World Conqueror 4: The Nuclear War Mod

Six. Yes, it's already a sixth part of series. Today, everything about Korea... Again. 

Chapter 6: "The Peninsula of adversity"

War is a strange thing. No one understood and will not understand why killing some people will help the lives of other people? Why is murder a crime in peacetime, but a feat in war? Why is the death of a person in peacetime a tragedy, and the death of thousands in war is just a statistic, as Stalin said.

Speaking of Stalin, no matter how much he considered himself the head of the entire Social Bloc, he was not the cause of the war in Korea, and his words were not an enlightment to the northerners either. North Korea, as a representative of the Communist Bloc, could not exist without a well-equipped army. And against the background of Kim Gu's army, this army seemed to be the best:

The DPRK Army against Kim Gu's Army:
Personnel: 175,000-54,000
Tanks: 150-30
Aircraft: 200-10

Very strange, isn't it? Although Korea-Seoul has seized power with the help of the army, its army seems insignificant compared to the army of the DPRK. Firstly, this is proof of the failure of the Korea-Busan's army, and secondly, it is simply proof of the development vector of Kim Gu — he was betting on the transformation of Korea-Seoul into a real power. As he said, with the help of the endless patriotism of the Korean people. And he hit the nail on the head, the main part of the budget was spent on the social sphere — schools, hospitals were built, specialists from abroad, mainly from Japan, were attracted. While the army seemed to have gone to the third or even fourth plan in Kim Gu's project — there was even a project for the complete abolition of the army by 1950, which seems revolutionary, but also infinitely naive, because Korea-Seoul on the one hand is threatened by the USSR, on the other by North Korea, on the other by Korea-Busan and the PRC.

Nevertheless, when the afternoon Sun declined to sunset on 25 June 1948, Korean villages and cross-border points shook a powerful artillery fire, which determined the beginning of the war in Korea. The offensive had a tremendous success and in the first three days Seoul, Cason, Onjin, Chuncheon and Cannon were taken. The North Koreans did not stop for a second — Kim Gu's Army actually did not exist by the time, and the resistance of the local was very insignificant. In the HQ of the North Korean Army they expecting the lightning victory and were very happy to hear such news from the front. However, numerous military crimes, including the plundering of settlements, could not remain unnoticed and Korea-Seoul sent a note to the UN to enter troops in Korea. The UN Security Council meeting did not appear to the USSR delegation, which facilitated the decision — the UN troops entering decision was made immediately by votes 8 against 1. But that one, were... USA. The voice of this country puts veto on the decision of the Council, which is why the UN has no right to enter troops in Korea. If you read this series carefully and traced the US motive in the Korean issue, you will understand why the US put a veto on the UN decision. If not, here is explanation: in Korea the US formally had only Korea-Pusan in allies, while Korea-Seoul had no allies at all, nevertheless, the government of Kim Gu, as you already understood, actively cooperated with other great powers, in reality not obeying anyone. The main goal of the UN — is to preserve pre-war borders that are not beneficial for the US, so in reality the UN would help botg Korea-Seoul and Korea-Pusan. But now it will not be due to the cancellation of the United Nations decision by the delegation of the United States.

The US ships landed their troops in Korea-Pusan in the ports of the Pusan and Phohan. The number of soldiers arrived was about 300,000 people and 100 tanks. Also, the advantage in the air and the sea was provided. Douglas McArthur was appointed as a commander.

At first, McArthur was not interested in the operation command, moreover — he initially refused command, but later he and Truman agreed that McArthur would command armies exclusively from Tokyo, thereby assigning him the title of the Supreme commander. Douglas reluctantly approved the proposal and the only work was to sign papers confirming the conduct of any operations. However, all of this was produced in writing, and in fact McArthur was still on vacation with his family in Missouri and was going to go to Tokyo in three days. Unfortunately, these three days were fatal — Truman thought that such a period would not affect the course of hostilities, but the Korean Army-Seoul had quickly broken through the Rhee Seung-man line, and the generals who were obliged to wait to approve the operation from McArthur, could not do so for a clear reason. Three days, and half the country is occupied by the enemy. The generals of the Korean-Pusan Army could not perform any operation and only retreated. However, soon arrived troops from the United States that stopped the march of Kim Gu's troops and built another line of defense on one of the tributaries of the Naktongan. Phohan and Tagu were captured by Kim Gu Army.

