New Government in Holland.

[damocles]

Major Hind's report to the MVB

Report#5

1. NOI infantry need a new rifle. Our bolt action Mauser pattern rifle is not sufficient. A self loading carbine is preferred. Per Generaal van Seik the MK seems to have designed their own version of the Madsen self-loading rifle, which we have tested in carbine version and found suitable.

2. Uniforms made of cotton rot too quickly here. Likewise leather kit seems ill-suited to local conditions. Canvas in some form of rubberized or weatherized fabric is preferable.      

3. The rifles we have could use all metal furniture as the woods we have for stocks also rot or split here. I am told once again from van Seik, that the MK are world leaders in this application.

4. The experimental sub-machine pistol jams. We think the magazine mis-aligns when shoved into the receiver;. We recommend that the main body of the sub-machine pistol where the ammunition feed is, be milled instead of stamped and riveted. This should correct feed tolerance. We are aware that cost is a concern, but a weapon that does not work is useless and a waste of riksdollars.
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Kolonel Geiner's Report to the MVB

Report # 7    

Siege of Eilat.

1. The Italians fight against the New Zionists  in terrain highly beneficial to the NZ. defender. I questioned the Italian kommandant about this and they explained that they chose the best routes from maps they had for their armor and for their lorried infantry.

2. As instructed  I checked both their armored cars and their light tanks. The armored cars seem more reliable then the light tanks but the terrain is murder  on both of them. They do not have enough mechanics or spare parts. The Bavarians are right about this, we need to have robust logistics for our own pantser brigades  

3. The Legion kommandant general who besieges  Eilat demanded the surrender of the city, which was of course refused. I personally witnessed this demand under truce issued.  The Italians then offered, and the Zionites accepted the evacuation of the Eilat civilian population during the standard agreed five day cease fire.

4. Six hours after the cease fire ended I had to quickly don my chemical suit, as the Zionites used chemical weapons minengewerfer (Chlorine and Phosgene) which blew back across the city in their artillery attack on the imperial legion. My Landmacht full body gear worked properly. Some of the Italian issued gas masks did not. They had some casualties. The wind shifted and blew much of the gas back into the Zionite trenches. As expected the tech and the doctrine used was that of our referent enemy. We need to redouble our own chemical warfare defense efforts.    

5. Conclusions.....The Italians are determined to carry this siege through to reduction. I have seen the referent enemy in the New Zion lines, both as advisers and as participants.
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End of reports  

[Desertfox]

Poor guy, died getting the pics and they aren't even good.

1 and 2 are way to close to be anything other than Swiss taken, but the destroyer in 2 is definitely not Swiss. The sinking ship seems to be a cruiser. 3, those look like battleships and much to organized to be wartime.

Kolonel Geiner also needs new glasses. There are no Swiss in Eliat... yet.

[damocles]

Poor guy, died getting the pics and they aren't even good.

The Queen Mary will stand in for the NS United States

1 and 2 are way to close to be anything other than Swiss taken, but the destroyer in 2 is definitely not Swiss. The sinking ship seems to be a cruiser. 3, those look like battleships and much to organized to be wartime.

Jutland, Germans, after their torpedo attack. They will stand in for the storyline.

Jutland battle turn away, Germans, from their recon Zeppelin. 

Kolonel Geiner also needs new glasses. There are no Swiss in Eliat... yet.

Oh yes there are. The criminals are there.

The Swiss arrive at Eliat on the morning of the 28th.  The harbour is under heavy artillery fire by Italian troops, and has been partly damaged; hundreds of Swiss troops are killed or wounded as they disembark, and several of the requisitioned civilian ships are damaged or sunk.  Through the night, Italian submarines sink another liner, an Osprey  class cruiser, and a Saipan class destroyer.  The next night, as the unloading continues, another Swiss liner and an M-1 type destroyer are also sunk in this target-rich environment. 

It seems that the New Swiss not only are stage managing this entire New Zion War for their own piratical ends, but when caught in the act, continue to deny their warmongery and acts of aggression.    ;) ;) ;)     

[TexanCowboy]

That is really OOC information.

[damocles]

That is really OOC information.

Specifically what?

Foxy already concedes that Agent 30 existed (and got the information and did the work), and as for Geiner, he's been with the Italians ever since he "disappeared" a while back.   

[damocles]

More ships leave Amsterdam.

[damocles]

Per agreement with Italy, a Humanitarian mission will be sent by the Kingdom of Netherlands Immunological Society to aid the victims of the Cholera outbreak at Ashdod under the auspices of the Green Cross. Included in this Green Cross donation will be a shipment of medical supplies and a medical team. The aid departed from the NOI, 1 Sept and is expected to arrive at port of debarkment unload and  to reach Ashdod, NLT 25-27 Sept.

As the threat of pirates and NS criminals who do not respect the Green Cross is well known, arrival  at port will be announced when the freighter reaches it safe berthing.

Arrangements have been made with Italy to ensure that the shipment is met and sent forward via the quickest means available.

       

[damocles]

MVB Kommandamt: Den Hague.

Section K

Majoor Tofer Hsien: "Courier! I have a message to be delivered!"

