I Will Stage A Coup D’état - Chapter 104



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EP.104 Italian Military Government

In the Kingdom of Southern Italy, the Korean occupying forces were known as a gentlemanly army.

Even though a few candies could have made everyone from young girls to old women lower their skirts, the Korean soldiers did not even glance at the Italian women.

“Sir, chocolate. Chocolate. Just one chocolate, please.”

A young girl who couldn’t speak Korean followed a Korean soldier patrolling the streets and begged.

“I’ll give you this, so go away.”

“Thank you, sir.”

The Korean soldier threw some food at the Italian girl who was following him as if he was annoyed and walked away.

If it were soldiers from other countries, they would have used food as bait to carry out sinister schemes, but the Koreans acted like monks.

Italians were amazed whenever they saw this sight.

“Look at those people. They don’t even look at the girls who are clinging to them. Korea really is a gentlemanly country.”

Italians thought that the Korean army was a very disciplined army, but in reality, that was not the case at all.

There was a rumor going around among the Korean military.

“If you do that with an Italian woman, you’ll get all sorts of venereal diseases. And then you’ll have to cut it up. You know? With a knife. You’ll become a eunuch. If you don’t want to end up like that, behave yourself.”

“Are they really that dirty?”

“White people are the ones who live in disorder. Oh, unmarried men and women live together and do everything they can and can’t do.”

“Ha. The girls here have distinct facial features and pretty appearances, but I guess that won’t work.”

The soldiers pretended not to notice the flirtations of beautiful Italian women because they were afraid of being castrated.

Then, everyone returned to their units and shed tears of regret.

Of course, the rumor that Italian women were a hotbed of venereal disease was a false rumor spread intentionally by the Korean military leadership.

‘It is a historical fact that sexually transmitted diseases spread on the battlefield. It is all a white lie for your sake.’

The officers who knew the truth were in a different situation, but they too could not carelessly lay hands on Italian women.

“If you get an STD, your performance evaluation will fail. You won’t get promoted?”

“The girls here could knock you over if you just handed them candy, but it’s a shame. When else would you get a chance like this?”

“You idiot. If you only have one night to live, then do it.”

There was talk that the expeditionary force reflected sexually transmitted diseases in performance evaluations, so most officers were terrified even if they only touched fingers with women on the street.

That’s why Italians liked the Korean army.

Compared to Moroccan soldiers who would rape Italian women at any opportunity or British soldiers who would roam the red-light districts waving pounds, the Korean soldiers were angels.

“Mr. Joe! We have some fresh fish in stock. Would you like me to deliver it to you?”

“Just six boxes, please.”

Because people’s perception of the Korean military was good, public relations were also smooth.

Colonel Eom Seok-dae, a civil affairs officer with the 5th Army in Korea, felt the need to root out the local mafia to further strengthen these relationships.

The reason was simple.

How popular was the ‘war on crime’ with His Majesty?

‘We too need to replicate Your Excellency’s achievements in Italy.’

Eom Seok-dae judged that the war against the mafia was the keyword for the success of the Korean military’s civil affairs operation.

‘I hope Your Majesty will understand my thoughts.’

He submitted this report to Baek Dong-seok, commander of the Italian expeditionary force.

Then,

“That’s absolutely not possible. Don’t even dream of that.”

Baek Dong-seok immediately expressed his opposition.

“Why is that?”

reason?

Yes, it is because it goes against the picture Your Majesty has in mind.

Baek Dong-seok decided to explain a little bit about the picture His Majesty had drawn to this reckless friend.

According to His Excellency Lee Seong-jun’s plan, northern Italy would become a world ruled by communists.

It starts with the communists taking control of a large part of the industrial power and population.

What about the south?

What can Southern Italy, which lags behind in both industrial power and population, do to compete with the superior North?

His Majesty said this:

It is an anti-communist ideology.

If you are against communism, you must unite all street thugs, prostitutes, and homeless people to fight against the North.

However, there was a condition to using this ultimate skill.

We had to turn a blind eye to everything other than anti-communism.

Whether they were servants or anything else, they were not allowed to cause any noise.

Baek Dong-seok had already finished talking with the British military about this issue.

I think there was a time when we said that fascist war criminals were absolutely unacceptable, but Korean language originally changed from time to time.

In that respect, it was not much different from the communists.

“Do you understand? This is a painting drawn by His Majesty. You cannot paint it however you want.”

Only then did Eom Seok-dae realize that he had almost done something wrong.

“I’m sorry, Your Majesty.”

Eom Seok-dae changed his thoughts 180 degrees through a private conversation with Baek Dong-seok.

