Stand-off in Xinjiang [Archive]

East Islandia

23-07-2004, 03:46

The reasons why Sino conducts the forementioned tests is simple:

- Lop Nor is a perfect testing ground for nuclear weapons
- Sino has yet to test her arsenal despite being a nuclear state
- Stamping the authority of the Chinese by stating that Xinjiang is an inseparable part of China.

And the consequences:
contaminated groundwater
hate of hte Chinese as imperialists in the tradition of the Japanese oppressors from World War II
a ruin of international reputation
relocation from desolated areas

True, Lop Nor is a DESERT, but then again, Bikini Atoll was simply a small island in the Pacific. Both were (i use were since you'd prob evacuate the civilians) inhabited.

We do not require that Xinjiang be given full independence, but we do require that human rights abuses, slave labor camps, and oppression be banned. Likewise, we call for a true semi-autonomous government.

Islandia has troops of the First and Sixth Ghost Brigades in Chengdu, as well as one or two digitzed units from the war against the Turkish empre (forgot his name).

An announcement from the Politburo has stated that if Sino is to carry out nuclear tests, Islandia would immediately freeze Sinoese assets and immediately jack up composite material prices (particularly that of spidersteel).

Sino

23-07-2004, 04:26

And the consequences:
contaminated groundwater
hate of hte Chinese as imperialists in the tradition of the Japanese oppressors from World War II
a ruin of international reputation
relocation from desolated areas

True, Lop Nor is a DESERT, but then again, Bikini Atoll was simply a small island in the Pacific. Both were (i use were since you'd prob evacuate the civilians) inhabited.

We do not require that Xinjiang be given full independence, but we do require that human rights abuses, slave labor camps, and oppression be banned. Likewise, we call for a true semi-autonomous government.

Islandia has troops of the First and Sixth Ghost Brigades in Chengdu, as well as one or two digitzed units from the war against the Turkish empire (forgot his name).

An announcement from the Politburo has stated that if Sino is to carry out nuclear tests, Islandia would immediately freeze Sinoese assets and immediately jack up composite material prices (particularly that of spidersteel).

Lop Nor had been a testing site away from any civilians past and present! All our tests are conducted underground and out stance will not change! No humans, civilian or military will be used as guinea pigs in the tests.

Lop Nor is not near a site of ground water. With the repairs of infrastructure, in a few years there will be water piped to the desert. The Lop Nor tests in the '60s had little ill effect other than being atmospheric.

Sino

23-07-2004, 04:33

That can be easily arranged. If we are provided with a small airbase around Urmqi, we can fly in tons of humanitarian aid.

Stop this aggression at once! We will intercept all Bonstocknian military flights into Chinese territory.

Sino

23-07-2004, 06:53

OOC: What other areas do Hudecia occupy?

Sino

23-07-2004, 06:55

After an enourmous explosion of classified yield, the technicians go out in their heavy lead suits to collect information. The next detonation is likely to be in a few months. For now, artilleries and BMs pound the site.

Hudecia

23-07-2004, 14:56

Hudecian troops are based primarily out of Urumqi, but they also have a presence in Karamay (with the FSTX leader) and in Kashi (after the aborted invasion of Kyrgystan).

East Islandia

23-07-2004, 16:43

Y-8s begin to fly up the first troops of the First Storm Division to reinforce Hudecian soldiers based in Urumqi, joining in the standoff, and refusing to allow Sino to ethnically cleanse anything.

Spyr

23-07-2004, 17:42

In a diplomatic communique to Hudecia, Spyr offers assistance in the form of one paratrooper division, should it be requested.

Skibereen

23-07-2004, 18:19

FROM:General Barry Skibereen 1st Mountain Division
TO: Hudecian CENTCOM
URGENT

Hudecian forces in Xinjiang.
Skibereenian 1st MD is currently operating base PRIDE in the area of Khorugh, Tajikistan.
We are willing to provide airstrip and ground support for Humanitarian efforts from any nation supporting Hudecian cause. This act is in return for the ease with which HUdecians negotiated with Skibereen allies Bedou.
As well we will support Hudecian troops with fuel/food/fire upon request.
We are currently operating with Bedou armoured 5th and the Bedou 2nd Army Group. We are awaiting Sudanese re-enforcements of the 8th 10 Army Groups.
FallCorp is co-ordinating air drops for the current theatre please advise us as to a drop zone and needed material/personell.

End Transmission

Bonstock

23-07-2004, 20:17

Hudecia

24-07-2004, 00:30

To: Bonstockian Humanitarian Command in Urumqi
From: General Zhao (Hudecian MP commander)

Due to the increasing tensions in the area, we request that all Bonstockian personnel remain inside Urumqi until further notice. We appreciate your presence and hope for a non-military solution.

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To: Spyran Government
From: Hudecian Asian Military Command

It is of great concern that the movement of any more troops into the Xinjiang province without Sinoese co-operation would result in an 'arms race' of sorts. A race which Hudecia can not hope to win.

However, it will be greatly appreciated if the troops remain on standby, should any fighting erupt.

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To: Skibereen Government
From: Hudecian Foreign Ministry

The aid of the Skibereen government is highly appreciated. Humanitarian supplies are greatly needed in Urumqi, where the Sinoese blockade is beginning to have an effect on the levels of supplies.

We stress that any buildup of forces may be premature. We hope that the issue can be resolved peacefully, but we stand ready to defend ourselves in case of attack. Should Sinoese forces deliberately assault Hudecian forces or civilians, any military support would be greatly appreciated.

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"Welcome to Urumqi!" General Zhao was on hand to meet with the E. Islandian forces that had just arrived. "For now, we would appreciate it if your troops would remain. However, we trust that the Sinoese government, having seen the level of international support for our cause, will back down."

Hudecia

24-07-2004, 00:41

-Hudecian ASIACOM- Tokyo-

General Mallard received the morning briefing from his subordinates before returning to the strategic map of Asia.

10 000 Hudecian MPs were based in and around Karamay. In addition to this, around 30 000 former FSTX fighters were locally guarding their leader "Tamerlane".

6 Hudecian divisions were trapped in Urumqi, totaling over 30 000 heavily armed troops. Including 2 armoured divisions.

In Kashi, 15 000 Hudecian troops from 3 divisions were standing guard over the local airstrip.

Sino could easily overwhelm any of these forces. It was estimated that they had over 1 million troops throughout Xinjiang. But Mallard believed that a strong show of defiance would deter any thoughts of military action.

Skiberdeen, Bonstock, E. Islandia, Spyr, Xiaguo.... some old allies and some new ones. Bonstock may be trying to provoke Sino by attempting to fly in supplies.... Bonstock can not be allowed to be attacked by Sino.

Soon, a flight of 5 Hudecian Arrow IIs would join up with the Bonstockian air forces heading to Xinjiang. Should Sino attack, and should one of the Hudecian fighters be destroyed.... it would be war. However, the presence of Hudecian fighters may deter the Sinoese from firing on the flight at all.... at least, that was the hope.

Red Tide2

24-07-2004, 01:32

A single K-11 Medium Stealth Cargo Plane Took off a undefined runway in Red Tide. It lifted into the air. Inside there were only three men. The two pilots and a mysterious MIB(Man In Black) who was dressed like he was a MIB from the 50s this was a G-Man, Red Tides Consortiums(Intelligence Agency) elite. This one was speacial... it was the first G-Man in the Consortium... thus its designation was simple... G-Man 1... the plane flew towards Xinjiang. The plane would take the route where it was less likely too be detected and attacked...

Spyr

24-07-2004, 13:59

Fort Gochu, mouth of the Golden river, Lyong penninsula.

Additional supplies and ammunition are brought in as paratroopers of the 6th Army, as well as numerous air assets, are put in a state of readiness for deployment in the event of Sinoese agression.

In communication with their Hudecian counterparts, Spyran officials agree that Sino is unlikely to attack, given the high degree of support internationally for Hudecia's position of defending the Xinjiang populace without territorial designs.

Sino

25-07-2004, 03:13

OOC: I'll RP this some other time. Please slow down before the show down.

Hudecia

26-07-2004, 19:06

'Tamerlane' sat silently in his temporary home in Karamay. To his left and right there was always two Hudecian and two FSTX special forces.

His hatred for the Sinoese occupation forces barely subsided from the war, he was frustrated that the most he could do was sit and watch from the sidelines. But perhaps not for too much longer, for despite having the Hudecians prepetually guarding him, he was not a weak nor a vulnerable man. And he could still cause the Sinoese much grief.

But the Hudecians are not strong enough to face off with the Sinoese. They may have nerves of steel to face down such a superior opponent but their men would have to be made of steel if they hoped to win.

Still, if the Sinoese would happen to attack the Hudecian forces... or if the Hudecians thought the Sinoese attacked them.... that would open up a chance for 'Tamerlane' to regain much of his lost power.

Sino

29-07-2004, 06:09

20 Bonstocknian C-17 jets takes off from Maropian Coast with a load of humanitarian aid, flying for Urmqi, escorted by 20 F-15Cs. In addition, a small medical company of 250 people is sent to hand out the aid and treat wounded civilians. A 250 man Engineering company is also sent to aid i reconstruction. To aid them, a 40 man MP company and 24 man Special Ops squad is sent, along with 4 OH-6 helicopters, and a 10 man HQ detachment is sent to coordinate Bonstocknian Humanitarian and Reconstruction work.

As Sino originally grew from Gen. Liu's warlordic achievements in coastal China, several radar sites and AFBs in Suzhou had picked up the movements of Bonstocknian logistics, heading dangerously close to the Chinese coast.

"Dammit! What are those maggots up to?" Col. Peng, monitored the situation closely as he sat behind a column of technicians and electronic warfaremen.

"Shhhh-ite. We may be invaded!" Another officer in a different airbase commented.

It did not take long for some air force General to order some 15 J10s and 20 J-12s to take to the air.

http://english.pladaily.com.cn/pic/pladaily/2004/03/18/20040318001005.jpg

Granzi

29-07-2004, 06:26

The Commonwealth condemns these human rights abuses preformed by Sinoese soldiers in Xinjiang. We have yet to see any true proof that Sino has the residents of Xinjiang's best interests at heart. That said, we will not be interferring as long as the Granzian controlled areas are not disturbed, namely the area around Yining and Kazakhstan (jointly administrated by the Bedou).

Nathanial Sun,
Minister of Foreign Affairs

Sino

29-07-2004, 06:30

http://english.pladaily.com.cn/pic/pladaily/2004/01/08/20040108001009.jpg

Supplies of foodstuffs and aid originaly designated for troops have to be redistributed to civilians. Most bases can hold for a few months without resupply, it's now the hearts and minds of the mistreated Chinese that matters.

Sino

29-07-2004, 06:37

http://english.pladaily.com.cn/pic/pladaily/2004/07/28/20040728001004.jpg

Sinoese troops in Xinjiang have begun training for urban warfare, despite their reputation in such fields. Military officials have refused to comment on the purpose of such training.

http://english.pladaily.com.cn/pic/pladaily/2004/07/28/20040728001005.jpg

Hudecia

29-07-2004, 19:25

Red Tide2

29-07-2004, 22:14

The K-11 reached Xinjiang in the middle of the night... it was a overcast. As soon as it was over land the backdoor opened and the G-Man dropped out. The pitchblack parachute opened and the man floated too the ground. He then immediatly stowed away into the night... his black suit making him virtually invisible too the naked eye.

Sino

31-07-2004, 02:04

In response to the increased activities by Sinoese forces, the Hudecian Air Command has hightened readiness for all 1000 fighters stationed throughout Xinjiang and has placed another 2 Air Corps on standby to be transfered to Xinjiang.

ASIACOM has requested that at least 10 divisions (5000 men each) be put on standby to be transfered to Xinjiang within 3 days.

Sinoese troops will halt the deployment of any nation ready to interfere with the hegemony of China. All seven million personnel and 5000 fighters are on standby.

OOC: What options are available for their passage to Xinjiang?

Although Gen. Liu is away from office (http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=343275), the Sinoese Military Junta believes that the situation should be resolved through diplomatic means.

OOC: Care to RP diplomacy?

Sino

31-07-2004, 02:20

The ARSA today has officially opened up recruitment stations in the urban areas of Xinjiang, aimed at attracting more Uighurs into our ranks. Both officer and enlisted positions are available provided that the applicants have proficiency in Chinese.

http://english.pladaily.com.cn/pic/pladaily/2003/10/09/20031009001004.jpg

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The deserts of Xinjiang have provided a perfect setting for massive tank exercises:

http://english.pladaily.com.cn/pic/pladaily/2003/03/20/20030320001005.jpg
Above: A column of Type 88-IV light tanks charge across the desert. Unlike their predecessors, the Type 88-IV has a 105mm main gun capable of firing even ATGMs. The crew number has been reduced to 3.

Hudecia

31-07-2004, 03:54

OOC: Sure I'll RP diplomacy.

Hudecian troops and equipment would likely have to come in from the central asian area through the Bedou et al allies. Or, Xiannese support would have to be enlisted.

IC:

Hudecian General Yang has been dispatched to Urumqi to open up negotiations with Sino over the future of Xinjiang. He will be arriving in Urumqi on a commercial flight tomorrow.

General Yang looked over his intel reports, swearing intermittedly to himself. No matter how the politicians wanted to cut it, it looked bad. There was no way that Hudecia could bring a sizeable force in Xinjiang within a reasonable amount of time.

Still, his orders were to hold a hard line with the Sinoese. It was his government's opinion that by holding the hard line it might worry the Sinoese enough to accede to some of their requests.

East Islandia

31-07-2004, 04:24

"Welcome to Urumqi!" General Zhao was on hand to meet with the E. Islandian forces that had just arrived. "For now, we would appreciate it if your troops would remain. However, we trust that the Sinoese government, having seen the level of international support for our cause, will back down."

Line General Xu shook hands quickly with him.

"Good to be around," she said. Part Uighur, Xu was the daughter of Xinjiang settlers who decided that the violence was too much. Oddly enough, she found herself here again, commanding an Islandian force...

"We'll reinforce your troops," she said quickly. "For now. Let's see what the situation is before we do anything more."

Bedou

31-07-2004, 05:37

Sultan Mohammed while in the care of the Granzi.
Has ordered the current militia of Bedou in the region, 19 million men.
to begin dispersing into the mountains and flats of Tajikistan and Kyrgystan.
2400 Ea-50 BlackViper (http://www.military.cz/russia/air/helicopters/Ka_50/images/big/ka50_6.jpg)Attack helicopter
800 KingSnake (http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/ac/row/su-25-08p03.jpg) CAS Aircraft.
384 JSS-UCAV MkI-CLick for Video (http://www.metalstorm.com/04_videos/ms_ucav.html)
2200 EF-8 Viking Interceptor (http://www.emeraldesigns.com/matchup/pics/j11_1.jpg)
737 EA-3 PitViper Attack/Interdiction (http://www.emeraldesigns.com/matchup/pics/f16_2.jpg)
100 EB-2 Heavenly Archer (High Altitude Stand-off Aircraft).
Sultan Bin Aldeeb is also now his formal request of the Hibernian Joint Defence Forces to begin landing troops from their Current fleets in the Gulf.
Currently being embedded in the mountain regions are 400 MS120AAS(Kraken) 120mm anti-air systems.
Along the mountain passes Bedou cammandos positioning themselves with MSADWS(AREA DENIAL WEAPON SYSTEM)Click for video (http://www.metalstorm.com/04_videos/ms_area_denial.html) to close off passage way across the mountains.
Three Heavy Divisions of the IVCorps with 900 LineBacker HTs, and 1100 HighKing MBTs.

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Hudecian forces all afforded the same courtesy to land anywhere the Bedou are, Hudecian forces are not veiwed as even a potential threat tothe Bedou given their eager display to resort to diplomacy and reluctance to engage in combat.
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Granzi forces are as well offered this courtesy as they have been trusted enough to be protecting the Sultan Bin Al Deeb.
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All forces workingg in conjunction with Granzi and Hudecian forces are as well allowed in Bedou controled areas provided their terms with respect to the Granzi and Hudecians remain on good standing.
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Western Asia forces will treated with respect and as forces outside aligned terms in a non-threat posture.
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An additional 11 million Bedou Soldiers are being requested to move from the Sudan to the disputed area.
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Tajikistan national and Kyrgystan nationals have demostrated a willingness to defend their newly reclaimed region and freedom from another despotic regime.
While they lack training and material they have been offered a chance to have their autonomy and are willing to fight for it.

Sino

01-08-2004, 01:40

Sino's most senior officer in Xinjiang is currently Lt. Gen. Han, Han decides that the should not listen to his own egos this time round. War is always costly and with the pressured applied both by his superiors and potential enemies, he had agreed to give diplomacy a go.

http://forum.apan-info.net/winter_97/images/hap_2.jpg

Granzi

01-08-2004, 02:07

Agafath, Kazakhstan

General Demark had been following the continuous stand-off in Xinjiang with interest. This morning, he had been dining in the main hall when the daily intel report come in. After dismissing the guards from the door, he settled down to read. Over the past month, an increased international presence had surfaced in the desert. A multitude of nations, most of which he had never encountered began sending reinforcements to Hudecia. It was something Demark had mixed feelings about.

On one hand, they had prevented further rash acts by the Sinoese, which he noted, was being washed down with a storm of propaganda. However, he had his doubts if increased action would improve the situation in the long term. Not that his forces could be of much assistance right now. Granzian troops were stretched thin over the vast expanse of Kazakhstan, and peace talks with the Bedou had yet to occur. Only then could the Granzian leave from the south.

Finishing his danish, the General rose and proceeded to the Comm Center. "Put out a transmission to the Hudecians, ask them if we could be of assistance in any way possible," he called to the operator on duty. He then turned to an aide. "Alert his majesty, the Sultan, that negotiations are open for his homeland, and that we would prefer them to begin as soon as possible. Tell him to proceed to Conference Hall when his excellence is ready. Understood?"

"Yes sir!"

Granzi

01-08-2004, 02:09

OOC: Bedou, do you want to do the negotiations in the other thread or this one?

