Defense of Hung Yen
The Defense of Hung Yen was a battle between the Allied Forces and the Lorican-Trieuist forces in the Imperial Crisis.
Background
Hung Yen had been the place of dispute between Quenmin and Lorica since the early 19th Century. After the Second Europan War, Hung Yen became a crown colony of the Lucis Empire and was governed by the Lucians from 1945 to 1975. The Treaty of Thien Dai stated that Hung Yen was to be ceded to the United Kingdom in order to avoid further hostilities between the two nations. Thus, Hung Yen was ceded to the United Kingdom for a 99-year lease. From 1947 to 1975, Hung Yen became the most important trading centre of the U.K in Asianna with Quenmin being the most important trading partner of the U.K. In 1950, the War of Lorican Aggression erupted and the Lucians, backed by the Quenminese fought to defend this trading centre. By 1970, Regis Lucis Caelum CXIII, the U.K's newly crowned king at that time opened negotiations to quickly end the war. He also raised the question of Lucian Sovereignty over Hung Yen. He also mentioned that there's no need for a 99-year lease. When the war ended in 1975, 5 months later, The Transfer of Sovereignty over Hung Yen between the U.K and Quenmin became in effect and was a worldwide event. From 1975, Hung Yen had been under Quenminese control but the Lorican government issued protests, insisting that Hung Yen is Lorican territory until 2016.
Course of the Battle
Samonji's Destabilizing Line
As early as May 20, 2017; The Quenminese Special Administrative Region of Hung Yen was only defended by the Quenminese Militia, Police and Coast Guard. The Allied High Command became worried as the Loricans might take over Hung Yen, which was poorly defended. Offering his support, Lieutenant Colonel Ukyo Samonji and his 2nd New Akiba Division arrived under Field Marshal Kiriya Kitagawa's order. By that time, only a total of 2,573 Quenminese Policemen, Militia and Coast Guard along with 15,756 New Akibander and some Zanarkian troops under Samonji's command were defending the region against a combined 57,985 Lorican and Trieuist troops under General Silin Taras's command. The following day, Samonji was assigned to be the commander of the Allied Forces stationed at Hung Yen. By May 23, Hung Yen was attacked by the Imperial forces and Samonji held on. With the lack of air support and ammunition nearly half, Samonji pulled his forces back onto the Thanh Dai district with most of the Quenminese militia occupying the Kowloon district. With the northern half of Hung Yen under Imperial hands, Samonji carried on the fight. Desperate to keep the streets under Allied Control, He attempted to reach air support but was unable to since the planes weren't still rearmed and would have to wait for the following day. The next day, The Imperial forces pushed the Allied forces back to the Kowloon district, which was along with the Davis and Caroline Islands were the last districts to be under Allied Control. But on the afternoon of the 24th, Samonji managed to push back the Imperials as far as Churchill Avenue. The Quenminese on the other hand managed to retake King Georgius V Boulevard with Commonwealth support. On that evening, Major Thomas Evans, Samonji's aide informed him that they can only hold on for 2 more days before ammunition would ran out. Telephone lines were cut but a radio beacon was constructed and by the early hours of the 25th, Samonji contacted his commander, Field Marshal Kitagawa of the situation in Hung Yen. Kitagawa immediately responded and sent a relief force under the command of Richard Philip Todd and Jonathan Vo to reinforce him. At the same time, General Phùng Minh Thiệu informed his superior, Nguyễn Thủy Anh to send reinforcements to Hung Yen, which eventually got through by the morning of the 25th.