I Will Stage A Coup D’état - Chapter 76



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EP.76 Ape Operation (2)

In order to capture the target, Heydrich, Jung first contacted MI6, the British Foreign Intelligence Service.

As talks took place at government level, MI6 Intelligence Director Sir Stuart Graham Menzies responded amicably and promised to cooperate.

“We will help you make contact with your Czech and Yugoslav friends.”

Jeong Gong-gu, head of the Central Intelligence Agency’s European branch who was also the defense attaché in the UK, contacted the Czechoslovakian government-in-exile through the arrangement of the British Intelligence Service.

Defense Minister Sergei Ingred, who appeared at the negotiating table representing the government-in-exile, expressed deep interest in South Korea’s proposal.

“So, the Korean side will provide weapons, funds, and training, so let’s work together to catch the Czech butcher, right?”

“That’s right, Minister.”

“Catch Heydrich.”

Sergei Ingr hated Heydrich, the butcher who tamed the Czechs with carrots and sticks, to his core.

Killing that monster was something I never dreamed of.

“Minister, for the sake of all of us, that monster must be eradicated from the face of the earth.”

“That is correct.”

After much thought, the minister decided to agree to this plan.

It was impossible to ignore the reality that the money South Korea had promised to provide was desperately needed by the government in exile.

Yugoslav Partisan leader Tito also agreed to cooperate with the plan on the condition that he receive financial support from South Korea.

As soon as the groundwork for the operation was completed, Jung Jeong leaked information to the German authorities.

The content was all nonsense.

“The Korean Central Intelligence Agency has made contact with the coup forces within the empire. Pyongyang has approved the launch of the new regime and promised to help mediate between Germany and the Soviet Union.”

“The Korean Central Intelligence Agency is in contact with the Polish Home Army. They say they are planning to blow up the railway yard in Warsaw, which could have an impact on the German-Soviet war.”

“It is said that South Korean naval special forces are waiting in Spain to overthrow the Italian government. The goal is to kidnap or kill Mussolini.”

If it sounds like talk, you can at least pretend to believe it. It’s not worth listening to.

Heydrich scoffed at the intelligence report.

“This must have been a prank by the British or Koreans.”

“In fact, there was also talk of assassinating Your Majesty.”

“What talent do Orientals have?”

Among them was the story that there was a conspiracy to assassinate Heydrich, but the blond beast did not believe it.

On the contrary, he strongly felt that he should show off his own dignity a little more.

Only then can we say something to the Nazi officials who have buried their heads in their heads and believed nonsense about assassination and such.

Heydrich decided to act as usual.

Meanwhile, Czech assassins based in Yugoslavia were in the final stages of training to assassinate Reinhard.

“Sergeant, I’m so tired. Can I rest for a bit?”

“There’s no time. Remember, you don’t have enough time to prepare for the operation. Instead of complaining, shout loudly! Got it?”

“evil!”

Because the water owner, Korea, had set a tight deadline, the Czech soldiers had to move without even taking a breath.

Jeong Gong-gu reviewed the equipment to be provided with Major Cecil Clarke, the British Army’s lead weapon support officer in Gibraltar.

“The rifle will basically be the German-made MP38.”

The use of German-made firearms, for which ammunition was readily available locally, was a reasonable choice.

“The bomb of choice was a German-made M24 grenade.”

Considering that stick grenades are easy to throw, this wasn’t too bad.

After inspecting the weapons, Jeong Gong-gu discussed infiltration methods with František Moravec, the head of the Czech government-in-exile’s intelligence service.

Moravec suggested the following method:

“Let’s go in on the glider.”

“That, a glider?”

It was a method that Jeonggonggu had never even thought of.

In fact, because the experience of the Anglo-German air battle was relatively weak, the night skies of Europe still remained defenseless.

If we had taken advantage of this gap and infiltrated at night, we would have had a good chance of winning.

