Republic of Korea in Yeokcheon - Chapter 12



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#12. Why do we worry about that?

For what seemed like less than a second, I felt as if my body was disintegrating, but as I stepped forward, a huge cave came into view.

“Huh!”

amazing.

I can’t believe there was a space like this underground in Gaema Plateau.

It felt completely different from watching it on video.

“Commander!”

“Commander! “Are you here?”

“welcome!”

Military and civilian executives welcomed Lee Kang-cheol.

“Okay, thank you all. “Colonel Jae-ha Lee, you did the best.”

“Yes, it was a lot of hard work. “Very much.”

“…”

Seeing him uselessly firing Aju repeatedly, he must have had a hard time coming to the first line.

“Are you the only one who had a hard time? “Is this missing?”

“What does the Chief of Staff say just looking at me?”

Still, only Ko Seok, the chief of staff, was by his side.

“Shut up, it’s late at night, so I’ll show you where to stay.”

“all right.”

Although it was still a bit cluttered with construction materials lying around, the basic facilities were completed to some extent thanks to bringing in as many prefabricated materials as possible.

“This is the commander’s quarters. Are you okay?”

“Well, this is great. “I’m not going to live here forever…”

Basically, the expeditionary force’s accommodation was based on container houses.

This is because it is easy to install, easy to move, and easy to recycle later.

Still, it seemed to Lee Kang-cheol that he was allowed to use the entire 20-foot building just because he was the commander, which would have been unreasonable for an ordinary expeditionary force or ordinary civilian.

Unless the whole family comes over.

“Then let’s take it easy for now. “Tomorrow, we will look around the entire area in the morning, and we will have the first meeting at 2pm, so please know that and convey it to the key executives.”

“What will the civilians do?”

“Of course I should attend. “Each department head or higher is expected to attend.”

“Okay, then take a break.”

Lee Kang-cheol lay down, but couldn’t sleep.

This is 1943.

I don’t know how it happened, but somehow I ended up in the past.

And that too, with the great responsibility of being the commander-in-chief of the expeditionary force.

“Huyu! What a world…”

It was something I didn’t know.

“Is it really wide? “How big is the area?”

The next day, Lee Kang-cheol began his first schedule by inspecting the cave.

“So far, we have secured 670,000 square meters.”

“That’s incredible. But does that mean it will continue to increase as of now?”

“That’s right. Just when you think you’ve confirmed everything, caves leading inward continue to be discovered.”

“Stop at a reasonable level. We’re not on a cave exploration team, so there’s no need to bother us more than necessary, right? “There is also an outside.”

“All right.”

“How are you keeping your guard up?”

“The anti-aircraft is based on IRST (Infra-Red Search and Track), an infrared search and track device, and when a track is found, it is finally identified using the EOTS (Electro-Optical Targeting System), which is the same as the one mounted on the Cheonho self-propelled anti-aircraft gun. No matter how old-fashioned the current Japanese military is, radar emits radio waves and is trying to avoid using it if possible. “Because you might be tracked.”

“good job. It’s not that the Japanese military didn’t have radar technology at that time. However, due to the imperial military’s unique stubbornness, he only developed a strict watchdog and did not use the radar properly.”

“I know. So we are being careful.”

One of the dark sides of the Japanese military during World War II was that they ignored radar like a dog.

Even though they had radar technology to the extent of developing groundbreaking products such as the Yagi-Uda Antenna in the late 20s, the imperial army’s stone heads ignored radar, saying that surprise was the key and what would happen if they did something like sending out radio waves? .

They even make ridiculous claims about being blind at night because of their race.

Fortunately for the expeditionary force, though.

“What are the ground boundaries?”

“We have installed surveillance cameras along the exterior forest border. “We’ve even installed a thermal camera, so we can know right away if an outsider approaches.”

“I heard there were several families of hunters or herbalists. What happened to them?”

“At the direction of the Chief of Staff, we took him to a temporary camp outside.”

“okay? Well done. “Couldn’t you have made my life less inconvenient?”

“Of course. They were made to live together in a certain area of ​​the forest outside, and were given plenty of food. It’s a little frustrating, but life will be much better than before. “We are also conducting thorough surveillance.”

“How did you introduce us?”

Lee Kang-cheol was curious about that.

Although there was a set policy internally, they found themselves to be more absurd than Hongdukkae in the middle of the night.

Since the wormhole was created and the expeditionary force was organized, many people have been concerned about this issue and even heated debates have arisen.

“I was taught that honesty is the best policy! “Let’s not worry about it and just take it easy!”

“Stop being ignorant!”

“Why is this so ignorant!”

“Nigimi, if you told me I came from 2027 via a wormhole, I would believe you. And even if you believe it, it’s a pain in the ass!”

“why! why!”

“To put it bluntly, this is a scam, right? Know the future, bring the cutting-edge technology of the future, and live happily ever after! Who looks nice?”

“What are you going to do if you don’t look at it carefully? “We have overwhelming power…”

“Err! You burn! Do our people have hundreds of millions of people? How are you going to handle the envy of people all over the world? And advanced technology? Just look at the passage of time. It’s obvious that things will eventually level out at some point, so what are you going to do then? Are you planning to make our descendants into fraudsters for the rest of their lives? In particular, do you think the neighboring countries will give in graciously? “You’re not going to say that those bastards got lucky and came through a wormhole and stole what was theirs!”

“Is that so?”

As expected, honesty is ruled out.

