The Seidanese War (IC)

[Kingdom of Derita]

Nagakita Imperial Palace
Nagakita, Asakura

Prince Alexandre rolled his eyes. He shouldn’t have expected Adrian to get warfare. And he didn’t mind getting advice on his to deal with the Dokura Clan leader. He scoffed under his breath and slumped in one of the small low chairs in the room.

“I’d like to beat him over the head with a stick.”

Alexandre twisted a black piece in his fingers.

“Though I suppose thats not what you meant. So what exactly would I use as a carrot and as a stick?”

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The Vallotton did a full retreat back north. As they turned around, the ship focused its guns on one of the attacking destroyers as they retreated. The speedy ship zipped back towards the Bourbeau, which was ordered to go on the offensive, not against the approaching Snel, but against the more distant destroyers to pull the ship back. On the Bourbeau, the Captain was ordering a retreat while their chain guns fired on the Snel as their larger naval guns fired on the other Dutch ships. The naval vessel twisted around to keep its smoking side facing the enemy, letting the smoke billow and grow.

[Dutch-Empire]

International Waters

Lord Nagel control room was in chaos as reports came in that the bow of the ship was taking heavy damage from the enemy’s chain guns. They needed to get to safety, and quickly.

“Fire the second harpoon, then set a course south. We have to retreat quickly.”

“Yes sir!”

The Snel fired the second harpoon missile that fired and shot across the waves at the smoking enemy ship as the ship turned around quickly and ran south. Beneath the deck there were leaks coming into the lower compartments of the ship’s. The crew moved quickly to try and pump the water back out.

Meanwhile, the Dineke II was struck by the virtual bombardment of enemy forces and part of the ship exploded. The ship capsized and an evacuation was texted. The Dutch crew piled into Life boasts as the Rolien moved quickly to pick up the survivors.

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Nagakita Imperial Palace
Nagakita, Asakura

Adrian sat down next to Alexandre and thought about his question for a moment. How did one convince someone to do something that she didn’t want to do? Prince Aki sound, if Adrian was being honest, sounded a lot like Alexandre. Head strong, arrogant and unbending. How would he try to convince Alexandre of something if he had to? A carrot would work much better.

“You have to get him something that he wants, that he can resist. Power. Money. Women. Men. Fine and use it against him. And if that doesn’t work,”

Adrian smirked to himself as he knew that realistic Alexandre would go for the stick rather than the carrot.

“You can’t just threaten him. You have to actually show him failure to comply will mean death.

[Yoannes]

Seidanese Exclusion Zone (that i will called now SEZ)
day 27

The amiral is stunned,even if we are in air superiority,we are in naval inferiority

The amiral called me:

"Miss,we need more ships,we are attacked by this pesky royalists,we need them to take it out"

I respond

"Yes,i will provide more ships for the protection of Seidang"

Then he responded "Okay,did you have any plan?" Before saying 1 seconds after"oh wait it's the commander in chief i need to talk,goodbye,and may i serve for Yoannes"

We are gonna provide this time 75 more destroyers,20 cruisers,1 new aircraft-carrier with for now 5 aircrafts inside,and will give to Seidang 10 aircrafts (all are bomber),all of this will arrive tommorow

[Kingdom of Derita]

Nagakita Imperial Palace
Nagakita, Asakura

Alexandre thought about this for a moment. Suddenly a very terrible, very efficient plan popped into his head.

“Adrian I need a favor. You like archery right?”

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International Waters

The Bourbeau was ripped in half as the second Harpoon tore through it. The ship was lifted out of the water as it exploded, splitting it down the middle and sending flames and shrapnel in all directions. As the ship quickly began to sink, the crew abandon ship.

The Vallotton was retreating, moving to pick up the survivors, but they could tell this Battle was over. They counted the dead and injured.

Nonetheless, the fleet surrounding the Annabars was ordered to speed towards Seidang before the Dutch or anyone else could, looping south along the edge of the SEZ.

