NationStates Jolt Archive

You Father's letter from Hami! As his mother pushed open the creaky gate.

"My gracious son, I have been imprisoned by the Hans once again and have planned to execute me and many other Turks who have been rounded up in a recent Xinjiang political cleansing and has accused me of bad mouthing the government in publicity. Please, take our clan out of Xinjiang right away. Please, fufill my wishes, I can never see Xinjiang back under Turkish rule ever again, my dear son, please, save ur family, they will come. May Allah protect you and the freedom and prosperity of our people.

-Jiang Shao Quan"

"Everyone, pack up, we're heading to the South." as a tear dropped from young Jiang's eye, who have barely turned 20 this year, he announced the news of death of Mr Jiang, who was arrested last week in National Charges against him and hundreds more.

We will head South to our relatives there.


The Tibet-Xinjiang Region is full of Turkish rebels and are nearly unreachable by Sinoese forces and it provides a safe haven for thousands of militiamen who have evaded the Chinese armies during the civil war in which they fought independently against both Chinese sides.


The queen, now giving up ehr power may soon abdicate in favor of General Jo Jin Ju (Zhao Jin Zao) who is now 56 and able to lead the government is such a corrupt time in history.

-Ottawa-

"I'll be damned if we get involved in this again," President MacNally bellowed in his office. "Last time we supported the 'right' side and we still got screwed over."

"What if we can...." O'Hara meekly offered before being cut off by MacNally's fist slamming against his desk.

"NO WHAT IFS, NO BUTS!" MacNally yelled at O'Hara who looked at the floor meekly.

The Marimaian government keeps a careful eye on the developments in China; any instability in their northern neighbour would obviously have an effect, so it was best to stay informed.

Any hint of trouble in China usually sends the military into battle positions, and, being already in battle positions, the military hunkers down and readies itself for what is seen as an inveitable Sinoese assault.

If the fighting were to spill over into Nepal, the Hindustani military would have no choice to intervene (although I think it would be best to at least contact Kaendru before we go about invading his country).

But in the short term, Hindustan is at a loss as to what to do.

OOC:Btw, this story will be based on the well known story of the fall of the Ming Dynasty of China by foreign and enemies of rebellions within the borders. A well know folk story and legend, also a well known opera act. The whole story will be rped in Modern day, Xiaguo. There will be some significant changes, however.

National leaders in Mongolia has declared Independence after being urged by the
Mongolian Separatist movement has long provoked Nationalism in Mongolia. The recent unrest in Xinjiang was also another act of seperation from China and the government has suspected an alliance between Mongolian and Xinjiang's Rebels.

The recent troop movements in Mongolia has experienced unrest and Xiannese soldiers were killed and police stations seized. Same goes for Xinjiang, but was recently crushed by the Chinese army, and has rounded hudnreds of seperatist up and have executed almost a half of the arrested, and has also jailed the rest or has been unaccounted for.

tagz0rs

Tibet

The broadcast was only on air for a few minutes before the Xiannese managed to block it, but that was all its creators expected. For a few brief minutes, Tibetans saw the face of the Dalai Lama on their televisions.

He implored them not to allow Xiaguo to continue with their wars of conquest. He reminded them of how they had been invaded and oppressed by the Chinese; he told them that they had an opportunity to prevent the same happening to others. The Tibetans heard how friendly troops were massing in Kanendru. The Dalai Lama spoke of how he longed for the peaceful declaration of independence for Tibet, but the Chinese would never, ever allow it.

Although he never actually mentioned 'resistance', it was easy to see that resistance was what he was calling for.

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Only a few Tibetans began to plan action; the heavy concentration of Xiannese troops in the region meant that any uprising now would be put down almost immediately.

The Borderlands Of Endenia will be keeping a close watch on developments inside the Chinese borders. As any instability and rebellion may spill over to neighbouring states and would threaten global peace. Steps have been taken to monitor the situation, the Oni Gang Spy Network has been alerted to this situation and will monitor it.


We hope that the situation can be resolved immediately and without bloodshed.

General Shoryuu Koikara stood by his office window, looking out at the port of Gochu. It was bustling with activity... mostly civilian cargo shipping with the ocasional passenger vessel completing a journey up from Naisho. Amongst the merchant vessels, the sleek grey hulls of Spyran warships flitted about, bloodhounds searching for the suspicious sonar blips that would indicate the approach of enemy submarines. The major warships of the Third Fleet had departed some time ago for duty in Sujavan waters, and by now the other fleets would have put out to sea in preparation for defence against possible Xiannese agression.

He glanced up at the sky, watching a flight of Falcon fighter-interceptors as they took off northward to patrol the border against incursions, before looking down into the streets. At first glance, the city seemed well fortified, with troops and tanks positioned in the steets and AA guns dotting rooftops, but Koikara knew that appearances were decieving. Most of the SRA units garrisoned in the city had been moved to man defensive lines along the border, and now many of their posts were manned by units called up through the Civil Levy. Even more disturbig to Koikara were the tanks... he had requested tank reinforcements to wait in Gochu as reserves, in case the defensive lines failed, but between deployments in Sujava and Tord, and units already needed on the border, Spyr had little manpower to spare. So, he had been given the Youth Guard.

The armoured corps. of the Youth Guard (roughly, Spyr's equivalent of the boy scouts) were the elite of that organization. Almost all had been in the Guard for several years before earning a posting to the corps., a coveted position which granted training in use of armoured vehicles, and a schedule of battle excercises and parades alongside the SRA. After they reached eighteen, the would Their morale was high, and they were eager to fight in defence of their homeland, but they were so young... fifteen, sixteen... and their tanks were old T-55 models. Despite mounting anti-tank missiles along side their guns, Koikara knew that the Guard could do little but die to slow a Xiannese advance.

He turned to his desk, covered with reports and surveillance photographs. A large map of China marked out what might be the only hope of preventing a full-scale war. With uprisings and/or unrest in Xinjiang, Mongolia, and Tibet, war across the Himalayas in Nepal, and with Beth Gellert, Hindustan, Marimaia, Spyr, North Yaman, and Dra-pol in open opposition and standing eady militarily, China was not just facing a war... it was facing complete encirclement by enemies within and without. Reports of Hudecian vessels standing battle-ready in the area only added to the pressure faced by Xiaguo. A nation surrounded on the outside, fragmenting on the inside, and still recovering from a massive civil war, could have little choice but to ascede to the will of the world community and the Nepalese people.

Koikara glanced towards the red telephone sitting on a clear corner of his desk... however the situation turned out, his orders would come through that phone. It was only a matter of time...

-Busan-

The South Korean government and the Quinntonian representatives in the region were informed of the Hudecian plans and asked for their advice, input, and hopefully, approval.

The plan was daring a definately risky. It involved a missile strike on the Xiannese airbases in the Bohai Sea region from bases both in South Korea and from Hudecian naval assets, followed by a mass influx of Hudecian fighters that would destroy those fighters who did manage to make it into the air. It was hoped that the majority of the Xiannese airforce would simply be paralyzed on the ground.

Naval assets would also be hit by missile strikes however the strikes would be much more located to just the Qingdao and Dalian naval bases. Those in Tianjin and deeper in the Bohai Sea would be left alone initiallly. Then, at least 30 000 Hudecian troops would land in Dalian and Qingdo.

Beyond this, the Hudecian government had little plans to expand the attack into a march on Beijing or an attack anywhere else. It was hoped that this paralyzing attack would cause the downfall of the government once and for all.

Hudecia was not searching for more troops or aid from Quintonnia or South Korea in this attack, however, they would not refuse help.

Quinntonian assets in the area would not take part in the attack, however, if there were any counter-attacks that came out into the ROK and sorrounding waters, Quinntonian planes and naval asssetes would move to defend, IN FORCE. We are still in the process of moving out our build-up from the fall of the FRB, and so have 3/4 of our navy and 2/3 of our air force still in the area.
WWJD
Amen.

tag

Xiannese forces in Nepal will find the going very very difficult. Garrisons of often more than a thousand Hindustani regulars along with PLA troops and small groups of East Islandians, sit along strategic ridgelines within easy firing distance of major roads through Nepal. While heavy artillery pieces are relegated to flatter ground, light, portable MRLs such as those used by the PLA (although with probably a greater range and a little heavier) are dragged and helicoptered into position, along with 105mm howitzers and Rapier SAM batteries.

While not having much time to dig in, they are supported by land attack missiles and CAS aircraft flying out of West Bengal and Bihar, as well as a large amount of Mi-8 and Alouette III helicopters.

Being without many armored vehicles, the Hindustani ground forces do not use many of the most advanced AT. 43B missiles, although Jaguars and Mi-8s do not hesitate to loose salvos of them at anything that moves, especially tanks and artillery. The AT. 43A, on the other hand, a lighter missile with just under half the range of the B (approximately 4.5 kilometers), is used in quantity, especially by patrols sent out to ambush Xiannese supply lines.

However, due to the nature of the terrain most fighting has to be done with artillery and infantry weapons. The HDF troops try their best to coordinate with the PLA, but HDF strategy is solidly built on large-scale, combined arms engagements as opposed to small-scale guerilla attacks, tactics that had probably carried the PLA through its war with the royalists pretty handily.

While air superiority on the Hindustani/Bedgellen side is disputable, control of the skies over Nepal by no means belongs to Xiaguo. The threat from Lovitar SAM systems and hordes of Bedgellen combat aircraft, as well as the shorter-range Rapiers and Akash-Is where they are in place must be bad enough, and roving FA. 6 CAPs can only compound the problem.

The Xiannese advance will not easily break through the strong defenses, and the terrain itself does not suit fast breakthrough operations at all.

At the SRA Military Academy in Spyr, the next generation of Spyran and Yamani officers, as well as those Tordians in training for future Strainist action in that nation, watch whatever live feeds can be nabbed of the battle in Kanendru... rarely has an invading force been taken in a figurative pincer of tactical policy as have been the Xiannese.

Their decisions, to a point, seemed to have been sound... experience from the first invasion had led them to adopt a lesson of the great counter-revolutionary Chiang, preparing fortified lines of advance which could resist guerilla action. Such tactics, many of the academy students had thought, would serve them well.

However, the Xiannese were not facing a guerilla army alone. Troops from the two great powers of the subcontinent had also been standing ready. These were modern forces, trained to fully engage the enemy both on the ground and in the air. Against such forces, fortified supply lines would only serve to paralyse Xiannese forces and deny them the mobility neccessary to engage their foes. Supplies of concrete, wire, and engineers would become just so much dead weight. Yet, abandonment of the policy would leave their lines vulnerable to both PLA guerillas and seperatist fighters within China itself.

Notebooks and snack foods ready, the students continue to observe the tactics as they evolve on the ground...

[though, likely they get their updates pretty late... the Hindustan/Igovian militaries dont happen to carry along a press corps to the front lines?]

Tibet

The broadcast was only on air for a few minutes before the Xiannese managed to block it, but that was all its creators expected. For a few brief minutes, Tibetans saw the face of the Dalai Lama on their televisions.

He implored them not to allow Xiaguo to continue with their wars of conquest. He reminded them of how they had been invaded and oppressed by the Chinese; he told them that they had an opportunity to prevent the same happening to others. The Tibetans heard how friendly troops were massing in Kanendru. The Dalai Lama spoke of how he longed for the peaceful declaration of independence for Tibet, but the Chinese would never, ever allow it.

Although he never actually mentioned 'resistance', it was easy to see that resistance was what he was calling for.

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Only a few Tibetans began to plan action; the heavy concentration of Xiannese troops in the region meant that any uprising now would be put down almost immediately.


OOC-Oh, come on. As much as I have enjoyed seeing the Dalai Lama used as a political puppet, him calling for resistnace either directly or indirectly would be like the Pope calling for open homosexuality on the part of its priesthood. Or like the most fundamentalist Imans calling for a kegger.

WWJD
Amen.

Jiang Lu Yen, the elected leader of the Xinjiang Revolutionary forces has called for international assitance, taking advantage of the war in Nepal.

Jiang has an army, more of militiamen, of 20,000 with large quantities of other rebels all across Mongolia and Xinjiang. Mongolia, crushed by the army of Prince Zhou. Mongolian Officers were executed and Mongolian soldiers were allowed to return home. Mongolia is now ruled directly by the Xiannese government, and has made Xinjiang well aware of the consequences of defeat.


--Embassy Road, Tianjin--
"I am Mr. Wen, I have words from the Emperor himself regarding a special meeting. He is concerned about the war in Nepal. The Emperor wishes to meet with a representative with all reknowned speed possible. Here, give this to the Palace Checkpoint, they will direct you to the Emperor."

OOC:You're right, there is 12% chance the dalai Lama would call on a crusade. He's Buddha, he doesn't wish for war. I hope you understand my friend, because I don't.

OOC: Who says it's the real Dalai Lama? It's a Marimaian double; the real DL had a 'heart attack'. If Tibet becomes free, then it'll be made public that the DL died from 'ill health', and his body will be taken to Tibet for the proper rites....

Actually, it was just a bad idea on my part. Although the above cover story saves it somewhat (allegedly). Thing is, how would the Tibetan people react if he did call for resistance? I mean after the dumbfounded shock? Ah well, if the cover story isn't acceptable, then I'll find a different Tibetan to call for resistance.

Sorry for hijacking the thread Xiaguo, I'll shut up now.

TAGaezaki!!! :D

OOC: Well, once upon a time, the Dalai Lama did call for peaceful efforts towards independance on the part of the Tibetan people... perhaps not militant 'resistance', but sit-ins, large buddhist religious gatherings, the occasional monk tying himself to a tank or flagpole might be viable occurences.

The Dalai Lama's calls for such things, as well as plebiscites on independance and requests that Tibet be allowed to leave China, have almost vanished in more recent years due to a rather ingenious Chinese policy of causing demographic change... huge numbers of Han Chinese now live in Tibet, sufficient that the RL PRC could actually win a referendum on Tibetan independance. (meaning, if the demand were made directly,China could ascede to it and gain Tibet's democratic decision to remain within China, which wouldnt be good for the Tibetan exile position).

With the open ethnic rebellions in Mongolia and Xinjiang, war in Kanendru both between the defenders and pretty much the whole subcontinent, and the substantive military forces of SSRC Yaman, Spyr, and Dra-pol demanding Xiaguo withdraw while staring across at Manchuria, a number of Tibetan groups might recognize the weakness of the Chinese position and be emboldened by the DL to engage in peaceful demonstrations. There are, of course, Tibetan nationalist terrorist groups, who might interpret the DL's words to suit their violent tactics.

Not to say open rebellion like in Xinjiang... but I'm sure there might be at least one extremist bombing of a government building (to the dismay of most Tibetans), and a few roads blocked by crowds of buddhists sitting in prayer.

Da'Khiem's late reaction to the conflicts in and around China is owing to a solid policy of ostritch politics. Comrade Director Secretary Hotan has, however, been finally forced to pull his head from the sand, as Xiannese ships appear to be moving to block trade between Korea and the Indian sub-continent, and with it millions of dollars of Beddgelen aid to the Choson People's Republic. Aid that Da'Khiem needed to free-up domestic resources for export in order to generate currency to import Yamani oil beyond that paid for by export of S-12 "Miggen" fighter jets, which was needed for... well, long-standing policies.

As such, the fact of recently enjoyed trade with Xiaguo could no longer prevent Da'Khiem from taking issue. In truth, as Igovian aid was the only thing that freed resources enough for Dra-pol to balance Xiannese imports with equivalent exports, the balance of trade was slipping seriously against the Republic, anyway.

The Communist Party of Dra-pol sent to Beijing insisting that the CPRD could not function under such restrictions as Xiannese hostilities were indirectly placing upon it. It was, then, easy to see that Xiaguo was in fact forcing Dra-pol into conflict with China. Xiannese hostilities must be peacefully concluded immediately, or Dra-pol would be forced to enter the war to hasten their end by China's military defeat.

Assets from the Central Defence District began to re-deploy towards the two northern Defence Districts. They included an entire Rocket Support Battalion, the 4th Strategic Missile Field Regiment armed with Hwasong-6 (Scud-C) missiles, and elements of the 7th Field Artillery, 2nd Mechanised Infantry, 3rd Armoured, and several Infantry Brigades, as well as squadrons from the 1st Fighter Group.

It was a slow process compared to deployments by some other involved nations, but was sped a little by the recent economic growth that Dra-pol was trying to preserve, with new rail links having been established specifically for cross-border trade with Xiaguo, and light transport planes having been imported from Beth Gellert, as well as others refurbished after capture from the ROK.

As the war in Nepal continues, the gigantic Hindustani medical corps makes itself known. Xiannese troops watching a counterattack materialize out of a position more often than not are faced with a horde of medics and stretcher-bearers, who scurry across the rock and hills with practiced efficcency, scooping up anyone who has even the remotest chance of survival. After all, with such a small army no expense is spared in training, especially with medics, most of whom are up to the standards of hospital doctors.

If Xiannese forces manage to capture any villages or population centers from the PLA, they will find the HDF very unwilling to conduct operations in such places, eternally fearful of civillian casualties.

As the battle enters its second day, there are probably few clear gains on either side. The nature of the air engagements that have gone on without rest for the past two days keeps strike missions down, due to the incredible danger involved in flying such sorties. Xiannese bombers would stand no chance, however, being high-value targets to say the least.

While Hindustani-led border defenses have largely collapsed, with the exception of several artillery posts nestled on difficult-to-access peaks, the Xiannese advance runs into massive resistance on all major routes and passes, with Hindustani units alone numbering in excess of a thousand troops, plus rocket artillery and SAM support, positioned on top of high hills and ridgelines offering commanding views of the surrounding terrain. Only concentrated attacks involving large numbers of troops and artillery support, all of which are under threat from roving bands of paratroopers and East Islandians as well as Bedgellen and HAF strike planes and missiles, or risky vertical envelopment manouvers would be able to dislodge these defenders (of course barring any unforseen tactical brilliance on your part Xiaguo.)

-South Korea-

As Drapol units begin to shift towards the Chinese border, Hudecian military planners worry about a possible Drapol invasion of Xiaguo. The worry is heightened by the fact that Hudecian military strategy in this situation was to neutralize Xiannese air power. Thus opening a huge opportunity for Drapol to attack.

However, this worry is offset by the fact that the Xiannese army is present in huge numbers on the border with Drapol.

- Dadohae-Haesong National Park -

Inside and around this scenic island park, Hudecian troops and naval assets prepared for the possible invasion of Xiaguo. Most of the naval vessels would remain in the Korean Archipelago, hopefully hidden well enough, only to come out to pick up troops on the way to their targets.

- Jeju-do -

Hudecian military strategists and officers were busy coordinating the last minute preparations for the attack. Although no official word had come done either for or against the plan, the Hudecian military was acting as if they had been given the go - ahead for an unspecified date.

This would be the first test for the refurbished Hudecian navy. Since the war with Bonstock, the navy had been rebuilding itself and its image in the wake of its almost near destruction.

-Ottawa-

President MacNally publicly denounced the invasion of Nepal by Xiaguo for the second time and warned that Hudecia would not tolerate the expansionist aspirations of any group or nation. (OOC: except his own of course ;) )

The war in Nepal causes much anger in the Popular Congress, anger at the Xiannese for starting the whole thing, and anger at themselves for not taking steps to stop the utterly disgusting course of events unfolding.

The government hates wars more than anything, because they disrupt the standard proceedings of Hindustan. Air Marshall Walesa, who after hearing about the start of the war formally retired, is safely out of harm's way, enjoying himself after a life of doing quite the opposite.

However, the government is determined to win, if for no other purpose but to show China that it can't tramp all over everything. Of course, the high casualty figures that come back definately have an affect on the government, and the Bedgellen government is contacted about a peace settlement with Xiaguo, in order to prevent further loss of life.

Portmeirion is eqyually keen to see peace restored, with assorted documents (mainly political essays) loosely held to represent an unofficial Igovian constitution clearly stating that, "death is, in the long-term, the principle enemy of the people". While thousands of years of cultural conditioning have maintained a Beddgelen reputation for warrior culture, most modern Igovians would prefer that big showy battles could be fought without anyone actually getting killed.

Still, with three hundred million comrades all officially entitled to a policy-influencing say (even the newborns, in theory at least, a fact that may explain the public works-driven erection in one village of a twelve-foot high freeze depicting Optimus Prime's fatal duel with Megatron), it is clear to even a casual observer that the Commonwealth is not about to accept any reversal of the revolution in Kanendru, while it [the revolution] is supported by the masses. If needs be, the Igovian military will fight to the last, or kill every hostile Chinese soldier in Asia, to protect the progress of Kanendru's people.

With no counter-offensive moves having been made by any of the anti-Xiannese forces, the onus is clearly on Beijing. Her rivals show restraint- it is time to prove them right in doing so.

Behind the scenes, Kivi Eikki Paatelainen and his fellow Generals begin work on a dramatic and authoritative retaliation that less realist parties may consider disproportional, but of which Kivi would say, "No people are more or less important than others, a strike at one is no more or less serious than a stike at Beij... I mean, at another".

EMPEROR PERSUADES PARLIAMENT TO NEGOTIATE PEACE
127-93

The Emperor after a moving speech to the Parliament and with support by some senior officials have overturned the 3rd vote of the month whether to allow a negotiation over a peace deal.

The Emperor is hoping for foreign Countries to draft out a peace plan.


--Tianjin---
Powerful XiaHua and DongYi class Battleships and dozens of submarines bought from Sino and Taiwan are to be ehaded to Qingdao for inspection before sending them to India. This armada are planned to dock at Qingdao, Dalian, Qinhuangdao, and Yingkou.

The new ships are formed as the Xinhua Fleet, the golden fleet of Xiaguo and may trade ships with the Eastern Fleet to balance the new technology.

--South China Sea--
The Southern and Eastern Fleets have lifted the blockade of foreign vessels into the Indian Ocean. The Southern fleet will be docking in Guagzhou and neighboring ports while the Eastern Fleet will return to Qingdao. The sudden end to the blockade can be attributed by Dra-Polian pressure. Xiannese monetary aid has halted along with the government funded Agriculture program which provides cheaper sources of food for Dra-Pol. The sudden Dra-Polian movement more troops toward the Dra-Polian Xiannese border has caused the Government to stop such aid immediatly.

The Marimaian Foreign Ministry draws up its first draft of a peace plan, and circulates it to the involved governments. Foreign Minister Rongyi Bei adds a personal note to the proposal, stating that this was a rare opportunity to achieve peace in Asia and that it should not be missed because of vengeful feelings or haughty pride.

The proposal is as follows:

1. The Xiannese military withdraw from Kanendru's sovereign territory, without prior spiteful retaliation in the form of scorched earth policy or anything similar.

2. The Xiannese government recognises the popular government of Kanendru. Any status for their nation's Royal Family is for the people of Kanendru to decide, not foreign nations.

