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This is based on the Red Alert NES in the NES forums at civfanatics, modded by Warman17.
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Chineese Civil War 1945-1949
-Prelude to War-
At the close of the Pacific War, China was a very confused place. The thin wartime alliance between Cheing and Mao finally dissolved, and a new war began.
Both sides had advantages and disadvantages though as time would tell, the capitalist Chineese had the most of the advantages. These included: more support by the people, direct support of the American army and navy, and overwhelming stocks of ammunition which Cheing wisely stocked during the Pacific War while letting Mao and his Red Army do most of the fighting. In contrast the only things Mao had going for him was a large veteran army, expirienced in combat against the Japaneese, and large amount of captured Japaneese materials of war, which would only last as long as the ammo did.
Cheing had control over most of Western China by the end of the Pacific War, leading the area from his wartime capital of Chunking. He also controlled the important port of Foochow and nearby Taiwan. Mao, on the other hand, controlled most of Manchuria, seized from the Japaneese, as well as some of the northern China coast. Throughout the war he would be apathetically be supplied by the Soviets and North Korea, though his army mostly relied on the Japanese weapons they had managed to capture.
-The Nanking Campaign-
The first main campaign of the war was the Nanking campaign. In the Nanking area the capitalists and communists had fought a bloody battle since the Pacific War ended. In 1946 Chinese and American generals determined that Nanking would be an important symbolic city to capture and demonstrate to the world that the communists wouldnt control China.
American forces, veterans from Iwo Jima and numerous other campaigns, landed on 25th November 1946, and with a major Chineese offensive captured the city, destroying a good deal of the communist forces. As the campaign continued, the Americans advanced north with the capitalist support and Mao desperately sent everything he could to stop them. The Red Army finally managed to halt the capitalists and Americans at Kaifeng in January of 1947, where Japanese fortifications remained to provide protection.
For two more months the campaign would continue as American troops regrouped after the exhausting fighting.
-The Sian Offensive-
Once the Americans and capitalists were halted at Kaifeng, Mao believed he had his chance to inflict a devastating defeat upon the capitalist army. Massing what tanks he had captured from the Japanese and assembling a formidable army of 9 infantry divisions, the communists launched a massive assualt at the city of Sian on June 16th 1947.
Why Sian? The city was an important production center for the capitalist war effort, and was one of the largest cities in China. Also it was rumored that the city had a large majority of communist supporting citizens. Most importantly, the communist leaders believed that if they could launch such a devastating attack and succeed, the American people would force their leaders to end the war.
The attack began easily, the communist divisions overwhelming the single capitalist division of conscripts at Taiyuan, and advancing ever further south towards Sian. The attack quickly through the capitalist and American armies into chaos. In the confusion, only the 101st Airborne division of the American army displayed any heroism. Having been stationed on leave in Sian, the 101st was veterans of the invasion of the Japanese home islands and Battle of Tokyo. They knew how city fighting could devastate even the largest army. They quickly and courteously recruited Chinese civilians' assistance in making Sian a giangantic fortress. The 101st would make sure that the communists would pay dearly for each step they took.
The communists reached the city on June 24th and after seeing what they were up against quickly surronded the city with the help of 2 divisions worth of men from a successful communist uprising in the northern city of Ningsia.
At this point the attack on the city began. Wave after wave of communist soldiers went into the city where bloody building to building fighting began. For 3 months the communists slowly grinded their way into the heart of the city where they were finally forced to stop in the midst of stout American and capitalist resistence. Also the American air supremacy in the process of the battle cut most of the supplies to Sian. By the end of the 3 months, the city was being fought over with knives and clubs, with ammunition scarce on both sides.
