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The next 12 years were periods of relative peace and periods of chaos across the country. Guerilla bands roamed the country, attacking targets of opportunity and occasionally clashing with elements of the Stenzan Security Force and Corummese Army in Stenza. These groups were loosely organized, manned by local volunteers who came and went and armed with whatever weaponry they could get hold of. It proved impossible for the Corummese to contain these guerillas however, with guerilla formations sometimes disappearing into thin air as guerillas hid their weapons in caches and returned to their villages to lay low. The guerillas also proved masters at eluding the Corummese and government forces across Stenza's diffucult terrain, their light nature and ability to live of the land allowing them to keep ahead of the supply-dependent attackers. News of Guerilla successes and the attacking of innocent civilians accused of helping the guerillas cause over the years, with their popularity increasing steadily.

Guerilla successes during these years include the disruption of Corummese export from Stenza to various degrees and the sinking of at least one Corummese warship in 1917. Corummese successes throughout these years include the killing of over 25,000 guerillas, with more than 45,000 alleged guerillas and guerilla supporters being killed as well. Corumesse losses through this period amounted to over 12,000 military losses and 6,000 civilians killed by the guerillas.

Guerilla successes during these years include the disruption of Corummese export from Stenza to various degrees and the sinking of at least one Corummese warship in 1917. Corummese successes throughout these years include the killing of over 62,000 guerillas, with more than 45,000 innocent alleged guerillas and guerilla supporters being killed as well. Corumesse losses through this period amounted to over 23,000 military losses and 12,000 civilians killed by the guerillas.

==Stenzan revolt and open warfare (1919-1921)==

===Xhipong Revolt===

===Xhipong Revolt and open warfare===

By 1919, secret public support for the Guerilla cause had grown considerably, with Stenzan workers and even elements of the Stenzan Security Force frequently discussing the guerillas and their successes among each others. Reprisals for such "guerilla supportive thoughts" were serious, with those caught being shot without as much as a second thought. On the 7th of July, 1919 a young Stenzan officer by the name of [[Li Xhipong]], a company commander in the Stenzan Security Force, walked into his Corummese superior's office and shot the colonel in the face. The body was hung from a flagpole and the mostly Stenzan garrison revolted against their Corummese superiors. Xhipong declared the Free Stenzan Army then and thare, claiming they would "fight for a free Stenzan state or die trying". The revolting force held onto their camp at Putetina a week until forced out by a superior force of Corummese regulars sent from Xīwàng, fleeing into the mountains to regroup. At this time, word had spread among other dissatisfied elements of the Stenzan Security Force and Xhipong's force grew to over 10,000 strong.

~~===Escalation~~ of conflict~~===~~

Xhipong realized that momentum was everything and that they should take the initiative before Corumm was able to ship more forces into the colony. The following weeks were spent raiding Stenzan Security Force garrisons and caches, recruiting troops and gathering the weapons needed to arm them along the way. The relatively low morale the Stenzan colonial troops had at this point from over a decade of fighting the guerillas led to them joining the revolt in large numbers with relative ease. By the time considerable Corummese reinforcements reached Stenza in late August 1919, the Free Stenzan Army had grown to nearly 30,000 ex-security force troops with thousands of guerillas still roaming the rest of the country.

The next two years were nothing if not bloody for both sides, with the Free Stenzan Army being forced to resort to irregular warfare to deal with the higher technology the Corummese forces brought with them. Armored vehicles, artillery and airplanes were all brought in from Corumm to squash the "out of hand rebellion", but unrest prevailed across the country as every battle seemed to inspire more Stenzans to either defect or pick up arms instead of working for the Corummese. Slowly but surely, the country split into an west-east divide marked by the country's central mountain range, with the Corummese-led government still seated in Xīwàng while the Free Stenzan Army named the city of [[Rakahanga]] its capital in 1920.

1920 was the year of major military engagements between both armies across the central mountain range, with tens of thousands dying on both sides of the conflict. The year proved to be a relative stalemate though, with the modern Corummese forces being unable to break the resistance. It was not until May 1921 that the situation would change.

