The Second Diaplanatic War

The Second Diaplanatic War is a Major War involving the Kingdom of Athonia, the Kingdom of Potatoland, and Imperial Gruvania. The high casualties attributed to the war involved the Sanctus Line, a formidable and impenetrable barrier stretching across the whole Sanctus River.

## Quotes made by Famous people

### Jefferson Narra :

*"What do you call a person with no body and no nose? Nobody noes :), anyways im gonna send in SA-02s"*

## The War

### Background

Ever since the First Diaplanatic War, Potatoland has been on a smear campaign against the Blue Faction after its disastrous defeat by them. The Tatonese Military has also introduced a compulsory military service after the whole war, further supplementing equipment and numbers.

On 18 AOTA, Potatoland finally beaten the Blue Faction in terms of numbers after mass-producing droids. These droids were equipped with a assault rifle and can be sent as a frontline unit, even though they are poorly armed and have the brain of a 8 year old.

Even though the droids are expendable, they can be effective if massed with numbers to overwhelm any defences. The smear campaign continued even more bigger after the mass-producing of the droids.

#### The Intimidation

Athonia, tired of getting threats and intimidation from Potatoland, threatened to use military action to stop it. Even after Athonia threatened Potatoland, Potatoland seemed even more eager to force a military action as it can pretend to be a victim of the war, hoping to antagonize the Blue Faction.

Gruvania on the other hand, negotiated for a conference to settle matters more civilized. After both sides agreed, they planned to make the conference in the Narracorp Building in White Harbour.

#### The Bombing of White Harbour

The Narracorp Headquarters stationed in White Harbour had a deadly reputation. Even though the delegates of both sides arrived, no one was ever told that there was a malfunctioned self-destruct bomb beneath the building. As the delegates sat around a table, the malfunctioned bomb detonated after bomb disposal unit accidentally pulled the fuze. The MOAB bomb, capable of destroying the whole building, detonated while the delegation was busy discussing. The sheer scale of the detonation completely killed all delegation teams, the whole building, and neighboring skyscrapers. The Fifth Navy at harbor also suffered damages, although only the destroyer GINS L’Empereur suffered heavy damage and forced to have to be towed to Graycott for repairs. In all, around 14.520 people died during the incident, and the whole incident was at the fault of the EOD team, who detonated the bomb when the fuze was pulled.

#### Further Diplomatic Actions

Diplomatic Actions after the bombing proved fruitless, as Potatoland blamed the Blue Faction for sabotaging the whole incident, even though the EOD Team was from Narracorp, a Potatoland Organization. So, on the 14th of February, Potatoland declared war, in part of the incident.

### Prelude

#### Army Positions

Although it has been 10 years after the First Diaplanatic War, both sides stationed large armies. The Tatonese Military held the advantage at numbers, with tanks, and aircraft. In Eastern Athonia, the Athonian Military has 3 Armies Stationed in the Frontier, they are the First Army, Third Army, and the Fourth Army. On the Tatonese side, there were 6 Armies at the ready, they are the Second Army, Third Army, Fifth Army, Seventh Army, Eighth Army, and Tenth Army.

#### Warplans

Even after the Diaplanatic War, Potatoland never ever discussed on making warplans. Instead, they relied on the numbers and technology of their armies to force a breakthrough and capture one of the bridges stretching across the Sanctus River. As there were 6 Armies, Potatoland could hope on overwhelming the enemy by sheer numbers in the first months of the war.

The Athonians and the Gruvanians meanwhile, had established Warplan Sanctus. The whole plan was when in war, all Armies in Eastern Athonia would withdraw and abandon the whole frontier, only establishing defensive perimeters in the Sanctus River. The defence would be supplemented by a decades long and advanced trenches and tunnel networks. Only after the enemy is crippled by the lack of supplies due to partisan activity, do the allies launch their offensive.

