The Little Prince in the Ossuary

# Sacramento (3)

The meeting was completed 3 minutes later than the scheduled time. Due to the large number of attendees, those who came later were short of seating. Some of them were ranked higher than winter.

“Oh, please don't mind. ”

To the winter when he was about to give up his seat, the first Commander was troubled by shaking his hands.

“Listen up. ”

Warden Rogers calls for silence.

“Let the briefing begin. ”

It must have been a long time since I saw many commanders like winter, and I didn't even say hello. The room was darkened and aerial imagery of the city was projected on the frontal screen.

“Our joint task force's task force is located in the heart of Sacramento, north of the American River coast, along Route 99 through the city, and once we have 13 bridges and campuses in the city's eastern state universities, our role is complete. ”

The red dot of the laser pointer circles around a certain point.

“The 75th regiment currently deployed in heliborne (helicopter transport) has fortified Nodes in the city. Therefore, the first phase of the operation is to secure transportation routes across the river to the Node and acquire the Node from Regiment 75. The Transportation Guard plans to deploy the Keeper Mission, the 240 Troops, and the Special Heavy Equipment Battalion. ”

Winter quickly searched through the documents. The chariots that will be left behind have been coated with acid-resistant coatings. This means that it is completely immune to the explosion of an acidic baby. This was an ability that even winter's commanded armored cars were not equipped yet. Although the winter mission unit was recently serviced by units, it lacked acid-resistant paint supplies across the front lines.

The special heavy equipment the general mentioned should have been at the site of the Bondi Construction.

Winter reminded me of a Defense Department spokesman who introduced a blockade line while looking at a list of heavy equipment that had been upgraded to the Civil War specifications.

What will they do if X is big and X is strong?

This is exactly what the stoppers looked like.

As the Supreme Commander of the coalition task force, Warden Rogers has assigned a route to each of his missions. In winter, they were instructed to seize California State Parliament with reinforced troops.

The warden paid attention to the winter when he raised his hand.

“Any questions? ”

“Yes. You mentioned reinforced troops, how specific? ”

It wasn't in the file. Congress is literally in the middle of the city. Moreover, there are many skyscrapers that are still unaccounted for. I wonder why they chose this place as the Node. David's old task force should be the only force focused on defense.

“Hmm.”

The warden answered.

“First, a squadron of chariots. There will also be two additional Company teams. ”

“Are there two additional squadrons? ”

Much too much, the winter revealed a moderate embarrassment. Just as the Warden was a 240 commander and a joint commander of several missions, Winter was also an Independent Commander and a few smaller missions commanders. Even if you have temporary command, your troops increase by three times in a heartbeat.

The Complaint affirmed without dryness.

“Depending on the situation, it could be more. ”

“ ……. ”

“It is now a temporary one, but it is likely to be a fixed one. You wouldn't have known that you were a great commander. ”

I was guessing, of course. It was obvious to the medium-grade troops that there were too many chiefs.

“If it had been the same, it would have been a role for you to take after you've tested your abilities a little more. ”

Then Rogers asked in an office.

“Do you formally object? ”

The answer was also strange immediately, and winter brought a slight twist.

“…… I'll do my best. ”

The warden nods slowly.

“There are many troops and not enough officers. I expect a responsibility from you. ”

I wouldn't have taken it seriously in the first place. The briefing followed without margins.

“The fight in this city is different from any other city you've taken back before. ”

The picture changed. It was a complicated picture showing the city's underground.

“They maintain their organizational strength while using the sewers and utility tunnels as transportation routes. Buildings that connect directly to the corridor are gateways protected from air raids and gunfire and serve as nests on the ground. Unlike ever, it is a proof that the enemy has sufficient control. ”

It meant an underground tunnel dedicated to a facility that brought together communication, power, gas, and water systems that required a common area. The nests on the ground mentioned by the Complainant are highlighted by the big and small red dots. The difference in size was an estimate of the size of the variants that would be lurking inside.

In order for mutants to move systematically underground with limited transmission and reception, there must be that many cunning and enhanced variants. That's what the general said about enemy control.

“Another problem with that control is civilians. ”

Several photos were added to the screen.