3. Any reparations to be paid will be decided by a panel of representatives from both involved and neutral nations.

4. If the Xiannese government can abide by these points, then all other nations will begin to resume normalised diplomatic relations and trade arrangements with the nation of Xiaguo. Negotiations can also be started to create a treaty respecting the territorial integrity of the Chinese nation.

5. This war could have torn Asia apart. To act as a safeguard against a nation taking unilateral action against another for reasons of conquest or avarice, the Marimaian government advocates the creation of an international body of nations to maintain peace. While it is clear that most nations desire peace, their separate efforts can often lead to conflicting objectives and haphazard progress. The proposed body of nations would coordinate military efforts during wartime; during peacetime, it would act as a coordinating body for aid distribution to poorer nations. It would also provide peacekeeping forces for unstable areas, in preventative action against the outbreak of wars.

-Jeju do-

The Xiannese parliament's decision to negotiate for peace did not halt the preparations for the invasion, but they did put the plan on the backburner for President MacNally. The generals now planed to launch the attack should Xiaguo prove unwilling to accede to the peace plan.

Hudecian analysts found it very unlikely that Xiaguo would simply give up its plans for Nepal after all the fighting. To do so would simply inspire the other rebel provinces to redouble their efforts. In Xinjiang, Islamic rebels would pounce on any sign of weakness in the Xiannese administration.

The peace plan that was drafted was especially one sided, with Xiaguo getting virtually nothing and being required to take all blame and make all the payments. If Xiaguo agreed to such a plan, the Islamic rebels were sure that they could get as sweet a deal. In the meantime, they were arming themselves with Indonesian weapons and getting training from Sulawesan officers.

With the movement of the Xiannese fleet being closely monitored, it was decided that if a strike would occur it should happen before they left port. Destroying those vessels while they are still in dock would limit the damage they are able to do to the invasion fleet now waiting off the Korean shoreline.

The Kanendru government has added the following conditions:

Xiannese troops in Nepal first surrender half of their small arms to the CPK, to make future invasion plans as difficult to execute as possible.

Troops from supporting nations may stay if they so choose, but only at %15 of the original intervention force strength to help in rebuilding operations. They may not operate in any areas not in tandem with PLA or militia troops.

All POWs on the Xiannese side are to be released immediately.

A 15 mile wide demilitarized zone will be created as a buffer, running the entirety of the Kanendru border, where Xiannese forces may place no more than 1000 troops at any given time.


In the meantime, the guerilla war against the Chinese invaders continues. The strategy used in the people's war is being brought into play again: "1 to 10 strategically, 10 to one tactically". In other words, when the Xiannese troops extend themselves to occupy villages, militiamen regroup with other retrating forces - and then, launch powerful, concentrated assaults on the weakest of the Xiannese troop positions, rarely attacking with less than a 2.5x numerical advantage. In this way, the Army and government are hoping to inflict as unacceptable a set of losses as possible to make the Xiannese more amendable to the negotiation terms. They have repeatedly expressed that the fighting on their side will not stop, under any circumstances, as long as there are Chinese troops in Kanendru before their leadership puts pen to the paper of the treaty.

The government is very glad about the peace plans, and is on board with the current draft effort.

It is made known to the Kanendru government that, should their condition about the abandonment of Xiannese weaponry not go over so well, the Hindustani State Armories are quite willing to supply the PLA with weapons, such as FA. 5 fighters, MiG-27s, BM-21s, 155mm howitzers, AT. 25 (similar to the AT-5) ATGWs, Strela SAMs, and BTR-60PB APCs.

Further offensive operations are not deemed immediately necessary, since none of the major emplacements guarding the passes and roads most capable of fueling Xiannese logistics had been captured, and is only a matter of time before the Chinese offensive becomes pointless.

The Hindustani government has no reservations about withdrawing from Kanendru once the peace treaty is signed, especially because more troops would be around to ward off any attempts at sea landings. Some sapper and medical units will likely remain for some months, however, working to rebuild infrastructure, especially mountain roads and bridges destroyed by rockets and tube artillery.

The Xiannese government, which seemed to have been dumb to have ended the war short was actually trying to put forces into crushing the rebellion in Mongolian and Xinjiang which have elevated into a powerful militia.

The suggested, 'Give one of our arms' plan by Kanendru has angered many of the Millitary leaders in China, and has also annoyed the Emperor himself. Giving half of all small arms to Nepal could already sufficiently arm the whole Nepalese army.

The Nepalese Militia forces must agree to a Cease fire.

Some points Xiaguo demands to be included within the Treaty proposed by Marimaia include.

-A set period of Time for the Chinese army to move all weapons and to destroy remnents.

-The buffer zone can at most be at 5 miles. Permanent bases and airstrips line near this border.

-The Chinese Government will help finance an energy source and water supply for Nepal and will pledge 200 million dollars as reparations.

-All foreign nations must recognise Xinjiang, Tibet, and Mongolia are territories of China.

-Nepal must allow refugees to return and obtain full citizenship. Nepalese in Xiaguo who are choosing to stay will be relocated in Tibet near the Nepalese border in the millitary developed refugee camps.

tag

The Hindustani government refuses to recognize Tibet as a territory of china, as it was a victim of Chinese imperialism and an independent state for centuries previous.

The Hindustani government also points out that Xiaguo has much more to loose by fighting independence movements, where motivated and powerful resistance groups will without a doubt spring up, than if those territories were just allowed to go their own way.

The government is eager to see the whole conflict over and done with as soon as possible, but such a settlement is only really possible if Xiannese troops withdraw fully from Kanendru. But Xiaguo shouldn't be very worried about an attack by Beth Gellert or Hindustan through Nepal. If anything, the recent conflict should highlight the fact that mountains are so easily defensible, especially since the Xiannese force sent to capture Nepal is almost twice as large as the entire Hindustani army itself, and six times larger than the Hindustani infantry force sent to fight it. With a numerical superiority straight off, any Xiannese defensive force should feel quite secure in its positions in Tibet, although Hindustan would love to see Tibet returned to its former glory, a peaceful Buddhist nation that didn't bother anybody.

Therefore, any use of the Dalai Lama for political goals would come under harsh criticism from Hindustan, and the death of Tenzin Gyatso (the current Dalai Lama who apparently died of heart disease in this little RP) is mourned by the large majority of Hindustanis.

All in all, Hindustan would be willing to leave the issues of Mongolia, Tibet, and Xinjiang off the table, but makes it clear that Xiaguo, by any standards, has much less to loose by just granting independence. Independence straight off would prevent bad feelings between the two parties, and lead to a much more stable nation without the remnants of militant groups lingering about causing trouble. After all, its not very fair that the central Chinese government had been putting down the Ughirs, Tibetans, and Mongolians for years on end. And its not as if the territories in question have any coveted natural resources.

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In brief:

The Xiannese terms are by and large acceptable, but if the buffer zone is to be reduced to five miles then NO troops will allowed to be present within its limits. There is no DMZ on the Kanendru side of the border because the idea of it invading China is entirely laughable.

As for recognition, Kanendru will adopt a position of officially not caring, if that makes any sense at all, not preemptively recognizing Xinjiang, Mongolian, and tibetan independance but not lending diplomatic support of any sort in the Chinese attempts to keep these oppressed nationalities from breaking away. So, neutrality is the best they can hope for.

A further note: Nepal does not need water sources, it needs water ACCESS to the myriad of rivers and streams criss-crossing its surface. Water infrastructure, and developing the potentially huge potential for hydroelectric power generation with plants and damns is what Kanendru needs, so that would be the focus of any kind of effort there.

As to the refugee issue: it should be noted that the CPK did not force anybody out. Most refugees left of their own accord, and if any wished to return the following still applies:

Members of the government, army, police, or others who have been charged with crimes against the people will still be charged, tried, and punished appropriately.

Expats who have had their businesses nationalized are not going to get them back under any circumstances.

Ordinary members of the police and army and low level government functionaries who fled, providing they are not accused of wrongdoing against the people, will be allowed to return without fear of political persecution. Ostracization by the general populace for being turncoats and generally not-nice people is another matter entirely.

China will refuse to recognise the government of Hudecia and India, because they were also independent states in the past. China should seperate into seperate countries since there are 50+ minorities in which have been conquered by the Han Chinese.


IC
"Free Tibet" monkeys exists in every country, you shouldn't let their futile actions hit your tantrum. China conquered Tibet, therefor it has the right to rule. Rule by conquest. You can't stop a 40,000-year-old international custom."

-XINJIANG-
Rebells captures Admnistrative quarters in Xinjiang. The rebels were very efficient in launching a major diversion, and later on, an offensive. "The Rebels were like professionals, maybe even much better trained than many Xiannese sildiers!" said a Xiannese soldier, who, with many others tried to escape from the city, Urumqi, now under Rebel controlled, the 20,000 Soldiers in the Xinjiang region were defeated through a sudden surge of bombings and attacks directly at bases by Armed, independently trained Rebels.

Beddgelens will not be slow to point out that India has never been united under one government. The British came close, with some minor sectors being under foreign rule, but as an independent entity, India was before and again after European influence not a unified entity.

-At present, public opinion in Beddgelert is behind peaceful resolution of the war.
-It is almost unreservedly behind independence for Kanendru.
-It is far more than 90% behind Maoist governance of Kanendru, given that as the nature of the state's revolution.
-It is clear that Beddgelert will not be able to accept anything short of a total withdrawal of Chinese troops.
-Many do not quite go so far as to support the Maoist demand for small arms.
-Some sort of demilitarised zone is considered a reasonable idea- the extent is hotly debated.

OOC: was that an IC refusal to recognize our governments? Cuz to be honest... Hudecia has already refused to recognize the new Xiannese government as legitimate (long time back remember?)

IC:

-Xinjiang-

Armed with Indonesian weapons and trained by Sulawesian officers, the rebels were becoming more advanced and more open.

Kalla was watching this closely. Hudecia, having already suspected Kalla of being involved, had no qualms with the issue, deciding that they might as well let Kalla be a nuisance to Xiaguo.

Realizing that the demand for a weapons surrender was poorly thought out and somewhat opportunistic, the government has decided to drop it rather than risk bogging down the peace process by making unacceptable demands. Instead, it is replaced by a clause stipulating the PLA will not be forced to return arms they have ALREADY captured in raids and ambushes.

The Kanendru government is again reminded that the Hindustani state armories can supply the PLA with a wide range of weaponry at steep discount, and many pieces of equipment can be obtained free from HDF surplus (although operable quality is not guaranteed).

Not familiar with the experience of conquering another country, the Hindustani government cannot in the slightest understand the Xiannese position on the territories in question. While the official policy calls for a wait-and-see attitude towards Xinjiang especially, Hindustani diplomats inquire as to why Xiaguo sees it fit to sacrifice the lives of their children in what are seen as pointless, futile wars that offer no strategic advantage or natural resources to be gained.

Long accustomed to a tradition of kinder, fairer reasoning that refuses to accept that might makes right, the majority of Hindustanis cannot grasp why Tibet especially remains part of China, in particular an oppressed and downtrodden part of China.

Of course, the current events are just one chapter in the history of Hindustani dissatisfaction with the Chinese establishment. Ever since the Chinese modernization, however, the threat of Canberras coming across the border to strafe and rocket Xiannese troops in Tibet did not seem so threatening, and the Chinese powers, if they could either manage to break Nepal or make a successful sea landing, could probably totally destroy Hindustan without thinking twice. With the press of a button, Hindustan could be vaporized by the Chinese nuclear arsenals without any threat of retaliation, ending the problem which has no doubt hung over China's shoulder ever since the end of the second world war.

Therefore, anything that Hindustan does out-of-step with China is done at great peril, and with the knowledge that if they push too far, it could be the end.

(OCC: I would imagine that Hindustan violently opposed the Chinese invasion of Tibet in '55, but it never came to anything, probably due to Soviet threats and American apathy.)

But in typical Hindustani defiance, the average citizen's response to the Xiannese government, recorded no doubt on numerous news cameras throughout the world, is a resounding "screw you."

OOC:To my knowledge, Tibet was always a 'downtrodden' land. With Feudalism, they enjoy the idea of slavery. It is sad that Tibet has more Chinese living there than Tbetans, but the Chinese government has pretty much modernised Tibet and has spent millions of dollars preserving Tibetan traditions.


The Nepal war was explained as a step to invade Hindustan and BG, but now it must end early due to revolts in Xinjiang and Mongolis, Tibet of course, is safe under the millitary cradle of Sino, which Sino has established.

In a cheerful note. The government will finally expel all Indonesians from China who have lived there after 1999. The Investigations into the development of the Xinjiang Rebels have came to a suspicious finger pointing and the government has understand what they are dealing with.


"Every Rebel body we find, we Kill a Rebel Prisoner." The new slogan aimed at the revolutionaries were enforced strictly. Through this day, there has been no prisoners in Re-Education camps.

OOC: Xiaguo, did you just say that the war against Kanendru was justified because it was part of a planned invasion of India?

OOC: Xiaguo, did you just say that the war against Kanendru was justified because it was part of a planned invasion of India?

OCC: I knew it! I knew it!

*Points accusing finger at Xiaguo, gropes for Kalashnikov rifle to wave threateningly*

The Soviet People's Air Force has in recent days significantly stepped-up its deployment to and fighting over Kanendru, though Portmeirion has not made any indication that it intends to abandon peace talks. Evidently, the Commonwealth means to promote Chinese complicity and haste in withdrawing. The SPAF continues to destroy any and all hostile aircraft encountered over Kanendru, and to fire long-range missiles against inbound aircraft over Chinese territory, and against any patroling AWACS type aircraft within range. Springer fighter bombers have continued limited strikes against forward Chinese positions in Kanendru, and do not currently plan to halt until a full and active withdrawal proceedure is in evidence.

In order to respect and protect Kanendru's none-threatening status, the Commonwealth has not prepared large numbers of ground forces for deployment to that nation, as this would potentially disrupt plans for a demilitarised zone on the Chinese side alone. A single squadron of four Dwrgi-P wing-in-ground-effect vehicles mounting huge dual tubes for supersonic Charioteer anti-ship missiles have, however, departed en route to Singapore.

Beth Gellert originally showed no interest in Tibet's invasion, being at the time under the Principality government of a disinterested capitalist multi-party system that saw Hindustan as an expendable buffer. The current Igovian government has never previously addressed the issue, having been created many years after the fact of Tibet's annexation. Portmeirion is having great difficulty in formulating a policy on the issues of China's conquered provinces as the masses argue over whether the totally unprovoked and destructive nature of the annexations means that they should be reversed, or whether the regrettable fact of Chinese resettlement now means that the democratic will of the new populations should be respected as pro-unionist.

ooc: just to tell you, I don't think Sino is coming back. I telegramed him, and he said he was sick of RP and would let his nation go into oblivion. Sad, but...

ic:

SINGAPORE IS FREE

-SINGAPORE, Former FRB, Yesturday: The Defense Department announced today that all Sinoese forces have withdrawn from Singapore through Marimaia, thereby eliminating all threat to Singapore.

Celebrations erupted in the streets as Chinese, Malays, Indians, and others joined hands and waved flags. Interim President Wu Shin-kua, the glorious commander of the Army of Singapore, was hailed as a military hero for compelling Sino to withdraw its troops.

Soldiers marched home from the front, jubulant and victorious, their rifles in their hands, marching in step through Orchard Road to the sound of cheering crowds and an orchestra playing Wagner's The Ride of the Valkyries.

ooc: sound effects: http://www.carolinaclassical.com/articles/wagnervalkyries.html
/ooc

General Wu gave a quick address to the mass of Singaporians watching the parade. "Today we have proven ourselves a nation. No longer are we simply the rotten carcass of the Federal Republic, we are now a nation in our own right. Singapore will be great."

Elections were held yesturday, and overwhelmingly elected Wu President. Wu immidiatly resigned his military position, making him one of the first civilian presidents in not only Singaporian history, but in Bonstocknian history as well. Elections were also held for a revamped Parliament, which from here on out will be known as the Senate and Assembly. Wu also appointed five judges to sit on the new Supreme Court. Martial law was, after many years, done away with.

President Wu has said that, when his term ends in four years, he will resign. "Singapore will be free, and will not need me any more. I do not want to be a tyrant of old. I want to embrace a new Singapore, one governed not by men, but by laws. I want Singapore to be the school of the world."

To that end, two former FRB aircraft carriers, the Singapore and Lord Harald, which were originally destined for the scrap-heap, were requisitioned and are to be utilized by the Singaporian government, as the foundation of a new Singaporian navy, to, in the words of President Wu, "Protect Singapore from outside invasion, and carry the light of liberty to foreign lands. We are Singaporians, not Bonstocknians. We will never use them agressively."

President Wu has, among other things, promised a new, civilian run space program, expanded trade with all nations of the world, and a new sense of pride in being Singaporians. He declared this day a national holiday, calling it "The dawn of the new Singapore."

Hindustani aircraft also continue to operate over Kanendru, mostly from bases in West Bengal and Bihar where Akash-II SAM complexes (with a stately 60 kilometers range) and S-200 MOD A complexes can provide a very good cushion against Xiannese raids.

However, with the people's AF equipped with superior numbers of aircraft and SAM systems, Beth Gellert shoulders the bulk of the air operations burden, while (unless I misread) Hindustani infantry divisions constitute the large majority of Kanendru-aligned ground forces.

The thing about the HDF is that they have marvelous, world-beating capabilities in some areas, and pitiful capabilities in other areas. Soldiers riding in some of the best AVs and tanks that the world has to offer, equipped with some of the best artillery systems and anti-tank missiles, are dressed like they are in the second world war, and equipped with assault rifles first issued immediately after the second world war.

FA. 6 air-superiority fighters form the bulk of the HAF's combat force over Kanendru, with their long loiter time and large weapons capacity. FA. 21s are seen as well, operating mostly in the strike role. FA. 37s are not seen in quantity, though, as they are held in reserve for operations in India proper.

All in all, the HAF's combat fleet comprises of some 650 airframes, 425 of that number being fighters and the rest being strike aircraft, almost exclusively Jaguars.

On the ground, heavier artillery is brought up towards the very front lines, weapons like the brand-new Bhim 155mm SPH, of which the HDF operates less than 150 examples, and some of the new enhanced Grads, with an impressive 35km range.

But offensive operations largely cease, and only when Xiannnese troops dare an attack is there any major exchange of fire. The remaining contingents of paratroopers, who took staggering losses in blunting the initial assault, are content to remain in the hills, slowly being extracted by helicopter.

The Hindustani State Armories, impressed by the performance of Bedgellen Lovitar series SAMs, approach Bedgellen officials about purchases of up to 40 CS-400 systems and perhaps even 50 of the Lovitar-L (?) in order to compliment the shorter-range Akash-I and Akash-II missile systems.

OOC:Yes, India. You heard me. lol, and you guys told me that no one would attack me..and..blah. There ya go, paved the road to the new rp.


The Xiannese Prince, Zhou Qian has been chosen by the Chuang-Han Royal family and will marry the princess, who have adopted the ruling title, Chang Ping. Chuang-Han has been decalred a kingdom under the Xiannese Imperial Government. Due to the weak Chuang-Hanese government, Xiaguo has took over complete control of the currency, and treasury. The Emperor of Chuang-Han, who have died of stroke had given the title of ruler to the Prince and Princess, of the Prince who has Han Identity, moved the Kingdom's Capital city to Kunming.

The Prince, who, with the Princess, are mad in love with each other. However, Zhou Qian will have to lead an army to crush down the Xianjiang Rebellion once and for all with 100,000 troops in his command. Seventy0thousand troops still remain in Nepal, and they launched a major offensive directed at destroying irrigation and what ever is left of crops before a retreat into the mountains were ordered. Xiannese troops, and the airforce, after destroying the rest of the fortresses and what ever Nepalese supplies they can find.

The Chinese begin to leave Nepal as part of the Treaty Negotiations come to the front deal.

The ISCBG does not take very long in making Loviatar-L available to Hindustan, forwarding data to the government in good time.

LOVIATAR-L/S Battlefield/Shipboard Defence Surface to Air Missile System
Technical Data-
Range: 1km-25km
Altitude: Treetop/wavetop (depending on version) to 12,500m
Guidance: Command, optional terminal, and semi-active radar
Radar-
Search: Salvable to DRAB-20; 60km+ range, 36 targets traceable or Citadel L1.
Fire Control: BG-Falcon-Scavenger; 65km range, 12 targets traceable, 4 targets simultaneous engagement, 8 missiles guided
Platform: Mobile launcher based on CICV-2 chassis with four launch-ready missiles. Often deployed with four launch vehicles, one fire-control radar, various power-supply, reload, and maintenance vehicles, and served by search radar some distance away. DRAB-20 search radar may serve up to three batteries positioned not more than a few kilometres apart, probably defending a major facility. Citadel L1 may serve a number of batteries dispersed over a perhaps 200km radius.
Notes: Guidance is assisted by microprocessor intelligent module technology, and with frequency agility technology is able to efficiently cut-through jamming. Surprisingly, Loviatar owes some of its design to AFRISAM, the product of the under-developed United African Republic of Lusaka; fire control radar is directly related to the Lusakan Scavenger, though more advanced and compatible with other more advanced systems. Exchange of ideas occurred some time ago when Beddgelen aid to Igomo’s regime was at a peak.
Missile Data-
Propulsion: Single stage solid rocket motor
Weight: 290kg
Warhead: 27kg
Speed: Mach 4.5
Control: High-agility gas dynamic system




CS-400 RED SKY Dual Range High Altitude Surface to Air Missile System

Technical Data
Range: CS-400A missile 180km, CS-400B missile 400km+
Guidance: CS-400A active radar, CS-400B semi-active radar terminal and active radar
Radar: Two modified Citadel-S, tracking range claimed up to 600km in ideal conditions
Platform: Mobile launcher with three fire-ready B missiles or twelve A missiles, or combination of two and four or one and eight. Usually deployed in battery with six launch vehicles, two Citadel radar vehicles and one command-processing vehicle.
Notes: Between two Citadel-S radar and one command-processing unit a complete CS-400 battery is capable of engaging four targets at a time, though two missiles may be directed against one target provided no more than six missiles are airborne simultaneously. This target handling capability has been often criticised as a shortcoming in a system quite some years old and designed for production by a Commonwealth then much less economically powerful than the ISCBG of today.
Nether the less, CS-400 can intercept Intermediate Range Ballistic Missiles with high success rate, and though its own powerful radar is often not hard to detect, it is said to be quite proficient in identifying low-signature (stealthy) aircraft at significant range.
Missile Data-
CS-400A LRSAM:
Range: 112miles, 180km
Ceiling: 22miles, 35km
Guidance: Active radar
Notes: CS-400A missile is meant to engage relatively agile aircraft or air-launched munitions and has displayed (in combat) a 75-85% hit probability in high-jamming environments.
CS-400B ELRHASAM:
Range: 400km+
Guidance: Semi-active radar terminal and active radar
Notes: CS-400B is intended for interception of airborne jamming, surveillance, and command aircraft. It can be fitted with a tactical nuclear warhead, but this configuration is not thought to have been used by the Commonwealth or offered for export.

