You're in for it now. Actually kinda surprised how the PRC has been able to arm up so fast. This isn't gonna go so well.
Also, seeing Corbyn as HoS actually makes me giggle a bit. It's Grand PM Trudeau that's depressing. Post cabinets maybe?
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You're in for it now. Actually kinda surprised how the PRC has been able to arm up so fast. This isn't gonna go so well.
Also, seeing Corbyn as HoS actually makes me giggle a bit. It's Grand PM Trudeau that's depressing. Post cabinets maybe?
@Asalto There is a version that works on 1.04 right off the bat. I'm not sure whether or not novapaddy is involved with it.
@Asalto
Yay! At long last, the next Weltkrieg! Where are most of the Soviet forces concentrated anyway?
Finally, the Entente/Atlantic Pact is going to join Mittleleuropa against them or stab it in the back by joining with the syndies, I just know it!
Yay! At long last, the next Weltkrieg! Where are most of the Soviet forces concentrated anyway?
Finally, the Entente/Atlantic Pact is going to join Mittleleuropa against them or stab it in the back by joining with the syndies, I just know it!
The Atlantic Pact will join the forces of liberty against the Syndicalist menace.
Long live the Kingdom of France, long live Mitteleuropa!
Long live the Kingdom of France, long live Mitteleuropa!
And so it begins! This is the hour of truth for Teufel and Leang. Or China, hem, the East Asian Empire will prevail, and consequently ascend into world superpower status (because let's be honest, in case of victory the Nanjing-Beijing detente won't last for long) or the duumvirate at her helm would give Asia and Europe to the Syndicalists...
@AvatarOfKhaine Not sure if they are supposed to be tormented or delighted by their roles in this alternate reality.
@Duke of Kings Indeed it is.
@IconOfEvi I don't have full cabinet for UoB (apart from Corbyn and Galloway, the rest are default Labour ministers and military generals, but even that is probably still plausible enough). As for Canada, I posted its latest cabined again during the fall of the pirates of Tortuga update a few pages ago when the King's First Minister Trudeau enjoyed his sweet little victory.
@RyuDrago You mean Nanjing-Berlin detente? So even in best case this world might end up in something like The Man in a High Castle?
@NikephorosSonar Damn, why did you have to provoke my old Francophilia into waking up and hijacking the next update? My beloved National France, It's a Long Way to Paris...
Why do you wish us to hide the emotion which seizes us all, men and women, who are here, at home, in Paris that stood up to liberate itself and that succeeded in doing this with its own hands?
No! We will not hide this deep and sacred emotion. These are minutes which go beyond each of our poor lives. Paris! Paris outraged! Paris broken! Paris martyred! But Paris liberated! Liberated by itself, liberated by its people with the help of the French armies, with the support and the help of all France, of the France that fights, of the only France, of the real France, of the eternal France!
This duty of war, all the men who are here and all those who hear us in France know that it demands national unity. We, who have lived the greatest hours of our History, we have nothing else to wish than to show ourselves, up to the end, worthy of France. Long live France!
The Germans and their French collaborators didn't know what hit them. That same day, employees of the Paris Métro, the Gendarmerie, and police went on strike; postal workers followed the next day. They were soon joined by workers across the city, causing a general strike to break out. The chaos was used by the National Council of the Resistance and the Parisian Committee on Liberation jointly called for an immediate uprising. Liberation Committees in each neighborhood occupied the government buildings and headquarters of collaborationist newspapers, and put up barricades in the northern and eastern neighborhoods, where the Resistance was the strongest. To the surprise of Syndicalist resistance leader Maurice Tanguy, the Paris police also joined in the uprising; a thousand policemen occupied the Prefecture of Police, the police headquarters on the Île de la Cité. A small group of Resistance fighters, led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Benoît Hamon, walked into the office of the Prefect of Paris at the Hôtel de Ville and demanded that he hands over the building. The Prefect asked to see his papers and Hamon replied: "We've gotten out of the habit of that kind of thing." Hamon placed the Prefect and the member of the Municipal Council under arrest, and occupied the building. Tanguy commanded the uprising from a bunker twenty-six meters beneath the statue of the Lion de Belfort, Place Denfert-Rochereau, which communicated with the catacombs. Parisians cut down trees and tore up paving stones to build barricades. Scattered sniping and street fighting broke out between the Germans, the Royal Guard and the Resistance. [excerpt from Great Atlantic Encyclopedia, free online encyclopedia avalible on Trans-Atlantic Web]
Marshal Dassault and his generals entering Paris on old military vehicles. The symbolism was meant to embrace the event that should have happened long decades ago.
