Fate finally struck on the night of September 2nd, 2016 when the Korean People's Army bombarded the overrun Seoul with artillery and rocket pieces. Almost 63 years later since the 1950-53 Korean War ended in an armistice (technically, both Koreas were at a state of war since no official peace treaty was signed; some small-scale conflicts erupted in the past), the final showdown between North and South began.
The resulting barrage killed thousands of dormant and weakened infected and around 25,000 survivors still holed up in their homes when the outbreak first began. KPAGF T-62s, T-55s, T-72s came thundering past the JSA alongside some older T-34s and Chinese Type 59s. The North Koreans easily overwhelmed the meager U.S. and ROK defenses along the JSA. Following the simultaneous attack and surprise invasion into infected territory of South Korea, Korean People's Army Naval Force Romeo-class and Yogu-class submarines began sailing from their harbors into the RIMPAC fleet, hoping to sink an American aircraft carrier or a destroyer.
The U.S. and South Korean response was quick. In the minutes of the start of the bombardment, U.S. Air Force and ROK Air Force F-16s, F-15s, and KA-50s began engaging the older the MiG-15s, MiG-17s, MiG-21s, Su-7s, Su-25s, J-6, and J-7s of the KPAAF. The result was a clear win for the U.S. and the South Koreans. F/A-18s from the USS John C. Stennis and the USS Ronald Reagan soon joined the fray. The outdated North Korean fighter jets were swatted out of the sky like flies. For the U.S.-SK coalition, only three F/A-18s, 5 F-16s, and 3 F-15s were lost. Most of the pilots were able to eject into safety near the Busan Safe Zone.
Meanwhile, in the sea, the plan on attacking the RIMPAC fleet backfired horribly. MH-60Rs coming from the USS Chong Hoon and the USS William P. Lawrence sunk several KPN submarines and three Sariwon-class frigates. The ROKS Sejong The Great engaged on a melee with a Nanjin-class frigate and emerged victorious. The HMNZ Te Kaha, the Chilean Navy's Almirante Cochrane, and the HMCS Calgary chased one Romeo-class and surrounded the submarine. Helicopters from the three ships surrounded the vessel and ordered it to surrender or face annihilation. The terrified KPN sailors surrendered and their vessel was towed to be sent to the Jeju Island safe-zone for re-evaluation. Since In the Sea of Japan, the JDS Kirishima sunk three corvettes and one Sang-o class submarine. There was no way for the KPN to win over naval supremacy by the U.S. and their RIMPAC allies.
While the allies dominated the air and the land, in the ground was a much different story. Once the JSA and the DMZ were fully under North Korean control, the armored convoys virtually went on unopposed. Any Infected the KPA encountered were already weakened and hence were executed. Others were run over by the treads of their Cold War-era main battle tanks. While Seoul burned in the distance, the KPA could feel they were closer to their prize of capturing the South's capital.
In the international scene, both China and Russia were alarmed. The fact that North Korea invaded the South while the K-Z Virus epidemic was not declared over drew fears among the leadership of the infection, while weakened but still active, might spread beyond North Korea's borders. The Russian cruiser Varyag and the Russian destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov, deployed to Vladivostok since the start of the outbreak, were on alert status ready to fire their cruise missiles if any infected cross into North Korea. Across the Sino-Korean border, more PLA soldiers, tanks, armored personnel carriers, helicopters, and mobile missile launchers were amassed. It may look like China may invade North Korea to restrain Kim Jong-un but the Central Military Commission nor Xi Jinping himself has made no announcements. Publicly, China and Russia condemned the invasion. Immediately afterwards, both countries cut the food, fuel, and coal supply of North Korea on the request of the United States in hopes to lessen their war effort.
