Republic of Korea in Yeokcheon - Chapter 14



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#14. Bald flew on a stork!

“I think it’s time to warn you, don’t you think?”

“Are you throwing the rice cake already?”

While Lee Kang-cheol was having tea with Go Seok-man, he suddenly brought up the topic of fishing, and Go Seok-man seemed to have exchanged opinions several times before and understood and answered.

“Already? Are you someone who has ever fished before and say something like that? Where is the fish you can catch in one go by throwing a rice cake? “Isn’t that the biggest catch ever?”

“Hehehe! “That’s right.”

“From now on, we’ll keep throwing rice cakes at you. At first you might think he’s crazy, but what if he keeps throwing delicious rice cakes at you?”

“You won’t be able to eat it without biting.”

“yes? And also in terms of timing. “Successive talks will be held in Cairo and Tehran in a few months, but it is better to plant a seed in the fish’s mind before that.”

“Kya! Are you planning to become a fisherman and a farmer?”

“What should I do? Anyway, now is the time to plant seeds before harvesting. “Then it won’t be long before we get a bountiful harvest.”

“Then where do you want to start?”

“What do you think?”

“As expected, baldness seems to be the perfect timing, doesn’t it?”

“Do you think so too?”

“Of course. “It’s difficult to find an event that has that much impact during this time.”

“Then let’s do it that way.”

“You write the content, right?”

“of course. Still, this is my first piece of cake, so of course I have to write it. From now on, you can use it too.”

“Hehehe! All right.”

August 30th at 21:00.

The two-week operational test of Albatross 1 was successfully completed, and Albatross 2 rose into the sky.

September 3rd.

“There will be no possibility of the radio waves being traced back, right?”

Go Seok-man asked the communications officer next to him.

“It’s nowhere near the level of Japanese kids today. If you look for it, you end up flying it from an albatross in the sky. How do you track it back? “You don’t have to worry.”

“But always be careful”

“Okay, Chief of Staff.”

“Then transmit it like this.”

“…”

The communications officer looked at the note given by Go Seok-man and looked at him with an absurd expression.

“why?”

“Do you really fly like this?”

“Yes, send it as is without making any mistakes. “The commander wrote it himself.”

“Hum hum, I understand.”

“Continue to blow regularly”

“How long will it last?”

“Until September 12th, Italian time!”

“yes···.”

The communications officer shook his head and soon transmitted.

And the radio wave reached Albatross 2 through a frequency hopping process of thousands of times per second, where the radio wave was converted into Morse code and transmitted as a short wave and spread far and wide as it was reflected in the ionosphere.

September 5, 1943, 13:00 Honolulu time.

U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet code breaking room.

– Money, money, money, money, money, money, money

Jump up!

“Colonel! They’re coming in again!”

“shit! “Again?”

“Yes, that’s right. “After contacting us 3 hours ago, we confirmed that messages were sent at hourly intervals.”

“Are you sure about our password?”

“I checked several times. “There is no doubt about it.”

“Damn it! How could this happen! “Go to the commander!”

A moment later, the office of the Commander, U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet.

“Are you sure it came through our coded communication? Colonel Rochefort?”

“Yes, I checked several times. “Admiral”

“If you say so, then you are correct. But this is really true…”

Admiral Chester Nimitz looked at the memo in front of him with a puzzled expression.

Colonel Rochefort is credited with deciphering the Japanese military code and leading to victory in the Battle of Midway.

A person like this will never make a mistake.

More than anything, the sender’s name gave Admiral Nimitz a headache.

– The Bald Man escapes from the Emperor’s Fields on a stork. be careful.

– Admiral Yi Sun-Sin, a friend to Uncle Sam.

“The content is unclear, and I don’t even know who Admiral Yi Sun-sin is. “I don’t even know if they are Chinese or Japanese.”

“Okay, I’m not Chinese, and I’m not even Japanese.”

“yes? So, do you know Admiral Yi Sun-sin? Even though I searched everywhere, no one knew?”

“It’s natural that everyone doesn’t know. “Because he is Korean.”

“Korean? “Is there such a country?”

“I’ll tell you while looking at the map.”

Admiral Nimitz stood up and pointed to the large map of the Pacific Ocean hanging in his office.

“Can you see this little peninsula next to Japan?”

“Oh, isn’t that Japan?”

“It wasn’t like that until about 30 years ago. There was a country called Korea, but the Japanese invaded and ate it up. Admiral Yi Sun-sin was a legendary admiral of Korea. “He is a Korean hero who defended his homeland with incredible feats when Japan invaded Joseon in the 16th century.”

“okay. But how does the Admiral know that? “The admiral of such an unknown, small country, a country now ruined by Japan.”

“If you look around, you’ll probably know how many people in the Navy besides me?”

“yes?”

“To overcome your enemy, you must know about him. “I learned something about Japan while studying about it, and it’s true…”

“What is it about?”

“This is it. It’s an unbelievable fact, but is it really true? “It’s obviously a ridiculous story, but you can’t help but believe it…”

“yes?”

“No, I am also the commander of the navy, but how could someone who is not a god perform such an unrealistic dance? what? Have you never lost in dozens of naval battles? Does it make sense that the Korean Navy suffered almost no damage while always overwhelmingly slaughtering the Japanese Navy?”

