Republic of Korea in Yeokcheon - Chapter 350



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#350. Is that possible?

Kuuuuuu!

“Waaaaaaaaaaaa!!”

“It’s our Air Force! The Air Force has finally taken action!”

“Oh, we’re alive now!”

“The sky is covered! Our Air Force!”

Starting from the eastern part of Beijing and extending all the way to the northern part of the Republic of Korea Army, the People’s Liberation Army, which had been completely covered in black, cheered as they watched the People’s Liberation Army Air Force appear in the western sky with a loud noise and cover the sky.

“Hurrah! Hurrah! Hurrah!”

“Now that our Air Force is here, those guys are finished too!”

“Khuuuuk! Why are you coming now! Why! All my comrades are dead!”

There were even many who cried and criticized the Air Force for showing up late, but I thought it was fortunate that they came, even if it was late.

However, high-ranking officials and generals who knew the inside story were deeply saddened.

Because we knew that this would be the first and last time the Air Force would conduct a large-scale sortie.

“Khuuuuk! How did you raise an air force… … .”

“They are the real heroes! Heroes! For the Party and the Fatherland… … .”

“Huh! How heroic! Heroes of China!”

Lin Biao, one of the Air Force’s biggest supporters, was even crying silently.

Because one of those fighters was carrying Lin Biao’s only son, Lin Liguo.

Lin Liguo, the son of Lin Biao, who was appointed about two years earlier than originally scheduled, resolutely refused his father’s request to give him a break by making excuses.

Born in 1945, he was still too young to be a coward.

The largest ever formation of 1,300 jet fighters was flying over Beijing.

The only way to get back alive was to eject or land on a runway in a nearby field or one of the already scorched-earth air force bases that was in relatively good condition, but neither option was easy.

Ultimately, these Chinese People’s Liberation Army fighter pilots were almost certain to die.

Fighter pilots are truly precious beings.

It wasn’t as time-consuming and costly as modern fighter pilots, but it still took several years and a lot of money.

Nevertheless, there were pressing reasons why the government of the People’s Republic of China had no choice but to force them into this kamikaze-like operation.

If the front continues in this state, it is a foregone conclusion that Beijing will fall sooner or later.

Due to the overwhelming artillery force, armored units, and air force fighter-bombers of the Republic of Korea, not only was there no advancement, but hundreds of thousands of troops were killed or injured every day, or the lucky ones were taken prisoner.

Even if we poured in several times more troops than the enemy, the result did not change.

As things turned out, it was clear that we had to do something, but simply sending in troops was not the solution.

In the end, the People’s Liberation Army Air Force was the last resort.

The People’s Liberation Army Air Force was established only after the end of the Second Chinese Civil War, and unlike its original history, it faced many difficulties from the beginning.

Unlike the Republic of China, which was able to purchase fighter jets from the West, including the United States, as a member of the Allied Forces, despite South Korea’s obstruction, the People’s Liberation Army had no country from which to purchase fighter jets.

The situation was not like that because the communist superpower, the Soviet Union, had invaded South Korea and been ruthlessly destroyed, and geographically, there was no way to buy it.

Moreover, the relationship between Khrushchev and Mao Zedong was very bad.

Mao Zedong originally hated Khrushchev for not just belittling Stalin, but also calling him human garbage. Khrushchev not only had to watch South Korea’s reaction, but he also considered Mao Zedong, who often killed millions of people, to be a worse human garbage than Stalin.

In the end, after its establishment, the People’s Republic of China Air Force was barely able to train pilots using civilian propeller aircraft procured here and there or fighter aircraft that were outdated even by World War II standards.

Then something happened that changed the atmosphere.

It was precisely the miserable failure of the Great Leap Forward that led to Mao Zedong’s downfall.

After Mao Zedong’s fall, the new Chairman Liu Shaoqi actively attempted to normalize relations with the Soviet Union.

Because they knew that, for the People’s Republic of China to industrialize and acquire proper weapons and equipment, there was no other way than the communist superpower, the Soviet Union.

Khrushchev was drooling at the sight of the huge market that was China, but he was afraid that it would go against South Korea’s wishes, so he was hesitant to respond.

But what is this?

I was feeling regretful, so I took a quick look while I was in Korea, and surprisingly, Lee Kang-cheol said it was okay.

Economic cooperation, arms sales and support between the Soviet Union and the People’s Republic of China began in earnest from then on, and the level rose every time Khrushchev visited Korea.

Later on, it was almost tolerable, except for anti-aircraft missiles and new fighter jets.

Only then did Khrushchev realize.

South Korea wants the People’s Republic of China to be properly armed and grow bigger.

So, the aircraft that was exported was the MiG-19 fighter.

The Soviet Union had already overhauled its fleet in the late 1950s with the MiG-21 fighter, which could fly at twice the speed of sound, so the MiG-19 fighter was a good candidate for export.

Although it was an old model, it boasted considerable flight performance, so it was welcomed warmly by the People’s Republic of China Air Force.

The MiG-17 fighter jet is actually just an improved version of the MiG-15 fighter jet, so it was exported a while ago.

The People’s Liberation Army Air Force was developed through repeated hardships.

And as expected, the MiG-19 fighters were deployed to the southern front before the Third Joint Operation between the Kuomintang and the Communists, and they fought quite well against the Republic of China fighters armed with American fighters.

