Back of Beyond Campaign - Spring 1918

The war rages on into the spring of 1918! 

In addition to some secret negotiations, a few Proclamations were issued throughout the diplomacy phase - the first from Baron Lytton, Governor of Greater Bakunin:

I, Baron Yevgeny Lytton, expouse with virility and grandiloquence the utmost need for all civilized citizens of the world to join together and stop the locusts to humanity, the armies of Bolshevism.  I am not of complete with fanfaronade to obtusely ignore the blinding hatred they have to our noble kind, and I am confident the men under my men under my command shall these common thugs off from the protectorate, but when they tire of these cities, they shall show no preference or mercy to the rest of the nobles, honorable soldiers, and native leaders alike.  

The Bolsheviks are so brazen with their rotomontade that they have overextended their tenuous reach with the region.  While I would much prefer many of the cities to return under caring wing of safety and felicity of the Tsarist rule, I have read a French book once, and will concede the governance of others is far superior to the god-killing, mind-erasing creed of the Bolsheviks.  

I am again implore you to to join this crusade, for the sake of all our people, and we can establish   pieces   peace in this great region,

With respect,

Baron Lytton

Servant to the Tsar

Governor of Greater Bakunin

The second came from LGenP. Arbuthnot-Worcester-Gruntfuttock-Smith, commander of the 14th Allied Expeditionary Army

Citizens of Siberia, Mongolia, Manchuria, and Northern China:

For far too long has your corner of the world been racked by war, revolution, uncertainty, and criminal lawlessness. Now that the Kaiser has been removed as a threat to the peace-loving people of the world, the noble leaders of the West have heard your cries for help, and have sent the fine soldiers of the 14th Allied Expeditionary Army to rescue you from your plight.

We are not interested in parochial disputes, we only act for the betterment of the common man, and relief from the despots that have for so long ravaged your homes. We want to establish free trade and the rule of law for all. If you are a responsible leader who believes in justice and opportunity for all, then you have nothing to fear. If your people cry out under the heel of oppression and cry out for the chance to earn an honest wage, then tremble!

P. Arbuthnot-Worcester-Gruntfuttock-Smith

LGen

Commander,

14th Allied Expeditionary Army

And then the armies started marching... or... just staying where they were... 

Moves for Spring 1918

The Second Battle of Stlojia

Hedwig Markus von Eggenberg, Margrave of Grosswardein spent little time resting upon his return to Gura. East Asia Cavalry Division stayed only long enough to replenish as many of the lost horses as they could and load up with more ammunition, before they galloped back down the valley of the White River to Stlojia again....

East of Stlojia, on two prominent hills overlooking the road to Gura, that wound along beside the White River, Lieutenant General Sir Percy Arbuthnot-Worcester-Gruntfuttock-Smythe had two of his battalions encamped watching for a return of the Tsarist East Asia Cavalry Division, while the 14th Allied Eastern Expeditionary Army prepared to move themselves. 

Before they were prepared to depart, the East Asia Cavalry Division returned, with Hedwig Markus von Eggenberg, Margrave of Grosswardein, at the fore! 

The Tsarist and Mongol Cavalry galloped right past the Canadians position, causing the 3rd Battalion, Winnipeg Grenadiers to leave their entrenchments to deal with them. 

Canadian reinforcements arrived (2nd Battalion, Regina Rifles and 37th Field Artillery). A protracted firefight ensued between the Canadians and the remains of the Mongol cavalry and the surviving elements of the 337th Infantry Regiment.

The Winnipeg Grenadiers were pinned in a brutal crossfire and eventually had to give up their position and retreat back to Stlojia. 

The Margrave, at the head of the surviving elements of the 38th Hussars has positioned his unit in the saddle between the two hills to bring fire on the flank of the entrenched 105th Canadian Fusiliers. 

More Canadian reinforcements arrived from the south (5th Battalion, Cape Breton Highlanders and the 8th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles)

A firefight continued throughout the day. The Tsarists caused considerable casualties among the Canadians ranks, given their depleted numbers. 

