The Little Prince in the Ossuary

End of April # 2

At the same time, Winter decided that the Ministry of Defense had made the best decision.

It is a high risk to send civilians into military operations, but we must consider the lives we can save. With this decision, perhaps thousands or tens of thousands more can survive. You have to be in control that well.

There can't be a single Ministry of Defense. The president seemed to have given up half his political life. I'm worried about the November presidential election. The panicked Americans may have made extreme choices.

“How bad is it? ”

For the first time in the winter, the smile of the old man fades.

“I don't know the details either. But the story goes that hundreds of thousands are waiting for structure and supply in the Sierra Nevada Mountains and hundreds of thousands more in the central plains. Our pilots are focused on that. The truth is, even if there aren't any zombies around, they won't be able to land lightly. Sometimes the survivors are more dangerous than the plague. ”

“Of course. They've all lost their minds. ”

The Sierra Nevada Mountains are up to 100 kilometers wide in the east and west. The peak was rough terrain, over 4,000 metres above sea level. If hundreds of thousands of American soldiers and more variants were mixed here, the chaos would be hard to come by.

Now, the temporary troops in the winter had to say it was great just to keep calm somehow.

“I'm used to it. Even in that shithole in Vietnam. There were a lot of comrades who screamed that they couldn't burn any more. Once, an upside-down platoon commander put a gun to my head and threatened to blackmail me. But I can't say he's not nice. ”

The old man laughs as he talks like this. An airman who would have fought his allies on earth and pierced the enemy's saturation in the sky. The frequent laughter of people who had a hard life was also an effort to protect their minds.

“The lieutenant's men are all here? ”

“No, I've just been scouting this side for airplanes to pass on a regular basis. The base has 170 officers and soldiers, 11 others, and a total of 181. ”

“Ha! The largest group of survivors I've ever found! Where are they now? ”

“A Node has been set up just south of Point Reyes Station. ”

“Where is it? Let me see the map for a second! ”

The old man gestures at the cockpit. It meant to point out in the navigation system. Luke is surprised that he knows where the main outpost is so close to the shoreline.

“This could be enough to send a rescue party from the Navy. If I go back and give the lieutenant the news of his survival, he'll turn the White House upside down. The helicopter will be here before sundown. Your airspace is forbidden, but for whatever reason, it will be ignored. Haha!”

In the words of the veteran, winter made a bitter smile.

“Well, it's going to be hard. ”

“Hmm?"

“Have you ever felt limited in search and rescue activity in the sky? ”

“Aha. I see. You're going to need an army to move from the ground, is that it? ”

“Very likely. We may be the only ones in this area that have some sort of command system. You deserve greed from command. ”

It was winter, but it wasn't just that.

The White House will want to use war hero survival as a political event. Winter thinks that just returning alive is not enough. While the lives of countless troops are still unclear, a winter lieutenant has been reborn! Let's all celebrate! I can't say.

A noble death could have been better. To bring back opinions that would have boiled from Yang Yong-bin's nuclear attack. Of course, surviving to the end is best for either side. Even if we don't evacuate immediately, supplies support was the winter that wanted to be dropped first.

As long as we don't know the atmosphere to the east of the blockade, we're still just guessing. However, such development was not bad if the purpose of the world view was to survive.

The breach of the blockade line will be top priority for the mutants, so it won't come back this way in large. In a sense, it could be an activity behind the front. It's worth a shot if you have enough ammo.

The old man nods.

“I have a point. The High Septon will be very different in the minds of people like us. By the way, let's settle the rendezvous point. You forgot something important. ”

Rendezvous points refer to the rendezvous point, which will initially become Olema's main node, but should have been assigned a second or third location in case you were to abandon it. Winter's familiarity with the surrounding terrain has left three or four locations in succession. He also entered the coordinates in his tactical PDA. He asks.

“Was there anything special around you? Other survivors... ”

“Not today. ”

In the meantime, the radio noise was getting stronger. It uses biopropagation like a radar, and it seems to be approaching the airspace where the plane disappeared. Thus, the answers given by old and young war heroes became more concise. Food is replenished by hunting. Equally.

Luke wrote down the details of Baker Corps as best he could in a small notebook. It would have been a great help in the judgment and reporting of the blockade command. and other supplies needed for the next supply.

Anything in particular you asked for was heavy machine gun ammunition. If the Humvee's firepower is restored, tactical options will increase greatly. He also requested grenades, anti-tank rockets and more.

Winter, which measured the distance from the source of the disturbance by Combat Sense and Crisis Detection, encouraged the elderly.

“I think you should go now. It looks like it's still a bit out of sight, but it's probably safer to keep it quiet. We need time to lose them. There's no guarantee that Trickster has one. Although not necessarily" Silent one ", there is a possibility of silence. ”

It was a cunning variant to understand the concept of radio silence.