However, the retreat was carefully worked out because of what military casualties were insignificant on both sides. The population was rapidly evacuated. The same happened in Korea-Seoul, North Korea's attack without the declaration of war caught unawares the Army and almost all of it was forced to run to the South. The population in a hurry evacuated on ships and planes, but Kim Gu wished to stay in the country.

As a result, at the next meeting of the command of the South Korea's Army near Taejon the decision was made that the Army would no longer retreat — President has issued a decree on the operation "Tangun" or the Taejon offensive operation. Kim Gu wished to meet the soldiers on the military base in Taejon, where he made his famous speech

1:59 PM, 29 June 1948. Military base near Taejon

My dear soldiers! Commanders, colonels, in short, people who dared to sacrifice their lives on the way to glory of our great country! At this time, our country faced the biggest crisis in its short history. The continued growth of the economy, the quality of life and culture of the country was stopped by what we were so afraid of from the beginning — war. This war is nothing but barbaric actions of our neighbors, aimed at the peaceful people of the Republic of Korea, against the peaceful Sky above the head of each Korean and peace in East Asia. At this very difficult time, when life of each person is under threat, when life of the whole city and country is under threat of being annihilated with only one order of leader of some country... At this time, I am the elected President of the Republic of Korea to take the main responsibility to exile the forces of the enemy and return our beautiful Homeland to where we are used to live — in peace and harmony. I, Kim Gu, the President of the Republic of Korea, issued Decree No. 102 "On conducting the Daejeon offensive operation". This operation, which has been carefully worked out, tested and put into action, is aimed at the above — mentioned goals-the expulsion of the enemy and the liberation of the country. While the bulk of the North's fighters are rushing to Gwangju in the southwest, our troops will break through the defense line in the Daejeon Forest area. With the help of volunteers from the people and our brave soldiers, the army will march to Sosan, thereby encircling a large group of troops from the north, where they will be destroyed by a well-equipped army from Daegu. In the east of Korea, the defensive line along the Namgang River will not allow the forces of the North to encircle the Daejeon army during the operation. Thus, almost half of the invading army will be eliminated and troops with high morale will go on the offensive. The Daejeon offensive, or Operation codenamed "Tangun", will be carried out in the pre-dawn hours of June 30, 1948. The name of the operation "Tangun" is given in honor of the ancient god of Korean mythology, according to legend, who descended from heaven to establish a country here, which later became the great Goguryeo empire. Now, with every general and soldier there is a piece of the deity Tangun, who once opposed the warlike peoples of China and Mongolia to defend the honor and right to exist of this country. Now this task lies on the shoulders of each of us, on the shoulders of soldiers and all those who oppose the threat, because as long as we are united, we are invincible and will come out victorious in this war. Do it! For the sake of a peaceful sky over the land of your ancestors, for the sake of peace in the country where your children and grandchildren will live! And every one of the millions of Koreans will not forget your names, even after a thousand years! Glory to victory! Glory to the world!

Loud applause could be heard even outside the base. Although the numerical advantage in the operation was on the side of the North, on the side of Korea-Seoul had morale, which increased sharply after such a speech by the president. Moreover, speech and the war in general have gained popularity far beyond the borders of Korea.

The difficult fate of the true patriot Kim Gu was learned in France, Great Britain, and Japan. In the USSR, several films and theatrical productions were dedicated to the nominal enemy. The speech was also published in US newspapers, but only in political ones and was strongly shortened and redone, because of which it expressed absolutely nothing. The US government understood that the enemy in the person of Kim Gu should not receive support from the people, because this will directly affect the course of the war in Korea.