There just weren't enough of them to continue the battle. At the end, only the Hussars remained, taking pot shots at the Canadian Mounted Rifles, while the hills were, once again securely in the hands of the Canadians. The Margrave had little choice but to retire back to Gura with what remained of his force. 

By the time the last stragglers returned to Gura, it was clear the East Asian Cavalry Division had lost 2/3 of their original number since the outbreak of hostilities the previous fall. 

The Canadians took care of their wounded and tried to figure out where to inter the great many prisoners they had taken. Perhaps they would continue their march in the Summer... 

Siege of Bashkent

Altan Baatar Kahn sent an emissary to the town and let them know if they surrender they will be welcomed as brothers and be exalted as his new capital of the restored Mongolian empire.  If they did not, the Kahn would assume they were all traitors and the city will be razed, the men killed, the women sold, and the children driven into the wilderness by wild dogs!  

Some panicked as news of the proclamation spread through the city. Many tried to flee the city. Some were killed by the Warlord of Bahskent's men. Others were killed by the besieging Chinese. 

The siege wore on into the summer as the remaining defenders were invigorated by the Kahn's threats, knowing that failure was simply not an option! 

The Second Battle of Englesk

Tsarist Guard of the White King was preparing to march from the recently relived Englesk and relieve the siege at Kroptkand, when the recently vacated Ist Babushka Army Corps returned!?

Before the battle, Commissar-General Leon Runstein issued the following proclaimation to his troops:

"Comrades of the  Baboushka Army Corps of Workers -

The  Workers' Revolution against the Capitalist and Feudal slavemasters is not to be won in a day.  Abolished is your slavery to serfdom; eradicated your servitude of debt; excised your enthralldom to Capitalist overlords, whether urban or rural. But to make good upon this abolition will require determination, firmness of will, belief in our Cause, and to give all it takes to complete the task. There will be setbacks on the way.  We have experienced one such. They merely serve to test our strength of fortitude. They can not keep us back forever.

Once more we shall march to liberate the city of Englesk as our first task of eliminating the Tsarist slavemasters that lurk in Bukunin.  Our comrades of Ipatiev House in Kubassa have already laid under siege the nest of Tsarist vipers, Kroptkand.  The inhabitants of that city and the whole region of Bakhurin yearn to cast off the shackles of servitude.

The Transuralian Peoples' Collective remains under the protection of the armed Baboushka Corps against counter-revolutionary elements within and without the cities of Baboushka, Engelsk, and Vlodkask.  People who wish to volunteer for such great work are welcome to register for enlistment at:

The Peoples' Army Office,

Ulitsa Vladimir Ulyanov

Baboushka.

- and similar offices in Vlodkask and Borshka.

Remember: Workers of the World Unite: You have Nothing to lose but your Chains!

Signed: 

Leon Runstein, Commissar-General"

Bolshevik Cavalry, scouting ahead of the column, spied a Tsarist battalion (1st Battalion, 437th Infantry Regiment) entrenched by the road, just beyond a strategic hill south east of Englesk. 

Bolsheviks unleashed a devastating barrage on the entrenched tsarists. 

Bolshevik Cavalry scouted ahead to the top of the hill, but were cut down by the entrenched infantry. For a brief time it is quiet... 

(Seriously, the scenario started wit one unit of each on the table and then the rest was random deployment - a die roll of 4+ at the beginning of each turn meant a unit arrived - and for three turns the Tsarists sat there in their trenches waiting for others to show up!?)

The 32nd Cossack Cavalry Regiment finally arrived, just as the leading Bolshevik Infantry came into view up the road. 

The bolshevik artillery arrived behind their 1st infantry battalion and began pounding the Tsarist infantry and cavalry. Then the tsarist  2nd Battalion, 437th Infantry Regiment.

1st Battalion, 231st Infantry Regiment arrived and more Bolshevik Infantry. 

After taking fire from Bolshevik infantry and artillery, the Cossacks gave up the hill. 

Eventually the two forces were fully engages. The 2nd Battalion, 437th Infantry Regiment try to seize the high ground, but were cut to pieces by the Bolshevik artillery 

Two battalions of Bolsheviks sweep over the hill, but were unable to hold on to their gains. 

