The Opfelden Republic

The Opfelden Republic, founded in 4836, is a constitutional republic which sits in the lower Erstestaat. It is a 2 branch government consisting of an Executive and Judicial Branch. Opfelden is a world super power in economics, diplomacy, and military.

Government
The Government of Opfelden is that of a Constitutional Republic. The current President is Joseph Rettenfall of the Peace Party, and it's Vice President is Werner Cochlear, a Nationalist. The President chooses a cabinet of members to control ddifferent aspects of governmental responsibilites. For example, the Secretary of Foreign Affairs deals with diplomacy.

The Legislative Branch of the Opfelden Republic is made up of 350 Representatives in the National Assembly. The National Assembly passes legislation and sends it to the President to sign into law.

Geography
The republic is broken up into 5 Sectors in which states make up.

The North


 * Deno
 * Kustenland
 * Heltstand
 * Krauppen
 * Nordens
 * Weisenberg

Central Opfelden


 * Bergland
 * Sudbergen
 * Gaelis
 * Westrol

The Aermont


 * Wesienberg
 * Opfen
 * Hollen
 * Ebenen

The South


 * Straushaufe
 * Tyrilis
 * Braumstadt
 * Brawia

The Peninsula


 * Ritteny

Satellite State


 * Kreigsland (on opposite shore from Ritteny)

Most of northern Opfelden is open plains and foothills as well as swelling ridges that cover the landscape. It is mostly a deciduous environment. The Arenborn Mountains snake through Nordens, Krauppen, and some of Kustenland.

Central Opfelden is mountainous and wooded. The Shoberg mountains cut through most of Central Opfelden. The Shoberg mountains also stretch through northern Straushaufe -ending at Tolsbruck-, into northern Tyrilis and Brawia.

The Aermont is a long stretch of shallow plains that border the Shoberg mountains. It is a largely agricultural and shipping based area.

The South is a massive sprawl of foothills, smaller chains of mountains and swamps. The largest of the swamps in Opfelden is located in Southern Braumstadt near Orton Bay. It sprawls for over 20 square miles. It was used by Rebels during the Civil War to stash ammunition and supplies as the Northerners could not navigate it. The most prominent mountain range in the South is the Tannen Mountains which runs along the border of Brawia until it ends in northwest Braumstadt.

The Peninsula is one of Opfelden's defining features. Made up of only the state of Ritteny, the Peninsula is a relatively flat region which focuses on industry, and trade. It used to be a heavily agricultural area and relied on the import of slaves from Zagria.

The Satellite State of Kriegsland is made up of mostly desert with some mild, grassy coastline where 85% of the population lives.

Culture and Languages
Opfelden has multiple cultures and dialects. While all citizens are referred to as Opfelders, that doesn't describe their ethnic background, or culture. In the north, there are Opfenlanders from what is called the "Father Country", once part of Erstaatland, these Opfelders are descendants from the old empire. In the central plain regions, the people generally consider their culture einfache Leute, or simply, Plains people. In the central mountains of Opfelden, the people collectively call themselves Bergs. In the east, these coastland folk are referred to as Gratleute, or "Ridge people", living in the foothills, and rolling countryside beneath the Shoberg Mountains. In the south east, particularly Brawia, the people there call themselves Sudlanders. In the flatlands in the south, people are called Flachlanders. In the west, along the coast, people are known as Westenmensch. On the peninsula, the people identify as, simply, Peninsulars. Finally, Kreigsland, the people living there are collectively called, Kreigers.

There are three languages spoken in Opfelden: Opfeldish (the most largely spoken at 90.2%), Elissian, (4.91%), and a strange language that mashes the two, Hofelshach (5.11%). The Opfeldish language has a few different dialects. "True Opfeldish" is spoken in Deno, Opfen and Kustenland, it being the formal version of Opfeldish, or "high Opfeldish" spoken by old high society. Shafeldish is spoken in the central mountians, and has a far more lax interpretation of Opfeldish, and spoken with a certain twang. In Kreigsland, Neuopfel is spoke, a mixture of Shafeldish, and normal Opfeldish, but not "tru Opfeldish".

