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Chapter6: The Age of Cataclysm (WWIII)
On the 25th of November 2014, what was to be known as the Great Age of Cataclysm was declared. The USA had now made it's resolve clear to the world. America would not stand for Acts against Humanity and would not stand for the possibility of the Confederated Russian Empire's crimes going unpunished. Yes, the empire was large and powerful, stretching all the way from Europe to Asia, but, "So were the British during our war for independence, and the difference is that now we have strong allies who will support us to the end" said the US President to his anxious people. But there was still a possibility that the world could evade disaster as the same man who uttered these words would be the same man to take this initiative as well. Apart from Russian war-crimes (which could not reasonably suffice as justification, insofar as America was also guilty of numerous unspeakable crimes all over the world), American interests (i.e. US corporations) in Asia were under threat, if the USA was idle, then the Russian Army would overrun swathes of the continent, hence the declaration of war by the US Congress. To avoid a possibly apocalyptic conflict, on the 27th of November, just days after WWIII had been declared, US President Barack Obama would personally send a transmission from the Pentagon in Washington DC to the Kremlin in Moscow. The Transmission was an effort by President Obama meant to bring the Russian President to the table in order to discuss concessions both sides would make to not only end the Russo-Chinese Conflict, but avert a catastrophic World War. He would give CRE President Dimitrovo Putin, three days to reply. The world terrifyingly awaited its fate in silence and hope.
On November the 30th, once the clock struck midnight and it became clear that no Russian reply would come, the declaration of war made by the US Congress on the 25th of November would be declared active and all possible peace talks abrogated. Minutes after America entered the 31st of November, the new RIAF Super Plane - the Chernyy Orel, would fire its devastating ZK19 Missile on the Pentagon, destroying more than half the Pentagon Complex. Luckily for the Americans, the nuclear reactor just feet under the Pentagon was left untouched, but it was still a humiliating event in US history as the Pentagon's defences were not only rendered useless against the newly created Russian Super plane, but efforts to chase and shoot it down were in vain, allowing the plane escape. WWIII with the Russian Empire was eminent.
As the World War was now underway, the UCWP (United Configuration of the Warsaw Pact) treaty would come into effect. Since the USA was the aggressor against the CRE, all its member states were now obliged to help fight against NATO. By this time however, the USA (leader of NATO), had already placed more than a thousand of its battalions onto Western Europe, long before the war had begun. These deployed forces would definitely come in handy against the CRE and its Satellite States. Predicting nothing but doom in fighting such a powerful enemy, the UK had immediately signed the London Isolationist Pact (LIP) after America declared war. The LIP agreement had been signed along with allies of the UK - Australia and Canada, pledging neutrality in the War. The UK wasn't prepared to risk it, plus the nation's people opposed belligerency in the conflict out of fear of being nuked, even though the BBC had assured the people that it was very unlikely the war would ever turn nuclear due to fears of retaliatory strikes from both sides. Even though the Americans had declared war in the defence of China, a member of the UN and thus under the NATO umbrella of protection, the UK leadership argued that since America declared war on Russia first, the CRE could not possibly be the aggressor, thus meaning it was not compulsory for them to declare war as well as per the North Atlantic Treaty of 1947. Whether the UK was right or wrong, the debates would make sure that the British would not join the conflict. This refusal would instantly cause tensions between the UK and the rest of NATO, with the Western European member states that had declared war on the CRE calling for the United Kingdom's immediate removal, including Canada and Australia, who had also signed the LIP agreement. As for Russia and its allies, it was also a complicated story.
At the top of the CREs complicated story was the ISA (Independent State of Azania), which had not signed the UCWP, and like many countries, had remained neutral. This meant that although the Azanians had left the UN, they had declined to join the UEA (Upper Eurasian Alliance). Japan and most importantly the CRE, had been at war with China and India long before America and its allies joined in the conflict, this had its positives and negatives. The Japanese were still recovering from the devastation of the Blitz ii, which the Russian Airforce had stopped. But chunks of major industries and infrastructure had been destroyed by the enemy, plus the population had been traumatized by the unending air raids from both India and China. In view of this weakness and past alliances, the Americans would offer the Japanese an alternative - either they signed an armistice with China and India whilst severing all diplomatic ties with the CRE or they go to war. The Japanese would opt for war anyway, the country was not prepared to be humiliated by the USA. America had not only excommunicated Japan from the UN, but had aided the Chinese and the Indians in the latter's brutal campaign to raid the home-islands, which had killed Japanese civilians in the many thousands. There was to be no peace with America after what it had done. The US public was livid at Japan's defiant response, in fact, they were as angry at Japan as they were at the UK, Canada and Australia, whom they considered puppet states to the ”neo-British Empire” and traitors. Some US governors even called for war with Canada, whom they at this point regarded to be a worser threat to US interests than the CRE itself due to their neutrality.