In the end all that was left were the 1st Battalion, 437th Infantry Regiment, the 245th Artillery Regiment and the tattered remains of a single Bolshevik Battalion. Supported by the Artillery, the Tsarists abandoned their trenches to sweep the last of the Bolsheviks from the hill! 

The Bosheviks were again forced to retreat from Engelsk... 

(ANOTHER nail-biter at Engelsk! This one was fought to the very bitter end with the Tsarist only just retaking the hill - the objective - on the very last turn of the game! For a few turns in the middle I thought for sure the Bolsheviks would carry the day after a few very lucky rolls from the Bolshevik artillery swept most of the Tsarist infantry away - then the Tsarist Artillery finally silenced the Bolshevik artillery and started concentrating on the Bolshevik infantry. Artillery has played a huge roll in these games - as it should, really)

The Siege of Kroptkand

With no sign of relief coming, and a bout of influenza ravaging the city, the garrison gave up to the besieging Bolsheviks. Many prisoners were marched back to Kubassa where they were interred in "re-education camps". A few were tried as criminals and executed. 

Once a provisionary governing collective was set up, the Bolsheviks prepared to march again... but would they march on the Tsarist regional capital at Bakunin, or face the Tsarist army head on and march on Engelsk?!

Elsewhere... 

Win-Cao Lo-Fat, The Most Illustrious Beacon of Celestial Light and Commander of the Arm of Earthly Might lead The Illustrious Arm of the Nine Illuminated Terrestrial Immortals from Ulaan-Goom to Ching-ho. 

The state of things at the end of Spring 1918

ORANGE

• Commander of the Field Army: Lieutenant General Sir Percy Arbuthnot-Worcester-Gruntfuttock-Smythe
• Faction: Western Interventionists
• Army: 14th Allied Eastern Expeditionary Army
• Base of Operations: Canadar 
• Other Cities: Canuckand, Molsensk, Stlojia
• Field Army:
• 3rd Battalion, Winnipeg Grenadiers (10)
• 5th Battalion, Cape Breton Highlanders  (7)
• 2nd Battalion, Regina Rifles  (11)
• 105th Canadian Fusiliers - Heavy Infantry Battalion (15)
• 8th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles - Cavalry (12)
• 37th Field Artillery (15)

YELLOW

• Commander of the Field Army: Hedwig Markus von Eggenberg, Margrave of Grosswardein
• Faction: Tsarist
• Army: East Asia Cavalry Division 
• Base of Operations: Gura
• Other Cities:  Driutsek 
• Field Army:
• 1st Battalion, 337th Infantry Regiment (Heavy) (8)
• 2nd Battalion, 337th Infantry Regiment (6)
• 1st Battalion, 369th Infantry Regiment (6)
• 2nd Battalion, 369th Infantry Regiment (5)
• Mongolian Cavalry (1)
• 38th Hussars Cavalry (4)

GREEN

• Commander of the Field Army: Altan Baatar Kahn
• Faction: Warlord Chinese
• Army: The Red Horde
• Base of Operations: Lung-Hu
• Other Cities: Wurumchi, Sui-Pei
• Field Army:
• Heavy Infantry Battalion (12)
• Infantry Battalion (13)
• Infantry Battalion (9)
• Infantry Battalion (13)
• Cavalry (5)
• Artillery (12)

LIGHT BLUE

• Commander of the Field Army: Win-Cao Lo-Fat, The Most Illustrious Beacon of Celestial Light and Commander of the Arm of Earthly Might
• Faction: Warlord Chinese
• Army: The Illustrious Arm of the Nine Illuminated Terrestrial Immortals 
• Base of Operations: Wei-Li
• Other Cities: Ching-ho, Ulaan-Goom,  
• Field Army:
• 1st Heavy Infantry Battalion (12)
• 2nd Infantry Battalion (12)
• 3rd Infantry Battalion (12)
• 4th Infantry Battalion (12)
• Cavalry Regiment (12)
• Artillery Regiment (12)

