Damn the World, Ride a Submarine - Chapter 106



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Episode 106 – Tatarstan

In Ukraine’s situation, with the help of OSS, the Crimean Peninsula was restored with only 7,000 troops.

My joy lay elsewhere.

Of course, the Ukrainian Marine Division’s bravery in fighting at the forefront and at the forefront was also great. There were no casualties from the OSS yet.

And before that fear becomes reality, the Black Sea Fleet is destroyed. More than anything. I was proud that I had used my money and brains to get the Crimean Republic to surrender.

While articles related to Ukraine’s restoration of the Crimean peninsula were all over the internet, a tracking article with an unusual title appeared.

[Failure-free military company, OSS]

I don’t know how they covered that article.

From the operation in which OSS punished the rescue of our employees who were kidnapped by MILF rebels, it is presumed that they carried out a secret intelligence operation somewhere in the South China Sea.

Bombing of the Sevmash Shipyard in Severodvinsk. And it is believed to have played an important role in the sinking of the Chinese aircraft carrier.

Although it was a mixture of coverage and speculation about the Hansando operation that destroyed the Black Sea Fleet, it was a fairly accurate article.

At this point, even if I was in a shaded area, I had to aim for a sunny area.

As a private military company, OSS had become a brand, and only if it lived up to its name, whether it was notoriety or reputation, would it be able to avoid using unnecessary force.

The name value I want is ‘I keep my promises.’ It was.

The people who were responsible for this surrender and the relevant leadership were moved by means such as helicopters and planes to the OSS hospital ship Mercy waiting in the Sea of ​​Marmara.

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Some of them were interrogated by OSSIA (OSS Intelligence Agency) agents following Director Lee’s suggestion that an intelligence investigation was needed.

Afterwards, they sent it to a third country of their choice along with the money.

In addition, some expressed their intention to join (enlist?) OSS, and after completing identity verification at OSSIA,

We sent them to the Sinheung Camp in Tawi-Tawi so that they could find something to do.

Among the Russian army deserters, people began to come to us saying they wanted to join the OSS.

An ambiguous situation was created in which one could neither receive them nor reject them.

As an alternative, they were assigned to the OSS Crimean Brigade and entrusted with security and civil operations in the occupied territories.

Although I was worried about what to do when OSS withdraws its troops in the future. He did not want to lose the trust that the OSS badge gave him.

The situation on the eastern front in Ukraine was frustrating. Due to the Russian army’s strong resistance, they were repeatedly advancing and retreating.

As if losing the Crimea Peninsula was not enough, Russia, which had an armed uprising in the Baltic countries, gave up eastern Donbass to Ukraine as well.

There will be a situation where the border will be restored to what it was before the Crimean War.

It was obvious that it would bring extreme political chaos to Russia.

Russia’s fierce resistance on the Eastern Front resulted in the first casualties since the establishment of the OSS. I was momentarily stunned by the shocking news, but I had to come to my senses.

They were three artillerymen from our OSS artillery brigade. The Russian army, suffering from artillery fire, organized a special force and raided the battery.

Our artillerymen operated their self-propelled mortars like armored vehicles and destroyed the Russian commandos with their secondary weapon, the K6 heavy machine gun.

In the process, three people were killed and many others were injured. Two self-propelled mortars were also damaged by enemy anti-tank weapons.

All medical and aviation capabilities were mobilized to evacuate the dead and wounded to the OSS Mercy hospital ship.

I ordered that a Boeing 777F be assigned as a private plane to collect the body with the utmost respect and transport it.

They were supported by a field officer who would attend the entire process of transporting the fallen and treat them with courtesy.

Captain Shin Hee-rip of ship number 9 volunteered. I felt grateful. Although he was a naval officer, his feelings toward his fallen comrades must have remained the same.

In consultation with the family, the burial site was set at Sinheung Camp in Tawi-Tawi. As if they had made a promise, all three of the fallen had the same intention.

– Although he was a soldier dispatched from the Korean military, his current affiliation was OSS, so he was said to be unable to be buried in a national cemetery. –

In addition, support for the families of the fallen was ensured to be the same as when they were alive, and, separate from the compensation, the salaries of the fallen were to be paid to their surviving families for the next 30 years.

The bodies of the three OSS fallen were transported from the hospital ship OSS Mercy in the Sea of ​​Marmara, through Istanbul, Dubai, Singapore, and Manila, the Philippines, to Incheon Airport in Korea.

Colonel Shin Hee-rip was with us throughout the entire process.

Whenever the remains of the fallen are laid to rest or the order of funerals changes. I showed courtesy with all my heart.

Major Petrovitch, dispatched from the Southern Ukraine Army, was also present there.

Upon arriving in Korea, the souls of the fallen went to the funeral homes set up in their respective hometowns. Officers and soldiers in uniform accompanied them.

A private plane was allocated to take the mourners to Korea. The second jet, a G700, was allocated separately for mourners who missed their flight or were short on time.

And I flew to Korea for the funeral.

After paying condolences at a mortuary in Korea, the funeral procession passed through places where the memories of the deceased were stored, and the remains of Younghyeon boarded a private plane prepared by OSS.

A private plane carrying Younghyun, his bereaved family, and mourners crossed the blue sky and arrived at Tawi-Tawi Sinheung Camp.