When asked “why not peace with America after the US President had offered it?”, the CRE President would reply to an Azanian reporter during a UEA conference in Maximgrad, CRE by saying, "Russia would accept Barack Obama's offer if he had not delivered it so arrogantly. He makes it appear as if the Russian people fear the USA. For Heaven's sake, their IMF and World Bank owe the same Russian people trillions, yet they attempt to intimidate them with slavery and death. We, against the wish of many around the world rebuilt the US economy after that country's foolish gun policies had allowed it to plunge into a 21st century civil war. Regardless, although the offering of peace might suggest the contrary, I believe Obama is a reasonable man, but unfortunately the Congress he represents isn't. Whatever reasonable agreement me and the man can conjure up through talks would simply not be ratified by the arrogant Congressmen of the USA, who seem adamant in their desire to see Russia destroyed. This is simple, America should stay away from our business. Our war with China is not a concern of the USA because those two countries aren't even friends. Just like America's unjust wars around the world are not our concern, our business is ours. If America wants peace, they must give us China and stop slenderizing Russia's name around the world. His majesty will not sit in any UN tribunal chamber, neither will our brave generals. We will no longer beg the American Warmongers for peace, if God has prophesied Russia as being the subsequent destroyer of American aggression, then so be it. We will not bend to the will of the enemy."
Indeed, WWIII was now unavoidable. Initially, this war was clearly in Russia's favour, having suffered much lesser losses in military equipment and manpower than what they were able to produce during their war with China. The CRE's Industrial military capacity was far larger than anything that had ever been seen before, and the war with China ensured that by the time the USA declared war, they had way more military equipment than what the USA, a country that was not at war with a major power until now. But the Americans were not stupid, they wouldn't have declared war if they weren’t ready. They had been sending military aid to both China and India via a re-enactment of the Lend Lease Act of 1941, this aid allowed them to prepare their industries for war, and by the time the real war began, the US government was satisfied with its preparations. Even so, in the opening stages of the war, they were clearly outnumbered in both men and equipment, and would need some time to possibly catch up, but unlike the CRE, they had extensively more powerful allies, whom mostly stood by their side after the US Congress declared war on the Confederated Russian Empire. By January 2015, in the opening stages of the war, the militaries of the main belligerents looked something like this:
ARMED FORCES (USA and NATO vs RCU)
Military Budget
•USA- 3.6 Trillion USD
•RCU- 8.9 Trillion USD
•NATO- 4.1 Trillion USD
Weapons of Mass Destruction
•USA
-Nuclear Weapons(A-Bomb/H-Bomb): 7 450
•RCU
-Nuclear Weapons(A-Bomb/H-Bomb): 157 457
•NATO
-Nuclear Weapons(A-Bomb/H-Bomb): 512
Personnel of the Armed Forces
•USA
-Active Personnel: 1 919 000 (Growing)
-Reserve Personnel: 1 234 000 (Growing)
•RCU
-Active Personnel: 3 947 800 (Growing)
-Reserve Personnel: 1 980 970 (Growing)
•NATO
-Active Personnel: 2 789 000 (Growing)
-Reserve Personnel: 1 994 000 (Growing)
Russian Imperial Army vs United States Army and NATO Army
•United States Army
-Tanks: 7 921
-Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs): 41 458
-Armoured Personnel Carrier (APCs): 33 756
-Self Propelled Artillery: 1 809
-Towed Artillery: 1 114
-Rocket Artillery: 1 320
•Russian Imperial Army
-Tanks: 54 620
-Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs): 86 991
-Armoured Personnel Carrier (APCs): 57 261
-Self Propelled Artillery: 19 710
-Towed Artillery: 18 070
-Rocket Artillery: 23 975
•NATO Army
-Tanks: 11 921
-Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs): 48 458
-Armoured Personnel Carrier (APCs): 29 756
-Self Propelled Artillery: 2 502
-Towed Artillery: 3 974
-Rocket Artillery: 4 782
Russian Imperial Navy Force (RINF) vs United States Navy (USN) and EU Navy
