The Cook of a Perished World - Chapter 321

Episode 321: I already tried it.

“How about recapturing the military base… and using that equipment?”

actually.

This was our favorite method whenever a problem arose in our unit.

‘Military weapons… use their firepower to deal with stronger enemies.’

Or recapture the ammunition battalion to utilize the gunners’ firepower.

Just like when we attacked a tank battalion to attack vampires.

Our corps is now that the power of the awakened ones has become considerably stronger.

Nevertheless, the influence of the military equipment was very large.

Military equipment designed to withstand bullets and bombs is not easily broken by even quite a few monsters, making it no different from a moving barricade.

The firepower coming out of that equipment was also at a similar level to that of a powerful wizard.

‘The level of awakened people is not that high yet. If we could utilize such military equipment, our power would increase several times.’

I heard that this grandfather named Jo Beom-seok was a former soldier.

He must have some knowledge about the operation of such equipment.

“Haha… is that what you call it?”

like that.

I suggested it because I thought it was a pretty good idea, but…

“That’s impossible.”

“yes?”

Beomseok Cho’s reaction to that suggestion.

It was quite decisive.

“Is there anything you can say is impossible?”

“Of course there is. Do you think we haven’t thought of that? I am Jo Beom-seok. After all, he was still a soldier. “I’ve thought about recapturing the military base before.”

hmm.

When I heard that my proposal was impossible, I sighed and thought to myself.

‘Well, you might think it’s difficult.’

Because the monsters in the military base are that powerful.

but.

I am a little different.

“If you think the strategy is difficult, I can help you.”

Even after all this, I am here with a lot of experience in recapturing military bases.

Although the stacking effect of [Absolute Taste] was sealed.

[Environmental Fairy Tale] can still be used.

‘I’ve done enough to recapture military bases even before [Absolute Taste] was strengthened.’

If you attack after understanding the enemy’s information in advance.

Even with relatively insufficient power, victory is still possible.

Because it was something that Gangwon-do had already realized.

But…

“I think you’re misunderstanding something. “That’s not why.”

“…yes?”

“Hmm, it might be better to show rather than explain. “Would you like to follow me for a moment?”

He said something like that.

Beomseok Jo begins to walk somewhere.

“ah! “General, are you here?”

“hmm. “Please open the barrier.”

“Where are you going? We need to prepare the troops…”

“We’re not going far. “I’m trying to go ‘next door.’”

“Ah, that’s what it was.”

Even beyond the walls of the southern branch.

Until we head outside into the cold.

“…Where are you taking me?”

“It’s not a strange place, so don’t worry.”

To be honest, I was a little embarrassed when I was told I was going to leave the wall.

Should I say that I am fortunate?

The travel distance was not long.

Step outside the walls.

I must have walked for about 15 minutes in a snowstorm.

“That place!”

“Over there?”

What is in front of you.

It was another huge barrier.

* * *

“…is it Kim Jong-doo? “Why did he create so many barriers?”

“Haha, that friend is a bit sincere. You just use your job skills and you get paid handsomely. It was made as requested. “The reason his group was able to become the eastern branch was because there were many items obtained through these activities.”

A barrier built not far from the southern branch.

However, this barrier is only slightly open.

It seemed like there were no people managing it, let alone any permanent staff.

“…Whew!”

Still, I went inside.

It felt quite pleasant just to not get caught in a snowstorm.

“You said it at the meeting, right? “There are barriers that have been created so thickly that they are never actually used.”

“yes.”

“This place is one of them.”

I tilted my head and asked.

“This isn’t even near the southwest, so why was it abandoned like this?”

“Oh, that’s not a really great reason. As you have seen, this place is very close to our southern branch. If it’s this far away, isn’t there a need to share? “Isn’t that what you might think?”

“ah.”

That’s definitely true.

It’s not even the Awakened standard.

For the general public, it is about a 15-minute walk.

Is there really a need for two walls on this street? Because it makes me want to.

How many walls did that guy called an architect build?

“Anyway, the group that stayed here was all absorbed into us. So, only an empty wall remained here. “After that, it was used as a kind of warehouse since it was close enough to walk to and from.”

“Huh….”

That aside.

“Why did you bring me here?”

Why did you bring me here?

I was just curious about that, but…

“I told you, right? “This is a warehouse.”

“…?”

“Let me show you our warehouse.”

Inside the Wall.

A huge warehouse-type building.

“It’s probably quite an amazing scene.”

Beomseok Jo opens the door with a mischievous smile.

As the scenery inside was revealed.

“…crazy.”

I am.

I couldn’t hold back and ended up muttering.

“With this much power…”

The base they use as a warehouse.

In it.

[Identification of food ingredients (reinforcement)]

[Republic of Korea Army main tank]

[Freshness: High]

“Are you just talking nonsense about having no power?”

A huge amount of military equipment.

Because it was carefully preserved!

* * *

A huge warehouse safely stored within the walls.

