Another part of my series. Actually the plot of whole Korean War is done, the only thing left is to actually make it to the end. P.s. Don't worry, US will be involved but not this time. P.p.s
CaptainStryker, just in case, it is not a must for you to create YOUR in-game alternate history according to my one. But, if you like, I can give you some advise with your AH.
Anyway, let's start.
Part 5: "The Inevitable"
The secret transfer of troops from North Korea to South has been planned to perform on 23rd of April. All the operations were to be made before 5th of May, so as to have more time for rebels to master new weapons. On the contrast, the weapons of North Korea were originally produced in USSR. So, without a doubt, they had an excellent quality and, what matter even more, quantity. North Korean army exceeded South Korean in all military aspects: personnel 200,000 vs 100,000; North had 6 time more tanks and aircrafts, 10 time more artillery pieces Before the start of transfering campaign Kim Il-Sung discussed it with Josef Stalin, who couldn't disagree with Kim's plan. The expansion of Communism in the world is the goal number 1 for Social block. The way how you do it doesn't matter at all, so Stalin provided North with an additional military aid: more than 100 tanks and aircrafts were transported to Pyongyang from Soviet Union on 25th of April. Almost a half of this aid was given to the South, or should we say South rebels? Korean reunification movement "Free Korea" is the official name of rebels. Soon it was to become Korean reunification party in new Korean Republic under Kim Gu's presidency. But that was only a dream and there still was a lot to do before it.
Due to obvious reasons it was impossible for "Free Korea" to transport this equipment to other regions in South Korea except regions bordering DPRK. Thus, it was decided to equipe only a half of Free Korea's army: Kaesong and Seoul corps were a great danger to the South Korean army, having about 40 tanks and 100 artillery pieces. In addition to these already greatly equipped corps (for rebels it was an unbelievably good one), it turned out that almost a quarter of population supports "Free Korea" movement, and about a quarter of this quarter is actually going to defend their ideas by force. Especially in Pusan, Inchon and Jeju ports: wages of workers here was incredibly low, judging by the amount of work they've been doing every day. 10-hour working day plus part-time job for next to nothing. Many of them couldn't even feed their families, so it was obvious that port workers in Pusan, Inchon and Jeju would uprise very first. Then, Seoul and Kaesong corps supported by North Korean equipment. South Korean army was greatly outnumbered by DPRK army, but their personnel was just about equal to "Free Korea" army. Basically all history of Korean army they had only one goal — defence against an enemy and wait for reinforcement to come. The ace in a pack of Korean army were American troops, landing in Korea to annihilate the enemy on their own, also providing a significant military aid to Korea. Not to mention general staff and personnel — veterans of World War 2, some even participated in World War 1. American Fleet and Air forces are also the greatest in the world. So to speak, it was a reason for Korean army not to care much about the army as the main goal is just to wait for Americans to come.
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- Maybe I should go there to fight myself?!, - Joseph Vissarionovich asked in a frenzy.
Today he was definitely not in a good mood, and Valentin Nikitin, his personal attache who worked in Korea, noticed this, as did all the other few "friends" of Stalin. Well, as a worker, rather, he just communicated with the border guards to find out the latest news from the front. Again, why suddenly from the "front"? Not from the front, but from the direct border between South Korea and the Republic of Korea. It's funny that both states were called the Republic of Korea and had the same flag. The only way to distinguish them was the territory and the capital. North South Korea had its capital in Seoul, and South South Korea had its capital in Busan. By the way, yes. By that time, the war was essentially not going on and looked like now, in 2021, the situation on the border of the North and South looks like-a strictly guarded border without direct clashes between border guards. It was about the same situation here, with one exception — both states were at war against each other.
