Realistic or Modern Espionage Wars V9: Migration Edition

[EdwardDewey98]

Almost a year ago, after the unexplained annexation of the United Provinces of Argent, several important members of the Provincial government and army had to abandon their home nation and seek shelter to the only nation that was capable of helping them in their direst time. The nation of Greater Sumatra. There was only one condition, the remnants of the Provincial army had to serve in the Sumatran army, in exchange, they would be allowed to stay in the Sumatran isle of Nihas.

Instead of being granted an autonomous region as once promised after the pacification of Aceh, the Provincials were reduced to nothing more than common grunts, living in a small island which was home to mercenaries, militias and other type of undesirable characters. But thanks to the leadership of commander Juan R. Sanchez and of the ex-Vice President Melissa Medeiros, the Provincial people managed to thrive, pushing their influence in the island and inserting their dominance over the various militias and mercenaries living in it, some of the outlaws respected it, others despised it. There are rumors of the Provincials trying to create an autonomous government in the island, it is unknown if they are actually true but the Sumatran government does not appreciate these rumors.

• 6 August, 2019 - Nihas, Greater Sumatra •



It was a normal day for the Provincial people in Nihas, the men patrolled the island, sometimes striking conversation with the more friendly mercenaries or get scornful looks from the less friendly ones. In the base, as the men relax and prepare for future work serving under the Sumatran army, a sudden and unexpected phone call causes commotion, a young soldier rushes through the base to speak with the people in charge of the Provincial base, the young soldier violently opened the door to the office where the ex-Vice President, the General and even the son of ex-President Alejandro Usariaga were working in. The young man’s eyes were wide open and tried to speak between heavy pants.

Soldier: Ma’am! We’ve got a call from him! The President is alive!

The soldier exclaimed while trying to catch his breath. Marcelo, Alejandro’s son, did not waste any more time, he jumped out of his seat and rushed to the phone in the main office, he was soon followed by Medeiros and the General. When Medeiros and the General walked into the room, the young man was having an emotional talk with his father, the two talked for almost thirty minutes before Marcelo handled the phone to Medeiros.

Marcelo: He wants to talk to you; he says he’s got important news for you.

Melissa: You have a lot of nerve being alive. Jokes aside, I’m glad you are alive Ale, but we have a lot to talk about, first of, where have you been? Where are you now?

• London, Herrera •

On the other end of the line, Alejandro was standing in the middle of a quite expensive café in London; he was wearing casual clothes and looked like a normal person. To the naked eye, it might seem like he was alone and unprotected, but the truth is that he always traveled with ex-members of the Argentum Occalatus, the Provincial secret service, who remained loyal to Alejandro even after the disbandment of the organization by the Argentinian government.



Alejandro: Nice to speak with you again after so long Mel. To answer your first question… I’ve had to move around, from embassy to embassy, had to move through half of South America to reach the Samogitian embassy in Brazil, avoiding Argentinian spies and even some assassins.

He took a sip of his dark coffee before speaking again.

Alejandro: And right now? In a Herreran Café in London, enjoying what little free time I have before I have to muster up the courage to speak with our Majesty.

Medeiros was quiet, trying to process what Alejandro was talking about.

Melissa: Why do you want to speak with her?

She asked with curiosity. Alejandro took another sip from his coffee before speaking again.

Alejandro: Isn’t it obvious? I want to take back what is ours but we can’t do it alone, we need our old allies to back us up.

Melissa: What are you talking about Alejandro? We lost everything, taking it back from Argentina would be impossible!

Alejandro: Aren’t you supposed to be the one that never backs down from a good fight? If it was impossible I wouldn’t be here, I’d be with my son and my loved ones somewhere in Tchvonia, making a garden or something. Melissa, I’ve got in contact with those still loyal to us in the Argentine army and government, I am talking of at least forty thousand men, maybe more, if I manage to convince some more high ranking officers and, if we get help from Herrera, Tchvonia, Samogitia or Sumatra we will be able to not only take back what we lost… but maybe even get rid of the Argentinian threat once and for all.

Melissa was silent; she gently rubbed her fingers against her temple, trying to process what Alejandro just told her.



Melissa: I don’t get this, I don’t even understand how this happened to begin with. Everything was so sudden and we didn’t even get time to do anything, I find it hard to believe we can do anything to take back what we lost.

Alejandro let out an audible sigh while sitting down, far away from any of the café patrons.

Alejandro: Well, I suppose you deserve an explanation… what happened is that there was a high ranking member of the army that allowed the Argentinians to crawl right under our noses, the Occalatus had actually found evidence about possible treason in the army, but they never expected anything like this… So! The Argentinians were marching on Plaza de Mayo, soon enough their army started to pour in through the borders and we were forced to leave our home. Don’t worry about the traitor though; I’ll handle that one as soon as I can.

Melissa looked perplexed, how did their best secret agency not act in time? There had to be more to this story, she couldn’t believe that the Argentinians would be able to pull such a scheme even with the help of a traitor, it took her a second to think of her next question.

Melissa: And what is your plan?

Alejandro was quick to answer her, he sounded confident, like usual.

Alejandro: First of, I need to get more men through my agents; I won’t rest easy until I get every single possible loyalist in army to help us… Second, I’ve to gather support from our old allies, although things are not looking well on that front, when I approached the Herreran chancellor, he told me that the… ‘Empress’ wasn’t really amused by our mysterious collapse, understandable to be honest; we fell like some unstable South American junta, after all.

Melissa: What about the Grand Duchy of Samogitia?

Alejandro: Haven’t you heard? The Duke is dead, in fact as soon as I am done here, I’ll head to his funeral and use the opportunity to talk with the guy that’ll take his place. not sure if it'll be his son or someone else but maybe we can agree on something. And before you ask, yes, then I’ll head to Tchvonia, I am sure they’ll help us, after all me and Veselov are still good friends and they certainly miss a good trade partner... after visiting Tchvonia, I'll head to Sumatra and see if they are willing to support us. We've got the american option, honestly I’d rather not get their backing, but as you know, you can’t say No to Uncle Sam. I’ll have to negotiate with the Man himself, we will see.

Melissa: ...then what do you want us to?

Alejandro: Right now I need you and whoever is in command there to train and get ready, we are going to face something we've never faced before Melissa. We are not going to act as world police and help a dying nation like Turkey, we are not going to be the poster boys for Sumatra or the pets of Herrera. We are fighting a war of our own, a war for our democracy -- a War for Independence.

And so start the first steps for the Provincial Revolution.

 

[mr gamer]

02:34 - Nouvelle Dominique (Former Dominican Republic) - Coalition of Guadeloupe & Martinique

Several heavily-armed masked men storm into a poorly-guarded Coalition Information Repository in Puerto Plata. Facing little more than a pair of security guards, the men are able to access classified Coalition documents and subsequently exit with said documents, alongside half a dozen hostages of varying importance, all of them being Herreran nationals.

Coalition Gendarmerie respond ten minutes later, finding little more than dead bodies and shell-casings.

03:00

Numerous power-plants in both Haiti and the former D.R. are raided by Coalition Special Forces personnel. Non-military personnel inside these plants are eliminated. All traces of Coalition military presence are destroyed.

The power plants are subsequently turned off or destroyed, blanketing the island of Hispaniola in complete darkness, and effectively isolating it from the rest of the Caribbean, and the rest of the world.