“It’s called the Heavenly Army! “While waiting for this day underground in the Gaema Plateau, we are quietly developing science and technology…”

“Someone brought that here! “Say something that makes sense!”

“No, it worked in novels…”

“hey! So, you’re listening to the store! The probability is that you ate rice! It would be better to say that I warped from another world! “More than 10,000 people gathered together to develop some kind of freezing technology!”

“Kihing…”

This didn’t work, and that didn’t work either.

In the first place, it was an inexplicable entity, because it was an expeditionary force going from the future to the past.

“Capturing and torturing aliens…”

“hey!”

“…”

A situation where even rumors of alien torture finally emerged.

“This cannot be explained anyway.”

“Then what are we going to say? Surely, if they see our advanced technology, they will demand an explanation?”

“How about doing it this way?”

“how?”

“I am explaining it separately. First of all, there are two places where we have to explain our existence. Our people, the Koreans, in 1943, the other place is the United States, among the Allied Powers. “Let’s not worry about other places for now.”

“Hmm, so?”

“First of all, they are making excuses about the United States to our compatriots. In any case, most people at that time would not have had the ability to distinguish between advanced British and American technology and our cutting-edge technology. Besides, you’re taking as many old weapons as possible for that purpose, right? Dungton? On the surface, there isn’t much of a difference in technology, right? “Dongton began to be developed…”

“Patton!”

Lee Kang-cheol said that he himself was a ttongton, but was secretly offended when someone else called him a ttongton.

“Oh, sorry. Anyway, development of the M48 Patton began in 1951 and production began in 1952. By 1943, it was only a few years later.”

“Ha, I can’t believe I’ve been using such a relic so far…”

“Anyway, the truly cutting-edge technology will be kept hidden within the expeditionary force as much as possible.”

“You can’t be completely invisible.”

“It is not for nothing that people say that people are treacherous. “If you see an improved Patton and give it the first shock, the second shock will be weak.”

“Then how can we use America as an excuse? “Because it’s the Gaema Plateau, there shouldn’t be any way to contact the United States.”

“We are using the Koryo people in the Maritime Province.”

“Goryeo people in the Maritime Province?”

“The Koryo people almost reached the level of the Goryeo Autonomous Republic in 1937, but were forcibly relocated to Central Asia by Stalin. It is said that at that time, we were avoiding the Soviet Union, made contact with the United States, and were sharpening the blade of revenge with the support of the United States.”

“Hidden in the Maritime Province?”

“That’s right. The Maritime Territory is a large area. “There are not many places where people live, and all the Koryo people in the Maritime Province who could prove that we are not the Koryo people in the Maritime Province were forcibly relocated.”

“So, you hid on a secluded beach in the Maritime Province and made contact with the United States? How are weapons and equipment supplied? The west and south are swarming with Japanese troops, and the Soviet-Japanese non-aggression pact forced Soviet troops in the Far East to go west, but still…”

“Why are we worried about that?”

“huh? “Why are we worried?”

“The key is whether or not the compatriots at the time believed it, even if it was only in a clumsy way. Are they interested in how they received American support in the Maritime Province? And you brought real US military weapons? The M101 105mm towed gun, Garand, and carbine rifle were proudly standard weapons for the U.S. military in 1943, right?”

“Huh…”

I had no idea that the modern Korean military would still use or stockpile US-provided weapons that were almost ancient relics and that they would be used in this way.

“You are mixing 70% truth with 30% lies. Moreover, the US military weapons are real right in front of you. We don’t have to worry about the rest. “No matter what they think inside.”

“Well, that’s right…”

“Anyway, coming from the future through a wormhole is something that cannot be 100% explained no matter what we do. At this rate, it will fade away over time. Scholars will have to worry about this later.”

“after! So let’s just sort it out like that, and what about the United States?”

“It’s actually simpler in the United States. “Commander, you were planning to be honest with Roosevelt anyway, right?”

“yes”

“Then it will be okay. If only a few heads know the truth, they will take care of the rest. Well, since this is a country that tortures aliens in Area 51, they will get away with it. “If I can win Roosevelt’s heart, it won’t be a problem.”

“…”

In the end, it was organized like this and instructions were given to the expeditionary force that crossed over to the other world first, so Lee Kang-cheol is curious.

“At first, I thought they were Japanese soldiers, but even though their accent was different, they used clear Korean and even wore a Taegeukgi patch, so I was shocked.”

“Of course it is. so?”

“I explained it right away according to the instructions. “They are Koryo people from the Maritime Province, and they are a ‘Republic of Korea’ army that is planning to restore the Korean Peninsula with support from the US military.”

“Do you believe that?”

“Then you don’t believe it? “I was so moved that I completely believed it.”

“Maybe it’s because I’m a hunter?”

“It may be so, but considering the average educational background and common sense of this era, I don’t think so.”

“but···.”

Even until the 1930s, the enrollment rate of Koreans in elementary schools at the time was only about 26%.

Although the number rose to the 40% range in the 1940s, there were still more Koreans who could not even enter school.

How can you not believe someone in a place like this?

“More than anything, we need to launch the airship quickly. When do you say we can launch it?”

“We are currently assembling it externally, concealed, and it is said that Unit 1 is scheduled to be launched at night in a week.”

“I’m looking forward to that. Okay”

Lee Kang-cheol completed his inspection in the morning and presided over the first military-civilian joint meeting of the expeditionary force in the afternoon.

It was a historic event in its own right, revealing the direction of the expeditionary force.