It should be noted that the ISCBG has begun to deploy CS-500 Arawn, a more capable successor to Red Sky, but that only around twelve batteries are reporting full readiness. It is thought that it may be possible to incorporate some elements of the CS-500 system with CS-400s, possibly including the replacement of CS-400A with the booster-assisted launch, gas-dynamic agility CS-500A missile.

While BG usually trades in raw materials and unique local crops only, the fact of Hindustan's geographic proximity has of course reduced the scope of different tradable materials between the two nations. The export of finished missile systems to Hindustan, some feel, would be best off-set by the acquisition of equivalent finished goods from that nation, so that neither economy suffers the loss of work or industrial activity that may result from a cash deal. Speculation has generally focussed on clean Hindustani engine technology, especially in the light of a growing tide of environmental propaganda originating from the Commonwealth Professional Civil Service. The suggestion is that some hundreds of Hindustani powerplants might be sought in exchange for air defence systems and used in the creation of the first batches of a new generation of public vehicles in Beth Gellert, ranging from shared cars to heavy lorries, buses, and tankers. Beddgelen engines are already built to fairly high fuel efficiency and emissions standards, but are in truth quite conventional internal combusion efforts, electric trams and trains aside.

(So, erm, a fairly important question; if Sino is indeed to drop out for good, what does that mean for China? It makes perfect sense to me that the military junta would collapse, but I'm not sure where Xiaguo would fit in. Is China just to be assumed united, or does this fit in rather well with the whole fall thing?)

-Ottawa-

Hudecia is quick to recognize Wu's government as the independent and legitimate leader of Singapore.

-Islamic Republic of Indonesia-

Kalla denounces Xiaguo's 'racist and intolerant views' and threatens to respond in kind to Xiaguo's 'illegal and immoral actions'.

Newspapers in the IRI begin circulating stories of Xiannese troops targeting Indonesians, both Christian and Muslim for torture, and in some cases outright killing them. Editors blame the 'fanatical and illegitimate' Xiannese government for the problems, both in Xinjiang and in Tibet.

The newly founded government of Kalla points out that Hudecia has already withdrawn recognition of Xiaguo, and that he might follow suit if the 'atrocities' continue.

The Xiannese ground forces met heavy resistance from militiamen in civilian clothes launching sniper and raiding attacks against the marauding soldiers. The scorched earth policies of the Chinese have enraged the population further, and rather than let the enemy soldiers retreat unharried PLA and militia troops pursue them all the way to the border. Constant mortar shelling and attacks by anti-tank rockets from the rear threaten the retreating troops at every turn, rarely getting a break from their enemy's constant attacks. If the Xiannese want to turn this into a war of attrition, the CPK is willing to give it to them.

Thankfully, the invader's infrastructure attacks did not damage agricultural production on the fertile Terai, but what it has managed to do is almost sure to cause localized food shortages and great suffering for the residents of the Himilaya Valley, given the condition of the country's transportation system. The Air Force, which has managed to preserve its small supply of aircraft so far, is using two heavy bombers captured from the Royal armed forces to airlift small amounts of food aid to the potentially food-insecure eastern communities. In the meantime, Chinese POWs captured in guerilla raids are being put to work repairing the damage their comrades have inflicted.

Current losses stand as follows. 3000 PLA soldiers and at least 10,000 militiamen/women (both sexes serve in their full capacity in all sectors of the armed forces), and another 12,000 civilians. At some points of the conflict, foreign journalists remarked that the resistance "seemed fanatical in their dedication.. at times, even suicidal" in their tactics to uproot the foreign invaders. In retrospect though, without the defending army's zeal and lack of concern for their own personal safety, the civilian toll could have been much worse.

Xiannese soldiers attempting to destroy crops and civillian areas will find themselves under a hail of rocket and tube artillery fire, as well as, when in range, torrents of MG fire and ATGWs.

Jaguar attack jets sweep in at low altitude, braving the Xiannese CAPs, which are no doubt embroiled in huge air battles with Bedgellen and Hindustani fighters, and drop bombs and folding-fin rockets onto the offending troops. Many HA units, under the cover of artillery and anti-tank missile systems, charge down from their hilltop positions and directly attack Xiannese units who try to destroy civillian infrastructure.

Many units probably throw themselves into Xiannese columns where they are caught by the rapidly counterattacking defending forces, and with very little regard for their own lives throw grenades into trucks and dynamite armored vehicles. The Kanendru PLA is very often joined by hundreds of Hindustani troops in its offensives, bringing the advanced and very useful AT. 43A missile and a variety of other weapons to assist in the attack. The AT. 43 is an expensive missile system, and therefore difficult to jam, and from the range that most rockets are being fired countermeasures probably don't do much.

But when the last Xiannese units finally cross back into Tibet, some columns pursued right up to the border by angry gaggles of Hindustani infantrymen and supporting aircraft, the death toll is finally counted.

In the heavy fighting, almost 20,000 Hindustani infantrymen had been killed, amounting to only a little less than one fifth of the total force comitted, and twice that number are wounded in some way or another.

This is largely due to the fact that the Hindustani infantry had stuck itself right in the face of the Xiannese advance. The Chinese artillery, superior in range to what was initially deployed by the infantry (light rocket launchers and heli-portable howitzers), destroyed many bunkers and fortifications, and at night, when Xiannese troops could have used their superior night vision equipment to get very close to Hindustani lines in some places, the infantry would have to call in artillery directly on top of themselves to dislodge the attackers.

These kinds of casualties were not even encountered in the war for Korean Unification. The losses are equivalent to one entire division wiped off of the face of the earth. And with a good portion of the 125,000 troops stationed in Bihar and West Bengal down for the count, it will be more difficult than ever to stage an effective defense against Chinese aggression.

The state armories decide not to aquire any Lovitar-L systems, considering that they appear to be very similar in capability to the Akash-I, but it is resolved to aquire some 22 CS-400 systems. The state armories are quite happpy to send several hundred examples of the hybrid propulsion systems used in most Hindustani vehicles into Beth Gellert.

News of foreign troops stepping into Tibet triggered a call to continue the war. The country, now buying large amounts of milliyary equiptment from the Sinoese Millitary technology firms and with the large Xiannese treasury.

New planes include the new, Shenfeng 2 and Pinghuangs, secretly developed using Taiwanese, Sinoese, and many designs from foreign countries of which Xiannese have been eager to buy from.

The economy was better than expected during the War at all fronts. Foreign trade was the main hit to the Xiannese economy, but dealing with domestic economic policies, the economy was still growing. After the lift of the 'One Child Policy' China experienced baby booms, and will continue the legacy of a powerful China.

The Peace Negotiation was called off after force labour directed at the Chinese POW's was heard by the Chuang-Han-Xiaguo Regional Capital which sent reports directly to the Central Government in Beijing.

All Nepalese soldiers were returned to the Chinese prison camps, and the government issued a major campaign to recruit young men and women into the Army. The new offesive attacks into Xinjiang were sucessful. The New Divisions set up by the new recruitment project has allowed large amounts of soldiers to be used not by the failed massing attacks done in the past, but instead with the technology and the funding, the army was capable of infiltrating enemy strategy.

Hundreds of new aircraft bought in from Taiwan and Xiannese hangars were to serve in the Xinjiang uprising and possibly attack Nepal with a force three times as large as the Chinese force has ever started out with. The increasing Nationalism in China ha allowed the government to easily influence the populous. The Chinese have built up hatred of the once-allies in Asia for not providing necessary economic and political assistance even though the government had to actually beg for the help. Now with the rebel government toppled, and with the Royal Government stronger and wealthier than ever, the grip can be tightened.



Al;though war with Nepal is bound to continue, the government believes Xinjiang must come first. "Nepal is a disease of the skin, but Seperatism is a poison of our heart." quoted from the Emperor, who have admired Chiang's vicious foreign and domestic policies.

Quick OOC question : Now that Sino has left, is Xiaguo RPing the mainland?

OOC: The departure of Sino in an AMW environment, I think, is too momntous to simply shift and ignore.... it would seem more fitting to have some sort of collapse or civil conflict within the Sinoese military junta?

OCC:Let's just say Sinoese began to move to Xiaguo. LOL, I think we will need to find a suitable China. Actually, I want to control Southern China instead. So is it possible after this last RP, I can be the Southern China?

The Hindustani government is quick to apologize for any accidental crossings of the Tibetan border, although no unit is observed to actually cross it, rather leaving Xiannese columns alone once they get very close to it, and blowing big holes in roads on the Nepalese side of the border to prevent Xiannese columns from being able to use any sort of initial momentum, having to cross over large gaps in the roads.

70,000 troops from the southern provinces are rushed into preparatory positions in Bihar and West Bengal, in order to fill the gap left by the simply massive losses taken in the first engagement. These troops are from the heavy divisions, and therefore equipped with a fair number of armored vehicles. It is unlikely that their armored vehicles will be used very heavily, though, given the fact that the terrain does not permit large-scale armored warfare.

The PLA prepares defenses for a second attack in a way it wasn't able to during the start of the initial engagement. Heavy anti-tank mines, capable of blowing your standard Russian junker to pieces or severely damaging even more modern makes, are laid all over the narrow laterite tracks leading from the border to the Nepali interior. And old, destroyed vehicles are used to block the roads, which are further reinforced with dynamite booby traps or jury-rigged remote detonating artillery shells which can send an enemy vehicle tumbling off the side of the mountain paths. If the Xiannese want to make another go for it, they're going to have to do a good portion of their moving and fighting on foot or risk getting bogged down for days trying to move a few miles, leaving their columns wide open for artillery bombardment.

The CPK's only comment as to the prison labor affair are.. "If they break it, they can fix it". The government is willing to stop the practice if, and only if, the Xiannese sign the peace treaty and pay an additional indemnity for the damages, estimated at 35 million USD.

-Islamic Republic of Indonesia-

Having received no official response from the Xiannese government, Kalla decides to begin rallying Muslims against the Xiannese 'aggression'. All over the IRI, local politicians and religious leaders call for a total boycott of Chinese made goods or services by the Xiannese minority. Kalla himself does not make any public statement regarding the proposed boycott, instead enphasizes that individuals will not be forced to buy or refuse to buy certain goods or services.

"This is a democracy after all," Kalla commented. "Individuals may make their own decisions on how to respond, as long as it is not through violent means. The government however, may decide to take action on its own after consultations."

-Hudecia-

With Xiannese made product sales already hurting from a prolonged public boycott, and most stores not even selling them anymore, the renewed cries for more severe action against the Xiannese would not result in any more sanctions.

"The government has done what it can in this respect," President MacNally would respond. "Xiannese products are almost non-existant in Hudecia, what more can we do?"

Popular opinion suggests that support for limited military action against Xiaguo is on the rise, with many people fearing that Xiaguo will eventually target Hudecian forces in Korea.

Revelations in the Globe and Mail do not help the Xiannese cause in Hudecia either. In it, reporters cite that a recent defector from Xiaguo told the Hudecian government that the Xiannese have long been planning an attack on South Korea. Although details are sketchy, the story prompted more protests in Toronto and Vancouver as Hudecians became more and more polarized by the events.

MacNally, waded into the debate at long last and stated that since the Hudecian government does not recognize the Xiannese 'administration', there is no need for any public declarations on Hudecian actions against Xiaguo. "As far as we are concerned, Xiaguo is now occupied by a group of tyrants and murderers, with whom no discourse is required."

-South Korea-

Preparations were completed for the possible assault. Long range missiles, both naval and land based, were in position and ready to make an assault.

Few doubted that the battle they would be facing would be problematic. With the majority of the Xiannese fleet in Qingdao and major military bases all around, there were many targets that would have to be neutralized in advance of any strike.

OOC: It would be difficult to just 'switch places' Xiaguo. Perhaps we should follow through on the collapse of the Xiannese and Sinoese governments and simply have you restart a government in the south (where Sino is).

I think we should try and find a suitable player for the fallen Sino regime, but maybe there should be some RPed explanation as to why one of the Asian superpowers suddenly collapsed.
WWJD
Amen.

[OOC: Well, despite Sino's choice of how to RP his nation, I never saw it as a particularly stable entity... it was incredibly fascist and ultranationalist, with a population that agreed with everything its dictator did, which realistically would seem likely to neccessitate a heavily repressive police state. The Sinoese regime also maintained huge amounts of advanced military hardware and troop numbers, likely taking up a gargantuan proportion of national resources/budget and labour pool... but Sino was overtly racist and aggressive in its policies, so its international trade relations and foreign sources of investment were almost certainly lacking. Its seems quite possible that this, combined with the instability of civil war in northern China followed immediately by war with Kanendru, ethnic uprisings, occupation of Maropian Coast and abortve assault on Singapore, the Sinoese economy suffered a crash, and popular support for the junta receded.

At the same time, perhaps General Liu was indulging in his passtime of taking a sniper rifle to the front lines, and his luck didnt keep holding up... without their leader, and with economic difficulty looming, the junta could have fragmented into warlordism and fighting to determine the next despot.

Just a thought.]

Perhaps Liu decided to take a shot at a medic or civillian, and suddenly found himself the focus of a rather intense rocket artillery barrage. Who knows?

IC:

The Hindustani troops in Nepal, as well as the PLA, start to recieve newer-pattern weaponry, equipment more suited to the new vision of the HA. The vast majority of the new weaponry is wheeled support weapons, like the Mk. 4 automatic mortar, and the AT. 43B1.

The Mk. 4 automatic mortar is a copy of the 2B9 Vaselik, a russian weapon, but the Hindustani copy has about 1.5 kilometers greater range. Mk. 4s have been sighted as turret armement in APC-3s as replacement for the recycled BMP-1 turrets. Most of the 73mm cannon found there have been slapped on wheels and given to the paratroopers as light field guns. The advantage of the Mk. 4 is that it has a high rate of fire, using a four-round magazine of mortar bombs. The weapon can also be easily pulled around by two troops, even in rough and mountainous terrain. The carriage can also be disassembled and distributed throughout a gun crew for transportation over adverse terrain or inside armored vehicles.

The AT. 43B1 is simply a regular AT. 43B long-range ATGM mounted on a two-wheeled chassis similar to that of the Mk. 4 mortar. This helps groups of infantry overcome the system's otherwise prohibitive weight, which prevents the AT. 43 from being carried by infantry. While the AT. 43B is usually mounted on Tata 407 light trucks and APC-3S (S designating fire support) vehicles, this new wheeled configuration will allow one infantry trooper to easily move the system and its components over even difficult terrain, or up steep mountainsides with the aid of one or two other troopers.

OOC:LOL, boycotts, if it really happened in the U.S., boycot


Xinjiang
Xiannese troops enter the city of Xinjiang, easily after an agreement for the Rebels to surrender. The Xiannese has promised no aggression in Xnjiang, and will only catch remaining rebels.

The Xiannese government has been restored in Xiaguo, and the millitary can now focus on Nepal.



Bohai Sea
The Zhong Hua Fleet, the united fleets of the Eastern, Bohai, and Central Chinese Fleets will travel with the newly designed Huaxia 2 Carriers and are making its way to the Phillipine Sea.

OOC: Given the Sinoese regime's aggressive stance towards its neighbours and its past with _Taiwan, maybe a secret power struggle between Xiannese and Sinoese leaders for control of China?

IC:

The Taiwan Stockmarket Magazine publishes a special report on meteoric rise in shares of CK-ROC Defence corporation, which rose some 125% over the last year on the back of strong sales to the Xiannese government.

Industry analysts say calls for the lifting of export limits imposed on defence companies appears to be gaining momentum, with proposals scheduled for a parliament hearing next month.

[OOC: Perhaps, to the ultranationalist Sinoese, the Xiannese internal difficulties and their allowance of ethnic rebellions in Mongolia and Xinjiang to go as far as they have, might indicate that Xiaguo is too weak to ensure maintenance of a strong, unified China?]

OOC: Trying to extricate Sino from AMW is problematic... nothing short of a full civil war would really be realistic. For now however, lets have Xiaguo take over RPing for the Sinoese government and General Liu too.

Then Xiaguo can decide how best to develop the story such that Sino is sidelined/removed in a way that is coherent and interesting. A simple artillery barrage seems so.... cheap a way for Liu to die.

OOC:Actually, through history, the Northern Chinese would be much aggresive than the Southern Chinese. I am Southern and so is Liu, who has more aggresive capabilities than me. We can always have Sino try to send armies through Xiaguo to crush the Xinjiang Rebellion, without permission from Xiaguo, as always, but this time meeting Xiannese forces who won't let them in. And then war broke out, and Xiaguo manages to capture Shanghai, where Sino's popular governing city is.

Shanghai is practically surrounded by Xiaguo, and with proper deployment of Xiannese ships, Shanghai can fall much easily.

OOC: a simple border skirmish sparking a full fledged war? Seems suspicious. Hey.. I have an idea... Xiaguo check your TGs.

OOC: Well, if it helps, Beddgelens would almost certainly be frequently arrested in Sino for smuggling pro-democratic propaganda and news from the outside, and for agitating student movements against the junta. Just because Sino's regime was all about war doesn't have to mean that war is the only way to kill it. I'm sure that Igovians wouldn't be close to alone in their efforts to encourage dissent. A massive student march/rally/demonstration or what have you drawing more and more people out of their shells isn't so hard to imagine, is it? I dunno, it just seems to me that AMW's Asian population would be pretty war-weary already. Sure, the army may come out, but faced with their sad/angry mothers en masse? Heh. Oh well, whatever.

OOC:Please read about Tiananmen. They still crushed it despite international efforts and their anger. Nobody really wants to mess with China.

While the second war in Nepal will presentb greater challenges to Xiannese forces when it comes to traveling along the roads and passes, the new attacking force will be fighting, at least when it comes to the Hindustani troops, a force that lost a sizeable chunk of its number and most of its logistical capabilities. The HDF has a very limited supply of troops to draw from, and it is assumed with a reasonable degree of certainty that, for every Hindustani soldier that is killed, two military-age citizens will be turned away from HDF service. After all, who can blame them? Few people probably want to be stuck in front of the world's largest army while themselves part of, in per capita terms, one of the world's smaller militaries.

With the Xiannese navy stirring as well, the HN's feeble submarine force, still held up on the shoulders of the Foxtrot class D/E submarine despite the arrival of a few of the newest Bihar-class boats, puts to sea. The seagoing fleet also leaves the Malacca straits and heads to a position northeast of Singapore, where it plans to block the Xiannese ships' advance towards India.

But whatever the losses in Nepal, the HDF still has the bulk of the navy and the airforce, as well as about 150,000 fresh troops to call on in the event that Nepal is won and the invasion of India gets going.

OOC:Please read about Tiananmen. They still crushed it despite international efforts and their anger. Nobody really wants to mess with China.

OCC: Well here it is not a problem of messing with china- it is a problem of China messing with everywhere else. There is a point where dissent works, and if all the bullets and bombs of the Xiannese army come crashing down on the heads of reformers, there won't be a china left, because its all been killed.

The idea of any person being o.k. with the idea of living their entire lives in poverty and obscurity in order to support a gigantic, advanced military is a hard one to take seriously.

The Government has once again stated the primary objective that needs to be accomplish. Nepal must be free of Communism, therefore it must be liberated. India is a Democracy and will not face a full fledge invasion.

The second wave will continue with more drops at specific drop zones close enough to quickly run down the mountain and begin the next series of attacks. The attack is rather based on massing troops across the border with efficient equiptment and with new and improved planes will overwhelm the skies.

The retreating armies were nothing but more of a re-equipr and re-supply mission. Peace was not expected after Nepalese refused to sigh such cease-fire and instead the plan to attack was once again fufilled by preparations in Tibet prior than the peace negotiation.

The Xiannese government is informed of the dismal human rights record of the royalist government in depth. China is accused of 'blind and numb anti-communism' as opposed to genuine concern for the welfare of Kanendru and its citizens.

Of course, if Xiannese troops somehow managed to take light losses during the first attack they could not look foreward to the same the second time around. While the HAF had lost many of its most capable FA. 6 aircraft in engagements against the numerically superior Xiannese planes, there is still a very large number of FA. 6s left, as well as the ever-growing supply of refuse MiG-21s, and the new FA. 37.

And all of this is without counting the much larger Bedgellen air forces, which will no doubt lead the air defense of Kanendru.

-Shanghai-

-General Liu's home/fortress-

0100 hours

The first line of Sinoese guards were dispatched by Hudecian Special Ops teams armed with silenced MP5s. Their bodies were dumped in the sewer and imposters would take their place in the guard arrangements.

Once the path was clear of any real Sinoese guards, the Hudecian teams began moving into the complex. A Sinoese collaborator inside the complex had created a hole in the electronic security measures so that the teams would be able to infiltrate unseen to electronic devices.

0104 hours

Security loyal to Liu rushes to alert him of the incoming Hudecian missiles. They unwittingly lead the Hudecian teams straight to General Liu.

0105 hours

The first Hudecian cruise missiles struck at the power grid of the Shanghai. With the help of some sympathetic hydro workers they would ensure that power remained out for at least half an hour.

0106 hours

The backup generators are the victim of sabotage and fail to start immediately after the power grid fails. Workers fail to repair the machine for at least 5 minutes.

0107 hours

As the Sinose guards rush to awaken their dear leader, Hudecian troops toss flashbangs into Liu's room, temporarily stunning the guards and their half asleep leader. Rushing in, the Hudecians keep all the prisoners alive until they have identified Liu (the one in the nightgown), then they execute the rest.

Liu is drugged and then half dragged half carried out of the room. A Hudecian electronics specialist sets up a beacon inside Liu's bedroom so that Hudecian missiles can hit it.

The team rushes out grabbing their agents along the way.

0112 hours

Power restored. Liu's loyal guards again try to awaken their leader once they realize that Hudecian agents have infiltrated the complex. They reach the room as the missiles obliterate it.

Clearing the rubble will require at least half an hour, it will then require another few minutes to ascertain that Liu was not in the room when it was struck.

Meanwhile Hudecian missiles fall on naval bases, air bases and missile batteries. Although minimal damage is done, the attacks slow the response time of Sinoese fighters and anti air defences enough that Hudecian fighter bombers and fighters manage to penetrate the defences long enough to raise a ruckuss by further damaging infrastructure around Shanghai. Rails are cut, major roads damaged and bridges are shredded.

0134 hours

The Hudecian teams along with Liu manage to get onto a group of mini submarines launched from the Hudecian battle fleet off Korea. They make their way across the sea to meet up with a Virginia class submarine underwater.