May 10, 1948 is the independence Day of the Republic of Korea, or as it is called Korea-Seoul, to distinguish it from Korea-Busan. The rebels quickly seized power in the largest cities of Korea and by May 21 the situation at the front had stabilized — the civil war in South Korea ended with the defeat of the government forces and the loss of control over most of the country's territory, which the US troops did not help. At one point, it seemed that the government was only busy sending telegrams to Washington with requests to fight the uprising. The President of Korea, Lee Seung-man, sent 3 telegrams directly to the White House: two of them did not reach Truman, and the only one that reached him was ignored by the President. Harry only reluctantly told the secretary to send a telegram with instructions to send another telegram to Tokyo, the headquarters of American forces in Asia. The telegram from Tokyo spoke of the need to send a telegram to the US Department of Defense, where he was asked to send a telegram to Douglas MacArthur. Lee had been waiting for a reply from Douglas for 3 days when a telegram came from his secretary, saying that Douglas was on vacation in Hawaii and did not want to deal with the political affairs of "that remote place" anymore. Simultaneously with this telegram, a fresh map of the martial law in Korea came to Lee's desk: only the southeast of the peninsula was under the control of government troops. Lee Seung-man, who looked at both documents at the same time, faced a dilemma: to send another telegram to New York, the UN headquarters, risking losing all of Korea if he refused; or to arm his own troops to defend the country. This thought struck Lee's head like a thunderbolt — after all, he had an army and a full-fledged armed forces, and all this time he was doing something he didn't understand. As a result, Lee ordered to start active military operations on the territory of Korea. However, by that time, almost all of Korea was in the power of the rebels and the only hope of the government forces was the Busan perimeter — the river and the forest surrounding Busan could become excellent line of defence. Lee also ordered the troops to abandon their positions and retreat to the new "Lee Seung Man Line", a series of fortifications along the Naktangan River. To begin with, it was necessary to build this line with the help of government forces and free labor from Busan, Daegu and Ulsan, which were under the control of the government. Limited forces could cope with a small perimeter, besides, they were helped by natural protection in the form of a river and a forest, where the tanks of the rebel troops could not pass.
However, the rebel forces have captured the entire territory of South Korea and have already begun a campaign to reconstruct the country. Kim Gu, the elected president of Korea, believed that it is the standard of living in the country that determines its development and was glad to see 100% support of the population in any issue concerning this idea of the new president. In all respects, the population supported his decisions and even collected separate labor funds, where on Saturdays and Sundays those who wished could do free work on the reconstruction of the country. Thousands of people came to these events who knew the vector of the country's development and wanted to start living in the country of the future as soon as possible.
In the end, the rebel troops went on the defensive along the line of Lee Seung Man, which confused the government troops, who had not expected such a development of events. They even discussed the idea of intercepting the initiative at the front and attacking, but the general staff understood that an offensive against a well-equipped army of the rebels would turn into a failure and rejected this idea. In addition, rebellions constantly broke out in cities subject to the government, suppressed by the forces of the government. The rebel forces, in turn, went on the defensive to restore strength and the country before completely expelling Lee Seung Man's troops from the country. With the stagnation at the front, Lee Seung-man decided to send a telegram to New York and ask for military assistance from the UN.
"On behalf of the UN, we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience, but the UN cannot provide you with military assistance due to the lack of countries interested in this campaign. We wish you all the best"
This was the official UN response, which fit on two lines of printed text. Indeed, at that time the UN did not have its own military forces and could launch a campaign only with the consent of the countries concerned, but there were no such countries. Even the United States and Harry Truman were not interested in this initiative, let alone European countries. The only country outside of Korea that was interested was the USSR, which was extremely interested in expanding the Communist Bloc.
While the matter of sending American troops to Korea was extremely slow and met with negative reviews from high-ranking officials of the country, including President Harry Truman, who until the last did not understand why the army should send troops to a war that would not help the United States in any way; the USSR was hatching plans to unite Korea under the communist flag. Stalin positively perceived Kim Il Sung's decision to disrupt the 1948 elections in Korea and even, as we remember, sent troops to the North. He, like Kim, immediately understood the latter's plan — the establishment of an unstable situation in the south and the presidency of a weak ruler, who also did not receive support from the United States. However, Kim Gu, in turn, received support from the people, and such a ruler a priori could not be weak.
