Sunday, April 12, 2009

Gosree City

After commissioning the Vallarpadom Container Terminal Cochin was on its way to become a trade center for South Asia. In 2007 January Cochin began to set up a 20 km X 20 km super city, centered around the Kanyakumari District's coast. The entire 400 sq.km area was cleared of its population , them being resettled in other parts of Cochin. As the land was being prepared a massive artificial harbor was dredged out and a super port 10 km long was set up. This will take 2 years to complete and phases of it are given to different contractors for parallel execution.

The entire complex is to be called Gosree City. The Gosree Port will have capability to accomodate 100 ships at the same time. A massive shipping canal will be dredged out from the deep sea with deep sea depth with a corridor width of 1km with an in and out corridor.

Port will be divided into 10 km segments , A to J. A to D will be exclusively for container traffic. Adjoint to the seaport will be an international airport, a railway loading yard and a railway terminal. Gosree city will be a tax free zone for its companies. Power and water will be supplied at a rate lower than global average and especially lower than in other trade cities. The Mullaperiyar reservoir shall provide water for this city and a nuclear power plant will be set up exclusively for Gosree. In the center of the city there will be a public park in the centre of which will be a 900 mtr tall tower to be called the Gosree Star. At the top of this tower there will be a massive rotating beacon which will serve as a light house. In the city there will be a city market, Shopping area, Industrial Area, Corporate Area, Residential Area etc. The area shall be administered by a Gosree Administrative Corporation headed by a Managing Director answerable to the King. Law and order shall be maintained by a special Gosree Command of RCPF. This shall include a SWAT team also. Defense of Gosree will be taken care of by an Air Cavalry Division and a Fast Response Squadron. There will be a Metro Rail system for the city which shall be connected to the railway terminal and airport also.

Post war diplomatic efforts

Diplomatic efforts were initialized towards the Republic of Hyderabad. A high level delegation led by Secretary of External Affairs, Mr. KP Varma visited Hyderabad and met the Prime Minister. Assurances of peace and stability was given and offers for trade initiated. An Embassy of Cochin was set up at Tank Bund Road, Hyderabad and a Cochin Consulate at Visakhapatnam. A Hyderabad High Commission was set up at Cochin and Consulates at Bangalore and Chennai.

Cochin has decided to buy 4000 12 ton Tatra trucks from Hyderabad. Cochin has also bought stakes in ore mines in Hyderabad. Hyderabad signed a deal to buy 500 MS155 systems and 2 lakh 5.56 MM MS assault rifles. They are also buying 20 used midget subs and 50 new midget subs, 5 Amindvi class destroyers and a Kottayam class helicopter carrier and 250 S-RECO UAVs.

The Golden Triangle super highway network connecting Cochin, Bangalore and Chennai is going to have an extension to Hyderabad. Rail links between Cochin and Hyderabad is also going to be set up.

Hyderabad State Army observed RCDF's annual Red Storm exercise at Vellore. Hyderabad also sent its air force to participate in teh Eagle Talons air combat exercise. The navy participated in the Malabar naval exercises conducted in the Bay of Bengal.

Consolidation of Empire

Now the period of consolidation has started. Food reserves from Cochin were opened up to feed the populations of Madras and Carnatic. Electricity and water was restored to the states within a record time frame of one week. After a week's curfew public vehicles staretd plying the streets and after one more week when fuel supplies were resumed, private vehicles were allowed to ply. War Tribunals were set up at Bangalore and Chennai where the royal family, principal minsters and military war criminals were tried. General amnesty was declared for all soldiers and civil servants of the two nations as they were only following orders. The remaining military units and POWs were organised into Rebuilding Corps and integrated into RCDF. The civil servants were integrated into Cochin Civil Service and the increased pay and eminities ameliorated any ill will towards Cochin.

In a span of three months the Rebuilding Corps repaired and rebuilt the war damages that happened to Carnatic and Madras. The damages within Cochin were repaired by RCDF's Engineer Corps. Then the Rebuilding Corps were integrated into RCDF as fully functional combat units.

The airmen and sailors of ex-air forces and navies were all sent for retraining. Then they were organised into skeleton units to be issued with equipments. Airmen were assigned to Nedumbassery and Ponnani AFBs for integration. Sailors were assigned to RCN ships and naval facilities at Port Blair and Lakshadweep.

