Great time travel

Chapter 34, East Asia War Cloud Rising

At present, with the support of the United States and the Soviet Union, Kim Il-sung's Provisional Soviet Government of Korea and Kim Koo's Provisional Government of the Republic of Korea are fiercely competing for territory on the Korean Peninsula.On the surface, the Provisional Soviet Government of Korea, which received the support of both the Soviet Union and China, and the cooperation of the Japanese colonial authorities, should have an absolute upper hand in this competition.But the problem is that the officers and soldiers of the Soviet regime in North Korea, that is, under Commander Kim Il Sung, are basically all Korean soldiers belonging to the Soviet army and the Anti-Japanese Allied Forces in Northeast China.Many of them hold Soviet nationality or were born and raised in China, and quite a few of them can't even speak Korean.

Of course, this is not the most critical issue. The most troublesome thing is that when the Japanese Empire suddenly collapsed, all these soldiers and cadres were outside North Korea, and there were only some underground revolutionary organizations in the country.Just how to transport troops and manpower back to the country in the cold winter of ice and snow is enough to make people scratch their heads.As for how to establish a local political power and suppress all kinds of corruption, no one is sure how to do it well.

On the contrary, the provisional government of the Republic of Korea under Kim Koo and Rhee Syngman, although they are also foreigners who have been in exile all year round, probably don't even know how to get around Seoul.But in the final analysis, this group of people is just a sign used to whitewash the facade and fool the Americans into seeking foreign aid.At present, the real power in Seoul is the officer corps headed by Park Chung-hee, and all of them are from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy and Manchuria Military Academy.

This means that the South Korean White Army is a remnant of the Japanese occupation period that has been entrenched in the mainland, while the North Korean Red Army is the "returning regiment" that left North Korea at the same time and now returns home. Relatively speaking, it is not as good as the White Army So grounded.

Although the Japanese troops stationed in North Korea retreated southward, the Governor's Office had ordered that the North Korean puppet troops be collectively disarmed and dismissed.But in that chaotic situation, many puppet troops still refused to disarm, and the Japanese army, who was eager to return home at that time, obviously had no time to suppress the disobedience of these North Korean puppet troops.After the U.S. Army organized the Incheon landing, even those puppet troops who were disarmed received a large number of American guns and ammunition, which led to the rapid expansion of the White Army's power.

The mere fact that Seoul, the capital, was occupied by terrorists had already dealt a blow to the Provisional Soviet Government of North Korea.You know, the current Seoul has a population of 180 million, while the entire population of North Korea is only 3000 million.Not to mention the great political significance of Seoul as the old capital of the Joseon Kingdom.However, before Comrade Kim Il Sung came up with a proper way to recapture Seoul, Park Chung Hee, Rhee Seungman and Kim Goo's gang of damned Communist class enemies, even the other two of the "three capitals of North Korea" , that is, Pyongyang and Kaesong, do not want the Red Army to continue to occupy it.

——Just three days after the U.S. Army landed in Incheon, the former North Korean puppet military police, who had been reassured, launched a riot and overthrew the Kaesong Soviet government that had just been established less than a month ago. Two hundred North Korean Red Army and work team cadres stationed in Kaesong All sacrifices.

At the same time, in Pyongyang farther north, a Communist rebellion initiated by former puppet soldiers and country gentry and landowners also broke out.However, the Red Army already stationed in Pyongyang was stronger, and after a fierce battle, the rebellion was successfully suppressed, and the last few remnants of the enemy were also expelled from the city.

However, the Park Chung-hee officer corps, who refused to give up, once again launched a counterattack from Seoul, organized more than 3000 troops to arrive at the outskirts of Pyongyang by train, and continued to fight fiercely with the Red Army defending the city since last week.Due to the fact that there are very few front-line troops on both sides and supplies are very difficult, coupled with heavy snowfall and bad weather, this battle has been fought intermittently, but Kim Il-sung still did not dare to take it lightly: North Korea’s three capitals have now lost two However, if Pyongyang is lost again, it will be an extremely heavy blow to the new North Korean red regime and the leader of the country.

