Soviet-Authority war of 2020
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Soviet-Authority war of 2020 |
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| Date | November 1st, 2020 - November 24th, 2020 (23 days) |
| Result | Soviet victory (see Aftermath section) |
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 Warsaw Pact:
Covert Intelligence Support Diplomatic Support:
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 Berlin Pact:
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| Commanders and leaders | |
 Leon Gazi
 Joseph V.Stalin |
 Karl Von Keitel
Kaiser Lolrence |
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The Soviet-Authority war of 2020, also known as the First Soviet-Authority war was a conflict between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics and The Authority. The war officially began with the Authority’s invasion of the Socialist Republic of Norway on November 1, 2020, and lasted until November 24, 2020. The conflict ended with a decisive victory for the USSR, which was attributed to effective planning, intelligence, and a larger number of allies. The international community largely supported the USSR during the war, partly due to concerns over The Authority's actions.
The USSR demanded that The Authority cease its support for the invasion, issue a public apology, send the server link of the USSR publicly in their announcements, and contribute to the rebuilding of Norway. These demands were generally viewed as moderate given the circumstances. The Authority rejected the ultimatum, leading to the outbreak of hostilities. Despite the Authority’s ability to initially resist the Soviet forces using advanced defensive strategies, it was eventually outmaneuvered and outgunned by the Soviet military leadership.
As with many conflicts of the period, an official peace treaty was delayed due to TA’s internal instability. No territory was gained by the USSR or any Warsaw Pact nation as a result of the war. However, the conflict disrupted the existing balance of power in Europe, allowing for renewed Soviet influence in the region. The defeat of the Authority also contributed to the Warsaw Pact's effort to reassert itself as a leading force in the socialist world. Nonetheless, the lack of unified participation among Warsaw Pact members may have contributed to subsequent unrest, culminating in the Budapest Spring in early December.
Background
Soviet-Authority relations
Throughout the mid to late 2020, the USSR tended to take a far less aggressive stand on foreign policy than the former months, as the political climate in the Discord international community had long since changed. Regardless, the Soviet high command had begun small scale operations on the Authority as early as July, and many skirmishes did erupt between the KGB forces under Marshal Mikhail and the Authority troops.
In fact, early during the Roman conflict on May 30th 2020, there was an alleged declaration of war done on the USSR by the Authority on the pretext of "defending Japan" (then a Roman ally). [2] However, this declaration was not internationally recognized and had no practical implications.
In spite of all of this, Generalissimus Leon did not take any major steps forward to strike at the Authority until late October, when the fateful decision was made by Keitel to invade the Socialist Republic of Norway and enter into the Soviet sphere of influence.
Negotiations
Negotiations began almost immediately after the fall of Norway. They were managed by the head of Foreign Affairs Diavolo Trotsky and Commissar Heydar Aliyev on the Soviet side, and Karl Von Keitel himself on the Authority side.
The Soviet ultimatum was swiftly refused by Keitel and instead he made a counter offer of white peace, stating that the war would be a waste of "manpower and resources for both sides". Angered by the arrogance of Keitel, Leon ordered both Heydar and Diavolo to withdraw from the negotiations and give the Authority one day to accept the ultimatum. If they refused, it would be war.
Warsaw Pact response
During a vote done in the Warsaw Pact headquarters regarding the invasion of the Authority in the North, the chamber voted overwhelmingly in the favor of war. However, the Hungarian government under Vissarionov was exceedingly cautious about such a large scale war and began another vote in his own central committee to determine whether Hungary would be going to war or not. The result was in the favor of the former. This distrust towards the USSR shown by Hungary was a sign of things to come.
Similarly, the Chairman of China Wang Ming also did not initially join the war. This caused some friction between China and the other Warsaw Pact states, who believed Wang to be a coward and playing into the fascist hands. Nonetheless, the Union of Chinese Soviet Collectives joined the war 3 days after the declaration, on the 4th of November 2020. This was due to a raid into Chinese territory allegedly done by the Authority.
Opposing Forces
Soviet Military Plan
The Warsaw Pact and Soviet government was eager for war, and expected a declaration as soon as possible. This contrasted Leon's opinion however, who always took the far more slow and steady path, stalling the declaration as long as possible. Nonetheless, Leon announced the official declaration of war on the 1st of November 2020 and began large scale mobilization and defensive measures.