Hudecia

01-08-2004, 02:37

Line General Xu was escorted to a waiting jeep under heavy Hudecian guard. General Zhao was wasting no time in filling her in about the diplomatic situation on the way to Hudecian HQ.

"So far, we have the support of the international community and the major neighbours, including Bedou and Granzi. However, our own position among ethnic Chinese and Uighurs is being undermined by a determined PR campaign by the Sinoese."

"They have been actively recruiting people from these groups to help give their military here a much needed face-lift. As for us, we have support from a large segment of the Uighur population because of our support of the FSTX earlier on. However, I'm sure that the majority of the ethnic Chinese population would be happy to see us go."

Once the two were in a secured location in the Hudecian HQ, he began to discuss the military situation.

"Militarily, I don't need to tell you that we don't stand a chance in hell if the Sinoese try to storm us. We just don't have enough forces to be able to hold them off. But we are reluctant to add more forces because we don't want to spook the Sinoese into taking some pre-emptive action."

"Tomorrow, at noon, General Yang will be arriving to take control of the negotiations from the Hudecian end. However, we would appreciate it if the Islandian forces would send a representative to help us."

Hudecia

01-08-2004, 02:39

To: Granzi forces in Kazakhstan
From: General Zhao (Hudecian Xinjiang HQ)

For now the situation seems to be under control. However, should the situation deteriorate, it would be appreciated if the forces currently occupying Karamay would be allowed to evacuate through into Granzi-held territory.

Granzi

01-08-2004, 03:49

[Coded Transmission]
To: General Zhao
From: General Demark, Granzian Operational HQ
Subject: Re: Withdrawal

Permission granted. Hudecian forces and all allies have clearance to enter Granzian-controlled territory should the need arise. Granzian armed forces will assist any such evacuation to the best of our ability, including transportation over the border. Beyond Kazakhstan and the enclave at Yining, Shandong Province, in the the east, will also be made available to Allied Forces. The 6th Battlefleet is currently stationed at Qingdao, ready to preform evac if needed.

Best Wishes,
General Demark
Theater Commander: China and Central Asia
[End Transmission]

Warhammer Syndicate

01-08-2004, 04:11

Warhammer Syndicate has been watching this situation unfold recently and has decided to assist Sino if they agree.

**Coded Transmission to Sino**

I would like to assist you in this matter, I see there are ever increasing odds against you as other nations support the enemy. I'm ready to dispatch troops and equipment to areas of your request. Contact me when you get a chance so I can figure out where to place my troops.

Bedou

01-08-2004, 16:45

OOC:WarHammer 4 of my 5 alliance members are over a billion. The Hudecia and related nations currently have military interest involved and I have yet to call upon my Larger allies. Simply put Bedou will not Stand down, and will turn this into a scorched earth war, and while the BEdou can just pack up and move(that is after all what nomads do) ,the rest of people of the Sino region will be left with a waste land.

Granzi, we could move peace talks to another thread, but I think that given the situation and that I rp the Sultan as a lead from the front kind of guy, he would be content to negotiate with general Denmark, and als obe contenet to be in a position where he can negotiate with the Sino as he would not send a mere delegate to deal with such an important matter.

Sino, man, you do RP geopolitical/military pressure nicely, I mean f*cking well. Hats off to you.

IC: The Sultan heard the aid inform him of the conference hall, he took his eyes away from the screen of the Bedou9000.
"At once, of course, of course."

The Sultan allowed himself to be lead to the conference hall.
His Bedou9000 vibrated visiouly telling him that the security agency and Diplomatic corps had more information, there was always more information.
This was the downside to having people everywhere, you got news from EVERYWHERE constantly.
They reached the Conference to find General Denmark and --will insert later--
waiting.
The Sultan bowed to his gracious hosts who have tolerated his lack of courtesy.
"I apologize for my lack of attention to tour situation, I trust the Granzi enought o be in their care so that allowed me to be, less then concerned.
My sincerest apologies.
To the order of the day. Bedou ideas are simple.
We the Bedou provide military protection to Tajikistan and Kyrgystan, we are willing to suppliment Granzi military in Kazakstan.
We require Right to use over the lands of Tajikistan and Kyrgystan, this would be similar to the rights most mid-easter states afford the bedouins of various regions.
We will add the Tajiks an the Kyrgs in assembling their new governments and any required we will supply them, no burden of reconstruction will fall on the international community.
The Daylami while we understand they cannot be allowed any control of the area will be afforded santuary and the right to remain Daylamis with assemilation into any nation, however they will be governed bythe laws of the land.
The Granzi, the Hudecia and ...even the Sino, be they willing, will be allowed to observers on Bedou military instillations in the region.
As well the Hudecia and the Granzi will be allowed to operate one military reservation in Tajikistan and in Kyrgystan for the purpose of security matters in the region.
These bases will be allowed to operate on the order of twenty year contracts.
Once the Bedou have moved enough forces into the area to secure the borders of Tajikistan and Kyrgystan the ever growing international coalition that has answered the Bedou call to arms will be asked to stand down.
On that matter, a majority of these nation have deep ties with Bedou and I am sure would enjoy using the Bedou presence to open relations and even diplomatic relations with all parties concerned..again including the Sino should that be of interest to them.
With the Bedou presence, we will also offer the Wadi-Rum schools to any nation who wishes it so that re-education of muslims with in nation may begin so that the Jihadian element might be removed and the global terrorist threat reduced.
Early talks of the Bedou being allowed parts of southern Kazakstan were discussed. We withdraw this desire but rather request the same "Right to Use" laws that way the nomadic peoples of the region will again be free to move about under the Bedou umbrella, that "Right to Use" will also include an obligation to defend.
Finally, with your permission I will be send a copy of these terms to the Hudecians, and the Sino with a request to meet with them. This location seems safe, or we could move closer to Sino proper for their comfort.
Also a copy of these terms will be sent to each nation nvolved in the Defense of the Hudecian and Bedou positions so thatthey see a resolution has been reached.
We understand that the Hudecian may some terms they might wish to add and that you as well might have terms.
Those things being said, shall I prepare some coffee?"

Hudecia

01-08-2004, 16:59

For the time being General Zhao has been reassigned to deal with the Bedou negotiations.

Hudecia's primary condition is in regards to the travel of Daylami citizens. Although Hudecia has protected said citizens from persecution by the Sinoese elements in Xinjiang we do not trust them. As such, we request that Daylami citizens be required to provide appropriate identification before entering the nations of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Also, that should unusually large numbers of Daylami citizens enter the countries within a set time frame, that allied military command be notified to assess the possible threat.

Granzi

01-08-2004, 17:10

Pacific Northwesteria

01-08-2004, 17:39

-----Encoded Message-----
To: Granzi Command
From: President Zwimbala, Pacific Northwesteria
Subj: Hudecia and Sino

Message Follows

Northwesterian Intelligence has picked up startling information regarding a standoff in Xinjiang. Like everyone involved, I would like nothing better than a peaceful resolution. However, Granzi being an esteemed member of the Organization of Maritime Powers, and, I hope, a good ally, Pacific Northwesteria is willing to offer humanitarian and/or military aid in the region. We are in the process of revamping and increasing our military, and this would be the perfect place to test out our new forces. Although the area in question is out of the range of nearly all naval forces, PN is willing to send a small, elite land force as well as a large compliment of aircraft from our carriers to assist in the defense of Granzian and/or Hudecian positions. Also, long-range bombers can take off from OMP bases within range (secret OOC: they're done, right?) and then base themselves in-country. These bombers can also be used, at near-stall speeds, to drop supplies by parachute. Please respond with your requested response to this crisis. Again, may it be resolved without bloodshed. We hope that a balancing of the forces in the area will result in a back off by the Sinoese, as they will no longer be assured swift victory. However, if you believe that our presence would be harmful, and incite war, you may have us stay in the area, on alert. May the great nations of Granzi and Pacific Northwesteria live long in freedom.

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Red Tide2

01-08-2004, 18:19

A desolate alley in Urumqi.

The G-Man looked around suspiciously as he set the charges on the civilian building. Getting in the city had been easy. Nobody minded him. He stood up as he finished setting the charges and the timer on the C-4. He left the area quickly making sure too drop a note that said (in Sinoese) "We order Hudecia and its allies too remove themselves from Xinjiang... or more attacks will follow. Signed: Anonymous." A minute after he left the box of C4 detonated.

Bedou

01-08-2004, 18:45

"Coffee would be much appreciated."

"Currently, our understanding is of thus:

1. Bedou have a right to use the land in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
2. Bedou do not have civil administration (aka control) over those countries as a whole, but do in matters that deal with the Bedou.
3. Bedou have the rights as those described above on Southern Kazakhstan.
4. Bedou have a right to defend the above mentioned nations.
5. Granzian, Hudecian, and Sinoese observers will be allowed on Bedou military instillations.
6. Both Granzi and Hudecia are entitled to one military base in both Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in terms of 20-year contracts.
7. Bedou have rights to open re-educational schools in the form of Wadi-Rum schools.

Is this correct?"
The Sultan from a small pouch he carried under his robes produce a large pinch of what was not very attractive to the eyes was immediately pleasent to nose. A strong aroma arose from the coffee maker, one that more then likly had never come from it before. General Denmark had heard thatthe Bedou had many formallities around coffee.
" Points
1. Correct
2. Partially correct matters dealing with the Bedou and matters of securing the nation(from external threats)- however not internal security unless requested by the repective populace.
3. We would hope the Granzi would trust us to travel the whole of Kazakstan, but if not, we broach no offense or arguement on that point.
4.Correct
5. Absolutely(without restriction to anything but Bedou communication equipment). Also obervers will be free to move about the respective nations to add us in monitoring against terror.
6. Again, absolutely
7. With restrictions that they should be requested by an official yes, the Tajikis and the Kyrgs have demostrated the desirer to have education for their young Islamic students, who have been too long taught that Islam is about war.
7b. This is also a standing offer to any nation in the region who may to either board citizens at the Wadi-Rum schools or have Wadi-Rum Schools of their own with in the respective nation.

For the time being General Zhao has been reassigned to deal with the Bedou negotiations.

Hudecia's primary condition is in regards to the travel of Daylami citizens. Although Hudecia has protected said citizens from persecution by the Sinoese elements in Xinjiang we do not trust them. As such, we request that Daylami citizens be required to provide appropriate identification before entering the nations of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Also, that should unusually large numbers of Daylami citizens enter the countries within a set time frame, that allied military command be notified to assess the possible threat.

"The answer to this concern is covered in point 5."

Hudecia

01-08-2004, 20:37

The bomb's explosion rattled the usually quiet neighbourhood. Many nearby windows were shattered and smoke billowed from the alleyway. Casualties were not initially clear but several people were taken to hospital with wounds ranging from burns to lacerations.

Hudecian troops nearby were called in to help transport the wounded to the major hospital and to seal off the area until a formal investigation is concluded. Hudecian investigators, because of the note found near the explosion site, suspect that it is a terrorist group supporting Sino.

However, locals reporting seeing a strange man in the vicinity. Hudecian MPs have posted a sketch of him and are seeking him in connection with the bombing.

Granzi

02-08-2004, 01:41

Agafath Complex

The brewing coffee was a blend Demark had never smelt before, nevermind taste. He waited with bated breath to sample such a beverage, a respectable distance away from the coffee maker. "With regards to the civil administration, that is an unusual request, but one which with the Commonwealth has no objections. We agree to all the points of such an agreement, with only a limited change."

The General looked the Sultan in his eyes, "We will be more than honored to grant the Bedou rights to all of Kazakhstan, similar to those in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. We had mentioned only the south due to the fact that region was the only portion to have been discussed beforehand. Limited self-autonomy will be granted to the Bedou in the entirety of Kazakhstan, with a fully functional government and links to their brothers in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan. Civil administration of the non-Bedou people of Kazakhstan will be done by elected officials under the stewardship of the Granzi.”

“Of course, when a settlement has been reached, the Bedou are more than welcome to a diplomatic exchange, in hopes of fostering further and stronger relations.”

Just then, his headset began beeping. Apologizing to the Sultan, he stepped outside. “What is it?” Demark spoke into the mouthpiece. “Sir, we’ve received a transmission from the Pacific Northwesterians. An offer for specialized help, among other things.” Demark thought for a moment before replying. “PN has been a very faithful ally since the beginning of our membership in the OMP. Give them clearance, but emphasize that the force be small. We don’t want any acceleration of this standoff. Delta Air Base, near Taldyqorghhan, will be made available. Got that?”

“Yes, General.”

Stepping back into the conference hall, Demark waited fro the Sultan’s reply.

Red Tide2

02-08-2004, 01:42

OOC: Did you find the note?

Xiaguo

02-08-2004, 01:42

Nei Mongolia and Gansu are official territories controlled by Xiaguo. Due to the recent standoff, Both provinces are to close off the major railway into Xinjiang and Tibet.

A detachtment of 10,000 Nei Mongolian recruits will aid as peace keepers between Sino and Hudecia.

Speaking of Bonstock's request for a air strip, everything Bonstock says in suspicious therefore no airfield is granted.

Xiaguo

02-08-2004, 01:47

Xiaguo government territory as follows, Xiaguo Proper;Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning, Adminstered Provinces;Nei Mongolia, Gansu, Hebei, Shandong, and Shanxi, Influenced Provinces;Ningxia, Henan, Jiangsu.

Shanghai is occupied by Sinoese, and Xiannese troops. Not a standoff, but a co-defense operation due to the threat made by FCN to take back Shanghai if, by force.

East Islandia

02-08-2004, 01:49

Line General Xu grinned.

"Well, my friends from the Supply Department managed to supply me with these," she said, waving her hand at the HMMVWs parked outside.

An aide brought a small set of blueprints.

"Ten thousand pounders for ground use," Xu announced. "Hardened shell; impervious to almost everything except for the toughest bombs and the detonation signal. Fuse is standard aluminum powder and magnesium, and body is watergel slurry.

"And these are the newest EMPs," Xu said, pointing at another set of blueprints. "They are programmed for small radiuses, but are powerful; drop one of these into an enemy camp, and it will knock out electronic systems for at least half a minute, even with EMP-resistant systems.

"The First Storm Division has two brigades flying in right now; we will be joined by the mechanized units of the First and Sixth Ghost Brigades, and probably their commando elements as well," Xu finished

"As for an ambassador..."

A smaller, slimmer woman stepped out from the shadows, a cascade of brown hair tumbling out of her desert helmet.

"This is Aisha Abiad, of the Diplomatic Service's Middle Eastern Council. She will be representing us in the negotiations-as soon as she gets on some work clothes and gets updated on the situation."

Aisha bowed, and quickly headed off into a room to change. When she returned, she wore white spidersilk robes and a slight hint of makeup.

Of course, Aisha realized that there could possibly be a backlash against her (and Islandia as well, since women held much of hte power there) but she was the best Arabic linguist and an excellent diplomat.

"Can you update me on the situation?" she asked Zhao.

Xiaguo

02-08-2004, 01:54

Well, Xiaguo does ask that SIno's nucleur testing should halt right now, since the Asian Peace Conference in Seoul is still in place and this issue might be presented as an international humanities issue. Xiaguo also does not favour Sino's testing, however, we do applause your skilled efforts into developing weapons.

Bedou

02-08-2004, 02:53

While the General stepped out.
The Sultan's B9000 began making a high pitched tone of a priority signal.
He removed the unit from its waste pouch and turned on the screen to immediately see the rubble of a building.
The screen beneath scrolled the messege "Terrorist Attack in Urumqi".
The Sultan, at of reflex drew his scimitar the blade flashed and abruptley stopped above the table.
It would not be polite to smash the furniture.
He placed the scimitar back in the scabord(s/p? )
He drew his nagant revolver removed the pot of coffee from the maker, then politely shot the machine.
He began pouring the cups of coffee, he set the Bedou9000 PDA with the screen on where the general had been sitting.
He pushed a small button on the device which would activate a chain of events that once past a very close point could not be stopped.

Hudecia

02-08-2004, 03:15

General Zhao was speechless for a second as he saw Aisha. Shaking his head quickly he refocused on the task at hand.

"Well, we are still waiting for an official response from the Sinoese concerning the peace conference but all indications are that it will proceed eventually. For now we as allies should consolidate our positions both diplomatically and militarily."

"The Xiannese have decided to remain neutral in this confrontation, and in doing so have blocked our primary method of transport into the country. The Bedou have been increasingly helpful towards us and have offered our troops safe passage through their territory to reach Xinjiang. However, I suspect that support from Western Asia will be needed in order to transport the troops here."

"Domestically, things have been going downhill. It appears that a bit of a tit for tat campaign is brewing between the ethnic Han and Uighur population despite efforts by both sides to calm things down."

"This morning there was an explosion in an ethnic Uighur neighbourhood. Locals were quick to blame the Hans and retaliated by attacking a Han vendor. Hudecian troops had to get involved to break up the fighting."

Lunatic Retard Robots

02-08-2004, 03:19

The LRRAF can ship out many tons of humanitarian aid via large-capacity transports for the inhabitants of Xinjiang. A medical force can also be deployed within a short timeframe.

We are always eager to further global human rights, but getting involved in a war with such a powerful country as Sino does not seem to be the way to do it, so no combat personnel will be sent in.

We are wondering if such a flight would have to cross Sino airspace, and, if so, if the Sino air-defense net would allow the transports safe passage.

Hudecia

02-08-2004, 03:27

"Tamerlane" had had quite enough. The terrorist attack on the Uighur neighbourhood had been deliberately set by the Sinoese as far as he was concerned. Proof? Who needed proof? Who else would do it? The Hudecians? No.. they were far too tame.. far too tame to even be here.

The time for kid gloves was over. The FSTX was back.