The Paris was soon in the hands of the Resistance, an umbrella movement of several powerful rebel groups that ranged from radical Syndicalist to Republican and regionalist underground organizations: Socialist Party of Brittany was lead by Benoît Hamon and acted as regionalist subdivision of national Parti socialiste that was operating in both French states; Left Front of Jean-Luc Mélenchon was strongest alliance of several Syndicalist groups; Northern section of Action française was lead by Marine Le Pen, her agenda was more socialist and republican oriented than the one of central party in order to remain competitive in the anti-monarchist dominated North; there were also several other groups like social-liberal oriented Radical Party of Jean-Louis Borloo; and many other groups and factions with their outposts in the Northern France. After the Royal Guard was defeated and small German garrison retreated together with royalist goverment to historical city of Laon, the goverment buildings were safely in rebel hands. However, the reports of confused but still dangerous (and German-supported) royalists forces gathering on the outskirts of the capital forced the Resistance leaders to act fast. The National Council of the Resistance declared itself for new provisional goverment of French Kingdom, citing the control of national capital as a base of its legitimacy. The German forces were declared unwanted and the armed forces of French Republic were invited into the country to restore the lawful order (what was that was decided in liberated Paris now).
President Dassault didn't need any other reason to respond: After all, this crisis was planned in advance together with all other actors. The only question remaining was the German response, but most of allies agreed that even if Teufel goes mad, his cronies in Berlin still won't be able to persuade autonomous actors like Kaiser, general staff and most of ministers to react. Especially not since the Heer and most of Luftwaffe were bugged down in Eastern Front while Kaiserliche Marine was playing hide-and-seek with Republican Navy and the Red Fleet. National French forces could only try not to provoke the Germans, thus the order was given that the force was not to be applied against any German soldier, state official or private citizen, except in self-defense. This order was of course not being applied to ''Internal Forces of the North'' that was the Resistance: Legally rebels were completely private political group, but in fact they were coordinated by French armed forces command.
French paratroopers landing in Northern France.
The French armed forces have thus entered the North the very same day they were invited into the territory of the Kingdom of France. Germans were caught by surprise, with field commanders rather evacuating or surrendering to French national forces that to fight back. Great General Staff in Berlin could do nothing but to order full retreat from France in order to avoid the war with Atlantic Treaty, in spite of rage coming from War Minister Voigt and East Asian Viceroy Teufel. German Empire has lost face when being put in front of cruel choice: Lose France or go to war with North America and European allies. Maybe French Republic could be still dealt with before North American reinforcements arrive from Iberia, but having Italian Federation and Balkan Union stabbing Danubian Federation into its soft Southern belly in the midst of war against the Soviet Republic...this would be unacceptable. Nobody could even imagine how would things turn out if federation of Balkan kingdoms takes Constantinople and Arab-Persian alliance finally gets brave enough to jump on the wagon of world wide coalition against East Asia and Mitteleuropa.
The takeover of French kingdom was orchestrated by the goverment of French Republic with support of allied intelligence services, Northern Resistance groups and even Union of Britain that gave the green light to Syndicalist insurgency when the need for creation of united front appeared (Syndicalist goverments also had no better choice but to join coordinated efforts in exchange for some future concessions like support for more socialist policies in unified French Republic). The well-coordinated efforts were masterminded from the national French side by Dassault's faithful triumvirate of War Minister Jean Reno, Chief of Staff Rene Lyon, and intelligence chief Francois Fillon.
French advance was rapid and Kingdom of France collapsed under its own weight. Germans couldn't even do anything else but to stash fugitive monarch Francois IV of Hannover and his top ministers into town of Sigmaringen where the castle of Hohenzollern dynasty was located as well. National reconciliation process was declared by President Dassault who also announced that his goverment will be fully relocated to Paris in the 14th of July, on the National Day of French Republic. New elections were also to be held shortly, with President Dassault hoping that his newly gained political capital will carry him trough in the presence of increased competition. The Syndicalists (now ''moderated'' and ready for parliamentary fight), Socialists, even the monarchists gathered mostly in Action française...everyone were waiting to get their piece of enlarged cake. Like the most of parties, majority of monarchist pretenders also welcomed liberation of France (the main opposition in form of fugitive rulers of old pro-German kingdom was absent anyway). President Dassault will have to reinforce his position by adopting the talking points of many diffrent factions. And above all, in those times it was the patriotism that sells the best, so Berlin was not trying to delude itself that French Republic will now cease with its anti-German agenda. Even worse, National France was now sharing border with neutral United Netherlands and French influence in Amsterdam was about to increase even further.
