War in Yhodesia!


The fictional account of the Yhodesian Bush War, based on my solitary wargaming on this fictionaly African country loosely inspired on Rhodesia.  But  it isn't, so don't use it for your homework, or anything, really.

It's the 4th of June, 1967. One year ago Yhodesia unilaterally declared its independence from the British Empire, hoping for peace and prosperity for all. However, the country has been in turmoil for decades, and the UDI has only escalated the situation into a full blown war.
 

The warring parties

Yhodesia

The Yhodesian Security Forces comprise four branches of services: Army, Navy, Airforce and the Reserve. The Yhodesian Army is organized into twelve regiments, in order of seniority these are:

The Army

  1. The Yhodesian African Rifles:  A "native"(i.e. mostly black) light infantry regiment.
  2. The Yhodesian Light Infantry: A mostly white light infantry regiment
  3. The Yhodesian Armoured Regiment: Mostly armoured cars, fire support vehicles, APCs, trucks and jeeps
  4. 1st  Yhodesian Infantry: "The northern troopies"
  5. 2dn Yhodesian Infantry: "The eastern troopies"
  6. 3rd Yhodesian Infantry: "The southern troopiess"
  7. 4th Yhodesian Infantry: "The western troopies"
  8. Gus Scouts: Special Forces
  9. Mukumbura's Scouts: Cavalry, Special Forces
  10. Engineer Corps
  11. Artillery Reserve
  12. Support Regiment

The Navy

The Yhodesian navy has one old WW2 destroyer, 6 Flower Class Corvettes, 6 Fairmile D MTB and 30 smaller and auxiliary vessels, operating in the Prince Albert canal and from its base on the Eastern Coast.

The Airforce
 

Pukhumbare Liberation Front (PLF)

A Marxist (i.e. Soviet backed) guerilla force operating on the north-east.

Pukhumbare National Liberation Front (PNLF)

A Maoist (i.e. Chinese backed) guerilla force operating on the south-west

(to be expanded)

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