The rapid development of the new state of Korea-Seoul alerted Stalin. He understood that he could not delay, because soon Korea-Seoul could become a real superpower. However, Stalin also understood that the outbreak of war would provoke an immediate reaction from the United States and the world community.
- Comrade Stalin, let me ask you something. How are you going to solve the problem of Korea-Seoul?
- I do not know. Stalin spoke quickly. He really wanted to get rid of Kim Gu and all of his Korea, but he could not come up with a plan of action.
— Some of your comrades, Comrade Stalin, advocated the introduction of North Korean and Soviet troops into Korea-Seoul. A war on two fronts can weaken this country.
— Who do these comrades take me for?! I understand perfectly well that there is such a possibility. But... I have long thought that the entry of Soviet troops should be strictly prohibited. I don't want the United States and us to get involved in the conflict. They have nuclear weapons, and in large quantities. We don't have such a priority. As I understand it, our developments are coming to completion and will be ready soon, but what does one bomb against a hundred in the United States mean? That won't do...
/ a short silence/
— And then what is our priority, Comrade Stalin?
— In what, in what, in everything! In technology, in airplanes, in soldiers. This applies to both us and the DPRK. However, if the United States starts bombing Soviet cities with its atomic bombs, do you think I will defend myself from them with tanks?!
— By no means, comrade Stalin!
— That's what I'm talking about.
/another silence/
- This war with the United States... quite a strange thing, don't you agree? Stalin asked the perplexed Nikitin — After all, it seems that we are at war, but it seems that we are not. This Kim Il Sung, too... after all, we are, in fact, fighting with his hands... And you know what, Comrade Nikitin. Send a telegram to Pyongyang so that we can meet with him... I want to discuss an idea with him.
- May I ask, Comrade Stalin, which one?
— I don't allow you to aak any questions about it. / a heavy cough, Stalin was seriously ill then/. Here's what, Comrade Nikitin: go to Pyongyang to meet with Comrade Kim. Here's a notebook for you. In it, I wrote down several main theses, on them you will build my desire.
- /after flipping through a couple of sheets / Comrade Stalin... Do you want to start a war?
- Don't you understand, Comrade Nikitin?! I wrote to you there in black and white what and how to do it. Of course, I will not hide this from my attache!
- I understand you, Comrade Stalin!
— You leave by the first available train. Make an appointment as early as possible. Do you hear me? As soon as possible! I don't want this operation to be delayed.
- I understand you, Comrade Stalin! The meeting with Comrade Kim will be held and the victory over the enemy forces will be won immediately, Comrade Stalin!
- Go. And remember! I don't want any misunderstandings between me and comrade Kim appear!
The Soviet attache in Korea, Valentin Nikitin, went to Pyongyang to meet with Kim Il Sung instead of Stalin. By that time, Joseph Vissarionovich was very ill and almost did not leave his office, which was why he was so irritable. But also constant thoughts about political affairs, sitting in his office, gave rise to a new idea in him — a new war between the USSR and the United States is not the war that the leaders of both countries are used to. It was something else, because there were no direct military clashes, and the leaders of the countries, on the contrary, are trying to avoid such a development of events. The invention of nuclear weapons turned the new "Cold War" into a constant attempt to gain influence without the help of military forces. Such a phenomenon was happening now in Korea, so he wrote ten times in his notebook to his attache that it was strictly forbidden to bring Soviet troops into Korea, but also stressed that he allowed the use of Soviet air forces in Korea (which could not be distinguished from North Korean ones) and win this war at any cost, even if it was necessary to use nuclear weapons. The point about nuclear weapons was unusual, because Stalin himself said that the USSR should win the war, pretending that they did not do it. However, Stalin did not abandon it. On the contrary, he really liked this idea. After all, if a nuclear bomb falls on Busan, it would be clear to the United States that the Russians did it, but they would face the question — how many warheads do they have? This question would drive them to a dead end, because they could not even roughly say it. It is known that the very fact of the presence of nuclear weapons in the USSR was discovered by chance — a US meteorological plane flying over Chukotka took air samples there and in the final report they noticed that there is plutonium, which is an artificial element and is released into the air only during a nuclear explosion. The Russians had only one bomb aimed at Busan, but it was more a weapon of intimidation than an attack.
