Chapter 393 – East China Company Project (2)
Unlike the shelter, which was thoroughly managed, Shandong Province’s port was a ghost town.
No matter what structure comes into view, nothing is in perfect shape.
The ugly broken concrete and protruding rebar rusted and weathered in the sea breeze.
The reconnaissance drones that departed first discovered torn vehicles, fallen street trees, and completely charred buildings.
“It’s nuclear.”
Artemis said.
Unlike ordinary battles, these are unique traces that occur in nuclear explosions.
“He must be stronger than what I experienced, right?”
“Of course. The reason it is so powerful is that it must have been used up to build a nuclear belt in eastern China.”
“Who shot it?”
“Are there just one or two candidates? Russia, leader, Pakistan and even North Korea. “All the nuclear-armed countries that border each other have been nuked by China.”
“He is like that too.”
Numerous sunken ships were caught by sonar. It is the largest sunken ship ever discovered.
Even if you roughly count, there are hundreds of them, and there are civilian fishing boats and warships of all sizes mixed together.
Because hundreds of dense steel reefs were installed, the patrol ship’s movement lines were twisted here and there.
Among them, you can also see a large cruise ship.
“It was on my bucket list to ride something like that.”
“If you want, can I make you one?”
Artemis looks at me with his playful eyes.
“It’s not like you’re begging your mom to buy you a toy. What we need now are cargo ships and warships, not anything like that.”
It was heartbreaking to see how many resources go into manufacturing large ships through the production plan report.
There was no comparison with purifiers or combat helicopters.
“It would be nice if we could salvage at least one intact ship.”
“Better not expect much. Even an ordinary car becomes useless if left unused for 6 years. Especially if it’s a cargo ship.”
Artemis, being a realist, poured cold water on my expectations.
An underwater video captured by an underwater drone popped up on the screen.
There are countless destroyed ships, and they are all tangled together.
“It’s a jungle made of iron. You can call it a jungle gym.”
Artemis was also impressed by the sight, which could be called grotesque art depending on how you look at it.
But there is something that worries me more than my stomach.
“Are they refugees?”
Underneath the steel jungle lie an enormous number of skeletons. Skulls that easily number in the thousands and appear to be in the tens of thousands are rolling around in the ocean current.
There are also many things that appear to belong to dogs, pigs, and other land animals.
“Are you confused?”
Artemis seemed to have read my biological reaction and stroked his head.
“You can’t feel good after seeing this.”
“During the war, you criticized China like that, right? Even just now, he was smiling and saying he would use his resources well.”
“Because I’ve been bullied a lot. They are the ones who launched a nuclear attack on our country. But even so…”
Among the remains, there were many that clearly appeared to belong to children or newborn babies.
“When I see so many deaths, my mood sinks. Because children are innocent.”
A barnacled stroller and the remains of a mother and baby bound in rotting swaddles. You can easily find it wherever you look.
During the infection war, China concentrated all of its power on major cities along the eastern coast. The western and central regions were completely abandoned.
As trade stopped and people abandoned agricultural areas and flocked to commercial cities, a food problem immediately arose.
They mobilized all the urgently conscripted ships and began tearing out the sea like teeth.
However, China’s fish stocks have already dried up due to pollution and overfishing.
Then, they entered the territorial waters of Korea, Taiwan, Japan, and East Asian countries with great force and swept away all the fish with double nets.
Naturally, many countries protested, but China remained silent.
Hundreds of fishing boats formed a line sweeping the sea as if a cavalry was charging, and Chinese warships escorted them around them.
It was a common occurrence for the coast guard to try to stop a ship from being shelled and sinking.
“Even large ships are full of remains.”
Underwater drones checked the interior of several cruise ships, cargo ships, and military transport ships. As expected, there is a huge amount of remains piled up.
There are quite a few of them wearing military officer-level uniforms or suits.
“Are these ships trying to flee to Taiwan?”
“Wouldn’t you say so? Anywhere will be safer than mainland China. But it seems like the escape was a failure. “When you see everything has settled down.”
“Then the suspects who launched the nuclear weapon should include the Chinese military.”
“The high-ranking people were running away for their own lives, so the soldiers probably shot them?”
“It was the most common reason for fragging during the infection war.”
For reference, Taiwan immediately entered an all-out war with China.
It was a weight class that was not suitable for fighting in the first place, and it was already destroyed after being hit with a nuclear missile by China, which did not care about its international image.
Still, the Three Gorges Dam was destroyed with one final blow. Is this a typical cross-strait war scenario?
The difference is that the Chinese government actually welcomed the bombing of the Three Gorges Dam.
Most of the cities that were directly hit by flooding due to the dam’s destruction were already engulfed by the infectious agent or were counting down the days.
The Chinese government wipes out infectious agents, deals with refugees who are difficult to rescue but would be criticized for neglecting them, and provides a justification for invading Taiwan.
It would have been killing three birds with one stone.
[The destruction of the port is serious. There is also a sunken ship in the way, making access any more difficult.]
A stalker infiltration unit waiting on the patrol ship has reported.
The area around the port was full of sunken ships.
