Mergerberger II Posted July 18, 2010 Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 Following the collapse of the emergent government of its neighbor, Vietnam recognized the ongoing situation immediately and responded before the anarchist riots and potential civil war could get out of hand or off the ground at all. A hundred thousand Vietnamese soldiers were moved into the region in order to calm the people, especially around the cities of Bangkok and Phnom Penh. With the recent advent of the unique Vietnamese technology of Jungle Sight, Vietnam was not only the nation most capable of governing the large, multi-ethnic region, but also the most well-equipped for the environment, capable of following rebels deep into the jungles, former hiding places and refuges for fugitives, tracking them, and capturing them. Soon after the area was brought under the control of the Government of the Republic of Vietnam, the protectorate was divided into particular Viceroyalties in order to allow for easier governance and administration of the region. The Protectorate was divided into eight particular regions, following natural and ethnic borders, establishing several viceroyalties and local Unions, headed by Governors, listed below. - Viceroyalty of Laos - Viceroyalty of Cambodia - Viceroyalty of Thai - Viceroyalty of South Thailand - Viceroyalty of East Burma - Viceroyalty of South Burma - Union of North Thailand - Khmer Union The borders followed former provincial boundaries and political-national boundaries. [IMG]http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s45/kansasrules/cnrp/Picture8.png[/IMG] The Viceroyalty of Laos was of little concern. The area was populated principally by people very friendly with the Vietnamese government and with a favorable view of the Republic. This view was shared by a large majority of Cambodia. Pre-polling estimates placed 'Approval of Vietnam' in Cambodia at 73%, and 'Adoration of Vietnam' at 44%. An informal poll was taken on potentially joining the Republic of Vietnam, and 42% were found to be in favor of full annexation, with 52% against and 4% preferring the current state of affairs. These numbers were slightly more favorable towards Vietnam in Laos. 76% approved of the Vietnamese government, 48% adored it, and 47% were in favor of full annexation, with 44% against and 6% preferring the current state of affairs. However looking further West, the situation became more difficult. These were regions of people with little connection to Vietnam and its people, and thus they did not feel quite as obligated naturally to like the government. While a majority in all regions approved of the Government, fewer adored it and fewer still favored annexation. A large number, but not a majority, preferred independence, but it was clear that no strong single independence movement existed in the region, instead there were many individual independence movements, all rivaling one another and all raising concern with the Viceregal Government. The Government was afraid that some of the movements could potentially turn violent to one another and spark a massive Civil War, out of reach of the Vietnamese Army and Government, and potentially requiring a full-scale war in the Grand Protectorate requiring commitment of all Vietnamese forces to try and keep order, but that was a worst-case scenario. For now, the region seemed tensely peaceful, but everything was on edge, especially in East Burma and the Union of North Thailand. Bangkok was worthy of concern, but quick action took care of the problem of Bangkok with relative ease. The VIceroys took their positions as head of their respective governements and the Vietnamese Army worked to keep control and order in the region, to ensure that the area did not explode into one of the worst bloodbaths that the region had ever seen. But that was a worst case scenario.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergerberger II Posted July 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 18, 2010 [font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif][size=2][Associated Press News Report Excerpt] [img]http://gdb.rferl.org/18EAEF89-DA7A-415F-A3C2-78E85D515303_w527_s.jpg[/img][/size][/font] [size=4][b]Explosion in Phnom Penh Reveals Violence Not Quelled[/b][/size] An explosion today in Phnom Penh, capital of the newly-formed Viceroyalty of Cambodia in the Vietnamese Protectorate of Indochina killed 15 and injured 78, triggering a massive emergency response in the city last night in a hotel near the center of downtown. A joint investigation by local police and the Vietnamese Investigation Bureau revealed that the explosion was caused by a small amount of TNT placed on the fifth floor of the sixteen-floor building. The VIB is currently following up this investigation with another to attempt to find the culprit. Much media speculation has placed the blame on the Thai People's Revolution, a minority movement based in rural Thailand, specifically the Viceroyalty of Thai, that has been the main source of violence in the region prior to the Vietnamese occupation of the territory. In the three months immediately following the movement of 100,000 soldiers into the region in an attempt to keep the peace, the violence had died down and no further terrorist attacks had taken place. Should the VIB investigation reveal a link to the TPR, this will constitute the first act of terrorism in the region since the Occupation began. Currently, a bill has been presented to Parliament to allocate an additional 20,000 soldiers to the Occupational Force, but it is not expected to pass and