Republic of Korea in Yeokcheon - Chapter 127



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#127. Where did it go wrong?

Ta-ta-ta-ta.

Boom boom! Boom!

bang! bang! bang! Quang!

Malinovsky grabbed the radio and shouted at the top of his lungs, but there was no response from the 4th Far Eastern Front.

And as the Soviet soldiers still poured in as if they were zombies, the Korean army continued to fire.

If the gun barrel or barrel overheated, there would be a brief pause and other self-propelled guns, towed guns, and machine guns would fire alternately, so there was no lack of firepower.

Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta!

bang! bang! bang! Quack!

“Kwaaaak!”

“Aaaah!”

“help me! please!”

Now I can’t even hear the shouts of ‘Woora’.

They just rush at me like zombies and like moths.

And shells and bullets raining down on them.

There was no separate hell.

“I really need to capture this guy named Kulik alive and ask him about it. What on earth was he thinking when he did this? … .”

Nam Byeong-woo opened his mouth with a stern expression.

Objectively, the situation was very favorable to the Republic of Korea, but as a soldier, I was angry at the enemy commander who ordered such a ridiculous ‘Dakdol’.

Because this was truly a dog’s death.

“Me too. But I don’t think it will ever end like this?”

“Well, that’s right. “We have to advance, they will run away.”

“It’s amazing. “It’s hard to believe that all this happens when you advance to save the enemy’s soldiers.”

“It can’t be helped. “There is no hobby in continuing this senseless massacre when victory or defeat is already decided.”

“Let’s advance.”

“Chief of Staff!”

“Yes, Commander!”

“Instruct us to advance slowly! “Put the tanks in the lead!”

“All right.”

“And tell them to continue broadcasting calls for surrender through the loudspeaker.”

“All right.”

Kurrrrrr.

Grumbling.

As the Republic of Korea Army’s 1st Field Army and 5th Field Army advanced in unison with their armor in front, a change occurred on the front line.

These are the massive K1 tank and M48 Patton tank that the Soviet military has seen for the first time.

There was no way for a human to charge forward even after seeing the steel monster roaring forward under the flare.

Because the situation was so hectic, the actual main force, the M4 Sherman tank, which was following behind, had no choice but to be mistaken for the same monster.

“What, what? “What about those monsters?”

“Damn it! “It looks twice as big as our T-34 tank!”

“Do, run away!”

The zombie-like running pace stopped, and soon it turned its back and began to run away.

And that flow infected the entire front line, causing everyone to turn their backs.

Fortunately, the massacre stopped.

“Surrender! This is death! “If you raise your hands and surrender, you will be saved!”

As announcements to surrender were repeatedly made through loudspeakers, people raised their hands and surrendered.

March 29th 07:20.

Only when daylight began to dawn did the gunfire stop.

The headquarters of the 4th Far Eastern Front held out and surrendered only after being surrounded.

15:40.

“Commander, the bare minimum has been sorted out.”

“Okay, it’s faster than I thought?”

“Marshal Malinovsky actively cooperated. Prisoners of the Zabaikal Front Army also took part in recovering the bodies of the fallen.”

“Thank you for that. “There’s quite a bit of captured vodka, right?”

“Yes, Commander. “It’s all piled up in the warehouse.”

“Give a little bit only to prisoners mobilized to collect the bodies of fallen soldiers. “I warn you that if you make a fuss, I will kill you.”

“All right.”

“Please take care of Marshal Malinovsky separately. “If it wasn’t for him, the damn battle would have continued for hours more.”

Malinovsky broadcast an invitation to surrender to the point where my voice was hoarse.

“I will ask you to be more respectful.”

“By the way, how many people died?”

“To be exact, it will take a long time. Roughly speaking, it seems that at least 200,000 people were divided. “Only the fallen.”

“Huh… … .”

It’s a crazy number.

Over 200,000 people died in one night.

“Who are the injured?”

“There are about 70,000, and I don’t think many of them will survive.”

“You’re crazy. it’s crazy.”

“They later pushed additional non-combatants into the front line, so there were more casualties than expected.”

“… … .”

“… … .”

Nam Byeong-woo and Jeong Seon-ho are not saints.

However, no one would feel comfortable after killing hundreds of thousands of people in one night like this.

Because it was actually a one-sided massacre.

“Yeah, by the way. “Who is that damn human?”

“Would you like to go see it now?”

“Of course. General Jeong, come with me.”

“Of course.”

Damn it! Damn it!

“Are we here?”

“Yes, only the commander has been isolated and detained.”

“Hey, let me see your face.”

Sigh!

As I opened the rusty door and entered, I saw a bald, middle-aged man pacing nervously up and down the room.

“Who, who?”

“Are you Grigori Ivanovich Kulik, commander of the 4th Far Eastern Front?”

“That’s right, I am Commander Marshal Kulik. you are… … .”

“I am Nam Byeong-woo, commander of the 1st Field Army of the Republic of Korea Army. “This is the commander of the 5th Field Army.”

“I know that Korea is not a member of the Geneva Convention, but I am still the head of the Soviet Union. So it fits… … .”

“You’re talking bullshit.”

“W-what?”

“Ah, that’s enough. Let me ask you just one question. “What on earth were you thinking when you pushed so many troops into this limbo?”

“Well, that was just a strategic decision… .”

“Hey, you idiot! You sound like a strategic decision! Over 200,000 people died in one night! “You killed it!”

“I-I killed him?”

“Yes, you killed him. How did someone like you rise to the rank of enemy? “I heard it was because I was close to Stalin, but I have never seen a soldier like you in my entire life.”

“Be careful what you say! No matter how enemy… … .”

