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OOC: This thread is reserved for those who signed up for the WWII RP from this thread (http://forums.jolt.co.uk/showthread.php?t=506233). This thread is used for operations and other things that happen on the continent are of south-east asia.

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Telegram to Emperor Hirohito from General-Secretary Joseph Stalin
"We have noticed that you are in great need of resources to run your industrial growth, but with the recent embargo by the West against you however, your flow of resources seem to have been cut. We can help provide those resources, but not for free of course. What we propose is that in exchange for oil and other raw material shipments, you provide us with blueprints for your modern aircraft carriers. We pray you take this offer into consideration and hope it strengthens our relationship."
End Message

Message Encoded From: Emperor, His Majesty Hirohito of Greater Japan
To: Josheph Stalin

It is very kind of Russia to offer such support, but as of yet Japan is by no means ready to trade high grade military technology for supplies. (EDIT In July of 1939 the US Pulls Support out.) Japan feels tension building however and would like to assure the Soviet Union that no hostile action shall be taken against it unless provoked. Japan offers peace in our times between our nations. Hopefully within a few years this offer may come up again and perhaps be ratified. For now I may only offer a Non Agression Pact.

Signed:
Emperor Hirohito


On A Seperate Note.


"Faia!" A Japanese Lieutenant screamed at his gun crew. The muzzles of the 10 inch cannon he manned was already glowing slightly but still he urged his battery to outdo the fleet. Under darkness a small fleet 2 batleships, 7 cruisers, 1 aircraft carrier, and a swarm of lesser patrol boats and small craft, left Taiwan intending to break the fragile peace between China and Japan. The fleet had pulled up after the 200 or so miles, and begin a deadly attack on the Chinese held city of Funchow. The aircraft carrier, which was only a converted oil ship launched it's relatively small compliment of thirty aircraft buzzing through the city trying to knock out costal battaries and heavy guns.

Along with the fleet a group of trasports had landed 8,000 Infantry 8 miles to the north, where they were ordered to dig in and wait approximetely 2 days before Reinforcements arrived from mainland Japan. At the moment the troop numbers total 6000 infantry 500 marines 1000 artillery and 500 cavalry. The trasports also landed around forty tanks along with support vehicles and supplies.

The cooardination of the attack implies that such a move has been planned for quite some time. Funchow is one of the last Chinese held cities on the Pacific and the most direct threat to Taiwan. Hopefully the nature of the attack will startle the Republic into a rash attack, or turn them into a disorganizied and terrified force. The bombardment of the city is to be held indeffinately, till surrender or invasion.

The ships have been ordered to risk any guns the enemy might have and advance, in close, except for of course the aircraft carrier. On land scouting parties have been sent to secure positions around any entrances to the city. Now Japan waits for the reaction of the world for the continuing violence in China.

OOC If this is a moderated battle then this should be fine, if it's not then I have some fleshing out to do.

OOC: I thought the embargo was put into place in late 1937-early 1938... could be wrong. :shrugs:

IC:

Stalin looked down at the telegram in his hands, conveniently translated to Russian.

"Its less then ideal..." Stalin began, "But it is very well acceptable. A Non-Aggression Pact free's up more troops troops for our planned campaigns against Finland and the Baltic States. And who knows where else... send this reply."

Telegram to Emperor Hirohito from General-Secretary Joseph Stalin
"This arrangement is perfectly acceptable. We hope that this will be the end of our armed skirmishes and the beginning of fruitful relationship."
End Message

Around an hour after this message was sent. The Japanese/Soviet Border in Manchuria began to be stripped of troops, over the next few months, 400,000 men would be removed from the line and shipped West via the Trans-Siberian Railway. They left behind 250,000 men to continue gaurding the border.

German military attache and observer, Lieutenant-Colonel Johhanes Jaeger, stood in his Beijing office with a feeling of deep renewal. His men had reported to him less than half an hour ago that the Empire of Japan had once again started its conquest of China, and had invaded the port city of Funchow.

"This will be interesting," he said to himself. He had at first thought his posting here a dead-end assignment. A place where he would waste out the years of his commission. This however opened up a new window for Johhanes Jaeger. he turned to his japanese aide, a man named Saito, whom he had hired more than two years prior.

"Send a telegram to the usual contact, the Fuhrer must be made aware of this new happening," he said in heavily accented Japanese. Saito nodded and left the office.

