Rasputin of the East

＜ Episode 313 >

Nikita realized as she looked at the scene unfolding in front of her.

You two get along better than you think.

And at the same time, it came with the realization that things are very bad right now.

‘want to go home.’

Of course, aside from being at home already.

“Ah, come to think of it, I was on a business trip today…”

“business trip? Oh, is that technology transfer or that?”

“yes.”

“How many days would I have left to know that?”

“Still, let’s have a brief preliminary meeting.”

“Hmm, shall I follow you?”

“I’m waiting, having coffee with Mr. Morian. I will only see the face of the representative of the other party, only the face.”

Nikita sighed as if running away while waving her hand.

Of course, this wasn’t the detonation of the bomb, but the escape after putting it in the refrigerator.

He knew all too well that the detonator wouldn’t disassemble by itself just because it was put in the refrigerator. He knew that the situation was much more likely to get worse than better, but he ran away for now.

Talking to a woman is like clearing mines without a metal detector, so it’s really hard to do.

***

“This is Brigadier General Nikita Mikhailovich Romanov of the Russian Empire.”

“It is an honor to meet the heroes of Ruhr and Schleswig. This is Director Jeong Seung-hwa.”

The Russian Empire pays its allies the price of being an ally.

In some ways, it is similar to the tribute order in the old East Asia. Even back then, if you paid tribute, you would give a gift.

Isn’t there a merit to being loyal only when the price of loyalty comes back? Just shove him with a knife and say, ‘If you don’t let us down, you will die?’ If you threaten in this way, it’s something different from China. In order to become a hegemon, the United States must become the Soviet Union, or China or the like.

Therefore, the Russian Empire needs to appear as a kind of great power.

A large country is a large country because it is a large country. My father emphasized several times that just because he is big doesn’t mean he is a great nation.

If you ‘openly’ despise a small country because it is large, powerful, and has a large population, one day your eyes will be pulled out by that small country.

It may be less expensive and more convenient to suppress and beat those small countries by force. However, if you buy hatred from 50,000 people in that way, you will one day pay the price for it.

Therefore, allies within the sphere of influence should not be treated as vassal states. In reality, even if you treat it like that, you shouldn’t do it to the extent that the other people’s people will be indignant.

Starting with Germany, Tibet, North China, etc., allies within the sphere of influence have always traded in a way that you get one for one.

It is still the same now.

“To be honest, I had no idea that Korea would make such a request. Doesn’t the Korean side have a lot of US-made weapons?”

“These weapons can only be used in western Japan. The U.S. military side is monitoring the movement of our goods, so it seems that we are concerned that we may lose it and take it back to Korea.”

It’s not a concern, it’s actually monitoring because the situation of stealing military supplies provided by the US military has been caught, but as a South Korean military in a difficult situation, there was nothing but disappointment.

“The Korean side requested export, but our judgment is different. First of all, I want you to know that the T-45 tank is the newest tank that has never been exported to any country. Even in the first-class allies, the T-45 tank has never been approved for export.”

The T-45 is a very innovative tank. 100mm smoothbore gun, equipped with an autoloader, combined armor, primitive main gun-fired anti-tank missiles and even basic firing system.

It was so high performance that it could be evaluated as a revolutionary tank rather than an innovation that took too many leaps at once. There were problems that it cost a little to fix the defect due to a technical defect in the autoloader, or that the drive system was replaced with a German-made engine after entering the B-type due to engine problems. Performance is unparalleled in the world.

They had no choice but to express their reluctance to provide such weapons to South Korea, which might be a key ally like Germany. What if Korea hands it over to the US?

This time, as an American mercenary, he passed because it was in the national interest of Russia, but he could not pass without any regrets.

“Besides, we decided that in the Korean terrain, a tank with a weight class higher than a light tank would not have much meaning. Shouldn’t transportation be convenient at all? This is a conclusion that takes into account the lessons learned in the past Daejeon.”

“Is that so.”

Of course, the other party probably didn’t come without knowing that the export would be rejected. If I did it, it would be a hit, and if it didn’t, I would have thought of making another suggestion.

“There are no tanks in the Russian Empire suitable for the Korean army.”

There are no light tanks in the Russian Empire. Since the light tanks were removed, medium tanks and heavy tanks were combined into the concept of main tanks, the Russian Empire has been integrating all the combat vehicles needed by the military on a single platform.

However, it was not really possible to integrate all combat vehicles into a single platform.

First, the tanks were integrated into one, and the self-propelled artillery and combat engineer tank were also integrated as they were developed using the chassis of the tank.

