The Year 1904
World Tension: 30%
Mille-Sessau Incites Border Tension against Etellia (+3% World Tension, Targeted Nation grants CB against you).
Mille-Sessau Fabricates Claims on Etellia (+5% World Tension)
Anvegad Allies with Sumaya (+8% World Tension, +5% National Unity)
Tarikhate of Serranthia Fabricates Claims on Usmyyae (+5% World Tension)
Tarikhate of Serranthia Mobilizes Troops (+3 World Tension)
Zellonia Declares War on Sumaya (+12% World Tension)
Soroya Declares War on Anvegad (+12% World Tension)
Soroyo-Anvegadian Colonial War (+12% World Tension)
Zellonia Incites Unrest in Kalpia (+5% World Tension)
Imperial Restoration Begins Crisis in Soroyan Faresia (+15% World Tension)
Deltora Denounces Yamarano (-5% World Tension)
Anvegad Denounces Zellonia (-5% World Tension)
Soroya Intervenes in Basai (-10% World Tension)
Xian Intervenes in Basai (-10% World Tension)
Xian Embargoes Yamarano (-4% World Tension)
Deltora Embargoes Yamarano (-4% World Tension)
Aontas Signs Trade Agreements with Tramel (-3% World Tension, +10% GNP)
Aontas Signs Trade Agreements with Salardia (-3% World Tension, +10% GNP)
Survaek Signs Trade Agreements with Khernikovia (-3% World Tension, +10% GNP)
Survaek Signs Trade Agreements with Sorena (-3% World Tension, +10% GNP)
The World, circa 1904
SEPTEMBER to DECEMBER
SEPTEMBERSeptember 1st: The governments of both
Empire of Zellonia and
Empire of Sumaya disregard the
Treaty of Winterhold to continue fighting. Sporadic gunfire in the previously established demilitarized zone begins with light artillery bombardments from both sides.
September 2nd: The
Anvegadian submarine
U-01 leaves Winterhold in the early hours of the morning and set sail toward Faresia.
September 4th: A major factory complex completes production in the
Kalpian Republic. It begins hiring new employees and is expected to start operations within the month.
September 5th: A group of
Sumayan submarines leave their pens at Davao and Suma to head northeast.
September 7th: The
Grand Railroad in the
Empire of Anvegad finishes. The first fully connected railroad in the world, it is a model for other nations in the world, and the citizens of Anvegad see their years of hard work paying off. A citizen can now take a train from Windel in the south all the way to Summerwall in the north in about 12 hours, a feat that would take days in an automobile or on carriage.
September 8th: An armaments factory opens in
Evanston, Zellonia. This factory begins hiring workers and will begin operating next month.
September 9th: The
Sumayan 9th Army (150,000 Regulars, 150 L Model 2's) under Batari Gunter starts it's advance. The
Zellonian Colonial Army does not offer resistance, falling back along the roads.
Advance of Gunter's 9th Army, September 1st-9th, 1904:
Honneria denounces the
Kingdom of Soroya. "
While Survaek steals our land, the Sociatatem steal our pride!". In retaliation,
Honneria requests a
Defensive Alliance with the
Empire of Zellonia. The Soroyan Foreign Minister is expelled from Honneria and it's embassy closed.
September 12th: The
Khernikovian Empire signs the
Declaration of World Renewal, joining the
Imperial Restoration.
September 13th: The
ZRS Newton, while patrolling in the East Zellonian Sea is struck by a torpedo from the
RSN Suma, at 11:51. By 13:01 the
ZRS Sea Gord, another Zellonian cruiser in the area approaches, but does not begin rescue operations for fear of the Sumayan submarine still being in the area. Rescue operations do not begin until 18:59. 71 Zellonian sailors perish and the
ZRS Newton is lost.
Path of the ZRS Newton (CL), the day it was sunk, September 13th, 1904: A minor industrial factory opens in
Empire of Anvegad. This factory starts production immediately, with the Department of Labor assigning workers from the region to work.
September 15th: Admiral Louren Nijerees, put in charge of the
Soroyan First Transport Fleet, makes the first grievous mistake of the war by ordering the fleet together. While they do escort several vessels at a time, the majority of escort ships often depart for Faresia without any escort at all.