There were frequent incidents where fighters from both countries would clash threateningly, with the MiG-19 fighter displaying air combat performance that was not at all inferior to the Republic of China’s F-100 Super Sabre.

In fact, the MiG-19 fighter was not inferior to the F-100 in thrust-to-weight ratio or maneuverability at all, and this phenomenon continued until the Republic of China imported the C-type, an improved engine version of the F-100A.

Despite this unexpected performance by the MiG-19 fighter, Lin Biao, who was in control of the Air Force, made a correct judgment.

No matter how nimble the maneuverability is, I thought that trying to outdo the Republic of Korea Air Force fighter jets was no different from suicidal.

There were more than one or two instances where we were harassed by South Korean Air Force fighter jets that came out to intercept us after we were hovering near the border between China and Korea.

So, despite Peng Dehuai and the party asking him why he was not using the air force, he moved all the fighters that had been guarding the Northeast Front before the start of the war to the rear.

Lin Biao’s judgment was correct that the People’s Liberation Army Air Force fighter jets had no role to play in this war.

But things have changed.

Operation Long March is a counterattack operation attempted with the determination to deploy 2 million reserve forces.

The success or failure of this operation will determine the fate of Beijing, the capital of the People’s Republic of China and the center of the Chinese nation.

However, it was clear from the war situation over the past few days that it would be impossible to penetrate the front line while withstanding the barrage of the Northern Army of the Republic of Korea by only adding manpower.

Ultimately, the party decided to deploy all available air force fighters to this battle to ensure the success of this operation.

At least the fighter jets could fly in the sky, so they wouldn’t have to take the brunt of that damned artillery fire, and if they mobilized over 1,000 fighter jets at once to launch an air strike, they expected that even the South Korean military, with its powerful air force and anti-aircraft network, would be able to break through the front lines, at least temporarily.

And Lin Biao had no choice but to agree to this kamikaze-style operation.

He himself could not think of any other way, and even if he spared the air force fighters and pilots, if Beijing fell, all of that would be meaningless.

Of course, as always, it was uncertain whether this would lead to a breakthrough.

Because South Korea has always shown more than expected.

Kuoooooo!

The sight of 1,300 fighter planes flying in unison was truly spectacular, and it covered the entire sky so much that, to exaggerate a little, it almost blocked out the sunlight.

Everyone, military and civilian alike, was impressed by such grandeur and had no doubt that they would defeat the enemy in this battle.

It was while passing over the sky about 40km east of Beijing, receiving such fervent prayers from the people of northern China.

Phew, phew! Phew, phew! Phew, phew!

Suddenly, hundreds of objects simultaneously flew at high speed from the rear of the Northern Army of the Republic of Korea and crashed into the fighter jets of the People’s Liberation Army Air Force.

-What, what is it!

-Mi, it’s a missile! It’s an anti-aircraft missile!

– Crazy! How are you going to guide all those missiles!

-Shut up and get out of here!

-Huh, huh? It’s flying this way! Eww!

Boom! Boom! Kwaang! Kwakwak!

In an instant, hundreds of People’s Liberation Army Air Force fighter jets exploded in midair into fireballs, and then collided with each other in midair as they scrambled to dodge the missiles.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

-Eww!

-Please save me!

– I mean, avoid it! Eww!

Boom! Boom! Kwak bang!

“… … .”

“… … .”

“… … .”

Lin Biao and the Northeast Army staff members who were watching this scene from the front line were speechless and could only open their mouths.

Then someone opened his mouth.

“Hey, is that possible? Is it possible to guide hundreds of surface-to-air missiles simultaneously?”

“Wow, that’s ridiculous… … .”

As he said, modern anti-aircraft missiles usually require a single radar to continuously track and guide the launched missile until it hits its target.

So even if you have 18 missiles in a battery like the Nike missile, you can’t fire the next missile until the first missile is detonated, regardless of whether it hits or not.

Of course, medium-range missiles like the Hawk missile had a semi-active guidance system, so they had limited simultaneous engagement capabilities, but even so, the simultaneous engagement capability was limited to two missiles per battery.

But with hundreds of missiles flying at the same time, almost every shot is a hit?

This was something that could not have been possible in this day and age.

Perhaps the LAMD Iron Wall-2 missile battery that just shot down the PLAAF fighter jets would be shocked to learn that its radar can detect and track more than 200 targets simultaneously.

“What on earth did those monsters from South Korea create?”

“… … .”

No one could respond to Lin Biao’s muttering.

They were curious too.

Phew, phew! Phew, phew! Phew, phew!

Meanwhile, missiles continued to rise, turning Air Force fighters into fireballs.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Kwak bang!

In an instant, half of the many fighter planes were shot down.

Because it happened so unexpectedly, it seemed that not many pilots were able to escape properly.

Swoosh! Swoosh!

Following this, missiles began to fly from the opposite side of the sky.

-It’s air-to-air!

-Fuck!

Boom! Boom! Kwak Boom! Boom! Boom!

“This time, it’s an air-to-air missile fired by their fighter jets.”

“It’s over, it’s over. Hehe!”

“How could that be… … .”

Kuoooo!

Moments later, about 200 South Korean Air Force fighter jets flew in and snuffed out the few remaining People’s Liberation Army fighter jets with short-range air-to-air missiles.

After about 20 minutes of ground-to-air and air-to-air combat, the People’s Liberation Army Air Force fighters in the northeast were annihilated.

In fact, more than 70% of the People’s Liberation Army’s fighters.