War criminals were housed at the Ultra Secure Prison facility at Amini Island and they were executed there itself.

The Police forces of the two nations were repatriated and integrated into RCPF. After initial three months of increased over watch they were fully integrated on an equal basis with RCPF. A complete UAV network was set up over Carnatic and Madras and select Inspectors and Constables were selected for SWAT training.

All the Army, Air Force and Naval bases were repaired and some are being built up.

Naval bases: Karwar, Kundapura, Udupi, Mangalore, Kanya Kumari, Tuticorin, Rameswaram, Karaikal, Pondicherry, Chennai.

Army and Air Force bases: Mangalore, Madikeri, Mysore, Bangalore, Kolar, Chitradurga, Bellary, Raichur, Gulbarga, Bidar, Bijarpur, Belgaum, Badami, Karwar, Coimbatore, Coonoor, Dindigul, Tirunelveli, Pudukottai, Chennai, Hosur, Vellore.

In the expanded Cochin state, Cochin, Carnatic and Madras became provinces with Tripunithura as National Capital.

Six months after war RCDF conducted threat assessment survey and found out that Cochin has only 55% of force level required to be secure. Vast borders with the Hyderabad state was unmanned and kilometers of shore was unpatrolled. Unless checked effectively this could cause law and order and external problems.

At the time RCA had 60% of its pre war strength + 35% Carnatic + 30 % Madras army strength.
RCN had lost 30 mideget subs, 20 missile boats, 2 SBXs, 3 frigates and a destroyer while entire Madras and Carnatic fleets were sunk.
RCAF had lost 55% of its pre war strength while decimating entire offensive fleet. From Madras and Carnatic it captured intact only 20 FA18s and 30 F16s.

The Royal Durbar hence sanctioned a six month Project Reform Phase III. These were the aims of project.
Manufacture:
2 Aircraft Carriers, Cochin class (90+)
2 Aircraft Carriers, Malabar class (50+)
4 Helicopter Carriers, Kottayam class (45+)
6 Kavaratti class cruisers
11 destroyers, Amindvi class
25 frigates, Nilambur class
100 Midget subs
100 Missile boats
6 Attack subs of a new class, Mangalore (SBY)
2000 UCAV-F, Hornets
2000 UCAV-B, Ravens
250 Raptor UAV
1000 S-RECO UAV
2000 MS155 artillery systems
1000 MS155 SPG
50 MCA Jadayu
300 MH53
600 Blackhawk
400 LCH Piranha
2000 MS-MRLS systems.

Purchase:
150 Mig35
150 Su30
400 Mig29K
200 FA18E
300 F16IN
200 IL76
25 IL78
10 IL76AEW
400 C130 Hercules
200 C5 Galaxy
1500 T90S
2000 BMP3
2000 BRDM
1500 Bradley IFV
3000 Humvees
4000 Tatra trucks ( 12 Ton)

MCA Jadayu is a Medium Combat Aircraft. It is a stealth, all weather, fighter bomber developed by GAL.
Piranha is a stealth Light Combat Helicopter developed by GAL.

The frigates and missile boats to be built at Mangalore and Chennai Shipyards. Cochin class carriers, Kavaratti class cruisers to be built at Cochin Shipyard, Malabar class carriers to be built at Kodungallore, KOttayam class carriers at Ponnani, Amindvi class at Tuticorin, Midget subs and SBZs to be built at Kavaratti ship yard. 500 Hornets to be built at Nedumbassery, 500 at Coimbatore, 500 at Mysore and 500 at Hosur. 500 S-RECO to be built at Bangalore and 500 at Chennai. Raptor, Jadayu and Piranha to be built at Nedumbassery. 500 MS155 at Kakkanad and 500 each at Palghat, Avadi and Belgaum. 500 MS155 SPg each to be built at Kakkanad and Palghat. 100 MH53 to be built at Trichur and 50 each at madikeri, Bellary, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli. 200 Blackhawks to be built at Trichur and 50 each at Madikery, Bellary, Kolar, Raichur, Coimbatore, Tirunelveli, Vellore, Pudukottai. MS-MRLS Systems to be built at Kazarkode.