Jaeger looked down at the map of China that was in front of him. "Give me a few good German divisions and I'd wipe this slate clean!" he said with confidence. Until he recieved new orders he had to rely on his gut feeling. The Chinese government would be in chaos, their army little well organized and not at all well equipped to deal with the tenacious Japanese Imperial Army.

"Should be interesting to say the least."

OOC: I won't be roleplaying as Chang Kai-shek forces only the Communist forces Mao Zedong was apart of so please treat Kai-shek forces as NPCs.

IC:

Telegram to Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of Communist Russia
From Mao Zedong, Leader of Chinese Communist Party

To Master Stalin, the Chinese Communist Party requests you send military support to assist in the defence of Chinese land against the enroaching Japanese forces. We also request an increase in our monthly allowance to further continue our war efforts.

Your servant,

Mao Zedong.

OOC: Don't worry. In 1938 the Communist Party and AFAIK China had no militaristic fleet that could stand up to an enemy invasion.

Telegram to Mao ZeDong, Leader of the Communist Chinese Party
From Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of USSR

"Though we cannot grant too much official military support, we will provide advisors too help you train your troops. These advisors, however, will be kept well away from the frontline, and are there solely for training purposes. I am ordering an increase in ammunition shipments and am sending another 2,000 Mosin-Nagants and 700 of the new Pistolet-Pulemet Degtyarova 1938(PPD-38) to help aid you."
End Message

Pistolet-Pulemet Degtyarova 1940(PPD-40) to help aid you."
OOC: In 1938?

OOC: Good point, I am already in the 1939 mindset. :p Ill change it to the 1938 version.

Telegram to Joseph Stalin, General Secretary of Communist Russia
From Mao Zedong, Leader of Chinese Communist Party

We are in dire need of heavy munitions, vehicles and aerial support. We do not need light weaponry.

Signed, Mao Zedong.

Enigma German Incripted Telegram
To: Lieutenant-Colonel Johhanes Jaeger
From: Generalfeldmarshal Wilhelm von Keitel, Wehrmacht Commander-in-Chief

Lieutenant-Colonel Johhanes Jaeger, you are to persue a offensive operational stance at this time. The Fuhrer has taken a keen interest in the Orient and is more than happy at the present time with Imperial Japanese action. You and your 4th Brigade stationed at our colony in Jiaozhou Bay, Northern China.

The U.S.S. Vatterland is en route from our colony in the East Indies. It will be giving you more men, equipment, and supplies.

The Fuhrer expects you to make contact with the local Japanese Imperial commander and help in his efforts to lessen the internal capbilities of the Chinese government and ablility to function. You are given full use of any means you feel neccessary.

Signed,
Field Marshal Wilhelm von Keitel

Ministry of Overseas France and Colonies
Saigon, Cochinchina

The recent invasion of China by the Japanese worried Renè Tredeux greatly. As second-in-command of the Ministry of Colonies for Indochina, he had great reason to be worried by it. He had received a telegram from Prime Minister Reynaud stating that French defense forces in Indochina were to be alerted of a possible invasion, and that it was not known if reinforcements would be sent due to the situation in Europe.

"Tuan, give me my jacket please," Renè said quietly. His indigenous aide walked across the room and took his jacket off the coat hanger and handed it to him.

"Merci, I am going to go for a bite to eat at Lucien's. I will be back in an hour."

The aide nodded and watched as Renè walked out the door. The aide quickly walked across the room and picked up the phone.
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As Renè walked down the street he quietly looked at the faces of all the individuals he passed. To him everyone blended together. For all he knew, Japanese spies could be casing the entire city. He turned left at a corner, he was on the way to his favorite restaurant. He liked Indochina though, he found it nice to get away from the problems of Europe, of course now it seemed that it was impossible for him to escape the problems, because now the Japanese were threatening his staying in Indochina.

Of course, a few months earlier it appeared his stay would have been cut short anyways. He had publicly insulted the leader of the local Communist Party leader, Tao Tin-Duang. An widespread rage had taken hold of Saigon, and he was forced to publicly apologize by Georges Mandel, the Minister of Overseas France and Colonies. Mandel threatened to pull his position if he ever tried anything like that again.

Renè quickly ran across the street to get around the right corner of the street. Suddenly a car filled with four men pulled up along side of him. He glanced over as they all got out of the car. He continued to walk, marking it off as nothing.

"Monsieur," one of the strangers called.

Renè stopped, and turned around. The men appeared to be just ordinary men, like any other group on the road.

"Oui?" Renè said, a little confused.

