I Will Stage A Coup D’état - Chapter 125



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EP.125 Time of Plunder (1)

The aftermath of the Nemmersdorf propaganda completely destroyed the defenses of the Western Front.

“If we are going to give up everything in our country to the communists, wouldn’t surrendering to the West be the patriotic way?”

As German soldiers surrendered in large numbers, the Allied forces were able to easily break through the Siegfried Line.

Of course, the US military suffered a bit more in battles such as the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest.

Still, it was true that it was overcome more easily than expected.

“Your Majesty, it is difficult to maintain the front line when the soldiers keep surrendering. What should we do?”

“Marshal Rommel is also withdrawing, so what can we do? We have no choice but to hold out along the Rhine River. For now, withdraw the soldiers to the east of the Rhine River.”

Even Marshal Walter Model, a famous general who had turned the tide, had no other option than to retreat when his army was collapsing due to a loss of will to fight.

Before January was out, the Allies had taken control of all German territory west of the Rhine.

“We can’t lose either.”

As the Allied forces broke through the Siegfried Line earlier than expected, the Soviets also increased the pace of their offensive in order not to fall behind in the competition for positions.

Having crushed Romania, Soviet troops moved clockwise around the Balkans and invaded Hungary and Yugoslavia.

“First of all, I would like to say that you have worked hard to get here, comrades.”

Yugoslav leader Tito took the position that he wanted the Soviet troops that had entered to drive out the Germans to leave his country’s territory as soon as possible.

The Yugoslav People’s Army, which had already swelled to nearly 800,000 strong, was capable of carrying out a liberation war on its own, so it did not look kindly on the Soviet troops who committed crimes such as rape on its own territory.

The Soviets did not like Tito’s attitude either, but considering Yugoslavia’s capabilities, they did not express their displeasure.

Anyway, what was important now was not a battle of pride, but entering mainland Germany.

Soviet forces struck straight at the border between Hungary and Austria.

Hungary was unable to withstand this devastating attack.

When the last line of defense, the Margarete Line, collapsed, Horthy hastened his action.

“Prepare for a separate peace treaty with the Soviet Union within this week. There is no time.”

The timing was just right.

With Germany in disarray due to the collapse of the Western Front, it would not have been easy for Berlin to punish Hungary for its betrayal.

The Hungarian Regent Horthy had calculated so, but the Germans still had the power to punish the betrayal in Budapest.

“Traitors are not left unattended.”

As soon as Germany smelled Hungary’s reinforcements, they mobilized their meager army and launched a surprise attack on Hungary.

This time, a special force led by the famous Otto Skorzeny took control of the Hungarian capital, Budapest, in one fell swoop.

“What are you going to do to me?”

“You are not supposed to be in Budapest, so you should be sent to Berlin.”

The Hungarian regent Horthy was taken to Berlin.

In this way, Horthy was reduced from being the head of a state to being a mere hostage to prevent Hungary’s betrayal.

Despite Germany’s desperate efforts, the Third Reich could not be prevented from collapsing.

The Führer talked about a new weapon that would turn the tide, but either no such weapon existed or, if it did exist, it had no significant effect in the face of the overwhelming numbers of the Allied forces.

“Now, the Führer must change his mind. When will Berlin give us an answer?”

“It’s pointless to wait for the President’s instructions. What’s the point of receiving something like that when everything is over? Let’s do what we want.”

“That’s true. Then let’s talk to the West.”

The Germans began contacting the Allies on an individual basis.

On the Italian front, Lieutenant General Karl Wolf of the Waffen-SS signed a temporary truce with American intelligence chief Alan Dellus.

“We don’t know what you’re doing. Do you understand?”

“Please just ignore it. We are doing this to survive.”

In exchange for the armistice, the Germans agreed to hand over Rome and other cities in central Italy without bloodshed, and the United States agreed to tolerate the SS’s suppression of communist rebels in the north.

Individual negotiations continued in the West as well.

The commander of the Dutch military government, Friedrich Christian, and the head of the Imperial Commission for Occupied Dutch Territories, Arthur Seyss-Inquart, held discussions and agreed to a temporary ceasefire with the Allies.

“We are only allowed to supply food to Dutch citizens. No more. If troops enter, this ceasefire will be broken immediately. Do you understand?”

“Let’s do that.”

This ceasefire between the Germans and the Allies stimulated the delusions of the suspicious eastern tyrant, Stalin.

“The Westerners may be trying to betray us by concluding a separate peace treaty with Germany. What is the attitude of the Korean military?”

“The Korean people are still cooperative with us. They hand over important figures, even war criminals, and they do not criticize our occupied territories policy.”

“But keep monitoring.”

Because if Korea betrays us by any chance, it will be fatal.

The Secretary-General felt compelled to destroy Berlin quickly before the West changed its mind.

Wouldn’t it be problematic if the picture emerged of Germany and the West joining hands to antagonize the Soviet Union?

It was best to rule out that possibility in advance.

“It is time to resume the offensive on the Polish front. Begin the Berlin Offensive.”

In December 1944, the Soviets concentrated 250 divisions and 4 million troops on the Warsaw-Berlin axis for the Berlin Offensive.

The German forces that could stand against this formidable corps were woefully inadequate.

The German high command was terrified when they got a vague idea of ​​the size of the assembled Soviet forces through aerial reconnaissance.

“Ivan, those guys are crazy.”

It’s wrong to stop that.

How can you stop that with an army of less than a million men?

Even in the midst of all this, Hitler raised his voice saying that he would go on the offensive.