Between 08:53 and 11:19, the
Anvegadian submarine
U-01 sank the
Weinreich,
The Berg, and
The Mirre, a total tonnage of 385,000.
September 16th: The
Northern Army Group (
175,000 Regulars, 5,000 Professionals, 37 Type 85 Battalion Guns) commanded by Major General Lang Shao-Ren of
Xian moves north into Basai territory. Initially ordered to move along whatever roads were available, the troops were distressed to find that Basai was almost entirely rural, without any tangible roads in sight. This decreased morale, but General Shao-Ren ordered his men on through the rural territories north on it's way too
Sagon, the besieged capital of Basai.
September 18th: Blueprints from Sikea,
Soroya to the frigid north of Kienne,
Aontas is intercepted by unknown agents. The blueprints are not recovered.
September 19th: The
Grand Survaek Empire finishes a Trade Agreement with the
Imperial Restoration member the
Kingdom of Sorena.
September 20th: 40,000 Regulars finish their training and join the
Empire of Sumaya.
September 22nd: The
Zellonian submarine
ZRS Sea Death successfully identifies over fifteen enemy warships loitering in the
Bay of Suma. After eight hours, the submarine leaves station to report back to Sucre. Submarines take shifts watching the enemy fleet, which seems satisfied not leaving the bay.
September 24th-29th: The
Northern Army Group of
Xian meets the
Yamaranese 12th Army (
275,000 Regulars, 9 Type-86 Cannons) just outside the Basai town of La Xuyên. under Lieutenant General Sato Sawajiro. The
Battle of La Xuyên lasted five days.
Xian Major General Shao-Ren ordered to find the enemy in a
Decisive Battle, committed the majority of his soldiers to battle here, benefiting mostly by the Shogunate's lack of firepower here. The battle was a deliberate bloodletting, with General Shao-Ren of Xian and General Sawajiro being men of the defensive end of the battle, not the offensive. On September 24th, General Shao-Ren ordered three regiments up the right, intending to drive the Yamaranese line back. Of the 9,000 Xian troops that took part in the battle, only 3,500 survived after being repulsed.
The intended offensive on September 26th after a day of inactivity on the 25th was held back by heavy rains and probing artillery barrages. The inexperienced Xian Army, bringing only an additional 5,000 Beishan Type 95 rifles, were dismayed to learn that after heavy artillery bombardment and discouraging rain that 12,000 rifles had been rendered inoperable, and thus 7,000 fit soldiers were without a weapon.
On dawn of September 27th the Yamaranese launched an offensive, throwing 20,000 men against the Xian center. Eight hours of repeated charges, led by whistle blowing lieutenants on the sloping Basai plains just miles south of the town of La Xuyên turned much of the countryside into a pockmarked war zone. "They are breaking through, we are undone!" One sergeant famously yelled, but it wasn't to be so. When the day was done, the
Yamaranese Pocket threatened the Xian line for only three hours until fierce close quarters fighting saw the Yamaranese charge peter out.
Battle of La Xuyên, 1904 (
Stalemate)
CASUALTIES--
Xian: 14,642 (26,642 rifles lost)
--
Yamarano Shogunate: 22,853 (27,523 rifles lost)
September 30th: The
Soroyan First Battle Fleet makes contact on the horizon several hundred miles west of Faresia with an
Anvegadian Fleet. With a pre-dreadnought, armored cruiser, light cruiser and six destroyers, it was significantly more powerful tan the
Anvegadian Second Fleet, comprised of only a single pre-dreadnought, heavy cruiser and a destroyer that was misidentified as a light cruiser.
The
Soroyan First Battle Fleet, with explicit instructions to attack straggling ships, the fleet was toward back south, headed around the coast and made port at Flulin.
OCTOBEROctober 1st: After a month of renewed hostilities, the
Empire of Sumaya has captured over half of Zellonian Sarelia with less than a 1,000 casualties. Batari Gunter's 9th Army has been slowed to a crawl in the west. Without infrastructure or roads, the Sarelian jungle, not Zellonian soldiers, is the reason for the slow progress.
Sumayan intelligence reveals that the Zellonians have fled all the way west to the regional capital of Memoth. Zellonian colonials, realizing they were abandoned, began to welcome the Sumayans with hot tea and free tobacco. Sumayan soldiers find the diamond minds west of Hollan abandoned.