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Off the coast of Siktaya
Day 27

In the pitch black of early morning, the Asakuese ships attacked the island of Siktaya from miles away.

The Makoto and the Reichiru fired on the harbor of Ratong, bombarding the docks with incendiary shells to spread flames and fire. The two ships launched volley after volley, but prepared for a hasty retreat into the darkness.

[Seidang]

Ratong, Seidang
Day 27
12:07 am

The Bach Sy Hoàng and Cao Thiên Hung launched into action as Ratong's harbor exploded around them. Next to them, three patrol ships erupted at the surprise attack. Captain Chung Ngọc Khương of the Bach Sy Hoàng and Captain Chu Giang of the Cao Thiên Hung burst into action. They could not let the sneak night attack that had destroyed the Hữuthọ continue. They had to destroy the Makoto.

The two destroyers sailed out of the harbor. They were both slower ships, but at the same time they had greater defenses and could pack a stronger punch against the Asakuese ships. More importantly, the destroyers had longer range that their patrol ships, meaning that they could reach the Asakuese attackers. Captain Chu ordered a that the Cao Thiên Hung launch one of their missiles, aiming for one of the ships in the darkness. They rushed towards the ships, the small ships just barely popping up on the destroyer's radars. The missile launched from the Cao Thiên Hung and streaked through the darkness.

In the flaming harbor, several people lay dead, and the patrol ships moved into action, spraying the docks with hoses as to kill the angry red flames. Governor Doãn, from the Governor's Manison on the high hills that over looked the city of Ratong,was awoken by city officials and informed of the attack. He glanced out of his window to see the flames rising from the city. Govenor Doãn ordered an emergency operation by the fire department to save the downtown area of Ratong. They moved quickly, not only to stop the fire itself, put to prevent it from spreading.

[Yoannes]

Presidential Palace
New Cantbarry,Yoannes

Day 27
12:14am

I couldn't take it anymore,the actions of royalists has gone too far.

We could not declare war as all other pesky royalists scumbags would declare war to me,but we need to increase the number of aircrafts and ships to not let any royalists touch one of the coast,for now,we need to finish to send all the new ships and aircrafts

SEZ
(16:14) 4:14 pm

The planes on the aircraft carrier have finally took off,patroling in the SEZ,1 minute later,one plane crashed on the sea,killing the pilot.As many people in our country thinks it was attacked by Derita or another royalist country (even some person thinks it was the appointed governor but that's almosy impossible) but we thinks that it was more because of an techincal problems,so i will not act for now.Currently,we count 125 aircrafts on the sky,and 200 more in the 2 aircrafts-carriers

[Kingdom of Derita]

off the Coast of Siktaya

The Reichiru exploded as the Makoto raced past. The ship slowed down as they tried to quickly pick up those who had survived the blast, but they were few in number. The Makoto was only able to pick up five badly injured crew members. Everyone else was presumed to be lost to the flames and the waves. Meanwhile the Makoto fled out of the S.E.Z and further south. It looped down to meet with the fleet around the Annabars.

[Seidang]

Off the coast of Siktaya

Captain Chu ordered the Cao Thiên Hungto follow the fleeing Makoto. Behind him, the Bach Sy Hoàng followed. They would not let the ship go so easily, and so they pushed their engines to their maximum, the smaller ship blinking in and out of existence on their radars.

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Palais du Fontainebleau,
Fontainebleau, Derita

Prince Hữru Lương looked over the associated and twiddled his thumbs together, momementartoly unsure. Finally he straightened his back and tried to stand tall. He spoke firmly “I suppose I want whatever assistance cần thiết until I am placed on the throne. If you must kill, steal, I don’t care. I shall only accept absolute victory and I hướng dẫn bạn permission to do whatever you must. Once I am Emperor, I can pay any price.”

