A Religious War

[Italia Orientale]

Holy Marsh,
Very well then. We wish you the best of luck in obliterating those pathetic excuses for countries, though we hope that you will not take out your righteous anger on their civilian populations. Please let us know if you will require any assistance in your endeavors.


Best of Luck,
Francesco Cesare

[West Corinthia]

The sun shone in small rays of light through the partially curtained windows of the Imperial Palace. From the decoration of the room, ranging from wall-length banners to gold-plated ancient weaponry such as swords and shields, one would have never guessed that this room was a place for business. A large round table dominated the floorspace of the room. It was covered in maps, memos, and briefings. Around this table sat the most powerful men in West Corinthia.

"Saarland-Vormser and Hessingen are now sweeping across Azrabizhan. Coalition forces did not arrive in the country in time to stop the imperialists." a general, with more medals pinned to his jacket than seemed possible, handed copies of a report to all the big-wigs currently seated around the table. "They number around a few million troops. They have looted and sacked everything they have come across so far."

"They don't respond to our threats." the Emperor noted pensively, looking at the brief report he had just been handed. "So we might as well stop threatening."

"You mean take action."

"Right. We've given diplomacy its chance. Now its time to back up our words with action. Mobilize ten legions for deployment-"

"150,000 men....it's a hell of a fighting force, but they will still be outnumbered."

"The imperialists have gone in with no air cover. We will have air cover. They are ill-equipped and poorly trained, we are not. We will crush them with our bravery and skill of battle. Prepare a cruise missile barrage of the capital city of Saarland-Vormser. However, do not launch yet, and keep the missile silos hidden for now. I want to give the imperialists one last chance to respond." The Emperor stood, drawing an immediate salute from all others in the room. Emperor Ptolemy turned and headed into the Imperial gardens for some fresh air.

All across West Corinthia, hundreds of cruise missiles were fueled and programmed with targeting data, aiming them for government and military installations in and around the capital city of Saarland-Vormser.

At the Campus Martius, the largest military base in West Corinthia, hundreds of thousands of Corinthian soldiers began prepping for insertion into the war zone.

To All Coalition (Pro-Azrabizhan) Nations

Diplomacy with the aggressor nations seems to have broken down. They ignore all threats of war, and it clear that now is a time to back up threats with action.

The Corinthian military is ready and willing to work with you in the defense of Azrabizhan and any counter-attack against "Union" countries such as Saarland-Vormser and Hessingen. We believe that it would be best to coordinate any action with the rest of you, so we recommend opening a direct channel between our relative leaders and forces on the ground. At the appropriate time, West Corinthian forces will deploy.

[Brijesnica]

Your a heretic
Muhamed is the last prophet not that old man

[Holy Marsh]

To: Prime Minister Cesare
From: The Desk of the Arch-Bishop

Of course not. The civilians will be allowed to flee the country. The only ones who will die will be those foolish enough to stay in the cities and those who rise up in defense. The government will be destroyed to the last man and woman, but by and large, the civilians will not be harmed. The Fascists can save even more lives by withdrawing from the combat zone.

Respectfully,
Nathaniel Essex
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Troops started boarding the designated ships, protected and then some by the vast Marsh naval forces. Time passed and, eventually, the army groups were divided into four 7.5 million man invasion forces who would attack from four different beacheads. With Roman joining in and, soon, other allied nations sending their force,s the only hope for the Fascists was to grovel and beg for their lives.

The joy, the joy that was battle. The Marshites grew up in an era of war and had already seen blood shed- family, friends, foes, lovers. They were professional soldiers, fighting for their God who asked it of them, who asked them to fight for Him to spread Righteousness.

Their arms were advanced; AVIRs were the standard firearm, HAT1A2s and Nakil1A3HAs the standard tanks. Shadowhawks, naval variants, took to the air while the masses of Sariels took off from the airfields en route to the Fascist nation that was their target. They were stealth, products of one of the greatest aircraft design corporations in the world, and their very name struck fear into the hearts of all who knew what they were.

Just the tip of the iceberg, and as the first of the invasion forces started off, they licked their lips and gritted their teeth as they recited Cpmbat Prayers and prepared for the glory of combat.

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To: Pro-Azrabizhan Forces

While we support your operation as well, we inform you that we are carrying out a separate operation. The Fascist Destruction Force(FDF) consists of the Grand Theocracy of the Holy Marsh and the nation of Romandeos as well as others who wish to destroy that nation. It is not a defense operation in support of the government of Azrabizhan, but an operation to destroy the Fascists. As such, while you have the Holy Marsh's full support, we will not be directly aiding you.

