147 – Uk ranian Civil War (3)
The time when Colonel Opry Dunn, commander of the Royal Guard Gendarmerie, unofficially “Occupied” The General Staff Department.
One of the other hounds of the state gendarmerie, Gendarmerie Special Commander Lieutenant Colonel Kamarov led his subordinates to the Petrobuna Palace.
Because the personnel already guarding the Petrovuna Palace were soldiers belonging to the Guards Military Police, who were the victims of the coup.
They opened the entrance without saying anything when members of the National Gendarmerie entered the palace.
Although some people had doubts about the military police task force rushing into the palace at this time.
Since the order had already been sent from the upper level that there would be a visit from the military police, no doubts were raised.
It was an evil that occurred when those who defended the leader joined the forces that tried to harm the leader.
In the first place, as everything was swiftly and clandestinely, and also between senior executives.
At least, there was no possibility that ensigns, lieutenants, even noncommissioned officers and ordinary soldiers would rebel against the orders of the coup forces.
No, they don’t even know that a coup is taking place right in front of their eyes.
“Glory to the motherland!”
“Glory. By any chance, has anyone other than us come to see His Excellency, or has His Excellency ever left the palace?”
“No, no. There are no outsiders who have visited the palace after the sun has gone down.”
“Yes, you worked hard.”
Lieutenant Colonel Kamarov entered the palace slowly.
A wide hallway.
The moonlight was shining softly on the corridor and the garden inside the palace.
‘Beyond this is the Prince.’
I don’t mean to harm him. If the king was harmed without any cause, it could cause a great backlash from the citizens and soldiers.
Just a few months ago, he was digging into the coup forces with Lieutenant Colonel Lannister Cale, but the reason he was subsumed by the coup forces was no other reason.
It was to save the country he loved from the fire of another war that would come upon him.
He was a veteran of the First Quernen War.
As a front-line infantryman in the Center Corps, he witnessed the meaningless deaths of his comrades and the horrendous massacre of civilians.
Some might have burned their vengeance against them in that sight.
Lieutenant Colonel Kamarov felt rather futile.
No matter how happy he is, no one can escape misfortune the moment an uninvited guest called war strikes.
Even the aristocrats who were quick-witted.
Even the government officials who were trembling.
The ordinary innkeeper and the young woman who worked at the inn.
In front of the war, everyone was equally unhappy.
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But now, with Orlando Ruth III and Vice Admiral Sonny Zeppelin leading the movement, it is clearly prepared for war.
As the Principality of Uk ran grows stronger, the Soviet Empire’s containment has become noticeably stronger now.
Even now, localized provocations are taking place in the North.
The frequency of friction between the border guards of the Uk ranian principality and the border guards of the Soviet Empire also increased.
I could tell because he was a soldier.
The fact that he didn’t have much time left before the guest called war came to the principality.
The war had to be prevented even if it meant being servile.
Of course, it was not my opinion to become a vassal state. Rather, since the national power of the Principality of Uk ran was getting stronger, it would be possible to compromise on more favorable terms in some areas.
It is clear that the Soviet Empire would not commit the foolish act of invading the principality if the Uk ranians gave up first.
Kamarov sincerely believed that.
So don’t harm Orlando Ruth III.
Now I just joined the coup for the cause. Because he still had a duty to assist Orlando Ruth III.
That was also the reason he volunteered for the operation to secure and detain the king.
He alone can preserve the safety of the Prince.
To be honest, if the forces of the coup d’état run wild, or if the remnants of the Azov National Liberation Front or a command group like the strigoi they recruited try to harm the prince.
Kamarov’s muzzle will be aimed at them relentlessly.
Let’s arrive in front of the private room of the king.
The head of the military police special entrustment team winked at his subordinates and made them form a rank.
They also did not carry any other armament except for a simple baton and a pistol.
A kind of polite behavior. After all, isn’t it their supreme leader?
“Your Excellency Prince Orlando Luz!”
After confirming that his men had completed deployment, Kamarov exclaimed in a loud voice.
“This is Lieutenant Colonel Kamarov, the commander of the military police task force! Despite the rudeness, I will dare to step into that place for the sake of the safety of His Excellency!!”
Kikiiik.
The lieutenant colonel opened the huge door that was firmly closed and entered.
“…… ?!”
The Duke didn’t exist there.
Only the night breeze blowing from the wide open terrace door stirred Kamarov’s hair.