The korporal takes the message and looks puzzled.

Majoor Tofer Hsien: "As the written cover instructions direct, take it direct to the First Minister and get his written reply!"
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NvR's office a half hour later.

He reads the message and burns it to dust. Then he writes his reply and adds a verbal instruction: "Tell Majoor Hsien that he is to wait on this answer; until we get our own reply. But when that reply comes, we will do what is necessary one way or the other."

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NRDN News Release:

Reports are circulating among the merchant marines of several nations that unidentified raiders are loose and attacking NASSAU and neutral shipping without regard to the rules of the rights of free navigation.

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NOI Red Line News Release:

One of our freighters is missing and reported overdue. We have no further information at this time.

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NRDN

Coded radio message..........

.--. ? .. .--. .-. .- ...- - . / ... . / -. .- / ...- ? .-.. -.- ..- .-.-.-


   

[damocles]

NOI Red Line News Release:

We are sad to announce today the loss of the KMM Piet Heim off of Nice today. Piet Heim was a 8282 GRT freighter liner that operated between Surabaya and Antwerp with scheduled passenger stops.  The cause of the loss is not yet available to us. There were no as yet reported survivors among the 47 crew or 393 passengers.

A complete passenger list will appear in the Amsterdam World newspaper as soon as we can compile it, along with what else is known about the loss.    

[damocles]

Partial Passenger List as it appears in the New Amsterdam World

   * Abu Hakim
   * Aburizal Basalm
   * Abdur Wahid
   * Adam Malik* Prominent chemist, industrialist and philanthropist who donated 1000 tons of medical supplies to the medical relief of his fellow people of Jewish faith in New Zion.
   * Ahum Gumelar
   * Agung Laks
   * Agus Salimalsdo
   * Akbar Tanjun
   * Ali Alata
   * Alvin Lie* prominent diplomat in the KoN foreign ministry
   * Alwa Shihab
   * Amien Rais " NOI French banker
   * Amir Sjarifuddin
   * Anton Apriantono * writer
   * Assaat * writer
   * Astrid Susanto
   * Ateng Wahyudi *politician
   * Azwar Anas
   * Bachtiar Chamsyah * scientist
   * Budiman Sudjatmiko
   * Chaerul Saleh
   * Dada Rosada * painter
   * Dewa Made Beratha * politician
   * Dipa Nusantara Aidit * chemist
   * Djoko Suyanto
   * Emil Salim * reform mullah
   * Fahmi Idris
   * Frans Tutuhatunewa * married couple sole survivors
   * Ginandjar Kartasasmita
   * H. S. Dillon * VERY VERY Prominent Rohan politician  
   * Hamengkubuwono IX * Malaysian Prince
   * Hamzah Haz
   * Hassan Wirajuda
   * Hatta Rajasa
   * Hidayat Nur Wahid * doctor with the Green Cross
   * Irwandi Yusuf
   * Ishak Effendi
   * BJ Habibie * Financier
   * Jusuf Kalla * founder of the Green Crescent
   * Jusuf Wanandi (Liem Bian Kie) * boxer
   * Juwono Sudarsono Hind * Majoor Hind's brother
   * Kusmayanto Kadiman
   * Kwik Kian Gie
   * Malam Sambat Kaban
   * Manuel Carrascalão
   * Mari Pangestu
   * Megawati Soekarnoputri
   * Mohammad Hatta * mullah
   * Muhammad Natsir * mullah
   * Muhammad Nazar * mullah
   * Muhammad Yamin * mullah
   * Munir
   * Musso
   * Mustafa Abubakar * mullah
   * Nabiel Makarim
   * Omar Dhani
   * Paku Alam VIII * NOI Malaysian prince.  
   * Poncke Princen
   * Prabowo
   * Rachmat Witoelar * backer of the Conservative Coalition
   * Radius Prawiro
   * Rasuna Said
   * Ratu Atut Chosiyah * Friend of NvR
   * Rizal Nurdin
   * Rizal Ramli
   * Ruslan Abdulgani
   * Sam Ratulangi * politician
   * Sitwa Tutuhatunewa * married couple sole survivors
   * Soe Hok Gie * singer
   * Soeharto
   * Soenario
   * Sri Mulyani Indrawati
   * Sri Sultan Hamengk * inventor of Dutch 1912 fire control  
   * Sudharmono
   * Sunaryati Hartono
   * Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono
   * Sutan Sjahrir " banker
   * Sutiyoso
   * Syahrir * mullah
   * Tan Malaka
   * Tarmizi Taher
   * Try Sutrisno
   * Umar Wirahadikusumah
   * Wilopo * famous swimmer
   * Wiranto
   * Yusril Ihza Mahendra

Anders Welsen reads the partial passenger list in the Newspaper and he reads the first NRDN report on the loss. Officially the French say a grounding, but there were two survivors, who the French have incommunicado in hospital. The MVB was trying to reach and interview the two survivors  to determine the true cause of the wreck. The NRDN had their own information courtesy of an unknown benefactor.

It was not a sandbar.  

"De mest zal vliegen wanneer het Mohammedaanse Broederschap over dit te weten komt!"

