I Will Stage A Coup D’état - Chapter 165



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EP.165 Great Leap Forward

The situation in China was complicated.

The Nanjing regime of Qian Gongbo, which ruled East China, the Chongqing regime of Li Zongren, which controlled Sichuan and half of Jiangnan, the warlords in North China who enjoyed a virtually independent position, and the Communist Party in Yan’an, which threatened them all.

They were biting each other to create a balance.

Of course, the balance of power was not completely right.

In terms of quality, the Chinese Communist Party, with its highly motivated and well-armed army, was superior, and the rest were anxious to counter the expansion of this Communist power.

Among them, the Chen Gongbo regime was able to withstand the Communist threat well thanks to the chemical weapons provided by South Korea and a stable ruling base, but the warlords and the Kuomintang in North China did not fare well.

At first, they managed to fight by relying on the anti-communist solidarity group and the military bands that came over from Korea, but that didn’t last long.

“They’re ruining the economy because they can’t manage inflation. Are they really a country?”

To our distress, hyperinflation has broken out in China.

In fact, this problem was almost expected.

The war budget was endlessly spent while the wealthiest regions in China, East China and North China, were virtually cut off.

The Kuomintang, which could not be motivated by ideology like the Communist Party, was at a much greater disadvantage than Mao Zedong in terms of financial management.

“Please, try to fix this fucking rice price. It’s hard to even get a bite of rice!”

There were countless protests, strikes, and uprisings in the Kuomintang sphere of influence.

Discontent with the corrupt government that endlessly printed useless military stamps and banknotes shook the very foundations of Li Zhongren’s regime.

“If things continue this way, Chongqing will collapse.”

The Korean government had to worry about this problem.

The problem was that it was not easy to decide to directly intervene on a continent where a million-strong army was fighting.

The South Korean government decided to first hinder the Communists by exporting large quantities of chemical weapons to the Kuomintang and warlords who had formed an anti-communist alliance.

In this way, Korea was able to maintain a certain degree of balance between the national and communist powers.

But this didn’t last long either.

Chemical weapons were ineffective against the Chinese Communist Party’s characteristic guerrilla warfare.

Once chemical bombs were fired at the Communist guerrillas that entered the Kuomintang area, it was very likely that they would have undermined public sentiment.

Once public sentiment was like that, it was easier to break through next time.

Li Zhongren, Commander-in-Chief of the Kuomintang Army, visited Pyongyang to resolve this issue.

“Pyongyang’s active support is needed on the communist issue.”

“What more do you want from us?”

“We need economic aid.”

The South Korean government asked Li Zhongren for time to discuss the matter.

The cabinet in Pyongyang debated the issue fiercely.

“It seems right to provide subsidies to prevent the Lee Myung-bak regime from collapsing.”

“No, you’re giving money to those corrupt guys? If you pay for the defense budget, they’ll use it well for national defense.”

South Korean government officials acknowledged the need for assistance, but they questioned whether providing economic aid to the Kuomintang in this way would be effective.

“So, are you just going to let China collapse?”

That was absolutely not the case.

If the Republic of China falls, Chen Gongbo will also fall.

If that happens, a unified China, which has been a nightmare for Korea for a long time, will return.

Ming Dynasty, Shun Dynasty.

Just thinking about the days of those terrible, great, unified dynasties made the officials feel breathless.

After much deliberation, officials reached a consensus to provide aid.

However, it could not be given in the form that China wanted.

“Let’s give it to them in kind.”

Provides materials such as rice and cloth.

Even if they embezzled it and sold it, it was better support than money that was easy to eat all at once.

Less than a week after the South Korean government decided to provide aid, steamships loaded with rice, coal, and other items set sail up the Yangtze River.

The Li Zhongren regime received a large amount of aid in kind from South Korea, and was able to calm the effects of inflation to some extent.

Of course, to completely calm inflation, the war had to end, but that was impossible.

His Majesty also knew that fact.

‘Supporting them like this is just pouring water into a bottomless pit. The best way to improve the current situation is to weaken China.’

In order to divide China anyway, it was necessary to weaken the Communist Party.

According to His Majesty’s will, Zhongzheng began work on the anti-Chinese operation.

Jung-Jeong was good at this type of fighting.

The purpose of the peacock is one.

It was to make China make a ‘great leap forward’.

South Korea used Asian-leaning communists within Korea for this operation.

“If we catch sparrows, the productivity of the countryside will increase?”

Jung Jeong pretended to be a coincidence and let several government documents fall into their hands.

The Communists were initially skeptical of this information.

It is difficult to believe that this is a lie, as the source of the data is clear and the numbers are plausible.

The agricultural research institute where the actual experiment was conducted was also a real place.