Citizens of Paris hanging out with the crew of AMX-30 tank of the French Army. The smell of freedom was in the air.
@Duke of Kings Indeed it is.
@IconOfEvi I don't have full cabinet for UoB (apart from Corbyn and Galloway, the rest are default Labour ministers and military generals, but even that is probably still plausible enough). As for Canada, I posted its latest cabined again during the fall of the pirates of Tortuga update a few pages ago when the King's First Minister Trudeau enjoyed his sweet little victory.
@RyuDrago You mean Nanjing-Berlin detente? So even in best case this world might end up in something like The Man in a High Castle?
@NikephorosSonar Damn, why did you have to provoke my old Francophilia into waking up and hijacking the next update? My beloved National France, It's a Long Way to Paris...
Paris
On 14th June, exactly one month before the Bastille Day, Charles Dassault, President of the French Republic, moved into the War Ministry on the Rue Saint-Dominique. He made a rousing speech to the crowd from the Hôtel de Ville.
Why do you wish us to hide the emotion which seizes us all, men and women, who are here, at home, in Paris that stood up to liberate itself and that succeeded in doing this with its own hands?
No! We will not hide this deep and sacred emotion. These are minutes which go beyond each of our poor lives. Paris! Paris outraged! Paris broken! Paris martyred! But Paris liberated! Liberated by itself, liberated by its people with the help of the French armies, with the support and the help of all France, of the France that fights, of the only France, of the real France, of the eternal France!
This duty of war, all the men who are here and all those who hear us in France know that it demands national unity. We, who have lived the greatest hours of our History, we have nothing else to wish than to show ourselves, up to the end, worthy of France. Long live France!
The Germans and their French collaborators didn't know what hit them. That same day, employees of the Paris Métro, the Gendarmerie, and police went on strike; postal workers followed the next day. They were soon joined by workers across the city, causing a general strike to break out. The chaos was used by the National Council of the Resistance and the Parisian Committee on Liberation jointly called for an immediate uprising. Liberation Committees in each neighborhood occupied the government buildings and headquarters of collaborationist newspapers, and put up barricades in the northern and eastern neighborhoods, where the Resistance was the strongest. To the surprise of Syndicalist resistance leader Maurice Tanguy, the Paris police also joined in the uprising; a thousand policemen occupied the Prefecture of Police, the police headquarters on the Île de la Cité. A small group of Resistance fighters, led by Jean-Luc Mélenchon and Benoît Hamon, walked into the office of the Prefect of Paris at the Hôtel de Ville and demanded that he hands over the building. The Prefect asked to see his papers and Hamon replied: "We've gotten out of the habit of that kind of thing." Hamon placed the Prefect and the member of the Municipal Council under arrest, and occupied the building. Tanguy commanded the uprising from a bunker twenty-six meters beneath the statue of the Lion de Belfort, Place Denfert-Rochereau, which communicated with the catacombs. Parisians cut down trees and tore up paving stones to build barricades. Scattered sniping and street fighting broke out between the Germans, the Royal Guard and the Resistance. [excerpt from Great Atlantic Encyclopedia, free online encyclopedia avalible on Trans-Atlantic Web]
Marshal Dassault and his generals entering Paris on old military vehicles. The symbolism was meant to embrace the event that should have happened long decades ago.
President Dassault didn't need any other reason to respond: After all, this crisis was planned in advance together with all other actors. The only question remaining was the German response, but most of allies agreed that even if Teufel goes mad, his cronies in Berlin still won't be able to persuade autonomous actors like Kaiser, general staff and most of ministers to react. Especially not since the Heer and most of Luftwaffe were bugged down in Eastern Front while Kaiserliche Marine was playing hide-and-seek with Republican Navy and the Red Fleet. National French forces could only try not to provoke the Germans, thus the order was given that the force was not to be applied against any German soldier, state official or private citizen, except in self-defense. This order was of course not being applied to ''Internal Forces of the North'' that was the Resistance: Legally rebels were completely private political group, but in fact they were coordinated by French armed forces command.