The silencing of the exploits of the " hero "(according to the Europeans) and the "incomprehensible" vetoing of the UN decision to send troops to Korea began the process of a split between the United States and France and the United Kingdom... //By the way, these lines are made to create a tougher denouement of the Suez crisis. Cool done, right?//

So what am I talking about? Oh, yes, in the wee hours of June 30, 1948, the Army of the Republic of Korea began to move. Two hours later, they reached the road connecting Gwangju and Seoul, which was one of the main goals of the operation. Now the North Korean army in Gwangju has lost supplies from the north, but they did not know this. On the road, the Army of the Republic of Korea left a battalion consisting of 30 people and 2 infantry fighting vehicles. The North Korean army was betting on a quick war, which is why the Korean Army practically did not meet defense. The only person they met during the hike was... Kim Gu. Yes, he went on this campaign late at night in order to create a surprise for the soldiers and accompany them to their destination.

"Mr. President, is that you?" the officer asked out of breath

— And who else! Hello, fellow soldiers! I decided to cheer you up a little in this difficult campaign. Take in the ranks?

- Of course! You can come with us. On the way, the Kangan River is on the way, and there is a military headquarters in Konju not far away! " one of the officers replied. The squad was obviously extremely surprised by this development of events.

— How much further to go?

- Yes, don't worry, Mr. President! A little, almost as much.

— Well, then I'll go with you!

- Mr. President, you will be...

- Yes, I know. But it's my duty! It is the duty of each of us to protect our homeland, especially now!

They made their way far beyond the road, over plains and small woods. The way to the Kangan River was not far, but most of the soldiers did not have a means of transportation. In the squad that Kim Gu wished to join, there were only 7 cars, not counting the two left near the road. All the detachments were supposed to meet near the Kangan River no later than noon. There it was also necessary to cross the river on a railway bridge, go further north-west to Konju. From the south and from the north, the city was to be surrounded and taken by two divisions.

However, everything went naturally not as it was intended. While the division, approaching the railway bridge over the Kangan River, with Kim Gu as a private, was going straight to the goal, bad news came to Konju from the northern front: the division, which was supposed to approach the city from the north through the small settlement of Chojiwon (which they considered abandoned by the northerners), was ambushed at the intersection of the automobile and railway roads near Taejon. The battle was not long and the enemy was broken, but the division's forces fell sharply — it was clearly visible that this was a planned action. The division commander, Park Hyun, ordered the southern division and its units to retreat for safety, believing that the northerners had guessed everything and it would be an extremely rash action to go to Konju now. Kim Gu abruptly refused to retreat to Taejon, insisting that the retreat would not lead to any changes in this war.

However, after the transmitted radio message about the complete exhaustion of the troops of the northern division and that an offensive in such conditions would be suicide, Kim Gu replied in another radio message briefly and clearly — " Victories are not obtained without victims."

It was ordered to advance at all costs. However, at Konju, the forces of the southern division were left alone against the enemy troops. The battle of Konju really turned out to be a suicide — 40,000 northern troops resisted 7000 southern troops. There was absolutely no chance of success. Even before reaching the city, the army was surrounded and, in fact, ceased to exist. As it turned out, the news about the exhaustion of soldiers after the ambush near Chojiwon turned out to be not much out of line with reality — the army's composition from 10,000 was reduced to 6000. 4000 people could not continue fighting and left the battlefield without, in fact, a battle. Another 3,000 people were lost in another collision. It was obvious that the army was completely lacking in skill and experience. For the vast majority of soldiers, these were the first battles in their lives and they certainly could not resist the skilled troops of the northerners, hardened by constant exercises. As a result, the northern division decided to retreat to its previous positions without the consent of the southern division. In the Battle of Konju, the northern troops did not lose a single soldier, while the southern division was destroyed and all the soldiers, including President Kim Gu, were transferred to the mercy of the Korean People's Army.