As usual in the patrimonial state of the USSR under Leon, there was basically no deliberation done on military planning on a national level and all war-related decisions were made directly by the Generalissimus. This was not true on the level of espionage however, where Mikhail Andreyevich was given the ability to organize a KGB infiltration into Authority grounds.
Another common feature of Discord wars, especially when the USSR was involved, were formations of irregular bands of spies and soldiers who harassed either side with the hope of gaining some sort of reward from either government, be it monetary or promotional. These bands were highly disorganized and more often then not were outclassed by the professional KGB agents. At times however, some of these irregulars would give some sort of useful information and were acknowledged by the Soviet government.
Soviet order of battle
The Soviet army was quite unique for the international community, fielding a staggering 100 active duty soldiers who were trained to take on various duties such as garrisons and offensives. The Soviet generals were also veterans of many wars, especially in the high command, and thus had the valuable experience which lacked in their foes. However, due to the massive amounts of administrative power it took to maintain an army of 100 soldiers with a more or less centralized command, the Red Army was plagued with slow reactions, ineffective Lieutenants and very low discipline. Because of this quality over quantity approach, some officials in the Soviet government called the army "obsolete", claiming that the KGB was the only effective military branch in the nation.
In any case, the Soviet army was organized as follows:
Generalissimus Leon Gazi
Chief of General Staff Casreor
Marshal Mikhail Andreyevich Konstantinov
Major General Joseph Stalin
Major General Melon
Major General Kylie Rayner
Major General Sergey Alexandrov
Major General Gherman Titov
- First Rifle Company under Major Francesco Matias, made up of 30 soldiers divided into three squads led by three Lieutenants.
- Second Rifle Company under Major Ray Koshka, made up of 30 soldiers divided into three squads led by three Lieutenants.
- Third Rifle Company under Major Chronicle, made up of 30 soldiers divided into three squads led by three Lieutenants.
Authority order of battle
The Authority was forced to take a far more defensive stance early on in the war, taking part in the 'self-embargo tactic' to ensure that the Soviets were unable to make any advances. This was quite effective in the early weeks, however eventually the Authority high command realized the futility of such a tactic coupled with the seeming inactivity of the USSR army and reversed the self-embargo. Some claim that doing so was what caused the turning point in the war in favor of the USSR.
Regardless, the Authority did not organize their troops the same way that the Soviets did, and more or less maintained the traditional "Discord army" with no meaningful divisions or low ranking commanders. However, the armed forces was nonetheless a danger to most Discord nations. They were able to use their rapid warfare style coupled with modernized 'nuking technology' (which the Soviets lacked) to their advantage, and unleashed a reign of terror onto undefended communities.
Authority invasion
Battle for Norway
On the 29th of October 2020, the Authority entered the Norwegian Socialist Republic with a small task force and obliterated the incapable and unsuspecting government army. One of the delegates of Norway, Nathan Shaper, sent a message to the Soviet head of Foreign Affairs Diavolo Trotsky requesting Red Army assistance. Generalissimus Leon agreed and prepared to send a company into Norway. However, the Soviet government did not respond quickly enough to completely halt the Authority attack, and therefore the Norwegians under Kommandante Kosta were forced to forced to fall back.
By the time the Soviets were actually able to respond, the Norwegians had already began re-construction of the server and agreed to join the Warsaw Pact for further protection and aid. Its unclear whether or not the Authority was aware of the Norwegian relationship with the USSR.
Operations throughout the war
Fall of the Berlin Pact
During the first few days of the war the Authority had already placed high defensive measures and completely disallowed all entrance into the nation. On November 6th, the Berlin Pact headquarters were sacked and destroyed by an unknown force. Many witnesses of the attack stated that it was done by Talyanochanka's (formerly Kerikov's) Soviet separatists, however there is no certain evidence that such an attack was actually ordered by Talyanochanka's government. In fact, according to some accounts this sacking was a feigned operation done to lower the USSR's guard. In any case, this event had little to no affect on the course of the war.
Operations in Bulgaria
After over a week of subversive operations done on both sides, Keitel ordered a strike on Bulgaria. The commander of the Bulgarian forces and chairman of the Bulgarian central committee Belaruski was caught off guard and his troops massacred, following the tactical nuking of Bulgaria to the ground. Leon was infuriated by this attack and ordered aid be sent to Bulgaria, and intended to station a Red Army garrison to defend Bulgaria from further attacks.