### Course of the War

#### The Enacting of Warplan Sanctus (16th of February 25 AOTA)

On the morning of 15 February 25 AOTA, hundreds of Tatonese KWAs fly above Eastern Athonia. Their task is to cripple Athonian airpower in Eastern Athonia. Luckily for the Athonians, radar stations had detected the lumbering air strike before they even went in Eastern Athonia. Soon enough, a massive air battle commenced, where the untested KWA2s and the FA-55 F4s battle it out in the air. The air battle turned into a chaotic frenzy, as dozens of aircraft were shot down each minute by both sides. After a 20 minute long air battle, the Athonians were victorious, destroying an more than 40% of the Tatonese Air Strike, while suffering minor losses.

Even after the first air strike proved a failure, the Tatonese Army, spearheaded by the famed 5th Armored Division, thrusted into Eastern Athonia, overwhelming local garrisons and capturing several important cities in the frontier. The Athonian First Army, still waiting for the orders to withdraw, conducted a series of counter-attacks against the Tatonese, but they were repelled every now and then by the sheer number of droids. For the entire day of the 15th, both sides clashed with eachother. Finally on the morning of the 16th, the order was given for a withdrawal towards the Sanctus River.

#### The Withdrawal To The Sanctus River (16 Feb - 30 Feb)

As soon as the order was given, the Athonian Armies in Eastern Athonia soon began to withdraw under fire. Rearguards were established, made up of a Corps, to delay Tatonese advance. During the withdrawal, some armored divisions lost half of their vehicles during the chaotic withdrawal after traffic jams made them vulnerable to Tatonese air strikes and artillery fire. Near the village of Tetoga, the Athonian Fourteenth Infantry Division held out the entire Tatonese Fifth Army advance for three full days before being pushed back once more. On the 23rd of February, some elements of the Athonian Army managed to cross bridges across the Sanctus River.

Aided by arriving Gruvanian Squadrons, the Athonian Air Force managed to delay the Tatonese Army’s advance long enough until the last elements of the Athonian Army were done crossing the river. Even though they were effective at halting the Tatonese advance, the Rearguards had to wait two more days that expected until the Athonian main armies were fully acrossed the river. Under intense pressure, the Athonian rearguard managed to conduct valiant counter-attacks until they too were allowed to cross the river on the 29th of February.

In all, around 100.000 Athonian servicemen lost their lives during the withdrawal, compared to the 250.000 Tatonese soldiers that died during their first month advance.

### The Defence of The Sanctus Line

#### Prelude

Once all elements of the Athonian army were acrossed the river, they destroyed all bridges connecting Eastern Athonia to Western Athonia. Only the Sanctus Line can be seen endlessly across a barren land, chopped by Athonian soldiers to make visibility even clearer. The Sanctus Line was the work of the decade, armed to the teeth with bunkers, trenches, tank traps, minefields, and even underground networks. What should have been a three month victory for the Tatonese Military soon played out to three years of constant infantry wave charges, with no way of breaking the trench warfare deadlock.

#### The First Offensive on Taking the Sanctus Line (1 March - 30 April)

With no time to spare, the Tatonese Army launched their offensive on taking down the Sanctus Line. In the first day, they made steady progress making bridges and crossing them, but within a kilometer after crossing the river, they met extremely fierce resistance from bunkers, trenches, and minefields. Tatonese tanks were knocked out in the maze of minefields, although some made it to support the infantry but they were soon destroyed by anti-tank missiles from the trenches. KWA aircraft loomed overhead, but they were soon intercepted by squadrons of FA-55s and were soon forced to withdraw.

The trenches held out during the long artillery barrage the next day, as the Blue infantry find themselves inside their safe tunnels. Once the artillery barrage stopped, they could continue fire after leaving their tunnels. The whole loop would play out until March 28th, where Tatonese infantry waves finally overwhelmed some of the southern part of the trenches. During the counter-attack to retake the trenches, the Tatonese division that took the trench suffered heavy losses due to their lack of experience fighting in trenches and were soon forced to withdraw and let the Blue Faction take it back. Fighting continued to take the trenches until April 30th. Although the Tatonese were unsuccessful, they learned the way to fight in the trenches and hopefully, hold off any Blue attacks.

