I Will Stage A Coup D’état - Chapter 159



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EP.159 The Italian War (5)

The US nuclear attack was carried out after fierce debate.

“If we fail to stop the enemy armoured divisions advancing south into Campania, two more divisions of our Royal Army will be destroyed. If our forces are weakened further, we will not be able to secure the defense of Calabria, the tip of the peninsula. Mr. President, please use nuclear weapons.”

At the urgent request of the Italian side, the U.S. government entered into a standstill.

“If we use nukes here, wouldn’t there be a risk that the communists will use nukes too?”

“But if we are conscious of that and do not use nuclear weapons, southern Italy will become communist.”

That was the problem.

If Italy had become completely communist, it would have been tantamount to certifying the defeat of the West.

Prestige, influence, expectations.

As a superpower competing with the Soviet Union, the United States could not afford to lose them.

No, even if we take all of that, we can’t hand over the Mediterranean to the Soviet Union.

“Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. If we use nuclear weapons, are you sure we can stop the communists?”

“I am sure.”

At Bradley’s boast, Truman took out a cigarette and lit it.

While he smoked his cigarette, the generals and officials waited for the president to finish his thoughts.

Truman, who had been smoking a cigarette for a long time, extinguished the remaining cigarette butt in the ashtray.

The president has made a decision.

“Drop it.”

On July 20, 1950, a U.S. Air Force B-29 strategic bomber dropped an atomic bomb on the 3rd Armored Division of the Northern Italian People’s Army as it was approaching Basilicata from southern Campania.

“Good observation.”

A minute after the bomb fell, the atomic bomb, which had completed its flight, exploded over the heads of the Italian armored units.

As a new sun was born on Earth, the air expanded with tremendous heat, causing a storm.

The heat storm immediately pushed everything around it out of the blast zone.

Kwaaaaang!

Tanks, swept by the storm, overturned like toys, weighing tens of tons.

Although some lucky tanks survived unscathed, the crews of the vehicles in the heart of the explosion were roasted in the blazing heat.

Not to mention the tank Descents riding outside the tank.

Because the division itself was densely packed for a breakthrough, 50 of the 3rd Armored Division’s tanks were melted down or had their crews wiped out, and the remaining 100 tanks broke down or were rendered inoperable.

“Oh, this can’t be happening.”

The Italian People’s Army’s offensive, which was intended to split the Southern Kingdom’s army in two and deliver a decisive blow, was temporarily halted by this single bombing.

Northern Italy could not hide its shock at this situation.

The United States would dare use nuclear weapons.

Grieco, the general secretary of the Communist Party of Northern Italy, immediately sent a telegram to Moscow requesting retaliation.

“The United States used the nukes. Comrade General Secretary. Show that the Soviet Union can use the nukes against Northern Italy. Otherwise, those imperialists will continue to use them.”

“Don’t worry, Comrade Grieko. The Soviet Union keeps its promises.”

Stalin did not refuse Grieco’s request.

Two days later, a Soviet TU-4 (Note: This was a domestically developed version of the B-24, using German technology, as the Soviets did not make an emergency landing like the original) carrying an atomic bomb crossed the Adriatic Sea at night and dropped a nuclear bomb on the heads of the 4th Infantry Division of the Southern Italian Army, which was defending central Puglia.

Kwaaang!

The West was shocked when another nuclear attack occurred.

This is how many nukes explode in Italy.

But this was just the beginning.

The United States, excited by the Soviet Union’s retaliation, decided to use nuclear weapons once more to turn the already unfavorable situation around.

A day later, a new bomb fell on the heads of the northern Italian forces.

The Soviet Union was not suffering either.

Stalin decided that continuing to use the atomic bomb was burdensome and so he came up with a new method.

“Let the MiG fly.”

Until now, the Soviet Union had only sent volunteer-based allied forces to the war.

But from today onwards, it wasn’t like that.

The Soviet Air Force, which had been deployed in advance through Yugoslavia, appeared in the war.

Even though they hid their affiliation, you could tell they were Russian just by listening to their radio transmissions.

As the powerful jet fighter MiG-15 challenged them, the US military’s air superiority began to waver.

“No? Have those Ivan guys really lost their fear?”

Now the war has developed into a direct confrontation between the two superpowers.

Of course, the United States turned a blind eye to the Soviet Union’s unofficial entry into the war.

This was to prevent this war from escalating to an irreversible level.

The Soviet Union also did not provoke the American military more than necessary.

If possible, they targeted the Southern Kingdoms and did not touch any US naval vessels at sea.

“A warship is an extension of territory. If you touch it and the Yankees have a fit, things will get too big.”

Both sides swung their fists within these unspoken rules.

By the end of July, both sides had dropped five atomic bombs on Italy.

