NIS Agents Tearing Up the Japanese Empire - Chapter 236



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NIS Agent Tears the Japanese Empire Episode 236

The storm strikes twice (1)

The battle ended in a desperate victory for the independence army.

The survivors collapsed in exhaustion, and the dead lay sprawled out as they had always been.

“Hmm… … . The radish here is salty and crunchy, giving it a savory flavor.”

“It’s been a while since I’ve had rice like this… … .”

“They even give you soy sauce with your rice? Wow!”

“They might take it away. Just put it in your mouth.”

While the independence army soldiers were busy collecting the corpses and guns scattered across the battlefield, the Japanese prisoners of war were leisurely eating an early dinner.

The independence fighters who had been going back and forth and making eye contact with Japanese prisoners of war would have been angry at this sight, but everyone looked at Mutaguchi with pity as he ate his food with his bare hands, looking like a beggar without even a spoon.

“Ugh… … .”

“Tsk… … . How many people must have starved… … .”

“How could those guys who were so evil… … . Oh my.”

The sight of Japanese prisoners of war pouring rice into their mouths indiscriminately, as if they were eating rice for the first time in a long time, was enough to temporarily put aside the anger and hatred in the hearts of the independence fighters.

“Ugh… … . Stir-frying salted radish like that… … . Oh my.”

“Shouldn’t you at least give me some kimchi?”

“We don’t even have enough to eat.”

“What’s so pretty about it that you even gave me kimchi?”

“Let’s leave them alone and go do our job.”

The independence army soldiers who had been taking a break while clearing the battlefield grumbled and headed back to the battlefield.

“By the way, why is that bald guy over there eating so well?”

“That’s true. That bastard… … . He’s eating so well.”

“A ghost that died without being able to eat has possessed me… … .”

Wherever their gaze was directed, there was Mutaguchi.

“Ugh, ugh, ugh… … .”

Mutaguchi practically inhaled the rice, took out the canned food he had hidden, poured it on the rice, and mixed it to eat.

His subordinate said to him, slightly disappointed at the sight of Mutaguchi eating as if he had come to some kind of restaurant.

“Captain, I was taught that a warrior should not lose his integrity even when surrendering to the enemy. However, the way you look at it… … does not seem like a warrior.”

At his subordinate’s words, Mutaguchi put down his spoon and looked back at him.

Then, as if his mind was blocked, he hit his chest hard and brought the pitcher of water to his lips.

Mutaguchi, who had been gulping down water greedily, shouted at his subordinate as soon as his stomach started to sink.

“Lieutenant Kawasaki! What are you talking about!”

“No, the commander looks more like a pig greedy for food than a warrior.”

“Oh my, this guy knows one thing and not two.”

“yes?”

Mutaguchi scolded him with a rather serious face.

“Our defeat was entirely due to the faulty command of our superiors, not because we lacked strength!”

“Despite that, it seems like our company was just hiding throughout the entire battle… … .”

“Oh, my! I was just executing a tactical maneuver to protect my men from a wrong order!”

“No matter how much I think about it, it seems like I just ran away… … .”

At Mutaguchi’s words, the soldiers put down their spoons and responded to his words.

“The captain is right!”

“No! If it weren’t for you, Captain, we would all be dead!”

The rookie lieutenant could only nod at the stinging gaze he felt on the back of his head.

“Now that I think about it, it seems like that.”

Then, Mutaguchi took his glasses off again and scolded his subordinate.

“A warrior’s fight is not limited to the battlefield.”

“yes?”

Mutaguchi picked up his spoon again.

Then he picked up a large bowl of rice and stuffed rice into his mouth.

The sight was like a famous warrior from the Warring States period holding his spear high and charging toward the enemy lines.

“Eat! Eat as much as you can!”

“Huh? Huh??”

“Eating is the way to the Empire of Japan!”

“No, what is that… … .”

The soldiers responded with spoons in their hands to Mutaguchi’s words.

“The company commander ordered us to loot the enemy’s food supplies!”

“Everyone, don’t worry and just eat until your stomach is about to burst!”

“It doesn’t taste good… … but everyone, let’s eat it without complaining!”

“While we are well fed and healthy, those bastards’ rice bins will dwindle day by day and they will starve!”

“Let’s eat! Let’s eat! Let’s eat a lot!”

And then everyone just ate their food haphazardly.

Looking at that sight, I couldn’t tell if they were really doing it to deplete the food supply of the independence army, or if they were doing it because they had been starving for the past few days.

But one thing was certain.

‘It’s a stupid but cool thing to say… … .’

Mutaguchi had the ability to sway people’s hearts.

For better or for worse.

