Rasputin of the East

＜ Episode 52 >

“That sounds unrealistic.”

“Why do you think so?”

“If it was only Antioch, I would have thought there was a possibility. Alexandria… Yeah, it’s hard because the British took over. But it’s Jerusalem. If Jerusalem were just a holy place for Christianity, it would have been possible.”

not. If Jerusalem had only been a holy place for Christianity, why would the rebellion of the 21st century have occurred?

“I know that Jerusalem is not only a holy place for Christianity, but also a holy place for Islam, and it is also a holy place for Judaism.”

Of course, Judaism is not very important here, and the problem is that it is also a holy place for Islam.

“Isn’t most of the Turkic Muslims, and if you dedicate an Islamic holy land to the people of the holy land you speak of, will they welcome you?”

“Aren’t you already negotiating how to deal with the Ottoman Empire?”

It was.

The territorial division of the Ottoman Empire is already being negotiated, but what is certain is that only a part of Central Anatolia remains for the Turks.

The structure of the territorial division and the participating countries have changed slightly, but not fundamentally.

“But the negotiations will also depend on the progress of the troops, so if the garrison in Antioch and Jerusalem surrender to the Russian Empire, or more precisely, to you, it would be a different story.”

“We didn’t even advance there, but surrender.”

“The Ottomans will not resist, so you can take them by sea or rail.”

“Britain would have a seizure.”

“Even if things were good enough that they could stop the Russians, I wouldn’t have come this far either.”

“It is.”

Of course, at the time of the end of the war, they would make a fuss to somehow rescue Jerusalem and Antioch from the hands of the Russian Empire, but anyway, this was the important thing.

It doesn’t matter if the Russian Empire actually gets Jerusalem or Antioch at the end of the war.

It is only important that Jerusalem and Antioch fell at the hands of the Count of Vostok.

Having a majority of the five patriarchs alone would confer enormous religious authority within the Russian Empire.

Besides… From my point of view, there is nothing wrong with losing Jerusalem or Antioch, or maybe both, because the Russian Empire has been pushed back in negotiations.

If internal dissatisfaction is amplified because of that, it can be used as a justification for the purge. Rather, I’m more anxious about trying to fool around to protect it somehow.

“Please return the captured Ottoman forces and captured weapons, and allow my men to maintain the organization, etc. If you wish, you can attach a watch.”

“It’s difficult in public.”

“It’s okay to be private. We will take care of the hiding places and organization maintenance, so you just have to close your eyes. Under no circumstances will the Army of the Republic of Turkey advance west of Sakharia, and if you wish, you can also add west of Balike.”

The province of Sakharia is located about 120 km east of Constantinople, and Valikeser about 140 km east of Canakkale across from Gallipoli.

But would the British be roaming around in Valikesser? Even if Kemal doesn’t go there anyway, it’s difficult for us to eat even because of the UK, so this is meaningless in the first place, except that we’re not going to the west of Sakharia.

“Italy, French, British, etc. will have to fight back on their own, and also recognize Armenia’s independence.”

The Kurds… I don’t know, but they should also secure the Black Sea coast in northern Anatolia.

“A compromise is possible with the British side. I want to keep you from going out to the Mediterranean from there too.”

“Hmm.”

Is it possible? I don’t know.

At first I thought I had an idea, but I wasn’t sure if it was possible.

Well, eat only what you can eat and leave.

“One more thing, from Constantinople in the northern part of the Black Sea through Samsun, Ordu and Trabzon to the Russian border, we will occupy the northern coastal area adjacent to the Black Sea. Any complaints about this? After all, most of them are of Greek descent.”

Kemal’s expression turned into a bite. The industrial zone has already been handed over, so what else are you going to take with it?

However, if it is left alone, North and Nabal and even Anatolia are torn by the negotiating countries, so only the real Ankara and its surrounding areas remain, so it is a pass-through from Kemal’s point of view anyway.

Do you want to stay with Ankara and its surroundings without negotiating, or do you want to negotiate and preserve even the original historical Turkish territory excluding parts of northern Anatolia and Constantinople?

Though he may be planning to retake it later, Kemal eventually agreed.

“The release of the prisoners of war and the return of supplies will take place after Jerusalem and Antioch officially surrendered and our troops were confirmed to have entered Jerusalem and Antioch.”

Sultan of Ankara? It’s already meaningless. Atatürk, who had a meaningful organization and formally surrendered to the British forces, and was still confined to the Fortress of Gallipoli, was a more meaningful negotiator than the Sultan, who had no army and was being beaten up by rebellion from all sides.

Someone once said that A standard language is a dialect that has an army and a navy.

This is to explain that the language where political and military power is concentrated is the standard language, but at the same time it explains the characteristics of power well.

