Sociale Italiana
11-10-2004, 05:33
Claims on Djibouti and Addis Ababa. Healthy criticism is welcome, but no interference.
Preperations
Long were the Italians looking to reclaim their lost territory. In 1940, they had controlled all of East Africa and some of North Africa and were undoubtadly a world power. By 1943 however, their Empire had fallen and their territory crushed to the northern third of Italy. It was here the Repubblica Sociale Italiana was founded by Benito Mussolini. Ever since the fall of the Kingdom of Italy, they had dreamed of recreating the Roman Empire and restoring pride and confidence in Italy. They dreamed of creating a world power.
That is why Il Duce assigned Rodolfo Davinson to look into the possibility of conquering nations and making colonies. Rodolfo Davinson searched for years to find a spot on the globe where the Italians could gain victory, after all, the Italians had grown weaker and their equipment was old and their navy entirely made up of purchases from the Roman Republic. Davinson found his target in the Republic of Djibouti, this nation had formerly been French Somaliland and eventually emerged from civil war to find relative stability. Omar Ismail Mohamed, President of the Republic of Djibouti was a leader based on the trust of the people and the military under Hassan Hammad was underfunded and consisted of only 5,000 troops who were ill-equipped to carry out a war. Djibouti was also a key port in the Gulf of Aden and could control entry into the Suez Canal.
Another key area Davinson found was Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. Haile Zenawi had led Ethiopia in a downward spiral after seing the economy briefly go up. Ethiopia was not nearly equipped to defend their capital or any region in the eastern areas of their nation. Djibouti and Addis Ababa were connected by railway and a key road, Rodolfo found that this would make an easy access invasion. Rodolfo Davinson brought this plan to Il Duce who analyzed it and approved it.
He put Davinson in charge of 100,000 Italian troops who were expected to make due and take the countries. 1 aircraft carrier, 2 Ticonderoga cruisers, 1 California Cruiser, 2 Slava cruisers, 2 Fregat II Destroyers and 2 Gepard Frigates were sent along with the first 50,000 troops. 21 MiG 29 fighters and 20 MiG 33 fighters were sent along with them. The 50,000 troops were primarily equipped with AK-74 rifles and Beretta 92-F pistols.The Djibouti army under Hassan Hammad was only 5,000 strong and equipped with old M16 and AK-47 rifles. Their airforce was virtually non-existant and their navy was extremely weak.
Recently there had been a riot in Somalia and the Italians told Omar Mohamed that they were sending a decent sized fleet to go help put the riots down since they were for peace in Africa, this was easily accepted by Omar Ismail Mohamed who was quite naive of their intentions and looked to the earlier decade where the Italians had been more than willing to help them in their civil war. The Italian fleet moved past Eritrea virtually unnoticed as it was quite common in these days of chaos for large forces to move in and out of the Suez Canal and Gulf of Aden. The 41 MiG fighters took off from the carrier and quickly managed to sneak attack the airbases in Djibouti, according to many sources 75% of the Djibouti Air Force was taken out in the first raids without a shot on the MiGs. The cruisers and destroyers began bombarding Khor Angar. The first shots had been fired and the war for restoration was beginning.
Opening Charge
Omar Ismail Mohamed was completely suprised when the news of the invasion raids came. He quickly gave full control of the armed forces and of the entire country to Hassan Hammad. Hassan's first action was to begin conscription, in the first few days he had already conscripted 5,000 more troops into the armed forces.
Due to the lack of major military industry and lack of aid coming into the nation, he was forced to make due with 10,000 infantry and a small navy with enough airforce for one major raid. His first move was to move back 2,000 forces to guard the Obock line which stretched all the way from Eritrea to the Golfe de Tadjoura, kept going right in front of Obock and down in front of Djibouti, Djibouti. He then sent 1,000 men up to try and guard Khor Angar to make sure the Italians never landed.
Meanwhile, after the extremely successful air raid, Rodolfo Davinson guarenteed the country would fall in 1 month. He sent 25,000 as the first wave. The repeated bombing of Khor Angar had made the coastline a brutal mess and the buildings a wreck. The 2,000 Djibouti forces waited back in the city-grounds to fight strategically. The first Italian wave landed without problems and an Armored divison with T-90's was sent down to the more southern areas between Obock and Khor Angar.
The Infantry began marching further into Khor Angar, they had just gotten near the central of the city when an ambush occured. The Djibouti troops fired their M-16's from the buildings and from the rubble. 1,500 troops charged out as the Italian scout squads ran for cover.
To Be Continued
As I said earlier, I welcome healthy criticism, but no interference, I will continue this RP tomorrow or in 30 minutes depending on if I am awake. If I continue in 30, just expect me to finish the Opening Charge section and not make a new one.
