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Dâmkei
Koh Svoy Province
Ratomkira
For once the weather forecast was right, the sun shined, the wind was soft and even smoothing. The Ratomkiran jungle looked like the most peaceful place in the world. No person could at first sight tell that this region had been in the grip of a silent war fought between Ratomkira and Vangala since the late 50's, except for the occasional bullet wholes in the threes and a small crater here and there. The mere sight of a village like Dämkei would however quickly paint a grim picture of what was daily business here. Most of the houses where mere ruins and the once flourishing farms of the village where reduced to large piles of rubble. Dâmkei was like all other border towns and villages the victim of random skirmishes going on between the neighbours, the one more intense then the other. Sometimes the village would be at peace for a long period of time while at other moments it would be right in the middle of the murders. It wasn't however only Vangalan soldiers fighting Ratomkiran governmental forces, the Ratomkiran army also had to face several other factions such as the large and ever-growing communist Kangtoap Krawham Padevat (KKP)*, various small Lanxangese** separatist movements and not to forget organized crime which had already highly infiltrated the ranks of the Ratomkiran military. The Ratomkiran army had much trouble keeping control over the region. All of this made life extremely hard for the about 30 villagers that still dared to reside in Dâmkei.
The border regions with the People's Republic of Vangala where probably one of the bloodiest killing fields in the world. Since 1959, merely 8 years after the
A small group of 6 Vangalan smugglers was just entering the village when they where blocked by about a dozen villagers who almost hysterically cried out to the 6 men to leave the village and search for another place too cross the Se river that divided the two countries. Last time smugglers used the village the army had found out about it and killed 6 villagers and stole the last cattle, leaving the village with next to nothing. The people of Dâmkei feared just about all the factions that made the North of Ratomkira unsafe, but since the smugglers would more often pay the villagers in food in exchange for passage they where considered the lesser of various evils. It was however never certain if the group of smugglers was as brutal as either the Vangalan or Ratomkiran army. Nevertheless the people stood their ground and refused the smugglers passage unless they would receive food. One of the smugglers shot a few rounds in the air with his dirty AK-47, but was immediately punched in the face by one of his more experienced and older companions. The man had made a terrible mistake, he was successful in scaring the small crowd back into their ruins but at the same time sealed the fate him and his mate's. A platoon of Ratomkiran soldiers in poorly maintained and armoured pick-ups alarmed by the gunshots quickly headed towards the village.
Not knowing where, if any, Ratomkiran soldiers would show up the smugglers knew that their best bet was to cross the river as soon as possible. The smugglers truck quickly drove towards the water and signalled the other side with the car lights. As two small motorboats came from the Vangalan side the smugglers started putting their goods on improvised stretchers and waited, stressed out. As the boats got closer, so did the Ratomkiran patrol. When the boats where just a few meters from their goal the smugglers where attacked from behind. Without warning a rain of bullets was unleashed upon the small group of smugglers. It happened so fast three of them where barely able to turn around, let alone shoot back. Two others who had jumped behind a ruin where killed when a beautifully thrown grenade exploded. The last smuggler, the one who caused it all was eventually killed behind the wheels when he attempted to drive away with the truck. A hasty launched RPG-7 rocket was send after one of the two motorboats, who quickly turned around once the fighting started, but ended up somewhere on the Vangalan side of the border. The soldiers had a good laugh about that last one.
After looking closer at the dead smugglers they where identified as members of the KKP. It wasn't unusual that members of the communist insurgency group where caught smuggling. In fact the KKP was getting more and more power over the smuggling business, especially in the border region. Several regional branches of the Kangtoap Padevat rebels had made smuggling into their unofficial priority and have started neglecting their ideological believes. There is however still a large majority of idealist militantism in the ranks of the KKP, which is since the last years highly growing not only in the North but all over the nation. The political stage is rapidly changing in Ratomkira.
