Dear Comrade Leader Episode 190
“Comrade Deputy Director Jang is right, but after all, isn’t that the purpose of peace in the Middle East and oil interests? If the People’s Liberation Army puts its best effort into it, wouldn’t you know that our Joseon will be able to do something about it?”
“It’s a gimmick, but isn’t there such a thing as sincerity between allies? Even during the Persian Gulf War, the Americans might not have opened up their hands because they needed our help, and this is also the case. Whether the relationship with China turns into a spring or a winter will depend on whether or not to reject the soon-to-be-committed request.”
The Politburo members nodded their heads at Jang Sung-taek’s correct point.
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No matter how presently the republic is taking a pro-American diplomacy line with the United States, which is now the most powerful country in the world (which was now openly acknowledged by members of the Politburo), it is obvious that China’s power is far short of that of the United States. Isn’t it common sense that the pozzol next door is scarier than Satou?In the meantime, China has been scratching the nerves quite a bit, and a little bit more often in recent years, but ignoring the treaty was likely to worsen relations with China incomparably to US arms imports.
The story was different this time in China, which had been moderated for fear of being criticized for interference in internal affairs.
But Junghwan already had something in mind.
“Of course we should reject such a joint war. You can’t go in according to a losing war, can you?”
“The words of Comrade General Secretary are that the DPRK-China alliance treaty will be abolished… … .”
“Oh, that’s not it. I will explain from now on, so listen to me.”
Jeonghwan began to explain step by step to the members of the Politburo, who had been tilting his head for a while.
It was Jeong-hwan who was looking for a justification to get out of his feet ‘in good shape’ without violating the DPRK-China alliance treaty much earlier than Jang Seong-taek had predicted, and he succeeded in finding a suitable justification.
And Jang Sung-taek’s prediction that China would request dispatch of troops soon turned out to be a reality.
This message was delivered through the Chinese embassy in Korea.
“Comrade Kim Jeong-hwan, General Secretary of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea. Comrade Jiang Zemin, President of the People’s Republic of China, sent a personal message. I would like you to join forces with China in military action in order to protect the China-DPRK friendship in response to this tragedy in Shanghai.”
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“Tell them that you will attend.”
“… … Are you really?”
“Oh no, it’s the 50th anniversary of the Korean-Chinese blood alliance, so why not respond together in line with this crisis of our allies?”
“Go, thank you! Comrade general secretary! My home country’s President, Jiang Zemin, will certainly be delighted with this friendship that Korea has shown!”
As if to show China’s urgency, the Chinese special envoy, who got off at the Sunan Airport and arrived at the embassy, immediately urged a meeting with Jeong-hwan without taking off her woman’s clothes, said so with tears in her eyes.
Recently, North Korea has been gradually moving out of China’s influence, and it seems that it is putting more importance on relations with the United States.
Of course, their absence does not mean that they will not invade Afghanistan, but it was very important, at least nominally, with or without an allied force as China, which does not have good relations with neighboring countries.
“President Zhang, how many troops do you expect us to send?”
“I think the Central Party will know that Joseon’s friendship with China has not changed and that it is willing to fully share the suffering of the Chinese people who were victims of terrorism in Shanghai by sending about 2,000 men, including the Panzer Division. The recent economic growth of Joseon has been remarkable in China, so can you afford it?”
‘Two thousand people… … Chinese bastards, they’re asking for a lot of stuff. You have to go and shed blood together, and they’re going to eat you up all by themselves.
At the demand for more troops than expected, Jeonghwan stuck his tongue out inwardly, and even without a tee, the members of the Politburo also seemed to have roughly the same sentiments.
I didn’t mean to miss it anyway, but since there are about 2,000 people, isn’t this too much?
However, while hiding his intentions, Junghwan smiled and even shook the hand of the envoy.
“I understand. I hope that President Jiang Zemin is well informed that he still has not forgotten the friendship 50 years ago.”
“thank you! With this, the Central Party will know that Cho-Chinese is still a blood alliance and that Joseon is also opposed to those Taliban terrorists.”
“Ah, but it’s probably not too bad, it happened in the middle of the night, and it will take a while to convene and organize the dispatched army, so would you please wait for a month?”
“that… … All right.”
At first, the envoy looked troubled for a moment, but then he remembered the order he had received from the party and nodded.
After all, the country that suffered the most from the last terrorist attack was China, so the main character in this China-Afghan war should be the People’s Liberation Army led by China.
Although the General Staff expressed the opinion that the occupation would require a lot of ground forces, the main purpose of requesting an army from North Korea was to establish a pretext that other countries besides China would participate in the fight against terrorism.
Therefore, their chances of playing an active role will be around stabilizing the rear after the main battle is over, and establishing a post-war (puppet) regime that will act as China says.