“Noisy! Because I’m embarrassed to have fought with a guy like you! aide!”

“Yes, Commander.”

“This person is excluded from all courtesy.”

“All right.”

“Just isolate yourself. “If you throw it to the prisoners, they could die.”

“Yes, Commander.”

Nam Byeong-woo felt like he would get nauseous if he looked at that bald guy any longer, so he left right away.

“In the end, it means I had no idea.”

“That’s the way it is.”

“He is worse than Mudaguchi.”

“Look, junior, Mudaguchi isn’t that bad? “I’ll be sad if that person hears it.”

“ha ha ha! “That is correct.”

“Anyway, you have to head north to Ulan-Ude, right?”

“Yes, we will leave right away tomorrow morning. “Senior, you have to clean up here, right?”

“Yeah, I think I can go faster than I thought because that idiot blew himself up.”

Originally, it was expected that the battle with the 4th Far Eastern Front would last for more than ten days, but Kulik’s suicide gave them more time.

“Still, it will be difficult for the 67th Division to take care of it alone. “Come up slowly.”

“I’ve been thinking about it for a few days anyway. Because I need to get supplies. “The 4th Front is collapsing so quickly that we don’t have time to move up.”

“All right.”

The next morning, Jeong Seon-ho led the 5th Field Army and headed toward Ulan-Ude.

The nature of the war changed from a defensive war to an offensive war.

March 30, 1949, 14:30.

Khabarovsk Soviet Far East Army Headquarters.

bang! bang! bang! Quack!

“Comrade Commander… .”

While the entire underground bunker of the headquarters was shaking due to artillery fire, Chief of Staff of the Far East Army, Major General S. P. Ivanov, spoke.

“… … .”

However, the man sitting at the head of the conference room table remained silent.

A rather handsome man who appeared to be in his mid-50s, he was Marshal Alexander Vasilevsky, commander of the Soviet Far East Army.

“Comrade Commander… … .”

“What about the Koreans?”

“They are only firing shells from the west side of the Amur River, and there is no sign of them crossing the river yet.”

“What about those who came up from below?”

“It’s the same with them. “After reaching 10km southeast of Khabarovsk, we only fired occasionally.”

“what? Are you watching? “This Vasilevsky?”

“… … .”

Sergeant Ivanov could not answer.

Because it seemed certain that the Koreans were watching.

Khabarovsk is a city built along the river at the point where the Amur River bends to the north.

However, two days ago, the Korean Field Army, which defeated the 2nd Far Eastern Front and moved up to the northeast, took up position on the west side of the Amur River.

And then they just bombard them.

They only hit military facilities with ghostly accurate artillery fire, and despite such fierce artillery fire, there was almost no civilian casualties.

In the end, the Korean field army from the southeast moved north yesterday and surrounded Khabarovsk, firing only sporadically and with ghost-like accuracy.

The number of troops stationed in Khabarovsk and the surrounding area directly under the Far Eastern Command was at most 50,000.

There are only a few rifle divisions.

Those on the west side of the Amur River had to cross the river, so even if the Korean army, which had no need to cross the river, attacked them yesterday, their troops would not be able to last even a day, but they were refraining from directly attacking them.

As if they were telling us to surrender and not engage in street fighting that would force civilians to suffer damage.

“What about Stavka (Soviet Military Supreme Command)?”

“Communication is still out. Whether wired or wireless… … .”

“Huh! This is really amazing! amazing! ha ha ha!”

Vasilevsky laughed as if it were absurd.

The number of troops prepared for the invasion of Manchuria exceeded 2.6 million.

Although there was a lack of information about the Korean army, I thought that with this level of power, they would easily win.

I later accepted Zhukov’s instructions for adding 600,000, but honestly, I thought it was too much power.

However, less than 20 days after the confident invasion began, the Far East Army headquarters was robbed… .

“Where on earth did it go wrong?”

“… … .”

“I thought it was perfect. No, to put it bluntly, I thought it was a war we couldn’t lose, even if the Korean soldiers were creeps and monsters. “Isn’t that right?”

“That’s right, Comrade Commander. “When Comrade Zhukov increased his power, the General Staff reacted violently.”

“But how did this happen?”

“… … .”

No one knows.

How on earth did things get to this point?

“Not only the Zabaikal Front Army, but also the 4th Far Eastern Front Army has disappeared.”

“… … .”

“You know, right? A whopping 2.6 million, 2.6 million. If our Far East Army surrenders, it will be truly a no-man’s land. “That means there won’t be time to turn around the troops defending the western border.”

“… … .”

“So I was thinking about it. I was wondering if I should bide my time by desperately defending Khabarovsk. But does that have any meaning?”

“Can I be honest with you?”

“Speak comfortably.”

“No matter how desperate we are to defend ourselves here. Honestly, it’s okay for those Koreans to just leave us alone and move forward.”

“yes.”

“And even if we were to wage a defensive war using the city as a hostage, our military power itself would be too inferior. They are the ones who defeated the 1st Far Eastern Front Army and the 2nd Far Eastern Front Army. “Based on the judgment of the General Staff, we won’t be able to last even a day.”

“That’s also true. That’s why I’m being ridiculous. They are watching us now. No, should I say that we are concerned about harm to our civilians? The enemies. ha ha ha!”

“… … .”

There was silence for a moment.

and.

“Whoa! Stop now. It seems like the enemies are being generous, but it’s not like they’re taking any more time. “If they change their mind and start shelling indiscriminately, only civilians will die for no reason.”

“then… … .”

“I’ll raise a white flag.”

“All right.”

At 15:00 sharp on March 30, 1949.

The General Headquarters of the Soviet Far East Army surrendered.

With this, the Soviet Union’s Far East Army disappeared.