​

 

[-Rusty-]

Outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City
August 20th

Firebrand forces have begun scouting the jungle area on the outskirts of Ho Chi Minh City, if all goes well the push into city will be a swift victory.

 

[igna.con]

Sacaral, Venezziola, August 19, 2019
A man is sleeping in an military servicemen apartment complex in Fort Mural, one on the biggest military bases in the country, located in the capital, while dreaming about things that he doesn´t remember, lucid dreams in which he flies and jumps of buildings. "Pretty much like my job." the man thinks sarcastically in his sleep



But soon it turns in a dream where he is in a foggy field, with corpses and other soldiers like him fighting, and the sound of artillery goes louder and louder that he can´t withstand it until....




A sound makes him wake up violently, reacting like a mechanized system and grabbing his gun that he guards in his pillow "just in case". The man realizes hes alone and lowers his weapon down, but there is only one thing in his room that he was awaken by...



The sound of his cellphone, that makes him have no other choice than answer it, even though his irritated mood of not wanting to do anything that day.



He tries to take a more calm and moderate voice and answers:
"Hello, who is it ?"
A man on the other line replies with a serious tone that he identifies quickly:
"Sebastian, is that you ?"
"Yes, of course this is me, Mateo, Christ, is my number, isn´t it ?"
"Yeah, I know, just making sure."
"Sure thing, and can I know why are you calling?"
"Are you up ?"
"Well, it depends, it´s 6:00 AM and your call woke me, so yeah, I´m awaken... and pissed off if I may add."
"Sorry, Sebastian, I know I shouldn´t have called now"
"It´s not that you called, Mat, it´s that you called at 6:00 AM... on my off-duty day."
"I know, I´m also off-duty, but duty´s first, Sebastian"
"Yeah sure, now what went F.U.B.A.R ?"
"What do you mean ?"


Sebastian´s stance got more rigid, and asked:
"You are calling me "Sebastian" and sound serious, something happened, ain´t it"
"... Just get dressed and come here to the EOCAF"
"What ? The EOCAF ? It is on the other side of the base, besides, what on Earth I am going to do in there ?"
"Just go."

BEEP!

The call ended with that sound, leaving Sebastian a little confused, he had no other choice to go there, he would take a bus, he didn´t want to drive today, anyways. He put his Garrison Uniform and went to the outside of his house, just to find something waiting there



"What the .." was the only thing he could say before he realized what was in front of him



Two men that were waiting outside his house came to pick him up. A man aproached him while the other waited near the car, arms-crossed. He recognized inmediatly advancing to him as Mateo and the other as Lauro. They were his friends he made in the Military Academy

Mateo waved a hand at him and started talking
"Well, another day huh ?"
"Yeah, sure thing, Mat."
"Well, as I was about to say, we need to hurry"
"Why ?"
"Well, we are in Yellow Alert"
"What ? Are you joking?"
"God, I wish I was joking, Sebs"



The Yellow Alert is part of the Venezziolan Armed Forces defense system and its in the level 2, it only means one thing...
"So, who are we at war to?"
"Well, we haven´t declared war yet, but we are at full movilization condition"
"God, just when I am in day-off, we are going to war"
"Yeah, I got a contact. A friend of mine from college back at the Presidential Palace that has told me a little bit.."
"And?, Where are we going ?"
Mateo stared for a moment at Sebastian before saying
"Tell me Sebs, ever been to Guyana ?"
"Oh man..."
The men entered into the car and headed to the Estrategic Operational Command of the Armed Forces, where they would be informed of their mission, and what the real enemy they were going to attack...



Meanwhile, the President made a statement in which he blamed Guyana for the state of the Esequibo, as news spreaded about a Guyanese military expedition that crossed the Venezziolan border and terrorized Venezziolan civilians in a village at 5km into Venezziolan soil.

"This has gone too far. Venezziola will answer to this agressions by Guyana, and they will regret it"


Meanwhile, military troops have been gathered along the border on full alert, the only thing Venezziolans are asking themselves is if this is going to be a long war, even though they dont have any doubts: Guyana is on the brink of war.


Members of the 6th Armored Division entering Bolivaran, in the border with Guyana

 

[ChomredJosef]

Trebinje, Federal Republic of Herzegovina
August 27

Ever since the fall of Bosnia at the hands of Herzegovina and the NYF, Herzegovinan troops have been enforcing a media blackout throughout the country. Nothing but government propaganda has come out of the country since the capture of Sarajevo. Such propaganda mainly has to do with the Herzegovinan Federal Army rebuilding the country, with the help of captured Bosnian troops at the promise of repatriation into society.
HFA troops stand guard at the ruins of the Arslanagić bridge.

 

[mr gamer]

17:41 - St. Domingue - Coalition of Guadeloupe & Martinique

A pick-up truck containing several armed individuals entered Port-Au-Prince. These armed individuals proceeded to organize a crowd, and began to hand out leaflets to the crowd. The content of these leaflets is unknown at this time.

Coalition Gendarmerie have yet to respond.​

 

[bottle boy]

Kiev, 27th of August...

A Volhynian Army convoy was ambushed in the rougher parts of Kiev. The Convoy was carrying military supplies and newly graduated soldiers from the homeland. The convoy was completely destroyed by the Ukrainian insurgents, indicating that the insurgents are well armed and supplied. 15 Volhynian soldiers was killed and three vehicles destroyed, no insurgent or civilian casualties.


The convoy being ambushed

Kiev, 28th of August...
The amount of checkpoints and military personal in Kiev and other major cities in Ukraine was doubled, due to the increase in security, it has become harder for the citizens in major Ukrainian cities to live their everyday lives, espcially the cities affected by the war the most, like Kiev and Novohrad-Volynskyi.


One of the many checkpoints in Kiev

Later in the night...


A truck belonging to the V.I.A. (Internal Affairs) was spotted in the wealthy area of Lviv, armed officers of the VIA stormed the apartment belonging to a nobleman and politician, who had ties to the Eastern Legion when they were in power. The man and his family was found dead in their apartment after the short visit from the VIA.

 

[FBISWATPERSOn]

Turkish Mountains

Kergikstan garrison command, has requistioned SAT Operators to start counter insurgency in the mountains of turkey to reduce the amount of ambushes in the mountains on coalition forces. SAT Special forces were dropped in area's suspected of hiding insurgent forces in the cover of evening, along with that kergikstan has started to mount more helicopter patrols in the mountain ranges.


Kergikstan SAT Operators disembarking off their helicopter

Kiev, Ukraine

With the attack on volhynian personal in keiv, kergikstan had finally recived it's fair share starting with sniper attacks on kergikstan army personal with the sniper targeting specifically kergikstan army soldiers stationing in the checkpoints in downtown areas of keiv. The recent attack had claimed the life one Technical sergeant and resulted in a nearby building where the sniper was holed up shot up by various soldiers only for the soldiers who breached the building to find out the sniper had already left, the kergikstan army in response has started to pour resources in ukraine to aid volhynian army in clamping down on insurgent activity.


Kegikstani soldier's pouring down fire on the building

 

[Creatrick]

Kiev, Tsardom of Volhynia

The Ruthenian Conflict has been over for couple of months now. Yet, the situation in annexed Ukraine is far from stable and safe. In Kiev, clashes between viciously competent Ukrainian resistance fighters and ATO troops are still claiming alarming amount of deaths - both military and civilian. Calls for death directed at collaborating previously Ukrainian politicians are becoming more common among populace, which paints a very grim view for future of most of the region. It is completely obvious that Ukrainians will hardly ever accept the fact that their ex-president and a number of other high-ranking political elite so easily gave up and sold the entire country to Volhynian Tsardom.

