Ben Bo Bien, Doi Nam – The Doinamese Conflict has entered into a new phase, with new areas of conflict opening up across the country. While until recently, the ongoing fighting has been taking place largely in the isolated and rugged northern regions of the country, new conflict zones have opened. These areas, no longer confined to sparsely populated areas, have been characterized by mass uprisings in the civilian populace. Local security, such as police and small military garrisons once stationed there, have been overwhelmed.
Even the nation’s capital of Ben Bo Bien has not been spared. In a long battle lasting over four hours, the Doinamese Army’s Republican Guard divisions fought back an uprising in the city’s outskirts. The death toll is unknown, however civilian casualties are expected to be high. The Air Force has been stretched thin across the country, conducting strikes on possible rebel hotspots. Even the Navy has conscripted its sailors into ground units, hoping to at least stem the tide.
With the level of resistance being faced across the country, units which were once arrayed against the rebels in the north have been redeployed out of necessity. This has allowed the DLA to push south out of its jungle holdings and defeat a number of military formations. Reports indicate that the 4th Tank Division has been entirely decimated, and much of its vehicles either captured or destroyed. The push south has been aided by the DLA’s use of kamikaze drones as precision artillery systems, striking targets with pinpoint precision and negating the Army’s use of legacy artillery and armor systems.
President Vuong has released a statement calling on the nation to resist these rebel groups, and has assured the public that this situation will be dealt with swiftly. Nationwide curfews have been extended, especially in the the areas of heaviest resistance in the north and east of the country. However, the Presidents personal helicopter was seen leaving the Presidential Palace and moving due west out of the city. Whether the President himself was aboard is currently unknown at this time.
