21st century Goguryeo

Chapter 304

February 26th, 2021 17:30

The Yokota underground bunker at Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan

“Just where am I supposed to go?” Deputy Prime Minister Aso Taro asked in a nervous tone after hearing the joint commander.

“You must evacuate to Hokkaido’s 3rd fighter wing air force base, sir!”

“Must I go there?”

“Can’t you hear the cannon fire from the enemy, sir? We don’t know when the city will fall to the Corean military. Hokkaido still has two fighter wings standing, and it is recruiting additional forces through the draft. We must first retreat there, and prepare for a retaliation. Don’t you agree?”

“Are you coming with me then, joint commander?”

“No, sir. We will stay here and defend the city against the Corean military.”

“If that is the case, then I should also remain...”

“If the city falls to the Corean military, then Japan will become a defeated nation. Shouldn’t the prime minister’s cabinet at least retreat to Hokkaido and regroup to take back the city?”

“Hmm, I understand. However, if the Corean forces do take the city as you have said, Joint Commander Masaki, our military will no longer have a commanding headquarter. How will we prepare for the retaliation?”

“The navy’s and air force’s commanders will accompany you, sir.”

“Very well. I understand. I will do as you say.”

“There’s not much time. Deputy prime minister, I have prepared a submarine at Kamogawa Port. You can take it to Tomakomai Port. We need you to prepare for your departure immediately. My men are already instructing the other cabinet members.”

“Yes, I will be prepared within 30 minutes.”

Click!

Joint Commander Masaki Hajime saluted the deputy prime minister and left his office. He wasn’t able to report to Aso Taro about his plan to drop a nuclear bomb on their own soil as a final Kamikaze tactic. He figured that the deputy prime minister would have opposed the idea.

As the joint commander continued to think and walk towards the command center, the explosions became louder.

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February 26th, 2021, 17:30

Ichihara city at Chiba Prefecture, Japan

A battle between Corea’s 35th armored battalion and Japan’s 71st armored regiment was raging on at the heart of the city. The roads were littered with burning cars and debris from buildings. Some low-rise buildings were on fire as well.

Ichihara city became a prime example to show the brutality of war from the numerous photon rounds and tank rounds flying both opposing sides. Most of the Ichihara citizens had fled south and civilian casualties were low, but the remaining few ended up dying from the tanks’ gunfire.

Japan’s 73rd armored regiment under the 7th division attempted to ambush Corea’s 26th armored brigade’s rear, but they were ambushed by Corea’s 8th armored battalion instead. Their formation was broken and the 7th division had no choice but to fight their new enemy.

Pew! Pew!

Boom! Bang! Booooom!

A Type 10 tank was struck directly on its side by a photon round, and its pieces started to fly everywhere. The Type 10 tank, which was exorbitantly expensive yet lacking in defensive capabilities, collapsed on itself after shooting out flames.

The armored urban battle was a one-sided massacre. At the start of the battle, there were 44 Corean tanks against Japan’s 55. After 20 minutes, it was 44 to 11. Had the battle been at a field instead of an urban setting, the 73rd armored regiment would already have been wiped out.

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February 26th, 2021, 17:40

The 126 road near Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, Japan

Japan’s 7th armored division had used its Type 10 tanks to block off the four lanes of the 126 road 7km away from the 103rd mechanized infantry battalion’s location. The 3rd company’s C-23 Hyun-mu armored vehicles started to prepare for battle as they moved closer towards the enemy. Corea’s Hyun-mu tanks were equipped with armored plating that rivaled a tank, 50mm photon cannon, sixteen plasma cluster rounds, and eight 60mm GTGAS-60 Black Dragon missiles. They had a history of being victorious against China’s 3.5th generation tanks despite being outnumbered. The C-23P Hyun-mu armored vehicles were armed to the teeth with the latest weapons. The 103rd mechanized infantry battalion’s 1st platoon launched plasma cluster rounds at the enemy.

Booom~ Booom~ Boom~ Booooooom~

Over a hundred 50mm plasma cluster rounds flew off in an arc and headed south.

When the Hyun-mu armored vehicles launched their plasma cluster rounds, the Type 10 tanks made evasive maneuvers and moved forward to avoid them.

However, they were too close to the source, and the plasma cluster rounds ended up falling on the Type 10 tanks.

Small and large explosions continued.

Boom! Boom! Boooooooom!

The Type 10 tanks on the lead were hit at the upper main turret. They caught on fire, exploded, and stopped moving. The other Type 10 tanks behind them were all blocked off now.

-Retreat! Move to the plains on our side! –

The 7th reconnaissance squadron’s leader Yokoni Ken shouted on the radio. The Type 10 tanks at the rear that had stopped moving all ran over the guardrails and left the area.

The 100 plasma cluster rounds had taken out half of the 7th reconnaissance squadron’s Type 10 tanks. Fifteen Type 10 tanks were on fire and collapsed on the road, while the surviving tanks all started speeding away from the plasma cluster rounds’ landing sites.

Boom! Boom! Boom!

Pillars of dirt started to rise between the Type 10 tanks that attempted to move away and more of them were hit. Once the Type 10 tanks moved in range of the Hyun-mu armored vehicle’s 120mm 44-round cannon, they started to fire at the enemy.

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February 26th, 2021, 18:30

Kamogawa Port at Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan

The Japanese Navy’s entire submarine force was gathered at the depths of the eastern seaboard. 80% of the nation’s naval forces had been lost. Japan’s military concluded that if the Corean military were to deploy additional forces from the east, then defending the city would be impossible. Therefore, they had deployed every single one of its submarines in the area.

