Dear Comrade

Chapter 9. The longest day in the republic (2)

Chapter 9. The longest day in the republic (2)

“You must be ready to leave at any time, and stay away from the window. Comrade Kim Myung-ae.”

“Sir, please explain what the hell is going on. And, is our Jeonghwan safe? Aren’t you caught up in something difficult? Please open your mouth…”

“……I’m sorry, there is nothing I can say right now.”

Yoo Hye-rim shook her head laboriously as she said that to Jung-hwan’s mother, Kim Myung-ae, who seemed to be begging and clinging to her at any moment.

She couldn’t get her out in the bloody situation outside the window, where the soldiers rushed to somewhere, armed, and gunshots and riots were heard from afar.

Because that was the order Jeonghwan gave her during this event.

– Take care of my mother, Yu-chan. I don’t know anything else, but I can only entrust this to you.

– I will protect Comrade Kim Myung-ae with all my heart, Comrade Jeong Hwan.

– And just in case… If something goes wrong and I don’t come back…

After speaking up to this point, Jeonghwan paused for a moment before ending his speech.

– Cross over to Japan in the way you prepared in case something like this happens. I’ve talked to Heo Young-jun, so I’ll be able to use my wealth to favor him until the day I die. So take good care of my mother.

‘I am sure it will be successful. Please ring the triumphal song and return as a proud son to Comrade Kim Myung-ae. Comrade Jeonghwan.’

The method Jeonghwan mentioned was a smuggled ship heading to Japan.

In case everything goes wrong, Jeong-hwan bought the captain of a cargo ship carrying hotel materials for a large sum in order to prepare a way to escape out of the republic.

This was because the security guard knew that ships entering the republic were taken care of, but that there were far fewer checks on ships leaving the republic.

– I already have all of my travel permits, passports and Japanese IDs ready. If something goes wrong, I take my mother to my car and drive straight to Wonsan without stopping.

‘It’s a day I hate so much that I can only help you like this. Comrade Jeonghwan.’

In my heart, Hye-rim Yoo also wanted to be with Jeong-hwan on this event that would be the longest day in the history of the republic.

But he couldn’t do it because he knew that Jeong-hwan trusted him more than anyone in the republic and entrusted his mother’s safety.

woo!!!!!!

“The line of defense has been breached! Go ahead! Corsair!”

“What happened to me……?”

“it’s nothing. The wind and waves are just passing by for a while, so you can listen to Comrade Jeong Hwan later.”

With an anxious expression on her face, Yoo Hye-rim frowned as she grabbed Myeong-ae Kim’s shoulder, who was about to look outside again.

Kim Myung-ae would almost faint if he said, ‘Now, my comrade’s son is fighting in the middle of downtown Pyongyang by rebelling against General Kim Jong-il by joining hands with the rebels of the military.’

“Junghwan needs to come back from the outside quickly….. He has been a seo-saeng since he was a child, so what should I do if I get involved in such a difficult thing and get hurt…”

To Kim Myung-ae, who complained like that without knowing the situation, Yoo Hye-rim felt strange and searched for something to answer, but eventually swallowed a saliva and nodded.

“yes.”

Hyerim Yoo said.

“You really are a writer with a heavenly life.”

Tata tata tata . . . . . . . . .

“Aaa!!!!!!”

“Aaa!!!”

As the Type 68 anti-aircraft machine gun mounted on the jeep spewed fire, the soldiers of the General Guards Bureau guarding the Labor Party building fell to the ground like dead branches.

As a result, the last Kim Jong-il’s forces protecting the company were wiped out, and the company soon fell into the hands of the rebel forces of Pyeongsangsa.

“Damn, you bastards of the National Security Agency, you are filthy and poisonous, Girai.”

“By the way, where did Director Won Heung-hee go? Now, Comrade Baek Seung-cheol is running rampant on the radio to arrest Director Won and command him to colonize. What happened to the Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces or the Korean Central Broadcasting System?”

“I heard radios communicating earlier, but they all occupied it. We’ve already won half of it. Well, that’s a little bit thanks to those security guards, but…”

Originally, the battle between the forces on the square’s side, the General Guard Bureau, and the Allied Forces of the National Security Agency was not a battle that would end so easily.

Won Heung-hui, who learned of the rebellion late, reinforced the forces of the National Guard Bureau, and the General Guard Bureau itself, although mainly infantry, was the original elite.

The Guard Bureau and the General Guard General Bureau were fighting each other with the superiority of each infantryman’s fighting power and the square corps (originally to support the Guard General Guard’s firepower) the superiority of the armored forces.