To remedy the situation both new Volhynian authorities and their Order allies have been busy rebuilding and providing basic services to bereaved populace of Kiev and other areas that were hit the most by warfare.

And with Kiev being probably the hotspot of current troubles...


Order of Christ's Blood HQ in Central Kiev. Previously a municipal building, now it belongs to the christian organization that uses it as ration supply distribution center for local populace.

...all accessible media around Kiev were constantly demonstrating the exploits of tireless new Volhynian authorities who in effort to get on better side of the populace were spending lots of time rebuilding basic infrastructure. "Power lines restored in record time! All of Kiev has access to electricity again! Tsar promises the same will be done regarding sanitation problems!" - such and similar news and promises are still constantly shifting among the new channels, newspapers and radio broadcasts.

But perhaps the most significant contributor to the restoration efforts is the Order of Christ's Blood. Hospitaller medical teams are working to this day in Kiev's hospitals and clinics, providing medical aid to anyone who requires it. Sadly, most of time it's still gunshot wounds and fractures inflicted by explosives that need tending. Though Order has gained a reputation of a violent invader that played a large part in defeat of their nation, most native Kievans have come to accept that even though they are the occupying force, they do care for their image and well being of the local people. Medics of the Order have earned respect of many and the stories of their mercy and charity are now known all around the region. As such, at the plea of Volhynian authorities, Order will hold its medics in Kiev as the end of violence is still yet to come.

But same cannot be said for regular Faith Militant troopers of Order that patrol the streets and actively participate in ongoing clashes with rebels. For many Kievans the sight of mostly foreign looking crusaders is unsettling. People avoid them actively and even the Volhynian troops receive better reaction from locals on their patrols. Commanding officers of Order realize this to full extent and have already suggested a rotation of troops, which could deploy members of Order of at least Slavic origin to Volhynia, while others would be brought back to Anatolia where they are needed to fight another insurgency against Turkish rebels.


At night, many shady characters congregate in dark alleys of Kiev's residential zone. Some of them are clearly not locals, but speak of the same hatred for Volhynia's Tsar.

The news of the dreaded Eastern Legion once again have spread all over the region. How did this old fascist enemy of the Tsardom managed to regroup its completely scattered ranks remains a mystery. The threat of this group is big enough even for the ATO War Council to add them to the list of important issues. Volhynian State Security and Inquisition agents of Order are currently preoccupied with seeking out and eliminating the renegade faction. Kergikstani Intelligence Service is also rumored to have provided help in their operations so far. Such strong reaction is completely justified, seeing as the quite recent assassination attempt on the Tsar clearly shows how determined and well supplied the anti-monarchist fascists are.

But trouble can be expected not just on the homefront... Reports of strange individuals speaking in harsh Volhynian accent have appeared quite recently. With Kiev being barely peaceful, any other provocation from third party could start a big crisis.

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September 12
ATO War Cabinet's command room
Location unknown



- Gentlemen, first of all I'm very glad we all could gather this time. Much has transpired during the last few months and we have numerous issues we have to discuss. First of all, though our nations were continuously successful in our two last wars, we all know that we are still dealing with rather serious consequences. It is clear that we, in spite of all the preparation and resources, have made some mistakes regarding the suppression of hostile insurgent elements in Anatolia. With Ukraine being a brand new area of insurgency, we have to form a strategy so we can end this in both regions. Without further due, let us begin...



- Anatolia remains a headache. Though our combined efforts have managed to subdue the core regions to the west and important districts connecting the western and eastern parts of Anatolia, the rough terrain and rural nature of more troubled regions still poses a big risk. The presence of vast ERR's legions among the DMZ seems to have stopped the flow of support from Turkey, pretty much confirming our past speculations that it is in fact Turkey that kept pouring arms and personnel over the DMZ...

Order's State of Attaleia still remains an area of considerable risk, but due to efficient counter-insurgency efforts we can boldly assume that rebels are quickly losing the will to fight there. With Attaleia clear of harmful insurgent activity, they will lose the westernmost hold in Anatolia, making the cleanup of western provisional Administratum an easy task for ERR's Legions. Squeezed between Order from the south and ERR from west and north, rebels will be pushed to the DMZ and completely crushed.

The same method can be applied to eastern Administratums running along the coast. With enough pressure and efficient hunting operations from Mesin and Konya, insurgents will be easily contained and their destruction will be a matter of time. During these operations we will also fortify our borders to prevent infiltration of hostile elements from Turkey and elsewhere.

Continuing on...



- take a look a the current situation at Volhynia, Gentlemen. Though not as widespread as in Anatolia, the Ukrainian insurgents are very concentrated at two key areas - Kiev Oblast and Eastern Luhansk and Donetsk Oblasts.

As you can see, both high risk regions are connected by rebel groups still operating in Poltava and Kharkiv Oblasts. We can launch a big security operation at these two aforementioned districts to cut the rebel movement in two most concentrated parts. This will deny them the ability to cooperate and move supplies and weapons crucial for ongoing insurgency.

In no way we can neglect our security operations in Volhynia! The last few incidents in Kiev have clearly showed how well prepared and ruthless are the Ukrainians. Kiev will remain our highest priority, since with a firm hold of the historical and cultural capital we can easily influence most of remaining population to submit and stop resisting. Order, meanwhile, will begin to convert the populace of Ukraine to our faith. In our quest of conquering this long troubled region we must get rid of the old and corrupt orthodox ways and install the new Christian order.

And as you all know, the resurgence of Eastern Legion will prove yet another problem. With their activities being focused in and around Lviv we can hope we can get them faster before their corrupting ideas spread elsewhere. The Supreme Intelligence Office has already declared the urgency to the highest level, so we can hope our combined espionage efforts will reveal a weak point soon so we can strike them down...



- ... and with these most important issues dealt with, we can move on to different items on our agenda. I'm pretty sure you all have already heard the news from GDS. The Grand Duke, Von Urach, is dead. It came as a full surprise to everyone, including ATO. We did keep our eyes on the unfolding situation, but as strange as it might look like GDS has not published an official announcement, instead keeping the whole affair as silent as possible. In this time we can only speculate the motives behind such behavior.

GDS is a neighboring state with a relatively big power. Being so close to Volhynia, any sort of inner-instability in GDS would without doubt spill over to our territory. Though we had no issues with GDS so far, we should also acknowledge that GDS has very little to offer to ATO at the moment, and likewise - our alliance seems to be of little importance to them. Guess we shall see where our relations will ultimately turn when the new leadership takes control of the Duchy...



- ...and for the last item, I would like to announce some excellent news. As you all know, ATO was working hard to establish an unified inner-organization that would allow all of our nations to easily contribute to projects that alone would be extremely hard to accomplish. For this reason the Central Aeronautical Research Commission was established a little more than a year ago and while you all know the details of the project they all are currently working on, you might not all know that the Commission has a new director. Here's the official letter from him, on behalf of C.A.R.C.

With Phase 1 complete, the prototype testing shall begin shortly. Director's request for more funding appears to be fully reasonable, as we have already agreed that with all of large-scale military operations in all our theaters we can relocate the funds where they are more needed. Hopefully the Central Council will share our opinion on this and we will have a fully working prototype in next few months...

