127. Seven All Nine
Hurray-!
The guerrilla training for 3 days and 2 nights was abruptly canceled. At the words of the administrative supply officer, the interior office quickly became a festive atmosphere. From private to sergeant, the degree of expression was slightly different for each rank, but we all cheered on this great news.
ah… ! Except for one person.
In-cheol only nodded his head slightly, but he didn’t look very surprised. Did you get a call in advance while on duty this morning?
boy-! If you know, let me know in advance!
We changed into our work clothes and headed to the basement office. While serving in the military… Today is probably the first time the steps down to the auditorium have been so light.
After the morning interception work was over, we headed to the kitchen for lunch. The moment I opened the kitchen door and entered, I could smell the smell of bread and hamburger patties for supply.
By the way, hamburgers are on the weekend breakfast menu, so today, a weekday, is not a day for hamburgers.
just as expected… The guys who came first were questioning what was going on with the cook serving the food.
“If you give me a hamburger, shouldn’t I also give you milk?”
“right! What if there is no salad, just jam and patties?”
“Why does this soup taste like this? Have you ever boiled soup without milk?”
The cook, who cut away the dissatisfaction of the soldiers with one word of the company commander’s instructions, nailed that there is only one hamburger buns per person.
We started eating as we were sorry, and after a while Private Park, an administrative staff member, entered the kitchen. Just in time, Private Park was sitting at the same table as me, and I opened my mouth to Private Park.
“This is a hamburger, did you ever hear what was going on?”
“There seems to be a problem with the military support.”
“okay? What’s wrong?”
“The logistics support group truck loaded with food is not coming here.”
It often happens when there is heavy snow in winter… It is June now.
Perhaps… Did I have an accident?
I tilted my head and said to Private Park.
“You don’t know what’s going on?”
“that… After dinner, the administrative supply officer will explain in detail.”
As Private Park said, just before the afternoon wiretapping service began, we all gathered in the 1st Interior Room, and soon all the executives, including the company commander and administrative supply officer, entered the interior office.
The fact that not only the company commander but all the executives came in… This means the situation is serious… .
The company commander started explaining the situation to us directly. If the original schedule… Since we will be staying at the guerrilla field for three days from today, it is said that the supply of ingredients was planned to arrive three days later.
So, I applied for logistics support at the same time as the news of the cancellation of the guerrillas, but for unknown reasons, the truck of the logistics support group was not moving for two days today and tomorrow, the company commander continued.
“Fortunately, there are rice and side dishes, so I won’t skip meals… However, I ask for your understanding today and tomorrow, even if the meal is very poor. Do you understand?”
“yes!! All right!!”
In the yard where the guerrilla was canceled… It was a poor side dish that I could bear.
That afternoon, after work was over and I returned to my office, I was taking off my work clothes and changing into active clothes… At that moment, I caught a glimpse of Incheol tearing up the paper he took out of his biscuit bag and throwing it in the trash.
In a moment, our eyes met with In-cheol… In-cheol is this guy… It’s a bit of a startled look.
uh? what? This is Incheol’s expression when he was caught doing something bad… ?
“Great meal gathering!”
At the sound of the officer’s voice, the soldiers left the office, and just before I left the office, I glanced into the trash can. The torn paper had tiny numbers printed on it.
this… what are the numbers?
community kitchen.
The dinner menu consisted of rice, kimchi, seaweed, and anchovy heads as the only ingredients. The good news is that the cook had the right liver.
When Eun-seong broke the seaweed into small pieces and put it in the dung-guk and rolled up the rice, all the soldiers around began to imitate Eun-seong.
I also ate the rice in Dung-guk in the same way, and the taste was not that bad. But In-cheol didn’t have an appetite, so he left the rice and got up.
I put the soup in my mouth as if I was drinking rice, and followed Incheol to the place to clean the dishes. So I washed the dishes with In-cheol and walked out of the kitchen.
“In-cheol-ah, let’s talk with me.”
Lounge outside the barracks.
“You?”
In-cheol raised both eyebrows at my question, and I asked again.
“The guerrilla was canceled, you were right. Is not it?”
When I asked again, Incheol smiled and said.
“How did you know?”
Just before the meal set, what In-cheol tore up in the trash was a commercial log ticket. The first thing that came to my mind when I saw that was the conversation I had with Incheol last January. Talk about how to crack the EXP cipher.
“You can know everything. But is it really right for the US military to use the EXP cipher?”
I was more surprised by the fact that the EXP password was actually being used rather than the fact that Incheol hacked it.
In response to my question, Incheol nodded and said.
“The president said that the encryption algorithm was even patented in the United States.”
It should have been patented. At that time, Yoon Seok-yi hyung and I had prepared a patent saying it was a big hit… .
I thought that EXP cryptography would eat up RSA cryptography as well as asymmetric cryptography market. Until I discover the fatal weakness of the EXP cipher.
Incheol continued.
“The president was very sorry that he missed the patent. Not only the U.S. military, but also the U.S. administration are using it now. According to the boss… They said if we patented this, we would have made a ton of money.”
“Yunseok hyung? a-! Crypto has a fatal weakness. .”
At my words, Incheol shook his head and said.
“The boss found it because it was you, did you say that mathematicians who majored in cryptography would never have found it?”
but… I was lucky enough to find that weakness back then. ah… ! Should it be considered bad luck?
t… I said, gazing again.