And it was the participation of the 3rd force that broke the unbalanced charter.

– Commissioner Comrade! Comrade Won Heung-hee! Something big happened!

– what? Don’t even think about arguing that the charter is getting worse! Didn’t you say that soon the security forces and elite corps from the provinces would join forces? I’m thinking of putting a defeatist voice in my mouth…!!

– That’s not it! There was one more rebel force besides the square and its scumbags!

– What, what? where is that?

– Yes, it’s from the Ministry of Social Security, and it seems that comrade Jang Seong-taek was also on the other side!

The Ministry of Social Security is a unit that performs the role of police more often than soldiers in other countries and South Korea.

However, like North Korea, which aims to become a nation-wide military service, these, especially the task force under their command, are equipped with training and armament comparable to that of other military special forces, but they are bound to fall short of the elites of the General Guard Bureau and the Guard Bureau.

However, there were two reasons why such members of the Ministry of Social Security were able to become the jokers in Pyongyang’s street fighting.

One was the advantage of surprise that the other party had not expected any betrayal, and the other was a secret weapon, which was a tear gas cannon for suppressing protests.

– Poop Pup Pup Pup Pong!!!!

– Kolok, Kolok… Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa…!!!!

– Kollock, Kollock, heh heh heh heh…!! Ki, don’t just cough, look ahead! I can’t see those Gannas pushing in right now….

Although tear gas is generally a non-lethal suppression weapon, it is quite effective against infantry groups that are not well equipped with gas masks.

It was also specially made by mixing CS gas, which is also chloropicrin (CCl3NO2), rather than CN (chloroacetphenone) gas, which is relatively weak among tear gas grenades.

And the soldiers of the mobile company of the Ministry of Social Security, trained to suppress demonstrations (written as and read as “killing reactionaries”), etc., wore gas masks and easily killed the infantry-oriented soldiers of the General Guards Bureau.

“Wow, it still feels like breakfast from three days ago is coming up from my stomach just by twitching my nose. Where did the bastards at the Ministry of Social Security get these things?”

“Aren’t you Nanda? Comrade Jang said that there are a lot of strings all over the world, so where did you get them? I don’t know where they are, but they make all these crazy things and they’re very talented.”

If there had been anyone who had ever participated in a protest at a university campus in their compatriot country, south Korea, they would have known and answered the question right away at the familiar smell, but unfortunately, this was Pyongyang, not Seoul.

– Answer me, this is the Ministry of Social Security, the Ministry of Social Security’s Mobile Squadron. Comrades of the Ministry of People’s Armed Forces, respond.

– This is Major General Baek Seung-cheol, commander of the Ministry of People’s Armed Forces. report it

– The overriding goal, ‘Red Pungsan Dog’, seems to have changed direction while heading to the 55th station. We have already conquered the 55th station and tell you that the inside is empty. They seem to be heading out of Pyongyang.

– ………………………….

At the news, the faces of the Frunze clan, who were listening to the radio in the command room of the Ministry of People’s Armed Forces, which had already been occupied by them, turned blue.

The ‘Red Pungsan Dog’ was, of course, the first target of this rebellion, Kim Jong-il.

Their prediction that they would immediately go to the 55th Office of the General Guards Bureau and lead the suppression of the rebellion was correct.

The problem was that neither they nor Jang Song-thaek had expected that the Security Council still remained near Pyongyang and that Kim Jong-il would head there.

And the result fell in front of their eyes as an urgent report from the commander of the Pyongyang Security Command, who had joined them.

“Do, comrades… I just got a call from the air defense battalion guarding the outskirts of Pyongyang. That’s…”

“what? Don’t be terrified and talk to me!”

“There was a report that a fighter squadron that had taken off from the Hwangju 3rd Air Force Headquarters was heading for Pyongyang. Ah, it must have been that Kim Jong-il got the means of communication from somewhere and then contacted the Air Force.”

“It’s ridiculous! Where the hell…”

“Ah, it seems that the security forces are still there. It seems that Kim Jong-il joined them and sent an emergency report to the air force…”

“Are you in a hurry? in the air force? then……”

“Kim Jong-il intends to bomb Pyongyang. No doubt.”

“……………………”

Kim Jong-il’s unimaginable violence and madness left everyone present at a loss for words.

At best, I thought that I would retake Pyongyang after joining the security forces to buy time until the provincial corps came up, but no one expected that I would not be able to even bomb Pyongyang with an air force.

They overlooked for a moment that Kim Jong-il was a human being who would casually kill all Pyongyang citizens, or, if necessary, all the people of the republic in order to protect his power.