•United States Navy (USN)
-Total Naval Vessels: 586
-Aircraft Carriers: 20
-Naval Battleships: 4
-Destroyers: 282
-Corvettes:0
-Frigates:42
-Mine Warfare Vessels:19
-Patrol Crafts:29
-Submarines (Whether Nuclear or not):75
EXTRA
-Naval Aircrafts: 2 300
•Russian Imperial Navy Force (RINF)
-Total Naval Assets: 3 898
-Aircraft Carriers: 56
-Naval Battleships: 138
-Destroyers: 762
-Corvettes: 644
-Frigates: 475
-Mine Warfare Vessels: 417
-Patrol Crafts: 379
-Submarines (Whether Nuclear or not): 342
EXTRA
-Naval Aircrafts: 7 800
•NATO Naval Forces
Total Naval Vessels: 549
-Aircraft Carriers: 4
-Naval Battleships: 0
-Destroyers: 39
-Corvettes: 45
-Frigates:118
-Mine Warfare Vessels: 175
-Patrol Crafts: 210
-Submarines (Whether Nuclear or not):39
EXTRA
-Naval Aircrafts: 1 270
N.B. Total Naval Assets section refers to the stated Naval Warships (e.g. Aircraft Carriers; Destroyers etc.) together with unmentioned Naval assets the country owns (e.g. Cruisers).
Russian Imperial AirForce (RIAF) vs United States AirForce (USAF) and NATO Airforce
•USAF
-Total Aircrafts: 14 889
-Multirole Aircrafts: 2 788
-Fighter Aircrafts: 1 289
-Attack Aircrafts: 993
-Bomber Aircrafts: 577
-Gunship Helicopters: 1 212
-Helicopters: 4 355
-Transport Aircrafts: 3 675
•RIAF
-Total Aircrafts: 30 991
-Multirole Aircrafts: 5 366
-Fighter Aircrafts: 4 598
-Attack Aircrafts: 3 648
-Bomber Aircrafts: 4 057
-Gunship Helicopters: 3 479
-Helicopters: 6 993
-Transport Aircrafts: 2 850
•NATO Airforce
-Total Aircrafts: 8 889
-Multirole Aircrafts: 1 499
-Fighter Aircrafts: 1 339
-Attack Aircrafts: 1 393
-Bomber Aircrafts: 1 019
-Gunship Helicopters: 212
-Helicopters: 1 385
-Transport Aircrafts: 2 042
N.B. NATO forces comprised primarily of the EU and those UN member states who actively declared war on Russia in support of the international alliance.
Kosmos Space Corporation (KSC) vs National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and EU Space Agencies
•KSC(Russian)
-Nuclear Powered Satellites: 434
-Rareethrum Powered Satellites: 237
-Satellites: 698
-Military Drones: 3 819 (Operated by the IDSI)
-Orbital Space Bases: 2 (Orbit the Earth); 3 under construction (Funding withdrawn for the war, causing their construction to be officially discontinued)
•NASA(America)
-Nuclear Powered Satellites: 345
-Rareethrum Powered Satellites: 13
-Satellites: 542
-Military Drones: 1 678 (Operated by the CIA)
-Orbital Space Bases: 0; 1 under construction (Funding withdrawn for the war, causing its Construction to officially be "Discontinued").
•EU/NATO Space Agencies
-Nuclear Powered Satellites: 104
-Rareethrum Powered Satellites: 33
-Satellites: 395
-Military Drones: 819(Operated by NATO)
-Orbital Space Bases:0
America was clearly starting up with the weaker army, plus they also had to deal with the UAE, who's influence and membership stretched all the way to South America. To add to this, the number of military bases the CRE had around the world were not only of much better quality, but shockingly of better quantity as well, meaning Russia maintained a much larger military presence around the world, although it was largely peace time. Even so, due to most of North, East, West and Central Africa choosing to not side with the Russians, the many military bases they had set up there were as good as useless, and had to be decommissioned, with their equipment and material immediately transported back to the CRE, so it wasn't all that bad. Plus to add to Russia's problems, the American military had now been granted a military budget big enough to allow for the mass production of essential military equipment, meaning this cash injection along with that of NATO would help America and its allies catch up with the CRE. Realizing how massive and advanced the Russian military was, the Americans immediately went onto total war production, investing billions onto research and development whilst mobilizing its entire nation onto a war footing. The CRE had barely used a quarter of its industrial capacity but already had the world's most powerfullest military after all, so they had to be serious from the get go if they wanted to win. As a result of the total war policy in the USA and the EU, differences between military and civilian resources were instantly rendered null and void.
