Second Imperial-Sechyvasian War (TG for Invite/IC)

[Imperialisium]

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Imps.
on Marine Division

My Marine Division(s) are a full Division as it seems you missed that:
6 Infantry Battalions organized into Two Regiments (Fully Equipped Infantry)
1 Scout and Light Support Battalion (4x Panzer L.2s=Modern Light Tanks; 16 SdFk.251 Armored Vehicles and a full compliment of Supply, Heavy Supply and Transportpanzer vehicles)
1 Command and Logistics Battalion
1 Artillery Battalion and Support fielding 15 155mm Howitzers. 4 Panzerhaubitze 2000s Mobile Artillery and 8 Wurfrahmen 80 Mobile Rocket Artillery. 20 Lighter 105mm Cannons and 30 Lighter guns with 4x Leopard 2 MBTs
1 AA Abteilung (Abteilung=Detachment and in this case smaller than Battalion but larger than Company)

Infantry Division

6 Infantry Battalions (Fully equipped with Puma IFVs and APCs)
1 Command and Logistics Battalion
1 Artillery Battalion (30 155mm Howitzers, 8 Panzerhaubitze 2000s Mobile Artillery, 8 Wurfrahmen 80s Mobile Rocket Artillery. 50 105mm Cannons with 60 Lighter Guns.
1 Scout and Support Battalion (Same as Marine but twice the vehicle compliment)
1 AA Abteilung

If need be I can give Rosters for Panzer Divisions, Various Waffen-RSS Divisions, Luftwaffe organization and special designations, Panzergrenadier, Jaeger and Geirgsjaeger Division rosters. Including Kaiserliche Marine (Navy) organization as well.

Geschwader is equivalent to an Air Wing and at full strength is 125 aircraft of various types and roles.

[Bengal and Damodar Province]

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Imps.

Dhur Saala Matha Mota, Bokachoda, kichhu buhjish na. Thurs fele dubs mor. Haramir Baacha ! Abar giye lekha pora sekh mukhuu !!!

[Protectorate of Sechyvasia]

You're Comment is fair Imps. I will make sure to double check myself from now on as well, I know I can slip alittle here and there.

[Imperialisium]

Thank you, I believe its your post Sechs

[Protectorate of Sechyvasia]

.5 Kilometres from Theta Beach

The rattle of the S2MG or Sechyvasian Model 2 Machinge Gun went on and off as the gunner moved the gun left anf right in sweeps while another soldier fed ammunition into it. Machine Gun nest 13 was the last Machine gun position in the Sechyvasian trenches as the rest of the Battalion was retreating pill mill back to the woodlands to form another defensive line. Still B Company, down to 131 soldiers remained behind to offer some resistance before pulling back to rejoin the rest of the Battalion. The 11th AA had fully pulled back as well and B Company commanding officer Captain Anthony Dulman looked into his binoculars at the Imperial soldiers against him. They're Stahlhelm helmets seen going to and fro from cover. The Bengali and Damodar forces had begun to engage the Imperials but they would be so horrendously outnumbered and out gunned they'd either have to pull back or face destruction.

Fordas City

"Bengal and Damodar has entered the fray?" said Leutinent General Postham.

"Yes but we estimate the Imperials will still assault are woodland line by the end of the day with probably advance units. Our satellites also report another and larger Imperial force inbound, I fear without major support we will loose the Island. The 35th Infantry Division is going to arrive within the hour with the 7th Fleet and hopefully then we can force a stalemate and counter attack." said his Staff Adjundant Leutinent Colonel Gregorius St.Pere.

"With the 35th I have no doubt we could hold but once those Imperial reinforcements arrive its going to be hell. Any knews from the Capital?" said Postham

"Negative Sir, just the same,'Hold.' Order we've been getting."

