OOC: War in Ratomkira

[Kadikistani Union]

Revolutionary Liberation Army
Communists

Border guard
Border with South Ratomkira: 50,000
Border with Jizhou (Oikawa): 44,000
Border with Tenzing (Oikawa): 20,000
Border with Vangala: 15,000
Subtotal: 129,000

City garrisons
Na Treng: 30,000
Pokdahunik: 20,000
Tanakaiko: 10,000
Da Sun: 10,000
Konpeay: 10,000
Tsaotsu: 10,000
Phan Podaik: 10,000
Pok Nan: 10,000
Subtotal: 110,000

Troops per Region (including city divisions but not border security)
Ratchaboeng: 280,000
Hi Sun: 100,000
Pean Ku: 100,000
Kadumsoray: 90,000
Kriem Sataru: 100,000
Subtotal: 670,000

Special troops
Revolutionary Guard: 15,000
Political commissars: 2,000
Peasants and Workers Militia: 1,000,000*
Subtotal: 1,017,000

Troops outside of North Ratomkira
Training camps in Vangala: 10,000
Active KKP in South Ratomkira: 100,000+
Subtotal: 110,000

*Peasants an Workers Militia are regular workers and peasants sympathetic to the revolutionary government. They have received a very basic military training and are equipped only with portable weapons. Their job is to protect state farms and the villages, but can at desperate times also be called up to fight on the front-line, although their efficiency in battle is limited. You can find the militia in nearly every village, town or city of the north.

Black Flag Army
Anarchists

City garrison
Phroum: 8,000
Five Villages: 600

 

[Kadikistani Union]

