Dear Comrade

Dear Comrade Leader, Episode 186

“Terrorism, then did the fearless minorities of large powers such as Uighurs and Tibet cause rebellion again? As far as I know, they are well controlled by the ignorant side… … .”

At Baek Seung-cheol, who said a reasonable guess, the commanders of the People’s Liberation Army shook their heads.

“No, the common assessment of our intelligence service is that most of the peoples in the autonomous region, including Tibet, have already been disintegrated and have no ability to attack first-class cities, including Beijing, without a united leader or external support capable of confronting our Party leadership. yo. this. The problem is on the other side.”

“If it’s the other side… … .”

“It’s the Middle East. Iran, Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia also began to complain after we started getting close to Israel on the national line. Oh, of course, Saudi royals are part of the world even if they pretend to be faithful on the outside, and although Iran is also a theocracy, they are not crazy enough to dare to openly hostile us… … .”

“… … But the Taliban, who are mainly active in Afghanistan, have so many fanatics… … The problem is that you never know what you’re going to do. Comrade Baek would know, but religious fanatics don’t make sense with money, patriotism, or ideology. They are like crazy people.”

“This is why Comrade Mao Zedong did not say that religion is the opium of the people! Ttttttt, it’s time to pray to Allah of that bastard, and they’ll think about feeding their people who live in the desert, herding sheep… … Because of this, Uyghurs and Muslims like cockroaches, we need to eradicate at least one more.”

“The United States, which is capable of competing with us for world supremacy, has already cut interest in the Middle East, and if the party has a decision and has a chance, our People’s Liberation Army will attack at once… … no, hmmm… … It’s about advancing and driving rotten Islam out of the turban-wearing head of that religion and instilling Mao Zedong ideology and the Communist Party platform. Can the army of that backward country compete with our People’s Liberation Army fighters?”

‘I heard that you have been close with Saudi Arabia and Israel lately because of oil, but from the outside, it seems that everyone has their own plans. After all, it is a relationship between countries.’

Baek Seung-cheol’s primary impressions were roughly like this when he saw the generals of the People’s Liberation Army saying one word at a time.

From his point of view, whether the Chinese beat the Tibetans or the Muslims in the Middle East was a story of other people, and he had been to Iraq as a dispatch to the Gulf War, but the duration of the deployment itself was so short, and Saddam Hussein, the commander of the enemy country, was also a secular dictator. was close to

Therefore, Baek Seung-cheol was able to view the commanders of the People’s Liberation Army who openly reveal their ambitions for the Middle East with disrespect across the river.

However, apart from him, there was a memory that he could not help but recall as he studied abroad in the Afghan Taliban at one time in Frunze.

“Well, it doesn’t look like it’s going to be that easy… … .”

“… … what? hundred comrades? What does that mean?”

“The Afghan Taliban are the ones who once invaded the mighty Soviet Union, but withdrew from them without winning a victory, drinking the bitter cup of defeat. I know that the military power of a great country is getting stronger day by day, but I want to advise you to be a little more careful.”

It was said in a very euphemistic way, but the Chinese generals, who could not understand the meaning of those words, slightly twisted their faces and asked.

“Comrade Paik, do you think that our People’s Liberation Army will be defeated now? What about those desert nomads who ride camels while eating sand?”

“Is that possible? I’m just trying to say that waging war without a clear goal can lead to unexpected events. Also, if you look at the history of war, there are a lot of cases where it is not possible to distinguish simply by one side’s victory or defeat. Isn’t the Korean peninsula still in a state of ceasefire right now? At that time, he came as a volunteer from a large country, so you would know better than anyone.”

“… … uh… … .”

At Baek Seung-cheol’s words, which seemed to be taking medicine or not, the Chinese generals couldn’t laugh or cry, so their faces turned red, but they couldn’t get angry either.

In this joint exercise, what Jiang Zemin urged them to do is, ‘If you don’t completely turn around after making clear the position of Joseon, which is acting suspiciously these days, you should keep yourself under the same flag as China’.

The goal of Jiang Zemin and Shanghai Bang, as well as the People’s Liberation Army and the Communist Party, as head of state since Deng Xiaoping’s overthrow, is to ‘build a Chinese empire that will restore China’s former position against the United States’.

As the Roman Empire did to Germanic peoples, successive Chinese dynasties to foreign peoples, and modern America to South America, the primary goal of any empire is the stability of its borders, that is, its periphery.

For China, which has borders with countries far more diverse than the United States, it was important for China to hold North Korea, which is located close to Beijing, by its side, either through amicable or hard-line methods.

Therefore, even if Baek Seung-cheol, who is only a commander of a small country’s army, touches his heart, he cannot treat him like other underdeveloped countries.

It is not in the old days when electricity and rice were scarce, so only a few aid supplies were enough to catch a breath. In the present, when per capita income is higher than that of China (actually, this should take into account the population difference), North Korea’s diplomatic ‘ransom’ is not It was a state of height that could not be compared with the past.

One of the commanders of the People’s Liberation Army, who could not even get angry because of various circumstances, quickly regained his composure, spoke to Baek Seung-cheol again.

“Comrade Paik said that a war without a clear goal is likely to go to the mountains, but as China, we have a clear reason to root out Islamic extremists for social stability. Chosun is no exception in this case, so if you listen to our story, Comrade Baek Sang-sang and the general secretary will join the cause.”

It was then that Baek Seung-cheol realized that they were explaining their country’s security situation to him in this way, not just because he was bored during the joint exercise, but to emphasize the common interest and draw him and the Korean People’s Army into China’s military activities. Curiosity prevailed.

“… … What is the reason? I will listen.”

“This one.”

Baek Seung-cheol’s eyes widened when he saw some papers pulled out of a Manila envelope as if he had already prepared to convince him.