“Oh, dear. What a pity. ”

The grumbling old man pulls out a book tucked into the side of the cockpit seat. It was surprisingly a few comic books. Give it to winter.

“This……. ”

“If you'll excuse me, I need your autograph! I was saving it for my grandson when I got back to Houston, but I met the protagonist today. ”

And then he laughs. Normal civilian pilots would play a game against growing noise, but it was a relaxing veteran and spectacle.

The comic book was not officially published. Winter, when Luke's understanding was sought, swiftly glances over. After many apocalypses, he had never opened his own comic book of heroes.

The main character looked and was only in the middle of winter. Blood and viscera were splattered from the first chapter of intense color, and about half of the pages were coated with intense sound effects and profanity. The winter boy in the painting roared.

"Haha! Plague is pestilence!

Today I beat Grumble to death! Tomorrow we'll smash the Trickster to bits! Amen! "

"Ah, Ghoul! Ghoul! Why are you just grilling? Is there no one worth killing more?

"Beta Grumbles! You're a coward to XX this XX! You peed on me!

"At the crossroads of San Miguel, I burned 10,000!

"Just kill Santa Maria! I'll kill you! With this gun of the Lord's grace!

“ ……. ”

So far, the work has been grossly exaggerated or distorted.

Members of the Winter Alliance also appeared: Yura was somehow a warrior in tiger hide and tank top, Min Wangi was an assassin with a dagger, and even in Port Roberts, Hanbyol, who was originally known as Miss Trigger Happy, or Trigger Witch, was not in human form.

"Why is it shining in my eyes? ’

But even in these crazy cartoons, the U.S. government's policy was put in place. In any case, it's the current regime's policy to use refugees as troop resources.

“I don't think it would be good for your grandson's education. ”

Luke was very pleased with his quick autograph and return.

“I'd rather be ridiculed than eaten by fear of just growing up! A Texan man's got to have a horn! Thanks anyway! Your grandson is a big fan of the lieutenant! ”

The old man asked for a handshake before he left. The tight-knit hand is hot and strong.

“Though times may differ, we are brothers! God bless you! Be safe! For you! For those who care about you! And for this great country! ”

It wasn't just winter. Give thanks and encouragement to each of the guards guarding the perimeter. He complained with a smile that the radio was giggling loudly.

The light airplane was started the whole time. The propeller gives off a deep thrust as he shouts. He climbed up and down the ramp, which was backwards when he landed, and then sped up and flew about 300 meters. Despite the uneven ground, it was only a short tilt after takeoff.

A whirling gas bends in the wrong direction. Trickster.

“Let's go back the way we came. because they know what it means to land a plane. ”

The soldiers took Winter's instructions with a sad, sad, dark face.

But the ammo box in the truck was a great hope. After several days of exhausting the remaining placenta of live ammunition, each squad stepped forward to rescue survivors. Captain Langford's stress loss has accelerated. I lost weight and wrinkles increased. He looked like he was useless, and I often saw him pressing on his stomach since his stomach was sore. It was the pity of a man who was responsible for over a hundred lives.

Since there was no live ammunition, the soldiers complained of severe insomnia and dyspepsia after using it in the working order. It makes officers' eyes glaze over.

After today, the atmosphere will be completely new.

Human life also needed hope. Expect a better tomorrow than today. That joy is rare if your efforts help you.

You hear Grumbling's roar from afar.

‘Now it's coming. ’

Even if the vast majority of the factions are surrounded by blockades, the number of monsters chasing them may not be small, as the size of the scattered survivors is large. The evidence was that the Baker squadron was running out of ammo faster and faster. Despite winter's actions, I used more than a thousand rounds of live ammunition in seven large and small engagements during yesterday's day.

The most alarming situation was encountering special variants, especially Grumble, before the significant firepower was reinforced. A time battle between man and beast. Now that not even a grenade is left, the entire squadron would have to evade if Grumble appeared. Or the cavalry could step up, speed it up, draw it to the other side. We hope for additional supplies to be made quickly.

‘If you have to fight and kill before then, there's no way...' ’

All the way back, winter settled for a giant monster's weakness.

I think a reinforced species is better than a normal Grumble if I have to deal with it. It is physically resistant as the rank of enhancement increases, but it is also due to the thickening of the rigid sheath. The folding of the joint reveals the inner bar due to a split surface.

In other words, it may be powerful in group warfare, but it may be more vulnerable in individual tangles than before it was strengthened.

Of course, to target its weaknesses, you have to reach a deadly distance.

There's got to be a better way.

Assuming such an inevitable battle was always a habit of preparing for the worst. I have enough time to think about it as a place to run the familiar path. As the critical node approaches, the spring sun breaks through the lake to the side. A group of decent alpacas were still guarding the realm.

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# Holidays

It's been a long holiday. How are you?

As Naver did not accept the manuscript, it was unavoidably postponed.

Which means there's no such thing as holidays for writers.

Ugh... My hands are shaking.