[Al Horeya]

OOC: I'm very sorry that I have been so innactive, I was in a car accident and just got home from the hospital (on a related note, did you know that red lights mean stop? Because apparently, the guy who hit me didn't lol). Anyway, I apologize for missing so much, but I was not really up to typing up a decent post, and I figure RPing poorly is worse than not RPing at all. Please let me know if I missed anything (TG preferred)!
IC:

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Fordas

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Southern Coast

As the dreadnoughts continued to shell the beach, Admiral Gorski had a conference over telecomm with the Commodore of Siege Armada III, Furio Sanchez, and the Captain of Dreadnought I, Miguel Korskoff.
"How are things going over there, men?"
"Boring, as usual" sighed Korskoff
"We haven't received word from you at all. We've been following the plan, but we're not even sure how effective we're being" continued Sanchez
"Well, be grateful. You're both still alive, and if you hadn't been effective, you'd have heard from me already. Now, we've got a problem."
"What is it, Admiral?" they both asked with excitement
"Sechyvasian troops are retreating into the forest" began the Admiral
"Should we begin loading Napalm, or would you prefer a chemical agent?" said Korskoff with his blasé demeanor
"Haha! Usually, either would do fine, but not today, Korskoff. You'd better watch out, Sanchez, this SOB might take your job!"
"Just get on with it" responded a clearly frustrated Sanchez. "What do you want us to do, then?"
"I want you to get a sense of humor. While he does that, I need you, Korskoff, to begin firing behind enemy lines. We have to block their escape, or at least kill as many of them as you can before they get into the forest. No matter what you do, though, make sure not to hit the forest itself, and use only conventional weapons."
"He must have joined the Green party, Michel. I told you this guy was a fruit" said Sanchez with a grin
"That's more like it!" beamed the Admiral. "No, we can't hit the forest because the Queen of Sechyvasia was adamant about us limiting collateral damage. If we burn down that forest, there'll be hell to pay. Do you understand?"
"Yes admiral" they answered in unison.

Northern Coast

Metzger squad was finally approaching the Island of Fordas, and tensions were high as last minute preperations were made. Sailors checked the cannons and torpedo tubes, and marines made last minute checks on all weapons, while the Emir and the Sultan discussed the coming battle. One thought was heavy on their minds, though.
"Listen, Mikhail..."
"What is it, Sultan?"
"Come now. We're brothers, Mikhail. We're not in public. Call me by my name."
"Grigorri Kaisser Puchini. What is it, my brother? I have seen you furrow your brow many times as we spoke. What are you thinking?"
"I'm thinking we should change our plans. You see the river here?"
"The one that I've been thinking about this whole time? Yes, brother, I see it. I've also measured it, studied it, dreamt of it..."
"Haha! Perfect! I've been thinking about sending half our landing forces up the river, with the tiltrotors providing covering fire. What do you think?"
"Agreed! If we slow to the appropriate pace, we can hit the city from the Northeast and West at the same time! If we hold them with the pincer, the imperials can act as a skewer and deliver the Coup de Grace!"
"Mikhail, I may be a great politician, but you are the better strategist! I'll begin alerting everyone to the change in plans."

Western Coast

As the western half of Fänger squad came down the coast of Fordas, they sent wave after wave of planes across the island, with the intent of destroying any and all airfields on the Island. However, the airfields were few and far between, and Commodore Israphil Hoffenstein was becoming irate.
"I don't know what to do. We're wasting man power!" he said to himself as he paced his chambers. Suddenly, he received a call.
"Message from the Vice Admiral, sir. Come down to the conference room."