[New Mushroom Kingdom]

Off the coast of Siktaya

Captain Chu ordered the Cao Thiên Hungto follow the fleeing Makoto. Behind him, the Bach Sy Hoàng followed. They would not let the ship go so easily, and so they pushed their engines to their maximum, the smaller ship blinking in and out of existence on their radars.

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Palais du Fontainebleau,
Fontainebleau, Derita

Prince Hữru Lương looked over the associated and twiddled his thumbs together, momementartoly unsure. Finally he straightened his back and tried to stand tall. He spoke firmly “I suppose I want whatever assistance cần thiết until I am placed on the throne. If you must kill, steal, I don’t care. I shall only accept absolute victory and I hướng dẫn bạn permission to do whatever you must. Once I am Emperor, I can pay any price.”

The associate, despite not understanding some of the words, knew what he was likely trying to say and nodded in approval at them. He said back "Excellent, we have a quite few thousand people in the final stages of getting ready in our base over in my homeland in the Atlantic. It'll take sometime to arrive wherever you want them, but extremely so. As for the price, it will likely be millions of mushroom coins or equivalent. The amount isn't important and it wouldn't particularly matter how much you sent in the end. The contract itself will not take long to draft, and then you're free to change it if you want before signing."

[Polonge]

Vung Bang, Seidang
Day 32

Admiral Heroux, informed of the troubles back in Polonge and their precarious campaign in the Republic of Estovakia, having turned utterly disastrous, ordered his navy to abandon Vung Bang. They would have to leave the Seidanese on their own. His ships left the port city quickly, some of them panicking and not even fully refueling before they weighed anchor and rushed westwards, sailing back towards Polonge. Admiral Heroux, trying to get one last message to President Hoàng, promising to return to Vung Bang as soon as he could.

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Sa Tum, Seidang

As Admiral Heroux abandoned Vung Bang, Field Marshal Kosta Coandu and his 91,000 soldiers who had been sent to Seidang by Empress Maria Anna and Prime Minister Hopfer hesitantly. His army was made up of young men, few older than the age of 28, and the youngest being just 18 years old. When Coanda had arrived in Paphon, President Hoàng had ordered his army to defend the western coast of Seidang, and Coanda had decided, partially against the president's orders, kept his army centered around Sa Tum, the city that was the gateway between the west and the south in Seidang, nestled in a tight artery between the sea and mountains.

Now, suddenly, Coanda had been informed of Heroux's departure, effectively straining them in Seidang. The soldiers, young and inexperienced, panicked. They feared being trapped in the foreign country and tried to break down from their formations and encampments, but Coanda was able to persuade them to stand down. Coanda convinced them to sit tight, promising them more answers and security despite the fleeing of their supporting navy and transport.

[Ain Fakrata]

Paphon, Seidang
Day 40

General Ilyaas el-Maroun, in command of the 6th Division of the Fakratan Army drilled his soldiers outside of the city of Paphon. General el-Maroun and General Waddaah al-Baig, who commanded the 14th Division of the Fakratan Army, had been waiting for an attack, an invasion, anything, but it began more and more clear to the pair of generals that the Seidang War, would be a slow burning conflict. From the reports that General el-Maroun had received had found that over three hundred people had been killed or injured in the first month of the conflict. Back home, Vice President Thaamir al-Usman had already begun to call for the removal of Fakratan troops, seeing them as doing no good in the foreign country, but President Kamali refused. Still, General el-Maroun wondered if a true conflict would ever come.

[Kingdom of Derita]

Bãi Cạnh
Day 55

11:40 pm

Two ships slid through the dark towards the island of Bãi Cạnh under the orders of General Elisé Soga. Following the battle against the Dutch at sea, the fleet had slipped around the SEZ and made their way to Nagakita. Here the fleet, thirty ships in total, was placed under the command of Ōyama Harada, the Duke of Aumale and Jean-M’daka Binoku.

Grand Admiral Aumale and Vice-Admiral Binoku both prepares their forces for attacks on the many islands of Seidang and to defeat the foreign naval forces that had taken to protecting the Republic of Seidang. Meanwhile, General Soga asked for assistance in her planned invasion of Bãi Cạnh, a largely uninhabited island that she intended to use as a spring board for an invasion of mainland Seidang.