DARK BLUE

• Commander of the Field Army: Kombrig Mahat Mikhan
• Faction: Bolshevik
• Army: Ist Guard Regiment, Ipatiev House
• Base of Operations: Kubassa
• Other Cities: Kropotkand, Pyrohy, Holopchi
• Field Army:
• 1st Infantry Battalion (Heavy )(15)
• 2nd Infantry Battalion (15)
• 3rd Infantry Battalion (11)
• 4th Infantry Battalion (11)
• 5th Cavalry Regiment (15)
• 6th Artillery Regiment (8)

PURPLE

• Commander of the Field Army: Baron Yevgeny Lytton
• Faction: Tsarist
• Army: Gvardiya Belykh Koroley (Guard of the White King’s)
• Base of Operations: Bakunin
• Other Cities: Engelsk
• Field Army:
• 1st Battalion, 437th Infantry Regiment (Heavy) (12)
• 2nd Battalion, 437th Infantry Regiment (12)
• 1st Battalion, 231st Infantry Regiment (11)
• 2nd Battalion, 231st Infantry Regimen (9)
• 32nd Cossack Cavalry Regiment (11)
• 245th Artillery Regiment(14)

RED (of course) 

• Commander of the Field Army: Commissar-General Lev (Leon) Davidovitch Runstein
• Faction: Bolshevik
• Army: Первый Бабушка Армейский корпус (Ist Babushka Army Corps)
• Base of Operations: Baboushka
• Other Cities: Borschka, Vlodkask
• Field Army:
• 1st Transuralian Peoples Infantry Battalion (Heavy)  (4)
• 2nd Transuralian Peoples Battalion (8)
• 3rd Transuralian Peoples Battalion (8)
• 4th Transuralian Peoples Battalion (10)
• 1st Babushka Cavalry Regiment (5)
• 1st Borschka Artillery Regiment (10)

Back of Beyond Campaign - Winter 1917

War has come to the East with independent commanders seizing cities and claiming governance under them in the chaos. Once consolidating a base of operations, all struck out to try and keep their foes off balance, despite winter being upon them! 

The Bolsheviks were most Coordinated in their attacks, the 1st Babushka Army Corps of Commissar-General L. D. Runstein marched on Engelsk and  1st Guard Regiment, Ipatiev House, under  Kombrig Mahat Mikhan, marched on  Kroptkand.

The Red Horde under Altan Baatar Kahn advanced on the independent city of Bashkent and prepared to invest it. 

East Asia Cavalry Division under Hedwig Markus von Eggenberg, Margrave of Grosswardeinm stormed down from Gura, through Stlojia and onward to Bashkent where they found the city under siege by the Red Horde! 

The Illustrious Arm of the Nine Illuminated Terrestrial Immortals under Win-Cao Lo-Fat, The Most Illustrious Beacon of Celestial Light and Commander of the Arm of Earthly Might marches to  Ulan-goom then... ALSO to Bashkent!? Who would they find there!? 

Finally the 14th Allied Eastern Expeditionary Army under  Lieutenant General Sir Percy Arbuthnot-Worcester-Gruntfuttock-Smythe marched on Stlojia!  

Army Movements for Winter 1917

Here is how it all rolled out... 

Battle of Engelsk

Commissar-General L. D. Runstein was the first to make a move. He marched the 1st Babushka Army Corpsout of Baboushka, through Vlodkask and on to the Tsarist held city of Engelsk. There they found a small garrison making an half hearted effort to prepare the town to defend itself. 

Runstien was preparing to envelope the town when the Tsarist Gvardiya Belykh Koroley(Guard of the White King’s), under Baron Yevgeny Lytton, arrived on the scene at Engelsk - almost surprised to find the Bolsheviks already there!? Lines were drawn up and a battle quickly ensued! 

Three of the Bolshevik battalions were entrenched around the town and a fourth was entrenched at the bottom of a hill where the artillery was pounding the town.

After a brief, but devastating preliminary bombardment, the Tsarists arrayed themselves for battle. On the right, facing the town were the four infantry battalions of the Gvardiya Belykh Koroley. On the left flank were the artillery and cavalry. 

The artillery engaged in a duel for the first half of the battle - hoping to silence each other and then support the infantry battling for the town. Eventually it was the entrenched Bolshevik artillery that were able to silence the Tsartist gunners and were able to turn their guns toward the town.

