Cho Dae-yeop

Cho Daeyeop (Hangul: 조대엽) Born as Daniel de Limagtok y Domagoso is a soldier, former propagandist, former teacher, former officer of the Imperial Army of the Philippines, and a former parliament member representing the region of Penang. Joining the Imperial Army since its establishment, he is one of the first soldiers in its ranks.
== Early Life and Carreer ==
Daniel de Limagtok was born in March 24, 1847 born to a middle class family in the city of Imus, Cavite Province. His mother is a teacher in an elementary school while his father is an engineer. He is the 3rd youngest among his 6 siblings. Not much is known about de Limagtok's childhood but he said he trained himself with close quarters combat and marksmanship in his teen years with dreams on becoming a soldier. With him also aspiring to travel the world, he had tutoring classes for English after he graduated high school. where he enlisted in the army when he was at the age of 20. Earning alot of money from his salary in the Army, he used this to travel overseas.
At the time of his residence in other countries, he entered service in their militaries being a Garde Grenadier (Grenadier Guard) in the German Empire personally assigned within its ranks by the German Emperor Schikler, Royal Guard Artillery in the Korean Empire until its collapse. This has brought minor controversy within the people who knew him back in the Philippines because these nations were hostile to the Philippine Empire during his time of service in the militaries. Living in the Korean Empire for a long time, he gained citizenship and changed his name to Cho Daeyeop.
== Service in the Imperial Army of the Philippines ==
During his basic training, he showed great skill with the bolo and got personally commended by Emperor Calleja when was inspecting a large scale training at a town. After completing basic training, he tried to join the Tiradores de la Muerte tryouts that happens rarely by that time. However, he was not able to attend the tryouts because of his schedule and missed it. De Limagtok discovered a regiment that is full of people who lives in the same province named the Kawit Cavite Unit. Being a regiment specialized in melee, he joined the tryouts and passed earning a place in the regiment where he will serve there for 4 years. He easily climbed through the ranks by attending more trainings and even attained the rank of Sarhento (Sergeant) by just basic training. Being a veteran in the army and recommendations from Komandante Pilak to the High Command, he was offered an admission to the Academia de Militar where he graduated and became a Tenyente of the Kawit Cavite Brigade. After months of being an officer, he was demoted back to the rank of Sarhento for misconduct. After earning a lot of money, he used this to sail overseas living in many countries such as Germany and Korea.
== In Germany (1872-1873) ==
In the mid summer of 1872, Daeyeop had a general discharge from the Army to reside in Germany for a life of opportunity. He firstly arrived at the city of Hamburg where the ship he was boarding inbound then went to Berlin. At the time, the German Empire is militarizing its nation with state of the art equipment in its arsenal. Daeyeop enlisted in the German Army. With his past military skills in the Philippines, he was a commendable recruit. Daeyeop who is not yet fluent in German, this became a wall for him on exhibiting his past experience as an officer. After his training, he climbed through its ranks becoming an Unteroffizier (Sub-officer). As a man with great aspirations, he wanted to become part of the Garde du Corps, an elite unit of the army tasked to protect the Emperor and the Royal Family. Excelling in the assessments and training, he became one of the Garde Grenadier with full support from Emperor Schikler. As the country's stability begins to dwindle and serving in the German Army for an amount of time, he left Germany and returned to the Philippines.
== Returning to the Philippines (1873) ==
When Daniel de Limagtok now Cho Daeyeop returned to his homeland, the Philippines, he re-enlisted back to the army, being a well known veteran and had military experience in abroad, he once again became a soldier and allowed to re-enlist to the Kawit Cavite Regiment without training. He was known for being a notorious user of a shooting technique called "Wallshooting". Being a battle hardened soldier and a prowess with the use of artillery, Dayeop earned a spot in the La Vanguardia, a group of elite soldiers of the Philippine Empire. After living in the Philippines for a long time since his return, he once again asked for a general discharge from the army to steam and live in Korea.
== In Korea (1874-1875) ==
Arriving in the thriving city of Incheon, a city 27 kilometers west of the capital Hanyang. He found a job as an English teacher in The Catholic University of Korea in Hanyang. Daeyeop was just starting to learn Korean, he took lessons from his colleague Cho Seunghan, where they will become close friends until the death of Cho Seunghan in the Battle of Ääninen, Soviet Union. However, when the Koreans have invaded his homeland the Philippines, he tried to conceal his Filipino identity as hatred by the Korean population towards the Filipinos are widespread due to propaganda. Gaining citizenship and having to change his name legally before the war broke out and became fluent in Korean, Daeyeop was lucky to avoid detection from the Koreans, this is also backed by his facial features because of his father's Chinese heritage. After the withdrawal of the Koreans in the Philippines and made peace. The Philippines and Korea also became great allies years after the war. After months of his life as a teacher, another war broke out between the Pacific Concordant and European Powers. Daeyeop with a sense of patriotism for his homeland, he volunteered to the Korean Empire Armed Forces knowing that Korea and the Philippines are allies and fighting for the same cause. Daeyeop fought in many batttles until the end of the war where he will retire from the Korean Army and return to the Philippines.
