World Domination through Planet Development - Chapter 31
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Episode 31. DEFCON 2 Order
Late at night.
Swoosh.
A large sedan was speeding down Hannam-daero.
Fortunately, it was almost dawn and there were hardly any moving vehicles around.
The vehicle soon left the road.
But even after that, the speed did not slow down and I continued up the narrow alley.
There was a large iron gate at the entrance where the vehicle went up.
But somehow, as they arrive, the door begins to open quickly.
The sedan was able to drive up the ramp without slowing down thanks to this.
As we went a little further up the narrow road, we came into view of a large government building with its lights brightly lit.
It was the official residence of the President of the Republic of Korea.
Squeak.
The car didn’t apply the brakes until it reached the parking lot.
They park their cars right at the entrance to the residence without any consideration for parking space.
Clank. Clank.
Car doors opening in a hurry.
And then a bunch of people got off.
They were the Chief of Staff to the President and his staff.
They were in such a hurry that they didn’t even think to close the car doors.
Among them, each holding something in their hand, one piece of equipment stood out.
It was the laptop that the chief secretary was holding.
Items stored in the Presidential Office.
Originally, the communication equipment installed in the official residence should have been used, but it was recently being replaced due to security issues with Chinese equipment.
But even the laptop, which was a temporary communication device, was in the presidential office.
An incident that occurred due to a series of misfortunes.
Knock! Knock! Knock!
With the sound of footsteps, they ran at full speed and entered the official residence straight away.
The staff members who were stationed there can be seen through the glass doors of the official residence.
He immediately ran out and opened the front door.
As the group passed the staff and entered, several figures greeted them.
He was the current President of the Republic of Korea, Kang Moo-jin, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the Minister of National Defense, and the Commander of the ROK-US Combined Forces.
They are still half asleep, but they are waiting with tense expressions.
“You’re here.”
President Kang greeted me in a tense tone.
“Yes, Mr. President. This way.”
“… … .”
But there wasn’t even time to exchange greetings.
President Kang nodded with difficulty and followed his chief of staff in.
The chief of staff led the presidential party welcoming him to the office set up in the official residence together with his attendants.
They entered the office in an instant and began to move quickly.
“Mr. President, please take a seat here.”
The chief of staff, who had seated the president at the conference table, put down the extremely thick laptop he was holding.
chuck!
A laptop unknown to the general public.
This specially-built laptop, made in the United States, has a separate communications system and uses a special antenna installed in the official residence to communicate only via US military satellites.
This laptop, of which only a few exist in the world, is a hotline laptop designed for use by the President of the United States and the President of South Korea only in special circumstances.
An aide worked closely with President Kang to adjust his attire and helped him put on a small microphone and earphones for interpretation.
The preparations are somewhat complete.
Soon the laptop screen lit up and the image of the US President appeared on the screen.
The large screen showed not only the US President, but also the Vice President, the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and several faces that President Kang knows.
“Ah, that’s nice… .”
The moment President Kang was about to say hello.
[President Kang. Please authorize the immediate issuance of DEFCON 2.]
The US President said this, lightly ignoring President Kang’s greeting.
Gulp.
President Kang swallows.
What was meant to happen has come.
I had heard a report from the National Intelligence Service in advance, but I didn’t know the full details.
What is certain is that there is trouble in Pyongyang.
And the military situation is developing to the point where the United States is ordering the issuance of DEFCON 2.
Why on earth did this happen during his term?
“Defcon 2 order approved.”
President Kang has quietly approved DEFCON 2.
And the Minister of Defense, who had been waiting for him, took action immediately.
“To all troops: DEFCON 2 is in effect!!”
The Minister of Defense, who had been watching with a grave expression, relayed the order to DEFCON 2 through the hotline.
The DEFCON 2 situation will now be relayed to all military forces in the Republic of Korea.
[President Kang, hundreds of thousands of North Korean troops, whose numbers we have not yet been able to accurately determine, have gathered in the DMZ in an instant.]
“…yes.”
[The current situation is completely different from the Panmunjom incident. We have already determined that the North Korean military is fully prepared to attack.]
Silence fell.
“…Is it war?”
The US president shook his head in response to President Kang’s question.
[Not yet. The good news is that North Korea’s secret military is deployed evenly across all its borders, so that may not be a signal to specifically attack South Korea.]
Only then could people’s breathing be heard.
“According to what we have found out, something has happened in Pyongyang….”
President Kang gave a subtle hint to the United States.
Currently, all of the National Intelligence Service’s intelligence networks are blocked.
To be precise, it was a military intelligence network.
In particular, Pyongyang was blocked from both civilian and military sources, and only a few civilian intelligence routes in the provinces remained.
So the only direction we can think of at the moment is that something has changed in Pyongyang itself.
That was all.
[We don’t know either. What is clear is that it is not ‘yet’ war. President Kang, we must keep all possibilities open so that the current situation does not turn into war.]