Red Tide2

02-08-2004, 03:30

OOC:This is sort of pre-planned

IC:A bunch(4 of them) of Ethnic Hans were crowded around the table. They had been summoned here by a mysterious caller. Then in stepped a man who was dressed like a US goverment agent from the 50s. The G-Man took off his hat and put it down on the table. Then he lifted up a suitcase in his hands and also put it on the table. Then the G-Man spoke in a Hudecian in a monotone voice. "My codename is G-Man 1, I am part of The Consortium. I was sent here on a mission... a mission that you will help me with." The G-Man opened the suitcase too reveal TOW Anti-Tank Rocket Launchers AND ammunition for it."You will assasinate the traitor too Hudecia... General Zhao..." The Hans eyes widened, their leader smiled. "We will gladly kill the traitor." The G-Mans infamous cold smile came across his lips. "Good... here is the plan..."

Hudecia

02-08-2004, 03:37

General Zhao excused himself from the E. Islandian group.

"I'm terribly sorry, but I must be on hand to greet General Yang when he arrives at the airport in an hour."

"Please feel free to make yourself at home. Line General Xu has been granted full security access."

General Zhao politely left the building and hustled down the steps. Glancing at his Swiss watch he swore realizing that it was broken. What is the world coming to, when Swiss watches break so easily. It was a gift from his 2 daughters for his 40th birthday. It was supposed to soften the blow of going "over the hill".

Glancing around at the waiting vehicles he hopped into his Humvee and tapped the driver on the shoulder, waking him up from his nap.

"To the airport, and be careful for goodness sake!"

Lunatic Retard Robots

02-08-2004, 03:42

Red Tide2

02-08-2004, 03:44

The Han was bored... just plane bored... he had been sitting at this position for hours... sure the headsets the G-Man had given them were cool. Then he saw it. General Zhoa. He pressed the headsets mouthpiece into his... well, mouth and whispered "Target sighted leaving.... He is in the car... he is heading too your position 3#.""2# Can you confirm 1#s sighting?""Roger that 4#." The Humvee moved towards the Hans position. He took aim, "Easily, "He muttered remembering what the G-Man told them about TOWs, "NOW!" He yelled as he depressed the trigger button. The rocket lurched and spun out of its tube towards the Humvee. Dropping the launch tube the Han stood up and yelled "FOR SINO!"

Granzi

02-08-2004, 03:46

Secret OOC: I think the Indian one's completed, might want to check on the OMP boards.

[Coded Transmission]
To: General Zhao
From: General Demark
Subject: Assistance

Pacific Northwesterian forces will be arriving shortly in Granzian controlled territory near the Kazakhstan/Xinjiang border. PN has shown to be a very reliable ally which has never hesitated to provide support for Granzi in our times of need. We place our full confidence in their ability to not inflame this situation. The force will consist of an elite fighting group along with bomber support. I have their assurance that they will be used only if Sinoese troops become aggressive.

Yours in arms,
General Demark
Theater Commander: China and Central Asia
[End Transmission]

Granzi

02-08-2004, 03:50

OOC: Waiting for your reply, Bedou.

Hudecia

02-08-2004, 03:56

The driver's eyes widened in terror as the missile came towards the Humvee.

The missile slowly weaved its path closer and closer towards the moving Humvee. General Zhao had heard about this type of thing... when you neared the end of your life everything seemed to move in slow motion. A million thoughts raced through his head, God, his wife, his daughter, the driver. The last thing he would ever hear would be that scream "For Sino!".

The Humvee exploded in a brilliant display of fire and flames. Smoke poured out of the Humvee and Hudecian troops and civilians milled around the area like little ants.

From the airport, the sound of the blast was clearly heard by the welcoming committee. Within a minute the truth would be known.

Sino

02-08-2004, 05:22

Sino

02-08-2004, 05:41

Lt. Gen. Han was in utmost rage, we are nearing war! War was not a general like him wanted. Someone had been framing us. No Sinoese soldier would have done the bombing. He was about to leave for the peace table when this happened. The power of the news broadcast held him back.

"Holy F*ck!" He cursed to himself, loud enough to echo throughout his HQ.

ARSAC (Armed Republic of Sino Aerospace Corps) has picked up the image of a mysterious black aircraft, landing in the desert, undoubtedly stealth. The type is yet to be identifiable, but someone, somebody's sleepers must be onboard... Sleepers for starting up a war! A war between Sino and Hudecia. He watched the many hours of highly magnified spysat images, a black eagle-like thing flew here, a real bird of doom.

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"Soldiers and officers, compatriot civilians. It is a sad and tragic news that now Gen. Zhao of Hudecia has been assasinated, and there has been a terrorist bombing in Xinjiang, related to us. Framed like a picture, we have our faces in it!" Han tried to perform some of Liu's Hitler effects, yet to grasp the power of the master.

"We must now defend ourselves, against a possible onslaught of misunderstood Hudecians, from all sides! I make this clear that we will NOT deliberately attack them!!! Rather, it is our duty to stand up for the truth that we are not waging war on the Hudecians."

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Lt. Gen. Hu's fired up temper was quickly put into use, he soon filed a report to the Hudecians, it was detailed in the explanation.

One key aspect of the note left near the bomb site, was that it was traditional Chinese and it was poorly written in terms of grammar and some of the characters were barely legibal, uncharacteristic of any Chinese person. He viewed the footage of the collapsing building, it looked unlike a civilian terrorist, it was far too professional and how could civvies have access to a bomb of that power as it was not done suicidally by vehicle, the way it collapsed and fell. He wondered, it must be foreign or Uighur troublemakers. The question now is who...

Hudecia

02-08-2004, 14:38

*Above Urumqi*

General Yang cussed so loudly on the plane to Urumqi that several of the soldiers on board prepared to restrain him in case he took out his anger on the furniture.

"What the HELL is going on down there! We can't even keep our Generals safe?! Who is in command now?"

"That'd be Lt. Colonel DeFonc." His attache replied.

"Who the HELL is doing this? If the Sinoese wanted us dead we'd all be dead by now. It must be a group that is supporting them or something.... war is not in either of our interests.... "

*Karamay*

"Tamerlane" had managed to lose his Hudecian 'handlers' for a couple minutes while he planned his next stage of actions. With the Hudecians at the highest alert possible, all they needed was a little push to send them flying over the abyss into total war.

A war which would cause the deaths of thousands. But it was a small price to pay. "Tamerlane" harboured no illusions of the Hudecians winning the war, the Sinoese would obviously win it. So now he would throw his lot in with the Sinoese, who would now have to cater to his strong FSTX forces in order to maintain calm.

In major cities like Karamay and Kashi, FSTX forces were already policing streets and taking over civil duties, ostensibly to 'maintain the peace'. Some were even co-operating with local Sinoese forces.

In Urumqi, unbeknownst to the Hudecians or Sinoese, FSTX forces had captured 3 of the 4 Hans responsible for the attack. All three of them made taped confessions that they had been hired by a Hudecian officer. When the time was right these tapes would be released to the public. Damning evidence that the Hudecians were responsible for the assasination.

Also, in the terrorist bombing attack in Urumqi, 'evidence' would show that the C4 was obtained from Hudecian military stockpiles. It was of course, but it had been given to the FSTX. If Hudecia ever suspected that Tamerlane had betrayed them however, they wouldn't be able to go public that they had armed a terrorist group.

Xiaguo

03-08-2004, 02:05

The Xiannese Congress decided that this issue was serious and in need of more stronger force to withstand these 'insuregents'.

100,000 Xiannese "Special Stabilizing occupation troops"

50,000, will be excluded from the group to enter Urumqi and demand the Sinoese and Hudecian governments to keep the peace. The troops will prepare to enter Urumqi.

Lunatic Retard Robots

03-08-2004, 02:11

OCC: Hey, this looks pretty neat. Would it be possible for me to get involved?

Xiaguo

03-08-2004, 02:15

I don't know, were you in this Xinjiang war with Daylam?
I guess you can request for peace missions.

Lunatic Retard Robots

03-08-2004, 02:26

I don't know, were you in this Xinjiang war with Daylam?
I guess you can request for peace missions.

That's what I had in mind. LRR is really into humanitarian stuff, and Hudecia is an ally, so 1,000 or so peacekeepers could probably be mustered, along with engineering and medical personnel to help out Hudecia.

Granzi

03-08-2004, 02:59

OOC: Granzi has no objection to LRR joining.

Lunatic Retard Robots

03-08-2004, 03:16

OOC: Granzi has no objection to LRR joining.

Ok. But I'm waiting for the o.k. from Hudecia and Sino.

East Islandia

03-08-2004, 03:51

The rumble of tanks was heard as the First Storm Division deployed throughout Urumqi this morning, accompanied by strike units in their reinforced and thickly padded HMMVWs.

Armored and commando elements of the First and Sixth Ghost Brigades have also arrived, and have begun patrols also within Urumqi.

Following the sad death of General Zhao, Line General Xu ordered her troops into action. Immediately, a curfew was imposed on various Islandian occupied zones, and posters put out for the apprehension of an enemy saboteur, who was probably Caucasian, dressed in black, and armed to the teeth. All with information were encouraged to call Hudecian or Islandian forces-with the promise of a large reward.

"What have you on the assassins?" Xu asked the Hudecian colonel, DeFonc. "I have already have my troops impose a curfew in certain areas, as a precaution; martial law, however, is not yet in effect. What would your officers feel on imposing martial law?"

********
Night
Outskirts of Urumqi
0200 hours

The Islandian troops of 11 Commando, First Ghost Brigade, quietly stacked up outside the ramshackle building. Dressed in all black and armed with submachine guns and bullpup rifles for close quarters combat, they quietly sighted through their NVGs and waited as their demolitions specialists quickly set up the explosives.

After they finished, the leader clicked his intercom once.

Two clicks were returned, and the leader nodded to one of his men.

The door blew open, and the men quickly rushed inside, one team heading upstairs while the others ran through the rooms, slamming down the occupants, kicking weapons away, and shooting any and all who resisted.

The second team ran upstairs, their breath bated, and kicked down the door. They saw a man in a black trenchcoat and quickly fired.

East Islandia

03-08-2004, 04:26

"Do you suppose that they're Americans?" First General Shwei asked his subordinate, Captain Uy.

"Could be," Uy growled. "Those f*ckers always meddle in our business, dont they?"

"First they try to steal spidersilk, then our territory, and now this," Shwei said, shaking his head. "Wonderful people they have in their government."

Sino

03-08-2004, 04:55

Ok. But I'm waiting for the o.k. from Hudecia and Sino.

Sino has blocked all land-based accesspoints into the Chinese territory and will only allow authorized aircraft. Peacekeepers are not welcomed, but peace observers are.

Granzi

03-08-2004, 05:01

Sino has blocked all land-based accesspoints into the Chinese territory and will only allow authorized aircraft. Peacekeepers are not welcomed, but peace observers are.

Actually, you haven't. LRR is more than welcome to enter China through Kazakhstan and the Granzian enclave at Yining. Or if LRR prefers, they can land in Shandong, and proceed to the Granzian supply bases at Lanzhou and Yinchuan.

OOC: I'm still trying to figure out which areas are Hudecian, and which are Sinoese controlled. Can you post a map or description?

Lunatic Retard Robots

03-08-2004, 05:01

Ok, so could 300 lightly-armed LRRA troops with XA-185s and a medical and engineering contingent come in to observe and help with the medical and engineering needs of the area? Would that be allowed to fly in?

OCC: I'll post more tomorrow.

Sino

03-08-2004, 05:12

ARSAF Xinjiang HQ (Hami):

Lt. Gen. Han looked at his MPs with contempt, extra security, even outside of his bedchamber, on the order of his superiors. Extra security for all officers Snr. Col. and above.

"What am I, a wimp?" Cursing at himself and his beer-belly before surrendering to his nightly sleep. "Whoever the f*ck it was, if it could take down a Hudecian senior commander, it may be out to get him next, stirring up more trouble, pushing the two nations into war."

It was bad enough that there was no conference, and now his life appears to be at stake. Will he ever see his wife and kids again?

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From the analysis by the ARSMC Corps of Intelligence, the suspect(s) is probably male and of foreign (non-Chinese descent), although probably a Uighur or hired by hostile Uighurs or Daylamis seekign to revenge on the fall of their empire.

"Like the U.S. in Iraq, we lack HUMINT (human intelligence)." Lt. Col. Gao, working overtime into the starry night, expresses his concerns.

"Sir, that's not possible. The Hudecians must have somethign on him." Sgt. Kan wondered.

"Soldier, let's just call him 'Bob' for now. We have a good degree of speculation that he came in via that mysterious aircraft spotted by our ASSI (Advanced Spy Satellite Imaging) system."

"O.K., sir. So 'Bob' came down and started all this bullsh*t, like an angel of death."

"No sh*t, Sherlock. Tell the ladies at Comm. to pass this report to the Hudecians, we've all seen it and now its their turn." Gao handed the sergeant the report before retiring to his quaters.

Granzi

03-08-2004, 05:13

Map of Xinjiang:
(Red outlined areas are controlled by Granzi.)

Now what areas are controlled by you Sino? (Make edits to this map.)

Pacific Northwesteria

03-08-2004, 05:16

Admiral Michaels heard about the terrorist attacks that seriously damaged the chance for peace. All the more reason to have an eye in the sky, he thought. Admiral Michaels ordered that the DD-1Bs, currently over the area, activate and begin sending images, in visible, IR, etc., both to his command, and the HQs of the allies in the region. Next time someone tried some kind of explosive attack, the infrared would spike on the screens, and the perpetrator would be tracked. This would not happen again. It must not, for the sake of peace.

Sino

03-08-2004, 05:20

Actually, you haven't. LRR is more than welcome to enter China through Kazakhstan and the Granzian enclave at Yining. Or if LRR prefers, they can land in Shandong, and proceed to the Granzian supply bases at Lanzhou and Yinchuan.

OOC: I'm still trying to figure out which areas are Hudecian, and which are Sinoese controlled. Can you post a map or description?

Sino's control of China ranges from the coastal provinces of Jiang Su to Guang Dong. It's also holding Qinghai, Tibet and Xinjiang. Exceptions in Xinjiang are just Urumuqi , Karamay and Kashi.

Granzi

03-08-2004, 05:24

Granzian soldiers manning the border crossings have announced a temporary lockdown. Nothing will be allowed to cross the Xinjiang-Kazakhstan border without further notice. This of course does not apply to allied troops with proper identification and signed orders (to prevent the perpatrators from doning the uniforms of allied forces). The border stations will be increasingly fortified over the next few months, with roadblocks and bulletproof buildings.

To the civilian population, we apologize for the inconvience. This meesage was placed on posters and broadcasted over the local TV and radio stations, warning the population to not approach the border. We expect to lift this ban in a few weeks at the very most.

Granzi

03-08-2004, 05:30

Revised Map:
(Is this right?)

Red is Granzi, blue is Hudecian.

Sino

03-08-2004, 05:43

Revised Map:
(Is this right?)

Red is Granzi, blue is Hudecian.

OOC: And the rest are Sino's. LOL!

Granzi

03-08-2004, 05:58

OOC: And the rest are Sino's. LOL!

OOC: Which is mostly desert. :D

Sino

03-08-2004, 06:03

OOC: Which is mostly desert. :D

OOC: No problem. Desert storm! LOL! *Plays USA01 from Command & Conquer: Generals at full volume*

http://www.fas.org/man/dod-101/sys/land/row/T83-273-2.jpg

Bedou

03-08-2004, 06:06

OOC: I did reply.
IC: Sultan Mohammed composed himself.
He picked his B9000.
Entered a specific code.
An image of a young Anglo-man appeared.
"Yes your majesty, how may we serve you this evening?"

The Sultan smiled.
"I want this transmission that I just recieved from Urumqi attached and sent to the Sino governemnt, with this messege you are about record from me, understood?"

"Yes your majesty. Whenever you are ready."

"I am the Sultan Mohammed Bin Al Deeb,
The incident in Urumqi places us even closer to the completely unpleasent prospect of tearing each other apart.
As a man who has spent much time in the arena of politics and war, I have serious doubts as to the Sino being resposible for this tragedy.
If you wanted to risk all out war, you would have at least over whelmed the Hudecians totally. Not bomb a building.
I believe it would be in the best interests of our two parties to come together to talk. For the Sino to come to the table with Hudecians, and with Granzi.
We are being played for fools, and you are being made a patsey.
I will personally be arriving in in six hours on the Kygystan border with Xianjiang province. I will bring a reasonable compliment of guards.
I am ordering 200,000 Ashstani-Bedou to move along that border, not for any other purpose ten to aid in stopping and questioning everyone who attempts to cross it.
I hope it will possible to meet with a Sino official.
Also some of our...eyes and ears tell me that this man.
http://www.clearlight.com/~kt/works/img/china/smoke.jpg
Named: Ha Mai a camel herder who still travels the silk road on occassion, witnessed a figure in the alley near that explosion.
You may wish to find him, and talk to him, or even better arrange for the Hudecian to find him.
Again, I firmly believe that it would not be in the National Character of Sino to resort to terrorism.
Your respectful Adversary,
Sultan Mohammed Bin Al Deeb."

" Very nice your majesty."
"Just send it."

Sino

03-08-2004, 06:15

Revised Map:
(Is this right?)

Red is Granzi, blue is Hudecian.

Sino holds Hami.

Sino

03-08-2004, 06:18

"Ha Mai." The name repeated itself in Gao's head, he had been dispatched by his superiors to meet this man, behind Hudecian lines. His HMMWV approaches a Hudecian checkpoint.

Bedou

03-08-2004, 07:23

Sultan Mohammed put his B9000 away.
He encountered General Denmark in the Hall.
"You must excuse me General, I will be leaving now.
You are free to accompany me. I will be going to the court yard the Seglawi Carrier should be here in about 10 minutes.
I trust I will be allowed to traverse over Kazakstan on to Kyrgyzstan?"

Sary-Tash
Two Heavy armoured divisions rolled along the road that lead to Kashi, they would halt not miles but meters from the border of Xinjiang, which around 50 kilometers east. Kashi lay another 200 kilometers roughly. The armour was escorting 15,000 Ashtani Horsemen who spread out North along the border where more modern transportation was useless.