Roots
Opfelden came from the Opfen Empire, a monarchy that existed for 535 years after the collapse of the Erstestaat in 4300. In 4301, the southern reaches of the Erstaat realized that things were crumbling. Central regions had broken away as independent, and were barely scraping by alone. Many of the western regions were independent, or warring with each other over vast tracts of land to no avail. Northern states cracked into two before completely disintegrating, eventually forming independent nation states. Stornland remained strong, and the southern states were debating on a course of action.

Leaders in the south were proposing plans to one another in the city of Wisenberg in the heartland of the south, Opfen. Some wanted to grab at the central regions and include them in a process of unification, others wanted to leave them be. Some didn’t even want to unify the south, and follow the trends of the central and western states of the Erstaat. A few did, Deno broke away from the southern states as an independent Principality.

When Deno left, the remaining states decided to unite under one flag, and one King in a consolidated Constitutional Monarchy. In Deces of 4301, after a year of deliberation, the south became the Opfen Empire. They set to choose their ruler, and looked to the wealthiest family in the south called the Fronds. The Frond family had lived in Opfen for 240 years farming the lands, and investing heavily in their own trade industry, owning 3 ships that sailed around Opfen Bay, and Zagria, at it’s farthest reaching the Doloman Isles. These regions would make up the Opfen Empire.

Revolution: 4832-4836
King Maximilian IV ruled Opfen with an iron fist. When in 4830 he made it illegal to criticize the crown as he began to receive much backlash for his internal policy regarding farmers -making it mandatory to sell 60% of your yield to the royal family so they could turn around and sell it. Following the publishing of a pamphlet titled Rights of the Opfen Citizenry: An Opposition to The Crown by philosopher Heinrich Falenstein, Maximilian began killing open heretics to the crown. On Janus 12th, 4832, 500 Royal Guards opened fire into a crowd of protesters, and shortly there after, the revolutionary movement began.

Members of the Opfen Assembly -the only democratically chosen seats in the Empire- voted for independence. It's strongest proponent was a man from Hollen, James Grossen who became a famed orator for his speech "An Appeal to Liberty" which pushed the Assembly to declare independence on Marus 10th 4832. The next legislation passed was the formation of an Army. Former General in the Opfen Military, Rittenite, and immigrant from Alaverton Spencer Ashby was chosen to lead. He formed in 3 months, an army 20,000 strong. He divided it into 3 corps and began a march from Tolsbruck where the Assembly was based, towards Weisenberg. Ashby led the 1st Corps,known as The Steel Corps into battle at Frie Run in the state of Opfen on Junus 19th. Ashby battled a force twice his size. The 2nd and 3rd corps were spared, marching to hit the rear of the enemy. Ashby found favorable ground to hold off, and around 3 PM the 2nd and 3rd corps smashed into the rear of the Royal Army led by brother to the King, Henry Frond. The Battle of Frie Run was devastating to the royals, but also to the 1st corps, losing 1,800 men in a single day.

Fighting erupted in Central Opfelden and would last until 4834, the Opfelden Independent Army becoming bogged down in the mountains for two years attempting to thwart the large force of Royal troops assaulting them. This two year campaign by the Royals ended in the Battle of Nueschloss Pass on Noves 9th, 4834. Ashby assaulted the position of Henry Frond and dislodged the troops, trapping them in the mountains for months where they froze and starved to death, finally surrendering on Janus 1st, 4835. With that slogfest in the mountains over, Ashby pushed on Weisenberg and by Junus 4835, he began to lay siege to the capital. After three months of siege the city surrendered, the Royals were exiled, but both Maximilian and Henry were shot by firing squad.

Early Opfelden:
Two months after the war is over, The Congress elects James Grossen as the First President of The Opfelden Republic. He serves for 3 years before passing away from the flu in winter in 4839. He passes legislation to create the National Assembly to replace the Opfen Assembly, acting as a more efficient legislative branch than the prior.

