Yes, Prime Minister of Japan

"The target has escaped!"

"Steal the car, let it run you over!"

Soldiers, firing wildly at the civilians, and officers determined to stage a coup, mercilessly shot taxi drivers, seized vehicles, and charged in all directions.

Even the Japanese Self-Defense Forces are more humane than them. After all, the Japanese Self-Defense Forces were truly reorganized after the war, a civil service force that even right-wing figures like Yukio Mishima would look down upon.

"Ugh?"

Upon seeing the troops jump off the assault boats, Lee Jae-myung, Seoul's top running man, immediately had a flash of inspiration. He turned and ran, waving his arms like oars, dashing towards the National Assembly Building parking lot in Yeouido like a speeding duck. The running men and women of the Democratic Party all turned and fled.

Meanwhile, members of the National Power Party were also fleeing.

Na Kyung-won, the "Crowbar Queen" who once stole a crowbar from the Democratic Party during a parliamentary battle and publicly attacked her opponent, is a veteran of the People Power Party. She can run fast, but she's no match for someone like Lee Jae-myung. One of her legs was shot through, and she collapsed in a roadside ditch, screaming in agony. Her Majesty, who has won five elections, is now helplessly stripped naked and violated by several thugs, her face buried in the stinking ditch, utterly bewildered.

Kwak Sang-eon, the son-in-law of former South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun, was a primary candidate for a councilor in Seoul's Jongno district when he was riddled with bullets before he could even understand what was happening; his fate remains unknown. The person who fell with him was not his wife, but an unidentified woman passing by.

Blood mingled with gunshots, bullets piercing through the shattered remains of flesh, scattering in the air along with the falling drizzle.

The occasional screams of women echoed through the gardens of Yeouido. The soldiers, starting from a single point, expanded their attack to several areas, eventually occupying Yeouido and advancing...

They pursued them to even more distant places.

The profanities and screams were like murky raindrops mixed together, neither very clear nor very clear.

Looking up at the rain curtain, countless towering buildings seem to stand in another world of iron and gray amidst the splashing water. Only a few red bloodstains drift by, making one realize that this is not an illusion.

It's a hellish reality.

"Seoul coup!"

Red alerts were issued across various online platforms, and South Korean residents felt an unprecedented sense of pressure.

Before the 1997 financial crisis, South Korea's Democratic Party finally wrested the fruits of the democratic movement from the post-military government parties for the first time. However, in 2012, Park Geun-hye and the right-wing KMT returned to the Blue House, and in 2017, the South Korean military approved a coup plan that was never carried out. When Moon Jae-in exposed the plot, in 2024, Yoon Seok-youl manipulated a small group within the Ministry of National Defense to actually deploy the 707th Special Forces Battalion in a failed coup attempt.

In today's worldview, the coup attempt by Joint Chiefs of Staff Kim Myung-soo occurred in 2027, and the conflict just subsided in 2028. The opening drama of 2029 is the struggle over the garrison on Jeju Island, thus setting the stage for chaos.

With the support of Li Xinghe and the United States, Navy Chief of Staff Liang Longmo, together with Marine Corps Commander Quan Zhenjiu, launched a coup in February 2029.

At that moment, amidst the chaos of Seoul citizens, a helicopter soared through the sky and landed on the helipad at Yongsan Air Base in Gangbuk.

Upon arriving at Longshan Base again, the headquarters of the Eighth Army Group, Army Commander Christopher Ranif was already waiting for him.

The ageless beauty Emmanuel's black high heels clicked on the gray cement floor of the military camp, her long, flowing gray-gold hair flashing with color as she greeted Christopher.

"General, this is Emmanuel, the White House Director of Intelligence. This is Tulsi Gabbard, the Director of Intelligence. This is my husband, Li Xinghe. These are his bodyguards and secretaries."

Then several women disembarked one after another.

Li Xinghe was the last to emerge, his black trench coat perfectly matching his political stance.

General Christopher asked:

"Whom are we really supporting? The navy and Marines who opened fire on civilians over there?"

Li Xinghe smiled and shrugged:

"We support anyone."

Not only Liang Longmo, but also Park Jung-hwan, Go Chang-joon, and Jo Gu-hwan, the Seoul Tankery event, as a limited-time instance opened by Lee Sung-ha, will not limit the number of players participating.

