Republic of Korea in Yeokcheon - Chapter 51



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#51. I think you need to hurry. (This is a paid trial version!!)

January 18, 1945.

Expeditionary Force Headquarters.

“Even if we advance north, shouldn’t we clean up the south before we go?”

“Of course. “How uncomfortable would it be if I just left?”

“yes? Then, you should plan a good plan.”

“How many troops are there now and how can they plan a strategy? “If you just barge in…”

“Come up with a loud and pretty strategy and put it on my desk by tomorrow.”

“yes···.”

As expected, the ranks of the military were gangsters.

February 5, 1945, 01:50.

30km north of Jeju-gun, Jeollanam-do.

Three destroyers and four LSTs were quietly sailing south.

And the destroyer at the forefront of them all, the bridge of the Republic of Korea Navy flagship DD 911 Chungmu ship.

“ha···.”

“…”

“ha···.”

“President, why are you sighing like that?”

The person who sighed was Admiral Kim Jong-woo, Chief of Staff of the Republic of Korea Navy.

“Do I look like I can’t sigh?”

“yes? “What’s going on?”

“hey! No, what is this? “This man, who once commanded the world’s most powerful fleets, is using the Allen M. Sumner class destroyer as his flagship, right?”

“What’s wrong with this boat? “The president was so moved that she even shed tears when she took delivery of this ship?”

“That’s it, dude, that was back then.”

“Hey, Chief, didn’t you get into gearing level when you started your military service?”

“Why is this like this? “When I was commissioned, everyone was retired?”

“Oh, is that so?”

“Yes, at the time it was said that it had been almost 60 years, so it must have been leaking and causing trouble. So the president at the time retired all of them without any plan.”

“wow! Our navy really developed rapidly. “When we were leaving.”

“Well, since there were only 6 Aegis class ships, it was a huge improvement. But then what do you do? The Chinese kids were making traps almost like making bungeoppang…”

“It means that even if you rank 7th or 8th in the whole school, you are last in your class.”

“Tsk! It’s a sharp analogy, but it’s exactly right. “This was absurd since Japan, China, and Russia were next to us.”

“I really hope that doesn’t happen here.”

“Isn’t that why we suffer like this?”

“Oh! “It’s time.”

“okay? Then, launch the drone first, and tell the 3rd Special Forces Group and our Special Forces Group to take off carefully.”

“All right.”

At exactly 02:00, the tarpaulins on the wide bow decks of the four Unbong-class LSTs donated by the U.S. Navy were removed.

The objects that emerged from the darkness were Surion KUH-1 and KAH-1 small armed helicopters.

Weeeeeeeee!

Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta!

The main rotor turned and the helicopters carrying the special forces quickly took off and flew at low altitude straight toward Jeju Island.

“Will you be okay with that army?”

“What are you worried about? “Unlike its original history, Jeju Island now has only a few troops?”

“That’s true, but…”

“Do not worry. The Corsairs even decided to provide support, but the guys guarding the airfield and the port are just a breeze, a breeze!”

As Kim Jong-woo said, Jeju Island at this time was empty, unlike its original history.

After losing Saipan and breaking up in the Battle of Leyte, the number of troops that originally numbered less than 1,000 was increased to almost 3,000, and in April 1945, the 58th Army was organized under ‘Operation No. 7’ and an additional 70,000 troops were added. It would have been reinforced and completely turned into a fortress.

However, everything changed with the arrival of the expeditionary force.

The Japanese military lost control of the entire Korean Peninsula in July 1944, and installed anti-aircraft guns in Busan and Mokpo. Because of the anti-ship batteries, there was no time to travel to and from Jeju Island as freely as before, and crucially, in October, the entire fleet owned by the Japanese Navy was lost in Leyte, making it urgent to protect Japan’s territorial waters.

In the end, Jeju Island was left with a small number of personnel, including the security forces that guarded the original Moseulpo Altreu Airfield and Jeongteureu Airfield (current Jeju International Airport site), and the engineering corps that was dispatched to establish Jintreu Airfield and the Jinteureu Airfield, the eastern airfield that was being additionally constructed by the Army. It became an island protected by the bay.

Since the only combat troops were the guards and a few anti-aircraft gun companies, it was not unreasonable for Admiral Kim Jong-woo to make the assurance.

Ta-ta-ta-ta-ta!

The helicopters that took off from the LST were immediately divided into three groups as they flew over the land.

These are Jeongteureu Airfield, Jeju Port, and Moseulpo’s Alteureu Airfield.

The first two teams of Naval Special Forces soldiers poured out of the two Surions that landed near Jeju Port in silence.

They have been excluded from the front lines of battle because they are too few in number, but as their name suggests, they are veterans of the Republic of Korea Navy Special Warfare Team (UDT/SEAL), and their combat power is that of human weapons that compete for first or second place in the ROK Army.

Due to the nature of the operation to seize the island and port of Jeju Island, I was firmly determined to relieve my sorrow today.

After wearing night vision goggles and quickly moving to the Jeju Port security station, Team 1 leader Sergeant Cho Won-hee had already identified the sentry’s location through the drone’s video, so he rushed in without hesitation and pulled the trigger of the HK-416 rifle equipped with a silencer.

Shoo! Shoo! Shoo!

Once all the guards were removed, orders were quietly given in sign language to rush in.

Eventually, Team 1 entered the security building and began killing Japanese soldiers as they saw them.

Shoo! Shoo! Shoo! Shush!

“Oops!”

“Ugh!”

Most of the Japanese soldiers had bullets lodged in their heads and were lying on the floor unable to even utter a sound.

After passing through the hallway, there was a quarter of security guards.

It seemed like everyone was asleep as time was running out.

Jo Won-hee tried to take out the grenade, but after thinking for a moment, he put it back.