likely will not unless the violence increases dramatically in the region. Luc Loc Minh, Senator from the Sith'ari Province, has stated that he 'will not vote for the bill unless we see more violence in more areas. A hundred thousand Vietnamese is more than enough to quell the current situation'. A number of other senators share his position.... [b]Operation Yunnan[/b] The Vietnamese Army Division that had been moved into the Grand Protectorate of Khmer was still getting settled properly when the attack had hit Phnom Penh. Most of the army was in Thailand and Burma, and in fact only 10,000 soldiers were in the Viceroyalties of Laos and Cambodia combined, because little violence had occurred in these areas prior to the Occupation and the people in these areas had a very favorable view of the Vietnamese Government. The General of the Army was already certain that the attack had come directly from the Thai People's Revolution, and had for eight months been tracking the TPR through Thailand in an effort to find their headquarters and design the most effective method of dealing with them. Originally he had planned to cooperate with the Cambodian Government, but after their collapse he now knew that he had to do it on his own with Vietnamese soldiers instead of Cambodian and Thai ones. He had tracked most of the TPRA (Thai People's Revolutionary Army) to the jungle in Northern Thailand, now the Union of North Thailand. He also knew that the TPR did not know the Vietnamese Government had the technology of Jungle Sight, so he would have to do his very best to keep the technology secret from them so that the TPR did not learn to counter it. DV9 had already begun to infiltrate the TPR, passing information to the Army and attempting to direct the TPR away from violence directed at people, but for the most part these efforts had been unsuccessful, and three DV9 agents had been caught while working, though they had not revealed who they were working for, and all three managed to escape before being executed. As the Army became situated in Indochina, the Special Forces moved into the Jungle in an effort to try and take out some of the TPR's most vital equipment, and possibly perform some reconnaissance on the TPR, insofar as determining their position in the jungle and a rough estimate of their size. A force of fifty Special Forces moved into the jungle and with the assistance of Jungle Sight, was able to easily see what was around them within a mile's radius. They trekked twenty five miles into the dense jungle, looking for anything that might lead them to the TPR, and they found it. A small path winding through the jungle that had seen obvious use. It lead to a wider road, a road which, after further investigation, led directly to a highway, but was concealed by a few layers of bushes that had to be removed for anything to travel down, but was easily wide enough for a large truck to travel down. It was their first clue that the TPR was far more sophisticated and had more resources than they had predicted. As they moved through the dense foliage, Jungle Sight spotted a TPR encampment. A few trucks, some tents, and some makeshift buildings were present, exactly what the Special Forces had been expecting the TPR sites to look like. The Special Forces planned a strike on the village. They fanned out and surrounded the village, which, via jungle sight, they estimated to be home to about 150-200 rebels, an easy job for the VSF. One of them tossed a grenade and made a distraction, and once the TPR went to investigate, they struck. The battle was over in fifteen minutes, and all of the TPR lay dead, and the VSF lost two men. They counted the bodies, 184 TPR dead. They expected this. What they did not expect was what happened next. Out of the brush, a thousand TPR rebels attacked the VSF. By the end of the battle, all of the VSF lay dead but five who had escaped, and only eighteen of the TPRA were killed. Those that had left had taken note of the speed and efficiency of the TPR, almost like a real army, but with outdated equipment. They had also noted the communication system the TPR had used. In one of the tents, an advanced communication center had been used by the TPR to communicate to their allies during the VSF attack. Clearly, the TPR had more resources than the Vietnamese Army had expected. Operation Yunnan would take much longer than General Nguyen Van Phoc had originally estimated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergerberger II Posted July 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 OOC: So, OOCly, things have not played out like I expected. In the interest of a rapid and decent conclusion, imagine as though the following things had been RP'd by now: 1) The GPK situation has escalated to a full-out war between the Vietnamese Army and the TPR, who have a massive force 2) The Vietnamese Army commits several atrocities against Thai citizens, however at the same time the TPRA murders Cambodian and Laos civilians 3) The Vietnamese Army manages to force the TPR out of Laos and Cambodia, thus public opinion of Vietnam in those two parts of the protectorate escalates dramatically 4) Meanwhile, East Burma is relatively quiet but fears the ongoing war will spread, and wants nothing to do with either the Thai or the Vietnamese 5) The Vietnamese Army and the TPR eventually come to a stalemate, and neither side is able to advance on the other to a point where it can truly turn the tide of war in its favor 6) After attacks on both sides from an anonymous third party, the Vietnamese Government meets with the TPR Government and decides to