I Became Park Jeong-ui’s Nephew - Chapter 66



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He became Park Jeong-ui’s nephew. – (66)

“Can the Chinese army capture Shanghai?”

“No way, Mao Zedong will eventually be defeated.”

This is the Soviet Union,

Khrushchev listened to the situation in China.

By communizing Poland while the Allied forces were fighting the Chinese, the Soviet Union had achieved its goal.

The problem then is,

Now that Poland has become communist, the Soviet Union has no reason to protest if the Allies turn Shanghai into communist.

But that was also the scenario calculated by Khrushchev.

If Shanghai becomes independent, China will fall into greater chaos.

This war has led to Tibet’s independence and even the ethnic minorities have been stirred up in China. If China splits into several parts, the Soviet Union plans to gradually devour it.

Mongolia, which was designated as a buffer zone between China and the Soviet Union, was also within the Soviet Union’s firing range, and the Soviet Union was planning to include the Manchurian people as well if necessary.

Do you think the Soviet Union would oppose Shanghai’s independence?

The mindset was to first make Korea independent and then swallow it up later, but Khrushchev was wary of Korea, which had recently rapidly grown in power.

‘To be honest, I was only concerned about the US and UK…’

Khrushchev believed that Korea would fail to develop economically.

Industrialization is a project that can only be pursued once the food problem is solved, but is Korea a country that can be self-sufficient?

A country that has a food shortage and imports food from the United States – how can such a country achieve industrialization?

Korea solved this problem simply.

“Food? We can just import it from America and eat it.”

“So, Korea, you guys know something. Are you going to eat American rice from now on?”

“Of course. Aren’t we helping each other?”

Since 1945, the world has increased grain production dramatically.

The one who led this was the United States.

The United States has expanded rice acreage dramatically since 1950, with Missouri doubling its rice acreage from 3,000 to 6,000 acres.

Not only rice, but also corn cultivation area has increased similarly, and the reason the United States is serious about food production is because it is good business.

In a world where everyone has difficulty making ends meet after the end of World War II, we need to secure food supplies to rebuild, but who will take on that role?

Of course, there is no other country than the United States.

After the war, the United States began producing food for export and began producing grain to feed the world.

Korea just accepted it as is.

When the United States solved the food problem, they moved to industrialization, and now they have the industrial capacity to take responsibility for the logistics of the 930,000-strong Allied Forces.

Going one step further, they are now ready to have a showdown with the Chinese army over Shanghai.

The United States also became very angry over the communist incident in Poland and did not stop the Korean military.

[Korea is a strong ally raised by the United States]

[Korea will join hands with the US and UK and fight against the communist bloc to the end]

Rather, the United States issued a statement defending Korea.

Public opinion in the United States, which had been opposing the war, also changed from peace to war due to the communist fall of Poland.

Can the Chinese army defeat South Korea in this situation?

Absolutely impossible, Khrushchev drastically revised his diplomatic strategy.

‘There is absolutely no chance that the Chinese army will defeat South Korea, so South Korea will have no choice but to come to the diplomatic table…’

The Soviet Union’s original plan was to use North Korea to control South Korea.

As long as the threat of North Korea exists, it will be difficult for South Korea to exert influence externally.

But in this Shanghai War, South Korea demonstrated its military and industrial capabilities that could easily crush North Korea.

The Soviet Union’s diplomatic strategy of using North Korea to pressure South Korea has gone awry. So what should the Soviet Union do?

Support North Korea more and encourage it to compete with South Korea?

Even if I want to do that, I can’t.

“We are different from the South Korean puppet government!! We do not pursue economic policies that depend on foreign powers!!”

“We cannot achieve economic development by relying on foreign powers!!”

In October 1953, Kim Il-sung signed an agreement to receive 1 billion rubles in free aid from the Soviet Union.

The problem is that Kim Il-sung cannot use this 1 billion rubles as he pleases.

600 million rubles were given as necessities for the North Korean people, and the remaining 400 million rubles were used to rebuild the North Korean economy.

The problem is this 400 million rubles,

The Soviet Union has so far provided 170 million rubles in aid to North Korea, but the remaining 230 million rubles have been blocked.

The reason is that Kim Il-sung embezzled 170 million rubles. If this much had been paid, a factory should have been built and some visible results should have been produced, but the construction did not proceed.

This is why the Soviet Union began to keep a close eye on Kim Il-sung.

While the South Korean government has achieved remarkable economic growth with support from the United States, North Korea is actually regressing.

This is the real reason why Khrushchev instructed Pak Hon-yong to stop Kim Il-sung: even if the Soviet Union continued to provide support, there was no guarantee that North Korea would achieve economic development similar to that of South Korea.

In this situation, could the Soviet Union support North Korea and control South Korea?

That’s nonsense, that’s why Khrushchev has a headache.

When Khrushchev cut off support, Kim Il-sung started talking nonsense about developing the economy without relying on the Soviet Union, and Pak Hon-yong was at a loss because he couldn’t even oust Kim Il-sung, so there was no one who could help him.

So how will the Soviet Union act in the future?

What is clear is that Korea has emerged as a power that cannot be ignored, and once it plants its flag in Shanghai, there is no need to even talk about what happens next.

From the Soviet Union’s point of view, the best option was to bring Korea to the diplomatic table, so they first began work on getting Korea to join the UN.

***

“Your Majesty, we have received a call from the Soviet Union.”

“What is it about?”

“They will allow us to officially join the UN.”

“Really? That’s so tearful, thank you. You used to be so against it.”

