The Korean peninsula.
From 1910 to 1941, Japan enforced a dark colonial rule!
30,000 Japanese soldiers and Lieutenant General Ryu Zhen were stationed on the peninsula, constructing fortifications along the peninsula’s coast.
Boom! Boom! Boom
Boom! Boom! Boom...
The coastal defenses built by 30,000 Japanese soldiers were heavily damaged, resulting in significant casualties.
Although the 30,000 Japanese soldiers were elite, they had not participated in World War II level combat!
Faced with the terrifying Red Alert warships, the disparity was so immense, the Japanese suffered heavy casualties!
Lieutenant General Ryu Zhen led his troops in a desperate resistance!
This battle would decide Japan’s fate, because the peninsula housed two industrial zones built by Japan. Without those two industrial zones, Japan would have no resource inflow.
Lieutenant General Ryu Zhen held the future of the Japanese Empire in his hands.
Lieutenant General Ryu Zhen and his 30,000 Japanese soldiers desperately defended their position.
On the first day, a Red Alert fleet consisting of cruisers, destroyers, and anti-aircraft ships launched a barrage of over 30,000 shells towards the three coastal defense lines.
Boom Boom Boom...
Boom! Boom! Boom...
The Japanese positions in the three coastal areas of the peninsula were torn apart and pulverized.
Over 20,000 of the 30,000 elite Japanese soldiers perished, leaving only 10,000 remaining. Lieutenant General Ryu Zhen, wounded, lay on the defense line, filled with resentment towards the Japanese upper echelon for giving him an impossible task of defending the peninsula.
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Near the battlefield.
Two squadrons of the Red Alert Air Force took off, consisting of over 200 H5 bombers and Peacekeeping bombers.
A squadron of over 200 Red Alert aircraft!
They had arrived above the Korean army!
Korea had been under Japanese colonial rule for over 30 years, leaving deep scars of subservience. Many Koreans had adopted Japanese names, and their education had been fully Japanified.
Korea had over 100,000 troops deployed on the ground.
Boom Boom Boom....
Boom Boom Boom...
The terrifying bombardment by the Red Alert air force was something the Korean army hadn't anticipated!
The large-caliber, precise bombs and bunker-busting bombs demolished all their fortifications!
It shattered the Korean army's worldview!
The Korean puppet commander, Li, was speechless!
During their usual training, the Korean puppet soldiers were equipped with Type 38 rifles, submachine guns, and infantry cannons. They had never encountered tanks or planes. The Red Alert aircraft were powerful beyond their comprehension, transcending the limits of their time!
It was akin to transitioning from an agricultural society into an industrial society!
The Korean puppet commander, General Li, recognized the futility of resistance!
He drew his pistol and immediately shot the Japanese staff officer.
The pure-blooded Japanese soldiers in the Korean forces were apprehended and executed, totaling 2,400. The 100,000 Korean puppet soldiers surrendered unconditionally.
The Korean peninsula was small, but the Japanese had plundered a vast amount of wealth.
This included dozens of tons of precious metals, thousands of artifacts stolen from China, and dozens of tons of gold bars from the bank vault.
Such an enormous wealth... was about to be loaded onto dozens of Japanese merchant ships.
Before they could leave the port, Iron Blood Legion’s destroyers approached, their 154mm naval cannons ready to fire!
Bang Bang Bang...
Bang! Bang! Bang!
Dozens of Japanese merchant ships slowly sank in the port.
The thousands of Japanese soldiers responsible for transporting the vast wealth fought back desperately, but ultimately perished. Lin Zheng gained another 100 tons of precious metals and gold.
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Japan’s homeland.
Tokyo, Japan.
The atmosphere in the Imperial Conference was extremely tense.
Prime Minister Tojo pushed up his glasses and bluntly stated, “Reports from the front lines are not optimistic. The 30,000 Japanese soldiers on the Korean peninsula under Lieutenant General Ryu Zhen were almost entirely killed, and the 100,000 puppet soldiers surrendered unconditionally!”
“We have over 100,000 Japanese citizens on the peninsula. They launched self-initiated attacks against the Red Alert, including suicide bombings with explosives, landmines, arson, poisoning, and attacks to delay the Red Alert Legion.”
“Unfortunately, Lin Zheng was ruthless and destroyed all areas with civilian resistance, killing over 100,000 of our citizens!”
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The ministers exchanged glances. The Japanese citizens were a group known for their evil deeds, specializing in exploitation within the colonies. Their deaths were only natural.
Prime Minister Tojo continued, “Furthermore, Lin Zheng has captured the Korean peninsula!”
“The rare metals we plundered on the peninsula, the dozens of tons of gold in the bank vault, the Chinese artifacts, and the hundreds of factories in the two industrial zones, all fell into Lin Zheng’s hands.”
“This represents a fortune worth 50.4 billion Japanese yen, while Japan has no resource inflow.”
Upon hearing Prime Minister Tojo’s words, the ministers remained silent.
The fate of the Japanese Empire was dire! So dire!
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A few days later.
Red Alert Base.
Office.
Lin Zheng sat on the sofa.
Standing before Lin Zheng, bowing low, was a Japanese general.
The Japanese general was Lieutenant General Ryu Zhen. His hair had turned white overnight.
“Lieutenant General Ryu Zhen led the Korean Japanese army to surrender to General Lin…”
Lieutenant General Ryu Zhen bowed his head in humility.
As a surrendering Japanese general, this was the greatest humiliation of his life!
Lin Zheng: “Go mine, and go visit General Kimura Jun while you’re at it.”
General Kimura Jun was the commander of the 140,000 Japanese soldiers in Indonesia, and the first Japanese general to surrender.
Lin Zheng let out a long sigh of relief on the sofa.
He felt a sense of contentment both physically and mentally.
This time, after capturing the Korean peninsula, he had gained an industrial zone that the Japanese had spent 20 years developing, a large number of cheap laborers, and a market with a population of 20 million.
Lin Zheng had built ten airports on the peninsula, with planes capable of easily reaching the Japanese mainland, posing a threat to Emperor Hirohito’s life.