At 1:42am, a single personnel truck tried to cross the Mountain Road 1 bridge over the Red River, heading from Provincia do Tsukende into Provincia do Mjumbi. Twenty trucks of a similar nature had been stopped at around 7am the previous day, trying to sneak workers into the province to start work panning for diamonds in the Great Gatosombra Lake under a national government plan.
Once again, now at about the truck was stopped by soldiers of the 2nd Legion of the King's Army, and the driver was asked for his papers, These were clearly not up to standard as the soldiers refuse to let the truck through the other side of the bridge. The soldiers and drivers argue for some time.
Then, at 2:03, the driver of the truck pulls out a handgun and shoots the soldier he is conversing with. As the other soldiers hasten for their weapons, snipers on the other side of the river shoot them. Soldiers in truck rumble out and swiftly secure the checkpoint, and trucks, tanks and soldiers of 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps, 1st Army quickly advance to try take the bridge, accompanied by the 26 T-72 tanks of the 3rd Tank Division. 3rd Division consists of 10 000 men, and an entire brigade of 2 000 is sent in to try make the initial push and secure the bridge.
On the other side of the bridge the 9 000 men of the 2nd Legion of the King's Army are swiftly woken up and mobilised. They rush to hold the bridge and push back the attack, with the support of the 2nd Division of the King's Tank Force, 25 M60 Patton tanks. Large parts of the force were already on alert due to increasing tensions between the national government and the provincial government of Provincia do Mjumbi.
Soon a violent and bloody battle has erupted around the Mountain Road 1 bridge over the Red River, with neither side willing to give up this key strategic point.This battle is still going on now at 3:45am.
The flash point for this growing tension has sparked. The 2nd Kadulean Civil War has begun.
OOC:
1) Please keep this realistic.
2) Absolutely no nukes / devastating chemical weapons / Death Stars.
3) Trade embargoes, supplying weaponry, ammunition, military trainers and other supplies (either openly or through smuggling) are all acceptable.
4) If you want to try pull off an assassination, act of sabotage or invade the country TG about the matter first. I will review it and then either approve or decline it. The more reasonable and small scale the request the more likely I am to agree to it (killing a low level Minister or sneaking a force of 100 volunteer fighters into the nation is far more likely of being approved. Planning a full scale invasion with a million soldiers won't be approved).
5) Please keep all forces that are sent within the bounds of reason (no future tech, no super soldiers, not over powered unless I approve it).
6) I have the final say.
Red lines = Provincial Boundaries
Red wording = Dominantly Tsukende and PLPCK Provinces
Green wording = Dominantly Mjumbi and MGPK Provinces
Purple wording = Ilha do Amanhecer, Strongly mixed Tsukende-Mjumbi Province
Yellow wording = Ilha de Pedra, formerly PL Province, currently MGPK Province, dominantly mixed race with a sizeable black Mjumbi and white populations
Orange = City boundaries and names
Violet line = National Roadway / Estrada Nacional (EN)
Light Green line = Rede Rodoviária do Rei (RRR) {King's Road Network}
Yellow line = Estrada de Montanha 1 and 2 (M1 and M2) {Mountain Road 1 and 2}
Turquoise line = Estrada do Rio (R) {River Road}
Provinces - % of the national population / Provincial Capital - % of the national population:
1) Província da Independência - 27% / Mabetshwa - 26%
2) Província do Tsukende - 24% / Ombetshwa - 8%
3) Província da Costa Leste 14% / Mbulu - 6%
4) Província da Liberdade - 13% / Porta Liberdade - 10%
5) Província do Mjumbi - 11% / Cambazumbo - 1%
6) Província da Costa Sul - 8% / Shongwa - 5%
7) Ilha do Amanhecer - 2% / Palmeiras - 1%
8.) Ilha da Pedra - 1% / Porto de Pedra - 0.7%
Factions Involved:
PLPCK : Popular Livre Partido Comunista da Kadule (Free People's Communist Party of Kadule)
Ideology: Tsukende Nationalism, Communism, Social Conservatism
Actual Policies: Neoconservative Statism
Leader: Presidente Kanganisa Zulgwona
Forces:
1st Army (about 80 000 men)
3rd Army (about 80 000 reserve soldiers)
Large Parts of the 3rd and 4th Brigade (4th Division, 1st Army Corps, 2nd Army)
Guarda Revolucionária - Revolutionary Guard (about 39 000 veteran soldiers)
Guarda Presidencial - Presidential Guard (2 350 men)
Kadulean Tank force (104 T-72s, 427 men)
Kadulean Navy:
NRK Betshwa Galandi (Kirov-class battlecruiser - crew of 716)
NRK Vukine Zulgwona (Udaloy I class Destroyer - crew of 311)
6 small Zhuk class U170 Skadovsk patrol boats (Coast Guard of 52 men)
Kadulean Air Force:
34 Su-30MKI Fighter Jets (88 personnel)
38 Mil Mi-24 helicopters (106 personnel)
12 Mi-26 transport helicopters (84 personnel)
MGPK: Movimento para a Glória e Prosperidade da Kadule (Movement for the Glory and Prosperity of Kadule)
Ideology: Mjumbi Nationalism, Traditional Conservatism, Agrarianism, anti-Communism
Actual Policies: Neoconservatism, Mjumbi Separatism
Party Leader: Senate Opposition Leader Martinho Morokenja
Ceremonial Leader: King of the Mjumbi Zakhambi VI, of the Royal house of Umgwablo
PPN: Partido Patriótico de Napolesia (Patriotic Party of Napolesia)
Ideology: White Separatism, White Pride, Portuguese Nationalism, Christian Right, Agrarianism, anti-Communism
Party Leader: MP Adriano Napoles
PH: Partido da Herança (Heritage Party)
Ideology: White Pride, Portuguese Nationalism, Christian Right, Agrarianism, anti-Communism
Party Leader: MP Adriano Napoles
Forces:
Large parts of the 2nd Army (excluding most of the 4th Division of the 1st Army Corps, 2nd Army)
Likely large parts of the 4th Army (about 80 000 reserve soldiers)
King's Army:
{1st Army Corps (about 27 000 active soldiers)
2nd Army Corps (about 30 000 reserve soldiers)}
Guarda do Rei - King's Guard (2 135 men)
King's Tank force (74 M60 Pattons, 386 men)
Mjumbi Militia (unknown number)
White Militia (unknown number)
King's Air Force:
28 McDonnell Douglas F-15 Eagle Fighter Jets (50 personnel)
44 Bell 412 helicopters (160 personnel)
RCPK: Revolucionários Comunistas Patrióticos de Kadule (Patriotic Communist Revolutionaries of Kadule)
Ideology: Revolutionary Communism, Left wing populism, Pan-Africanism, anti-capitalism, anti-imperialism, social conservatism
De facto Leader: "General" Jimi Odonge
Forces:
Zamoharu (rebel guerrilla force)
Unknown numbers, estimated between 2 000 and 5 000
فسبحان الله / Gloria a Alá (Glory to Allah)
Ideology: Islamism, Islamic Socialism
Leader: Imam Kalil Nejem
Forces:
Unknown number of rebel fighters, estimated between 500 and 1 000
Factions using mass protest, boycotts and sabotage rather than ambush or combat:
PL: Partido Liberal (Liberal Party)
Ideology: Social Liberalism, Classical Liberalism, Federalism
Leader (in exile): Anibal Jengojuzi
EU: Esquerda Unida (United Left)
Ideology: LGBT+ Rights, Left wing populism, Democratic Socialism, anti-capitalism, anti-imperialism
Leader: Tina Shashihojaka