Kara-Say
A force 13,000 Sinai-Bedou and 80,000 Kyrgs dispersed South Directly along the border. BlackViper Attack Helos were providing them with cover.
The Bedou were demonstrating the Area Denial Systems to the Kyrgs as a force multiplier.

Karakol (east)
1700 Lawrence Marines moved out to try to fill the gap North of Kara-Say.

The Bulk of the Bedou forces remained away from the border.
To avoid causeing the SIno unease.

Red Tide2

03-08-2004, 13:44

The G-Man immediatly lept into action. He rolled too throw off the East Islandian aim, then he reached into his trench coat and pulled out a XM-50 Submachine gun with a silencer(the XM-50 is standard issue for Red Tide Special Forces and Agents) and opened fire with very good aim. Constantly pausing too move and throw off the East Islandian aim. After taking a couple of East Islandians down he turned and jumped through a window.

OOC:Red Tide is mostly Russian.

Bedou

03-08-2004, 16:04

On the Outskirt of Urumqi.

A teenage boy heard gun fire and looked towards a window in the alley he was in.
He retreated back behind the filth in the alley, the muzzle flashes illuminating the night through the dirty glass.
It seemed like he watched the strobing fire for hours, then with a crash a man in black plunged through window. A small feminine looking weapon in his hand. He was foreign, but there were many foreigners.
His right hand pressed the cUcME button on her cell phone.
The local mullahs had said that the muslims of the community needed to weary for fear of apppearing to be adding terrorists, less the Americans come.
He pressed the send button, and to the Mosque the image was sent.
The Bedou Arabs had been passing out bootleg cell phones for months all over the region.
They gave away food and horses to the old SilkRoad men.
In return to old men delviered packages to the Mosques.
The boy had seen, money, lots of money.
HE stood up and started screaming and pointing.
"Here !! Here !! Here he is ! The terrorist!!"

East Islandia

03-08-2004, 16:30

As the Red Tide agent leapt out the window, snipers quickly opened fire from their perches atop neighboring buildings. the assault team leaned out the windows and fired at the running figure in the dim morning light, their aim obscured by the flashes of gunfire.

More commandoes rushed towards him as he ran, firing at him.

*******
Line General Xu has issued a warning to Sino, saying that they have no right to close off Xinjiang to everyone else. From Islandian bases in PRC China, the Desert Raiders Division has begun movements to Xinjiang, refusing to acknowledge Sinoese control of the territory. Their transports are covered by fighters and ground based SAM batteries.

There are now 10,000 troops of the First Storm Division, 4,000 armored troops of the First and Sixth Ghost Brigades in Xinjiang. They will be joined by 15,000 troops of the Desert Raiders.

******
Ballistic evidence gathered from the raided safe house in Urumqi indicate that the bullets fired by the mysterious saboteur are of Red Tide origin. Furthermore, from debriefing the assault teams, it appears that the man was not Arabic nor Chinese, probably a Caucasian male.

Granzi

03-08-2004, 16:43

Lunatic Retard Robots

03-08-2004, 17:27

At the LRR airbase on Sakhalin, 50 Il-79 large-capacity transports load up with tons of food aid, and various ambulences, ranging from CV-90Ps, TGB-20ALs, MT-LBs, to ZIL trucks.

A force of 300 infantrymen, taken from the 7th brigade, 44th Infantry, also prepares to embark. They are equipped with XA-185 and AMV APCs, and armed with a variety of SMGs, which range from something that looks frighteningly like a Sten to modern FN-90s, with the stens much more numerous.

They wear khaki short-sleeved fatigues that look like they are 8th army surplus, and carry standard web gear, along with kevlar vests.

With the equipment and troops loaded up, they take off, headed for Grazni-controlled Khazakstan.

Pacific Northwesteria

03-08-2004, 17:56

Major Crieden, pilot of the stealthy DD-1B over the city, noticed short spikes in his IR detectors. He moved to take a closer look, and recorded the images below. One heat source, moving quickly down the road, followed by and surrounded by several other heat sources. It all began to make sense. Those flashes must be gunfire. He reported the incident immediately to all High Commands with a right to know, and streamed them video. It appeared that the fleeing heat signature had stopped moving, and after a few minutes was registering at a slightly lower temperature. "He's probably dead", Crieden thought. "But our boys will make sure".

Hudecia

03-08-2004, 18:38

Colonel DeFonc was the youngest Colonel in the entire Hudecian Army. At the green age of 24 he was a political choice because he came from Hudecia's underepresented ethnic French population.

"All Hudecian areas are 100% locked down. Martial law is not in effect yet, however, upon consultations with my officer corps we may yet decide that it is necessary," He reported to Line General Xu.

Hudecian military command was always consultory in a crisis. In fact, lacking strong leadership, solutions to problems were found through group discussions. A fatal flaw in Hudecian military, but one that the Hudecians tended to hide by having strong authoritarian leaders, like Gen. Zhao. In his absence, decisions would be slow and deliberate.

*Hudecian Checkpoint*

The Hudecian guards trained their guns on the approaching Sinoese vehicle. The 1st Sargeant attending the checkpoint wiped sweat from his forehead before he slowly approached the vehicle.

"I'm sorry, but I'll need to see some identification and you'd better have a good reason for trying to cross here."

Hudecia

03-08-2004, 18:45

*Urumqi*

As the Russian G-man ran from the E. Islandian forces, the FSTX decided to make its appearance.

Dressed in stolen Hudecian uniforms and using Hudecian weapons, they opened fire on the E. Islandian troops chasing the G-man and on the G-man himself. They had been hiding in neighbouring buildings expecting a raid to come soon. Taking advantage of the natural cover they rained deadly fire down indescriminately into the crowded street.

*Karamay*

Tamerlane closed his cellphone. He swore lightly, things were not turning out as he had hoped. But still, this latest incident would devastate confidence in the Hudecians. Tomorrow, he would come out in support of the Sinoese and urge a full fledged war on the Hudecians.

Naturally, his troops would still use the Hudecian weapons that they had been provided. No sense in letting good guns go to waste. And it would be ironic especially for the Hudecians... hoisted on their own petard. He smiled thinly as the two Hudecian SOFs returned from their patrol to 'guard' him.

Lunatic Retard Robots

03-08-2004, 18:50

OCC: Could we say that things have already been worked out between our two governmnets?

IC:

The Xinjiang expedition approaches Grazni Khazakstan.

The large transports cross the border...

East Islandia

03-08-2004, 19:10

OOC
wut weapons does Hudecia use?

*****
The Islandians shouted in surprise as more soldiers, Hudecians this time, flooded into the corridor- and opened fire on them. The commandos dived behind whatever cover they could find, bunking down behind Humvees and in doorways, they returned fire, and called in a reaction team, which was nearby in case things got out of hand.

Lieutenant Chiu, in command of the situation, quickly ordered his men into HMMVWs and IFVs. His force had sustained heavy casualties for now, and they would need to break out of the alleyway; to stay would be to condemn themselves to death.

The men quickly loaded onto the vehicles as their comrades provided covering fire. Once inside, gunners took their places on machine gun turrets and quickly responded, roaring out of the alleyway as fast as they could.

Overhead, a pair of A129 helos opened fire on the insurgents below with rockets and heavy machine guns.

Inside an IFV, Chiu growled, and bit his lip as one of his men tended to his wound.

"Did you see that?" he asked his subordinate. "Hudecians attacking us."

"And friendly fire doesnt quite seem so friendly anymore," his subordinate replied, agreeing as he bound a piece of gauze around his leader's shoulder and injected a small amount of painkiller.

"Why would they attack us like that?" another soldier, a woman corporal, asked from her position in the hold.

"Dont know," Chiu replied, grim. "Tend to the wounded first. Stop the bleeding, and give them painkillers if they want them. Keep them cool and hydrated. We will settle this when we get back."

******
The small convoy halted at the outer perimeter as more troops, regular soldiers this time, were rushed into the nearby area to hunt for the enemy. Hostiles were reported to be wearing Hudecian uniforms and carrying Hudecian weapons...

****
Line General Xu almsot kicked down the door in her fury, ignoring the guns that were suddenly in her face. Her troops had their weapons up also, and it seemed to be a tense moment before she finally spoke.

"What is the meaning of this?" she thundered. "I send my commandoes on a raid, and this is what i get? Interference from the Hudecians which cause the deaths of my men and allow the saboteur to slip away?"

Granzi

03-08-2004, 19:59

Lunatic Retard Robots

03-08-2004, 20:06

The Il-79s spot the landing field (in Grazni Khazakstan) and begin making their approaches.

"Attention, <insert place here> control, this is the LRRA Xinjiang expedition. Requesting landing clearance, over."

A handful of Mi-35s had been packed along with the expedition to provide airborne firepower if needed. The XA-185s are painted in a greyish-tan camoflauge scheme with "LRRA SECURITY FORCE" painted on the side in white letters. They are all armed with a 14.5mm MG as well as some ATGMs, and will probably escort medical convoys and support security operations by Grazni and Hudecian troops.

Bedou

03-08-2004, 20:19

OOC: Granzi
The terms are acceptable, including making them public.
If so then yes, we call it assumed the General and the Sultan agree to have them ratified at a later date.
I really figured you would have replied to the Sultan shooting the Coffee maker.

Hudecia

03-08-2004, 20:23

Colonel DeFonc had drawn his sidearm when the door went crashing open, partly out of fear, partly out of trained reaction. Now Line General Xu was lined up in his sights.

"I don't know what zi hell you are talking about!" DeFonc let his French accent get in the way a little as he lost his temper. "We had decided not to get involved in zis commando raid and as such kept our troops away from ze site!"

DeFonc kept Xu in his sights despite shaking a little bit.

OOC: Hudecian MP divisions (like the ones in Urumqi) tend to use H&K MP-5 or MP-5Ks for versatility. The ones used by the 'Hudecians' in the ambush were using Hudecia-made M-16s. The nearest units which employ the M-16s are in Karamay.. *hint* *hint*

Bedou

03-08-2004, 20:27

The Sultan wrote out a dual messege to hand delivered.
One to the Hudecians and one to the Sino.

The Bedou expectations to resolution of our situation and furthering the cause of resolution to this entire conflict peacably.
1. Bedou have a right to use the land in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
2. Bedou do not have civil administration (aka control) over those countries as a whole, but do in matters that deal with the Bedou.
3. Bedou have the rights as those described above on Kazakhstan.
4. Bedou have a right to defend the above mentioned nations.
5. Granzian, Hudecian, and Sinoese observers will be allowed on Bedou military instillations.
6. Both Granzi and Hudecia are entitled to one military base in both Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in terms of 20-year contracts.
7. Bedou have rights to open re-educational schools in the form of Wadi-Rum schools.

Also the Bedou would very much enjoy the responsability of hosting the Sino and Hudecian leaders in a face to face conference, to find a swift bloodless resolution to their situation.
It is also currently my opinion that the recent troubles in Uruqi are of the SIno's doing, but rather a terrorist group.
I am confident that concerned governments will agree it seems completely unlike traditional Sino methods with their current numerical superiority to the Hudecian force at the time of initial blast.
Respectfully Sultan Mohammed Bin Al Deeb

Hudecia

03-08-2004, 20:36

General Yang of Hudecian Military Command will formally accept the terms in a face to face meeting with a Bedou and Sinoese official in a safe location. Until such time, General Yang will remain in a secret location.

Bedou

03-08-2004, 21:04

The boy in the alley had watched as men poured through the window and was amazed that he had not noticed the many more men who were shooting from roof tops.
He turned the corner of the alley to see if the man they were chasing was killed when suddenly again more gun fire erupted.
He saw the Hudecian peace keepers he assumed all the men in the room had been terrorists since the Hudecians were shooting everyone, except they were shooting at everyone on the street.
He snaaped another photo with his new picture phone, and sent to the mosque like he was told.
This time however, he ran, though he wasnt sure where he was going to go.

http://www.infohub.com/TRAVEL/IMAGES/SIT_IMAGES/2558.jpg
The Grand Mosque-South Heping Road-
The Mullah there was amazed at how many pictures were being sent to him of event throuout the city. The Bedou had not lied, people would police themselves.
The Mullah Ma Hu held the small device the Bedou had given him.
It was better then the phones they had been sending cases of to be given away. He could check weather, international news, and it was still a very good phone.
He had sent the image of the old camel herder, and they sent more phones, and a hundred thousand dollars.
he watched the pictures arrive, then he saw it.
A man jumping out a window being chased by soldiers he hadnt seen.
The next picture turned his stomach, it was of what appeared to be Hudecians cutting down this strange man in black, the other soldiers and anyone who happened to be on the street.
quickly dialed the number the Bedou Imam had asked him to memorize, then he pressed -send- and the image blinked off his screen and then back on. With the caption attachment sent.
Horrible, the Hudecians had seemed so kind, but then kindness rarely lasts.

East Islandia

03-08-2004, 21:09

"Is he alive?" Captain Du, commander of 11 Commando, asked his subordinates.

Lieutenant Chiu shook his head. "I dont know sir," he admitted, unhappily. "We managed to hit him a few times, but then the Hudecians came in...or we think it was the Hudecians."

"I dont know," Du replied. "We are helping them out. Besides, we do get along fairly well."

"General Xu believes that it is the Americans who may be doing this," Chiu replied. "She believes they may have sent their troops, dresed in Hudecian clothing, to attack us, and may have sent that saboteur."

Du shook his head. "We should not jump to conclusions," he said. "Much as she is a good officer, she acts too rashly. Have you captured anything from the soldiers who fired on you?"

Chiu produced a bloodstained assault rifle, an M-16.

Du narrowed his eyes. "I havent seen many of those around here," he said to his subordinate. "What does Senior Lieutenant Kaminsky say?"

Senior Lt. Kaminsky had secured the site after Chiu was forced to retreat.

"There were more of them," Kaminsky replied, sliding into the room quietly. "I have sent an aide up to the Hudecian command HQ with two of the rifles we captured."

*********
"Line General," the voice said from behind her.

Xu turned around to see Captain Du standing behind her, followed by Kaminsky, who made their way through the armed soldiers, a little uneasy.

Du put down the M-16s, bringing the total number of M16s on the table to 3.

"You were attacked by M-16ss?" Xu asked.

Kaminsky nodded. "I dont believe the Hudecians use it in these parts," he said. "And none of us have seen the rifles in use in these parts."

Xu sighed, and ordered her men to drop their rifles. She refused, however, to apologize.

"THey're YOUR weapons," she said, somewhat angrily, to DeFonc. "Keep them in YOUR hands, and make sure that you're not leaking assault rifles and munitions out of your behind. I demand an explanation for this."

*********
Urumqi
Dawn

The streets were empty, as usual, Senior Colonel Ong noticed. He lit a cigarette and breathed in the soothing smoke, rolling the window down as to take advantage of the dry, but fresh, desert air.

NExt to him, his driver made a face.

"You should be careful," he said. "Those things can kill you, sir."

Ong laughed. "Nonse-" he began to say.

A bullet slammed into his head, pouring his brains all over the seat. His driver shouted in surprise and quickly began to zigzag.

The vehicles in the convoy opened fire on the nearby bushes and houses. It was a melee, with enemy fighters darting in between the alleyways and trees and Islandian troops returning fire from their armored vehicles.

In the resulting pandemonium, several houses were demolished, and civilians were (accidentally however) killed, caught in the crossfire.

Granzi

03-08-2004, 21:14

The Sultan had just left when General Demark heard an urgent beep in his earpiece. "Yes?" Major Green was on the other end. "Sir, we have a flood of reports coming in from Xinjiang. Most of them indicate swift raids by the East Islandians following the apparent assasination of the ranking Hudecian commander, General Zhao." Demark swore into the mouthpiece. Then the Hudecians probably don't know PN was sending in help. "I'm coming down there, Major."

~Will be continued~

Yining, China

General Demark stepped into Operational Command. Rows of blcinking computer consoles greeted him, where Intel Operative sat, sifting through the data that streamed in every second of every day. Major Greene was waiting off to one side. "Good day, General. Continuing from our conversation, the East Islandians had almost finished a raid in Urumqi. According to our intel, a foreigner of Caucasian descent was the target, and fled from the pursuing troops." He presses a control, and the IR footage showing gunshots plays. "This was sent to us by PN."

Greene turns and points to several stillshot of the video, arranged on a nearby table. "Now this is where it gets interesting. As you can see here, and here," selecting a few photos, gunmen, presumably insurgents, open fire from concealed positions across the path of the pursuit. They are wearing Hudecian uniforms, and appear to be wielding standard issue arms. On closer inspection," the image enlarges, "we see that the faces of these soldiers are decidely non-Hudecian, and most likely a native Arab. As far as our intel knows, the Hudecians have not begun a local recuiting process, so we can only guess how they have gotten hold of this equipment."

Demark had been silent during this exchange, and only now spoke up. "At least we know the mystery assasin is still in Xinjiang. Double the watch at the Kazakhstan border, and get some UAVs up in the air at all time doing patrols. We can't let him escape. Relay all this information to the Hudecian commander, along with our observations. Mark it TOP PRIORITY." Greene remarked, "The acting commander is one Colonel DeFonc. Since General Zhao most likely didn't recieve that transmission before he died, I would suggest resending it."

"Good idea, Major," rumbled Demark. The Comm. Officer stepped up at that moment. "Excuse me sir, but a transmission just arrived from LRR forces. They are requesting landing permission."

"Well, give it to them." The General picked up the speaker. "Attention LRR commander! This is General Demark, Theater Commander of Granzian forces in China and Central Asia. You have clearance to land your men and supplies at Delta Air Base, Yining. This is due to its close proximity to Xinjiang, and you are welcome to set up a headquaters there, as well as conduct operations. Feel free to contact the base commander if you have any questions. Have a nice stay."

He straightened. "Now send out that transmission."