===Battles of Xīwàng and Corummese surrender===

Main Article: [[Battle of Xīwàng]]

On the 4th of May, 1921, a Free Stenzan Army offensive down the multiple rivers leading up to Xīwàng started. The Stenzan numbers proved serious enough to overwhelm the Corummese defenders, with both regular Stenzan troops and guerillas forcing their way through the defensive lines through sheer manpower, capturing whatever equipment was left behind along the way. By early June, Stenzan forces had reached the outskirts of the city and started besieging it using captured Corummese artillery. The city was cracked on the 20th of June when the Stenzan workers inside the city turned on the Corummese defenders and distracted them long enough for the forces outside the city to flood in. A frenzied massacre followed, with Free Stenzan Army forces capturing the port and the vessels inside it while the revolting workers and guerillas hunted down Corummese citizens inside the city. Many Corummese were beaten to death or captured in front of captured movie cameras, with the footage of the events being spread across the world to showcase the fate of the Corummese population.

The Corummese were cut off from their main supply hub, with other coastal cities becoming the subject of simoultaneous attacks backing up the Xīwàng offensive. Two counterattacks were staged by the Corummese forces during July, with Corummese forces trying to push in from Khaneli on the 3rd of July to little success. A second counterattack, consisting of a major push by remaining Corummese forces in the country supported by an amphibious assault from the Corummese mainland on the 26th of July, resulted in failure when the Stenzan defenders proved to have ramped up their defenses using captured Corummese equipment in a manner of fending off the attackers from both the sea and land. Xīwàng stayed in Stenzan hands, a major symbolic victory for the Stenzans.

The Corummese forces surrendered on the 2nd of August, 1921. This date was later to be known as the Day of Stenzan Independence. Armed scuffles continued for another week as loosely organized Stenzan guerilla forces did not listen to the order to cease fire, but by the 10th all hostilities had ended.

==Aftermath==

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===Exile of the Humiliated===

Main Article: [[Exile of the gumiliated]]

Stenzan independence was followed by a long month period that saw the defeated Corummese leave the island along with the majority of the colonizers, a period known in Stenzan history books as the exile of the humiliated.