"Okay, please go upstairs."

Lieutenant General Christopher pointed to his subordinates, and several jeeps immediately started moving, taking Li Xinghe and the others to the command post lounge at Longshan Base.

No one knew that Li Xinghe had already entered Seoul ahead of schedule.

The rain gradually intensified.

The puddles by the roadside grew larger and larger, and the dark clouds were reflected in the water, resembling an overwhelming expanse of iron gray. The towering buildings that rose from the ground were also assimilated into the iron gray clouds. Only a few splashes of water seemed to reveal traces of white, but then bloodstains, appearing from nowhere, fell and blended into the iron gray.

Looking back across the river, Li Xinghe could still clearly hear the screams of Seoul citizens being mowed down by the Blue Dragon Division. Following them, a steady stream of Marine Corps amphibious assault teams, driving 80-year-old M48 tanks and 60-year-old Korean versions of A7 tanks, entered the bustling world of Seoul, turning onto the Capital Expressway from the Gyeongin Canal and then into the city.

As a result, the rain fell with increasingly murky water, pounding the ground and making it howl in agony, emitting a silent gasp.

The tank tracks kicked up mud and the flesh and blood of the dead, which flew in all directions and landed on the rolling streams by the roadside, reflecting the sky, which was as black as an iron curtain, and the dark, towering buildings.

It was as if iron fell from the dark clouds, turning into a rain of blood.

The author says:

Author's Note: Thank you all for your support. Here's 4200 words. Let's get a little bloody.

Chapter 685: Spring in Seoul (4600 words)

Iron rain fell from the sky.

The gray-black rain, seemingly mixed with industrial exhaust fumes, danced incessantly on the tracks of the old M48 tanks and KA7 armored vehicles, like tiny creatures in a colorless black and white world courting the blood-red tracks.

Chief Liang Longmo, with a square face, a slender build, and a decent appearance, approached the Yeouido embankment in a jeep.

Navy Chief of Staff Yang Yong-mo has become one of the three most powerful people in the South Korean military since the death of Joint Chiefs of Staff Kim Myung-soo at the Peace Hall in Panmunjom last year.

After receiving assurances from Li Xinghe and several secret associates, Chief of Staff Liang became the instigator of the February coup.

Seeing the troops still wantonly, even gang-raping and abusing female councilors or other wealthy citizens of considerable social standing who had been caught, Liang Longmo angrily kicked them:

"Stop throwing a tantrum, gather your forces, and sort through the members of Congress you've captured!"

That being said, the Marine Corps doesn't really respect the Chief of Naval Staff, since they are actually a separate department, only attached to the Navy.

Then there's the 2nd Marine Division, with a full complement of 9500 men. As a notorious old unit, this division participated in the Vietnam War. It was commended by both the US and South Korean armies for its fierce and ruthless attacks (like to massacre civilians) and its clean and efficient sweeps (adept at the "three alls" policy). It belongs to a department with a strong tradition of the old Japanese. Even today, abuse and corporal punishment within the division are commonplace. Shooting civilians and gang-raping and abusing female politicians are just intermittent outbursts of their nature.

The female congresswomen weren't exactly stunning beauties; most were middle-aged women in their fifties or sixties. But riding on them and assaulting them satisfied the pent-up pleasure of the lowly soldiers. These women, who appeared on television every day, wielded great power in Congress, and frequently cut military budgets and insulted the military's reputation, cried as they were being tortured in the rain, no different from anyone else.

Seeing Liang Longmo angry, Colonel Li Donghu, the commander of the 1st Regiment of the 2nd Division, walked over and saluted:

"Chief of Staff, this is somewhat different from the original plan. It was originally supposed to be launched at night..."

"There's no other way. This is the quickest plan."

Faced with the corpses scattered on the ground, Liang Longmo waved his hand, suppressing a strong urge to vomit. This was the first time he had witnessed murder.

There were probably one or two hundred deaths at the scene, which is a considerable number of casualties in previous coups.

But in Liang Longmo's view, it was all worth it.

