Rasputin of the East

＜ Episode 289 >

“It’s a plan for an all-out revolt by the gangsters… If you sit still, you’re in trouble.”

Police chief Kim Gu nodded.

“After all, they should all have died before returning home.”

“If even half of the reports are true, the military needs cooperation.”

“I’m talking to Dr. Lee, nominally Dr. Lee is the supreme commander-in-chief of the military, so he can mobilize the army only if Dr. Lee approves.”

“Okay, then…”

“Let’s start with the first thing, and now that the session period is over, there is no immunity from immunity.

***

– Bang bang!

“what? What are you guys doing!”

“Park Heon-young! Raise your hand and come out immediately! This house is already under siege! I will make an emergency arrest on charges of preliminary conspiracy to treason the state!”

“……”

“If you are not guilty, you will be released on your own. If you are guilty, you will be punished accordingly, and you will come out peacefully!”

A Russian-made assault rifle was in the hands of an unknown military policeman who called out the name of a member of parliament as if he were a dog.

Not just him, all the military policemen were armed with such equipment. The fact that everyone had guns issued to only a few places, including the Presidential Security Office, meant that they were not just military police.

And gunshots rang out.

-bang! bang!

“Scrape!”

The military police’s Type 022 assault rifle blew out. The cartridge shell bounced vertically, and the 5.45mm bullet made the front door of the house a honeycomb.

“The door is blocked!”

“Smash it in! Check out the back door or tunnel, and be on the lookout for your neighbours!”

Shortly after, the front door hinged off, and the military police killed the man inside the gate.

“It’s not Park Heon-young!”

“find! 1st floor is 1st floor, 2nd is 2nd floor! Group 3 is underground! in action!”

The military police, who separated the magazine and pushed the new magazine behind the trigger, went in with the gun pointed and fired.

-bang! Tang Tang!

“On the roof!”

“Did these kids have their weapons stacked up?”

The fact that he was preparing for treason is an irresistible proof. Of course you have to catch the monster.

The sniper on the roof was hit by the fire of the military police and fell to the ground.

-Tatatang!

“ね!”

“Scrape!”

A military policeman was shot in the leg and collapsed, while others rained bullets to hive the hiding enemy.

“Keep in mind, Park Heon-young, Lee Hyun-sang, and other high-ranking officials are ordered to be caught alive!”

“All right.”

***

Gunshots were still heard in the distance. Leftist leaders under Park Heon-young, who barely escaped with the time earned by their subordinates at the cost of their lives, were all thinking the same thing.

‘How the hell are those guys!’

“Where are you from?”

“There must be a traitor.”

“traitor…….”

“I can’t explain it unless I’m a traitor!”

“Otherwise, we can’t completely rule out the possibility that it’s just a coincidence…but once they’ve got the confirmation, they’ll try to bite us. Damn, how am I supposed to get out of this…”

“Let’s advance the schedule.”

“What did you say?”

“Will that white tiger leave us alone? As long as he pulls out his sword, he’ll cut our throats! Even if you’re not ready, if you don’t get up right now, there’s no hope! Unless you’re going to take all our necks and sacrifice them!”

“……”

“Comrade Lee Hyun-sang is right, let’s move now!”

***

Far East County. Vladivostok.

Kirill Meretzkov, who was succeeded by Chuikov, who returned to his home country after his term of office was finally over, raised his head among the piles of files.

“Left riots in Korea, is there a possibility that the US intervened? Do you think this is something our military should move on?”

“It appears that a large number of left-wing forces have infiltrated the South Korean military.”

“Twitter, I guess I didn’t do my job properly. Should the South Korean government provide troops? Can I send you a few tanks?”

“Isn’t it a little bit different for the Korean government to move before an official request?”

At the chief of staff’s words, Kirill nodded.

“Well, it’s kind of like that.”

Cyril closed her eyes.

“It’s not clear how the orders will come from Moscow, so it’s best to wait and see, in fact, I don’t think it’s going to matter how the regime of this small country turns over in Moscow, especially in this situation.”

***

Dover, England.

“Minister.”

“Prime Minister Blair.”

After shaking hands with the French foreign minister, Blair sat down.

“I am glad that the public sentiment is not as intense as expected.”

“Because there is no choice, there are many people who are dissatisfied, but there are people who will not say a word if they ask if there is a better way.”

All African colonies are falling apart, India is lost. Canada, Australia, New Zealand, and South American colonies. lost everything

The only thing that has survived is the French Governor-General of Indochina, and it is difficult to guarantee that even that will be maintained.

Recession, strong pressure from Russia and the United States, demands for nuclear inspections, and even armed demonstrations.

“But right now, we have a lot of problems. The biggest problem is that there are quite a few people who are dissatisfied with serving your king.”

