Collapse of Shinyen - 1985 - 1986 W.E.
"All troops deserted. Completely out of hand." Last telegram from the Chengdà garrison to the Provisional Government, Summer 3, 1986.
As the final cannon blazes ignited the skies of Shiindeng, further operations were already being conducted by the renewed United Front. On Spring 14 1984 a massive flotilla of 203 itharian airships destroyed the coal processing and mining facilities of Juemenko. The vast stockpiles of the precious ore burned for months, filling the skies of Skelengard with a deadly black smog. This was the beginning of a Strategic Bombing campaign that aimed to destroy the warmaking capability of Shinyen. From 1984 all the way to 1986 Itharian airships would reduce entire regions of Shinyen to rubble. On Summer 58, 240.000 men of the Itharian expeditionary force landed in Shiindeng, only a short distance from the vital Huago Canal. If Itharia managed to secure the entirety of the canal, then the entire Shinyeni army in Skelengard, 3.000.000 strong, would be cut off.
As continuous news of defeat arrived from all fronts, the Shinyeni government collapsed: Shogun Kaishek Jiu was deposed by the Civilian Guard, in a coup that assassinated many Daymios and put Daijin Kato back on the throne. The now desperate Shogun now tried again to call on the goodwill of his opponents. This was of no avail, as even Raja Jaunpur, a devoted anti-war leader agreed that the only way peace could be achieved was with a total shinyeni defeat.
During the Fall the Battle of Jiinghdè began, as the Itharian armies tried to conquer all of the Huago Isthmus. The Shinyeni defenders paid a heavy price in manpower and equipment but were successful in defending the vital connection to the south. During the winter the Shinyeni armies in Skelengard effectuated a withdrawal into Kafgard. On Spring 26 1985, however, the Itharian armies in Huago smashed through the Shinyeni defences: 120.000 Shinyeni soldiers surrendered en-masse. If Shiindeng had been the Vitorio d'Oriente, the victory of the east, Jiinghdè was the western one. A million Shinyeni soldiers, still spread across Juemenko and western Skelengard, were now cut off and were slowly destroyed by the advancing Skell armies. With the Huago Canal now open, the Allied fleets now moved to the Sea of Tongai, sinking ìconvoys that transported vital resources of which Shinyen was now desperate. A naval blockade was established, and soon enough Shinyen faced economic, and literal, starvation. As 1986 looked grimmer and grimmer for Shinyen, the Shogun decided to transfer his headquarters to Geenshido, closer to the frontlines from where he could more directly lead his forces.
By 1986 the industrial output of Shinyen had been reduced by a massive 90%. Crop failures due to a lack of skilled farmers, most of which had died in the trenches of Skelengard and Amek, now meant that nearly 100 million Shinyenis faced starvation. On Spring 2 1986 the Ameki armies of Punja'K began the new 200 armies offensives: Shinyeni forces on their ways, low on morale, lost all discipline. Soon enough the same happened in Kafgard. As the Shinyeni retreat on all fronts quickly became a rout, unrest at home boiled over. One by one all garrisons in Héde deserted. Chengdà, the capital itself, fell to rebel control. On Spring 86 a Shinyeni delegation travelled to Ithar, where they asked for a cease to hostilities so that the Shogun could turn and crush the revolt, so long as peace negotiations began. Itharian Emperor Severius III, as well as the Ameki and Skell delegation, refused out of hand. Hostilities would not cease until an armistice would be signed.
The fighting, therefore, went on, but Shinyen could no longer influence the outcome of the negotiations by its actions on the battlefield. In the 80 days since the combined allied offensive had opened at the beginning of Spring, Shinyen's power had been broken not by dissent, or by political backstabbing, as later nationalist propaganda would claim, but by the overwhelming superiority of allied arms. The combined total of 1.530.520 prisoners taken since the beginning of the offensive constituted half of the Shinyeni army in the field. The warmaking power of Shinyen, even to defend its borders, was within a few days of collapse.
With the Shinyeni army quickly disintegrating or joining the revolution, and the social collapse of the homefront increasingly nigh, Shogun Daijin Kato was couped by the army high command. Daijin Kato would immediately be exiled, as a provisional Shinyeni government sent a new delegation to Ithar to begin armistice negotiations. Again the Shinyeni delegation pleaded for a cease of hostilities, trying to argue of the danger of revolutionary spread to the other three belligerent powers, to no avail. Finally, on the 5th of Summer 1986, the provisional government of Shinyen unconditionally accepted all armistice terms.
Shinyen would immediately evacuate all troops from Kafgard, Litya, Punja'k and all of its western colonies. Everyone from those places that had been deported or imprisoned would immediately be sent home. The allies would occupy, and Shinyen evacuates, all of the Thalassan coasts of Shinyen. Shinyen would hand over 100 battleships (this caused a technical problem, as by this point Shinyen no longer possessed 100 battleships). Shinyen had one season to deliver 120.000 machine guns, 20.000 artillery pieces, 3 million rifles, 12.000 trucks, all of its airships, and 10 million tons of other varied military supplies. After 30 years of total, and complete war, the fighting of the great war had come to an end.