The early years of Opfelden's history proved a slow burn of events leading to civil war in 4870. Most early Presidents were from the warm, agriculturally independent and thriving South. The South benefited greatly from Zagrian slave trade and stealing, putting many to work on farms and plantations. According to Opfelder historian Art Rueder:

''Slaves were often stolen from the tribal regions of Zagria, and nations like Nebukhadar. The State of Ritteny was an obvious port for the slave trade to thrive in as dealers smuggled thousands into Kreigsland across the water, they’d stuff them into boats and ship them across the mouth of Gerrick Bay into the port city of Reichenstag, where they could be distributed for sale across the country. Records from the 4860’s show that slave trade brought in 74% of Ritteny’s total profit, as it didn’t have much in the way of farm fields to sell crops. The railroad system only made it easier for the transport of slaves out of Ritteny.''

Many Presidents like James Grossen and Buford Belson were opposed to slavery and adopted measures to limit it and stop it. However, others such as Spencer Ashby and his successor, Richard Vicenslau, passed significant legislation to protect the trade. Ashby reverted the steps Belson had taken to outlaw slavery, and openly encouraged it. He owned a sprawling estate called "Malvern Creek" in Ebenen in which he had 112 slaves working for him. Vicenslau, a member of the first political party, The Development party, passed legislation that increased slave trade, and was able to begin exporting heavy amounts of tobacco, cotton, and corn.

The Tammany War of 4850
The First true conflict Opfelden participated in following the revolution was an engagement between Saalbruck and Forlia after a border dispute turned violent. Forlia and Saalbruck both claimed ownership of the Tammany River valley in Eastern Saalbruck. The nations declared war and did battle at the town of Fedderburg on the Tammany River on Apris 2nd, 4850. The Forlians won the battle and pushed further into Saalbruck. On Apris 28th, a Brigade of Forlians accidentally wandered into Brawia and engaged with militia there, killing 23 men. The Opfelden government believed it to be an attack on it's people, and aided Saalbruck in it's war against Forlia.

General Thomas Ackerman led the Opfedler army, only about 13,000 strong then, in an offensive into Southern Saalbruck to expel the Forlians. At the Battle of Zelt, Mayus 30th, the Opfelders beat the Forlians and pushed them into the Tammany River Valley. There they engaged them with the Saalbruckers at the Battle of Seden Hall which lasted 3 days in Junus.

After 6 more months of war, the Forlians surrendered and the Tammany Valley was given to Saalbruck. Opfelden was given a trade deal to navigate the Tammany freely to transport goods.

The Civil War: 4870-75
The Opfelden Civil War was a major conflict that took place within the borders of Opfelden. It was fought over the abolition of slavery and the south's reliance on the trade and slave labor to harvest crops. The first state to secede was Ritteny followed by others.

Order of states to secede:


 * 1) Ritteny
 * 2) Ebenen
 * 3) Brawia
 * 4) Westerol
 * 5) Straushaufe
 * 6) Braumstadt
 * 7) Tyrilis
 * 8) Sudbergen
 * 9) Gaelis

The South formed the Commonwealth of Ritteny and elected Albert Klein from Ritteny to lead them. The North was under leadership of James Maelstorn. Gaelis seceded and declared itself neutral in the conflict under the Presidency of Hans Ruebert.The first major battle of the war took place at Astor Point, a railroad junction in Tyrilis in Mayus of 4870. The Northern Army under command of 78 year old Genl. Thomas Ackerman. The Battle left 934 men dead and ended in a major Northern defeat. This led to a full counteroffensive by the rebels into the north. The offensive was headed by southern General Barts Haedon, commander of the Army of Brawia.

The Southerners would eventually push into Krauppen and Kustenland and seize all of Nordens in the Nordens Expedition by southern Cavalry commander Samuel Bach. They would also invade Opfen and push towards Weisenberg but were repelled. While the north was being taken by storm by the rebels, the northern army saw sucess in the south and captured the Commonwealth's capital and most of Ritteny. They also cleared out northern Straushaufe and began an offensive for the new southern capital of Ledensburgh in Brawia. Battles in the north would rage on until the southern armies were expelled by the summer of 4871.