The US had three, the Soviet Union had two.

The problem was that the United States still had nuclear weapons, while the Soviet Union had run out of warheads.

“This is a mess.”

Stalin wanted to take the offensive, but he had no choice without a weapon in his hand.

Stalin decided to buy time until the nuclear warheads were charged.

“Connect to Pyongyang.”

Stalin chose the Far Eastern dictator Lee Seong-jun as a means of buying time.

*

The time has come for His Excellency the Cool-headed Arbitrator, Lee Seong-jun.

I was asked by the Soviet Union to help prevent the threat of nuclear war.

Since you’ve been hit with a few nuclear bombs, do you come to your senses?

Still, it was fortunate that Stalin was scared.

It was clear that they were worried that their own soldiers would be exposed to nuclear weapons.

I coordinated my positions with the two countries by sharing my expertise.

What I felt while sharing my expertise was that the United States was more belligerent than I had thought.

Is it really true that the communists have become stronger and that their anti-communist power has reached its maximum?

Or is it a side effect of McCarthy’s early rampage?

Either way, it baffles me that the US is rather belligerent.

“Until the original state is restored, we cannot give up the use of nuclear weapons.”

If you think about it from the other side, it makes sense why America is doing that.

At the moment, the Allied forces of the United States and the Southern Kingdom were in a situation where they would have difficulty winning without nuclear weapons.

So, it was not unreasonable to come out and try to turn the tide of the situation with a rise, development, climax, and climax.

But if the US continued to use nuclear weapons like that, there was a risk that the Soviet Union would also become extremely angry and do strange things.

“Your Majesty, nuclear weapons are not just weapons. If we continue to use them, there is a risk that the entire Europe will be engulfed in a full-scale war.”

“No, if we don’t use it, Italy will be ruined. Unless you want us to hand over Italy to the commies, I’ll pretend I didn’t hear that story.”

“Your Majesty, why don’t you think about it a little more carefully? If things continue this way, it wouldn’t be strange if the Soviet Union were to launch nuclear weapons at the US military.”

“I was considering that level of risk.”

Is America really that determined?

But it seemed like there was some room for persuasion.

I teased Truman with this story.

“Well, then let’s do this. We will use nuclear weapons only as a last resort, and before that, we will use lower-level weapons.”

“A low-level weapon?”

“Why not just use a chemical weapon with a slightly weaker lethality?”

In fact, the US military continuously used chemical weapons during the Vietnam War.

Agent Orange, commonly known as Agent Orange, was a chemical weapon favored by the US military.

The US military knew that Agent Orange was harmful to humans, but they sprayed it like crazy in swamps and jungles.

This time was no different.

Instead of nuclear weapons, try using less irritating chemical weapons more frequently.

“Chemical weapons.”

Whether it’s a gas mask or something else, chemical weapons have the effect of tiring out the defender as soon as they are used.

Above all, this time there was a justification for using chemical weapons.

This is because the Northern Italian side used chemical weapons from the beginning of the war.

Truman decided to accept my offer.

“However, let me make it clear that this is a temporary measure. If we become disadvantaged, we will resume using nuclear weapons.”

“All right.”

The United States has agreed not to use nuclear weapons for now.

Instead, they decided to use large quantities of chemical weapons.

When we told the Soviet Union about this agreement, Stalin sent us a letter thanking us for our mediation.

“Dear Prime Minister Lee Seong-jun, Your Excellency’s mediation saved the Union and Europe. I sincerely salute Your Excellency’s efforts toward peace.”

Oh, if you wanted to show such respect, you shouldn’t have played with fire.

But I played a bad joke on Stalin, so I replied in a friendly manner.

“Secretary Stalin, Your Excellency, this agreement is only temporary. If the United States is in danger, nuclear weapons will be used again. You must be careful in coordinating the situation.”

Don’t push America so hard that it loses face.

Anyway, the mediation was successful.

“Korean giant Lee Seong-jun saved Europe from the brink of nuclear war.”

All of Europe cheered and shouted my name.

Oh, I understand you’re excited, but what is this?

I almost lost my mind when I heard that German bastards were parading the streets with my portrait.

What the hell is that?

In Germany, which is not even my country and has been ripped off, Lee Seong-jun is idolized?

It sounds crazy, but it’s actually happening.

The humor was that the guys doing that were Nazis and Junkers.

‘If those guys really come to power, Germany, no, Europe, will be in a really bad state.’

Considering the terrible events that Moseley, who claimed to be my follower and advocated for Korean-style democracy, had created around the world, I didn’t think they would do anything good.

‘Anyway, the people who call themselves my followers are the biggest problem.’

I clicked my tongue and instructed the central government to keep an eye on Germany as well.