work with the TPR to eradicate this third party 7) After the third party attacks cease, the TPR and Vietnam thank each other and view one another rather amicably, to the point where neither wants for a continuation of the war, so this happens: IC: Now that the war had finally come to a conclusion, after two years of fighting among the TPR, Vietnamese Army, and the unrevealed third party who had come into the picture just as the war was stalemating, the Vietnamese Government and the Thai People's Revolution were finally prepared to meet with one another regarding the current situation, to determine what would be done with the region now that the war had finally come to its conclusion. The meeting would be held in Hong Kong; neutral territory by anyone's count, and all major government officials from both sides would be present, along with Chinese observers to ensure the meeting went smoothly. The fate of the whole of Indochina depended upon the outcome of this meeting between what had once been considered a terrorist organization and had turned into a full people's movement, and the Republic of Vietnam, who had fought bravely considering their political situation and how little Parliament had allowed them to commit to the war effort. [i][Meeting happens][/i] [center][Associated Press] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Peace_symbol.svg/200px-Peace_symbol.svg.png[/img] [size=5][b]Peace in Kampuchea[/b][/size][/center] After over two years of fighting in the Grand Protectorate of Indochina, one of the bloodiest conflicts in the history of Vietnam has finally come to a conclusion. Following a meeting today with officials of the Thai People's Revolution, the Vietnamese Government has announced its intentions with the Grand Protectorate of Indochina. Much deliberation has gone into this effort, and the meeting between the Vietnamese government and the TPR took nearly a week while working for 9 hours each day. A referendum is to be held at the end of the week (read: at the end of this post) to determine what will be done with each region in the Grand Protectorate of Indochina based on the results of seven polls taken in each region to determine the favorite options of each region. The Vietnamese government is expected and has sworn to uphold the results of the referendum and do whatever is requested by each region's populace. This is a trying time in the history of Vietnam... [i][One Week Later][/i] [size=4][b]Referendum Results:[/b][/size] [u][b]Viceroyalty of Laos[/u] Annexation by the Republic of Vietnam: 72%[/b] Independence under the Laotian Independence Party's Interim Government: 15% Unification with the Thai People's Revolution as part of Independent Thailand: 9% Unification with the Cambodian Independence Party as part of Greater Indochina: 6% [u][b]Viceroyalty of Cambodia[/u] Annexation by the Republic of Vietnam: 70%[/b] Independence under the Cambodian Independence Party's Interim Government: 18% Unification with the Thai People's Revolution as part of Independent Thailand: 11% Unification with the Laotian Independence Party as part of Greater Indochina: 1% [u][b]Khmer Union[/u] Unification with the Thai People's Revolution as part of Independent Thailand: 66%[/b] Annexation by the Republic of Vietnam: 20% Unification with the Laotian & Cambodian Independence Parties as part of Greater Indochina: 13% Independence under the Northern Khmer Independence Party's Interim Government: 1% [u][b]Union of Northern Thailand[/u] Unification with the Thai People's Revolution as part of Independent Thailand: 74%[/b] Independence under the Thai Independence Party: 16% Annexation by the Republic of VIetnam: 6% Unification with the Laotian & Cambodian Independence Parties as part of Greater Indochina: 4% [u][b]Viceroyalty of Thai[/u] Unification with the Thai People's Revolution as part of Independent Thailand: 85%[/b] Independence under Bangkok Independence Party: 13% Unification with the Laotian & Cambodian Independence Parties as part of Greater Indochina: 1% Annexation by the Republic of Vietnam: 1% [u][b]Viceroyalty of South Thailand[/u] Unification with the Thai People's Revolution as part of Independent Thailand: 89%[/b] Independence under the Southern Thailand Independence Party: 7% Unification with the Laotian & Cambodian Independence Parties as part of Greater Indochina: 3% Annexation by the Republic of Vietnam: 1% [u][b]Viceroyalty of South Burma[/u] Unification with the Thai People's Revolution as part of Independent Thailand: 79%[/b] Unification with the Union of Myanmar: 17% Unification with the Laotian & Cambodian Independence Parties as part of Greater Indochina: 3% Annexation by the Republic of Vietnam: 1% [u][b]Viceroyalty of East Burma[/u] Unification with the Union of Myanmar: 69%[/b] Independence under the Yangon Independence Party: 21% Unification with the Laotian & Cambodian Independence Parties as part of Greater Indochina: 10% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mergerberger II Posted July 21, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 21, 2010 [font=arial, verdana, tahoma, sans-serif][size=2] OOC: So, OOCly, things have not played out like I expected. In the interest of a rapid and decent conclusion, imagine as though the following things had been RP'd by now: 1) The GPK situation has escalated to a full-out war between the Vietnamese Army and the TPR, who have a massive force 2) The Vietnamese Army commits several atrocities against Thai citizens, however at the same time the TPRA murders Cambodian and Laos civilians 3) The Vietnamese Army manages to force the TPR out of Laos