Republic of Korea in Yeokcheon - Chapter 15



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#15. I guess my rice cake was so delicious

“colonel! “What are you talking about?”

“I mean bald! bald head! “That bald guy in the telegram Admiral Yi Sun-sin sent!”

“What does that mean?”

“But you still don’t know? Have you not heard the news? Duce! “Didn’t you escape?”

“Duce? I am the one who escaped Mussolini… uh? Huh, bald?”

Only then did Admiral Nimitz remember that Italian dictator Benito Mussolini was bald.

And that he, who had been overthrown and arrested as a war criminal, was rescued by German commandos on September 12th, Italian time.

“Seo, really? “Isn’t it a coincidence?”

“Admiral! It’s no coincidence. Do you know where Mussolini was last imprisoned? It’s Campo Imperatore! “The emperor’s fields!”

“Unbelievable···.”

“There is another one. The plane Mussolini used to escape is said to be the Fiseler Fi 156 Storch. Admiral, you speak German well, right?”

Admiral Chester Nimitz was a German-American who was greatly influenced by his German grandfather and was fluent in German.

“Storch! stork! The bald man escaped from the emperor’s fields riding a stork…”

“…”

“…”

A heavy silence fell in the office.

A communication that broke through the U.S. Navy code in the name of a hero of a country that suddenly fell into ruin.

The incident predicted in the telegram occurred.

Something that couldn’t have happened happened.

After a long moment of silence, Admiral Nimitz sighed and sat down.

“Whoa! This is won…”

“…”

“I guess I should have a cup of coffee right now. Could you get me a drink from the closet? “Bring yours too.”

“Shall I give you what you always drink?”

“Okay, I’d like a CINCPAC special, please.”

CINCPAC (Commander in Chief, Pacific Command) Special is a Nimitz brand special drink made by mixing bourbon and rum when Admiral Nimitz took office as Commander of the Pacific Fleet, and it was quite strong.

Among the American military, alcohol was so popular that General John J. Pershing publicly stated, “The United States government should ban liquor from the country, close the saloons, punish drunkards, and, if necessary, put to death the sellers.” There were people who were brutally strong-willed, but Admiral Nimitz enjoyed drinking and did not even try to hide it.

In fact, if you look at this Nimitz ticket special cocktail, it was made to last a week with the alcohol rationed.

Colonel Rochefort, as if he had done it once or twice, produced two glasses of the CINCPAC Special with familiar skill and brought them to the sofa.

“Here it is.”

“Let’s lift together. “We desperately need this now.”

“nice!”

“hmm···. “It’s good too”

After both of them downed their drinks in one go, Admiral Nimitz soon opened his mouth.

“What do you think?”

“I have no idea. “It makes me wonder if I’m possessed by a ghost.”

“haha! I guess that could happen. But it’s a little creepy…”

“Who on earth could it be? “Is it an enemy?”

“It’s probably not the enemy.”

“Why do you think that?”

“After all, it was sent in the name of Admiral Yi Sun-sin. Now, let’s think about it. No matter what you think of the Japanese, they are not the kind of people who would do something like this in the name of this admiral. No, there are no signs that the password has been breached, right?”

“That’s right.”

“Then we exclude Japan. Of course, there’s still a chance that the Japanese were playing a prank, but I’d bet my entire week’s ration of alcohol on the fact that they weren’t.”

“Please make it two weeks.”

“Isn’t that too cruel?”

“…”

“So China? Who has the ability to do that in China now? Also, by borrowing the name of Admiral Korea, who must have looked down on the country in the past as being inferior to him? “This doesn’t make any more sense.”

As Nimitz said, there was no way Chiang Kai-shek’s Nationalist Army at the time had the ability to do something like this.

“Now all that’s left is Europe, and that doesn’t make sense either.”

“Then who do you mean?”

“They say my breasts are Korea, and these are really… Even though I said it, it’s still funny. “There is no way such a thing could be sent from a ruined country.”

“What should I do?”

“What are you worried about?”

“yes?”

“Wouldn’t it be okay to ask the person concerned directly?”

Nimitz stood up and swung a pen on a notepad.

“Come on, ghostly friends! “Please tell me your identity!”

-Who are you? Are you a friend? Or is it an enemy?

Uncle Sam of Hawaii to Admiral Yi Sun-sin.

“Use the destroyed cipher to transmit this message over shortwave.”

“All right.”

Admiral Yi Sun-sin’s reply came back in less than three hours.

“Admiral! “I received a reply!”

“Let me see”

– We are the descendants of Admiral Yi Sun-sin.

Uncle Sam’s enemies are our enemies, so we can be good friends.

Isn’t that right? Commander Nimitz?

“Huh! This is won…”

“If you are the descendants of Admiral Yi Sun-sin…”

“Korean! “I’m sure they’re Korean.”

“I also know that the Admiral sent a reply.”

“I sent it to Uncle Sam in Hawaii just in case, and it turned out correctly. ha ha ha! These guys are really amazing! “How on earth can this happen?”

“I don’t understand. Since it has only been 30 years since the collapse, there may have been resistance guerrillas, but how did they break our code and how did they know that Duce would escape? And that too with very detailed circumstances.”

“Don’t worry. “Isn’t it okay to keep asking?”

– I agree. If you are descendants of Yi Sun-sin, we will be good friends.

