Rust - Chapter 745



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RUST -745

The first expedition force could carry no more than 3,000 people, of which 2,000 were active-duty and reserve soldiers in their 20s and 30s.

They have six very large airships and even a separate supply airship, so they could probably carry three to four times that number, but the remaining space is for crows and magpies, so 3,000 is the limit.

Ms. Kim wanted to limit the number of soldiers and fill the remaining TO (table of organization) positions with young women.

“Are there really no women who fit your criteria?”

[Yes, it is difficult.]

“What’s the reason? Is it because of the metropolitan area, the big city, or something?”

[There are literally only a handful of young women around here.]

A slight wrinkle formed between Kim Yang’s eyebrows.

However, it is rejected to say that he would go around big cities or metropolitan areas to look for women. If women had flocked to big cities, there would have been no way.

Although the expedition force’s firepower was formidable, there was no guarantee that it could handle the Korean army, which had conscripted over 2 million to 3 million soldiers.

Even if the Holy Kingdom’s weapon system was superior, it would have been difficult to ignore the Korean military in Korea. This was especially true since they would have been churning out weapons in the aftermath of the war with China.

“Aren’t there any female soldiers? Isn’t there any information about female soldiers among the information that the cannibal major has?”

[There is a special force comprised of women, but it is located in the metropolitan area.]

“Aren’t there any special forces or regular female military units that aren’t connected to the metropolitan area?”

[No. As of now, there is no information that only women were recruited or conscripted to create a general unit. To be precise, there were recruitments for officers, warrant officers, and non-commissioned officers, but there were no cases of recruitment or conscription as private soldiers.]

So, what Kim Yang is saying is that there is no such thing as a regular unit comprised only of women.

“No. You’re saying there’s a shortage of troops right now? Even in the Russo-Ukrainian War, there were female regular soldiers recruited, but in Korea, which fought China, there are no female soldiers? Are you sure about that?”

The adjutant explained in detail to Ms. Kim, who had an expression on her face like, ‘What the heck are you talking about?’

[Yes. After checking, I found that instead of conscripting women as a way to increase the number of soldiers, they are trying to increase the military service period for both active and reserve soldiers by up to 10 years.]

“10 years? Didn’t you say you’d postpone your discharge? But you’re saying you’ll do the basic 10 years?”

Kim Yang was surprised by the length of service she had heard about somewhere.

[There is information that the North Korean military’s service period is 10 years, and they are trying to extend it to at least 10 years under the pretext of preparing for a North Korean invasion and preventing the activities of monsters.]

“?”

Didn’t you say that North Korea was half-ruined? And that you built a defensive line centered around the big cities and the metropolitan area?

[It seems that they think that by raising the upper age limit for conscription while conscripting reservists, they can sufficiently increase the number of troops that are in short supply.]

“Is the Korean government crazy? The war with China, the bloodshed with the refugees, the monster rampage and suppression, the mutant virus outbreak, the military is quite exhausted. If they keep recruiting like that, the marriageable age sex ratio will collapse.”

[It is said that the controversy was averted by raising the marriageable age from 18 to 49.]

“······.”

[They say there will be no conscription of women, perhaps because they judged it more effective to conscript reservists into active duty until the age of 39 rather than conscripting and training women.]

“If what they say is true, there is a danger of North Korea invading the South and the number of monsters is increasing, so how can they say there are no plans to conscript women? And the marriageable age is 49?”

Kim Yang couldn’t understand. Wasn’t this an era where you could fight if you had the strength to pull the trigger? Director Yoo was like that, and so was he.

When I was working at the company, more than half of the people in the field work group were women. I guess it’s because women are good at making the work target let their guard down.

It’s not that women can’t fight, and it’s not that women can’t kill. They don’t have a plan. It’s amazing that Korea is able to hold on and maintain its national form, even though it’s not a honeymoon country like the US and doesn’t have gun freedom.

The adjutant further explained what he thought of Ms. Kim’s silence.

[Even during the Korean War, Korea was pushed back to the Nakdong River defense line, but it was a country that drafted underage student soldiers and never conscripted women. If you are thinking of visiting a women’s unit and making an immigration proposal, it seems difficult.]

“······.”

Ms. Kim looked like she was about to turn serious.

There is no answer to this, she decided.

As if reading Kim Yang’s blank expression, the adjutant suggested an alternative.

