Rasputin of the East

＜ Episode 111 >

“Shoot me.”

“comrade.”

A man was dying.

The man’s legs were no longer there.

The leg was amputated in a hurry at the hideout, but it was already late and the leg was rotting.

“comrade. Without comrades, who will lead the alternative revolution?”

The man closed his eyes.

“Revolution is not a person. It is an era and a will.”

He spoke hard.

“If there is even one person left to inherit our will, that is the continuation of the revolution.”

irreversible

he could see As the flames of the revolution burn and spread from Russia to Germany, to China, to Africa, and to the Middle East.

“The revolution must be successful. It’s just the difference between being early or late.”

“Comrade Lenin!”

“Shoot me, and set bombs on my corpse, destroy it, leave no corpse behind… so no one knows who I am.”

Lenin gave instructions.

“They’ll find me, they’ll try to find me and kill me, I’ll take the time when I’m dead, and if you believe I’m hiding and resisting around here, you’ll be able to hold them, even for a moment… just for a moment.”

For a moment, even while his supreme disciple completes his mission.

“The revolution… must go on without interruption.”

You can never stop. Don’t stop.

“I will die anyway, comrades. If my death can buy the other comrades just a little bit of time… that’s enough.”

“comrade.”

“Thank you for following me all this time.”

“good bye. Comrade Lenin.”

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Moments later, gunshots rang out.

***

Beijing, Beiyang Government, Republic of China.

“Russian forces have crossed the border!”

“The Warlords of Xinjiang have betrayed you. They are attached to Russia!”

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Mongolia and Xinjiang collapsed in the blink of an eye, and Gansu Province is under attack.

Dengchirui clenched his teeth at the pouring in reports.

I still believed that I could fix it, but I still believed that there was room to get it back.

It was embarrassing to the point of going crazy.

This country is certainly not a country run under one emperor like the Russian Empire. Had it been, this would not have happened in the first place.

Russia and China are different. China is always a coalition of warlords, and Dunchirui is only the leader of the strongest warlords among them.

But now, the warlords are all busy finding their own way.

“The Japanese army is advancing into Manchuria!”

At that time, the second bad news was delivered.

“What is the Bongcheon Warlord doing?”

It was a mournful voice.

In the first place, no matter how good the Bongcheon Warlords were, their roots were a swarm of demons.

There is no way it can compete with the Japanese army.

“They are abandoning their bases and recklessly retreating.”

Dengchirui’s fist hit the table.

“Sun Won, Sun Won, you are like a motherf*cker motherf*cker!”

Even if Sun Yat-sen did not voluntarily sell the country, it would not have happened if he had even thought about what the hell this was and how much blood China would shed in this war.

so it didn’t happen.

“If you don’t want to send my letter to the southern warlords and set the whole of China into a sea of fire, then command Sun Yuan immediately, and… and call the British ambassador, no, not just Britain, but the United States and France. , Germany, any country as a great power!”

***

Vladivostok, Operational Headquarters of the Interior Army.

‘Greek gift.’

-Furstbischof

A telegram of only three words arrived.

And that was enough.

“Telegram from St. Petersburg. It is said that the French government accepted the offer.”

Negotiations with the Japanese army were short-lived.

We made demands within a predictable range of each other, and I clearly drew a line in this area.

Russia is not an ally of Japan, so individual negotiations are possible.

Even if you don’t know about Manchuria, if North Korea falls into the hands of Japan, you can’t give up even the Dalchirui. We should avoid getting caught up in the Japanese people’s brainstorming, so it was better for us to eat quickly and get lost.

The Japanese army expressed disappointment in this part, but in the end, I had no choice but to withdraw from my continued request.

“Okay, what are the international students doing?”

“Each one is resting in their own quarters.”

“I’d like to meet you.”

“All right. Would you like to convene at the parade ground?”

“No, it’s late, and then, Min-Wae-Ji, I’ll go and see the faces of the representatives for a while.”

Even if they are international students, there are around 200 in total, including 80 from 7 schools in Joseon, 50 from Japan, and 70 Japanese cadets and junior officers.

Ten officers are staying at the hotel. The negotiating team left for Joseon just yesterday.

“All right.”

***

The Korean students who were suddenly brought to a foreign country were being watched by Japanese soldiers.

“Now what?”

“ha.”

“Let’s just escape! This is Arasaya, the Japanese can’t even follow me.”

I am worried about my family in my home country, but students with weak minds are not even brought here. From the point of view of the Japanese imperialism, it was a demonstration of ‘yellow sprouts’ students.

“Impossible.”

A boy in a school uniform shook his head.

“The whole city is a fortress, can’t you see? If you walk around without a pass, it’s good to get shot.”