The Xiannese paratroopers continue to be harassed and picked off by PLA forces and the heavily armed, increasingly irate locals. Those unlucky enough to fall directly on hidden guerilla bases would meet rifle and machine gun fire as they were coming down, likely to inflict heavy losses on the soldiers as they were most vulnerable. Now well equipped with light artillery, they couldn't expect to go unoppossed as they landed either. A number of Hindustani 'donated' automatic mortars had been placed in positions close to or in range of what PLA generals determined to be strategically sound drop sights, and if any of these educated guesses were correct the invaders could expect to be greeted with a brutal, rapid-fire barrage.

To make matters worse, the PLA and even the CPK militias had managed to improve their communications capabilities since the last engagement. Probably also a product of former assistance, the defender's concealed lookouts used walkie-talkies and, when unavailable, spotlights using morse code to signal their comrades as to the locations of Xiannese drop zones. And even in situations where armored vehicles were useless, the Kanendrun soldiers through many years of civil war and conflict had learned to march near inhuman distances on a bowl of rice and a few canteen swigs a day. All these factors would combine to ensure that the initial paratrooper force took more casualties and moved less far than its generals would have liked..

Assuming LRR and BG AA weapons and aircraft didn't shoot them out of the sky first.

New's of the kidnapping of Liu had reached Xiaguo in a 'surprisingly fast manner'.

However, the Xiannese government instead of declaring war on Hudecia, demanded Liu to be transported to Xiaguo. The decision was shocking, and the populous, who many were refugees and who have experienced the powerful Southern Dictatorship were very slow on the idea of finally unifying China under a more Chinese-People-Friendly government of the North.

The Xiannese are not really expecting Hudecia to immediatly drop Liu off in Qingdao or Nanjing, which is only a few miles West of Shanghai and have participated in trying to shoot down the Hudecian Missiles.

The Bohai fleet was quick to splinter from the Larger Zhong Hua Armada and headed South to block off the Hudecians in an effort to force-take General Liu, who the Xiannese fear will harm himself before submitting himself to the Hudecians.

A United China can bring double the resources, double the manpower, and possibly triple the naval and airforce personnel.

Xiaguo had secretly longed for something similiar to this but with the urge of Yeh and several officials including the Emperor, they instead demanded Liu to be returned to the Northern Chinese forces. Liu is a well respected leader of China with examples such as: The Famous Liu Portrait, which replaced Mao Ze Dong's at Tiananmen, The Famous Generalissimo Liu Statue in Nanjing's Governing District, the Liu Millitary Academy, which Liu has provided much engineers and teachers for to train the Xiannese army during the Bonstockian War, and the Liu Academic Library in Wuhan which is considered to be the 2nd National Library of China.

Liu in many aspects have influenced the once tiny Xiaguo of the Dongbei Region(manchuria) to conquer and unite the remaining parts of China, which also led to the War in Xinjiang and Mongolia which ended in sucess.

(Do the Xiannese know that he's been taken alive? It looked to me like some significant effort was taken to create the impression that he'd been killed in missile strikes on his room, no? I suppose you've probably discussed this previously, never mind.)

Igovians in Kanendru are -besides the intrepid sort of political tourist that Beth Gellert breeds- aircraft ground-crew and advisors and military aid workers. The latter of these have begun to furnish local forces with a great quantity of SA-16 Igla MANPADS, long produced (without any pretence at licence-holding) in the Igovian Soviet Commonwealth, and recently removed from active service (in a move some are calling hasty) in favour of Starstreak-alike Sumpit systems, and even greater numbers of RPG-7s with warheads from parachute-assisted illumination rounds to bouncing anti-personel warheads and dual-penetrator anti-ERA grenades.

Igovian ground-forces remain in the Commonwealth, save those couple of thousand in Singapore, due soon to head home following the apparent Sinoese collapse. Portmeirion has assured Hindustan that the Igovian Soviet Army will move in force should Kanendru ever appear in danger of falling, and take-up positions inside that nation and in Hundustan, so as to protect India form Chinese aggression. In short, Hindustan need not worry too seriously about being quickly over-run by a Chinese assault. The ISA has in the order of 172,000 infantry soldiers amongst a total strength of 680,000 personnel. In the Indian cavalry tradition, all of BG's army forces are highly mobile, being fully mechanised by tens of thousands of Commonwealth Infantry Combat Vehicles, primarily Wombats born of drastic modification of the BMP-2.

More to the point, the SPAF has 372,000 personnel and not far from three thousand combat jets, discounting naval aviation assets, and will commit them all to the war if China forces it.

With over a third of a million fighters in the Soviet Militia Corps, the ISCBG is supremely confident of India's security, and feels quite free to treat Kanendru as a priority conflict, if needs be. This fact is not hidden from Beijing.

OOC: So is Liu's kidnapping (or disappearance...or "Death") publisised? I imagine that the rest of the Sinoese leadership will somehow deny it or blame it on something else to maintain order.

Secret IC:

With many in Zhang's leadership fearing a return to the days of the cultural revolution and the spread of communism following the discovery of satellite images showing a missile strike on Liu's home, Zhang orders the preparation of a secret mission to secure important and easily defendable parts of the mainland. Taiwanese intelligience had long known that several high ranking Sinoese officials had ambitions of their own. Ambitions that directly threatened Taiwanese interests.

-----------------------------------------

With hundreds of Taiwan-Hong Kong flights daily and Taiwan's previously warm relationship with Sino, it was easy to send over a good number of operatives into the city...

((Great job, Hudecia. You get one in my book. Personally, I hope you go Abu Graib on that madman))

-Shanghai-

The Sinoese military leadership was in a crisis. General Liu had held such a tight control on everything that by now, his subordinates were uncomfortable making decisions on their own.

To the Sinoese people, it would be told that Liu had survived the attack and was busy plotting the destruction of those 'damn white dogs'.


-Ottawa-

With the press anxiously awaiting news on the 'overnight' strike in Shanghai, President MacNally took his time slowly climbing up to his podium. He cleared his throat and looked around the room before beginning.

"I'm sure that you have all heard about the overnight attack that was launched at Shanghai," MacNally said almost sheepishly. "I am here to confirm that Hudecian strike teams and the Hudecian air force and navy coordinated together in this strike against one of the most brutal and underhanded leaders in the Pacific."

"The attacks were made just after 1am Shanghai time, and the focus of our strikes was on General Liu's home. General Liu himself was evacuated by Hudecian special forces from the building before the missile strikes occured. He is now in Hudecian custody."

MacNally paused while the mass of reporters whispered to each other in shock.

"A few months ago, Sinoese forces made a calculated and strategic attack on our naval forces in South East Asia. The strike was preplanned and unprovoked. During that strike at least 11 of our sailors would be killed. Hudecia had remained patient however, because while our enemies may look at the short term, we will and have looked at the long term."

"General Liu will be tried on 11 counts of murder in Hudecia," MacNally stated forcefully. "However, should other nations desire to add to the charges against him, we will not be against such a move and we will cooperate with them."

The crowd of reporters leaned forward trying to catch every word.

"Let this be a warning to those nations who choose to flaunt human rights and bully others. YOU are NOT immune. We CAN and WILL strike at you in your homes and take you far away to where you will be made to pay for your crimes. Thank you very much, merci beaucoup."

MacNally, flanked by a dozen generals and cabinet members walked off the platform and back into Parliament.

-Somewhere in the Pacific-

Liu had his arms and legs tied outstretched so that he could not reach any cyanide pills he might have carried. Meanwhile, with Liu heavily sedated, dentists onboard the HSS Timothy, the Virginia class submarine, were checking Liu's teeth to see if he had stashed a cyanide pill there. He was strip searched (all cavities) by another group of doctors before he was given a new set of clothes.

The submarine slid stealthily through the waters towards its final destination. There could be no doubt in Xiaguo's mind that it was headed for Vancouver.

-Near South Korea-

The Hudecian battle fleet, once in hiding inside the Korean archipelago came out to block the Xiannese from pursuing the submarine.

An admiral from the Hudecian fleet would caution the Xiannese fleet to exhaust all diplomatic options before resorting to 'drastic measures', he supposed that Hudecia could arrange for Liu to serve out his time in Xiaguo instead of in a Hudecian penitentiary.

The previous post was just 'inner' talking, it was not publicize. Several Special Operative Teams were sent into Shanghai to tried to trace down the Hudecians. It was a manhunt.

Xiannese troops numbering no more than 1,000 were transported via the Chinese 'Transcontinental' Rail and they immediatly enter Shanghai to help carry off debris and also, most importantly, to see if Liu was 'sucessfully' taken alive.


-Sino-
Meanwhile, the Sinoese government, with many years surving with Liu's powerful ruling capacity, the Country had flourished under the strongholds under the Liu government. However, the ones who are powerful, no longer wishes the to become a pawn of Sino. Several Generals are trying to oust each other through political conferences. Now it seems clear, that Sino may experience a different Civil War.


East China Sea-
After hearing the words, Liu will be returned to Xiaguo instead of serving his terms in Canada, the fleet maneuvered around the Hudecian Fleet as a friendly gesture and headed south.

The Xiannese paratroopers continue to be harassed and picked off by PLA forces and the heavily armed, increasingly irate locals. Those unlucky enough to fall directly on hidden guerilla bases would meet rifle and machine gun fire as they were coming down, likely to inflict heavy losses on the soldiers as they were most vulnerable. Now well equipped with light artillery, they couldn't expect to go unoppossed as they landed either. A number of Hindustani 'donated' automatic mortars had been placed in positions close to or in range of what PLA generals determined to be strategically sound drop sights, and if any of these educated guesses were correct the invaders could expect to be greeted with a brutal, rapid-fire barrage.

To make matters worse, the PLA and even the CPK militias had managed to improve their communications capabilities since the last engagement. Probably also a product of former assistance, the defender's concealed lookouts used walkie-talkies and, when unavailable, spotlights using morse code to signal their comrades as to the locations of Xiannese drop zones. And even in situations where armored vehicles were useless, the Kanendrun soldiers through many years of civil war and conflict had learned to march near inhuman distances on a bowl of rice and a few canteen swigs a day. All these factors would combine to ensure that the initial paratrooper force took more casualties and moved less far than its generals would have liked..

Assuming LRR and BG AA weapons and aircraft didn't shoot them out of the sky first.

The state armories rapidly furnish the PLA and CPK with weaponry, ranging from 120mm mortars to Igla missiles, as well as AT. 40 missiles, systems that, while not as capable as the AT. 43A and B, are a good deal simpler to operate and can be aquired by the Kanendru forces for nothing.

Like their Kanendru allies, the Hindustani infantry has any area deemed a possible drop zone for paratroopers or helicopter-borne infantry zeroed in by the new enhanced Grad MRLs, as well as Rapier and Starstreak missiles.

While the infantry troopers probably don't have the same cross-country stamina as the PLA and CPK's fighters, being more accustomed to traveling long distances via carrier or helicopter, they can certainly undertake long marches quickly, and the amount of firepower that even an infantry section carries, in terms of RPGs, mortars, and mid-range ATGWs, is enough to make an impression on much larger attacking forces. And even in spite of the unfamiliar winter conditions, all Hindustani troops are equipped with enough spare clothing to easily facilitate a layered cold-weather protection, a kit that can be either added to or subtracted from quickly and easily depending on the climate.

The infantry tries to coordinate itself with the PLA and CPK more closely this time around. Traveling either on foot or via light helicopter, Hindustani officers meet with PLA and CPK commanders.

The small size of the HDFs mean that they can afford to be equipped with some of the best equipment. The long-range ATGWs, excellent ground vehicles and artillery systems, efficcent and useful naval vessels, and robust, reliable aircraft are all a result of the fact that the HDF budget is so much larger than what such a small force needs to equip itself.

-Shanghai-

With Xiannese troops crawling through the city, many Sinoese residents felt a mix of anger, suspicion and relief. Those who supported Liu regarded the Xiannese troops with suspicion, why after the Hudecians attacked them, did the Xiannese not retaliate for Sino?

Those who were opposed to Liu's oppressive rule would be equally opposed to Xiannese oppression.

Those who actually supported the Xiannese were happy to see them come and were anxious to be relieved of Liu's tyranny.

The Hindustani makes overtures to Xiaguo asking for renewed peace negotiations.

Kanendru knows what's best for Kanendru, the government says, and only an extremely foolish Nepalese government would fool around with China.

that stinks

The Chinese government will make some necessary terms clear for a treaty.

All nations must recognise Xinjiang and Mongolia as being a part of China just as every conquered or annexed territory.

China will pay 800 million dollars to, ONLY, Nepal.

All Blockades including Xiaguo's will end.

A 25 Mile wide buffer zone will be formed at the Nepalese-Chinese border, however, remaining army bases will be allowed to house troops and weapons but with a cut-size.

Nepal must allow Nepalese in China dual citizenship.

Nepal must open up to Chinese trade.

The very last point about opening up to Chinese trade may be a sticking point. What exactly does it mean, the Kanendru higher-ups in the CPK asks? Chinese foreign investment is obviously out of the question, for in the newly socialist state all industries are publically owned and operated by 3-in-1 cooperative councils.

The Chinese must be up front about exactly what this point means and define it more clearly.

-Shanghai-
A temporary base was put together in the Pudong Area. General Pu Hua Qing, under the direction of Prime Minister Ye Zhao Feng, he was to restore order in the city and to help clean up the musch devastated Shanghai. Sinoese 1st, 3rd, 7th, 12th, 28th, and 32nd Federal Courts have filed a legal proposal for war with Hudecia.

-Guangzhou-
The Conference is planned to be held in Guangzhou's Expo Center. Guangzhou will act as the official Capital instead due to the damaged Government buildings in Shanghai.

Guangzhou, the beautiful city in the heart of booming trade and next to powerful economic zones also houses the many soldiers and is also one of the most largest naval bases in China. Guangzhou also has developed greatly under Liu's government and is most loyal to Liu. A national prayer was scheduled to pray for the safe return of Liu.

Nepal will allow the free trade within Nepalese products and will allow Chinese products to swarm into Nepalese markets. The influx of Trade from Nepal will be improved by the Chinese by lowering taxes to stimulate the Nepalese economy.

-Ottawa-

President MacNally reiterates that Liu will be tried in Hudecia for his crimes and sentencing will be determined by Hudecian military courts. With regards to the Sinoese legal attempts to declare war, MacNally could barely contain his laughter.

"A state of war exists when one nation, knowingly and willingly violates another nation's integrity with a military strike. When Sinoese missiles fell on Hudecian ships in Indonesia a de facto state of war was declared between the two nations. Since no peace negotiations were sought after nor concluded between Sino and Hudecia, it is considered that Hudecia and Sino are at war." MacNally concluded, as concise as a lawyer.

Reporters pressed MacNally concerning the Xiannese angle, he had only this to say:

"Xiaguo is not a nation, it is a group of thugs and bullies that attempt to force their way into other nations. It is a group of tyrants that deserve and will receive no recognition from the Hudecian government. We do not consider it a nation, we will not engage in talks with them, nor do we recognize it as a legal entity," MacNally responded furiously.

"Will the strikes continue?" A reporter asked.

"Yes. When we want to."

-Off the Korean Archipelago-

Hudecian warships held their positions and no more strikes were made, yet, Hudecian vessels were not inactive. They were reloading and resupplying and reacquiring targets.

A Xiannese spy in the Hudecian military structure would report that the general view in the military hierarchy was that since Hudecia did not recognize Xiaguo, they would not give any warning before their next strike.

-Vancouver-

A report came out that should Liu be convicted on all 11 counts of murder in the first degree that he would be elegible for the death penalty in Hudecia. Hudecian law allows the death penalty only cases where the guilty party has commited more than 3 counts of murder or has killed a police officer. Liu killed 9 sailors and 2 military police stationed aboard the vessels, so conceivably, Liu could face the death sentence.

The Hindustani government does not like the Xiannese position at all.

I mean, they come into Nepal attempting to install a regime that totally screwed over the population when it was last in power, and now act like its perfectly fine to just go around and order that Kanendru trade with them.

The official Hindustani government position is thus:

"China is regarded as a land of reason, and the regime in place in Xiaguo totally destroys this idea by pushing an agenda of disgusting, imperialist, facist policies which make no sense at all. It seems to us that all Xiaguo is interested in is exerting its disagreeable will on areas that just want to be left alone. In the instance of Nepal, Xiaguo is the aggressor. They have no moral legs to stand on. Who do they think they are?"

It is outside the capacity of most Hindustanis to grasp why Xiaguo tries to do what it does.

The government would like very much to see Liu thrown in a prison cell for the remainder of his life. After all, such a destabilizing person cannot be allowed to be in control of an entire nation, especially one furnished with nuclear weapons. When the news reaches Hindustan of Liu's killing of 11 Hudecian personnel, the military establishment can barely believe that such a man would be kept in anything besides heavy-weight chains. With Liu, the regular humanity of the ridiculously small Hindustani prison system would probably be bypassed for an iron cell and shackles.

The Xiannese Government has declared hostilities against Hudecia if further bombing continues.

*Genera Liu is a much important figurehead in China, and the government knows it, and if Hudecia kills Liu, China will Fall.

The Xiannese government has annexed Sinoese Xizang(Tibet), Zhejiang, Jiangxi, and Hunan. The Royal Government has managed to oust eleven Royal egents and have been detained for trial.

--Beijing--
The Emperor has also done away with the Emperor's limited powers and have annexed several Sinoese provinces and have called on the remaining government of Sino to unify with Xiaguo. The government announce itself as the new, The People's Confederation of China.

Tibet, Mongolia, and Chuang-Han had re-obtained Special Govering rights as SARS of China. Shanghai still remains as a Sinoese city. Private Polls, many, have suggested that almost 52% of the populous is undecided whether Xiannese rule would improve living and political standards in Sino. 34% suggests that Sinoese strongly dissagree with Xiannese rule. The remaining numbers are in full support of a Xiannese government, which is still Democratic in Domestic matters.

At a Xiannese paratrooper encampment, morning taps is followed by a gruesome sighting: the head of a deceased Xiannese soldier, removed post mortem, flung onto an unfortunate soldier's tent with some kind of makeshift sling or catapult. Stuffed in the mouth are the Xiannese terms for peace, neatly folded up, along with a crumpled up piece of paper on which is scrawled one word: "Nuts!"

This is followed by a five minute heavy mortar barrage.

Such desperate acts have called for an all out 'Sinoese' war practice. Due to the, 1 Xiannese, 10 Nepalese order by the government, 10 Nepalese prisoners of war were executed by shooting through every limb until the prisoner died of bleeding. The corpses were followed by decapitation and then thrown into nearby lakes and rivers were it became bloated and poisoned the water supply.

The gruesome gifts by the Nepalese can only be thanked by a much appreciated gift.

1 million troops were planned to be stepping into Nepal.


The Sinoese Fleet, under the order of the Sinoese government and joining Xiaguo's New Fleets will begin a huge naval strike into the blockade. 16 Carriers with on going air power launched from nearby Hainan Island, and many Southern Provinces, including the Xiannese airforce in Chuang-Han bases

Over Kanendru, the Igovian air force continued to operate above two-hundred combat jets against the Chinese, along with an ever-increasing number of surface to air missile systems. The apparent assembly of massive ground forces in China prompted some dismay in Beth Gellert as few people were hoping for an all-out war in Kanendru... and few had expected it- it seemd absurd that China would consider such massive expenditure of economic and human resources over little Kanendru! Some said that it simply must be a step on the way to invasion of the sub-continent, and called for all manner of pre-emptive measures against the Chinese, ranging from assassination of leadership to simultaneous invasion through Burma, Marimaia, or Vietnam, and Korea.

Whatever was to be done, it was clear that the Igovian Soviet Army and the Soviet Militia Corps must be brought to maximum readiness, and all 1,034,000 Beddgelen troops -less 840 in Al-Azhad and something like 4,000 in Singapore- began to make ready for orders yet uncertain.

At sea, the massive movement of Chinese fleet assets did not go unnoticed, and as an incredible sixteen potentially hostile carriers assembled, Anunkai Class Nuclear Submarine Attack Squadron Cronus with the 1st Battle Flotilla and Oceanus with the 100th Assault Flotilla -both deployed east of the Bay of Bengal during the fighting at Singapore- were moved out in advance of any certain hostility. Counting sixteen attack submarines -noted for being somewhat slow at maximum 24knots submerged, but exceptionally quiet in compensation- the two squadrons were deployed silently into the South China Sea to wait ahead of any fleet movement. 32 of 64 carried Charioteer anti-shipping missiles, 16 of 96 Qian Wei, and 16 of over 200 517mm torpedoes were loaded into forward tubes as the submarines hung motionless in the water, awaiting confirmation of Chinese hostilities before opening up a new theatre, and quite likely crippling Chinese naval power forever.


[NB, statistical babble Re. submarines, just incase Xiaguo ends up facing them and needing to know what he's up against.
The Anunakai are 7,957ton nuclear subs noted for stealth over pace. They are strung out across the South China Sea in two squadrons, having been in theatre for a couple of weeks.

I am not sure where this Chinese attack is headed, but the subs are only to engage if it is confirmed that Beddgelen forces associated with Singapore and blocking the Strait are to be struck.
If that is so, the subs will engage, and are a couple of hundred kilometres north (and n/e) of Singapore. Given the range of their weapons, that means attacking Xiannese carriers at pretty extreme range from Singapore, if they do indeed mean to attack the Strait.

Charioteer ASM is a Beddgelen missile that has not yet been exported-
Length: 8.5 metres
Diameter: 0.517 metres
Wing Span: 2 metres
Weight: 2,140kg
Warhead Weight: 295kg
Propulsion: Turbojet and rocket
Speed: High subsonic cruise, Mach 2.7+ attacking
Range: 140 nautical miles (260km)
Guidance: Inertial and active radar
Notes: The Charioteer was designed with stealth in mind, and flies at subsonic speeds for most of its journey towards target. On launching by use of solid fuel the Charioteer climbs for high subsonic cruise. Once sufficient altitude is attained this first stage is disengaged and replaced by the turbojet sustainer engine, whereupon wings are extended and the missile descends to around 10-12 metres and cruises stealthily towards its target at subsonic speed. With around 60km remaining to target Charioteer descends again, down to five metres, switching to active radar guidance and engaging a second rocket stage for a fatal Mach 2.7+ dash lasting just seconds. This will most likely make the IR signature hard to hide, but it is generally considered by this point to be too late, as the dash is very fast and very low, and lasts just seconds.
The main issues is that using a whole mess of these beasts in a war with China will do the economy no good what so ever, hence we've not deployed them en masse before now.

Qian Wei Anti Shipping Missile was originally a joint Dra-pol/Penglai project (but of course that was pre-AMW, so it's now a joint Dra-pol 'somebody' project).
Total length: 3.75 m.
Diameter: 0.42 m
Wingspan: 0.93 m
Weight: 480 kg [630 kg with booster]
Warhead Weight: 145 kg
Maximum Speed: Mach 0.9 / 300 m/s.
Maximum effective Range: 2.5-70 nm (5-130 km).
Guidance mode: Inertial and active radar.
Arguably BG's answer to Harpoon.]