Power comes from the gun barrel, and the eternal law that the loudest and strongest person is the orthodox and the originator.

***

Southern Front Army POW camp.

“A prisoner… you mean?”

“Yeah, not the Germans, but the Austro-Hungarians, especially the Czech POWs.”

There is one thing inspired by Kemal’s request to hand over the Ottoman prisoners of war to him.

A power that is mentioned and passed by occasionally in Korean history. Czech Army.

In the first world war in the original history, the Russian army generated a large number of surrenders through propaganda at the end of the war.

In particular, there were many Czech surrenderers, and there was an opinion that they could be used as soldiers in Russia, so they were formally organized into troops.

But after organizing it, I couldn’t believe it, so I couldn’t put it on the front line until the end of the war. Instead, the Czech corps fought as a member of the White Army during the Red and White Civil War.

The Czech Legion, one of the most well-fought armies of the White Army, advanced as far as Yekaterinburg, where the Tsar was imprisoned, and is considered to be one of the reasons that caused the Bolsheviks to execute the Tsar in a hurry.

It was then voluntarily disbanded, which was triggered by the independence of Czechoslovakia.

When they heard the news that the Czech Republic had become independent, the Czech corps voluntarily disbanded. After disbanding, the weapons and supplies became difficult to deal with, and the target for selling these weapons was the North Korean Military Sentiment of the Korean Independence Army.

Therefore, it is also a force that is mentioned only once in Korean history.

Anyway, the key is that you fought well enough to make the enemy feel threatened, and as a bonus, the more bullets you receive, the better.

Of course, it would be foolish to move right away, and it would be better to recruit Czechs in a way that treats them a little better in POW camps.

‘Since the Czech Republic will become independent, we cannot treat the Czech sons who will become Russia’s allies as mere prisoners of war!’

After doing it in this way, he led them little by little and said, ‘You too, raise your guns for Czech independence!’ It would be better to go this way. maybe.

In fact, some say that the Czechs did not have a bad feeling for the Austro-Hungarian Empire.

In any case, wouldn’t the supply and demand of troops be enormous if I filter out those who remain loyal to the Austro-Hungarian Empire, filter out the independence fighters and make them my own subordinates?

“So let’s classify the Czechs separately.”

“That’s… I…”

“We have received permission from the General Headquarters of the Southern Front, so let’s do it.”

“Yes, I understand.”

As soon as I turned around after completing one task, the next report came out.

“There has been a border conflict between Bulgaria and Romania.”

“Oh shit really.”

“The Bulgarian side claims it was an accident, while the Romanian side claims it was a planned Bulgarian attack. The exact situation and the number of casualties are due to the lack of the number of informants currently dispatched there…”

“Tell the Bulgarians to shut up if you want to eat Edirne, and tell Romania to do some tricks. Romania even took part in the war, but Bulgarians only lent their way. If you want to be treated the same, ask them to give up their troops.”

“All right.”

“General, orders have come from Stavka.”

“What do you mean?”

“Since the situation on the northern front has been stabilized, don’t worry and focus on stabilizing the Balkans and obtaining the Ottoman surrender.”

“………. okay?”

Well, was the guess that Germany could not afford it…?

“The next agenda…”

Oh please stop! I’d rather fight on the battlefield!

***

Netherlands. Amsterdam.

Dozens of ships pass through the canal every day.

Among them was a boat that had been moored for a while, and of course no one, not even the police, paid much attention to it, as there was not one of them in the canal city of Amsterdam.

But if someone had looked into the ship, they would have been astonished.

Because the ship was full of wanted people from all over the world right now.

Their name was the Second International. After the outbreak of World War II, the German Socialist Party and the French Socialist Party chose to support the war rather than the international socialist solidarity, and many people left, but the skeleton still remained.

“Nice to meet you, comrades.”

“I can’t even say I’m happy.”

One man looked inside the ship dissatisfied.

“Isn’t there a French Socialist Party and a German Socialist Party?”

“Don’t even mention the traitors of that revolution!”

A man with a mustache shouted.

“Excuse me. Comrades.”

Alexander Kerensky shook his head for a moment.

“It’s okay to call it the minister of the German Socialist Party… but Mrs. Rosa Luxembourg of the Spartacus Party is here.”

“It is an honor to meet you.”

“I am honored.”

“This is Mr. Vladimir Ilyich Ulyanov, who has been exiled from Russia.”

“Mr. Ulyanov… I’ve heard of it. I heard that there were some differences of opinion on how to revolutionize.”

“I know that Mrs. Luxembourg has slightly different political views from us. But in the end, aren’t they comrades who should be together in a big way? Especially in this cold season.”