A minute later, Vice Admiral Wilhelm Arshinii Guevara was on the telecom, giving instructions on the next phase.
"The Sechyvasian airforce and the Luftwaffe have already met over the southern beach. I want you to send all of your fighters that way. If we can help the Luftwaffe, it will be great. If we're late, and catch the Sechyvasians retreating, we can still slow them down. It's important to make sure they're not near Fordas anytime soon" explained Guevara.
Excitedly, Hoffenstein asked "And the tiltrotors? Where do you want them? I'll begin aiming the cannons. Should we begin firing on Fordas?"
"You're not a dreadnought, Commodore. You'd never reach fordas. No, send your tiltrotors, and any attack helicopters, across to our side. Have you got any landing troops at all?"
"I'll ask the sailors. Anyone who's interested will make up an impromptu landing force. Where do you want them?"
"Send them along, too. We're gonna try to take Fordas airbase."

The jets were scrambled, sending 74 fighters torward the Beach (37 to aid the Luftwaffe against the Sechyvasians, and 37 to engage the 8th Damodar wing), and 6 tiltrotors and 4 helecopters torwards the Eastern half of the Armada, each loaded to full capacity, for a total of 148 men.

North of Fordas Harbor

After the conference, Vice Admiral Guevara met with Commodore Iñigo Etxeberria-Nasser. They tried to determine the best course of action for the coming battles.
"Our tiltrotors and helecopters are going to be at the Airbase, along with 152 men and whatever Hoffenstein can send" be gan the Vice Admiral. "Then there's the battle over the Southern beach. Hopfully those fighters will slow down the Sechyvasians long enough to take the airbase, or at the very least, long enough to destroy it. Finally, we've got the the Sechyvasian fourth fleet to our south. Do we split our fighters between the Airbase and the fleet?"
"No. The tiltrotors should be enough. We're risking enough on this as it is. Our main objective was neutralization of the fourth fleet, remember" answered the Commodore.
"You're right, but if we can take the airbase-"
"Jäger doesn't have any air support. You do realize that, right? The Albatross is up North, along with Dreadnought II. Sure, they have plenty of AA guns, but they won't be enough to avoid serious damage. This Fleet has to survive the battle and fight the rest of the War, remember."
"Let's check the satellites. We can decide what to do once we have a better idea of what's going on.
As the whiteboard came on, an image began to form on the screen. Once it was clear enogh to see, the two men quickly made up their minds.
"Send the fighters torwards the Fleet."

South of Fordas Harbor

Rear Admiral Ezio Johanson walked the deck. Things had remained calm near the pass, and he did not like it at all. He had warned all of the crew to stay alert, and was worried that a surprise attack might leave them reeling.
Suddenly, he heard anti-aircraft fire from a few of the ships.
"What the he-" he began, before a blast to the side of his cruiser knocked him off his feet."Son of a bitch!!! What in the hell was that?!" he exclaimed. As he looked up, he recognized the tell-tale signs of missiles, and realized that the Sechyvasians had begun the battle at sea.
The Rear Admiral looked around, seeing sailors scrambling to care for wounded, while others began arming the cannons for a response. Ezio used his intercom to relay a message to his crew and to the rest of the ships:
"Fire when ready. Blind fire this time, estimating based on the Sechyvasian fleets last known location. We'll be receiving satallite coordinates ASAP. In the meantime, we are going to meet the Sechyvasians in close quarters."
He continued to survey the dammage. Some ships were hardly dammaged, while others had not faired as well, but all of the ships were sea worthy. As the group pressed ahead, satellite reconaissance gave coordinates for the next salvo. Johanson quickly got back onto the intercomm:
"The coordinates are [CLASSIFIED], we fire at 0453.34Zulu" he said. When the appointed time came, all ships fired within 3 seconds of eachother. As the blast echoed, Rear Admiral Johanson smiled to himself:
"Well, at least it won't be a boring day."

[Al Horeya]

Al Horeya

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Northern Docks, Capital Island

As the people of Al Horeya listened to news coverage of the terrible war in which they were embroiled, the Herhan Navy continued to build up its forces. They were anticipating a victory in Fordas any day now, at which point the rest of the Herhan forces would become available in the theatre. Green Water Flotillas and Brown Water Flotillas (GWFs and BrWFs, respectively) readied themselves for escort by the Wavebreakers, ships that would allow these Flotillas, which were meant for shallower water, to cross the ocean. At the same time, the Herhan Airforce readied itself for transfer to Fordas Island, which would act as a base for the Sechyvasian War, and the Army and Cavalry began to load up into planes and cargo ships. The port was always constantly humming with activity, but this was the first time its hum had been so solemn.