And when van Rijn discovered WHO?

Anders Welsen is NOT a happy diplomat...

[Kaiser Kirk]

ooc : chock full of Mullahs, two couples claiming to be sole survivors, a pair of princes, the founder of the Green Crescent, prominant scientists and a top Rohan politician all on a small frieghter plying Dutch-Dutch routes? Also, at 5000GRT, there wouldn't be many staterooms suitable  Perhaps a somewhat larger liner?

[damocles]

KMM Piet Heim built by D & W Schippe Amt Singapore,
Yard No 14
Last Name: Piet Heim
Previous Names: KMM Rashad Hamel, Peter Hoen
Propulsion: Twin screw Converted to oil burning in 1915
Launched: Saturday, 22/02/1902
Built: 1902
Ship Type: Passenger Cargo Vessel
Ship's Role: Surabaya - Antwerp and ports between service
Tonnage: 8282
Length: 485.5
Breadth: 56.3
Owner History:
NOI Red Lines
Status: Lost - 1919 off Nice
Remarks: High end subsidized freighter and government mails liner noted for luxury and convenience. Often used by the NOI elites as a holiday ship to go tramping on holiday because of its semi-official government status.  

[damocles]

ooc : chock full of Mullahs, two couples claiming to be sole survivors, a pair of princes, the founder of the Green Crescent, prominant scientists and a top Rohan politician all on a small frieghter plying Dutch-Dutch routes? Also, at 5000GRT, there wouldn't be many staterooms suitable  Perhaps a somewhat larger liner?

Think Lusitania. This is a major scripted event.

[damocles]

Geiner looks at the horizon at the lines of marching prisoners. "Stupid. They are so stupid. They should have never started a war they could not win."

He crumples a piece of paper and tosses it away. He wipes the sweat from his brow and returns to the cluster of mechanics working on the Italian armored car.

He looks at their doings and snorts. Being cavalrie himself, he still wonders if more Italian horse might have made more sense in this gebergsjager country than all the armored cars? Of course Holland didn't have any use for mountain troops in her problem set, not really, but then he was supposed to check on what Holland did need and what he could learn. And he had determined, at last, that yes armored cars could pass through rough country and act as chasseurs even if the country was nothing like the polders and jungles where he was trained.
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Albert van Seik reads by firelight the latest efforts by the NvR government. He snorts in derision.

"Do the best you can. We have the Piet Heim incident to sort with as yet unknown repercussions."

The radio network built at such cost to the KoN has its uses. Without it and the cabler, he would be in the dark as to what those fools in Amsterdam did. For the moment though all he cared about was that another convoy had arrived at Dalian.

A Mandarin comes and sits besides him.

"Don't sit too close to the fire." van Seik warns him in German.

The Mandarin takes out a cigarette, lights it on the fire and sits back against a convenient rock. "Silk doesn't catch fire that easily as cotton does." He puffs on the cigarette. Generaal van Seik smells the cannabis in the smoke as the man exhales. The Mandarin waves the smoke away and gets up to leave. He says to van Seik before he leaves: "The negotiations are going in circles. They will not listen. We make one last attempt and then we are through with this."

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In NvR office the disheveled First Minister, who has not slept in three days, reads.

According to the two survivors (see enclosed statements Appendix 2) the Piet Heim hit something that detonated and penetrated her starboard side amidships. Her keel was shattered and the damage and inflood was so extensive that she immediately listed and began to roll beam over in less than ninety seconds. The  only reason the witnesses survived was because they were thrown clear of the promenade deck and found flotation debris also flung from the ship by her violent roll to starboard..

..The very few survivors in the water died mainly due to  sharks and lack of flotation gear. Few passengers were quickly thrown into water, many went down when the ship sucked them  under, and many drowned still in their beds and state rooms. The others drowned due a large number of causes. (See appendix four for new safety recommendations)..  

..Pending the dive surveys we believe an explosive contact mine array, known as a "Devil's Necklace" was the likely instrument that caused the Piet Heim's loss. To our knowledge only four nations use such technology...

Interesting. New Zion did not usually use such devices, but four other nations including the New Swiss could and did? How did the MVB know that? NvR would have to ask. But he certainly could not let that news get out, as he tried to quell the wild rumors rampant in the Dutch press of a planned assassination attack on a huge chunk of the NOI elite, prior to a war of presumed conquest by some unnamed aggressor. The Moslem Brotherhood was screaming for vengeance and preemptive war against this "aggressor". Not a good political situation for NvR's coalition with the dangerous states of affairs in the Indian Ocean that he knew existed right now.

NvR srill hoped some negotiation could succeed, but at the moment his hands were tied. It was up to others to solve New Zion and the other problems that those !@#$%^&*() criminal aggressor fools caused with their obstinacy now. He just knew that he did all that he could do to prevent what was happening prior and during this chaos, and now it, the peace, was just falling apart past repair.

He had to do something about that, post the New Zion war.              
       

[Desertfox]

The Moslem Brotherhood was screaming for vengeance and preemptive war against this "aggressor".

It could not have been the Swiss then, and most definitely not the Zionites. The investigators would do well to look at the countries of the last crusade...