Soon there was a terrible silence over the table in the meeting room of the Ministry of the People’s Armed Forces.

The key to this feat is to capture or kill Kim Jong-il as quickly as possible, so as not to leave room for the main force of the People’s Army deployed on the cease-fire line to intervene.

But now that Kim Jong-il has fled Pyongyang, he can retake Pyongyang by summoning local troops at any time.

That was then.

– It seems like things are getting harder. But everyone stay calm. I have a way.

– Me, Comrade Jeonghwan?

When the walkie-talkie on the table rang and Jeonghwan’s voice was heard, Hong Gye-seong swallowed his saliva and asked.

In this life-or-death situation, what kind of countermeasures are there?

And Jeonghwan’s plan, which he heard from the radio again, was surprisingly completely absurd.

– I’m at the Tin Palace now. Send the Director of Military Communications here immediately. If it’s an underground bunker facility in the tin palace… Will the communication reach the pilots who are coming here now?

– What the hell are you doing? You didn’t mean to beg them not to bomb, did you?

– Well, I’m going to tell them who the real owners of the republic are.

Pyu woo woo woong . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

– Command, this is the Cheol-Mae, the Cheol-Mae Squadron commander. Let me ask you again. Are you sure the bombing target is Pyongyang?

– How many times do I have to tell you! Now Pyongyang has been devoured by the reactionaries! Don’t ask any more questions, just drop all the bombs and smash them all!

Hearing the voice from the microphone, the pilot of the Air Force, Hwangju Air Force Command’s Mig-23 swallowed his saliva.

No matter how much he listened, he and his squadron hovered around the goal without understanding the orders they had been given.

No matter how much a military officer obeys orders, this was not something he thought about.

Isn’t Pyongyang somewhere, the capital of the revolution, the central city of the people, and the heart of this republic?

But no matter how the reactionaries occupied it, you want to drop a bomb in such a place?

To be merciless toward the Party, the general, and the leader’s enemies and reactionaries is the virtue of all noble warriors and military officers, but now there are millions of innocent citizens living in Pyongyang!

“Sir… Oh Mani… Today I committed a great sin against the Republic…”

The time of agony was brief, and the pilot’s eyes, who ran the short distance between Pyongyang and Hwangju, saw a panoramic view of Pyongyang below.

In the distance, the National Reunification Monument, the Goryeo Hotel, and the Workers’ Party of Korea, the target of the bombing, came in.

“Flight commander, have you really made up your mind?”

“……Isn’t this a direct command from the general? All members of the squadron, prepare for bombing!”

Eventually, they reached the skies of Pyongyang, lowered their altitude and started a low-flying flight.

Now, the outlines of roads and buildings in Pyongyang are recognizable with the naked eye, and a light on the instrument panel indicates that a bomb is ready to be dropped.

Now, if you lift your finger, the heart of the republic, Pyongyang, and the Workers’ Party of Korea will be crushed into powder in the hands of the Korean People’s Army, which is neither the US nor the South Korean army.

“……Please give the drop-off order, comrade squadron commander.”

“…………..!!”

For a brief moment, the MiG flight commander hesitated to press the button.

What stopped his fingers at the last moment was neither Kim Il-sung nor General Kim Jong-il, who had pierced his ears, but the faces of Pyongyang citizens who would be terrified of untimely riots.

That was the time.

– Hear comrades pilots belonging to the proud army of the proud Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, the Air Force of the Korean People’s Army!

“…………”

what?

The flight commander’s fingers were frozen and did not move at the sudden roaring voice over the radio.

His brain didn’t move for about a second, but he, no, all the pilots in the iron wing squadron immediately recognized the main character of that voice.

Those who are in the Korean People’s Army can’t forget the voices they want to forget, but aren’t they the voices of their heavenly and supreme commander, the dear leader Comrade Kim Il-sung?

Even in the midst of the noise of the low-flying MiG, President Kim Il-sung’s voice was clearly transmitted to them through the speakers all over Pyongyang.

– I, Kim Il-sung, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army, solemnly declare to my sons here! Do not fall for the instigation of the reactionaries of the National Security Agency and the General Guards Bureau who are now deceiving their comrades! Won Heung-hui, Director of the People’s Army Security Bureau, and Kim Yong-ryong, Director of the State Security Department, have long devised a scheme to threaten the security of Kim Il-sung and overthrow the republican regime through wicked maneuvers!

“What is it? Is that now…? Where is this radio coming from now?”

“It looks like the flag is coming in via the Pyongyang General Staff… Open it up, flight commander comrade, me, is that the voice of the leader? Aren’t we hearing it wrong?”

