Fluffywuffy
21-01-2005, 01:42
OOC: Imperial West Africa includes Mauritania, Senegal, and the Gambia. These are all majority muslim nations the last time I checked. I have already invaded and claimed these nations, and have so far found no one with an older claim.
IC:
Imperial West Africa was a place that contradicted itself on a massive scale. Administered by the largely Christian Second Empire of Fluffywuffy, it was almost exclusively Islamic, and its many ethnic groups threatened to split it apart if it ever gained independence. Even the climate came in twos, with Mauritania being a desert wasteland and Senegambia being a tropical rainforest. But today, that did not matter. A force was rising in this land of twos that threatened to make it a land of one. That force was religion.
Wahad, as he was known, was a traveler. He had traveled throughout Imperial West Africa, and preached to many people that if they remained faithful, Allah would drive out the infidels, and that maybe he would let them exact his vengeance. He preached that muslim should not kill his fellow muslim, and it mattered not if he was white or black or arab, just don't kill him. A short black man with curly hair and a low, soft, voice, Wahad hardly looked like the cunning mujaheddin warrior. But if one saw him when angered, he would appear as a commando.
Allah has been good to me, he has let me exact his vengeance, he thought. And what a vengeance it shall be! We will drive the infidels out from our lands, and kill all of their infidel encroachers! Wahad rose to his feet, and surveyed the harsh desert landscape that surrounded him. Over a nearby sand dune was an Imperial base, and a colonist town was behind that. His men rushed about, prepping for battle, and many prayed. Once in place, Wahad ordered his men to attack.
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The 101st Mechanized Regiment was based at Fort Zulu, Imperial Western Africa. The Emperor, when he had led the invasion of the fool place from the front, had fought and commanded in this very unit. With 1,500 men and 75 tanks, it was very capable at fighting a war, but highly incapable of doing the police work an occupation required. The 4th Military Police Army was due to replace this regiment and all other in the nation.
Col. John Reuel commanded the 101st. He was tall, lean, and muscular, with het black hair and matching jet black eyes. He was the first to hear the whistle of the shells dropping. "Mortars!" he screamed, trying to organize a fight. The enemy had planned the attack terribly, and had failed to identify any targets other than the tanks. Ten tanks were knocked down, but the others were unscathed and rushed to join their comrades on the front. The full regiment was armed and alert now, and calls for support went out to the 82nd Regiment and 98th Regiment. Aircraft screamed overhead, pounding the mujaheddin into dust.
Colonel John decided to withdraw his men to the center of his camp, to ease communications. His tanks provided covering fire from their heavy machineguns as the men retreated into the compound. The tanks finally withdrew to a narrow perimeter and reengaged the enemy.
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Wahad was taking heavy losses, and he knew his enemy was cunning in his retreat, but he regarded the retreat as foolish. His mortars opened up on the concentrated enemy position, and his men engaged at a close enough range to call off the enemy air support. A few dilapidated PT-76s that Wahad had been able to smuggle provided heavy support, and one enterprising commander even managed to destroy an enemy tank.
It was enough, Wahad judged, to disrupt his enemy enough for his next action. No airplanes threatened to shoot down his next plan, and the enemy was too preoccupied to look up. Four singleseat proppelor aircraft lay hidden in the dunes, and he radioed them to wake up. With a few crude rockets strapped underwing and a machinegun, they weren't the most sophisticated aircraft ever. They did, however, unnerve and kill his opponents.
The aircraft swooped over the enemy, dropping rockets and straffing with machineguns. After exhausting their ammunition, the pilots crashed into the top of a tank, their last words being "Allahu ahkbar!" All four struck home, and the explosions, combined with the burning fuel, killed many infidels. It also broke the enemy lines and allowed the mujaheddin to advance on a confused and surrounded enemy. But it wouldn't last long, as he'd taken too many casualties and had to withdraw. He had also spotted enemy reinforcements and had to put the second half of his plan into motion.
On his retreat, he made sure to set fire to as many buildings as possible and steal as many weapons as possible. Retreating quickly after that, his remaining 600 men crossed into what was once Senegal set up camp in the deep jungles. He left behind ten men to recruit revolutionaries in Mauritania, but he would salvage his army in Senegal and smuggle in some more weapons. He would also rig some more kamikazee bombers, for they had worked brilliantly. What he needed most were numbers, and he would get those.
__________
All throughout Imperial West Africa, the scene was the same. Though no attacks were nearly as large or daring as Wahad's, there were many suicide bombings, kidnappings, murders, and rocket attacks. The people were rising, and the Empire now wrestled with the power of the rebel.