OOC: (Hey! Just because I'm not on total response lately, or really at all, and your prince married into my royal family, doesn't mean I'm a "Special Administrative Division" of your country, Xiaguo!)


IC:

"What!?" The elderly Emperor of Chuang-Han said, standing up abruptly, but being forced to sit down immediately due to his weakness.

"The... Xianesse... Have taken control of our Air Force, and apparently consider us a Special Administrative Division of China..." General Gao said timidly.

"What!?" The Emperor repeated.

"I don't know, sir, the Xianesse are consolidating their holding all of China. How they hijacked our air force, I don't know... I told you making that Yuan Hue's husband an Air Marshall was a bad idea... Heck, I told you Yuan Hue marrying that Xianesse Prince was a bad idea!" Gao sighed.

"Declare Xia Zu a traitor, arrest him if he ever bothers to return to the country, and order that any man in the Chuang-Han armed forces who takes orders from Xiaguo, is a traitor!" The Emperor coughed. "And order my daughter to come here at once... This is insanity! We shall not be incoporated into Xiaguo!"

"Yes, your majesty..." General Gao bowed and left the room.

"We should have just remained issolationist... Why did we ever allow those Xiannesse military access..." The Emperor sighed.

Notes sent to all Governments in question:

Chuang-Han remains, as it has for years, a neutral entidy. The Xiannesse manipulation of our air forces was illegal. We assure all parties involved that Chuang-Han is not involved, and will not be involved. We take no formal position, in accordance with our strict issolationism.


Special Note sent to the Government of Xiaguo:

The Military access between the Chuang-Han and other Chinese Governments is revoked. Your declaration that we are a "Special Administrative Region" is illegal. We are a sovereign nation, and your government has previous acknowledged this. Stand by your previous agreements, and we will stand by our strict neutrality.

The Kingdom of Sichuan sends a force of 120,000 down to the Chuang-Hanese border in an act to rescue the Prince. The Kingdom and Lordship of King Xia demands the immediate release of Prince Xia II. Several planes could be spotted from the Chuang-han border.

If the prince is not freed within 48 hours, Chuang-Han will be crushed, and the old ignorant Emperor will be enslaved.

*Prince Xia is actually a general in Xinjiang, however, Sichuan has been mysteriously shut off and was told by Xiannese spies that the prince was taken as prisoner in Chuang-Han.

The Emperor looked flabbergasted. "The nation... to which the ruler of is married to my daughter.. Is threatening to invade!?"

"It appears that way..."

"Speaking of, where is my daughter!?"

"Last we heard, she was flying home from seeing that husband of hers in Sichuan... Her plane was reported crossing the border about twenty minutes ago."

"Ugh... We're neutral, how can this happen!?"

"Sichuan claims we imprisoned Xia Zu..." General Gao was looking like he had aged ten years in the last minute.

"Fine then! Grant that bastard amnesty, and tell them he isn't imprisoned in the country! If they cannot keep tabs on their general, they don't have to go invading their neighbors!" The Emperor looked around. This was not how he wanted to leave his nation. He had been spending the past years turning Chuang-Han even more strictly neutral, so that his daughter could take over in a state of calm.

---

Message to the Sichuan Government

Xia Zu is not imprisoned within the territory of Chuang-Han. You're aggression is misplaced, and ill-intentioned.

As a show of good faith to you, we are not mobilizing, we are not preparing defenses. We completely forgive you for your misinformation.

Portmeirion has again warned the Xiannese off, this time promising to deploy forces to protect Chuang-Han in the event of their neutrality being violated further.

Seeing the Xiannese driving hard towards all-out regional war, Igovian diplomats are attempting to secure firm Shining Sphere support for The Commonwealth, Hindustan, and Kanendru, and, if necessary, Chuang-Han, which Portmeirion would like to see kept out of any conflict.

Your lordship, The Man from Chuang-Han declared that Xia was not in Chuang-Han, and couldn't of been imprisoned.

"This is very suspiscious indeed. Escort the Princess back to Chuang-Han. The Beijing government may be up to something" said the Small King, who seemed to have shrunk during the whole ordeal.


Message to Chuang-Han

We are in no regrets of the troops placement, and we only wish you will understand the blow it had on the Kingdom of Sichuan. A hostage attempt committed by an ally nation that is. Princess Huan Yue was held in the Imperial Palace, after news of the Prince was heard. She was escorted down at Sichuan International Airport. She is now returning home.

(OOC: Actually, Kanendru joined the SSRC team a couple of weeks ago. We just haven't officially announced it in AMW yet...maybe this would be the IC reason why they join. I'm sure that there's room in the organisation for Hindustan and BG if they wanted to join...except the Beddgelens don't like binding organisational treaties from what I remember. Shame really. LRR, the offer's there if you want it.)

As a member of the Shining Sphere of Revolutionary Co-Prosperity, the Marimaian government once again expresses its outrage at Xiaguo's imperialist actions. While the fall of Liu's regime is greeted with much relief in Taishita, its replacement by a second aggressive regime is seen as a worst-case scenario. After all, if Xiaguo will threaten Kanendru and Chuang-Han, why would they stop there?

In response to the Igovian diplomatic efforts, Marimaia makes it clear that the NeoSuunist Prosperity Sphere will not just stand back and allow Xiaguo to conquer the region. Support is declared for the revolutionary coalition standing against the Chinese, and Chuang-Han receives a message stating that Marimaia respects their position and will assist in their defence if Chuang-Han wishes. A similar declaration is made by the Malaysians, while Burma agrees in principle.

Vietnam is quiet (as usual).

However, the NeoSuunists covertly approach the Igovians regarding Dinh Xuan Lanh, a young idealistic reformer on the Vietnamese Politburo who has a healthy working relationship with Marimaia; if the Igovians look the other way, then Marimaia can assist Lanh in ousting the current elder leadership. With Lanh as General Secretary, Vietnam would be much more receptive to the idea of opposing China, since it would be easy to exploit Vietnamese fears of Xiaguo's constant aggression (OOC: now that's SECRET IC. AMW Vietnam is almost identical to RL Vietnam, which means that inter-Politburo struggles would not be something that every government in the world would instantly find out about).

[OOC: I'm a student of East Asian history, and this whole process is rather disconcerting. Has anyone here read Stefan Tanaka's Japan's Orient? In the early 20th Century, Japanese thinkers were attempting to construct a framework for Japanese superiority... they did, after all, acknowledge that large parts of their culture had been adapted from Tang China. This framework posited that China, once the light of civilization, had fallen into barbarism, ignorance, and stupidity. Japan, on the other hand, had kept the light of civilization alive, and so it was the Japanese duty to bring the light back to China.
Their theory was a bit of crock, and led to rampant imperialism and horrible atrocities, and from my own experiences in China I can say its definitely inappliccable today... Zhejiang at least is intensely capitalist, not particularly concerned with authority, but certainly not consumed by ignorance (coming back to Canada and hearing the chatter about China, however, made me question if the same could be said about us....)

However, the actions of those governing Sino and Xiaguo here in NS fall exactly into every false stereotype and dismissal applied by those 1900s Japanese thinkers... In AMW, it seems that they were right.
I dont know if its intentional, but its rather disturbing.]

---

Sithin, PRS

The Spyran government re-iterates its call for Xiaguo to immediately cease its illegal invasion of Kanendru, adding a call in support of Chuang-Han neutrality.

Tagan province, northwestern PRS
There is some relief on the part of General Koikara (northern border commander) and his officers as a million Xiannese troops are diverted south. Adding this to the troops required to hold firm control of wayward ethnic regions, and those needed to establish Xiannese presence in annexed Sino, plus the threat of Hudecian missile strikes anywhere near the coast, even a military of the size supportable by China must be stretched out far and wide. The solid SSRC defensive lines of Spyr, Dra-pol, and North Yaman seemed quite secure, and now options for further pressure on Xiaguo to vacate Kanendru could be considered.

Belitung Island, Sunda [near the joining of the Java and South China seas]

Two Spyran fleet groups are reportedly sailing to join the 3rd Fleet based at the joint naval base on Belitung. This would place the vast bulk of the Spyran navy in Southeast Asia. A large portion of Spyr's submarine fleet has also left port, though their final destination is unknown.

Surabaya, Sujava

A military parade in the city marks the commissioning of yet another new Sujavan military unit. This ceremony, however, is particularly heavy on the fanfare, as it also marks the departure of several Spyran military units once stationed in the area.
Tranports carry the Spyrans towards Belitung, for possible redeployment through the subcontinent into Kanendru.

-Ottawa-

"The Xiannese are saying that if we continue our attacks that it would be tantamount to declaring war," Interior Minister Chiang reported.

"What they fail to realize is that we consider ourselves already at war with them...." MacNally reported. "Has the majority of the Xiannese fleet left?"

"Yes sir, a large part of it has."

"Tell the generals they have their go-ahead signal."

-Jeju do-

"Its on! We have authorization!" The young officer yelled out to the rest of the command team. Almost immediately the entire room filled with action, everyone went to their preplanned positions and began moving like they had been planning for weeks.

-Qingdao-

The Xiannese defenders would have only a few minutes warning before they were struck by a barrage of missiles. Airbases, naval bases, military bases were showered with a constant stream of missiles for minutes, but probably seemed like an eternity to those on the ground.

All around the Bohai Sea, major airbases were struck and naval ports were blasted.

Following up the missile strikes were Hudecian fighters and fighter/bombers, which struck at the Xiannese infrastructure. Roads, rail lines, bridges were all fair targets.

Finally, the Hudecian invasion fleet began moving as fast as possible towards the mainland and their ultimate destinations.

-Beijing-

A simple message was received from the Hudecians. "Your reign of terror is coming to an end today."

Xiannese paratroopers who manage to sieze any drop zones will find themselves under immediate rocket barrage, as well as being attacked by a wide variety of Hindustani CAS aircraft and the infantry troopers.

With almost 140,000 Hindustani infantrymen in Kanendru, as well as Pinaka and Grad MRLs, D-36 howitzers, and a handful of the 55km-range Bhim SPHs, and plenty of light MRLs, automatic mortars, and AT. 43A and B systems, the Xiannese troops who manage to land find themselves under very very heavy fire, especially from the lighter MRLs and automatic mortars, as well as AT. 43B missiles.

Any Xiannese units crossing the border face similar opposition, especially from AT. 43 complexes.

The Hindustani government decides, finally, to join the SSRC, although it is not considered by the popular congress or the cabinet as a reason for SSRC nations to join in Hindustan's defense should Xiaguo break Nepal, a situation that, at the present, seems unlikely.

Meanwhile, the government has approved the raising of another 100,000 troops for the army and 25,000 more personnel each for the airforce and navy.

This will yield a total military of 650,000 people, with the army the largest branch at 400,000 troops.

Attack submarines of Gray and Blue Groups, tasked with patrolling the west and northern Pacific, have begun operations against Xiannese ships. The five nuclear attack submarines of the Undersea Warfare Force have also put out to sea, and are currently operating in and around Korean waters (due to their extended range).

In order to help the Hindustanis, another Marine brigade, specializing in mountain/high altitude warfare, is dispatched by way of India. Of course, this results in endless negotiations with the Bedgellens, who undoubtedly see the Islandian infantry as potential enemies. Pending approval, however, the Marines do not yet arrive in LRR-controlled territory.

The tiny Islandian ground forces, numbering at little over two hundred thousand or so, do not pose much of a threat to the Xiannese. However, the larger numbers of the combined air forces (several hundred planes split amongst three branches of service) and its relatively small, though experienced, submarine force are somewhat more capable.

The Hindustani government decides, finally, to join the SSRC, although it is not considered by the popular congress or the cabinet as a reason for SSRC nations to join in Hindustan's defense should Xiaguo break Nepal, a situation that, at the present, seems unlikely.

The NeoSuunists send a communique to the Hindustani government, welcoming them to the organisation. It is pointed out that all Hindustan has to do is ask and the other SSRC members will provide assistance.

Not having a border with Xiaguo (as Chuang-Han comprises the northern border for Marimaia, Burma and Vietnam), the government in Taishita requests assistance from Portmeirion in gaining passage rights from the various minor Indian states between Burma and Kanendru.

Meanwhile, Dinh Xuan Lanh travels to Taishita as part of a 'fact-finding mission'; while there, he meets with Premier Supachai and Security Minister Kichi Yoshida to further discuss his plans for wresting control of the Politburo from the current old guard General Secretary.

-Sichuan-
Prince Xia II, after being injured in Xinjiang returns to Sichuan to try to convince his father to dismiss the idea of invading Chuang-Han. The Sichuanese Army was slowly called back and had kept the situation quiet.


-Phillipine Sea-
The Zhong Hua fleet, largest of its kind begins to go North, along with the Nothern Fleet which stationed itself in the North Pacifc.

-Qingdao-
The nearby Qingdao city, with the hail of missiles, sometimes missing their targets, and many mysteriously aimed at highrised buildings brought almost complete catastrophe. The Xiannese missile defense capabilities allowed them to hit down many of the Hudecian missiles, but had still failed to really effectively shield the Qingdao base along with the very close, Qingdao City.

Dead bodies littered the street, creating another street scene of the 1930's where Shanghai was bombed by the Japanese and caused mass civilian casualties.

Of the whole Million-person city, 3,453 have been accounted for, and about 11,000 are missing. The city was labeled a war zone, and thousands of soldiers began charging into the city to assist in body collecting and to evacuate people out due to the dangers of high rise buildings toppling over.

Hudecians in China were persecuted shortly after the attack, many picked up by mobs and tortured.

_Beijing-
The Xiannese government has asked for a Peace treaty and will sign it with reparations of 900 million dollars and will also free all Nepalese soldiers if Nepal and other coutries does the same. Xiaguo will also allow a 15 miles buffer zone. More etrms can be negotiated later on. A cease-fire is also asked from Nepal during the peace process.

-Dalian-

The invasion fleet skipped past Qindao for the lighter defended, but equally crucial city of Dalian.

Hudecian missile and air attacks, although now not as successful due to the loss of the element of surprise were still damaging. As well, Hudecian fighters were feeling the heat from the Xiannese fighters that were now in the air.

Within an hour of the first missiles falling, the invasion fleet began landing the first Hudecian troops on Xiannese territory. A mixture of helicopter and LCAC-borne troops participated in the attack. The primary target for helicopter bound troops was the airports, although they were severely damaged, they would be useful in the future.

Road and rail links to the city had been cut earlier.

-Xiaguo-

Fortunately, with the incredibly hostile Hudecian government position towards Xiaguo, the only Hudecians inside Xiaguo saw themselves as more Xiannese than Hudecian.

-Vancouver-

In what was becoming routine policy, Liu was arraigned in front of the Hudecian Military Court by video conference. The charges of murder were read out, and Liu's non-guilty plea was recorder, although not before a long speech by Liu in which he denounced the court as illegitimate before the audio was cut.

The hearing began that afternoon, with a court appointed lawyer for Liu asking for more time to arrange his case. The military court responded that the lawyer had been made aware over a month ago about this case and he has had plenty of time.

The hearing determined several facts;
1. After a staged attack on Xiannese vessels, the Sinoese government launched a missile strike on Hudecian naval assets in Indonesia.

2. These attacks killed 11 Hudecian military personnel, 9 sailors and 2 military police

3. These crimes were commited in territory under Hudecian legal jurisdiction as the vessels were in the harbours of Makassar and Balikpapan under Hudecian occupation.

4. The military court has full right to try, convict and sentence General Liu.

The trial parts would start the next day.

The Zhong Hua fleet was crucial in closing off Hudecian supplies and more shipments of troops. The Northern Fleet will prevent any more foreign ships from entering the Bohai Sea. The Hudecians while landing will meet up with Xiannese machine gunners, and raining missiles.

Several thousands reserve troops from nearby Dalian Bases mounted up and headed straight at the Hudecian landings.

The government has demanded order be restored in Qingdao and to respect Hudecian lives. Martial law was declared in most large cities were mobs attacked 'foreign' civilians and in some cases killed them.

Xiaguo sees Dra-Pol as something thatw ill prevent Xiannese from directing any movements into South korea efficiently and has dropped the idea of invading Korea.

--Qingdao--
New confirmations of the death toll had exceded 20,000 and climbing. 62% of the casualties were sivilians, and the nearby city of Laoshan has also been hit severely. The spared were mostly farmers of the rural coutryside, and smaller buildings which have been shielded by the taller highrise buildings.

Sithin, PRS

The Spyran response to Hindustan's entry into the SSRC is greeted with jubilation, and hope is expressed that all the peoples of the world can look to the Sphere as champion of morality against the oppression of feudal-capitalist reactionaries and imperialism. Though nothing is specifically mentioned, diplomats familiar with the PRS would note that in addition to the problem of China, this may be a reference to the fledgeling republic forming in Al-Azhad.

No official mention is made of the Hudecian attacks against Xiaguo, although naturally most medi outlets are now spending most of their time divided between Kanendru, the Hudecian offensive, and ongoing reform in Tord.

Belitung, Sujava

Permission is requested from Beth Gellert and Hindustan to move troops across the subcontinent into Kanendru.

Spyran naval assets across the Pacific remain on full alert.

Finally, Kathmandu gets terms it can live with. The ceasefire is made; the Xiannese have 3 days to pull all troops back onto their side of the border so negotiations can begin

A transmission is sent to Hudecia:

We ask that, when you are done trying Liu, he be sent to Singapore to stand trial for war-crimes committed during his invasion of Singapore.

Xiaguo requests a week long period to withdraw due to the blockages or cars and materials.

Xiaguo finds its real enemy. Thousands of Troops are relocated into Eastern provinces, several officials were sacked who have urged for war with Nepal and the ones in charge of the Chuang-Hanese Act were arrested.

Xiaguo, in the next few weeks will launch a large scale assault directly at Hudecian territories, and possibly the Hudecian proper.

Finally, Kathmandu gets terms it can live with. The ceasefire is made; the Xiannese have 3 days to pull all troops back onto their side of the border so negotiations can begin

The Hindustani infantry also respects the cease-fire, although rockets and howitzers remain trained on roads and passes just in case.

The relative success of the HA in Nepal is seen as a sign that, when the terrain is favorable, the HA's small numbers can even ward off the huge numbers fielded by Xiaguo.

The Xiannese government will find Hindustan very willing to turn over prisoners, what few had been captured. Most Xiannese troops in Hindustani custody were recovered by the very large force of medical personnel that are deployed among the regular combat troops. Due to the high skill and training of the medical troops, even the most severely wounded troops have a reasonable chance of survival once evacuated to the hospitals in Bihar and West Bengal.

Kanendru's treatment of prisoners has been less admirable. Although the government refused to stoop to the Xiannese level of summary executions, the republic's limited medical resources were quite sensibly directed first towards their own troops, who recieve absolute priority in such matters. Xiannese troops wounded on the battlefield are often simply left to die in captivity, with PLA medics often refusing outright to treatment. Cases of torture and execution are uncommon though not unheard of, despite this not being government policy. All of this is relatively unknown to the outside world, however, and consequently the actual number of Xiannese prisoners is relatively small - about 600, all of whom were released, given a bag of rice and some water and told to walk back to their bases under PLA guard.

All prisoners were released wearing Xiannese uniforms due to the shortage of clothing for the prisoners.

"The Xiannese executions are only due to every severed head we recieve from your comrades. Ten for 1 deal, isn't it swell. I have been given direct orders, to release you all. You will all take your bag of belongings, 2 bottles of water. May I also warn you not to drink natural water, they have been poisoned with your comrade's heads."

Singapore would like to venture a firm declaration of neutrality regarding the current war. While we condemn Xiaguo's actions, our business relations with them preclude any possibility of going to war with them. As for Hudecia, they may purchase weapons from us, as has Xiaguo. Any violations of Bonstocknian merchant shipping at sea will be taken as an act of war, and treated as such.

Travel by Bonstocknian citizens is banned in Nepal until the end of the war. Bonstocknian travellers in Xiaguo, Hudecia, and Chung-Han China are given a travel warning by Bonstocknian embassies in those countries.

In a public appearance that is nothing short of shocking, the Prime Minister of Hindustan announces his intention to visit Kathmandu, and to survey the conditions in Nepal first-hand.

He will likely travel in his converted SA-38 (An-38) light transport, and it is possible that the visit to Nepal will be turned into a regional tour. The Prime Minister echos Hindustan's relief at the end of the conflict in Nepal, and would very much like to see the region stabilized.

While the Prime Minister is a comitted humanitarian, and therefore opposes war and conflict in any form, he recognizes his nation's refusal to be pushed around, and therefore sees his business as preventing the outbreak of war.

The Commonwealth Final Senate, Portmeirion, Chhatisgarh

Some days turned out like this. Direct democracy such as the sort active in Igovian circles was the only way by which a truly civilised people could call themselves a nation and by which government could be tollerated by the liberty-loving masses, but in gigantic, tangled situations such as this it was apt to foster headache-inducing argument.

Igovian extra-organisational policy and insistance upon supporting progress over degeneration in the world, even when it created conflict of national interests, left The Commonwealth staring into the cauldron of Hudecian conservatism, Drapoel communism, Hindustani association with the Sphere, and omnidirectional Xiannese aggression, as well as the Islandian and post-imperial Bonstockian elements. Beddgelens were having a great deal of trouble agreeing on whose back was best stabbed and who could justifiably be sacrificed in a broth of conflicting oportunities.

"Kanendru wants the cease-fire. We're there to protect them, we're putting over a tenth of a percent of GDP into pursuit of exactly what's now offered! That's all, surely?" Said one comrade. Another one said that Portmeirion should push for a harder line that the Xiannese would be less likely to accept, in order to keep them fighting, "...after all, it is clear that we [the defending factions] can have it all our way!"

A large element of Igovian society felt that Xiaguo should be kept in the fight to its south so that the Hudecians had a chance of perhaps bringing down the regime in the east. Others questioned the wisdom of letting the Hudecians have such an important role in Asia's future, and suggested that far from hindering the Chinese, they should be thinking about helping them to disrupt the Hudecians in Asia, potentially allowing Korea's reunification on Da'Khiem's terms.

In the short-term, Igovian aircraft in Kanendru would adopt a more defensive posture, engaging any Chinese aircraft not out-bound, and striking against ground-forces only if they engaged defenders. No comment was made on how long the air force would hold-off attacking Chinese assets if they did not begin to withdraw, but one thing that did remain clear was that the Commonwealth was not in an especially tollerant mood when faced with the arrogant Chinese idea of sub-continental invasion.

In the seas to the east, Igovian submarines and warships and planes remain on high alert, prepared to respond to Chinese hostilities should they present themselves. The idea of obliterating Chinese naval strength has not yet been forsaken, and Beddgelen ports are bustling with activity as Dwrgi-P ground-effect vehicles, fresh off the production lines, take on fuel and missiles and Anunkai nuclear submarines supposed to be putting-in for decomission were instead hurridly refurbished.

