Republic of Korea in Yeokcheon - Chapter 343



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#343. I think it’s all over now.

June 27, 1966 17:00

120km north of Taiwan.

“We will use all of our attack methods. It will be difficult to train against a large fleet like this again.”

“Is this training?”

“Training is like real combat! Real combat is like training! Don’t you know that even though you’re a captain?”

“… … .”

It sounds ridiculous, but it makes sense when the opponent is Kim Jong-woo.

Even if it twists, you have to endure it.

“Distance to the Republic of China fleet?”

“It’s about 63km. It’s a wide blockade between the Matsu Islands on the mainland and northern Taiwan.”

“Okay! First attack with Haeseong-2 anti-ship missiles. Distribute targets!”

“Distributing targets!”

“Evenly, evenly. The fighters on the carrier need to eat too, so don’t hit them too much.”

“Then, we will distribute two rounds per ship regardless of the type.”

“Do that.”

After a while.

“Target distribution complete!”

“Okay! Fire all ships!”

“All ships fire anti-ship missiles!”

Push you yung! Push you yung! Push you yung!

Now, the Republic of Korea Navy’s low-class Gearing-class ships, each equipped with Haeseong-2 anti-ship missiles, aimed their launchers toward the southwest and fired anti-ship missiles simultaneously.

Push you yung! Push you yung! Push you yung!

“Huh? You’re the minister?”

“It will be difficult to ever see the sight of 200 anti-ship missiles being launched at once again.”

“I guess so.”

“And they’re about to experience hell.”

“Because it’s war.”

“okay.”

June 27th, 17:18.

100km southeast of the Matsu Islands.

Here, exactly in the center between northern Taiwan and the Matsu Islands, the so-called Central Fleet, which could be said to be the entire Republic of China Navy, was deployed widely, blocking the Taiwan Strait.

“Commander, when do you think they’ll come?”

Keelung, flagship of the Central Fleet of the Republic of China Navy.

It is an 8,000-ton cruiser, the largest and most powerful domestically built warship of the Republic of China Navy.

The armament is also good, with a 6-inch gun mounted, and recently, as an air defense measure, it has been equipped with 8 sea-type Ten-Kung surface-to-air missiles to prepare for enemy air attacks.

“According to the information, you left Jeju Island yesterday morning, right? Then it’s time to come. However, it’s going to get dark soon, so you might not come until tomorrow.”

Central Fleet Commander Li Yuxi answered the Chief of Staff’s question with a stern expression.

But honestly, even after answering, I wasn’t confident.

Because I knew very well how goblin-like a person Admiral Kim Jong-woo, a legend of the Republic of Korea Navy, was.

Li Weishi graduated from the Thunder School, also known as the Huangpu Military Academy of the Navy, and spent his entire life serving the Republic of China Navy, fighting in numerous battles from the Sino-Japanese War to the Chinese Civil War.

So I had a lot of opportunities to get close to US Navy officers, so I had quite a few acquaintances in the US Navy, and one of the things they all said was that we should not fight the South Korean Navy led by Admiral Kim.

It’s a wonder why the world’s best US Navy holds Admiral Kim and the Republic of Korea Navy in such awe.

But at the time, I listened to it with one ear and let it go out the other.

Because I thought I would never have to fight the South Korean Navy, which was part of the same allied forces.

But then that day came.

It has already been over 20 years since the end of World War II that efforts were made to develop the Republic of China Navy.

Although the United States has been secretly reluctant to provide or sell ships to South Korea out of concern for its own safety, it has made desperate efforts to acquire such a large-scale fleet.

At least in Asia, excluding the South Korean Navy, I thought it was comparable to Vietnam and felt proud of it.

But I never thought I would be dealing with the South Korean Navy like this.

Although Li Weishi was swallowing his thoughts, he had a premonition of the imminent outcome of the sea battle.

No matter what we do, we will never be able to defeat the Republic of Korea Navy.

But that didn’t mean I could hide.

Even if I died, I had to scream and die, and I had to inflict as much damage as possible on the enemy to disrupt the landing operation.

What is so disappointing is the anti-ship missiles.

If only the Xiong Feng anti-ship missile, which is being developed by the Chung Shan Academy of Sciences in cooperation with Israel, had been deployed a little earlier, we could have dreamed of it, even if it was just a Dong Gui Jin, but unfortunately, it is only at the prototype stage.

In the end, the only thing we could trust was the Air Force waiting on the mainland.

I don’t know what will happen since the enemy has carrier-based aircraft, but I don’t think the Air Force’s main fighter, the F-100 Super Sabre, will be defeated unilaterally.

So, they were stationed at the entrance to the Taiwan Strait, about 150km away from the mainland air force base and within the range of the F-100.

It was when Liwishi was lost in such thoughts.

“Radar detects a track approaching the fleet at high speed!”

“What? The distance?”

“Distance 35km!”

“What were you doing until you got that close! All fleets, air defense!”

“All fleets, air defense! Aaaah! The radar tracks are increasing in number. 50! No, 100! 200!”

“… … .”

“… … .”

Li Weishi and Chief of Staff Song Changzhi looked at each other with blank expressions.

And after a while.

200 Haeseong-2 anti-ship missiles, flying in by sea-skimming to avoid radar detection, struck the Central Fleet.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

“Cheonggung hit! Weifei hit! Chiyang hit!”

Bad news coming in one after another.

And the flagship Keelung was not damaged by anti-ship missiles.

Kwaaang!

“Eww! The main ship has been hit! It hit the rear!”

Kwaaaaang!

“Kwaaaaak!”