President Kang did not easily believe the US’s claim that it did not know.
But the United States continues to emphasize patience.
If North Korea launches a preemptive strike, the damage to forward units will be significant.
“All contact with the North has been cut off. Isn’t this a time-critical situation?”
The loss of contact was not simply a matter of counterintelligence communications.
All officially used hotlines are also not operating properly.
[We are currently trying to contact all North Korean diplomatic missions, so we will have to wait patiently until we receive a response.]
ha….
No, do you believe that North Korea will engage in sensible diplomacy?
President Kang felt frustrated, but he could not argue with the US president in this situation.
[President Kang, I advise you not to take any action that could provoke North Korea. We, the United States, value our alliance with the Republic of Korea. Don’t worry, the United States Pacific 7th Fleet can respond at any time.]
The US President warned, perhaps reading that expression.
You speak fluently.
None of the Koreans sitting here believed at face value the statement that America would protect them.
But ‘No! Mr. President! We must not give those North Koreans time to advance! We must strike first before they do so!!’
The word “such” did not come out anywhere.
Because reality isn’t a movie or a drama.
In this dire situation, no one in South Korea’s leadership was willing to step forward.
All we could do was wait for America’s instructions and watch.
* * *
Same time.
A GOP outpost dormitory.
At this time, the soldiers are sleeping.
[DEFCON 2 is issued! DEFCON 2 is issued! This is real! I repeat! DEFCON 2 is issued! This is real! Immediately… .]
Suddenly a loud noise is heard coming from the speakers in the dormitory.
Thanks to this, the eyes of the soldiers who were not on duty opened wide.
Among them were soldiers who had just finished their shift.
But at this moment, none of that mattered.
The soldiers who had risen from their seats looked at each other.
Their eyes were all wide open.
Even though they didn’t say anything, they could sense each other’s feelings.
But they are active-duty soldiers.
Contrary to my emotional inability to accept the situation, my body began to move very quickly.
“What the… what the? Defcon 2?”
Sergeant Kim muttered as he prepared.
The GOP did not prepare much differently for an emergency than it would for a normal situation.
If you prepare as if you were going to work as usual, that is situational preparedness.
bang!
Someone opened the dormitory door roughly.
“What are you doing?! Why don’t you hurry up and come out?!”
He was a deputy platoon leader.
Of course, the soldiers paid no attention and quickly continued to prepare.
The soldiers in the barracks quickly finished preparing and ran out.
Of course, it didn’t take much time to prepare.
At most, one or two minutes.
Now they must run towards the designated outposts within their sector.
It goes without saying that most of the GOP’s strongholds are in rugged places.
“Move quickly!! Quickly!!”
Haa. Haa.
Sergeant Kim was climbing the hill, out of breath.
I didn’t feel like it was difficult at all.
That can’t be true.
That can’t be true.
There’s no way it’s war.
DEFCON 2? That’s ridiculous.
I’m fucking discharged next month….
“Fuck… Fuck… .”
Even if he had been discharged from the army, he would have been dragged to the battlefield anyway, but he didn’t have time to think about that.
Of course, there is a huge difference between the reserves and active duty.
Because he works for the GOP.
It may be different in other places, but this is the front line of South Korea.
A place where if a war breaks out, you die right away.
The good news is that he’s still alive.
If war had really broken out, few of these men on guard duty at the front lines would have been alive.
Sergeant Kim took up his post at the checkpoint he always came to.
“Sergeant Kim, are we going to war?”
His second-in-command, Private Choi, who was standing next to him, spoke up.
“Fuck… .”
But Sergeant Kim didn’t look like he was ready to talk.
Private Choi Il-pyeong also said that it was the first time he had seen Corporal Kim so out of his mind.
I always thought he was a confident and easygoing person.
Pot!
That was when.
From another outpost in the distance, a very strong light radiated forward.
The range of the priest’s light seemed to extend for several kilometers.
This outpost offers a clear view of the Military Demarcation Line.
Naturally, Private Kim’s gaze also turned to the front.
Over there, where the lights shine.
Sergeant Kim’s gaze followed that direction.
Dark night.
At a distance of over 2km, even though it was the middle of the night, something was vaguely visible.
Sergeant Kim, who had exceptionally good eyesight.
There was definitely something standing there, right where he had always seen it while working here.
People scattered everywhere.
I was standing there motionless, but I was certain that it was not a scarecrow.
There was no reason for the North Koreans to put up a scarecrow like that in the first place.
“You fucking punks… That’s the demilitarized zone…”
There must be landmines everywhere, so how did they manage to walk all the way in?
Are you really thinking of starting a war?
And as if he was thinking the same thing, a loudspeaker sound was heard from where the priest’s lights were turned on.
[People’s Army, listen up!! You!! Right now!! You are!! Violating the Korean Military Armistice Agreement!! Immediately withdraw from the DMZ!! I say it again…!!]
“That crazy guy, why is he doing that… .”
It was clear that no one had ordered him to do this.