***
The coup forces were most wary of the units of the Special Response Brigade created by Sonny Zeppelin.
In fact, they are the best of Uk ran.
As Colonel Paldykov, head of the Military Police Superintendent, the exact estimate was not picked.
From the beginning, the formation was different from that of the general Uk ranian army, and with the exception of some troops from the southern and northern corps, joint training did not go well.
For that reason, what he focused most on was the quick suppression of the ‘8th Assault Magical Infantry Battalion’, which was well known outside of them.
There is also an air squadron that is not a corps-level unit, but operates independently.
Above all, it was the home of Lieutenant Colonel Enoch Levandel, whom Sonny Zeppelin trusted the most, and who had raised tremendous awareness within the military during the last war.
If only that unit could be subdued in time.
It was as if the limbs of Sonny Zeppelin and Enoch Levandel were completely cut off.
However.
It doesn’t always go as planned.
“What happened to the personnel who were monitoring? I must have told you to be careful and watch carefully!”
“That, that…… They also say they haven’t noticed anything unusual. It’s really at the level where the unit evaporated overnight…… !”
“Damn it!!”
I already knew the story that Enoch Levandel was poking around to fight the coup forces.
In the first place, the report coming from Lieutenant Colonel Lannister must have been delivered through himself, the head of the military police department.
So I thought I would have prepared to some extent.
I never thought it would move so fast.
“Contact the head of the Guards Military Police at the General Staff Department and tell him to define the battalion under the Special Response Brigade as rebels. If all of a sudden it becomes impossible to locate them, they won’t be able to help either.”
“Okay.”
“And is there any contact from the Petrobuna Palace? With Lieutenant Colonel Kamarov gone, there’s no way the operation will fail…….”
That moment.
This time another messenger ran into the office of the Chief of the Military Police.
“This is a message from Lieutenant Colonel Kamarov. They say that His Excellency the King has disappeared!”
“What?”
“Maybe…… It is presumed that you have already left the palace.”
I felt dizzy when I heard the news that the whereabouts of the units under the Special Response Brigade were unknown.
The fact that they failed to secure the prince made Paldikov, the head of the Military Police Superintendent’s eyes, white.
In order to seize the government, the cooperation of the king was essential.
Even if there are several bureaucrats who play important roles in the prince’s cabinet on our side, the opinion of one prince will work more reliably on the citizens than the opinions of all of them.
Conversely, if the prince defines the forces currently in control of the General Staff, the Petrobuna Palace, and the Cabinet as ‘rebels’.
The resistance they will have to endure cannot be said in empty words.
“It must be Enoch Levandel. It’s Enoch Levandel’s work!”
Boom!!
Colonel Paldykov hit his desk hard with his fist.
“Since martial law is in place, tell them to mobilize all available forces in Kayef and secure new recruits for Enoch Levandel and Prince Orlando Luz!! Catch all the bastards wandering around at this hour!”
All this had to be done before sunrise. After daylight, there was a high probability that he would not be able to seize the government as swiftly as now.
“Mobilize all trainees!”
“That, the military police chief… ….”
“Something else!!”
“I have more information to tell you about that.”
Colonel Paldikoff’s eyes widened once more.
“Contact with the Central Army Training Center has been lost. It is said that the training chief, Major General Rittenhark, also disappeared with his family.”
“Stand, no way—!!”
He jumped up from his seat.
“Capital Guard Division, contact the head of the Capital Guard Division! I told them to gather all the troops of the military police at the army training center!!”
Paldykov felt dizzy.
As long as it has the name ‘training center’, I didn’t pay much attention to it.
Even if it looks like that, it is a force that can move a fairly large army in the capital, Kayef.
If they are captured by Enoch Levandel…… ?
The major premise, which was thought to be able to pass between allies without any skirmishes, is twisted.
And as if he proves that fact.
“This is an order from the Central Army Training Center, Littenhark! If you get any closer than this, I will open fire!!”
When Colonel Paldikov and other coup forces grasped the situation.
It was after the army training center had been completely fortified and had gone into a sit-in.
“Currently, martial law is in a state of emergency!! The authority to command all military operations rests with the General Staff Department, deputy authority, and the commander of the National Military Police, but what are you talking about!!”
“f*ck you, you rebel bastards! I know everything!”
“What…… ?”
“His Excellency Prince Orlando Luz III is with us! I’ll shoot you if you really get close, you bastards!!”
The situation was already falling into uncontrollable chaos for both coup and anti-coup forces.