The teacher, who was watching this from afar, clicked his tongue as he looked at Mutaguchi happily eating.

“Tsk tsk… … You really eat well.”

“Everyone eats well even if you put soy sauce in the radish.”

“Yeah, eating is important… … . I already had a headache because there was so much rice left over, so it’s better to get rid of it like that than to just let it rot and throw it away.”

Yeongil rice, grown with the latest farming methods and plenty of fertilizer, showed an enormous harvest this year alone.

The people on the independence army side also did not expect that this much rice would be produced, so they imported rice from China in large quantities, resulting in a considerable amount of military rations piling up in the warehouse.

The promise that the independence army made to the farmers of Yanji when they divided the land there was that they would receive a certain amount of military rations, but when they actually received this amount of military rations, the warehouse was bursting at the seams.

Even though they were still taking out old rice that had been sleeping in the warehouse and feeding it to the Japanese army, the warehouses in Yeonil were still overflowing with rice.

“Then should we increase the ration?”

“Please do that. After eating, throw some rice cakes at me, and sometimes make rice noodles for me… … . Give me lots of salty and spicy side dishes so I can eat a lot of rice… … . You get it?”

“Yes.”

But this teacher felt a little sorry for just giving it away like this.

“Use it… … . But, just handing it out like this is a bit much… … .”

“Do you have something else in mind?”

“If you think about it carefully… … aren’t they all human beings?”

“Isn’t that so?”

In that moment, all sorts of tasks that would make even the inspector general astonished came to mind.

* * *

After the battle, members of the Korean Liberation Army, led by Hong Beom-do and Lee Dong-hwi, entered the headquarters.

“… … .”

“… … .”

Hong Beom-do, who entered the headquarters, looked at Ji Cheong-cheon without saying anything.

Then, Ji Cheong-cheon did not back down and looked at Hong Beom-do, and a strange fight broke out.

The strange fight between the two spread to the other officers, and a strange atmosphere hung over the headquarters as they all looked at each other with strange looks.

“Kuk… … . Long time no see, Jang Gu-un?”

The first to break this awkward silence was General Hong Beom-do, who playfully called out to Ji Cheong-cheon.

“Last time I called you, you said you were a village chief in the coastal region and didn’t come… … . So you ended up coming like this.”

“Well, back then they wanted me desperately, and this time you guys wanted me desperately.”

Ji Cheong-cheon smiled awkwardly at Hong Beom-do’s words.

“That’s true too.”

-Squeak.

Hong Beom-do brought a chair right next to Ji Cheong-cheon with a sly smile and sat down next to him.

“Can I sit here?”

“Of course. If you wish, General, I would be happy to give up my seat.”

“Haha, what is an old man who doesn’t even know how to properly till the field doing sitting there doing?”

“Even if you can’t go to the fields, you can still properly shave the heads of those Japanese people.”

“It’s a useless skill in this day and age.”

Hong Beom-do shook his hands as if he was annoyed and spoke to someone else.

“We are the guests here, so let’s not cause any trouble and just sit together.”

“Ahem.”

The Korean Liberation Army members smiled awkwardly at Hong Beom-do’s words and sat down appropriately as he said.

Then, the Korean independence army members who had been sitting first came forward and offered them drinks.

As the awkward atmosphere at first began to ease somewhat amidst the passing of glasses of alcohol, Hong Beom-do, with his cheeks flushed, slyly approached Ji Cheong-cheon.

“Yes, you must have had a hard time fighting the big battle today.”

“If General Hong hadn’t come on time, we would have been cornered and completely annihilated.”

“What about annihilation… … . You had a sharpened sword hidden away.”

“A sharp knife?”

“That lump of iron that rolls around making a loud noise, where did you get such an object?”

“A lump of iron… … ?”

Ji Cheong-cheon, who had been deeply contemplating his words, asked back as if something had come to mind.

“Oh, are you talking about the tram?”

“Chariot? Aren’t chariots pulled by horses?”

“Similar, but a little different.”

“Is that so? Anyway, it’s amazing.”

While Hong Beom-do and Ji Cheong-cheon were chatting away like that.

“Abai!”

“Huh?”

Hong Beom-do turned his head at the familiar voice.

Then, his second son, Hong Yong-hwan, whom he had not seen in a long time, stood there.

“No, Dad! My son is here, and why are you slamming a glass of alcohol the moment you get here?”

“Why is that damn thing so noisy? If you knew I was alive, that would be enough. Do you need more?”

“Hey, dad!”

“Shut up, you punk! And here, you should call me General. Why are you calling me Abai? Abai.”

“Kukuk.”

“ha ha ha!”

