Second Hoa War

The Second Hoa War, also known as the Second Hoaian War, or the War of Total Unification in Dai Hoa, was a war between Dai Hoa and the Song Republic from 7 December 2004 to 17 July 2005, resulting in the surrender and dissolution of the Song Republic as an independent state. The war lasted from 7 December 2004 to 17 July 2005.

Following the First Hoaian War between 1957 and 1960, the Song Republic had been confined to the island of Dep Dao, off the coast of Dai Hoa. Tensions between both states remained high, and minor clashes between both states were fairly common. However, as the technological gap between the military forces of both states began to widen in favour of Dai Hoa, the state was increasingly tolerant of the Song Republic's existence.

War was declared at 2 AM on 7 December 2004 via fax to the Songan embassy in Chisei. Beginning at around 2.30 AM, the People's Air Force of Dai Hoa carried out a bombing campaign against the Song Republic, targeting radar positions, anti-aircraft emplacements, and military installations. Within hours of daybreak, airborne troops from the People's Army of Dai Hoa Ground Force carried out landings across the island fairly uncontested, while the People's Navy of Dai Hoa engaged what remained of the Song Maritime Defence Force.

Prelude
Due to the increasingly worsening reputation of Dep Dao, HECO had been attempting to rid itself of association with Dep Dao for some time, and was only bound to the Republic due to the ongoing Treaty of Cooperation, which prevented HECO from applying sanctions to the island state. HECO was also unable to renege on its agreements with the Song Republic to avoid presenting a disunited front to CODEX.

Masukan threats
In mid-2004, Masukan dictator Charnvirakul Bhichit expressed in a speech to his country a desire to invade the Song Republic in order to liberate the Masukan Daic People on the island and end the corrupt capitalist regime. Another pariah state, Masuka was not considered a credible threat by Dai Hoa due to its lack of modern military equipment and funding. However, it was judged that the highly unpredictable Masukan regime could have posed a serious threat to the even weaker Song Republic. While an actual invasion was likely to fail, international observers were fearful of what the Masukan regime would resort to should they launch such an attack, with the potential for human rights abuses and the use of chemical weapons of mass destruction on both sides considered highly likely.

HECO stance
In October 2004, the HECO leaders implicitly signalled to Dai Hoa that they would not intervene in the event of a Hoaian invasion of Dep Dao during the meeting of the Wanshu Development Summit. When Hoaian ambassador U Nyan Khine asked Yamataian ambassador Ishiguro Sayumi if Yamatai or HECO would intervene in such a conflict, Ishiguro stated that HECO was not interested in interfering in Dai Hoa's internal affairs, but would uphold the stability and security of the region.

During the entire war, HECO deployed several warships from the Chiseian Royal Navy and Yamatai Imperial Navy to the Crosswind, ostensibly on a naval exercise, though the HECO forces did not interfere with the conflict at all.

Dai Hoa
A fuckton of guys. Over ten divisions were deployed.

Song Republic
~60,000 troops in 5 division-sized "Armies"
 * Northern Army: The Northern Army were considered some of the best troops in Dep Dao, besides the CDA and the 2nd Armoured. They constantly drilled for anti-invasion measures.
 * Central Army: The Central Army were mainly a reserve force intended to reinforce the others as required. The whole division was largely destroyed or surrendered in the Battle of the Giua Dao Valley.
 * Western Army: The Central Army was also a weak force tasked with reinforcing the Northern Army when required. After the Northern Army was broken through, they largely collapsed and quickly lost Dainam City.
 * Capital Defence Army: The most elite forces in the SDF besides the 2nd Armoured. Also the largest Army. The 1st Armoured was deployed early on in the first counterattack against Giangai, where it was destroyed, and the rest of the CDA was held in reserve after that.
 * 1st Armoured Division (mix of M48 and M60): Destroyed in the counterattack against Giangai
 * 11th Armoured Battalion
 * 12th Armoured Battalion
 * 1st Infantry Battalion (did not participate in Giangai; guarded capital until the last)
 * 3rd Infantry Battalion
 * 2nd Infantry Battalion
 * 31st Armoured Battalion
 * 14th Infantry Division
 * Sub Unit
 * 6th Infantry Battalion
 * Citizen's Defence Force (division-sized mob of civilians with guns)
 * Southern Army: Before the war, the unit was mainly an administrative one overseeing training camps in the south as well as the 7th Armoured Battalion. Its three infantry battalions were hastily thrown together from recruits still in training, police and secret police units, and whatever units they picked up as they showed up for the final capital defence.
 * 7th Armoured Battalion (M48 Tank)
 * 26th Infantry Battalion
 * 27th Infantry Battalion
 * 28th Infantry Battalion
 * 2nd Armoured Division: An elite 'rapid response' armoured division with the best troops and the best tanks the Song Republic had (Type-74 Nana-Yons bought from Yamatai in the 80s). The unit was held in reserve and was only brought out to meet the Hoaians at the Battle of Truc Khiem, where they delayed the Hoaians for days and allowed a very brief counteroffensive in the western part of the island near Daotay as well as the evacuation of cowards from the capital.
 * 21st Armoured Battalion (Nana-Yon)
 * 22nd Armoured Battalion (Nana-Yon)
 * 20th Infantry Battalion
 * 23rd Infantry Battalion
 * 6th Battalion Songan Artillery (155mm guns))

