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{{Infobox military conflict
| conflict =
| date = 8th December 2023 — 12th December 2023
| place = [[Gang Shi]], [[Yoahtl]], in quadrants -,- and +,-
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| combatants_header = Combatants
| strength1 = 10+ Fighters <br/> 15+ Support Personnel
| strength2 = 10+ Personnel <br/>
| casualties1 = One player killed, not pearled<br/>One player pearled, later freed (as of 11th December 2023)
| casualties2 = * 3 vaults griefed
* Altepetl attack bunker griefed
* Jbblocker logboxed
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| combatant1 = '''[[File:Dawn-guard-pact-logo.png|20px]] [[Dawn Guard Pact]]'''
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| title = {{Flag|Gang Shi}}
| bullets = true
| {{combatant||Gwua}}
| {{combatant||jbblocker}} (Leader)
| {{combatant||___TheBoss___}}
| {{combatant||HassDaMahn|yes}}
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| {{combatant||butter_villager|yes}}
| {{combatant||UghBraces}}
| {{combatant||CryptoClixy}}
| {{combatant||Squilliam|yes}}
| {{combatant||IbisMan}}
| {{combatant||Squidhasthebad}}
| {{combatant||loo_wee_gee}}
| {{combatant||SQOpenSpellBook}}
}}
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The '''Grasslands Gambit''', also known as the '''DGP-Gang Shi War''' or '''Post-Nut Clarity War''',<ref>2023 December War name by [[Lodish]] https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1mTh7C5JRvdgXMVyPpy8gyytbCYtGlJ520x55Knyq0ko/edit#gid=54211360</ref> was a war on [[CivMC]] fought from 8 December 2023 to 12 December 2023. It was initiated with a surprise attack by [[Icenia]] and [[Yoahtl]], allied with one another in the [[Dawn Guard Pact]], as well as the
The war opened on 8th December with a joint Icenian-Yoahtlan surprise attack on the Black Mesa pearl holding vault, disabling it via groups obtained by Grassland insider
== Background ==
Gang Shi had initially been dissolved in the [[SEC–Gang Shi War]] in April 2023, as part of a war between Gang Shi and the [[Security Enhancement Coalition]], including Icenia and Yoahtl. Following the end of the [[Butternut-SEC War]], in which Icenia and Yoahtl, still in the SEC, fought a failed war against [[Butternut County]] and fighters from Gang Shi, Gang Shi was reestablished (with the SEC dissolved). Subsequently, Icenia and Gang Shi were the subject of several incidents,<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/17u0xqo/gang_shis_drama_factory/</ref> including the
==Course of the War==
=== First strike ===
On 8th December 2023, on the anniversary of the insiding of the [[Vault#The Crucible (Columbia)|Crucible]] on [[CivClassic 2.0|CivClassics]] and also a day after the anniversary of the [[Wikipedia:Attack on Pearl Harbor|attack on Pearl Harbor]], Icenia and Yoahtl launched an surprise attack on Black Mesa, Gang Shi's main pearl holding vault. A Reddit post was made, called "Pearled Harbor" (an allusion to the [[Pearled Harbor]] event in [[CivClassic 2.0]], which in turn was an allusion to the attack on Pearl Harbor), claiming that Icenian and Yoahtl fighters had disabled and ctr'd most of the vault with the help of an unnamed insider (later identified as Antea4204), before explaining the coalition's stated reasons for the attack.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18dkxm7/pearled_harbor/</ref>
=== Attack on Florence ===
On the morning of December 9th, a squad of Icenian fighters began a skybridge over the Florence bunker located south of Whole Foods, believing it was a staging ground for an attack against the farming complex. A watercubing operation was briefly interrupted by the arrival of [[XxTBxX3276]], [[UghBraces]], [[loo_wee_gee]], and [[7Joshhh]], but ultimately continued and was later augmented by a bombing operation on the 10th, firmly disabling Florence from being used. The Florence bunker was discovered to have been commanded by [[chosentwicelol]], at the time of its disabling.<ref>https://civwiki.news/newsletter/newsletter-12-11-2023/</ref>
[[File:DGP-propaganda.png|thumb|[[Dawn Guard Pact|DGP]] Propaganda by [[MechanicalRift]] depicting [[Gang Shi]] as a threat to buildfriend nations such as [[Pavia]], [[Nara]], [[Mercutio]], and others.]]
