Setback in Xinjiang
September 1, 2023

The short-lived East Turkestan Republic fell today as Shina forces seized the capital of Kashgar. The Nippon intervention forces were not enough to hold back the tide of communist sldiers. Two militia divisions had just been captured by the Lieutenant General Takemoto's armored divisions when news reached them that the capital had been seized, Dr. Mamtimin Ala captured, and the republican militia were throwing down their arms in the face of overwhelming enemy superiority.

While Nippon was not defeated in the field of battle, her military considers this an embarrassing setback. The Nippon ground forces proved themselves admirably during the Taiwan War, and this was the moment it strove to prove that it could provide an intervention capability to make a difference in other regions of the world. While the armored divisions made a small logistic miracle even making it to Kashgar in the first place, it is not enough to overcome the sting of defeat. The armored divisions are on their way home, and the pacifist factions in Tokio cheer.