The LoE (Invite Only)

[North-East Ohio]

Battle of Melk
*Seeing the Hungarian advance the Germans halted the bombardment. The Jets continued to fight the Hungarian jets while the German tanks advanced as well. The ground forces began firing at the enemy forces.*

[Britanania]

Battle of Melk

Viewing the battle now from the front lines, Tarkin smiled at the fruits of his labour. Artillery exploded all around, the sounds of dying men permeated the air.

"Continue the assault,close in and encircle the Germans."

The commander followed the instructions to a "t", the 9th and 10th Corps moving in and surrounding the NATO forces. A jeep arrived near Tarkin's Behemoth, the officer informing him that the 11th and 12th Corps were now behind the German forces.

"Radio their Generals. Have them move onto Munich."

[Vergenskia]

Buda Castle, Budapest.

Felicia enters Carolus' chambers and notices him looking at the map of Budapest and jovially humming. She shakes her head in disappointment and thinks, Károly, what are you doing?

The thoughts go away as Carolus notices his eldest sister, "Hello, Felicia!" He comes up and gives her a hug. "What do I have the pleasure of seeing you, at this moment?"

She smiles and says, "The budgets need approving. Would you like me to balance everything, brother?" She asks, innocently.

"Ah! Thank you, Felicia! I forgot it completely! If you could, it would be spectacular!" He says, with a beaming smile. "Thank you very much!"

"Anything, Károly."

[North-East Ohio]

Battle of Melk
*The Germans saw the Enemy move behind them. They knew they where in trouble now. The Leader of the German Ground Forces, General Albert Ostermann commanded that some of his forces turn around and engage the enemy. He also redirected the jets to go and bomb the enemy behind them. However, he now knew that they had made a grave mistake.*

[Britanania]

Battle of Melk

Tarkin almost laughed in glee. The Germans had taken his bait, and disengaged their air power. The day would be his. Tarkin called down to his radiomen.

"Have our fighters make a run at the German ground forces, and have our artillery pound them before making another push with our armour. Also have the 11th and 12th Corps continue their movement on Munich."

The orders were sent in, and the fighters unleashed hell.

"Only a matter of time now."

[North-East Ohio]

Battle of Melk
*The Hungarians rained bombs upon the German forces. As he saw this, Ostermann realized the trap he had just entered. He pulled out his radio and gave the order to fall back. With that the rest of the German forces began to move out of the city.*

NATO HQ, Brussels
*The men watched as the German's began to fall back from Melk.*
Corrigan: "I have to get on line with the Field Marshal."
Kowalski: "Why?"
Corrigan: "I want boots on the ground in Germany ASAP. East America is coming now, and with us, we shall bring new weapons. Hopefully then we will win this war." *He turned around and picked up the phone.*
*Harkov sat in his own room. Suddenly Alexai entered and told him of the situation in Austria.*
Harkov: "Good. Every thing is going just as planned."

[Britanania]

Battle of Melk.

The Germans began to pull back, but Tarkin made no notice.

"Continue to fire upon them, and continue advancing with the 9th and 10th. Also, send a message to the German commander, demanding his surrender."

[North-East Ohio]

Battle of Melk
*The German's stopped their retreat. Ostermann now told them to stand their ground and find shelter. Meanwhile some of the German Airforce returned to attack the Hungarian jets. Ostermann then recieved the message from the Hungarians. He reviewed it and then sent a reply message. The message read "I shall consider a surrender. But before that I propose a cease fire for the time being so that we may sit down and discus this." *

Washington DC
*The order was given by the President to the Field Marshal. With that the Field Marshal relayed the message to all military bases in the Federation. East America was going to war.*

[Britanania]

Battle of Melk

Tarkin read the German's message.

"Inform the General I will meet him halfway between our Armies. Also inform him that until a settlement is reached, there will be a ceasefire."

Imperial Palace

The Emperor was enjoying a nice pot of tea when a Servant entered.

"Your Majesty, reports are coming in from our informants that the FEA is poised to go to war."

The Emperor said nothing for a while.

"Thank you, you are dismissed."

[North-East Ohio]

Battle of Melk
*Ostermann recieved the reply. He turned to his second in command.*
Ostermann: "Have our army stop what they are doing. We are now in a cease fire. Prepare a table and some tea."
*The Second in Command saluted and ran off.*

[Britanania]

Battle of Melk

Seeing the Germans stopping, the Hungarians did the same. Tarkin and his staff drove off to the meeting place designated for the negotiations. Tarkin saluted the German commanders.


"Heil, Deutschen."