== Great War ==
During the Great War where he served in the Korean Armed Forces 1-Daedae (1st Battalion). Where he actively participated in the frontlines against the British, Canadians and Soviets in the African Front and Finnish Front, Canadian Front. He played a vital role of scouting the battlefield that gave his comrades a slight advantage over the Soviets and British. He was also present in the longest naval battle in history the Battle of Vizakhapatnam and the Korean Blockade of the British Ilse. Aside from being in the frontlines, he also wrote propaganda articles about the situation of the war being in the favor of the Pacific Concordant.
=== African Front ===
When the Koreans concentrated their forces on the defense of its African territories against the joint Soviet and British forces. Daeyeop was designated to the Seonggyo Army at the rank of corporal. He performed countless acts of reconnaissance that proved vital to the Koreans in the Battle of Massawa and Battle of Atbara. With his gallant actions in battle, he have gained the privilege to joined the Shiwi 1-daedae (1st Battalion of Royal Garrison), an elite unit of the Korean Armed Forces. The African Front turned to be a Korean defeat with many loses in both sides, Daeyeop was fortunate to survive many battles.
=== Battle of Ääninen ===
After suffering from major loses, the Koreans started to withdraw from the African region and sent reinforcements to the amphibious landings in Finland to create another front in the war. Daeyeop was designated to the Shiwi Pobyeongdae (Artillery Regiment of the Royal Garrison) reservist but still remained in the Shiwi 1-Daedae. During the battle of Ääninen, Daeyeop was assigned to the artillery regiment where they played a vital role against the Soviet attacks. His close friend and the person who taught him Korean, Cho Seunghan, died in the frontlines in an intense skirmish with the Soviets. The operations in Finland was a catastrophe for Korea and soon withdrawn. 
=== Battle of the Celtic Sea ===
Daeyeop volunteered in the Korean Navy for its campaign to blockade the British Ilse. He was assigned to the Yi Sun Shin Fleet 1 in the Celtic Sea. With Soviet flotillas reinforcing the British, the British Royal Navy amassed a fleet to fight the Yi Sun Shin Fleet 1, the battle of the Celtic sea was bloody and intense naval battle that inflicted huge losses on both sides.
=== Battle of Vizakhapatnam ===
Daeyeop was in the Yi Sun Shin Fleet 1 after its withdrawal from Britain. The fleet was enroute to intercept the British Atlantic Fleets in India. Elements of the Philippine, New Zealand and Qing fleets were also intercepting the British. During the battle, Daeyeop was aboard the gunboat Chamsuri. 
=== Battle of Fairbanks ===
Daeyeop was an artilleryman in the battle of Fairbanks where he had alot of confirmed kills with his accuracy with the battery. He provided artillery support to the Filipino troops in capturing a Canadian stronghold which killed alot of Filipino and Korean soldiers in the process of besieging the stronghold.
== Return to the Philippines (1875) ==
After the Great War, he earned great amount of money for his contributions during the war which. He then returned to the Philippines buying a plot of land in Intramuros where he will build a house for himself. Months ago he ran as a parliament candidate for the election and had a seat in the Parliament representing the region of Penang. At the end of his term he re-enlisted to the Imperial Army and had great interest in artillery, he joined the Artilerya de Albay. He often visited his parents who now resides in Manila when he's not in active duty. 
== Political Career ==
Daeyeop's political beliefs had a strong influence in his carrer joining the Expansionist Party of Yi Bai Er becoming a party member and ran for a seat in the Philippine parliament. He was against the European presence in Asia. In his time in the Parliament, he had no bad record but he was ineffective with no major contributions because of his lack of platforms nor any platforms to begin with. He spent most of his time expressing his reaction and opinion about his colleague's hearings and speeches. 
== Trivia ==
* Daeyeop's Imperial Citation medal and Distinguished Service Cross 2nd Class was presented to him by Emperor Eugenio Juan Calleja himself.
* He is a multilingual speaking 4 international languages. Filipino, English, German and Korean. He can also speak Bicolano because of his time garrisoned in Fort Imperyal, Albay.
* He was once apprehended by a guardia sibil in Albay for riding a horse owned by the Imperial Army without permission.
* He had his first romantic relationship at the age of 25.
* The German Emperor Schikler wanted Daeyeop to be assigned in the Potsdam Giants but ineligible due to his height. He was then assigned to the Garde Grenadier.
* His height is 173 cm
* In his return to the Philippines, a lot of people mispronounce his name. The common mispronounciation is "Day ye-op". The name Cho Daeyeop is properly pronounced as "Jo Deyuhp" or "Cho Teyuhp"
* Daeyeop is called "The Spoiled Child" by his siblings
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