 

[TheFrostBible]

Introducing the Pacific States of America



The Pacific States of America (PSA) is a sovereign nation consisting of the former pacific states of the United States of America. Formed in 2018, five of the PSA's seven states seceded after the U.S. Government's failure to act on the mysterious cult known as the Children of God. Afraid of having the Children's influence spread into their lands, the states of California, Nevada, Oregon, Idaho and Washington seceded into the Pacific States of America after submitting a formal request to the other 46 U.S. states and the Federal Government. Alaska and Hawaii seceded shortly afterwards to join the newly formed Pacific Union.




Pictured: Territories of the Pacific States

The Pacific States' constitution is based on the beliefs of various former U.S. Presidents, most notably George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Adams, Theodore Roosevelt, Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Abraham Lincoln. The nation takes pride in it's former U.S. history, which acts as a pillar for the Pacific States' society and identity. Both the inhabitants of the PSA and It's government still view the Pacific States as the United States; the Pacific States' independence stands for the population's discontent with the U.S. government. Many inhabitants see the Pacific States as the "true" United States and the successor of sorts, a true bastion of freedom and democracy that holds true to the original principles of American history, it's beliefs and it's constitution, unlike the severely weakened and corrupted U.S. government.

The country is lead by President John Franklin Davis, a moderate Democrat and former U.S. Senator. The Davis administration promotes nation-wide social and economic liberalism.

Pictured: President Davis addresses the nation during it's celebration of their first year of independence in the capital, San Francisco.

The Davis administration marked it's tenure by introducing nation-wide subsidised healthcare to combat rising poverty left unattended by the U.S. government.

Pictured: President Davis visits an impoverished neighbourhood in Los Angeles.

The Pacific-American military consists of three branches; the P.S. Air Force, P.S. Navy and the Pacific States Marine Corps;
the main branch of the military that was formed after the merging of the former U.S. Army and U.S.M.C. branches under agreement with the U.S. government.



Pictured: P.S. Marine Corps checkpoint at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms.


Pictured: P.S. Marine Corps Honor Guards load the corpse of former Samogitian Grand Duke Philipas I onto a P.S. Air Force C-130 for transport back to the Grand Duchy of Samogitia.


Meanwhile, in Vietnam...

Outskirts of Saigon, July 27th

Coalition forces have regrouped outside of Saigon to prepare for the final push into South Vietnam.

Pictured: Herreran troops link up with New Hansan and Firebrand troops outside of Saigon.

Independence Palace, July 31st

The final battle of Saigon commenced early in the morning when Coalition troops entrenched themselves outside of Saigon's Independence Palace. The Palace fell on the first of August, and remaining VPA forces quickly retreated into the outskirts, leaving Saigon under allied occupation.


Pictured: Coalition forces entrenched outside of the VPA's last stronghold in Southern Vietnam.


Saigon, August 2nd

As the final VPA defenders are rooted out of the city, captured POWs have begun being processed in makeshift prison facilities by the occupational forces.

Pictured: VPA POWs are processed in a Royal Navy facility located in the harbor.


Outskirts of Hanoi, August 5th

Several small teams of Herreran MACVSOG have been airdropped over the outskirts of Hanoi in the cover of night-time.


Pictured: MACVSOG operatives are dropped from a C-17 Globemaster.

The teams moved into the city under nightfall with several objectives. Firstly, to sabotage VPA anti-air emplacements.

Pictured: MACVSOG operatives move out after rigging an anti-air emplacement to blow.


The second objective was to secure the primary commanding officers suspected to take charge of the defense of Hanoi.

Pictured: MACVSOG operatives retrieve VPA General Ngô Xuân Lịch from his makeshift command-post in Hanoi. Protocol did not mention witnesses.

Shortly after retrieving General Lịch, the SOG teams extracted out of Hanoi by water.

Pictured: The SOG teams prepare to leave the AO.



Hanoi, August 7th

The final major offensive of the conflict was initiated early this morning when Royal Air Force jets intruded VPA airspace and engaged the final remainder of the Vietnamese Air Force.

Pictured: A Herreran FB-22 engages two Vietnamese MiGs above Hanoi.

Royal Marines spearheaded the invasion of the actual city, with Army detachments and Firebrand reinforcements moving to support after the initial invasion. Coalition troops move through alleyways and backstreets to flush out any resistance.

Pictured: A Herreran Marine engages a VPA soldier.

Hanoi, August 11th

Coalition forces have seized control of the majority of Hanoi, with small pockets of resistance still remaining.
The Vietnamese government, seeing their country crumble and not willing to drag out any more bloodshed, capitulated to the Coalition forces, marking the end of the 4th Indochina War.

Pictured: Herreran soldiers pose with the Lenin statue in Hanoi, flying the Herreran Jack and the Star Spangled Banner to mock the United States' failure in ever reaching Hanoi.

The Vietnam conflict hereby officially concludes, but Vietnamese resistance remains strong in rural areas.

 

[mr gamer]

13:10 - St. Domingue - Coalition of Guadeloupe & Martinique



The populaces of both St. Domingue and the Dominican Republic have, within only a few days, gone from powerless miscreants, to powerful rioters. Chaos blankets both states, with large-scale rioting erupting in each respective capitals. The rioters have made their purpose clear, to enact vengeance on those they see as criminals, monsters, and savages. Those people, being citizens of the Herreran Empire.

Intelligence reports suggests the source of these Herreran-targeted riots have come from simplified information handed out by the numerous groups of armed-citizens. This same information was stolen prior, from a Coalition information repository.

This 'information' contained Coalition reports on Herreran war-crimes during the DRA-CGM war, and the Reconquest of Haiti. These war-crimes have apparently been committed by both Herreran military personnel, and contracted mercenaries.

The rioters have so far, targeted Herrerans in the streets, in their businesses, and are currently laying 'siege' to the Herreran embassies in both the DR and St. Domingue. They have also targeted Coalition citizens, although, to a more minor degree.

Coalition Gendarmerie are mobilizing quickly for these eruptions of civil unrest, aided by the military, and are expected to subdue them in the coming days.​

 

[Tsar_Dusan]

September 15
Location: Frumentarii State Security & Internal Affairs Building, Adrianople, ERR

Good evening Legates, thank you for coming to the 2rd annual meeting this year. Let us begin, first off, let us congratulate everyone's hard work that we have accomplished these past years - to the thanks to our officers and informants we have managed to solidify our power not just internally but externally as well. We have created a large network of our Security Forces, along with loyalists in the military council and within foreign nations themselves.

We have worked endlessly to see the demise of late Titus Julius Scipio, which due to our actions saw the end of a corrupt oligarchy that was only beneficial to him and his colleagues, his actions purposely saw our forces suffer needlessly in Turkey, and because of his incompetence he met his end - by of course our aid. Along with his death, our organization managed to deal with halting all political unrest from the opposition parties in the country, all political dissidents and their followers have been imprisoned or terminated to ensure the security of our nation. Among many things however, none have been greater then the achievement of dismantling the NRP, the stupidity they showed in their ending days was a sole reason why we had to not alert them of the impending terror attack, to see they wiped out was the only option to not just solidify our power but also to usher in the Military Junta, a government that is our puppet to wield, and finally all reminders of the old Republic has been swept away.

Our mission has been completed politically and we can enjoy ever overreaching powers for our organization to further our push forward, thank you.

