I Will Stage A Coup D’état - Chapter 32



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EP.32 Munich Conference (2)

The Sudetenland question reached a climax in September.

On September 13, Germans in the Sudetenland rose up in revolt, which was suppressed within a day.

They even had martial law.

I was inspecting a military clothing factory when I heard this report and thought, ‘This is what was coming.’

‘The Munich conference will begin in a few days.’

And the world will know once again.

How untrustworthy international referees England and France are.

Now, let’s try to delay the outbreak of world war.

After much deliberation, I requested a visit from the Polish Ambassador to Korea, Tadeusz Römer.

The Polish ambassador also knew that I was the real power in this country, so he did not refuse my request to visit.

“Thank you for accepting this invitation, Ambassador.”

I took a very friendly attitude when meeting the Polish ambassador.

It was not because Poland was the largest customer of the South Korean defense industry in the 21st century, but because this country’s weight class deserved respect.

Poland was a semi-power that ranked in the top ten in the world in terms of national power.

So, as soon as they became independent, they started taking land from the Soviet Union and Lithuania, and also started fighting with Germany.

“Thank you for your hospitality, Your Majesty.”

I offered the ambassador a seat and then got to the main point.

Since it wasn’t an official event anyway, there was no need to go around and look around.

“Ambassador. Since this is a place like this, I will speak frankly.”

“Go ahead, President. I will listen.”

“Czechoslovakia will soon face the danger of national disintegration.”

The Polish ambassador looked interested at those words.

The misfortune of the Czech Republic, its arch-enemy, is the happiness of Poland.

Maybe, I was thinking something like that.

“Warsaw will see their crisis and think of this as an opportunity to recover the Teschen region. But they must know that Poland is next.”

Of course, Polish people are not stupid, so they probably already know what I’m talking about.

West Prussia, Posen and half of Silesia, which they occupied, were old lands that the Germans longed to recover.

In fact, it was a land that the German Empire desired even more strongly than the Sudetenland, which it had never occupied.

The ambassador also expressed his agreement.

“I also think that Warsaw is at risk of being the next target after the Czech Republic.”

“So in this crisis, you must take the Czech side. That is the way to ensure your country’s security.”

Of course, as I was talking about this, I was thinking that it was hopeless.

Poland was a country with just as strong territorial ambitions as Germany.

Even though they knew that they could only stand up to Germany and the Soviet Union by joining forces with their neighbors, they did not hesitate when the opportunity arose to divide up the lands of neighboring countries.

Those friends probably won’t take my advice seriously.

Still, they continued their idle talk in the hope of delaying the war by even just one more day.

“Mr. President, our situation is different in Poland and the Czech Republic. If France abandons the Czech Republic, the only thing left in Eastern Europe will be Warsaw. Then they will never be able to abandon us.”

That was the situational awareness that made it possible to abandon the Czech Republic.

“So Germany can’t touch us. If they do, Berlin will have to fight on two fronts, just like in the last world war.”

I guess so.

You must be thinking that.

So, we would have divided up the Czech Republic.

“Ambassador. You too have forgotten one thing.”

“What are you talking about?”

“Doesn’t Poland have an enemy in the east?”

When reminded of the existence of the Soviet Union, the ambassador flinched.

The Red Empire in the East and the Polish Republic fought a large-scale total war as soon as they were founded in 1919.

Poland won the fight by a landslide, slicing off significant territories from Ukraine and Belarus, so it was no wonder that the Soviet Union felt a desire for revenge.

“However, the Nazis are a country that has anti-communism as its national policy. It is against the Soviet Union to cooperate with them.”

The ambassador looked at me as if he had realized something as he was about to speak.

That’s right.

Countries that declared anti-communism as their national policy and participated in the anti-communist pact signed a non-aggression agreement with the Soviet Union and obtained cooperation in suppressing China.

If such an absurd thing happened, how could the poison not join hands with Poland, which it had a ‘grudge’ against, and kill them?

Only then did the Polish ambassador seem to fully understand the situation.

He was speechless for a moment.

Well, I think you understand, so I guess I don’t need to keep talking.

I asked the ambassador to shake my hand.

“Ambassador, you must convey my advice to Warsaw.”

“Thank you, President. I received valuable advice.”

