American Volunteer Brigades (The Dragon Splits)

Founded and funded by several U.S. businessmen who were members of the Americans for the Liberation of Hong Kong, The American Volunteer Brigades (AVB) currently numbers around 6000 and serves with the militias of the Provisional Government of Hong Kong in defending their territories from the PRC forces.

History[]

The idea of U.S. volunteers serving in the Chinese conflict was first brought up by environmentalist Ted Roosevelt V. In January of 2016, Roosevelt made a speech to the press in New York in which he said “For decades China has been exploiting Tibet for its natural resources and in the process, they have caused massive environmental damage that can't be reversed. The people of Tibet are standing up for themselves and their country and I’m going to support them. If my great-great-grandfather had been alive today he would had gathered up a new group of Rough Riders and led them in their fight for their country and their freedom…”

This led to the discussion of U.S. volunteers among several American political personalities throughout the early months of 2016 yet it was never truly taken seriously until September after the Hong Kong Militia forces were able to combat the PLA troops, and they garnered support from the Republic of China turned American public support in favor of Hong Kong.

September 14: The Americans for the Liberation of Hong Kong (ALHK) is founded. They announce that they planned to create the American Volunteer Brigades. The Brigades spokesperson is retired U.S. Lieutenant Colonel Oliver North.

January 8-20: The volunteers start arriving at the Headquarters of the AVB in Las Vegas, Nevada. These volunteers were given free housing, meals, booze, and entertainment for their stay in “Sin City.”

January 24: The volunteers take an eight-hour bus ride to Los Angeles. They stay one day in Los Angeles before taking a 14-hour flight to Taipei.

February 1: 3000 AVB soldiers arrive in the Port of Hong Kong via a cargo ship.

Currently serving on the Hong Kong/Chinese border, the troops of the First American Volunteer Brigade are doing their best to aid the Hong Kong Militias in their struggle for freedom. Back in the states the ALHK plan to send in the Second AV Brigade to Hong Kong in the beginning of September.

By June 2017, the AVB helped secure roughly 60% of Hong Kong to the PGHK hands. They are currently supplied by unmarked Taiwanese cargo planes.

Membership[]

The age of the Volunteers is normally around mid-twenties to early-thirties, yet some can be anywhere between their teens and late forties. One-third of the volunteers are veterans from the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq. Many have suffered from unemployment or missing the feeling of belonging of the military yet most have never tasted combat or the horrors of war. Several are Chinese Americans whose families were refugees from the Chinese Civil War, and who hope to take back their family’s native lands. Other volunteers hope to use this for possible political or financial opportunity and some just want a chance at adventure.

Equipment[]

The American Volunteer Brigades have been observed using American, Russian, Chinese, and Indian weaponry. The use of Chinese equipment is done to keep their presence anonymous to their PLA opponents. At their training sites in Nevada, the AVB utilizes second-hand U.S. military vehicles like the HUMVEE and the Desert Buggy. The AVB uses any vehicles found in Hong Kong, such as police vans, technicals and seized patrol boats.

Below is the equipment used by the AVB:

Small Arms[]

Glock 17 or Glock 19
Beretta M9
SIG Sauer P226
Benelli M4
SPAS-12
MP5 Submachine gun (includes MP5K and MP5SD)
M4A1 Carbine
HK416
G-36
AK-47/AKM
Norinco Type 56
Type 81
M240
M249 SAW
Mk. 46 LMG
Type 95 QBZ
Type 88 LMG
Heckler and Koch SL8
PSG-1
M14 EBR
M24

Heavy Mounted Weapons[]

M2 Browning
M1919 Browning
DshK Machine gun

Portable Launchers[]

RPG-7
Type 69
FN-6 MANPADS
SA-7 Grail

Training Sites[]

Las Vegas, Nevada - HQ of the AVB. It comprises primarily military/PMC-style training courses complete with obstacle courses, urban warfare simulation, shooting range, and vehicle training.
Undisclosed complex in the Rocky Mountains - announced but actual location unknown. Possibly for training for deployment to Tibet. Others have speculated that the AVB is training in Camp Hale, Colorado. Camp Hale was the site for the CIA Tibetan program in the late 1950s, in which chosen Tibetan insurgents were trained and armed for guerrilla warfare against the PLA. However, Camp Hale has been dismantled since 1965, disproving claims that it is being used by the AVB.

Alleged Training Sites[]

These are based on reports, conspiracy theories, and accusations from America's adversaries such as Russia, China, North Korea, Syria, and Pakistan. Note that these have not been confirmed nor denied.

Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands - Saipan was also used by the CIA Tibetan program in the 1950s.
Guam
Midway Island
Johnston Atoll
Zamboanga City, Philippines - alleged training site in a military base after U.S. Special Forces withdrew in 2014/2015
Palawan, Philippines - the closest province in the Philippines facing the South China Sea
Diego Garcia (British Indian Ocean Territory)

Relationships[]

Allies[]

Opponents[]

People's Liberation Army
- PLAGF
- PLAN
- PLAAF
- People's Armed Police
- Ministry of State Security