In Augus 4871, Gaelis was invaded by the rebels and seized. They still had operations in Nordens but were finally expelled by allied Opfelder-Saalbrucker forces in 4873.

The third major battle would take place in 4872 in Februs when the Southerners once again pushed to Weisenberg via the Shoberg mountains and funneling out into the Aermont. Genl. Haedon would be stopped by new norther Genl. Joseg Wurton at the Battle of Viterlan in Opfen (Februs 12-13). Over two days the armies clashed and the southerners were victorious. They laid seige to the capital and were assaulted by the northern Army of the Shenan called down from Kustenland (still recovering from the campaigns of the previous summer). That ended the invasion.

The Second Battle of Tolsbruck would prove crucial in Septes of 4872 and the rebels would lose control of Ritteny, Ebenen, and parts of Straushaufe. The southerners operated a guerrilla war in the lost land however. The most significant being the Riot of Ritteny in which rebel forces attempted to recapture the state from within itself. This led to the culminating action at Appendale between northern and Ritteny Rebel cavalry. The northerners claimed victory.

In 4873 the north closed in and seized control of the Shoberg Mountains and began to "tighten the noose." By the last major battle of the war in Junus 4875 at the rebel capital, it was already over for the south, and the armies surrendered.

James Maelstorn had freed the slaves in northern territories by 4871. His sucessor, Franz Hapsman freed them in the south in 4875 after Maelstorn stepped down.

The Sulue War 4922
The victor of the election of 4918 was Nicholas Bergmen of the Federalist Party. Bergmen was the first President to drive an armored vehicle (Haddlermensch Mk.1) which was a large "landship" that moved at 1 mph, fire a machinegun (Liefel .336) and see modern battleships in action (destroying pirating fleets). After watching a demonstration of these weapons, he demanded they be put to use in the military. He began sending troops around the world to display the might of the now fully developed Opfelden military. This backfired as the island nation of Marma believed they were being invaded and engaged in The Battle of Tei Tei, the first truly foreign engagement the Opfelden military fought in. Bergmen was quick to apoligize and offered a payment of reparation, and one battleship to the government of Marma, they gladly accepted. Bergmen continued his grand tour and became the First President to travel to different nations on active diplomatic missions. He was reelected in 4922. There he saw an urge to actually use the military force available and capture land, and win a conflict.

Bergmen set his target on the nation of The House of Sulue, a traditionalist state with a small monarchy under King Haiko Mai Sulue. Haiko Mai had criticized openly the government of Opfelden, giving off warnings and threats and there "war provoking Grand Tour. They seek to flaunt and rattle their sabers to scare us. We are not scared." Shortly thereafter, Bergmen petitioned the National Assembly to declare war on Haiko and the House of Sulue which he claimed to be "perpetuators of tyranny and the old monarchy." They passed the vote and on Marus, 22nd, 4922, The Sulue War began.

The first fight of the war was the naval bombardment of the city of Lilia, Sulue. Most of the coastal region of the city was laid to waste. Haiko responded with deploying his own naval force, made mostly of old surplus battleships bought from other nations. The Royal Navy engaged with two ships of the Opfelder fleet (OBS Neddington and OBS Morrison) on Apris 5th off the coast of Lilia. The Battle of Lilia was a landslide victory for the Opfelder fleet taking 1 casualty, a slight wounding from a piece of shrapnel. Three Sulue ships were sunk, the rest fled off to the west. This made space for infantry to make landfall in the destroyed city and move west towards the capital city of Aianue.

The Royal Infantry was deployed to attack the advancing Opfelders and push them back. The two armies met at Sin Li and battled for two days. The Battle of Sin Li was an Opfelder victory. (156 killed, 340 wounded.) The Royal Army was armed with bolt action Samasak 18 Rifles, where as the Opfelders had a larger variety of small arms, and as well, the Shulfelding 03A, their own bolt action infantry rifle.

