Eastern War

Eastern War

The Eastern War was the Eastasian front of the third world war, starting with the Mongolian Civil War on the 2nd of September 2079 and quickly escalating into a regional war, before ending on the 11th of October 2082.

Eastern War
Timeline: 2nd September 2079 - 11th October 2082
Location East Asia Territorial changes -China annexes Manchuria -Republic of Russia annexes Tannu Tuva, Altai Republic, Far Eastern Republic, Buryatia and Sakha
Belligerents
Han Insurrectionists Manchuria Far Eastern Republic Buryatia Sakha Tannu Tuva Altai Hindustan (2081-2082) Bangladesh (2081-2082) Baluchistan (2081-2082) Laos (2082)	Mongolia Republic of China Republic of Russia Kazakhstan Tibet (2081-2082) Thai Empire (2082) Korea (2082)
Japan Indonesia East Turkestan West Australia Vietnam Cambodia Sri Lanka	Australia New Zealand Philippines United Rationals of America Shanghai
Strength
40 000 000	67 000 000
Casualties and losses
17 000 000	18 000 000

War

Mongolian Civil War

On September 2nd 2079, a rebellion led by the Han people occurred in Mongolia. The Han insurrectionists insisted that they were Chinese, not Mongolian, and that they needed to reunite with the Republic of China. The Republic of China, who had friendly relations with Mongolia, refused to let the insurrectionists join him, instead entering the war to help Mongolia put them down, much to the insurrectionists' shock and dismay. When this happened, the Manchurian Empire, a proxy of Hindustan, used it as a casus beli to declare war on China and pull in his eastern Siberian allies. The Republic of Russia entered the war on China's side as a result, seeking to retake his old eastern lands, as did his close ally Kazakhstan.

First Year

Over the duration of the end of 2079 and most of 2080 the Han Insurrectionists had consolidated their territories, united with Manchuria and captured all of Inner Mongolia along with beginning a push into China propper, capturing Bejing in May before grinding to a stalemate as the Chinese mobilized. In the meantime the Republic of Russia together with Kazakhstan, had quickly capitulated the Altai Republic and started the siege of Kyzyl. He also launched an invasion of Buryatia who capitulated after the capture of their capital Chita. During these two campaigns, the Republic of Russia would get invaded by the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, starting the Third Union War.

Hindustani Affairs

By early 2081 it had become apparent that Hindustan had been shipping aid to Manchuria through Japan as a third party, who had gotten easily bribed to cooperation. Following this discovery the Republic of China and Hindustan would be officially at war, however due to the Himalayas inbetween them not much would actually come from this. On the contrary, Hindustan would find himself more distracted with Thailand, Afghanistan and Iran in the upcomming years, thus leading to a big decrease in aid flowing into Manchuria's war effort.

Fall of Manchuria

From this point onwards the reality of China's overwhelming industrial and population advantage would catch up to Manchuria, as he would get increasingly pushed back until his capitulation on the 11th of October 2082. During this, the Republic of Russia had conquered Tannu Tuva and Sakha and after a spearhead to Vladivostok also the Far Eastern Republic. In the following peace deal the Republic of Russia would annex Altai, Tannu Tuva, Buryatia, Sakha and the Far Eastern Republic while China would annex Manchuria. The Republic of China and Hindustan would agree to a white peace soon thereafter.

Aftermath

The Eastern War was the second most bloody theater of the third world war after the African front, mostly due to the sheer size of the Chinese population. Following the war the Eastasian cold war between China and Hindustan would continue and pave the way for the second space race and the war's disruption of the vast trade networks of China and Hindustan throughout Asia, would lead to a continent-wide recession lasting from 2086 to 2091. Hindustan would in 2088 officially annex Bangladesh seeing as the recession that followed the war, paired with the effects of climate change had effectively thrown his country into complete anarchy anyway.