Progress of Gunter's 9th Army, October 1st, 1904: The
Kingdom of Soroya finishes a production order of 20,000 Bursk Mark IV rifles. They are distributed to the soldiers immediately.
October 3rd: 50,000 Vulcaine II Mark II's finish production in the
Deltoran Republic.
October 4th: Without numerical superiority, the
Xian-Yamaranese Front between
Xian settles into a silent deadlock. Night patrols become common, and even when enemy patrols came across one another, they often simply let one another pass. Both Faresians, only great attacking charges would be countered aggressively.
October 5th: The
Grand Survaek Empire finishes colonizing the wild desert region of Zaba. Rich in aluminum, tungsten and oil, the Empire forces a great many to migrate their families to the region so that it may begin exporting the resources there to the great inlands of the Empire.
Survaekom citizens migrating to Zaba, circa 1904: The
Anvegadian submarine
U-01 sinks the Soroyan merchant ship,
Turge, carrying 56,000 tonnes of ammunition and food to Soroyan ships.
October 9th: The
Empire of Anvegad finishes a production run of 1,000 HVL-02 machine guns.
October 10th-14th:
Operation Sideswipe; a Zellonian invasion of southern Sumaya, begins. The
Zellonian 6th Fleet under command of Admiral Tavington set sail from Sucre and landed at Memoth, which was now only being defended by 5,000 Zellonians and 60
Torran-85 light guns to defend it.
The
Zellonian 6th Fleet was comprised of the light cruiser
ZRS Quaid, which was the flagship of Admiral Tavington, and the eight destroyers
Revenge, Deathhead, Velius, Zell's Ambitions, Virtue, Famine, Crossroad and
Home. Attached to the
6th Fleet were eight transport barges loaded with 35,000 Zellonian Regulars and 110
Torran-85's.
The Fleet set sail from Memoth and headed south, but encountered no resistance from the
Sumayan Navy. The
Quaid and the destroyers
Revenge, Famine and
Crossroad bombarded the city of Davao for seven hours, killing several hundred civilians and soldiers. The city was defended by only 5,000 Sumayans and 2 L Model 2 cannons, both of which were destroyed in the bombardment.
Several miles west, the Zellonians began to disembark, and the much smaller Sumayan Army Garrison was powerless to stop it. 35,000 Zellonians successfully disembarked, and by nightfall the
Zellonian 6th Fleet had pulled back from Davao to port at Memoth. The
Battle of Davao was bloodless, lasting only fourteen hours on the 13th and into the morning of the 14th. The Sumayan garrison, heavily outnumbered and outgunned, surrendered.
Operation Sideswipe, October 1904 (
1904)
CASUALTIESSumayan Empire: 1,095 men (3,905 prisoners of war). 5,000 rifles. 2 L Model 2 Light Artillery.
Zellonian Empire: 1,653 men (1,761 Mannicher/85 Rifles)
October 15th: The
Crozier Expedition returns to
Deltora. The
Makitori Islands are revealed to be rich in precious stones, and on it's eastern islands to have plentiful iron ore deposits within it's lone mountain range.
October 16th: The
Soroyan submarine
SRF Merel, sinks the destroyer
ANV Warhammer in the
Survaekom Inland Sea.
October 17th: The Zellonians at Davao fortify their positions. Without further orders from
Zellonian High Command, they are left to simply entrench and hope for reinforcements.
October 18th: After appointing General Reiner Engelhardt as their new Chief of the Army, the
Kalpian Republic immediately ordered new prototypes for
Heavy Artillery (
1905) as well as
Trench Warfare (
1905).
October 19th: The
Anvegadian Home Fleet scores the
Great False Victory, a great embarrassment to the
Soroyan Second Battle Fleet. The fleet, sailing east from Fort Talip was intercepted by the
Anvegadian Home Fleet, sailing south from Wendel.
The
Anvegadian Home Fleet was composed of only a light cruiser and a pair of destroyers, but with explicit orders to attack single or unprotected vessels, the
Soroyan Second Battle Fleet, with two pre-dreadnoughts, a pair of cruisers and two destroyers, turned back west and headed for Fort Talip. The Soroyans it seemed, were not interested in pitched battles.