After the first engagement, the Royal Army was pushed back to Aianue, and defended the city for 6 days. The Battle of Aianue ended with another Aianue victory (supported by navy) but was very costly. Out of 10,000 deployed infantrymen, 871 were killed, and 2,000 were wounded. There were over 1,300 Sulue dead, and 3,000 wounded. The war continued for a month as the Sulue family escaped to Xin, but were forced to surrender after Marines stormed the city on Mayus 10th, killing 200 Royal Guards, and losing 48 of their own men. They captured Haiko Mai and forced him to surrender. He gave Opfelder ownership of the Li Mo and Su Isles in the south. Here, Bergmen constructed a massive naval port, and marine outpost.

After the war was over, Bergmen's presidency was too. He was replaced by a member of the Progress Party, Seiger Tolsi. Tolsi was a staunch anti-war advocate in the National Assembly, and formally apologized to Sulue after his election in 4925. They rejected it, and threatened to send an invasion force to recapture the Su Isles. They did, but to no avail, after a short naval engagement near the farthest north Su Island (Min Wey), they never attempted to retake the islands, losing 5 ships in the process. Tolsi said nothing of the matter but burried the few casualties of the Battle at Min Wey in a special plot atop a hill in Wagenrville, overlooking the naval academy there.

The Ashfall Years
In 4935, Bodraz Pripelli, member of the Progressive Party would take the reigns of president. Pripelli's parents emigrated from Otvor, where he was born, in 4908 when he was 5, he was raised on a small farm in central Bergland,  and ran successfully for National Assembly in 4930, the youngest representative ever, and the youngest President ever, elected at age 32. Pripelli furthered Gossars' work and protected minority groups in the country. Dozens of newspapers published headlines based on his ethnicity: NOT THE OPFELDEN WE USED TO KNOW.

He traveled to Sulue to apologize for the war in which his older brother fought and died in in 4922. Again, Haiko rejected, and would not speak to any Opfelder's. Haiko died three months later, and his 38 year old son, Gaio Mai took over as King. Gaio was able to fix what his father had broken. He accepted the apology, and offered gifts of 50 small jade elephants to Pripelli. Pripelli won his run for reelection in 4938 which put him in tough spot in 4940 after the devastating eruption of a supervolcano that caused catalysmic damage to the whole world. Southern portions of Opfelden were flooded after Tsunami's struck. An earthquake leveled the city of Brucksbad, Hessland, Kuste, and Alte Strasse, killing 230,000 people. 87% of the nations power went out for 6 months, and led to looting and rioting in large cities. Pripelli guided the nation through this crisis, and by state of emergency remained president for two extra years to fix the situation. After dumping billions into reconstruction, he gave billions more in foreign aid to worse off nations. He sent out the Opfelder Army to devastated nations in the south as a relief force, and eventually would supply troops to help the Coalition against Mudari and Kongar to stop their self destructive nature from spreading.

Soulner Presidency
in 4948 president Franz Soulner was elected. Diplomatically, Soulner was more of a War Hawk, and sent out three military expeditions in his 3 years. The first in 4948 was to Sulue in which he invaded the Xienshen Isles in the North. The Xienshen campaign was highly unsuccessful and led to the deaths of over 1,000 marines. For 7 months, without naval support, the Su Corps attempted to take the islands but failed as Sulue dumped most of its forces into the area to defend. No declaration of war was declared, but Soulner claimed these expeditions were for "security purposes" and claimed that no official declaration was needed. The second expedition was a naval campaign around Leton, an "unexplored backwater ripe for capture." While Soulner established naval superiority, he was asked by a handful of world leaders to avoid conflict in the area, or they would enact harsh trade policies upon Opfelden. Soulner withheld any further action in the area. The final expedition was into neighboring Nebukhadar. This was, according to Soulner, "purely political." He used this action to force Nebukhadar to give their neighbors a "fair deal" for oil and fuel exports. This worked, but he pushed further and fought at the Battle of Sha Plain, on Augus 15th, 4950 in which the Opfelder Infantry from the 2nd Corps captured a small town and fought of the Nebuhkhadar infantry. The Opfelder's won, and withdrew the 2nd Corps back into Kreigland to defend the border.The National Assembly eventually drew up articles of impeachment against Soulner, who in turn, resigned. He later died in a car accident while visiting Elissia.