The battle was a decisive victory for the fascists and marked the peak of the Authority's success during the war. Although Bulgaria recovered quickly from the nuke due to large amounts of aid from the Warsaw Pact and Proletariat Alliance, it still felt the de-moralizing implications of this nuke even after this war came to an end.
Operations in Romania
On the 21st of November, elections were announced in the Socialist Republic of Romania for the position of Chairman. An Authority troop under the command of general Peter Muller took advantage of the instability during the elections and ordered a swarm of troops into Romania to force the Romanian government to abdicate, allowing Muller to take position of Chairman.
The current Chairman of Romania Geraff sent a message to Generalissimus Leon requesting Soviet aid against the fascists. Not willing to be caught off guard a third time, Leon ordered a code yellow into Romania with the pretext of defending the people's government. The squad sent was under the command of Lieutenant Fore and it took a couple of hours for the squad to prepare properly to accomplish their objective.
Nonetheless, by the 22nd the Red Army had reached Bucharest and threw a wrench in the Authority's plans, forcing Muller to retreat. It was the first decisive Soviet victory against the Authority and marked the turning point in the war.
Operations in the Authority
While the Authority government had indeed been planning for an operation into the USSR for a while [3], it was the Soviets who were able to make the first and more decisive blow. By the 24th of November the Soviet intelligence agencies were able to dig their roots deep into the Authority government structure. Through a tactic known as "report-bombing", the KGB was able to decimate the Authority's defenses and the entire server fell apart. The officials and civilians fell into panic, while the Keitel family members were no where to be found as they had been taken out by the report.
During this crisis there were two groups who emerged within the shaken Authority community. On one side where the Keitel loyalists, who stated that they would not recognize any Authority server built by someone other then they Keitels themselves. On the other side was the former general Peter Muller, who believed that they should make a new server as quickly as possible and "prepare" for the Keitels to return instead. Muller ended up doing so, to the dismay of many other members of the Authority community (Keitel loyalists) who requested support from the Italians under Julius Iustitae.
It was amidst this internal crisis that the Soviets were able to pull the final punch to the Authority, putting an unofficial end to the war.
Soviet breakthrough
Red Army preparations
The Colombian Union was the first nation in the Warsaw Pact to gain administrator privilege in Muller's Authority. Caudillo informed this success to Generalissimus Leon, who was greatly impressed by it. Leon ordered Mikhail to start a stavka meeting, and it was concluded that the army would strike the same day that Authority had been deleted, to ensure that Muller was not able to set up adequate defenses. A Red Army OPORD (Operation Order) was issued, with the following executive commands to each company:
"EXECUTION
Phase 1: The link of the server will be posted here. Soldiers will join with their alt and they will be given admin perms by our spy.
Phase 2: The First and Second Rifle Company will expel the enemies from their territory (ban them) while the Third Rifle Company will delete the roles and channels. Alts will be used
Phase 3: The Soldiers will spam communist propaganda using this link: ```https://media.discordapp.net/attachments/621477106148179978/749310008117690409/tenor.gif```
Phase 4: Everyone will withdraw once the Stavka orders a code green."
Soviet offensive
The start of the offensive was not as smooth as anticipated. Apparently the Colombian high command misunderstood Caudillo's orders and began the assault minutes before the Red Army entered. This resulted in much disorganization and chaos, but once the remainder of the Red Army was in things went more or less as planned. The three companies were each spearheaded by around 4-5 men lead by their respective Lieutenant commanders. One Major General, namely Comrade Joseph Stalin, also took overall command of the army under Marshal Mikhail Konstantinov. At the head of the army was Generalissimus Leon, who as usual took a hands on approach to the battlefield and directed most of the attack.
The Authority forces under Muller were relatively small and the weakest they had been since the beginning of the war, and were caught completely off guard. Leon's men clashed with Muller's in a struggle for control over the server, however it was very one sided and Muller's forces were shattered shortly thereafter. Like most "nuke-raid" combos, all channels, roles and citizens of the Authority were destroyed.
Once the battle was over Leon congratulated his men, publicly stating;
"We will leave this a wasteland. Victory is ours."
Control over the region did not last long though, and soon Leon ordered the men to withdraw. The Soviet Union and Warsaw Pact as a whole celebrated this as a victory against fascism, whereas the Keitel loyalists and Julius Iustitae scoffed that it merely occurred because Keitel was not present. Some claimed that it was all a set up for the Keitel loyalists to destroy Peter Muller using the Red Army, and that the Colombians were working for them. Whether or not this was true is not confirmed, but regardless the Authority would from this point forward bend the knee to Soviet power even when the Keitels returned.