October 21st:
Zello-Kalpian Colonial Crisis: Zellonians along the eastern shores and Kalpians cutting their way along the heavy jungles in the west have finally met at an impassé. While neither nation had a formal claim to the area, neither nation obviously intended to release the area, rich in both steel and rare materials.
Both
Kalpia and
Zell must choose how they stand on the issue:
* [Press the Issue]: This claim is ours! We will not relinquish our claim and will back it up militarily, if it comes to it.
* [Split the Claim]: There is plenty of land to be had, and it can be split without bloodshed. If they press the claim however when we suggest splitting it, we may lose our spot.
* [Back Down]: We will not go to war over resources in a far away land. If we back out and they attempt to press the issue however, we will look much better in the eyes of the international community.
October 23rd: The Sumayan submarine
RNS EXpat sinks the
Zellonian freighter
Milo in the Vicarri Sea.
NOVEMBERNovember 1st: The first troops from the
Anvegad Empire arrive. The
Faresian Expeditionary Force (70,000 Professionals, 20,000 Sirilt/99 Rifles, 50,000 Armory Rifles, 50 Light Artillery, 50 Heavy Artillery) under command of General Viktor Ankudinov. They begin entrenching at the border between Soroya and Anvegad, placing 1,000 of the HVL-02 machine guns.
November 2nd: The
Kingdom of Aontas finishes colonizing it's first overseas territory. The
Feratsu Islands, An abundance of rare stones are discovered on the island. The
Protectorate of Feratsu establishes it's capital at Dumaguete.
Emperor of Aontas?With the recent colonization of Feratsu, and by extension, the 55,000 Feratsian natives on the island, several minor politicians close to King Matthias are egging him on to accept a
Coronation as Aontan Emperor. The event, while changing little about the government would give Aontas some much needed prestige in a year where it's ideological allies are close to falling apart.
* [Crown Him Emperor Matthias Frederik of the Empire of Aontas, King of Feratsu]: Aontas' has taken a step into the greater world by expanding it's territories into Faresia. King Matthias, now an Emperor, stands with no equals. Our population will rejoice and praise his lineage.
* [Nothing Has Changed]: Matthias is a King, and will remain so. Instead we will dedicate our time to formulating a policy of education as well as development plans for the Feratsians. This education plan will help normalize their culture, allowing for us to employ a stronger colonial garrison and possibly better income from the colony in the future.
November 3rd: The troops under General Jan-Bart Van Heun of the
Soroyan Colonial Force begin entrenching as well. With only 20,000 Regulars, 500 machine guns and 50 Light Artillery, they are much less suited for defensive combat. Without a decisive naval battle, the troops under General Jan-Bart Van Heun prepare against the Anvegadian Expeditionary Force.
November 4th-26th: Batari Gunter's
Sumayan 9th Army reaches the city of
Memoth, New Zellonia. Defended by a meager garrison of 5,000 soldiers and 60
Torran-85 cannons, the
Siege of Memoth doesn't last. The
Zellonian 6th Fleet left port and bombarded the shores, but were sufficiently ran out of ammunition and had to return to Sucre after only an hour.
Gunter ordered the town bombarded, and from November 5th to the 12th, the Sumayan artillery guns ran hot, tearing into the town. Civilians were the primary casualties, with Zellonians hunkering in hastily dug foxholes and trenches. On the morning of the 12th, after a sustained barrage, the Sumayans charged, bayonets fixed. The Zellonians however, surrendered after little fighting. Governor of New Zellonia, Richard Nagel, signs the unconditional surrender, as the Zellonian Colonial Command staff had been killed during the fighting.
Siege of Memoth (
1904)
CASUALTIESSumayan Empire: 3,112 men (3,112 rifles, 13 L Model 2 Light Artillery).
Zellonian Empire: 994 men (4,006 prisoners of war, 60 Torran-85 Light Artillery)
November 28th: The
Republic of Deltora finishes colonizing the untamed Makitori Islands. With a native population of over 100,000, it is rich in gold and iron ore and will make a fine addition to the Republic's colonies.
November 29th: The
Republic of Deltora finishes research on the Madsen machine gun. Easily broken down into two components, with a water cooled barrel, it is the most advanced machine gun in the world. It will be available for mass production next year.
