I Will Stage A Coup D’état - Chapter 14



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EP.14 12. 8 Military Coup (2)

On the night of December 7th, I got into Captain Kim Jeong-gil’s car and headed towards the safe house that Chairman Cho Tae-soo had prepared.

The leeches of the Security Service followed him, but he switched cars with Chairman Cho Tae-soo’s men and managed to shake off all pursuit.

I greeted the core members of the Ilwonhoe who had been leaving the security service one by one at Anga.

The details were as follows.

Colonel Baek Dong-seok, Operations Staff Officer of the Correctional Service Unit.

Colonel Gil Tae-hwan, Chief of Staff of the 16th Reserve Division.

Colonel Lee Jeong-yoon, 17th Reserve Division Operations Staff Officer.

In fact, they were the top commanders of the main combat units that would be mobilized for this operation.

The people gathered here could mobilize the 16th and 17th Reserve Divisions at the order of the command.

I explained to the members the coup plan I had prepared before calling them.

The officers nodded at the story of striking the enemy command center with military police and then launching an operational action en masse.

However, he actively expressed his opinions on any areas that were lacking.

“It seems that we are seriously short of troops to be mobilized for the arrest operation. That is why I am suggesting that we send a plainclothes unit from our correctional unit.”

“Private uniform?”

“They will first move the troops under the pretext of falsely claiming that the training unit has been ordered to train the soldiers and operating a plainclothes arrest unit. Then, wouldn’t it be possible to make them wait with an excuse that our officers can understand, and then move together with the military police?”

“That too, I see.”

I think there were too few military police mobilized for the arrest squad.

“You don’t have to worry about the deputy commander. The deputy commander is out of the unit for a promotion review, and the chief of staff has a business trip scheduled with the Army Department.”

Following Colonel Baek Dong-seok’s advice, I decided to make some modifications to my plan.

“Then, have the master prepare a suitable uniform by 7 p.m. and wait in front of the residences of Park Han-gil, the Army Chief of Staff, the Security Commander, and the Capital Defense Commander. If you hold the oak tree sign, our military police who came that way will cooperate.”

“I will accept it.”

Colonel Gil Tae-hwan also offered advice.

“General, I looked into the matter of the Guards Division, and it turns out that an officer who had a connection with you in Spain was recently appointed regimental commander of the Guards Division.”

“Ah, you mean Park Jun. He’s still thinking about that guy. Why Colonel Park Jun?”

“When we start mobilizing troops, the Guards Division, which is nearby, will be the first to move out. The commander of the first combat unit to be mobilized at that time is Park Jun.”

“hmm.”

“I think it would be most certain for the general to negotiate and persuade them directly.”

“Persuade Park Jun.”

If everything had gone according to plan, that’s what I would have done.

But as the plan was brought forward, the work to recruit the Guards Division became considerably more complicated.

“It will be risky, but if we want to neutralize the Guards Division within a limited time, we need to make Park Jun a bystander at the very least.”

“I know what you mean. Just do as you say.”

I even went to the front lines where bullets were flying in order to gain popularity.

Couldn’t I just stand in front of my former subordinates?

Colonel Lee Jeong-yoon also wanted to add some seasoning.

“General, the most important message of the uprising seems to be lacking. The part explaining to the people why we are standing up and what vision we have for our actions seems to lack persuasiveness.”

“The reason is as written there, is there anything that needs to be supplemented?”

“If you can’t elevate us, why don’t you just degrade the enemy to the bottom? You have to make up nonsense. If Park Han-jin doesn’t have a chance to refute you, that will soon become the truth that the people believe.”

That was right.

Games are always relative.

Even if I don’t become stronger, if I make my opponent weaker, the gap will widen.

If we throw the morality of the Park Han-jin regime into the gutter, we who staged the coup will gain that much legitimacy.

Whether it was a lie or something else, if it could build a foundation for power, it was something he could do.

‘If we just won, we could bend the rules of the game as we wished.’

I was naive in that respect too.

You tried to decide the outcome based only on facts?

“Your Majesty is right.”

The officers discussed the operation until the early hours of the morning and then returned to their units.

And then a new morning dawned on December 8th.

Is this what they call the morning of revolution?

I went to work at the Army Headquarters with a calm face.

In the morning, I did my usual work and then called the 1st Guards Division commander.

Since most generals were familiar with each other, field unit commanders often spoke informally and friendly to each other.

Of course, as a member of the royal family, that didn’t work out well for me.

“Oh, General? This is Lee Seong-jun. I heard about your promotion, General, so I called you. Yes. Hahaha. You want to treat me? No. I should buy it for you. Yes. I’ll see you at the Jinwoldam restaurant in Daebang-dong at 7 p.m. tonight. Oh no. Yes. Then, I’ll see you in the evening.”