[There are a lot of Japanese refugees in Geoje and Busan. What about the young women among the Japanese refugees?]

Miss Kim glanced at the nurse.

An intense gaze swept over the nurse.

‘Even if it’s only 70% of Unit 1.’

The nurse turned her head slightly to avoid Ms. Kim’s blurry eyes.

“I’ll think about it.”

[All right.]

Ms. Kim couldn’t understand why there was no conscription for women.

“Are you crazy?”

The Black Drake’s assistant AI answered.

[This seems like a very realistic and effective response.]

“what?”

[After looking into the information, I found that the Korean military was a great resource that could be mobilized anytime, anywhere, for any purpose.]

Kim Yang blinked at the enthusiastic response of the assistant AI.

[Housework assistance, delivery driving, night cleaning, farm support, landslide and flood damage earthquake recovery work, sewer cleaning, weed removal, road maintenance, missing person search, forest fire fighting, large-scale polluted area cleanup, totems for bathing, etc… The Korean military is an excellent human resource that can be used in almost any field. Using the Korean military to farm and do construction is a natural and reasonable way to use manpower.]

Assistant AI. Are you crazy?

“Are you crazy?”

[It seems like a very reasonable calculation result. The Korean economy is currently virtually paralyzed. The military industry and related items accounted for most of the exports, and even this was halted when Incheon and Busan ports were paralyzed.]

“······.”

[In this situation, how can we simultaneously control the explosively increasing unemployment rate among those in their 20s and 30s, secure agricultural productivity, and fill the manpower to maintain infrastructure? There is no more effective way than conscripting men and returning them to work, as is customary in Korea.]

Kim Yang gaped at the assistant AI’s explanation.

“Women won’t be unemployed? What if the army that was farming rebels?”

Looking back, the unit in charge of the Changwon blockade was very poorly armed. It didn’t have any proper heavy weapons, and it didn’t have any armored units or artillery units.

Even the Chinese kids didn’t have special bullets to catch monsters. So, this unit was really only for farming and construction purposes, aside from dealing with civilians fleeing from Busan to Changwon.

oh my god.

Was that so?

Since there were no armored units or artillery, even if the soldiers who were rolling around rebelled, it was easy to suppress them.

“Still, that’s true···.”

[As a result of analyzing various data, even if they were engaged in farming or construction, they held on with the thought that their efforts would somehow be returned to their families.]

The same was true for the soldiers who joined the Holy Kingdom. Kim Yang was shocked to hear that many of them had joined with the expectation that they would be able to call their families to the Holy Kingdom later when the situation improved.

Isn’t that what parental love is?

The idea is to raise them appropriately and then sell them.

That is the essence of the word parental love.

That’s what she experienced.

If parents really loved their children, they wouldn’t have let the Korean government conscript them into the military and treat them like they are doing now, with people talking about serving three or ten years.

In a situation where society was already in chaos and full of the apocalyptic atmosphere, the fact that she was just watching the privileged class openly plucking out diehards was proof, no matter how you looked at it, that her thoughts were right.

huh.

That’s why, rather than saying they’re family or something, the relationship between Maru and I, who are tied together by a debt of life, is more trustworthy.

A swamp called family.

A dealer named Parents.

It wasn’t for nothing that they called it a family-like company.

Wasn’t that true?

At least that was her experience in North Korea, China, and South Korea.

“Eeeeeeeee. Your family is a dealer? Do they sell you out?”

The nurse was startled by Kim Yang’s thoughts.

“Am I wrong? To be honest and blunt, isn’t that what modern society is like? Parents see their children as money, and children see their parents as money.”

Isn’t this a system where family sells out family while claiming to be family?

The nurse looked at Ms. Kim with a somewhat pitiful look.

“Tss- pull out the ink-”

“Oh, no. That’s not it.”

The nurse simply hugged Miss Kim tightly rather than saying anything. The rich, bouncy warmth enveloped Miss Kim’s face.

“No, it’s not like that. Really.”

“Unit 1. Aren’t you going to let this go?”

I can’t breathe, you bitch.

“That’s not true. I’ll just stay like this for a moment.”

“Ah- Okay, I get it. Phew. Let go.”

But the nurse was firm.

“Family. It’s a happy thing.”

“······.”

“Nobody is exploiting or selling anyone out.”

“······.”

“It’s not that the husband exploits the wife or the wife sells out her husband.”

