Republic of Korea in Yeokcheon - Chapter 57



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#57. The Kwantung Army surrendered.

March 13, 1945, 10:20.

Unit 731, 25km south of Harbin City.

When Harbin was liquidated earlier than expected, Jeong Seon-ho joined Unit 731.

and.

“You guys are worse than dogs! “You’ve given up on being human!”

Jeong Seon-ho was speechless at the horrors of Unit 731.

Although I had heard enough about Unit 731’s human experiments, the reality was beyond my imagination.

At least as the South Korean army advanced into Manchuria, it seems that they felt a sense of crisis and were quickly sorting out the ‘Maruta’, and the miserable situation of the Maruta that had not yet been dealt with seemed to show how evil humans can become.

“Take pictures of everything thoroughly! And organize the materials! All of this will be evidence of the evil deeds of the Japanese military! And quickly rescue the surviving prisoners!”

“Yes, division commander.”

There are approximately 200 surviving prisoners.

It is said that there were originally a lot more people, but as the South Korean army advanced, they felt a sense of crisis and killed them all.

“Uh, division commander.”

“Is there a problem? Colonel Kim?’

At this time, the division medical captain called Jeong Seon-ho.

“We must approach with caution. “Some of the prisoners may be infected with deadly bacteria.”

“Then what should I do?”

“Please name a member of the unit who was involved in the experiment. “We will put on protective clothing, get your cooperation, triage, and provide relief.”

“Do by that way. 1st battalion commander!”

“yes!”

“There will be many doctors and nurses among the unit members. “Make him obedient and assign him to the division medical unit!”

“All right.”

Selection work began immediately.

There were not many people, regardless of gender, left intact due to the soldiers’ blood boiling over the evil deeds of Unit 731, but that was not a problem now.

The 1st company commander, who received the instructions, led the interpreter out to the gathered prisoners, most of whom were covered in blood.

“You have given up on being human! Therefore, you guys will never be treated like human beings! We’ll only make it easier for those who cooperate with us to suffer less! Those who want to cooperate, come forward!”

“…”

“…”

Perhaps because they had put it all together, they looked at each other and seemed hesitant.

Seeing this, 1st Company Commander Lee Soo-man smiled and opened his mouth.

“Yes, it should come out like that. Sergeant Kim! “Bring that guy out.”

“yes!”

When Lee Soo-man pointed out a middle-aged man covered in blood and secretly watching him from behind, the soldiers dragged him out like a dog.

“Ugh!”

“Statement of Equality!”

“…”

puck! puck! Sigh!

“Ahh!”

“Another official statement!”

“Kawashima… Kiyoshi… Cough!”

“Position and rank!”

“It’s the director.”

“position!”

“Director of the 4th manufacturing department.”

“What kind of manufacturing manager are you? “Is it a car?”

“…”

“You bastard!”

“Germ···.”

Head of the bacterial manufacturing department with the rank of major general.

He is the core of the core.

“You are Maruta from now on. Understand?”

“Prisoners like this…”

“Noisy! Why is something that isn’t even human speaking human language? “You sound like a prisoner!”

puck! puck! Sigh! Pop!

From then on, indiscriminate assaults began.

“Ahhhh! Please! I will cooperate! Cooperate!”

“Shut up you bastard! There are many people who would cooperate other than you! “You just have to be a good Maruta as a demonstration example!”

“Aaaah!”

Lee Soo-man skillfully selected only the painful areas and struck them mercilessly without causing any life-threatening damage.

“cadet! Seed! “I’m tired of hitting you.”

“Off…”

“Don’t play dead! You bastard! You can’t die until you pay for your sins properly! There, Sergeant Joe! “Take this guy to a military doctor and treat him!”

“Yes, company commander!”

Lee Soo-man looked at the prisoners again with shining eyes.

“Now, I’m asking again! Anyone who wants to cooperate, raise your hand!”

“Tongue, I will cooperate!”

“me too!”

This time everyone raised their hands.

March 13, 1945, 14:21.

Expeditionary Force Headquarters Command and Control Center.

“No, those people who will kill you!”

“They say the most evil being is human…”

“Does God really not exist?”

“Ouch!”

While watching the video reported by Jeong Seon-ho of the 2nd Corps, not only Lee Kang-cheol and Ko Seok-man, but also the entire control room were shocked, and some of the members with weak stomachs could not hold back their nausea and had to run to the bathroom.