Although the Cease-Fire was called between Xiaguo and Kanendru, all forces should allow Xiannese forces to leave peacefully in order to leave on time.

The Terai valley doesn't look particularly hard hit, nor the center of the country, so much as the rugged borderlands near Xiaguo where a humanitarian catastrophe is looming. While the rest of the country can get food easily from the unaffected collective farms of the Terai, the Himilaya valley is experiancing chronic food shortages and disease caused by lack of access to health services, destroyed agricultural yields, road infrastructure devastated by mines and artillery and intentionally poisoned water supplies. Thousands are sick or dieing and the central government is scrambling to get together what aid it can, asking Kathmandu residents to voluntarily cut their food rations in order to sent aid to the outlieing communities. Work crews are assembled haphazardly to try and handle the problem themselves, marched off to the affected areas with tools and determination to repair as much of the broken villages as possible. But given the amount of time it will take them to get there and the fact that the Valley is already in crisis mode dictates that more immediate humanitarian assistance may be needed to keep the death toll from rising.

Kathmandu itself is practically a ghost town - or at least, it wasn't the bustling place it was before the war. So many people here signed up for the national militias to defend their country, and only lately are they starting to filter back in and go on with their old lives. Still, the streets are oddly quiet and it would be very easy for the Prime Minister to catch a helicopter from the main airport to visit the affected regions. Sources close to the ruling CPK estimate that at the very least, 140,000 people have died as a direct consequence of the war thus far, including combat deaths and starvation, disease, etc.

The first 2,000 crates of goods medical kits and food have been dropped off Xiannese Army Red cross.

Several hundreds more of food packages will be dropped in starving villages and towns along the border as part of the reparations.

-Ottawa-

In a move to pacify concerns about Hudecia's purposes in Xiaguo, MacNally asked to see the Beth Gellert diplomat in order to reinforce that Hudecia would deal with the Xiannese leaders in a similar fashion as it did with Sino. That being...'get in.. get the criminal... get out fast'. After all, no one was more aware that a Hudecian 'occupation' of Xiaguo would be disasterous than the Hudecians themselves.

-Dalian-

With the beaches secured, the Hudecians attempted to fend off the repeated and sometimes suicidal attempts by the Xiannese to drive them back into the sea. Losses were beginning to pile up, but the Hudecians were trying to hold the Xiannese off long enough for the heavy equipment and tanks to land.

Offshore, the Hudecian and Xiannese fleets engaged in heavy combat. Fortunately, the UH-60Hs (a modified Blackhawk designed to carry Harpoon missiles), were proving themselves useful in the relative close confines of the Bohai Sea and particularly in the Bohai Strait.

While the fighting centred around the beaches just outside of Dalian, Hudecian helicopters began ferrying in marines to take the cities harbour. Which was only slightly damaged by the missile strikes.

-Jin Xian-

Hudecian marines were flown near this city in an attempt to ensure that the rail lines to Da lian were cut sufficiently. Roads were also primary targets.

Dalian has been officially labeld a National Crisis zone, Thousands of troops arrive in Dalian from many Cities and towns which have been order to send reserves in Dalian. 200,000 alones are sent South to Dalian from the Dra-Polian border. The Zhong Hua Fleet has sucessfully arrive in the Bohai Sea and will bein sealing it off.

Dalian, almost empty from the week early evacuations to the Northern Cities due to Hudecia's missles strikes are now empty and quiet with the exception of nearby fighting.

A National Order directed at the airforce, gave the Aifroce full support to fly in Bohai excessively. All Commercial flights have been canceled. With that, hundreds of planes from cities around the Bohai Sea including, Beijing, Tianjin, Qingdao, Dalian, Harbin, and many cities including Nanjing, and even from Xian.

Thousands of planes flew in, attacked, and flew back to the nearest airbase, reload, and attack again.

-Beijing-
All inhabitants were to stay home, and the Royal family had decided to remain in Beijing's underground cellers to operate the attacks.

-Qingdao-
Empress Jin Tian Ping and her cousin, Princess Chang Ping arrived today in Qingdao to view the horros themselves, as mangled bodies and bloody rivers ran through the streets. The bodies are being piled up and taken to the outskirts to be burned and burried. Medical treatment shortage has been improved since the attack. Hundreds of Medical employees and volunteers have entered QIngdao as early as yesterday night.

The Marimaian government requests permission to begin humanitarian aid flights into Kanendru to help alleviate the suffering of the people. The services of construction specialists are also offered, as well as no-strings economic assistance to help the nation get back on its feet.

Hanoi

Dinh Xuan Lanh addresses an emergency meeting of the Politburo regarding the current situation in Asia. Dinh accuses the General Secretary of failing his duties, stating that he has ignored the Chinese threat and lives in his own private world. Dinh also states that the General Secretary has done nothing to counteract the West's encroachment on Asian territory, pointing to Hudecian actions in northern China as evidence that the West will act as it likes in Asia without permission. He tells the Politburo that Hudecia and Quinntonia will be seeking to remove any regime which does not meet their exacting standards; in his eyes, the General Secretary has ignored major threats to Vietnamese sovereignty.

He then proposes that a change in leadership may be in order. Dinh tells the Politburo that their only chance to maintain their power is to appoint him as General Secretary; he will enact the necessary changes to keep the West from invading, and he will secure a strong alliance in order to keep Vietnam from obscurity.

Nanning, Chuang-Han:


The Cabinet was meeting to discuss the general course of action. Getting involved was - for now - avoided.

"The Xiannesse puppets reacted that dangerously on a mere whim, who knows how long before they use some excuse to attack us." General Gao growled.

"It was a simple misunderstanding, they will respect our neutrality." Royal Affairs minister Qiu replied.

"But if they do!?" Gao snapped back.

"Then..." Qiu adverted his eyes, not knowing what to say.

"They hijacked our air force, and then nearly attacked us when we responded to that! Why do you think the Xiannesse will not do it again!?"

"Because the world knows our position and they will..."

"The world is already trying to stop Xiaguo, and failing!"

The Emperor sighed and looked away from the arguing ministers.

"Look..." Gao leaned in to whisper to the others, motioning at the Emperor. "He is near 95. Since this crisis started he has only gone down hill. Huan Yue isn't in the position to take over when he dies, let alone lead a nation fighting Xiaguo."

"So what are you saying? It's hopeless?" The Prime Minister Zeng hissed.

"No... but it is hopeless to try to stop Xiaguo. We'll be run over."

"That's not true! Marimaia, they are more then capable of helping, and they sent note that they would protect our neutrality!"

"Marimaia!?" Gao looked at him like he was insane. "Oh, yes, I'm sure Suun is just dying to help us out. And after he does, I'm sure he'll just leave us be." Gao laughed sarcastically. "Suun would do the same thing Xiaguo wants to do. And I would much rather have our nation incorporated into Xiaguo then into Marimaia!"

"Shut up the lot of you..." The elderly monarch growled from the other side of the room. "We're not doing anything. Xiaguo has backed down. We will sit quietly... No deals with anyone. Neutral is what we are, and Neutral is what we shall remain... Now, no more discussion of this."

The cabinet members all bowed, though Gao and Zeng were already dismissing Neutrality once again, and plotting on whom to align with.

Zeng later that day sent a suggestive message to the Marimaian Government suggesting that Chuang-Han wished to take up their offer to protect Chuang-Han's neutrality.

Gao, on the other hand, sent messages to his peers in the Xiannesse military that Chuang-Han was not preparing to resist any movements against Chuang-Han.

Not wanting to seem over-eager or threatening, the Marimaian Foreign Ministry offer to dispatch an ethnic Chinese liaison to supplement their ambassador in Chuang-Han; the liaison would act as a direct conduit between the Nanning government and Marimaia's government Ministries.

Maoshan Peng (all Marimaians place their family names last, regardless of ethnicity) is selected from the Foreign Ministry's Chinese Affairs Division, where he advised Foreign Minister Rongyi Bei on various actions, including the peace plan put forward in an attempt to solve the Kanendru-Xiaguo dispute. The communique states that Peng would leave at any time if the Chuang-Han government asked him to; it also states that if the Nanning regime desires, all discussions can be directed via the Marimaian ambassador.

The Sichuanese government, as a gift for the 'accident' sends in crates of smalls arms and included were beautiful silk from Zhejiang, bronze works from Shaanxi, Paintings from Gulin, and Statues and busts from Beijing.

The gift was also part of the marriage agreement between the Sichuanese Prince and the Chuang-Hanese princess.

OOC:Xiaguo.. how do you evacuate Dalian but not Qingdao? And by the way... sending the Empress to the front line is ... well.... tempting... very very tempting.

IC:

-Jeju-do-

"They sent her where???" The Hudecian general could hardly believe their good fortune. "Prepare a team immediately... we can't let such an opportunity slip by."

-Dalian-

Now that the Xiannese airforce was beginning to bring its full strength to bear the fighting became much fiercer. Fortunately, the Hudecian naval group was able to shield the land based units from the brunt of the attack. As well, the Xiannese abilities to launch major military action were hampered by the logistics of it all. With a major offensive in Nepal, Xinjiang, Mongolia, and threatening moves towards Chuang Han, as well as the required defensive units for Drapol and the occupation requirements of Sino, the Xiannese had their hands full... and were running out of oil quickly as well.

OOC: The logistics of sending 'thousands' of fighters out to attack is enormous in this day and age. In Desert Storm, friendly fire casualties were extremely hard to avoid because of the sheer number of fighters in the air.

As well.. lets not forget that you have lots of other military requirements... I'm sure some Sinoese officers are looking at you and saying.. 'if ever there was a time to attack.. it would be now.'

With the HDFs singularly equipped to undertake simply massive humanitarian operations, work is immediately begun in Kanendru.

The job employs thousands of medical troops and sappers in the distribution of short-term food aid, seed, and agricultural equipment, as well as the repair of infrastructure and the removal of war wreckage.

The distribution of agricultural goods and food aid is handled mostly by SA(Mil)-8 /17 helicopters, or SA(An)-32 medium transports. The Sappers, equipped with WZT-3H engineering tanks as well as APC-3 based equipment, get to installing new infrastructure in the way of new buildings to replace destroyed ones, running water, and electricity.

Of course, there are plenty of jobs for local Nepalese citizens in these operations.

OOC:Actually, The Empress has no power anymore, like I said, she abdicated as the Ruler of Xiaguo, and has given all rights to her unlce, Zhou Jin Zao, who currently is in Beijing. And yes, maybe I am just geting desperate. lol, just say in your minds and cut down the numbers. Dalian was evacuated because of the Attack at Qingdao, and can easily show that Hudecia is hitting Cities near the sea. Dalian is the second most populated after Qingdao.

Kill the empress if you want, you're just executing important figures of the Xiannese, and can only bring hatred to fuel the war.

Although it may be large, I don't really care if there was friendly fire. They are striking at different 'rounds' each directed at a precinct and gournd forces are now either istuated at the beaches and harbours, or at the outskirts of Dalian. It would become a very good zone for Hudecians to knock down a few buildings and crush thousands of soldiers.

Hudecia, if we're to continue the RP as planned, please do not harm any "Royal Officials" they will die eventually.

The Xinjiang Rebellions have been crushed heavily without opposition. Mongolia had surrendered early with major crackdowns by the government. The Nepalese war is being sealed with a peace aggreement and reparations. Chuang-Han and Xiaguo has cleared the misunderstandings.

BTW, Sino is coming back, so I don't think continuing the Liu thing is actually, "nice"



IC:
The Zhonghua Flag Fleet with several squadrons of units begin to push into Bohai from the Rear, with the Eastern Fleet sweeping across Bohai to prevent Hudecian ships attacking the rear of the Flag fleet. The Airforce has also sent different squadrons over in the Bohai sea to begin direct bombing of the Hudecian navy.

--Dalian Pier, Harbour
As Hudecian troops begin jumping and running off of the transports, a scene very similiar to the Normandy landings, several snipers began picking off Hudecians while then run across buildings and trees. Xiannese artillery, famous for the Tibetan and Xinjiang shellings of villages and towns instead wer eput on defensive and began the bombardment of the Hudecian Soldiers, who have efficiently moved to the higher grounds where they are met with machine fire and the Royal Xiannese Militia.

--Beijing
"Long Live the Emperor, a thousand years to come." yelled General Kong Bao Ji. "Your majesty, the Hudecians have managed to cross the lower piers of Dalian, but Xiannese forces, mainly the powerful machine gunners have held the beaches with overwhelming Missile defenses nearby. We request you majesty to attack South Korea with the Eastern and Southern Fleets. A wedge between.."We will see, I believe our priority is in Dalian. These Canucks have some serious ego to allow them to attack China directly. Fire all the Qingdao and Dalian naval monitoring officials."

As the Emperor walked down from the gold throne, and patted the General on his back and yelled, "Send the Edict to the Parliament" growled the Emperor.

The Patriot Edict, which gives almost full authority to policeman and the government to arrest citizens in relation to treason and thsoe who spoke openly about the war. The Edict was approved the next day.

Having barely completed the re-deployment of several Central units to the Northern Defence Districts, the CPRD has seen opposing Xiannese forces reduced as they move to fight the Hudecians. Seeing Chinese forces reduced on her borders as they turn to tangle with the Hudecians has been something that has gone-over well with Drapoel Party members, soldiers, and citizens.

What will now be most evident to those watching the Choson People's Republic is the opposite direction of forces from the 38th Defence District, many of which are moving into the Southern Defence District of liberated south Korea, taking with them their new S-12 "MiGgen" fighters and replenished quantities of Igovian MT-3 "Hotan" battle tanks.

Da'Khiem took her time in explaining these actions, before approaching ROK leaders to broach the subject of a peaceful completion of re-unification while also having diplomats take a fairly smug line with the Quinntonians and Hudecians. Hindustan had all but left the ROK and had approached the Shining Sphere of Revolutionary Co-prosperity, of which the CPRD was a founding member, Xiaguo has standing-down supected plans to attack into northern Korea, and was actually fighting the Hudecians tooth and nail while Drapoel allies in India and Kanendru ceased fdistracting the Chinese elsewhere, and the CPRD was stronger than it'd ever been. Perhaps [cough cough] it was becoming increasingly hard to see what Da'Khiem had to gain by not continuing the fight for reunification. Although it was a shame that the potential future thawing of Xiannese/Indian relations -if peace continued- would stand to see support-buying aid to Dra-pol on the decline. Yes, it would be sad to see the economy lose its edge and the People's Republic become desperate, again.

Of course, few would suspect that comrade Director Secretary Hotan was choosing to warn the south's backers of an impending assault, but the conditions described and the re-deployment of forces were evident enough, and weren't brought up just for the fun of it.

The Marimaian Foreign Ministry sends a communique to Xiaguo, expressing their hope that conflict within Asia is coming to a permanent end; a more covert attachment wishes them luck against the Western imperialists.

In Hanoi, Dinh Xuan Lanh brings Khamtai Souphanouvong into the Politburo meeting. Khamtai shows the Politburo Marimaian intelligence which shows that Kalla's movements and the Hudecian invasion of China are linked, as they are part of preliminary Western moves to weaken Asia. The presence of Quinntonian forces in SE Asia is played upon heavily; Khamtai conveniently omits the fact Quinntonia is pulling out of the region, stating instead that they are probably searching for a base nearby in order to better intimidate Asian nations.

Khamtai reiterates Lanh's point about Western human rights enforcement, and then produces intelligence regarding Chinese ambitions. He plays on Vietnamese fears of an impending Chinese invasion, reminding them that China ruled them once and the current regimes seem intent on regaining the former empire. Khamtai asks why Vietnam has not acted on any intelligence shared by Marimaia, but then leaves the Politburo to make their decision.

(OOC: In case anyone's wondering why the Vietnam stuff is here, it could only have come about as a result of what's happening in China, so I thought it would be best to include it in the thread.)

-South Korea-

To be completely honest, the removal of the Hudecian troops was a long time coming and at this point was mostly irrelavent anyway. The Quintonnian forces outnumbered the Hudecians by 5 to 1 at last count, as well, the South Korean army was for the most part rebuilt and rearmed.

-Indonesia-

For the moment Kalla was cut off from his followers in Xinjiang.. but not for too long. The Hudecian invasion was fueling his desire to help acheive a Muslim state in Xinjiang... after all.. his mother had taught him to 'make' lots of friends.

The peace in Nepal offered a small possibility of entry for his troops. They would have to sneak across the border into Tibet and from there make their way to Xinjiang.

-Dalian-

With the Hudecian fleet taking a pounding, and the Hudecian land forces similarly entangled it was becoming clear that desperate measures were being required.

Hudecian artillery began to systematically obliterate the city of Dalian. Areas of heavy resistance would be pounded by naval guns, artillery and missile attacks until the Hudecians were sure that nothing could survive.

OOC: hmmm ... about Liu... you could stage a daring rescue attempt when he is transfered to Singapore for trial.

The Xiannese Government has requested an audience with the Vietnamese government into a possible Millitary Alliance.

The Xiannese government has lifted all taxation on Dra-Polian products. The same has also been done to Chuang-Hanese, Sinoese, Taiwanese, and several South Asian Countries. Hudecian assets have been confiscated and has banned travel and trade between Hudecia.

The Emperor expresses his urning for peace. And had promised the Marimaians peace. "The real enemy is to the West. It is once again a time where we'll have to come clean with the Devils."a headline by the Emperor in the Tianjin Daily.


A message was handed to Dra-Polian authorities.

"If we are sucessful in defeating the Hudecians, we will be able to Unite the Koreas, and to rid of the Western foothold in Asia. The Xiannese government is willing to fund Drapols government and terms can be negotiated. A millitary Alliance would prove effective."

--Bohai--
The Zhonghua Flag Fleet has now began a straight out full attack with air support from all sides. They are citting a wedge right through into the Hudecian Navy if it still does not respond quick enough into repelling the attacks.

--Dalian--
News of the desperate shelling of the city angered the millitary and civilians who were listening tentitively for news of their homes.


OOC:I am not that much of a roleplayer. Maybe he can save himself. Or maybe not..

-Bohai Straits-

The Hudecian fleet had always held a perilous grip on the straits. With the narrowing in their control they had held Beijing in a stranglehold. However, the sheer lack of naval assets compared to the Xiannese was a major set back.

As the Xiannese spearhead drove into the Hudecian fleet, the Hudecian naval group was effectively split into two separate parts... one on one side of the straights the other on the opposite, with the Xiannese fleet in the middle.

From their positions on opposite sides of the Xiannese fleet, the Hudecians were more capable of giving the Xiannese a better fight.

-Dalian-

The Hudecian troops who had landed were slowly pushing their way through Dalian. Thanks to the manouvre behind the Xiannese lines, the units in Dalian would be running low on supplies and troops.

One thing was certain though, in the end, the sheer volume of losses on both the Xiannese and Hudecian sides would be tremendous.

OOC: If Sino is coming back.. he'll likely want Liu back.... so... we need to find some way of accomodating it all.

-Jeju Do-

Several generals discussed the mounting problems in the Xiannese invasion.

"Their air force is hitting us pretty hard... we need to find some way to stop it."

"Well, we'll have Dalian before too long. Their forces are running low on supplies thanks to our manouvre at Jin Xian. With Jin Xian, that entire peninsula is ours."

"They'll be able to dislodge them with their air force unless we find a way to solve them."

"Well, we've taken out their major infrastructure, which has slowed the movement of their armies, and the movement of supplies and oil around."

"That's it... oil... and gas... they need those for their fighters. We didn't strike their oil infrastructure very hard in the initial attacks. Let's do that now."

*heads nodded in agreement*

-Xiaguo-

With the Xiannese infrastructure around the Bohai Sea a complete mess, moving large quantities of troops or supplies around would be challenging. Now, with the oil and gas infrastructure (refineries, pipelines, storage sites) under attack it would have to be seen how the Xiannese could organize a counter attack.

-Hudecia-

The price of the war was becoming painfully evident. Missile strikes were by no means cheap, but the politcal capital gained from Liu's arrest offset the economic losses for MacNally.

OOC: LRR will have to answer for the South Korean government I guess. That's his and Quinntonia's responsibility

Hanoi

The Politburo votes to install Dinh Xuan Lanh as the new General Secretary, but the close vote means that he has to compromise with the remaining old guard Communists. He keeps the former General Secretary as President; Dinh meanwhile assumes the position of Minister Without Portfolio. However, ultimate authority lies with Dinh.

He instructs the Foreign Ministry to accept Marimaia's proposed Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation, but also agrees to Xiannese representatives coming to Hanoi to discuss possible cooperation between the two.

Khamtai Souphanouvong becomes Dinh's direct liaison to Taishita, but Khamtai has none of the power that his counterparts in Burma and Malaysia have. While Burma and Malaysia have received Marimaian aid and military assistance in the rebuilding of their nations, Vietnam has not seen such aid so far; not only that, but Vietnam was not liberated from anyone by the Marimaians, so there is no real debt of gratitude. However, the Treaty of Friendship and Cooperation contains agreements on economic assistance and environmental reconstruction, so Marimaian financial aid is set to begin.

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Taishita

The Marimaian government graciously accepts the Xiannese promise of peace. They covertly send Xiaguo a proposal regarding spheres of influence in Asia; the idea is that Marimaia's sphere of influence encompasses Burma, Malaysia and Vietnam, while Xiaguo's sphere of influence encompasses Mongolia, Xinjiang, Tibet, Chuang-Han and the rest of China.

The proposal is that Marimaia and Xiaguo are permitted to establish diplomatic relations with independent states within each other's spheres (so Marimaia would not recognise Xinjiang and Tibet as independent), but neither side is to challenge the other's influence in their sphere.

With Hindustan in no position to offer military aid in the event of another invasion of south korea, the ROK will just have to be happy with Quinntonian and Hudecian troops, the numbers of which would be, beyond much doubt, greatly larger than any Hindustani contingent.

[OOC: So SK just has the Quinntonians, then? This could get interesting...]

OOC-OK, I am trying to read all of this, but haven't been very involved and so, could someone give me a recap? Perhaps Hudecia?
Quinntonia will defend ROK to the death of every soldier there, BTW.
Just FYI.
WWJD
Amen.

OOC: Remember how Tokarev's Invasion of Korea RP was declared invalid? The same goes for this. I was never informed of this and I was gone. I had never made an official announcement of retirement, although I did mention hiatus. As for RP'ing Liu's kidnapping, that's the work of some anti-Sino RP'er jerking boistriously at the erection that is his ego. Kidnapping Liu, ha! Never have I mention IC where he resides. And he would rather suicide than fall into your capture. And most certainly, how can you tell that it wasn't his clone/doppelganger that you have captured. With no validity of this RP, I therefore declare this thread to be complete and utter godmoding.

