Rasputin of the East

＜ Episode 267 >

Yugoslavia, Belgrade. November 6, 1944.

King Alexander I of Yugoslavia was awakened by a loud knock on the door.

“What’s going on?”

“your majesty! your majesty!”

The old king woke up to the urgent voice. Something was strange.

It’s like… the ominousness I experienced in my youth blossomed.

“What’s going on?”

“Treason! your majesty! You must avoid it!”

The door opened, and a man drenched in sweat ran in.

“Your Majesty, you must flee immediately!”

“Treason, who? when?”

“Croatia… The Croatians in the military have been praying for rebellion! You must escape now!”

“Lieutenant General Mikhailovich, are you sure of that?”

“There is a traitor from the Capital Guard, my adjutant tried to shoot me.”

“General Draza, how many soldiers are loyal to me?”

“…I couldn’t confirm it, it must be, but the situation was so urgent… I also came here as soon as I found out about the situation. How about escaping to the Russian embassy…”

The king wrinkled his face. Russia…. Russian Embassy.

It was not a place with a good image, but it was clear that there was no choice either.

“i get it. Honey, come on! The other kids… huh?”

At that moment, a sound was heard along with gunshots from quite a distance.

“Kill the king!”

“Long live Croatia! Kill all Serbs!”

“Uh, when are you here?”

“your majesty! Avoid! I will buy the time!”

“Draja, I will never forget your loyalty.”

“There is no time for this, Your Majesty! Come on, move!”

***

At the same time, the Moscow Kremlin.

“What?”

“There is a civil war in Yugoslavia.”

“What is the situation?”

“It seems that some of the Croatian generals have acted arbitrarily.”

“Irina, did you not get any information from Ohrana?”

It was a question mixed with a bit of rebuke. What did you do that you didn’t know about the coup d’etat?

“Meetings between generals are quite common. Moreover, in recent years, intelligence capabilities have been concentrated in France and the United States, so we were not aware of the fact that there had been a coup d’etat in advance. It is my mistake.”

“……”

Irina also seems to have lost a bit of poison after becoming a mother. Making mistakes that I wouldn’t have made before… No, my scope of work has expanded a lot compared to before.

“Well, does that mean anything?”

Rubbing her tired eyes, Tatiana intervened.

“Honestly, even if the Yugoslav regime changes, would it be a big problem? Yugoslavia’s national power isn’t strong, and it might not be too bad to just split it up this time…”

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Maria nodded as if in agreement.

“Irina, call Olga first. It’s not a war, we should discuss this.”

Although I was in charge of most of the state affairs during the war, Olga has been in charge of the internal affairs.

I am the empress’s husband to the last, and the empress is Olga. Up until now, it was an emergency, so it passed, but now I need to show respect for the empress’s authority.

I might get pissed off if I handle this by myself. When she gets mad, none of the imperial family gets a good result, no, Alexey’s bastard will eat some popcorn.

After a while, Olga of the pajamas wind appeared. Immediately, Irina’s briefing began.

“About 30 minutes ago, the Yugoslav ambassador to the State of Yugoslavia took an emergency priority communication by password line. It was reported that a gunfight broke out in Belgrade, and soldiers in the Yugoslav Army uniforms were moving under Croatian nationalist slogans.”

“Before we report, we first investigated possible Croatian political parties and organizations within the military, and as a result, it is speculated that the strong candidate is Francovci’s Ante Pavelic. It is presumed that they incited the military to attempt a coup.”

“A high-ranking Croatian general? That… isn’t it?”

“If it is Special Warfare Commander Lieutenant General Josef Broz, it is possible, but he is from Croatia, but he is a person who is discussing the unification of Yugoslavia… Of course, he is not sympathetic to the current government’s policies, so he is outside the eyes of the royal family, but the separatist coup d’etat I am a bit skeptical about whether to participate.”

“Maybe they’re holding hands temporarily, or maybe there’s something else going on, and besides, that Joseph Broz, isn’t that kinky to us?”

Yojiv Broz, yes, that Tito of original history.

Yojiv Broz Tito, originally Tito is a pseudonym. Serbia, Yugoslavia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Bosnia, North Macedonia… In any case, a person who is consistently respected even after Yugoslavia was divided into many countries. According to one theory, even that Stalin was cold-hearted.

In any case, being squeamish towards us is, of course, because we have turned the Yugoslav government into a semi-puppet.

Of course, it is understandable that the yangban was also twisted by the government. Currently, the Yugoslav government is tyrannical while implementing a Serbia-centered policy. And it’s understandable that they’re against us. It would appear that we are behind the Serbian tyranny.

Apart from that, he has a sense of reality, so there is no reason to argue with us in a situation where there is no country to help us. Is there America in the Mediterranean right now or who is?

