Battle of Giddings Mall

Battle of Giddings Mall
Conflict	Urban dead
Date	January
Place	Giddings Mall
Result	Zombie Victory
Combatants Survivors Zombies Commanders Saromu, Sgt. Whiskey Swiper, Doctor Putzs, Drazghul, Thalarion, Tony Blair, Bryant Dilstar, and others Mighty Warlord Xyu, Petrosjko, Strength Cops, Firefighters, Consumers, Privates, Medics, Scouts, NecroTech Lab Assistants and Doctors Zombies Casualties several over 5000!

Records

• January 14^th - the Giddings Defenders is formed, an ad-hoc group comprising of small groups, larger groups and Officers from the defenders at Giddings.

• January 15^th - After the fall of Creedy, over 240 zombies besiege Giddings overnight. The initial defence is manned by the Army Control Corps, PA Rebel Alliance, Creedy Defense Force, The People's Militia and elements of the The New Maltonian Dynasty. Along with around one hundred individuals. The Radio Tower is overrun, and Pitneybank Radio ceases broadcasting.

• January 17^th - The horde swells to over 300 zombies, and small uncoordinated break-ins are not exploited, leading to the zombies being rapidly killed and dumped outside Giddings...

• January 18^th- Over 400 zombies now besiege Giddings, the break-ins become more numerous, and NT medics lead revive runs almost constantly - casualties are lower than expected, but promised reinforcements still do not show.

• January 19^th - New NecroTech functions come online, the effect of these is still unknown, as Giddings fell so quickly after they were implemented. The numbers of survivors dwindled as larger break-ins continued. The Creedy Defense Force withdraws just prior to several large break-ins.

Just an hour before several large breakins, the Creedy Defense Force called for an evacuation of its members and other allied groups.

• January 20^th - An expected assualt commences on the weak North Western corner of Giddings. The coordinated Mall Tour and RRF strike tears through the barricades, and destroys the NE corner entirely. Throughout the night bitter fighting erupts as many sides are rebarricaded, knocked down. Many fall unexpectedly, and in the morning the Evacuation of Giddings is called.

The Battle

The Battle of Giddings Mall lasted for days, the Giddings Defenders lasted as long as they could but in the end Mall Tour took over. The main fighting is over but small fights still go on from time to time.

Controversy

A large amount of controversy remains after the January Siege of Giddings Mall.

After the Siege of Caiger Mall, the Caiger Mall Survivors offered support to the groups who assisted. During the siege barely any reinforcements arrived from the Caiger Mall Survivors and other groups who had promised support.

This led to a major rift between the Caiger Mall Survivors and many of the groups who fought at Giddings. In conclusion of this CMS-Meta stood up - an organised group of Caiger Mall Survivors who did show up at the Giddings Siege.

Aftermath

The aftermath of this Siege of Giddings is still unclear. It was the most successful defense against the Mall Tour until Caiger Mall, and fell only after the Tour started its own organized attacks and the RRF arrived to aid it. It demonstrated that survivors could still hold off zombies for several days if the numbers were roughly equal and the survivors had dedicated and organized defenders.

On the 21st of January the Giddings Defenders became the Alliance of Giddings, and vowed to retake Pitneybank. Many of those within the Alliance of Giddings also have decided not to send support to Caiger in the coming Siege, despite the effords of CMS-Meta.