138 – Kayef’s Chiefs (1)
It was the third birthday of the King since he had already fallen here.
The first one passed without help because of the training of the 8th Assault Magic Infantry Battalion, and the second birthday ended with a personal thanks delivered through Major General Sonny Zeppelin rather than attending such a party.
But this birthday is different.
As he turned 30 this year, the king’s birthday party will be held grandly at the national level.
Actually, it was an event that reminded me of that northern pigeon-nim…… I thought there was nothing I could do about it beyond being a monarchy.
If you were thinking of liberal democracy, you should have gone a little farther west, not Ukraine.
Of course, some members of the military and cabinet seem to be thinking of going further east, not west.
“There’s obviously a lot of work going on behind the scenes. The radical remnants of the Azov National Liberation Front, the necromancer pseudo-group…….”
“Are there strigoi too?”
“Wouldn’t it be sad if those children fell in love with a party like this?”
Colonel Lannister said as he sipped his coffee.
The schedule for the full-scale event is five days from today.
As for me, there were many things I had to prepare, so I was in the state of entering the capital in advance.
Meeting Lieutenant Colonel Lannister Cale, the head of the Central Inspection Department of the National Military Police, is also part of the preparation activities.
But suddenly it’s a strigo.
“Captain Bell Meyer, a member of the lieutenant colonel’s unit.”
“Yes.”
“I think you should tell him to be more careful. Please tell me not to come out of the dorm as much as possible.”
I nodded at that.
In place of Adjutant Rumia Bluet, who is busy with many things, I brought in Captain Bell Meyer, who has relatively little free time, as an attendant.
She was in a situation where, unintentionally, she might get involved with a group completely different from her.
‘I should give Bell a solid warning.’
Besides, there was another reason for bringing the attendant to Bell Meyer.
Bell Meyer is a noble lady.
It wasn’t enough that he was confirmed as an officer due to his merits during the last Quarnen War, and he was also awarded a medal directly by the King.
Bell Meyer was able to confidently return to being the eldest daughter of the Meyer family.
Not only that, but I also heard that the Meyer family came back to the central power this year after falling under the eyes of King Orlando Ruth III again.
In fact, it’s as if she’s re-established her family.
Especially as her father, ‘Johan Meyer’, was also an official in the Ministry of Finance.
She did not know that she would play a very important role in this operation.
For that purpose, wouldn’t it be much easier to bring Bell Mayer, who has a close relationship with me anyway?
Apart from the National Liberation Front, I never imagined that I would hold the hand of a terrorist group that is ostracized by all countries.
Is this a situation where rebel forces are concentrated that much?
I can’t even guess.
No matter how much the king has been intensively checking the opposition to reform for a year, the command group is still a little over the line.
“But who is the head after all?”
I asked while meticulously writing down what Lieutenant Colonel Lannister had said.
Be it the Azov National Liberation Front or the Strago, if it’s enough to rally those damn forces, it’s impossible with halfway personnel.
At least, it should be at the ministerial level.
The black orchestra, which was a representative coup d’état force in Nazi Germany, was also led by bold personnel in the military.
At that time, the Nazis were the opening scene, but now, as Ukrnian reforms were cruising, they would not have the power to attempt a coup just by embracing halfway forces.
If they really intend to upset the country at this festival.
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There had to be a ‘face madam’ that would give the people of Ukraine justification.
“First of all, the National Gendarmerie suspects Secretary of State Aberto.”
“Certainly, there was a sense of disapproval. Besides, isn’t the Secretary of State the de facto second-in-command?”
“Perfect for flipping. Oh, can you excuse me for a second?”
“Of course.”
At my beckoning, Lieutenant Colonel Lannister pulled a cigar from his pocket and put it in his mouth.
“I didn’t smoke when I was a major, but it came naturally as I went up one rank.”
“I recently quit smoking. Your momentum has significantly decreased.”
“Because it is natural to conserve stamina to prepare for a gigantic event.”
Whoa, when the lieutenant colonel let out a breath, meek smoke billowed upwards.