French paratroopers landing in Northern France.
The French armed forces have thus entered the North the very same day they were invited into the territory of the Kingdom of France. Germans were caught by surprise, with field commanders rather evacuating or surrendering to French national forces that to fight back. Great General Staff in Berlin could do nothing but to order full retreat from France in order to avoid the war with Atlantic Treaty, in spite of rage coming from War Minister Voigt and East Asian Viceroy Teufel. German Empire has lost face when being put in front of cruel choice: Lose France or go to war with North America and European allies. Maybe French Republic could be still dealt with before North American reinforcements arrive from Iberia, but having Italian Federation and Balkan Union stabbing Danubian Federation into its soft Southern belly in the midst of war against the Soviet Republic...this would be unacceptable. Nobody could even imagine how would things turn out if federation of Balkan kingdoms takes Constantinople and Arab-Persian alliance finally gets brave enough to jump on the wagon of world wide coalition against East Asia and Mitteleuropa.
Orléanist claimant, Duke Philippe d'Orléans. All other royalist and imperial pretenders, including Legitimist claimant Henri de Bourbon-Bordeaux and imperial pretender Prince Lois Nicolas Bonaparte, have expressed their gratitude to Marshal Dassault for his role in the process of the reunification of France. The German imposter from the House of Hannover fled to Berlin where some of his ministers attempted to put together goverment in exile in Sigmaringen but even their Hohenzollern hosts were not too fond of the idea. Pro-German Kingdom of France was gone for good and its weakness had put even Berlin to shame. But fallen king of France was still in German hands, with his claim still posing a threat in case of German Empire deciding to use it for some dastardly plan.
Citizens of Paris hanging out with the crew of AMX-30 tank of the French Army. The smell of freedom was in the air.
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East Asian Empire and its representatives in Berlin could thus do nothing but to accept lack of German will to take care of France. Teufel was furious to see Empire losing face in such embarrassing manner, but even he had to acknowledge that going to war with entire Atlantic Treaty would not be the best idea in these circumstances. Especially not since the war in his own backyard was not going so well as he was hoping for. Even much smaller PRC that should not even dream about the claiming Mandate of Heaven was giving too much trouble to EAA. Soviet support or not, the freshly trained PLA troops were way too motivated in their fight against the veteran EAA forces.
Moreover, there were even more trouble for Nanjing in sight. An actual Syndicalist revolt erupted in Taiwan, and for diffrence from misterious ''Ezo Republic'', the newly declared Republic of Formosa that controlled most of the island expect few major urban centers like Taipei and Taichung that remained in the hands of EAA and local captaincy-general. Rebels were supplied by Republican Navy of UoB that coordinated these activities from British-controlled Ryukyu Republic. Hopefully, the island can be fully recaptured with the help of strong air support that will have to be diverged from some crucial frontline. This local crisis was fortunately maneable but still posed a great distraction from more troubled sectors that the EAA had to deal with.
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Pile body upon body! The French Republic WILL pay!
That said, seeing as how the Kingdom had some legitimacy considering it lasted as long as it did, and clearly even transferred power to an actual born in France, even if he is German king, it's odd how...rapidly, loyalist forces collapsed. Surely there are at least SOME Loyalists, besides the Imperial Guard, right? I mean they were sort of mentioned, just didn't know what to do until it was too late. But they have all the heavy weapons, they could have at least turned this into a civil war. Guess they didn't really see any choice though. Still, I like that Francois II has a legitimate claim still.
them
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Pile body upon body! The French Republic WILL pay!
That said, seeing as how the Kingdom had some legitimacy considering it lasted as long as it did, and clearly even transferred power to an actual born in France, even if he is German king, it's odd how...rapidly, loyalist forces collapsed. Surely there are at least SOME Loyalists, besides the Imperial Guard, right? I mean they were sort of mentioned, just didn't know what to do until it was too late. But they have all the heavy weapons, they could have at least turned this into a civil war. Guess they didn't really see any choice though. Still, I like that Francois II has a legitimate claim still.
As I said, this world remained stagnant in some parts (Arab-Alliance, Kingdom of France, AoG, etc) for decades yet changed so much in others.
Not THAT unchanged. The Ottoman Empire isn't literally the Black Knight from Monty Python. If anything, they've somehow been able to retrench. 
