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===Stenzan Security Force and Corummese Army in Stenza=== | ===Stenzan Security Force and Corummese Army in Stenza=== | ||
[[File:General Heshen.jpg|thumb|General Heshen Shenbao, commander of the Xiwang Army]] | [[File:General Heshen.jpg|thumb|General Heshen Shenbao, commander of the Xiwang Army]] | ||
The Stenzan | The Stenzan colonial administration, headed by the aging Governor-General Noa Zhu and his Corummese advisors, possessed a relatively modern Corummese-equipped army and security apparatus. This force, called the Stenzan Security Force, consisted of Corummese officers and leaders commanding native Stenzan junior officers and enlisted men. The colonial forces drew the majority of its officer corps from the northern districts which were more heavily populated by ethnic Corummese people, while the common soldiery was mostly of Polynesian background. While apparently formidable in paper, it would be soon apparent that the force was not prepared to combat a determined insurgency, suffering from frequent desertions, poor morale, leaks of operational information and corruption. The Stenzan Security Force was sometimes backed in its operations by groups of armed ethnic Corummese known as the Buyao. The Buyao was formed by settlers, town watchmen and local petty criminals, this irregular force was incredibly brutal and committed many of the atrocities early in the war. | ||
Apart from the previous groups, a relatively small force of regular Corummese troops operationally called the [[Xiwang Army]] was also present. The Xiwang Army was led at the start of the war by General [[Heshen Shenbao]], from who Governor Zhu received his orders, making the general the true ruler of the colony. The Xiwang Army's numbers had been dwindling since the 1890s thanks to the relative peace in the country and engagements in other parts of the Empire. With the Stenzan Security Force seeming competent enough at first, the [[Corumm]]ese government in [[Stenza]] saw no real need to maintain a large Corummese military garrison if the colonial forces could maintain security on their own. The increasingly intense guerrilla war, the hostility of much of the population and the surprisingly constant unreliability of the colonial security force would lead the metropolitan authorities to greenlight a much larger deployment of Corummese regulars to bolster the combat power of the [[Xiwang Army]]. Additionally, men from the loyalist northern districts would instead be recruited to the regular army, away from the local security force. | Apart from the previous groups, a relatively small force of regular Corummese troops operationally called the [[Xiwang Army]] was also present. The Xiwang Army was led at the start of the war by General [[Heshen Shenbao]], from who Governor Zhu received his orders, making the general the true ruler of the colony. The Xiwang Army's numbers had been dwindling since the 1890s thanks to the relative peace in the country and engagements in other parts of the Empire. With the Stenzan Security Force seeming competent enough at first, the [[Corumm]]ese government in [[Stenza]] saw no real need to maintain a large Corummese military garrison if the colonial forces could maintain security on their own. The increasingly intense guerrilla war, the hostility of much of the population and the surprisingly constant unreliability of the colonial security force would lead the metropolitan authorities to greenlight a much larger deployment of Corummese regulars to bolster the combat power of the [[Xiwang Army]]. Additionally, men from the loyalist northern districts would instead be recruited to the regular army, away from the local security force. | ||