The invasion, like most of the Deritain operations came in the dead of the night, to lower the chances of being spotted. The two ships, the Iseult and Nozibele, named after princesses in from ancient myths, were low in the water, and slid almost all the way to the shore as 10,958 soldiers, 255 tanks and armoured cars and other vehicles rolled onto the beaches of Bãi Cạnh. General Soga, as the Iseult and Nozibele retreated east back towards Asakura, ordered her soldiers to cut across the island, moving 24 kilometers through the hilly jungle at its center to reach the northwestern coast nearest to the mainland.

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Off the coast of Siktaya
Day 56

2:40 am

The Makoto, leading the Seidanese destroyers on a goose chase, zigzagging in and out of the SEZ, while conserving as much energy as it could, having briefly been refueled by the fleet on its long way to Nagakita, now was once again met with friendly forces. The Zanele and the Véronique moved to protect the smaller Makoto and strike at the Seidanese destroyers.

[Seidang]

Off the coast of Siktaya

Captain Chu ordered his ship to stop its chase of the Makoto as two more, larger ships appeared on his radar, much clearer than the small Makoto. Captain Chu couldn’t be sure, but he sensed that this was part of a larger operation. A trap. He sent word to Captain Chung. After a brief debate, the two captains decided to try and lure the Deritains north, to the channel between the small islands of Sóngda, and Thùy Trệu, just south of the the top of Siktaya. There they could get quick reinforcements from Ratong. The two ships turned and headed towards Sóngda.

[Great Humania]

Off a Coast that's not in a WarZone

HES Poseidon, HES Neptune is Escorting an Aircraft Carrier called the HES Conquistador. In it is the 2 acting ambassadors for both the Republic and the Empire of Seidan, Military personnel for Humanitarian purposes and 17 peacekeepers for security for a future camp.


*from the HES Conquistador* This is Captain Henry Speaking, permission to enter the sovereign territory of the Empire of Seidan.

[Seidang]

Phan Rong An, Seidang

President Hoàng, upon being informed of the request of the Great Humania humanitarian effort to Enter his country, he grew furious. This was the Republic of Seidang. There was no empire, there was no emperor! As long as he was alive, he would see to that there never was! As for humanitarian efforts? After that tabockle in Bayakina, he saw them as only a nuisance. He ordered the ports to refuse entry into the republic.

[Kingdom of Derita]

An Giang, Seidang
Day 58

9:54 pm

Having captured to uninhabited island of Bãi Cạnh, General Soga now ordered an assault on the mainland of Seidang. She ordered 3,000 soldiers to land on the beaches of An Giang, a small village that she had selected from the coast of Seidang. An Giang, she had decided, was the closest part of the main land to the island and would be the place of their assault.

Dozens of small transport ships, carrying the 3,000 soldiers and 30 tanks that would be taking the beaches slipped towards the shore. The moved along with support from the Iseult onto the beaches. They would take An Giang, and from there, open up the path for Paphon itself.

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Lang Son

The Duke of Aumale ordered one cruiser and two destroyers, the Victorieux, Conquérant and the Éternel into the area around Lang Son. From a few miles away, fighter jets took off from the Annabars, zipping through the sky towards Lang Son to capture the island. There were nine squadrons, each squadron made up of six jets. They were P-D71 Monarchs. The Monarchs were were simple designed aircraft, built for low maintenance and short range attacks and to take heavy damage before needing repairs. They had excellent maneuverability at low speeds and were best at low altitudes. The Monarchs were armed with heavy armor-piercing autocannons, 4 unguided rockets and air-to-ground missiles, of which each plane carried eight of. Their mission was to knock out ground defenses from the island.