As for a split KoF-NF, that happens often enough in KR that it can be considered 'most likely post-KR' lore. Plus, East Germany lasted till 1989, and only did because Soviet power to hold them was collapsing, and even then, it wasn't a given right away that the two Germanies would unify. Whenever the liberation of North Korea gets around, it's not certain the two states will merge right away. And here in KR, KoF isn't poor, it isn't nightmarishly totalitarian, and it's benefactor hasn't collapsed or even contracted. So it makes sense they still hold.
As for a split KoF-NF, that happens often enough in KR that it can be considered 'most likely post-KR' lore. Plus, East Germany lasted till 1989, and only did because Soviet power to hold them was collapsing, and even then, it wasn't a given right away that the two Germanies would unify. Whenever the liberation of North Korea gets around, it's not certain the two states will merge right away. And here in KR, KoF isn't poor, it isn't nightmarishly totalitarian, and it's benefactor hasn't collapsed or even contracted. So it makes sense they still hold.
@IconOfEvi The thing is not that Kingdom of France would be that unpopular, it just lacked the loyalist enthusiasm among general population. Sure, Paris could count on support of the silent majority, but changes are usually happening because of actions of a passionate minority. Majority of people lived their everyday life before, but the change isn't so drastic they'd actually care to defend the old system, not at the cost of civil war. Ideological lines are also not sharp enough for most of neutral/status quo people to care: President Dassault is Gaullist/conservative republican and he'll be trying to rely on Northern conservatives as well if he doesen't want to see big Red coalition taking over entire republic. Royal Guard which was most politically vetted loyalist unit did resist, but French Royal Army was a type of army that remains in barracks in case of internal political crisis. There was National French invasion, but it still wasn't considered as actual foreign intrusion due to shared culture. French kingdom lacked strong dynastic legitimacy to be rallied around, the personification of French Republic is Marianne while the symbol of all French people is Gallic rooster. But the Republic could still claim to represent the French national sovereignity and this appeal could be shared by many while the kingdom was a regime that was internally oppressive but could not resist the foreign pressures externally (something like Qing Empire that collapsed for exactly same reason, not because republican spirit would be so strong among Chinese population).
Vive La France! Glory to Marshall Dassault and the French Republic! Now its time to take back Alsace-Lorraine!
In all seriousness, I hope the Entente joins the war as an ally of the Soviets, it may be the alliances only chance to finally put a check on German and Chinese power. The Arab states, Persians, and the African syndicalists will hopefully join the war soon to bring down Teufel and his German puppets-er I mean allies.
In all seriousness, I hope the Entente joins the war as an ally of the Soviets, it may be the alliances only chance to finally put a check on German and Chinese power. The Arab states, Persians, and the African syndicalists will hopefully join the war soon to bring down Teufel and his German puppets-er I mean allies.
How though... did they become some nightmarish totalitarian state funded beyond reason by Germany?Not THAT unchanged. The Ottoman Empire isn't literally the Black Knight from Monty Python. If anything, they've somehow been able to retrench.
@Kaiser_Mobius Oh dear, you don't want me to lose this game already, do you? Atlantic Treaty + Internationale + Gulf alliance + African Syndicalists = Berlin Pact gone from this world. But is there suitable explanation why they didn't do that already? I think the current situation is still plausible as it's not really in interest of Canada to see Soviet takeover of Eurasia. Internationale itself is strong enough already and actively helping it would pose a problem in not so far future. But if things really go bad enough, who knows...
Thanks for comments, everyone!
EAA troops in Southern (Indian) front were thus just ordered to dig in and hold their lines at all costs. While Himalayan frontier was at least easier to be defended due to its unfriendly geography, situation in Northern China was much more urgent and demanded more attention. Most of EAA air forces were issued with task of providing ground support to friendly land units that were engaged in harsh fighting with the People's Liberation Army of PRC.
The lack of air support on Indian front was substituted by cruise missile strikes from EAA bases in Tibet against the airfields and strategic infrastructure behind the enemy lines.
However, the things were still looking pretty bad in Tibet where the EAA forces suffered heavy defeat at the ''Lion Spring River Town'', in proximity of which the primary source of Indus river Sênggê Zangbo is located. Indian propaganda quickly used this fact to announce the joyful liberation of the source of holy national river of India being at hand.