Although the Russian Military was very powerful, it more or less had much weaker allies militarily as Eastern Europe always enjoyed the full protection of the Russian army, Soviet or otherwise, and thus never maintained considerable militaries. Western Europe on the other hand had feared Russian expansion for decades and the power of post-Soviet Russia had spooked them into spending billions onto their defence. Luckily for the Americans, all of Western Europe (except Italy and the UK) had declared war on the Russian Empire, and instantly geared up for action. In addition, during the war's initial stages in 2015, the patriotism of the American people was at a high due to many of their brethren having been sent to Europe to fight for "freedom and democracy". The Russians had wanted to demoralize their opponents, so to the Russian Imperial High Command, it was better for some Americans to be in Europe than away as they had to see first-hand what a war with Russia meant, ultimately, the Russians allowed the Atlantic Ocean to be open for the transference of American troops to Europe as their huge navy was having its own troubles with logistics and mobilization. The Russians never expected the Americans to declare war after all, thus creating no need for the extensive mobilization of their navy due to the expenses involved as well as other things.
Although after the super-plane attack on the US Pentagon, Russian submarines had begun sinking some of the troop carriers in an effort to further demoralize the troops before they arrived in Europe, this only served to anger the Americans, pushing them further into a pro-war stance, something Russian leaders didn't want as this meant the US government would enjoy the stability and advantages granted to it by the support of its people. To Russia, a prolonged conflict might be dangerous for their economy as it put its overseas assets and industries in jeopardy. Its private and public corporations had moved a lot of Russian industry overseas so as to extensively increase the latter's profitability via cost effective if not cheap labour after all. Sure, the government had recalled some of them back for the war with China, but an extensive amount remained overseas due to sufficient amounts back home. If the government wasn't careful, it could incur massive debt, and although almost all the country's recently repaid debt was held by Russian citizens, if it grew to uncontrollable levels, it would destabilize the Imperial Ruble (I₡) and threaten its global position, including the world economy, which had already felt the effects of their war with China. The Russian government wanted to protect the coming war effort at all costs. Even so, the sinking of some American troop carriers before they arrived in Europe had its effects and had led to a reduced deployment of US troops sent to the European continent. This was to be common policy until the catastrophically lethal Russian submarine fleet prowling the Atlantic was either dealt with or a much safer alternative was found. Even so, many men in the USA were still applying to join the military, whilst a conscription program was quickly introduced by the government so as to continue building up the nation's manpower.
Although the Russians had the major advantage in having fully developed a lethal navy, one that was more powerful than its entire enemies combined, the CRE still had a big problem. After the Declaration of war, thousands of US forces were flooding Western Europe. Of course this had begun after the end of the American civil war, long before the world war had begun and once it did, they had allowed this newly rejuvenated deployment of troops to Europe as part of their demoralizing campaign, but by now the RINF had been ordered to stop it. Shockingly after some relative success, the Americans would begin transferring troops to the other part of the world in massive numbers again, and this was done through their air force's massive fleet of Transport Aircrafts as well as civilian planes, which allowed them to transfer US troops via the air. American airports had been cleaned out of their planes, with many being turned into air fields for the US Airforce. It was an astronomical effort by the American people to support their military, even Russians had gotten jealous. Even though they now had this new method of deployment to Europe, it was still a difficult process due to the technological sophistication of Russian subs, but the Americans, for the moment, had a larger surface fleet in the Atlantic ocean, and since the Russians were mainly using submarines, it became much easier to coordinate the planes in the air whilst the surface vessels of the USN kept the Russian submersible fleet busy. Heck, with Denmark as a wartime ally and a part of NATO, America had even used Greenland as a bypass to large swathes of the Atlantic. This massive transference of troops to Europe meant the Americans could easily bring the war home to the Russians, and unfortunately, the Empire could not do the same without taking infeasible risks, regardless of their massive number of naval assets.
