Chapter 2 Day 1 -- Level 1 Alert

December 2, 2039, 8:30 pm, Pyongsong - People's Defense Ministry Building

Choi Hae-pyong held a meeting of the highest level of the People's Army in the large conference room inside the conference room of the People's Defense Ministry, with the attendance of Cho Woo-chul, the Commander-in-Chief of the People's Army's Internal Defense Forces, Hyun Young-joon, the Commander-in-Chief of the People's Army's Land Forces, Park Young-chul, the Commander-in-Chief of the People's Army's Naval Forces, Hwang Ji-yong, the Commander-in-Chief of the People's Army Militia, Yoon Hee-joo, the Commander-in-Chief of the People's Air Forces, Choi Tae-jun, the Commander-in-Chief of the People's Army Missile Forces, the People's Army's General Political Political Commissar Yoon Hong-sik, Kim Min-joo, daughter of Kim Jung-hoon, and Kim Jung-sook, Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of Handong. They discussed the next plan together.

Kim Jung-sook presided over the meeting, "Colleagues, I'm sure you all know about the news of Comrade Kim Jung-hoon's death, we must keep the news of his death a secret from the outside world, and all activities will be carried out in secret, in order to prevent hostile forces from taking advantage of the situation."

Zhao Yuzhe, "Just tell us, how should we go about it?" After Jo Woochul finished speaking, the others at the table said in unison.

Kim Jung-sook pointed at Choi Hae-pyong, "You have more prestige in the military than I do, so you speak."

Choi Hae-pyong said, "First, we have to impose a nationwide political martial law, block all networks and borders to avoid the outflow of information about the Chairman's illness and death. Secondly, we have to strengthen the force deployment at the borders. Lastly, we'll set up a 'Kim Jung-hoon Mourning Committee' and a 'Kim Min-joo Think Tank' to assist Kim Min-joo in the transfer of power. All rise, now read the order!"

With that said, all of the senior officials all stood up and listened carefully as Choi Hae Pyung enacted the order:

1. all retired People Army soldiers are drafted back into the army to expand the People Army forces.

2. The People Army forces will enforce martial law on the entire territory of North Handong and impose a curfew system.

3. The People Army cyber unit enforces the cyber blockade of Handong.

4. The 34th Mechanized Brigade, 35th Mechanized Brigade, and 46th Mechanized Brigade are deployed to defend the border of South Handong.

5. The 115th Naval Submarine Brigade heads to Doksin Island to conduct regular patrols.

6. The Handong People's Assembly will be held tomorrow to secretly elect Kim Minjoo as the chairman of the North Handong People's Committee.

All the attending officials shouted, "Long live Chairman Kim Minjoo!" after hearing Choi Hae-pyong's order. After the meeting was over, all of them began to implement all of this plan.

At 1:00 p.m. that day, the 34th Mechanized Brigade, 35th Mechanized Brigade, and 46th Mechanized Brigade marched to the eastern border of South Han.

At 13:30 on December 2, 2039, inside the Ministry of Defense building of the Republic of Handong in the south, Jeon Joon Sung was listening to a report from Lee Tae, the Minister of Defense of the Republic of Handong.

Lee Tae said anxiously, "Reporting to His Excellency the President, a large number of mechanized troops from the north are heading to the military demarcation line."

Jeon Joon Sung was astonished upon hearing this, "What's going on, what's going on with the North suddenly amassing a large number of troops towards the border at this time, order to keep a constant eye on the situation at the border. At the same time, send the 6th air transport unit, 7th mechanized brigade, and 12th air transport unit forward towards the border."

Li Tai replied, "Yes! Your Excellency the President" Just then, President Jeon Joon Sung's East Pacific Federation's dedicated phone line rang, Jeon Joon Sung immediately picked up the phone, on the other end of the line was a call from the East Pacific Federation's Special Representative for East Asian Affairs, Kyle Anderson, "Today, there is a massive buildup of troops from the Northern Han Dynasty towards the border, are you aware of it? "

Jeon Joon Sung replied, "Yes, I have already dispatched troops to the front of the border."

Kyle Anderson continued, "The 6th Fleet of the Eastern Pacific Federation has already traveled to Inshin City, and we will maintain your safety."

Jeon Joon Sung said falsely, "Thank you to the East Pacific Federation for their assistance." Although Jeon Joon Sung was very thankful for the East Pacific Federation's military assistance, Jeon Joon Sung knew that they were only there for their own interests in East Asia.

After hanging up the phone, Jeon Joon Sung dialed Kim Young Dah, the chairman of the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland in Handong, "Kim Young Dah, your side needs to figure out what the North is doing as soon as possible, and why they're staging troops on the border strip."

Kim Young-da replied, "Yes! His Excellency the President."

Meanwhile at 14:00 on December 2, 2039, inside the Ministry of Defense and Gonan Hall of the Red Dragon Kingdom.

The president of the Red Dragon Nation, Lee Pyung, also observed the movements of the Northern Han Dynasty, so he first called the Yunsan Residence of the Northern Han Dynasty, but on the other end of the line, the call was "The phone number you have dialed is not being answered at the moment". He asked the Minister of National Defense to be ready to monitor the movements of Beihan Dong at all times.

At 14:30 on December 2, 2039, in the waters of Dushin Island in the eastern part of the Handong Peninsula, a patrol boat of the Maritime Security Agency of Terra Nova was patrolling in the waters of Dushin Island in Handong, when suddenly the ship's sonar explored a large number of underwater submarines in the vicinity, and then reported to the Maritime Security Agency of Terra Nova, and the Maritime Security Agency of Terra Nova reported to the Ministry of Defense of Terra Nova.