But before we became friends, how did you know this code and the bald man’s business?

Uncle Sam of Hawaii to the descendants of Admiral Yi Sun-sin.

This time, a reply came before less than an hour had passed.

“I received a reply!”

“Give it here”

– We know more than you think, and we can do more.

We will soon have the opportunity to prove our capabilities.

So, bye until I hear from you again.

Descendants of Yi Sun-sin to Uncle Sam.

“Oh my! Is this the end?”

“Yes, it’s over.”

“Whoa! “Not yet?”

“What do you mean?”

“They said they would soon prove their abilities. “Perhaps it means reminding us of something like Bald’s escape.”

“Why are you making it so complicated?”

“Isn’t that obvious? They know it too. They are saying that they are the descendants of a fallen country and are not good enough to attract the attention of the United States. So in the end, I guess it’s about showing your abilities and talking again.”

“okay. So what do we do now?”

“First of all, for this matter, raise the security to the highest level. “Don’t let anyone know except the signalman in charge, you, and me.”

“All right. Then after seeing it…”

“Of course I should. “What are you going to do to the king if you don’t report this?”

“That’s right.”

Admiral Nimitz devoted the entire day to writing the report and sent it to Washington in complete secrecy.

The recipient was, of course, the tyrant Ernest Joseph King, Commander-in-Chief of the United States Navy and Chief of Naval Staff.

****

“I heard there’s no such thing as killing a piece of cake in one go?”

“I guess my rice cake was really delicious.”

Lee Kang-cheol and Go Seok-man’s faces were slightly flushed.

Contrary to expectations, a big fish was caught on Hankyu.

That is Commander Chester Nimitz of the Pacific Fleet, a legend of the U.S. Navy.

“Then why didn’t you continue to contact me and say you would contact me later?”

“Dude, this is like dating. What if I show you all the basics from the beginning? “You have to go out slowly and mysteriously.”

“You’ll hear all sorts of things from someone who hasn’t even gotten married…”

“You’re great.”

“Hehehe! “I have great expertise in dating.”

“Shut your mouth”

“Anyway, when do you plan on sending the next rice cake?”

“There is no nutritious rice cake for the time being, right?”

“That’s what I’m saying.”

“I plan to send it in about a month.”

“What are you sending it to this time?”

“But shouldn’t I give them some credit? To be friends as equals.”

“Then can you tell me about the battle?”

“That’s right. Because it had such a big impact, our standing will rise significantly by making a contribution there. Any remaining doubts will disappear.”

“Well, there were so many victims.”

“Okay, then, let’s get to work.”

“Ah, Commander”

Go Seok-man stopped Lee Kang-cheol, who was about to leave the communication room.

“huh? why?”

“But isn’t it a bit far-fetched to say that the ground dog is a descendant of Yi Sun-sin?”

“what? It is said that the descendants of Yi Sun-sin are the descendants. And were there any Koreans known in the West at that time?”

“but···.”

“Besides, I am a descendant of Yi Sun-sin, so what? whatever?”

“Oh, if you put it that way, all people in Korea are descendants of Yi Sun-sin, right?”

“What bullshit? “Am I really a descendant of Admiral Yi Sun-sin?”

“yes? Was it Deoksu Lee by any chance?”

“That’s the Chungmugong faction too, you bastard! Got it? “I’m proud?”

“omg···.”

Everything went smoothly.

The albatrosses took flight sequentially, providing a wider view to the expeditionary force, and the facilities that had been inadequate were almost completed.

And above all, the atmosphere in the cave, which had been chaotic since they had come in at the last minute several months before the wormhole closed, has stabilized considerably.

So October came.

“Commander”

“why?”

“Now that the organization has stabilized, how about going outside little by little?”

“Not yet”

“That doesn’t mean we should go somewhere and engage in full-fledged activities, but we should allow troops to train outside. “The surveillance network has become so close to perfection that we can detect it in advance, right?”

“Hmm, how long ago was it possible to detect an airplane?”

“Because we monitor with Albatross, we are now virtually monitoring all aircraft in and around the Korean Peninsula. “Just based on what passes nearby, we can issue an alert at least 20 minutes in advance.”

“Well, training in a cave has its limits.”

“The same goes for shooting. There are limits to shooting at an indoor shooting range. “They all have silencers, so if you shoot carefully, you don’t have to worry about getting caught.”

Just because it’s a silencer doesn’t mean it doesn’t make sound like in the movies.

However, since it was reduced to a meaningful level, it seemed okay to shoot from outside to a certain extent.

Above all, it was difficult to maintain skills just by shooting indoors.

“I get it. Instead, don’t do it within 5km of the border line. Always be careful”

“All right. and···.”

“And what?”

“Why is there a family of hunters?”

“huh? Why those people? “Is there a problem?”

“There is no problem, but I just ask for some work.”

“work?”

“Yes, I guess they are very frustrated because they have been wandering all over the mountains and fields.”

“It’s definitely true, but you still can’t believe it, right?”

“So, they made an interesting suggestion.”

“What are you proposing?”

“They say they will go around the neighborhood and bring people in?”

“People?”

“Yes, I made that suggestion because I heard that we would need people to get out of the cave soon. What should I do? “If it’s a security issue, there are solutions.”

“Hoo?”

It wasn’t a bad offer.