[Alfegos]

Holy Marsh was not alone in its condemnation of the fascist nations that it was marching to invade. As the holy warriors prepared for battle, their brothers in arms, the people of Alfegos, were moving in for the kill. Scavengers, cloud boys, scrapmongers, Sai'za... call them what you want, this wing of the Alfegan armed forces was closely attached to their allies in Holy Marsh, having fought alongside them in wars before. And with a plea sent by the Marshite government to support their fanatical warriors, it had not taken too long for them to decide on the fate of the target nations.

The Alfegos Airfleet was not known outside of the close circle of nations that had had dealings with the nation itself, but to those who had fought against or alongside them, they were given the utmost respect. For whilst the nation was a rarity in fielding airships as an entire wing of its armed forces, both the world-renowned industries that supported them and the effectiveness of them in modern combat meant they were an essential asset to the armed forces, even when fighting alone. The pinnacle of the airfleet was the Consul-class Aerocruisers, often only fielded by themselves. It was no overstatement to say that a single Aerocruiser could destroy a small city - indeed, they'd often have enough ammunition left over to wipe the floor with any resistance in the ruins. With a payload of nearly 2500 tonnes, taken up with deadly missiles of all vintages, the 650 metre long airship was able to easily take on naval surface forces and win. And whilst an enemy would often believe that a single surface-to-air missile would take one out, they would be wrong to make such an assumption - indeed, in the Holy Marsh civil war, a smaller airship survived a barrage of nearly eighty such missiles, taken out in the end by an aircraft crashing into the side. Of course, whilst the sheer mass ensured little damage would be done, the countermeasures systems and point defence cannons would mean that missiles would have little chance of reaching the airship.

But in this case, when the call came, a much larger deployment had been called for - an entire fleet. The 2nd Airfleet, called in from all corners of Alfegos, had followed the Marshite forces with ease, keeping a hundred kilometres behind from the main force. But with the craft taking up many square miles of airspace, along with surface support craft, the battle that was coming would be most interesting to watch, from the vantage point a couple miles up.

Brief ORBAT
1x Aerobattleship (AAS Imperator, President-class)
47x Aerocruisers (Consul-class)
52x Aerodestroyers (L-class)
47x Aerofrigates (N-class)
17x Aerodestroyers (K-class)
16x Aerofrigates (M-class)
8x Sensorcraft (Type 82)
29x Aeropatrolcraft (I-class)

6x Mesolites (Gem-class, support)
27x Aerofreighters (Bea Class)
3x Stealth Airships (Poltergeist class)

32x Type 94 Support Ekranoplans
8x Missile Ekranoplans
2x Surface Frigates (River class)
3x Aircraft Carriers (City class)
>60x Fegofighter II Multirole fighters
>8x Sunbeam Bombers

[Tybra]

"Phantom Squad #5 we have a mission for you." A voice said through a phone
"As you are currently aware of Saarland-Vormser has not yet withdrawn their troops from Azrabizhan, though we desire no war the situation is almost uncontrollable. This is your mission, we need you to eliminate Albert Schraeber, you will receive the detailed information through the usual way. The current situation is escalating eliminate the target before the flames of war spread."

A woman hang up the phone, and left the café. She moved to the beach where a sand castle was made, she dug out the castle and opened a small brief case containing detailed information about Albert Schraeber.

A car came to pick her up inside were 3 males and 1 female.
"Mission?" The male driver asked
"Target elimination" the woman said while stepping into the car.
"So where to?" the driver asked.
"Saarland-Vormser Capital, there'll be a room ready for us in the city centre, from there we observe the situation and eliminate the target."

Minutes later a second phone call was made to an abandoned hanger in a nation close to Azrabizhan. "Phantom Squad #3 though you have already arrived we have a mission for you, we need you to eliminate General Grommel who's currently leading the Saarland-Vormser offence, their complete lack of air units will come as an opportunity. Prepare the saab JAS39NG Gripen fighters and eliminate the target."

The man hung up and moved towards the centre of the hanger, he explained the objective to a group of 8 people. Not long after 5 JAS39NG Gripen fighters, painted in black were launching.