Also on the left flank, the 32nd Cossack Cavalry Regiment attempted to flank the Bolsheviks and attack their guns from behind. But as they advanced, they were met by the Bolshevik cavalry and engaged in a protracted cavalry battle. 

In the end the Bolshevik Cavalry was driven off and the Cossaks galloped out of the way of the Bolshevik infantry dug in before the hill, before taking too many casualties. The were able to get around behind the guns and were preparing to bring fire upon them from there, but by that time, the battle had been decided elsewhere...  

Before the city the Bolshevik 1st Battalion turned about in their trenches and began hammering the advancing Tsarist infantry. The 2nd Bolshevik Battalion, to the west of town, left their trenches to support the 1st Battalion

The 3rd battalion, south of the town, also left their trenches and tried to storm the town while the defenders were distracted by the battle on the other side of town. They were ultimately they were able to take the town, but at some cost!  

Under the weight of fire from four Tsarist battalions, the Bolsheviks were taken apart in turn. First was the Bolshevik 1st Battalion. 

1st Battalion, 437th Infantry Regiment was able to occupy the trenches vacated by the Bolsheviks and bring fire on the town, but the combined fire of the remaining bolshevik battalions and the artillery that was able to shift it's focus to defending the infantry now holding the town, they sustained heavy casualties and were obliged to retire from the battle. 

Nest was the Bolshvik 2nd battalion. Stuck out in the open, they were also cut to pieces by the combined efforts of two of the Tsarist battalions. 

The three remaining Tsarist battalions were able to cause enough casualties among the 3rd Battalion in Englesk that they were also forced to give up their position and the city was relieved!  

Survivors of the Ist Babushka Army Corps retreated back to Vlodkask. A pursuit was initially considered, but with news of a SECOND Bolshevik force laying siege to Krotpkand, further to the west, it was decided it might be prudent to hold Englesk, regroup and prepare to relived the Siege of Kroptkand in the spring. 

Siege of Kroptkand

Kombrig Mahat Mikhan led the Ist Guard Regiment, Ipatiev House, out of Kubassa and marched on Kroptkand. The residents there were unwilling to give in to the Bolsheviks, so a siege dragged on through the rest of the winter. 

There were no assaults on the city and, as both sides has limited ammunition, there was little shelling. The Bolsheviks simply surrounded the city and hoped to starve them out. Most of the Bolshevik casualties came from influenza that swept through the ranks of the 3rd Infantry Battalion and 6th Artillery Regiment - luckily, it was mostly contained to the two units. 

Battle of Bashkent

The Red Horde had barely arrived at Bashket to invest the city when the East Asia Cavalry Division under Hedwig Markus von Eggenberg, Margrave of Grosswardeinm stormed down from Gura to attack from the East! 

The brash Hedwig Markus von Eggenberg, Margrave of Grosswardein, leading his unit of Mongolian Cavalry, approaches a bridge crossing the White River, east of Bashkent, far ahead of the rest of his column. 

Spying the Chinese Cavalry, led by Altan Baatar Kahn himself, von Eggenberg impetuously charged across the bridge to engage his foe, directly. 

The Khan, being more devious, did not pursue after the Mongoliand and Tsarists wheeled away to prepare for another charge, and instead caught the enemy cavalry in a brutal crossfire and shelled them with artillery. 

By insane luck, or just incredibly poor marksmanship on the part of the Chinese (or the fact that they were thrown off balance by the insane violence of the Margrave's attack!?), the Tsartist cavalry survived FAR longer than the reasonably should have... giving the rest of the column time to catch up and deploy for battle!? 

The 38th Hussars Cavalry followed their illustrious leaders example and galloped across the bridge into the mouths of the Chinese guns, to buy time for the infantry to deploy. 

They did not survive nearly as long as the first wave of cavalry, but they did buy precious time for the infantry to deploy. 

The Tsarists got the two infantry battalions of the 337th Infantry Regiment across the bridge, while the two battalions of the 369th Infantry Regiment depolyed on the flanks east of the river to face Chinese infantry units that were crossing at fords in an attempt to encircle the Tsarists. 

