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Deiran War of Independence
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Ikat 21 May 2010, 06:42 PM Post #11
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Colonel Alcmund Leodwalding was a cousin of the Deiran President. He was one of the founding members of the Deiran Independence Party as were most of the senior leaders and officials in Deira. He was the Commander in chief of the Sarkid Legions which had missed most of the fiercer fighting during the revolution. This was about to change, though, as his two legions had been sent to destroy the last of the loyalist groups west of Yeldashay. His early life had been dominated by his uncle's ruling of Bernicia and when he was deposed Alcmund and Coenred had been left with a lust to regain the power they had enjoyed at that time. That was why they had founded the Party. Alcmund had felt shortchanged when his cousin only gave him the post of Colonel but now he was going to prove himself against the foe.
The Yeldans had constructed a barricade and were now digging treches behind it, copying the Deiran tactic. The scouts Colonel Leodwalding had sent to search for ways to pass the the Yeldan line hadn't returned and Leodwalding could only assume that they had been killed by enemy Geurillas. He knew that his defencive line was weaker than the Yeldan one but this didn't bother him unduly as he was sure that his cousin would send him reinforcements before too long. As the artillery deafened his men by firing at bombproof bunkers he wondered how the Navy and Air Force were faring against the Yeldan fleet. He knew from his Government contacts that a submarine was causing havoc around Lak and he hoped that this conflict in the west would tip the balance in favour of the Republic of Deira. On the cool wind he caught strains of the new National Anthem:

" Deira! The greatest God has crowned thee
President of all the Foreign Devils
For all eternity we are the rulers of
The Yeldan dogs which killed our families!
Their Imperial Family Tree
Shows them to be spawn of Devils
We must push them off
Our sacred soil and families....."

which was nearly drowning out the Yeldan Anthem:

"Long live the Emperor
He who protects us
From the rabid dogs
Who would we were ruled by Swans
In illegitemate line..."

Only a war can bring out the best in people who would otherwise be in favour of Foriegn Devils or Illegitemate Swans. This unusual wording had been inserted by a previous Emperor who had instigated a Swan genocide after a revolt in favour of a cygnet said to be descended from Emperor Kelder-ma who had led a revolution in the early days of the Empire against a usurper.
Alcmund had loved stories about Emperors in his childhood partly because of a fascination with power and partly because the often insane monarchs set such pathetic figures in history. The one exception to this rule was the story of Emperor Tolui-ni, the grandson of Kelder-ma. It was said he once gambled his life and soul on a game of chess with the Devil. After four weeks the Devil was finally checkmated by the shrewd Tolui-ni and argued that he had no life or soul so he would be permanently in debt to the Yeldan Imperial family. After much debating it was ascertained that the devil did, in fact have a soul which was duly given to the Imperial Treasury. Htis story is completely false and apocryphal but there is still a box in the treasury with satanic images engraved on it. It has never been opened.
Alcmund, of course, didn't beleive a word of this rumour.
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Akamar 21 May 2010, 07:54 PM Post #12
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From: The Tribal Council of Euphis
To: Republic of Deira Submarine President

We regret if our response is viewed as a waste of your time. At present, it is the wish of the coastal tribes that their ports not be used as a staging point for your military actions.

We admit to being reluctant to become in any way involved in an outside conflict.

This reluctance aside, our ports are also traditional tribal gathering points and hunting grounds. A number of the families in the tribes of that region live subsistence lifestyles, and we desire to avoid any potential negative affects on the local wildlife hunted by the residents.
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Ikat 21 May 2010, 08:01 PM Post #13
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To: The Tribal Council of Euphis
From: Republic of Deira Submarine President

We fully understand your reluctance to involve yourself in local conflicts and your care for coastal wildlife. We thank you for your message and hope that Deiro-Euphisian relations will not be harmed by your rejection.
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Ikat 22 May 2010, 03:59 PM Post #14
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Emperor Tugin-da of Yeldashay had just received a message from Admiral Gove. It said that despite the Emperors wishes the war had not yet been won and Yeldashay would need foreign assistance. Gove also said that the Yeldan Empress would be ready for warfare within weeks so the President would be sunk very soon and would not continue to be a nuisance as far as shipping was concerned.
The Emperor needed foreign assistance to win the war. He thought of all the nations in East Agabia but could think of only one which could or would send military aid. He began to compose a letter:

Yeldan Imperial Telegram
 
To: Dux Harrison Tobjorn of the North Sea Territories
From: Emperor Tugin-da of Yeldashay

As you will undoubtedly know my Empire is engaged in hostilities with the seperatist faction calling itself the Republic of Deira. We are facing defeat and ruin at the hands of the Deirans and ask that the North Sea Territories honour our long-standing alliance by sending all the troops at your dispsal to help us regain our lost territories. We know that you are, at the moment, also engaged in warfare with Vertadoria and Groenland but, in the name of friendship, ask you to help us in our plight. We await your reply.