Sister Island Harbor and Sealab 1202, between Is'haq and Ismail

After hearing that URBDP had begun attacking the Imperials, and threatened them with the use of nuclear weapons, the rest of the active Herhan fleet was deployed to locations near their assignments. They would not engage the enemy until called for by the Sultan, but would be an hour away from being in range of their targets.
Meanwhile, the underwater Herhan R&D departments began to work overtime. They were already nearing completion with some of the new weapons systems, and with the recently gained tech-sharing partnership with Agymnum, they seemed to be close to unveiling some of their creations. If they were to be revealed soon, they would be put to the ultimate test-actual battle, against the Sechyvasian forces.

[Imperialisium]

Reichshauptstadt Imperia
Zossen HQ for Ober Kommando der Reichswehr

The Military HQ at Zossen had been running around the clock since the beginning of the conflict on statistics, evaluations, locating military targets, defence of Imperial territory and assets and overall strategy. Kriegsmarschall Johannes Rommel poured over maps of Sechyvasia, looking to find the quickest route to bring that nation to kneel before the Imperial Throne. The Emperor himself was currently convening with the Queen Maria Artasia and was not to be disturbed unless matters were of the utmost importance.

"Kriegsmarschall, the Imperial forces that left from Athane should be arriving in a couple of hours." stated a Oberst reading from a report just coming in from the Reinforcing Imperial naval fleet.

"Good, perhaps we should begin our attack on Gregany ahead of schedule?" said Generaloberst Wilhelm Herzog von Oldenburg. Von Oldenburg was of an old family line in the North-Western Emperian Reich and had served the larger Empire since its foundation. Although aging at 62 years old and the father of five with eleven grandchildren and twenty-one great grandchildren he still served now on a Staff capacity. Working for the Great General Staff to implement strategems and overall doctrines for the Emperor's Armies.

"Perhaps but the Emperor would have to approve the operation to move it ahead of schedule." replied Rommel.

"Not if its crucial to the campaign and yields gains." countered Von Oldenburg.

"What if it doesn't, if the Emperor released a total commitment of our Armed Forces to this was then maybe." stated Rommel. The door to the room opened suddenly and all the staf aides nearby jumped to attention,"Heil mein Kaiser!" they exclaimed and Rommel and Von Oldenburg gave the salute. The Emperor had arrived un-announced it seems and in uniform, he was takingthe matter very seriously.

"I see two of my top officers are brainstorming, I hate to intrude." said the Emperor calmly.

"No my lord!" voiced both officers practically in unison.

"Very well, I wish to have this war finished as soon as possible, full commitment is to be granted. The Reichswehr will engage in total war within the rules of war and follow the Geneva conventions." commanded the Emperor and the officers saluted.

Within an hour orders went out to all Imperial military units across the Reich and Empire. Full battle alert, full mobilization, full preparations for total war. Luftwaffe Reichsmarschall Hermann Herzog von Baden had at recieving this order ordered Luftflotte 3 to begin an extensive campaign against the RAF and Sechyvasian ground targets. Air bases in Greicheland, Byazerland began to scramble its aircraft. The first large scale air assault was to begin on the Sechyvasian military forces at Fordas, Gregany and Losun. Luftflotte 3's total aircraft strength rested at 6,000, of which it could support 1,000 in long range operations at any given time (these being multi-role and long range fighter aircraft, bombers and AWACs and strategic bombers and long range transports) with mid air refueling or their own fuel tanks.