At this moment, the situation of the whole peninsula was extraordinarily tense.

December 2, 2039 15:15 Pyeongsong - Hae-pyong Choi's Private Residence

Inside the underground conference room of the official residence, the three of them, Cho Woo-chul, Commander-in-Chief of the Internal Defense Forces, Choi Tae-jun, Commander of the Missile Forces, and Yoon Hong-sik, Political Commissar of the General Political Department, sat around Choi Hae-pyong's desk.

"Have you completed all your deployments?" , Choi Hae-pyong asked.

The three men replied in unison, "All weapons and equipment manpower are deployed."

"Very good." Choi Hae-pyong sneered for a while and continued, "Now that Kim Jung-hoon has passed away, all we have to do is consolidate our regime in the People's Republic of Handong. Right now there are divisive forces within our party, a radical revisionist who advocates 'reform and opening up' and a goon who advocates 'peaceful unification'. Both of these must be gotten rid of."

Zhao Yuzhe asked, "Then how should we get rid of them?"

Cui Haiping continued to sneer and replied, "It's not simple for us to get rid of them. First of all, we need to stir up a dispute with the south, have the south attack us, and use the opportunity to create a conflict between the 'peaceful unification' faction and the people of North Handong, labeling them as 'traitors to the country'; for those reformers, it would be even better, and at that time, they will be sent to labor camps for rehabilitation under special wartime controls. them all to labor camps for reform."

Cui Haiping then pulled out a document labeled "Pingshan Island Special Operation" from a drawer and threw it on the table, his fingertips heavily tapping the red star emblem: "You can have the 64th Artillery Brigade of the Internal Guards secretly shell Pingshan Island from Jingkai City using southern-style weapons and disguise the wreckage as fragments of southern artillery shells. Afterwards, through the media, publicize that 'the South tore up the peace agreement' and shelled Pingshan Island to create conflicts among the residents. At the same time, organize people to march against the South at the General Directorate of Economic Development and the Ministry of Foreign Economic Affairs."

Cho Woochul replied, "The internal defense forces are ready, what's next?"

Choi Hae-pyong continued to reply, "Next, the remnants of both parties were purged by me, and after that, the road to seizing power began. How old is she, Kim Minjoo, she can't hold any power, she's still Kim Jung Sook's puppet. All we have to do is to manipulate General Kim's death notification to let Kim Minjoo know that her father was poisoned and Kim Jung Sook is the one who started it. At that time, Kim Minjoo will be our puppet, and we'll be able to get our hands on the nuclear button, and we'll finally be able to start a nuclear war against the South in name only."

Choi Tae-jun knocked his tealight heavily on the Red Star document, the sound of the metal cufflinks against the porcelain sounding like a dud bullet, "My 'Baeksan-17' missile brigade is already stationed at the launch silo in Sinpyeongju, and all it needs is the committee's authorization code to cover Insein Harbor."

"So get her to voluntarily surrender her authority." Choi Hae-pyong said, "After handing over the authority, we'll have to go further with the next step of the plan - the purge. The Baeksan Bloodline is nothing more than a scattering of sand, and the entire Handong Peninsula will be ours by then."

The other officials in attendance said, "Yes! Your Excellency."

This conspiratorial meeting was over, so stay tuned to see if the entire Handong Peninsula would go according to his plan or not.

December 2, 2039 18:00 Pyeongseong - Yunsan Residence East Wing Secret Room

Kim Jung-sook unlocked the door to her room, the snowy light outside the bulletproof glass swallowed by the heavy velvet curtains. As she turned, the metal heels of her high heels knocked against the floor like a countdown to an interrogation room. Kim Min-joo curled up in a corner of the gilt sofa, her fingers unconsciously rubbing the gold star medal her father had left on the coffee table-the edges of the medal's prongs pressed deep red marks into her palm.

The young girl's nails almost pinched into the medal, "But Commissioner Choi mobilized three mechanized brigades to the border today, and Commissioner Lee said it violated the Fire Ban Agreement signed by my father when he was alive ..."

"Lee Myung Chul?" Kim Jung-sook sneered, pulling out the encryption tablet and flinginging it on the coffee table. The surveillance screen of the Dingdong Special Economic Zone lit up abruptly: the figure of a businessman from the Chilung Kingdom flashed into Lee Myung Chul's smuggling convoy "He's nothing but a complete revisionist, he wants to emulate 'reform and opening up', and this one is against his late father's wishes."

"You think he's just smuggling medicine and food?" Kim Jung-sook said, "He's also going to push for the denuclearization of the peninsula and the destruction of nuclear weapons, which your father risked sanctions to get off the ground."

Kim Minjoo's palm was pricked with blood beads from the prongs of the medallion, but she didn't realize it, "But Director Lee said last week that ... said that nuclear weapons were dragging down people's livelihoods ..."

"You're too young to understand, politics is like that. When the time comes naturally you will know." Kim Jung Sook smiled and said, "Tomorrow you will enter the People's Council Hall, we will secretly elect you as the chairman of the council, but externally it will still be Kim Jung Hoon as the chairman, and we will work out the content of tomorrow's meeting for you. Just read it at that time."

Kim Minjoo asked, "I see, can I really do a good job as committee chairman?"

Kim Jung Sook said, "You can."