Republic of Korea in Yeokcheon - Chapter 358
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#358. If there’s one, please remind me.
Now it’s the People’s Republic of China’s turn.
“Mr. Zhou, please look at this map.”
“Yes, I am watching.”
“This is the new border we are thinking of. It starts from Tianjin in the south, passes through Beijing, and ends at Zhangjiakou. Can we just draw a straight line from Tianjin to Zhangjiakou?”
“Then what about Beijing?” “Of course, Beijing will remain in your country?” “No, wait a minute. Just to be clear, if we do this, wouldn’t the entire eastern city border of Beijing be crossed?”
“But Beijing will be saved, right?”
“Mr. Kim, how do you get this? The watch is on the border. And it goes all the way to Seoul Doo-du International Airport!”
“Mr. Zhou.”
“yes.”
“Beijing will no longer function as a capital anyway. This time, it suffered because it was close to our border. Do you plan to continue to use Beijing as a capital?”
“…”
As Kim Kyu-sik said, no matter what, Beijing could no longer exist as a capital.
What does it mean to be a few dozen kilometers further from the border?
There can be no such law between an enemy country waging a great war.
“Your country’s capital will have to be moved south anyway. You should be thankful that you saved Beijing and Tianjin. Some in our government even suggested pushing it from Changzhou to Baoding.”
“Then what about our residents living in eastern Beijing?”
“What do you want me to do? Those people have already fled to the west. And the eastern part of Beijing has been completely razed to the ground.”
“ha….”
“So, who told you to invade?”
“No, that’s….”
Zhou Enlai tried to shout at them, asking if they had provoked the invasion, but held back.
Even if they did, it was obvious that they would only end up looking like fools.
“Our Republic of Korea has no choice but to keep its borders as far away as possible from the enemy country with which we fought a great war. So please be aware of that.”
“Oh, I understand.”
“And where else…?”
“Yes? What else is there? What else is there to take?”
“Mr. Zhou.”
“Yes, go ahead.”
“If your country had won the war, how much would it have taken from us?”
“…”
“Let me guess. If your country had won, you would have probably taken away not only Manchuria but also all the northern territories we had acquired from the Soviet Union. No? Oh! Since we have relations with the Soviet Union, you would have probably given back Omsk or Novosibirsk.”
“…”
“Am I right, Mr. Zhou? It was a war, a war. A war that determined the fate of our country. In that war, your country was completely defeated. At least for us, it’s fortunate that it ends here.”
“Ha, then where are you going to take it?”
“Shandong!”
“Hey, Shandong? Are you crazy! Why is Shandong coming out of there?”
Shandong?
From Zhou Enlai’s perspective, it was like getting hit in the head with a blunt object while he was sleeping soundly.
No matter how I think about it, Shandong is a region I had never thought of, and it is literally the waist of China, so it is a region that absolutely must not be taken away.
In particular, in Shandong, there is the Dongying Shengli oil field, which is the lifeline of the current People’s Republic of China.
No, just a little while ago you were telling us to sell the oil from Seungri Oil Field to pay war reparations, and now you’re telling us to give up that area?
If Shandong was lost, it might have been better to pull the South Korean army inland and fight a guerrilla war.
The process may be painful, but it’s not something I haven’t done before.
“Why are you yelling? Am I still deaf?”
“Who said Mr. Kim was deaf? That’s because you’re talking nonsense now! You’re demanding Shandong Province!”
“No, Shandong Province?”
“You just said Shandong!”
“You said Shandong, not Shandong Province?”
“What?”
“You’re saying that because it’s not Shandong Province? You’re asking for the Shandong Peninsula, or at least a part of it.”
“Part of the Shandong Peninsula?”
“Yes, part of the Shandong Peninsula. That is, I will take only Yantai, Weihai, and Qingdao. I didn’t even think about Dongying, where oil is produced. Why are you making a fuss? Those three areas only account for 30,000 square kilometers out of the entire Shandong Province, which is over 150,000 square kilometers?”
“…”
“Look at this map. I’m only going to take the eastern part of the peninsula.”
The moment Zhou Enlai saw the map, he knew what these guys were thinking.
The moment this region is taken away, the route from Bohai Bay to the Yellow Sea and then to the ocean will be completely blocked.
In short, the Bohai Sea would become no different from the inland sea of the Republic of Korea, and the coastline where the People’s Republic of China could freely enter and exit the sea would be only from below Qingdao to Nantong, just above Shanghai.
Although it was nothing compared to losing the entire Shandong Province, it was a serious strategic problem and had to be prevented at all costs.
“That won’t do! The road from Tianjin to the ocean in front of Weifang is blocked!”
“No, who said they were going to stop it?”
“That’s it! It’s only 100km from Dalian to northern Yantai, and even that is blocked by the Changshan Archipelago!”
“Is that why you said you wouldn’t stop it?”
“How can you believe that!”
“If you don’t believe me?” “Yes?”
“What if you don’t believe me?”
“…”
Zhou Enlai suddenly became speechless.
