May 4379THE WAR RAGES ONThe conflict rages on and Maki is breaking Sugano's forces while Emperor Itoh is launching a massive offensiveThe war in Bianjie has been raging for over 2 years now. in the first year of the conflict the majority of the fighting was however reserved for a small frontline. This changed dramatically in the 2nd year, Maki ordered a offensive with the only tanks and artillery he had aiming to break Sugano's positions and advance towards the sea delta. He succeeded, after a massive battle that resulted in over 4.000 deaths and 2 entire villages layed to the ground Maki managed to break Sugano's lines and push towards the sea. The news of the broken line in the south demoralised Sugano's forces in the north and some even defected. In a response to this unrest within his enemy's ranks Maki ordered a general assault along the line. It was a succes, and after 4 months Maki had taken vast amounts of territory before being stopped by scrambled forces of Sugano.
A sniper of Maki's army during the massive push. Maki has managed to re-equip most of his army with modern weapons thanks to foreign donations.Sugano is now of age and has managed to take over control of his forces and government. His council was arrested after they refused to give up command. With Sugano now in command after losing so much territory and having such weakened forces many predict that he may lose grip over the situation without any international support.
May 4379ITOH LAUNCHES "OPERATION RISING SUN"Self Proclaimed Emperor Itoh has gathered his forces and launched his first offensiveAfter being silent during most of the conflict Emperor Itoh has now ordered his forces to execute "Operation Rising Sun" the aim of which is to make one grand push towards the south and take all territory on its path.
The Imperial Militia has grown from 5.000 men to more then 30.000 men now. Rumours have even reached us that the Imperial Militia has received funding and weapons from Deltaria. Although this cannot be confirmed.
During the first days of the offensive imperial forces completely overwhelmed the poorly manned positions of Sugano and simply moved onwards. They took town after town with little to no fighting. Imperial morale was therefore high and only around 200 Imperial militiamen had died.
The Imperial Militia was halted in the middle of Bianjie. Sugano's forces had created trench systems and some mortar positions to try and stop both Maki's and Imperial advances.
Men of the Imperial Militia advancing in rapid paceThe Imperial forces and forces of Maki during their assaults. Sugano is losing large amounts of land while Maki and Itoh have not attacked eachother yetWhile the fighting continues and around half of the Bianjian population is now living in extreme hunger the international community has yet to respond. Images have reached the CHA of deportations of Indralans by what seem to be Imperial Militiamen. The Imperial Militia denies any involvement into the ongoing genocide of the Indralan minority but the CHA is now directly pointing the finger at the Militia and its emperor. Is the international community tired of war and will it let Bianjie crumble? And does Indrala abandon its minority in the wartorn nation? We will keep you up to date on the further development of the war.
The photo that reached the CHA. Indralans just before alledgedly being deported and killed