#### Operation Harriet (31 March - 5 April)

With options running out and losses mounting against them, the Tatonese Military decided that it would be best to conduct an airborne assault like what the Blue Faction did to break the trench deadlock in the First Diaplanatic. The Tatonese military could only call up the Fifth Airborne Division, and so they loaded them up in their C-130s. A total of 545 C-130s flew into Western Athonia, escorted with KWAs. The Blue High Command issued that all fighter squadrons that are not busy be flown into the air to intercept the armada of transport aircraft flying overhead. A total of Three Air Groups, the Twelth Gruvanian Fighter Group, the Athonian Tenth Fighter Group, and the Athonian Fourth Fighter Group, were scrambled into the air in several formations, with a total of 600 Fighter Aircraft. The Tatonese Air Force meanwhile, could only muster a full air group of fighter aircraft, the Sixteenth Fighter Group, with a total of 200 KWAs.

During the course of two hours, the Sixteenth Fighter Group battled with the three Air Groups on a massive dogfight. Although they were successful at stopping half the attacking aircraft, the other half came in from the north and launched their missiles, tearing apart dozens of C-130s. With no more options, the Tatonese Military ordered for all C-130s to drop their payload of paratroopers, with some landing way off their targets.

The situation became a chaotic slaughter, as the average paratrooper could see the skies burned with C-130s crashing down back into the earth. In all the chaos, around 3/4 of the transport force were shot down or are forced to land in Blue Territory. The KWAs meanwhile, had proven to be an effective escort if they are trained in tactics more effectively, shooting 156 FA-55s to the loss of 130 of their own. The Fifth Airborne Division on the other hand, fared more worse than both. Half of the supplies that were dropped for them were captured by Blue Soldiers, around 1.700 paratroopers were killed in their transports before they even jumped, and the vehicles that were supposed to be airdropped were all destroyed. With all that, the entire Fifth Airborne surrendered after 6 days of fighting.

#### The Second Tatonese Offensive (1 May - 31 July)

Following the first offensive, the Tatonese prepared a whole month for their upcoming second offensive. The Blue Faction meanwhile, had started to amass Imperial Guard Legions in the trenches to further boast morale and the defence. For the upcoming offensive, a total of 30 million Tatonese men would take part, fighting against just 14 million Athonian and Gruvanian soldiers.

Fighting soon commenced in the May 1st, when waves of SA-02s charged against the Sanctus Line’s trenches. The next day, the SA-02s captured a small network of trenches overlooking a valley. Although reinforcements were soon brought in for the SA-02s, they were soon pushed out of the trench network with heavy losses. The other armies that are attacking the line also faltered their advance after whole waves of infantry and armor were cut down or destroyed by Blue artillery. The Air Force on the air could do nothing as unlike the first offensive, the Blue Faction brought up even more anti-air guns and were soon shooting down dozens of aircraft each day.

In the end, the offensive was a failure and the Tatonese did not get any ground whatsoever. Around 1.400.000 million Tatonese men perished in the barren land of the Sanctus No Man’s Land, against the loss of 540.000 Blue men.

#### Operation Walrus (5 July - 25 July)

After the failure of the Second Offensive, another option soon arose among the Tatonese Military, an invasion by sea. The idea rose through the ranks until it was heard by the Tatonese King. After four days of planning and a day of organising, the Invasion was approved. the Tatonese Military, learning that they should bring more than one division from Operation Harriet, organised an invasion force of three marine divisions and a armored division. Unlike the previous operation, the Blue High Command did not expect this.

