Operation Jenga was a top-secret operation, developed by the People’s Republic of Barkand and North Mewland to navally invade the Kingdom of Slovia and Union of Yugolan in 1990-1991. The end goal is to force a regime change in both countries to be aligned with the global United Pact and invade Howlton and Murkatinnya in the following Operation Skyfall.
The Plan
The Plan was to invade the weakly-defended Kingdom of Slovia and take Roulase, its capital city, within a month. At the same time, the United Pact was to closely watch the Yugolan presidential elections, with Pieter Gromaldi as the neutral party, against Jevan Petros, a pro-United Pact candidate.
Kingdom of Slovia
As early as the beginning of November 1990, Barkand troops began to build up 500 kilometers off the coast of Slovia, which was noticed by Howlton. Howlton quickly responded with naval assults against Bark vessels, which ended in disaster. From the knowledge of a future invasion of Slovia, Howlton began flooding 200,000 troops into the Southern end of Slovia, where the invasion would take place.
On 25 November, Barkand and North Mewland troops invaded the coast. Expecting a quick victory, many of the frontal assult troops were shot down by Howt, Slovian and Murk troops from newly constructed trenches and towers. However, a critical lapse in the defence line led to rapid discoordination between the defending troops, which secured the United Pact’s eastern and western flanks at the edge of the country.
Despite best efforts by United Pact, invasion progress was far slower than expected. From Howlton’s consistant sabotage on Barkand’s naval supply lines as well as technical difficulties on the North Mewland side (particularly due to distance), the invasion slowed to a screeching halt, turning into a war of attrition. By Christmas, the United Pact was still 450km off from Roulase in both the East and West flank. However, as winter hit Roulase, the city began to lose critical power needed. Eventually, by late March the following year, Roulase was surrounded by all sides and occupied.
Despite the loss of the capital, Slovian troops were still fighting against United Pact forces even as late as June 1991, during the early days of Operation Skyfall.
Yugolan
On 10 March 1991, Jevan Petros received a vote count of 97,883,327 against Pieter Gromaldi’s 94,893,291, winning the presidential seat. However, prior to his inauguration, a pro-Pieter riot was conducted across the country, demanding a recount, otherwise the election was deemed rigged. After a violent crackdown, Jevan was shot in the chest by a rioter and had to be sent to the hospital. As the central government dissolved, a provisional government was put into place, which had a neutral stance on the ongoing war in Slovia. This angered the United Pact, which quickly invaded the country on 26 March.
Although the resistance was initially strong, they consisted of mainly the Central Army as well as anti-Jevan civilians. Very quickly, resistance tanks as the Yugolan forces were no match against the joint and overwhelming forces of North Mewland and Barkand.
On June 6, as the capital Viska was reached by the United Pact forces, the provisional government abdicates, with the United Pact establishing Jevan Petros as the supreme leader of Yugolan, abolishing the presidential title.
Outcome
The attempt to install a pro-United Pact government in Slovia was a hard failure. The support for such a government was very low, and many pockets of Slovian resistance fighters waged guerilla warfare on the United Pact occupiers, especially in Roulase. In addition, the Government of Slovia still continued to exist under protection in Howlton City as a government-in-exile. Slovia never participated in the following Operation Skyfall and remained as an economic and military liability for United Pact forces.
The same cannot be said for Yugolan. Jevan’s government declared war on Howlton in late July 1991, about a month into Operation Skyfall, invading Howlton’s westernmost region. Yugolan played a huge supportive role to cut off border connections between Howlton and Murkatinnya, stopping supply lines which ultimately led to the initial successes in Barkand’s push towards Howlton’s capital.
Other Info
Alexis Barker and Filian Fischer, the soon-to-be global heroes for deflecting the Nyx invasion of 1997, were deployed to the front lines in Slovia, defending the city of Roulase during the invasion. They narrowly escaped the surrounding United Pact troops offroad in a car, together with Sylver Kyivsma.