According to the original plan, Li Xinghe was supposed to release the 73rd Mobile Detachment near Incheon, and then Liang Longmo would use the pretext of honoring national heroes to lead them across the Gyeongin Canal to Seoul. They would then return and dock at the Gyeongin Canal lock at night. At that time, the Ma Yun Qinglong Division, hidden inside the ship, would then rush into the National Assembly building on Yeouido along the Capital Expressway.

The problem is that members of Congress disperse at night, and it's unknown where they are hiding. Yang Yong-mo lacks intelligence support; in fact, the South Korean military's intelligence command was split into a counter-espionage command due to the 2017 coup attempt. Moreover, advancing on the Seoul Expressway would lead to an encounter with an air transport brigade stationed at Gimpo Airport.

It would be better to advance directly on the river.

Therefore, when the ship carrying the coup army approached Yeouido, and when members of parliament and citizens on the island were waving to welcome them, that was the best time for Yang Yongmo to take action.

And he did.

The brutal South Korean army, inheriting the spirit of the Japanese invaders, displayed unparalleled enthusiasm when massacring civilians ashore, even going so far as to kill excessively.

Unfortunately, ordinary soldiers don't have the skills to arrest people, so when they were collecting the results, they found that they hadn't arrested any candidates from either party.

"We didn't catch Lee Jae-myung; he escaped... But we did catch Lee Hae-chan, leader of the Democratic Party; former Prime Minister Kim Boo-kyum; Supreme Councilor Ko Thong-jung; and Seo..."

Young-kyo and others. On the People Power Party side, they arrested Policy Committee Chairman Kim Sang-hoon, party spokesperson Hwangbo Seung-hee, and others… plus Ra Kyung-won, who is in a rather unfortunate situation.

Lee Jae-myung ran away, and Kwon Seong-dong and Kwon Ning-se also ran away, which made Liang Longmo very angry.

Fortunately, high-ranking officials from both parties, such as Lee Hae-chan, Kim Boo-kyum, and Kim Sang-hoon, were present.

When over a hundred members of parliament were brought before Liang Longmo, their appearance was quite pitiful. Many male members had lost their shoes from running in the rain, while the female members' skirts were often torn to shreds; some were still wearing their underwear, while others were covered in a mess of various fluids. Even the "crowbar queen," Luo Jingyuan, dared not be arrogant. Her thigh had been shot through, and she had been raped by several soldiers. At this moment, she was trembling, half of her body disheveled, with blood streaming down her leg, looking like a wilted cabbage.

"Humph!"

After scanning the room, Liang Longmo sighed, "Not good, not bad."

While it's not an absolute sweep, it has at least captured half of South Korean politics.

Senior Colonel Li Donghu reminded Liang Longmo:

"How should we proceed with the nationwide riot control operation...?"

The navy's biggest weakness is that it does not have enough troops to control the national situation.

After all, even the worst army can produce a large number of scaffolded divisions to fill manpower, but the navy is extremely short of ordinary troops.

Even with the addition of the Marine Corps, there are only two divisions and two brigades. The First Haeyong Division is far away in Pohang, North Gyeongsang Province; the Second Cheongyong Division has already entered Seoul; and the Sixth Heukyong Brigade is in Incheon, where it can be used to contain several army divisions and air transport units. Meanwhile, the Ninth Jeju Island Brigade is currently being beaten down by Lee Sung-ha's US forces in Seogwipo.

Therefore, in Seoul, Liang Longmo only had one division and one brigade.

The tanks were nothing more than old models like the M48 and KA7, and the guns were mostly K2 and K1 models.

The good thing is that the three destroyers, Chungmugong Yi Sun-sin, Seoyayu Bianlong, and Dae Jo-yeong, have 45mm naval guns and missiles with firepower exceeding that of ordinary ships on the Han River.

"We can't just take things one step at a time. We need to bring these members of parliament to the Yeouido National Assembly Hall immediately and hold a special state meeting!"

Liang Longmo said this because he also had new thoughts.

If a nationwide crackdown cannot be completed quickly, then the only option is to start with the National Assembly, immediately establish a special National Assembly, organize a new government, and resolve the unrest caused by the change of power before the people of the country can react.

At this moment, torrential rain poured down on the streets of Seoul, and also on the hearts of the South Korean people.

After more than two decades of struggle in the democratization movement, the general public is extremely resentful of the military's seizure of power. However, it seems to have turned out to be a nightmare, with the very thing they feared coming true.