“by the way… How did you hack, the guerrilla was canceled today?”
“ah… ! it?”
In-cheol smiled and continued.
“I pulled INSCOM home.”
“what!?”
In-cheol is this guy… Eventually, a major accident occurred. I was very worried, but on the other hand, I was curious about what In-cheol did, so I opened my mouth.
“So how did you pull out INSCOM?”
“men and horses-! It’s a trade secret, so don’t give it away.”
* * *
2:25 a.m. 15 hours ago.
INSCOM temporary situation room in Gwangsari Camp, USFK, Yangju-gun.
Captain Smith, an officer in the Situation Room who answered the call, had a serious expression on his face.
“(What are you talking about! An emergency order from the Department of Defense has been received!)”
-(As I said. I just confirmed that the command was received.)
“(When the command was received?)”
-(It is 08:28 AM EST on June 12th.)
Checking the watch, Captain Smith yelled into the phone.
“(What are you guys doing! It makes sense that you didn’t know about the emergency order that came in 5 hours ago!)”
-(Sorry, maybe the previous worker didn’t check properly.)
“(Damn it! That’s what you call an excuse now!)”
-(….)
“(So what’s the statement about?)”
-(This statement cannot be opened. It is locked with a BG-level password.)
“Fuck!”
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Nervously putting down the phone, Captain Smith took a deep breath and washed his face dry to grasp the situation.
Moments later, with a nervous expression on his face, he picked up the phone again and called the dormitory where Brigadier Newmann was staying.
5 minutes later.
Brigadier Newmann entered the control room in slippers and pajamas and told Captain Smith.
“(Right now, wake up all the operation personnel!)”
“(all right!)”
Simultaneously with the answer, Captain Smith ran out of the control room, and Brigadier Newmann picked up the phone and spoke.
“(This is Brigadier General Karl Newmann, deputy commander of INSCOM. Connect to the Seongnam Airfield Air Corps right now.)”
After a while, a voice was heard along with a beep.
-(This is Lieutenant Braken, US Army 19th Air Squadron at Seongnam Airfield.)
Brigadier Newmann continued after revealing his affiliation, name, and operation name.
“(Be ready to take off the C-130 by 3:30 a.m. All members of this INSCOM operation, return to Fort Belvoir, Virginia.)”
-(I… General, at 3:30 am… in an hour.)
Brigadier Newmann raised his voice.
“(Damn 3:30am is correct!)”
-(all right.)
When Brigadier Newmann put down the handset, Captain Smith, who returned to the control room, said:
“(The troops woke up.)”
“(Everyone withdrew to Virginia headquarters. Ordered to pack personal equipment, and prepared helicopters to Seongnam Airfield.)”
“(all right!)”
* * *
I said to Incheol, who shook his head saying it was a trade secret.
“Then that’s it, just tell me this.”
“What?”
“Didn’t the Logistics Support Team truck not come today? Perhaps… Did you do that too?”
In-cheol said with a surprised expression at my question.
“Huh—! How the hell do you know?”
Also, my prediction is correct.
“Then why didn’t the Logistics Support Team truck come?”
In response to my question, Incheol smiled and said.
“The source was shut down.”
“A source blockade? What does that mean?”
“Just because INSCOM withdraws doesn’t mean we don’t get guerrillas.”
ah… !
In Cheol-i’s words, even if INSCOM returned to the US, we would have been trained in guerrillas according to the original schedule.
“Are you… Did you hack the military support team too?”
“haha-! That’s not it.”
“Then what the hell did you do?”
“Are you so curious?”
I nodded my head at Incheol’s question.
* * *
On the same day, at 8:30 a.m., the US military camp in Gwangsari.
Lieutenant Colonel Maarith, Operations Staff, 2nd Division, USFK, confirmed the orders received from the home country overnight on the way to work.
Among them, there was a statement locked with an SCI-level cipher.
＜WHS-EUSA-U0>
WHS means the White House Secretariat as the caller ID, EUSA means the recipient is a USFK commander, and U0 means the order’s urgency is priority 0.
Lieutenant Colonel Maarith became contemplative, found a diskette containing the commander’s private encryption key, put it in a computer, and decrypted the text.
+ +
Tempo plans to visit 2nd Division Gwangsari Camp and Mobile Camp. The date of the visit will be either June 13th or June 14th.
During this period, all U.S. Army personnel must cease all military activities and remain on standby.
During her visit to Yangzhou, Tempo prefers to travel by car, so White House security personnel will be stationed outside the camp.
To this end, on the 13th and 14th, request the ROK military to strictly control the operation of military vehicles in all areas of Yangju.
* * *
“Who is Tempo?”
In-cheol answered my question.
“The secret code name for the first lady of the President of the United States is Tempo.”
I looked at Incheol with a worried expression and said.
“you… now… Are you kidding me?”
“Actually, that’s bullshit! ha ha ha-!”
“what?!”
“hey! Six o’clock.”
Incheol got up from his seat and continued.
“It’s time for a Brazilian soccer game. Let’s stop talking nonsense and go in.”
I followed In-cheol to the barracks.
* * *
same time.
A house in Yangju-gun.
The door opened and a girl’s bright voice was heard.
“I’m home-!”