All this was said to Kim Il Sung at a meeting in Pyongyang on June 10, 1948.
- Comrade Nikitin, / a crazy smile ran across his face/, this is absolutely exactly what I wanted to tell you. Only at the meeting a little later... Your suggestion is ... um... You know, I read Stalin's article about the new war between the USSR and the United States, and I really liked it — not so much the content, but the fact that such a war... it ... I caught myself thinking that the" Cold War " will either help in the development of the third world countries, or destroy the first and second worlds, creating space for the development of the third, if I may say so...
— And what do you decide, Comrade Kim?
- There will be a war, Comrade Nikitin. This war will not be for resources, not for territory, not for collecting tribute from the enslaved, not even for banal influence in the region. This war will go on for the sake of Korea — for the sake of Korea, we will destroy Korea, no matter how strange it may sound. For the sake of the people in Korea, for the sake of a peaceful sky over the heads of some Koreans, we will destroy this sky over others. It's weird, but... there's no other way out, is there? You see, Comrade Nikitin... um... I haven't told anyone this, and I hope you'll keep it between us?
— / stammering/ Yes, yes. That's right, Comrade Kim.
- Calm down, Comrade Nikitin. The secret is that the enemy in the person of Kim Gu in Korea-Seoul was not created by the people, not even by Kim Gu himself... / quietly/ It was us... We created this monster. We wanted to do anything for Korea, we dreamed of a new Korea living under the communist flag... In short, we have provided them with weapons: tanks, planes, guns. It's a common thing, isn't it? But old Man Li was too stupid to resist the popular uprising — when the army was mobilized, the whole country was already under the control of the rebel forces. The battles along the Naktangan River are still going on without any visible progress on both sides. Although how is it without progress? Kim Gu is developing the country by leaps and bounds — soon his government, supported by the people, will be recognized by the UN. But for this to happen, the stalemate along the Lee Seung-man line, which is already falling apart, must be broken, which is very likely. This can happen at any second and then they will rush into the open arms of the UN — we will suffer first of all. Assistance from the developed countries of the world plus support from the people... And it will become unclear whether the North or the South is leading in this war? We need to destroy this Kim Gu while his project is in the embryo stage. I hope you understand this, Comrade Nikitin?
-... I understand, Comrade Kim. As I have already said, our air forces can help North Korea in the battle with the enemy. If you wish, we can also use nuclear weapons, as I have already said.
- I remember it well, Comrade Nikitin. But, as I have already said, I do not want this terrible weapon to be used on the land of my ancestors, on the land of your ancestors, Mr. Nikitin (he came from a family of Korean peasants who lived on the border with the Russian Empire, which is why he spoke both Korean and Russian so well). We are working to achieve our goals, not the goals of the Soviet Union, and our cooperation is based on the coincided goal — the destruction of Korea, according to Stalin, and the unification of Korea, in our opinion. That's why he wants to bomb this peninsula. I'm sorry, but we do not intend to destroy the city in order to appear strong in the face of a country located a thousand kilometers away from here. The new Korean War is a purely peaceful conflict, our goal is to unite the peninsula under our flag, develop and restore the country, and not vice versa.
- I understand you, Comrade Kim. Will you start a war?
- For the sake of Korea, I will do anything, Comrade Nikitin.
, I did every mission and their hard mode except for Operation Highjump, and I'm still 1/4 the way with HQ level 49. 