The parliamentary livestream was hastily uploaded to YouTube, attracting over 100 million South Korean viewers.

Chief of Staff Liang Longmo, who has a good demeanor, gave a speech:

"Fellow citizens, our great nation has reached its most perilous juncture. Under the leadership of foolish and incompetent politicians, our military is like a sickly hen in a chicken farm, utterly incapable of fighting. Our dream of achieving a blue-water navy by 2020 has been shattered by the Chinese East China Sea Fleet in the small West Sea (Yellow Sea). Fellow citizens, if this continues, South Korea is doomed!"

With a slam of his hand on the table, Liang Longmo hurriedly announced:

"South Korea is entering a state of emergency! I hereby declare a special martial law in South Korea! Stop the political disputes, stop the partisan struggles, stop the endless and meaningless bickering, we must unite completely! Retake Ieodo (Socotra Rock)!"

In less than 20 minutes, Liang Longmo presented his political goals and reasons for the coup, and outlined his plans for South Korea's next steps:

"I will personally assume the role of Commander of Martial Law, with Kim Boo-kyum returning to serve as Prime Minister, and the incumbent members of parliament forming a provisional National Assembly. I hereby declare the ongoing national elections suspended, and all candidates and votes to be invalidated."

He did not mention arresting Lee Jae-myung, Kwon Young-se, and others, but his implication was that their right to vote was to be abolished.

Finally, Liang Longmo reiterated the basis for his coup:

"Take back Ieodo Island and drive out the Chinese who have invaded our land!"

……

"It's too small; the scope is too narrow."

On the north bank of the river, a few kilometers away at the U.S. military building at Longshan Base, Li Xinghe shook his head at Liang Longmo's remarks.

"Tsk tsk tsk, judging from this, I think it's hopeless."

The fact that Liang Longmo said he would stop China from invading South Korea's territory proves that he is not qualified to govern a country.

Perhaps he is still thinking like a naval chief of staff, believing that inciting 'anti-Chinese aggression' will get his brothers in the three armed forces to work together and that he will allow the left, center, and right political forces in South Korea to find common ground with him.

But if South Korean politics could really be so easily defeated by force, and the South Korean people would actually listen to his incitement, then there wouldn't have been all this commotion until now.

Beside the gray glass curtain wall, Emmanuel, having removed her black trench coat to reveal a well-fitting black sweater that accentuated her elegance, teased him:

"Wasn't this the person you chose?"

Li Xinghe shook his head:

"You can't say that. I'm just opening a limited-time mission instance, and everyone can sign up to participate. But there can only be one winner."

Now it's his turn to make arrangements.

At Yongsan Air Base, a staff officer from the U.S. Eighth Army set up a huge electronic display screen for Lee Sung-ha, showing the army forces near Seoul.

Natasha and the South Beauty squatted on the sofa, snapping photos with their phones, acting very casually.

The US military staff probably didn't expect that what they leaked would be photographed by North Korean spies.

General Christopher arrived here and had his subordinates explain to Li Xinghe:

“这上面就是首尔附近的所有部队。首先是首都防卫司令部，包括景福宫附近的第1警备团、负责江北防御的北汉山56师团、负责江南防御的弓箭52师团。这是目前环绕在汉江内外的师团部队。另外更外围，有在仁川负责汉江西侧防御的白马第9师团和闪电17师团、在坡州市与北傀对峙的前进第1师团、在杨州市的不倒翁第8师团与第25常胜飞龙师团、京畿道西南的第51全胜师团、京畿道东南的第55烽火师团。”

This was a commonly used unit of the army, and Li Xinghe immediately recognized many familiar faces.

Next is the second picture:

"In the middle is the list of special operations command units deployed near Seoul. The 1st Airborne Division is stationed at Gimpo Airport in Incheon, the 3rd Airborne Division is stationed in Icheon City to the southeast, the 9th Airborne Division is stationed in Incheon, and the 707th Special Operations Battalion is stationed in Seongnam City, south of Seocho District. Other airborne units are not located near Seoul."

Air transport units—we're all too familiar with them.

Looking around, you see faces that are all familiar from Chun Doo-hwan's "Seopy Seopy Kudetta".