1979, Manager Kim is Inheriting Dictatorship! - Chapter 12
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Episode 12
After running hundreds of kilometers, we finally arrived near the Turkish border.
“How much time is left now?”
Yeonseok continues to look around and asks the mercenary captain Hanuel.
“It’s only about 20km more to go. But how do I get past the border guards near the border?”
“Um… In that case, how about this road?”
Yeonseok takes out a large piece of paper from his bag and hands it to Hanuel.
“Isn’t this a map?”
The map app installed on Jeongguk’s smartphone showed a satellite map.
However, the satellite map showed a real-time map from 1979, not a map from 2023.
And the map that Yeonseok gave to Hanuel was a map that Jeongguk had made in Korea using a smartphone map.
The map that Jeongguk sent showed the locations of Iran’s military bases, where troops were mainly stationed near the border, and even where there were no houses.
However, due to lack of time, the map that Jeongguk sent was limited to the border near Türkiye.
Hanuel looks around the map.
“Is this… true?”
“Trust me. Isn’t it suicidal to go down the main road where the border guards are located anyway?”
Hanuel looks at the map.
‘What the… this map… there’s a map this detailed?’
“How about it? Is it possible?”
“Where did you get this map?”
Hanuel had used countless maps during his life as a mercenary, but this was the first time he had seen such a detailed and accurate map.
Especially in a country like Iran where conflicts are frequent, finding a proper map is like searching for a needle in a haystack, but this map seemed more detailed and accurate than any map I had ever seen.
“That’s confidential. And that’s not important right now. How could that be possible?”
“Is it possible? If I can’t escape even with this map, I’ll have to take off my mercenary label and go home to herd sheep.”
Hanuel hands the map to the driver. The driver immediately changes direction and starts driving. As it was on the map, there were no houses or troops in the direction he changed to.
‘Really… a map this accurate···.’
While Hanuel was amazed at the accuracy of the map, Yeonseok asked Ambassador Bruce, who was looking anxious behind him.
“Ambassador. If I escape to Türkiye, can I leave the rest of the matter to you?”
“Of course! If you can escape to Türkiye, then my home country will take care of everything else!”
“Isn’t it a given that our Korea-US relationship will become even stronger through this?”
Yeonseok asks him softly.
“Of course! Today’s event will further elevate the ROK-US relationship.”
If this hostage rescue operation is successful, Bruce will certainly be treated as a hero of hostage rescue operations in the United States.
And it was clear that there would be countless love calls from the political world in the future.
‘Anglo-Saxon, white, Harvard graduate, and with a heroic story… there couldn’t be a better President of the United States…’
The curb let out a little laugh at the sight of the man who would one day become the President of the United States shivering next to him.
And before we knew it, the car was reaching the Turkish border.
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In front of the Prime Minister’s residence at 2:00 a.m. on November 8th.
“Aren’t you Commander Wickham? What’s going on here?”
Noh Dae-jun comes to his senses, stands up, and asks him in fluent English.
Unlike Jeon Dae-hwan, who had no talent for studying, Noh Dae-jun was quite talented in studying and was confident in English to the point where he was even in charge of English translation when he was a captain.
“Mr. No. It’s been a while. Your English is still fluent.”
Wickham greets Daejun happily. However, there is hostility mixed in with the happiness, whether he knows it or not.
“Yes. It’s been a while. But what are you doing here at this late hour, Commander? And leading so many troops?”
“That’s what I’m saying. Are you thinking of starting some kind of war? Is General Noh in his right mind, leading thousands of troops and coming down to the villages?”
Noh Dae-jun tries his best not to be pushed around by Wickham’s momentum.
“This is a domestic issue. It is not a matter for the US military to interfere in. What you are doing now is interference in internal affairs.”
But Wickham was far above Daejun in both rank and career. He was not a man who could be threatened in this way.
“Mr. No. Our US Forces in Korea are not just a unit that protects Korea from North Korea’s security threats, but also a unit that has meaning in terms of security cooperation with Korea itself.”
“What does that have to do with the current situation?”
In response to Noh Dae-jun’s question, Wickham asks Prime Minister Choi, who followed Noh Dae-jun outside.
“What do you think, Prime Minister? Are these people threatening Korea’s security right now?”
“These people are all rebels. They pose a serious threat to the security of the Republic of Korea.”
“Prime Minister!!!”
Noh Dae-jun stands up and protests harshly to the Prime Minister. But the Prime Minister is stubborn. He knows that the situation is already over.
“We need the assistance of the US military in Korea. Could you help us, General Wickham?”
Prime Minister Choi, who has spent many years as a diplomat, speaks to Wickham in fluent English.
“Is that so? The current supreme commander of the Korean Armed Forces is clearly the Prime Minister.”
Wickham shouts at the US soldiers behind him.
“Surround them all!”
US soldiers stationed in Korea quickly begin to surround the 71st Division troops.
There was no significant difference in the number of troops. Rather, in the case of the US forces in Korea, since they did not bring tanks, the Hanahui side would have the upper hand in terms of troops.
And if we were to send down the troops of the other division commanders even now, we would clearly have an overwhelming superiority in terms of troops.
However, unlike the US forces stationed in Korea, the 71st Division troops could not fire at the US forces stationed in Korea.
