It is said that the soldiers of the ‘Storm Corps’ (11th Corps), which North Korea recently dispatched to Russia, received enhanced ideological education during the Kim Jong-un era to ‘sacrifice their lives for the Supreme Commander’. It is highly likely that this deployment of troops was carried out according to instructions from superiors rather than of one’s own will.
A source inside North Korea who is familiar with the situation of the ‘Storm Corps’ told Daily NK on the 14th, “Ideological training for Storm Corps soldiers, ‘a fortress and shield that will willingly sacrifice their youth and their lives for Comrade Kim Jong-un,’ has been going on since 2014.” He said, “This deployment will also emphasize the cause of carrying out this spirit.”
According to the source, Storm Corps soldiers not only acquire military skills through shooting, shooting, sniping, anti-chemical training, and commercial training on various weapon combat techniques, but also receive intensive political ideological education, such as education on Chairman Kim Jong-un’s ideological theory. Also receiving.
According to the source, the loyalty to Chairman Kim is emphasized more strongly among the soldiers of the Storm Corps than among the soldiers of any other unit, and they are very united politically and ideologically.
The Storm Corps’ main mission is to infiltrate the enemy’s rear in the event of a war, form a second front, and carry out disruptive operations. Accordingly, it is known that they will receive intensive training in destroying major enemy command facilities, assassinating and eliminating key figures, and working to disrupt politics.
The source said, “The Storm Corps has the characteristic of being specialized in small unit warfare,” adding, “Their main mission is quick small unit surprise attacks and rapid strikes on key facilities in enemy territory, so they may have a somewhat dangerous operational mission of destroying key facilities during the Russian war. “There is a possibility that it was given secretly,” he said.
Storm Corps soldiers are said to have focused on practicing disruption, reconnaissance, and surprise attacks during actual combat training. In particular, it is reported that a thorough security system has been established to prevent each other from knowing the exact change mission.
Meanwhile, the Storm Corps is known as an elite special force based on the 8th Special Corps, which was established in 1969 around the 124th Unit, which caused the attack on the Blue House on January 21, 1968. In 1991, it was expanded and reorganized into the 11th Corps, and in 2017, it was transferred from the existing Korean People’s Army Army to the Special Operations Forces, an independent military branch.
The overall command of the corps is the Supreme Command, and a command system is being established to ensure faster delivery and execution of commands and instructions from superiors through verbal, letter, telegraph, telephone, mail, and wired and wireless methods. It is said that the corps itself promotes ideological unity and will to fight among soldiers through the symbolism of the name Storm Corps.
In relation to this, Chairman Kim said when inspecting a special operations unit presumed to be the Storm Corps on September 11 and October 2, “Even if war were to break out today, our military would immediately suppress the enemy in one fell swoop and ruthlessly sweep them away to completely pacify them.” “We must be fully prepared to clear the area,” he emphasized.
Source: www.dailynk.com