The world was on edge when the Korean War was reignited. While millions glued their eyes to their TVs on the report of the K-Z Virus epidemic producing Infected which resembled the Ragers from 28 Days/Weeks Later and the zombies from the terrible adaption of World War Z, millions more returned to their TV of footages of rockets raining on Seoul and fighter jet dogfights above the Korean Peninsula. To those who could still remember the Gulf War, the live footage of the Second Korean War resembled the Gulf War syndrome but in a much more intense pace. Almost no-body went to bed in Japan, Taiwan, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, and much of the Far East. Social media went into a frenzy again with the topic of the Second Korean War surpassing the trend of the K-Z Virus just two months ago. It was morning in North America when the war reignited. Americans and Canadians on their way to work saw the news from their TVs and smartphones. A large crowd of people gathered in Times Square in New York City with all eyes glued on the large TV screens of Good Morning America, which was already broadcasting the news. In Washington, D.C., both the White House and the Pentagon sprang into action. President Obama along with the Joint Chiefs of Staff were in the Situation Room, watching from multiple TV screens a live-feed provided by USAF Predator Drones. The administration kept in contact with the staffers in the Pentagon which in turn was connected to commanders in Korea and Japan. Battle plans were drawn up while B-52s, B-1 Lancers, and B-2 Spirt bombers in Guam and Missouri were prepared to taxi off their respective runways. Although unlikely for a North Korean nuclear weapon to hit the CONUS, the U.S. were prepared for an event of a nuclear attack not seen since the Cold War. Residents in Alaska and Guam were told to gather essential supplies and to shelter in place or head to Cold War-era fallout shelters as a precaution. F-16s, F-15s, and F-22s began patrolling the skies between Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. NORAD was constantly monitoring the airspace of the U.S. and Canada. Patriot missile batteries and Aegis destroyers in Guam were armed and ready to intercept any North Korean ballistic missile. The same occurred where the local police and SDF made announcements on evacuation routes in the likely case of an attack.
Kim Jong-un refused to believe his plan was horribly backfiring on him. The air and sea fronts were a losing battle for the KPA. Nonetheless, he ordered the KPAGF to continue on to Seoul for the "glorious liberation" of the capital from the "imperialist disease". He had kept his promise of the Sea of Fire. Kim knew nothing stood in his way to capture his prize since the ROK government was far down in Busan. If anything stood in his way, he would have the KPA execute them, infected or not. And if that did not work, he would already start his biological warfare of dropping captured specimens behind Allied lines in the Busan Safe Zone. It was his biggest gamble in his life.
Only fate would determine how this chapter of the outbreak, the worst crisis seen in the Korean Peninsula, would conclude.
The resulting barrage killed thousands of dormant and weakened infected and around 25,000 survivors still holed up in their homes when the outbreak first began. KPAGF T-62s, T-55s, T-72s came thundering past the JSA alongside some older T-34s and Chinese Type 59s. The North Koreans easily overwhelmed the meager U.S. and ROK defenses along the JSA. Following the simultaneous attack and surprise invasion into infected territory of South Korea, Korean People's Army Naval Force Romeo-class and Yogu-class submarines began sailing from their harbors into the RIMPAC fleet, hoping to sink an American aircraft carrier or a destroyer.
The U.S. and South Korean response was quick. In the minutes of the start of the bombardment, U.S. Air Force and ROK Air Force F-16s, F-15s, and KA-50s began engaging the older the MiG-15s, MiG-17s, MiG-21s, Su-7s, Su-25s, J-6, and J-7s of the KPAAF. The result was a clear win for the U.S. and the South Koreans. F/A-18s from the USS John C. Stennis and the USS Ronald Reagan soon joined the fray. The outdated North Korean fighter jets were swatted out of the sky like flies. For the U.S.-SK coalition, only three F/A-18s, 5 F-16s, and 3 F-15s were lost. Most of the pilots were able to eject into safety near the Busan Safe Zone.
Meanwhile, in the sea, the plan on attacking the RIMPAC fleet backfired horribly. MH-60Rs coming from the USS Chong Hoon and the USS William P. Lawrence sunk several KPN submarines and three Sariwon-class frigates. The ROKS Sejong The Great engaged on a melee with a Nanjin-class frigate and emerged victorious. The HMNZ Te Kaha, the Chilean Navy's Almirante Cochrane, and the HMCS Calgary chased one Romeo-class and surrounded the submarine. Helicopters from the three ships surrounded the vessel and ordered it to surrender or face annihilation. The terrified KPN sailors surrendered and their vessel was towed to be sent to the Jeju Island safe-zone for re-evaluation. Since In the Sea of Japan, the JDS Kirishima sunk three corvettes and one Sang-o class submarine. There was no way for the KPN to win over naval supremacy by the U.S. and their RIMPAC allies.