Although it would be easier to start by killing them with a grenade, they can be dealt with anyway, so I still wanted to give them a chance to survive.

Moreover, throwing a grenade while I was sleeping somehow felt a bit humane.

Pot!

Suddenly, the lights inside the quarters turned on, and the sleeping Japanese soldiers woke up.

“Ugh! what? “Who turned on the light?”

“Pagaya! “Aren’t you going to turn off the light?”

At first, the Japanese soldiers were annoyed because they thought the worker had accidentally turned on the light.

They heard a sound like a thunderbolt.

“Everyone stop moving!”

“Uh, huh?”

“What is this?”

“profit! “It’s the enemy!”

One guy tried to reach into the gun locker.

Shoo shoo shoo!

“Kaaak!”

thud!

The Japanese soldiers who were moving came to a halt as the man was hit by a series of shots fired by Jo Won-hee and fell down bleeding.

And the sound is spoken in broken Japanese.

“If you move, I’ll shoot!”

“…”

One person died, but the bullet was cleaner and looked better than the grenade.

Ten minutes later, the entire Jeju Port was in the hands of the Navy Special Forces, who skillfully guided the LSTs to dock at the port.

February 5th at 02:14.

Jungtre Airfield.

Wooooow!

Twelve F4U Corsair fighter jets flew in the sky over Jeju Island from the maintenance side, and dropped something from the center pylon of the fuselage even though there was a long time left in the airfield.

Shuuuung! chuck!

What the Corsair fighter jet dropped was the KGGB (Korean GPS Guided Bomb), a Mk. 82 Unguided bomb was equipped with gliding wings and guided by GPS.

Eventually, the KGGB bomb, which had been guided and flew 60 km, landed on the anti-aircraft gun position at Jeongtre Airfield and caused a huge explosion.

Quaaaang!

The destructive power of the 500-pound bomb was so terrifying that it literally pulverized the anti-aircraft gun position, and the guards and base personnel at the airfield were startled by the explosion and rushed out of their sleep.

However, what was fired at them was a barrage of 5.56mm bullets from the K15 light machine gun and K2C1 assault rifle.

Ta-da-da-da!

Ta-da-dan! Tadang!

“Kaaaaak!”

“The enemy! “Ahh!”

The Japanese soldiers quickly turned into a beehive and fell.

In less than 10 minutes, Jungtre Airfield was occupied by South Korean special forces.

And this scene was similar to that at Altre Airfield in Moseulpo.

February 5th at 03:10.

Jeju Port.

Buuuuung!

Kurrrrr!

Trucks, jeeps, K9 self-propelled guns, anti-ship missiles, and air defense radars poured out from the four Unbong-class LSTs and began running one after another in search of a place to station themselves along the coastal road built by the Japanese military by mobilizing Jeju residents.

February 5th at 05:40.

All batteries completed the installation of anti-ship and air defense batteries at four target locations in the north, south, east, and west, and the military office in Jeju-eup was also occupied.

And about an hour and a half later, as the morning sun rose, the Taegeukgi began to be hoisted on the flagpole of the county office.

With the completion of the Jeju Island restoration operation, the restoration of the islands on the Korean Peninsula has also been completed.

Surprised by the sounds of explosions and shooting during the night, the residents who cautiously came to the county office were frightened when they suddenly saw the Taegeukgi waving in front of them.

“Ugh! Tae, Taegeukgi?”

“How on earth did this happen?”

“Who are those soldiers?”

“look! “There’s the Taegeukgi on my shoulder!”

“Didn’t I see the Japanese flag wrong?”

“You damn man! “Do you think I can’t tell the difference between the Korean flag and the Japanese flag?”

“uh? It’s real! “It’s Taegeukgi!”

While I was confused, the same broadcast came through the loudspeaker.

“Dear Jeju residents! We are the Armed Forces of the Republic of Korea…”

Only then did Jeju residents realize the situation.

“Well, then it was true? “Do you mean that the land became independent a long time ago?”

“Ugh! It’s real! The real thing has arrived!”

“Long live Korean independence! hurray!”

“hurray! Long live Korean independence!”

Soon, 200,000 Jeju residents poured out and shouted for Korean independence.

February 5, 1945, 08:10.

Expeditionary Force Headquarters Command and Control Room.

“Have we been too indifferent to Jeju Island? “I think I made a mistake in wanting to restore it a long time ago.”

“There was nothing we couldn’t restore if we tried too hard, but before we took over the ships from the U.S. military, we didn’t have any decent ships, right?”

“Still, I feel a little sorry to see you so emotional. “I should have taken at least a shitty ship confiscated from the Japanese military.”

“It’s a little late, but now was the best time.”

“yes?”

“Isn’t that what you wanted to hear?”

“Hehehe! “Our chief of staff is secretly good at social life.”

“Why are you doing this? “I still got a lot of social exposure while unemployed for three years, right?”

“Yeah, you’re great.”

“ha ha ha!”

It was a truly pleasant morning.

Due to circumstances, I was always concerned that Jeju Island could not be completely restored, but now it has been restored neatly.

In addition, the KGGB guided bombs of the Corsairs that were sortied for test evaluation worked well.

“So now that Jeju Island has been resolved, is the only thing left to do is head north?”

“That’s right. I think we need to hurry up too. “If you’re not careful, you might miss the timing.”

“Is that what the Chief of Staff thinks?”

“Yes, the European front is in an unusual situation. In any case, it will be safe to plant the Taegeukgi in Manchuria by April at the latest.”

“I get it. “Let’s have a meeting.”

“All right.”

Now that Jeju Island was resolved, all that remained was Manchuria, and it seemed like we had to hurry.

The headquarters staff gathered in the conference room one after another.