Rust - Chapter 736



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RUST -736

It was surprising to hear that the Southern Chinese theater had taken over Taiwan and Okinawa, but it was even more surprising to hear that they had sent a message threatening to attack the expedition team’s airship.

‘There must have been a communication failure, but you managed to get through it?’

Now that I think about it, it was Maru who came to mind, the terminal that the Northern Front Special Forces had.

‘I thought communication technology was a technology from the northern light bulb···.’

At that time, Japan was an area where communications were impossible. Even in that situation, text and photo communications were possible using the terminals that Chinese special forces had.

Since it was used extensively before a new communication network was built using that technology, it was assumed that it would be used roughly like that, and it was also being used by the southern warlords.

‘Could it really be that they intentionally split the country into seven Chinas?’

If the goal of the Northern and Southern warlords was to reunify China into one, they would not have shared communications technology that could have multiplied their power in the current situation where communications failures are so severe.

‘Or maybe the Northern technology was stolen by Southern spies.’

If the intelligence warfare was that strong, they couldn’t just leave the old Chinese spies scattered in other countries alone. If they had contact with spies in Canada and the United States, whether it was the North or the South, they would know that if they touched the not-so-small(?) Holy Kingdom, they would be met with bloodshed…

If they had known that they had planted hydrogen bombs in the Confederacy and blown up London, England and Paris, France, they would not have immediately threatened to land.

‘Are you confident?’

Then what is your confidence? The biggest confidence would be nuclear submarines. Now that the US 7th Fleet and Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force have disappeared, you can roam the deep seas to your heart’s content.

“They say they belong to the Holy Kingdom… and that they will counterattack if you attack them.”

[At first, they said it was from the Holy Kingdom, but I didn’t believe it.]

“Believe it or not. Just pass by and if they attack, push them away.”

[Can we use hydrogen bombs?]

“That’s for emergencies. You don’t need it right now. There’s a small one, right? A small one. You can use that.”

[Okay.]

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The expedition led by Kim Yang received a clear answer that they could counterattack, and ignored the southern warlord’s warnings and continued on their way.

“Stay on course.”

[They say they will launch if it doesn’t land.]

“If you want to shoot, shoot. Have you finished identifying the location?”

[···Yes. We found a mobile missile launcher in Taiwan.]

“What kind?”

[Confirmed to be HQ-9 series.]

If it was a Hongqi-9 series, it was a surface-to-air missile (SAM).

‘Huh- I guess it’s not just a joke?’

Currently, Kim Yang’s expedition team was moving at an altitude of 8 to 9 kilometers.

“Increase altitude. Up to 12km.”

[Maintain course. All fleets ascend.]

Instead of landing, they gained altitude and actually fired missiles in the southern theater.

Beep-

A warning sound rang out on the bridge, indicating that they had been targeted by a missile.

[Launch confirmed from mobile missile launcher!]

[It’s a missile! We fired a missile!]

A missile flying at a speed of Mach 4.5.

[6.5 seconds to impact]

“Drone deployment.”

[Deploy all fleet drones!]

[Drone deployment complete!]

Thousands of drones poured out like clouds in an instant. It took only about 5 seconds for them to form a formation that seemed to be layered on top of each other.

Doo doo doo doo doo doo-

The surface-to-air missiles that soared into the sky were greeted by bullets fired by thousands of drones. The surface-to-air missiles that failed to penetrate the huge fire net were in vain erased.

“Clean up the area with a drone.”

[Old. Drone attack begins. Mokpo is under enemy air defense.]

Drones descended in an instant, like a giant swarm of bees. A crow that was watching them let out a long cry in front of Kim Yang.

Kaaaak? (We just wait?)

“What are you saying? Text it to me.”

The crow hit the dedicated keyboard with its beak.

[W. U. R. E. A. Q.?]

“Okay. Just stay there.”

Kaaaaaaah- Foodduck

The crow flapped its wings as if it was dissatisfied, but Ms. Kim was already focused on the battle footage.