“Mr. Zhou, are you not thinking that it would be better to pull our South Korean troops inland and engage in guerrilla warfare?”
“…”
“Would you like to try it out? How does the war proceed? Do you think our Republic of Korea Army is like the old Japanese Imperial Army or the Nationalist Army?”
“…”
“Guerilla warfare? Urban warfare? Are we crazy? To fall into that trap? We don’t do that. What do you think we’ll do?”
“That, that….”
“We’ll just launch an aircraft carrier into the Bohai Bay and bomb it every day. In the North, the Air Force will also launch fighter-bombers and bomb it every day. We don’t need nuclear bombs either. That’s enough to send your country back to the Stone Age.”
“…”
“If you intend to continue the war, go back. Will you do that?”
“…”
Zhou Enlai closed his eyes tightly.
As Kim Kyu-sik said, guerrilla warfare is also fought while observing the opponent.
No matter how much I thought about it, it was out of the question in South Korea.
With Zhou Enlai feeling defeated, Kim Kyu-sik offered a carrot this time.
“Mr. Zhou.”
“yes….”
“We will not take the southwest of Qingdao. And although the guarantee of freedom of navigation cannot be made in writing, we will still guarantee it in the form of a road. We also do not want to fight with your country any more. Of course, if we have to fight, we will do so.”
“…”
“And we will not get involved in dealing with war criminals in the North.”
This was a bit of a funny story.
War criminals in the North?
“Ha, I understand.”
It was a fight that couldn’t be won from the start.
This negotiation was just a negotiation, but it was like notifying the defeated country of its unconditional surrender and its spoils of war.
“Then that’s enough about the territory.”
“ha….”
“Whew… .”
At Kim Kyu-sik’s words that he would quit, both Zhou Enlai and Chiang Ching-kuo let out a sigh at the same time.
It was because they felt sorry for their situation, but also because they felt relieved that they had at least managed to protect the remaining territory.
“The details of the territory being ceded to us this time will be decided through working-level negotiations.”
“Please do so.”
“All right.”
“Well, there won’t be much to it. They’ll just decide how to treat the existing residents.”
“All right.”
“Okay! Then, let’s discuss the other conditions.”
“…”
“…”
It wasn’t over yet.
“From now on, both the North and the South will have something in common, so listen carefully. First, nuclear bombs are not researched or developed.”
“yes.”
“yes.”
This is, of course, an expected condition.
“And nuclear power plants cannot be built on the eastern or southern coasts.”
“Yes? No, then what should I do?”
“If you want to build, build inland. This also requires the approval of our Republic of Korea.”
“No, why is that?”
“Why is that? If something goes wrong at the nuclear power plant on the east coast, we’ll be the ones taking all the radiation.”
“Ha, I understand.”
“Let’s do that.”
“Also, if the pollutant emissions in mainland China exceed a certain level, we will intervene. Smoke, wastewater, etc. This is not a condition, but for everyone. It may be easy to emit pollutants indiscriminately when circumstances are difficult right now, but please remember that it will require much more resources to restore the environment later.”
“yes.”
“yes.”
There was no way to object to the idea of not emitting pollutants.
In principle, what Kim Kyu-sik said was right.
“And rocket development is also restricted. This is something that will be decided in practice, but roughly speaking, rockets with a range of more than 300 km are not allowed for research or development.”
“yes.”
“yes.”
“And neither the development nor the possession of submarines is allowed.”
“…”
“….”
Zhou Enlai and Chiang Ching-kuo made eye contact at the same time.
I thought it was so bad that it was too bad.
Finally, Chiang Ching-kuo, who had a decent navy, spoke up.
“No, even a submarine? That’s a bit…”
“If it can’t be done, then it can’t be done. Why? Is there a country that would invade by submarine?”
“Oh, no. Okay, I understand.”
“And you have to do a good job of controlling refugees. Manage the borders well, both in the North and the South.”
“yes….”
“yes….”
In short, anything that has even the slightest potential to pose a threat to South Korea is banned.
This concludes the basic surrender negotiations.
And based on this, the working-level officials from both sides negotiated fiercely for several days.
July 19, 1966.
The final surrender document was finally completed, but it wasn’t the end.
Now we need to take this document to our home country and get it ratified.
“If there are any crazy people who are calling for a desperate fight, just remind them. Our Republic of Korea military is still ready to go to the front lines.”
“All right.”
“I will do that.”
The two men returned to their home countries and each announced their final terms of surrender, which naturally caused chaos.
“Where is this law! This is a desperate fight! Another long march… .”
“Shut up! They only beat you up in the sky, what kind of a long journey is this that will make you freeze to death!”
“…”
In the end, it had no choice but to pass.
Although the gunfire had stopped, the South Korean military was still aiming their guns at the front lines.
On July 22 and 23, both countries notified each other that they would accept the final surrender.
All that remains now is the surrender ceremony, which has been decided to be held on July 29 on the South Korean Navy aircraft carrier CVN-11 off the coast of Shanghai.
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