I Will Stage A Coup D’état - Chapter 16



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EP.16 12. 8 Military Coup (4)

The key to the coup led by Lee Seong-jun was to achieve the goal within the time limit.

If the given mission was not completed within the time limit, the entire schedule would be disrupted.

In particular, the mission of the arrest team to subdue Park Han-jin’s residence was very important.

Captain Lee Seong-myeong, who had gone to the official residence on behalf of the Army under the order of Lee Seong-jun, joined the plainclothes team of Colonel Kim Seong-ju, the personnel officer of the correctional unit, who had been waiting near the official residence.

“From now on, I will assume command. Any objections?”

“None, Colonel.”

Even if there was a class difference, it should not have existed.

Kim Seong-ju nodded and led his troops toward the entrance of the official residence.

At the entrance to the embassy stood a guard wearing the Marine Corps insignia.

“Stop! Stop!”

“This is Colonel Kim Seong-ju of the Army Criminal Investigation Unit.”

As the plainclothes commander, Colonel Kim Sung-joo, and several plainclothes soldiers approached, several Marines came out and began an inspection.

“What’s going on?”

“I have urgent business to attend to, Your Majesty. Please make way.”

“Please wait a moment. I will notify the embassy manager and take action.”

A young Marine ensign hurried into his post and picked up the phone.

Kim Seong-ju watched the scene and then sent a signal.

“Huh, huh?”

The soldiers standing at the entrance to the embassy had their guns taken away by plainclothes officers without even being able to fight back.

bang!

In the midst of all this, a gunshot rang out.

At that moment, Captain Lee Seong-myeong and the military police platoon, who had been waiting against an invisible wall at the entrance to the public residence, came running.

The Marine lieutenant, who was the commanding officer, shouted into the connected phone as he saw the Marines he was checking being subdued.

“Manager! Armed men have broken in!”

The lieutenant was beaten by plainclothes officers before he could even scream a few times and was left sprawled on the floor.

Kim Seong-ju gave the order with a frown on his face.

“Captain Lee, take control of the entrance to the official residence and take control of the barracks. We will arrest Park Han-jin.”

“All right.”

Kim Seong-ju and his party drove straight into the official residence.

At the time when the arrest squad was rushing to the door, Army Minister Park Han-jin was drinking tea with his chief of staff, Colonel Bae Jun-su.

“I’m sorry I couldn’t promote you this time.”

“No, Your Majesty. Your concern is sufficient.”

“Don’t worry too much, I’ll give you another chance next time.”

“yes.”

At that moment, as the warm conversation of encouraging his subordinates continued, the official in charge of the embassy, ​​Sergeant Ha Kyung-tae, reported.

“Your Majesty, the Chief of Security Service has an urgent matter to report to you.”

“Oh really? Oh, Director Bae is sitting.”

Park Han-jin followed the official and picked up the phone.

Park Han-jin had no idea what he was about to hear.

That is why he spoke to the chief of the Security Command in an extremely calm tone.

“Yeah, what’s going on? What? You strongly suspect signs of a coup? Explain in detail!”

Park Han-jin raised his voice at the sudden story.

Colonel Bae Jun-su, who was drinking tea in the living room, was also surprised and came to the exchange room.

“What on earth was the Security Command doing? If the military police are moving, it’s clearly a coup. What are we going to do now that we know about it? Got it. Declare an emergency, and when the Security Commander comes out, tell him to report to the Army Ministry!”

Park Han-jin hung up the phone roughly.

“head of a department!”

“Yes, Your Majesty.”

“I’m going to the Army Headquarters now, so get the car ready.”

“All right.”

“Ah, Lieutenant Ha.”

“yes.”

“How many troops do we have in our embassy?”

“A company of Marines is stationed nearby. The guard will be guarded in shifts of two platoons.”

“Contact the Marines and tell them to reinforce the security of the embassy. And they’ll need an escort when they go to the Army Headquarters, so have five aircraft ready.”

“All right.”

While Park Han-jin went to change into his military uniform, Lieutenant Ha held the phone and relayed the instructions given by the Minister.

Then, the phone on the other end rang.

“Oh, what is it? I’m so busy.”

Sergeant Ha picked up the phone.

As soon as he picked up the phone, a gunshot was heard, followed by the screaming of a young Marine ensign and the sound of him being beaten.

And then the phone suddenly hung up.

“no way.”

Ha Kyung-tae thought there was chaos.

“Chief! Chief!”

Ha Kyung-tae called the chief secretary in a hurry.

“Manager, what’s going on?”

“The embassy is under attack right now. I think we should get Your Excellency out immediately.”

“what?”

Bae Jun-su was shocked and realized that there was no time to delay.

“Adjutant! Adjutant!”

At Bae Jun-su’s shout, Captain Lee In-gyeom, the Army’s deputy chief of staff, came running with a pistol.

“yes.”

“Right now, I must escort Your Majesty out of the official residence.”

Bae Jun-su hurriedly went up to the minister’s room and knocked on the door.

“What’s going on now?”

“There is no time to explain. The embassy is under attack right now.”

“what?”

Although Park Han-jin has been a politician for a long time, he was also a field soldier at one time.

