Victoria II - Japan
Chapter Nine - Brunei Falls
Chapter Nine - Brunei Falls

While some of the Liberals pondered their next move the military knew what needed to be done.

First seven new Armies were ordered to be assembled. But even as this happened the first clash between the Army and the Rebels happened at Kagoshima.

Luckily the Army outnumbered the Rebels, slightly, and it was hoped that it would be a victory.
The other Armies were told to attack, if they had a chance of victory, or avoid the enemy mobs.
By the middle of February another clash happened in the Province of Yamagata in Northern Japan. And another started in Yokohama.

A few days later the Battle of Kagoshima came to an end and it was a victory. A Major one at that. It looked like the Rebels, while they had the numbers, were too spread out to hold up against well armed and well trained soldiers.
As long as the Army didn’t do anything stupid like spread themselves out.
Even as the Liberals patted themselves on the back another battle was started in the Province of Miyazaki.
And the Budget was in the ‘Red’. It had, as the Americans would say, gone through the floor.
Yet, near the end of February reports came in that both the battles of Yamagata and Yokohama had also been victories.
And by March the Battle of Miyazaki had also ended in a victory. And while the Army was losing men the Rebels were losing whole armies.

Then another battle started. This time in the Province of Fukushima. Once again while the Rebels had the numbers nation-wide the Imperial Army had local superiority.

Sadly it was also announced in March that the Rebels had taken the Province of Osaka. The Liberals were outraged but the military pointed out there was very little they could do until the Rebel mobs were defeated.
Still this bad news was soon forgotten by a victory in Fukushima. Which was than overshadowed when the Rebels officially took the Kyoto.

Then, near the end of March, there was another Battle over Bintulu. Seems the military in Brunei still had some fight in it.
Right at the end of March a Imperial Army clashed with Rebels in Aomori. Fifteen thousand Imperial soldiers against two thousand Reactionaries.
In April news came from Brunei. The Battle for Bintulu had been a overwhelming victory.
Back at home Aomori was also a victory.
While most of Northern Japan was now clear of Rebels the rest of the nation was still knee deep in them.

In May the Rebels in Nagoya were attacked by Tokugawa Nariaki whose men had cleared the North.
Funny enough a massive Rebel Army just in the province to the north did nothing to help their comrades. Who were totally wiped out.
It seems the Imperial Army was only attacking smaller armies while also building up its own forces. Piece by piece the Rebels would be chased down and destroyed. Until the Imperial Army was big enough to take on the bigger mobs.

Back in Brunei the last army of the enemy government had fled into unclaimed territory. So, of course, one of the Armies was told to go after them.

In late May the first new Armies, of three thousand fresh soldiers, was assembled in Okayama. Sadly, this meant it was kind of trapped and useless. At least until it could join up with one of the other Imperial Armies. So it decided to move to a safer Province.
Near the end of May another clash started up in Nara. Over fourteen Imperial Soldiers against just over two thousand Rebels.

At the same time the last enemy army of Brunei was being attacked by many times it number in Sintang. The enemy was wiped out and the Japan Army moved back north.
Only a few days later the Battle for Nara was also a victory.
Tokugawa Nariaki moved north and started another battle in the Province of Kobe with a much smaller Rebel force.

In June a second Imperial Army assembled in the Province of Yamaguchi. Where the other newly trained Army had been waiting. The two joined up and moved east to join Tokugawa. In other words six thousand fresh troops were going to join the other seventeen veterans.

Victory in Kobe soon came. And while this was happening around nine thousand veterans were being shipped home from the war in Brunei.

The troops would be landing in Kyushu and join the small force already waiting there. Well, trapped there.
Then the Japanese troops took the Capital of Brunei.

The Japanese government demanded that the defeated government of Brunei give up and hand over its nation. Brunei, realizing it had no way out. officially became a part of the Japanese Empire on the 16th of June, 1841.

Now if the soldiers could just be shipped home as fast as possible,