Even if a small tactical vehicle with an armored plate based on a civilian vehicle is passed, integrated armored vehicles and tanks cannot use the same platform. As a result, the Russian Army also has mechanized infantry on board and tracked infantry combat used for amphibious operations of the Marines and the airborne operations of the paratroopers. Tea (Боевая машина пехоты BMP) was being developed separately.

“Then I will make another request. We are requesting a technology transfer so that we can develop the light tank we need on our own.”

Of course, there is no such thing as a one-sided spread. Whether it is received as money or as a resource, the price specified in the contract is thoroughly received.

“Let’s discuss that on the day of the official meeting.”

It is not that Korea lacks technology at all. Although it is a harsh country, it is a country in the process of industrialization. Since tractors are self-produced, it is possible to develop light tanks in the early days of World War II with their own capabilities if only budget is invested.

Although it can no longer perform properly in the wars of each country with that level of performance.

***

Cooperating with the development project of Korea’s new tank ‘Snowpyo’ is cooperating, and resolving tangled human relationships is solely his responsibility.

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My father gave me complete autonomy as if to do it on my own, but this can be solved rationally, but that’s not the case with the human relationships he is intertwined with.

The brothers and sisters were like, ‘How are you?’ ‘Anyway, public opinion about this marriage isn’t that good, so I don’t think hyung will be insulted much?’ ‘Hey, Hwa-hwa, can’t you take the food that you feed?’ It could be summarized as a reaction such as, etc., and it was evident that my father was ignorant by pretending not to know, telling you to do whatever you want.

‘It hurts.’

Everything was like that, but this was the one that bothered me the most.

Karina smiled and held out her glass of wine.

“One more drink!”

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Maybe it’s because my father wasn’t Russian by birth, but he didn’t like to drink. I don’t know if it’s for half a drink at mealtime, but I definitely stopped before I got drunk.

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Maybe it’s because he inherited his blood, but Nikita didn’t drink to get drunk either.

Of course, even such a father gave up on prohibiting Russians from drinking alcohol, and compromised on the limit of the amount of alcohol supplied, prohibiting privately bringing alcohol into military bases or government offices, including officers.

The drink control was rather strict for officers and non-commissioned officers. The amount of alcohol rationed was never small, and there were always those who embezzle the alcohol rations of subordinates and become goosebumps.

‘He is…’

Karina, that guy, had a soft subject, and had a stronger booze than Anna.

A monster ticket that emptied a few bottles of vodka in one sitting without any snacks and walked around without any sign of intoxication, astonishing everyone around.

Nikita was convinced that even if he called all his former tank commanders and ordered them to create a masterpiece, Karina would lay them all down.

Even now, I can’t help but put my tongue out of my mouth when I see a cocktail made by mixing vodka with Curacao, Baileys, etc. and then drinking it.

‘dizzy.’

Nikita also drank a lot of alcohol. Of course I was in the military.

“Your father likes ice wine as a dessert wine.”

“Is that so…”

“Try eating oppa too, I don’t have a license, so can I be a bartender?”

“Where else did you learn that?”

“I learned from Maria.”

“Is that Mary I know?”

“right.”

“I’ll turn, does he drink too?”

“Drink it all.”

Carina, who brought Kahlua, smiled and poured it over vodka with ice, then poured whipped cream to finish it, and handed it over to Morian.

And this time Nikita was forced to say a word as she took out the gin, whiskey and absinthe and put them into the shaker.

“What the hell is not in your barn?”

“Thank you for a drink, I don’t drink to get drunk, but I do drink quite a bit of cocktails, right?”

“why?”

“Isn’t it obvious? If you want to come up with a new recipe, you have to bring what you want to try and enjoy, so does it make sense that you don’t even taste what you’ve made while cooking?”

After mixing all three together, Nikita, frightened by the momentum of serving it in a large glass, perhaps because there was not enough cocktail glass, faltered.

“Hey, wait, do you want to eat all of this?”

“The Vatican says that German women don’t get drunk with two beers, is your brother worse than German girls? Besides, it’s smaller than a beer mug, isn’t it?”

This is a story that happened during the adult screening. A German religious was judged for his good deeds by serving food and beer to passersby, but the devil’s spokesman, who had an obligation to oppose it, said, ‘How can a person who encourages drinking and intoxication even in women become adults?’ It is said that the bishop convinced the devil’s spokesman by asking, ‘Where is the German woman who gets drunk with two beers?’

“No, damn that’s beer! This is not beer! Besides, I already drank quite a bit!”

“Germany is beer, Russia is vodka, etc.”

Actually, I didn’t go into vodka in the first place.

“Eat it. Or can you change it to something else?”

As she mixed the vodka with the orange juice, Karina asked calmly.

“With what.”

“This is what I make to eat, so if you don’t like it, give it to me and drink it.”

Karina’s face, who was arguing for an alternative, looked meaner today.