Advancing Science
In the Election of 4963, Soloman Baumer, Grandson of 19th President Laurin Baumer, Solomon was a Federalist, unlike his grandfather (A libertarian). Baumer proposed a National Agency for Space Exploration as he was quite taken by research being done at the National Science Institute, but the bill didn't pass as the National Assembly believed it to be unimportant. Instead, he then focused on something he could control, and contracted for a small fleet of submarines to be built, and three for scientific research and deep sea exploration. By 4965, 15 submarines were built, and roaming the seas around the world. The three designated for exploration were given the special title of ORV (Opfelden Research Vessel) and were named after units from the Sulue War. They were the ORV Little Devil,  Brawia Crawler, and The Rifle of Kustenland (The plurals were removed of course).

Baumer was reelected in 4967, and once again tried to create the NASE, and the National Assembly agreed this time round. They hired the top engineers from the National Science Institute, physicists, mathematicians and more to work and began testing small rockets that were capable of reaching the edge of the atmosphere of Macros. The first 14 models failed, but the Mk. 15 succeeded,  and work began on larger rockets, and the potential to launch TV satellites to broadcast live across the nations.

In 4969, the Reisender Satellite, which was more to transmit data was launched into orbit. It was followed by a few more scientific satellites before the Übertragung 1 was launched, and was able to transmit radio and television signal. The first video signal ever sent was from the headquarters of the NASE in Apelgrusse to the NSI in the capital. The video was simply a man drinking coffee at his desk with a piece of paper that said "NASE > NSI".(edited)

Baumer was awarded the NSI "Medal of Achievement" for getting the NASE off the ground after he retired and said to the crowd, "I never the thought it would happen, but a few seats changed in the Assembly, and so did a few minds, and here we are. People across the nation can watch this live because of the minds at NASE and NSI, despite their friendly rivalry."

Second Sulue War: 4970-72
President Lisel Mauer, elected 4970, was in a terrible accident which put her into a vegetative state. Her Vice President Thomas Schwarz took office in her place. Schwarz began the expansion of military basses in Sulue, and begins working on the installation of a submarine docking area in Li Mo -all of which violates the Bo Pact of 4949. King Nini Mai threatened an engagement if the military buildup in the area, he would declare war. And on Noves 13th, 4971, he did. Schwarz received quite a positive voter margin in favor of the war after the bombing of a small Marine outpost on the island of Nih, killing 23. Schwarz ordered General Markus Hammlin to invade and engage the enemy. General Hammlin set his target on the city of Shu Tzi as it was nearby, and a vital point of commerce for the Sulue nation. On Noves 15th, the Southern Fleet arrived and bombed the city into submission. For two days they fired, fighting off the tiny Sulue airforce at the same time, taking down 3 jets, losing a handful of men.

On Noves 18th, the land invasion began. 12,000 Marines invaded the flattened city, finding little resistance. 18 miles north of the city, however, 3,000 Infantry soldiers were lying in wait, dug in to the surrounding hillsides. On Noves 19th, when a forward advance of Marines, Company C of the 76th Battalion, wandered into the village of Moladesh, they were ambushed, all were killed. Shortly after, the main force arrived and engaged for 5 days in the hills of Moladesh, taking heavy casualties before pushing the Sulue's from the Heights. The Battle of Moladesh left 290 Marines dead, and 608 Sulue's dead. The Marines used the commanding hills to place artillery on, and fire down into the Xhi-Zen Valley. On Noves 24th, the Marines pushed down into the Valley and found that in the foothills of each mountain were large fortifications with hundreds of soldiers in them. In detail, the Marines began numbering the hills, and taking them. The bloodiest of the fighting was at Hill #131, where the 99th, and 104th Marine battalion struggled for two days to capture the well defended high ground. It cost them 75 men in the process. It took a whole month to clear the area. The Battle of Xhi-Zen Valley was the longest continual fight any Opfelder military force undertook.