The same routine that repeats itself today,

I received the report submitted by Prime Minister Lee Beom-seok.

The Soviet Union opposed Korea’s entry into the UN for several years, so why is it now approving it?

I saw right through Khrushchev.

‘You don’t think I’ll do whatever you want?’

What will happen if Korea joins the UN? In the future, Korea will have to face checks from the US and the Soviet Union when conducting military operations.

America doesn’t care, but the problem is the Soviet Union,

Why is the Soviet Union trying to get Korea to join the UN now?

It means that Korea will be controlled within the UN framework. If Korea joins the UN, it will not be able to move its military at will.

Because it was not a member of the UN, it was able to send troops into Shanghai, but instead, it escaped diplomatic isolation by signing a mutual defense treaty with the United States.

Now, the Soviet Union is pretending that it doesn’t matter whether they join the UN or not, and that it’s some great favor.

Korea is already in agreement with the United States.

“They are asking me to join the UN, so of course I should refuse?”

“Then, the Soviet Union is trying to control Korea now.”

“I think so too. Let’s pretend that we never joined the UN.”

President MacArthur had the same idea. He was just talking nonsense.

South Korea rejected the Soviet Union’s offer to join the UN and planned to fight the Chinese army in Shanghai as scheduled.

If we win here, the Chinese army will be destroyed, and the Soviet Union plans to communize not only Poland but also Mongolia.

In the meantime, the Allied Forces planned to liberate Shanghai and rebuild the Republic of China, and also prepared measures to provide economic support to Tibet and Vietnam.

To this extent, we can achieve a balance of power with the Soviet Union. It is unfortunate that Poland became communist, but the Allies also gained a lot from this war.

Anyone can see that Korea had no reason to join hands with the Soviet Union, and it reorganized the East Asian order by cooperating with the United States.

***

“We won again!!”

“Wow~!!”

“Allied victory!!”

This is Shanghai, and the Korean army, having repelled three invasions by the Chinese army, shouted in victory.

The Chinese army, which had completely lost its fighting power, hurriedly withdrew north.

Thanks to this, the Allied Forces defended the front line extending from Nanjing to Wuhan to Chongqing.

The achievement of protecting half of the Chinese mainland,

Because of the mismanagement of Chiang Kai-shek and the Kuomintang, the Republic of China lost its governmental function, and now it was up to the Allied Forces to divide up southern China.

First, the Chongqing area was occupied by Britain.

Originally, it was occupied by the Tibetan army, but Tibet handed Chongqing over to Britain in exchange for economic support from the Allied forces.

The United States, which consumed the most manpower and materials in this war, took over Nanjing and Wuhan.

And Shanghai and Taiwan came over to Korea.

The problem is the choice of the Korean government: whether to make Shanghai a direct territory or to establish a pro-Korean government and engage in behind-the-scenes politics.

First, Shanghai Jewish political party Aleph has stated that it will follow the wishes of the Korean government.

Whichever way you choose, Shanghai Jews are now inextricably linked to Korea.

If Shanghai is incorporated into Korea and Jews enter Korean politics, will Korea accept Jews as Koreans?

A separate issue from eating Shanghai,

The Korean People’s Party had a heated debate over a piece of meat that had been dropped right in front of their eyes.

“Let’s just eat it up. How did we get this land and establish an independent Jewish state there?”

“Think carefully, my friend. If Jews enter Korean politics, we will lose our power.”

“Well… that makes sense too.”

The Korean People’s Party was wary of Jews entering Korean politics.

Jews who have a lot of money and excellent business skills are exactly the type of people the current president likes.

If Jews enter politics in large numbers, will the Korean People’s Party be able to enjoy the same prestige it has now?

No matter how you think about it, it is a fight that is no match for the Korean People’s Party, and they have come to a consensus to establish a Jewish state in Shanghai.

The problem is that the president’s approval is required. Could this victory be the catalyst for a turnaround in Korean politics?

Politicians’ eyes were focused on government buildings.

The government has yet to respond significantly, and public opinion has not missed the president’s every move.

[President Park Sang-geun met with the U.S. Ambassador to Korea today and spoke for over two hours. It has been confirmed that Jewish officials were also present. It seems likely that a conclusion will be reached soon.]

An incident that has garnered public attention not only in Korea but around the world.

Will a Jewish state be established in the East, just as Israel was established in the West? Or will Shanghai be taken over by Korea?

Korea is not a member of the UN, so it cannot be criticized for any choice it makes.

However, it is also true that the fate of East Asia is determined by Korea’s choice.

If Korea annexed Shanghai as its territory, it cannot be ruled out that China could become the trigger for World War III.

The Soviet Union was thinking of communizing not only Poland but also Mongolia. If Korea took Shanghai, the Soviet Union would also take Mongolia without any guilt.

What would happen if the United States and the Soviet Union came to a border like that?

It was frankly impossible for Britain to take Chongqing, and for the US to take Wuhan and Nanjing. Even if the Republic of China went bankrupt, wouldn’t there still be a government?

By ignoring that and continuing to grab land, didn’t the Soviet Union and the United States already cross a river that should not be crossed?

However, there is still a possibility that public opinion will change if Korea establishes an independent state in Shanghai.

In fact, in this case, the US position is more important than Korea’s position.

If Korea gives up Shanghai and chooses peace, the United States should provide Korea with corresponding benefits.

The Korean president’s meeting with the US ambassador to Korea and the Jews must have been a process of coordinating the content.

So what kind of benefits will the US provide to Korea in the future?

Public curiosity grew with each passing day.