*Translation: Revolutionary Red Army
**Lanxangese=Laotians | Kambujans=Khmers
Koh Svoy Province
Ratomkira
For once the weather forecast was right, the sun shined, the wind was soft and even smoothing. The Ratomkiran jungle looked like the most peaceful place in the world. No person could at first sight tell that this region had been in the grip of a silent war fought between Ratomkira and Vangala since the late 50's, except for the occasional bullet wholes in the threes and a small crater here and there. The mere sight of a village like Dämkei would however quickly paint a grim picture of what was daily business here. Most of the houses where mere ruins and the once flourishing farms of the village where reduced to large piles of rubble. Dâmkei was like all other border towns and villages the victim of random skirmishes going on between the neighbours, the one more intense then the other. Sometimes the village would be at peace for a long period of time while at other moments it would be right in the middle of the murders. It wasn't however only Vangalan soldiers fighting Ratomkiran governmental forces, the Ratomkiran army also had to face several other factions such as the large and ever-growing communist Kangtoap Krawham Padevat (KKP)*, various small Lanxangese** separatist movements and not to forget organized crime which had already highly infiltrated the ranks of the Ratomkiran military. The Ratomkiran army had much trouble keeping control over the region. All of this made life extremely hard for the about 30 villagers that still dared to reside in Dâmkei.
The border regions with the People's Republic of Vangala where probably one of the bloodiest killing fields in the world. Since 1959, merely 8 years after the
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, a series of small scale skirmishes erupted between the two neighbouring states with both sides refusing too budge until today. In the eyes of the Ratomkiran government and its King Pheakdei Srieng III the Vangalans have been the aggressor all this time, starting with the Pakse Island War and continuing today with the suspected funding and arming of the KKP and stimulation of smuggling. Today the village of Dâmkei would once again be the stage for violence and with all able men and women killed or recruited in either the KKP or the Ratomkiran Royal Army it was defenceless. The day had started so good.A small group of 6 Vangalan smugglers was just entering the village when they where blocked by about a dozen villagers who almost hysterically cried out to the 6 men to leave the village and search for another place too cross the Se river that divided the two countries. Last time smugglers used the village the army had found out about it and killed 6 villagers and stole the last cattle, leaving the village with next to nothing. The people of Dâmkei feared just about all the factions that made the North of Ratomkira unsafe, but since the smugglers would more often pay the villagers in food in exchange for passage they where considered the lesser of various evils. It was however never certain if the group of smugglers was as brutal as either the Vangalan or Ratomkiran army. Nevertheless the people stood their ground and refused the smugglers passage unless they would receive food. One of the smugglers shot a few rounds in the air with his dirty AK-47, but was immediately punched in the face by one of his more experienced and older companions. The man had made a terrible mistake, he was successful in scaring the small crowd back into their ruins but at the same time sealed the fate him and his mate's. A platoon of Ratomkiran soldiers in poorly maintained and armoured pick-ups alarmed by the gunshots quickly headed towards the village.
Not knowing where, if any, Ratomkiran soldiers would show up the smugglers knew that their best bet was to cross the river as soon as possible. The smugglers truck quickly drove towards the water and signalled the other side with the car lights. As two small motorboats came from the Vangalan side the smugglers started putting their goods on improvised stretchers and waited, stressed out. As the boats got closer, so did the Ratomkiran patrol. When the boats where just a few meters from their goal the smugglers where attacked from behind. Without warning a rain of bullets was unleashed upon the small group of smugglers. It happened so fast three of them where barely able to turn around, let alone shoot back. Two others who had jumped behind a ruin where killed when a beautifully thrown grenade exploded. The last smuggler, the one who caused it all was eventually killed behind the wheels when he attempted to drive away with the truck. A hasty launched RPG-7 rocket was send after one of the two motorboats, who quickly turned around once the fighting started, but ended up somewhere on the Vangalan side of the border. The soldiers had a good laugh about that last one.
After looking closer at the dead smugglers they where identified as members of the KKP. It wasn't unusual that members of the communist insurgency group where caught smuggling. In fact the KKP was getting more and more power over the smuggling business, especially in the border region. Several regional branches of the Kangtoap Padevat rebels had made smuggling into their unofficial priority and have started neglecting their ideological believes. There is however still a large majority of idealist militantism in the ranks of the KKP, which is since the last years highly growing not only in the North but all over the nation. The political stage is rapidly changing in Ratomkira.
*Translation: Revolutionary Red Army
**Lanxangese=Laotians | Kambujans=Khmers