Luftwaffe Assault on Fordas
150 Aircraft: 36 Refueling/transport airplanes, 48 Bombers, 4 Awacs and the rest are Eurofighter-A Typhoons equipped with long range fuel tanks.

Gregany
350 Aircraft: 125 bombers, 6 AWACS rest are Eurofighters

Losun
500 Aircraft: 200 Bombers, 10 AWACS and the rest are Eurofighters.

Luftflotte 3 commanding officer Generaloberst der Luftwaffe Alexander Lahr hqad contimplated using Tornado IDS and Tornado ECRs but the Eurofighters were more economical and for the first assault they would expect heavy air resistance so the fast moving and nimble eurofighters would prove great defence escorts for the slower bombers. The Strategic bomber squadrons had also not been mobilized yet and remained grounded until further orders were to be given.

Meanwhile the Reichsheer was readying Corps level formations to take to the field and to form atleast one Army level formation in theatre. While the Kaiserliche Marine readied the 8th Fleet t osend in theatre with some 50 U-Boats to begin operations there.

[Nova Oscea]

Long into the proceedings of the war, the nation of Nova Oscea, have not directly taken art, as only its voluntary forces was assigned to act in accordance with BDP. But now as it seems, by the overwhelming numbers of the Empire, The Royal Osceata Armed Forces (Kongens Forsvaret) Chairman and Commander-in-Chief King Einer Herald Dawid II, have planned to progressively deploy a quarter of its forces to fight against Imperialisium.

The First Assigned Commandment : This support troops in aid of the Sechs and BDP represents the quarter of the Kongens Forsvaret, which have been assigned by Himself, His Majesty, in accord to the war Nova Oscea along side BDP is participating.

Royal Oseata Navy; The Sjøforsvaret

The 1st Einer Herald Dawid II Regiment :

2 Stor Class Super Carriers (HMNS Copy of Nimitz Class Super Carriers) HMNS Herald Dawid II and HMNS Nova Oscea, each equipped with 70 Dassault Rafael M, 5 EA-6B Prowlers and 10 SH-60F & HH-60H Seahawks.

5 Skinne Class Carriers (HMNS Copy of Kreml Class Carriers) HMNS Krone, HMNS Einer VI, HMNS Konge, HMNS Seier and HMNS Stolthet, each equipped with 12 × Sukhoi Su-33 fighters, 5 × Sukhoi Su-25UTG/UBP aircraft, 4 × Kamov Ka-27LD32 helicopters, 18 × Kamov Ka-27PLO helicopters and 2 × Kamov Ka-27S helicopters.

30 Tapperhet Class Submarines (HMNS Copy of Scorpène class submarines) along with 60 Dronning Class (HMNS Copy of Horizon class frigates) and 5 Hyūga class helicopter destroyers.

10 Herald Class Ships (HMNS Copy of Charleston class amphibious cargo ship) with a total of 5900 Marines and another 10 Modige Class (HMNS Copy of Shardul class tank landing ship) each with 11 T-90 MBT and 10 Stridsfordon 90 and 250 Troops each.

Royal Osceata Air Force; The Luftforsvaret

The 21 Sechyvasian Support Wing : commissioned consists of 215 General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon, multirole jet fighter aircraft along with 20 Lockheed F-117 Nighthawk and 80 Sukhoi Su-27 Fighters.

Royal Oseata Army; Bakkestyrker

The 28th CAS Wing : consisting of 30 Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II with 35 Bell AH-1Z Viper.

The 1st Fordas Air Drop Wing consisting : 25 Lockheed Martin C-130J Super Hercules with a total of 3200 fully equipped Paratroopers. 10 AC-130 Spectre as support and 5 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III with a total of 15 Strykers.

The 1st Support and Complement Wing : consisting of 25 Bell UH-1N Twin Huey Utility Helicopters.

NOTE : All air drop to be completed within 20 hours. CAS Wing and Support and Complement Wing to reach their destination by 28th hour, after the airdrop and Navy Ships to appear in combat zone within 30 hours.