The Japanese Navy had lost numerous submarines against the Corean Navy. It used its remaining six Oyashio class and eight Soryu class submarines to guard the nation’s depths against enemy ships and submarines along Yokosuka Port. Deputy Prime Minister Aso Taro and his entourage had just arrived at Kamogawa Port where the surviving 11th escorting fleet’s vessels were stationed, and they started to board the Oyashio class submarines. The only way to reach Hokkaido was through the sea since the roads and airways were both blocked off by the enemy. The ships would be detected by enemy radars, so the only choice was to move in the depths with a submarine.

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February 26th, 2021, 18:40

Ichihara city, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan

Darkness fell on Ichihara, and only a few lights from the buildings were shining. The rest of the buildings throughout the city, including apartments, homes, and shops were all turned off from the ongoing battle, so it was covered in darkness.

Boom! Boom!

Tanks from both nations were playing an intense game of hide and seek along the winding roads within Ichihara. Corea’s White Tiger tanks did struggle from the Japanese ambush, but they managed to take down the enemy one by one by relentlessly firing their photon cannons and 12mm laser machine guns.

After 2 hours into the battle, no more Type 10 tanks were left from Japan’s 71st armored regiment’s 35th battalion. All of them had either collapsed and burning or had their turret removed from the body and turned into a grotesque display on the road.

“Companies! Report in!” Lieutenant Colonel Ahn Hyun-joon, the commander of the 35th battalion came on the radio.

“All 14 tanks under the 5th company are fine, sir.”

“1 tank lost its scope but the rest of the 6th company’s is also fine, sir.”

“7th company, all 14 are fine, sir.”

“HQ companies are also safe, sir.”

Despite fighting in a crowded urban environment, the White Tiger tanks were completely victorious. The ambushes from the Japanese anti-tank infantry did cause them trouble at times, but it was a satisfying one.

“Great! Everyone, move south and leave Ichihara. The 5th company will take the lead. Over.”

“5th company, confirmed! Over.”

“6th company, confirmed! Over.”

“7th company, confirmed! Over.”

“HQ company, confirmed! Over.”

The 35th armored battalion moved through Ichihara and started to head towards the new Yokota bunker where the Japanese military’s command headquarters was located.

Meanwhile, Japan’s 7th armored division’s 73rd armored regiment that had attempted to strike Corea’s 26th armored regiment’s rear was ambushed instead by Corea’s 8th armored battalion. None survived the attack. The 8th armored battalion also moved through Ichihara and moved towards the new Yokota bunker as the 35th armored battalion did.

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February 26th, 2021, 18:50

The 126 road near Ichihara, Chiba Prefecture, Honshu, Japan

Japan’s 7th reconnaissance squadron, which was considered the elite force under the 7th armored division, was taken out by the Hyun-mu armored vehicles from Corea’s 103rd mechanized infantry battalion.

Numerous Type 10 tanks were burning and emitting smoke from being hit by the plasma cluster rounds and 50mm photon cannons on the 126 road and the fields around the area. The 33 Type 10 tanks were all collapsed on the floor and made a grotesque display.

The 26th armored regiment had destroyed the 7th armored division’s primary defensive forces and were moving towards the new Yokota bunker. They saw Japanese citizens along the roads and the city, wearing backpacks. The citizens seemed like refugees running away, but something was suspicious about them.

The refugee group consisted only of young men and they were all wearing hats to cover up their short hair. Based on their movements, they did not seem like normal citizens. It was even more suspicious that they were moving towards the Corean military instead of moving away from them.

The 35th armored battalion that had moved out of Ichihara to get on Route 126 detected three suspicious shadows. The 6th company’s 614 tank reported it to the company commander after first seeing them.

-This is Crow 4! Detecting three glowing objects 260m away where the civilians are. –

-This is the nest! Are you sure they are civilians? Are they armed? –

-Yes, based on our... Huh? –

The 614 tank’s commander changed the vision mode on his periscope. When he changed from infrared to magnetic vision mode, he saw radiation coming from the backpacks the civilians were carrying.

-Crow 4. What is it? –

-We are detecting radiation. –

-What? –

-They have nukes. –

-What are you waiting for? Stop them! –

The 614 tank turned its turret towards the civilians that gave out nuclear radiation and attempted to fire its cannon. However, a large explosion occurred and a giant mushroom cloud rose into the air.

Booom~ Wooosh~

A nuclear explosion of a 10Kt class bomb rang out. Everything within a 150m radius evaporated and a heatwave started to spread out in a flash.

The 35th armored battalion was also swept by the nearby nuclear explosion. The 45t White Tiger tanks were all flipped over by the shockwave.

The explosion not only took out the 35th armored battalion, but also the 26th armored brigade’s 8th armored battalion, and the 103rd mechanized infantry battalion which took down the 7th reconnaissance squadron as well. The large mushroom cloud marked the area as it wiped out the surrounding region.

Boooom~

An hour and a half ago, 12 men from the Japanese special forces were selected to wear the backpacks equipped with nuclear bombs, and they infiltrated Ichihara under the cover of darkness. When night fell on the city, they moved as close as they could to the Corean armored forces and detonated the bombs.

The nukes went off in four different areas. They destroyed the Corean armored forces and Ichihara. The city had now become the 3rd city in the nation to be hit by nuclear bombs in Japanese history along with Hiroshima and Nagasaki.

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