Damn the World, Ride a Submarine - Chapter 168



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Episode 168 – OSSAC ONE

The OSS Southern and Northern 1st Army Groups advanced more than 60 km from the Laotian border into China’s Yunnan Province in an operation to seize Route 213.

By quickly securing a beachhead through a heliborne operation using MV-280 vertical takeoff and landing aircraft and helicopters,

A mechanized division departing from the Laos border advanced rapidly along three roads.

Although there were minor skirmishes, less than three hours after the operation began, the entire southern portion of Highway 213 in Yunnan Province, China, was captured.

The military buffer zone became the OSS’s advance route.

The Chinese People’s Army was so confused that they were unable to launch any counterattacks and were just wandering around in confusion.

It was a scenario they could not have anticipated, either, that their homeland would be attacked by surprise.

The OSS Southern and Northern 1st Armies divided their roles and advanced 20km further north.

With this, they had occupied all the Chinese territory between Myanmar and Laos and controlled all major transportation routes.

In addition, joint operations with the Laotian regular army lying in ambush in Phongsali, Laos to the right (east) became possible.

The OSS raid on mainland China was more than just a northward advance of the front line.

Beyond a bloodless entry, it had the significance of clearing up the complex borders of the Indochina Peninsula.

It was to occupy Chinese territory that had been in Laos between Myanmar and Vietnam, neatly straightening the border between the two countries.

The OSS launched an advance operation accompanied by a war correspondent corps.

As the embargo was lifted.

The news quickly spread through the media.

[ … CNN’s Tom Johnson. I’m on the scene right now as OSS forces advance into China.

OSS forces launched a surprise attack on mainland China, seizing 80 kilometers of Chinese territory from the Laotian border.

The OSS Southern Command stated that the attack was a military retaliation for China’s invasion of Vietnam.

CNN was granted permission to cover the story.

The screen that is being shown now is a scene of the OSS Southern and Northern Armies invading mainland China through a joint operation.

The OSS forces mobilized a large number of attack helicopters, vertical takeoff and landing aircraft, and other helicopters.

We have secured a bridgehead at the point where China’s Highway 213 splits into Highways 341 and 222 heading to Myanmar.

And in just under three hours, the main force of the OSS forces advanced.

At this point, eight hours after the operation began, the OSS Engineer Battalion arrived and began setting up defensive positions.

The OSS’s Route 213 operation is said to have involved joint operations with the Xishuangbanna Dai, an ethnic minority in China.

They are an ethnic minority in China’s Yunnan Province who were granted autonomy in the border area between Myanmar and Laos. However, due to the Chinese Communist Party’s recent suppression of ethnic minorities, resistance groups have been hiding in the jungles and waging guerrilla warfare.

The OSS invasion of mainland China would be the first of its kind since World War II and is expected to have a significant impact on China.

Also, according to a reliable source from the US CIA.

China has amassed 550,000 Chinese People’s Army troops in Yunnan province to invade Laos.

The OSS forces launched a preemptive strike and took over a strategically important location.

It is expected that this operation will also cause a disruption in China’s Vietnam War.

For Vietnam, the security of its rear was guaranteed by the OSS Southern and Northern 1st Armies keeping the Chinese People’s Army tied down in Yunnan Province.

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There are a number of autonomous prefectures of ethnic minorities along China’s southern border.

From the Xishuangbanna Dai who are cooperating with the OSS, there are the Dehong Dai and Tsingpo autonomous prefectures along the border with Myanmar, and above them the Nujiang Lisu autonomous prefecture on the border.

Ethnic minorities who have been growing discontented with the Chinese government’s policy of suppressing ethnic minorities are taking an anti-China stance, and if they unite, it will become a new source of concern for the Chinese Communist Party.

Above. Tom Johnson from CNN’s OSS Occupied China. … ]

The one who was truly surprised by this news was the Chinese Communist Party.

News of the OSS occupation of southern Yunnan province was first reported by CNN before their complex reporting system could relay the news.

The OSS forces achieved their strategic objectives within eight hours of the attack.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry condemned the OSS raid, calling it a war without a declaration of war, but no force anywhere agreed with it.

I have instructed that a new statement be issued in the name of OSS.

* * * OSS Statement to China * * *

…the OSS occupied southern Yunnan Province in China to relieve military tensions in China, which had concentrated 550,000 troops along the Laos border.

The military actions of the OSS, a member of PATA, were a response to the Chinese war style of invading Vietnam without warning.

If China completes its withdrawal from Vietnam and compensates for war damage, the OSS can also withdraw from Yunnan Province in China.

If there is no response, the OSS will take new military action. It will be a disaster that will occur without warning······.

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Additional measures were needed on the Chinese Yunnan front to consolidate the new defensive line.

A massive airlift operation was launched. The operation was called Santa Claus 2.

It was decided to dispatch an OSS artillery brigade.

And it was decided to send 64 K-9 self-propelled howitzers and 128 K-2 Black Panther tanks heading to the Far Eastern Republic to the Laos front.

At the same time, a separate training battalion was created to create a tank brigade in the 1st Northern Army.