The Communists visited the Agricultural Research Institute to verify the facts and were convinced that the information was not false.

Of course, the Korean government did not lie.

Because it is true that the yield of rice fields has increased since sparrows disappeared.

In this way, several pieces of verified data were secretly leaked to China.

The Communist Party was delighted to see the materials handed over in this way.

“If we increase agricultural productivity, won’t we be able to mobilize more troops than we have now?”

Mao Zedong immediately raised his finger and pointed at the sparrow.

“That bird is a harmful bird.”

The Chinese Communist Party immediately launched a sparrow-catching campaign.

This developed into a sacrificial rite movement, with Mao Zedong’s own rural experience added to it.

“Beat all the sparrows, mosquitoes, rats and flies.”

During their break from farming, farmers had to run around to catch the four disasters.

The negative impact of Korea’s peacocks did not stop at sparrows.

“Rice, plant the rice densely?”

“If you practice the method of careful study, your productivity will increase and it will be good in any case.”

This information was also based on fake information from Korea.

“No, but even so, if you plant them too densely, it will be difficult to remove the weeds.”

“Oh, that’s a matter that has been verified by the party’s central committee.”

The farmers had no choice but to prepare for farming as the party instructed, even though they thought this was not the case.

Then, a method of making clay pots that Korean communists sent as an ‘innovative method’ appeared.

“Are you saying that if we install a blast furnace in every home, we can increase iron production?”

“It is theoretically possible.”

“If such a feat is possible in a small backyard furnace, why don’t you start right away? What are you doing?”

At Mao Zedong’s word, a clay pot was installed in every home.

Naturally, it was impossible to produce steel in a small blast furnace without proper investment in engineers and technology.

The earthen blast furnace only produced low-quality, low-grade iron, not the high-quality steel that Mao Zedong had hoped for.

Such railroads could not be used to make farming tools, let alone kitchen knives.

No matter how hard I tried to make it, all I got were defective products that would break easily.

Cutting down trees in the mountains to make these defective products was a bonus.

“Production is too low. So increase the operating rate.”

Later, as competition for production increased, good agricultural tools ended up in the blast furnace and came out as manure.

Mao Zedong took this matter lightly.

“At this rate, we will easily surpass the puppet regimes in Nanjing and Chongqing.”

Mao Zedong believed the inflated production figures.

All he could see in his eyes was the development of the hollow space running forward.

However, people with common sense sensed that something was strange.

“Really, is this the right direction?”

“First, follow Comrade Mao Zedong’s instructions.”

Zhou Enlai knew that Mao Zedong’s instructions were wrong, but he was reluctant to speak out.

Who was the person who saved the Communist Party from the brink of destruction by a long march?

It was Mao Zedong.

Who made the Communist Party, which was reduced to a local government rooted in Yan’an, a major player in the world’s power?

He was also Mao Zedong.

Given Mao Zedong’s track record, is it even appropriate to point out the errors in his judgment?

At least Zhou Enlai thought that it couldn’t be done.

The rampage continued without anyone being able to criticize Mao Zedong’s mistakes.

The party continued to increase the productivity of the earthenware furnace and also set high targets for crop yields.

Party members and farmers had to work more than 60 hours a week to achieve this goal.

“This, wouldn’t it be okay to just spread some fertilizer?”

“Let’s steal some excrement. The more we sprinkle, the better the effect will be, right?”

Now, fertilizer wars have become commonplace, with people destroying other people’s toilets and stealing excrement to obtain fertilizer.

People had to guard the toilets and the manure spread in the fields with bloodshot eyes.

Even if that weren’t the case, they had to take turns guarding the house to fight against those who wanted to destroy it and use it as fuel for their land tax.

People couldn’t rest even for a moment because everything would disappear if they let their guard down for a moment.

In the meantime, they had to work hard to catch sparrows, rats, mosquitoes, and flies while doing farm work with low-quality farming tools from the earthenware blast furnace.

“Really, I can’t live under these commies.”

Eventually, some people began to escape from the communist regime and flee to the sphere of influence of the Republic of China.

Considering that refugees rarely appeared in Communist spheres of influence, this was an ominous sign.

The Communist Party laughed at the Li Zhongren regime’s propaganda, which featured refugees on the radio denouncing the “Great Leap Forward.”

“It’s not even funny. These things will all fall apart at once after we make the ‘Great Leap Forward.’”

The Communist Party was confident in the Great Leap Forward movement it was pushing.

There could be no mistake in the task pushed forward by the great Comrade.

This time the Communists will win again.

And, we will lay the foundation for a new country.

Communists ridiculed the Chongqing regime’s propaganda with loud songs.

“Without the Communist Party, there would be no New China!”

As a result of the Great Leap Forward, no one could yet tell who would be laughing and who would be laughing.