By flowing low and during the night they were hoping to cross the borderlines undetected, once crossed they rose at an near impossible angle towards the sky.
"Target data received, prepare to make a attack run"
"Understood Phantom Leader"

In a arrowhead formation they were nearing their target. A few kilometres before the reached General Grommel they flew down like eagles towards a prey.
As they dropped altitude the missiles were activated and were ready to be fired. Once they reached a very low altitude abow their target, they launched their missiles.

Once the explosion was confirmed the 5 black JAS39MG Gripen fighters turned around.
The question was however did they eliminated their target or did general Grommel survive?

[Drak dragon]

the mighty nation of drak dragon is rising it's millitary force to the size of 8 million (includes army, navy and airforce to help protect the country even further. so far only one town under our protection has been attacked but the attackers have been replused we just hope they do not try again.

[Dentara]

The forces of the 1st and 2nd Imperial Guard Armies, each numbering 1,000,000 combatants, backed up by the 1st Imperial Blood Guard Army, again with 1,000,000 combatants, began boarding the various troop transports and warships of the Imperial Dentaran Navy's 1st Invasion Fleet, which itself numbered hundreds of combat-capable warships. As was the norm, a multitude of converted passenger liners backed up the military troop transports, to facilitate the quick deployment of all forces.

Meanwhile, in the skies above, no less than four squadrons of DSB-1 Stealth Bombers, massive flying wings that, in terms of aesthetics, looked remarkably similar to the old B-2 Bomber models, began their extremly-high-altitude flight toward the nation of Saarland-Vormser. Already, a Dentaran SpySat was nearing the optimal reconnaissance orbital path, ready to snap pictures of the countryside, so that Imperial advisors and Identifiers could mark military formations and strongpoints for surgical strikes. And, finally, one regiment of the Imperial Holy Guard, prepared for battle as they were, began boarding a wing of C-130X Hercules Airborne Troop Transports, for immediate deployment into Saarland-Vormser to commence guerrilla strikes against military and government targets.

And, within the depths of the Imperial Palace, Emperor Aramius I sat with a slight smile as he composed a declaration for transmission.

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An Official Declaration From The Throne Of THe Holy Empire Of The Peoples Of Dentara

You were warned. You did not listen. Now the time has come for action.

The Holy Empire of the Peoples of Dentara hereby declares a state of Total War against the nation of Saarland-Vormser and Hessingen. We strongly recommend the governments of both nations stand down and surrender their nations at once, to avoid unnecessary bloodshed as we overhaul your governmental systems.

Signed,
His Most Holy Majesty Emperor Aramius I

[Italia Orientale]

Italia Orientale’s 6th Army approached the shores of Azrabizhan, along with the Kheir ed-Din Barbarossa and Ottaviano Carrier Groups. On board all of the ships, activity was bustling everywhere. Alarms went off indicating all men to tend to their battle stations. The men of the 6th Army were checking their weapons, supplies, and equipment, as they prepared to land on the shores of Azrabizhan. Meanwhile, on board the combat vessels, all weapons were on stand-by in case there were any unforeseen incidents during the landing process.

As the 6th Army made its final preparations, the voice of General Ahmad ibn Majid crackled over the loud speakers:

Men of the 6th Army, today we prepare for war and glory. We are defending a Muslim land from the invasion of Imperialist infidels bent on killing as many Believers as they can. The lives of thousands of innocent civilians are on the line as well as the future of an Islamic nation. Let us rise and defeat these invaders together with the people of Azrabizhan and our allies in the coalition. We have been to war before, but it always takes on a greater meaning when we are defending our brothers in faith.

The soldiers of Saarland-Vormser and Hessingen cannot stop the righteous fury that they have unleashed on themselves. Their armies will fall before us as did those of the Jahiliyyah of Mecca before the armies of the Prophet, may peace be upon Him. Join with me my comrades, as we undertake a mighty endeavor to free our brothers from the clutches of tyranny. We will attack and kill the vile invaders with no respite until they leave the great nation of Azrabizhan in peace. Those of us that die in this noble struggle, shall be blessed a thousand times by Allah. I shall see you men on the shores and I will rejoice when we can stand together in victory.

As soon as the General finished his speech, all of the men of the 6th Army gave a loud cheer. Another voice came across the intercom and said, “The landing site is secured, all men prepare for shore landing in five minutes, repeat, five minutes.”

[Saarland-Vormser]

General Von Naulus looked out. The men were pushing civilians to surround their army. All the prisoners of war were being used as a giant shield. The General smiled for it would be an impossible task to defeat him without killing innocent civilians.

