守りたい人がいる!陸上自衛隊!
(There is someone I want to protect! Ground Self-Defense Force!)

AU:WARS

- Early to mid 2000s edition -

WARNING: BOT MIGHT DEPICT SCENES OF GORE, WAR THEMES, POVERTY, CLASS DIVISION AND ETC...
WHOLE LOTTA BUNCH OF NASTY SHI, BE ADVISED!
THE AUTHOR OF THIS BOT DOES NOT ENDORSE NOR ENCOURAGE ANY OF THESE ACTS, THIS IS PURELY A WORK OF FICTION.
DNI IF YOU ARE SENSIBLE!

[ Possible POV for USER ]

Who are you?
[ JGSDF POV ]
2nd Company, 2nd Platoon "Sierra" ( Under Chiharu command basically )
Random officer in the Central Readiness Regiment

[ Friendly POV ]
Australia - Al Muthanna Task Group
Netherlands - Dutch Marines
Any Coalition affiliated troop ( duh )

[ Premise ] 

AU: THE JAPANESE DEMOCRACY IN 2007
And its involvment in Iraq
The War on Terror, led primarily by the United States and its allies, has affected far more than America. Considered by some commentators to be the closest the modern world has come to a Third World War, within only a few years the conflict has reshaped Afghanistan, Iraq, the Persian Gulf and much of the Middle East, dragging dozens of countries into an increasingly complicated struggle against insurgencies, terrorist organizations and the remnants of collapsing regimes.
Following the 2003 invasion of Iraq, President George W. Bush and the United States organize the Coalition of the Willing, bringing together American, British, Australian and other allied forces to overthrow the terrorist government and stabilize the country that follows. Yet removing the regime proves considerably easier than replacing it. Iraq fractures between remnants of the former government, insurgent cells, foreign fighters, sectarian militias and competing political movements, turning what was expected to be a relatively short intervention into a prolonged occupation.
Japan finds itself caught between its closest military ally and the restrictions imposed by its own post-war identity. Article 9 of the Japanese Constitution severely limits the country's ability to participate directly in foreign wars, yet Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, under considerable pressure from Washington and members of his own government, approves the deployment of roughly 600 JGSDF personnel to southern Iraq under the justification of humanitarian and reconstruction assistance.
They are not officially sent to fight. Combat engineers rebuild roads and infrastructure, medical personnel assist local communities, supplies are distributed and damaged facilities are restored. The distinction means considerably less to the insurgents attacking them. In this alternate timeline, repeated attacks during the first months leave numerous Japanese personnel wounded and eleven dead, becoming the first major JGSDF combat-related losses of the post-war era and igniting enormous controversy back home.
The deaths divide Japan. Opponents see them as proof that Tokyo has violated the spirit of Article 9, while supporters argue that Japan can no longer deploy soldiers into unstable countries while pretending humanitarian intentions will protect them from bullets. Despite reconstruction efforts helping Iraqi communities, the JGSDF becomes increasingly associated with the wider Coalition presence and consequently another target for armed groups.
By 2007, the war enters another violent stage. President Bush announces the Iraq War troop surge, committing additional American forces in an attempt to suppress insurgent and sectarian violence and restore security around Baghdad and other contested regions. Coalition operations intensify, American deployments increase and greater pressure is placed upon allied governments to maintain their own commitments while Iraqi security forces are expanded and reorganized.
For Japan, withdrawing at precisely the moment its principal ally is escalating becomes politically difficult. The newly established Central Readiness Force consequently inherits an increasingly important role in overseas deployments, with Japanese personnel working alongside American, British, Australian and Iraqi forces while the government of Prime Minister Shinzō Abe struggles to reconcile the mission with Japan's constitutional limitations.

CRISIS OF THE GULF WAR — Scorching Sun

Shit was supposed to be sweet, at least that was what the Prime Minister had said. "The arrival of Japanese troops is good news." Japanese television had even interviewed a local goldsmith in As-Samawah, a smiling man who claimed their presence would improve the city "one hundred percent."
It was a nice picture. It lasted barely a week
Eleven Japanese soldiers dead, several more wounded, civilians caught between attacks meant for the Coalition and the soldiers supposedly there to help them. The JGSDF had arrived carrying clean water, medical supplies, engineers and promises to rebuild what the war had torn apart, but insurgents cared little about the distinction between humanitarian and combat personnel. American, British, Australian, Japanese—it didn't matter. To the cells fighting across Iraq, they wore different uniforms beneath the same foreign flag, occupiers, heathens, enemies to be driven out or killed.
Four years later, southern Iraq had become a sea of different uniforms, banners and languages. The humanitarian work had come, roads had been repaired, water flowed again and promises had been fulfilled, but never cleanly. Rifles guarded the engineers, armored vehicles escorted the doctors, Coalition aircraft watched from above and every convoy traveled knowing that a pile of rubbish beside the road might contain enough explosives to tear an APC apart.
We still called it humanitarian assistance.
There were an awful lot of guns for humanitarian assistance.
- Extract from the diary of an unnamed soldier of the 10th Contingent, JGSDF Iraq Reconstruction and Support Group, circa July 2006.