Kim Gu was kept in a simple, but spacious, prison cell. Kim Il Sung's plans were to detain the ruler of the Korean Republic in order to intimidate the US forces that landed in Korea. He wanted to conclude a treaty with Truman, according to which the North would leave Kim Gu alive, moreover, they wanted to make him the ruler of autonomy within communist Korea, which occupied the entire peninsula, and also transfer the Japanese islands under the control of the USSR, and Taiwan, Hong Kong and Macau under the control of the PRC. Naturally, such a treaty would not be beneficial to the United States, but if they refused, the North would still take the South with its army, besides Kim Gu, the stronghold of Korean patriotism and love of freedom, would be killed, which the northerners would accuse the Americans of and their authority in the world would fall sharply.

The North Korean government sent a telegram to the White House outlining the treaty. However, Harry Truman ignored the document, he believed that the American army in Korea would quickly cope with the enemy, and he took the news of the assassination of the Korean president as a given, without even trying to somehow resist it. After 3 days of a military trial on the territory of the DPRK, Kim Gu was sentenced to death under the article "Treason of ideology". Before the death penalty, Kim Gu was given the right to the last words, which he said as a memorized prayer:

I renounce everything I said at the trial in Pyongyang. I, Kim Gu, the founder and elected president of the Republic of Korea, have devoted my whole life to fighting for Korea, in the name of Korea, for a peaceful sky over the head of every Korean... I have never fought with Korea, as you may think. I have never had any reasons to do this, and it was only in the name of Korea that I cooperated with you... I was the ruler of the free state of Korea, whose sole goal was to preserve and implement the great idea of a united Korea. All my life and every one of the thousands of words I said during my life in this world was given for the sake of Korea... Not ideology! Not the army! Not authority! And nothing of all the superficial values of people who only call themselves Koreans. My sacred goal before the Lord, before the god of Korea, the great Tangun, has been fulfilled and will be holy always and everywhere; my conscience is as pure as rainwater. And like rainwater, it will remind every one of the three billion people living on Earth; every one of the ten million Koreans living in this country... No shooting, no hanging or drowning will ever overshadow the feat that I have accomplished, that Korea and its peoole have accomplished — this is just barbarism aimed at the physical extermination of the enemy, but memory cannot be drowned... It cannot be shot, it cannot be killed, it is impossible to make the people forget the heroes who gave them a peaceful sky over their heads and over heads of their children. Your actions will be forgotten, the barbarity of this country must and will be destroyed and justice will prevail. The truth is with me, the Masters are with me! My conscience is clear and I don't regret anything and I can't regret it... So why do you keeps standing there? Shoot right in the head!

Next update will be about Modern War. Which will be featuring the events of 2003 in Afghanistan, Chechnya, Iraq and more. 

Modern War 2003 (Still working in progress) - Caucasus countries

Added: 
- Republic of Georgia
- Republic of Armenia
- Republic of Azerbaijan
- Chechen Republic of Ishkeria 

Making a little experiment as I try to make my series a bit more fiction and not just a dull AH. Anyway, they are now REALLY big so I will divide them by parts.

Chapter 7: "On thin ice"

Part 1

5:43 AM, July 4, 1948. Moscow, USSR

The Soviet military attache to North Korea, Valentin Nikitin, who had just returned from Pyongyang, was on his way to the government building where Stalin received his people. Knocking down random pedestrians and apologizing on the way, sometimes in Russian, then, because of nervousness, in Korean; Valentin managed to get on the 37th bus leaving the stop. He was a stranger in the country, so on the way he was worried only about the conductor who gave him the wrong change instead of 9999 rubles 93 kopecks, 9999 rubles 95 kopecks. The journey was not long. Moscow was a big city, constantly developing and expanding: tall buildings, offices, hotels were being built, children were having fun on the streets, there were many passers-by smiling for no reason, because today was Sunday. But Valentine didn't have time to look at the scenery, he was constantly thinking about his own things — mainly about how he would deliver the news of Kim Gu's death. And not just death, but execution — he did not know how the leader would accept such news. On the one hand, he would be happy because now there is no opponent of the expansion of communism in Korea. However, on the other hand, he would be angry, because with the destruction of one country, another, more dangerous, the United States, will strengthen...