What has been decided is the withdraw of the action of attacing Singapore as the level of operation (in conjunction with the reclamation of the Maropian Coast) would present a degree of operational difficulty (there's always Marimaia to bribe in order to sneak the forces across). Thus, I'm willing to let others decide the fate of Singapore.

I know that all of you are eagered to the level of fanaticism for the destruction of Sino, the enslavement of its people and neutering of their nationalism. Let the chief cog of Asia return for a fair fight. This thread is invalid.

[OOC: whoa, a bit egocentric, are we? Liu, and Sino, are a pretty negligible part of the overall thread...]

The Xiannese Navay, after sucessfully put a wedge through the Hudecian Navy then uses a manuever to hit through the center of the two seperate groups in an attempt to split it once again causing four seperate Hudecian naval groups and will allow the Nvay to then, do, what they call, 'Eat em Up'

Taiping, the former capital of Northern China was declared a warzone and the city focused on sending supplies Souht through rail and air. The Dongbei region(Manchuria), was once the Start of the Xiannese before a powerful expansion allowed Xiaguo to take over 60% of China. Several large cities in Manchuria has allowed overwhelming supplies to pour south.



Another message was sent to the Drapolian Government
"Dra-Pol must not ignore the fact that Hudecia will surround Dra'Pol on three fronts if Hudecia is sucessful in obtaining Dalian and the Coastline."

OOC:Jin Xian? I heard of Jingzhou, and Xinjian in Liaodong, not a Jin Xian, I'll just refer it as Jin Xian, which if you obtain will cut off Dalian from the Pen.

Actually, we can drop the Liu capture thing, and instead use <insert name of Xiannese Figurehead who is hated by the West> and still continue this RP. BTW Sino, Your territories are Mainly Guangdong, Fujian, Zhejiang, and Jiangxi.I've decided I'll take Hunan and Hubei after all.

OCC: Does this mean a renewed invasion of Kanendru? That would not be good.

But I suppose that the fortified positions will be better than ever on this third go, but I don't think that my forces are as ready for full NBC conditions as they should be.

But I suppose there will be some way to block any Sinoese onslaught.

IC:

Hindustan remains largely out of the goings-on in China, mostly because the government doesn't have the slightest idea about what to do about the whole situation.

The 125,000 strong Calcutta military district is ready to rush back into Nepal if need be. Many of the destroyed logistics vehicles are replaced, the same with helicopters and missile ammunition.

[OOC: whoa, a bit egocentric, are we? Liu, and Sino, are a pretty negligible part of the overall thread...]

OOC: By titling this thread, the Fall of China is implying that the NS Chinese Mainland (consisting of Xiaguo and Sino) will fall just like Bonstock. So is Xiaguo a pawn for all you foreign invaders? How about this, I start my own thread and I'll invite all of you to it (speakin' of which, I better start typing). There'll be a big OOC explanation as first post, but hey, who's up for some good old-fashion RP with Sino? Now how about that?

Yaman, having long pointed to a corrupting Hudecian interference in Asian politics(Hudecia membership was an important issue in NY leaving the AA), sends messages of peace and co-operation to its besieged Asian neighbour. Xiaguo is informed that its Yamani border is secure, in case Northern Chinese troops need to be moved into the fight.

Arrowguard patrols along the Xiannesse border drop drastically, with a major focus now on the Dra-pol oil supply lines. ROK officials, still unrecognized by the Yamani government, are cautioned that association with conservative North American nations will make their position in Asia 'very unpopular'.

The few existing diplomatic ties between North Yaman and the Quinntonian-Hudecian Imperialists are cut and all of those nations citizens are asked to leave the Dominion immediately.

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OOC-Now how did I get my people kicked out of your nation? By asking for an update? Threatening to defend an innocent ally?

Damned imperialists.
WWJD
Amen.

OOC-Now how did I get my people kicked out of your nation? By asking for an update? Threatening to defend an innocent ally?

Damned imperialists.
WWJD
Amen.

OOC: I think it was because of an anti-West feeling that's growing now; Xiaguo has halted its advance and a ceasefire is in place with the Asian nations, but Hudecia's carrying on their attack on Xiaguo despite this. So Hudecia's being played up as an imperialist and Quinntonia is guilty by association.

Besides, there's also now a movement to get the West out of ROK, so your troops are in the firing line there if anything erupts.

(OOC:Ironic that the Manchurians invaded Liaodong which caused Ming's collapse.

Despite the war going on in Liaodong, Beijing began to decorate the city as giant lanterns were hung and Beijing turned bright red.

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Despite attacks at Dalian, the city now, with more than half its population gone begins setting up for the Spring Festival.

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A Rooster was erected in Dalian as a sign of unity, and also represent family and Harmony. This year, Dalian won't need firecracks to crackle the city.


During the Spring Festival, thousands of Chinese will be moving around China for the New Years. The Government has issued a warning to those returning to Liaodong and many parts of Xinjiang. One such warning suggested Hudecian sabotage in Liaodong.



The Beijing government applauds North Yaman's decision to discontinue ties with Hudecia. The Xiannese governmnet had suddenly lifted all tariffs from most Asian nations.


--Vietnam--
As the Xiannese Ambassidor to Vietnam begins to head for a Vietnamese conference in a diplomatic duscussion on a possible alliance.
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The Xiannese Embassy in Vietnam, as the Chinese delegation heads out into Downtown Hanoi. Note that the car is a Mercedez Benz.

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Well mannered meetings with both sides in quarreled over topics such as reparations and the rebuilding of Nepal.

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More detailed talks in India followed by media reports show progress in peace. Here is shown the Ambassidor to the Indian States and one of the Indian Representatives.

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Here, the Xiannese Ambassidor to the Indian States, and Nepal shakes hands with the leading representative from Nepal after the conference.

With Xiaguo's size and proximity, reduction in tariffs on Asian nations such as Spyr comes as somewhat of a boon, compensating for uncertainties caused by close ally North Yaman's adoption of a hard-line stance towards North American trading partners.

On the border with Manchuria, a number of Levy defense units are released back into civilian life, and the Youth Guard 1st Corps. completes its maneuvers in Gochu and returns to its local headquarters across the peninsula. Civilian air travel over Tagan province remains restricted to planes landing and departing Gochu.

Once again, the students of Spyr swarm into the streets, as a blossoming debate explodes over what additional actions should be taken.

OOC-Now how did I get my people kicked out of your nation? By asking for an update? Threatening to defend an innocent ally?

Damned imperialists.

OOC: Listen Quinn, I've roleplayed NY's dislike of Quinntonia and Hudecia in the past. Then, returning to the AMW threads, I find my neighbouring nation invaded by Canadians...who are having their military hardware backed up by Conservative(some would even say Fascist) Christian-American interests.

My nation is a hard-line socialism, run by Strainist Revolutionaries...ofcourse we're going to go with the anti-American movement, and back up our Dra-poel allies who (if you haven't noticed) aren't taking advantage of the sudden shift in local Asian politics to complete full Unification through violence.

Also, I resent being referred to as an 'Imperialist' in an OOC response. Name N.Y. what you will in the game, but you have as much a right to say that as I have to call you a 'righteous Christian jackass', for example.

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Well mannered meetings with both sides in quarreled over topics such as reparations and the rebuilding of Nepal.

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More detailed talks in India followed by media reports show progress in peace. Here is shown the Ambassidor to the Indian States and one of the Indian Representatives.

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Here, the Xiannese Ambassidor to the Indian States, and Nepal shakes hands with the leading representative from Nepal after the conference.

The Hindustani delegates come out of the conference glad to finally be done with the war in Nepal. However, Kanendru can now be considered one of Hindustan's closest allies.

The proceedings in China itself cause quite a bit of alarm, and Xiannese delegates are asked about their willingness to engage in peace talks with Hudecia. After all, Asia doesn't need any more destabilization.

It is also asked that Tibet, Mongolia, and Xinjiang be given special rights that, while short of granting independence, will give the citizens of those provinces the ability to govern themselves when it comes to local affairs. This, it is argued, will serve to quiet militant activity and at the same time free up troops to fight in 'current and pressing operations against a certain invasion force.'

The question of returning special rights to have Mongolia and Xinjiang can be done maybe in a longer extent of time. Mongolia, who have surrendered and ended seperatist activities were granted special governing rights as oppose to Xinjiang who needed Xiaguo to step in to finally crush the rebellion. However, once peace returns, Xinjiang may claim the special governing rights once again.

A peace with Hudecia would not only anger the populous, but our Emperor, his majesty himself, has extended the war. Hudecia's interests are of a long term picture. About 30,000 Civilians were killed in Qingdao alone, with about 700 killed in Dalian without counting millitary casualties.

Qingdao was now in ruins with collapsing buildings everyday. Causing billions of dollars worth of damages.

OOC: When will Hudecia ever reply to the thread started by me? I did say that he's invited, along with all of you.

The question of returning special rights to have Mongolia and Xinjiang can be done maybe in a longer extent of time. Mongolia, who have surrendered and ended seperatist activities were granted special governing rights as oppose to Xinjiang who needed Xiaguo to step in to finally crush the rebellion. However, once peace returns, Xinjiang may claim the special governing rights once again.

A peace with Hudecia would not only anger the populous, but our Emperor, his majesty himself, has extended the war. Hudecia's interests are of a long term picture. About 30,000 Civilians were killed in Qingdao alone, with about 700 killed in Dalian without counting millitary casualties.

Qingdao was now in ruins with collapsing buildings everyday. Causing billions of dollars worth of damages.

South China urges war against the White Devils to the bitter end!

OOC: Listen Quinn, I've roleplayed NY's dislike of Quinntonia and Hudecia in the past. Then, returning to the AMW threads, I find my neighbouring nation invaded by Canadians...who are having their military hardware backed up by Conservative(some would even say Fascist) Christian-American interests.

My nation is a hard-line socialism, run by Strainist Revolutionaries...ofcourse we're going to go with the anti-American movement, and back up our Dra-poel allies who (if you haven't noticed) aren't taking advantage of the sudden shift in local Asian politics to complete full Unification through violence.

Also, I resent being referred to as an 'Imperialist' in an OOC response. Name N.Y. what you will in the game, but you have as much a right to say that as I have to call you a 'righteous Christian jackass', for example.


Um... well someone has gotten up on the wrong side of the bed. I don't even believe that my nation has had any formal RP interaction with yours.
My comment of the Damned Imperialists was supposed to be a sarcastic reference to myself. But, "Methinks he doth protest too much."

But c'mon, fascist, what do you base that on. Seriously, if I was truly an imperialist nation, why would I pick Dra-pol as my enemy and pour billions into the defense of a city that may never recoup that loss? It makes no sense. And, if everyone remembers, I am in ROK at the request of the democratically elected government there.

"Righteous Christian Jackass" Now that tells me that you may have some issues. Maybe from your childhood, was your Sunday School Teacher mean to you? Or do you just jump on the anti-Christian bandwagon wherever you see it.

I am going on record right now as saying that my nation has never judged any of yours on the basis of race or/especially faith/lack thereof. I have judged you and discerned my nation’s attitudes towards you on the basis of ACTIONS. Please do the same. Look at my RP history; it is literally open to you. Find out why I am in ROK and Quinntonian Dra-pol.

I mean, if I was really imperialist, I could've conceivably conquered most of the western hemisphere by now, right? But no, I sit back there and maintain that if I AM ATTACKED, I will defend myself. I never even got involved in Bonstock until they started nuking people. And, you know what, Quinntonian Dra-pol and ROK are my allies, I will fight to protect them at all costs.

And though I have done or said nothing to support Hudecian actions, I will say this loud and proud, HUDECIA IS MY CLOSEST ALLY!! If he wants his dirty little Asian war, fine, if you want to kick his butt for that, fine. I will stand by, but attack his lands, and your ass is mine. That goes with any of my allies.

I am not looking for trouble, but if it finds me, you'll find these "fascists" ready and willing.


WWJD
Amen.

And though I have done or said nothing to support Hudecian actions, I will say this loud and proud, HUDECIA IS MY CLOSEST ALLY!! If he wants his dirty little Asian war, fine, if you want to kick his butt for that, fine. I will stand by, but attack his lands, and your ass is mine. That goes with any of my allies.

I am not looking for trouble, but if it finds me, you'll find these "fascists" ready and willing.

OOC: So President Bush is now riding a moose?

What happen to the Christian Culture in America?


IC:

Xiaguo has passed the first Human Rights Bill to clear up, what is your rights in China. The First Section, of the three which Xiaguo has developed to explain Human Rights in China.

A mass rally in Beijing began protesting Hudecia's invasion and terror tactics which had killed thousands during the week-long bombing runs. One of the largest rallies yet with over 250,000 who marched through Tiananmen Square. The New Regulations offered in the Human Rights Charter has dropped the maximum amount of demonstrators of 8,500.

The Rally was supported by the government issuing a pass for leaders of the rallies and many guest speakers to talk on the Forbidden City Gate and allowed to use the system of speakers used by the government during events and announcements.

The Emperor and Prime Minister Yeh Zhao Feng made appearances along with political activists and many celebrities. One of the Groups, of the many who opposed the Hudecian invasion, a group consisted of mainly Hudecians of about 300-500 people who joined in the march.

OOC:

What Hudecians are in Xiaguo? I've been banning transport to Xiaguo for a long time now... *sigh* I guess they could be some of those 'eggs' we sent over when we were on better terms.

Imperialist eh? That's what I get for doing the world a favour eh? I guess I'll be taking my 'canucks' and 'moose' and be going where I'm more appreciated. As anyone who seriously is thinking (that excuses you Sino .. just kidding ;) ) Xiaguo is making imperialistic movements towards anything that moves (Nepal was first, Xinjiang, Mongolia, even into Sino a little). Who here thinks that Xiaguo is simply going to 'sit down and behave'? Spyr was worried about it earlier as I noticed.

That being said, I know some of you guys have probably thought about this, that's probably why I haven't heard much from BG, LRR or Marimaia. A weakened Xiaguo is in their favour. Drapol is simply trying to take advantage of the situation and I don't mind that fact.

IC:

-Dalian-

The Hudecian ground forces, having for the most part secured the peninsula which holds Dalian, held their ground and built defensive positions at Jinxian.

-Bohai Straits-

Obviously out gunned by the Xiannese fleet, the Hudecian fleets made one desperate push to break out and headed for safety in the Korean archipelago. Although they had suffered greatly they had acheived their task of landing the troops.

-Ottawa-

"We are not going to win this," Chiang refused to be pacified. "There is no way we can win this war!"

MacNally laughed.

"Who thought this was about winning?"

The Cabinet room fell silent, mostly out of shock that their President would admit that he had just sent hundreds, perhaps thousands of people to their deaths knowing they would lose.

"Xiaguo will never stop attacking its neighbours, its attack into Nepal is just the beginning," MacNally spoke slowly. "The only way to stop them is to destroy their ability to wage war."

"You have enraged the Xiannese government, they will come after us and our allies in an attempt to destroy us utterly. You are risking our allies in South Korea, Quinntonia and Borneo." O'Hara blurted out.

"Yep, we have slapped them in the face, we have struck them with a pin through the heart," MacNally smiled. "They thought themselves impregnable, that they were invulnerable, that no one dared to touch them. We've done worse than just killing them, we've obliterated their pride."

Again there was silence. Chiang broke it at last.

"What will we do when they come for us?"

"We will let them come, and we will fight them. But the world is more complicated than you would think." MacNally expounded. "An attack on South Korea would bring Drapol and Quinntonia into it. An attack on Borneo would bring Kalla into the conflict. An attempt *laughs* on Hudecia would be suicide."

"As well, their infrastructure in their most heavily industrialized areas are in ruins.... they will not be able to launch a major assault anytime soon." Majiowski added.

"Correct."

"But we've earned ourselves the emnity of the largest nation in the world."

"How long do you think it will be before Xiaguo and Sino try to invade their neighbours again?" MacNally queried.

"With the damage they sustained and their fierce hatred of us, they won't be attacking Nepal, Spyr, North Yaman, Marimaia, Vietnam, LRR or BG anytime soon," Chiang replied.

"We're being the 'sacrificial lamb' so to speak. Should this work, Xiaguo will be too busy with us to bother their neighbours," MacNally said pensively. "Should it work..."

-South Korea-

With fewer than 10 000 troops remaining in Korea, the Hudecian government decides that all the troops that failed to land in Xiaguo will return to Hudecia.

Spyran diplomats in Xiaguo begin making inquiries as to the possibility of a Non-Agression Pact between the two nations.

OOC:I believe I did put the East Fleet to gurd the rear of th Zhunghua Flag Fleet. I think I can easily move them North to prevent Hudecians from leaving Bohai.

In a Final Move to Destroy the Hudecian fleet, now fleeing to Korea, the Eastern Fleet which was moved Near South Korea and Japan to prevent incoming attack from the rear. The great luck had allowed Xiaguo to move the Eastern Fleet up North to help hold out the Hudecians, now being chased by one of the largest fleets in Asia. Smaller portions of Hudecian fleet now scattered are being hammered by the aiforce.

A Portion of Southern Fleet is expected to return to Bohai Sea to clear it of the virus.


-Beijing-

The Xiannese government hired several printing companies to help print booklets which were later issued to both Xiannese and Hudecians via air.

"Hudecians, is the war worth fighting for? You navy that is to transport you out has now began their great escape. The Hudecian navy has been scattered and is soon to be completely wiped off in Bohai Sea. After the Airforce has done away the Navy, land bombings will become more frequent, more loss of life that is. Your families wait at home, believing the Hudecian government they are trying their best to secure thier troops safety, when they have actually abandoned them.

Peacefully surrender can allow you to live than risk your life in an un-win-able war. Surrendering to Xiaguo will allow us to feed, and hosue you until Hudecia agrees to end the war and recognise our government. You are surrendering your will to fight, not your rights."

While the Xiannese government or Sinoese Junta especially would not terribly upset Hindustan with their destruction, the loss of life on such a massive scale certainly upsets the Popular Congress. After all, the Hindustani military is absolutely horrified at the prospect of causing innocent deaths, destroying crops, or killing medics.

This might clash with the HDF's philosophy, which, as plainly seen by the Xiannese army, emphasizes massive firepower, but the fact that the HDFs will rarely, if ever, do battle near a city or other population center offsets this.

So therefore, the government is very willing to send medecins and medical equipment to Xiaguo and Sino.

The fact that the Hudecian invasion went quite a ways towards stopping the war in Nepal is not lost on the government, so when the other asian-progressive bloc nations are quick to decry the 'western imperialism,' Hindustan stays quiet.

-Dalian-

The Hudecian troops agreed with the Xiannese on one thing... peaceful surrender would end the war quickly and easily. So, they promptly requested that the Xiannese troops surrender themselves.

Talk about the Hudecian naval forces withdrawing was to be expected. After all, the Hudecian fleet was withdrawing once the job of landing troops was accomplished.

-At Sea-

Despite having larger numbers than the Hudecians, the Hudecian fleet was greatly aided by its use of UH-60Hs, which were now becoming prevalent in fights against the Xiannese fleets. They allowed the navy to fight the Xiannese from a distance.

As well, chasing the Hudecianfleet would pose to be more challenging than would be thought. After all, there was a lot of room to manouvre out at sea.

-Jinxian-

The Hudecian army had pushed past this important city, but was busy fortifying it in case they got pushed back. With the majority of the Hudecian troops who were supposed to land on shore, there was not much else required from the fleet.

-Dalian Airport-

The Hudecians had taken the airport mostly intact, and were now using it as a base of operations for the Hudecian fight in the air. Some helicopters and fighters were based out from here. It was also heavily defended.

After the refusal to end the war, a massive liberation force was sent to beseige the city.

The Bohai Fleet turned and surrounded the Liaodong Penninsula. A major landing is planned at three points south of Dalian City. Two smaller landings may be possbile with the surrounding Navy.

A possible beach landing assault is expected by everyone due to the large amounts of ships nearby with transports waiting at nearby docks. While from north of the Penninsula, smaller Xiannese assualts were common. The people had demanded the government do something about the Hudecians, now pretty much surrounded, however, the government had only gave out word of a full fledged assault.

The government has demanded LRR Medical teams and supplies to turn back due to the surplus of supplies from the government itself. Medicine and supplies are not needed, and medical teams right now can be on a stand by. However, the Xiannese government is sick of the Indians, and their ignorance, and they secretly ignored the governments there. Besides, the Xiannese government had only agreed to recognise Nepal.

The casualties count is now at 37,000 and may soon be wrapping up. A mass memorial service will be held in Qingdao, with 1/3 of the city in ruins.

-Jeju do-

"Our navy is a mess, we barely got out of there alive," The Admiral reported via a webcam. "We need time to regroup before we go back in."

"Our air force is pretty beat up, but the fight has been kept on Xiannese territory so we are doing some severe damage to them," the Air Marshal reported. "But we cannot continue the conflict indefinately."

"Our ground forces are pretty much trapped on the pen, the Xiannese ground forces have surrounded us and seem to be preparing an amphibious assualt on our troops here," the General from Dalian reported.

"Thank you for your reports."

"Well, gentlemen, we are at a dangerous point, negotiations are not a viable option, and the military route seems to have an insurmountable challenge. Nothing short of a nuclear solution seems to be likely to win us a victory, however, that option is not viable," General Radskii commented. "We need options."

"An airborne withdrawal perhaps?"

"Another series of missile strikes?"

"An attack on their fleets?"

"All are options, and all must be considered," General Radskii replied.

The Hudecians began mounting weapons and building their defenses in the North, and has kept the south relatively quet, which the Xiannese are hoping for. The attacks in the North has stopped, and the ship began to spread out. More ships were to arrive the next day from the Southern cities.

After the refusal to end the war, a massive liberation force was sent to beseige the city.

The Bohai Fleet turned and surrounded the Liaodong Penninsula. A major landing is planned at three points south of Dalian City. Two smaller landings may be possbile with the surrounding Navy.

A possible beach landing assault is expected by everyone due to the large amounts of ships nearby with transports waiting at nearby docks. While from north of the Penninsula, smaller Xiannese assualts were common. The people had demanded the government do something about the Hudecians, now pretty much surrounded, however, the government had only gave out word of a full fledged assault.

The government has demanded LRR Medical teams and supplies to turn back due to the surplus of supplies from the government itself. Medicine and supplies are not needed, and medical teams right now can be on a stand by. However, the Xiannese government is sick of the Indians, and their ignorance, and they secretly ignored the governments there. Besides, the Xiannese government had only agreed to recognise Nepal.

The casualties count is now at 37,000 and may soon be wrapping up. A mass memorial service will be held in Qingdao, with 1/3 of the city in ruins.

OCC: What are you talking about, sick of the Indians? Its not us who invaded you. Its you who invaded us! Nepal is like a brother to me! I'm sure the average Hindustani is quite fed up with China, moreso than anyone the grieving families of the troops killed in defending Nepal from oppression.