I intuitively knew how dangerous the situation was.

Park Han-jin went down to the first floor without saying anything and without even putting on a coat.

Park Han-jin’s wife heard the chaotic atmosphere and followed him out.

“The situation is dangerous, so I think you should come along.”

“all right.”

Park Han-jin and his party headed towards the embassy wall.

Then gunfire poured down on them, and shouts rang out.

“Park Han-jin! Surrender if you want to live!”

As soon as the officer in charge, Captain Lee In-gyeom, pulled out his pistol, a bullet pierced his body.

“Captain Lee!”

Bae Jun-su screamed in anger, but there was nothing he could do about someone who was already dead.

Park Han-jin’s lips trembled.

Never in my life have I been exposed to such a threat as I am now.

‘I, this Park Han-jin, got caught by those guys?’

“Put the gun down!”

Gunshots rang out again.

Colonel Bae Jun-su hesitated and dropped his gun.

“Your Majesty, I think it would be best to think about your wife’s safety.”

Park Han-jin gritted his teeth and dropped the gun.

“Okay, you guys. Put your guns down. Who the hell are you guys trying to get me?”

“This is the Army Criminal Investigation Division. I’ll tell you more details when I get back to you.”

“The Criminal Investigation Unit? Oh Joong-goo would never have given such an order!”

“What are you doing? Bring me in.”

Plainclothes officers approached and quickly arrested Park Han-jin.

Then, he loaded only Park Han-jin and Bae Jun-su into the car he brought and immediately left the official residence.

Ha Kyung-tae, the official in charge of the military quartermaster’s office, watched this from afar and hurriedly climbed over the wall and entered the military quartermaster’s office.

“Gasp. Gasp.”

“What’s going on, you’re covered in dirt?”

Sergeant Ha didn’t answer the quartermaster’s office manager’s questions and just looked for his phone.

He immediately called the Marines.

“I am Ha Kyung-tae, the official in charge of the Army Minister’s residence. Yes. His Excellency the Army Minister has been kidnapped. I don’t know who he is affiliated with. They say it’s the Army Criminal Investigation Division. Yes. Please mobilize immediately.”

The Marine Corps received Ha Kyung-tae’s call and immediately dispatched five aircraft to the official residence.

And the Army Ministry was also informed that the minister had been kidnapped.

Of course, the Army already knew that something was wrong.

The Security Command reported signs of a coup, and even reported gunshots.

The Chief of Staff, the most senior general remaining in the Army, made urgent phone calls here and there, but none of the major commanders’ residences could be reached.

Even the commander of the capital defense force was out of contact.

The Chief of Staff, feeling disappointed, contacted the commander of the Third Army.

The only high-ranking commander who could be contacted immediately was the 3rd Army Commander, Senior General Kang Ki-jeong.

As soon as Kang Ki-jung received the call, he was terrified to learn that Park Han-jin had been kidnapped.

“This is a real coup. This is a mess. What should I do?”

“Your Majesty, please prevent troops in the 3rd Army Command area from moving without the permission of the Army Department.”

“Right now, the units under the 3rd Army’s jurisdiction are the 16th and 17th Reserve Divisions, the 12th and 33rd Infantry Divisions, the 1st Guards Division, and the Training Corps. But the 16th, 17th, 1st Guards Divisions, and the Training Corps don’t have division commanders, and the 12th and 33rd are a bit far from Pyongyang. Are these units capable of moving?”

“They are the ones who moved the military police without the knowledge of the military police chief. If they move at the regimental level, how can the units without division commanders control them?”

“Okay, I’ll look into it and call you.”

As soon as Kang Ki-jeong hung up the Army Ministry phone, the receiver rang.

“This is Commander Kang Ki-jung.”

“Your Majesty. Units from the 16th and 17th Reserve Divisions are moving to Pyongyang.”

“What? What did you say?”

Kang Ki-jung was shocked by the situation and called the division, but the chiefs of staff only told him that they were helpless.

“The regimental commanders and operational staff officers are all working together to push forward with the order to deploy, so what can I do?”

“Lie down at the entrance to the unit and block it. You must never move out!”

Kang Ki-jung yelled into the phone, but the situation was more serious than that.

A report came in from the correctional unit that they would also be dispatched.

“Your Majesty, the training unit will also be dispatched.”

“Whose orders are these?”

“This is an operations staff order.”

“Never deploy without field army orders. Do not deploy!”

“If you give orders to the division, we will follow.”

Kang Ki-jung called the division, but all he got back was a reply that nothing like that had happened.

As the 3rd Army Commander was futilely holding the phone, Security Commander Lee Jeong-ju arrived at the Security Command.

He was able to avoid the arrest team sent by Lee Seong-jun thanks to receiving contact just in time, but he was shocked to see that the situation had already become a mess.

“What kind of crazy guy led a coup that brought things to this point?”

“According to the wiretapped information, that’s Lee Seong-jun.”

“I heard he was walking around downtown Pyongyang until 7:30?”

“It was a deception. He currently has CP set up in the training unit.”

“Oh, shit.”

Lee Jeong-ju ground his teeth.

Since it had come to this, this side was also in a do-or-die situation.