The Russian navy had a massive fleet of advanced ships yes, but they lacked the proper manpower to field them as naval combat was never really an essential part of their war with China and India. To operate the systems of warships, particularly those of advanced Russian ones, required training, and no ordinary sailors or pilots could simply be allowed to operate the Russian navy, particularly the surface fleet, which the Tsar considered to be the most precious part of the navy. Deploying the entire navy against India and China was a daunting process due to the expenses involved. To add to this, they were still building it up to the massive numbers it had now, which cost the nation even more billions, and since it was of no strategic depth apart from blockading Chinese overseas trading and aid supplies from the West, as well as engaging the Sino-Indian navy in the pacific, it was not used to its full potential. A soldier or an airman was seen as far more valuable than a naval sailor as the conflict was mainly fought on the Chinese Front (the main battleground for the Asian Theatre of WWIII) instead of the sea, but now that decision was coming back to haunt them. But the Russian leadership had a remedy for the problem. To use the navy whist simultaneously focusing on the training of new naval servicemen in both Russia and Eastern Europe, the RINF (Russian Imperial Navy Force) would use it's submersible fleet, meaning a majority of their surface fleet remained in Russian harbours and naval bases. The Americans were taking advantage of this weakness by beginning the rapid construction of new and advanced warships and aircrafts for the USN in an effort to catch up as the massive Russian naval build up had rapidly slowed down due to the focus of the navy having been shifted into the training of new naval servicemen instead of producing more warships.
The RCAF (Russo-Confederated Armed Forces) had already been making plans to attack the USA itself, but such plans had already been hampered by their naval 'problem' in conjunction with the logistical issues involved with invading America whilst simultaneously fighting in Europe and Asia. As a result, plans to invade the US mainland were to be instantly abandoned, at least until a relevant strategic advantage was gained. To this end, the Tsar, the President and his Ministers would hold The Big Decision meeting of December 2014 in the Winter Palace of Saint Petersburg. The decision reached at this meeting would be that the CRE was to concentrate its remaining forces towards Western Europe as the declaration of war by the Americans had not only given the Chinese new life, meaning more resources had to be committed to the Asian Theatre of WWIII, but half the European continent had been mobilized against the Motherland, so as initiative, the Empire and its European Satellite States would be taking over all of Europe in one big swoop so as to negate American military intervention there and permanently eject them from the continent. This was an unprecedent declaration, no power in human history had ever claimed all of mainland Europe, let alone the entire continent, for itself or completely under its sphere of influence. Upon hearing of the plans to expel America from Western Europe, desperation back in the USA had set in and the President had introduced policies which not only intensified the conscription program approved by Congress, but increased the production of transport aircrafts so as to increase the number of troops sent to Europe per journey. There was no time for long and protracted plans, action needed to be taken fast and decisions had to be made swiftly if they wanted to win the war. The American High Command was quickly rushing its forces to Western Europe in an effort to increase the already massive American military presence there. To the American leadership, the USA could not lose the only place in the world that gave them a viable strike range against the Russian Empire itself. The European Theatre of WWIII was about to get more violent.
As for the war, in its initial stages, seemingly after days without action in what was to be the most violent conflict in human history, the quiet before the storm would end on the 15th of December 2014 when the Russians proved that they were dead serious about the war by attacking Germany. US forces posted in Austria quickly rushed to defend nation, not only bolstering support for the German armed forces, but American soldiers already stationed there. For the German nation, both sides fought ferociously, but as a result of the overwhelming force from Russia, eastern Germany (including the German Capital of Berlin) quickly fell to the Russian army. The Russians had even recalled troops from the Asian Theatre, using these soldiers to take advantage of the fact that to defend Germany, Austria had been left relatively undefended by the Americans. Using RSS Slovenia, a Russian satellite state, the Russians struck Austria in an all-out invasive thrust. As a result, the latter had been quickly overrun by the enemy. The defeat of Austria and the seizure of almost half of Germany instantly highlighted the manpower shortages to the NATO command, leading to the Americans in other parts of Western Europe quickly rushing troops to Germany in an effort to halt the invasion of the biggest economic power in the EU. NATO had done the same, and together with the Americans, fought to protect Germany. If Germany was lost, major logistical resources and industries would be lost too. Although the Germans were smart enough to move their industries westwards, particularly closer to their western border, the Russians hadn't really given them 'time' to do so, and almost all factories and commercial centres to the Germany's eastern hemisphere, had been overrun. Germany had to be protected, and the solution to this was to deploy more American troops so as to grind the Russian advance to a halt, granting German planners enough time to remove the nation's manufactories as well as their workforce from the Industrially rich western hemisphere of the nation to France should the entire country be overrun by the momentum of the Russian army.