However, it is not easy to increase troops from Wonsan to Pyongyang.From the map, on the coast of the Sea of ​​Japan on the east side of the Korean Peninsula, towering and steep mountains almost plunge into the sea, and there are not many plains for reclamation. The wealth, population and large cities of the entire country are concentrated on the relatively flat west coast and the most southern region.If you want to cross these high mountains, apart from the Jingyuan Railway that has been cut off by the Bai Army, there are only a few narrow roads paved with mud and gravel.These roads meander through the mountainous areas, and many road sections allow only one car to pass, and there are abrupt rocks on one side and steep abyss on the other. mountain road to transport.

What's more terrible is that although in order to avoid direct conflict with the Soviet army, the U.S. naval aviation of the Halsey fleet did not dare to directly bomb Wonsan Port and Xingnan Port where the Soviet Red Flag Pacific Fleet was stationed.However, as for the roads and railways starting from these two ports and extending to the west of North Korea, they are constantly bombarded indiscriminately, trying to block the reinforcements from the red camp on the east coast, so that the reactionary regime can gradually occupy North Korea. the elite area.

Due to the accurate information provided by former colonial government officials from Seoul, the US military's air strikes and engagements on the Korean peninsula appear to be quite methodical, and they can always hit the deadliest traffic nodes.For example, the Shuimen Bridge of the Changjin Lake Reservoir is located on the only way to cross the Gaima Plateau from Xingnan Port.The water from the water diversion culvert at the bottom of the Changjin Lake Reservoir flows into four huge pipelines, which extend to a hydroelectric power station at the foot of the mountain on a steep slope.Where the pipeline and the road intersect, there is a suspended single-lane bridge on the pipeline.From a distance, the bridge seems to be hanging on the cliff, and there is an abyss under the bridge, and there is no detour around it.Once there is no Shuimen Bridge, passing vehicles will have no way around, only to be blocked here.

In order to destroy this important bridge, U.S. planes organized six major bombings, and finally broke through the ground anti-aircraft firepower of the North Korean Red Army and completely destroyed the bridge.In this way, in the matter of reinforcements to the western battlefield, Xingnan Port was half abandoned.And as the Beijing-Yuan Railway was severely damaged by the terrorists, it was difficult for the reinforcements assembled in Wonsan Port to leave for a while.Although there are still many roads from the east coast across the mountains to the west, there are not many roads that can run a car in the snowy winter.At present, the temperature in the mountains is as low as minus [-] degrees. It is a disastrous task that can collapse morale for soldiers to carry heavy ammunition and trekking on knee-high valleys and hills.

Therefore, within a short period of time in the foreseeable future, the situation in the western part of the Korean Peninsula will further deteriorate...

However, even so, Comrade Kim Il Sung was not very depressed about the future prospects, let alone despair.

It is true that those North Korean communists who jumped the wall in a hurry and refused to accept the people's and justice's sanctions have indeed attracted a strong foreign aid and temporarily reversed the revolutionary situation at the moment.However, the Soviet Red Army can stay in Wonsan all the time, and the Chinese friendly forces will definitely stay on the other side of the Yalu River, but it is impossible for the US Halsey fleet to stay on the coast of the Korean Peninsula for a long time.Even with the terrible national power of the United States, it is impossible to maintain such a long and dangerous supply line for a long time, not to mention the huge Japanese combined fleet, which is always threatening Halsey's retreat.

Don't look at the gang of rioters in Seoul, who seem to be having a good time right now, as long as the Halsey fleet is gone, the air and sea control of the Korean battlefield will all change hands.At most, wait until the weather gets warmer and the snow-clogged roads resume unimpeded. The death of these white bandits is coming.

Prior to this, even if Pyongyang temporarily fell, it was only temporarily stored in the hands of the enemy for a while.As long as the American fleet is gone, the lost city can be regained immediately, at best it will only deal a blow to the prestige of the Soviet regime.

But what does it matter?As a veteran guerrilla, he doesn't have a glass heart that has never been defeated.

—— Comrade Kim Il Sung said that he was very open about the short-term loss of a city and a place.

However, due to the shackles of old ideas, he obviously seriously underestimated the destructive ability and killing efficiency of modern warfare.

The only thing that can prevent this kind of bloody massacre from unfolding on a large scale is the ideological, moral and humanitarian concepts that keep improving with the times.

But unfortunately, in order to win this world war, today's U.S. military has been competing with the Japanese army to push the lower limit. Not long ago, it just discarded the last trace of morality and broke the last thread of morality and reason. Xian, completely turned into a group of beasts who only know how to slaughter.