“The Soviet Union is so large in size that we won’t be able to deal a fatal blow by destroying 30 divisions. However, if 30 divisions of the Western Allied Forces are destroyed, we can lose 1/3 of their strength. If we can deal a decisive blow to the Western Allied Forces and turn our main force to the East, the Empire can survive!”

Hitler’s logic is now understood by no one.

Even when the President ordered an offensive, the commanders only pretended to do so and did not actually take action.

“Will you follow the orders of the President?”

“Are you crazy? We don’t even have enough troops to squeeze that much out of ourselves. How can we possibly be attacking?”

The German Wehrmacht had five million troops on paper.

However, a significant number of them were national grenadiers, children and the elderly, and a significant number were wounded.

The weapons were also poor.

There were now only about a thousand tanks and self-propelled guns left, and although there were quite a few aircraft left, there was a shortage of pilots and fuel to fly them.

With this kind of power, it was impossible to deal with the Soviet army of 8 million men and the Allied army of over 3 million men.

‘Wait a minute. The important thing right now isn’t the front line.’

The Germans suddenly realized something they had forgotten.

Extermination camp.

If the Allies were to discover traces of the horrible facilities that reduced Jews to ashes, Germany would have to pay a price beyond imagination.

“The facilities need to be disposed of quickly.”

After receiving reports from his staff, Reichswehr leader Himmler ordered the facilities to cease operations and erase all traces.

“Erase it without leaving even the foundation of the building.”

The Germans began to hurriedly close numerous camps amid their busy schedule.

But the Soviets advanced faster than the Germans could destroy the evidence.

In January 1945, Soviet troops advanced from the banks of the Vistula River and swept through central and western former Poland and East Prussia.

“It’s time for our revenge, Germanskis.”

In the process, countless Germans were trampled.

The Soviet army retaliated against the German army for all the atrocities it had committed in the Soviet Union.

They raped women indiscriminately, from children to the elderly, and they subjected men to merciless abuse and violence.

“Woman, come here. Woman, I will save you.”

“Whoa!”

“The Ivans are coming. The demons of Nemersdorf are coming!”

Germans fled west in panic, abandoning their homes, possessions, and everything else to escape Soviet retaliation.

In East Prussia, where the escape was delayed, they fled to the coast and waited for a ship to go west.

More than two million people crowded onto a narrow strip of coastline in an attempt to escape by sea.

To rescue them, the German Navy mobilized hundreds of ships.

“It’s time for us to go out.”

Commander of the Korean Expeditionary Force along the Baltic coast, Lee Jeong-yoon, once again launched a powerful propaganda offensive.

“We are the Korean army. We have no regrets or grudges against the Germans. If you trust us and surrender, we will guarantee your safety. If you are worried about the safety of your family, come to us instead of the dangerous sea.”

The German soldiers hastily put down their weapons in the face of the Korean army’s propaganda campaign.

If the opponent was the Soviet Union, we would have fought to the end, but if it was Korea, it was a different story.

The Korean military was a gentlemanly army, no less than, if not more than, the Western Allied Forces.

“I will trust your promise. Please keep our soldiers and citizens safe.”

When German commander Otto Rasch in Königsberg surrendered, 80,000 German troops and 250,000 refugees and civilians fell into Korean hands.

“Get everyone on the train.”

The South Korean government had agreed that East Prussia would become part of the Soviet Union after the war.

In that context, the relocation of Germans from East Prussia by train was an act of alliance.

“Kareiskis, you make war so easy.”

It was a somewhat disappointing result for the Soviets, who had thought they would have to fight for another two months before they could force the Germans to surrender.

But, this wasn’t bad either.

If the flanks were to stabilize quickly, the Secretary-General could approach Berlin as he wanted.

The Korean army steadily gained ground by forcing the surrender of isolated German troops on the Baltic Sea sandbanks and in several cities.

The harvest was quite plentiful compared to the blood shed.

‘500,000 civilians and 180,000 German soldiers. Isn’t that a decent profit?’

The Germans captured by Lee Jeong-yun were immediately sent to the Samgang Plain in Manchuria.

Here, Germans were given conditional rights to farmland, forests, and woodlands, and in return, they received Korean language education every day.

“If you pass the Korean language proficiency test, the inherited property will be yours. Try hard in the new land.”

The Korean government intended to naturalize these Germans as Korean citizens in the long term.

There were several reasons.

First, the advantage of being able to increase the talent pool through Germans with relatively high levels of education could not be ignored.

Second, it was necessary to increase its population size to solidify its status as one of the world’s top three powers in the Cold War.

Third, a certain number of European nationals had to be secured in order to train personnel who could be used in international espionage.

Wouldn’t it be too noticeable if an Asian person were to spy among white people?

Fourth, the formation of a German community within the empire was essential to settling the scientists kidnapped from Germany.

That way, it would be easier to bring their families too.

Fifth, Koreans could also feel the dangers of militarism firsthand by being given the opportunity to come into contact with Eastern Germans who had experienced the bitter taste of militarism.

Not with words, but with your eyes and ears.

The Korean army swept through eastern Germany in this way, steadily harvesting Germans.

In western Germany, rather than large-scale population harvesting like this, precision surgical operations were performed.

“Mr. Werner Carl Heisenberg?”

“But?”

“You are right.”

“Why, why are you doing this?”

The unidentified men put a mask on Heisenberg and put him in a car.

And then he disappeared somewhere.

Such mysterious disappearances have been frequent throughout Germany.

A house with a broken wall is always rife with thieves.

The greedy thief called Korea was just one of many such thieves.