“Immediately before the city was retaken, a civilian node collapsed with mutant attacks. According to the Hidden Survivors' testimony, an ambushed mutant group contained Tricksters and dragged people alive. The number is 17. It is estimated that it is still alive. ”

There is a short groan in the left hand.

“Yes. They're holding hostages. Due to the nature of the variants, civilians are more likely to be near special variants or isolated in a safe location from common variants. Therefore, aggressive entry to underground paths and nests is restricted until all civilians are dead or rescued. ”

Common mutations that lack intelligence are impossible to keep hostages alive by themselves. Thus, as the general said, he would be confined or otherwise confined in a secure location, even if there were no individuals close to or able to exert control. Weapons that sweep away confined spaces like thermal bombs with shock waves are difficult to use. It's impossible to detonate and breach anywhere.

An Independent commander raises his hand.

“So you're just forcing the consumption on the ground right now? ”

“It doesn't last long anyway. We'll run out of food no matter what we do with the water. ”

“ ……. ”

Warden Rogers frowns rarely.

“Their goal is to buy time. I don't want to, but I'll give you a couple of days. In the meantime, we need to find various means of monitoring underground paths and nests. The Special Operations Command will deploy a rescue operation with enough information and their density dropping below the proper line. ”

Winter thought that even if there was a Humpback, the food situation of the variants could not be good. A giant chipmunk monster is not a creature that creates milk from nothing. Given that there were many trees that had been injured at the scene of the first encounter, it was likely that they used plants as food.

‘There may be special variants that have not been discovered yet...'

Strange cockroaches who don't avoid people often appear if they forget. Just outside of San Francisco, there were traces of what I saw in the bakery warehouse at Point Reyes Station. Dirty marks that were pressed against you. If this is a sign of mutation, the cockroaches were not specially bred food.

Even cockroaches need to eat something to multiply.

During the remainder of the briefing, Winter examined the location of the city council, where the gaps would be placed. Many high rises that have not yet been occupied around it were exposed to the slopes of the labor baby. A special variant that injects infectious wedges, Hunter could use an ambush. Although it is said to be out of range due to the weight of the projectile, it is still dangerous.

General Rogers is competent. Why did I decide to stay here? It's not just because of the iconic act of taking back the state council.

Is that provocation?

If he was going to consume the mutants, he needed to draw them into disadvantage. Insights, a level of human limits, confirmed the judgment of winter.

For the warden, it could have been the deployment of the most trusted unit. Of course you can do this, feeling the same.

The document also referred to a number of anti-aircraft cannons to be deployed to Congress. Weapons that owe their lives to the geothermal power plant. The dizzy number of acidic babies would not have pierced the shell.

After the briefing.

“Sir."

Winter is floating in front of Warden Rogers.

“What's going on? ”

“Excuse me, but what were you going to say? ”

“ ……. ”

The warden looks at the winter in silence, and lets his chiefs go first.

“Go out and wait. ”

Yes sir. The chiefs who outrank winter went out and couldn't hide their curiosity.

Waiting for the door to close, Rogers says calmly.

“If you hadn't asked about the garrison, you'd have guessed by now. ”

I mean, don't you have that kind of judgment? Winter nods.

“I want to apologize for what you've done wrong. ”

As he approaches the window, he clears the blinds and soaks himself in the warm sun. In the extinguished room, the sunlight was a dusty waterfall. Bam. The general's gesturing to come to winter as well.

“Look.”

Winter looked out the window full of barracks. It was a crowded militia. The warden asks.

“Major, is it okay for one of those soldiers to die? ”

“Nothing.”

“Yes, but sacrifices in war are inevitable. If you fight, someone has to die. The commander is the one who decides who it will be and who dies the least. So I don't give heart to my men. To avoid the obsession with saving his men causing more casualties throughout the army. I think this position qualifies me as a general, the commander of the commanders. ”

“ ……. ”

“I don't know why you bring this up. ”

“That's right.”