As the Emperor handed the message to a secretary General Kiridan entered the office.
"Your Imperial Majesty, we must discuss our predicament. I suggest that, when the Yeldan Empress is complete, as many soldiers and planes as possible must be carried on it and sink the remaining Deiran ships and submarines before landing the troops on board. The rest of the fleet will return to pick up more troops which will join the first complement and conquer Deira once and for all!" The Emperor could see nothing wrong with this and gave leave for the General to converse with Air Marshal Crovyn and execute that plan.
When the General had left, Tugin-da contemplated how much the tables were about to turn...
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Duce 22 May 2010, 06:00 PM Post #15
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In the Dux's Office...

The Dux read a letter from the Yeldan Emperor. He smiled, and phoned Colonel Mitchell. "Are you ready to be posted again?".

The Colonel was surprised, not only because the Dux had personally phoned him, or missed out the whole 'Hello' part of a conversation, but because he had just finished the Groenland Campaign. "If the Union of Integritist Territories needs me, I am ready to serve."

"Perfect. Head to Narsaq, and you'll command the Laplanders regiment, two dismounted Berber regiments, one mounted Berber regiment, as well as one artillery and two armour divisions", replied the Dux.

Colonel Mitchell was running the numbers through his head, he was going to control about 750 troops. He wandered what so many troops could be needed for; he asked the Dux, "Sir, what operation will these forces be involved in?"

"You are going to stop the Deiran Independence forces. Capture as much as you can, but that is all the troops you have, and no one is expendable", the Dux didn't need to tell his Officers that troops weren't expendable, because it was a fundamental principal of the Military Academies; but he always did.

"Aye Sir, understood", Colonel Mitchell asked one more thing, "Would it be acceptable for me to see my family in Narsaq?"

"I shall buy them the tickets myself", replied the Dux while smiling. He loved how family played an important role in Integritist life.




To: Emperor Tugin-da of Yeldashay
From: Dux Harrison Torbjørn of the Union of Integritist Territories

The Union of Integritist Territories is ready to assist our long term friend. I believe that the civil war conditions of Deira, are seriously disrupting human lives in the region. The UIT will look to cripple the rebels by capturing the West of the region. I hope that this contribution is satisfactory.
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Ikat 23 May 2010, 02:36 PM Post #16
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Colonel Leodwalding had just had word from his Presidential cousin that the HIMS Yeldan Empress was coming to Deira. It had encountered the President a few weeks after all the supplies in it had run out. Apparently, everyone on board had died of starvation some days ago. This, of course, meant that soon the Yeldan army would land and the Deiran cause would be just another footnote on the page of a history textbook. Soon, it would be as if none of this had happened and the Emperors would once again actively and violently discourage democracy.
Alcmund would not let that happen. His Yeldan adversary was in an impregnable position and would never forsee a direct assault on his lines. He was too cunning to accept that his foe wasn't tricking him in some way. Even now, their makeshift barricade was collapsing through ecxessive artillery fire. The thousand men under Colonel Leodwalding's command was ready to go, as they called it, 'over the top'.
"Artillery, cease fire!" ordered Leodwalding as the Yeldan defences were finally flattened. After a second of utter silence the Colonel gave the signal to charge. A thousand men rose from their trenches like demons out of the pits of hell and ran screaming towards the Yeldan lines. As Alcmund Leodwalding had hoped, his opposite number was under the delusion that his enemy was tricking him in some way and Leodwalding saw over a third of the loyalist forces enter the surrounding forest searching for an imaginary flanking force.
As the Deiran legions struggled through the fallen barricade a staff officer cleared his throat behind the Colonel
"Sir, we have had word that a naval battle is beginning outside Lapan harbour. General Wuffing has requested that you return at once to the west with your legions. This loyalist army, he says, is inconsequential."
"Contact General Wuffing, Lieutenant, and tell him we will be there as soon as possible." The Colonel switched his attention back to the battle and saw that his troops were slaughtering the foe easily. As he noticed this, however, the five hundred or so men that had been searching for a flanking force returned to the battlefield as an enemy flanking force. They started to sweep through the disorganised Deiran ranks like a knife through butter. It was, lucky, thought Colonel Leodwalding, that he wasn't a complete idiot...
As he thought this, five hundred of his own menwho had hidden extremely well in the treetops, surprised the Yeldans once more and put theminto a state of dissarray...