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That’s how China’s division began.

The prevailing view is that the central government of China collapsed as each local military unit colluded with local governments and simultaneously staged a coup.

In fact, it wasn’t intended to be that way. Some forces in China, Japan, and the United States attempted to plan World War III and the subsequent order, but the result was a complete failure.

Their grand plan for the new world was shattered when the mutant virus got out of control and Japan, which was supposed to be a pivotal part of the grand scheme, was struck down early by a major disaster.

The plan failed, but China could not be stopped.

Because it had already reached its economic and political limit. If nothing was done, endless riots would occur and it would slowly wither away.

It wasn’t a situation where I could choose the means and methods.

By any means necessary, they had to start a war to reduce the aging population, demolish the trashy buildings that had sprung up like mushrooms, and channel their internal discontent outward.

So the next best option was a preemptive strike against the United States. Since the forces in the United States also agreed to China’s attack, a planned war began.

But this also ultimately went against expectations.

As expected, the US had to step up its attacks until it could suffocate China. China would also do everything it could to survive, splitting the world in two and leading to World War III.

But the world no longer had the capacity to start a war.

European countries had thrown most of their weapons into the Russian-Ukrainian war. What’s worse, conflicts with immigrants within each country were going beyond riots and into a state of quasi-war.

Here, a mutant virus outbreak that lost control swept over the world. People infected with the mutant virus went on a rampage with anger management issues or turned into zombies. A very small number of them became mutants and went around destroying public order.

It was impossible for the police to catch them, and even when the police special forces and the military joined forces to attack them, the damage was severe.

During the two to three years that humans were in chaos, mutated animals and insects were quietly growing in power in national parks, ecological conservation areas, and remote areas.

In the midst of the chaos of the world, the disappearance of an entire village in a remote area was not even covered in a single line of news.

And now, the southern military, which controlled more than 60 percent of the area south of the Yangtze River, was facing serious problems.

The food shortage was exactly that. There used to be a famous granary representing China around the Yangtze River, but it was all in ruins. This was because the dams in the upper reaches of the Yangtze River burst due to the heavy rain.

He blamed it on the poor management of the western warlords who controlled the Sichuan region, but the accident had already happened. It was a situation where it was more important to prevent an imminent uprising than to wage war against the western warlords.

If we could hold out for a few months, we could reduce the elderly population as much as we wanted, but it was difficult. What soldiers would follow orders if their parents were left to starve to death without any countermeasures?

At the very least, the military needed to show that it was doing what it could before mass starvation occurred.

“Damn it! That airship. Are you sure it’s an Australian airship?”

“You responded that it was a flying ship from the Holy Kingdom, but that’s not true. If it was you, it would have come from the east.”

“It definitely came from Australia, as it was heading north from the Philippines.”

Australia was a major food exporter. Even if there was a climate disaster, there would be food. We needed an agreement with Australia on food supply.

If it was difficult, I had to show the soldiers that I was trying to obtain food even if it meant going to war. So even if that airship was from the Holy Kingdom, the result would be the same.

There was information that the Holy Kingdom was a new nation that was created when the United States of America collapsed. So what? After all, isn’t it a country in North America?

Then, since there would be more food than China, which was immediately swept away by the flood, they should have demanded food. In the current situation, a fleet of flying ships that could fly in the sky would be valuable enough to be held in exchange for food.

“Whether that fleet comes from Australia or the Holy Kingdom, let’s land them first.”

“Huh? We’re increasing the altitude?”

The airship fleet, which had been maintaining an altitude of 8 km, suddenly began to increase its altitude. It was a fairly fast speed for an airship.

“Shoot down the lead airship.”

Then the rest will land.

“Aren’t you going to report to headquarters?”

“What happens in Taiwan is my concern.”

I didn’t even want to solve the food problem. I just wanted to show the soldiers that I had made a firm decision to get food.

“Missile launch. Target is the front line.”