No matter how I described it, such as the horrors of the neck-burning dog or the second coming of hell, it seemed to be much weaker than the video.

After a while, Lee Kang-cheol opened his mouth.

“Corps Commander Jeong Seon-ho!”

– Yes, Commander.

“Did you make sure to secure evidence?”

– That’s right. We are taking pictures and collecting experimental materials. Of course, there are plenty of witnesses.

“How many prisoners are there?”

– It is said that there were originally more than 500 people, but unfortunately, it is said that close to 300 people were hastily killed as we advanced north. There are a lot of corpses that have not yet been cremated, but the division’s military doctors are unable to control them and collect them.

“What about the prisoners?”

– There were about 2,000 military personnel and about 1,300 soldiers, but about 300 of the soldiers were killed during the occupation.

“Quarantine and protection must be carried out thoroughly. “What I’m saying is, let’s put emotions first to prevent the possibility of spreading deadly bacteria to our soldiers.”

– Even so, military doctors are working extremely carefully.

“Good job. Continuing to secure evidence, prisoners including Shiro Ishii… No, criminals put their lives on the line. And he might commit suicide, so keep an eye on him to prevent him from doing so!”

– Yes, Commander.

“I mean, just put your life on hold. They are not prisoners, they are heinous criminals. “You shouldn’t be treated like a human being.”

– of course. Oh, and I have a request.

“what?”

– Military doctors say that most of the people who were Maruta cannot be treated with the medicines of this era. What should I do if I ask for restrictions on drug use to be lifted?

“Tell them to use all the medicine they have and all the modern medical techniques they have!”

– All right.

After finishing communicating with 2nd Corps Commander Jeong Seon-ho, Lee Kang-cheol ran his hand down his face.

It was like I had just walked through hell, and I was almost delirious.

Since moving here, I have witnessed countless horrific and gruesome scenes.

Until now, most of the Japanese soldiers who were broken up by the expeditionary force were killed by artillery fire and medium-caliber machine guns such as 12.7 mm rather than by rifle bullets, so there were few cases where their bodies were intact.

Internal organs were literally hanging around like a clothesline, and it was common for the battlefield to be filled with pieces of flesh that were once assumed to be humans.

But it was a battlefield after all.

They became enemies and pointed their guns at each other and bombarded each other, but it happened because it was a war.

But what on earth are these guys?

Human experiments were conducted on humans.

And that too using all kinds of miserable methods.

Even during a war, a line that no human being should cross has been crossed.

Lee Kang-cheol’s opinion was that these guys were not war criminals.

“Chief of Staff!”

“Yes, Commander.”

“Do we have any film for the camera now? “Here on the Korean Peninsula.”

“If you look for it, it will be there, but it won’t be in very good condition. Please ask America. “You’re planning on making it into film and spraying it, right?”

“That’s right. Let’s print a lot and spread it all over America and Europe. To make people feel ashamed of being born Japanese for at least 100 years. And those involved in Unit 731 will be tracked to the ends of the earth and made to pay the price.”

“As you go up, the Emperor will pop out. Unit 731 itself was established by imperial decree. Of course, even Showa didn’t know it would be that bad.”

“doesn’t care. Even if the money allocated to the Emperor is not paid to the Emperor, he will be punished. So, let’s release the film.”

“Well, if that film were released in this era, it would be huge. Anyway, I understand.”

Unit 731 created hell on royalties.

Originally, Shiro Ishii (石井四?) traded with the U.S. military with experimental data, so Ishii and other key executives of Unit 731 enjoyed a comfortable life without any punishment.

The Japanese Green Cross was a company founded by high-ranking executives of Unit 731.

A very small number of them were captured by the Soviet Union, tried in Khabarovsk, and sentenced to prison, but they were soon released as diplomatic relations were established between Japan and the Soviet Union.

But now it will be different.

Lee Kang-cheol was planning to kill everyone who was even remotely involved with Unit 731.

March 20, 1945, 13:40.

General Headquarters of the Kwantung Army in the New Special City of Manchukuo.

Quack! bang! bang!

The sound of gunfire from afar was shaking the headquarters.

“What is the situation?”

Yoshijiro Umetsu, Commander-in-Chief of the Kwantung Army, asked with a stern expression.

“The whole nerve is surrounded. Our troops are fighting hard, but their firepower is so great…”

“What happened to the border troops that were called up? “Shouldn’t you have come a long time ago?”