They all knew that, there were several battleships and their escort cruisers and destroyers moored at the docks, and the soldiers and workers were busy moving and carrying things.

“You can mix it up, there are a lot of Koreans here too!”

“Look at the road, you idiot, who’s wearing a school uniform here?”

“that…….”

“Aren’t they all soldiers or workers, but where are we…”

“Why?”

“yes?”

The girl who was sitting quietly threw it away.

She was a representative of the five women in the group.

“Why did the Japanese pick us up and throw us here? Arasae. They said I was studying abroad.”

Could it be? As they came and talked to each other, they were convinced of one thing.

It is said that there is no one here who does not hate the Japanese imperialists here.

“There is something moving between the Japanese and Arrasa, and we are at the end of it, and we have to figure out what the Japanese are thinking before we can even fight them.”

“hey.”

A student who had been standing by the window for a while opened his mouth.

“Outside, what do you think those people are doing now?”

“What are you doing? Carrying things, running around, patrolling.”

“What are you trying to do?”

“ok?”

“What are you doing moving things like that, patrolling and running around? Why are there so many warships over there and the soldiers bustling?”

“Are you going to war?”

“Where?”

“It must be China.”

The current conflict between Russia and China was unknown to espionage. Even the students could read a newspaper on the way.

No one knew that the Russian emperor was furious when he heard that the Chinese had taken a step in the Hui rebellion and ordered the Eastern Dukes to subdue them. Either in the Korean Peninsula or in Japan.

In fact, the war between China and Russia had no repercussions on the Korean Peninsula. In the beginning, it was difficult to say that the relationship between China and the Korean independence movement was that good before the 3.1 movement, which was decidedly by Dr. Lee Bong-chang and Dr. Yoon Bong-gil.

“Why would the generals come all the way here and do what they did? You know enough to know why they are gathering all the way to Manchuria.”

“Well, Manchuria is their land, so did you ask them not to attack you?”

“……”

“Uh, why?”

The student, who answered without much thought, was startled by the sudden gaze on him.

That was then.

– Dump!

The door opened without knocking, and a Japanese officer in a military uniform appeared.

“What are you doing here? Anyway, it’s fine, just a few representatives of you, get dressed.”

“What?”

One person reflexively asked me to come out dressed neatly out of the blue, but the other person did not show a temper, or it may have been suppressed because it was simply not in the situation to do so.

“There is no time. Just come out!”

After exchanging glances for a moment, some of the students stood up.

By the way, the officer who came out was also in a state of being quite stiff, even with the wrinkles usually found in military uniforms.

“Why did you come back, even the general? Why are you coming out?”

“I know Nanda…”

The students who went downstairs also felt something strange.

Heavily armed Russian troops were patrolling in groups.

Did even a Russian dignitary visit? They followed the guide curiously and stood in front of a large door.

As the guards opened the door, they saw a man sitting inside the door.

None of them were out of breath.

A general of Arrasa, a nobleman, and one who received the title of Magi.

The undisputed masters, the faces they saw many times in newspapers.

The Duke of Vostok was watching them.

“Come in.”

***

Originally, we had planned to meet separately, but there was a problem with that.

Even now, I have barely had time to watch, but some say it is too difficult to interview each one, and my subordinates objected, saying that it was difficult because there was a security problem.

I couldn’t help it. For most Russian officers, it was either Korean or Japanese, and there was also the trauma of the Otsu incident.

I was confident enough to turn it into meat sashimi in the opposite direction if some crazy guy came with a knife, but anyway, I was tired of arguing, so I ended up canceling the individual interview.

“Hmm, are we all gathered now?”

Divided into three groups, the Sun-Owners had already exchanged greetings during the day, and they were in a dormitory right next to the US military. Looking at the international students, I approached them.

“What is your name?”

When I asked the Japanese lieutenant who was standing in front of me through an interpreter, I got a loud answer.

“This is Lieutenant Mudaguchi Renya! It is an honor for all generations to meet Dong-A’s hero!”

Wait, what?

This gentleman in front of me is that Mutaguchi…?

I barely managed to manage my facial expression, and I could barely give an answer.

“Yeah, welcome to Russia and I hope you don’t feel uncomfortable during your stay.”

“It is an honour!”

No, why is Mudaguchi Renya coming here? It also seems that he has a fairly high position among international students… Isn’t it that Hajime Sugiyara and Domini and Gyoji are here?

I thought that, but as soon as I found out a few minutes later that the officer who was leading the international students was Dominic, I felt dizzy.

“Well, it was a bit sudden, but everyone is welcome to come to Russia.

Yeah, my head hurts a bit, but that’s all for now.

I’ll turn really.