[Coded Transmission]
TOP PRIORITY
To: Colonel DeFonc
From: General Demark
Subject: Assistance

This is a copy of a transmission sent to General Demark before he died. Included will be some intel which you might find interesting:

Pacific Northwesterian forces will be arriving shortly in Granzian controlled territory near the Kazakhstan/Xinjiang border. PN has shown to be a very reliable ally which has never hesitated to provide support for Granzi in our times of need. We place our full confidence in their ability to not inflame this situation. The force will consist of an elite fighting group along with bomber support. I have their assurance that they will be used only if Sinoese troops become aggressive.

Yours in arms,
General Demark
Theater Commander: China and Central Asia
[End Transmission]

Granzi

03-08-2004, 21:19

The Sultan wrote out a dual messege to hand delivered.
One to the Hudecians and one to the Sino.

The Bedou expectations to resolution of our situation and furthering the cause of resolution to this entire conflict peacably.
1. Bedou have a right to use the land in Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
2. Bedou do not have civil administration (aka control) over those countries as a whole, but do in matters that deal with the Bedou.
3. Bedou have the rights as those described above on Southern Kazakhstan.
4. Bedou have a right to defend the above mentioned nations.
5. Granzian, Hudecian, and Sinoese observers will be allowed on Bedou military instillations.
6. Both Granzi and Hudecia are entitled to one military base in both Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan in terms of 20-year contracts.
7. Bedou have rights to open re-educational schools in the form of Wadi-Rum schools.

OOC: #3 should be of all Kazakhstan.

IC: We hope to ratify the treaty at a later date. Until then, good luck.

General Demark

Lunatic Retard Robots

03-08-2004, 22:07

"Ok, we're clear to land at Yining."

The formation of lumbering, unescorted transports heads for Yining. About an hour later, the Il-79s touch down on the tarmac, using barely half of the strip. Their big landing gear absorbs the shock of landing as each one sets its bulk on the ground. The transports taxi off the tarmac and begin unloading vehicles. The TGB-20AL ambulences first come off, then XA-185s, and then a small number of MBT-6s, as well as various SAM carriers. The Mi-35s are also unloaded. Crews can be seen unfolding rotors and attaching stub wings.

Lieutenant-General Gordon Page drives to the base commander's office in a Pinzgauer truck, sporting a russian KPVT MG.

Page hops out, dressed in desert fatigues and wearing a Finnish-style helmet, and walks over to the gaurds at the door, saluting them.

"I need to talk to the base commander," he says.

Bedou

03-08-2004, 22:32

The Sultan recieved the encoded image.
He gazed at in contemplation as he walked away from the secure compound.
He was not waiting for the Seglawi, he would nt get a Kilometer before it caught up to him, but it would have to catch up.
He did not enjoy, considering withdrawing support of the Hudecians, he had given no oath to them, but it was still a distasteful act.
He ralized that there was an acid test to the truth of this matter....

The Seglawi caught up to the Sultan--two Kilometers up the road.
The trip would take three hours he told the Sino six justto be on the safe side.
He ordered the mainguns of the carrier readied. and hte fighters preped to be scrambled. The 170 black clad Lawarence Marines stood in the deployment area.

It was time for the Sultan to test the Hudecian to see how they were actually dealing with this.
He pulled the Bedou9000 PCD from its pouch and began lining images and sending it to contacts.
A string of images went to the Hudecian government.
and ....

GNN
"This Wulfgar Heidenriech with Global News Network Special Update,
The GNN has been follow the events in Xinjiang which deal with the allied Hibernian forces and include no less then five other nations.
Primary players in what is now amount to an international disaster,
Sino,
HUdecia
Granzi,
Bedou
Erinin--AoH Military support of Bedou
Skibereen--Aoh Military Support of Bedou
FallCorp interests---Stretigic and Logistics support of AOH allies.
recent information also places
East Islandia
Lunatic Retard Robots(undetermined intentions as far as this reporter is concerned.)

As well as Pacific Northwesteria.
As many as five other nations may be some how entangled in this conflict, with the Bedou threat of calling a greater reaching section of her Allies this bad situtation could get worse, and we are about to show you how bad it could get.
We ask that any senstive veiwers or young children change the channel or leave the room now."
First the image of the man leaping through window appeared on the screen.
"This man has been positivily identified as the the man a handful of witnesses saw departing an alley next to the tragic bombing in Urumqi which occured yesterday."

The shot of East Islandia cammondos coming out the window after the Man in Black.
"It has been confirmed by several military experts on staff at GNN thatthese fit the appearence of East Islandia special operations personell."
The next shot is of the battle in the street where the ambush by the Hudecians occurs.
"This is a horrible sight as civilians are seen gunned down in the cross fire, it appeared as if no reguard was taken.
However there is some conjecture as to the presence of these Hudecian forces though to this reporter I cant say I see anything odd other then the murder of innocent civilians through blatant disreguard."

The next shot appears to be through the window of a small home.
Bullets rain through the glass of the window and walls.
The next shot shown throught the broken window is that of an East Islandia convoy raining fire down on a civilian part of Urumqi.
"I want to clearify that the gentlemen who sent in those last photos reported that just prior to him being able to grab his camera phone, the East Islandia convoy took fire from a nearby building."

"GNN will let you be the judge."

East Islandia

03-08-2004, 22:55

"What kind of bullshit is this?!" First General Uw roared, slamming his fist into the table. His officers jumped, except for a small, pink haired woman dressed in standard digital camo fatigues with a Kanario Guards crest on her shoulder.

"They're reporters," Lieutenant Tamao said. "That's what they do. What WE need to do is to keep this from blowing through the roof."

Uw sighed, and slumped in his seat. "I've already issued an official apology...do i need to do like hte Americans and pay them money for their deaths also?"

"It would be some measure of relief," Tamao replied. "That is better than none. And, in the meantime, I suggest you speed up the infrastructure projects and do your best to keep the press under your thumb. We can always confiscate their cameras or hack into their feeds if we need to. Worse come to worse, we can assassinate some of them as we see fit."

Tamao, for her slight appearance, was an advocate of 'do what you need to.' This did not make her popular, but Uw could see that she was right sometimes, and it appeared this was one of the times.

"Good suggestions," Uw said.

*******
Pending the ambush of the convoy, money was given to the families who had lost loved ones. Furthermore, Islandians began to undertake infrastructure projects to help the local ones, and official apologies for the incident were issued many times.

The reporters of the Global News Network, however, faced harassment from various military officials. Their equipment was secretly sabotaged, their reporters detained for hours on end, and their feeds were regularly hacked into or shut down altogether. Outwardly, however, the military made no comment on GNN, except to say that GNN had presented a biased point of view to its viewers by allowing itself to skew its news.

American based news services were similarly (and secretly) harassed, given the Islandian military's dislike for American reporters.

Red Tide2

03-08-2004, 23:20

OOC:Okay from the earlier posts I cant tell whether my man was caught or not... So I am assuming he hasnt

The G-Man was doing all sorts of acrobatic moves too throw off both the Hudecian and East Islandian aim. He was doing a surprisingly good job of it too. But he was easy too track because he left a LOT of blood on the ground indicating that he was severely wounded... maybe even crittaclly wounded. What kept him running was a mystery. The pursueing men were beginning too run out of breath when they came across the body... there was absolutely NO pulse, he had lost too much blood and was dead. He had the same neutral look on(what was left of) his face that he had when he engaged the Commandoes... not a sign of pain.

Pacific Northwesteria

04-08-2004, 01:16

The promised support from PN began to arrive in the area. 200 elite PN special forces troopers landed at Delta Air Base. They had state-of-the-art equipment, and unequaled training. They were separated into teams of 8. Each trooper had a semi/fully automatic rifle, high-yield grenades, flashbangs, a sidearm, bulletproof body armor, and a satellite uplink system. This would allow the team to patch their HUDs (retractable during combat) into recon planes above, giving them a bird's eye view of the battlefield as well as the positions of their teammates. Each group of 8 would be given 2 tripod-mounted .50-caliber machine guns, as well as a high-powered sniper rifle. Some of this gear would of course be left behind on any given mission, as it would be too heavy to ensure quick movement and stealthy approach. These troops could also call in airstrikes from available forces, including
20 Sea Hawk gun ships (attack helos). (OOC: I'm sure I'm leaving something out, any specific questions about my forces can be answered by me).
The remainder of the PN forces committed to the conflict would remain out of sight near an OMP base until needed. The promised bomber-support would consist of:
45 B-2 Bombers
270 Su-33 fighter-bombers
50 DD-1 A high-speed, high-altitude stealth bombers

These would be protected by:
460 MiG-29 Fulcrum fighters
100 F-109D fighters

With recon and targeting information provided by a total of:
12 DD-1 B high-speed, high-altitude stealth recon planes (this includes the 3 already in place)
---------------------------------------------------------------------
Officials in PN were busy at work trying to determine the identities of the "insurgents". They played the surveillance tapes from the area backwards, and noticed the insurgents exiting the building and forming a group. They then walked backwards, and towards an intersection in the road. At that point, they lost them because the reconaissance aircraft, considering it's tremendous speeds, hadn't gotten in range yet. Pictures of the men's faces were sent out, along with the findings of the intelligence experts on their possible point of departure.

Bedou

04-08-2004, 01:36

="East Islandia"
The reporters of the Global News Network, however, faced harassment from various military officials. Their equipment was secretly sabotaged, their reporters detained for hours on end, and their feeds were regularly hacked into or shut down altogether. Outwardly, however, the military made no comment on GNN, except to say that GNN had presented a biased point of view to its viewers by allowing itself to skew its news.

American based news services were similarly (and secretly) harassed, given the Islandian military's dislike for American reporters.
OOC: Sorry, afraid not, while I cannot comment on american news services.
There are no GNN reporters in the Area.
Per a propaganda and very unique intelligence campaign the Bedou have been distributing mass produced camera phones to locals across Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakstan, and to smugglers on the Silk road for months.
So that loyal muslims could report terrorists without giving themselves up.
as it happens the cameras have provided the Sultan with the ability to see who barks at what bullsh*t. Also given the Bedou made the phones monitoring them is of course no problem and using them as points in a multistatic signal rely to detect Stealth aircraft is also not a problem.
There isnt even a direct feed coming from the region, the phones route through the Bedou military.
So while you might have a hammer on the Americans.
Shutting down the Bedou Royal Mililtary trasmissions are unlikely, and since the locals transmit phone to phone, PDA to PDA, then on down to the Bedou military transmissions which are bounced to the nearest AOH Nation(Temujinn I believe) then to the AOH region(in the Southern hemisphere Atlantic Ocean) then Broadcast to Satellite television network well.... welcome to the new Millennia WI-FI is a bitch.

Granzi

04-08-2004, 01:39

OOC: Sorry, afraid not, while I cannot comment on american news services.
There are no GNN reporters in the Area.
Per a propaganda and very unique intelligence campaign the Bedou have been distributing mass produced camera phones to locals across Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, Kazakstan, and to smugglers on the Silk road for months.
So that loyal muslims could report terrorists without giving themselves up.
as it happens the cameras have provided the Sultan with the ability to see who barks at what bullsh*t. Also given the Bedou made the phones monitoring them is of course no problem and using them as points in a polydynamic signal rely to detect Stealth aircraft is also not a problem.
There isnt even a direct feed coming from the region, the phones route through the Bedou military.
So while you might have a hammer on the Americans.
Shutting down the Bedou Royal Mililtary trasmissions are unlikely, and since the locals transmit phone to phone, PDA to PDA, then on down to the Bedou military transmissions which are bounced to the nearest AOH Nation(Temujinn I believe) then to the AOH region(in the Southern hemisphere Atlantic Ocean) then Broadcast to Satellite television network well.... welcome to the new Millennia WI-FI is a bitch.

OOC: Now that's what I call freedom of the press. :D

Bedou

04-08-2004, 01:46

Hudecia

04-08-2004, 02:56

*Hudecian Post*

DISASTER IN URUMQI

HP - In a bizarre and confusing turn of events, East Islandian special forces managed to kill a saboteur suspected to be responsible for several terrorist attacks. However, about 12 civilians and an undisclosed number of East Islandians were killed when terrorists dressed as Hudecians assaulted their group.

Defence Minister Owen has reiterated that no Hudecian troops were involved and has pointed out that the weapons used were US made M-16s, and not the H&K MP-5s that are employed by the Hudecian military in Urumqi.

Despite the Hudecian denials, credibility in the Hudecian military has sunk to all time lows with the revelation that a Hudecian officer ordered the assasination of General Zhao.

Pacific Northwesteria

04-08-2004, 02:57

The Sultan being apprised of the current situation.
Prepared a statement.

"Pacific Northwesteria, while we fully support your presence in aiding the Hudecian peace keepers, and brook no resistence to your aid. Any aircraft or vessel attempting to leave the region will be destroyed until we...I am made aware of who and why are resposible for the civilians who were killed with seemingly no reguards for their lives. A majority of the local populace are muslims, I am considered one the most repected Islamic leaders in the world. I cannot allow the perpetrator of those crimes to escape.
All available force will be used to halt any fleeing vessel.
The range of the HAAD air defence system extend over XInjiang into even Sino airspace, we regret that now that your men are here, they will not leave unless you are prepared to go through us.
Deepest respect in these times of trouble, one warrior to others
it is only for justice that I do this.
Sultan Mohammed Bin Al Deeb"
Transmit the messege.
To our new friend, the Sultan:
While we in Pacific Northwesteria fully understand the strains of leadership in these trying times, and are sympathetic to your obligations as political and moral leader, we fail to understand why our forces must be detained. Although we have no intention of leaving at this time, it is still unexpected. Our people were not in the area when the atrocities were committed; why, then, are they suspect? We ask that Pacific Northwesterian troops and aircraft be given special clearance privileges. They will, of course, submit to searches for materials and people (we provided pictures, remember) involved in the attacks. Please consider our offer. Additional requirements can be discussed at a later date.
In peace and war,
Presided Zwimbala,
Nomadic Peoples of Pacific Northwesteria

Hudecia

04-08-2004, 02:59

Colonel DeFonc's face turned a vivid white upon seeing the Hudecian made M-16 brought by the E. Islandians. He slowly lowered and holstered his pistol, swearing to himself when he realized that the safety was still on.

"Come this way," DeFonc motioned for Xu to follow him to the secure (soundproofed) room. "I might have an explanation."

Lunatic Retard Robots

04-08-2004, 03:04

OCC: Hey, Grazni, I sent my general to the Delta Base commander, in case you forgot.

East Islandia

04-08-2004, 03:23

"Stay," Xu said to her men, and followed DeFonc into the soundproof room. "You were saying, Colonel?" she asked as she slid off her helmet and tossed her short, shoulder length hair free, filling the room with the smell of various herbs.

*******
Several hours ago

Corporal Argus ran towards the body on teh ground, rifle at the ready, followed by two of his men.

"Is that the saboteur?" one of his troops asked.

"Is he alive?" another one queried.

Argus pulled a sedative out of his pack and stabbed it into the man. "Intelligence will be angry if he is. Take him away."

They quickly loaded him onto an IFV and left.

In the resulting confusion, Corporal Argus' IFV was separated from the rest and stuck in a deserted alleyway in Urumqi. They contacted headquarters, telling them that they had a possible live hostile, possibly the saboteur, as well as a large amount of wounded and some dead.

Two Ka-60Ms, were sent to pick them up.

Lunatic Retard Robots

04-08-2004, 03:28

OCC: If you don't mind, EI. I know it might be a bit of a godmod, listening to your radio conversations, since I don't know what your security is and such. If you consider it foul just tell me.

IC:

The LRRA helicopter crews, listening to the radio chatter, hear about this. A major picks up the transmitter.

"Attention East Islandian forces, this is Major Fedor Anderson of the LRRA 44th infantry division, medevac contingent. We have been listening in on your radio conversations and have two Mi-8s ready to go, prepped for Medevac."

East Islandia

04-08-2004, 03:47

Pacific Northwesteria

04-08-2004, 04:48

Several hours before Line General Xu and DeFonc converse....
Urumqi
0500 hours

A reply in a woman's voice came back, garbled in static and punctuated with teh sounds of gunfire.

"...(gunfire) How did they get into our radios? ....(unintelligible static)....LRR this is Aizu Team, 12 Commando....Requesting medevac...taking heavy fire, numerous casualties....will need hot extraction....one of our helos...shot down en route to here... be wary...Coordinates are.... (coordinates within the sector of the city where the raids were, since i dont know anything about geography)...(gunfire, followed by muffled explosion)...THEY HAVE ANTITANK WEAPONS! TAKE COVER...(more explosions)...More Hudecians are attacking us! (sequence of detonations and more gunfire)...Please hurry!"

Meanwhile, more Islandian troops pinned down several kilometers to the west, unable to help their partners.

(OOC: if he can do it, so can i... plus, if it's a distress call, it wouldn't exactly be encrypted...)
IC: Admiral Michaels heard the distress call coming from the EI troops. His response was immediate.
"Send in the gunships, evac helos, and 6 teams of special ops. With help from the EI soldiers, if they're still there, we can surround the enemy, destroy them, and then get the hell out before they can get reinforcements."
"Yes sir, Admiral sir!"
"Oh, and one more thing... we don't know if they want us to interfere or not. We don't have time to lose, so tell them to radio us if they want us to abort. Repeat, we will go in unless called off. Oh, and by the way, make sure they don't land in the middle of an ambush. Make sure they have time to get their weapons out and take cover before they're discovered."
"Yes sir, Admiral sir!"
"That is all. Dismissed!"

Pacific Northwesteria

04-08-2004, 04:54

The teams were in the helos and away almost before the orders had sunk in. They were packing light. Main weapons and side-arms and grenades only, for the most part. One or two .50 cals among all 6 teams. Some snipers on the rooftops. But mostly down and dirty.
Accompanying them were five gunships, miniguns at the ready, and snipers aiming out of the windows. They would go in first, create confusion, and then provide further support as necessary. This would be followed by grenades and an infantry charge. With any luck, they would be caught completely off guard. They would save one group of soldiers first, then the other. They couldn't afford to split up their forces.

Lunatic Retard Robots

04-08-2004, 04:59

Several hours before Line General Xu and DeFonc converse....
Urumqi
0500 hours

A reply in a woman's voice came back, garbled in static and punctuated with teh sounds of gunfire.