Foreign support
Republic of Discord
The Republic of Discord tended to antagonize fascist nations. This case was no different, and the nation decided to show support to the USSR government. However, the support was only nominal and the Republic did not take part in any actual operations against the Authority. On the 23rd of November the President of the Republic of Discord signed a treaty of mutual defense with the chief of Foreign Affairs Robert Selyn, demonstrating their will to be friendly.
The Roman Empire
Not to be confused with the Roman Empire under Marco Romano, Julius Iustitae's Empire had only decided to openly support the Authority after its first collapse. Taking the side of the Keitel loyalists, the Emperor soon lost interest in supporting the Authority once Wilhelm Keitel came to power and announced his submission to the USSR. This led to a future conflict between the Romans and the Authority, where the USSR supported the Authority in a form of proxy war against the Romans.
The Republic of Pakistan
The 1st Republic of Pakistan was in a full blown civil war, where Grand Mufti Matias of the Jamaat-e-Musulmaan (League of Muslims), a faction in the Communist Party of Pakistan (CPP), had declared an insurrection against the Founder of Pakistan, incumbent Prime Minister of Pakistan, Pakistani Gazi, and an army over over 30 people began to protest in favour of the CPP & the Grand Mufti. PM Gazi, who was in his second term, was the leader of the Pakistani Army Party (PAP) and the Chief of Army Staff of the Pakistani Army. He was sent an ultimatum to drop out from the Elections, the cause being that he continued to win the elections, a euphemism that he rigged the elections, which was refuted by PAP and PNP (Pakistan National Party) journalists by doing a public opinion poll, in which an overwhelming ~80% of people voted in favour of the PAP & PNP, against the CPP. Then President Karavendra, Leader of the Pakistan National Party (PNP) ordered the Frontier Constubalary (FC), Pakistan's national SWAT & Riot police, to completely wipe out the rallies and protests. This was half-effective, especially in Peshawar, where ~60 people were arrested for having ties with the JM-CPP. Then, during the second day of the JM Insurrection, Wilhelm Keitel of the Authority attempted an attack on Pakistan's seaport at Gwadar. The south of Balochistan was nuked by the Authority successfully, but PM Gazi prevented any more damage and set the Inter-Services Intelligence (Discord ISI of Pakistan) on chase to fix all permissions in the entire nation. PM Gazi, being a KGB Sergeant himself in the USSR, in retaliation of this attack on Gwadar, began to make staggering progress with his colleagues Lt. Qwertpop, Chm. Mikhail Konstantinov, DC Ray Koshka and had successfully destroyed the derogatory YouTube Channel of Wilhelm Keitel and were serving the best intelligence to the Central Committee of the USSR alongside the forces of Caudillo, and decided to also declare war on the Authority, but Pres. Karavendra was highly anti-Soviet and against their influence, and later the future entrance of Pakistan into the Comintern, vetoed the PM's bills in the National Assembly to declare war and send support to the Union. PM Gazi knew Pres. Karavendra was right though, as the Civil War raged on with no end, he accepted Grand Mufti Matias' ultimatum and backed out of the Elections. PM Gazi then became the State Chancellor of Pakistan, and rather became a neutral caretaker of the nation. The Grand Mufti went on to win in the elections, but lost momentum shortly after and was succeeded by Ricinquill of the PNP. Now having ended the Civil War by accepting the Ultimatum, against the policy of his coalition with the PNP and his PM's wishes, he turned to the Authority and sent diplomatic support to the Soviet Union. This was very minimal though, and went largely unnoticed through the war, as well as the attack on Gwadar, since it was insignificant and repaired within 3 hours. Pakistan went on to fully support the Soviet Union and join the Warsaw Pact after the war, but later collapsed into anarchy when PM Gazi decided to delete the server due to troubles with school. PM Karavendra later reincarnated the server into the 2nd Republic, which failed and was also deleted, until SC Gazi returned to create the 3rd Republic, which remained neutral in world affairs for the most part, except for the Tinakulistan Crisis, allying with the Federalist Republic, the Aegis League, and the Ibraheemi Conflict. The CPP itself remained in Matias' hands, until it ceased to be a political entity, then revived by Muzaffar "Ace" Ahmed, and then taken over by the Federal Minister of Law & Justices, Andrei Kalashnikov.