That night the Deirans celebrated their victory. Barely two hundred Yeldans had escaped while only one hundred and thirty Deirans were dead or wounded. Tomorrow the Sarkid legions would commandeer a train to Lapan where they would face whatever soldiers the Yeldans could throw at them.
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Admiral Gove, on board the HIMS Dauntless, welcomed the chance of violence in the open sea. That was why he had ordered a retreat from the Harbour when the Yeldan Empress arrived. Now the 6 remaining ships in the Deiran fleet emerged timidly into the Lapan strait and, almost apologetically, opened fire on Gove's fleet. Immediately it was clear that the Deirans were focusing their fire on the huge aircraft carrier from which the majority of the Yeldan Air Force took off and engaged the Panavia Tornadoes of the Deirans. Over the next few hours fierce fighting engulfed the Lapan Strait and blazing planes plunged into the sea or, as seemed more usual, into vital naval apparatus. The outdated HIMS Dolphin had almost immediately surfaced and been blown sky high by the RDS Democracy which was now engaged in combat with the HIMS Herl whose bridge had been taken out by a YAE Harrier. The HIMSs Belishba and Daring were protecting the Yeldan Empress from the entirety of the Deiran fleet but were fighting a losing battle. The RDS Equality was fighting a private conflict with the HIMS Dauntless and there seemed to be no clear victor.
Thae battle lasted two days during which the vessels were sunk one by one. The Dauntless suffered appalling damage from the RDS Equality and was now fighting the equally damaged Heroism while the Yeldan Empress - the pride of the fleet - was almost all below water. Flotsam and jetsam covered the surface of the Lapan Strait and the Yeldan Air Force was panicking and the forty remaining Tornadoes were making short work of them. With a sickening creak the Yeldan aircraft carrier turned upside down, striking the RDS Heroism on the stern and cracking it down the middle. The crippled Deiran frigate surrendered there and then, allowing the Dauntless to tow it back to Lak as a prize.
When the pair limped into Lak they were struggling to stay afloat and they were vacated and sent to be prepared immediately. The Deiran prisoners were sent to a POW camp.
When Admiral Gove entered the Emperor's office he could not bear the shame and the dissappointed glances of General Kiridan. Emperor Tugin-da was extremely angry.
"How could you lose that battle? How on earth did you manage to sink the Yeldan Empress? We have no hope now of sending our remaining soldiers and planes to Deira. We have no hope now of victory. How could you do this to me!?"
"With respect, your Imperial highness, " cut in General Kiridan "There is no doubt that we won that battle. We have completely destroyed their Navy and they have only four dozen planes left. We have two ships and at least 80 planes. Don't forget, the UIT invasion is imminent and we may be able to send our military forces through their land. The Bernicians may even open their borders to us! All in all, we are in a satisfactory position." But nothing General Kiridan could say would lift the dark mood in Yeldashay in the aftermath of the Battle of Lapan Strait.
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In the Integritist city of Narsaq...

Colonel Mitchell was with his family; far away from the endless war that faced the Union of Integritist Territories. His son Matt, his daughter Jill, and his wife Lisa, loved him very much; and he fought very battle for them. He was loyal to the tenets of Integritism, but was a military man; and would likely be in the military even if a different regime was in power.




In Narsaq Military Base...

Soldiers were coming in mainly form Norland, notably Brine and Aleburgh. Briefings on the cultural and social conditions in Deira were being held around the clock. Intense education was custom in the PLA. This way the troops better understood who they were fighting against, what they were fighting for, and the manner in which to conduct themselves.

Berbers were a new addition to the PLA, and only Colonel Mitchell had experience using them. he understood that they were effective in isolated roles. He had ordered them to be trained in more practical exercises. They were often uneducated and putting them in a classroom environment was ineffective. He had them doing shooting drills and learning about the technology available to the PLA.
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President Coenred Leodwalding was walking with General Wuffing around the vast gardens of the Presidential palace. It had been the Duke of Nybril's residence untlis hewas hanged in public by his eyeballs during the early stages of the Revolution.
"I was sorry to hear about your son, General. He seemed very promising."
"Oh, very promising indeed. Admiral wihtgar trained him himself as a protege. I will never forgive the Euphisians for this insult." They were both avoiding the topic of the Battle of Lapan Strait in which their naval capability had been ruined.
"We should probably punish them after all this is ended." the President went on "My cousin, Alcmund, is fighting that loyalist force in Zeray, I hear."
"Indeed, Mr President, he has reported that his two legions defeated them this afternoon, in fact. He will arrive here the day after tomorrow. I summoned him here to combat the Yeldans though he will not, in fact, be needed." That was the good thing about the battle of that day. The Deirans had inflicted terrible damage on all three arms of the Yeldan millitary. By the time the Yeldans managed to transport their remaining troops and planes to Deira they would be faced with a considerably upgraded foe.
"The Bernicians" said the President "are still closing their borders to both sides. Can we be sure of their stolidity?" Bernician neutrality was vital to Deiran safety.
"Of course, Mr President! Nothing is more certain! Something less certain, though, is our northern border. The Union of Integrist Territories - they used to be the North Sea Territories - are not exactly in favour of our cause. Indeed, they have completely boycotted us. Something tells me they might invade. They are perilously close to Nybril now they have annexed Groenland."
"Well, General, we will just have to wait and see."
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To: The Deiran Rebels
From: Dux Harrison Torbjørn of the Union of Integritist Territories

Success of your rebellion is an illusion. Your ideals will not allow you to establish an effective, sovereign nation. The people of Deira do not deserve your destructive war on their own soil. You should have allowed the tenets of Integritism to lead you to independence. Furthermore, having a violent, rogue state on our border would be severely detrimental to my nation's security. This is an official declaration of war against the Deiran Independence Forces. Make note that no citizens will be harmed.


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