With this there will be a spread of manufacturing technology and massive job creations giving an economic boost to these regions.

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

War of South India

Cochin assimilated Travancore and Calicut states through peaceful means.
Then fearing the increased might of Cochin, Madras and Carnatic kingdoms attacked Cochin.
There were three fronts - Kazarkode, Palghat and Trivandrum. In early reverses entire Kazarkode District, Walayar sector and Parassala sectors fell into enemy hands as the border security forces were throroughly runover. After initial two days it became a war of attrition on land while total war was being waged in air. FABs at Palghat, Calicut and Parassala came under heavy bombing in the initial hours of combat and a totalof 93 UCAV-F (Hornet) were destroyed in the skirmish for only 15 enemy casualties.
Then the RCAF went into full battle mode. The Mig29/Su30/Mig35 regiments scored a kill ration of 20:1 against a vastly numerous enemy force. The Hornets showed off their combat potential with a kill ratio of 15:1. After the first day air neutrality was achieved and after 60 hours air superiority was achieved.
RCAF now went into full offensive mode. 20 UVAV-B (Raven) regiments were tagged for air base neutralisation. They accomplished this with assistance from 30 regiments of Hornets.
By the end of the first week RCAF had won complete air superiority over Carnatic and Madras Kingdoms. But this was at the cost of 220 Hornets, 50 Ravens, 20 Mig29s, 15 Su30 and 6 Mig 35.

War for Royal Cochin Navy started with the torpedoing of CNS Amindvi, an ASW Frigate in the international waters 200 km north of Lakshadweep. The vessel sank with its 150 sailors and 25 officers. Fleet 02 which had charge of Arabian Sea and Fleet 01 which had charge of Indian Ocean/BOB went into full War readiness. FL02 sailed towards Karwar and FL01 sailed towards Chennai and faced aerial attacks from mangalore, Tuticorin and Rameswaram AFBs. The Mig29Ks and Hornets which were on BARCAPs repulsed these waves at a kill ratio of 50 :1.

Task Force Alpha of which the sunk frigate was a part of proceeded to perform a shore bombardmet of Mangalore. Task Force Bravo laid an ambush which decimated a Madras task force targetted for an invasion of Andamans. In this classic operation Madras Navy lost its aircraft carrier MNS Goundar, a Battle cruiser and 3 submarines. Task Force Charlie destroyed the Carnatic aircraft carrier RCS Gowda and its escort ships on the approaches to Calicut port. The submarines of RCN were on full war mode and had a license to kill. In a classic operation 2 SBZs of FL02 sunk the Battle cruiser RCS Mysore at Karwar Naval Base.
On the land front RCA had faced early reverses. After initial loss of Kazarkode, Walayar and Parassala regions the RCA strengthened its defenses. I Corps which comprised the I and IV ACR and II Mech Divisions was assigned Kazarkode sector. II Corps which comprised II,III and V ACRs and I and II Mech Divisions was assigned Walayar sector.
III Corps which comprised VI,VII ACRs and IV Mech Division was assigned Parassala sector. A fourth and fifth Corps were being assembled as Reserve Divisions. They were to be formed into 4 ACRs and 6 Mech Divisions.

After first 2 days of compabt initiative was won by RCA. A massive attack on all three fronts was launched. RCSF commandoes had infiltrated enemy lines and launched covert strikes against enemy's communication lines. The stealth UAV Raptor proved its mettle in battlefield surveillance by plotting the enemy logistic lines, main concentrations and by locating command HQs.
In a coordinated attack at 0230 Ravens struck at all enemy logistics lines, Mig35 squads dispatched all the command centres with cluster bombs. The attack helicopters of all teh army Corps with attack helicopters from RCAF decimated the Shock Armor Corps of the enemy. At the same time Missile Boats and SBMs of RCN were bombarding all the important cities of Madras and Carnatic.
The Palace and Royal Assembly in Chennai were reduced to rubble. In a 6 hour long barrage all the naval bases were foreclosed and ships in harbor sunk.
The Army I Corps decimated the opposing I Wodeyar Shock Armythrough a massive artillery barrage, MRLS attack and first field use of MS 155 mm Artillery units.
At the end of the day I Corps had captured Mangalore district, II Corps had captured Coimbatore District and III Corps had captured Kanyakumari District. After being augmented by an ACR and a Mech Division each, the three Corps began moving towards the enemy capitals. By the seventh day the Fleets had reached their destinations and port facilities were captured. Marine Commandoes from FL01 captured the Palace and Secretariat in Chennai. 12th SF Battalion from Nilambur para dropped into Bangalore and held the King of Carnatic, Rajendra Wodeyar hostage.
On the eighth day the Strike Corps reached the capitals and enemy units began to surrender in number. On the tenth day formal surrender was signed by the two belligerent nations.

