United Forces of South East Asia

The Flag of the United Front

Lực Lượng Thống Nhất Dông Nam Á (Vietnamese)

The United Forces of South East Asia is a country situated in the Philippine islands currently at war with the Federation of Kameyama, they have a claim in North Vietnam and is fighting a war to expulse the Japanese from Indochina. It is being led by the War Hero Ramon Magsaysay and his second in command Vo Nguyen Gap.

Formed in 1942 with the United Front declaration they have been resisting for almost 40 years, with no end in enthusiasm. Although members of the officer corps are disillusioned with some strategies for the war the general energy of patriotism still remains as every South East Asian wishes to see a world where the Japanese gets pushed out of their borders.

Rather have South East Asia ran like hell by South East Asians than South East Asia ran like heaven under the Japanese.

## History

### Foundation

"The tyrants have feet of clay! There is no better time to fight than now! Will you fight for your country like a proud man, or lay down to die like dogs?" - Commander of the Philippine Islands, Ramon Magsaysay during the 1966 Reclamation Blitz

During the second world war, when the Japanese dogs descended into Maritime Asia with lightning speeds their people rose to defend the motherland. After realising the war would be a long and painful one the combined guerilla organizations of the USFIP remnants, the Viet Minh, and the MNLF declared a united front. Banding together they exchanged intel, strategies, and sometimes even commanders. The UFSEA (United Forces of South East Asia), as they were called, was SE Asia's last hope of liberty. Japanese and British extended supply lines prevented them from truly defeating the desperate guerillas. The 1950s were tough for the UFSEA, however all 3 major guerilla units gained proper strongholds in their respective countries. The USFIP remnants took control of the Philippine south of Visayas and Davao, the Viet Minh had a firm grip on the north after a major Japanese defeat, and the MNLF held firm in Northern Malaya. The UFSEA was strong enough to survive, but it was too weak to push in.

### The Reclamation Blitz

However, came the 60s a window of opportunity arrived in the Japanese influenced Philippine Collaboration Government. In 1965 the president Ferdinand E Marcos declared martial law, in an attempt to solidify his power and to "defend against the bandit threat". the UFSEA saw a chance, under the leadership of Ramon Magsaysay (who led the southern liberation) they prepared their forces for the Reclamation Blitz. What also helped Magsaysay was the countries of Indonesia and Siam, while both nominally aligned to Tokyo they had more independence than their other counterparts. Both nation's populations didn't want to kowtow to Tokyo and help them in their anti-guerilla campaigns.

Under the guise of red tape and bureaucratic lockdown, Siam and Indonesia suspended every form of access Tokyo had to their military bases and equipment, forcing them to supply and organize by sea. Aside from that both nations covertly gave limited intel and military support to the UFSEA. At January 1, 1966 amidst the new years celebration the UFSEA in the Philippines attacked. Charging with borrowed Indo-Siamese M4s and old amtracks by September the Marcos government was pushed out into the sea. The embarrassment experienced by Japan only fueled the unrest back at home, thus rendering them immobilized. Marcos however refused to declare that the Philippines was taken over, for de jure he still owned the country by international law. Collaborators feared that if they'd let Japan (now Kameyama) take back the Islands, there'd be nothing left to rule over.

After the success of the Reclamation, the UFSEA reorganized and strengthened. Now with a major victory their hopes rose as high as the sky for a free Southeast. However that 66' victory would be their last for a long while. With the Filipino upset Britannia doubled her efforts to contain the MNLF and after a brutal and genocidal war they were able to inflict a devastating blow, leading them to be a minor nuisance in the region by 1975. The Vietnamese front came to a halt, with the fate of Indochina being balanced on a knife's edge.

## Situation in 1980

After the Philippines was consolidated, the UFSEA convened a "Partisans Congress", a Parliament system where appointed Partisan Commanders would vote for issues and leaders. Officially on paper there was no centralized leader of the UFSEA, however the Congress Secretary had the power to appoint and dismiss any Partisan Commander. Along with the power of a "soft veto", as the Secretary had to investigate and review laws before it was passed. The first Partisans Congress was assembled in 1968, with the winner being Magsaysay himself, the genius behind the Filipino success

To promote equality Magsaysay had Ho chi Minh as his Deputy Secretary, after his passing he appointed Vo Nguyen Giap into his stead.

Now in 1980 the UFSEA has big plans for the region, with a revenge invasion of Malaya and the final push in Indochina planned, they aim for the sky. Magsaysay himself has stayed as the Secretary however, even at the age of 73. His upcoming death will be one the Southeast will never forget, for it will be a bloody one. The position of Secretary is being contested by Vo Nguyen Giap, the deputy, and a certain rising star in the army: Fidel V. Ramos. Both men's ideologies are at odds with each other, with Vo Nguyen being a Socialist and Ramos being a so-called Paternal Autocrat. Their conflict may as well split the already small UFSEA into two, but that is something for a different time for Magsaysay is still alive and has plans...

Big Plans..

Will he be alive to see them through? Only time will tell