Begonia '68 Plot Overview

This page serves as a general overview of the entire events of Begonia '68, with all important deaths, events and battles described.

### Chapter - 0 The Rats of New Vietnam

In September of 1967, Viet Cong guerrilla Hong is transferred from a supply company to VC Fighting Company 666 "Devil's Hand" in Lang Ta Kut, South Vietnam where he is assigned to the same squad as Hoa, his childhood friend and Tam, a French-Indochina War veteran. The soviet operative Uilson arrives and begins training the company into an elite fighting force. This training is brutal and Hong, an aspiring poet, often criticizes Uilson's teachings including his suspicious emphasis on converting the mixed religous population of the company into a neo-satanic-apocalypse-religious cult. At around the same time New Zealand soldiers Carmen Jane 'CJ' Van de Hel and Johnny "Kiyasshi" Fili are deployed to Quang Tri, South Vietnam as apart of Begonia Battalion. Hong suspicions overwhelm him and he sneaks through the rat tunnels of the base to find the truth behind the "Paradise Project" that Uilson repeatedly mentions. Hong discovers the truth, (which is not canonically revealed until Chapter 7) and Hong tries to tell the others to wake them up to the situation but they are all completely brainwashed and think Hong has gone insane (which he has). Hong develops psychosis and continues to train with the battalion until they are finally deployed and all are annihilated in The Battle of Smithin Town.

Chapter I - For What It's Worth

In January 1968, a surprise artillery strike on Begonia Battalion's base prompts a counter attack on the Firebase calculated to be responsible for the strike. CJ, Kiyasshi and Fritz's squad leader; Piette is killed and they are transferred to Kingsley's squad and embark to Smithin Town - the rendezvous for the attack. CJ, Fritz and Kiyasshi's helicopter is shot down and ambushed by ground troops but the three manage to escape and make it to Smithin Town where a larger battle is ensuing between Begonia Battalion and VC FC 666 stationed in the village. CJ is nearly killed by Tam, but Kiyasshi stops Tam and kills him with a knife to the neck after a struggle. Kiyasshi goes into mental shock due to the act of killing and has a traumatic flashback to the first time he killed something; a Pukeko on CJ's family farm in 1958.

Chapter II - Crack The Earth, Shake The Sky

Following immediately Kiyasshi kills Tam, Shoestring goes to retrieve Kiyasshi, but is shot and killed by Hong reluctantly. Kiyasshi goes into a state of rage and kills 7 Viet Cong, turning the tide of the battle. Meanwhile Fritz and Kingsley get into a fistfight over Fritz attempting to call in a napalm strike and Kingsley protesting. The choice is left to CJ, and he confirms the strike coordinates . Kingsley is infuriated at CJ and Fritz is left with a concussion and a black eye due to the brawl. Kiyasshi corners the fleeing Hong, who has broken out of psychosis and pleads for his life in Vietnamese. Kiyasshi kills Hong with a tomahawk axe. Kiyasshi is shot in the shoulder just before the napalm strike hits, leaving him with severe burns. Kiyasshi leaves his state of rage and begins to question his actions. CJ and Kiyasshi are heralded as heroes by the battalion and strangely, Kingsley. CJ and Kiyasshi investigate a hidden soviet bunker in the village and discover stolen confidential documents to operation Fracture Jaw. CJ takes the documents and Kiyasshi loses consciousness to his wounds. CJ begs Kiyasshi to stay awake