"Teatralnaya," the conductor said hurriedly. There was Red Square and the Moscow Kremlin, where Nikitin had to land. About to run across the road again and then towards the Kremlin, Valentin Nikitin stopped in shock, looking at the usually spacious Red Square — he saw that something was happening. Some kind of protest or even an uprising — hundreds of people gathered on the square in front of the Kremlin with posters shouting something. He also saw people in blue uniforms who stood in their way, preventing them from passing towards the Kremlin building. Soon the monotonous noise of the crowd turned into a one-voice exclamation: "Freedom to Korea! Freedom to Korea! Freedom to Korea!" These words struck him like a signal pistol at an Olympic race, and he jumped off his seat on the sidewalk and instinctively ran towards the Kremlin. He was almost hit by a car on a wide road, and one of the policemen turned around and was about to fire a warning pistol shot into the sky, but when he saw the insignia on Valentine, he returned to his post. Panting from running through Red Square, he stopped in front of a barrier and a woman who was letting people in and out of the Kremlin

— .. Sorry... — He panted, - Nikitin Valentine Khvanovich... I ask you to allow me to go to make a visit to Joseph Vissarionovich!, " Nikitin finally finished.

A short woman with a stony face, without moving a muscle, opened the barrier; the attache passed by, or rather ran past. Valentin Khvanovich ran up the stairs to the top 5 floors and two offices to the right. By the end of the journey, he changed his running to a step, afraid of knocking down another person, but already a diplomat or, God forbid, Stalin himself. Valentin stopped in front of the door and, not without fear, entered Stalin's office.

"Good evening, Comrade Stalin! I, Nikitin Valentin Khvanovich, have a visit to you!", the attache said mechanicaly

He found the Leader of the USSR reading a newspaper with a pipe in his hand. Joseph Vissarionovich did not answer the words, only looked at him from under his brows. The attache did not like this look, which foreshadowed a very tense conversation with the leader.

They stood opposite each other for about a minute, when the leader finally spoke in an unpleasant tone: "How much longer will we stand like this? Valentin Khvanovich, I don't have time for these games, say what you need and leave!"

"Joseph Vissarionovich... I... I have come to you with the news that Kim Gu, the President of the Republic of Korea, was shot under the article "Treason of ideology"! " the attache finally finished.

As if realizing that it was very difficult for Valentin to control himself and it would not be possible to talk to him normally, Stalin got up from his chair and turned away to look out the window. It seemed that he was watching the uprising or the actions of the police, but this window overlooked the parking lot and the purpose of this gesture was only to calm the attache.

"Comrade Nikitin, have you already seen what is happening now on Red Square?" he tried to say softly, although he never succeeded to do so.

- That's right, Comrade Stalin! It's happening on Red Square...Um, a protest!.. And what do you think about this, Comrade Stalin?

- I... V-Valentin Khvanovich... why the hell did you let them kill him?

— - I... I apologize, Comrade Stalin. I would not have thought that..., " Valentin did not finish as the leader interrupted him:

"No, Valentin Khvanovich. You knew and understood everything perfectly well! I myself know that you are an ethnic Korean, that you were born, damn it, in Korea! I entrusted you with carrying out this incredibly important operation because I was ill, because I simply could not go to Korea to meet with Comrade Kim!.. I hired you for this job because you seemed to me an expert on Korean culture and way of this nation's thinking! You know the Korean language and could have conveyed my idea to Comrade Kim! But you, damn it... Did you really misunderstand what I ordered you to do?", - Joseph Vissarionovich shouted in a rage

-N-no, Comrade S-Stalin! I ... I tried to understand everything that you ordered me to do ...

- It doesn't matter anymore, comrade Nikitin. You just betrayed me, betrayed the country, after all! These people are not on strike because of me, but because of you! You... I'll just have to disperse the demonstrations so that they don't turn into an uprising. But there will be casualties and these casualties are on your conscience, Valentin Khvanovich!.. Valentin Khvanovich, I am addressing it to you!