“Lieutenant Colonel Enoch.”
“Yes, Colonel Lannister. Please speak at ease.”
“Why are you saying that now? Even when I was a second lieutenant, I always respected them, but since they are of the same class, of course we should respect them more.”
“If you say that, then I have nothing to say… ….”
“Colonel Enoch, do you really think they would do that?”
Lieutenant Colonel Lannister’s eyes flashed.
It would be hard to believe from the point of view of the National Military Police. Isn’t Ukraine developing so peacefully now?
In the north, the country’s largest munitions industrial complex was established in Villaltoque, which was managed by Count Pedro.
Not only in weapon production and trading, but also in the private sector, they maintained a close relationship with the Reinhardt Empire.
At the same time, by permitting the construction of a naval port in the Azov Islands by the Free Democratic State of Fru, he was taking advantage of his time in diplomacy with the West.
Of course, it didn’t look very good from Adalya and Sobie’s point of view.
Because diplomacy can’t always satisfy everyone.
But.
That was the story when they were all patriots.
I looked straight at Colonel Lannister and opened his mouth.
“There will be a war soon.”
“Yes?”
“I think there are two or three years left. Maybe even faster than that.”
I continued my shocking remarks without hesitation.
Colonel Lannister, at first slightly bewildered, soon realized that I meant it, and his face turned serious.
“How sure are you?”
“You can tell just by looking at the international situation. The Soviet Empire is currently experiencing a major economic crisis. The land mass is unnecessarily wide, but there are more reactionary forces. At the moment of twisting, it will be an instant for the people to rise up and the Sobie Empire to become the second Rus Char Empire.”
It is a tradition in So-Viet that the emperor’s head is cut off when he wakes up with a messy economy.
Befitting a country whose motif was the ‘red country’, which was communist but was in fact close to a modern giant empire, the citizens are also very spicy.
And usually in this situation, the most representative choice of the imperialists is…….
“It must be making public enemies on the outside.”
“That is correct. There are two routes. Is it the Republic of Polania or the Principality of Ukraine?”
It’s a pity that there is no map. I said, scratching the empty table with my finger.
“To be honest, Polania is too much.”
“Then what are the options?”
“It must be our principality.”
Lieutenant Colonel Lannister threw out that one word and silently gulped down his cigar.
“And is there really only an empire in consumption? Look at the Free Democratic Republic of Prue. Didn’t you win the installation of a naval port in the Azov Islands on the condition of receiving huge economic aid this time? In words, it is in the name of protecting merchant ships from the ‘pirates’ that haunt their shores.”
“Everyone probably knows that this is to keep the Kingdom of Adaliya in check, which boasts a mighty naval power.”
No one is going to war in particular.
The whole world was simultaneously, dynamically, going into madness.
Ukraine is also being born anew by jumping on the trend.
So it’s only natural that those who have already bet on the losing side of Ukraine are not happy with the current situation.
“Now, it has been two years since we properly entered into reform. If the regime is overturned in this state, it will cause great chaos.”
“…… If so, there will be a justification for consumption from the Empire’s point of view.”
“They obviously prepare for war, but that doesn’t necessarily mean war. Why would you do that when there are easier, quicker, and simpler ways?”
1. Turn the country upside down
2. They set up a puppet government loyal to them.
3. It sucks territory or resources indirectly.
4. It propagates extensively to its own people to amplify loyalty to the empire, and shatters the situation of the victim country from the inside.
5. If you want to suck it up to some extent, you will wage a war and forcibly merge it.
6. PROFIT!
There’s no way you wouldn’t think of this perfect 6-step plan as an empire in consumption.
It happened a lot in the original history, and in fact, it was one of the main diplomatic strategies in the Haoje game to eat the weaker camp like sharing a cake.
“So you were looking all the way here in the first place? Since when?”
“The only thing I was sure of was the Quernen War. No matter how much it is to take care of my rice bowl, I have to put in some checks.”
I took a bill from my wallet and handed it to Colonel Lannister.
“Will the country turn upside down this time or not? Would you like to make a bet?”