“I understand. It wasn’t long after the war ended. So… there is one point that is being carefully discussed on our side.”

“Say it.”

“The post of President of France must also be abolished if agreed upon. His Majesty Philip II will step down in the form of abdication to His Majesty the Duke of York. At this point, you will be able to understand our sincerity.”

“Tell the Duke of York…”

“Your Majesty the Duke of York was opposed to the war until the very end, and is not a man acceptable to the French.”

“… it certainly is.”

“As agreed, it would be appropriate for the British Empire to take over the Minister of Defense and the Minister of Foreign Affairs and the French to take over the finance minister, and it would be appropriate for a single prime minister of both countries to be elected through a general election after the dissolution of the parliament. And our British Empire will immediately focus on the protection of Africa and Indochina.”

“I agree. After all, it’s enough to advertise that we’ve got a concession to convince the public.”

Even if you join hands with the enemy, there are some things you have to do.

‘If you need an alliance, you have to do it with someone with similar national power,’

‘If you join the Common Defense Pact (CDP) of Russia, Germany and other countries, you will be forever subordinated. It is more helpful for the maintenance of the empire to be united with those who can cut it off.’

Of course, it was a coalition that would one day be shattered at the moment when they could not help each other or the common enemy disappeared, but at least for now Britain needed France and France needed Britain.

***

“It’s an English-French Empire.”

“Do you think this is a serious problem?”

I laughed.

“Is that so, do you think they can defend the African colonies? Even if Britain and France join forces, there is still no ability to protect even a single colony, so if the two of us who still enforce the ration system work together, they will come after Germany’s jaws.”

“Then do you want to stand by?”

“I can’t, but it breaks the mood, so we’re going to fire some cannonballs.”

“Cheers…. You’re talking about the Boss Horde (Восход: sunrise).”

“Yeah, not long left.”

I said with a hardened face.

“What is the level of safety?”

“Certainly.”

The most essential abilities of a pilot aboard a Boss Horde spaceship were composure to deal with crises and experience using a parachute.

“Yeah, I hope so.”

“Are you still worried about your son?”

“If not, that would be a lie.”

I looked at the universe.

“But he qualified and won the competition, and it would be unfair to prevent him from going.”

“……”

“He will succeed.”

“I will.”

***

Baikonur Space Station, 12 December 1953.

“3.”

“2.”

“One.”

With a thunderous roar, the Boss Horde rocket soared into the sky.

It was a strong pressure, a forewarned gravitational acceleration.

“Goes.”

It is difficult to breathe. Vibration was felt.

‘The earth will be like a bride wrapped in a blue veil.’

I wanted to see clearly with my own two eyes the words my father used to joke about a long time ago.

‘Father, mother…’

As time passed, the shock of separation was felt.

And when I looked out the window, it was all black outside. Only then did he realize.

“space.”

Nikolai displayed a signal on the instrument panel indicating that he had entered a stable orbit. Everything was controlled automatically, so he had practically nothing to manipulate except in an emergency, but Nikolai nevertheless looked at the dark universe in amazement.

I had a mission. A commemorative photo shoot and some experiments in zero gravity space, but he was supposed to stay in space for 24 hours, plenty of time.

Attached to the window, he took out his camera and took pictures of the Earth, the beauty of the unchanging stars, and the moon.

The body floated in the air. Of course, due to the narrow capsule, I could not float freely, but that alone was enough to feel the wonder.

‘The universe is beautiful.’

The Boshorde spacecraft glided over Earth and flew.

The dark side of the earth was dotted with the lights of the earth, and the sun was illuminating the earth, driving away the night.

– Click, click, click.

Those scenes were also captured on camera.

The moment when darkness and light intersect was captured by the camera, and after a while, the sun’s light illuminated the inside of the spaceship, revealing a brilliant celestial light.

Heavenly, that was the correct meaning. It was correct to say that it is the light from heaven, that is, the light from the universe.

An infinite sea of stars captured on camera.

I was thinking of taking as many pictures as possible, even in one picture. Even though I brought as many films as I could, it wasn’t enough.

It was a day that I will never forget.

***

The Boss Horde plan and the Mir plan that followed were scheduled for 5 times and 3 times respectively.

1 was a monumental human first space flight. No. 2 and No. 3 rendezvous test after simultaneous launch, No. 4 and No. 5 try docking if the rendezvous test of No. 2 and No. 3 succeeds, and rendezvous test if unsuccessful.

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Mir 1 was scheduled for spacewalking, and Mir 2 and 3 were scheduled for rendezvous and docking experiments. First of all, that was the plan.

Thus, on December 13, 1953, the world’s first manned spacecraft, Boshord 1, returned from its mission.

Nikolai Mikhailovich Romanov, the only pilot of the Boshord 1 to land by parachute, became the world’s first astronaut.

Now the world has entered a new phase.