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The morning of the 13th of April, 1907 marks the official beginning of the Stenzan War of Independence. On this morning, Guerillas that completed their months march from Etangeni, struck the coastal town of Falloopi from the mountains. Falloopi was considered a valuable port at the time, with mined metals delivered by rail or river craft being loaded onto Corummese merchant vessels for travel back to Corumm at this port. The Stenzan Security Force garrison guarding the town was taken by utter surprise and multiple guardsmen were killed trying to respond to the threat, but an organized response never came to be by the complacent defenders. Gunfights in and around the town lasted for two hours, with guerillas successfully blowing up part of a metal warehouse and a harbor crane. The guerillas retreated into the mountainous terrain once security forces started responding with enough force to cause considerable guerilla losses. The attack was considered a success by the guerilla forces, with multiple laborers taking up arms dropped by killed security forces and guerillas to join the retreating geurillas. The tone was set for the next twelve years. | The morning of the 13th of April, 1907 marks the official beginning of the Stenzan War of Independence. On this morning, Guerillas that completed their months march from Etangeni, struck the coastal town of Falloopi from the mountains. Falloopi was considered a valuable port at the time, with mined metals delivered by rail or river craft being loaded onto Corummese merchant vessels for travel back to Corumm at this port. The Stenzan Security Force garrison guarding the town was taken by utter surprise and multiple guardsmen were killed trying to respond to the threat, but an organized response never came to be by the complacent defenders. Gunfights in and around the town lasted for two hours, with guerillas successfully blowing up part of a metal warehouse and a harbor crane. The guerillas retreated into the mountainous terrain once security forces started responding with enough force to cause considerable guerilla losses. The attack was considered a success by the guerilla forces, with multiple laborers taking up arms dropped by killed security forces and guerillas to join the retreating geurillas. The tone was set for the next twelve years. | ||
The summer of 1907 saw similar attacks erupt around the country with mixed success. Various bands of guerillas, having set out from Etangeni the previous year, attacked facilities they considered essential to the Corummese throughout the summer with the intention to cause as much chaos as possible. These attacks had a varying amount of success, with some guerilla bands succeeding in their objectives while others were fully wiped out by the Security Force troops. The initial end goal of this offensive, to spark major revolt across Stenza by its oppressed | The summer of 1907 saw similar attacks erupt around the country with mixed success. Various bands of guerillas, having set out from Etangeni the previous year, attacked facilities they considered essential to the Corummese throughout the summer with the intention to cause as much chaos as possible. These attacks had a varying amount of success, with some guerilla bands succeeding in their objectives while others were fully wiped out by the Security Force troops. The initial end goal of this offensive, to spark major revolt across Stenza by its oppressed workers, was not achieved by these actions. The suddenness with which the guerillas disrupted the relative peace did inspire some to join the guerilla bands however, providing manpower with which the struggle could be continued. | ||
===Corummese reaction and escalation=== | ===Corummese reaction and escalation=== | ||
The immediate Corummese reaction to these attacks was to condemn them as outright criminal. Stenzan workers were informed by Zhu's government that anyone found aiding the guerillas would be shot without hesitation, and a witch hunt for those who helped the guerillas march across the country started. It is widely believed that this witch hunt led to the deaths of over 10,000 innocent civilians in the mountains. Conscription for the Stenzan Security Force increased, and increased Corummese forces were shipped in to both lead the increased Security Force elements and provide additional manpower to the Corummese Army in Stenza. | |||
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. | |||
==Stenzan revolt and open warfare (1919-1921)== | ==Stenzan revolt and open warfare (1919-1921)== | ||