IC:

Demanding things of Hindustan will rarely get anything done, and the treatment of Nepalese prisoners by the Xiannese army, coupled with their scortched-earth policies, is still fresh in the mind of the government and military.

However, while stopping short of comitting troops to the ground, the government does agree to immediately dispatch no less than four hospital vessels to the area.

OOC:Are you trying to send hospital ships into Bohai Sea?

OCC: I guess. Wherever they're needed.

OOC: So is the hospital only helping Hudecians or both ways...Bohai Sea is restricted.

-Dalian-

Major preparations were being made to repel any possible amphibious landing attempted by the Xiannese. Beaches were quickly being mined, however, because of the Xiannese navy, all work had to be completed at night.

-Lushun-

With the Hudecian army in control of the pen, this city was becoming important as a base of operations. The Hudecian military command was preparing this city as a possible 'fall back point' in case the Xiannese attacked.

An APC rolled up to the beaches near the city, the Xiannese warships almost within sight of the shoreline to the soldiers inside. From a distance it could be mistaken for a SAM with oversized missiles or some sort of multiple launch missile system which the Hudecian army had.

In truth, the APC was a newer model that the Hudecian army and navy had been cooperating on. Ever since the Drapoel War of Aggression the Hudecians had learned of the benefits of anti-shipping missiles based onland. At first the Hudecians had only incorporated this thinking into its development of the UH-60H.

The UH-60H was a modified Blackhawk designed to carry 2 Harpoon missiles while still being capable of landing on the Hudecian frigates. It was this advantage that increased the range from which Hudecian fleets could engage their opponents.

Still, the Hudecians had yet to incorporate this thinking into the land based aspect, which is what this situation called for. The relatively new HASC-1 was a modified APC that carried altered Harpoon missiles and was able to fire them from land at sea based targets. This would likely be the first trial of these weapons, although for now they would not attempt to engage the Xiannese until they attacked first.

OOC: Actually Xiaguo I let this go... but note that my missile attacks were on valid military targets not purely civilian targets (ie in Qingdao I did not level the city itself). I never targeted high rises or skyscrapers nor did I insinuate that I would. For the sake of interest, I let it go, but be sure that you watch my posts for what I am targeting exactly.

As well, what makes you think the south is quiet? I have mentioned that I know you are going to attempt a landing there. Anyway.. wutever.

OOC:Nah, I never really said Hudecia purpously shot down the city, but Hudecia's decision to attack has caused the city to be hit by incoming missiles.

And it reallty didn't mean anything, no firing, not much movement in the South.



While the Hudecians busy themselves, several bombing runs are directed at Hudecian millitary fortifications. A mass invasion came from the North with thousands of units moving south toward Dalian with overwhelming forces.

-Continued.

OOC: So is the hospital only helping Hudecians or both ways...Bohai Sea is restricted.

OCC: You asked for them. Or rather demanded them.

So I would imagine both ways.

OOC: Really? When did I ask for some foriegn Hospital ships?

The Quinntonian military that was involved in the pacification of FRB continues its slow departure home, with a few minor exceptions, two extra Carrier Battle Groups are left behind, along with some pretty major air power.
The Hudecian fleet is told that their ships/planes can be repaired and docked, free of charge, in Quinntonian Dra-pol harbours and tarmacs, but only for a short term visit.
Medical Evac choppers are working overtime, taking Hudecian wounded away from the battlefield and to hospitals in Quinntonian bases in ROK and Quinntonina Dra-pol.
WWJD
Amen.

-Dalian-

The incessant bombing was taking a toll on the Hudecian defenders, however, it was also taking a toll on the civilian areas. Although civilian casualites were light (since there was nobody there), what was not already destroyed was in the process of being destroyed.

The Hudecian wounded would be ferried out by Hudecian helicopters since the major runways were damaged. Guarding them was high priority on the Hudecian Air Force's 'to do list'.

-Jinxian-

With the Xiannese troops massing and advancing, this city was bracing for the worst. Nomatter what happened, the Xiannese would need to either bypass this town by sea or take the town on the ground. Hudecian military officials were preparing for both possibilities.

Medical Evac choppers are working overtime, taking Hudecian wounded away from the battlefield and to hospitals in Quinntonian bases in ROK and Quinntonina Dra-pol.

OOC: If I'm not mistaken, Xiaguo declared the Bohai off-limits, even to foreign medical aid... depending on how serious he is about the policy, the medevacs may spend their overtime dodging Xiannese navy SAMs before they can start their carrying work.

As would be expected, Kanendru has been more than willing to take no sides on the Xiaguo-Hudecian conflict from a foreign policy standpoint, preferring to let the two imperialist armies pulvarize each other - it does, after all, take the heat off of them.

But, true to its anti-imperialist beliefs, the CPK has issued the following statement in English, Chinese, Tibetan, and whatever language the Muslims from China's western "Autonomous Regions" happen to speak, condemning all sides in the conflict. In Hudecia and Quinntonia, it's widely available on the internet for people to read and for radical domestic groups to pick up and publish. Getting the message into China takes a bit more doing, but runners in the demilitarized zone and pirate radio broadcasts, as well as efforts of anti-government natives (if there are any) just might manage to do the trick.




Proletarians of the world: Unite and Fight to Defeat Imperialism!

"This statement is a call to all workers, peasants, and oppressed peoples of Asia and the West. Once again, the armies of the bourgeois march across Asia, threatening the freedom and security of our continent. The greedy, bloodstained hands of the Hudecian ruling classes reach across the Pacific to plunder and steal the natural resources and labor power of Xiannese China, aided by their counterparts in the Christian Fascist state of Quintonnia, which has shamelessly been providing their forces with military aid.

It would be wrong of us to refuse to point out that Xiaguo is indeed a ruthless tyranny, ruled by despotic monarches, generals, and comprador capitalists who only weeks ago attempted to stamp out the glorious revolution lead by the Communist Party of Kanendru. But the proletariat cannot, and should not, find itself forced to choose between the lesser of two despots, one placed into power by birthright and another by the sham of the Hudecian ballot box.

Therefore, we call upon all revolutionary workers of all countries involved in this conflict:

Hudecians: Your government is wasting the resources of your country and the lives of their countrymen to fight a war they cannot possibly win. They bloody the Xiannese people and sacrifice your sons, daughters, wives, and children in order to fill their own coffers and increase their hegemony over the world political situation – tell us, what do you, the working class, stand to gain from this?

You can help by refusing to take part in this monstrous undertaking. Call for protests to fill the streets of Montreal, Toronto, and Winnipeg! Call for strikes and consumer boycotts to put pressure on the ruling classes to cease this terrible war of aggression. Soldiers, mutiny and refuse to fight in their war – in the end, you have more to gain by siding with the people than with dying for them.

Our call to the Quinntonian people is similar. Oppose the openly fascist character of your government, and demand an end to aid for Hudecian aggression!

To the peasants and workers of Xiaguo: We hold no ill will towards you. Only weeks ago, your government sacrificed many thousands of your people in our mountains on the bloody altar of profit, power and control. How can we hate the Chinese, who gave us the glorious ideological founder of our movement, Chairman Mao Tse-Tung? We know that Mao’s revolutionary legacy lives on in your hearts and in your blood. It is up to you to form your OWN resistance against the Hudecian aggressors, for your kings and masters have no more interest in your lives than the generals in Toronto. Form your own, independent, revolutionary movements of resistance and fight back against the treachery of your own ruling classes and the imperial armies of Hudecia.

Can we stop this war, end the violence, and further down the road end the social and economic causes for war and injustice? The international proletariat can, must, and will!”

Signed,

Central Committee of the Communist Party of Kanendru, Maoist

OOC:Well said Spyr, I have full right to shoot your ships.

Quintonnian Ships were asked to leave or else they will meet the Chinese fleets. Bohai sea is restricted for many safety issues concerning "China's many important Coastal cities" are located around this sea.

The overwhelming troops began wrecking any Hudecian fortifications they can find. Ground troops began a towering offensive in Jinxian with a powerful beach landing. Magnetic projectiles were shot at the beach to help destroy Hudecian mines.

The Bohai fleet closed in and began the bombardment of the Hudecian fortifications.

OOC:Well said Spyr, I have full right to shoot your ships.

Quintonnian Ships were asked to leave or else they will meet the Chinese fleets. Bohai sea is restricted for many safety issues concerning "China's many important Coastal cities" are located around this sea.

The overwhelming troops began wrecking any Hudecian fortifications they can find. Ground troops began a towering offensive in Jinxian with a powerful beach landing. Magnetic projectiles were shot at the beach to help destroy Hudecian mines.

The Bohai fleet closed in and began the bombardment of the Hudecian fortifications.

OCC: I believe that you demanded that LRR medical teams be sent to help cope with the huge casualties, in addition to the supplies and equipment already being shipped in.

Hospital ships can respond very quickly, and are stocked as well as a Hindustani regional hospital. The deployment of hospital ships would allow thousands of casualties to be housed in first-class facilities, made easily accessable by the construction of a simple pier, the likes of which can be brought by the ships themselves, so that ambulence vehicles can drive into the ship itself.

IC:

With confusion continuing as to the shape that Hindustani aid to China would take, the government and medical officials maintaining that the most effective form of a response would be the dispatch of hospital ships to the combat area, the government gets increasingly upset over the entire Asian situation. Hindustan feels increasingly isolated as the Asian revolutionary bloc and the western bloc head for what appears to be a major conflict in not a great amount of time.

Therefore, the government sees it fit to devote much of its time attempting to seperate the two parties. Of course, the fact that Hindustan attained its current state without any sort of armed conflict seperates the nation from others in the Co-Prosperity Sphere. The government hopes very much to stay well away from any war between the Asian revolutionaries and the western bloc. After all, Hindustan doesn't really have any quarrel with either side, and is still very unhappy with China for ruining Nepal.

OOC:lol, ok, you misunderstood, I said that foreign ships, even hospital ships may not enter without 'clearance' I demanded that all else, Keep Out of the Sea, the reason is not me being ignorant, but because many major cities are located around the Bohai Sea. Hudecia entered Bohai Sea, and managed to wipe out the Eastern Fleet Headquarters and sucessfully land on iaodong Penninsula.


The Xiannese government has allowed the Hindustani Hospital ships to enter seperately, three ships are allowed in Qingdao, one will be allowed access to Dalian.

Spyran diplomats attempt to assuage Hindustani concerns... the Sphere is, after all, a union of popular revolutionary states. Offensive military action is simply not something the Sphere nations are capable of. Their goals are popular revolution and national unification within systems free of imperialism and capitalist exploitation of the peasants and proletariat, not outward expansion or violence. Of course they will, and should, encourage the oppressed in other nations to awake and see the reality of their situation. But their can be no realistic belief that such will lead to war. It is only the reactionary actions of the conservative nations, or the blatant agression of imperialists, which will seek to renew and enforce exploitative systems, that will ever lead to conflict. It is one of the hopes of the SSRC that it might discourage imperiaist agression against nations who had foregone the violent capability of agressive war.

Many Spyran officials, outside the Commerce Ministry, found themselves in agreement with the Kanendran call, though there was great cynicism as to wether or not the intense feudal-capitalist indoctrination that seems present in places such as Quinntonia or Sino will be overcome anytime soon.

-Ottawa, Toronto, Winnepeg, Edmonton, Vancouver-

Instead of receiving the massive support that the Nepalese communists thought they might receive, the Hudecian people reacted in a more amused manner than anything. The papers printed the call on the front pages and radios made it the headline of the day. Hudecians read the call, shook their heads at some points, agreed with other points, put their papers down or shut off their radios and went on with their day unaltered.

What the Nepalese did not understand was that Hudecia had been involved in war after war over the past years. Although at first there was a lot of upset citizens, leading to at least one overthrow, now, thanks to typical Hudecian apathy, there was not even a murmur of discontent.

The anger towards Xiaguo was deep rooted and was not stemming out of any imperialistic desires. After the Xiannese betrayal, Hudecians flooded the streets demanding action against the Xiannese. This betrayal was very personal as the Xiannese had been one of Hudecia's strongest allies in the region.

-Jinxian-

With the Xiannese pushing back the Hudecian defenders, the order was given to begin evacuation procedures. Flights out would bring Hudecians first to Korea, then home.

To the public, President MacNally would declare the operation an 'outstanding success'.

"We have forced the Xiannese into peace with its neighbours and have halted its imperialistic moves in the region. We shall now remove our troops from Dalian and return them home where they belong."

-Dalian-

As the Xiannese fleet closed to bombard the Hudecian defences, the Hudecian land based mobile anti-shipping missile batteries opened up on them. No doubt, their presence would come as a shock and a surprise to the Xiannese and the element of surprise would be crucial in this case.

Hudecian air strikes on the Xiannese fleet intensified as the Hudecians performed a massive air evacuation of Dalian. They had experience with this during the Drapoel War and were fully ready for the battle ahead.

-Ottawa-

"Typical... we get no respect," MacNally half laughed as he said it.

"Must be the fact that we are a bunch of... oh how did Sino say it.. 'white dogs'," Majiowski chuckled. "After all, all those white people in one place.. they couldn't be up to any good."

"And we all know that white people never came up with anything that was their own," Adrianne Totten, the Provincial Affairs Minister quipped. "We stole them all from the Chinese."

Even Chiang got involved in this amusing and slightly racist conversation.

"Well, I mean, we all know that white people are inferior to asians," Chiang giggled uncontrollably. "That's why I'm around."

"Absolutely, see I may be a white guy.. but I'm not so stupid not to keep an asian person close by," MacNally smirked. "You make all the good decisions around here."

"Hey hey.. lets not forget about me," Minister of Fisheries Masamitsu Tanaka joked. "I'm asian too."

"No.. you are Japanese, you are different than asians," Attorney General Rajesh Singh commented, himself barely containing his amusement. "You are like the black sheep of the herd."

"Speak for yourself!" Majiowski laughed.

"Alright alright.. enough... before someone has a heart attack," MacNally called the Cabinet meeting to order although the smirks and smiles would last for a few more minutes.

Da'Khiem maintains that it is pleased to be again doing some trade with China, and is in truth very glad of the fact for its own value and for its worth in continuing to incite foreign aid and even simply tollerance for the Choson People's Republic, as nobody else wants to see Hotan moving closer to a powerful cross-border supporter which could make the final act of Korean reunification all too easy for him. However, inside the closed republic ordinary Koreans continue to consume less than flattering press on the Chinese as the Party remains concerned for the uncertain future of Xiannese-Drapoel relations, and rumors persist in accusing the CPRD of taking part in revolutionary propaganda campaigns across the northern border.

The Republic has continued to celebrate holidays for various landmarks and birthdays, and economic growth continues for a record stretch of time, though its rate has slowed in the first part of this year.

As the Hudecian airstrikes intensifies in an all out escape. A major 3 step misile bombardment of the entire city continued as following. The Zhonghua fleet near the Yellow Sea began using its carriers to the full extent. The Xiannese forces began to do a force entry through the pennisula hoping they will in time capture anything, and kill any Hudecians.

The government has gurateed a promotion for every two Hudecians they kill.


"The Hudecians will not leave without taking a punch to the face. All forces are to immediatly begin the offensive, and will try to continue its goal of killing off the remnants of the Hudecian Army.

"Hah, you majesty, the Hudecian Dogs have begun to evacuate." said Empress/Regent Jin.

"Yes, all is well, what they didn't know is these are not just peace treaties, these are millitary alliances, and economic aggreements. Hudecia will soon recieve our side of the deal." the Emperor smirked as he began to head out to the Hall of Supreme Harmony to announce victory.

-Dalian-

In a scene similar to the American evacuation of Saigon, Hudecian troops fight bitterly on the fronts while they are evacuated from across the pen. In the air the combat for the skies remains fierce, but the Hudecians keep the Xiannese busy enough to prevent major hits on the Hudecian transports.

The city itself is almost rubble. The beautiful parks that once held the cries of joy of children and the chatter of old men now only holds the craters from missiles and the graves of the dead citizens. The skyscrapers that had stretched to the sky are burning hulks of what they once were. The hum of computers and the business discussions that once echoed in them are replaced by the moans of the dying and the intermittent explosions that rock the city.

The Hudecian missile strikes had done damage, the first battle over the city had leveled large areas of it, and the final Xiannese missile strikes left large portions of the city on fire. The Hudecians made no effort to shoot down missiles that were not heading for military targets, but even when the Hudecians tried to shoot down missiles, they were woefully unsuccessful.

Smoke hung over the city and its environs as the fires ran out of control.

Although the Hudecians would escape this battle, they would not do so without heavy casualties.

-Ottawa-

In a more private discussion, the Hudecian Cabinet agreed to withdraw all Hudecian troops from asia in its entirety. The last 10 000 troops in Korea were pulling out with the rest from Xiaguo. As well, the 2 divisions in Borneo were withdrawing as quickly as possible.

Kalla and the Bornese government were informed of this. Kalla and the government of Borneo began urgent discussions on a future merger of the two states once the Hudecian troops are gone.

The clean up of Qingdao was on full gear as thousands of volunteers and millitary units began to clean up the debris, and to rebuild the city. The Government will supply billions of dollars in the rebuilding of Qingdao, and soon, Dalian.


The Emperor has surprised the population and the government.
"The war is not over, once the Hudecians begin a mass retreat to their pig pens, the Xiannese will not just stop at the edge. We will be aggresive, we will hit the Hudecians hard. We will free the remnants of the Hudecian colonies, and we will supply them with the necessary means to become a free independent state."

The Hindustani medical flotilla, after several days sailing from Calcutta and Diu respectively, arrives off the Bohai sea.

Painted white with large red crescents, and equipped with SA.(Mi)26 helicopters painted likewise, the flotilla will be difficult to mistake for combat vessels.

The Xiannese navy is immediately notified once the group nears the Chinese EEV , as is the Hudecian navy, in order to further guard against accidental attacks, and the ships wait for permission to proceed.

The Xiannese navy gave the Hindustani Hospital ships the clearance needed, and several escort ships were assigned to each ship. The Hopital ship heading to Qingdao was warned not to go around the system and use the ship as a transportation for the Hudecians. The medical staff is also told to dock the ship at the harbour and to try to remain in the ship and treat incoming casualties.

Friendly fire may be a key issue concerning this hospital ship. Missile strikes will continue, but will only be directed at Hudecian troop movements at this time. The Emperor has declared victory in pushing out the Hudecians, but has also announced his decision to carry on the war and will strike Hudecian territories that are still under control by the Hudecian installed governments.

The vessels immediately set up shop once docked, and the SAh. 26s warm up their engines, waiting for medevac calls.

The large Mil helicopters can hold large numbers of wounded for evacuation to the hospital ships.

The hospital vessels themselves are essentially converted freighters, and are therefore somewhat easy to confuse with targetable merchant shipping. However, their RFID systems and paint scheme hopes to avoid such potentially tragic incidents.

Meanwhile, the last of the four Type 42 destroyers comes out of refit in Mumbai. Now equipped with AS. 117 ASMs and a wide variety of other Hindustani systems, the four Type 42s, HNS Pondicherry, Goa, Diu, and Daman, are set to become a key part of the Hindustani navy's arsenal. And the best thing about it is that they didn't cost much to aquire.

At the shipyards themselves, things proceed as they rightly should, with freighters, tankers, and container ships being built day in and day out, along with the occasional HN vessel in for refit or repair. Calcutta and Mumbai house the largest shipbuilding complexes, but there are other yards dotting the Hindustani west coast.

The navy's divers have also seen more work over the past weeks, participating in anti-smuggling excersizes and keeping tabs on sensitive environmental zones. The navy divers probably have the broadest role of any HN agency, as their responsibilities cover everything from anti-smuggling, demolition, and reconaissance to monitoring the coastal ecology. For example, in training a diver cadet might be practicing gunnery or unarmed combat one day and studying marine biology or geology the next.

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A navy diver preparing to monitor a historically notable wreck site off the coast of West Bengal.

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Two navy divers off of Goa monitoring the seafloor ecology

-Borneo-

A bill is put before Parliament by the President asking for a mandate to negotiate a unification of the island with the Islamic Republic under Kalla. Support for the initiative is strong in both the islamic and among many ethnic groups because of the 'asymptotic federalism' practiced by Kalla.

-Hudecia-

Hudecian waters are safe and secure from any potential attempt by the Xiannese to land.

In fact, any attempts would be laughable. With no base near Hudecian territory the Xiannese couldn't seriously entertain thoughts of a landing or trying to land in Hudecia.

As for Hudecian 'overseas' territory, the fact was that there was none. Hudecia had been pulling out of Korea for a while and held little to no power there politically for a long time. LRR and Quinntonia were the ones with real power in Korea. As for Borneo, although the Hudecians were key in maintaining the peace there, the Indonesians were quite frankly pissed at the Xiannese for its rigid (and racist) policies against Indonesians. Besides, the Hudecians were leaving for the most part anyway.

As opposed to the Xiannese, who had now been struck deep inside the heart of its industrial zone, the Hudecians had little more than surface damage. The destruction of parts of the Hudecian fleet and the deaths of Hudecian soldiers were ... acceptable in the eyes of the government. Cold comfort for the families of the dead, but preaching victory MacNally had pleased most of his supporters with the attacks.

OCC: Just for clarification, the Hindustani presence in the ROK has almost totally disappeared. There are, I assume, 50-75 military advisers and administrative staff left in the country, hardly constituting much power.

Quinntonia has most of the influence.

ROK, is now somewhat, edible.

It may be less edible than one would imagine.
It is true, that as of right now, Quinntonia has the most significant military presense in ROK. IT also supports many ex-pat troops from Kenendru. That would technically make them the most influencial militarily, but I digress.

There is a democratically elected Parliamentary democracy there, who elected a Hindustani-supported and LRR controlled coalition government, elected woith I think 34% of the popular vote. It formed a coalition with a Quinntonian-supported partner, who was elected with 30% of the popular vote. The coalition government soon invited Quinntonina troops to build a base and help to support their military, which through many arms deals and the movement of troops into ROK, under ROK supervision, happened. LRR, and now Hudecia have moved on, but Quinntonian will remain there unitil they are asked to leave by the people of ROK. And when/if they are asked, they will leave post-haste.

However, after Hudecia, Quinntonia thinks of ROK as its next most importnat ally, and will fight to protect it.


WWJD
Amen.

I don't think Xiaguo implied there might not be a fight. I think he was trying to say that Dra-poel allies have a much more significant presence in the Region than that of the American allies. To force project, from America, would take A LOT longer than, say, China - Lyong - Dak'Hiem - Marimaia...

(Although, sadly, Marimaia is no longer what it was. But then you can always add that Sri Lanka and mainland India are not a million miles away, and are increasingly crawling with heavy lift wing-in-ground-effect vehicles :) )

And besides, if an event of war was to take place in Korea, the Northern Chinese government will allow and fund transportation of troops directly into Korea. It's what they called, a Win-Win Solution.

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