“Let's get back to business. Major Juway, an old Chinese military alliance. As you said yourself, it was inappropriate. It could have been interpreted as an attempt to disregard the order of command in the Suzanne Army. But it wasn't a decision you made without knowing. ”

“Yes, I did. ”

“There was a call from General Strickland after the incident was reported. Now, I know it was a clever coincidence, but I had my doubts. As a precaution of bringing the intelligence agency into controversy, you have been informed that you have a different background. ”

It's a little too much. General Strickland of the Air Force is not in a position to pressure General Rogers of the Army. However, as an Air Force officer after the intelligence agency, the distinction alone was enough to burden an unusual commander.

“Do you understand? I was just saying hello, and I had my doubts. Because you're a winter major. ”

“ ……. ”

“Starring your shoulders depends on your political power beyond your qualifications and abilities. In that context, there are many people who are greedy for your influence. There will be many who are wary of it. ”

Therefore, before the briefing, Rogers said that it would be hard for him to go back to winter. It was a prophecy that these doubts would never cease. Winter accepted.

“You're right. ”

“I thought you knew your place. So it was surprising.”

The warden turns to winter. And he asks slowly.

“Was she worth it? ”

“Anyone else would have done the same. ”

“That's the problem. ”

“ ……. ”

“You can't save everyone. You've been able to try so far. That's why you're a hero. But people have limits. The higher the rank and the more responsibility, the more people you have to deal with, the harder it will be. ”

“I understand.”

“If you put your mind to it one by one, the day will come when you will not be able to see the whole, because you will be embedded in some part of it. But the commander should not. It is a critical function. ”

Winter still felt some fatigue from General Rogers. It seemed like an old emotional ruin.

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# Q&A

Q. Bug: The pheromones of @ winter are direct to women! I like it so much, I think Operation AI will become a woman! But if you make love there, you make love to Operation AI!

A. You lack compassion. Why is it that when a female character appears, you want to engage in a relationship?

Q. ASD; LKJZ; XC: @ writer is regularly appearing in chat rooms in the middle of winter, are you only watching mid-winter? Or maybe you should try watching something else.

A. It's so much fun to watch "Wind and Stars." But if I tell you this, I think I'll be reprimanded for saying, "Why do I always recommend the same thing?" T

Q. KTH: I think we can do Birdstrake if we're @ civilian... and since we're small, I don't think we should be caught on radar and go over the blockade at night to hunt civilians.

And actually, I was Omaju with Mutilisk, and the Starlight Kid starts to see all humans as villains and wipe out humans... Terminator???

A. It looks like it might be possible to cross the blockade. But it's going to take radar. The anti-aircraft cannons are intercepting the deadllers with radar.:)

The behavior of the starlight child has become an important spoiler, so it's difficult to answer.

Q. UNLIMITED WORLD: I'm a little concerned about the variants that will be conducting @ glide or leap lessons, but I personally am a little negative. Bud Strike, I don't think the Air Force and the Air Force are going to have enough strength to make that leap alone, no more than a certain size, and I'm going to capture a new species before I do anything and take them out of the country naturally... and our babies are going to feel that way, too. In the beginning, if it was just an HE, now it would feel like a RAP round.

A. The metaphor for HE and RAP is appropriate. (...) I find Bird Strike difficult. It's close to 100% chance of being eliminated before achieving effective flight capability...

Q. Qgegegqe: @ I can feel your deep experience with characters in writing.

A. I was a little embarrassed when I saw the comments because I didn't think of it that way when I wrote this one. And you don't have any experience? T

Q. If you are a Supreme Below: @ The Great Old Testament.... Please respond and join me in offering the Golden Branch of Mado Book..!

A. I don't accept any madeo books other than the novel by Lee Young.

Q. GreenTurtle: Is it impossible to aerosol @ Mogelonics? It's not going to cover the battlefield for days, so this could be a pretty big threat.

A. For readers, there is a kind of evil scientist who studies how to exterminate humanity. I sincerely salute you.

The aerosol never occurred to me... but if it's possible, it could be fatal to infect the respiratory mucosa.

Q. Pornography Devil F: @ secretly seems to have a lot of internal air when you look at the old stories in little pieces like this. By the way, are you feeling well since it's getting cold?

A. Yes. I have a lot of grudges, but I'm still fine because I'm trying to live a regular life as much as possible. Thank you for your concern.