At this point the battle devolved into a protracted firefight. 

The overwhelming fire of the Chinese infantry (some of whom has remained in their trenches around the town), supported by artillery, was telling on the Tsarist infantry. the 2nd battalion, 337th Infantry Regiment, having crossed the bridge first, took the worst of it. Eventually the 1st battalion was also obliged to flee back across the bridge to the east. 

With the Russian infantry on the west bank of the river routed, the Chinese artillery shifted their fire onto the remaining battalions of the  369th Infantry Regiment on teh far side of the river. Already under fire from Chinese infantry and already suffering heavy casualties, there was no hope in recovering this battle and the remaining Russian infantry fled to the east with the rest of the Division. 

The survivors and stragglers of the East Asia Cavalry Division staggered back east towards Stlojia along the White River valley... but their ordeal was not yet over!? 

Battle of Stlojia

Returning to Stlojia, von Eggenberg found an army of Western Interventionists camped outside the city holding a strategic bridge across the White River! 

The 1st Battalions of both the 337th and 369th Infantry Regiments advanced towards the Bridge intending to pin down the forces within the camp, while the rest of the force tried to cross a ford further to the east and sneak into the city from the rear. 

The force crossing the ford took serious small arms and artillery fire as they cross the open ground between the river. 

Surviving elements of the 2nd Battalion, 337th Infantry Regiment made it into the city, but not nearly enough of them to hold it against assaults and artillery bombardment of the Canadians. 

2nd Battalion, 369th Infantry Regiment and the 38th Hussars Cavalry never even made it to the city. After having sustained heavy casualties, the survivors of both elements retreated to the east. 

The Remains of the Mongolian cavalry, savaged at the Battle of Bashkent, attempted to gallop around the city, hoping to flank the Westerners. They were met on the other side of the city by the 8th Battalion Canadian Mounted Rifles. the Mongolians tried charging the Mounted Rifles, hoping to drive them off as they dismounted. But the well drilled Riflemen drove of the Mongolians with withering fire. 

The Russian 1st Battalion, 369th Infantry Regiment took heavy fire from the entrenched 105th Canadian Fusiliers across the river and gave up the field dragging away their casualties. 

The 1st Battalion, 337th Infantry Regiment had a bit more success, deployed on the south side of the river they were able to pour heavy fire down on the Westerners that trie to assault the city, inflicting serious casualties on the 5th Battalion, Cape Breton Highlanders and forcing them to withdraw. It was not nearly enough, though. With all the other units in the division withdrawn from the field, the 3rd Battalion, Winnipeg Grenadiers storming the city, and 105th Canadian Fusiliers crossing the bridge to flank them, there was little else they could do but retreat to the east, hoping to meet up with other survivors of the Division. 

What remained of the Division made their way back to Gura, where they had marched from just a few months earlier, with less than half their original number... 

Elsewhere...

The Illustrious Arm of the Nine Illuminated Terrestrial Immortals under Win-Cao Lo-Fat, The Most Illustrious Beacon of Celestial Light and Commander of the Arm of Earthly Might marched out of Wei-Li planning to invest Bashkent. Just as they were coming out of the wintery pass that lead to Bashkent, the Illustrious Leader that the Red Horde was already besieging the city, after having beaten an army of Tsarists!? At this the Illustrious Beacon turned his army about and marched back through the pass to Ulaan-Goom. Many were dispirited by this hard march all for nothing and deserted the army along the way. 

Things not looking good for the Tsarist cause... 

I did take a LOT of photos and took DETAILED notes, thinking I might do some more detailed, turn-by-turn, blow-by-blow battle reports... I might get to those later this week... or not... That seems like a lot more work and I probably have better things to do! 

The State of Things at the end of Winter 1917

(DAGNABBIT! I just realized I turned the circle around Bashkent GREEN!? It should be grey, like Tashkabad, as it has not yet fallen to the Red Horde that is currently besieging it...) 