[North-East Ohio]

Battle of Melk
Ostermann: "Hallo an euch zu allgemein. Nun, Sie wollten meine Kapitulation zu diskutieren? Oh bitte, sich hinzusetzen. Möchten Sie einen Tee?"
*He snapped his fingers and a German soldier poured him a cup of tea. The German wore an odd uniform, it somehow reminded Tarkin of a uniform a German officer would have worn during the first two world wars.*

[Britanania]

Battle of Melk

Tarkin sat down and sipped the tea.

"Ja, das ist richtig. Mit Ihrer Hingabe, werden Sie und Ihre Mitarbeiter nach Berlin zurückgegeben werden. Ihre Soldaten POW werden, aber kein Schaden widerfahren ihnen."

[North-East Ohio]

Battle of Melk
*Ostermann thought about this. He thought for a few moments of saying no, but he knew what that would bring. Besides, it's not like he thought NATO lose this war just because of this.*
Ostermann: "Was ich Ihnen anbieten kann ist ein Rückzug aller deutschen Truppen aus Österreich und der deutsch-österreichischen Grenze. Doch nichts nach, die müssten durch meine supperiors Sir entschieden werden."

[Britanania]

battle of Melk

Tarkin bit his lip.

"Ziehen Sie Ihre Soldaten nach Freiburg."

[North-East Ohio]

Melk, Austria
Ostermann: "Nr. Freiburg ist auf der anderen Seite von Deutschland. Rückbau den ganzen Weg nach Freiburg wäre unmöglich. Wir werden nach München zurückziehen und das ist es."

[Britanania]

Melk

"Die Hälfte meiner Armee ist bereits auf dem Weg nach München. Entweder Sie ziehen aus dem Weg zu jener Kräfte, oder ich nehme deine Armee als Kriegsgefangene."

[North-East Ohio]

Melk, Austria
*Ostermann thought about this for a while. He knew he had no other choice.*
Ostermann: "Fein. Wir werden nach Freiburg zurück. Nur so lange, wie Sie dringen nicht in Deutschland."

[Britanania]

Melk

Tarkin shook the General's hand

"I cannot speak for His Majesty, Herr General. Good Evening."

The Hungarian officers returned to their camp.

[North-East Ohio]

Melk, Austria
*Ostermann sat there for a few more moments. He sighed and got up. He nodded to his second in command who then went about to send the message to retreat.*

[Britanania]

Hungarian Third Army HQ

Back at his HQ, Tarkin sent a telegram to Carolus.

"Your Imperial Majesty, I have defeated the German forces near the city of Melk, and they have agreed to retreat across the German-Hungarian Border back to Freiburg. I request two more Imperial Armies to invade Germany and finish off the major NATO power."

[North-East Ohio]

FEA Military bases throughout the world
*The Order was given. Almost all East American forces around the world where to be sent to Germany. Thousands of troops pulled out of Manchuria, South China, East Africa, Ethiopia, Iraq, and European bases. Meanwhile American jets and planes took off from America and went to Europe. The Navy also began to mobilize.*

Germany
*With the retreat of the German forces in Austria, Germany began to prepare itself for an invasion. Police forces in Germany began to prepare in Munich while the German reserves began moving into South Germany. Troops from the Netherlands and Luxembourg are also sent in.*

[Britanania]

German-Hungarian Border

Prince Tarkin, with Austria back under Hungarian control, made his final preparations for the invasion into Germany. The 11th and 12th Corps were already moving towards Munich, and he had sent a large part of the Hungarian Air Force to ease the invasion up. The 9th and 10th Corps were also sent, a day behind the rest of the Third Army.

[North-East Ohio]

Area 55 B
*The Leader of the base hung up the phone. He sighed and walked to a part of the base. He saluted the General at the base and gave him the orders. The General was shocked but performed his duty. He began calling people to have equipment from the base sent to Germany.*

Germany
*About a week later, American forces arrived in Germany. They where sent to Munich to prepare for the invasion. Tanks, Helicopters, Jets, Bombers, Mechs, everything was there. They began evacuating Munich and preping the city for the battle that was to come. They believed that now that one of the most advanced militaries on the planet was there, they would be able to push the Hungarians back and win the war.*

[Britanania]

German Front

The past week had been full of minor skirmishes as the Third Army pushed its way closer to Munich. Fulfilling his promise the Emperor provided Tarkin with command of two other Imperial Armies, increasing his total command to close to half a million men. The First and Second Armies were positioned to move from Czechoslovakia and towards Nuremberg and Weimar, respectively.