Black Rain

Operation Black Rain was the first battle of the GLA Offensive during the first phase of the GLA War.

Background
With the fall of their Asia-Pacific HQ in Dushanbe (see Operation Nuclear Winter), the GLA has fell back on their strongholds in Kazakhstan, with the People's Liberation Army in pursuit. While the GLA has suffered heavy casualties, the Chinese have spread their forces too thin. With many military and civilian targets lightly guarded, the GLA command decided this was the time to strike back.

The Battle
“We shall fall upon our foes like lightning from a cloudless sky.“
 * GLA Militia

The GLA began their offensive in Shymkent DMZ, in southern Kazakhstan. The battle began with a GLA raid on a Chinese outpost. Technicals distracted the guards while Bomb Trucks drove in to destroy the base.

The raiding squad then proceeded south to a GLA mountain hideout and brace for the inevitable Chinese counter-attack. Luckily, an Arms Dealer was located in the area and supply the local GLA with new vehicles as well as repairing vehicles damaged in the earlier attack. Meanwhile GLA rebels marched into a nearby fishing village, killing the Chinese military police and destroying the Chinese propaganda tower. The newly-liberated villagers flocked to the GLA cause.

Beating back the Chinese counter-attack, the GLA concentrate on their main objective - the hydroelectric dam to the north. The GLA forces, including Scorpion Tanks equipped with Rockets and Technicals, overcame the Chinese forces dug in around the dam. The GLA moved onto the lightly-guarded road leading to the dam and assault the dam itself. The dam breaks, flooding the valley and drowning the Chinese forces downriver (as well as, unfortunately, the aforementioned fishing village and any civilians who happened to remain there).

Aftermath
“Like a tide we shall swept over them and drown them in their own greed and evil.“
 * GLA Militia

The victory resurrected GLA pride. However, the GLA still lacks funds for their campaign. The next objective would be to secure the money the way they knew best - raiding UN convoys. A small force was sent to Almaty to intercept the UN aid convoys passing through the area.