Contrary to expert opinion, which concluded that due to the interconnection between the member states of the European Union, it would be just as easy for NATO to move troops through their parts of the European continent as it is for the Russian Empire with its satellite states, it was, in practice, difficult for NATO to transnationally move troops. Due to fears of what Italy might do, and the administrative difficulties of getting all the sovereign nations involved to comply, the deployment of US forces was much slower than expected. Even so, the Americans would muster enough manpower to fight the Russians on the frontlines, subsequently slowing the Russian advance in Germany. But unfortunately, the slow deployment of US troops to Germany ensured that this did not come without cost, not only in human life, but civilian as well. The cities of Hamburg, Frankfurt, Nuremberg and Munich had become instant warzones, and although both sides had preferred to ensure civilian safety, German citizens and Austrian refugees had quickly been caught up in the fighting between the CRE and the US-German forces. These were decades of boiling Cold War tensions finally blowing up in heated combat after all, and the Americans as well as their Russian counterpart had a score to settle with each other. Either way, German planners could only move a fraction of German industry in the western hemisphere of the country to France due to the Russian air force carrying out deadly raids on supply lines and means used to move the industrial material away from the frontlines whilst the fighting in major German cities ensured that either these industries would be overrun before the German army could move them or utterly destroyed by the Russian air force in conjunction with the army via air raids and ground force tactics reminiscent to those carried out on the Chinese Front.
As for the war on the Chinese front, it was truly brutal and thus comprised of unspeakable horrors. Both sides committed war-crimes that in our modern world, were considered to be of unparalleled barbarity, particularly Russia's notorious SA, which everyone, from troops to civilians, feared. But no matter how hard the Russians battered their enemy, the Indian and Chinese troops kept springing up one after the other, it was unending. It was clear that both nations looked to take advantage of the fact that they cohesively had a populous of about 2.5 billion people, and wouldn't stop sending them to the battlefields. Some Russians even likened this patriotism, particularly that of the Chinese, to their Soviet ancestors from WWII, who bled and fought desperately for their independence and their "lives" in general. This meant the Russian people took the conflict with China and India very seriously, with some even going so far as to say that they considered the conflict in Western Europe to be a “sideshow” as compared to the Chinese Front. As bloody as the conflict was, it only touched a tip of the industrial iceberg of the CRE, thus meaning the lives of ordinary Russian civilians was barely affected, and the capacity of Russia's industries was more massive than first thought. But America was a different opponent altogether, maybe fighting the USA alone wouldn't have required the CRE government to mobilize its entire nation, but America had very powerful allies, and the Russian people were very aware of this and thus wanted firm action. To this end, the Tsar would activate the Coordinated National Defence Act of 1998, which his father planned to use as an instrument that would fully mobilize the Russian nation for total war should their enemies in the west decide to intervene in Russian business militarily. Now all Russian companies as well as the people, were to be coordinated by the government in the defence of the Motherland. The act of 1998 had been amended a few times so as to add new provisions, but it relatively remained the same and would stand as a symbol to the world that the Motherland was in a fight for its life, which made her a dangerous foe.
Meanwhile, fighting continued in Europe. The German army numbered to a meagre force of 200 000 soldiers, of course as a combined force with its NATO allies it was extremely formidable, but singularly speaking, it was a different story. This German force was nothing against the Russians, it was ironic considering the fact that in the previous World Wars, it was Russia at the mercy of the Germans, and even then, the disparity of power and ability was never this vast and unbalanced. The Germans were fighting a well-trained force of about a million troops, who would soon be bolstered by soldiers from every Eastern European country as a result of the activation of the UCWP military alliance and the Coordinated National Defence Act. The NATO force in Europe wasn't completely at a disadvantage, the Chinese and their Indian allies were keeping the bulk of the Russian army busy, all they had to truly be worried about was the world's largest and most lethal air force, which the Russians could field on a completed basis, but it was common knowledge that the West, particularly the United States, were masters in aerial combat. Even so, in the opening battles in Germany, NATO was clearly outnumbered, but this would not last for long as NATO was clearly in the process of mobilizing its entire force.