The invasion fleet soon sailed off and evaded Blue Faction blockades, the ever-suspicious Blue High Command became suspicious as there was no following offensives and soon strengthened both their Air Force and Navies. The invasion force landed the very same day, and encountered minor resistance. Only did the next day they soon encounter elements of the Athonian Second Army that was tasked with guarding the flanks of the main Army. Even though numerically inferior, the Tatonese Marines started pushing back the ever-increasing Second Army, capturing several towns in the process.

The Tatonese Weaponized Forces hadn’t got any aircraft as the Tatonese military had been stripped of all its carriers and thereby can’t transport any aircraft. After having early succeses following its landing, the Tatonese Military were held back at every front. With no spare reinforcements to bring, the whole invasion force were forced back into the beaches by July 20. Finally, in July 25, the Fleet grabbed the men off the beaches and sailed back into Potatoland, evading patrols along the way.

#### Third Tatonese Offensive (1 November 25 AOTA - 1 January 26 AOTA)

After hard planning, the Tatonese Military had found out that there was a weak spot in the Sanctus Line. A 20 km long undefended network of trenches that could be exploited. With this, a lightning strike would need to be done, as the corridor is steadily being reinforcement by Blue divisions. A total of six armored and mechanized divisions were called up to make this daring attack.

The offensive started in early morning with the sounds of deafening artillery fire and the buzz of helicopters. The offensive started with tanks rolling out into the open plains of no man’s land, but they were quickly stopped by Blue artillery fire. Still, they pressed on the attack, losing dozens of tanks in the process. When they reached the trenches, they found that it was jam-packed with Blue machine guns, gunning down hundreds by the second. During the course of a month, both sides fought to the death as the trenches switched every day.

The fighting went on during the winter months of December, with many soldiers from both sides succumbing to frost-bite and hypothermia. Still, both sides threw in massive infantry waves against one another. By the end of December, no man’s land was filled with corpses and destroyed vehicles, with the land charred from all the artillery fire.

#### The Preparation of the Fourth Tatonese Offensive and the replenishment of the Sanctus Line (1 January - 30 April)

Following the bloody offensive, both sides gradually build up their original strengths for the next four months. The Tatonese Military started amassing whole droid armies for the task of softening up Blue defences. The Blue Faction meanwhile, started to amass armored divisions for the upcoming offensive in February 20, but they would be delayed further by the Fourth Offensive.

The offensive started not with the sounds of artillery fire, but by the buzz of thousands of helicopters whizzing by to deliver their payload of soldiers. This was an innovative tactic developed by the Tatonese military, by delivering a suprise attack instead of the normal artillery barrage. Although this tactic proved successful, roughly 40% of all helicopters were destroyed by the anti-air missile batteries below them before they were able to deliver the men. The helicopter assault was further followed by an airborne assault, conducted by 250 C-130s. With the SAM missiles expended, only 10% of the assaulting C-130s were shot down. By the end of the assault, 150.000 Tatonese men were behind enemy lines and are prepared for the ultimate assault.

The Tatonese Army was ready for the offensive, with around 70 million men and droids near the Sanctus Line, while the Blue Faction could only muster 20 million men. The offensive started in 1 January, with an intense artillery barrage that destroys most of the outer perimeter. Luckily for the Blue Faction, most of their heavy defences are located in the deeper perimeter. Soon after the barrage, hundreds of Tatonese divisions soon assault upon the heavily entrenched positions of the Blue Faction. Pitted in melee combat when the Tatonese soldiers reached the trenches, the Imperial Legions of Imperial Gruvania have the upper hand with their two-handed Zweihanders that could tear off limbs and foe alike.

In the first month, countless of charges proved to be unsuccessful for the beleagured defenders. Even as waves of infantrymen and armor are cut down, the Tatonese military still believes they will succeed. Soon enough in the second month, the battered defenders retreat into the deeper defences. Taking a risk, the Blue Faction gambles all of their divisions to assault the outer perimeter of the Sanctus Line. Luck would soon have it in March, when Blue Divisions recaptured back the outer defences of the Sanctus Line. Still determined, the Tatonese Military sooned pressed on, sending countless waves of droids and tanks into a meat-grinder.

