NOTE: The Game Settings have been changed to "Fixed Capitals" and "Allied Victory".
December 3rd, 2027
Important news just in:
Major oil fields in the Northern Siberian Ural Mountains are under attack by German and Israeli units.
These oil resources belonged to our ally Kazakhstan, along with other extensive oil fields in Southern Kazakhstan. The US Supreme Ruler decided to beat Germany and Israel to these valuable resources by taking Kazakhstan.
Relations were severed with Kazakhstan, which caused them to immeidately DOW the US - they never liked us much anyway.
Plans were drawn up for an airborne assault on the Kazakh capital at Astana. The city was fully garrisoned and was guarded by 7 Fahd-30 APCs and 10 Mi-24 Hind attack helicopters - too many for a simple stack of Marines. An over-stack of M113A3 APCs was chosen for the Main attack group instead, with an escort of 10 F-22D Fighter/Bombers. Huge Boeing 747-400ER transports would drop the APCs and then make long-range supply sortes to keep them supplied during the battle.
Multiple DD simulations highlight the risks of this plan - the numerous Kazakh SA-10B Grumble AA units near the drop-zone and the enemy barracks and air fields within assistance range of the Capital. It was a bold, risky plan, but one that could pay off handsomly in oil wealth.
The simulations also indicated that the target oil fields were likely to be ceeded to other regions when Kazakhstan fell, therefore many supplemental air-drops were planned - Attack Group "A" for the Northern-most Ural oil field being invaded by Germany, Attack Group "B" for the adjacent oil field under attack by Israel and a third Attack Group "C" for the oil field South of Astana. And finally Attack Groups "D", "E" and "F" were formed to stake out the huge Kazakh oil field North of Lake Baikal in Central Siberia.
December 12th
Attack groups "A", "B" and "C" are dropped into Western Kazakhstan. Group "A" is surrounded by dozens of Kazakh 9K58-B Smerch MLRS and T-80UD/T-84 tanks that have been busily fending off German attackers. Group "C" also has to fight off nearby Kazakh armored units.
Group "D", consisting of a dozen airborne Recon Units is dropped on the Western shore of Lake Baikel where they spread out to cover multiple Kazakh villages and oil/gas facilities. Group "E", consisting of 8 airborne M8 tanks is dropped on the enemy air fab at Step, near the Eastern Kazakh border. And the last Assault Group "F" is dropped on a second AC fab at Nerchinsk, just North of Step.
December 14th
Attack logistics require that the Main attack on the Kazakh Capital be delayed for a dangerously long time. Each minute German and Israeli units are advancing further and further into the target oil fields. And the other attack groups grown weaker from attacks and low supply.
The Main attack finally gets under way as 6 US Boeing transports weave their way around Kazakh AA defenses and air-drop 22 APCs on Astana. The first attack is followed with a second drop by 7 C-5A transports of an additional 28 M901E Anti-tank units.
Kazakh units immediately dispatch relief units in the form of 11 APCs, several tanks, two MLRS who break off their fight with Israeli units and head East in defense of their Capital. But worst of all, dozens of Mig-25RB Foxbat-B fighter/bombers decent upon Astana from two enemy air field to the Norht-East. A furball ensues with a few US F-22Bs Multi-Role Fighters vainly attempting to keep keep the Fox-bastards off the Main assault group.
The Kazakh garrison APCs hang on stubbornly and US resupply becomes imperative. This is extremely risky for the C-5A transports who repeatedly sorte and return from Astana with battle damages. Additional and less risky supply runs must be executed for the other support assault groups as well.
December 18th
After nearly four weeks of delays and a very long and drawn-out battle for the Capital, US forces finally capture the Kazakhstan Capital.
December 19th
Kazakhstan and its wealth of petroleum reserves falls to the US. Other assault groups are successful in keeping nearly 100% of former Kazakhstan in US hands.
In other News:
Dec 1 - Cuba DOWs the Dominican Republic
Croatia DOWs Switzerland
France DOWs Suriname
Dec 2 - Germany DOWs Switzerland
Dec 3 - Somolia DOWs Djibouti
Dec 4 - Macedonia falls to Italy
Pakistan DOWS Bhutan
Kazakhstan DOWs Pakistan
Greece DOWs Croatia
Dec 5 - Paraguay falls to Brazil
Nicaragua DOWs Costa Rica
Dec 6 - Brazil DOWs Peru
Brazil DOWs Suriname
Dec 7 - Israel DOWS UAE
Taiwan DOWs Brueni
Laos DOWs Brueni
Dec 8 - All of Europe begins to DOW Croatia
Dec 9 - Ally Bhutan falls to Kazakhstan
Libya DOWs Mauritus
Dec 13 - Indonesia DOWs Malaysia
Dec 14 - Cuba DOWS Bahamas
Dec 16 - mexico DOWs Belize
Dec 17 - Nigeria DOWs Mozambique
Costa Rica DOWs Panama
Dec 18 - US captures Kazakhstan capital
Dec 19 - Kazakhstan falls
UK DOWs Israel
Dec 21 - Singapore DOWs Laos
Mexico DOWs Belize
Cuba DOWs Jamaica
Dec 22 - Serbia falls to Italy
Indonesia DOWs New Guinea
Dec 23 - Switzerland falls to Germany
Dec 31 - Djibouti falls to Somolia