While the allies dominated the air and the land, in the ground was a much different story. Once the JSA and the DMZ were fully under North Korean control, the armored convoys virtually went on unopposed. Any Infected the KPA encountered were already weakened and hence were executed. Others were run over by the treads of their Cold War-era main battle tanks. While Seoul burned in the distance, the KPA could feel they were closer to their prize of capturing the South's capital.
In the international scene, both China and Russia were alarmed. The fact that North Korea invaded the South while the K-Z Virus epidemic was not declared over drew fears among the leadership of the infection, while weakened but still active, might spread beyond North Korea's borders. The Russian cruiser Varyag and the Russian destroyer Marshal Shaposhnikov, deployed to Vladivostok since the start of the outbreak, were on alert status ready to fire their cruise missiles if any infected cross into North Korea. Across the Sino-Korean border, more PLA soldiers, tanks, armored personnel carriers, helicopters, and mobile missile launchers were amassed. It may look like China may invade North Korea to restrain Kim Jong-un but the Central Military Commission nor Xi Jinping himself has made no announcements. Publicly, China and Russia condemned the invasion. Immediately afterwards, both countries cut the food, fuel, and coal supply of North Korea on the request of the United States in hopes to lessen their war effort.
The world was on edge when the Korean War was reignited. While millions glued their eyes to their TVs on the report of the K-Z Virus epidemic producing Infected which resembled the Ragers from 28 Days/Weeks Later and the zombies from the terrible adaption of World War Z, millions more returned to their TV of footages of rockets raining on Seoul and fighter jet dogfights above the Korean Peninsula. To those who could still remember the Gulf War, the live footage of the Second Korean War resembled the Gulf War syndrome but in a much more intense pace. Almost no-body went to bed in Japan, Taiwan, China, the Philippines, Indonesia, Malaysia, Australia, New Zealand, Singapore, Thailand, and much of the Far East. Social media went into a frenzy again with the topic of the Second Korean War surpassing the trend of the K-Z Virus just two months ago. It was morning in North America when the war reignited. Americans and Canadians on their way to work saw the news from their TVs and smartphones. A large crowd of people gathered in Times Square in New York City with all eyes glued on the large TV screens of Good Morning America, which was already broadcasting the news. In Washington, D.C., both the White House and the Pentagon sprang into action. President Obama along with the Joint Chiefs of Staff were in the Situation Room, watching from multiple TV screens a live-feed provided by USAF Predator Drones. The administration kept in contact with the staffers in the Pentagon which in turn was connected to commanders in Korea and Japan. Battle plans were drawn up while B-52s, B-1 Lancers, and B-2 Spirt bombers in Guam and Missouri were prepared to taxi off their respective runways. Although unlikely for a North Korean nuclear weapon to hit the CONUS, the U.S. were prepared for an event of a nuclear attack not seen since the Cold War. Residents in Alaska and Guam were told to gather essential supplies and to shelter in place or head to Cold War-era fallout shelters as a precaution. F-16s, F-15s, and F-22s began patrolling the skies between Alaska and the Pacific Northwest. NORAD was constantly monitoring the airspace of the U.S. and Canada. Patriot missile batteries and Aegis destroyers in Guam were armed and ready to intercept any North Korean ballistic missile. The same occurred where the local police and SDF made announcements on evacuation routes in the likely case of an attack.
Kim Jong-un refused to believe his plan was horribly backfiring on him. The air and sea fronts were a losing battle for the KPA. Nonetheless, he ordered the KPAGF to continue on to Seoul for the "glorious liberation" of the capital from the "imperialist disease". He had kept his promise of the Sea of Fire. Kim knew nothing stood in his way to capture his prize since the ROK government was far down in Busan. If anything stood in his way, he would have the KPA execute them, infected or not. And if that did not work, he would already start his biological warfare of dropping captured specimens behind Allied lines in the Busan Safe Zone. It was his biggest gamble in his life.
Only fate would determine how this chapter of the outbreak, the worst crisis seen in the Korean Peninsula, would conclude.
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