Palace and King's Guards

Palace Complex is at Tripunithura in and around Hill Palace environs. Palace complex consists of
Royal Palace
Palace Annex
Secretariat
Ministry of External Affairs
Ministry of Finance
Ministry of Transportation
Ministry of Shipping
RCDF HQ
RCPF HQ
Strategic Command Center
King's Guards HQ
KG Barracks
Palace Armory
State Treasury
Palace Residential Annex
Regent's Hospital
Palace High School
Ministry of Industry
Ministry of Interior

King's Guards

King's Guards are elite soldiers selected from best officers and men from the military and police services. They have prime responsibility for the protection of the King, the Ministers and the Royal family. The most inner most guardians among King's Guards are the ultra secretive Chaver Squad who take immediate physical protection of the King at all times.

TOE:
25 T90 , 25 BMP2, 40 BRDM, 40 Hummer, 40 Jeeps, 50 Bullets, 20 Tatra trucks, 10 MPV, 5 Mi35, 5 MH53, 4 Blackhawk, 6 ALH, 2 Il76, 1 Il78, 4 An32, 4 GVIs, 6 BMW C3, 4 Mercedes Benz S Class, 4 Missile Boats, 4 Midget Subs.

King's Fleet

2 Rolls Royce Phantom, 2 Bentley Redline, 1 Merceded Benz SLR Mc Laren, 1 Maybach 62 and a Bugatti Veyron.
Royal Yacht - 400' Anubis
Royal Submarine - Nautilus
Boeing 777, Gulfstream VII, Mig35.

Other Training Commands

Air Force Training Command - Nedumbassery

2 squadrons each of Mig35, Su30, 2 regiments each of UCAV-F, UCAV-B, 2 squads each of An32, Il76, MH53, Blackhawk, Mi26.

Air Warrior School - Trichur
Air Defense School - Nedumbassery
Air Force Institute of Science and Technology - Mookkannur
Air Force Training Academy - Trichur

Special Forces Training Command

School of Close Quarter Combat - Nilambur
SWAT School - Nilambur
Jungle Warfare School - Nilangayam
Special Demolitions and Engineering School - Cherai
Institute of Mountain Warfare - Idukki
School of Airborne Operations - Nedumbassery
Special School for Survival - Amindvi

Joint Training Command - Cochin

National Defense College - Cochin
Joint Services Training Academy - Palghat
Command Leadership College - Munnar
Defense Staff Training College - Malappuram
Royal Cadet Camp - Munnar

RTPF Training Command

Royal Constabulary College - Malappuram
Royal College for Inspectors - Trichur
Police Driving School - Palghat
Police Aviation School - Nedumbassery
Police Sailing School - Cherai
Cochin Institute of Terrorism and Intelligence - Trichur
Cochin Police Academy - Cochin

Basic Training Courses

Basic Soldier Course - ATA
Basic Sailor Course - NTA
Basic Airman Course - AFTA
Basic Officer Course - NDC
Army Officer Course - ATA, JSTA
Naval Officer Course - NTA
Air Force Officer Course - AFTA

RCDF Quarter Master Command - Drivers are trained at Police Driving School.

Navy Training Command - Kavaratti

Naval Training Academy - Kavaratti
Advanced Seamen's School - Kavaratti
Naval Gunnery College - Kavaratti
Navy Logistics and Navigation School - Amini
Navy Institute for Technology and Management - Cochin
Naval Aviation School - Ponnani ; 1 squadron of Mig29K, a regiment of UCAV-F, a squadron of UCAV-B, a squadron each of harriers, An32 and Il76
Naval College of Warfare - Kavaratti
Royal College of Sea Rescue - Cochin