"...(gunfire) How did they get into our radios? ....(unintelligible static)....LRR this is Aizu Team, 12 Commando....Requesting medevac...taking heavy fire, numerous casualties....will need hot extraction....one of our helos...shot down en route to here... be wary...Coordinates are.... (coordinates within the sector of the city where the raids were, since i dont know anything about geography)...(gunfire, followed by muffled explosion)...THEY HAVE ANTITANK WEAPONS! TAKE COVER...(more explosions)...More Hudecians are attacking us! (sequence of detonations and more gunfire)...Please hurry!"

Meanwhile, more Islandian troops pinned down several kilometers to the west, unable to help their partners.

The Mi-8 crews rush to their helicopters, and start up the big Mi-8s. With big red crosses painted in visible places throughout the fuselage, hopefully they wouldn't draw any fire. The pilots and co-pilots strap themselves in, and non red-crossed Mi-8s take off to evac the non-wounded troops. These carry rockets, ATGMs, and MGs, and by the looks of things will probably need them.

"What did she say? Hudecians attacking? That can't be right. Notify Hudecian command that we'll be making an evac run, in case they've got troops that need out."
"Attention Hudecian Xinjiang command, this is LRRA Xinjiang medical expedition flight A. We are making an evacuation run over Urumqui, and if you have any units that need evacuation, we can take them. Just have them radio us with a position and we'll be there ASAP, over."

The helicopters take off, medical Mi-8s, unarmed but heavily armored, combat Mi-8s armed to the teeth, and Mi-35s carrying groups of infantry to escort the helos. Hopefully things would go smoothly. With the new ECM systems, non-KE weapons will have a hard time hitting them.

Bedou

04-08-2004, 05:30

GNN
"On top of the Hour, this is Wulfgar Heidenreich.
In a statement concering earlier photos sent to us from local civilians in the XinJiang city of Urumqi. The Bedou Sultan Mohammed Bin Al Deeb respected Muslim leader has come out stating The Hudecians have provided more then sifficient proof that their government is not responsible for the acts of the men in the photos, and attempts are failing to even confirm the Identity of the men in the photos. The Bedou stand-by the Hudecian effort, and strongly encourage skepticism to be used in judging situtation surrounded by the fog of war
Well to this reporter it seems fairly clear that whether or not the Hudecians are resposible there one less safe place to be world today, and that is Urumqi."

The Sultan ground his teeth at using the press to hurry the movements of others. He loathed the free press, even if they could be manipulated.
If the Hudecians did not order the attack, and weapons did not belong on the area, then it was not policy, or accidental.
He wished he could get troops into Urumqi, but he had his people to worry about and did not to provoke Sino. He knew he could over run them, more then likly the Bedou were the only ones who could.
He would have to if something happened, those Gaels he was allied with would certainly invade if he did make a decisive fast victory, and failing an invasion they would surely strike with what everyone was trying to avoid.

The Sultan also realised he needed to respond to the Pacific Northwesteria.
Transmit this he said from the deck of the Seglawi.
"Presided Zwimbala, most wise.
We consider your forces not suspect in the acts, however we consider them no more or less suspect in the possible extraction of the potential terrorists.
As a precaution to ensure the Hudecians do not get blamed wrongly and that the Sino do not blamed wrongly. This hopefully by the time your troops are ready to pull out, the matter will be resolved.
Deepest respect
Sultan Bin Al Deeb"
The Sultan set forth the same ultimatum to all the forces inside XinJiang.
He was reluctant to send in troops, but he knew an answer needed to be found.
The press pressure was good.
The pressure he applied now was dangerous.
He pressed a button his Bedou9000, to coin the American phrase he pressed The Button.
His forces began moving in along the eastern borders, respectivily the eastern most Borders of Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.
A radio transmission came in from the 1st armour division.
"Sir the Kazak border, do we move into Kazakstan to secure their border, along side the Granzi, or do we secure the Granzi themselves?"
He thought for a moment.
"Commander, radio the Granzi and offer to assist, only offer. if the answer is a negative, position yourself to enter the Kyzligurt Pass and hold."

USA2

04-08-2004, 05:36

Sino

04-08-2004, 05:38

OOC: You folks post too fast and too damn much.

OOC 2: We should RP diplomacy once Red Tide is discovered and destroyed.

Granzi

04-08-2004, 05:50

Delta Air Base, Yining

Colonel Franks was doing paperwork at his desk in the hours before noon. After a quick meal, he decided to do a jog around the base perimeter. Though approaching fourty, Franks maintained his physique through intensive training, throughout his distinguished service in the Air Force. Returning from his run, the Colonel was suprised to find a group of men, foreign, waiting outside of his office. Noting they were LRR by their insignas, he asked, "I'm the base commander, Colonel Franks. How can I help you?"

At the same instance, Operational Command recieved the offer of help by the Bedou. General Demark pondered the consequences before replying:

"Though Granzian peacekeepers have enforced a lockdown of the border, Bedou counterparts are more than welcome to join in. Noting your obligation to defend your homelands, Bedou soldiers will be allowed joint control over most areas, however, we insist that a direct link with Yining be kep open, meaning a 30 mile stretch along the main road be staffed only by Granzian troops. This is only to ensure that communications continues uninterrupted. We thank your offer of assistance."

Xiaguo

04-08-2004, 06:14

"Mr Liu's nucleur testing in Lop Nor is a great idea. Hudecia's government is over reacting and since the start of the Xinjiang crisis, Hudecia had been on Sino's tail for quite some time. I only hope this does not weaken our friendship." Said President Wu, during his resignition as President of Xiaguo.

Xiaguo will undergo yet another reform. Yeh Will act as the Prime Minister and the Emperor will resume as ruler of Xiaguo.

Xiaguo has officially declared its support for Sino's nucleur testing. "Sino's testing capablities and technolgy, is overwhelming. Their equiptment is capable of keeping this testing and project safe and we know it." said Yeh at the Seoul Conference.

Sino

04-08-2004, 06:58

http://forums2.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?p=6702790#post6702790

One giant leap for Chinese military technology.

Hudecia

04-08-2004, 14:14

OOC: We should start RPing a diplomatic meeting ASAP if we want to resolve the crisis, crises like this rarely are settled before the meetings.

Yeah and they are posting a little quickly.

IC:

Colonel DeFonc was a little thrown off by the smell. Hard to believe that he could even think the Islandian was pretty only minutes after he was prepared to blow her head off.

"The weapons being used by the imposters are Hudecia-issue and they are military grade Hudecia weaponry. However, Hudecia does supply certain groups in the region with weaponry. When we do such, we make sure to record the serial number of the guns."

DeFonc flipped the captured M-16 over to show the serial code. HI19874

"The HI denotes that the gun was not used by the Hudecian military but was given to a local group to help ensure their loyalty. In Xinjiang the list of locals who received these weaponry is short... very short. And using our computer system we could even identify the man who we gave this gun to."

"Understand that everything I am telling you is politically sensitive and highly classified. Under normal circumstances I couldn't tell you, but before Zhao died he gave you full clearance so...."

"The men who are attacking your troops are also acting exactly like a Hudecian military unit would, for the most part. That is because if my suspicions are correct, they were trained by Hudecians. Before the crisis erupted, we had trained and equipped nearly 100 000 former FSTX members in urban warfare. They were supposed to be used against the Sinoese in case they got out of hand. But now it appears that it is they who are out of our control."

Hudecia

04-08-2004, 14:27

*Hudecian HQ*

Staff Sargeant Wilson had been pouring over all the records of troop depositions over the last several hours, trying to find evidence to confirm that there was no way any Hudecians were there.

Frustrated, she decided to check to see what oral orders were given. Using the spy satellite that was given to the area, she began going through the piles of cell phone calls made by Hudecian troops or any allied troops.

Funny... there was a call from the "Tamerlane" safehouse exactly 15 seconds before the ambush started.

She checked the times again... yes... 15 seconds before the 'Hudecians' began attacking, one of the SOF agent's cell phones made a call to .... an FSTX captain in Urumqi... tracing the call further she found that the FSTX captain was across the street from raided house.

What other calls were made by the cell phone... one at 3am .. at 2:30am...one at 6pm the previous day... 1 pm the previous day... and he made 3 calls the day that General Zhao died.. all timed before the assasination...

Printing off a copy of the findings she dashed out of the command center and pounded on the 'safe' room door... impatiently she pounded again and again... what could DeFonc be doing in there with that Islandian???

Red Tide2

04-08-2004, 14:33

OOC:If you DO find out that I assasinated General Zhao... well we have a problem: I am leaving tomorrow too go on vacation...I wont be back till Suday

Lunatic Retard Robots

04-08-2004, 18:05

Delta Air Base, Yining

Colonel Franks was doing paperwork at his desk in the hours before noon. After a quick meal, he decided to do a jog around the base perimeter. Though approaching fourty, Franks maintained his physique through intensive training, throughout his distinguished service in the Air Force. Returning from his run, the Colonel was suprised to find a group of men, foreign, waiting outside of his office. Noting they were LRR by their insignas, he asked, "I'm the base commander, Colonel Franks. How can I help you?"

"Pleased to meet you Colonel. I'm general Page, commander of the LRR forces here. I was just wondering where we should set up our base of operations, where it would be most convenient. I have heard that there's already a medevac mission in progress, extracting East Islandian, possibly Hudecian troops from Urmqui, actually. So, as I was saying, what area of the base here should we take up residence in? Also, we've got ground troops ready to reinforce your positions, so if you need any don't hesitate to ask. We've got XA-185 MOD personnel carriers, which can survive RPGs and mines, a few recoil-less rifle carriers, and some MBT-6 tanks too.

East Islandia

04-08-2004, 22:31

The helicopters take off, medical Mi-8s, unarmed but heavily armored, combat Mi-8s armed to the teeth, and Mi-35s carrying groups of infantry to escort the helos. Hopefully things would go smoothly. With the new ECM systems, non-KE weapons will have a hard time hitting them.

Urumqi
Hours ago

"Corporal Argus is down!" one of the men shouted from his position by a crudely constructed barricade of concrete blocks, logs, and tires.

Specialist Li quickly pulled Argus aside, and pulled out her first AID kit. "Send up a flare!" she shouted to one of her men.

"Is that so smart?" he wondered as he slapped the flare into the barrel of his grenade launcher and fired it straight up, sending a shower of red sparks erupting high in the sky.

Another man was hit, and grunted. One of his comrades quickly dragged him into a doorway and shook his head when he saw that the bullet had entered beneath his helmet.

A rocket slammed into the ground near them, and they cringed. Luckily, their snipers and riflemen had kept watch on the nearby rooftops, firing at any who dared to cross within range. Several men had already scrambled into nearby houses and taken up overwatch positions on several roofs.

"We have civilians, ma'am," another Ghost said to Li. "They're inside the houses we're using as perches. What should we do?"

"Can they cross the rooftops from one house to another?" she asked, ducking behind cover as more automatic weapons sprayed the street.

"Yes ma'am," he replied. "But there is a pregnant woman who is also present. It is not well to move-"

"Do what you have to," Li said. "But try and get them the hell out of there."

"WATCH THE ROOFS!" a man yelled. Li cursed, shouldered her rifle, and fired at a man with an RPG. He ducked out of site, but his partner, carrying rounds and an M16, was hit.

An RPG slammed into the ground, meters away from the tank, throwing everyone down.

"REPORT!" Li shouted, struggling to get herself up. She propped herself against a doorway and kept up a steady stream of fire at the man with the rocket.

Blood trickled from a deep gash on her face, and she began to breathe heavily.

"Three more gone," one of her subordinates said in despair. "I'm running low on ammo; mayb seven clips left."

Several men reported that they were also running low.

Li took a quick count. Of the fifteen members of Aizu team who were in the IFV and the HMMVW, five were now dead. Corporal Argus was out of commission, and three others were wounded.

Moreever, their prisoner, tied up, was stuck in a doorway; no one had taken the time to ascertain whether he was dead or not.

A bullet slammed into the shoulder of the turret gunner, hitting him where the flakvest ended. He shouted, and gripped his shoulder, sliding down back into the body of the IFV.

Li sighed. "Isnt it a bitch to be a Ghost?" she wondered. Originally from the slums of South Central LA, she had left America and joined the Ghost Brigade (Islandian equivalent of Foreign Legion) to escape being arrested for drug running and a possible murder.

Well, murder wasnt the way to describe it; the bastard had it coming. After all, he had raped one of Li's friends, so he deserved it.

Li slid down, putting her head against the barricade. More of her men were shouting at her now, telling her to keep up the fire.

She frowned, feeling herself doze off...

A voice crackled over hte static.

"This is Captain Du," the voice announced. "Hang in there, Aizu Team. Help is en route."

Sure enough, two pairs of helicopter gunships flew overhead, raining rockets and chain gun fire into the surrounding buildings. Higher overhead, an AY8 orbited, shooting out various buildings and firing smoke rockets into the area.

The Islandian forces, consisting of an entire mech. infantry battalion, were pinned down near a civilian area, but had dispatched its air assets ahead.

*******
Urumqi HQ
the present

Xu swore. she had never thought that the Hudecians could be so damned careless; after all, the Americans had done the same thing in Afghanistan; they had given weapons to those who were inclined to later turn their weapons on their previous allies/benefactors.

A classic American mistake, Xu thought. ONly who would have thought the Hudecians were capable of doing it?

"You should be mroe careful with your weapons, Colonel," Xu said slowly. "Nonetheless, now is not the time to be discussing this. Have you any more news we need to know? Such as any local leaders or enemies you may have made?"

Lunatic Retard Robots

04-08-2004, 23:29

As the evacuation unit nears the fighting, the Mi-35s pick up speed. The 30mm cannon picks off hostile fighters, and the infantrymen aboard lay down covering fire as the Mi-8s move in. The medevac helicopters go in first, under the cover of the armed Mi-8s and Mi-35s.

The first helicopter lands on a rooftop occupied by EI snipers...

Pacific Northwesteria

05-08-2004, 02:04

(OOC: for time-travel-doesn't-work reasons, this is the site that didn't just get help from the additional forces sent by the Islandians)

The transport helos approached the target area, and 48 special ops soldiers roped down from them. They took up positions on the rooftops surrounding the fighting, as well as places with good cover on the flanks of the mystery forces. They radioed the Islandian forces to let them know that help had arrived, and where they were (so as not to be shot by accident). Just then the gunships opened fire on the insurgents, killing them left and right. After their miniguns were dry, they began circling overhead, providing additional fire support from the soldiers inside.
After the minigun fire stopped, the special ops soldiers charged. Grenades and bullets flew through the air, and it appeared that the insurgents had been taken completely by surprise. The enemy forces, previously with the upper hand, appeared to be routed. The teams had sustained light casualties, with 3 dead and another 6 lightly wounded from the panicked firing of the enemy. The rest seemed to be OK. While the special ops replenished the ammo and supplies of the exhausted Islandian forces, and relieved them of their defensive positions, they awaited extraction from more transport helos, covered by fighter jets.
The extraction was successful, but the healthy Islandian forces that remained insisted that they make sure the other group, separated and also surrounded, was doing OK. They went to go check out the situation.
--------------------------------------------------------------------
To: Bedou

PN has already acknowledged your reasoning, but the threat of our forces evacuating the enemy would be reduced to nothing, because of the searches that we have given your men permission to perform. Only those who came in with us should be allowed to leave with us.

Hudecia

05-08-2004, 02:09

*Urumqi* Hudecian HQ

DeFonc excused himself to answer the door. Bursting in the Staff Sargeant could barely contain herself.

"Sir, we've tracked several calls coming from a safe house in Karamay, all directed to FSTX cells operating in Urumqi. Several on the day of General Zhao's assasination, and one in particular on seconds before the raid went to crap ..."

"We can't be talking about this like this.." Colonel DeFonc dragged her into the room and closed the door.

"Sir! One of the calls was made to a Captain Wang in the FSTX forces, and he was right outside the raided house. Within seconds the E. Islandian troops were attacked by 'Hudecians'... " Staff Sargeant Wilson finished and breathed deeply.

DeFonc was startled, but the pieces were falling into place. The FSTX forces had access to Hudecian weaponry, tactics and clothing. But why? Why were they trying to destabilize the region?

'Tamerlane'.... he thought at last... he wanted power.. but how would he get it... the Sinoese maybe?...

"Who made the call?"

"It was from an SOF guarding someone important, I didn't have access to see who." Wilson breathed a sigh of relief, DeFonc was taking this seriously.

For DeFonc that sealed it. The only one viewed with that amount of importance was 'Tamerlane'.

"Thank you Sargeant, you are dismissed." Wilson left the sealed room.

"Our problem may be larger than we think... the man responsible is the head of a very large and powerful militia... that numbers over 200 000... over half of whom are well trained and armed... courtesy of the Hudecian army. I know what you are thinking... what a short sighted thing to do.. arm locals ... but you must understand.. there is less than 50 000 of us to face off against over 1 million Sinoese troops... if they really wanted to, we'd all be dead in a matter of hours."

"We need to handle this is a very careful manner... Tamerlane is under our protection, so if he dies.. we might be blamed.. but if he lives.. he could foment a revolt. We might need the Sinoese to help."
"

Pacific Northwesteria

05-08-2004, 02:22

(OOC: Do I know about his identity too, seeing as I'm the one giving most of the information? If so, I'd be willing to help. This militia can't stand up to sustained airstrikes and lightning spec. ops raids)

Red Tide2

05-08-2004, 02:23

OOC:Well this will probably be my last post until Sunday...

East Islandia

05-08-2004, 04:10

OOC
its not time travel PN. the distress call was issued several hours ago, and the events with LRR and my troops are in another, parallel storyline.

***********
Morning
Urumqi

Xu glared at him. A local leader of 200,000? Plus the Sinoese?

She was thinking that maybe she wouldnt go home after this mission.

"Short sighted or not, we will not discuss that now," she said quickly. "The Islandian solution is to assassinate the upstarts and make it look like an accident; from what you have told me, it appears not wise inthis situation.