The ERR's State Security have gathered for their annual meeting, to discuss matters important to the state and their organization, with tension finally settling from their purge operations - and the end of the war. The State Security have shifted their attention to newer en devours, with new research underway to enhance and expand the ERR's NBC program while sharing their findings to ATO allies. But this meeting came the end of a long mission that had taken years, the Frumentarii's settle take over of power from the old Republic's institutions - from the killing of the founder of the ERR Titus Scipio, and the overthrow of the NRP.

The Frumentarii has shown that they will be as ruthless as possible to achieve any end, but even as wide spreading as the State Security - they may not have everything under their control. Which may return to cause problems in the near future. With the gather of political and military leaders of the ATO at an undisclosed location, the ERR has also called back many of their own diplomatic staff for their yearly assembly of the Senate in the capital, even though the old political class has been destroyed there is still a political faction still responsible for the management of ties between the Junta and foreign nations, but with many that have not been back since the beginning of the war in Turkey - it may become a challenge to those who are still loyal to the old regime.

Thank you Legatus, as we know much as been underway in the last year and this coming year - our modernization has not been going as planned, our older tanks that were given upgrade packages have shown to operate decently but not to what our Supreme Legatus has wished, he has given us the order to completely overhaul our armed forces, and export related technology to our ATO allies when possible. He has also given us a blank cheque to do this work, we must begin imminently and at speed if we are to hit the goal he has set.

Now, let us also discuss the recent green light operation that is now underway, from the political opposition, capture of Turkish resistance fighters and the four Jihadis we have in our captivity - we begun the deconstruction process on every one of these captives. However, this operation has been in cooperation with our science wing, in order for them to use their new experimental chemicals in these sessions in hopes their development can lead to new progress in their NBC program. ...

ERR Frumentarii Officers speak at their annual meeting.


September 15
Location: Frumentarii State Security Facility, Unknown Region

Diary of medical assistant working for State Security of ERR:

It was us, at the request of State Security, to keep this captured terrorist alive through the entire months long torture session. If you compared the photos of this same person before and after it was over, you would simply not say it was him, or by that - not even believe he survived that long. We gone through massive quantities of medicaments so that this poor bastard would keep breathing and resist shock of increasingly horrifying pain. The haunting screams coming from interrogation room were enough to give some of men down here creeps... And it was going on for days, weeks, months...

He had no fingers anymore - there were only bloody stubs left from forcefully scratching them on sandpaper, or bitten off by the prisoner himself. Legs were covered in massive ulcers, scabs and blotches. There were stitches on his abdomen that we didn't know about - I was shocked after they told these were surgical scars of unknown purpose... I could go on writing about the state of his body for paragraphs, but the most fascinating, and horrifying, thing about him was his state of mind. When he just arrived, he was feeling proud and ready to die as martyr. However during his last days, it was all very different. I don't know how terrifyingly talented our torturers are, but they have simply managed to make him forget about his faith, deny the existence of his God and heaven and fear the death he so wanted to get so much...

I will always remember when his tormentor told him he was going to die soon as I was walking out of the putrid chamber that some have started calling as Purgatory. If it was purgatory, then how would their hell look like? Anyway, as soon as he heard it, the prisoner started screaming in the most animalistic scream I have ever heard, his face contorted to such horrific expression I still sometimes see it when I stare at dark. At that moment I understood - this is only a shell of man, with only pure pain, horror and disappointment left in it. This man won't die a martyrs death, he will get plunged into dark and cold embrace as a piece of spoiled meat... Which is so macabre - shouldn't he want to die after experiencing a literal hell on earth?

I could hear him scream from the other end of the facility. For his death, torturers decided to unleash several hungry, large frenzied rats on him that were also used to torture him earlier ago. But he didn't scream out of pain - he simply could not feel it anymore at this point. He was screaming out of fear of death as he realized that soon he will be gone... The last thing I heard about the poor bastard is that his entire body was eaten away by rats. Expect his head. His head was strangely intact as if they didn't want to even bite it. Yet worst of all was his face... Eternal scream frozen in time, similar to what you can see in surrealist paintings... Large, beady eyes staring into nothingness... If you call it a martyrs death, then you haven't seen what we did...

The State Security has large network of facilities that have been built to house their political prisoners, and those from the war, but with the new operation underway - many that went under horrific deconstruction process are now subject to gruesome medical operations in testing new synthetic chemicals to be used in the NBC program. But those who undertake these operations will never be known for if the truth of darkness they are creating ever escaped the walls of their facilities, the world would turn on the ERR and the state apparatus it was built by the blood cover hands of the Frumentarii.

Graphic Warning for Picture



The experiments are extremely disturbing to most, with the dissection of live specimens to ensure results that are satisfactory to the Frumentarii.

Big thanks to Creatrick who helped write the medical diary

 

[RickVIce]

September 17
Gulf of Oman

Reports have been coming in of increased naval traffic from warships carrying the flag of the Free Empire of Karaq. Many of these ships have been intercepting trade routes, so far there have been no reports of any boarding or any relatable actions, but there are several cases of the warships intentionally crossing paths with bigger trade ships, forcing them to re-route and delaying them.
Experts speculate if this is yet another powerplay from the regional superpower.

Red Sea
A small fishing vessel from Eritrea with a crew of four, reports having seen two ships lurking in their vicinity, after what the fishermen estimated to be about thirty minutes a submarine surfaced almost directly underneath them, almost tipping their boat. As they watched the submarine slowly make its way towards one of the ships, a helicopter approached them, assumingly from one of the ships. The helicopter quickly chased the fishing boat away, as the fishermen said they had little interest in interfering with whatever they were witnessing. One of the fishermen claims the helicopter was blue with a golden star on it.
It has only been a few months since a similair report originated from the Red Sea, again with a blue helicopter with a golden star. Again experts speculate the golden star to be that of the Star of Karaq, the FEKs national symbol. Both the description and behaviour match that of the FEKs recent actions in the surrounding waters.

 

[Comrade Mikoslawicz]

City State of New Houston

Current Population is 2,313 million people

Active Duty Count is

Personnel count 1,100

Reserve Personnel count 1,00

Police Forces count 650 Active Officers

They are buncha folks that have good intentions, mostly wishing to reclaim texas and become the long-awaited concept of Lone Star Republic or as some would call it, an independent Texas.

1st New Houston Security Division patrols the outskirts of New Houston with 2nd Air Security Corp and 5th Drone Specialist Unit

3.

Military Convoy drives along the trail towards the City of New Houston to resupply the Main Forces and Law Enforcement Units.



4. 6'2 Tall man in his late 30's, brown coloured hair and hazel eyes wearing a black overcoat.

5. Screenshot


City State of New Houston Flag.

 

[mr gamer]

18:01 - Hispaniola - Coalition of Guadeloupe & Martinique

Riots have continued to cause chaos across the island of Hispaniola, both in St. Domingue, and the former D.R. Angry mobs swarm the streets, looting and murdering those they deem worthy of revenge for the crimes caused in their wars of annexation. Merciless and unafraid of consequences, they commit acts of murder and thievery, unchecked.

20:22 - Hispaniola - Coalition of Guadeloupe & Martinique

Coalition Gendarmerie and Army elements arrive in force, occupying apartment and business complexes, and actively fighting back against the rioters in the streets. Coalition snipers take out riot leaders and organizers from their positions of elevation, using live-ammunition. In the streets, tear-gas, water-cannons and beanbag shotguns are used en-masse.

The riots are expected to be quelled in the coming days, thanks in part to the merciless punishment being currently inflicted upon the rioters, alongside the continued electronic black-out, preventing the riots from spreading to the rural areas.