Attached to the document was a photograph of arable land so large that it was impossible to see the end with red flowers in full bloom on the wasteland under the blue sky.

The scenery was refreshing enough that anyone who didn’t know would consider it as a computer wallpaper, but Baek Seung-cheol easily recognized the identity of the red flower bud.

“It’s a poppy!”

“exactly. These days, it is the biggest concern of our party leadership, ignorance and public security. It is also the biggest source of funding for these Taliban scum! The police are frantically catching them, but as long as the country of origin cannot be destroyed, why not pour water into a pot with a hole in it?”

“Huh… … .”

Then, for the first time today, Baek Seung-cheol came to sympathize with the hatred, anger, and hostility of the commanders of the People’s Liberation Army toward the Taliban, even a little.

Afghanistan, the home of the Taliban, has long been the world’s largest producer of poppy, a raw material for opium.

The climate of Afghanistan is dry, so other crops cannot grow, and other industries are so backward that there is no way to earn money. Poppy is easy to grow and grows well in a dry climate. come.

The problem, however, was that if the largest (wheat) importing country of this poppy was opium, it was China, the country that generated the economy.

The Taliban, who had been satisfied with only supplying raw materials until now, suddenly obtained the know-how and equipment for refining from somewhere, that is, from about 10 years ago, extracted opium themselves, refined it into heroin, and spread it all over China. an emergency alert has been issued.

(Actually, there was a place where Baek Seung-cheol could roughly guess where the refining know-how and equipment came from, but I thought I should not talk about it here. There is a time for everything.)

“In my mind, I want to take the army right away and set fire to all these poppy fields across the border, but that doesn’t work because it’s a sovereign state… … ! If they slap them in the ass, the western hypocrites and saboteurs, the US, in international organizations, say China is a slayer, a human rights abductor, and utter nonsense!”

“The American Yankees seem to come and go to Mexico and South America to catch the drug cartel, but if we China do, it is an interference in internal affairs in violation of sovereignty. Do you think this makes sense, Comrade Baek? When opium pours into their own country, they don’t want to see where they can say such a thing! God damn it!”

“I am really sorry. I didn’t know that the great nation had such a problem.”

Baek Seung-cheol was thinking differently while he was trying to comfort the generals of the People’s Liberation Army who lost his cool again and his face turned red.

First of all, the operation to clear the poppy itself was certainly not at the level of ‘slap in the ass’ as they say it, and the Taliban and drug sweeping alone would not be such a serious problem that the Chinese military commanders complained to themselves, even the generals of their allies, in these joint exercises. .

Come to think of it, the fact that Afghanistan is also close to Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region across Tajikistan came to Baek’s mind.

‘Perhaps using this as an excuse to search for and suppress the Uyghur Islamic reactionaries more strongly… … Maybe he was trying to create an excuse to enter the Middle East and import oil, and to match the assortment, we planned this joint exercise with our shipbuilding and prepared a place.’

It was a reasonable idea, and looking at what China has done so far, it was strange that it was not.

It is already orthodox that oil will be exhausted in 30 years, and China, with its 1.3 billion population, which consumes enormous resources (and is expected to consume more in the future), has long felt the need to secure oil production areas outside of its own country.

However, if they enter the Middle East on their own, China’s international position, which is still running a lot in the international community, will surely cause a lot of swearing unless there is a solid cause that anyone can understand.

And it was immediately proved that Baek Seung-cheol’s suspicion was correct.

“Anyway… … Under these circumstances, I hope that General Paik, as the person responsible for the next generation of the Korean People’s Army, will convey the concerns of the Party Central Committee well to General Secretary Kim. President Zhang also said strongly that Korea and China should respond jointly to this.”

“I am well aware of the concerns of the great power, so I will tell the general secretary the truth as soon as I return to Pyongyang. I want you to know that he is always concerned with these concerns of the great nation.”

The generals of the People’s Liberation Army glanced at each other at Baek Seung-cheol’s blunt, yet emphasizing ‘reality’ words, and then approached Baek Seung-cheol with a more friendly attitude than before.

The moment Baek Seung-cheol tilted his head in the atmosphere as if something had changed, one of the elders took something out of his pocket again.

“It’s true… … Hump, that’s a far cry from the answer we’d like to hear. But what is that, isn’t it always a solvable problem?”

“… … What is this?”

“Oh, do you really need to open it here? Just a hundred listed comrades… … No, think of it as ‘friendship promotion money’ given to individual comrade Baek. Basically, everyone in our People’s Liberation Army gets it.”

“… … .”

“Isn’t it supposed to start with friendship between individuals in the first place? If Comrade Baek and we conclude a poem … So the friendship will deepen… … So, don’t worry too much, I’ve put it in not to be upset. Of course, this is not the end, and we will take care of you in various ways in the future. I know that your general secretary hates this, but in the first place, everyone does that face-to-face, isn’t it?”

“… … .”

“All that Comrade Baek should do with this money is to explain our position ‘as is’ to the general secretary there.”

‘Are these guys subscribing to me now?’

Baek Seung-cheol burst out laughing inwardly.

Samcheok-dongsa will know that this money is not just personal money, but that the Ministry of National Security and the People’s Liberation Army intelligence agency are behind it.

Once you receive it, you will continue to pay for what you have already received.

Wasn’t it this kind of supremacy that he suffered from the KGB during his Frunze days?

But before this rational calculation, Baek Seung-cheol just got angry.

Still, when I heard the story of the Middle East, the American soldiers I met there and the American generals, including General Norman Schwarzkopf, came to mind.

And the feelings of jealousy and inferiority that he felt at that time.

So Baek Seung-cheol opened his mouth with a resolute determination and anger.

“No, how did you know I liked this? I will appreciate it!”