Song Republic Navy Song Republic Air Force
 * The Navy was divided into four squadrons.
 * Strait Defence Squadron (wiped out by Dai Hoa airstrikes almost immediately)
 * some shit
 * Southern Sea Squadron
 * Asashio-class destroyer (2EVW era ship)
 * 2x Dep Dao Class Frigate (fishing trawler with guns)
 * PT Boats
 * Eastern Sea Squadron
 * 2x Dep Dao Class Frigate (fishing trawler with guns)
 * PT Boats
 * Western Sea Squadron
 * A frigate
 * PT Boats
 * The air force was almost non-existent and was rapidly wiped out. The Mi-40s were captured by the Hoaians intact.
 * 2x Mitsuhishi Mi-40 (Mitsubishi F-1)
 * 5x Chiseian Fighters (Northrop F-5 Freedom Fighter)
 * 25x Huey

Opening invasion (7-9 December)
At 2:30 AM on 7 December 2004, Dai Hoa began bombarding Dep Dao with tactical ballistic missiles, with the aim of destroying air-defence equipment, military bases, and command and control centres. However, the bulk of the Song Republic Air Defence Force had their fighters protected in underground bunkers. The Dai Hoa People's Air Force cautiously began airstrikes on the northern part of the island, and air-to-air combat began over the Dep Strait, with at least one Songan fighter shot down. Around the same time, the Dai Hoa People's Navy began engaging the Song Republic Naval Defence Force, which was severely outclassed and retreated from the Dep Strait by noon.

In the afternoon of the first day, an amphibious invasion of the northern part of Dep Dao was attempted with the Dai Hoa People's Army Ground Force's 31st Amphibious Brigade crossing the Dep Strait and landing at Caohùng. This first landing failed and several dozen Hoaian soldiers were killed by Songan artillery. Airborne troops were sent to attempt to secure a foothold, briefly capturing the Caohung Airstrip. However, by the second day, the Caohung Airstrip was back in Songan hands and the Hoaian military failed to establish a foothold. The bombardment was intensified.

Hoaian pilot Nguyen Huy Viet shot down two Songan fighters on 8 December. On the same day, a second attempt to attack Caohung was attempted as a diversion to a main landing at [Tatran, Dep Dao|Tátrấn]] to the west, which successfully pushed over nine kilometres inland by the end of the day and cut off the main supply line to Caohung. Paratroops were sent to attack Caohung from the south, and by the third day the defenders at Caohung surrendered. With a foothold secured, the Hoaians began to ship and fly in reinforcements to Caohung, while the bulk of the Song Ground Defence Forces retreated inland and to the south, taking up defensive positions around Giangai.

Southward push (9-15 December)
Battle of Giangai, battle of Dainam.

Secondary landings at Daotay (98th Guards Airborne Brigade). Captures Daotay Airport.

Biggest naval battle happens when the SMDF desperately deploys the Eastern and Southern Sea Squadrons (converted cargo ships + 1 Endwar-era destroyer and like a bunch of PT boats). They are wiped out by the Hoaian Navy which has actual warships.

Offensive in the Giua Dao Valley (15-22 December)
The big battle in the Giua Dao Valley. Giữa đảo Valley

A big battle at Truc Khiem; the biggest tank vs tank fight in Escar since the Kuijuan War. 144th Tank Regiment (T-55) vs elite 3rd SGDF 22nd Armoured Battalion (Type-74 Nana-Yon). Songans win. Part 2: Nana-Yons vs 11th Guards Tank Regiment; Mau 75 (T-62 knockoff) and Mi-8 air support. Hoaians win. Yamataians take notes.

