Invasion of Anchorage

The Invasion of Anchorage refers to the military landing operation orchestrated by China's 213th People's Army on the cold November 26th code-named 西部风 (Xībù fēng) or "Operation Western Wind".

As the relationship between the United States and the People's Republic of China deteriorates after the great economic collapse, the discovery of a major deep-sea oil deposit in the Pacific Ocean further intensified the hostility. China laid claim to the deposit but the pipeline construction was allegedly sabotaged by American secret operatives on October 29th.

Aerial photograph of the invasion of Anchorage, with the Chinese forces taking advantage of the weather and the temporarily paralysed U.S. defenses.

At 0500 hours the Chinese launched an EMP Strike on the American western shore, causing communications and electrical failures. Amidst the chaos, the 213th People's Army landed on the shores of Anchorage, Alaska at 0600 hours and usurped control of Alaska's oil pipelines and reserves as a retaliation. The U.S. forces managed to assemble a sizable counter-attack force a few hours later and launched Operation Reclamation to push the Chinese forces out of Alaska.

This invasion marked the official beginning of World War III where U.S. and its allies are thrown into war with China and the Socialist Bloc.

The Daub Disaster

The Daub Disaster refers to the detonation of a dirty tactical nuclear device which devastated both EU and Chinese armed forces there.

On the cold September 30th morning, EU and Chinese were engaged in a heated battle in the evacuated mining town of Daub, Tarastan. After catching EU hackers sabotaging their military mainframes earlier, China's 111th Tank Division was in the midst of pushing EU's 20th Enforcers Corp out of the town centre.

The photo of the dirty nuke explosion taken from the outskirt of Daub. The photographer and his fate is unknown.

At 1237 hours, a tactical nuke detonated, taking out both opposing sides and turned Daub into a desolate radioactive crater. Both EU and the Chinese traded blames of who was responsible for the cowardly attack. EU and China, along with the rest of the Socialist Bloc, officially declared war at 1500 hours.

The bomb was identified to be similar with the ones sold by the Merchants of War. However, due to their discreet nature it can only be theorised that the bomb was purchased by The Brotherhood with the objective to thwart the Loyalists' effort by distracting EU with a full-on conflict with China and the Socialist Bloc. However, no one stepped forward to claim responsibility and the Daub Disaster marked the beginning of World War III.