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 The next 12 years were periods of relative peace and periods of chaos across the country. Guerilla bands roamed the country, attacking targets of opportunity and occasionally clashing with elements of the Stenzan Security Force and Corummese Army in Stenza. These groups were loosely organized, manned by local volunteers who came and went and armed with whatever weaponry they could get hold of. It proved impossible for the Corummese to contain these guerillas however, with guerilla formations sometimes disappearing into thin air as guerillas hid their weapons in caches and returned to their villages to lay low. The guerillas also proved masters at eluding the Corummese and government forces across Stenza's diffucult terrain, their light nature and ability to live of the land allowing them to keep ahead of the supply-dependent attackers. News of Guerilla successes and the attacking of innocent civilians accused of helping the guerillas cause over the years, with their popularity increasing steadily.
-Guerilla successes during these years include the disruption of Corummese export from Stenza to various degrees and the sinking of at least one Corummese warship in 1917. Corummese successes throughout these years include the killing of over 25,000 guerillas, with more than 45,000 alleged guerillas and guerilla supporters being killed as well. Corumesse losses through this period amounted to over 12,000 military losses and 6,000 civilians killed by the guerillas.
+Guerilla successes during these years include the disruption of Corummese export from Stenza to various degrees and the sinking of at least one Corummese warship in 1917. Corummese successes throughout these years include the killing of over 62,000 guerillas, with more than 45,000 innocent alleged guerillas and guerilla supporters being killed as well. Corumesse losses through this period amounted to over 23,000 military losses and 12,000 civilians killed by the guerillas.
 ==Stenzan revolt and open warfare (1919-1921)==
-===Xhipong Revolt===
+===Xhipong Revolt and open warfare===
+By 1919, secret public support for the Guerilla cause had grown considerably, with Stenzan workers and even elements of the Stenzan Security Force frequently discussing the guerillas and their successes among each others. Reprisals for such "guerilla supportive thoughts" were serious, with those caught being shot without as much as a second thought. On the 7th of July, 1919 a young Stenzan officer by the name of [[Li Xhipong]], a company commander in the Stenzan Security Force, walked into his Corummese superior's office and shot the colonel in the face. The body was hung from a flagpole and the mostly Stenzan garrison revolted against their Corummese superiors. Xhipong declared the Free Stenzan Army then and thare, claiming they would "fight for a free Stenzan state or die trying". The revolting force held onto their camp at Putetina a week until forced out by a superior force of Corummese regulars sent from Xīwàng, fleeing into the mountains to regroup. At this time, word had spread among other dissatisfied elements of the Stenzan Security Force and Xhipong's force grew to over 10,000 strong.
-===Escalation of conflict===
+Xhipong realized that momentum was everything and that they should take the initiative before Corumm was able to ship more forces into the colony. The following weeks were spent raiding Stenzan Security Force garrisons and caches, recruiting troops and gathering the weapons needed to arm them along the way. The relatively low morale the Stenzan colonial troops had at this point from over a decade of fighting the guerillas led to them joining the revolt in large numbers with relative ease. By the time considerable Corummese reinforcements reached Stenza in late August 1919, the Free Stenzan Army had grown to nearly 30,000 ex-security force troops with thousands of guerillas still roaming the rest of the country.
+The next two years were nothing if not bloody for both sides, with the Free Stenzan Army being forced to resort to irregular warfare to deal with the higher technology the Corummese forces brought with them. Armored vehicles, artillery and airplanes were all brought in from Corumm to squash the "out of hand rebellion", but unrest prevailed across the country as every battle seemed to inspire more Stenzans to either defect or pick up arms instead of working for the Corummese. Slowly but surely, the country split into an west-east divide marked by the country's central mountain range, with the Corummese-led government still seated in Xīwàng while the Free Stenzan Army named the city of [[Rakahanga]] its capital in 1920.
+was the year of major military engagements between both armies across the central mountain range, with tens of thousands dying on both sides of the conflict. The year proved to be a relative stalemate though, with the modern Corummese forces being unable to break the resistance. It was not until May 1921 that the situation would change.
 ===Battles of Xīwàng and Corummese surrender===
 Main Article: [[Battle of Xīwàng]]
+On the 4th of May, 1921, a Free Stenzan Army offensive down the multiple rivers leading up to Xīwàng started. The Stenzan numbers proved serious enough to overwhelm the Corummese defenders, with both regular Stenzan troops and guerillas forcing their way through the defensive lines through sheer manpower, capturing whatever equipment was left behind along the way. By early June, Stenzan forces had reached the outskirts of the city and started besieging it using captured Corummese artillery. The city was cracked on the 20th of June when the Stenzan workers inside the city turned on the Corummese defenders and distracted them long enough for the forces outside the city to flood in. A frenzied massacre followed, with Free Stenzan Army forces capturing the port and the vessels inside it while the revolting workers and guerillas hunted down Corummese citizens inside the city. Many Corummese were beaten to death or captured in front of captured movie cameras, with the footage of the events being spread across the world to showcase the fate of the Corummese population.
+The Corummese were cut off from their main supply hub, with other coastal cities becoming the subject of simoultaneous attacks backing up the Xīwàng offensive. Two counterattacks were staged by the Corummese forces during July, with Corummese forces trying to push in from Khaneli on the 3rd of July to little success. A second counterattack, consisting of a major push by remaining Corummese forces in the country supported by an amphibious assault from the Corummese mainland on the 26th of July, resulted in failure when the Stenzan defenders proved to have ramped up their defenses using captured Corummese equipment in a manner of fending off the attackers from both the sea and land. Xīwàng stayed in Stenzan hands, a major symbolic victory for the Stenzans.
+The Corummese forces surrendered on the 2nd of August, 1921. This date was later to be known as the Day of Stenzan Independence. Armed scuffles continued for another week as loosely organized Stenzan guerilla forces did not listen to the order to cease fire, but by the 10th all hostilities had ended.
 ==Aftermath==
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 ===Exile of the Humiliated===
 Main Article: [[Exile of the gumiliated]]
+Stenzan independence was followed by a long month period that saw the defeated Corummese leave the island along with the majority of the colonizers, a period known in Stenzan history books as the exile of the humiliated.

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