In April, with the resources of the Tatonese Military dwindling, the Tatonese Military decides to gamble into a full-on assault with all their divisions. The gamble partially pays off, when some areas were taken back by the Tatonese, but they would be recaptured back by determined resistance from the Blue Faction. Faced with defeat, the Tatonese could only hope that the Blue Faction would not strike back.

#### The First Blue Faction Offensive (June 2 - December 25)

Facing logistical problems from Athonian partisans and militia, the Tatonese Military had been weakened over time during first year. Tatonese convoys would often be ambushed by militias and partisans, only for their precious equipment to be taken to the jungle and never seen again. By May, roughly 60% of Tatonese equipment lost were from ambushes and skirmishes with the Athonian partisans. Under equipped and low on morale from all the constant human wave assaults, the Tatonese Military was on the brink of collapse.

The Blue Faction meanwhile, could muster all of their available armored divisions for the upcoming Blue First Offensive that was delayed after the sudden offensive by the Tatonese. The armored divisions, untouched and ready for action, was placed in the rear when the Tatonese Fourth Offensive arrived. Still though, many of the divisions saw no action after they were ordered to not engage with any Tatonese divisions. Now though, times have changed, and the Blue Faction is ready for their first offensive ever since their withdrawal from Eastern Athonia.

On June 2, the entire front changed dramatically as the Blue Faction armored divisions rolled out of the Sanctus Line into the unsuspecting Tatonese soldiers guarding the other bank. In just a few hours, a breakthrough was made and the Blue armored divisions started rolling out into the opposite bank.

The first few months turned into a all out chaos, as the Blue Army kept encircling Tatonese divisions and wrecking new ones to replace them. The Lancer regiments proved crucial during this stage, as the plains proved to be deadly for the infantry. Millions of Tatonese soldiers and droids were killed or destroyed by the sudden offensive. Even though outnumbered, the Blue Army in the first phase, decisively encircled dozens of Tatonese divisions, thereby crippling the entire Tatonese Front. The front then stabilized after the sudden offensive in September.

Although the Tatonese brought in many reinforcements and equipment to further stabilize the front, the second phase of the First Offensive kicked in back again November of that year. The second phase turned out to be less harsh and the Tatonese were ready to hold out against the onslaught. Nonetheless like before, dozens of Tatonese divisions were surrounded and picked off one by one. The offensive stopped to its full in December 25th due to logistical problems attained during the Blue Advance, with the offensive almost thrusting into Potatoland.

#### The Fifth Tatonese Offensive (1 February - May 24)

With the sudden onslaught of the First Blue Offensive, the Tatonese Military was racked to its core. With millions of men laying dead on the ground in Eastern Athonia, it is clear that a retaliatory counter-offensive could at least hold up the Blue Faction until crucial equipment could be brought to bear against them. With this idea, the Tatonese Military started making plans for a risky offensive, the entire war gambled for this offensive.

Following the catastrophe of what had happened in the First Blue Offensive, the Tatonese for the first time introduced conscription of all males aged between 25-40. Soon enough, millions flocked into the military, although the ratio between human and robot was 1:5. Without the working men working in the factories, women took an active part in the factories, working continuously on producing military-grade weaponry to help the war effort.

In all, 90 million men and droids were ready for the upcoming offensive, although severely lacking with vehicles and artillery. The Blue Faction meanwhile, could only muster 30 million men, although battle hardened and fully equipped. The Tatonese Military would also face against the Imperial Guard, a strong mobile elite unit capable of holding off armies with their superior training. The Tatonese Air Force was also strengthened, although smaller in size and lacking in pilot training.

The offensive kicked off with the precious Tatonese armored divisions advancing as the vanguard of the Tatonese advance. With the aim of the offensive to split the Blue Army into two, the armored divisions were positioned in the center, with infantry divisions in the north and south. In the first few weeks, the advance wasn’t contained well enough by the Blue Faction, and a number of divisions were encircled and destroyed after they were outflanked by the armored divisions.