=== Logboxing of Jbblocker ===
Concurrent to the operation in Florence, other Icenians trapped a section of Gang Shi's northern iceroad heading through the -,- and created a section that could be easily closed off to prevent escape. Later in the day on December 9th, Emperor of Gang Shi [[Jbblocker]] was spotted coming up the iceroad, and the iceroad was sealed on opposite ends, trapping him inside. Jbblocker logged out before he could be combat tagged. Attempts to free him by XxTBxX3276, UghBraces, loo_wee_gee, and 7Joshhh were driven off and Jbblocker was entombed within a fortified logbox. Following the battle, most fighters moved to the city of Altepetl upon server restart.
=== Siege of Altepetl ===
At approximately 11 p.m. EST on December 9th, Gang Shi forces began an skybridge assault on Altepetl, the capital of Yoahtl. [[Toaxbis]] was initially shot off the skybridge by defenders, resulting in the first pearl of the war. Yoahtl player [[Spoonce]] was later killed due to a bowshot from the attacking skybridge, but [[DiamondVictor]] didn't have a pearl on his hotbar, and Spoonce escaped being trapped in the nether.
Counter skybridges from the city were able to successfully hold the attackers back from the trench, and eventually a decisive breakthrough was made on the bridge after additional fighters rotated to the defense of the city following the daily server restart.
By 4 a.m., the main assault had been repulsed.
=== Counterattack ===
Throughout the day on December 10th, engagements continued to occur on the skybridge and around the city. In the afternoon, Dawn Guard Pact forces launched a ground tunnel against the only iceroad supplying Gang Shi's attack bunker for the skybridge, successfully cutting it off and obtaining [[Butter_Villager]]'s pearl in the process, causing Gang Shi to retreat from the area. Following this, the ground and sky bunker were fully disabled and looted, yielding a large number of compacted potions. By the end of the day, Gang Shi had lost
[[File:DGP-propaganda2.png|thumb|[[DGP]] propaganda created by [[VilyanZ]] depicting [[Yoahtl (CivMC)|Yoahtlan]] and [[Icenia (CivMC)|Icenian]] [[Skybridge|skybridges]].]]
Fastestgrass, the supplier of the initial "Pearled Harbor" leak, was friendly pearled by
=== Icenia City skirmish ===
At around 2am on December 11th, chosentwicelol and [[Squilliam]] appeared in Icenia city. They briefly attempted to raid various shops around the city by breaking into them, but were largely unsuccessful due to the proliferation of relay chests. After Shadno, [[Jaimiemie]], and [[Raeders]] moved in, there was a fight at Jah Park which resulted in Squilliam being knocked into a foot grinder and subsequently pearled, with chosen fleeing the scene.
=== Insiding of Gang Shi and Butternut ===
In the early hours of December 12th, [[ComradeNick]] published an open letter admitting that he had turned coat,<ref>https://redd.it/18glq8g</ref> allowing the Dawn Guard Pact to completely seize control of what remained of Butternut and Gang Shi's defenses, a killing blow for the two nations. Soon thereafter, Icenian President [[ChrisChrispie]] announced that the Dawn Guard Pact would temporarily occupy the territories of [[Florence]], Lambeau,
=== The Final Handoff ===
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The aftermath of the war saw the dissolution of Gang Shi, Butternut, and Lambeau, with their remaining members going into exile, quitting, or joining other nations. In the days following the Estalian seizure of Blacklight, a number of Salerno, Lambeau, Butternut, and Gang Shi military installations were further seized and looted by the DGP and the Imperial Federation (allegedly in cooperation with the DGP), despite previous statements indicating that raiding of Salerno would not continue following the effective end of the war.
As of 12/19/2023, several key Lambeau and Butternut leaders including Chosentwicelol and [[Kibbles]] remain at large, despite a large number of former GS fighters coming forward to pay demanded reparations and to negotiate deals with the DGP. On the 18th of December, the DGP released pearled Salernan fighters [[TheIowanGod]] and DiamondVictor early in a sign of goodwill.
The state of war invoked by Icenia was ended in a unanimous Senate vote on December 27.<ref>https://civicenia.github.io/2023-12-27/end-state-of-war-bill</ref>
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On the 8th December, a poll was created on Reddit asking which side they supported in the war. As of December 10th, 2023, 51% of voters supported the Icenian Coalition, 27% Gang Shi and allies, and 23% were neutral.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/s/EK7wMAC7tY</ref>
In an war update posted on December 10th, Yoahtl claimed that Gang Shi was recruiting players from [[HCF]] to fight in the war.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/CivMC/comments/18fdh4o/our_smoke_war_recap/</ref>
== See also ==
* [[SEC–Gang Shi War]]: First conflict between Icenia and Yoahtl, and Gang Shi
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==References==
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[[Category:Conflicts (CivMC)]]
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