"First off, let us see what your leader may be thinking; does he want Hudecia out? East Islandia out? Bedou out? LRR out? Or Sino out? And how far is he willing to go? I'm betting this bastard will be willing to start a full out war, as he proved by attacking my soldiers today.

"More to the point, can we defeat him if it comes to that? We may be faced with full out urban warfare, and if so, I may need more soldiers and more equipment to counter them."

************
Dawn
Urumqi

By now, the forces had retreated into the buildings, leaving, unfortunately, their dead behind on the streets. Inside, Pfc Au quickly slammed the door shut and hustled the surviving members of Aizu Team up the stairs, pulling Specialist Li over his shoulders.

As light as he thought she would be, she was still weighed down by her equipment, so Au hit the quick release straps on her harness and left her wearing only her flakvest, fatigues, boots, and armor.

The Islandians quickly ran into the helos, snipers and machine gunners laying down covering fire. Pfc Au glanced at the pregnant woman who was in the building, half frightened to death, and decided to drag her with him. The rest of her family had already been evacuated, and Au kept shouting to her in Mandarin that she would be ok.

They piled aboard an Mi-8 and shouted for the pilot to leave.

"PN forces, thank you for your concern," Au said later, when the helo was up and away from the rooftops. "We have been evacuated by LRR forces, and we no longer need your help. Thanks again, and direct all requests for alcohol to our commanding officer, General Xu."

*************

Dawn
Urumqi

"They are all out of the area," Kaminsky reported to Du from his position several km away from the stranded troops. "We are returning."

"Good," Du replied. "What shall we send over to LRR's base?"

"Not sure," Kaminsky replied. "But whatever you do, hide it. I doubt the locals will take kindly to alcohol."

Sino

05-08-2004, 04:30

Sinoese Intel officers would also like a chance to interrogate the foreign operative caught by the East Islandians.

Bedou

05-08-2004, 05:08

Sultan Al Deeb was on the Kyrgya Border with Xinjiang.
He had assmebled a group of special operations personell.
178 Lawrence Marines, all of them Hans.
There happened to also be 33 Temujinni "Advisors" in Country.
Temujinnis were of course of Mogolian lineage, so these 211 men would blend fairly well in Xinjiang. He just wanted the Sino to place them there.
His advisor Terek stood next to him.
"It is a good plan sir, hopefully the Sino have realized we are a far better friend to have in your region then enemy."
"Indeed." the Sultan replied.
He continued "Has the messege been sent to the Sino as to where to meet us?"

"It is being sent as we speak, we are requestin the Highest ranking official they can muster, however arent you worried they try to capture you? or kill you?" Terek stared at the 211 men and women. checking weapons and horses and camels he did not directly at the Sultan, ever.
His last question was only something he could ask, he was not BEdou by birth so he had to still learn some things about what Bedou fear.

"Ha! The Sino will more then likly be more frightened some bandits kill me and it looks like they are resposible. I have 12 sons, and 22 daughters, My 11 brothers and the rest of the Sheiks would spend generations killing Sinoese if something happened to me now, and here. I am the safest I could possibly be."

"This stand off with the Hudecians, my Sultan. It is a pity."

"Indeed, Terek it is."

"It is unfortunate that they do not have allies like Erinin and the Nuclear research and testing range in Hibernia."

The Sultan stared at the Special Operation Troops, he stared at the horizon, he stared out past everything.
"What did you say?"

"I apologize Sultan, I said, it is too bad they d not have an ally who has a testing range designed for such a purpose as we do."

The Sultan stared at Terek.

"It is obviously too late to undo the damage done here but, damn it, I should have thought of that. Transmit a messege to the Sino that we can supply a large testing area free of protest, and secure for secrecy.
I cant believe this didnt occur to me. And as well inform them we would like to begin negotiations as soon as possible. Oh yes and get an ETA on their representatives arrival.
Ahh Yes and reguarding the PN forces. Sned my sincerest thanks to submitting to a search."

"Yes most merciful Sultan."

Hudecia

05-08-2004, 13:35

*Karamay* -morning-

'Tamerlane' watched the sun as it rose silently into the sky. Like the sun, today, he would rise back into his position of power over others. Glancing over his shoulder he saw the two SOFs enter the room with him. Something was different, the way they carried their guns was more aggressive, more hostile. Did they know? Had they figured it out? Still, he had come too far to turn back now.

"I'm sorry gentlemen, but I have somewhere important to go, and you cannot come with me." He stated matter-of-factly, his back still towards the two men. Shots rang out from across the courtyard as sniper's bullets, missing Tamerlane by only inches imbeded themselves into the skulls of the Hudecian guards.

He picked up his cell phone and this time called an FSTX unit near the border with Kyrgyzstan. "Follow the Sinoese to the meeting place, and report to me when you get there... we may have to liquidate them so be prepared."

'Tamerlane' walked out of his building and towards a prearranged but secret news conference. In his briefcase he carried the taped confessions of the assassins and the documented explosives evidence from the blast in Urumqi. He looked into the courtyard and saw his men quickly dragging the dead bodies of several other Hudecian guards out of sight.

*Urumqi*

"Sir, we've lost contact with the safe house." Staff Sargeant Wilson reported silently to DeFonc. DeFonc had been expecting such an action but his hands were tied until that moment.

"Send in the SOF teams to secure the area. Firstly, use those Islandian EMPs to knock out the media's equipment. Remember, non-lethal force against 'Tamerlane', we need him alive and kicking for this to work."

East Islandia

05-08-2004, 17:38

"You heard him," Xu said to her troops. "Prep and deploy 15 and 68 Commando units with the EMPs; have the Desert Raiders deploy a brigade near the safe house for security. Take him alive at all costs, but kill his men if you need to."

Her commanders snapped to attention and saluted in the Islandian style, putting one hand, palm up, to their shoulders, and quickly ran off.

*****
Xinjiang, border areas

The HMMVWs, SSX-1 MBTs, and the YW531HWCZ-S IFVs rumbled through the desert, supported by helicopter gunships on the side. Higher overhead, AY8 gunships orbited, their sensor arrays scanning the desert for possible movement.

Under General Xu's orders, the borders were to be sealed, and she had deployed the remaining Desert Raiders to do so. Checkpoints, complete with barbed wire, concrete barricades, and bristling with weaponry, were set up on the main roads, and pictures of Tamerlane were distributed to all units.

****
Urumqi
Checkpoint into the city

CNN reporter Carol Burns soon found herself surrounded by angry Islandian troops of the First Storm Division. Mostly, they simply stared at her, but every so often, a language specialist would arrive and speak to her in some vaguely worded diatribes on the evilness of Americans and their media in general. It had been three hours since she had first arrived, and from what she had heard, other news services, particularly American ones, had also been detained and harrassed.

Carol decided to go ahead and broadcast anyway. "There's probably something going down," she said to her cameraman. "Let's spread the word."

He nodded and they rigged their equipment for broadcast, ready in a matter of minutes. He flipped her the thumbs up signal, and she nodded, setting a grim expression on her face as the camera started to roll.

"This is Carol Burns, live, from Xinjiang," she said quickly. "Due to the heightened security alerts following the ambush of a Hudecian convoy, the East Islandian and Hudecian garrisons have imposed rigid martial law. Last night, we have evidence that-"

Suddenly, the display burst into static, and the power relays switched off. Burns cursed. She quickly pulled out her SAT-phone, which was also knocked out.

"Damn it!" she swore. "Those Islandians!"

All across the city, reporters and news services found their equipment non functional; apparently, two small yield EMPs were detonated, leaving nothing but military grade electronic equipment still working (most Islandian military grade systems have a two-three second reboot time; the more advanced ones usually have one second reboot times). It would take hours for the civilians to restart their equipment, particularly if they were connected to satellites (cellphones and satellite broadcasting systems).

Lunatic Retard Robots

05-08-2004, 18:00

The helicopters quickly gain altitude and head back to Grazni's Delta Base.

The odd shoulder-launched SAM is hurled at the 'copters, but flares and IR missile blinders manage to knock down whatever's thrown at them.

After a harrowing flight, the Mi-8s and Mi-35s touch down back at Delta Base.

However, the ground contingent so far doesn't have any tasks, but each trip by the transports brings more troops, this time airborne units. Before long, the LRR force should be ready to begin serious operations.

Meanwhile, Mi-8s, escorted by Mi-35s distribute food and medical supplies throughout Urmqui, to civilian areas and hospitals inside the city proper.

East Islandia

05-08-2004, 18:03

South Central Los Angeles
Four years ago

"BITCH!" her father screamed as his hand descended on her face. "I adopted you, took you off the streets, and this is how you repay me?! By killing a man?!"

Mandy glared at him, her face red and stinging. She didnt say a word, but deep in her heart, she knew that he was right. He knew what she had done, and he was probably worried about her more than anything.

That made the experience all the more painful.

"So Yumi gets raped and you expect me to do nothing?" she roared back, slamming a chair into the wall in her fury. "YOU EXPECT ME TO STAND BY AND LET THAT F*CK GET AWAY WITH IT?!"

"What can you do?!" her father shouted back. "You'll just get yourself into prison! They were going to be convicted anyway!"

Mandy was silent. From what she had read on previous rape cases, the trespassers were not very likely to get lengthy prison terms, especially not for rape. That was the main reason she had killed the rapists anyway, shot them at point blank range with a stolen Glock.

"I had to do it, dad," she said, her voice pleading. she knew her father wasnt really angry at her-just concerned, and frightened. "Please understand. I dont want you to hate me or think of me as a murderer for the rest of my life."

Her father's face softened, and now he looked more troubled than angry. "What you did was foolish," he said quietly, fighting back tears and turning away from her. His voice was stony, although Mandy knew he would crack soon. "I know you thought it was right, and I know you wanted some street justice for Yumi. But..."

His voice trailed off and he sighed. "I've made arrangements," he said. "It'll be hard to get out of the country, but I have a friend who can help you. I know you bought your own plane tickets, but now this may not be such a good thing to do. traveling under your real name."

He tossed her two passports. "This one is for you; the other is for Yumi. I also bought airplane tickets for you; you're going to be going to Islandia, since they're one of the only nations that's close enough to America but wont allow extradition."

Mandy's eyes watered as she flipped through the pages of her passport. She could never return, she knew. And her dad would probably get into trouble for this, maybe even be hauled in as an accomplice.

"I'll never forget this, dad," she said to him, quickly enveloping him in a fierce hug. "Take care of mom while I'm gone."

Her father inhaled deeply, taking in a final scent of his adopted daughter before she left. For sixteen years he had raised her, fought to give her a way out of poverty...and all for what? Circumstances (and his daughter's fierce, proud nature) had led to all of this, and he suddenly felt immensely sorry taht he couldnt do better for either his daughter or her best friend, poor Yumi.

"I'm sorry I hit you," he said quietly. "You take care of yourself over there."

She kissed him on the cheek. "I will," she said. he handed her her favorite backpack, which he had already stuffed with necessities, including American currency, some clothing, and toiletries, and gave it to her. She took the pack quickly, not daring to look back-

And then she was gone.

LRR base area
The present

Mandy woke slowly, her vision wet from the tears that had filled her eyes. Had it really been four years? she wondered. Four years since she left America with her childhood friend, fleeing her past? four years since she joined the Ghost Brigade to provide for her friend and allow the two of them a legitimate way (the only way perhaps) to cast suspicion off the two, who were both Americans?

Mandy shook her head, feeling sudden pain flood her senses. She was in a white building, awash with the distinct smell of antiseptic.

A hospital.

Then her memories came rushing back; the raid, the subsequent firefight...her friends and comrades dying in her arms...screaming, in English, over the radio in her distress call...the long helicopter flight where she was barely conscious.

Mandy quickly reached her finger to her face, searching for wounds. She felt the raised, bumpy surfaces of several deep scars, and winced, not so much from the pain as from the sudden realization that her once-pristine face, the source of so much pride to her, was now pocked and marked by combat.

She tried to get to her feet-and quickly fell, feeling pain as the IV lines jerked into her skin. She gasped for breath, and propped herself against hte side of the bed.

What a dream, she thought. Or maybe a nightmare.

She had to buy the LRR people some beer later, she reminded herself. That was how everyone liked to repay their debts, was it not?

Lunatic Retard Robots

05-08-2004, 18:10

By now, the LRRA field hospital was filled up with a lot of people. East Islandians, Hudecians, Graznians, the odd LRR pilot, even fighters from the various factions in the city. Lots of civilians, too.

A nurse dressed in a light-blue smock notices the EI trooper regaining consciousness.

"Jerry, she's coming to."

In the bed next to her, an Mi-8 pilot hit with a 7.62mm bullet listens to The Who: Live At The Young Vic while flipping through a National Geographic magazine.

East Islandia

05-08-2004, 18:26

Mandy looked at the LRR pilot through glazed eyes, and blinked slowly. She noticed that he did not seem to have the coarse features of an infantryman.

Probably a pilot, she thought. She tapped at his feet, and waved to get his attention.

"Hi," she said, her voice muffled beneath all the bandages. She decided to speak in English, since the LRR military was probably more likely to speak that than Islandian or Chinese. "Thanks for coming to save us."

Out of the corner of her eye, she noticed a figure move towards her. It was Au, and he grinned at her when he noticed she was awake.

"Morning ma'am," he said, although technically he was on the same rank level as her. She had been passed over for promotion twice already, and that endeared her to her squadmates. "Good to see you up and about."

He reached down and picked her up, gently lifting her back into bed. She blushed, aware of her situation, and he put a blanket over her.

"Back to sleep," he said, before turning back to his business. He lifted a crate of assorted alcohol (various beers, sake, Chardonnay, and even two bottles of Agrigentian grappa) and put it at the foot of the pilot's bed. "This is for you," he said, bowing low. "Thank you for your help, and I hope I may be able to repay your bravery sometime."

Au quickly left, stepping over the wounded, and made his way outside. He punched in some numbers and called Captain Du, his superior.

"Yes, sir, we are fine now," he said quickly. "But we took heavy casualties. More to the point, the bodies are still in the alleyway..."

Au paused as he took a look at the nearest television monitor, which was tuned to CNN, as per Captain Du's instructions. "Yes sir," he said glumly as he watched the bodies of his fallen comrades be stripped and paraded through the streets. "Just like the Americans, eh sir?"

*******
As the militants stripped the bodies, however, AY8 gunships poured fire down on them. Unlike America, Islandia did not take kindly to militants who liked to flaunt their victory.

The gunner smiled viciously as the figures below were scattered, and some fell, never to move again.

"Should we hit them with heavier artillery?" he asked.

"Negative," the pilot replied. "Just use the chain gun."

The gunner shrugged. For his purposes, the chain gun was fine. Besides, with the news services knocked out, who would be here to witness such an event?

Hudecia

05-08-2004, 18:35

*Karamay*

The EMP had struck the complex directly. The half dozen or so local news agencies gathered at one side of the group of buildings were completely in the dark... literally because they were inside a building at the time.

Within seconds dozens of Hudecian MPs, SOFs and regular ground troops were storming the complex. If any of their allies had troops in the area they would be included in the raid. However, the true Hudecians would be sporting a red bandana tied around their left shoulder. Those Hudecians without one would be killed.

The complex was separated into 5 buildings. The main building was flanked on either side by two smaller barracks. And at the northern edge of the complex there was two small storage buildings, one of which was holding the media.

The initial shots would not be heard by most of the FSTX forces on the site because they were fired from silenced MP-5s. Soon however, the familiar crack of M-16 fire and C-7 Diemaco fire would be heard by everyone including the media.

Travelling in groups of 5, the 50 odd men began spreading out through the walled complex. The element of surprise was powerful and within seconds a disoriented 'Tamerlane' was grabbed by the Hudecian SOFs.

Still, now the tricky part came. Helicopter evac was called for as FSTX forces numberinng over 500 closed in to save their leader.

Lunatic Retard Robots

05-08-2004, 18:37

Dimitry Lennon (the son of Gregor Lennon, who is one of my other RP characters) takes off his headphones to see the heavily bandaged EI trooper looking over at him.

"Hello...just in a day's work, I suppose. Oh! And thanks for the beer."

Hudecia

05-08-2004, 18:45

General Yang addressed a separate media event in Kashi.

"Ahem... this morning, men dressed as Hudecians stormed our base in Karamay, severely wounding a senior leader based from there. Fortunately, real Hudecians and our allies were nearby and intervened. After a confusing battle, that is still raging on it is apparant that what imposters were there have been killed, the Hudecian military command is now attempting to end the battle between militia units and allied military units in the region."

"We have identified the imposters as a group of deserters from the former Daylami army. They sought to destabilize the region by fomenting a war between the Sinoese and us. It was they who assasinated General Zhao and bombed the Urumqi market."

Lunatic Retard Robots

05-08-2004, 18:47

Hudecia

05-08-2004, 19:59

*Karamay*

Corporal Chin half dragged the Uighur commander up the stairs to the rooftop of the main building. The commander had been heavily sedated and drugged by them as soon as he was captured. Waving at one the Mi-8s to come over he ducked down to avoid the constant sniper fire that was harassing the Hudecian forces.

He could hear the officers barking commands to the troops down below. Up the stairs behind him the rest of his 5 man team came up and began laying fire down on the snipers in one of the barracks. Switching on his radio, he called his captain.

"Sir, we've got some hostiles in the barracks. They're likely guards stationed here." They all had received orders to take no prisoners from the compound. In fact, they were ordered to ensure that all of them were given quick passage into the afterlife.

"Got it corporal, we'll take care of them.. warn those helicopters that we're going to blow the northern barracks..."

At the base of the building one of the regular army units were preparing to use an anti-tank personal missile launcher on the barrack's wall. A MP unit was standing by to storm in with the MP-5Ks afterwards and clear out anyone who survived. The regulars were anxious about engaging in urban warfare because their M-16s were bulky and hard to manage in small corridors.

*Urumqi*

Hudecian troops had received orders to make their presence known while the power was out. Roaming the streets in APCs, Abrams, or even on foot, they treated the entire area as hostile territory.