In Europe, Soviet Republic was still doing very well in face of invasion of a combined forces of Mitteleuropa. German shock concerning the loss of allied regime in France might have contributed to this, but Soviets were still faring much better than expected. If Moscow is not going to fall before the start of winter, there is a lot of trouble ahead of invasion force in the future.
With Syndicalist revolt in Taiwan finally put down, EAA maritime command sends powerful strike group to squeeze and isolate pro-British Ryukyu Republic that was
used by Internationale to provide essential support for rebels of Formosa.
Frustrated by the lack of progress in the Northern front, Viceroy Teufel demands that his favorite corps of armed forces to be deployed behind the enemy lines. Successful airborne assault is launched in Yulin, allowing EAA to harass PLA forces behind the main frontline. This should help with renewed EAA offensive in Shanxi.
German Army takes Smolensk but finds itself encircled by the Red Army. Finns are bringing some good news with their advances in Karelia, but this is still not enough to turn the tide in general theatre of war in Eastern Europe.
After heavy fighting on the border of Indian Burma, a hole is finally opened in the South, paving the way for EAA forces straight to the regional capital of Rangoon.
Situation in Tibet remains fluid. Even a stance of prolonged static defense for EAA would be considered great news by leadership in Nanjing, but Soviet, Chinese and Indian forces just continue to push EAA all around the Tibet. Some desperate cruise missile attacks on Indian capital are most visible response of East Asian Empire to this situation.
Things are not much better in the North where airborne assault on Yulin still didn't substantially influence military developments in Shanxi. Situation in some sectors is so critical that even Chancellor Leang Chen is forced to intervene on the battlefield in order to raise troop morale and put field commanders back into order. Apart from heavy PLA presence, the massive deployment of troops belonging to Korean People's Army and Soviet Red Army poses a deep concern for EAA supreme command. Soviet strength was greatly underestimated as apart from being able to hold back the Mitteleuropa invasion in the West, Red Army can still spare impressive ammount of forces that can be deployed to Asian theatre of war as well.
Thanks for comments, everyone!
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The swift National French takeover of pro-German Kingdom of France that caused the loss of face of Berlin's sphere of collective defense was soon followed by another shock: The regional Syndicalist alliance of African socialist states and movements has entered an open war with Central African Empire and thus with entire Berlin Pact as well.
Due to urgent need to suppress the revolt in Taiwan, EAA's air forces had to give up their hopes of early achievement of air superiority that should be assured at least over the national territory of the East Asian Empire.
EAA troops in Southern (Indian) front were thus just ordered to dig in and hold their lines at all costs. While Himalayan frontier was at least easier to be defended due to its unfriendly geography, situation in Northern China was much more urgent and demanded more attention. Most of EAA air forces were issued with task of providing ground support to friendly land units that were engaged in harsh fighting with the People's Liberation Army of PRC.
The lack of air support on Indian front was substituted by cruise missile strikes from EAA bases in Tibet against the airfields and strategic infrastructure behind the enemy lines.
In Europe, Soviet Republic was still doing very well in face of invasion of a combined forces of Mitteleuropa. German shock concerning the loss of allied regime in France might have contributed to this, but Soviets were still faring much better than expected. If Moscow is not going to fall before the start of winter, there is a lot of trouble ahead of invasion force in the future.
With Syndicalist revolt in Taiwan finally put down, EAA maritime command sends powerful strike group to squeeze and isolate pro-British Ryukyu Republic that was
used by Internationale to provide essential support for rebels of Formosa.
Frustrated by the lack of progress in the Northern front, Viceroy Teufel demands that his favorite corps of armed forces to be deployed behind the enemy lines. Successful airborne assault is launched in Yulin, allowing EAA to harass PLA forces behind the main frontline. This should help with renewed EAA offensive in Shanxi.
Oh boi oh boi. Thats an impressive visual representation of carnage and mayhem. The pinnacle of this AAR so far! You, sir, rock this boat.
@Alizon Why, thank you so much for your wonderful comment!
@Kurt_Steiner Fortunately, there is no need for them...yet.
Rangoon falls to EAA troops without a fight: Red Indian armies seem to have run out of breathe in South Burma as the harsh fights in the North are draining a lot of necessary resources.
As the presence of Chancellor Leang Chen in Northern front fails to improve the situation on the battlefield, she is soon joined by the Minister of Propaganda and Public Enlightenmnent Heinrich Jingwei. Hopefully, things should not become bad enough to demand even more high-ranking goverment officials to be deployed in the field.
