Yinese Civil War

Yinese Civil War
Part of the Fourth Winter Period
Clockwise from top left: Republican bomber over Wasaan Mountain A Republican Army mortar position at the Battle of Bakwa Kongchangtong soldiers during the Namho Campaign Ruined Republican position near Heungleung following a bombing run by the Kongchangtong Destroyed railroad in Dongmei by the Kongchangtong Republican destroyer Donggong firing at a Kongchangtong position off the coast of Sankwai
Date 7 March 1966 – 23 November 1981 Location Yingok Result Republican victory Territorial changes Full Republican control over Yingok End of Fourth Winter Period Communist government flees to Louwan
Belligerents
Third Republic of Yingok (1966–1974) Fourth Republic of Yingok (1974–) Northern Dynastic Restoration Movement Supported by: Nadauro (1975–1978)	Kongchangtong Qinfa Clique People's Union of Zhongdou and Cheungming Yauhing Clique	Dynastic Restoration Movement
Commanders and leaders
Yin Kyun Lei Daatping Hong Bokngai Mou Mandou Prince Ngawai Supported by: Hermes Caravelas	Chiu Gwokleung Wong Hiugwan Baak Gaanwan Hui Leungwaa	Prince Cheunyam †
Strength
1968: 4 million regular troops 3 million militia	1968: 2.9 million regular troops 2.4 million militia	1966: 500 thousand regular troops
Casualties and losses
1,200,000 killed 2,000,000 wounded 200,000 missing	970,000 killed 1,800,000 wounded 350,000 missing	100,000+ killed Unknown
12,000,000 civilians killed 23,000,000 civilians wounded 3,000,000 civilians missing

The Yinese Civil War (Yinese: 燕國內戰; Yinese Hungshui Cambranisation: Yin-gwok Noih-jin) (7 March 1966 – 23 November 1981) was a civil war in Yingok that was fought between the central government often known as the Republicans, the forces of the Kongchangtong, and the Dynastic Restoration Movement. The war eventually led to a Republican victory, with the Dynastic Restoration Movement falling apart following the death of Prince Cheunyam in 1968, the fleeing of much of the Kongchangtong in the waning years of the war, and the surrender of the last largescale communist stronghold in the midlands in 1981 with the Treaty of Cingdou. The end of the Yinese Civil War also marked the conclusion of the Fourth Winter Period.

The early years of the war was marked by humiliating defeats for Republican forces in the Southern Theatre while in the Northern Theatre, the conflict was inconclusive. This was largely due to a weak government that suffered from a lack of political consensus, indecision, and corruption. This trend ceased following the 1973 Yinese coup d'état when Hong Bokngai dissolved the National Diet and established a Yinese Provisional Government. The coup significantly altered the dynamics of the conflict, as provisional government brought a new level of discipline and cohesion to the Republican forces. The government implemented sweeping reforms, including the restructuring of the military command, and establishment of tighter control over the war economy. By 1977, the Republicans had regained significant territories previously lost to the Kongchangtong. The People's Union was overrun by Republican forces in the same year, severely weakening the communist forces and boosting Republican morale.

By 1978, Kongchangtong leadership realised that their position was becoming increasingly untenable, and plans for evacuation to Louwan began to take shape. Much of the Kongchangtong was evacuated by the spring of 1980 and dealt a significant blow to the morale of the remaining Kongchangtang forces in Yingok. The surrender of much of the Yinese Red Army in the Munlok region around November of 1981 marked the official end of the Yinese Civil War. as announced by the central government.