Colonel DeFonc turned to Line General Xu after listening in on the latest update from Karamay.

"General Xu, would I be correct in assuming that you would like to .. punish those responsible for the death of your troops?" Colonel DeFonc's finger tapped on a map of Urumqi, his finger landing squarely on an apartment building in the southern part of the city. "His name is Captain Wang. He will be heavily guarded by FSTX forces, of whom he is the leader. But with all the chaos out there I'm positive that any 'friendly fire' incidents will be easily discounted as ... collateral damage."

Lunatic Retard Robots

05-08-2004, 20:40

Karamay

The helicopter pilots and crews watch as the barracks buildings are blown in, and Hudecian troops storm the survivors. The crackle of M-16 fire can be heard over the rotor noise.

"This is Dragon flight calling Hudecian ground control, we are ready to start evac, over."

Meanwhile, another Mi-8, this one armed not only with 12.7mm MGs but also with rockets and cannon pods, sets down on the rooftop of the main building. An LRRA paratrooper armed with an FN-90 emerges as the clamshell doors open, and helps drag the captured commander into the helicopter before taking a Dragunov round in his shoulder. Kord MGs spray the window which was the source of the shot, and then the helicopter lifts off, the domestic engines allowing it to gain altitude much more rapidly than the original.

East Islandia

05-08-2004, 20:45

As the FTX forces closed in, orbiting AY8 gunships began to rain down a hail of fire on them, including rockets, chain guns, and even 30mm cannon fire.

Artillery based several km away began to fire away with precision munitions at the outer edges of the compound, hopefully taking out FSTX forces.

****
"Certainly," Xu said. She began issuing orders, and soon, three commando units and an entire battalion was inbound to Wang's apartment.

The battalion quickly set up a perimeter with their armored vehicles, allowing no one to enter or exit, while the commandos quickly surveyed their maps one final time, and boarded helicopters and armored HMMVWs. Snipers took their positions, their rifles aiming at moving targets through windows.

The helos dropped off soldiers on the roof, and the others simply crashed through the door. Smoke grenades slammed through windows and sputtered yellow smoke, reducing visibility to mere feet.

Hudecia

06-08-2004, 01:39

*Karamay*

"Sir, we've made sure that all FSTX forces in the base itself are liquidated. The forces fighting us now are local units." Captain Markov ducked down as the reporting sargeant took a bullet in the upper arm. Swearing, he called for a med-evac. Turning to his radio operator he barked a quick order. "Tell our men to keep fighting, and call the 3rd Marine Expeditionary division based outside Karamay. Have them shuttle in more men and ammo."

From outside of Karamay, 30 Hudecian Blackhawk helicopters began moving over the city, heading for the battle site.

On the ground, Hudecian ground troops had managed to convince the majority of the FSTX forces that there was yet again another group of imposter Hudecians fomenting trouble. However, they were all assured that if everyone stayed calm and stood down that the crisis would abate.

Corporal Chin hopped into the helicopter with the Uighur commander along with his 4 men. Heading to the pilot he quickly barked an order. "Take the helicopter to Urumqi immediately, this is the commander of the FSTX forces, we need him in Urumqi ASAP."

*Urumqi*

Hudecian snipers watched the E. Islandian forces attack the apartment with precision and skill. Although they would not interfere, they would make sure that Captain Wang would not escape alive. He had caused Hudecia pains for the last time.

Xiaguo

06-08-2004, 02:05

Xiaguo reinstates the backing of Sino's nucleur testing sites.

Xiaguo is determined to protect the Chinese people. What Sino is doing cannot be endangering the lives of them, who many do not live in the territory. Xiannese engineers and millitia have set up a base in Urumqi. This base is to distribute clean water, clothing, and millitary equiptment via distribution.

500,000 will be stationed near Urumqi. Xiaguo requests SIno to allow an engineer company to evaluate Sino's nucleur safety and procedures.

Lunatic Retard Robots

06-08-2004, 03:50

*Karamay*

"Sir, we've made sure that all FSTX forces in the base itself are liquidated. The forces fighting us now are local units." Captain Markov ducked down as the reporting sargeant took a bullet in the upper arm. Swearing, he called for a med-evac. Turning to his radio operator he barked a quick order. "Tell our men to keep fighting, and call the 3rd Marine Expeditionary division based outside Karamay. Have them shuttle in more men and ammo."

From outside of Karamay, 30 Hudecian Blackhawk helicopters began moving over the city, heading for the battle site.

On the ground, Hudecian ground troops had managed to convince the majority of the FSTX forces that there was yet again another group of imposter Hudecians fomenting trouble. However, they were all assured that if everyone stayed calm and stood down that the crisis would abate.

Corporal Chin hopped into the helicopter with the Uighur commander along with his 4 men. Heading to the pilot he quickly barked an order. "Take the helicopter to Urumqi immediately, this is the commander of the FSTX forces, we need him in Urumqi ASAP."

Nodding, the Pilot turns the Mi-8 towards Urmqui, followed by two Mi-35 escorts.

About half an hour later, the mi-8 and escorts arrive at the Hudecian base at Urmqui.

Back at the compound, the LRRA medevac Mi-8s begin to take on casualties. Once filled to capacity, the Mils head for grazni's Delta Base, where the LRRA has a field hospital set up. The armed Mils circle and land, depositing LRRA para-riflemen. Armed with Ak-74s and RPG-7s, among other things, they carry quite a bit of firepower, especially with their MBT-LAW missiles. They had been swapped for the usual RBS-56 BILL ATGMs because of the shorter ranges involved in city fighting.

After depositing troops, the helicopters turn and head back to base.

Hudecia

06-08-2004, 04:36

'Tamerlane is taken to a pre-arranged room in the Hudecian command center where he receives a large dose of mind control drugs. He is bandaged as if he was shot several times.

Then, an E. Islandian camera crew is brought into the room and he is filmed ordering the FSTX to stand down and obey the Hudecian High Command's instructions. His speech was slurred, but that could be expected because his head was bandaged like he had been shot there.

The E. Islandian crew is then shuffled out of the room quickly and sent back to the conference with General Yang.

Sino

06-08-2004, 09:41

Xiaguo reinstates the backing of Sino's nucleur testing sites.

500,000 will be stationed near Urumqi. Xiaguo requests Sino to allow an engineer company to evaluate Sino's nucleur safety and procedures.

Sino's commaders in the region have agreed to such a decision by Xiaguo provided that all forms of nuclear technology proliferation is done through an agreed level of exchange at the highest level.

Sino

06-08-2004, 09:46

Bedou

06-08-2004, 13:37

As the current situation decreases in stability, the Sinoese forces have been ordered to hold their ground and continue their reconstruction efforts. The stand-off is now between Hudecia and Bedou over some stupid argument.

Han looked at the setting sun dancing slowly into its resting place on the edge of Hami's cityscape. He can sleep better at night for now, but for how long...
OOC: What, what post did I miss that that occured in?
..::Shoulder Shrug::..
IC:The sultan waited atthe Kyrgy border no word had come about the SIno coming or even respondingarrogant, no matter.
He ordered his men to move out. The 211 had old Soviet Style AK-47s,RPGs, their ammo was circa the Soviet regime rule in this regine.
They had no idetification, they slected because none had identifiing tatoos, they could speak the local languange fluent or with a russian accent which did not seem out of place in this region, the only communications equipment they had were cell phones, Bedou cell phones but then that would not be out of place either.
Their orders were simple, observe, locals always knew more then outsiders, with out being sodiers they could obtain much more information.
The Sultan also considered redistributing his forces, he had not have so much concentration on the the eastern border, with chaos in west of him his flanks were exposed. That would change, before his IRish allies turned this place to glass. It was starting to cost them so much money having forces here that were demanding a war with someone, just to justify the expenditure.

Hudecia

06-08-2004, 14:42

OOC: Yeah, Bedou I am in agreement with your confusion.. I didn't know we were in a standoff... maybe Sino misread something somewher.. *shrugs*

Lunatic Retard Robots

06-08-2004, 20:22

OCC: Was there a standoff?

Xiaguo

07-08-2004, 00:47

OOC:HAHA, you're all dumbfounded...-_-

The troops now begin to rebuild the and construct basic facilities and the Government has set a 1 billion dollar budget into rebuilding parts of Urumqi.

Meanwhile, inspectors sent by a private hired Xiannese Nucleur Safety Engineering Corporation will be inspecting the Sinoese Nucleur facillities.

East Islandia

07-08-2004, 01:56

After the killing of Captain Wang and the capture of "Tamerlane," East Islandian forces under the command of General Xu have called on Sino to cease nuclear tests in Xinjiang.

Hudecia

07-08-2004, 02:58

*Kashi*

With General Yang wrapping up the news conference with the television feed from 'Tamerlane' it seemed like all the angles were convered. The incriminating tapes and documents were recovered and destroyed, 'Tamerlane was in custody, his forces neutralized. The Hudecian reputation here was near the gutter, but in a few weeks that'd be forgotten.

The standoff with the Sinoese was still going on, but compared to the firefights with the FSTX, it would be simple and bloodless.

*Karamay*

The street battles had died down soon after the release of 'Tamerlane's' orders. Hudecian MPs were clearing the streets of bodies and debris, while regular police made an appearance to direct traffic.

*Urumqi*

The chaos ended once power was restored. Observers would blame the Hudecians for letting the chaos getting out of control and the E. Islandians for carelessly knocking out power across the city with one of their 'damned EMPs'.

Hudecian MPs promised a full investigation into how an E. Islandian EMP was accidentally detonated inside Urumqi but initial reports indicated that the EMP was being snuck into the city by E. Islandian forces when it detonated. General Yang strongly urged the Islandians to take better care of the weaponry, after all, who knows what could happen if advanced weaponry fell into the wrong hands.

Lunatic Retard Robots

07-08-2004, 03:31

The heavily armed LRRA para-riflemen man checkpoints throughout Karamay, checking for weapons in passing vehicles. The sight of an RPG-7 or KPVT heavy MG pointed at the hood of one's car compells the occupants to comply with the weapons searches...quite obviously firepower was on the riflemens' side.

In Urmqui and Karamay, LRRA medical and engineering units restore utilities and evacuate civilians and military personnel in need of medical attention to the sprawling hospital compound at Delta Base. The sight of LRRA Mi-8 medevac helicopters becomes quite common.

The engineer and medical ground teams can travel in near impunity, with vehicles resistant to RPGs and high-caliber automatic cannon fire, as well as mines and home-made explosives.

East Islandia

07-08-2004, 05:21

Upon hearing the news that the Islandians had "mishandled" their EMP, Xu laughed.

She shrugged. "Always good to be thought of as slower than you actually are, eh?" she asked Col. DeFonc as they ate breakfast the next day.

Hudecia

07-08-2004, 14:43

"Of course, when people think you to be slow, the underestimate what you are capable of doing..." DeFonc said before taking another bite of his eggs. "Just, we couldn't blame the Hudecians for everything after all."

DeFonc enjoyed himself in the presence of Xu. Who would have thought that they could have gone from coming within hairlengths of shooting each other, to eating breakfast together in less than a week.

"Still, there is the question of tying up loose ends. 'Tamerlane' died yesterday as a result of his wounds, he'll be given a grand funeral and General Yang will be giving a eulogy."

"But we still haven't solved the problem with Sino. But compared to the last few days, somehow the standoff with Sino seems harmless."

Xiaguo

07-08-2004, 18:02

"I think the westerners have some sort of a troubling situation here." laughed Jo Jin Ju while watching the Xiannese army repair the roads and repairing the buildings.

Jo Jin Ju is was sent yesterday to Xinjiang to command the 500,000 Xiannese troops.

His idea is, Xinjiang belongs to China and will unify under Xiaguo not Sino. He also has contempt for the Sinoese but again, his argument loses to the Xiannese Government itself.

Red Tide2

08-08-2004, 21:11

OOC:I am back... And I am still waiting for someone too find out about me.

Xiaguo

08-08-2004, 21:16

OOC:No one cares about Red Tide2, ho hum..

Meanwhile, Xiannese engineers are sketching out a plan to build sufficient and efficient water supllies and transports to the barren villages and cities of Xinjiang.

Bedou

08-08-2004, 21:58

Bedou Protectorates of Tjikistan and Kyrgyzstan
The Bedou have begun digging in their military infrastructure.
While SuperCondors fly in supplies from the Sudan and Sweden via Skibereen to the air fields in Bishkek, and Dushanbe.
Erinin built LineBackers are deployed along the mountainous passes that open into the respective nations, as placing tanks directly on htose narrow paths would be suicidal.
MSArea Denial Systems and the teams of men to implement them are however deep in the Sarykol Range where it summits with in Tajikistan, as well as Two Armoured Divisions at Kulma Pass, An armoured Division in Kargush Pass to the South, An Armoured Division at Taunmurun Pass, several divisions of infantry have been placed in the Palmir, Tian Shan, Terskey Alatau Ranges, as well as on the Fedchenko Glacier.
Sultan Mohammed has issued a telegram to Sino to inform that in secret negotiations with Erinin an agreement has been made that Sino may use the Hibernian Nuclear Testing Facility in the South Atlantic in the place of the Bedou.
As well as a sign of good faith the Sultan has prepared a standing invitation to Sinoese delegates to examine the Bedou works in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan-respectivily- The city of Rangkul' is completely secured by the Bedou Lawrence Marines Bat 106th. In preparation to recieve the Sino delegates, at a moments notice.

As always the Bedou have again extended an open Invitation to the Hudecians and the Granzi and any representative of any nation that bears the support of the two formers.

Pacific Northwesteria

08-08-2004, 22:44

Admiral Michaels was quite aware in the lull in the action, and figured that perhaps his work in the area was done. He sent messages to all allied forces in the region, namely Granzi and Hudecia, asking whether the presence of Pacific Northwesterian forces in the region were no longer needed. To quote the message, "...we are in no rush to leave, and will do anything within our power to help. However, if we are no longer needed, I know some real good kids who would like to be back home."

Hudecia

08-08-2004, 23:04

To: PN forces
From: Colonel DeFonc

The presence of PN troops was and is greatly appreciated by the Hudecian government and our allies.

It is hoped that the situation can be settled peacefully now, however, we hope that your government will continue to monitor the situation and adjust its policies accordingly.

Our deepest gratitude.

Xiaguo

09-08-2004, 00:15

A Message to Bedou.

"The Xiannese Empire would like to have an extra kick to our relations with your honorable nation, Bedou."

Bedou

09-08-2004, 04:53

Addressed to all concerned parties.
Forth with,
IN the border City of Rangkul' A summit will be held reguarding a total peace.
This location is farthest from the strengths of any interested parties.
It is high in the Mountains and with one main passable highway.
The Bedou leader Sultan Mohammed Bin Al Deeb will be inattendence, of course those nations who choose to attend, will have their delegates treated with equal stature for the porposes of the Summit.
The Bedou will representing the Security interests of Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
As well as potential financial/trade interests of the Ancient Order of Hibernians and the future of the Islamic Reformist League in the region.
This meeting is for the express purpose of expanding Bedou relations in the region.
Please notify prior to attnedence.

Sino

09-08-2004, 06:07

OOC: Due to the complications in my school life, I am unable to RP.

Hudecia

09-08-2004, 15:20

To: Bedou
From: General Yang

I regret to inform you that our planned ambassador to Bedou, General Zhao was murdered recently.

In his place I will be attending the conference. I look forward to meeting you and hope for many years of good relations.

Sincerest wishes,
General Yang (Hudecian Xinjiang Command)

Hudecia

09-08-2004, 15:38

----HUDECIA POST----

HUDECIA AGREES TO WITHDRAW

HP - In a major diplomatic coup, the Hudecian government announced its intentions to withdraw from Xinjiang within the month. Starting this week, Xiannese troops will begin taking over responsibilities from Hudecian peacekeepers.

The announcement came just hours after Hudecian Prime Minister Matsuda and Xiannese Prime Minister Yeh met to discuss the issue, although analysts had been suspecting such an arrangement for quite some time.

It is expected that Hudecia will offer safe transport to any citizens who feel unsafe under Xiannese control, however, it is not expected that many will take up the offer. Likely candidates for refugees are members of the FSTX, the Uighur militia that opposed Sinoese rule but was supported by the Hudecian government. It is worried that Xiannese officials will turn such people over to the Sinoese.

Bedou

17-08-2004, 01:20

With The withdrawl of Hudecian forces from Xinjiang the Bedou began to redistribute their forces in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
The IDea to not present to much of an agrressive posture towards the Xiannese peace keeping forces.
The Sultan would remain in RangKul' to meet with envoys.

Granzi

17-08-2004, 02:07

To: Your Excellence, the Sultan
From: General Demark
Subject: Peace Summit

We accept your invitation to attend such a conference in hopes of smoothing out a peace process. Prime Minister Bolash will, unfortunantly, not be able to attend, due to a nuclear threat to Granzi at this time.

Regards,
General Demark
Theater Commander: China and Central Asia

Bedou

17-08-2004, 13:15

To: General Demark
From: Sultan Mohammed
Subject: Peace Summit
"I deeply appreciate Granzi's zealous efforts towrads relations with my people.
Rather then bother with formality, which I am not particularly good at anyway.
I intend to submit the Granzi nation and lands as a protectorate of the Ancient Order of Hibernians Alliance, as well our newly founded orginization the Islamic Reformist League.
We (Bedou) base our dealings on how honest,forthright, and proactive the party is being dealt with. The Granzi have not failed to make an excellent impression upon me, your people are welcome on Bedou lands, your military is free to use of Bedou strategic locations:Sweden(southend), the Hibernian countinent in the South Atlantic, our locations in Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan.
We will also negotiate for your citizens use of our various colonies throughout several other nations(though this will take sometime).
Protectorate status bears you no genuine resposiblity, it does a afford a place to form very strong relations with all Hibernian nations, and you have seen they can be very loyal allies, and in trade they are even more loyal.
Sincerely SUltan Mohammed Bin AL Deeb."

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