Losing a considerable amount of manpower, the Blue Faction considered falling back into the Sanctus Line, but this was never enacted. In the meantime, armored divisions of the Blue Army were sent from the rear into the frontlines for the purpose of stopping the Tatonese advance. The plan turned out as a success, as the Tatonese were stopped and were repelled from their captured positions back into Western Potatoland by May.

#### The Second Blue Offensive (1 July - 10 November)

Following the offensive by Potatoland and the loss of precious manpower, the Blue Faction prepared for its offensive with the purpose of thrusting into Potatoland. With the front stabilized back into its original positions before the offensive, the Blue Faction could by themselves thrust into Potatoland from south, center, and north.

With the gamble turning out as a failure, the Tatonese grit their teeth and prepared for the worse as their precious vehicles were destroyed or left behind during the Blue Faction counter-attack. Losing millions of men, the Tatonese were weaker than ever and are left at the hands of the Blue Faction.

The Offensive started with a massive artillery barrage, followed by the armored divisions rolling through into Potatoland. In the first few kilometers, the Blue Army encountered no resistance, only to find out that the Tatonese had made a copy of the Sanctus Line, although much weaker. Still, the months that followed were filled with hundreds of thousands of dead Blue soldiers as the Line slaughtered whole lines of infantry and armor alike. Although losing considerable manpower, the Blue Faction managed to breach through the Line and soon divisions were breaching through, threatening the entire Tatonese Army. The Tatonese, unable to prevent a breakthough, withdrew back into the Pelagios River, giving significant territory to the Blue Faction.

#### The Assasination of Emperor Alrich III

In the 15th of November, a detachment of 500 elite SA-02 Droids were sent to infiltrate the Imperial Palace in Myrefall with the aim to assasinate Alrich III. Silent as they went, the SA-02 Droids killed off patrols of Imperial Guardsmen as they make their way into the Emperor’s Chambers where he resides. With just a few meters from the door, a lone guardsmen confronted the droids, disguised as regular Gruvanian soldiers. When the guardsmen asked for their IDs, the droids panic and shoot the guardsmen dead.

With the sound of gunfire coming within the Imperial Palace, The Imperial Guard, sensing the Emperor is in danger, moves fast to get to the Imperial Chambers. The droids knowing that a horde of Imperial Guardsmen are running to them, decide to breach through the door. After breaching it, Alrich III with the legendary zweihander named Stag, charges towards the oncoming droids. With skill, he manages to dispatch several of the droids and sent them running for their lives. Just in time, the Imperial Guard shows up and manages to destroy a large portion of the droids. Sensing that victory is near, Alrich storms out of the Imperial Guard and pursues the droids running away. With only the Emperor running out to face them, a lone droid fires a burst into the Emperor’s body, mortally wounding him.

With the Emperor laying on the ground, the Imperial Guards take him back into his Imperial Chambers, guarded heavily to prevent any more attacks. In his final words, he nominates his daughter Cyrille Delacroix to take the throne, for his less responsible brother would destroy the entire empire with his cruel and tyrannical ways. Moments later, he dies due to blood loss.

#### The Coronation of Alrich IV and the end to the war

News arrived to Alrich IV when he was doing troop inspections in the now repaired White Harbour that his father had been assasinated. With the advice of his close advisors and fearing that he may as well be assasinated in a follow-up, Alrich IV decides to white peace Potatoland rather than resuming the ever-victorious war. In the midnight of 2 December, Alrich signed a peace treaty way ahead of the Athonians in a bid to save his own life in The Dawnfort Non-Aggression Peace Treaty.

The move by Alrich IV was unpopular among the public, with many protesting infront of the war-torn Imperial Palace. Alrich IV knew this would happen, and so suppressed any media that protested against him. His sister Cyrille was imprisoned in the dungeons below the Imperial Palace for “conspiring against the Emperor”.