Preperations
Long were the Italians looking to reclaim their lost territory. In 1940, they had controlled all of East Africa and some of North Africa and were undoubtadly a world power. By 1943 however, their Empire had fallen and their territory crushed to the northern third of Italy. It was here the Repubblica Sociale Italiana was founded by Benito Mussolini. Ever since the fall of the Kingdom of Italy, they had dreamed of recreating the Roman Empire and restoring pride and confidence in Italy. They dreamed of creating a world power.
That is why Il Duce assigned Rodolfo Davinson to look into the possibility of conquering nations and making colonies. Rodolfo Davinson searched for years to find a spot on the globe where the Italians could gain victory, after all, the Italians had grown weaker and their equipment was old and their navy entirely made up of purchases from the Roman Republic. Davinson found his target in the Republic of Djibouti, this nation had formerly been French Somaliland and eventually emerged from civil war to find relative stability. Omar Ismail Mohamed, President of the Republic of Djibouti was a leader based on the trust of the people and the military under Hassan Hammad was underfunded and consisted of only 5,000 troops who were ill-equipped to carry out a war. Djibouti was also a key port in the Gulf of Aden and could control entry into the Suez Canal.
Another key area Davinson found was Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia. Haile Zenawi had led Ethiopia in a downward spiral after seing the economy briefly go up. Ethiopia was not nearly equipped to defend their capital or any region in the eastern areas of their nation. Djibouti and Addis Ababa were connected by railway and a key road, Rodolfo found that this would make an easy access invasion. Rodolfo Davinson brought this plan to Il Duce who analyzed it and approved it.
He put Davinson in charge of 100,000 Italian troops who were expected to make due and take the countries. 1 aircraft carrier, 2 Ticonderoga cruisers, 1 California Cruiser, 2 Slava cruisers, 2 Fregat II Destroyers and 2 Gepard Frigates were sent along with the first 50,000 troops. 21 MiG 29 fighters and 20 MiG 33 fighters were sent along with them. The 50,000 troops were primarily equipped with AK-74 rifles and Beretta 92-F pistols.The Djibouti army under Hassan Hammad was only 5,000 strong and equipped with old M16 and AK-47 rifles. Their airforce was virtually non-existant and their navy was extremely weak.
Recently there had been a riot in Somalia and the Italians told Omar Mohamed that they were sending a decent sized fleet to go help put the riots down since they were for peace in Africa, this was easily accepted by Omar Ismail Mohamed who was quite naive of their intentions and looked to the earlier decade where the Italians had been more than willing to help them in their civil war. The Italian fleet moved past Eritrea virtually unnoticed as it was quite common in these days of chaos for large forces to move in and out of the Suez Canal and Gulf of Aden. The 41 MiG fighters took off from the carrier and quickly managed to sneak attack the airbases in Djibouti, according to many sources 75% of the Djibouti Air Force was taken out in the first raids without a shot on the MiGs. The cruisers and destroyers began bombarding Khor Angar. The first shots had been fired and the war for restoration was beginning.
Opening Charge
Omar Ismail Mohamed was completely suprised when the news of the invasion raids came. He quickly gave full control of the armed forces and of the entire country to Hassan Hammad. Hassan's first action was to begin conscription, in the first few days he had already conscripted 5,000 more troops into the armed forces.
Due to the lack of major military industry and lack of aid coming into the nation, he was forced to make due with 10,000 infantry and a small navy with enough airforce for one major raid. His first move was to move back 2,000 forces to guard the Obock line which stretched all the way from Eritrea to the Golfe de Tadjoura, kept going right in front of Obock and down in front of Djibouti, Djibouti. He then sent 1,000 men up to try and guard Khor Angar to make sure the Italians never landed.
Meanwhile, after the extremely successful air raid, Rodolfo Davinson guarenteed the country would fall in 1 month. He sent 25,000 as the first wave. The repeated bombing of Khor Angar had made the coastline a brutal mess and the buildings a wreck. The 2,000 Djibouti forces waited back in the city-grounds to fight strategically. The first Italian wave landed without problems and an Armored divison with T-90's was sent down to the more southern areas between Obock and Khor Angar.
The Infantry began marching further into Khor Angar, they had just gotten near the central of the city when an ambush occured. The Djibouti troops fired their M-16's from the buildings and from the rubble. 1,500 troops charged out as the Italian scout squads ran for cover.
To Be Continued
As I said earlier, I welcome healthy criticism, but no interference, I will continue this RP tomorrow or in 30 minutes depending on if I am awake. If I continue in 30, just expect me to finish the Opening Charge section and not make a new one.