Of course, the ambassador was convinced, but that doesn’t mean Warsaw was convinced.

Unfortunately, the regime in Warsaw is also a military regime that lives and dies by its reputation.

Would those guys easily throw away the ‘opportunity to restore Goto’ that could increase their popularity?

‘Anyway, I hope you make a wise choice.’

I sincerely thought about it.

On September 15, 1938, British Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain visited Munich.

It was said that Hitler demanded the cession of all German-speaking areas.

After all, Hitler was a madman.

The problem was that Britain viewed such outrageous demands positively.

By September 18, concerns about the partition of the Czech Republic began to surface.

Britain pressured the Czechs to accept the cession of German-speaking areas.

On September 21, the Czechs surrendered, and the cession of the Sudetenland became a fait accompli.

The result of the first match that England refereed was disastrous.

The Czech Republic lost its key national industry and its entire fortress region of the Sudetenland, and France and the Soviet Union, which had finally had the will to stand up to Germany, had to watch with their eyes wide open as their alliance collapsed.

It was Germany who started the world war, but it was Britain who provided the firewood for it.

This was pretty much the end for the Czech Republic.

Britain and France guaranteed independence for the remaining territories, but what good did that do?

It was absurd to ask a turtle to give up its shell and military industry to fight against Germany.

However, Hitler was not satisfied with the concessions obtained at the talks.

‘Seriously, that kid deserves to get his revenge.’

On September 22, it demanded the immediate occupation of the Cession Territory and the cession of territory to Poland and Hungary.

Dear international referees England and France couldn’t stand it any longer.

“Declare a mobilization order.”

When the Czechs mobilized, Germany again began to whine about our support.

“Your Majesty! This is the time to show your support for Pyongyang. If the East raises its voice, Germany will have no difficulty in achieving victory!”

Me, not me. There’s a guy in Rome named Mussolini.

How about we go find that fascist clown bastard?

I have turned this argument into a 30-line long piece using diplomatic and polite rhetoric.

After I sent away the German ambassador, the British and French ambassadors came to see me.

“You don’t by any chance support Germany’s position, do you?”

Oh, these guys were the ones who came to check the bill.

“Of course. Korea will not interfere in European affairs. Don’t worry.”

I gave them the answer.

As I was being harassed by European ambassadors like this, I couldn’t help but wish that the Czech crisis would end quickly, no matter how it was handled.

‘Come to think of it, didn’t the Europeans think this way too and do shitty work?’

On the 24th, France declared mobilization, and on the 26th, Hitler began talking about war, giving the world the impression that World War II was about to break out.

‘Someone, someone, please clean this up.’

Just when the whole world was about to scream, a savior(?) appeared.

“I came to end this war.”

Benito Mussolini appeared at the talks.

And the conference ended in Hitler’s victory.

Germany received the Sudetenland, Poland received Teschen, and Hungary received southern Slovakia.

Poland ignored my advice.

You fucking idiots.

Thanks to the sword drawn against Poland, Czechoslovakia suddenly fell from being a middle-power country ranked in the top ten in the world to a weak country on the verge of death.

There was only one lesson to be learned here.

What you don’t see is not something that others can guarantee.

Moreover, Korea did not have any country that guaranteed its independence or formed an alliance with it (Germany was a quasi-ally, Japan was a protectorate).

‘If our strength is the only thing we can rely on, then the only strategy we have is the poison dart strategy.’

This is the national grand strategy used by the Republic of Korea, our beloved homeland in the 21st century.

The fatherland, which had to deal with overwhelming powers in its weight class such as China, Japan, and Russia, secured its deterrence of war by accumulating enormous firepower.

“Hey, let’s touch them. If you touch me, I’ll die, but you’ll become crippled too. You’re a great power? If you’re confident, let’s have a go.”

The reason China could not commit atrocities on Korean territory even though it went all the way to the other side of the globe was because it was burdened by Korea’s military power.

We, too, needed to follow the strategy of our homeland, the Republic of Korea.

‘I thought it was useless, but I guess we’ll have to mass produce tanks and self-propelled guns.’

At the very least, it seemed necessary to have an armored force strong enough to overwhelm the Soviet Far Eastern Army.

I ordered the Army Military Affairs Bureau to develop a five-year plan for the development of armored units.