Jeong Gong-gu consulted the British Air Force and concluded that this method was feasible.

Preparations to kill Heydrich were completed on April 20, 1942.

“Let’s begin the operation.”

South Korea had no intention of dragging out Heydrich’s removal.

While he was wasting time, he was concerned about the effect Heydrich’s plan might have, and wanted to put an end to it immediately.

“That guy, stop breathing now.”

Fortunately, the execution order was given by His Majesty himself.

“Let’s go.”

As soon as the water owner, South Korea, gave the OK sign, the assassination team took off from the Yugoslav airfield and flew across the Austrian night sky.

The German Air Force, which was supposed to be watching this, didn’t even realize that something had passed over their heads.

The few night fighter units that existed were deployed in eastern Germany to block Soviet bombers taking off from the Soviet Union and targeting East Prussia and Berlin, so they were not prepared to stop the assassination team’s gliders.

The assassination squad crossed Austria and landed near Prague.

As the glider landed, the commander of the assassins, Lieutenant Josef Gabchik, along with Sergeant Karel Svoboda, covered all traces.

They quickly dismantled the glider and took cover in the barn.

It didn’t take that long to get here.

The assassins hastened their movements to match Heydrich’s schedule, which they had figured out in advance.

Heydrich left his home in Panenske Brzezany for Prague Castle every morning at 10:30.

Security wasn’t tight either.

Heydrich had no special protection, other than a driver who served as his personal escort.

10:32.

As Heydrich’s car appeared in the village of Lidice, the assassins exchanged glances.

“Get ready.”

The assassins waited for Heydrich’s Mercedes-Benz W142 to approach, then pulled out a German submachine gun hidden under his thick coat.

“What, what is it?”

Tata tata!

Heydrich’s driver suddenly turned the steering wheel as gunfire poured in.

Sergeant Karel Svoboda’s team, waiting at the next location, threw a grenade.

bang!

The seats of the Mercedes-Benz were mangled by the aftermath of a grenade explosion.

“Te, it’s terror!”

The sudden gunfire and explosions threw people into confusion, causing them to run for cover.

In the midst of the chaos where no one had come to their senses, the attackers exchanged magazines.

Bang bang!

Heydrich confirmed the scene, then boldly grabbed his pistol and fired a bullet at the assassins.

The assassins were taken aback by his calm appearance.

“Heydrich! Was he right?”

“It missed.”

Unfortunately for the assassins, Heydrich survived the initial shot with only a minor cut to his arm.

Heydrich continued to fire his gun at the assassins.

It was a bad situation.

Soon, German soldiers on motorcycles began to approach.

“The Germans are coming.”

“Damn it, get out.”

The assassins quickly gathered their weapons and began to flee.

Here the assassins thought their attack had failed.

But Heydrich’s body was riddled with grenade fragments.

Contrary to appearances, Heydrich was already seriously injured.

“I, Heydrich, am being treated by the inferior Slavic race.”

“Your Majesty! You must come to your senses.”

Upon arriving at the hospital, Heydrich lost consciousness and, despite the mobilization of all doctors to treat him, he died without ever getting out of bed.

The unexpected assassination of Heydrich sparked outrage in Germany.

“We will hold the Czech subversive forces accountable for their terrorist acts.”

Hitler ordered brutal reprisals here.

The Nazis needed to make an example of the Czechs, if only for their own safety.

Under the command of the head of the German order police, Oberstoberst Kurt Daluge, the SS unleashed brutal violence against the Czechs.

“Pull them all out.”

196 men from the village of Lidice were executed solely because it was the site of an attempted assassination of Heydrich.

Women and children were sent to concentration camps, and villages were bulldozed.

In the village of Rezaki, where the agents are believed to have passed through, the entire population was either killed or sent to a concentration camp.

In just 10 villages that disappeared like this, 2,000 people were killed.

The original version was a massacre worse than the retaliation for Heydrich’s assassination.