[Tybra]

Imperial Public Announcement 15-A

Due to refusal of withdrawal of forces in Azrabizhan and the recent violations of human rights, Saarland-Vormser has been branded as an outlaw-state.
They have lost their rights as a sovereign nation, citizinship of Saarland-Vormser no longer exists in Tybra nor will it be accepted by the holy empire of Tybra.
As an outlaw-state they have lost the rights of diplomacy and war making this an illegitimate action by hostile forces. No aid in any form will be given to them.
They will not be recognised as a sovereign nation, we will not condemn any action taken against this outlaw-state or its inhabitants.

[Drak dragon]

the naval force of 2 million have started to blockade the invaders trade routes while our air force is scaning the area, seaching for the hessigan army which we will attack instaed as there are no human shields around them.

2 hours later our air force has loctated the herssigan army, we are commencing bombing runs and aritary fire upon them to soften them up as the 6 million man army makes it's way to wards them

[Al Barakesh]

What right have you got to judge These countries as rogue states. Volringiansteinholschigutten will set up a war tribunal for those deemed as the main culprits. We must not allow this to develop into a third world war. Please withdraw your troops.

Countries who wish for the withdrawal of aggresive forces
Al Barakesh
Cadizia
Russenich
Golden Mars
Klingonum
New Russenich
Bonifazzio
Balongwe
Americana

[Drak dragon]

to:Al Barakesh
From: prime minster dragon
The mighty nation of drak dragon was orringally here as peace keepers but when hessigan and Saarland-Vormser started to kill unarmed civilians and then attaked a town under drak dragon's protection that was then we decided to increase millitary size to beat back the hessigan and Saarland-Vormser army so they would not harm the nation again and as you can see that Saarland-Vormser is such a coward to use human shields which goes against eveything my nation stands for so we have no choice but to try to take action to them, and at least hessigan isn't as much as a coward as his so called ally.

[Hessingen]

We cannot win so therefore we surrender our army. I give up my command as a general as well. Do with me what you will but let the aarmy march home uncontested.

From General Von Feeringen

[Tybra]

Tybra Imperial Letter of Justice Offices #1200-A
General von Feeringen,
you will be brought under the holy empire of tybra's custody and will be given a fair international tribunal. We cannot give guarantees for your army but if they return home without their equipment they will be considers citizens and not hostile soldiers.

By order of the imperator, the imperial guard will come to take you into custody within 12 hours. Resisting will lead to severe punishments.

You will be charged the following:
Man slaughter, intentions to genocide, invading of a sovereign nation without casus belli, unauthorized given command, Murder, Taking away basic human rights and destruction of property.

Signed,

Sir Mussasim, Council Member of the Holy Empire of Tybra

[Drak dragon]

to: hessagan
from: prime minster dragon
my troops will escort your nations army home we will do this for you but not your ally because you had the honour to fight us with out using civilians as human shields we would like it if you could persude your ally to reateat and leave this country alone, Your general is welcome to stay at drak dragons Headquaters until the Tybra arrives to reteive him

[Drak dragon]

to:tybra
from: prime minster dragon
the nation of drak dragon would like to be in this international tribunal, if you don't mind.

In recent news hessigan has overthown the govement that Saarland Vormser has set up and so the blockade we have there is being lifted and sent to Saarland Vormser. hessigan is asking for help
to do so go to "the hessigan Revelution"

[Italia Orientale]

The men of Italia Orientale’s 6th Army reached the shores of Azrabizhan and set up its base camps. The area all around was bustling with activity as the various divisions prepared to move out to engage the enemy.

Meanwhile, in the command center, General Majid and the rest of the officers were planning out their strategy. “Well sir,” said one officer, “our intelligence indicates that Hessingen has agreed to withdraw but Saarland-Vormser still maintains troops in the country.”

“Where is there army moving now?” asked the General.

“Right now they have withdrawn from almost all of their gains and are out in the country with all of their prisoners acting as a human shield,” responded another officer.

“What cowards,” replied the General, “they would give up all of their territory gained during the war just to protect themselves with a human shield.” The General stood pensively for a moment glancing over the map. “Ok, simple enough,” he said, “we’re going to move to liberate the rest of the country while these idiots are off in their little corner scared to death. We’re gong to move city to city ensuring that there are no enemy troops present in any of them. Once we liberate the rest of the country, then we will worry about actually killing their soldier…Goddam cowards.”
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To: Volringiansteinholschigutten War Tribunal
From: Muhammad Rossi, Foreign Minister

Italia Orientale wishes to participate in the War tribunals that will be taking place. We want to see the foul perpetrators of this invasion be brought to justice and want to ensure that the process is fair and balanced. Please inform us of when and where these tribunals will take place.

