Attack on Baengnyeongdo

* North Korean and Chinese landings repulsed along with the naval blockade being routed
* Allied Naval forces are further intensified around the South China Sea and the Sea of Japan
* North Korean commander Pan Tae-Yeon along with a sizable amount of Chinese and North Korean soldiers are captured by the Allies

### Civilian Casualties

 200+

The **Attack on Baengnyeongdo** was a naval attack on the South Korean island of Baengnyeongdo during the initial stages of the Third World War which is located south of the North Korean oceanic claims. A small air, naval and ground military installation was set up on the island shortly before the outbreak of hostilities when the Third World War began. On March 15, the Korean People's Navy launched an amphibious assault and naval bombardment of the island of Baengnyeongdo, which caused much of the island to be shelled by the North Korean ships and causing large amounts of damage towards civilian properties and significantly killing various civilians on the island as a result, the Korean People's Air Force also staged various airstrikes on South Korean positions on the island, which were heavily bombarded by the North Korean Navy and Air Forces alike, the following day on March 16, the North Korean forces amassed a invasion force totalling around 35,000 infantry forces to launch an amphibious invasion of the island under the command of the well renown North Korean naval commander, Pan Tae-Yeon, who spearheaded the amphibious invasion operation in regards of the planning and the execution of the operation, the North Korean forces began to land in large numbers, landing across several designated landing zones as apart of the operation fabricated by Pan Tae-Yeon and his respective peers in order to capture the island of Baengnyeongdo and to seize the opportunity to establish a North Korean forward naval outpost in order to launch a possible naval invasion of the South Korean capital of Seoul and the surrounding region within the north and western seaboard of the Republic of Korea. These were the supposed plans which were meant to be achieved by the KPA forces, however as the North Koreans began to land across the north of the island, they were met with stiff and hardened South Korean resistance as the area was fortified in order to defend against a North Korean landing, in which the exact scenario was played out before them, baffled by this, the North Koreans quickly evacuated their remaining forces from the island and attempt to land within the east and west of the island supported by the Korean People's Navy and Air Force to begin to cover the landings through naval and aerial bombardment of South Korean positions in order to ensure that a breakthrough can be fulfilled, the next phase of the operation was directly led by Pan Tae-Yeon, who oversaw the operation.

As the North Koreans began to land their forces in the east and west of the island instead of head on, the North Koreans were this time supported by the People's Liberation Army, the military of the People's Republic of China which joined the conflict, a contingent of around 11,000 PLA soldiers were sent to North Korea in order to support the amphibious invasion of Baengnyeongdo, the People's Liberation Air Force and the People's Liberation Navy also participated in the landings and proved to be crucial in changing the battle for the advantage of the Comintern forces, however despite this, the victories achieved in the second landings were repulsed and the forces of the Comintern were pushed back to the coastal stretch of the island by the Allied forces, the South Koreans also gained reinforcements both from air, land and also some naval vessels from countries such as the United States, United Kingdom and Japan came to the aid of the South Koreans in defending the island from the overwhelming Comintern invasion force. Shortly afterwards, the United States Marines along with the Royal Marines landed on the south of the island and advanced to the defensive positions undertaken by the South Korean forces, shortly after getting into position and repelling various Comintern attacks, the Allied forces launched a counterattack against the Comintern invaders which was successful until the Comintern combined naval forces began to bombard the coast of the island once again pushing back the Allies to defensive positions, the stalemate continued to draw on for the next day, until both sides received further ground based reinforcements, with armoured and mobile assets of the Comintern forces landing on the island and launching an attack against the Allied positions using tanks and infantry fighting vehicles also having naval, aerial and infantry support to back the assault, being a combined arms offensive. The Comintern forces also had air support in the form of attack helicopters which began to strafe and harass the Allied positions, forcing the Allied forces to hastily defend their positions against an overwhelming adversary throughout the night until the dawn of the next day, where the Comintern were forced to defend their positions once more, but by this point the Comintern invaders have managed to secure the major village of the island's east which was also being contested by the Allied forces on the island, with this in the following day to come, the Allied forces launched an offensive operation directed on recapturing the village back from Comintern hands.

As mentioned beforehand, the Allied forces staged an offensive operation focusing on recapturing the village now under the control of the Comintern forces, the Allied forces used their local artillery along with naval vessels and air support to bombard the Comintern forces within the settlement, the Allied and Comintern air components clashed above the island during this occasion, and that the Comintern and Allied naval assets also clashed, with warships firing upon each other in direct range, the battle was now fought on air, land and sea and became more brutal then it was for the previous days, the Comintern forces had the advantage of amphibious armoured fighting vehicles, including artillery such as BM-21 Grad rocket launchers, and air fighter bombers such as Sukhoi Su-7s and T-54/55s. Despite this, the Allied forces manage to backhand blow the Comintern forces and pushed them out from the settlement on the eastern half of the island, however on the western side, the Chinese reinforcements bolstered the capacity of Comintern forces and also the defensive fighting capacity that the Chinese reinforcement bring to support the North Korean attackers, the Chinese launched a major assault whilst the Allies were distracted primarily eastward, focusing on infiltration and direct action attacks upon the Allied forces, these actions were highly sufficient and aided with the Allies now being pushed to the mountains on the small island of Baengnyeongdo. The battle continued to be fought, and the vast majority of the island's population have evacuated or were killed due to the fighting, around 200+ civilians were killed over the course of the attack, mostly through naval bombardment by the KPN and the PLAN. The Comintern naval blockade of the island was also being punctured and weakened significantly by Allied air sorties and also hit-and-run naval attacks by Allied vessels upon Chinese and North Korean ships, supply routes were also disrupted by Allied submarines which proved to be difficult to contend with for the Comintern naval forces and proved to be a stopgap for further reinforcements through sea coming to support the Comintern forces on Baengnyeongdo. These actions significantly led to the Comintern forces being bogged down and forcing many of them to capitulate towards the Allied forces on the island. Large casualties and losses were inflicted upon the Comintern forces, and this prompted the Comintern forces to surrender to the Allies, as further support from the mainland North Korea was unsuccessful and Comintern forces hastily attempted to retreat but to no avail, however some were able to slip through the Allied blockade to retreat back to mainland North Korea and China, now. Pan Tae-Yeon surrendered to the Allied forces whilst his Chinese colleague and supervisor, Chang Rong retreated back to North Korea to participate in more operations. Thus the battle ended in Comintern forces being crushed and defeated by the Allied forces and that Baengnyeongdo was secured and intensified as a base of naval and air operations within the regional waters.