Bloodbath in Zululand, Part 2:
The 13th of April 1613, at 7:30 in the morning, was the day and time a cheerful voice woke up Shaka from his dreams
Good morning
hope you had a nice and peaceful rest this night
GAAAAAHHHH
yawn
.GAAAAAAAHHHH
Don Deity
what the hell are YOU doing here in my bedroom
and how the hell did you manage to sneak in unnoticed???
Well
didnt you notice the door over there hanging in thin air?
Um
actually
yes, but the guys who installed it said they would build the room behind it later
and I was quite busy ruling my country, you know, so I didnt bother
Yeah, yeah, never mind
have you noticed my fleet and army hanging around next to kwaDuwhatever lately?
Yes, I have
and have you noticed OUR fleet and army next to it?
Well
never mind again
interested in a little war?
WHAT?
You
me
your army
my army
you know
fighting and such
WHAT?
Do you actually have breakfast service here?
Yes
off course
I only need to call the service
WAIT
what was that about WAR you mentioned earlier?
Nothing important
no need to spoil our breakfast with it
do you have these French stuff, called croissants?
GUARDS
GUARDS
Umh
if you should have croissants, just leave them in kwaDuwhatever, I will pick them up there
see you later
On the bridge of the USoF commando cruiser, General Supersnaat and Don Deity:
and why again didnt you just call Shaka for declaring on him?
Because it was early and I was hungry
but back to the invasion business
you know what you have to do?
Yes
we will start the attack on kwaDuwhatever the moment you leave
Fine
bye then
At 7:45 the same day, the USoF eastern fleet entered Zulu sea-territory near kwaDuwhatever and immediately opened fire once the harbour of kwaDuwhatever was in reach, with the sun in their backs. Everything happened so fast that the Zulu marine trapped in the harbour of kwaDuwhatever never had a chance to fight back. Under heavy fire from the USoF cruisers not a single Zulu ship managed to leave the harbour
6 heavy Zulu cruisers got sunk without firing a single shot themselves
Only 35 minutes later, the seafort above the harbour of kwaDuwhatever was already in ruins and the harbour defences were only firing sporadically
At 8:55 the first USoF landing divisions started to secure a beachhead right next to the harbour of kwaDuwhatever, and at 9:15, the first USoF artillery divisions already were in place and opened fire at the city itself. As expected, the 5 defending battalions of infantry in kwaDuwhatever immediately charged into the USoF beachhead to prevent the artillery to do its devastating work and to gain some time to organize a proper resistance in kwaDuwhatever. Due to having an extremely exposed position at the beach, the USoF forces couldnt stop the Zulu to reach the defenceless USoF artillery, but although the losses among the USoF artillery were incredible high, the brave USoF soldiers never stopped firing, even in the face of sure death.
At 9:40, the Zulu counterstrike came to a halt and most of the beach was under USoF control. Now bigger equipment could be disembarked and when the first USoF tanks appeared on the battlefield, the Zulu had to retreat back into the city, suffering heavy losses due to the constant bombardment of the remaining USoF artillery.
Still, the first USoF offence at 10:20 wasnt able to break through the Zulu defences and a lot of USoF tanks got trapped between the harbour of kwaDuwhatever and the city walls. The second USoF offence started at 10:45, this time with the clear goal to breaking the Zulu resistance in kwaDuwhatever once and for all. The USoF artillery concentrated fire on the remaining Zulu defenders at the beachside of the town and the USoF cruisers sized in parallel control over the harbour and started to open fire on the Zulu troops from the other side. Being trapped between massive artillery fire from two sides finally broke the moral of the Zulu defenders and when the first USoF tanks broke through the meanwile completely destroyed seaside city wall of kwaDuwhatever, the Zulu defenders finally capitulated to the USoF troops. At 11:30, the host of the USoF easten fleet was already safe inside the harbour of kwaDuwhatever and just in time when the first Zulu heavy cruiser got spotted on the radar, the remaining USoF fleet managed to pull into the harbour.
The USoF gunships got disembarked immediately after the harbour was secured, and already at 13:20, the inner city of kwaDuwhatever and most of the northern outskirts were tight under USoF control. There were some minor fights in the southern part of the town, where some Zulu troops tried to block the street and hinder the USoF advance by using guerrilla tactics, but with enough support of the heavily armed USoF gunships, the USoF ground troops had secured the whole city including the outskirts at around 16:30.
At 17:15, the USoF forces then launched another major operation in the countryside West of kwaDuwhatever, and at 17:30 they managed to deal a devastating blow to the mountain pass connecting kwaDuwhatever with Central Zululand, by destroying the only bridge connecting kwaDuwhatever with Central Zululand.
The offence in the north of kwaDuwhatever was aided by the USoF troops (EAG2) invading Zulu at the same time from the Mongolian side of the Kwadumbo Mountains, leaving only destroyed infrastructure behind. At 20:45, just when the sun was about to set, the northern Kwadumbo Mountains were also cut of from the Zulu side and the USoF army retreated through the save corridor towards kwaDuwhatever.
The red circles indicate, where the roads and railroad-lines have been cut
The seafort above the harbour in kwaDuwhatever was also bursting with activity, because the engineers within the USoF army were already busy with repairing all over the place and the USoF artillery was about to occupy the strategically important position high above the kwaDuwhatever harbour. With enough firepower gathered in the seafort of kwaDuwhatever, no Zulu ships would be able to approach the bay of kwaDuwhatever and the USoF navy would be able to operate relatively save in the costal waters in the bay. This was a very important part of Don Deity´s plan, because the artillery contained in the EAG2 had to be picked up in a small bay in the Kwadumbo Mountains where they were hidden, while the tanks destroyed the bridges and passes over the mountains, making them impassable for the Zulu forces and also the USoF artillery (see picture in previous storypost for embarkement point of EAG2 artillery...)
When the sun finally set at 21:20, General Supersnaat just had finished installing himself in the townhall of kwaDuwhatever, turning it into the USoF base of operation for the Zulu invasion
so far, everything had worked out as planned, now there was nothing left to do but to wait for the main Zulu counterstike
and the numbers of the USoF losses so far during the invasion on kwaDuwhatever were also still missing
Im happy for any feedback, suggestions, tips and hints concerning this game...
IMPORTANT NOTE:
If you want to play along or ahead feel free to pick any save you like. Only thing you REALLY should do is to use spoiler tags for anything AHEAD of the actual story.
The saves for this game I will post every 3-4 turnsets from now on
YOU WILL NEED THE WARLORDS 2.13 PATCH TO OPEN THE LAST SAVES
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See you Soon
Snaaty
)... ...then I moved with the transports into the harbour of the captured city and unload the rest there so they can still move to cut the roads