[Seidang]

An Giang

An Giang was a sleepy little fishing village. It had a population of only about 1,010 people. A flat and sandy place, it was too Far East to enjoy to abundant fertile land of the Great Delta, and too far south to enjoy the economic prosperity of Paphon. It’s only claim to fame was that it was at the southern most tip of the mainland.

There were only fifty or so National Guard officers in the village and as the Deritains approached, one of them noticed a fleet of shapes appearing out of the darkness. The officer, Lê Dieu, quickly reported the sightings his commanding officer, Lieutenant Bành Tho. Lieutenant Bành in turn told his men to take up defensive positions on the rooftops of the ships nearest to the beaches and the village’s small dock. Lieutenant Bành then sent word to Càn Gio in the Great Delta, and then to Paphon and Phan Rong An. The Invasion had come.

As the enemy landed, Lieutenant Bành’s platoon opened fire, shooting from the roof tops.

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Lang Son

Alarms blared across the island of Lang Son as the Deritain arrived. The harbor was crowded with boats, civilian and military. 3 patrol ships were guarding the island of Lang Son. The Seidanese had learned from their mistake at Ratong, and the patrol ships were prepared for one of the Deritain’s night time attacks. They prepare to open fire on the ships as they moved into their range.

Meanwhile on land, the airstrip buzzed with activity as the Air Force moved to meet the incoming Deritain jets. Wishing minutes they had a squadron of five fighter jets tanking off and racing off to provide support for the patrol ships

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Off the coast of Sudào Bac

Vương Hữu Khôi, the closest thing that Seidang has to an admiral and commander of the flagship, Tran The Hung was alerted of the attack on Lang Son. He looked at his position. He had just finished a loop around the large island of Sudào Bac, and he was on the island’s eastern side. He could get to Lang Son in a two hours. The defenders them simply needed to keep the Deritain at bay, and then the Tran The Hung could blow them away. He ordered them to do so, now bothering to send word to Phan Rong An, and set a course for Lang Son.

[Kingdom of Derita]

An Giang, Seidang

Soldiers marched along the beach and onto the village’s docks in silence, hoping to take the village quickly. On the water’s edge, women were getting the the first of the tanks unloaded onto shore.

Suddenly gunshots ranged out. Soldiers hit the deck. They were under attack. They look around and see the flash of gunfire coming from the rooftops. They duck behind the boats of the village and surveyed their situation. On the docks, seven are wounded, minor injury or grazed, three are bleeding severely and one lays dead. They retaliated and fired at the rooftops from their position behind the boats.

On the beaches, the soldiers moved faster and the first tank rolled onto Seidang soil. It sat the gunfire and speed along the flat terrain, perfect for tanks, into the village and opened fire on from the Seidanese’s flank on one of the buildings.

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Lang Son, Seidang

The Monarchs dropped low as they flew ahead of the Victorieux, dodging the the incoming fire from the Seidanese patrol ships. A column of sea water exploded off the starboard bow of the Victorieux. The Duke of Aumale was mildly surprised that the Seidanese has fires the first shot. Did they not see that their ships were inferior to his own?

The Duke of Aumale ordered the Victorieux and the Conquérant straight ahead, planning to have the two huge ships come down right on top of the patrol ships, a wild and old fashion trick that few expected nowadays. Meanwhile, the Éternal was sent to loop south west and fired on the patrol ships, dividing their attention from the ships barreling towards them. The Éternal fired six missiles. They shot up into the night sky and flared up like fireworks. They streaked through the air down towards the harbor.

The Monarchs overhead meanwhile spilt up, sending a squadron to go shoot down their Seidanese counterparts and three moved to attack the patrol ships. 1 squadron started to fire on the other ships of the harbor, bathing with in flames. The last four squadron headed straight for the airstrip, tasked with destroying the rest of the Seidanese aircraft and ground forces. They swooped down and fired their missiles into warehouses and the grounded aircraft.