The Coalition government is expected to meet in Basse-Terre, once the riots have been dealt with.

​

 

[bottle boy]

Kiev, Volhynia...
22nd of September

The Volhynian authorities in Kiev was notified of insurgent activity in an apartment building in the southern district of Kiev.
The insurgent hideout was raided by Volhynian Cossacks that was stationed in Kiev, after the recent attacks on Volhynian security forces. Two insurgent casulties, one dead and one severaly wounded from a beating for not following orders. No Volhynian casualties. A large armory of weapons was found, eight AKMs and four AK-74Us of Volhynian origin was recovered and two light machine guns, a PKM and an MG3, six boxes of ammunition and a dozen hand grenades was confiscated.

The VIA commander of the Kiev Oblast said this to the press "Any citizen that reports illegal activities such as these, will be rewarded handsomly for their service to the Tsar and Volhynia."


The Cossacks breaching the apartment


Aftermath of the raid.



One of the Cossacks posing with the confiscated MG3.

 

[Creatrick]

Tsardom of Volhynia - Moldova border territory


An Inquisitor patrol catches a couple of drug runners not far from Volhynian-Moldavian border. The runners have been using more advanced methods of smuggling narcotics undetected to evade inspectors. This group, however, glued cocaine blocks on inside of quarter panel - a relatively well known and easily detected method. According to an unwritten agreement, the runners who are captured by Order fall under Church jurisdiction, which openly states that drug-running of big quantities means death penalty.

The Volhynian chapter of Order of Christ's Blood has grown very large since its establishment a couple of years ago. In fact it is so big now, that it essentially became a part of Tsardom's security apparatus that fiercely pursues the enemies of both the Tsar and the Order's established Christian sect. This also includes the duties of state law enforcement as well.

Even the most uninformed individual has heard of how zealously Order despises drugs. The Inquisition has openly stated that narcotic production, sale and use of these "unholy" substances is a form of a very serious heresy. And where there is heresy, you can count that the fanatic inquisitors are already sniffing around for people who commit it.

Perhaps the best display of such war on drugs is already underway near the desolate Tsardom-Moldavian border, where years of isolation and neglect have allowed the criminal organizations to use this region to smuggle the banned substances into the country. Though the fight so far has been effective at halving the smuggling rates, the problem persists, especially nowadays while the Tsar is committing big resources to pacify Ukrainian resistance movement. Unfortunately, the undermanned Volhynian border guards at the area find it hard to pursue the smugglers, even with Inquisition's aid.


The impoverished reality of Moldavia. The region where law simply doesn't exist or there's no initiative for local government to uphold it. Scores of small settlements serve as replenishing points for festering drug smuggling network that extends not only to neighboring countries of Volhynia, ERR, Romania, but also as far as western Europe and Scandinavia.

The smugglers and their goods come from no other place but Moldavia. Already a forgotten part of Europe before all the regional troubles, this degenerate land has been completely overrun by criminals of all types, thanks to extremely corrupt government and crime families who divided the land completely unopposed. Public law simply does not exist here - it's made by those who have more local power, akin to medieval vassals.

These groups are simple crime families who profit from usual crimes - gun, drug, human trafficking. The power they hold is unrivaled by government that somehow still clings to it's existence. One can ask - maybe the government are simply puppets of these mafias to maintain an illusion that Moldavia has yet to fall to anarchy? Or maybe the government is mafia itself? Either way, the line has been blurred out long time ago. For an ordinary Moldavian person it doesn't matter - the local gypsy drug lord will pay the same wage as the state if it had any semblance of authority in his town. And with such ignorance this failed country has been transformed into Europe's most infamous crime haven.

For Tsardom this was a headache for a very long time. Despite harsh punishments, even execution for Moldavian criminals caught in Tsardom, the mafia structures keep trying to slip their tendrils into the nation. Even the presence of militant Order can't scare them away. The drugs keep flowing and it's as if the criminals are openly mocking both the Tsardom and the Order...

Tsar of Volhynia Vitaly Romanov, had this to say to Bishop Anton Lazarov during one meeting:

I can't understand how that shithole remained sovereign until now! It was a pain in our side for too long Invading it and putting stop to that festering problem was like one of the few of my father's great ideas. It might soon be time for those troglodytes to witness what a real glory looks and feels like... as it stomps their faces into ground for all these years of mocking us, hehehe...

Inquisition operatives and Volhynian State Security officers working on intel on Moldavia's most notorious criminal heads in central V.S.S headquarters in capital city of Lviv.

It has been suggested many times that Volhynia, being the regional power, should simply invade and crush the insolent mafias since Moldavia's government either can't or chooses to ignore them. However, no solid statements on this have been made yet, as for Tsardom and Order it appears that the most important priority now is to keep fighting the Ukrainian resistance and Eastern Legion threat.

But these are dark and unpredictable times - one may never know when Tsardom decides to send a division or two over the border... Furthermore, Inquisition has recently been recently actively working with Volhynian State Security to gain as much intel on Moldavian mafias and their leaders. If it requires, they will know which individuals must be removed to send the entire criminal network crumbling to mud.

Note: this is an old repost from earlier edition to provide context for upcoming events.

 

[Tsar_Dusan]

September 24
Location: The Don Cossacks Federation of Krasnodar (DCFK)


Flag of the Federation of Krasnodar.

The Don Cossacks Federation of Krasnodar (DCFK) is a Eastern European state situated in southern Russia bordering Crimea and Donbas region, now The Tsardom of Volhynia - it is a nation with deep ethnic and historic history, going back to the days of the Kiev Rus. However, ever since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, the nation suffered hugely - money is in short supply in the nation with having suffered worse then most during the collapse, their main source of income was just the small coal and grain exports to neighboring nations. During the mid-1990s political factions fought over the parliament and many small conflicts occurred until 2002 when Russian and Ukrainian oligarchs managed to buy themselves enough power to hold seats - over the decade they managed to solidify their positions in parliament.

With the government turning to the power of the oligarchs in 2008, things remained the same, cities and infrastructure continued to be neglected besides the capital of Krasnodar which was only doing better off because of the oligarchy investments. With ordinary citizens continuing doing worse off then their neighbors in Russia and Volhynia, many political factions reemerged in recent years in hopes to better the nation in their vision - whether that is for better or worse is yet to be seen.


The Oligarchs, are seen as corruptors in the eyes of the larger population, with many using Krasnodar as a Tax-Haven. But some are not as corrupt as some may think.

Krasnodar has witnessed unnerving events in the region which have severely worsened their position. With the war in Ukraine and further insurrection in Volhynia halted their trade. The continuing insurgency there scared off foreign investors, which would avoid the east. Atop of the war in Volhynia came the economic crisis that is hitting the globe and the destructive war in Turkey which has stranded the Black-Sea region with no trade coming in, with the major route being cut off due to the war and political unrest that came with their Anatolian insurgency.


Only the capital of Krasnodar has decent development but it still feels the hit from the economic issues.

The military of Krasnodar has been a mess since the 1990s, even though they inherited a large amount of Cold War equipment from the Soviet Union a lot of the surplus has been sold off in arms deals that the generals themselves put together to help pay their men. The extreme lack of funding had led to the smaller conflicts in 1990s rage longer then they should have, and also in present day have led to extreme corruption and incompetence. Many of the facility and bases have been neglected, a lot of equipment that is not being currently used has rusted for a decade in storage and many fleets of vehicles and even some scud launchers were sold off in shady arms deals. To this day the military sells off military hardware for income, many professional servicemen just moved permanently to the bases, and mechanics scrapping older mothballed equipment to fix any damaged gear.