What's even more unfortunate is that in the hands of this group of human-skinned beasts, they are manipulating all kinds of the most advanced killing weapons in the world.

So, not long after, Comrade Kim Il Sung was caught off guard and received a shocking sad news.

"...Pyongyang is over! The U.S. Air Force dropped a nerve gas bomb on Pyongyang! The comrades over there have no time to organize an evacuation!"

——Speaking of which, this is actually a modern reenactment of the ancient policy of "reducing the enemy" against the enemy.

Even if the overall strategic situation is unfavorable, even if the large fleet does not stay in the Korean battlefield for long, as long as you try to kill off the population on your side, especially the educated population, and fundamentally weaken your potential strength, all problems will be solved. It won't be a problem anymore...

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West Coast of the Korean Peninsula, off the coast of Incheon Port

Under the gloomy and gloomy clouds, there is an undulating leaden gray sea surface, and countless steel ships covering the sea surface.

These ships flying the Stars and Stripes were basically anchored at this time, slowly heaving and falling in the cold waves mixed with ice particles in the winter ocean.

Accompanied by a huge roar, bombers and reconnaissance planes of the U.S. Navy Air Force returned one after another after completing bombing and reconnaissance missions to the ground, and landed on the deck of the aircraft carrier one by one.Whether it is the pilot who jumped off the plane or the ground crew who swarmed up, the expression is very relaxed.

— Except for one reconnaissance plane that crashed due to mechanical failure, this mission has not even lost a single battle, which is comparable to an air excursion.

"...What a boring battle... No, it's not even a battle at all, it's just pure killing."

Standing on the bridge of the USS Enterprise, looking at the naval aviation pilots on the deck who returned unscathed, Admiral Halsey pouted like this.

If it is said that although the previous battles in the Japanese Empire were not fierce enough or challenging, at least the opponents would resist, and Admiral Halsey would be excited.So now the expeditions in China and North Korea waters give Admiral Halsey nothing but boredom.

——As a responsible big country, the Soviets don't dare to tear themselves apart with the United States of America in the Far East for the time being.The Pentagon also has a clear order that Halsey is not allowed to provoke the Soviet army.As for the North Korean Bolsheviks who were bombed, they didn't have a decent navy and air force at all. Apart from using a pitiful number of anti-aircraft guns to symbolically hit the plane, they basically couldn't come up with any means that could really threaten the Halsey fleet.

The only thing that could pose a slight threat to the Halsey fleet were the occasional Japanese submarines that haunted the vicinity.However, in the hands of Admiral Halsey today, there are enough destroyers and seaplanes to form an anti-submarine patrol network, and a few submarines are not really a deadly problem.

Therefore, in this cold and windy winter, Admiral Halsey can leisurely let the fleet berth in the waters near the North Korean capital Seoul, and calmly command the naval air force with more than 1000 aircraft to attack in turn, blooming in all directions, will North Korea, controlled by the red elements, was blown into ruins.

Especially in order to eliminate the industrial and commercial potential and high-quality human resources of the North Korean red regime, when Halsey planned the bombing of Pyongyang, he not only used a large number of incendiary bombs, but also dropped more than 600 tons of sarin and tabun gas bombs , turned the most important industrial center in North Korea at that time into a city of death just like Tokyo after the nuclear explosion, and also provided DuPont with more arms orders-because the elimination of human beings is obviously far more important than the elimination of pests , DuPont has now completely stopped the production of pesticides, and has switched to producing various potent poisonous gases with all its strength.

Although it was easier to kill North Koreans with a plane than to kill Japanese, it was because the enemy was so weak that Admiral Halsey did not feel any sense of accomplishment at all.And all kinds of troubles that have nothing to do with the war made the grumpy Admiral Halsey even more impatient.

——Today, the interim government of the Republic of Korea, which is an ally of the United States, has been established in Seoul for more than half a month.But the top figures of this grassroots team, Kim Goo, Rhee Seung-man, and Park Chung-hee, no matter which one is a fuel-efficient lamp, began fierce party struggles before they had a firm foothold.

In view of the fact that Park Chung-hee's "rebel puppet army" is now still in charge of the ground battlefield to deal with the Bolsheviks in North Korea, Halsey had to follow his mind to a certain extent, but this obviously aroused the dissatisfaction of several other South Korean bigwigs.In particular, the killer leader Jin Jiu, because of his seniority, seems to really regard himself as a personage, and actually denounced the "atrocities" of the US military's poison gas in Pyongyang at public meetings, newspapers and radio stations...