British forces in Ryukyus and their local lackeys are about to get punished for the support they provided to Taiwanese rebels. Powerful assault fleet pounds enemy positions and clears the path for amphibious assault carried out by nine brigades of second grade EAA forces. Unfortunately, most of elite troops are stuck in middle of fierce battles on the continent, but hopefully a bunch of light infantry, supported by some light armor, should be able to take care of single British marine brigade and a detachment of local militia that are defending the Northern Okinawa.
South Burma is quickly falling to advancing EAA forces, but resistance is still stiff in the North. EAA intelligence learns that many Soviet advisors are fighting in the ranks of Indian armies. This fact surely underlines the importance of India for Internationale. However, events in Himalayas prove that Indian forces are very powerful on their own already.
Situation in Europe remains fluid: Soviets are luring forces of Mitteleuropa into pockets where they can be easily destroyed. However, Europeans refuse to stand back in spite of heavy loses, throwing everything they have at the Soviets in hope to enter Moscow before the winter arrives.
Good news arrive from the Caucasus where German marines manage to cross the Kerch Strait and establish a foothold at Novorossiysk.
German tank crushing Soviet anti-air gun that was left behind the Red Army.
While EAA maritime forces remain unchallenged, massive casulties among both ground and air forces promt supreme command to demand more equipment, material and trained personnel that could replenish the terrible loses.
British Republican Marines and Ryukyuan People's Militia repel the EAA amphibious Assault in Okinawa, bringing even more shame to Supreme Command in Nanjing.
Crossing of Kerch Strait proves to be a turning point of war in Europe. German breaktrough into Soviet Caucasus also boots allied activity in Ukrainean and Turkish sectors. However, Finnish advance breaks down at the gates of Archangelsk where forces of Finland are soon cut off by Red Army in Karelia. Soviet and Scandinavian pressure on the Kingdom of Finland threatens to destabilize Northern flank of Mitteleuropa. Such development would surely allow Soviets to regroup and counter-attack in the South as well.
EAA air forces are not concerned about the establishment of air superiority even over the home territory as Supreme Command orders them to provide close air support to EAA ground forces in most critical sectors. This makes EAA pilots vulnerable both to attacks of enemy fighters and to anti-air fire from the ground. PLA seems to be well equiped with all kinds of advanced Soviet air defence systems, ranging from towed AA guns to SAMs of all kinds and ranges, including feared long-range S-300 AA missile system.
PLA air defence forces are causing constant headaches to EAA pilots who are trying to provide ground support to besieged friendly forces on the ground.
Combined activity of two high commanders on the Northern battlefields seems to have stabilizing effect on general situation, altough EAA forces are still mostly concerned not to lose major cities like Beijing to very aggressive PLA forces which continue to stage constant attacks and counter-attacks against EAA positions in spite of heavy loses. Every fallen soldier is immediatelly replaced by one of his comrades from Manchuria, Shanxi and other areas under control of PRC, or even by a hardened veteran of Soviet Red Army, Korean People's Army, or Mongolian People's Revolutionary Army. The massive troop surge and following carnage on both sides prompts many foreign observers to compare the ongoing wars with Warring States period of ancient China.
An honorific ceremony of Mongolian People's Revolutionary Army that usually precedes the deployment of fresh troops from Mongolia to frontlines in Northern China.
Mandalay proves to be much harder nut to crack in comparison to Rangoon which fell without a single bullet being fired. Indian troops are not only defending their positions but are starting to counter-attack as well. EAA missile forces in Lhasa are tasked with objective to disrupt enemy logistics in North Burma in order to slow down the well-coordinated enemy activity. EAA was now the one tasked with defence of the very long frontline that is stretching from Burma to mouth of Indus against the massive Indian attacks. Things were not much better in the Northern fronts where Soviets and their allies continued to mount pressure on EAA forces from Sinkiang to Manchuria. The only real question remaining was now based on pursuit of answer about which side is going to suffer the general breakdown first.
@Kurt_Steiner Fortunately, there is no need for them...yet.
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Rangoon falls to EAA troops without a fight: Red Indian armies seem to have run out of breathe in South Burma as the harsh fights in the North are draining a lot of necessary resources.