IC:
Imperial West Africa was a place that contradicted itself on a massive scale. Administered by the largely Christian Second Empire of Fluffywuffy, it was almost exclusively Islamic, and its many ethnic groups threatened to split it apart if it ever gained independence. Even the climate came in twos, with Mauritania being a desert wasteland and Senegambia being a tropical rainforest. But today, that did not matter. A force was rising in this land of twos that threatened to make it a land of one. That force was religion.
Wahad, as he was known, was a traveler. He had traveled throughout Imperial West Africa, and preached to many people that if they remained faithful, Allah would drive out the infidels, and that maybe he would let them exact his vengeance. He preached that muslim should not kill his fellow muslim, and it mattered not if he was white or black or arab, just don't kill him. A short black man with curly hair and a low, soft, voice, Wahad hardly looked like the cunning mujaheddin warrior. But if one saw him when angered, he would appear as a commando.
Allah has been good to me, he has let me exact his vengeance, he thought. And what a vengeance it shall be! We will drive the infidels out from our lands, and kill all of their infidel encroachers! Wahad rose to his feet, and surveyed the harsh desert landscape that surrounded him. Over a nearby sand dune was an Imperial base, and a colonist town was behind that. His men rushed about, prepping for battle, and many prayed. Once in place, Wahad ordered his men to attack.
__________
The 101st Mechanized Regiment was based at Fort Zulu, Imperial Western Africa. The Emperor, when he had led the invasion of the fool place from the front, had fought and commanded in this very unit. With 1,500 men and 75 tanks, it was very capable at fighting a war, but highly incapable of doing the police work an occupation required. The 4th Military Police Army was due to replace this regiment and all other in the nation.
Col. John Reuel commanded the 101st. He was tall, lean, and muscular, with het black hair and matching jet black eyes. He was the first to hear the whistle of the shells dropping. "Mortars!" he screamed, trying to organize a fight. The enemy had planned the attack terribly, and had failed to identify any targets other than the tanks. Ten tanks were knocked down, but the others were unscathed and rushed to join their comrades on the front. The full regiment was armed and alert now, and calls for support went out to the 82nd Regiment and 98th Regiment. Aircraft screamed overhead, pounding the mujaheddin into dust.
Colonel John decided to withdraw his men to the center of his camp, to ease communications. His tanks provided covering fire from their heavy machineguns as the men retreated into the compound. The tanks finally withdrew to a narrow perimeter and reengaged the enemy.
__________
Wahad was taking heavy losses, and he knew his enemy was cunning in his retreat, but he regarded the retreat as foolish. His mortars opened up on the concentrated enemy position, and his men engaged at a close enough range to call off the enemy air support. A few dilapidated PT-76s that Wahad had been able to smuggle provided heavy support, and one enterprising commander even managed to destroy an enemy tank.
It was enough, Wahad judged, to disrupt his enemy enough for his next action. No airplanes threatened to shoot down his next plan, and the enemy was too preoccupied to look up. Four singleseat proppelor aircraft lay hidden in the dunes, and he radioed them to wake up. With a few crude rockets strapped underwing and a machinegun, they weren't the most sophisticated aircraft ever. They did, however, unnerve and kill his opponents.
The aircraft swooped over the enemy, dropping rockets and straffing with machineguns. After exhausting their ammunition, the pilots crashed into the top of a tank, their last words being "Allahu ahkbar!" All four struck home, and the explosions, combined with the burning fuel, killed many infidels. It also broke the enemy lines and allowed the mujaheddin to advance on a confused and surrounded enemy. But it wouldn't last long, as he'd taken too many casualties and had to withdraw. He had also spotted enemy reinforcements and had to put the second half of his plan into motion.
On his retreat, he made sure to set fire to as many buildings as possible and steal as many weapons as possible. Retreating quickly after that, his remaining 600 men crossed into what was once Senegal set up camp in the deep jungles. He left behind ten men to recruit revolutionaries in Mauritania, but he would salvage his army in Senegal and smuggle in some more weapons. He would also rig some more kamikazee bombers, for they had worked brilliantly. What he needed most were numbers, and he would get those.
__________
All throughout Imperial West Africa, the scene was the same. Though no attacks were nearly as large or daring as Wahad's, there were many suicide bombings, kidnappings, murders, and rocket attacks. The people were rising, and the Empire now wrestled with the power of the rebel.