Due to the overwhelming numbers of the enemy, American soldiers began giving guns to untrained German men as a demand for them to help protect their nation. NATO was now calling on the national pride of the German people, asking for a patriotic defence of their nation, something that had ironically led to world devastation under Adolf Hitler about 70 years ago. But even after such drastic measures were taken by the Americans, they would still be overwhelmed by the richly supplied, well trained and disciplined Russian Army, who's powerful Airforce gained total air superiority over Germany and Austria almost immediately, hampering the operational effectiveness of the German and USAF (United States Air Force), rendering ground forces completely alone and uncovered. The USAFs planes were clearly just too far from the European mainland, leading to an under deployment of aircrafts to Europe, as a result the Russians won the skies with ease due to their large and more powerful air fleet, which sent German and French fighters on the retreat just by sheer numbers alone.
Even though the NATO Airforce was powerful, the assistance it provided was inconsequential as the use of the newly built Chernyy Orel Superplanes among other creations would secure Russian air superiority over Germany and Austria. To avoid unnecessary casualties on the ground, the Russians had also used their superior artillery as suppression fire against their enemies, subsequently rushing in armoured divisions before their main infantrymen were sent to surround enemy troops in a classical blitzkrieg encirclement. As a result, the Americans and the Germans had been beaten, and forced to withdraw from Germany in order to regroup and reorganize themselves properly. In this retreat, the Americans were smart, although battling with time, not only did they take about 3.9 million German partisans and regular men, as well as about 440 000 Austrian refugees along with them, but were also planning to train a huge chunk of them and convert them into true soldiers. This was a logistical miracle considering the little time they had and the Tsar despaired at the thought of his enemies returning to fight him later in the war, and had fired the Russian Army’s European Field Marshals as a result, going so far as to call the German people "The natural enemies of Russia". In addition to the Tsar's despairs, American saboteurs had been left behind so as to organize German partisans into proper guerrilla fighters. America was no experts in guerrilla warfare, but they ironically had help from not only British intelligence, but the command structure of the PRC, which had sent advisors to Europe long before the fighting had begun, plus with the technology used by all sides involved, it wasn't that difficult for them to connect, even though a lot of Chinese Satellites had been destroyed by the Russians. These saboteurs behind enemy lines had only one task – to wreak havoc behind Russian lines.
As further initiative, due to this devastating loss, on the 4th of January 2015, just a day after the fall of Germany and four days after Austria had been overrun, NATO airfields would begin to not only expand, but create space for an incoming fleet of USAF multirole, fighter and attack aircrafts. In addition to this, 35 brand new NATO Airforce bases in Spain and Portugal were funded for construction by the UN using French and Spanish military contractors. The effect of air power on the battlefield was clearly not to be ignored, particularly after Germany had been quickly overrun because of it. The UN had also gotten a loan worth billions from the Swiss Central Bank, a testament of how neutral Switzerland did not want the Russian Empire to win. Even so, the loss of Germany was a blow to U.S morale as many expected the Americans and their German allies to hold Germany and Austria until reinforcements arrived, but defeat was the only outcome that came, and it stung. Meanwhile, back in the USA, the President was not happy at the news of his air force getting outclassed, and ordered Aircraft Carriers along with other Naval warships to be sent to the British Channel so as to provide a larger aerial and naval presence for the USA in Europe on top of the already aforementioned initiatives. This was a dangerous move on the part of the President because as expected, Russian submarines had attacked almost all of the warships sent to Europe from America, and although many still escaped due to a joint Sino-American submersible naval war effort against the enemy submarines in the Atlantic, others sank like stones as anti-ship torpedoes from Russian subs found their mark on some US warships.
