other people was an American empire, and those in the Confederacy were just monsters in lunch boxes anyway, right?

In war, supply attacks were a given. To the monsters of the Confederacy, supply was human nature. What’s wrong with erasing that and starting over?

Kim Yang really thought so. Hood said with a tired expression at that natural answer.

“This is crazy.”

But to Hood Xenia Roden, who was born an American, the people in the Confederacy were just regular Americans, ordinary citizens who needed to be saved from cannibals and vampires.

But you’re going to drop a hydrogen bomb by surprise without warning, let alone rescue? And on top of that, you’re going to burn the surviving areas with napalm?

Is she a demon? A psychopath? At first, I thought she was a crazy woman, but now that I’ve heard the story, I’m sure of it.

“I am against the indiscriminate use of hydrogen bombs. I think it is an unacceptable idea and an unacceptable act to kill all civilians in the Confederacy by treating them as supplies.”

Hood and Kim Yang’s gazes met in midair.

The first to agree with Hood’s argument was a nurse.

The nurse who started with ‘eh-‘ seemed to have had an educational trauma from the nuclear attack. She opposed the napalm bombing that suggested burning everything down, as it reminded her of the Tokyo air raid.

PD agreed that the Confederacy should be judged for its straying from the human path, but he believed that it would be better to judge it after giving it a chance to repent.

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Ki-sun was careful with her words.

‘That Maru guy is definitely thinking of a preemptive strike.’

Otherwise, they wouldn’t have checked the remaining hydrogen bombs in the first place. The reason they held the emergency meeting now was clearly to check people’s reactions.

‘Hood is right. Even if we win by launching a preemptive strike, the remaining states, including the Empire, will all become hostile to the Holy Kingdom.’

Since they launched a preemptive strike without any prior warning, we should consider normal relations to be over.

‘Is it because of its unique feeling?’

If Maru’s unique intuition was working, a preemptive strike against the Southern Alliance might be the only way for the Holy Kingdom to survive.

Wars that lose their justification and morality are bound to be difficult. What is the difference between the Iraq War and the Ukraine War?

Ki-soon shook his head as he recalled the justifications the US had for invading Iraq, the justifications Russia had for invading Ukraine, and the world’s reaction.

‘It can’t be compared to now.’

Although he largely agreed with Hood’s words, Ki-sun remained silent. He decided to support Maru’s choice.

The Holy Kingdom was literally a kingdom.

A system in which the kingdom’s policies are determined by the king’s decision. However, there were few cases in which Maru interfered with or forced the administration. When he did intervene, it was always for a good reason.

‘We need a concrete result or method to change Maru’s mind.’

There had to be a definite result or method.

If you could give the Confederacy a way to win completely by warning them of a nuclear attack, or if you could come up with a way to win overwhelmingly while rescuing the civilian population, Maru would follow it.

Ki-soon sent a text message so that only Hood, the PD, and the nurse could see it. The faces of the three people who read Ki-soon’s text darkened.

After a brief exchange of opinions, Maru, who had been watching quietly, spoke up.

“I believe that the King of the Holy Kingdom must protect the citizens of the Holy Kingdom.”

A low, muffled voice.

“If ten people from another country must be killed to save one person from the Holy Kingdom, then I think that ten people should be killed.”

There was something irresistible mixed in the voice that was filled with a slight murderous intent.

“A person who will do anything to protect the Holy Kingdom and its citizens. I believe that he should be the King of the Holy Kingdom.”

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The air feels heavy and oppressive.

“And now the Empire, the Confederacy, the EU, and the Mexican Union are all united to threaten the Holy Kingdom.”

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The Confederate psychic generator was a dangerous weapon. They were already preparing to use it to cause a sexual outburst when they used the beauties.

The Confederates were now openly saying that they could control small mammals. How could they possibly be so sure that they had no technology to control large mammals?

Even if it doesn’t exist right now, how long before we can develop the technology to control large mammals? After all, these guys have already created a psychic terror device that stimulates human desires.

“As confirmed by the simulation, leaving the Confederacy as it is will lead to a situation that threatens the safety and survival of the Holy Kingdom. In order to ensure the safety and survival of the Holy Kingdom, we have decided to launch a preemptive strike against the Confederacy.”

As soon as Maru made his declaration, the heavy air seemed to burst into flames.

Kim Yang’s eyes sparkled as if to say, “That’s right. As expected, the highest dignity.” The PD had a regretful expression, and Hood lowered his head and remained silent.

Preparations for war began with the nurse clasping her hands together and letting out a sigh.

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Artificial intelligence Diana has organized the inventory situation.