The banter between the two rich men brought laughter to the forefront.

Only then did everyone feel alive and realize that they had truly won the battle.

When I realized that, the alcohol that had been bitter until just a moment ago became sweet, and I could taste the side dishes that I had just been eating.

“The Japanese aren’t that great either.”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

Today’s victory had many implications.

The previous all-out war was one in which the independence army, being chased by the Japanese army, had no choice but to fight.

The previous battles of Bongodong and Cheongsanri were like that.

But this battle is different.

The independence army waited for the Japanese army to pass by, fought the enemy, and defeated them.

If the previous battles were localized battles with casualties in the tens or hundreds, this battle was a massive battle with casualties in the tens of thousands on both sides.

The Japanese Empire deployed two standing divisions, and the Korean Independence Army deployed one division, and the two sides engaged in a bloody battle.

Two Japanese divisions disappeared from the papers, and the independence army suffered considerable damage, but the Korean Liberation Army joined in and bolstered its strength.

“At this rate… … . Can’t we really take back our country with our own hands?”

“This guy is drunk, why is he saying such obvious things?”

As a result of the battle, the independence army took tens of thousands of firearms, ammunition, and other military supplies, as well as thousands of prisoners, which left a deep impression on the Soviet Union and Zhang Zuolin in Fengtian who were watching the outcome of the battle.

What about Japan?

I got nothing.

Instead, I lost what I was holding in my hand.

Two Japanese divisions were wiped out.

With two divisions blown away in the previous incident in Joseon, there are now a total of 16 divisions left in the Japanese Army.

However, two of these divisions are scheduled to be disbanded due to the intensive disarmament pushed by Crown Prince Hirohito, so in effect, there are 14 divisions left.

If you take out the Guards Division… … . In effect, the Japanese Army lost half of its strength over the past year.

At first, the Japanese Army tried hard to hide this fact, so even those within the Army were unaware of it, but if this fact were to be revealed, it was certain that all the high-ranking officials of the Japanese Empire would clutch their necks and fall to their deaths.

“Isn’t this teacher the one who designed this whole situation?”

“What about the design…? It’s just a matter of slightly changing the direction of the water flow.”

Our teacher, who had designed all this, was sitting half-reclining in a secluded pavilion, having a drink with someone.

“But why did you call me aside?”

“Um… … . I have something else to do.”

“yes?”

“Did you say your name was Park Hee-kwang?”

“Yes.”

“Yes, you previously worked in the Daehan Tonguibu, dealing with Japanese collaborators, and then received officer training in the Daehan Independence Army and was commissioned as a second lieutenant?”

“Yes, you are a very knowledgeable person.”

The teacher nodded with a satisfied smile.

“Yes, I thought about it carefully… … There are many soldiers in the Korean Independence Army… … There doesn’t seem to be anyone to actually manage information.”

“If you are a soldier who manages information… … ?”

“I mean counterintelligence, counterintelligence.”

“Oh, counterintelligence. Certainly… … . We received a lot of help from this teacher in information warfare.”

At his words, the teacher hit his knee and jumped up from his seat.

“Yes! That’s exactly what I’m saying!”

Then he asked Park Hee-kwang.

“I can’t just stay here forever.”

“Yes.”

“So… … I’m thinking of suggesting that we create a security command within the independence army.”

“Ah… … Is that so? But isn’t that something that the Uiyeoldan can handle?”

Teacher Lee chuckled at Park Hee-kwang’s question.

“I plan to leave Uiyoldan as Uiyoldan and make the Security Command into a separate Security Command.”

“Then… wouldn’t that just cause unnecessary trouble?”

“It will happen.”

“?”

“But you know… … . At this point, shouldn’t we start preparing for what will happen after independence?”

“yes?”

The teacher sat down again and this time he drank the entire bottle of alcohol.

“It’s like a pot with two legs that falls over, but with three it stands tall.”

“???”

“Therefore, I want you to take charge of the newly created Security Command. I will separate it from the Independence Army or the Korean Liberation Army in terms of resources.”

“Yes? So… …. Are you saying that you will put me in charge of the Security Command?”

“huh.”

The teacher turned his head and looked at the Japanese soldiers who were digging the graves of the dead.

“I don’t want you to act like my right-hand man in the Korean Independence Army. I just want you to watch over the Uiyoldan so that they don’t do anything foolish.”

“… …Teacher, do you not believe in Uiyoldan?”

“Huh? Of course I trust you. How can I trust my comrades if I don’t trust them?”

“Then why… … ?”

The teacher closed his eyes and lay down on the large bed.

Then he spoke as if humming a song.

“You can trust people, but you can’t trust groups.”