Battle of Truc Khiem is the final defence line before the capital. The Songans put everything they can here, their elite 7th Army takes part.
 * SGDF
 * 2nd Armoured Division (21st Armoured Battalion (Nana-Yon); 22nd Armoured Battalion (Nana-Yon); 20th Infantry Battalion; 23rd Infantry Battalion; 6th Battalion Songan Artillery (155mm guns))
 * Disorganised remnants of the Eastern Army retreating from Dainam:
 * DHPAGF
 * 2nd Guards Tank Division (11th G. Tank Rgt.; 15th G. Motor Rifle Rgt.; 16th G. Motor Rifle Rgt.; 156th Artillery Rgt. (Grad Knockoff))
 * 34th Infantry Division
 * 95th Guards Airborne Brigade
 * 144th Tank Regiment

Also infantry action.

The military launches a coup and the president flees the country

Battle of Vinhdong (22 December-3 January)
Attack on the capital.

2nd Guards Tank Division (11th G. Tank Rgt.; 15th G. Motor Rifle Rgt.; 16th G. Motor Rifle Rgt.; Support Units) approached Vinhdong right after breaking through at Truc Khiem and fighting in the suburbs breaks out. They are quickly reinforced by elements of the 34th Infantry Division and the 108th Tank Regiment. Songan forces: Song Republic Capital Defence Force (1st Armoured Division, 14th Infantry Division; Citizen's Defence Force (division-sized mob of civilians with guns); Southern Army (7th Armoured Battalion, 26th Infantry Battalion, 27th Infantry Battalion, 28th Infantry Battalion); random remnants of the Northern Army that stream in from the north (some heard that the capital had already fallen and are coming to surrender). The Southern Army's latter three battalions are fresh conscripts who surrender en masse.

Hoaian 11th Guards Tank Regiment approaches the city with elements of the 15th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment and 16th Guards Motor Rifle Regiment (they comprise the main offensive force of the 2nd Guards Tank Division) and fighting in the suburbs breaks out. They face the Song Republic Capital Defence Force which is the most elite of their forces, as well as the less disciplined Southern Army (division-sized unit) that surrenders in droves. Guns are handed out to the civilians to get them to

On the 13th, Hoaian troops entered Vịnhđông and began engaging the remnants of the Songese Defence Forces in violent urban combat. On the 14th, Hoaian forces from the 32nd Armoured Battalion captured the Presidential Palace, but the Songese President Lâm Ðức Duy had fled to a secure bunker. Fighting in Dep Dao's largest city continued until the 17th, while the Hoaian forces searched for the presidential bunker. In the early morning of the 18th of April, 15 days after the war had begun, President Lâm was found in the Presidential Bunker and captured by the Hoaian forces. At around 12 PM of the 18th, Lâm signed and announced the surrender of the Song Republic to Dai Hoa.

Offensive towards Hoalien (3 January-15 January)
Less motivated Songan units start to surrender as soon as, or even before, the capital falls.

The military establishes a HQ at Hoalien and vows to resist until every one of them is dead. Some Songans go into the hills and start a guerrilla fight.

Under Construction
A major naval engagement occurred on the morning of 8th April, when the Maritime Defence Force deployed its Eastern and Southern Sea squadrons in an attempt to take control of the Dep Strait. However, the were defeated by the People's Navy, though with some losses. On noon of the same day, Songese forces withdrew from the Thainam region after heavy losses, enabling the Hoaians to secure a broad front line. As fighting on Dep Dao coalesced, the Hoaian forces began to consolidate while making a steady advance southwards. On the evening of the 8th, the 1st Naval Infantry Battalion made a landing near the town of Đấtđông and seized the area, opening another staging area for further attacks.

Despite their superior numbers of obsolete tanks, the Hoaian forces were able to make steady progress towards Vịnhđông. On the 10th, the elite capital defence units of the Ground Defence Force were deployed, consisting of the 1st Infantry Division, 1st Armoured Division, and the 5th Airborne Infantry Brigade. However, despite several attempts at a breakthrough over the 10th and 11th of April, they were unable to break through the Hoaian lines. In the morning of 12th April, the remnants of the Songese Maritime Defence Force deployed in a final bid to cut off the Hoaian supply lines, led by the destroyer Hàn Bảo Lâm. In the ensuing engagement, which also involved Hoaian air units, the Maritime Defence Force was essentially wiped out by the Hoaian People's Navy.

A final attempt by the Ground Defence Force to stall the invasion was launched on the 12th of April, during which much of the Songese military leadership and many wealthy regime-aligned civilians fled the country on flights out of Vịnhđông. The 5th Airborne Infantry Brigade carried out a suicidal attack against the front held by the Hoaian 21st Armoured Battalion, and succeeded in stalling the Hoaian attacks by an entire day. However, the Hoaian 3rd Armoured Division arrived by sea that night, and reinforced the front lines on the 13th of April for the final push into Vịnhđông.

Pacification
Despite the surrender, many stranded Songese troops continued to resist the Hoaian forces, and an insurgent campaign continued for over six weeks after the victory.