Republic of Korea in Yeokcheon - Chapter 352



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#352. That nuclear bomb?

09:00, July 6, 1966.

Ministry of National Defense building in Yongsan, Seoul.

“Wow! As we live, all sorts of things happen.”

“Wow, I’ve studied military history quite a bit, but this is the first time I’ve seen such a strange war.”

Lee Kang-cheol and Ko Seok-man expressed their surprise and astonishment when they received the report on the results of yesterday’s battle on the northern front.

“But anyway, doesn’t it seem like it’s about time for them to start calling for an end to the war?”

“It would be reasonable to think so. The South is still being beaten by the North, and both of their capitals are in danger.”

“Well, they started it, but ending it is out of the question.”

“Hahaha! That’s obvious.”

“Then it’s time to play dangerous games with nuclear bombs.”

“When are you going to remove it? Why don’t you just remove it now?”

“No, just a little longer. I’m going to make them believe so strongly that they get frustrated.”

“Well, then you will feel the real fear.”

“So. Anyway, from now on, give orders to the entire front to push hard. Don’t spare any ammunition.”

“Whew! It’s going to take a lot of money and time to restock the ammunition we just used up.”

Even for the Republic of Korea, the ammunition consumed in this war was equivalent to the ammunition stockpiled for nearly 20 years.

Since the war with the Soviet Union, there have only been a few minor wars.

So it would take at least ten years to restock.

This is because ammunition, as a commodity, has a limited lifespan and cannot be mass-produced at once.

If that happens, the lifespan will end all at once.

“Just charge them for it.”

“Hahaha! Okay, I understand.”

“And Zhou Enlai will also be the representative for the armistice negotiations?”

“Who else is there besides him?”

“No. So if you get a call, try to stall for as long as possible. We’re not in a hurry, are we? We need time to smash things up.”

“All right.”

11:00 a.m., July 6, 1966.

The eastern sea of ​​Fuzhou, the capital of the Republic of China.

Republic of Korea Expeditionary Fleet Flagship CVN-11 Republic of Korea.

“The President himself gave the order. From now on, you can beat me up as much as you want.”

“More than now?”

The eastern part of Bokju and the coastal area have already been half devastated by the naval bombardment and aircraft air raids that began on July 3.

But now that he said he could beat him to his heart’s content, Chief of Staff Cho Woo-sang was a little taken aback.

“There is really nothing that can threaten our fleet now, right?”

“There’s no way that’s possible. I’ve been beating you for four days straight up until today.”

“Advance the fleet to 5km from the coast! And carrier-based aircraft will also conduct nighttime air strikes starting today.”

“When we do night raids, pilots become very tired. We’re still pushing them to their limits.”

“I’m not saying to keep going all night. Just hold out for two nights. And from 00:00 to 05:00, it’s a break. Then the landing crew and the pilots can take a breather.”

“All right.”

“What about the landing transport fleet?”

“Everyone is waiting.”

“Okay! D-Day is July 8th. Let’s start the landing operation at 6 o’clock.”

“All right.”

Kwakwakwak! Boom! Boom! Kwaang!

As all the destroyers and cruisers of the fleet approached to within 5km of the coast of Fuzhou and opened fire, the range inland became longer and accuracy at close targets increased dramatically.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

“Eww!”

“The shelling has gotten worse!”

“Rain. Damn it!”

The Republic of China defense forces guarding the coast were already virtually annihilated.

The units defending the front of Bokju inland were barely able to breathe, but as the South Korean fleet advanced further toward the coast and began bombarding them, even they began to be exposed to the lightning strikes.

And then the damn carrier-based fighters attack.

Alternating with the cannon fire, a massive fleet of about 400 fighter-bombers flew in and dropped bombs indiscriminately.

The situation was turning desperate.

And this situation was the same on both the Northern Front and the Southern Front.

“From now on, we will advance without hesitation!”

“Understood. However, there are too many corpses and they are hindering our advance.”

“Combat dozers will clear the way, and prisoners will be mobilized from time to time to continue clearing away the corpses. And the work of collecting the corpses must be done thoroughly along the entire front! How much do the prisoners eat in a day? We can’t feed them for free, so we must mobilize them all. It’s hot, so if we clear away even a little bit, an epidemic will spread.”

“All right.”

“The Air Force received instructions, so they know. From now on, Beijing will also be included in the air strikes, so they know that.”

“Yes, Commander.”

The biggest problem on the northern front was the recovery of enemy corpses.

Originally, the entire area from the border through Qinhuangdao and Tangshan, where Shanhaiguan is located, to Beijing was so full of enemy corpses that it was difficult to move.

Eventually, in accordance with the tradition of the South Korean military, prisoners of war were mobilized to recover the remains, but the stench of the rotting corpses was so bad that it was difficult to breathe because of the hot weather.

The real battle on the northern front became the operation to recover the dead bodies.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

“Kwaaaaak!”

“Stop it! Stop their advance by any means necessary!”

“Eww!”

Lin Biao’s Northeastern Army continued to add troops in an attempt to block the advance of the Northern Army of the Republic of Korea, but they could not stop their determined advance.

Kurrururur!

Ddddddddd!

Tutter tutter tutter! Tutter tutter tutter!

“2 o’clock! Enemy tank detected!”

“Shoot!”

bang!

“12 o’clock!!”

“Shoot!”

The advance of South Korean tanks was unstoppable.

July 6th, 21:30.

Presidential Office, Fuzhou, Republic of China.

Boom! Boom! Kwah!

Now even the Presidential Office is suffering from the loud noise and vibration of South Korea’s naval artillery fire and air raids.

Meanwhile, Chiang Ching-kuo visited his father, Chiang Kai-shek, and had a private meeting with him.