Timeline of Ratomkiran War

03 Sept. 2010: KKP fully integrated into the newly founded 'People's Liberation Army'
05 Sept. 2010: Begin of hostilities, Southern forces attempt to take the village of Pank. The fight for this village will last three days and end with the redraw of the Southern forces towards their former positions. Fights also break out in Na Treng, capital of the North, as the Southern army launches an offensive against the communist half, which lasts until the 16th of October.
06 Sept. 2010: Southern government announces the start of Operation Sun Maon, the goals of this operation being the encirclement and recapturing of Na Treng and some surrounding towns and villages. In this operation the South relied much on Oikawan areal assistance, which took a heavy toll on the Northern and at some times even Southern parts of the city. At the same time several smaller offensives are launched by both sides throughout the border.
07 Sept. 2010: Southern military successfully occupies six villages along the border, this being only a mild victory as the rest of the small offensives have been repelled or where still in progress. The Northern forces had secured twelve villages and one town (Kapei) during their own small offensives or counter-offensives. Communist General Sepkhei Berbaey is assigned with the defence of Na Treng.
08 Sept. 2010: Vicious battles continue almost all over the border, the most intense one being in and around Na Treng where the Southern forces are slowly gaining ground under the cover of Oikawan and in lesser amount Ratomkiran air forces. Southern forces capture another three villages, but are forced out of ten others, two of those where just taken by the South a day earlier.
10 Sept. 2010: Encirclement of Na Treng is forced to a halt after very intense counter attacks from the communists. Although it is a moral victory, many lives and high amounts of equipment are sacrificed by the communist to achieve this. This results in the first of a long line of internal criticism on Sepkei Berbaey's methods. In other border regions fights are growing more intense as both sides send more men to the areas. While at this point the North relies more on a strong defensive line and the occasional small attack the South is attempting to preform small scale encirclements all over the border. Although those small encirclements where pushed back 70% of the time, when it worked the losses for the communists where high.
11 Sept. 2010: Seven villages, including a dozen farms, and half of the town Kapei is (re)taken by the South. The North plays a purely defensive game.
14 Sept. 2010: The encirclement of Na Treng can continue as a breakthrough is forced upon the communists. The Southern forces take a significant amount of land.
15 Sept. 2010: The communists open a large offensive against the South near the border with Jizhou. Southern forces are overwhelmed by the attack labelled the Kan Offensive, and flee after merely six hours of combat. The communists capture no less then eight villages, three towns and the surrounding areas that day. Additional forces are send to the area by the South. The small southern offences along the other parts of the border continue and increase as the Southern commanders believe that the battle for Na Treng and the new offensive in the East has weakened Northern presence in the rest of the border.
16 Sept. 2010: Encirclement of Na Treng is once again forced to a halt. Kan Offensive turns to the Saopa military base and begins the siege at midnight.
18 Sept. 2010: Na Treng encirclement is pushed back on both fronts, about one kilometre in total is won by the Northern forces. Mostly Oikawan air forces increases its attacks in the area and also continue attacking the Kan Offensive.
19 Sept. 2010: Communists are forced to cease their attack on the Saopa military base and begin fortifying themselves under heavy bombardments. Southern forces are launching counter-attacks against the Kan Offensive, but the successes made are barely significant.
20 Sept. 2010: Refugee flow, mostly towards Vangala, reaches new heights. Southern military capture six villages and a couple of uninhabited areas.
22 Sept. 2010: Battle for Na Treng changes in favour of the Southern forces as the encirclement manages to fight off and break through the Northern counter-offensives.
26 Sept. 2010: Things get slightly calmer at the rural and jungle areas as both sides send more men towards the two main battles, Na Treng and the Kan Offensive. Although these are still many skirmishes along the border, no more significant areas will be taken by either side until the first of October.
28 Sept. 2010: Encirclement of communist North-Na Treng complete. Southern forces immediately launch attacks against the communist capital from all sides. Communists rely completely upon the underground tunnel network to keep their capital supplied and armed.
30 Sept. 2010: Northern forces manage to break through the encirclement and reach the centre of Na Treng. The communists successfully isolate and destroy several Southern position around Na Treng.
01 Oct. 2010: Southern forces are ordered to abandon the encirclement and regroup at earlier positions. While they still occupy former Northern controlled areas the moral is broken and casualties on both sides are enormous. The Southern offensive inside the city still continues.
03 Oct. 2010: Northern forces take several blocks inside the city but lose the main square after a horrifying battle. Meanwhile three villages are recaptured in the East, leaving the Kan Offensive exposed.
05 Oct. 2010: Communists take Mah Zuah fortress near the border with Vangala.
06 Oct. 2010: Large scale riots take place in nearly all Southern cities. While riots in the South where almost constant since before the end of the peace negotiations these riots are more extreme and more intense then ever. The amount of casualties during these riots is high.
07 Oct. 2010: Kan Offensive once again turns to the Saopa military base, but the Northern army ceases its assault later that day. During a counter-attack Southern forces retake the area North of the base, thus forcing the communists away from the highly damaged base.
10 Oct. 2010: Northern forces take village near Mah Zuah fortress. Skirmishes from both sides intensify across the border.
15 Oct. 2010: First day since the start of hostilities that there is no fighting in Na Treng except for the occasional gunfight, both sides are licking their wounds. Violence continues however all over the rest of the border region. Deep in the South, Kampaey, a bomb explodes inside a recruiting station for the military, 26 people die.
18 Oct. 2010: Hostilities start up again in Na Treng as a communist offensive is launched against the central square. Meanwhile the Kan Offensive conquers an new village but loses two.
19 Oct. 2010: The Kan Offensive is declared over. Victory is claimed by both sides. Both armies dig in and fortify what they can.
20 Oct. 2010: Communist take the central square in Na Treng only to lose it again a few hours later.
22 Oct. 2010: Southern forces launch an attack upon Mah Zuah fortress. During this attack a diplomatic clash erupts between Vangala and South Ratomkira over the violation of Vangalan sovereign soil. Meanwhile a village about 20 kilometres away from Na Treng is taken by the communists.
25 Oct. 2010: Southern forces retake Mah Zuah fortress after a bloody battle in which all Northern forces died. The battle for Mah Zuah is used extensively by the communist propaganda machine to promote bravery and sacrifice.
31 Oct. 2010: Na Treng's central square and the surrounding buildings are taken by Northern forces. The area will remain in communist hands, despite several Southern attacks, until today.
01 Nov. 2010: A combined Oikawan Ratomkiran air strike turns the Northern parts of the city into flames. It is the most severe, cold-blooded air strike in this war. Estimations claim that thousands, maybe even ten-thousands, of people died during the attack, mostly civilians. The city, which was already in ruins, was now filled with huge craters and barely a building standing. The communist propaganda machine announced the atrocity with much rethoric and for the first time said that the revolutionary government, which had always claimed to be seated inside their capital, had relocated to the second biggest city of the North.
02 Nov. 2010: Riots inside the South are repressed harder then ever. On this day alone over 689 people are killed by police and military.
03 Nov. 2010: Southern forces launch a new offensive against the heart of Na Treng. In the West and East a total of three villages fall into communist hands.
03 Nov. 2010: Southern offensive successfully takes 75% of Na Treng, but has been stopped after heavy battles.
06 Nov. 2010: Northern forces once again attack Mah Zuah fortress and try to push through Southern lines in the East, both attacks generate no real successes.
09 Nov. 2010: South retakes five villages after a surprisingly small battle. The communist forces retreat from the villages after a mere 4 hours of fighting. Southern commanders fear that the communists are planning something big.
11 Nov. 2010: Communists tunnel their way under the Southern lines in Na Treng and attack Southern positions. Combined with a head-on offensive the action has limited success and gives the communists back some territory in Na Treng at a high cost.