Chapter 183:

Chapter 183:

Chapter 183

The Imjin River defense line was easily breached.

Aaaah!

The battalion commander is down!

The 23rd Battalion, which the Japanese army had deployed to prevent the Joseon army from crossing the Imjin River, was shattered by a single shot of high-explosive shells from the Soviet-made tanks.

The battalion commander, who was holding a sword and giving instructions to his soldiers on a hill overlooking the Joseon armys tank unit, was hit by a 100mm high-explosive shell and blown to pieces beyond recognition.

The Japanese soldiers, who were already demoralized by the thought of having to face the powerful Soviet tanks with their outdated rifles and bayonets, scattered like ants in the rain as soon as their command post was destroyed.Visit no(v)eLb(i)n.com for the best novel reading experience

Huh? Whats going on? Why are they in such a mess?

I dont know!

Well, lets secure that bridge first.

The Joseon army was puzzled by the sight of a man wearing something similar to a Japanese army uniform in the distance.

They fired a high-explosive shell at him, just in case.

They couldnt imagine that he was part of the Japanese army that had come out to stop them from crossing the Imjin River.

The company, which was unaware of the Japanese armys presence, focused only on securing the bridge that would allow the following 1st Division and Artillery Division to cross.

According to the plan, we should cross here

The Japanese army had failed to occupy the large rivers that were the best defense lines against the tank units.

If they had blown up the bridges in time, the tank units wouldnt have been able to advance so quickly. But the panicked high command and the corrupt lower units lacked the ability to make such decisions on their own.

There they are! Come on! Lets advance!

Ura! Ura! Long live the liberation!

The target was Gyeongseong. The tanks started to run.

The Joseon army chose the direction of Uijeongbu-eup as the bottleneck to enter Gyeongseong.

They planned to cross the Miarigogae pass and enter Gyeongseong to receive the surrender of the Governor-Generals Office.

That was their basic goal.

The Japanese army also had an idea of the possible routes that the tank units would take to enter Gyeongseong.

We have received a report that the Soviet tank units have entered Yangju-gun (currently Yangju-si, Uijeongbu-si). The 23rd Battalion was annihilated in the battle with the enemy, and the few survivors are retreating. The rest of the 120th Division is deploying to the direction of Sungin-myeon, Goyang-gun (currently Mia-dong) to build a defense line, but

but, what?

The morale of the soldiers is very low, Your Excellency. Also, if we deploy the 120th Division to Goyang-gun, we may lose the Governor-Generals Office in the worst case scenario due to the riots in Gyeongseong!

The Koreans marched in line along the main streets of the city, proudly displaying their spirit.

The Koreans, who mostly lived in the Bukchon area, as well as the Honmachi (, currently Jung-gu) area, invaded the streets wearing white clothes and staged protests.

The Governor-Generals Office managed to suppress the protests from turning into riots by mobilizing the police and military forces, but there could be serious problems if the 10,000-strong force moved north.

Beeeeeeeeeep! Beeeeeeeeep!

Outside, the Soviet-made fighters with loud horns were flying around.

Damn it! Cant we do something about that?

Your Excellency, the anti-aircraft artillery units have been neutralized

Stupid bastards!

The Japanese mainland was bombarded by the US forces, leaving the Korean peninsula with almost no anti-aircraft weapons system to stop the fighters.

The Soviets, who noticed this, sent out fighters with horns at any time.

Those bastards, they must think were powerless now!

They were not just powerless, but actually powerless.

The fighters dropped leaflets instead of bombs over Gyeongseong.

[Japan must surrender]

The leaflets, which boasted the military power of the Soviet Union, or rather the Independent Joseon Tank Army, and urged surrender, covered the cloudy sky of Gyeongseong with white.

Stop them somehow! Stop them!

The Soviet tanks are not sighted. We will retreat to the last defense line.

[Got it. Retreat.]

He felt relieved when he reported that to the headquarters.

Hahahahaha!!

The staff looked at him in horror as he laughed. He had just lied to the headquarters that he had not seen the Joseon tank unit that had just passed by!

Commander?

We cant stop them anyway. Do you want to die here? Dont you have parents and wives and children?

But

But what, die and go to Yasukuni? Ha! Whats the point of that? Weve lost this war anyway! Its best to save your life and survive!

The officers were stunned to see him suddenly shouting like that. He was the one who used to sneer at the loyalty to the state, sacrifice for the empire, but no one knew he would disobey the order outright.

But the soldiers were not like that.

Waaaaaa! Long live the commander!

Long live! Long live! Well follow you!

They didnt want to throw their bodies there again when the grim reaper had turned away from them.

Except for the officers who only talked about loyalty with their mouths, not holding the guns themselves. When the officers showed signs of opposition, the soldiers rather pointed their guns at them.

Are you not going to follow the trend?

The commander is right.

I, I think so too.

The officers, who had been dozing off, closed their mouths and praised the commanders excellent judgment as they looked around at the soldiers who pointed their guns at them with fierce faces.

After all, no matter how much they talked about loyalty, honor, and sacrifice, they were cowards at heart.

Cowards, including me

They were cowards and could only muster courage selectively. They had the courage to disobey the order, but they had no courage to face the Soviet tanks.

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What do you mean they didnt come down there?

Well, thats what I was told

The Soviet army, which had passed the last pass to enter the Governor-Generals Office without any trouble, had now entered Gyeongseong.

They were shocked to see the Joseon tank unit that suddenly appeared when they didnt even get a proper report. The Governor-Generals Office was in a mess, with various screams and shouts, and they blamed each other for the responsibility.

This is all your fault! How did you control the troops that the Soviet army had already reached here?

How is that my fault? There is no realistic way to stop them! Why are you blaming me when you cant even control the riots in Gyeongseong?

Well, well, lets stop and see what to do with the National Foundation Preparation Committees negotiation proposal

How can we accept that? Rather, rather, lets burn everything!

While no concrete measures were taken, they heard loud cheers from outside.

Waaaaaa!!!

Long live the independence of Korea!!!

What is this noise! Damn it, how dare the Joseonjings in front of the Governor-Generals Office

The governor-general, Goiso Kunyaki, who spat out curses and went out the window to see what was going on, had no choice but to be terrified.

Th, that, what ah

Governor-General, sir? Whats wrong

The bureaucrat of the Governor-Generals Office, who also went out to support him, who was pale and backed away, could not finish his words and fell to the floor.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

The Soviet tanks cannon fire shattered the Governor-Generals Office.

The crowd cheered as they saw the dust flying and the building collapsing.

Long live the independence of Korea!!!