By Order.
His Majesty King Einer Herald Dawid II of Nova Oscea.

*Kongens Forsvaret : The King's Armed Forces
*HMNS : His Majesty's Navy Ship.
*All names in Norwegian.

[Protectorate of Sechyvasia]

Fordas Island

Blue Squares=Military Base
Green=Woods/forest
Brown=Roads
Orangish=Mountain like or rough higher elevation terrain
Yellow=City/town/village*
*Fordas City is the only city on the island, all the rest are towns and villages.

Capital of Sechyvasia
Sechyvasia
Presidential Palace (Former Royal Palace)

John Tzemes the President of Sechyvasia since the ousting of the Queen paced around a room covered in maps and full of Military staff and top officers.

"Leutinent General Postham believes with the reinforcements now arriving he may be able to hold until the Imperial reinforcements arrive. Even with our allies I fear that Fordas is a lost cause that will only lead to the loss of more soldiers." said Marshal Bernard Aliston, a former Royal Marshal of the Queendom.

"It will end up like the last war, the Empire will take the islands, but we can stop them on the mainland where we can wear them down and launch a counter invasion." added Lord of the Fleet (Chief of Naval Forces) James Cunningham. Cunningham knew that the Sechyvasian fleet would suffer substantial losses in ships an sailors if many battles were fought in the western sea for the islands. Marshal Aliston knew that he'd lose many assets and soldiers there too but hated to lose territory. The RAF under Air Marshal George Belson also could only carry a hopeful defensive victory against the Luftwaffe. A pitched air battle would be hopeless, he simply did not have the numers in planes and pilots to continue for more than a few weeks at most.

"I propose we have Postham hold Fordas as long as possible before withdrawing to Gregany to beef up the defences there under Major General Alex Manchester. This would hopefully cause the Imperials to launch an assault there were we can hold them off for a while so that we can build up sufficient strength to launch a major counter attack." voiced Tzemes who had served in the military as a Major General in the first war.

"What of our suppossed allies?" asked Cunningham.

"They have given us aid but their forces will only be a nuisance for the Empire. What our intelligence has told me is that the Empire is going for a total conventional war scenario. The Emperor Brandyn I von Valeria will not stop now until a decisive moment has been reached or we seek an armistice. However if we do that now we'd be politically ruined and lose the populace support." replied Tzemes.

The other officers nodded in assentment to the holding action planned.

Fordas Harbor.

As the Sechyvasian fleet engaged the Al horeyans the Sechyvasian reinforcing troops and Fleet arrived in harbor. The 7th Fleet weighed anchor to fully stock its supplies before it would join the 4th Fleet in hopefully driving the Al Horeyans away. The soldiers of the 35th Infantry Division meanwhile filed down the ramps into the harbor as their unit vehicles and trucks began to form up and lead them towards the sechyvasian military base. There under Posthams direct orders they'd form a reserve Division should an enemy breakthrough although expectant become apparent. The 15,000 extra soldiers would be of great use the Leutinent General remarked in holding the island for as long as possible.

Standard Infantry Division
15,000 troops
6 Infantry Battalions
2 Anti-tank Companies
1 Logistics and Command Battalion.
1 Engineer and Support Battalion
1 Artillery Battalion fielded M109 155mm Howitzers, Light field guns and 105mm guns.
400 supply trucks and jeeps with other carry vehicles as part of divisionary vehicle strength.

[Bengal and Damodar Province]

Grand Commander Suchismita Banerjee, controller of the Deployed Forces in Sechyvasia with the permission of The Governor, has called for immediate reorganization of troops engaged in Fordas. All Forces have been grounded until now. Re-base and reconstruction orders are as follows :

Operation Dahlia in commencement to be halted, units are ordered to re-base at Fordas City Air Base. The 1st Leader Wing, 5th Attack Wing, 8th Bomber Wing and 1st Rotorcraft Wing, all are thus grounded. The 17th Commonwealth Divisional Wing and the 1st and 2nd Voluntary wing have also been grounded.

