NationStates Jolt Archive

Coordinator Achilles Brown sat in his high backed leather chair facing out over the rolling low country of the Netherlands. The light of the pale sun streamed into the office throwing crazy shadows on the wall behind him. In the distance giant slowly turning windmills vied with towering skyscrapers as the skyline of Amsterdam slowly came to life as night fell. Farther out the cool blue Atlantic rolled into the shore, enlessly trying to destroy the dykes which generations of Dutchmen had fought to create.

Beautiful, but yet so deadly.... he thought as wave after wave crashed into the concrete embakments. He sat a moment longer taking in the vista before him. Suddenly he craned his head forward, Maybe if I look hard enough I can see it his eyes scanned the horizon looking for the tell tall flashes that symbolized an armed conflict.....bah its no use

Slowly he swivled to a map on the wall, his chair turning silently with him. Gaint red arrows plotted the movements of vast quantities of men and materials. Some arrows knifed to strategic junctions and rivers, while others pointed directly into cities, the crimson arrows foretelling the events that were to occur.

Just hours earlier he had had his final meeting with his Generals, the last chance for him to say no, to stop the invasion, but he realized in a deep level that this was neccesary. He had given the final go-ahead. Now, as he sat in his office, almost 1 million troops, 700,000 natives and 300,000 colonials were pouring across the border into Belgium. The generals had held an extra 200,000 in reserve in case anything should go awry. Naval units deployed along the coast blockading the hapless country and allowing an amphibious invasion of Southern end of Belgium by the famed Wirrawayan marines.

Achilles walked over the his realtime link into Millitary HQ and pressed the power button, the monitor flashed to life. He scrolled through a vareity of menus and clicked on one. Through the eyes of various airborne drones he watched the invasion taking place, one screen showed entire Wirrawayan Tank Corps rolling over division of Belgian infantry, blasting the ground and men like gigantic monsters of yore.

In a few days it would be over. Antwerp was due to fall in a few hours and Brussels, if everything went according to plan, by nightfall the next day, now was the hard part. As if the emphsize this he watched helplessly as a Belgian missile team set up behind the armor column and managed to destroy two multimillion dollar tanks before the combined firepower of 5 Abrams wiped them out of existence.

So far casualities had been lighter than expected, but that was due to emelent of surprise, they were sure to pick up as they met more determined opposition farther north.

It had to be done, It had too, The Netherlands, the Wirrawayan Concordiat depended on it.

The people were getting restless. Land and resources had always been in short supply in the Netherlands. After the Concordiat had expanded the land crisis been alliaviated a little, but it had 50 years since new colony had been taken and in that time Wirrawayan Industry had boomed and the population had rised a preciptious rate. Land prices for a single acre could now reach into the millions. The Netherlands was simply too full, more land was needed.

Intially forced deportation to the colonies had been tried out, but public sentiment was so against this that there had actually been riots in the streets, something unheard of in the Concordiat. Achilles was convinced that if it had gone on any longer he would have had a full scale rebellion, so the government, for the first time in recorded history had backed down.

The only other alternative was continental expansion, and the easiest target was directly to the south in Belgium

Achilles slowly rose and traced his finger along the border between Belgium and the Netherlands. He traced the blue route of a bombing strike into Brussels and then jerked his finger away like it had been scalded, he walked back to his seat shaking his head.

Its just a line, a black line on a peice of paper, bah, we will take what we wish. We must be our own nation, we must be our own people. We are not the world's lackeys, we must choose our own path, and I have chosen.I]

A few hours later a statement was beamed out the international community

[I]We have begun an annexation of Belgium. Please do not attempt to stop us as it will be over before you can intervene. This move is neccesary to sustain our nation and we will do whatever it neccesary to hold keep Belgium in Wirraway.

Once Belgium has been absorbed it will become a full voting member of the Concordiat, just like all other member nations. We will spread the peace and prosperity of the Concordiat to their people. Our aspirations do not exceed the borders of Belgium, so we ask that our neighbours do not become alarmed as we harbor no intention of attacking your nation.

BuMp

OOC: Sooo, I'm assuming no one claims belgium or wants to defend it?

OOC: Can I help? :D

Germany will recognize this claim. Added claim to Earth V List.