Military units hardly listen to their parliament, with many Serviceman living permanently on base in houses they put up for themselves.

Black Market arms and part dealing is rife, with little to change under the oligarchs, it seems that there is no hope for the nation unless change comes, with fresh elections around the corner it will be time to see whether the nations votes to change or to remain the same stagnated nation.

 

[bottle boy]

Eastern Moldovian-Volhynian border...
25th of September

On the morning of the 25th of September, a VIA border patrol was found dead, the suspects are unknown, but it is presumed to be a coordinated ambush by the Moldovian smugglers that take their chances through Volhynia. Three officers from the Border Division was confirmed dead.
On the northern border atleast 15 bodies was recovered, all 15 of them had walked in the minefield and triggered multiple mines in the area. The Moldovian mafia is known for kidnapping people to do cruel things to them, one of them being releasing people onto the Volhynian minefields to see where the mines are placed exactly, this incident has happened twice since the border was so heavily mined in 2018.


The VIA patrol stopping the suspicious van but before they could do their routine check..


The patrol was ambushed by smugglers hiding in the forest with guns, the smugglers was prepared for the patrol.


Some of the unfortunate kidnapped people forced to walk the minefields in the very early morning on the 25th.


Northern patrol finding the remains.

 

[The Majestic Waffle]

Quite some time has passed since anything eventful has happened in the small region of Chechnya.
Since the civil war the area has flourished in relative terms. The previously non-existent economy now fuels the nation with the funds to support it's recent spending habits.
Under rule of the OTPP, (Left-wing political party), the capital city of Grozny has been repaired and expanded to great lengths. The population has been rising and more and more land must be converted from farms to housing accommodation for the influx of immigrants seeking religious refuge. Fleeing from both Karaq and Turkey. However this also had it's downsides. The crime-rate began to skyrocket and due to the relatively low numbers of enforcers employed by the OTPP they were unable to keep up. Unrest began to brew silently once more in the hearts of every true Chechen.

The OTPP is not the only faction that has been working diligently to achieve their goals. In the mountains the armed forces of Chechnya have established bases and outposts. Digging deep tunnels and bunkers to fortify their hold over the region and provide a main staging area for troops. Their more militaristic and religious ideals appealed to many of the Chechens and immigrants. Numbers grew quickly and rapidly - So much so that they hardly had the equipment to hand out to the many eager volunteers. Recycling whatever they could from the previous pro-Russian occupants.
This time also allowed them to organize their forces into more than just the mob it used to be. The military was split into three branches with their own respective command structure. The largest and least equipped would be the army. The main backbone of Chechnya. The second is the specialized infantry branch. They consisted of anything from mountain troops to paratroopers. The higher trained and better equipped sword of Chechnya. Finally, the shield. The internal troops were used for any actions in-country. They had relatively low numbers but extremely rapid deployment times thanks to the APCs and helicopters afforded to them from the army.

Soon, it was clear that with the constant executions and Marxist ideals the OTPP was not the party to rule Chechnya. General Khalim Adla ordered the internal troops to seize Grozny and relieve the OTPP enforcers and the president of their responsibilities. The party didn't have time to prepare, with many of the soldiers already stationed in the city before the coup it was a quick and decisive victory. One that came with minimal bloodshed between the two forces.

Spoiler: Internal Troops Seizing Grozny

- Soldiers cordoning off portions of the city from public access.


- Raids on criminal elements and party officials.


- Aftermath of a skirmish with arms dealers.


- Internal troops storming the OTPP party headquarters.

After the capital was taken the duty of law enforcement fell upon the soldiers. Their methods were effective and brutal, quickly snuffing out most of the larger gangs and criminal organizations within the city. The people were rather receptive, with senseless public executions and blatant propaganda no longer being forced upon them. Now, without a president General Khalim assumed control of the nation. Appointing a cabinet of ministers to manage most anything besides the military.

Khalim however wasn't satisfied with the current state of Chechnya, and with war in the air he began to prepare his troops to invade a neighbor, gaining more territory and sea access - Even if it was the landlocked Caspian sea. A new flag was also adopted. It was much more traditional, awful, and plain.

Spoiler: Flag

Spoiler: Special Forces Mobilizing

- Saboteurs and reconnaissance forces infiltrate for the upcoming operation.


- '1st Grozny Shock Corps' moving through the wooded lowlands at the base of the mountain range.


- Mountaineers fanning across the caucus mountains.


- 'Airborne' soldiers remaining on standby, eastern border of Chechnya.

 

[EdwardDewey98]

• San Francisco, Pacific States of America •
October 2nd, 2019



Early in the morning, politicians of the United Provinces of Argent that had taken shelter in Sumatra the past two years had arrived to the Pacific States of America. Thanks to the enormous efforts of the President of the government in exile to move everyone and the kind offer of President John F. Davis to hold the meeting in the PSA. The meeting includes members of the disbanded Provincial army, members of the chamber of senators and the chamber of deputies. For the first time in nearly two years, the Provincial government in exile is finally together.



"As you all know, this only happened due to our own mistakes. The traitorous general that organized the coup is but a catalyst, a proof of our incompetence, we grew cocky and satisfied with our position as members of the 'World Police' and we disregarded our own national security. That's a mistake we'll have to pay for but we will rectify it." said Alejandro while looking at everyone in the meeting room. "Throughout the year and a half that we have been in exile, I have used every single penny of my fortune as well as money from loyalist investors in our home nation to secure our sovereignty in the Provincial soil." He paused for a moment to look at the man next to him, the director of the Argentum Occalatus (Silver Watch, provincial secret service) "Thanks to the efforts of Director Pinto, we have been able to gather a lot of information on Argentina right under their noses, while their security has improved, it still poses little trouble for provincial agents, and with the help of moles or loyalists in the Argentine army, there have been little incidents."




"This includes information on pretty much anything the government does tell to the public. Their economy, their resources, the size of their armed forces, the amount of still active bases, their open persecution of Provincial loyalists among the population. Some of this intel is later sent to our allies." Melissa quickly interjected. "What allies do we have?" Alejandro gave her a glance, before answering her. "...we count with the support of Tchvonia and the Pacific states, Brittany and Asana, while supportive, are not able to do much. We might count with armed support from Sumatra but that's not confirmed either."

Melissa crossed her arms, taking a deep breath before speaking up again. "Tchvonia and the Pacific States? wouldn't that bring conflict of interests?" Alejandro shakes his head. "No, for now I have managed to secure stable relation with both of them, we will see if this lasts through the campaign." Alejandro looked back at Director Pinto. "...going back on subject, we have also invested in propaganda, using various media outlets to remark the enormous mistakes of Argentine government, even if they are actually small. And it seems to be working."



"There's been riots across the capital, loyalists ask for more autonomy in Buenos Aires, mobilizing both left and right parties agreeing in one common goal. To preserve the Provincial identity. Some of you might be wondering, why is this important? The answer should be obvious... it gives us legitimacy again, our attack with happen soon and we need that to be taken serious by the international community, to be seen as a government trying to take back its place instead a guerrilla movement trying to cause another coup." Alejandro cleared his throat before continuing. "...the attack will start in October 15th, ladies and gentlemen... this must be done if we want to secure our democracy and the freedom of our people."