“Is that possible? Unlike modern naval battles, past naval battles could not have had completely one-sided results, right? Isn’t this just a common exaggeration from people in the past? But I think it was too much of an exaggeration.”

Colonel Joseph Rochefort thought this was nonsense.

Even British Admiral Nelson, who was said to be the most outstanding admiral in naval history, was not at that level.

No, such a criminal record cannot be physically revealed.

However, Admiral Nimitz smiled at Colonel Rochefort and opened his mouth.

“yes? Doesn’t that make sense? Doesn’t that seem like a lie?”

“ha ha ha! Of course, right? Such stories are difficult to write even with science fiction comics such as Burke Rogers, which were popular in the past. I guess the Korean people needed a heroic legend, even if it was clumsy, as their country was in ruin. Why is it that each country has one or two similar legendary heroes? “This is especially true when the country is going through difficult times.”

“Things like that happen, too. But do you know what’s funny?”

“I don’t know, but…”

“It seems you didn’t listen carefully to what I said. What did I say? Didn’t you say that you got to know Admiral Yi Sun-sin while studying Japan, your enemy? Also, you said Korea was ruined, right? Did the Japanese let the legend of the hero of their ruined country circulate to the extent that I, an American, could learn about it?”

“hmm? ah···.”

“There is no country in the world that manages its colonies like that. “It would be even more so if the ruling country was Japan.”

“Then where on earth…”

“I’m saying that I saw all the lies I said about Admiral Yi Sun-sin in the records of the Japanese. Do you understand? “Why did I say I couldn’t not believe it?”

“No, that doesn’t make sense…”

Colonel Rochefort could not help but be taken aback by Admiral Nimitz’s statement that he had seen Admiral Yi Sun-sin in the records of Japan, Korea’s enemy.

They could not believe that they were exaggerating the hero of an enemy country, especially the hero of a country that they had now forcibly consumed.

In that case, those lying criminal records could be true.

“I had the same thoughts as you when I first read Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s records. So I kept looking for records to find out the truth. That’s what you’re saying, huh…”

“What else was there?”

“Admiral Yi Sun-sin, he was not human. “Do you think he would receive support from the central government with such a lying criminal record?”

“You mean no?”

“Korea is basically an army bureau. Traditionally, the navy was small. Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s fleet was practically built by him alone with local citizens. Food for the navy was also produced by cultivating the fields themselves. Moreover, it is said that during the war, he was even taken to prison and tortured by the idiot king.”

“What kind of idiot…”

“Meanwhile, some stupid admiral lost the entire fleet he built. When he returned as fleet commander, he had only 12 ships left! Even the central government said that naval warfare was now hopeless and that the remaining navy should be reorganized and a land battle should be fought on land.”

“Well, so what happened?”

Without realizing it, Colonel Rochefort was increasingly drawn into Admiral Nimitz’s lie-like story.

“What would they have done? “If I had followed those instructions and come to land, I wouldn’t have become a legend, right?”

“Of course!”

“He led the remaining twelve ships and fought against a Japanese naval fleet of one hundred and dozens ships.”

“Wow! “I can’t believe such a great hero would go that way…”

“Where are you going?”

“yes? Aren’t you dead? Then as a prisoner…”

“I won! “It was also an overwhelming victory!”

“oh! Shit! Jesus!”

The result was so absurd that the colonel made a series of exclamations, even making double noises that should not be said in front of the admiral, but fortunately, Admiral Nimitz did not find fault.

“There has never been a Mahayana like that. “The Korean Navy suffered only about 10 deaths or injuries, and the Japanese Navy fleet was literally destroyed.”

“Hey, you weren’t human.”

“You are right. Normally, the more you dig, the more you find flaws, or in fact, the same content should come out, but for some reason, that wasn’t the case with Admiral Yi Sun-sin. A being that is close to perfection! The person who was the god of war was none other than Admiral Yi Sun-sin. “What’s worse, would Japan, which had suffered consecutive losses to him, write him favorably?”

“…”

Colonel Rochefort forgot what to say.

“That’s why this telegram is even more absurd. Who sent it? Who sent communications using our code, which has never been breached? And that too by borrowing the name of a legendary hero from Korea, a country that was destroyed by Japan?”

“Honestly, I have no idea at all.”

“Then what is the content?”

“It seems like he’s trying to tell me something, but I don’t know.”

“Huyu! I can’t help it. “Is that encryption system what we mainly use?”

“Fortunately, that is not the case. “This is a password that has been used less frequently recently.”

“Thank goodness. Then destroy that password.”

“all right.”

“I guess only time will tell us this. This probably won’t be the only time this code communication will take place. “Let’s wait for now.”

“Yes, Admiral.”

The ‘time’ predicted by Admiral Nimitz came sooner than expected.

September 14, 1943, 9 a.m. Honolulu time, USA.

Office of the Commander, U.S. Navy Pacific Fleet.

Admiral Nimitz arrived at work and was drinking coffee after a brief meeting.

however.

Jump up! bang!

“Admiral!”

“Ugh! It’s a surprise! “What kind of habit is this!”

The admiral, who was startled by the suddenly open door and spilled his coffee, became angry at Admiral Rochefort who had barged in.

“Bad head! “He’s bald!”

“What are you talking about?”

“The bald man flew on a stork!”

“what?”

Bald flew on a stork.