Operation Strong Fence halted at the Capital City of Sechyvasia along with The 28th Comet Wing.

The whole of The 28th Flotilla Regiment, have been ordered to retreat to Pontham Temporary Dock ASAP.

Operation Trident Troopers are to fall back and meet at Dorset ASAP.

All para-trooping and landing duties of the United Defense Forces are completed. Reinforcements from the Southern Naval Command at Haldia cancelled as of now. All ICBMs are rested for the moment. Major re-organisation of tactics underway.

United Defense Forces Report

[Imperialisium]

Theta Beach
The 1st Marine Division hugged the Sechyvasian defenders tactically and kept them engaged in small skirmishes and firefights as it advanced inland. the Panzer L1 Compliment roared towards the front from the beach with all the artillery in support except for the 4 Panzerhaubitze 2000s which went with the 4 Leopard 2 MBTs to the Northeast to assist in IV Battalions North eastern assault. Generalmajor Hans Lutterich had found out there was a break in the Sechyvasian positions there radioed in by some scout vehicles and planned to cut off Dorsets roadway connections. This would allow the landing 22nd Infantry Division which had now begun its landings to move north and capture the town. The flight of B400s roared overhead to bomb the Sechyvasian frontline directly east in the woods while the 3rd Fleet moved into position with the 1st Fleet.

The 1st Fleets 31st and 12 Jaeger Divisions would press Eastwards upon landing while the 23rd would advance south east upon landing. The 4th Marine and 5th Marine was to head directly south, hugging the coastline and up to 10 kilometres inland to allow large areas of coastline to be open for further Imperial amphibious deployments.

Overhead Geschwader 18's 3 squadrons of fighters began to fly off the aircraft carriers towards the enemy. 30 Eurocopter Tiger gungships prepared for combat while a flight of B400s prepped on the deck. The B400s wings had been folded t oallow additional space and the pilots prepared to go after the fighters to pound Sechyvasian positions.

Not far from Fordas 150 Aircraft of the Luftwaffe roared on with southwards 350 aircraft towards Gregany and another 500 towards Losun. It would be one of the largest bombing and air campaigns launched by the Luftwaffe inthe last twenty years.

[Bengal and Damodar Province]

Sorry !! Edited, I was surely trying to be Godmodding this LOL ! Any ways Imps, plz use real world bombers and not B400 !! For Heaven's sake and also please realize, there is no navalized version of Eurofighters !!

[Imperialisium]

The Imperial air raid on Gregany and Losun, was to become a sly for the highly moral-ed Captains of the Luftwaffe. As 350 planes roared into Gregany, the 648 stored Interceptors of the United Air Force, charged with all its might.

The 12th Gregany Wing consisted of 448 General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon and 200 Mikoyan-Gurevich MiG-25. The Mig-25 engaged the air refueling tankers, while the F-16 engaged the Eurofighters.

The 500 planes of the Luftwaffe, seemed shocked to see the blow the United Air Force, along with USSI, was giving it.

The 6th Trishul Wing consisting of 356 Grumman F-14 Tomcats along with 116 Sukhoi Su-27 and The 1st Losun Voluntary Wing of The Commonwealth Air Force consisting of 219 Dassault Mirage 5 and 117 Eurofighter Typhoons.

While the Su-27 and Mirage 5 engaged Air Re-fueling Takers, others engaged the Fighters and Bombers.

The United Defense Report.

Seems rather quick that out of the blue you have all those planes there. Without even RPing it and all, well unless you give me proof of RPing them being there priorily and not just teleported as OP: Warning and Strike One
Your Post will be Retconned until proven otherwise.