In September, the Americans finally managed to rally against an attack from Kaifeng, and managed to repulse it. General Patton, mastermind of the invasion of Japan, holding the left flank, proceeded to disregard orders from Commander Eisenhower and headed west to relieve the 101st, when ordered to halt his advance, his only reply was "Nuts." Patton's army, fighting their way through what remained of a communist army, proceeded to drive the communists out. However, a good deal of the city would remain under communist control for some time as little pockets kept fighting. The final communist fighting in Sian would be killed ironically on the 25th of December 1947, a welcome Christmas present to the American Army.
-Harbin Campaign-
In January of 1948 the lines had finally stabilized. Peking remained under communist control, though Nangsia would fall to a minor capitalist offensive in late November of 1947. With the Red Army suffering a severe shortage in men and ammo, Mao realized he would be unable to launch an offensive for at least another 2 years, when the Soviet and North Korean support would finally start to count. Most of his Japanese guns were running low, though a discovery of a hidden ammo dump near Harbin would fuel his army for another half a year of fighting. Now it was the Allied turn to launch an offensive.
President Truman was actively trying to persuade Cheing to allow the use of an atomic bomb on Peking to end the rebel leadership once and for all, but Cheing stoutly refused, knowing that to agree would mean to condemn a million Chinese civilians to death, and thus making it harder for him to assume control over the region. The Harbin campaign originated out of the continual amphibious actions of the Pacific War. The Americans for the majority of this war had been uneasy fighting a land conflict, as they were more expirienced in amphibious combat coordinating ships and landings. So Cheing proposed an alternative to advancing on Peking.
American forces, withdrawing from the strengthened capitalist lines, would land at the city of Seishin and advance northwest and seize the city of Harbin, which was the main supply point of the communists, as that was in the Pacific War the main Japanese base in Manchuria. Eisenhower put general Bradley in charge of the landings, as General Patton was on trial in the states despite civilian protest, as Patton was known to them as the Hero of Sian. To give the Americans time to prepare for the invasion and recoup their losses from the Sian Offensive, Bradley scheduled the invasion for July 6, 1948.
After massing in Japan, the invasion began on schedule and went like clockwork. The communists were defeated almost exactly as planned and the Americans drove towards Harbin. Reinforcements from Peking and "military advisors" from North Korea arrived just southeast of Harbin in a final bid to halt the American advance. This they managed to do, for several months, holding the Americans at a stalemate.
The tide would finally change on October 30th, when the Americans caught a Korean train heading to the communists. Threatening war and nuclear retialation, the Koreans ended their supply of Mao. Soon after the Soviet Union also stopped sending supplies, due to the new nuclear threat. Without ammo, the communists eventually fell back southward to their base at Peking. However, they managed to halt the Americans at Mukden when the American supply lines became overstretched. This was the communists' last stand.
On March 1949, the Americans and capitalists launched their final assault, quickly crushing the remaining communists and creating the new democracy of China.
Greek Civil War 1948
The Greek civil war was a far more minor affair than the great military movements of the Chinese Civil War. There was but one campaign in Greece, and that was a sweeping up movement. However, the Greek war would define tactics in house to house fighting for years to come providing an example for the Spainish generals at Granada during the 2nd Civil War.
The war began with a general uprising throughout Greece as communist supporters rose up. Overall they lacked the cohesion of Mao's Red Army and had little or no organization. However, a good deal of them came from the lower classes of the army and were well armed. The worst of the war came when the "People's Republic of Athens" rose up to fight the monarchists. The ancient city, filled with ruins and monuments would soon be the sight of the war's only major battle.
The battle lasted from March 1st till July 5th, and reduced most of the city to rubble. The monarchists, finally recovering from their losses during the initial uprising, launched a full scale assualt into the city. Rebel tactics of the using the sewers for supplies and surprise attacks shocked the conservative monarch generals. As the battle raged on eventually the Monarchists caught on to their enemies' tactics and the battle began to turn. The final blow came when a lucky artillery shell wiped out the building in which the communist leaders were planning further defense. After this the communists slowly crumbled before the regular army.
