Rebolusyon! (Revolution!) Part 5 ''Reap what you sow'' Jan - March 1940
The effects of allied intervention into the ‘East Indies war’ were immediate with ANZAC forces dispatched with haste towards Singapore, The Naval Bombers of the 2nd Hukbong Himpapwid squadron began a campaign of engagement in the waters within the vicinity of Java while them PRP Marines corps mounted landings in British Malaya.
After some 3months or so of Filipino occupation the Peoples Republic of Indonesia headed by Kawan Musso was established on the 7th February amid much fanfare;
Optimism among the military chiefs was dented as British Troops reinforced the Singapore garrison, whose timely arrival foiled the Filipino advance on the city, in an attempt to raise support among the Malays the Peoples Republic of Malaysia, was established on 14th February. However the landing of ANZAC troops at Alor Star signalled the beginning of the end for the short-lived Malay state.
The British mounted an assault on Batavia held only by 1st Marine division, the redeployment of the ?th Hukbong Katihan Corp saw off the attempted landings.
The rapid reaction of the allies forced a change in strategy in the High Command who saw the Malaya theatre of operations as potentially disastrous and requested a pull out from the peninsular, the opposition of the Communist government, and in particular Crisanto Evangelista, who rejected the proposal out of hand were later compelled to accept when threatened with mutiny by the officers, it was to be the first victory for an increasingly independent and Non Communist Military faction in government. Amid this atmosphere the German intelligence service, the Abwehr, began to strengthen its influence in the country working in concert with the growing number of Officers dissatisfied with the Communist government, and actively backing known Rightist officers like Pastellana, De Jesus and Quezon.
The Arrival of the Royal Navy’s reserve fleet served to confirm the wisdom of the pull out from Malaya with troops redeployed to Java and Borneo.
The overstreched Filipino forces suffered from supply problems with the tiny merchant navy overtaxed in its attempts to maintain convoys on all routes, and with the Military focused on redeployment the Dutch seizure of Menado further shocked the Filipino’s, but more shocking was the British landing at Mindoro amid the Home Islands, this led to a further reduction of troops in the southern seas with the Filipino presence in Sumatra withdrawn back to Luzon abandoning Palembang and Oostahaven to the Allies, the final death of Malaysia also occurred with British forces seizing control of Kuala Lumpur. Anzac troops also made successful landings at Kuching seizing control of the vital airfields.
The British followed up with an amphibious assault on Clark Field which was repulsed, however the Filipino’s were no longer in any doubt of the fight they faced, the jubiliation of October 1939 was gone, to be replaced by doubt and dissention.
OOC: oh boy am I screwed haha :rofl: the liberation of Malaya was a mistake, it really was not worth the dissent considering the allies muscular deployment to halt my advance there!! I really did not want to sacrifice my small army in Malaya sandwiched between the Brits and Anzac’s, no thanks. My original plan was far to optimistic and simply beyond my armed forces capabilities hence the revaluation. So in summary I have made a strategic decision to defend the defendable and withdraw from everywhere else! I will concentrate on
Java – where the Indonesians have two infantry divisions due to come into being by May 1940. I have in place currently 3 divisions so defending the island is possible in my opinion.
Borneo – I have four divisions in place and can make the fight hard for the Anzac division at Kuching and the Dutch at Bandjermasin. The only problem is supply the RN is strangling my supply chain to Borneo and I will have to be careful with this Front.
Filipinas – Well Luzon is the priority, but I am going to make sure its damn hard for the Brits to seize anything else, luckily for me Mindoro is of little strategic value.
Doctrine wise I am halfway to attaining Trench Warfare which should make my troops hold their ground a little better, meanwhile in Europe short of bombing campaigns against each other their has been no troop actions, just a lot of posturing between large stacks! Meanwhile I am still praying Japan to enter the war so the RN will be removed as a threat. I got to ambitious and have received a healthy does of reality by the Royal Navy and the blasted Anzacs, my aim is to make them pay for every advance!!