What the hell, why don't you guys have the self-consciousness to be a dog?Killing a few more North Korean red heads is also a good thing for you!Didn't you see that I'm much more polite to you Koreans than to the Japanese, and I haven't even dropped the atomic bomb?

Admiral Halsey muttered, looking back at Incheon Port, which was gradually shrouded in twilight.It is now the twelfth lunar month of winter, and it gets dark earlier, but the port and the urban area are still in darkness.Due to the turbulent situation, chaotic fighting and indiscriminate bombing by the US military, and the fact that North Korea's hydroelectric power stations are basically concentrated in the northern region where the Bolsheviks are powerful, the power grid around Seoul has completely collapsed.Even the port of Incheon, which was not directly ravaged by the war, has long been without electricity, water, and gas. It must be very difficult for North Korean citizens this winter.

But Admiral Halsey is not a philanthropist, and he has no intention of sympathizing with those North Koreans who are about to freeze to death or starve to death.

Why isn't there an opponent who can really get people excited?I really want to fight a vigorous, real sea battle!

Thinking of this, Admiral Halsey couldn't help complaining in his heart: The United States has already destroyed the Japanese archipelago like this. Why didn't the combined Japanese navy fleet that once let the US Pacific Fleet almost bleed dry? How about going north to fight to the death with yourself?
After conquering half of Japan, repeating the achievements of General Perry in the last century, and stepping on the capital of the Japanese Empire once again, Halsey is now more and more hopeful that he will be able to pass a magnificent sea battle. These hateful and tenacious old enemies were all sent to the bottom of the sea, in order to wash away the shame since the attack on Pearl Harbor, and to satisfy their desire to avenge their colleagues and comrades-in-arms.

However, Admiral Halsey was immediately dumbfounded when the information about the Japanese Navy's joint fleet going north was actually sent to him.

"...A large number of Japanese naval ships and transport ships have appeared in the waters of Okinawa and Hainan Island one after another, and there seems to be signs of going north...Among them, it has been confirmed that four Yamato-class battleships have appeared in the waters of Sanya Port in the south of Hainan Island...Damn it! This This information came at an inopportune time!"

——Although looking forward to a strong enemy and looking forward to another confrontation with the Japanese Combined Fleet, Halsey is also very clear that his fleet is currently in poor condition: since it lifted anchor and left the temporary base in the Aleutian Islands, sailing Since heading to the East Asian waters, the American expeditionary fleet has gone through almost half a year of long voyages, as well as repeated fierce battles with various enemies, and has long been dragged into a tired army.

Although war is a thing, it will be addictive when it is won.Inspired by repeated battles and victories, the morale of the officers and men of the entire fleet is still high, but the strength of the spirit is hard to beat the consumption of material after all.Right now, the fuel stock of the fleet is only one-third full, and the aerial bombs of each aircraft carrier are almost exhausted, and the hull has not been maintained for more than half a year. It is estimated that the hull has long been covered with algae and shells. Molluscs.

In such a poor state of exhaustion from long-term battles and lack of fuel and ammunition, together with the elite Japanese navy united fleet determined to revenge, they will fight a vigorous and decisive battle in the home waters of the Japanese Empire, and the enemy fleet is likely to It will also be supported by a large number of shore-based air forces... With so many unfavorable conditions superimposed, even with the violent temper of "Bull" Halsey, I can't help but feel a little guilty.

Although he is eager to fight and looks forward to revenge, he does not want to repeat the mistakes of the Russian Second Pacific Fleet in the Battle of Tsushima 40 years ago.

Therefore, after weighing it up, Admiral Halsey finally chose to temporarily avoid the battle: "...There is no way, let those staff members formulate a sailing plan for safely withdrawing to Tokyo Bay as soon as possible! Wait until we After the supplies are rested, let's look for the bad luck of those Japanese devils!

What?What about the North Koreans on the shore?That's their own business!We have provided all the support that the United States can provide to them at present, if they are still not up to date, then we can only blame them for their own incompetence..."

——As everyone knows, after learning that the Halsey Fleet chose to avoid the battle, the Japanese United Fleet on the opposite side also breathed a sigh of relief...