Although the promotion exams for generals were still pending, we had a rough idea of ​​who would be promoted.

Even the commander of the 1st Guards Division, Lieutenant General Oh Gwang-se, was someone whose promotion to general was confirmed.

I made a dinner appointment with Oh Gwang-se, then told Jeong Gil-i.

“I should go to Jinwoldam for lunch. I’ll go and make a reservation and check the room location.”

I never even thought about the fact that it would be fully booked.

Even if there is no room, Madam Jeong will make a room for you.

This is the power of the generals of the Korean Empire Army, whose military is the real power.

‘First, we’ll keep Oh Gwang-se away from the scene for about 30 minutes. Then we’ll move on to those who need to be dealt with.’

These are the generals who will be sitting in the War Office tonight.

“General Ha? This is Lee Seong-jun. I’m here to celebrate the promotion of General Oh Gwang-se. If you’re not too busy, I’d like you to come to ‘Jinwoldam’ at 7 p.m. Oh, yes. I’ll have a friend in the research office send you the map.”

I invited the Army Director of Operations, the Military Police Commander, and other generals who could hinder the operation to Jinwol Dam.

The motif was the birthday party held by Chun Doo-hwan (Note: the work of luring the Capital Police Commander Jang Tae-wan, Special Forces Commander Jeong Byeong-ju, and Military Police Superintendent Kim Jin-gi as fairies).

Time passed faster than I thought.

Maybe it was because he was feeling nervous in anticipation of the major event called the coup d’état.

At 5 p.m., generals began to leave the Army Base one by one.

The Army usually started work at 8 a.m., so by this time the generals would have finished their shifts.

I also packed my bag and got up from my seat.

I instructed Jeong Gil-i to find out the current locations of the major generals from his seat and report to the official residence in 30 minutes.

The remaining officers in the research office, including Major Lee Han-yong, were ordered to come to my residence in 30 minutes.

Of course, I had no intention of using my official title as the command center CP.

The official residence was merely a temporary space until a command post was established.

5:30 p.m.

Jeong Gil-i called the official residence.

“The big duck is in the pond. The mallard is walking along the pond, and the magpie is in the forest.”

Jeong Gil’s report was metaphorical, but everyone could understand it.

Big duck Park Han-jin is in the public office.

The Army Chief of Staff is on his way home from work, and the Vice Chief of Staff is at the Army Ministry.

Judging from the fact that there was no talk from the other generals, it seemed that Jeong Gil was in a state that he couldn’t figure out.

“Thank you for your hard work, sir. Come back to the official residence.”

“I will accept it.”

It was a bit of a stretch to say that the opposing forces were not in their proper positions, but there was still time.

Ring ring.

“This is Lee Seong-jun, Army Policy Research Officer.”

“Oh, General. I’m the Military Police Commander. I have to cancel our appointment due to unforeseen circumstances. I’m sorry.”

“No, General. That may be so.”

I frowned as soon as I hung up the phone.

Military Police Chief Oh Jung-gu.

He is the most threatening opponent among the generals of the Park Han-jin faction.

What kind of position is the military police chief?

He is the head of the military police corps.

If only the military police who could move from the military police office were mobilized right away, they could arrest me within 10 minutes.

Is that all?

Each unit also had a military police unit, and the military police chief, together with the Security Command, could act as the eyes and ears of the army.

It was certainly not a good sign that such an important giant was keeping his place.

At 6 p.m., Major Lee Han-yong and his party and Kim Jeong-gil arrived at the official residence.

I first gave the job to Lee Han-yong and his group.

“If you think about it, you resemble me a bit. If you just put on a mustache, it would look good.”

“Is that so?”

“So what I’m saying is, you should be my stand-in.”

I gave my chairman’s uniform to Lee Han-yong.

If you look at it from afar without thinking much, it was clearly General Lee Seong-jun.

Of course, he had his cap pulled down low to make it difficult to see his face.

“aide.”

“Yes, General.”

“You ‘carry’ this major around the city. Go around until 7:30 and then come to the CP Unit Command.”

“Yes, General.”

I thought I could fool the Security Service for a while with this trick.

And I had the remaining subordinate of Lee Han-yong, Captain Mo, accompany me.

“We’ll be going to Taechang Stadium in 10 minutes, so get ready.”

“Yes, General.”

Military police units were scheduled to gather at Taechang Stadium for this operation.

I planned to give them specific instructions there again, and then go to the prison corps headquarters to lead the coup.

“Then, let’s check with the training headquarters. For the sake of Korea.”

“For Korea.”

Instead of saluting, the members held up oak leaves.

From now on, from this moment on, we were no longer part of the Korean Empire Army.

It was a ‘rebel’.