A gravesite for OSS war dead was prepared at Sinheung Camp.

A graveyard for OSS war dead was built right in front of you when you enter the main gate, and their remains were enshrined there.

There were differing opinions about the location of the graves of the fallen.

To always remember and never forget. Everyone followed my suggestion to build it in the plaza in front of the main gate, where it would be most visible and where people could greet each other every day.

Afterwards, everyone entering and exiting Sinheung Camp paid respects to the OSS fallen. There was no instruction or coercion, but it happened that way.

In addition, procedures and devices were established to allow the remains to be recovered at any time.

If the OSS had to leave the Sinheung Camp base, the first thing to do was to collect the remains of the fallen.

Even if it’s formal. I wanted to set a precedent of ‘taking responsibility until the end.’

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After completing all funeral arrangements and consoling the bereaved family, I returned to Tawi-Tawiham on the Black Sea. The war was not over yet.

While I was away, the OSS 1st Assault Squadron moved to the Armiansk coast and supported the operation to recover Melitopol.

The OSS Crimean Brigade was stationed in Simferopol in preparation for any unexpected situation on the Crimean Peninsula. And the 1st Ukrainian Marine Division advanced to Kerch (Kepy).

This is because Kerch was a strategic point where the blown-up Crimean Bridge was located and the Russian mainland was just a stone’s throw away.

The OSS 2nd Squadron was deployed forward to the southern Black Sea to support the Ukrainian Marine Division.

Soon after, Melitopol was restored.

As a result, the Crimean Peninsula gained strategic stability, and the Russian army was pushed back from all fronts and shrunk to the Donbass region around Luhansk and Donetsk.

According to OSSIA’s intelligence report, abnormal signs were detected in mainland Russia.

Russia’s loss of the Crimean peninsula came as a shock to the entire nation. It was said that the fatigue of a long war had accumulated.

Meanwhile, Moscow implemented indiscriminate forced conscription of ethnic minorities and the lower class to supplement its insufficient troops.

As a result, the entire Russian Federation was on the verge of exploding with skepticism and dissatisfaction with the war, the report said.

The trigger was pulled from an unexpected place.

Mass desertion occurred in the Belarusian army.

An entire Belarusian infantry brigade had chosen to defect to Poland.

It was not a simple desertion, but an organized attempt by the infantry brigade headquarters and the entire brigade to go into exile abroad.

ABW It was only assumed that there was an operation by the Polish National Security Service.

– ABW (Agencja Bezpieczeństwa Wewnętrznego)

The mass desertion of the Belarusian army toppled another domino.

Anti-Lukashenko forces joined hands with the Wagner Group, a Russian mercenary group stationed in Belarus, to stage a coup.

In addition, the coup forces publicly executed President Lukashenko just two days after taking control of the government.

The end of 30-year dictator Lukashenko was tragic.

Like Italian dictator Benito Mussolini during World War II, Lukashenko was executed by firing squad and then hung upside down. (Ironically, he is of Ukrainian descent.)

And the revolutionary forces that took control of Belarus (they say) unilaterally declared a ceasefire in the war in Ukraine.

Everyone had different interpretations as to why the Wagner Group stationed in Belarus joined the anti-Lukashenko camp. The general interpretation was this.

For the Wagner Group, which was expelled from Russia, the war in Ukraine was a profitable (unpaid) business, and Lukashenko, who accepted them, would not have been pleased to expect payment for their food (participation in the war).

Rather than looking for clients willing to pay, the Wagner Group He chose to become a client himself.

Russia, where there is salvation, could not bring back the Wagner Group, and the Belarusian revolutionary forces declared a ceasefire.

The Wagner Group cleverly pulled itself out of the quagmire of war and at the same time was reborn from a military company to a key force in a country (Belarus).

Ukraine’s Northern Army, which had been burdened with the northern front by the coup d’état in Belarus, began to advance east.

However, it was not possible to deploy all troops to the Eastern Front.

This was because the more Ukrainian troops were concentrated in one place, the more there was a risk that Russia, which was cornered, would reuse its nuclear weapons.

A normal person would not have been able to choose the path of self-destruction when the United States entered the war. This is because the majority of the Moscow leadership was not normal.

Meanwhile, the Republic of Tatarstan in Russia’s Volga Federal District, located in the middle of Central Asia between Russia and Europe, withdrew from the Union and declared independence.

The Tatars are the largest ethnic group in the Russian Federation with a population of 4.7 million.

It all started when local governments sympathized with protests rejecting the indiscriminate and forced conscription of ethnic minorities. This led to the spread of the independence movement.

The Republic of Tatarstan is comprised of 51% Tatars and about 30% Russians. In the past, the Volga Tatars of the Kazan Khanate took the lead and declared independence.

When the independence of Tatarstan was declared.

Tatars who had been spread throughout the Russian Federation began to gather. It was as if it had been prepared in advance.

Even Tatars who converted to the Russian Orthodox Church, including Siberian Tatars, Krashens, and Nagaivacs, gathered in Tatarstan.

In the past, it had the meaning of uniting the Tatars who had been scattered all over Russia, from Central Asia to the Crimea, due to Stalin’s forced migration policy.

More than anything. It was also the only way for them to avoid forced conscription by Russia.

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