The warehouse was no ordinary logistics warehouse.

“You can see it. “It’s a warehouse containing only military equipment.”

“….”

A huge collection of military equipment.

A huge arsenal.

‘…Similar to the investment our unit made in attacking vampires.’

Of course, military vehicles such as Dudonban or Retona.

Armored vehicles and even tanks.

As a cook, I don’t know the exact name, but it looked like a battery.

“As I already said. “I was a soldier.”

“I heard that.”

I was honestly surprised when I first heard it.

However, he is not a current soldier, but a former soldier.

If you think about it, most men in Korea are former soldiers.

I just assumed it was like that and moved on.

“At the same time, he is also a person who knows better than anyone else the power of a concentrated military unit.”

For Jo Beom-seok himself.

It seemed like it was quite meaningful.

“Somehow I succeeded in surviving the early stages of this destruction. “When I succeeded in forming my own group… I wondered how I would survive in the future.”

“That’s the concern everyone has.”

“Haha, that’s right. But the result of that concern would have been a little different.”

Beomseok Jo gently touched the cold steel equipment.

He opened his mouth as if recalling the past.

“I had two directions in mind.”

“Two things?”

“One was to lead this group and join the military. First of all, even if he was a general in name only, he was a general and had his own connections within the military unit. I thought I could add strength to that side and get my own place. But…”

Jo Beom-seok smiles bitterly.

“I gave up on this after a certain point.”

I felt like I knew why I gave up even without hearing it.

It may have taken some time, though.

In the end, the fact that the military unit was destroyed would have become known to all awakened people.

“After that, I thought about how to survive again.”

Chin up.

Beomseok Jo speaks while tapping a huge bowl of pork.

“Now it’s about somehow restoring the power of the destroyed military unit.”

“….”

And that….

was largely consistent with the direction our unit was taking.

“It must not have been easy.”

“Surprisingly, that’s not the case. Just like you, most men in Korea have either served in the military or have gone through at least a training course. “What I’m saying is that if you give them the equipment, they can use it to their full potential.”

“Yes, of course.”

“If there are this many men with military knowledge, it shouldn’t be that difficult to teach women and children who don’t have related knowledge.”

In terms of manpower.

In fact, the annihilation of soldiers was not a big problem.

It’s sad though.

It would be easy to restore such dead personnel.

“Then what becomes most important is…”

“Military equipment.”

“yes. Even if you have knowledge, it’s meaningless if you don’t have the equipment to use it.”

Beomseok Jo said as he sat down on a piece of equipment nearby.

“From then on, I began preliminary investigation to recapture the military base. I found out that the stronger the military unit, the more powerful monsters appeared. “Then I thought we would have to attack the weak units first, step by step.”

“….”

“Well, to be honest, it wasn’t easy. The monsters were so strong that I couldn’t see any way to attack them. “Just when I was wondering if I should give up… fortunately, an offer came in.”

“Offer?”

“An old man suddenly came to see me and said that. “They are creating a force that can unite the people of Gyeonggi-do, so join it.”

This.

He is the president of the association.

“There were many opinions to reject it. I’m not bragging, but our group was pretty strong back then. If the number of awakened people had increased a little, it would have been possible to create a single guild. “To put it bluntly, it was at a level where there was no need to go under any other power.”

“So what did you do? “I heard that the president of the association smashed the heads of those who refused.”

“haha. Well, I didn’t go that far. There were some who agreed that humanity should join forces… integration? I thought there was nothing I couldn’t do. So… I put one condition on it.”

The person called the president of the association is incredibly strong.

The group members who were with him must have also had considerable power.

“Your group will do their best to support me as I attempt to recapture the military base.”

“…!”

“Only then did I think it was worth a try.”

After that.

Jo Beom-seok began a full-fledged effort to recapture the military base.

“I knew it would be really hard, but it was harder than I imagined. In fact, the damage was significant. “It was stressful as I was trying to figure out how to attack it.”

“….”

“but… “It was worth it.”

Sigh.

“To conclude, we succeeded in recapturing a total of three military bases.”

“Three places.”

Only now has our guild begun to occupy Gangwon-do in earnest and recaptured more military units.

Until then, there were only the 423rd Battalion and the Ammunition Battalion Tank Battalion.

These people…

succeeded in recapturing the same number of military units as our units at the time.

“I don’t know if you know, but our southern branch is considered the strongest in terms of defense among all branches.”

“…Is that so?”

“It’s all thanks to these weapons that we were able to receive that rating even though there was that architect in the eastern branch.”

I honestly couldn’t hide my surprise.

“…You are amazing.”

It was the same when planning that strategy.

I thought he was a man with some potential, but…

I never thought it would be this much.

“Now that I think about it, I saw an awakened person with a gun in the northern branch.”

“hmm. This is really unfortunate… we didn’t have any awakened people who could produce food. We handed over guns and ammunition to other branches and received food supplies. “The number of weapons leaked that way is also considerable.”