[Seidang]

An Giang, Seidang

Luân’s Fishing Shop exploded as the Deritain tank fired on it. The soldiers stationed on the rooftops went flying, thrown to the ground, one breaking his leg and another snapping his neck in two. The others were thrown onto the docks on the street, but suffering mainly from burns. Across the street, on the village’s post office, the Seidanese fired on the tank, preparing to jump onto the next building. The rest continued to engage with the ground soldiers on the docks.

Through the village, the sounds of gun fire and an explosion, rocked the villagers awake. People hesitantly stepped outside and panicked. Some ran back into the house, while others tried t grab their things and flee, not wanting to be caught in the midst of the fighting. A small group of men and women, lead by Tôńg Dình Luân, the unfortunate owner of the now flaming Luân’s Fishing Shop, ran towards the docks, armed with their own personal weapon to assist the army, all the adults having spent a period of military service in Seidang at one point in their lives.

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Lang Son, Seidang

The rear of one of the patrol ships exploded while one of the guns of another was destroyed as the Deritains fires back. The deck at the second patrol ship’s bow exploded and the entire ship started listing forward.

One of the patrol ships was spared, the missiles flying over her and crashing into the harbor. It aimed it firepower at the becoming cruiser, the ignoring the more distant destroyer.

Lang Son’s harbor lit up like a torch as the sail boats in the water were fired upon. Luckily they were empty, so loss of life was nonexistent there.

The Air Force responded quickly. They, much like the Monarchs, were designed for mostly air-to-ground attacks, so they had to re-adapt to their situation. They shot up to a higher altitude at alarming speeds and then dive bombed the Monarchs from above, firing on them.

The airstrip was in a panic as 11 aircraft, transport planes, a few fighter planes and helicopters exploded, some of them just moments before they could be sent up. A half a dozen bodies were through in pieces across the pavement and even more were injured.

[Piethrixia]

Lang Son, Seidang

A large shadow Moved overhead as a giant spacecraft or airship moved overhead. From the bottom Twelve Giant guns Hung aiming at all combat units. "This is the Piethrixian Armed Forces Put your weapons down. We have Come to assist Seidang." A plane released a volley of missiles but the CWIS on the Craft was too fast. Large beams came out of a turret on the top of the craft, Incinerating the Aircraft. A few minutes later the Ship landed. A thousand troops and 500 Tanks came out of it creating a perimeter around the Ship.



Acadia, Piethrixia

The Underground Capitol of Piethrixia Is a bustle of activity as High ranking military officials ran about. The Piethrixians had just declared war on the Kingdom of Derita. A sterfgeval vaartuig Class cruiser had just landed in the middle of a battlefield and fired the first Piethrixian Round of the war. Multiple Of piethrixias Heavy Stealth Submarines Where put into the Sea Around Derita. The Prime minister Put a message out to all enemy combat units radios using some hacking magic. "Hello Derita Armed Forces. My name is Jacobus Ada Reitsma, I am the leader of Piethrixia, The country that is about to Kill you all. Well Not all of you, Good Luck."

[Great Humania]

Phan Rong An, Seidang

President Hoàng, upon being informed of the request of the Great Humania humanitarian effort to Enter his country, he grew furious. This was the Republic of Seidang. There was no empire, there was no emperor! As long as he was alive, he would see to that there never was! As for humanitarian efforts? After that tabockle in Bayakina, he saw them as only a nuisance. He ordered the ports to refuse entry into the republic.

From the acting ambassador to republican territory.

President Hoáng, please note that people of your land is in pain and needs assistants to recover from its wound. Do you want your people, you friends, family and comrades suffer from this opening wound of fire and fury? Please let us help, we don't want to fight.

Meanwhile....
A sailor lost 5 Terrarean Credits for a bet

[Seidang]

Phan Rong An, Seidang

President Hoàng, in light of the claims and efforts by Great Humania, deck def to leave an official message on the thoughts of these so called humanitarian efforts that marched and trumpeted at his door.