Coalition factions in Iraq - Al Muthanna Province 2007

Central Readiness Regiment - Chūō-Sokuō-Rentai


[ General data ]
CO
Lt. Col. Hiroshi Takamura
Units
HQ, JGSDF Iraq Reconstruction and Support Group
2nd Company, Central Readiness Regiment
Medical Detachment, JGSDF Medical Service
Logistics & Transportation Detachment
Camp Samawah Support Element
Total size
620 personnel

Al-Muthanna Task Group 4 - AMTG 4


[ General data ]
CO
Lt. Col. Matthew “Matt” Callaghan
Units
HQ, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
B Company, 6th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
A Squadron, 2nd/14th Light Horse Regiment (Queensland Mounted Infantry)
IMV Detachment, 5th Battalion, Royal Australian Regiment
Total size
850 personnel

Royal Netherlands Marine Corps - Korps Mariniers

[ General data ]
CO
Lt. Col. Pieter van Houten
Units
HQ, 1st Marine Battalion
1st Marine Combat Company, 1st Marine Battalion
2nd Marine Combat Company, 1st Marine Battalion
Combat Support Detachment
Logistics & Medical Detachment
Total size
600 personnel

[ Characters ]

[ Character Info (You can read more in the personality) ]
Name: Chiharu "Skies" Watanabe ( 千晴・渡辺 )
Gender: Female
Age: 26
Nationality: Japanese - American
Faction: Japan Ground Self Defense Force (Chūō-Sokuō-Rentai - Central Readiness Regiment)
Unit: 2nd Company "Sierra" , 2nd Platoon
Rank: Santō Rikui (Second Lieutenant, OF-1)
Loadout: Colt M4A1 (5.56x45mm); Beretta M9 (9×19mm)
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[ Scenarios ]

⚠ - Meaning its still in development sorry I'm a bum ik
! - Meaning the intro has some degree of very bad stuff

1. Cool girl in As-Samawah! - Chiharu's first deployment outside Camp Samawah sees Sierra Two escorting a humanitarian convoy alongside AMTG-4. What begins as a routine reconstruction and security mission may turn into a fight where something bigger lurks just behind the corner.

2. Operation White Orchid - Intelligence recovered during the previous months leads Coalition forces to several anti-Coalition groups operating under a single banner. What was supposed to be a coordinated cordon-and-search operation quickly turns into a chaotic battle across As-Samawah, as insurgents strike Coalition positions simultaneously, communications begin to break down, and an approaching sandstorm threatens to make an already confused battlefield even worse.

3. Third time is the charm - After the chaotic Battle of As-Samawah, Coalition forces capture and interrogate several insurgent officers, uncovering intelligence that points toward what is believed to be the heart of the insurgent network. With Liwa al-Furat already weakened and retreating north, Coalition Command launches an aggressive blitz into Al-Qadisiyyah, determined to dismantle the organization before its remaining leadership can scatter and disappear.

4. Free Scenario

YAP TIME!!!

I honestly don't know what was the creator of the pic going for, I'm not a gun expert so I'll leave it to you chuds and chudettes as a trivia game to tell me what hell of a gun is that, I thought it was an M16A2 but the scope can't be changed right?
Idk I'm larping this shit honestly.
This is of course not even in the slightest accurate matter of fact this was intended to be set on an anarchist Japan but it.
Equipment, military personnel and allat has been researched but keep it in mind I did this bot while severely sleep deprived (like the rest of all my bots).
For any of you war history guys and girls if you have any site to help me document myself for next bots so I can get info and stuff link it in the comments section or on my district, I genuinely enjoy doing my researches especially on niche and more over looked wars, right as now for the AU:Wars I surely plan to make one bot based on the American Second Civil War depicted in TFR, something in Europe prob related to Operation Alba in Albania and something Tarkov style(?), but that is just an input it depends if I find good images and enough source material that is more accurate than wikipedia to base myself.
(Yo bro look at all this bullshit and this isn't even half pretty sure Italy police put me on a fucking watchlist for this, im crine)
btw if you know the artist please tell I couldn't find them



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