“Target. The airship in the lead!”

“Missiles ready to launch!”

“firing.”

“Launch missiles!”

And they were forced to witness the surface-to-air missiles melting into something that swarmed them like bees.

“It’s a drone.”

“Is that a drone?”

Drones move like a living colony?

“The missile launcher is under attack!”

“Enemy movement. Attacking missile base.”

The drone that attacked the launch pad then swarmed a nearby missile base. The CCTV footage turned black as if a swarm of locusts had descended, and then the screen went black.

“Missile base silence.”

“They were all wiped out.”

“Bunker? What does a bunker do!”

“It seems like they were attacked and didn’t have time to take refuge in the bunker.”

What a fucking idiot.

“Enemy drones moving.”

“We are attacking missile bases and air defenses along the coastline.”

All military installations in the surrounding area began to be reduced to ashes.

“How on earth?”

How can a drone like that destroy a base?

“Communication with other bases has been lost.”

“The radar is dead.”

“Air defense system error.”

Communication cut off?

Electronic errors due to radar interference?

That’s like······.

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Abnormal weather events around the world have accelerated water and food shortages, and the aftermath of the US-China war has diminished America’s ability to maintain international order.

What followed was the beginning of an endless conflict. The country that built the dam upstream and the downstream countries that suddenly became water-scarce countries due to the dam entered into armed conflict.

Even in countries where peacekeeping forces were supposed to maintain public order, the situation has worsened. Whether it be peacekeeping forces or naval forces, there was no answer when supplies from the home country were cut off.

So, where the peacekeeping force left, there was nothing left but looting, killing, and war.

Africa is collapsing, Europe is slowly falling apart, and the hunched-over Southeast Asian countries are starting to let go of the grudges they have built up over the years.

As Thailand and Cambodia joined forces to resist pressure from Vietnam, Indonesia, Malaysia and Australia became entangled, and Myanmar, Laos and Vietnam began to clash with China.

In this situation, when the plan to push forward the New World through war with the United States failed, the next plan was immediately implemented. It was decided to split into seven.

That was the plan. Reduce the aging population, avoid responsibility for the war, secure competitiveness, and then reunite. But it started to feel like everyone was bossing everyone else around.

They decided to bomb 100 million excess and substandard apartments, but then they bombed good apartments.

They decided to attack places where the elderly population was concentrated, such as factories that captured young people called Tangping and sent them to reeducate through labor.

The attempt to restrain the other side from growing gradually turned into a real civil war. This happened because no one wanted to give up the opportunity to become the leader of a unified China.

The seven Chinese commanding officers were cannibals, just like the Confederate States of America. To be unified and subordinate to someone meant to be a subordinate entity, and that meant the loss of the power that was there.

‘What is restraint?’

‘They’re only going to look after their own faction anyway.’

‘America has collapsed and India has also fallen. So is there really a need for unification?’

‘You have to develop your dominance. If you develop your dominance, you can dominate even without war.’

To increase your dominance, you had to grind a lot of people, and to hide the grinding, you had to engage in endless skirmishes.

Kwaaaaang!

An unrealistic sight of a small can falling from a drone blowing up an area 300-400 meters in radius.

Doo doo doo doo doo!

A constant barrage of bullets rained down from drones the size of delivery boxes.

An engagement was needed, but this wasn’t the kind of engagement we wanted.

“Commander, to the bunker—.”

The subordinate who was leading the way was instantly turned into a beehive. The commander, who survived the bullet that pierced his subordinate but was able to recover from the wounds thanks to the vitality unique to superior entities, chewed on his subordinate’s heart and intestines.

The commander’s nerves became sensitive to the drone’s buzzing, like the buzzing of a wasp. The sound that had been ringing in his ears as he held his breath and pressed against the wall began to gradually disappear into the sky.

‘Did you go?’

The moment I raised my head, five or six cans fell.

What the fuck!

Small mushroom clouds rose one after another.