Fully 2/3 of Belgium was now under Wirrawayan control, eveything was going according to plan, small pockets of resistance in the South still existed as the Marines by-passed them on the way to Brussels. Still Brussels still had to be captured and the army was fully a day behind schedule.

The resistance had been muc more than expected and the battle had devlved into lethal street fighting. Civilians were being killed by the thousands as stray rounds and bombs slammed into high rises and apartment buildings with reckless abandon.

Achilles was sitting his personal M1-A2 as it bunbed through the Belgian countryside, observing the front lines. Brunt out hulks of Belgina equipment lay littered around him, only once did he see a destroyed Concordiat vehicle, and it was surrounded by the 3 tanks which had died taking it out.

Must have been provincial millitia or something, it couldn't have been this easy, not with the casualties we're sustaining.
Already there were over 70,000 dead just from the first 3 days of fighting. Logistics had been very easy compared to past campaigns as supplies simply had to cross the border to get into the war zone.

The Coordinator's tank rumbled on and into Antwerp. He opened the hatch and look out, most of the city was un-touched as the Belgians had strategically withdrawn to make thier final stand in Brussels. Troops had entered without much of a fight. A formation of F-22's blasted overhead, their sonic booms rattling the tank

Must be on their way to Brussels. Ghastly reports from there, just Ghastly.

The Wirrawayan war machine was rumbling on and soon all of Belgium would fall.



To: Chronosia

At this moment we have to situation under control, if we need your assistence we won't hesistate to ask.

To: Great 6th Reich

Thank you for your recognition. As you are based in Germany this was very important for us to secure.

Achilles sat in the mobile command post visiting his Generals. They were arrayed around the table with his millitary cheif of staff George Albus immediatly too his right.

"So, how goes the war my friends?"

By consensus the ambitious and brilliant General Von Klum spoke for the group

"On the whole we have been succesfull beyond what we ever imagined, we budgeted for almost 25% casualties, but the Belgians have given way surpsingly easily, in fact we've lost only have 3%, its amazing."

Achilles nodded his head and waited for the General to continue

"Our only spot of trouble is Brussels, they seem have resorted to urban guerilla tactics and our troops our getting slaughtered. We're sending in the Counter-Communism Response Force to deal with them, hopefully it will all be over in a matter of days or weeks."

"I find this acceptable although do not fall farther behind schedule," the thinly veiled threat was not missed and not a few of the Generals blanched,

"now what is this about Luxemburg?"

Von Klum grinned savagely,

"Well we have 250,000 already on their borders as is, so it wouldn't be too hard to take them over too, they literally have no army. I think its too good to pass up, were going to take them eventually, why not now?"

Achilles made a gut decision, should it prove wrong he might be sitting in an electric chair a few months from now, but great things are not achieved without great risks, he simply said

"Take it and take it now."

The Generals nodded solemny, secretly re-joicing at the chance to continue the war.

Orders were beamed out and the entire 2nd army heading for Brussels in the North suddenly wheeled south and into the heart of Luxemburg. Luxemburg's surrender was secured within a matter of hours, its leaders choosing life over utter destruction. In one swoop the Wirrawayan Concordiat's continental holdings had increased two-fold.

<OOC> Is this Earth V?

In that case, Luxembourg is claimed by Redmire. Think you should let him answer before you state that you have control over the entire country...
</OOC>

OOC: I will TG him.

Brussels had finally fallen when the battered and routed Belgians finally surrendered to the invading army. Now the entirety of Belgium rested in Wirrawayan control. Marshal law was imposed, as well as curfews. Anyone out past 8 o'clock was shot on sight unless carrying a army issued pass.

Already new immigrants had flooded in as the army evicted the former Belgian residents from their homes to make room for the colonizing Wirrawayans. Businesses rushed in and began bidding on the captured industries of Belgium. It was a free-for all as the Wirrawayans, so long constrained inside the Netherlands burst out into fresh land.

Massive refugee camps sprang up all over the Belgian countryside as millions of Belgians waited for new housing, which of course would never come. Already 100,000 had been sent to Mozambique where they would they would do the hard work of beating back the jungle. There was no doubt that Mozambique would thrive with the addition of the Belgians.

Although the government had surrendered the army of Luxemburg had not, and what it lacked in manpower it made for with expensive technology. Luxemburg had money burn and it still had not been fully secured as of yet.