As the final cannon blazes ignited the skies of Shiindeng, further operations were already being conducted by the renewed United Front. On Spring 14 1984 a massive flotilla of 203 itharian airships destroyed the coal processing and mining facilities of Juemenko. The vast stockpiles of the precious ore burned for months, filling the skies of Skelengard with a deadly black smog. This was the beginning of a Strategic Bombing campaign that aimed to destroy the warmaking capability of Shinyen. From 1984 all the way to 1986 Itharian airships would reduce entire regions of Shinyen to rubble. On Summer 58, 240.000 men of the Itharian expeditionary force landed in Shiindeng, only a short distance from the vital Huago Canal. If Itharia managed to secure the entirety of the canal, then the entire Shinyeni army in Skelengard, 3.000.000 strong, would be cut off.
As continuous news of defeat arrived from all fronts, the Shinyeni government collapsed: Shogun Kaishek Jiu was deposed by the Civilian Guard, in a coup that assassinated many Daymios and put Daijin Kato back on the throne. The now desperate Shogun now tried again to call on the goodwill of his opponents. This was of no avail, as even Raja Jaunpur, a devoted anti-war leader agreed that the only way peace could be achieved was with a total shinyeni defeat.
During the Fall the Battle of Jiinghdè began, as the Itharian armies tried to conquer all of the Huago Isthmus. The Shinyeni defenders paid a heavy price in manpower and equipment but were successful in defending the vital connection to the south. During the winter the Shinyeni armies in Skelengard effectuated a withdrawal into Kafgard. On Spring 26 1985, however, the Itharian armies in Huago smashed through the Shinyeni defences: 120.000 Shinyeni soldiers surrendered en-masse. If Shiindeng had been the Vitorio d'Oriente, the victory of the east, Jiinghdè was the western one. A million Shinyeni soldiers, still spread across Juemenko and western Skelengard, were now cut off and were slowly destroyed by the advancing Skell armies. With the Huago Canal now open, the Allied fleets now moved to the Sea of Tongai, sinking ìconvoys that transported vital resources of which Shinyen was now desperate. A naval blockade was established, and soon enough Shinyen faced economic, and literal, starvation. As 1986 looked grimmer and grimmer for Shinyen, the Shogun decided to transfer his headquarters to Geenshido, closer to the frontlines from where he could more directly lead his forces.
By 1986 the industrial output of Shinyen had been reduced by a massive 90%. Crop failures due to a lack of skilled farmers, most of which had died in the trenches of Skelengard and Amek, now meant that nearly 100 million Shinyenis faced starvation. On Spring 2 1986 the Ameki armies of Punja'K began the new 200 armies offensives: Shinyeni forces on their ways, low on morale, lost all discipline. Soon enough the same happened in Kafgard. As the Shinyeni retreat on all fronts quickly became a rout, unrest at home boiled over. One by one all garrisons in Héde deserted. Chengdà, the capital itself, fell to rebel control. On Spring 86 a Shinyeni delegation travelled to Ithar, where they asked for a cease to hostilities so that the Shogun could turn and crush the revolt, so long as peace negotiations began. Itharian Emperor Severius III, as well as the Ameki and Skell delegation, refused out of hand. Hostilities would not cease until an armistice would be signed.
The fighting, therefore, went on, but Shinyen could no longer influence the outcome of the negotiations by its actions on the battlefield. In the 80 days since the combined allied offensive had opened at the beginning of Spring, Shinyen's power had been broken not by dissent, or by political backstabbing, as later nationalist propaganda would claim, but by the overwhelming superiority of allied arms. The combined total of 1.530.520 prisoners taken since the beginning of the offensive constituted half of the Shinyeni army in the field. The warmaking power of Shinyen, even to defend its borders, was within a few days of collapse.
With the Shinyeni army quickly disintegrating or joining the revolution, and the social collapse of the homefront increasingly nigh, Shogun Daijin Kato was couped by the army high command. Daijin Kato would immediately be exiled, as a provisional Shinyeni government sent a new delegation to Ithar to begin armistice negotiations. Again the Shinyeni delegation pleaded for a cease of hostilities, trying to argue of the danger of revolutionary spread to the other three belligerent powers, to no avail. Finally, on the 5th of Summer 1986, the provisional government of Shinyen unconditionally accepted all armistice terms.
Shinyen would immediately evacuate all troops from Kafgard, Litya, Punja'k and all of its western colonies. Everyone from those places that had been deported or imprisoned would immediately be sent home. The allies would occupy, and Shinyen evacuates, all of the Thalassan coasts of Shinyen. Shinyen would hand over 100 battleships (this caused a technical problem, as by this point Shinyen no longer possessed 100 battleships). Shinyen had one season to deliver 120.000 machine guns, 20.000 artillery pieces, 3 million rifles, 12.000 trucks, all of its airships, and 10 million tons of other varied military supplies. After 30 years of total, and complete war, the fighting of the great war had come to an end.
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