In order to transport self-propelled guns and tanks by air, all transport aircraft, including the C-5M Super Galaxy, had to be mobilized. The K-9 self-propelled guns had to be partially disassembled to barely be able to transport two units.

The nearest airport in Yunnan province was still under Chinese control, while Luang Namtha Airport in Laos was 200km away by land.

The OSS Corps of Engineers cleared a portion of Route 213 to create a temporary air base, and the OSS CCT assumed air control.

Operation Santa Claus 2 was aimed at transporting massive amounts of supplies and increasing artillery and engineering resources.

Together with the OSS artillery brigade, 96 120mm self-propelled mortars, 64 K-9 155mm self-propelled howitzers, 128 K-2 tanks, and a huge amount of ammunition poured into the temporary air base.

It became a completely OSS-occupied territory in southern Yunnan Province, China.

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28 AH-1Z Viper attack helicopters used on amphibious assault ships were also deployed. The existing amphibious assault ships were equipped with the newly developed AV-280 vertical takeoff and landing aircraft.

The rapid construction of a temporary air base also allowed the OSS Drone Regiment’s 64 Bayraktar TB-3 aircraft to be put into service.

The OSS’s occupation base, established in southern Yunnan Province, was 600 km from the Vietnamese coast.

That meant coming within the combat radius of fighter jets launched from our aircraft carriers and amphibious assault ships.

This meant that it was more difficult for China to reclaim lands lost to the OSS than to occupy Vietnam.

And we had to prepare for China forming another front.

Measures were taken to deploy Myanmar’s regular army, which had recovered from the damage caused by the war, to the north.

And 48 120mm self-propelled mortars and 24 K-9 self-propelled howitzers were deployed to the 50,000 OSS Southern Army troops remaining in Myanmar, and the Southern Army Artillery Regiment was created.

Although the number of troops on the Chinese Yunnan front was small, there was enough military force deployed to sufficiently block China’s southward advance.

…

Secretary General Jin Min-gyu and Director Lee of the Information Department requested a three-way call.

“You two have worked hard.”

– Sir, negotiations with the United States went well.

– Negotiations for the introduction of a second aircraft carrier have also been concluded successfully.

“What about the cost of acquiring the aircraft carrier?”

– First, since there were only two Gerald Ford-class ships, the US side was reluctant to use them, so the Nimitz-class was decided upon. However, it was decided to introduce the most recently built one.

“Yes. I also thought they wouldn’t give me the Ford class. How much did it cost to introduce it?”

– An agreement was reached for 45 trillion won, including aircraft.

“It’s half price. I guess that’s a good deal even in the US.”

– The amount of cash we provide in disaster relief is over 100 trillion won. In fact, we are helping.

“Anyway, it went well.”

– Sir, you should go to America sometime.

“Did the US President ask to meet you?”

– Yes. It is an official invitation. The White House has agreed to sign the nuclear agreement between ESSO, PATA and the United States.

“Is it a mutual defense treaty?”

– The format is similar, but we decided to limit it to nuclear attacks.

“I didn’t expect it. In the end, it looks like you’re not going to put people in.”

– Yes, that’s right. In any case, I think it is quite meaningful since the initial goal was the nuclear defense agreement.

“Yes. Then when should I go?”

– 10 days later.

“Is it fast?”

– I think the US is also in a hurry for various reasons. This includes the domestic situation, the Middle East, and the situation in Ukraine.

“Can I just go?”

– No. President Choi Ivanovich of the Far Eastern Republic, the President of Vietnam and the President of the Philippines have agreed to join us.

“That’s good. I thought it would be awkward if I were alone.”

– The key country heads of ESSO and ASEP were appointed respectively.

– Actually, the representative is the most important, but I called him to give it the form of an international agreement.

– It is also a country that is currently under threat from China.

“Okay, please prepare it like that. Oh, and please let Director Kim Jun-myeong know too.”

– all right.

It was my first appearance on the international diplomatic stage as a representative of a private company. I disliked such events by nature, but it was not a situation where I could only consider my tastes.

There was someone who was excited.

“… So I think it would be better if we go together.”

“Whoa~!”

“Is that such a big deal?”

“Of course. Oppa, it’s an overseas trip anyway.”

“Haha. That’s true.”

“You’ve only been in the Philippines, on ships, or in submarines for so long.”

“Now that I think about it, that’s true…. It’s not enough to enjoy life, but there’s always war….”

“Oh, but I’m meeting the President of the United States. Will my old company’s protocol team be okay?”

“Don’t think too grandly, just prepare enough so that I don’t make mistakes.”

“Yes, I understand. I will discuss it with Director Jin, no, Secretary General Jin, and prepare it.”

Hyein, I, Director Junmyeong Kim, and the security personnel boarded the submarine ARK from the aircraft carrier and headed to the Tawi Tawi new camp.

At Tawi Tawi Bongao Airport, we boarded OSSAC 1, a converted Boeing 787.

Five F/A-18s took off first as an escort, and OSSAC 1 followed suit.

The 5th Strike Group was on standby in the Philippine Sea, and F-35Bs were scrambled for escort, swapping missions with F/A-18s.

The OSSAC ONE we were on was flying towards a new land of challenges.

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