Dalmacijan Campaign

Dalmacijan Campaign
Part of War of Lost Brothers
Babkhi conscripts posing with abandoned Dolstier I.
Date 12.XV.1654–25.XV.1656 Location Dalmacija / Arboria Result Stalemate
Belligerents
Shireroth Natopia	Jingdao
Commanders and leaders
Magister-Generalissimus Hasimir Mo'll Steffki
Units involved
Apollonia Command 2nd Army Group 4th Army Group 3rd Tactical Air Force	Army District II 6th Field Army 7th Field Army 8th Field Army Yobi-gun
Strength
345,000 Legionaries 462,000 Auxiliaries 428,415 State Troops 125,013 Arborial Volunteers	308,310 IAF 1,572,504 Yobi-gun
Casualties and losses
Heavy	Very Heavy

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Forces

Allied

Initial Forces

Item	Quantity	Loses #1654	Loses #1655	Loses #1656
Legionaries	345,000	4,809	102,610	.
Auxiliaries	84,000	5,751	26,970	.
Arborial Volunteers	24,000	7,298	12,439	.
M1639 Stahlhelm	357,000	.	.	.
Survival Machete	277,200	.	.	.
Combat Knife	376,800	.	.	.
M14 Fragmentation Hand Grenade	1,892,880	.	.	.
M15 White Phosphorus Anti-Lich Grenade	1,892,880	.	.	.
M16 Mustard Gas Anti-Singer Grenade	1,892,880	.	.	.
M18 Red Smoke Hand Grenade	1,892,880	.	.	.
M1525 9mm Pistol	18,480	.	.	.
M1581 7.62 mm Machine Carbine	50,160	.	.	.
M1653 5.5mm Carbine (Semi-Automatic)	163,200	.	.	.
Wren 7.62mm LMG	39,600	.	.	.
Polybolos .50 HMG	4,320	.	.	.
Tankgewehr 13.2mm Anti-Materiel Rifle	1,440	.	.	.
Hornet Anti-Tank Recoilless Rifle	2,880	.	.	.
Waspsting Anti-Aircraft Missile Launcher	1,440	.	.	.
82mm Mortar	10,560	.	.	.
80mm field gun	500	.	.	.
Katzenklavier	600	.	.	.
Horjin AFV	2,304	.	.	.
Horjin APC	6,576	.	.	.
Horjin EWV	192	.	.	.
GV(MBT)-1 Bandersnatch	5,568	.	.	.
GV(SPG)-2 Jabberwocky	1,536	.	.	.
GV(LU)-3 Boojum	768	.	.	.
GV(CV)-4 Red Queen	1,824	.	.	.
GV(CT)-6 Walrus	1,920	.	.	.
GAV(U)-4 Jackalope (CV)	96	.	.	.
GAV(U)-4 Jackalope (Utility)	960	.	.	.
IMW-2 Spidertank	2,784	252	323	600
IMW-3 Snark	48	1	9	12
SA-1 “Red Mist” SAM	4,608	.	.	.
F-8 Shrike	64	.	.	.
F-9 Ashavan	50	.	.	.
B-52 Big Badaboom	10	.	.	.
AH-1 Dromosker	180	.	.	.
UH-1 Mondesian	180	.	.	.

Reinforcements

Item	Quantity	Loses #1655	Loses #1656
Auxiliaries	378,000	.	.
Arborial Volunteers	101,013	.	.
Elwynnese Republican Guard	172,800	.	.
Goldshire Regulars	255,615	.	.
M1639 Stahlhelm	802,764	.	.