Thank you,
Muhammad Rossi

[Drak dragon]

the troops of drak dragon not escorting hessigan's millitary out of the country the (5 million army 2 million airforce) are keeping the Saarland-Vormser coward's army cornered, we will not attack let until we know there is no other opition any supplies trying to reach the coward's army are being blocked by the blockade, the supplies that are sent are then redirected to the civilian populace of Azrabizhan after being capurted by the blockade

[Tybra]

Tybra Imperial letter of Justice Offices

To: drak dragon

The holy empire of Tybra appreciates your interested in the tribunal and welcomes you. We do however hope you respect our laws of punishment as well as our rules of court.
The tribunal will take place within 48 hours after general von Feeringen has been taken into custody within Tybra borders, this due to Tybra's rules regarding custody. The Tribunal will be at The Holy Empire of Tybra's Justice Halls, in the capital of Libra.

Please note that during the Tribunal rules will be strict within the Justice Halls and not abiding them means removal from the Tribunal.

Signed,

Lord C, Imperator of the Holy Empire of Tybra

[Hessingen]

Were turning in two prisoners of war for the Tribunals, Adolph Vechtein and Rolfe Zurin. The newly restored emperor Charles X would like to plead on the behalf of General Von Feeringen as he would have been executed if he had not done as he was ordered. Also he was about to set up a resistance movement before his surrender. The emperor would like to see him freed and for him to serve maybe 20 years in prison rather than the death penalty. Vechteins and Zurins crimes are Torture, Murder, Destruction, chemical weapons testing on civilians, use of slave labour and conspiracy to set up death camps.

Signed, Prime Minister Boreich.

[Saarland-Vormser]

We are willing to open peace talks with you. We will pay reparation for the damages, turn over anyone who has played a vilainous role in this war and decrease our armies size down to 100,000 men.

Signed Chancellor Erich Von Hammeler

[Ketrily]

The Two men Looked at the news reports, standing up, they were both smiling:

"It's Coming, Isn't It?"
"Your appointment to the West Corinthian Army should be organised within the week, I've already dealt with the Brigadeer"
"I take It he was agreeable"
"Oh yes, most certainly"
"This Conflict, the fighting is intensifying to thee point we may not be able to contain it..."
"Why Contain it? Let the rioting spill over to the schools, and churces, let the bodies pile up in the streets, in the end, we shall be begged to intervene"
"I hope you are not under estimating the problem"
"No, anyother concerns?" He was swiftly handed a dossier "OKOLA??"
"Formed by a split in the Islamic Kings faction, I'm more concerned about the Impearialists, they are really making a push"
"Our influence in this region is far greater than theirs, as is the people's support"
"You mean the Capital?"
"Among other places, but I must admit, I have been somewhat dissapointed by the Northern settlements"
"The final destruction of the establishment shall take around 3 weeks, afterwards, we shall wait until the armies decimate themselves."
"We've had to put up with much, you and I, but soon, there shall be order again, an new have, for years we have waited, and now, we will be crowned this countries kings!!"

They left the boardroom, to change the world.

[Holy Marsh]

The news that the Fascists were throwing down their arms and begging for mercy was met with much sadness. Thirty million soldiers and what to do with them? Sariels, who were about to enter Saarlandi airspace, were immediately diverted. Two of the four invasion forces had reached their jump off points, and the naval arm had started up on the blockade.

All for naught, it seemed.
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To: The Fascist Union
From: Holy Marsh

It seems as though, in fear, you have given up your arms. This shows you have one thing which the normal warmongerers don't have; a brain. As such, an invasion will not commence of Saarland if the following conditions are met:
1- Fascist forces leave conquered lands immediately.
2- The leader of Saarland as well as the generals responsible are turned over to Azrabizhanian authorities for war crimes.
3- Fascist forces pledge to keep their numbers at respectable levels.
4- Elections are to be held.
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OOC: Good job, you two, for not going the wank route of n00ks and vast overestimation of your power. THIS, admitting when you're down, is what earns you respect. TG me and I'll see what I can do to help you in the future.