Operation: Cambodia

Operation: Cambodia was a military defense initiative orchestrated at the highest level by Lord Marshall Dorkus, with the sole aim of protecting the city of Beandenberg from the constant threat of monsters lurking in the wooded areas surrounding the city. As a result of the operation, an indeterminate amount of Un-exploded Ordinance may or may not still pose a potential hazard to residents of the city.

Background
In 2018 YOB, Beandenberg was still very much a fledgling hamlet, and was surrounded on all sides by a thick forest. During the daytime, the woodlands around the town were an ideal hiding place for monsters taking shelter from the sunlight, and any villager unfortunate enough to stumble into their hiding place was never heard from again.

Without protective walls to ensure the safety of the town, the newly appointed Lord Governor Dorkus knew he needed a plan to defend the villagers and prevent monsters from finding safe havens among the trees. His solution? Landmines.

Execution
While some would argue that a more sensible, affordable, and logical solution would have been to remove the wooded areas in question to prevent monsters from utilizing them at all, Lord Dorkus always views problems through what he calls a "modern lens." As he put it, the forest surrounding the town provided a scenic eloquence to the area that simply couldn't be sacrificed -- even in the name of public safety. Thus, Operation: Cambodia was initiated.

The idea was simple, yet effective: in order to counter monsters making use of the trees for cover from the sun, the Beanish troops would plant landmines at strategic points to counter and deter the monsters. To prevent the eventuality that the mobs figure out the method the Beanish used to determine the location of their landmines, Lord Dorkus made sure that their placement was as random, sporadic, and unpredictable as possible. Furthermore, to ensure their plans never fell into enemy hands, no records were kept as to the number, location, or explosive payload of the landmines.

Outcome
Despite Lord Dorkus' tactical genius, the landmines proved to be a far greater detriment to the townsfolk than to the monsters they were intended to thwart. Eventually, the forests around Beandenberg were cleared for timber, but not without high acceptable casualties. Attempts to cross from one side of the town to the other were often met with collateral damage to civilians and civilian property alike. Despite this, the monsters eventually became less and less of a problem for the town. With the civilian death toll estimated between 128-276, Lord Dorkus declared the operation a decisive success, concluding his victory speech to the troops by saying, "And nothing of value was lost."

Although Operation: Cambodia has been declared completed for almost 2 years, Un-Exploded Ordinance is still being discovered on the outskirts of the city even to this day, and it will be impossible to say when all of the mines have been set off. Until then, the Ministry would like you to remember that nothing reminds you you're alive like the constant fear of a spontaneous, violent death.