“A wicked maneuver? Director Kim Young-ryong and Director Won Heung-hee? But it is clearly the general’s direct order…”

The bewildered voices of the subordinates poured into the flight commander’s ears through the microphone.

It has been a long time since we had already passed the airspace we had to bomb, but the voice of President Kim Il-sung was still clearly heard through the communication channel.

There was also a faint noise below, which seemed to be resonating not only over the telecommunications but also through the broadcasting system throughout Pyongyang.

– Say it again! With the authority of the Supreme Commander of the Korean People’s Army, outside Pyongyang and outside the city of Pyongyang, I would like to inform the generals, military officers, and sergeants of the People’s Army who agree with it! Wen Heung-hui, the head of the National Security Agency, and Kim Young-ryong, the head of the security department, are the enemies of this republic who pretend to support the party and the leader in front and sit behind them to guard the yangbong yin. I will be severely punished regardless of the circumstances, so please return to the arms of the parent leader…

– What are you doing? No bombing right now! How dare these rotten bastards disobey my orders?

At that moment, the voices of the conflicting pilots running wild on the road could be heard from the wireless microphones.

Obviously, it wasn’t the voice of the direct commander who ordered the bombing earlier, but the way he spoke, he seemed to be high enough to command them.

“Wait, flight commander comrade? What should I do?”

– Can’t you hear me to bomb right now? I am Kim Jong Il! You Ganna’s general, Kim Il-sung’s only son, Kim Jong-il! Come on, bomb us! No, I’m going to bomb the tin palace and destroy it! I mean, even if I overturn Pyongyang, stop that agitation! Now, if you follow my words, I’ve given you the Republic Medal of Heroes! Bombing right now…

“……All squadrons, return to the base.”

The flight commander gave instructions to the flight crew, ignoring Kim Jong-il’s voice from the microphone (though they were unaware at the time).

And he was the first to turn the steering wheel and start to escape Pyongyang airspace.

However, it seemed difficult for the other flight members to make a decision easily.

“Come on, flight commander comrade. are you okay? Later, according to the latter…”

“Aftermath? Isn’t it the voice of leader Kim Il-sung, who is asking us for the consequences after following the orders of leader Kim Il-sung? furthermore……….. “

The flight commander glanced down and murmured.

All of a sudden, in front of the Air Force Base in Hwangju and the units that were encamped in the vicinity, direct flights and propaganda vehicles with microphones were arriving.

The voice of President Kim Il-sung from there was so clear that even after raising the altitude again, the sound could be heard faintly.

“Didn’t your comrades listen? The radio at the base a while ago, did you not hear anything behind it?”

“ah! Come to think of it…..”

At the point of the flight commander, the flight crew remembered hearing this speech of President Kim Il-sung, at least a little, behind the voice of (Kim Jong-il), who had just forced them to bomb whales.

Perhaps the air base where they took off and the troops stationed there were also heard the broadcast.

And they are probably going through the same internal conflicts as they are right now.

In other words, it was highly likely that the Hwangju base had already collapsed due to the departure of the front-line commanders of each department looking for a way to escape the charges of being traitors who disobeyed leader Kim Il-sung or whatever.

And a little later, as the MiG landed on the runway of the base, the evidence that the flight commander’s prediction was correct came to his ears.

– I, President and Supreme Commander of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Kim Il-sung, from now on until all things are settled, I will do everything I can to respect the orders of Comrade Kim Jung-hwan, my son and a proud party worker who crushed the rebellion of these reactionaries, as my orders. I declare to the party and the military! Those who surrender to Comrade Kim Jeong-hwan, who saved the leader’s life through a clever scheme and who defended the Republic, will be accepted with wide arms without questioning their past sins, but stand by the side of the reactionaries until the very end to avoid deception against the leader and rebellion against the Republic. Those who help will taste the fire of loyal Republic warriors…

‘Where does Kim Jung-hwan come from again?’

The flight leader put down his guns and ran out of the base, and he muttered to himself as he watched the waves of fighters running out of the base and the officers who secretly pulled out their tails while trying to stop them somehow.

(I have few memories of seeing or hearing his voice in person) Was it not General Kim Jong-il, the eldest grandson and successor of Kim Il-sung?

It was tiring to see that the number of Baekdu bloodlines that I had to serve every day increased, but now it doesn’t really matter.

What about Jeong-il and Jeong-hwan, people like yourself, military officers, and sergeants, isn’t it a good leader to cook well?

Thinking like that, the flight commander looked up at the sky that was dyed red in the evening sunset.

The longest day of the Republic was coming to an end .