ORANGE

• Commander of the Field Army: Lieutenant General Sir Percy Arbuthnot-Worcester-Gruntfuttock-Smythe
• Faction: Western Interventionists
• Army: 14th Allied Eastern Expeditionary Army
• Base of Operations: Canadar 
• Other Cities: Canuckand, Molsensk, Stlojia
• Field Army:
• 3rd Battalion, Winnipeg Grenadiers (13)
• 5th Battalion, Cape Breton Highlanders  (10)
• 2nd Battalion, Regina Rifles  (15)
• 105th Canadian Fusiliers - Heavy Infantry Battalion (15)
• 8th Battalion, Canadian Mounted Rifles - Cavalry (13)
• 37th Field Artillery (15)

YELLOW

• Commander of the Field Army: Hedwig Markus von Eggenberg, Margrave of Grosswardein
• Faction: Tsarist
• Army: East Asia Cavalry Division 
• Base of Operations: Gura
• Other Cities:  Driutsek 
• Field Army:
• 1st Battalion, 337th Infantry Regiment (Heavy) (10)
• 2nd Battalion, 337th Infantry Regiment (8)
• 1st Battalion, 369th Infantry Regiment (8)
• 2nd Battalion, 369th Infantry Regiment (6)
• Mongolian Cavalry (3)
• 38th Hussars Cavalry (7)

GREEN

• Commander of the Field Army: Altan Baatar Kahn
• Faction: Warlord Chinese
• Army: The Red Horde
• Base of Operations: Lung-Hu
• Other Cities: Wurumchi, Sui-Pei
• Field Army:
• Heavy Infantry Battalion (15)
• Infantry Battalion (13)
• Infantry Battalion (12)
• Infantry Battalion (13)
• Cavalry (9)
• Artillery (15)

LIGHT BLUE

• Commander of the Field Army: Win-Cao Lo-Fat, The Most Illustrious Beacon of Celestial Light and Commander of the Arm of Earthly Might
• Faction: Warlord Chinese
• Army: The Illustrious Arm of the Nine Illuminated Terrestrial Immortals 
• Base of Operations: Wei-Li
• Other Cities: Ching-ho, Ulaan-Goom,  
• Field Army:
• 1st Heavy Infantry Battalion (12)
• 2nd Infantry Battalion (12)
• 3rd Infantry Battalion (12)
• 4th Infantry Battalion (12)
• Cavalry Regiment (12)
• Artillery Regiment (12)

DARK BLUE

• Commander of the Field Army: Kombrig Mahat Mikhan
• Faction: Bolshevik
• Army: Ist Guard Regiment, Ipatiev House
• Base of Operations: Kubassa
• Other Cities: Pyrohy, Holopchi
• Field Army:
• 1st Infantry Battalion (Heavy )(15)
• 2nd Infantry Battalion (15)
• 3rd Infantry Battalion (11)
• 4th Infantry Battalion (14)
• 5th Cavalry REgiment (15)
• 6th Artillery REgiment (12)

PURPLE

• Commander of the Field Army: Baron Yevgeny Lytton
• Faction: Tsarist
• Army: Gvardiya Belykh Koroley (Guard of the White King’s)
• Base of Operations: Bakunin
• Other Cities: Kropotkand, Engelsk
• Field Army:
• 1st Battalion, 437th Infantry Regiment (Heavy) (13)
• 2nd Battalion, 437th Infantry Regiment (14)
• 1st Battalion, 231st Infantry Regiment (15)
• 2nd Battalion, 231st Infantry Regimen (15)
• 32nd Cossack Cavalry Regiment (13)
• 245th Artillery Regiment(15)

RED (of course) 

• Commander of the Field Army: Commissar-General Lev (Leon) Davidovitch Runstein
• Faction: Bolshevik
• Army: Первый Бабушка Армейский корпус (Ist Babushka Army Corps)
• Base of Operations: Baboushka
• Other Cities: Borschka, Vlodkask
• Field Army:
• 1st Transuralian Peoples Infantry Battalion (Heavy)  (8)
• 2nd Transuralian Peoples Battalion (10)
• 3rd Transuralian Peoples Battalion (10)
• 4th Transuralian Peoples Battalion (15)
• 1st Babushka Cavalry Regiment (8)
• 1st Borschka Artillery Regiment (12)