As the presence of Chancellor Leang Chen in Northern front fails to improve the situation on the battlefield, she is soon joined by the Minister of Propaganda and Public Enlightenmnent Heinrich Jingwei. Hopefully, things should not become bad enough to demand even more high-ranking goverment officials to be deployed in the field.
British forces in Ryukyus and their local lackeys are about to get punished for the support they provided to Taiwanese rebels. Powerful assault fleet pounds enemy positions and clears the path for amphibious assault carried out by nine brigades of second grade EAA forces. Unfortunately, most of elite troops are stuck in middle of fierce battles on the continent, but hopefully a bunch of light infantry, supported by some light armor, should be able to take care of single British marine brigade and a detachment of local militia that are defending the Northern Okinawa.
South Burma is quickly falling to advancing EAA forces, but resistance is still stiff in the North. EAA intelligence learns that many Soviet advisors are fighting in the ranks of Indian armies. This fact surely underlines the importance of India for Internationale. However, events in Himalayas prove that Indian forces are very powerful on their own already.
Situation in Europe remains fluid: Soviets are luring forces of Mitteleuropa into pockets where they can be easily destroyed. However, Europeans refuse to stand back in spite of heavy loses, throwing everything they have at the Soviets in hope to enter Moscow before the winter arrives.
Good news arrive from the Caucasus where German marines manage to cross the Kerch Strait and establish a foothold at Novorossiysk.
German tank crushing Soviet anti-air gun that was left behind the Red Army.
While EAA maritime forces remain unchallenged, massive casulties among both ground and air forces promt supreme command to demand more equipment, material and trained personnel that could replenish the terrible loses.
British Republican Marines and Ryukyuan People's Militia repel the EAA amphibious Assault in Okinawa, bringing even more shame to Supreme Command in Nanjing.
Crossing of Kerch Strait proves to be a turning point of war in Europe. German breaktrough into Soviet Caucasus also boots allied activity in Ukrainean and Turkish sectors. However, Finnish advance breaks down at the gates of Archangelsk where forces of Finland are soon cut off by Red Army in Karelia. Soviet and Scandinavian pressure on the Kingdom of Finland threatens to destabilize Northern flank of Mitteleuropa. Such development would surely allow Soviets to regroup and counter-attack in the South as well.
EAA air forces are not concerned about the establishment of air superiority even over the home territory as Supreme Command orders them to provide close air support to EAA ground forces in most critical sectors. This makes EAA pilots vulnerable both to attacks of enemy fighters and to anti-air fire from the ground. PLA seems to be well equiped with all kinds of advanced Soviet air defence systems, ranging from towed AA guns to SAMs of all kinds and ranges, including feared long-range S-300 AA missile system.
PLA air defence forces are causing constant headaches to EAA pilots who are trying to provide ground support to besieged friendly forces on the ground.
Combined activity of two high commanders on the Northern battlefields seems to have stabilizing effect on general situation, altough EAA forces are still mostly concerned not to lose major cities like Beijing to very aggressive PLA forces which continue to stage constant attacks and counter-attacks against EAA positions in spite of heavy loses. Every fallen soldier is immediatelly replaced by one of his comrades from Manchuria, Shanxi and other areas under control of PRC, or even by a hardened veteran of Soviet Red Army, Korean People's Army, or Mongolian People's Revolutionary Army. The massive troop surge and following carnage on both sides prompts many foreign observers to compare the ongoing wars with Warring States period of ancient China.
An honorific ceremony of Mongolian People's Revolutionary Army that usually precedes the deployment of fresh troops from Mongolia to frontlines in Northern China.
Mandalay proves to be much harder nut to crack in comparison to Rangoon which fell without a single bullet being fired. Indian troops are not only defending their positions but are starting to counter-attack as well. EAA missile forces in Lhasa are tasked with objective to disrupt enemy logistics in North Burma in order to slow down the well-coordinated enemy activity. EAA was now the one tasked with defence of the very long frontline that is stretching from Burma to mouth of Indus against the massive Indian attacks. Things were not much better in the Northern fronts where Soviets and their allies continued to mount pressure on EAA forces from Sinkiang to Manchuria. The only real question remaining was now based on pursuit of answer about which side is going to suffer the general breakdown first.
Can't you try to make a spearhead from tibet right into calculta and cut off the indian forces in burma?
Unfortunately, no. Burma is pretty much the only soft spot of Syndicalist India.