“Deng Xiaoping has come to visit.”

“I guess there’s no need to ask what’s the matter.”

“… … .”

Within ten days of the outbreak of the war, Chiang Kai-shek, who had aged greatly, weakly spoke out.

In the current situation, there was only one thing that could happen to Deng Xiaoping.

“Are you saying we should end the war?”

“Yes, that’s right. They say Beijing is on the verge of falling.”

“Ha! Both you and I were so foolish. The communists insisted on building a capital right near the border, while we built a new capital near the port, even though we knew the enemy’s naval forces were formidable… … .”

“Who knew things would turn out like this? And Beijing would have insisted if it were us.”

“But… … .”

Beijing is a city with strong symbolic meaning.

“So anyway?”

“The North will attempt to negotiate a ceasefire, so we asked for your agreement.”

“I guess you mentioned the nuclear bomb.”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“Well, that’s all we have left. But even if we throw out a nuclear bomb, the South Koreans won’t just agree to the end of the war, right?”

“That’s right. After all, we were the ones who started the war.”

“So what did you want to put out?”

“They will have to be prepared to pay a considerable amount of war reparations. And they said they would probably have to give up everything from Qinhuangdao to Qingdao, which they had already lost.”

“That would be impossible. If you look at the process by which the Republic of Korea has expanded its territory so far, they have never given up on areas with low population densities.”

“I think the same. I didn’t tell Deng Xiaoping, but we probably have to give up Tangshan as well. Tangshan has already become a no man’s land as the war situation worsens.”

“This is it. In the end, while trying to recover the real land, we ended up losing our traditional Han territory.”

“… … .”

Although it was an area occupied by the Communist Party in the North, there was a world of difference between it being occupied by fellow Han Chinese and it being occupied by the barbarian Republic of Korea.

“What do you think we should give out?”

“At least Taiwan will have to give up.”

“Ugh! Anyone can see that that’s all there is to it.”

“Yes, he said that it was a place he had been greedy for from the beginning.”

“You fucking bastards!”

“… … .”

“Anyway, what do you think?”

“There is no way to hold out any longer. The Hong Kong front has been pushed back, and it is now embarrassing to even call it the Hong Kong front. I don’t need to tell you about this. More than half of the troops have already been blown away by just the cannon fire and the air raids from aircraft.”

“shit!”

“You have to make a decision, Father.”

“Whew! So this is how it ends. Got it. Let’s do it that way.”

“Yes, father.”

“Who said they would negotiate? Of course, once the negotiations begin, our representative will have to attend.”

“It looks like they are sending Mr. Zhou Enlai as a secret envoy.”

“Is it that guy after all?”

Chiang Kai-shek and Zhou Enlai have had a long history of close ties.

Although they were only two years apart in age, Zhou Enlai entered the Huangpu Military Academy as a student when Chiang Kai-shek was the principal. Chiang Kai-shek, who was fond of Zhou Enlai, made many efforts to recruit him.

Even after that, he was often involved in the Xi’an Incident and other issues, but Zhou Enlai always called Chiang Kai-shek “headmaster” and treated him with the utmost respect as a disciple.

So Chiang Kai-shek still had good feelings toward Zhou Enlai.

“Isn’t there anyone like him? And originally, it is said that he was the sole negotiating window for the North’s Republic of Korea.”

“Okay. Anyway, once you outline the negotiations, you go out and negotiate.”

“All right.”

“And then tomorrow or so, make a statement threatening a nuclear bomb. It will help Zhou Enlai negotiate.”

“Yes, father.”

July 7, 1966.

Peking.

“What are you talking about? Are you saying that South Korea is rejecting me?”

“That’s not it. We agreed to appoint Comrade Zhou as our representative for negotiations.”

“But?”

“We will announce separately the time and method of entering South Korea, so for now, please remain silent.”

“Wow, these people are really trying to wipe out all the seeds of our Chinese men!”

Deng Xiaoping, who had just met Jiang Ching-kuo, was surprised by Zhou Enlai’s words and questioned him.

“What do you mean, Comrade Zhou?”

“Comrade Deng, what is the situation at the front line now? Didn’t their offensive suddenly intensify?”

“Yes, that’s right.”

“South Korea has no intention of ending the war now. They will not negotiate until you kill all of our soldiers, more than 10 million of whom you have deployed in the Beijing area.”

“T-That can’t be?”

“Comrade Deng! You should have known! South Korea was a country that should never be touched! In my opinion, they were waiting for us to invade!”

“No way?”

“Why do you keep saying ‘that can’t be’? Huh! Our Chinese destiny is doomed. Comrade Deng Xiaoping, I trusted you… … .”

“We don’t have it ourselves, but if we work together, it’s like having a nuclear bomb. If we threaten them with a nuclear bomb, they will come to the table.”

“Huh! That nuclear bomb? Just wait and see. They must have prepared countermeasures for that.”

“… … .”

Zhou Enlai’s thinking was correct.

10:00 a.m., July 8, 1976.

The Presidential Office of the Republic of China sent a telegram threatening the Republic of Korea in the name of President Chiang Kai-shek.

In short, the content was that if they did not immediately stop their advance and sincerely agree to armistice negotiations, they would retaliate with nuclear bombs.

and.

“You’re being ridiculous, Minister Nam Byung-woo.”

“Yes, Mr. President.”

“Remove it.”

“Hahaha! Okay, I understand.”

July 8th, 11am.

Underwater, 500km northeast of Fuzhou.

Republic of Korea Navy nuclear-powered attack submarine SSN-903 Yun Bong-gil.

Push yoo yoo yung! Push shooooooong!

Six Cheonryong cruise missiles were launched in succession underwater.