“All communications, wired and wireless, are cut off and we cannot contact you.”

“ha···. “How on earth did our Kwantung Army end up in this situation?”

“…”

There was no way there was an answer.

“Whoa! “What do your enemies say?”

“I am asking you to surrender unconditionally. “They told us to think about the safety of Japanese people in the city.”

“Are they crazy? “Why are you worrying about civilians during a war?”

“…”

“Then what about the Peninsulars? Aren’t there quite a few peninsular people as well?”

“They tell you to do whatever you want. Instead, if you touch it, they tell you to take care of it.”

“What are you talking about? “Do you want to take care of it?”

“The moment you touch me, I will retaliate 100 times and 1,000 times…”

“crazy···.”

Commander Umetsu was so stunned that he could not speak.

I don’t know where it went so wrong.

Suddenly, contact with the peninsula was lost, and it became impossible to even approach it.

And now, the peninsular people calling themselves the Armed Forces of the Republic of Korea invaded Manchuria and mercilessly wiped out their Kwantung Army with tremendous firepower never seen before.

In the end, my nerves were so tense that they surrounded the city and never entered the city.

There is no doubt that they feel burdened by street fighting, but the problem is that they only pick out where the Kwantung Army is and fire shells, like ghosts, even though they don’t know how to do it.

With an accuracy of artillery fire that the world has never seen before.

At the same time, the Kwantung Army headquarters was completely untouched, so they were delighted.

I don’t know what your intention is.

“Whoa! “For now, let’s wait a few more days for border troops.”

“under!”

March 22, 1945, 11:48.

Headquarters of the ROK Army 1st Corps, 20km south of the New Special City of Manchukuo.

“Is it time for a response now?”

“That’s right.”

When 1st Corps Commander Nam Byeong-woo opened his mouth with a bored expression, his staff also agreed.

It has already been five days since the 2nd Corps took charge of the north, and the 1st Corps took charge of the south, surrounding and bombarding the area.

Major Japanese military units and facilities, as well as even a gathering of 10 people, were bombarded while checking the real-time video sent by the drone.

Meanwhile, the Kwantung Army General Headquarters building was not touched at all, and the Japanese soldiers, who had been cautious at first because they thought it was a trap, had now all gathered in the headquarters building.

As they were bombarded with artillery fire as soon as they stepped outside the magnificent castle-shaped Kwantung Army General Headquarters building, the inside of the General Headquarters building became tighter than bean sprouts.

If it was like that, it could be resolved in a day or two, but it would have been difficult to endure any longer.

“Wouldn’t it just be a matter of concentrated shelling of the Kwantung Army headquarters building?”

“Do you think so?”

“Isn’t it obvious?”

“Tsk tsk!”

“yes?”

“Don’t you know why the Chief of Staff wants to surrender? “Are the Japanese troops in Manchuria only here?”

“…”

“What are you going to do with the troops on the northern border? Most of the people who came here were left with money, but do you really want to wander around this wide plain of Manchuria trying to deal with them? “Think about it, think about it…”

“S-sorry.”

“Wait a little longer. “I asked the Air Force to hand out more leaflets.”

“all right.”

March 24, 1945, 14:30.

New City Kwantung Army General Headquarters.

Commander Yoshijiro Umetsu had his eyes closed.

No matter how much I thought, I couldn’t see a way out.

Seeing that the assembled border troops showed no sign of coming, it was clear that something had happened to them on the way there.

Now all that was left was to choose between imprisonment or surrender, and imprisonment was not easy.

The population composition of the new special city was 680,000 Manchurians, 153,000 Japanese, and 30,000 Peninsulars out of a total of 860,000, with an absolute majority of Manchurians.

However, thanks to the leaflets they were throwing into the air every day, public sentiment had already turned, and even the damn Manchurian army was ready to point their guns at them if they had the chance.

In the first place, this happened because the origin of the Manchurian army was Zhang Xueliang’s Fengcheon warlord.

This is a situation where prison chains cannot even be dreamed of.

In the end, there is only one choice left.

“Huh! “In the end, the shame is mine.”

“Your Excellency Commander! “Hehehe!”

“Stop it. Haven’t I done enough? However, we are not in a position to comfortably imprison him. Chief of Staff!”

“under!”

“I’ll hang the white flag.”

At 13:00 sharp on March 24, 1945.

The Kwantung Army surrendered.