‘Then it would be best to have the mafia as a partner.’

If you think about it, the mafia guys had a really rare position in Italy: they were both ‘anti-fascist’ and ‘anti-communist’.

If you put aside the prejudice that it is a criminal organization, it was the group that most closely aligned with Korea politically.

‘It was a good thing I didn’t mess with these guys.’

First, Eom Seok-dae met with the most powerful Sicilian mafia.

When the mafia arrived from the Korean military, they were initially nervous, thinking that they had been caught smuggling supplies from the port and selling them on the black market.

But soon, when he heard the story of cooperation, his face lit up.

If you can cooperate with the military, you can do whatever you want, including smuggling.

“How can we help you?”

“Help us maintain order, and we will allow you to continue your business.”

“I will cooperate.”

The mafia did not refuse this offer.

Once the negotiations were concluded, the mafia began sending people to the port and throughout the city to support the Korean army.

The mafia also provided interpretation and negotiation services for the Korean military.

“We need some land to build a garrison, but it’s a bit tricky.”

“We’ll take care of it. Hey, start cleaning.”

Whenever the Korean military said a word, the mafia would step in and create land.

Seriously, joining hands with the mafia was the best choice.

As Um Seok-dae was completing the blueprint for a civil affairs operation in southern Italy, instructions came from home.

Soon, someone will come from the courtyard, so instructions were given to help with the work.

Why is there suddenly a military government?

Eom Seok-dae didn’t know English.

A few days later, several Asians and Europeans wearing suits came to Eom Seok-dae’s office.

Eom Seok-dae greeted them and confirmed their identities.

“I came from Geumsu Mountain. My name is Lee.”

The central point is correct.

The Jungjeong usually called themselves Geumsu Mountain.

When I thought of him as a person from the Jungjeong area, I felt a sense of inexplicable pressure.

Eom Seok-dae asked in a much kinder tone.

“How can I help you in the middle of the matter?”

A person who seemed to be a senior member of the Central Intelligence Agency handed me some documents.

“Giulio Natta, Daniel Bové… I would like to ask for your military assistance in recruiting those on the above list who are staying in the Southern Italian Kingdom area.”

These were people I was hearing about for the first time in my life.

“Are these people possibly fascist war criminals?”

Eom Seok-dae wondered if these people were fascist war criminals who had not been pardoned.

“Of course not. The details are confidential, so please don’t ask questions and please cooperate.”

“All right.”

Upon receiving the documents, it turned out that these people were ordinary scientists or engineers.

Why these people?

I had my doubts, but I buried them.

It was an abuse of authority for Eom Seok-dae, an ordinary soldier, to intervene in Jungjeong’s affairs.

Eom Seok-dae informed the mafia of these people’s personal information and requested their arrest.

And a few days later, Eom Seok-dae was able to confirm the location of several people, including Giulio Natta.

It just so happened that several of my friends on the list were refugees from Northern Italy.

“These guys are here.”

As soon as Eom Seok-dae handed over the documents, the Jungjeong agents disappeared without even saying thank you.

A few days later, Seokdae was able to read in the newspaper that several Italian celebrities had gone missing.

‘Wow. They’re kidnapping foreigners too? Is this the Jungjeong class?’

My mouth fell open at the absurdity of it.

Anyway, Eom Seok-dae didn’t know about this.

After that, strange and difficult-to-understand instructions continued to come down from the home country.

“We will collect as many specimens of flora and fauna from the Italian Peninsula as possible and send them to the Korean Institute of Biological Research.”

Why flora and fauna specimens?

“If it is possible to purchase Italian cultural assets, I will quietly purchase them and bring them over. If it is a cultural asset from the Roman era, I will spare no expense.”

What else is cultural property?

“Jung-Jung will assist in obtaining drawings from the Naples shipyard.”

Now they’ve made them steal openly.

Eom Seok-dae could not understand what on earth the home country wanted and why it was issuing such an order.

But I did as I was told.

The home country also sent down strange missions.

As the line between military rule and theft became blurred, protests came from the British military.

“I can overlook everything else, but why do you keep kidnapping people?”

“I don’t know.”

It was something I should have known but didn’t know.

Many famous people from various fields, such as shipbuilders, chemists, biologists, and astronomers, have gone missing.

About 300 people went missing, and Britain knew that it was Korea’s doing.

But what are you going to do if you keep pretending it doesn’t happen?

Korea is not even a subordinate country of Britain.

Eom Seok-dae pretended not to hear Britain’s protest and went ahead with the paperwork.

The Italian military government under the Korean military was extremely peaceful even today.