With the English Channel being used by their enemy, the Russians would begin to claim that the Brits were breaking their LIP Agreement, Czar Viktor i was not happy. This move was a threat to Eastern European harbours and Russian naval bases stationed there. The Russians thus began contemplating their next move against Britain, as even though the latter claimed to be neutral, they refused to maintain any diplomatic relations with the CRE whilst clearly aligning themselves with the USA regardless of tensions with NATO and the UN. Either way, the occupation of the English Channel by the US Atlantic fleet would not stop the Russians from attacking the Netherlands almost immediately after overrunning Germany. Although the Dutch would fiercely resist Russian occupation, the USAF was still in the process of transporting its assets to Europe, in fact the US military in general was still in the process of expanding its firepower, thus leaving the Dutch relatively prepared but unable to avoid getting slaughtered and overwhelmed by the much stronger Russian military. Although NATO would fight to protect their member state, they would end up being forced to withdraw after the loss of countless lives and military assets because of Russian suppression fire from both grounf and aerial artillery as well as a threatening blitzkrieg encirclement of large swathes of NATO troops. The retreat from the Netherlands had saved NATO from losing more than 500 000 troops. They had certainly averted disaster, but one might ask, “at what cost?”. After the harsh bombardment of the Capital of the Netherlands, resulting in the destruction of priceless heritage sites in the Capital of Amsterdam, the Netherlanders would surrender to the CRE on the 18th of February 2015 after it became clear that attempts to prevent the nation from being overrun would fail. Even so, like in Germany, the Americans had taken hundreds of thousands of Netherlanders with the retreating NATO forces. However, for the populations who found themselves occupied, the war's effects were not over.
At first, occupied nations were directly administrated by the Russian military, with the Russian Imperial Ministry of Foreign Affairs taking charge. No occupation has ever been easy, but the RIA was relatively fanatical about protecting the Motherland from aggression, and thus rarely involved themselves with the civilians of occupied territories unless justified. In fact, Russian commanders forbade their troops from indulging in action that would terrorize the civilians of occupied territory, as guerrilla war and civilian unrest was the last thing they needed during a war where the Empire currently stood alone in Europe. As long as you went about your day without participating in acts that would destabilize the Russian war effort from behind the lines, you were relatively safe, some people even liked Russian troops, in rare instances, even love relationships were formed, of course the latter was banned by the military but either way, it was clear that Russia was following the terms of the Geneva Convention, at least in Europe. However, this would slowly change, as "in a war were occupied civilians feel free, partisan resistance will be rampant. The civilians of occupied territories are under occupation, and they MUST KNOW IT! Lest we lose face, drop our guard and let them plot against us" said the leader of the notorious Sila Ataki – Vladimir Kremli. The partisan guerrilla fighting as well as the harsh resistance from citizens was already beginning to permeate wherever Russian soldiers stood, the peace under occupational control would not last forever. As a result, many Parliamentarians in the Imperium in Moscow called for action. The Tsar, of whom harboured a resentment towards Germans because of atrocities from WWII committed by the Nazis against the Russian people, would instantaneously take action.
Czar Viktor i would begin by summoning the Cardinal Chamber of the Imperium to the Winter Palace so a bill could be passed regarding occupation laws and the interpretation of some of the terms articulated in the Geneva Convention. Upon meeting however, disputes amongst the Parliamentarians would prove to be an indecisive factor concerning how the bill was going to look, plus for the Tsar, the whole process of passing an act was too long, thus an alternative was required whilst he waited for the proper bill. The Tsar would call for a meeting with the Imperial Cardinal Council for Law and Justice as well as the various Field Marshals fighting on the frontlines. In that meeting it would be decided that the SA (Sila Ataki) would now administer all lands occupied by the Russian Military so as to stimulate frontline effectivity by maximising the deployment of troops. It had also been decided that the power of the courts in these areas would be handed over to the newly formed domestic intelligence agency of Russia - the KPVD, the secret police of the Russian Empire and a replacement to the incompetent RIB (Russian Investigations Bureau). As a result, the SA could now spread their harsh laws to all Russian occupied land, not just China, and the judiciary of Russia would no longer be involved either, meaning the constitutional protection granted to occupied populations was gone as Russia's domestic intelligence agency was now to be law in all occupied territories. Surely now, the seeds of partisan resistance the Americans planted would either be strengthened or completely eradicated. Occupied peoples were now to be policed like criminals, and since the news of Sila Ataki atrocities in China were no secret to them, many in Germany, Austria, Netherlands and the cut-off, now occupied nation of Denmark, despaired at the prospect of SA occupation, and were instantly engulfed with fear when trucks carrying the Tsar's shock troops took their cities and the Russian army left for the frontlines. The SA was made up of soldiers too, but their notorious reputation meant that they were known for their monstrous barbarism, whether fighting on the frontlines or dealing with populations behind Russian lines, at least they were against the Chinese people anyways. Many were even comparing them to Hitler's SS for the crimes they had committed in China. It was a terrible situation.
To be continued....(see Part 2)