Italy responded by launching a large-scale anti-guerrilla operation in Yugoslavia.

The Czech government-in-exile and the partisans were shocked by their merciless reprisals.

“If we had known that this would be the result of cooperating with you, we would not have acted. Didn’t we only harm the people in order to catch Heydrich?”

Even Jeong Gong-gu was speechless when things got so twisted.

But I thought it was a necessary sacrifice.

The Central Committee reported Heydrich’s assassination to His Excellency.

After hearing this report, His Majesty patted Lee Gyeong-ho on the shoulder.

“Master. I knew you’d do a great job.”

“Thank you, Your Majesty.”

“And by the way, I wish there was a little more backstory to this. What do you think, sir?”

What’s the backstory?

“I would like to know Your Majesty’s will.”

“Master, let’s announce to the whole world that this incident was planned by our court.”

yes?

Wouldn’t it be normal to keep this kind of work hidden?

But His Majesty seemed to think differently.

“If we knew that it was our doing, wouldn’t we be able to save face in front of our European friends after the war?”

Your Majesty’s words were correct.

Considering the position of the empire after the war, it was right to advertise that such a big thing was led by Daehan.

It didn’t matter if the Czechs and Yugoslavs complained during the process.

Anyway, the Koreans weren’t that close with those bastards.

“I will accept it.”

His Majesty motioned for him to leave without saying a word.

A few days later, Lee Kyung-ho gathered foreign reporters and told them a shocking story.

“So, are you saying that the Korean Empire ordered the assassination of Governor-General Heydrich?”

Lee Kyung-ho said calmly.

“I gave the order.”

“Oh, no. What is that?”

When the mastermind behind Heydrich’s assassination was revealed during the Q&A session, foreign correspondents could not hide their shock.

“Isn’t that an act of terrorism unbecoming of a country that calls itself a great power?”

Of course, assassinating an enemy official even during a war was something that could not be done in European warfare customs.

In less than a day, Germany’s angry reaction reverberated around the world.

“Korea is a nation of terrorists. These people are not even worthy of being called a nation. Why is the world silent about the atrocities committed by this evil mass of inferior races, or rather, uncivilized mongrels!”

Frankly, that wasn’t something a Nazi would say.

Does it make sense to commit genocide, purges, rape, forced labor, and any other atrocities you can, and then still brag about it to Korea?

Jungjung decided to beat up the Nazis with honest factual violence.

From the moment the Nazis entered the ring of public opinion war, lured by South Korea’s provocation, it was as good as starting a fight they could not win.

Yeah, forced labor camps, yeah, extermination units, yeah, baby factories.

The central focus was to expose the parts that the Nazis did not want to reveal.

“That’s a blatant lie!”

“So what class of citizen are Jews in Germany?”

“Jews are not Europeans, so they are out of the question.”

“A million Poles have already died. Is that a proper government?”

“I just relocated the inferior Slavs to a better place! Don’t frame me!”

As time went by, Germany was unable to respond properly and was only swayed by the public opinion war led by Korea.

Lee Kyung-ho sneered.

“Berlin becomes a crippled city because of the death of one Heydrich.”

In fact, this was an obvious conclusion when looking beneath the surface.

Canaris, the head of the Defense Ministry’s counterintelligence bureau, was originally anti-Nazi and uncooperative with the Nazi regime, and the Ministry of Foreign Affairs was also a world filled with noble pawn aristocrats, so they were people who tried to do as they pleased.

It was only natural that Germany’s diplomatic capabilities were crippled when Heydrich, who had tried to somehow unite and move such people under the leadership of the State Security Headquarters, passed away.

Since Germany’s diplomatic power has also become crippled, its future operations against Korea will not be very effective.

“Your Majesty’s decision to eliminate Heydrich has saved this country again.”

Lee Kyung-ho once again reflected on His Majesty’s greatness.

As expected, His Majesty was a superhuman who came down to save this country.