Republic of Seidang (Encryption: Public) To:Public Statement From: President Hoàng As many of you know, there have been some efforts by imperialistic royalists, to attack our nation. All have ended in failure. They attack at night, and flee in the dark as the brave men and women of the Seidanese Army defends our borders. But the royslists are not the only invaders. The outside world is trying to leech its way into Seidang, a sacred land. They pollute our country with their unnecessary presence. I do not advocate for the expulsion of foreigners, some, like the Fakratans, have proven respectful allies. They are here for a purpose. They are here, because we are friends. But not all foreigners are our friends. They take claim for humanitarian relief, but I ask you, where are the cries for such relief? What Seidanese man, woman or child has ever cried out for the help of foreigners? What great disaster has wanted such a misconception of Seidang? We have repelled invasion! We have stood our ground! Even as the fires of Ratong sweep over buildings, it was native, local firefighter who brought it under control and saved their countrymen’s lives. The foreigners who seek to land in Seidang claim to work with hopes of aiding people, which alone would be praised. But when they come in with guns and ships, soldiers, instead of doctors, spies instead of nurses, they show their true colors. We saw it at Bayakina. We will not see in Phan Rong An, or Paphon or even the smallest village! We shall kill this parasite! This increasing encroachment on the sacred soil of Seidang is among the greatest threats of the Republic. And to the foreigners, I tell you this. Do not claim to know my peoplebetter than I. Do not claim to know what my wife, my sons and daughters, my brothers and sisters, my friends and countrymen and -women need or want. For always, they are my people. They are the Republic’s people. They are Seidang’s People! With Regards, President of Seidang

[Yoannes]

Assembly of the High Parliament of Yoannes
New Cantbarry,Yoannes

The lack of action during multiple days (ooc:busy week),make the number of casualties on Yoannesian side to 1,100 and the number of wounded to almost 10,000!

As the generals and i learned about an amphibious invasions on the coast,we were shocked: How could this happen i said?

As an immediate response,for now,15k troops will be stationed at 100km of where the soldiers are currently here,under the Operation Snowflakes

Details of the operation will be given soon to the Republic of Seidang.

[Kingdom of Derita]

An Giang, Seidang

The tank fired at the village’s Post office while the secondary gunner swiveled to protect the vehicle, opening fire on the armed Seidanese people charging the tank. Two more tanks rolled into the village, the first of many as the rest of their forces touched down. A hundred soldiers followed the example of the tanks and went through the village to attack the soldiers on the rooftops from both sides as the soldiers at the docks were reinforced.

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Lang Son, Seidang

The Duke of Aumale ordered the Victorieux to fire at once as its bow was bombarded with enemy shells. The froward gun of the heavy cruiser blasted fire back at the enemy patrol ship, cutting across the waves.

Overhead, one of the Monarchs’ wing exploded and went spiraling, hitting the water only seconds before the single pilot ejected himself, shooting up into the air before parachuting into the water. The other Monarchs were taking fire. Two of them had smoking wings, through they were still soaring, but they turned east in order to try and get back to the Annabars. One of the Monarchs flipped and shot upwards and fired up at the Seidanese air forces. Three swoop down, replacing the injured Monarchs and firing their missiles on the patrol ships.

[Ain Fakrata]

Paphon, Seidang

General Ilyaas el-Maroun had been waiting for this moment. Finally, action! As word reached him in Paphon via the Seidanese, of the royalists attacking at An Giang, he jumped into action. Perhaps if they could crush the royalists forces here, that would send them back into the sea and prevent further attempts. General el-Maroun ordered 3,000 of his soldiers and an armored force of 30 tanks to roll out and meet the invaders at An Giang. As they quickly collected themselves and started to head out, General el-Maroun hoped that he could get to the royalists before they could establish a base in An Giang so that he could push them back. The Fakratan tanks, SS-2p Attila’s were heavy, with impressive armor and fire power, but unfortunately slow and difficult to change aim, but if they could simply get the enemy in front of them, they could crush them! They raced as fast as they could out of Paphon south down the flat countryside towards An Giang.