An upside-down fishing boat was also placed on the roof of the port management office building.
Hundreds of tiny wooden boats, similar to canoes, are washed up by the waves and form a breakwater on the coast.
This is absolutely not a condition where we can sail our ships.
“Stop.”
The patrol ship stopped advancing at my command.
The distance between the patrol ship and land displayed on the screen is approximately 110 m.
“We anchor here. Let the troops land like this.”
[Roger.]
The heavily armed stalkers lined up on her deck and jumped on the patrol ship.
There is no need for a landing boat.
In one jump, stalkers jumped from a few meters to as much as 10 meters into the sea.
Step on parts of sunken ships that stick out above the sea level like stepping stones.
Kujik!
A stalker sank to the bottom of the sea.
This is because the stepping stone broke after stepping on a place that had been rusted and weathered for a long time and weakened.
The machine doesn’t float, but it doesn’t need to breathe either.
The sunken stalkers roamed the steel jungle under the sea like Tarzan.
Startled by the unfamiliar intruder’s high-speed movement, octopuses and crustaceans escaped from the sunken ship and the skull and hid under the soil.
Perhaps because of the end of overfishing and abundant supply of land fish, the sea life is so rich that it’s hard to believe it’s off the coast of China.
[Landing.]
The foremost stoker has set foot in the harbor. I am a guest who came to the ghost town for the first time in 6 years.
* * *
The ruined port was quiet.
A fisherman’s arm bone was sticking out of an overturned wooden boat on the beach.
Likewise, fish bones and rotten and worn-out nets are scattered around in a messy manner.
Numerous evacuation trains arrive and leave, catching fish, receiving and sending supplies…
The chaos of a nuclear explosion in that crowded situation.
[Enemy discovered.]
A slave dog is wandering around in the half-open warehouse of the port management office building.
It appears that he could not have escaped the effects of the nuclear explosion as he has large and small burn scars all over his body.
He shook his head and found this place.
[Grrr-…]
This is a typical reaction of dogs when they spot an unfamiliar guest.
“Remove it”
Poop!
Before he could bark, ‘Wol!’, A bullet that went through the foam silencer flew out and exploded the guy’s head.
But there wasn’t just one.
Monsters in the shape of beasts appeared here and there, perhaps sensing an intruder.
Most of them were dogs, some were pigs, and there were several unidentified individuals.
“They were obviously transporting livestock wherever they could.”
I thought of the remains of animals that sank in the sea.
[Kyarrrr-.]
[Grunt-!]
There were some who were fine, but there were also many who could not completely avoid the damage to nuclear explosions and radiation exposure.
In particular, there are instances where the eyes have melted and become blind. Could it be that instead of becoming blind, their ears have become more sensitive?
I pricked my ears and looked straight at the landing force.
The fire control system input into the stalker instructed to kill those guys first.
The sound of skin bursting and skulls breaking is heard from all directions, and infected animals fall down.
The remaining ones are drawn to the sound, the death, and the smell of blood and rush in.
Even in the dark window of the port building, a human figure could be seen flowing.
[Spread out.]
A typical combat unit would group together in a combat situation like this and look for a place to hide.
However, stalker units follow a completely different doctrine.
The power was scattered to the north, south, east and west to the extent that the sound effect ‘Pod!’ Was appropriate.
The stalker, who killed the three slave dogs that were charging at him, ran to a nearby streetlight.
In one jump, I reached the halfway point of the streetlight, and after moving my arms a few times, I quickly reached the top.
[Kung! Wow! Kyaarrrr-!]
Slave dogs that went from chasing chickens to dogs chasing the roof.
The black muzzle of a gun greets the eyes of those who look up at the streetlight and bark.
Puck!
Poop!
One by one, they collapsed, slamming their heads to the ground.
There are also stalkers who run and shoot backwards, like mounted archers doing partisan shots.
Clearly, due to the nature of distributing the vaccine by leaving it to the air currents, China was an area where infectious agents were bound to be strong.
It is fortunate that the core was purified once.
Boo!
Reconnaissance drones equipped with scanners pass by.
This operation is a search mission, not a war of extermination.
Warehouses loaded with useful supplies, a suitable place for ships to wait, Chinese ships and vehicles that can be safely operated, weapons from the Chinese military before the war, and possible colonies of infectious agents.
The goal was to find things that would be useful in the future exploration of East China.
While the drones scanned the ground from the sky, the stalkers who cleared out the infected materials headed inside the building, where it was difficult for the drones to search.
This is to find records or other useful information regarding the movement of personnel and supplies before the war.
After the stalkers disappeared into the dark building, there were a lot of sounds of something breaking or breaking.
The status of our troops remained the same, but the kill count quickly soared.
It won’t be a very difficult task for us who have already gone through all the hardships.
I took my eyes off the smoothly progressing operation screen and read the reports arriving at the PDA.
As we advanced beyond the West and South Seas in earnest, we were able to clearly see what had happened in various parts of the world, including Southeast Asia, Australia, and Europe, following the infection war.
Each and every detail of the history of those six years is of interest.