“support-”

Kim Yang’s two struggling arms repeatedly moved towards the pistol grip and knife and then back down.

“Parents love their children.”

“G-Girarup—”

“I don’t know how you’ve lived all these years, but I know for sure. Trusting and relying on each other is what makes a family.”

“Kuhh. Get this out of the way-”

“If you think about it, we’re like family.”

“What··· What-”

“Don’t you believe in Him? Don’t you love Him? I believe in Him, love Him, and rely on Him. Don’t you?”

“support···.”

“I think he thinks so too. He thinks of us as family.”

This year···.

What are you talking about···.

Kim Yang’s consciousness faded and he instinctively pulled out his gun, but the trigger did not pull.

The nurse’s surprise bounce facial burial technique was amazing.

“Eeeeeeeeeee!!! Come to your senses! Aaaah!!!”

Miss Kim almost became kind.

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The only thing you could trust was gold.

A small silver ring.

The gold ring came to mind clearly.

It was a silver ring, but it had meaning because it was gold.

Gold and silver were accepted regardless of nationality and could be guaranteed as value anywhere.

Unchanging values.

An asset that does not change.

Unchanging faith.

I could love because it didn’t change. I could trust it. It had meaning.

That was it.

‘family.’

And the face that came to mind.

The expression on the face of the drugged, haggard woman was…

“A. Family-like···.”

Miss Kim jumped out of bed and instinctively put her hand on her waist.

The gun was not caught.

?

The last memory I had before losing consciousness came to mind as I saw myself being changed into a hospital gown.

It felt like I was buried in fluffy rice cakes. It was chewy yet fluffy, fluffy yet somehow physiologically uncomfortable.

“Ah. Are you awake?”

“Unit 1···. Cho-ok-ok-”

Before the six-character text could be released, the nurse hugged Ms. Kim tightly.

Ugh, ugh, ugh-

The nurse immediately released the hand she had been holding.

Jaw- Jaw-

The nurse, who received a look of disgust from Ms. Kim, knelt down obediently, raised both hands, and spoke.

“I was wrong. But real family is good.”

This is fucking crazy.

You have such a great family, why didn’t you find your family?

Even when I was in Japan and when I came to America, I didn’t look for my family in Japan. Miss Kim couldn’t help but say that, but she kept her mouth shut.

If her family had died, that would have been bitter in its own right, and if she had given up on them, there was no point in scratching it.

‘to be honest.’

I don’t know about anything else, but I actually wondered what it would have been like if I had an older brother like Maru when Sansam was having a fit.

I also thought that maybe the desire to be next to her was because she wanted to maintain the current relationship for a long time.

If there is someone who can be called family in a good sense, not in a tribal sense, then the face of the greatest… or rather, the face of the highest dignity, comes to mind.

Kim Yang shook her head, clearing the image of Maru’s face from her mind.

‘Nurse, you’re talking nonsense.’

Kim Yang’s gaze turned to the nurse who was quietly raising her arms, then to the ceiling.

Somehow, I remembered the time when I voluntarily knelt down in front of the veranda and raised both arms.

Did Maru, who was looking at me at that time, feel this way?

Something. Something.

A tingling feeling.

Eh.

“Unit 1. Put your arms down.”

Let’s just let it go this time, but try to crawl up like a family member, saying things like “family” or something. I’ll show you exactly what it means to be like a family member.

Hehehehe

Miss Kim turned her head when she saw the nurse laughing brightly.

‘Should I just catch it now?’

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The crows of the Holy Kingdom rolled and rolled the crows of Changwon.

A few who couldn’t stand it tried to escape along the way, but were shot dead on the spot by drones.

Literally forced indoctrination of manners.

There was information that I learned through such a bloody educational process. The crows of Changwon and Ulsan were in a competitive relationship, and the power of the crows of Ulsan was three times greater than that of the crows of Changwon.

“If it’s three times that, it’s over 210,000.”

[Yes.]

“That’s strange. If the power gap is three times, isn’t competition impossible?”

[They say they are concentrating anti-aircraft firepower around Ulsan to prevent the crows from moving out of Ulsan.]

Huh-

It has enough anti-aircraft firepower to suppress a flock of over 210,000 crows.

Huh-

As expected, the Korean military also had a plan.

[It is said that while crows outside are not prevented from moving towards Ulsan, they are thoroughly prevented from leaving Ulsan.]

okay?

Miss Kim tilted her head and made a decision.