Intro
When the world went to hell no one was spared. Leaders vanished over night or were killed. Soldiers and citizens alike tried to take control and rule their land their way. Australia was no different. The people both civilian and military alike split into different factions and fought for control leaving many towns and cities runied by war. Eventually the fighting stopped and one democratic faction took power and promised peace and rebuilding. That promise lasted for four days before the communists came from over seas bringing with them a Red Storm.


Battle of Melbourne
The Battle of Melbourne was one of the opening battles in the fight for control of Australia and was the largest one of the opening fights. The communist invaders, all russian and eastern european members who were either mercenaries or had left the military, came by sea in a well prepared large flotilla of warships and transports along with over 50,000 soldiers and 75 T-90 battle tanks faced 42,000 soldiers and 59 M1A1 battle tanks.

The opening salvo of the Battle of Melbourne was when the ACN Putin and Stalin, both missile frigates, unleashed a fourty missile barrage from each against the docked naval vessels of the Democratic Australian Navy. The missile barrage destroyed four of the six frigates docked in the port and badly damaged the other two. Two submarines were also destoryed and a third damaged. Serious damage was dealt against dockside facilities leaving at least fourty five Australian naval personal dead and countless wounded.

On the heels of the missiles came 30,000 Communist soldiers supported by 45 T-90 battle tanks, the force met no intial resistance as any surviving Australian personal were recovering from the missile attack. After securing the docksides the communist invaders pushed into the city of Melbourne splitting into smaller and smaller groups until it was single squads advancing through with the odd squad getting tank support.

The advancing communists were soon coming up against an Australian response force numbering 15,000 soldiers with only 10 battle tanks however, knowledge of terrain and the close confines of urban combat played into their hands well and communist forces soon had squad after squad reporting ambushes and casualties. This state of affairs continued until the superior number of Communist soldiers and tanks cornered and wiped out the Australians leaving only 432 soldiers and 2 tanks to escape.

In total the Australians had lost 14,568 soldiers and 8 tanks and in return the Communists had lost 9678 soldiers and 5 tanks. The losses had been light for the Communists but knowing that the Australians might be able to replace some of their losses whilst they couldn't meant that any loss could prove fatal to the invasion.

Unaware of what was happening in the south, the Indonesian party, approximately 50 civilian surveyors and twenty soldiers (Batalyon Raiders all, to ensure maximum protection), landed inthe north, to determine why the continent had gone largely silent.

OOC: Hope you don't mind--I sent an expedition to land at Darwin--pretty much completely opposite from Melbourne. Purpose? To determine what has been happening since (New) Australia collapsed.

OOC: Nope don't mind at all though they will run into fleeing Australians soon.

"The Northasian Government would like to issue a statement decrying the use of Russian mercenaries. All those identified will immediately be deprived of Northasian citizenship."

***PRIVATE TO COMMUNIST INSURGENTS***
"Tovarish, good luck on establishing a socialist future. We are willing to send aid."

*Private Reply*
"Thank you for the support Comrade. We have destroyed a large portion of the Australian army and navy and expect victory within the next few hours".

The final blow
It had been 15 days since the attack at Melbourne and the two pronged attack had proven too much for the outnumbered Australian army. Casualties had been heavy for the Australians with whole units wiped out trying to stem the advancing Communists and it had all been for nothing as one by one each unit stopped existing.

The Communists continued their advance, gunning down any fleeing Australians they encountered whether they were combatants or not. It is unknwon how many Australians truly died out in the outback attempting to flee from the might of the Communist army but it is known that the surviving Australian army forces were surronded and wiped out near Ayer's Rock.

In one month the whole of Australia fell to the Communist invasion and was renamed "United Social State of Australia" or "USSA" for short. New Zealand was offered the chance of joining the USSA and knowing refusal meant invasion they quickly agreed and were absorbed into the nation.

Current Times
With the land secured and a large number of Eastern European and Russian immigrants arriving in the nation, work began on replacing losses to the military in both terms of personal and equipment. A research and development centre was planned so that the military could maintain high standards of equipment. Completion was expected in two months.

When they first encountered the fleeing Australians, they could make little sense of what was happening--the civilians were too terrified to be very coherent. However, they got lucky when they managed to come across an Australian Soldier, who told them the continent was being invaded apparently by communists.

There wasn;t much to be done in the face of an advancing army, so they turned right around and began an orderly retreat.

They did not, unfortunately, have any room to take any of those fleeing the conflict with them, at least until they reached the ships. Even then, they could only take a handful, at most a few dozen.

By the time the communists reached Darwin, the Indonesians had already set sail for home.

Update

Recruitment has began through out the USSA with those from Russian and European backgrounds being given the best training and equipment whilst native Australians now USSA citizens are given only basic training and minimal equipment.

Australian tank factories have been converted to produce USSA T-90 battle tanks and so far another thirty T-90's have been constructed and are expected to be sent to the armoured corp shortly.

In terms of defense mobile SAM batteries are being deployed all across the USSA with interlocking radar coverage so that even if one battery is engaged another one is free to engage the enemy.

"What is the USSA's position on Britain, Northasia, and the Kuwaiti Emirate?"

"The USSA's position is currently one of neutrality. We have had little to no relation or communication with any of the mentioned and thus we shall be holding our position until we feel that we have to change it".