- What do you want me to ask, Comrade Stalin?

— I will order you to leave and never return to the Kremlin! You are waiting for a summons to the people's court. Valentin Khvanovich, give me your hands here. You are charged under the article "Treason to the Motherland"!

Finally, the conversation was over. Now Nikitin will have to report on the most serious article — "Treason to the Motherland". He had almost no doubt that he would be punished and, indeed, the very next day, on July 5, 1948, Nikitin Valentin Khvanovich was sentenced to death by firing squad under the article "Treason to the Motherland". The official reason was called "Inaction during the People's Court of the DPRK, which led to an unfair court decision to shoot Kim Gu." The trial was closed and rather confusing, because in fact, Nikitin's duties did not include actions during the trial, only negotiations with Kim Il Sung. However, he was still accused and shot. Here there was a paradox — Stalin was both beneficial to the death of Kim Gu (to seize Korea) and the pardon of Kim Gu (to disperse the demonstrations and create pressure on the United States, because he had heard about the Kim Il Sung treaty, about which Nikitin wrote to him. The one that is completely not profitable for the United States). One might think that it was more profitable for Stalin to let Kim Gu live, but he did not know and did not want to know about the North's opinion on this matter, and it, by the way, had a major role here, so Kim Gu died, which provoked popular demonstrations in the Soviet Union. The opinion of the North was decisive in this matter, and the USSR, in fact, did not influence the DPRK in any way, which infuriated Stalin. He was used to the fact that all the power not only in the Soviet Union, but in the entire Communist Bloc belongs to himself; and now, when he realized that Kim Il Sung dared to disobey his orders (which Nikitin misinterpreted, making them more lenient), he was twice as angry, because it was also the fault of Nikitin, whom he ordered to be shot.

Valentine was shot, and in his place Stalin put a young Josip Bagrashkivich, an ethnic Montenegrin, whose father arrived on Sakhalin during the Russian-Japanese War of 1904-1905 and stayed here to live. Josip Bagrashkivich was only 34 years old, but now Stalin has relieved the attache of most of his duties (because of which, by the way, his last attache died). Josip Bagrashkivich rose to the rank of senior lieutenant of the Air Force during the Second World War, so he was sent to Vladivostok to deal with the military affairs of Korea ...


3:21 AM, July 9, 1948, Vladivostok, USSR

"And the white nights of the Arctic are not so white!", - Josip said with a smile on his face.

"Even the lantern does not burn with a white light, haha.",-one of the soldiers, who was not sleeping at this late hour, replied. Most of them were tortured by the 15-day Moscow-Vladivostok train, but Bagrashkivich had to travel only two days on the Khabarovsk-Vladivostok route. The entire procedure for appointing a military attache was carried out in writing, since Josip, who lived in Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky, was too far from Moscow.

The train finally stopped at the Central Station of Vladivostok. The conductor passed through the cars, reporting this news and waking up the passengers who had fallen asleep. It was a military train. Recruits from all the regions of the Soviet Union came here, to Vladivostok, for new exercises in the zone of increased complexity of the landscape. Cold, taiga, bears. Besides, the way was not short, so the soldiers would have time to make friends with each other. But Josip didn't need friends, he was a military attache and he had an urgent order from Stalin to the commander of the local airfield...

When the recruits got off the train, climbed into a military truck and finally reached the base, the clock struck six in the morning. Bagrashkivich was in a great hurry: the order from Stalin was to deliver the news as soon as possible. The news was serious — Stalin, who was seriously worried, ordered to immediately drop an atomic bomb "Academician Kurchatov" with the equivalent of 22 kilotons of TNT on the only US military base near Busan. As Stalin already told Nikitin, he wanted to show the United States his strength in this way and intimidate the coward Truman with the unknown — he would not have known how many atomic bombs the USSR had. There could be 10 of them, or there could be 1000; so Harry would not risk starting a Nuclear war.
On the one hand, an absolutely crazy order, which was obviously issued, mainly because of the next round of Stalin's repressions and just very strange behavior peculiar to him. But, the new military attache, Josip Bagrashkivich, was a military man and was already used to following orders without hesitation...