On September 12th, the final communists surrendered, ending the first modern war where cities fought against each other.
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Chineese Civil War 1945-1949
-Prelude to War-
At the close of the Pacific War, China was a very confused place. The thin wartime alliance between Cheing and Mao finally dissolved, and a new war began.
Both sides had advantages and disadvantages though as time would tell, the capitalist Chineese had the most of the advantages. These included: more support by the people, direct support of the American army and navy, and overwhelming stocks of ammunition which Cheing wisely stocked during the Pacific War while letting Mao and his Red Army do most of the fighting. In contrast the only things Mao had going for him was a large veteran army, expirienced in combat against the Japaneese, and large amount of captured Japaneese materials of war, which would only last as long as the ammo did.
Cheing had control over most of Western China by the end of the Pacific War, leading the area from his wartime capital of Chunking. He also controlled the important port of Foochow and nearby Taiwan. Mao, on the other hand, controlled most of Manchuria, seized from the Japaneese, as well as some of the northern China coast. Throughout the war he would be apathetically be supplied by the Soviets and North Korea, though his army mostly relied on the Japanese weapons they had managed to capture.
-The Nanking Campaign-
The first main campaign of the war was the Nanking campaign. In the Nanking area the capitalists and communists had fought a bloody battle since the Pacific War ended. In 1946 Chinese and American generals determined that Nanking would be an important symbolic city to capture and demonstrate to the world that the communists wouldnt control China.
American forces, veterans from Iwo Jima and numerous other campaigns, landed on 25th November 1946, and with a major Chineese offensive captured the city, destroying a good deal of the communist forces. As the campaign continued, the Americans advanced north with the capitalist support and Mao desperately sent everything he could to stop them. The Red Army finally managed to halt the capitalists and Americans at Kaifeng in January of 1947, where Japanese fortifications remained to provide protection.
For two more months the campaign would continue as American troops regrouped after the exhausting fighting.
-The Sian Offensive-
Once the Americans and capitalists were halted at Kaifeng, Mao believed he had his chance to inflict a devastating defeat upon the capitalist army. Massing what tanks he had captured from the Japanese and assembling a formidable army of 9 infantry divisions, the communists launched a massive assualt at the city of Sian on June 16th 1947.
Why Sian? The city was an important production center for the capitalist war effort, and was one of the largest cities in China. Also it was rumored that the city had a large majority of communist supporting citizens. Most importantly, the communist leaders believed that if they could launch such a devastating attack and succeed, the American people would force their leaders to end the war.
The attack began easily, the communist divisions overwhelming the single capitalist division of conscripts at Taiyuan, and advancing ever further south towards Sian. The attack quickly through the capitalist and American armies into chaos. In the confusion, only the 101st Airborne division of the American army displayed any heroism. Having been stationed on leave in Sian, the 101st was veterans of the invasion of the Japanese home islands and Battle of Tokyo. They knew how city fighting could devastate even the largest army. They quickly and courteously recruited Chinese civilians' assistance in making Sian a giangantic fortress. The 101st would make sure that the communists would pay dearly for each step they took.
The communists reached the city on June 24th and after seeing what they were up against quickly surronded the city with the help of 2 divisions worth of men from a successful communist uprising in the northern city of Ningsia.
At this point the attack on the city began. Wave after wave of communist soldiers went into the city where bloody building to building fighting began. For 3 months the communists slowly grinded their way into the heart of the city where they were finally forced to stop in the midst of stout American and capitalist resistence. Also the American air supremacy in the process of the battle cut most of the supplies to Sian. By the end of the 3 months, the city was being fought over with knives and clubs, with ammunition scarce on both sides.