In addition, if the Korean People’s Army makes a mistake or suffers major damage, it would have to share some of its post-war interests for the sake of reaffirming the DPRK-China alliance. it was
Finally, the envoy nodded his head in agreement with the terms.
“I can fully understand that. Because it is important that the socialist comrades in Korea and China stand on the same front and fight.”
“I would like to thank the great country for its wide consideration. I’ve heard that the start of the vacuum into Afghanistan is imminent, so I wish you good luck.”
“ha ha ha. Do we, the People’s Liberation Army, need any luck to deal with the nomads of Afghanistan who herd only sheep? All you have to do is relax and wait for the news that Osama bin Laden has been captured and returned to the Chinese court.”
‘If it’s so easy, why do we call it? Someday these guys will perish because of their arrogance.’
Jeonghwan sneered like that inwardly at the special envoy who confidently assured him, but he kept a smile on his face until the end.
Because they knew better than anyone today what hell they would face in Afghanistan.
“Good luck to your troops.”
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And, finally, the first large-scale war of the 21st century was approaching.
The Chinese Ministry of National Security and Public Security, who were tracking Osama bin Laden and al-Qaeda, believed that they were most likely to be receiving political protection in Afghanistan, and threatened to engage in military action if they did not present a mastermind of terrorism when speaking politely to the Afghan government.
In fact, when the 21st and 47th Army Groups, the 2nd Fighter Wings and the 1st Expeditionary Force, which had already been drawn from the Lanzhou Military District, reached the border of Afghanistan, China has already made such threats. It was clear that this war had been resolved, but the international community was paralyzed across the river.
First of all, from the point of view of terrorism against civilians, the cause clearly belonged to China, and among the members of the permanent council, Russia hopes that the Taliban, which showed signs of alliance with the Chechen rebels, will be crushed by this opportunity. I was hoping to weaken.
The only US internal voice that China should prevent access to Middle East oil was voiced, but the Democratic government, including Al Gore, predicted that it could be prevented to some extent by intervening at the right time.
Anyway, in this type of guerrilla warfare (which, in fact, China is already doing a lot), civilian killing and abuse of prisoners of war are bound to occur, so it should be used as an excuse to intervene.
Since China’s diplomatic power is still far below that of the United States, the Al Gore government has announced only one official statement: ‘The United States opposes any kind of terrorism and hopes that the two countries will resolve it through dialogue’.
In the midst of these multilateral interests, the Chinese People’s Liberation Army (PLA) began operation in early August, finally ignoring the Afghan government’s plea that ‘we did not know where bin Laden was and did not intervene in terrorism’.
It was the beginning of the China-Afghanistan war.
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-On the 7th day of the war, the war situation is flowing in an extremely favorable way for China. The Sino-Afghan War, which began with bombing and missile attacks by the People’s Liberation Army air force, is a situation in which Chinese mountain divisions cross the Wakhan Corridor and advance into Kabul within a week of the start of the war.
– The expeditionary force of the People’s Liberation Army this time is a whopping 250,000, but the opinion of most military experts is that it can overwhelm the Afghan army by sending in more troops in the future.
– Excellent night marching ability and tactics were demonstrated at the Battle of Jalalabad, the first ground force engagement on the second day of the war. This battle, in which the People’s Liberation Army paratroopers were deployed, won the battle between the Taliban and the Afghan government forces, but it is not known exactly how much damage the People’s Liberation Army suffered due to information control by China.
As everyone expected, the war with Afghanistan and China, the ‘poor stone kingdom’, seemed to be flowing into one-sided Chinese dominance.
The Chinese mountain division and paratroopers, which advanced across the Wakhan Mountains, were victorious in encounters with the Taliban and Afghan government forces.
After leasing Saudi Arabia’s airbase, China coaxed Iran to obtain permission to use its airspace, and has already mobilized the People’s Liberation Army air force to bomb the Afghan capital Kabul intermittently.
It was regrettable that the road could not be borrowed due to friction with Pakistan, which is in dispute over the Kashmir territory, but in fact, there was no need for that.
More than 100,000 People’s Liberation Army has already entered Afghanistan, killing every visible Taliban (and Afghan people who work with them) without question and answer. Only one person predicted that the war would soon turn against China.
The only one, Kim Jeong-hwan, general secretary of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, called someone from his secretary’s office when he heard the breaking news that the Chinese army had been victorious again.
It’s been a while since I’ve laid out this phone line, but I’ve rarely used it so far, and it’s the first time I’ve ever called her first.
After a while, he received a call and the other party who was waiting for his call on the hotline was connected.
“I think it’s time for us to talk a little bit. President Yu Min-jung. How is Seoul these days?”