 

[The Majestic Waffle]

After a few days of preparation the military was ready. While the army and paratroops had been sitting in bases on standby elements of the '1st Grozny Shock Corps' and saboteurs/recon from the scout brigade had already crossed the border and were in position. The plan devised by the general was one that would insure a swift and decisive victory over the regional forces of Dagestan and would end the war in just a week. First, the scout brigade were to mine and setup ambush points on all main roads leading to the capital just prior to the invasion. The shock corps was in position to storm the city and engage the local garrison in a prolonged firefight as they awaited the army. The army was to travel along an alternate route following the river to reach the capital and then relieve the special forces for the final assault on a worn and battered enemy. Once the capital was taken it's assumed the rest of the region would fall in line given it's hostile attitude toward the ruling government.

On October 3rd, General Khalim Adla gave the order to invade Dagestan.

Spoiler: First hours of invasion.

- Scout brigade mining roads and preparing to engage any reinforcements.


- Chechen army motorized soldiers crossing the eastern border to Dagestan.


- '1st Grozny Shock Corps' entering the outer limits of regional capital, Makhachkala.


- Mountaineers preparing to engage nearby Russian QRFs should they move to assist the capital.

Within the first few hours there have been no reports of contact. It was a surprise attack, so a delayed reaction is to be expected. However, heavy resistance is expected as soon as the troops enter the main city. Due to the limited number of helicopters and near complete lack of planes the Chechen paratroops remain on stand-by on the eastern border encase of emergency deployment. The army with armored support race toward the capital. The general eagerly awaits word of their success to reach him the next day.

In the meantime the foreign minister of Chechnya met with representatives of the Grand Duchy of Samogitia. The reason of the meeting was unknown and yet to be released to the public but likely it was to setup future diplomatic discussion between the two countries. The crime rate has been steadily dropping in the city of Grozny thanks to the troops stationed within. A great deal of gangs that had once ruled the streets were now nothing more than corpses in alley ways. There was still much work to be done to ensure the stability of Chechnya, but with the people focused on war most were able to ignore the faults in their country.

 

[RickVIce]

In 2015 and early 2016, some people may recall several news casts about some horrible was in some far away country called Russmenika, or something like that, as soon as the misery ends so does the international interest.
The war was devestating, forever branded into the history of this former soviet state.

Recently neighbouring countries reported on a suprisingly succesfull operation by the Russmenikan army.
A insurgent attack on a local church had been planned for some time, the idea was to deliver justice to the heretics and make an example, reminding the people they are still here, and that they will judge all non-believers. However the church was already cleared out, and the insurgents wandered the church and graveyard in confusion, before they were eventually picked off by the army laying in ambush, they even managed to arrest some of them with zero casualties on the army side.

With the news of this spreading to the neighbouring countries, more and more suddenly seem to recall that this country exist. Though some might respond to the news with "Russ-what?"

Russmenika

A democratic republic, on the paper at least.
Russmenika is situated to the east of "The Tsardom of Volhynia" and the "Don Cossacks Federation of Krasnodar". To the west of the "Democratic Republic of Kergikstan and to the north and south of the Russian Federation.

Though the government is mostly run by a corrupt president, who has bought the military and half the government and is almost richer than the state itself, the people of Russmenika are relatively happy. They have very comfortable labour laws and a lot of personal freedoms, so they put up with it, though nowhere near as bad as before, Russmenika is still plagued by islamic insurgents, justifying the President's spending on the military, and strenghtening his position.

More Info can be found here: Russmenika

 

[The Majestic Waffle]

A day into the invasion of Dagestan and the situation has turned quite dramatically.
The '1st Grozny Shock Corps' strolled into the city with at first zero resistance. Though near the center there was already a force gathered there to meet them. What followed was an intense and bloody conflict.

Spoiler: 1st Grozny Shock Corps

- Shock troops street-clearing.


- '1st Grozny Shock Corps' engaged with superior forces at the city center.

Facing an enemy that possessed heavy armor and outnumbered them on the attack lead to many casualties in the early hours of the battle. Without the support of the army they only had a handful of BTR-70's and RPGs. Their fate surely rested in reinforcements arriving soon.

The Chechen army was due to reach the regional capital late into the first day - However the general was quickly informed that they may not reach the destination in a timely manner...

Spoiler: Chechen Army

- Citizens of the city, Buynaksk, celebrating the arrival of Chechen forces.


- General Khalim Adla being informed they have run into 'Unexpected' delays.

With the army not expected to reach their destination until the following morning the situation was looking bleak for the '1st Grozny Shock Corps'. Outmanned and outgunned the general ordered them to disengage, however they opted to remain in the city and continue fighting. Claiming they could hold out until they arrived.

By now, Russia has caught wind of the situation unfolding by the Caspian sea. The whole world likely knew, if they even cared about one mud-farm attacking another. The federation responded by deploying mechanized troops from their southern border to relieve the city of Makhachkala. However along their speedy race they ran into complications...

Spoiler: Scout Battalion.

- Russian soldiers being ambushed by recon forces who had been laying in wait.

And so, the war continues into the night...

 

[Tbonemeister]

Tchvonian People's Nuclear Committee briefing in Vorkuta, Tchvonia.

"In the following weeks after Russia's Skyfall test failure, radiation levels have gone up to significant levels in eastern Tchvonia as the wind carries them closer to the capital. The TPNC have deployed to Vorkuta as their base of operations in the cleanup process, assisting them will be Internal Troops and local militia as they travel between towns. Iodine tablets have been handed out to over a million people by now just to be safe."

Main Square Avenue, Vorkuta, Tchvonia

"All available vehicles that could contain decontaminating liquids were mobilized, even a few fuel trucks were drained in order to assist. Sensors were placed around the city as the civil defense speaker towers gave mandatory curfews, limited outdoor activity, and other instructions on how to better avoid contamination. Some would venture out to see an almost deserted city, no civilian foot or motor traffic, only the crews of the TPNC and Internal Troops inhabited the streets as they continued to decontaminate. Air traffic was reduced to Internal Troop helicopters shuffling personnel around from place to place, commercial flights have diverted to Kara Sea City where radiation hadn't ticked into concerning levels."

Somewhere in Eastern Tchvonia

"Pockets of radiation were detected by sniffer aircraft and then pinpointed via helicopter, a lot of which were nothing too horrifying but one piece required special tongs to remove and blew out several of the dosimeters while leaving one to crackle harshly. Rumors were that the piece was glowing but the liklier cause were flashlights illuminating it, the containment crew placed it in a special containment case and was taken back to Vorkuta to be inspected by the TPNC. Debris containment operations continued but failed to produce anything near the levels the mystery piece was at."

TPRT Base, Germania Land, Greenland

"What used to be it's own expeditionary force ranging in thousands of troops, dozens of aircraft, and a whole array of armored vehicles is now more of a research station for several science teams, along with a TPA skeleton crew to keep the airport operational and base staff to keep everything up and running. While the threat of corporate control that lead to the creation of the base is now gone, there have been rumors that Greenland may be in the crosshairs of some. The Tchvonian Government hasn't reactivated the base to a combat status yet and hasn't shown signs of any intentions to do so for now it'll remain a research station."

"The most that moves between the base and Tchvonia is a resupply that shows up every spring to drop off a years worth of fresh supplies when the runway is less blown over from the winter storms. Next delivery May 2020, enjoy the winter."