[There are four hydrogen bombs left. There are 23,900 tons of napalm in stock.]

Hydrogen bombs could be produced at a rate of about three bombs per ten days. Nine bombs could be produced per month, or at most ten. In the case of napalm, 20,000 to 25,000 tons could be produced per month.

Ki-sun’s forehead wrinkled as he checked the inventory.

[Is this possible? Wouldn’t it be better to start the war a few months later, at least a month later?]

They say they had four hydrogen bombs, but considering that it took five per city to obliterate London and Paris, it was not enough.

“The longer you delay, the more dangerous it becomes. That’s my feeling.”

Maru’s decision was swift. He loaded the new airship with bombs, including hydrogen bombs and napalm, and set off for Texas.

“It’s hard for them to move right away in temperatures of minus 40 to minus 50 degrees. We need to attack now to take away their mobility.”

[What if the Empire provides us with new airships? What if they use special forces to carry out guerrilla operations? We’ll fight back with nukes and nuclear backpacks.]

“That’s why we strike first. We have to destroy their main production facility in four directions, and then use napalm to force the cannibals to consume us.”

After being hit by hydrogen bombs and napalm, most civilians within range will die. Those who survive will be cannibals or vampires.

The wounded cannibals and vampires will have to consume humans to heal their wounds, so the survivors will learn the true nature of cannibals and vampires.

It would be difficult to maintain security in a situation where a hydrogen bomb explodes and there is a sea of ​​fire all around. Ki-sun shook his head after hearing Maru’s explanation.

“If this preemptive strike works, we’ll be fine for at least a month.”

The Confederacy was a confederation of seven states: Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Alabama.

Originally, it would have been around 50 million, but the current estimate is around 35 to 40 million. The state with the largest population is Texas.

Maru chose to focus his preemptive strike on Texas, dumping all four hydrogen bombs and over 20,000 tons of napalm on the country.

The area of ​​Korea is 100,000km2, while the area of ​​Texas is 695,000km2. In fact, it is almost 7 times the area. Even if it was a Tsar Bomba-class hydrogen bomb, it would be difficult to completely neutralize it with just 4 bombs.

Maru decided to fire three shots at the city, where cannibals and vampires were believed to gather, and one shot would be a high-altitude explosion to create an EMP.

[EMP?]

“okay.”

The bio-psychic generator wasn’t made entirely of living tissue. Naturally, it had to have various electronic components. That meant it was affected by EMP (electromagnetic pulse).

“What are the simulation results?”

The artificial intelligence Diana immediately answered Maru’s question.

[Operational simulation results. Electrical and electronic products and related equipment and facilities currently operating in Texas. It was confirmed that more than 98.97% of them are failing.]

“Okay. Let’s simulate where napalm bombing would be best. I’ll post the results as soon as I get them.”

[Optimization simulation starts.]

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Ki-sun had nothing to say to Maru’s class, who sent off the airship carrying the bomb first and was running a strategy simulation.

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New York. Governor’s Residence.

Director Dan Brown, standing in front of the biocommunicator, thought back to the negotiations that had taken place during the night.

‘Let’s exterminate all the rats in the New York underground as quickly as possible, and then get rid of all the rats in the surrounding areas as well.’

A proposal to eliminate misfortune by driving out all mice and rats without distinction.

‘Don’t you know that the rats consider the Holy Kingdom a strategic asset? They should take away its power while they can.’

It wasn’t a bad offer in the sense that it meant he wouldn’t be dragged around by the Holy Kingdom, but Dan Brown had concerns for several reasons.

‘If we do as Joseph Meyer says, we will kill even the field mice of the Holy Kingdom.’

Unlike crows and wolves, the Holy Kingdom did not grant any special rights to mice, but it was true that the mice were moving according to the Holy Kingdom’s orders.

Killing the field mice that saved New York along with the rats in order to exterminate them was no different from openly declaring that you would turn against them.

The problem was that even though the Confederate Joseph Myers’ plan was obvious, it was difficult to refuse, because most of the Imperial leadership was already insisting on splitting with the Holy Kingdom.

‘It’s difficult. Even if I had to give up, it’s not now.’

It would take at least a year, whether through armed conflict or military pressure.

[Your Excellency the Governor. The rats are leaving.]

“Have you checked? Are you sure?”

[Okay. I’ll upload the video.]

Dan Brown’s CCTV footage showed rats emerging from the underground of New York City and moving northward up the Hudson River. There was something ominous about the sight of the rats leaving, tail to tail.

[Your Majesty, the Holy Kingdom Embassy is withdrawing. The trading post has also been closed.]

“······what?”

The ominousness was becoming reality.