“Should the Russian army be dispatched?”

“Okay, I see the situation and intervene. It is not good to set a precedent for excessive intervention in foreign affairs.”

No matter what they do, if they don’t confront us, we will turn a blind eye to them.

Because there are times when you can’t find the original story while fooling around trying to create a sense of identity with us.

“By the way, the fact that you pointed out the person behind it means that you were monitoring in advance?”

“It was being monitored by a third country as part of an espionage war against the United States.”

“Wait, three countries?”

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My expression became subtle.

“Yeah, didn’t you report that it was part of an espionage warfare against the US?”

“Have you had any contact with the United States?”

“It’s just a heart attack. We have failed to secure the proof, and there is absolutely no indication that anything from the United States has intervened.”

By the way, if you want to get here from the United States…. How about an informant who can enter the country under the guise of a civilian, or a small force that can sneak in through the embassy?

What’s more, they don’t even know that if the US intervenes and gets caught, we’re going to take our tanks to Tokyo and South China right away and try to blow the heads of US troops away…

Even if it’s not, you wouldn’t know that if the anti-Russian regime came into power, we would be crushed into the military. What are the advantages of Yugo? As a bridgehead, France, accessible from the Atlantic Ocean, would be better, since it was expelled from the Mediterranean Sea.

easier?

“Irina, if you are pursuing pure chaos with no intention of overthrowing their government or leading a new government in any direction.”

“Yes?”

“Surely… Yeah, if it’s just to get our attention, there’s no better place than Yugoslavia, right?”

“France is too far away and more stable than Yugoslavia. Yugoslavia is difficult to access in the United States and has no beachhead advantage, but society is clearly more chaotic, and it’s also a sensitive area for us…. Yes, theoretically possible. If it was purely for chaos purposes, then once the rebellion broke out, I wouldn’t need to pay more attention than what the reporters report. Whether we promise arms or military support, there is no reason to keep it.”

“As long as the purpose has been achieved, they might try to get rid of those who might make fun of useless mouths.”

“Well, I’m not going there. It is obvious that it will only leave more traces. If it were me, I would rather bring some of them to trial on charges of impersonating public officials, and then conclude that they are mentally ill and put them in a mental hospital.”

“Then the Yugo rebels will become idiots playing around with the words of megalomaniacs and schizophrenia patients, and it’s a neat fix.”

“Eying… am I the only one who doesn’t understand now?”

Anastasia intervened.

“I mean, it was meant to be used and thrown away, to put it simply.”

At Olga’s words, Irina nodded her head.

“Then what will you do?”

“yes? Are you asking me now?”

“… I think I’m a bit out of awareness right now, but you’re the Empress, Olga.”

“Yeah, did you? I thought you forgot.”

you’re already pissed

“… It’s been a war in the past, it’s because every minute and every second is in a hurry.”

“I know, that I’m just heartbroken.”

“It’s like an aunt is getting older and some kind of young lady is upset that her lover didn’t care… It’s the age to send her sons and daughters in marriage, so she’s arrogant…”

“Hey, Anastasia, what did you just say? Madame?”

“Ah… ah ah ah! hurt!”

“Well, I’m over 30 and forty, but I still look like I’m in my 20s, so why is that?”

They really don’t look very old. At first glance, they just look like they’re in their mid to late 20’s. If I had to classify it, it would be wheat….

“age! story! summer solstice! I didn’t!”

right. sick.

“Hey, you have a nosebleed.”

“sister!”

it’s shit it’s a b*tch

Irina, who was building a poker face, opened her mouth.

“So what’s the solution?”

“… Leave it alone.”

“Yes?”

“If it’s serious, it can only be disbanded.”

“……”

“And after all, Yugoslavia was an artificial town, and it was bound to break up anytime soon. What is the difference between being disbanded now?”

“That sounds like a saying that every country is going to fall someday, and there’s nothing bad about it for our generation.”

“… It’s not like that, isn’t it? I didn’t say that ‘our country’ would be destroyed.”

“If you look at it that way, there are many countries that have failed in our generation, such as Austria-Hungary.”

“Austria…Hungary.”

I wiggled my eyebrows.

“Anyway, Yugoslavia is not an irreplaceable region, and the ways we can get into the Mediterranean are plentiful. And it is not in the national interest to intervene too deeply, and it is highly likely that that is what the other side wants. We cannot rule out the possibility that there will be a lot of resentment, and above all, it falls under the internal affairs of Yugoslavia.”

“Then it’s a bystander.”

“Well, it’s not the country your child will inherit.”

“…is it because of your mood that something is mixed with bones in your words?”

“If not?”

“I don’t really have anything to say.”

“If not, just shut up. Don’t say that you can’t even find the original.”