November 30th: After initially anticipating an attack, the
Anvegadians go on the offensive. 10,000 Professionals of the 1st Avenhold Guards and 10,000 men of the 9th Summerwall advanced piece meal under constant barrage's from batteries of Prince Ozo’s Artillery Regiment.
Soroyan machine gun position, Soroyo-Anvegadian War, Faresia, 1904Ordered only to conduct light skirmishing or
raids on enemy positions, General Viktor Ankudinov of the Anvegadian Expeditionary Forces bombarded the enemy for hours, advanced under withering machine gun fire them promptly retreated. While both sides referred to it as the
Battle of the Middle, neither side lost more than 75 men and thus the battle was written off.
Soldiers on both sides dug trenches. The guns grew quietly. The sun watched over men with disinterest and the flies crept across the flesh of those unfortunate enough have crossed the eye of a machine gunner or in the range of an exploding artillery shell.
DECEMBERDecember 2nd: The
Kynatsu Island chain is successfully colonized by the
Kalpian Republic. The population there is around 12,000, but with very prominent diamond mines in the thing Kynatsian jungles, Kalpian industry is expected to infest the island within a few years.
December 7th: A minor machine parts factory opens in
Anvegad. This factory begins hiring workers and will begin operating next month.
December 31st: The
Kingdom of Aontas finishes developing it's own hand grenade, the Skaftgranat MK I. It will begin production immediately.
[SEND 1905 BUDGETS WITH BELOW MODIFIER]
[UPDATE NAVAL DOSSIERS: ADD YEARLY TECHNOLOGY TO EACH SHIP: Example: (Guns: 1895 | Engines: 1897 | Armor: 1895 | Reliability : 1898)]
WORLD TENSION 15-40%:
- All unaligned nations have +0% National Unity.
- All Status Quo nations have +10% GNP boost.
- Status Quo nations have +5% National Unity.
OOC MECHANICSMANPOWER: The amount of able bodied men available for military service in your nation.
-- National Manpower: The amount of able bodied men available in your national territories. They may become Conscripts, Regulars or Professionals.
-- Colonial Manpower: The amount of able bodied colonials available in your colonies. They may only become Conscripts. They are created in your colonies, though may be shipped anywhere.
-- Use: Every 1,000 soldiers you recruit, costs 1 Manpower
-- Growth: Every year, you gain 10 National Manpower and 1 Colonial Manpower.
MANPOWER (1904)
-- Deltora: [1720 National Manpower] - [260 Colonial Manpower]
-- Soroya: [620 National Manpower] - [720 Colonial Manpower]
-- Sumaya [480 National Manpower] - [10 Colonial Manpower]
-- Zellonia: [220 National Manpower] - [75 Colonial Manpower]
-- Kalpia [1080 National Manpower] - [80 Colonial Manpower]
-- Aontas: [580 National Manpower] - [10 Colonial Manpower]
-- Xian: [1860 National Manpower] - [0 Colonial Manpower]
-- Survaek: [2160 National Manpower] - [0 Colonial Manpower]
-- Anvegad: [720 National Manpower] - [105 Colonial Manpower]
ADD TO DOSSIER (ABOVE ARMY STATS):
[u]MANPOWER[/u]
[b]NATIONAL MANPOWER[/b]:
[b]COLONIAL MANPOWER[/b]:
WAR FORM:
When at war, you may fill out this form at any time and PM it to Theo.* Please note that 1 War Form is for 1 Operation. Multiple War Forms may need to be filled out. *
[b]Operation Type[/b]: [LAND] or [NAVAL]
[b]Unit Name[/b]: If [ARMY] then name of army. If [NAVAL] then name of fleet. (Example: 15th Army, 1st Fleet, etc.)
[b]Units Attached[/b]:
-- SHIP: [Ship Name] | [Ship Type] | [Class (if applicable)] | [Technology]
-- DIVISION: [Division Name] | [Training] | [Technology]
[b]Objective[/b]: (Example: capture of enemy capital, destruction of enemy fleet)
[b]Intended Duration[/b]: (Can be anywhere from 1 day to 1 year).
[b]Start date[/b]: (The date the operation starts)
[b]Auxiliary Plan[/b]: (If X happens, what is your reactionary plan?)
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