“It was definitely disappointing.”

“But in that case, what was sold was only a personal firearm. “All the really important valuables are gathered here.”

okay.

This man recaptured the military base through great effort.

I understand that you obtained the equipment.

But then.

There was one thing that puzzled me.

“Why are you leaving it here without using it?”

If you have equipment like this.

It could make a huge difference in the performance of operations.

Perhaps the strategy of that gentleman, the president of the association, as well.

If these equipment had been mobilized together, it might have been successful.

“It’s not that I didn’t use it at all.”

“yes?”

At my words.

Beomseok Jo opened his mouth with a slightly darkened face.

“The batteries are hard at work on the southern branch wall. The same goes for ammunition and guns. Our branch has a very high proportion of firearms occupations such as [gunner] compared to other branches. “The equipment here… is now in a state of disrepair, but they worked hard when we recaptured that military base.”

“Then why now…”

“Recapturing that military base became a problem.”

“…?”

“Well, it’s a simple story. Let’s see.”

Beomseok Jo approached the two-don class.

He opened the fueling port and showed it to me.

“…ah.”

Only then.

I could understand what he was trying to say.

“Are we out of gas?”

“…Well, that’s how it happened.”

Oil.

“I did make up for it in my own way by robbing places like gas stations. As you know, military equipment consumes a lot of oil. “As we used this equipment to recapture other military bases, our oil supply quickly ran out.”

…This was the same for our unit as well.

Although we are also rich in other resources.

There is still not enough oil to operate the equipment.

Armored power, such as tanks, was only mobilized for operations that were deemed extremely important.

“Of course, we knew that the oil would run out quickly. In fact… when we succeeded in securing a certain level of firepower, the next destination for recapture was the supply unit.”

of course.

They are also aware of the oil problem.

“If all goes as planned, we will be able to recapture the supply unit around October and use the oil stored there to operate the equipment in a more full-scale manner.”

It seems that he had devised his own way to supply the oil.

“But you know what? “A lot of supply units are located in the relatively safe south.”

“I know that.”

“The same goes for supply units in Gyeonggi Province. The supply units we were trying to attack were all concentrated in the south. “It was in October that we tried to attack the supply unit.”

“…ah.”

october.

I’ve heard about this month.

“I was planning a strategy and gathering troops to attack the supply unit… but the weather suddenly got colder.”

“….”

The weather in Gyeonggi-do started to change like it does now.

It’s October.

“The supply unit we wanted to attack… was near that [source of cold air].”

“….”

“The other supply units were all located deep in the [Demon Territory], so that was the only place that could be attacked.”

Although it was Jo Beom-seok who continued his conversation calmly.

Let’s take a quick look at that face.

“Well… the timing is not right either…”

That old man who looked solid.

He looked like he was about to burst into tears at any moment.

‘He is a great man.’

To this extent, they succeeded in recapturing the military base.

No matter how much cooperation there was from the central branch.

This would not have been possible if the operation had not been perfect.

‘It must have taken a tremendous amount of effort and effort to identify and attack the enemy.’

In fact, the effort and hard work was bearing considerable fruit.

Because we succeeded in recapturing equipment of this size.

It’s just…

“When I look back, most of my life is like this. “I thought this was going to work out really well, but there were a lot of things that went wrong at the last minute.”

What no human could have expected.

Due to sudden abnormal weather.

The plan all went awry.

“This is why I said recapturing the military base was meaningless.”

“…okay.”

“We already have enough equipment. “The only problem is the oil.”

but.

The only place where the oil needed to move military vehicles of this size is gathered in one place is the supply unit.

“The supply unit is near that [source of cold], so it makes no sense to recapture that place to attack the source.”

“….”

“But if you try to recapture a military base to steal the oil that other units have in reserve, the losses will be overwhelmingly greater than the gains.”

He said, shaking his head.

“Unfortunately, it seems impossible to use military equipment for full power.”

“….”

“I did my best to give my opinion, but I feel sorry.”

He said so.

Jo Beom-seok turns his back and tries to leave the warehouse.

As he faced the warehouse door, his shoulders slumped.

My steps were strangely weak.

‘…hmm.’

I thought as I looked at the old man’s sad-looking back.

okay.

I roughly understood why Jo Beom-seok said that recapturing the military base was meaningless.

I tried it in my own way.

It suddenly became blocked by a wall like that.

All he could say was that it was impossible.

“But.”

“hmm?”

but.

“If you put it the other way around,”

regarding the ‘it seems impossible’ part.

There seemed to be some difference of opinion.

“All you need is oil…isn’t this this?”

“What are you talking about?”

Of course.

Is it because that nobleman is a high-ranking man?

It seems like I completely forgot about it.

“Let’s find something.”

“….”

If there’s something that doesn’t work.

Make it happen somehow.

Isn’t that the spirit of a soldier?