In September, the Americans finally managed to rally against an attack from Kaifeng, and managed to repulse it. General Patton, mastermind of the invasion of Japan, holding the left flank, proceeded to disregard orders from Commander Eisenhower and headed west to relieve the 101st, when ordered to halt his advance, his only reply was "Nuts." Patton's army, fighting their way through what remained of a communist army, proceeded to drive the communists out. However, a good deal of the city would remain under communist control for some time as little pockets kept fighting. The final communist fighting in Sian would be killed ironically on the 25th of December 1947, a welcome Christmas present to the American Army.
-Harbin Campaign-
In January of 1948 the lines had finally stabilized. Peking remained under communist control, though Nangsia would fall to a minor capitalist offensive in late November of 1947. With the Red Army suffering a severe shortage in men and ammo, Mao realized he would be unable to launch an offensive for at least another 2 years, when the Soviet and North Korean support would finally start to count. Most of his Japanese guns were running low, though a discovery of a hidden ammo dump near Harbin would fuel his army for another half a year of fighting. Now it was the Allied turn to launch an offensive.
President Truman was actively trying to persuade Cheing to allow the use of an atomic bomb on Peking to end the rebel leadership once and for all, but Cheing stoutly refused, knowing that to agree would mean to condemn a million Chinese civilians to death, and thus making it harder for him to assume control over the region. The Harbin campaign originated out of the continual amphibious actions of the Pacific War. The Americans for the majority of this war had been uneasy fighting a land conflict, as they were more expirienced in amphibious combat coordinating ships and landings. So Cheing proposed an alternative to advancing on Peking.
American forces, withdrawing from the strengthened capitalist lines, would land at the city of Seishin and advance northwest and seize the city of Harbin, which was the main supply point of the communists, as that was in the Pacific War the main Japanese base in Manchuria. Eisenhower put general Bradley in charge of the landings, as General Patton was on trial in the states despite civilian protest, as Patton was known to them as the Hero of Sian. To give the Americans time to prepare for the invasion and recoup their losses from the Sian Offensive, Bradley scheduled the invasion for July 6, 1948.
After massing in Japan, the invasion began on schedule and went like clockwork. The communists were defeated almost exactly as planned and the Americans drove towards Harbin. Reinforcements from Peking and "military advisors" from North Korea arrived just southeast of Harbin in a final bid to halt the American advance. This they managed to do, for several months, holding the Americans at a stalemate.
The tide would finally change on October 30th, when the Americans caught a Korean train heading to the communists. Threatening war and nuclear retialation, the Koreans ended their supply of Mao. Soon after the Soviet Union also stopped sending supplies, due to the new nuclear threat. Without ammo, the communists eventually fell back southward to their base at Peking. However, they managed to halt the Americans at Mukden when the American supply lines became overstretched. This was the communists' last stand.
On March 1949, the Americans and capitalists launched their final assault, quickly crushing the remaining communists and creating the new democracy of China.
Greek Civil War 1948
The Greek civil war was a far more minor affair than the great military movements of the Chinese Civil War. There was but one campaign in Greece, and that was a sweeping up movement. However, the Greek war would define tactics in house to house fighting for years to come providing an example for the Spainish generals at Granada during the 2nd Civil War.
The war began with a general uprising throughout Greece as communist supporters rose up. Overall they lacked the cohesion of Mao's Red Army and had little or no organization. However, a good deal of them came from the lower classes of the army and were well armed. The worst of the war came when the "People's Republic of Athens" rose up to fight the monarchists. The ancient city, filled with ruins and monuments would soon be the sight of the war's only major battle.
The battle lasted from March 1st till July 5th, and reduced most of the city to rubble. The monarchists, finally recovering from their losses during the initial uprising, launched a full scale assualt into the city. Rebel tactics of the using the sewers for supplies and surprise attacks shocked the conservative monarch generals. As the battle raged on eventually the Monarchists caught on to their enemies' tactics and the battle began to turn. The final blow came when a lucky artillery shell wiped out the building in which the communist leaders were planning further defense. After this the communists slowly crumbled before the regular army.
On September 12th, the final communists surrendered, ending the first modern war where cities fought against each other.
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