and Cambodia, thus public opinion of Vietnam in those two parts of the protectorate escalates dramatically 4) Meanwhile, East Burma is relatively quiet but fears the ongoing war will spread, and wants nothing to do with either the Thai or the Vietnamese 5) The Vietnamese Army and the TPR eventually come to a stalemate, and neither side is able to advance on the other to a point where it can truly turn the tide of war in its favor 6) After attacks on both sides from an anonymous third party, the Vietnamese Government meets with the TPR Government and decides to work with the TPR to eradicate this third party 7) After the third party attacks cease, the TPR and Vietnam thank each other and view one another rather amicably, to the point where neither wants for a continuation of the war, so this happens:[/size][/font] IC: Now that the war had finally come to a conclusion, after two years of fighting among the TPR, Vietnamese Army, and the unrevealed third party who had come into the picture just as the war was stalemating, the Vietnamese Government and the Thai People's Revolution were finally prepared to meet with one another regarding the current situation, to determine what would be done with the region now that the war had finally come to its conclusion. The meeting would be held in Hong Kong; neutral territory by anyone's count, and all major government officials from both sides would be present, along with Chinese observers to ensure the meeting went smoothly. The fate of the whole of Indochina depended upon the outcome of this meeting between what had once been considered a terrorist organization and had turned into a full people's movement, and the Republic of Vietnam, who had fought bravely considering their political situation and how little Parliament had allowed them to commit to the war effort. [i][Meeting happens][/i] [center][Associated Press] [img]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4f/Peace_symbol.svg/200px-Peace_symbol.svg.png[/img] [size=5][b]Peace in Kampuchea[/b][/size][/center] After over two years of fighting in the Grand Protectorate of Indochina, one of the bloodiest conflicts in the history of Vietnam has finally come to a conclusion. Following a meeting today with officials of the Thai People's Revolution, the Vietnamese Government has announced its intentions with the Grand Protectorate of Indochina. Much deliberation has gone into this effort, and the meeting between the Vietnamese government and the TPR took nearly a week while working for 9 hours each day. A referendum is to be held at the end of the week (read: at the end of this post) to determine what will be done with each region in the Grand Protectorate of Indochina based on the results of seven polls taken in each region to determine the favorite options of each region. The Vietnamese government is expected and has sworn to uphold the results of the referendum and do whatever is requested by each region's populace. This is a trying time in the history of Vietnam... [i][One Week Later][/i] [size=4][b]Referendum Results:[/b][/size] [u][b]Viceroyalty of Laos[/u] Annexation by the Republic of Vietnam: 72%[/b] Independence under the Laotian Independence Party's Interim Government: 15% Unification with the Thai People's Revolution as part of Independent Thailand: 9% Unification with the Cambodian Independence Party as part of Greater Indochina: 6% [u][b]Viceroyalty of Cambodia[/u] Annexation by the Republic of Vietnam: 70%[/b] Independence under the Cambodian Independence Party's Interim Government: 18% Unification with the Thai People's Revolution as part of Independent Thailand: 11% Unification with the Laotian Independence Party as part of Greater Indochina: 1% [u][b]Khmer Union[/u] Unification with the Thai People's Revolution as part of Independent Thailand: 66%[/b] Annexation by the Republic of Vietnam: 20% Unification with the Laotian & Cambodian Independence Parties as part of Greater Indochina: 13% Independence under the Northern Khmer Independence Party's Interim Government: 1% [u][b]Union of Northern Thailand[/u] Unification with the Thai People's Revolution as part of Independent Thailand: 74%[/b] Independence under the Thai Independence Party: 16% Annexation by the Republic of VIetnam: 6% Unification with the Laotian & Cambodian Independence Parties as part of Greater Indochina: 4% [u][b]Viceroyalty of Thai[/u] Unification with the Thai People's Revolution as part of Independent Thailand: 85%[/b] Independence under Bangkok Independence Party: 13% Unification with the Laotian & Cambodian Independence Parties as part of Greater Indochina: 1% Annexation by the Republic of Vietnam: 1% [u][b]Viceroyalty of South Thailand[/u] Unification with the Thai People's Revolution as part of Independent Thailand: 89%[/b] Independence under the Southern Thailand Independence Party: 7% Unification with the Laotian & Cambodian Independence Parties as part of Greater Indochina: 3% Annexation by the Republic of Vietnam: 1% [u][b]Viceroyalty of South Burma[/u] Unification with the Thai People's Revolution as part of Independent Thailand: 79%[/b] Unification with the Union of Myanmar: 17% Unification with the Laotian & Cambodian Independence Parties as part of Greater Indochina: 3% Annexation by the Republic of Vietnam: 1% [u][b]Viceroyalty of East Burma[/u] Unification with the Union of Myanmar: 69%[/b] Independence under the Yangon Independence Party: 21% Unification with the Laotian & Cambodian Independence Parties as part of Greater Indochina: 10% Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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