"Are you Monsieur Tredeux?" asked the man appearing to be the ring leader

"Oui, why do you ask?" Renè replied becoming more nervous.

The men simultaneously pulled out handguns, Renè let out a sharp cry as they opened fire. His body convulsed violently as they each let off a shot into him. He fell to the floor bleeding badly from the gun wounds. He screamed as people all on the street ran away and the ring leader walked up to him.

The man looked down, "Monsieur Tin-Duang, gives his condolences."

Renè began to speak, "Communi-," the man let out four shots into René's head at point blank range. René lay limp on the ground.

The men quickly ran back to their car and sped away.
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Office of the Prime Minister
Paris, France

Prime Minister Reynaud was speaking on the phone as his aide burst through the doors.

"Monsieur Reynaud! I have urgent news sir! Monsieur Tredeux is dead sir! He was gunned down in Saigon today!" the aide said breathlessly.

"I have to go," Reynaud hung up the phone. "What, who did this?" he demanded angrily.

"We aren't sure sir, but we have reason to believe it was a German hit to create instability in Indochina."

Reynaud sat quietly absorbing his anger, "Thank you, that will be all." His aide left quickly, closing the doors behind him.

"Hitler, what the hell are you thinking," Reynaud said to himself quietly. It didn't make any sense, if Hitler wanted to create instability, why had he not gone for Jean Decrais, he was the Deputy for Indochina. Reynaud remembered, what Tredeux had done a few months earlier.

Unexpectedly, his aide returned quietly, "Monsieur, I apologize, but we just got word that a radical within the Communist Party in Indochina just took responsibility, claiming that it was for what Monsieur Tredeux said about Tin-Duang."

"Merci, it didn't make sense for the Germans to do that anyways." he said in response

"I want you to contact Colonel Lafayette, inform him that his men will be deployed to Indochina temporarily as a defense force and to provide security to French diplomats." Reynaud said quietly, looking down at his desk.

"Oui Monsieur," he walked away quickly to call the Colonel.

"La Rèpublique is in a very critical position," he said quietly to himself, " I only hope that I will make the right decisions."

A man dressed in a German officer's uniform appeared at the front gates of the Imperial Japanese Army Headquarters at the now occupied city of Funchow. He spoke fluently enough in Japanese to get his point across to the guards who had stopped his at the gate.

The captain bowed. "Please, I am Captain Liet von Kraz of the German Army. I would like to speak to your commanding officer on behalf of the Third Reich and Colonel Jaeger, the commander of German held territory in Jiaozhou Bay, Northern China. May I enter?"

OOC So I took funchow?

IC

The gaurds stood perfectly still at being adressed, by what appeared to be a foriegn officer, but after years of being stationed in a hostile land they learned not to make assumptions. They probably wouldn't have moved till dawn, but luckily for the German an officer dressed in a mildly soiled coat ran down the ash stained steps of the building that now served as Japan's high command. However all around the building, eyes pointing down were hordes of Chinesse labourers slowly sweeping and polishing. This building had once been a consulate to Imperial China under Japan, it remianed mostly intact becasue the high wall and elaborate gardens gave this now war torn city a bit of western class.

"My apologizes," The Japanese Captain spoke in a very slow and careful German, he obviously had been sent instead of a higher ranking but less fluent officer. He gave a piercing look to the gaurds who had never moved and waved for Captain Liet to enter the grounds. It would be a slow walk the ground was littered with bullet holes, the cities militia had stood here, probably knowing the Imperial style of revenge and grandeur.

Eventually, however two sliding doors were opened which let into a room piled high with papers and soldiers dressed in, suprising dark Blue uniforms which was quite a change from the yellowish coats of the normal army. It was either a private army that held Funchow or this general had some fairly high contacts and had been placed with the Imperial famalies own soldiers.

A man stood behind a European style desk took off a feathery hat laid it on the table and gave a slight bow. "Good Morning," the man spoke in his native tounge "On behalf of his Majesty Emperor Hirohito I welcome you. I am Admiral Mitsumasa Yonai, I'm in command here General Shazmito is preparing... Can not be bothered. What may Japan do for the Third Riech today?"

"No apologies are needed. As for what you can do for the Reich, not much other than continue as you have," said the captain. He smiled when he saw the slight surprise show of the Japanese admiral's face.

"I have orders to support your operations from the north. My brigade has been "hired" by your government as mercenaries. That is the official line. However we will not be fighting in our uniforms, to add strength to that story.

"Where would you like a brigade of the Reich's finest to attack and help?"