This time, it hit near the bridge, and a tremendous shock swept through the bridge.

“Clock! Clock!”

“Commander! Are you okay?”

“Ugh! I’m fine! Request air support now! Get support now!”

Fortunately, communications were still alive.

In this way, we were able to request support from the Air Force waiting on the mainland.

* * *

June 27th, 17:31.

South Korean expeditionary fleet 120km north of Taiwan.

“Hmm, it’s a bit weaker than I thought?”

“The target distribution wasn’t perfect yet. Some of the ships in the back were missed, while the targets in the front were hit three or four times.”

“Yeah, time will tell. But I think I got about 80% of it right?”

“Yes, I think that would be about right.”

“Understood. Now launch the fighters.”

“All right.”

“Ouch! Enemy aircraft are taking off from Luoyuan and other mainland air bases!”

“Oh! Right, that would be fun, right? What type of aircraft and quantity?”

“It’s the F-100 Super Sabre. The number is about 130 units!”

“Our carrier-based aircraft are taking off! We’ll launch anti-ship missiles and immediately engage in air combat!”

“Carrier-based aircraft launch!”

Shuaaaak! Shuaaaak!

The expedition fleet’s carrier-based aircraft were launched sequentially.

From the two nuclear-powered large aircraft carriers, F-3N fighter-bombers took off one after another and took to the sky, while from the Essex-class, F-1N fighter-bombers took off one after another.

The air-to-ship version of the Haeseong-2 anti-ship missile was equipped with only one missile on each wing pylon of the F-3N fighter-bomber, and as it was close to the central fleet, it launched the air-to-ship missile as soon as it took to the skies.

A total of 120 anti-ship missiles were launched in this manner.

The anti-ship missiles that reached the central fleet in an instant also rushed to the remaining ships that had meticulously avoided the first wave of anti-ship missiles.

Boom! Boom! Kwaang!

Now, of the nearly 100 ships of the Central Fleet, there was not a single one that was not spewing flames.

Not only did it sink, but the Republic of China Navy was effectively destroyed.

Not satisfied with this, 60 F-3N fighter-bombers and 140 F-1N fighter-bombers flew straight to the mainland north of Fuzhou.

Now the opponent is the F-100 fighter-bomber of the Republic of China Air Force.

The F-100 Super Sabre fighter-bomber, as its name suggests, is a development of the F-86 Sabre fighter, and is a supersonic fighter that is the beginning of the so-called Century series.

It was the first supersonic fighter jet of the U.S. Air Force and boasted a decent performance, but there was a reason why the U.S. sold it to the Republic of China with the permission of the Republic of Korea.

This fighter was essentially a defective fighter.

This was the one that started the Century series’ reputation as a “widow maker”, as it had chronic problems with inertial coupling and saber dance, leading to the deaths of numerous US Air Force pilots as non-combat casualties.

In the end, the US Air Force had retired this fighter-bomber long ago and returned it to the National Guard, but it was sold because the Republic of China kept asking for it.

The South Korean government, knowing this situation, happily told people to sell as much as they want.

In any case, even if this widow-making fighter had taken off, it would have been quite a threat, but it had no radar and its air-to-air missiles were the early-model Sidewinders, boasting an extremely poor accuracy rate.

“It’s the squadron leader! Those who are going to get caught by those scumbags or get hit by missiles, raise your hands first. I’ll send you to the other world first.”

-Kukukukuk! None.

-Why are you like that? All of a sudden?

―Puhahaha! There’s no way that’s possible.

The communications network became noisy.

“Shut up, kids! Anyway, do your best. Go back and don’t yell at me.”

-Yes!

It was now 60km away from the Republic of China Air Force formation and the Republic of Korea Naval Air Force formation meeting.

Shuaaaak! Shuaaaak!

Currently, the South Korean military’s main medium-range semi-active air-to-air missile, Cheon-geom, has been fired at a formation of the Republic of China Air Force, and the number of rounds fired is over 300.

Meanwhile, the Republic of China Air Force, unaware that disaster was approaching, continued to advance at high speed toward the expeditionary fleet’s carrier-based aircraft while still being monitored by ground-based radar.

Even if they knew that an air-to-air missile was coming, they couldn’t have done anything about it.

Their weapons were early versions of the short-range Sidewinder missile, so even if their accuracy was secondary, they were useless unless they caught the enemy’s tail.

Soon, the Republic of China Air Force was hit by Tianjian missiles.

-Eww! What is this!

-Help me! The missile has landed!

-No! Kkaaaak!

One by one, the Republic of China F-100 fighter-bombers began to burst into flames in the air and fall into the sea.

Some of the unharmed fighters tried to turn around and escape, but it was too late.

They were all massacred by the South Korean Navy’s fighter-bombers that rushed in after the air-to-air missiles.

June 27th, 6pm.

In the sea east of the Matsu Islands, over 100 ships of the Central Fleet were burning, and in the sky, the air force had turned to ashes and disappeared, leaving nothing behind.

“I think it’s all over now.”

“Not yet.”

“Oh, a submarine? Isn’t that too cruel?”

“Don’t be so cruel! But I feel a little sorry, so I warn you all to understand!”

“All right.”

As the South Korean expeditionary fleet warned to disembark, survivors from the burning Central Fleet ships jumped into the sea.

After giving it some time on purpose.

Torpedoes swarmed from underwater, taking the last breaths of the Central Fleet’s still-burning, groaning ships.

Kwaaang! Kwaaang!

In fact, the entire naval forces of the Chinese joint forces were virtually annihilated on this day.