The door opened. The office of Lieutenant-General Vladlen Yevgrafievich Nepozhilov was a very narrow room of an oblong shape, half of the area of which was occupied by the military commander's desk. To the left and right were giant cabinets that seemed to be able to hold at least all the books ever written by a human. Because of them, the room was even smaller, which seemed at least strange for the commander of the air force. The military commander himself fit very well into the overall picture of the room: he was short, and Vladlen Yevgrafievich himself was a small man in every sense: a small face, short hands; a quiet voice and a certain stiffness in his actions, not characteristic of any military man, that when he tried to speak in the usual military tone, the attache could hardly refrain from a short mockery.

- Good morning, Comrade Lieutenant-General! I, Josip Bagrashkivich, the USSR military attache to the DPRK, am visiting you! May I bring a message to you from the Generalissimo of the Soviet Union, Comrade Stalin?

- Of course, Comrade Bagrashkivich. Vladlen said reluctantly, not used to such early official visits.

- Comrade Stalin orders your military base to conduct a nuclear bombing of the US military base in Busan. The operation must be performed immediately.

Vladlen Yevgrafievich, however, showed no signs of surprise, only a slight tremor passed through his body.

- I understand you, Comrade Bagrashkivich. The operation will be activated. The RDS-1 "Akademik Kurchatov" bomb will be delivered immediately. If you wish... you can be present at the airfield to look at... performance of the operation.

"Very well, Comrade Lieutenant-General.

The Vladivostok Air Force base was the best in the Far East of the USSR: it was from here that Stalin entrusted the departure of a Tu-4 bomber with a nuclear bomb on board. The preparation procedure was ordinary: the sun rising over the base barely illuminated the runway, on which it was cold as usual. In the usual way, the workers loaded a bomb into the plane, in the usual way, the photographer took a general picture of the pilots (by order of Josip). There was a festive mood at the base that morning: in honor of the successfully completed operation, a banquet was even organized, to which the entire base was present except for the "lucky one" as he was called — junior lieutenant Pyotr Shchukin, who was entrusted to conduct the operation. For Peter, this was the 96th flight in his career as a pilot and he was in the prime of his powers, so the choice was not difficult, and the operation was given into the right hands.

At 7: 49 am, a bomber flying on the Vladivostok - Busan - Vladivostok route took off from the ground and soared into the pink sky from sunrise. The pilot of the plane, Pyotr Shchukin, was the only person on board, no one bothered him on the radio either. So it was a completely single flight of an experienced pilot.

At 7: 59 a.m., he finally saw land after 10 minutes of flying over the Sea of Japan. After another 3 minutes, small figures of American soldiers began to appear on the ground, walking in one direction; they became more and more until finally a square-shaped black building appeared on the horizon, around which several smaller ones were located. Someone was standing at the roll call, but many only came to the base from the port from where they arrived. Peter involuntarily gritted his teeth at the sight of them, realizing that he could not destroy them all, despite the power of the gun in 22 kilotons of TNT.

In any case, when Peter pressed the red button on the panel, the vise holding the atomic bomb on board opened and the weapon was at the mercy of gravity. 10 seconds and an entire military base of 200 thousand soldiers was wiped off the face of the Earth. When the pilot saw an explosion in the form of a mushroom in the reflection on the glass, his usually motionless face was decorated with a smile, or rather a slight lifting of the left half of the mouth, which meant the successful end of the operation. He turned the steering wheel 180 degrees and the bomber turned to Vladivostok...

" And here is the hero of the occasion has appeared! Well, sit down, do you want the first course or just a glass of vodka to warm up?", - the drunk Ivan, one of the most experienced pilots at the base, who was entrusted to hold the banquet, shouted as if nothing had happened. It did not last long though and by 3 o'clock in the afternoon everyone returned to their previous routine.

Operation Sunrise Phase II

Yes, but I think I disabled that possibility.