The US forces in Korea now had an overwhelming justification for Prime Minister Choi. However, the Hanahoe had no justification for pointing guns at the US forces now.
Pointing a gun at the US military in Korea was a challenge to the United States.
If the Hanahwe fired even one bullet at the US forces stationed in Korea, it would not have been strange if the fleet in Okinawa had come to Korea tomorrow and purged the entire Hanahwe.
‘What should I do···.’
Noh Dae-jun’s hair turns white.
Then a familiar voice is heard from afar.
“You seem to have a lot of worries.”
A US military vehicle and a voice coming from a person who got out of it.
And the identity of that voice was none other than Chief of the Central Intelligence Agency, Kim Jeong-guk.
Noh Dae-jun and the Hanahoe leaders are surprised to see Chief Kim. They couldn’t help but be shocked when someone who should have been held captive by the Security Command gets out of Wickham’s car.
“Manager Kim.. how did you get here..”
Noh Dae-jun can’t help but say these words to Kim Jeong-guk.
“Thanks to you guys, I had a hard time.”
Manager Kim’s face was covered in bruises and his appearance was a mess.
“But I was lucky. The American soldiers came and saved me right before I died. But do you guys still torture me like that?”
Kim Jung-guk glares at Security Command adjutant Min Ha-pyeong. Min Ha-pyeong is trying to avoid Kim Jung-guk’s gaze. This is because he already knows that the situation has changed.
“Manager Kim! It’s Choi Hyun-gyu! I think we had some misunderstanding! I’m going back now, so how about we pretend today never happened?”
It was Choi Hyun-gyu, the commander of the Capital Corps. He was someone who had some acquaintance with Kim Jeong-guk in the past.
He tries to somehow manage the situation.
“What do you mean stop! You are all guilty of treason! You still don’t understand the situation!”
“Wow.. We can’t help it if that’s the case! We’re really going to end it by seeing blood!”
Choi Hyun-gyu tries to overcome this situation somehow. He thinks that since they still have the upper hand in military power, they can overcome it if they threaten in this way.
“What are you going to do, Prime Minister? Are you just going to let these guys go?”
Kim Jung-guk asks Prime Minister Choi.
And just then, reinforcements arrived.
“Prime Minister! Are you okay?”
“Is everyone okay?”
They gathered and led troops who were not directly affiliated with the Hanahwe. The number of soldiers was not large, but if combined with the US forces stationed in Korea, it would be enough to capture the 71st Division right away.
“Chief Lee Dae-sik! Arrest all the people who entered the Prime Minister’s residence with the military on charges of sedition.”
“Arrest them all!”
Noh Dae-jun thinks for a moment and then makes a decision.
“.. .. .. Everyone, put down your guns..”
Noh Dae-jun eventually surrenders and puts down the gun he was holding. Then, the other generals and soldiers also put down their guns.
At the shout of Chief of Staff Lee Dae-sik, soldiers arrest all the Hanahoe generals, including Noh Dae-jun, who were standing in front of the Prime Minister’s residence.
When all of their commanders are arrested, the soldiers of the 71st Division are at a loss. They are anxious that they too will be arrested as rebels.
At that moment, Kim Jung-guk shouts while looking at the soldiers.
“Don’t worry! We have no intention of holding the privates accountable. You all know that you were brought here by force anyway.
“Now, the commissioned officers are in command of the enlisted men so that they can return to their units quickly!”
Only then did the soldiers of the 71st Division breathe a sigh of relief.
“Chief Kim! No matter what, they are rebels, so shouldn’t they be punished severely? Even if it’s the privates, shouldn’t all the officers of the rank and file be arrested?”
Minister Lee Hwa-seong comes to me and questions me.
“Minister. Even though these commissioned officers are graduates of the Korea Military Academy, they are at best young kids in their 20s who have only been in the military for a few years. What do they know?”
General Lee Dae-sik, who was commanding the soldiers next to me, also took my side.
“What Chief Kim said seems to be true. And if there are no commissioned officers right now, who will command that unit?”
“Come to think of it, that’s not wrong. Then, let’s just end it with a pay cut for commissioned officers.”
“Yes, I understand. If we give them that much warning, they won’t do something like this again.”
Dozens of stars, including Noh Dae-jun and Choi Hyun-gyu, are arrested one after another. They didn’t say anything, perhaps because they sensed that it was over, and their faces were filled with despair.
The US military in Korea, which did not intervene on the original 12.12 incident, intervened, ending the 11.7 military rebellion in failure.
The situation is somewhat resolved and Wickham approaches Kim Jung-guk.
“Manager Kim. Thank you for your hard work.”
“No. Thanks to Commander Wickham, South Korea has overcome another major crisis today. We always owe the United States a favor.”
“What are you talking about? The United States owes you so much this time. The President wants you to be sure to convey his regards.”
Wickham bows his head sincerely and expresses his gratitude to Kim Jung-guk.
“What happened in Iran, as an American citizen, I am grateful. Thank you very much.”
“Haha.. This is.. This is going to be difficult···.”
Prime Minister Choi and other people, including Minister of National Defense Lee Hwa-sung, who were watching the scene, were speechless in shock at the sight of the commander of the US Forces Korea bowing his head to the chief of the Korean Central Intelligence Agency.
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