Battle of Sin City
| Battle of Sin City | ||||||||||
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| Part of the JBRican Civil War | ||||||||||
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| Belligerents | ||||||||||
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File:VLF.png Vuong Loyalist Front File:DR flag.jpg Deltoran Republic | File:Flag of AIL.png Anti-Infidel League of the Islamic Resistance | File:JBR CIA.png United States of JBR | ||||||||
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File:VLF.png Jakeb Norton File:VLF.png James Chor | File:Flag of AIL.png Ayman Muhammad al-Masri‡ |
File:JBR CIA.png Theresa Vales File:JBR CIA.png Morris Kendell | ||||||||
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20,000+ soldiers 2,395 wartime deserters (from Vales) 2,592 mercenaries 153 tanks | 12,521 soldiers | 14,485 soldiers | ||||||||
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305 soldiers killed 12 tanks destroyed |
5,356 soldiers killed 4,393 soldiers captured |
6,702 soldiers killed 2,395 deserted | ||||||||
| ‡Captured | ||||||||||
The Battle of Sin City is the fourth major conflict in the JBRican Civil War. The Battle of Sin City began around 9:56 AM local time when the Vuong Loyalist Front arrived near the borders of the state of Vegas. The Vales Administration's troops were already positioned near the Vegas border and the two sides began fighting. The loyalists outnumbered the Vales soldiers and were equipped with tanks. Led by Jakeb Norton, former King of the United States of JBR, he divided the loyalists into 6 different divisions. Two divisions were aligned about 10 miles from each other--the farthest division positioned at Ivanpah Lake (about 40 miles from Las Vegas) and the closest located 20 miles from Las Vegas. The closest division was the weakest division and confronted the Vales Administration first. This division managed to distract the Vales Forces before the second division proceeded with tanks. The Vales Forces were quickly overwhelmed and by the time the sixth division reached the battlefield, the Vales Forces surrendered. Theresa Vales and Morris Kendell fled the battlefield and were transported away via helicopter--barely avoiding the loyalists. Deserters of the Vales Forces decided to join the victorious loyalists as the forces marched to Las Vegas. Mercenaries deployed from the Deltoran Republic joined the loyalists en route to Las Vegas and helped provide aid to the wounded.
The Anti-Infidel League of the Islamic Resistance was aware of the loyalist's advance into its territory and quickly sent about 5,000 men to attack just 5 miles from Las Vegas' outermost borderlines. Many of these men were equipped with explosives and many wore bulletproof vests. AIL intended these men to be suicidal militants--hoping that the sacrifices would kill off much of the loyalists' soldiers. However, many of these men were actually citizens of the Vegas state and quickly assisted the loyalists. Only a reported 200 were actual supporters. With this increase in numbers, the loyalists marched into the Las Vegas Strip and searched the casinos and hotels in search for any AIL militants. Some launched off explosives while others leaped off of the buildings to the below. One explosive caused the Tropicana to collapse and set a small fire that caused minor damages to the already-destroyed Mandalay Bay and MGM Grand. Luxor and Excalibur remained unaffected by the fires because a fire hydrant between these structures was damaged. The fire hydrant sprayed enough water to prevent the fire from reaching these buildings.
By 11:00 AM, much of Las Vegas, its suburbs, and neighboring cities were liberated by the loyalists. AIL declared a retreat to the north to Area 51 where much of militants were waiting. Some 4,000 loyalists decided to confront AIL and by 12:00 PM, fighting began near by Fort Jupiter, Area 51. AIL's commander, Ayman Muhammad al-Masri, surrendered to the loyalists within 20 minutes of fighting after he was found cowering in one of the rooms in Fort Jupiter's town hall. He formally surrendered because he was unarmed and showed little or no resistance.
| “ | I am caught by the infidels. Oh what a sad day it is to be caught in the hands of the sickly Western demons! Glory to Allah that I have managed to gone this far, I am a martyr. Though I am not killed, I am captured. I can only hope by brothers in the Order of the Crescent and Holy Army to destroy this oppressive government of JBR once and for all! A caliphate shall come soon enough and an Islamic Republic will rise! Praise to Allah and down with the infidels and those who claim to be Muslims yet live aside with Westerners. That is most [sic] awful to hear such a thing. | ” |
The Anti-Infidel League officially dissolved and survivors were immediately sent back to the loyalist's bases back in Lancaster. However, a fragment of militants managed to avoid the loyalists and thus claimed to continue on AIL's existence. The two AILs are considered the same AIL. The Vales Administration announced its intentions on capturing Las Vegas themselves. Vales claimed that her men lost because she was "unready and unprepared" and also claimed that the battle was "unfair" and "illegitimate".