Jingdaoese

Initial Forces

Item	Quantity	Loses #1654	Loses #1655	Loses #1656
IAF Personnel	302,700	.	.	.
M15 Adrian helmet	302,700	.	.	.
P62 Rifle	49,500	.	.	.
P62 Commando	98,400	.	.	.
P62 Rifle w/ Grenade Launcher	37,440	.	.	.
Shirley 9mm Pistol	87,000	.	.	.
80mm field gun	1,440	.	.	.
70mm Type 92 Battalion Guns	3,240	.	.	.
37mm Anti-Tank Guns	216	.	.	.
Heavy Machine Guns	6,210	.	.	.
Dolstier I (MBT)	1,689	.	.	.
Raven IV Model	372	.	.	.
Jan-van-Gent VII Model	246	.	.	.
Kurassha Ku-205	138	.	.	.

Reinforcements

Item	Quantity	Loses #1655	Loses #1656
Yobi-gun	1,572,504	.	.
M15 Adrian helmet	1,720,000	.	.
P62 Rifle	431,111	.	.
P62 Rifle W/ Grenade Launcher	323,333	.	.
P62 Commando	281,159	.	.
P62 Covert	258,666	.	.
Shirley 9mm Pistol	646,666	.	.
P29 Sniper Rifle	116,667	.	.
80mm field gun	8,750	.	.
Dolstier I (main battle tank)	1,229	.	.
Raven IV Model	43	.	.
Jan-van-Gent VII Model	57	.	.
LAC Buladocga	52	.	.

1653

War plans

Jing plans concerning the defence against and possible invasion of Arboria and Hawshire Dura versus invasion plans and war preparations from the Shiro-Natopians.

1654

Building up the defences

Everything quiet on the northern front.

1655

Air supremacy

Successful air offensive almost totally annihilates the entire air fleet of the Jing. The Jingdaoese air-defence and command and control networks were left in total disarray by the sudden loss, however the Sxiro-Natopian forces failed to follow this up with any concerted offensive action.

Jing response by sending more troops to the coast line in case of a naval invasion.

Dalmacijan Push

A relative late response by the SANE forces to push through the defences. Attacks are successful and it is feared that Port Nevermore will fall in enemy hands. However, the arrival of the first reserves brings an end to the offensive and a counter attack is held.

Insurrections in the River Warrior's Regio

A full-out offensive is put to a halt until the River Warriors are suppressed. Senya is blamed for supporting rebels.

1656

Arboria Campaign

Attempt of the Jing to start its campaign into Natopia.

First signs of mutiny

Yamato Wei's crusade against the war

The year 1656 proved to be one of several difficulties. The Arboria offensives which were meant to push the SANE forces back on Natopian soil, and split the Natopian territory into two, isolating the troops in New Aquitane from backup in the west, had failed miserably. At enormous costs, the Jingdaoese Armed Forces had retaken their original positions from three years earlier. The offensive into Arboria was anticipated to be, by all means, a fruitless and pointless slaughter. The higher ups were still convinced that the Natopians and Shirerithians would muster their forces on other fronts (in Batavia and against Nova England) and would pay little attention to a front with no real future. None, except for some officers, really believed this.

The supply lines soon started to be overstretched, and the Shirerithian air supremacy hindered any effective offensives. Soldiers at the front, especially new recruits of non-Jing descend, started to get disillusioned. Many of them got the feeling that they were expendable meat shields, used to throw at the enemy without any real plan in mind.

In this political climate several ideologies, which otherwise were harshly suppressed at home by the Tegong, but could now flow freely through the trenches became popular. Some gathered around the rightist group 'Patriotists', while others were fascinated by the charismatic leftist leader, Yamato Wei. Yamato, second son of Tsukono Wei, had been a conscript from the first hour. There was little doubt that his early enlistment was a consequence of his family ties.

In the spring of 1656 Yamato was arrested after a fight between him and a senior officer during his leave. When he was released from prison, after the end of the offensive, he noticed the circumstances had changed: the soldiers who have lived in the trenches had lost hope of a swift victory. The Wei's socialist ideology had taken hold among a lot of people and started to spread.

The Nivelle Mutiny

The execution of corporal Nivelle, a Kildarian officer, for not following orders enrages a part of the men and sparks a mutiny.

Aftermath

Social unrest in Jingdao, especially in the region around Lake Christoph.