Republic of Korea in Yeokcheon - Chapter 8



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#8. Let’s go together.

“Commander?”

“ah! I’m sorry. “I thought of something else for a moment.”

Lee Kang-cheol shook his head to clear his thoughts.

He seemed to think for a moment and then opened his mouth.

“There are many reasons why we need transport aircraft. Of course, there is another reason why I am making a special request, but it would be a bit awkward to say it here.”

It’s impossible to reveal everything you know in front of people you’re not sure will go with you.

“Anyway, it is a very important matter. “Please, even if it’s difficult.”

“Huyu! This is true! Then, please tell us at least the required performance. “There are many different types of transport.”

“First of all, we need to be able to avoid Japanese fighter planes. And I want the range to be as long as possible. “It will be more than 5,000 km one way.”

“In that case, you will first have to fly at high altitude and high speed.”

“Is it okay to fly at high altitudes?”

“In the catalog, things like Zerosen on the sea and Hayabusa on land were shown to be able to fly at altitudes of over 30,000 feet, but that wasn’t the case in reality. Later, according to the B-29 bomber crew, Zerosen was chasing them hard and then fell over. Basically, they were not fighter jets capable of functioning at high altitudes. Of course, high-performance fighter jets like Hayate appeared at the end of the war, but it was already too late. It wasn’t a situation to properly build a fighter plane, and the quality was terrible. We couldn’t even make a few units. The explanation was long, but in any case, it is safe as long as it operates at a high altitude of 500 km/h or more, similar to a modern transport aircraft.”

“That’s a good thing.”

“And you’re not going to bomb mainland Japan with a transport plane, are you?”

“I’m not that crazy.”

“Hum hum, then it’s safer. If flying at high speeds and altitudes at night, no Japanese fighter plane could realistically intercept it. “Because you won’t be able to find it.”

“Then the problem is the transport plane.”

“Yes, that’s right. The C-130 Hercules is too large, and the CN-235 has a slow cruising speed and too short range to meet the requirements.”

This was the problem.

There is no transport to take it.

“Is there anything urgent? If that doesn’t work out, even a business jet…”

“It’s better to give up your business jet. Basically, private jets are not suited to operate in that era. This is a world where most runways are not properly paved. Hmm, how many do you need?”

“At least one, but it would be nice to have at least two in reserve.”

“Then the C-27 J Spartan is perfect, but we don’t have it…”

“C-27?”

“Yes, it is a transport aircraft made by Italy’s Alenia Aermacchi, and it is slightly higher in weight than the CN-235. “The speed and range also meet the commander’s request.”

“Can I get it urgently?”

“I think it’s possible. “Australia recently introduced 10 units, but to put it bluntly, since we are an ally, we can purchase two or three units.”

“Then please.”

“All right. We also recommend bringing a light aircraft for communication purposes. “Single-engine aircraft are a bit out of the question, but I’ll pack a few twin-engine light aircraft.”

“Thank you.”

Next was the Navy.

“The Navy…”

“…”

“…”

It’s a bit confusing.

No matter what you do, you can’t take the trap.

“Hey, this is Captain Kim Jong-woo of the Navy.”

“I’m just asking you outright, what should I do?”

“There is no other way than preparing for the next few years.”

“How many years from now?”

“Later, if we are connected to the United States, we will provide destroyers such as the Gearing class or the Allen M. Sumner class. “The idea is to prepare for that time.”

“ah! A leaky destroyer!”

“It was the newest destroyer at that time, right?”

“Oh, I’m sorry. “It reminds me of a time when a ship was retired after more than 50 years.”

“It’s 55 years.”

“…”

It was Colonel Kim who was secretly abrasive.

“Anyway, I’m only taking sensors like radar.”

“oh! “That’s nice.”

“Yes, there was radar back then, but it cannot be compared to modern radar. To put it bluntly, if we just attach an SPS-560K radar to our Wangchamsuri speedboat, it will become a useful ship.”

“good idea!”

“In addition, it would be good to bring some old Harpoon or Haeseong anti-ship missiles. Same thing with torpedoes. She’s just a decent ship by modern standards, so she really wouldn’t have been the envy of a battleship at the time. ”

“Then who is the commander or crew member who will operate the ship?”

“You don’t have to worry about that. Recruitment will be much easier compared to other teams.”

“yes? why?”

“It’s a shame, but compared to other counties, there are more people whose families are broken.”

“hmm?”

“Ha, once you go out on a boat, you stay for two or three weeks and then crawl back home. Will you have a family left?”

“ah! “Like that…”

“I don’t know if you give me a lot of money. The trap is actually a 24-hour work system, but when the pay was raised, everyone was fired. So, when non-commissioned officers or young officers become useful, they are all discharged and go to the Coast Guard. They pay a lot of money there and the environment inside the trap is much better. “Have you ever heard that the Navy is a Coast Guard training center?”

He was a person who had accumulated a lot of things.

Lee Kang-cheol asked Colonel Kim, who seemed very dissatisfied.

“I’m sorry, but maybe Colonel Kim?”

“Ha, I got it stamped three years ago.”

“Oh my!”

“It’s a shame…”

“The Army and Air Force were fairies, fairies…”

Everyone clicked their tongues in regret.

“Colonel Kim, have you volunteered for the expeditionary force?”

