Kuijuan War



The Kuijuan War was a war between West Kuiju (supported by the members of the Heian Cooperation Organization, principally Chisei and Yamatai) and East Kuiju (supported by Arshavat). The war began on 11 June 1977, with the invasion of East Kuiju by West Kuiju, in support of the rebel Green Turban Movement.

Background
The Second Escar-Varunan War saw the Kingdom of Kuiju fail decisively in both it's initial invasion of Chisei, as well as it's attack on Arshavat. From 1942 - 43, the Kingdom was on the retreat on all fronts, and also facing increasing internal turmoil, with the Grand Secretary Jirhalang being assassinated at court in January 1943, and widespread strikes and revolts among the industrial unions - emboldened by the rapid advance of collectivist Arshavati forces. The Sixty Days Offensive of mid-1944 was the last stand of the Kuijuan army, briefly putting a stop to the Arshavati advance around Ambagurun. It quickly collapsed however, as with the surrender of Kuiju's Yamataian allies, Chiseian forces launched Operation Soraoka in May and swept through northwestern Kuiju with the aim of establishing a buffer zone against the Arshavati advance. What remained of the Kingdom was thus quickly partitioned between the two powers. In 1945, the Treaty of Haiphong in 1945 formalised the partition of the Kingdom into the Republic of Kuiju in the northwest and the Social Republic of Kuiju in the east. While West Kuiju remained for much of the time thereafter an effective of Chisei, the East with it's greater resources was able to eventually attain a relatively high degree of self-governance.

In the 1960s, the Songese-Arshavati Split began to create rifts in the socialist world, and the Kuijuan-Arshavati relationship was further distanced and strained, as the Arshavati focus shifted to Quanhco and the Crosswind Sea. Kuijuan collectivist party leaders demanded greater support from Arshavat in crushing dissent in the rural southern highlands, but their demands were largely ignored, and orders were given in 1970 for Arshavati forces to pull back to the border. The retreat allowed the Green Turbans, the most powerful of the insurgent organizations, to rapidly expand in power and organization, as state repression struggled to keep up with growing regional support for the rebels. In 1975, the Green Turbans launched the Hilin Uprising, intensifying the struggle with the regime by seizing several urban and rural garrisons and establishing the Hilin Union, a loosely organised confederation of unions, militias and so-called 'autonomous communes'.

The Union was declared to be a hub of capitalist and imperialist resistance by East Kuiju, though efforts to oust the rebels from the highlands failed decisively. West Kuiju and the recently formed Heian Cooperation Organization however viewed the Uprising and the retreat of Arshavati forces as a golden opportunity to reunify Kuiju. In 1976, Yamataian forces were deployed to eastern Chisei for the first time since the War, under the guise of joint military exercises, while newly conscripted West Kuijuan militiamen were stationed on the border to bolster the ranks of the volunteer Kuiju National Army. Finally, in 1977, the People's Army garrison of Ambagurun mutinied against their senior officers, and launched a military coup against the CPK, declaring solidarity with the Union. While the CPK officials and loyalist troops successfully evaded capture, the Capital itself quickly fell, and Green Turban militias in the south of the country launched a northern offensive to link the rebel territories.

Western invasion
A few days after the fall of Ambagurun, West Kuiju declared a war of 'national liberation', and began it's own drive towards the capital. The mechanized vanguard of the invasion force - bolstered by a large contingent of Yamataian and Chiseian troops fighting officially as part of the Kuijuan militia and as 'patriotic auxiliaries' - easily broke through and routed the disorganized Eastern border forces, with several divisions being entirely cut off and surrendering within the first few days of the invasion. However, as the Western and rebel forces met, tensions abounded, with several Green Turban groups siding with East Kuijuan units to resist the invaders, and several massacres of both Union rebels and civilians being conducted by HECO and West Kuijuan troops during their advance, under the pretext of suppressing a pro-CPK partisan effort. Most notoriously, the Battle of Jiquan in 1979, saw between 100,000 and 220,000 civilian casualties, with almost 85% caused by Chiseian troops, after a series of minor clashes with local Union commune militias.

WIP

 * By 1978-9 the Collies get their shit together and the Party loyalists carve out a rump state (of a rump state lol) on the east border (possibly where there is some harsher terrain than the central plains?).
 * There is much division within HECO over breaking the stalemate, as Yams possibly call for kamikaze time, while Chisei fiercely opposes further escalation in fear that sooner or later Arshavat is gonna retaliate and the gains made would be lost (or worse).
 * Arshavat does retaliate, invading in early 80s (possibly also 'unofficially'?) and tensions fuckin skyrocket as there are a few months of direct clashes between the two blocs.
 * With building pressure from the OL, the conflict is cut short as a naval incident involving a Arshavati submarine and a HECO carrier group results in Yams almost launching a nuke. Delegates from Chisei, Yamatai and Arshavat meet in secret. An armistice is suddenly announced, without the knowledge of either Kuiju. Messy situation as units several dozen kilometers behind the official battle lines are interned or retreat, etc.

Aftermath & Impact

 * OL-sponsored Járnfjördur Peace Accords.
 * Treaty of Járnfjördur (1981)