With reinforcements under General George Haups, the Marines saw a surge of renewed strength at The Battle of Yangje on Deces 28th, when they struck the Sulue defenses on Mount Yangje. Meanwhile in the Su Isles, 20,000 army infantry arrived and prepared a land invasion of the Tem Lou Isles, beginning in South Tem Lou. On Deces 30th, the 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Corps of the Army of Opfelden made landfall, and began sweeping across the island. This inspired the local military group the "Liberation Army of Tem Lou"to resist, and fight back Iversons Brigade at The Battle of Yamakania, in which they attacked the 1,500 soldiers in the village, forcing them out into an open rice paddy in which they took heavy fire, leaving 186 dead, and 350 wounded. The Marines were still pushing north on Tutiex Island, nearing the city of Xin on Janus 17th, 4972.

The Army was stuck in it's place for nearly two weeks before a breakthrough at The Battle of Wi Village in which the Airforce carpet bombed the village and surrounding forrest, leaving an estimated amount of 1,200 Sulues dead. On Janus 20th, the army moved forward with little resistance until they reached Mouli strait. The Sulue fleet was there and began bombarding the armies position. On Janus 22nd, The Southern Fleet arrived and engaged the Sulue Fleet at the Battle of Mouli Strait, forcing the Royal boats out and away. Transport ships were arranged after the shelling of Mouli, and by Janus 27th, the city was captured.

The Liberation Army came out now in full force and attacked the 1st Corps at the 2 day long Battle of Jinhau Creek. Jinhau Creek was an embarrassing defeat for the Army, forcing them back into Mouli. When more troops were being  brought into Sulue, and being dropped off a the northern tip of North Tem Lou to trap the Liberation Army in the middle. The Battle of Shin Ding Mountain in the north proved the Liberation Army was far larger than expected. Meanwhile, the Marines were busy capturing the city of Xin, and being bombarded in the process. After capturing the city, the Marine Corps was forced to escape into the surrounding jungles where they were ambushed by more infantry at The Fight for Little Hill in which the Marines dug in on a series of hills for protection, holding off droves of infantry for weeks on end, receiving very low food and munitions shipments.

When the Fight for Little Hill ended with the Sulue forces retreating on Februs 2nd, the exhausted Marine Corps remained in their hill top defenses until further orders were given. The army was making slow, but sure strides against the Liberation Army in North Tem Lou. They beat the local rebels at the Skirmish for Quing Sha, and the short battle for Ridge #9. However, they were stopped in their tracks at the base of the Banganuur Mountains. The army in the South was able to enter in a small valley path that led zigzagging through the mountains, but in the north, they stopped in their tracks. Meanwhile, the Marines were finally picked up in Xin, and shipped back to their base in the Li Mo Isles, replaced by the 2nd Army Marine Corps, who began an invasion of the Xieshen Islands. Making the first amphibious invasion under fire at the Battle for the Tinen Beach-head, the Marines struggled for three days until Februs 17th, before breaking the enemy lines. The Opfelder navy, however, was on a campaign, bombarding the capital city, fighting the Sulue fleet, and airforce. King Nini Mai chose to remain in the capital for his people, which ultimately led to his death on Februs 27th, when he was being escorted to a bunker in the city hall, a shell exploded overhead killing him and 8 other royals, sparing his two young sons, Bani Mai, aged 16, and Jungli, aged 8. Jungli died 2 weeks later of an infection. Bani was now the King, his father and mother killed, he wanted to win. However, as Marines captured the Xieshen Islands, and soon made landfall in Aianue, he surrendered. The Second Sulue War was over.