“Not yet. I’m thinking about it.

“Fuyu, let’s just go together.”

“yes···.”

The Navy ended briefly and the first meeting came to an end.

And dinner.

“Kya!”

“Kya!”

Colonel Lee Kang-cheol was drinking soju with Go Seok-man in a quiet daepot restaurant after a long time.

“Hey, you can’t even drink soju if you go there?”

“That’s right. “If you take it, it won’t take long for it to run out.”

“That’s right. It’s a shame…”

“older brother”

“why?”

“Then shall we get some alcohol and take it with us?”

“spirits?”

“I felt sad that I didn’t have to do that, so I looked into it. The soju we drink is diluted soju, which is made by adding water, sweeteners, and other additives to high-purity ethanol of more than 95% obtained through fermentation and continuous distillation of grains.”

“so?”

“So, since it would be burdensome to bring soju as a finished product, we decided to get the spirit from the soju company and take it back. “I also asked them to tell me how to dilute it.”

“Hoo? But will the soju company tell me?”

“Are we asking? “Should we ask the government to tell us?”

“Is that a good idea? Later, when our war is over and you get older, you can open a soju company, right?”

“Oh oh! My brother is the boss. “I will run the business while serving as the liquor manager.”

“Kkkkkk!”

“Hehehe!”

When we had already finished drinking a bottle of soju, Lee Kang-cheol asked.

“But how did you get Jesu’s permission? “It couldn’t have been easy, right?”

“It wasn’t easy. “I couldn’t go into detail.”

“I know yeah···.”

“I just asked. “The country is calling me for a very important task, a mission from which I will never return.”

“so?”

“Oh, then he started crying. “I guess he thought it was a mission to die for, never to return.”

“I guess you could hear it like that?”

“That’s right. So I said it wasn’t a mission that would kill me, but due to my nature, I couldn’t come back again. However, I said that I would go if you went with me, or I would refuse. So, from then on, I’ll be asking questions. Ha, I can’t really go into detail, but I thought you were crazy.”

“Kkkkkk!”

“He asked what he would do when he got there, and he said he could do the same thing: work as a judge. Then, I called the court and worried about it all day without going to work. And when midnight approached and I gave up, I only asked two questions.”

“What?”

“I asked whether I was doing important work there and whether we could live happily together there. So, when I told him that it was my job to assist my older brother, and that it would be a little uncomfortable at first, but that I would be able to live a more rewarding life, he immediately agreed to go.”

“Hey? “What’s so easy?”

“Not only was it not easy, but my wife also seemed to hate me being fired from the military and spending my time feeling despondent. “I said I would go anywhere if I could find something worthwhile to do.”

“Huh! A fairy! Fairy! You really have to carry Jesu for the rest of your life. No, I don’t know what Jesu lacks in marrying a guy like you? We’re ten years older than each other, but at the time, I was a lieutenant colonel who didn’t have anything. “She’s from a good family, pretty, and even a judge?”

“Hey, what are you doing in front of people like that? Well, that’s true. Hehehe!”

“Hey! You bastard! Hehehe!”

Lee Kang-cheol truly envied Go Seok-man.

No matter how many times I looked around, I had never seen a woman like Go Seok-man’s wife.

“By the way, do you know that I didn’t see Cheonmu today?”

“Yeah, it’s because of the GPS, right?”

“Yes, it is like other missiles, but the ammunition consumption for Cheonmu is too large to use only unguided missiles, so it is ambiguous. You need to bring only guided missiles to be able to strike with precision, but if you shoot using INS inertial navigation without GPS guidance, precision will be low. For guys like Hyunmoo, which have a large warhead weight, even without GPS, INS can be effective enough because the warhead weight is large.”

“I heard that the Aerospace Research Institute will report on measures in two days, so let’s wait for now.”

“But is that possible? I don’t know what kind of trick they’re using. “We can’t go there and launch a satellite right away.”

“Do you know me? Still, we’re not people who talk nonsense, so let’s look forward to it. Without GPS, most of the modern weapons we have will not perform as well as they should. “We’ll have to do something similar somehow.”

“Wow, when I try to take care of this and that, there are so many things I regret. This is a world where there is no proper communication infrastructure, let alone the Internet. In addition, power measures must be taken, medicines, medical equipment, health and hygiene, and even rice seeds must be taken care of… cadet! “I feel like my head is going to explode.”

“But there are good things, right?”

“What?”

“If you look at our history, how many things are regrettable? But imagine correcting those things one by one with our own hands. how is it? Isn’t it awesome? “I like this better than meeting women.”

“Hehehe! “If I hadn’t met my wife, I think I would have thought of him like an older brother.”

“Hehehe! ruler! Let’s have a last drink and get up. “I should go get a good night’s sleep and create new history, right?”

“yap!”

Two days later, several civilians were sitting in the conference room of the Expeditionary Force Headquarters at the Yongsan Ministry of National Defense building.

“Commander, we have found a GPS countermeasure.”

“oh! Is that true? “Is that going to happen?”

“Yes, it is. And to Tsukidashi… No, that’s not it. In any case, additional internet access is also available.”

“yes? Internet in 1943?”

“Nonsense!”

“no way?”

The expressions of the soldiers in the conference room were filled with astonishment.