[Vetega]

Imperial Complex, New Ixis
Vetegan Federation

The megacity went about it's daily business as the four tallest buildings in the world stood above the skyline brightly. As the sun rose, those towers of the Complex shimmered. However, within these skyscrapers the mood was tense. Tower 2, Central Command Center of all Federation forces and the location of the Black Throne, was especially busy.

Regent King Rayborne Diorte stood before a table that was a giant screen. With a touch, more satellite images of a new conflict appeared. He toyed with his beard as he thought.

"General Rizo, this commands his attention. After monitoring the situation since it began I have come to the conclusion that we should intervene. "
"On who's behalf sir? "
"Either side would benefit from our involvement. That will be his decision. "


Throne Room

High Emperor Izon Destraud sat on his throne. The hall was empty. His eyes were closed, as usual. But he wasn't asleep. His vast intellect was busy calculating equations and creating new weapons systems. Echoing footsteps interrupted him.

"What Rizo. "
"The Regent has sent his report. " the man replied with a quick bow.

Izon activated his PDA and read the file.
"Interesting. Contact both sides. I want to know what happened. Bring our alert status to DefCon 2. Have the Astraeus Fleet placed on standby. "
"So much work? " a new voice interrupted from nowhere.
An image the size of a man shimmered into existence beside the general.
"Aegis. You've been monitoring the situation. "
"Of course Izon. I am connected to every Federation database. "
"Then you know why I want this done. General. "
"As you command. " Rizo replied before turning abruptly and walking away at a brisk pace.

"Things seem to be spiralling out of control over there. Most of it seems to occur at a particular island. A few other nations have also gotten involved. If you make the right choices, you can prevent a world war. "
"I know Aegis. Thank you for stating the obvious. I think I gave you too much processing power. "

Aegis rolled his eyes and disappeared. Izon sighed and put on his sunglasses to block the light. His red eyes were quite sensitive, but that information was unknown to anyone but the Regent. And Aegis. He stood up and stretched.

"Looks like I'll have to use my title once again. " he muttered.
He knew that a storm was on the horizon. And the Red King would once again enter the battlefield.

[Indian North Eastern States]

On request of BDP, CINES is from now will directly intervene on the matters of The Second Sechyvasian War.

Seeing the possible attack on Gregany and Losun by the Imperial Air Force, Captain Shiva Tharun, Commander General of the Commonwealth Air Force has assigned the following aircrafts in 6 Wings to base in, for Gregany and Losun's safety.

The 1st Assam Wing : 130 Saab JAS 39C Gripen and 270 Panavia Tornado ADV.

The 2nd Meghalaya Wing : 230 Dassault Mirage 50.

The 1st Gregany Air Support Wing : Boeing KC-135T Stratotanker, escorted by 20 HAL Tejas LCA.

The above details, to Gregany.

The 1st Meghalaya Wing : 560 General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon.

The 1st Arunachal Wing : 145 Dassault Mirage 50 and 125 Grumman F-14D Tomcat.

The 1st Losun Air Support Wing : Boeing KC-135T Stratotanker, escorted by 25 General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon.

All Air Support to reach assigned destination at 23 hours, post announcement.

[Protectorate of Sechyvasia]

RAF Response to Air raids

The RAF on Fordas had deployed its 23rd and 24th Fighter Squadrons against the Navy Luftwaffe wings but for the air raid only the 19th Multi-role was available. The 19th possessed the Sechyvasian MF-4 which was looked like a F-15 Eagle in appearence and built to be a multi-role fighter. Replaceing the MF-3's in 1998-1999 when the need of a more modern Multi-role fighter was needed to keep up with other nations designs. The MF-4 was readily available in force by the time of this conflict with only a few MF-3s still used for low priority missions or as reserve craft. So the 19th scrambled its available 12 aircraft to intercept the large raiding force.

At Gregany the RAF has:

4th Air Wing
18th Fighter Squadron
15th Fighter Squadron
4th Bomber Squadron
7th Drone Flight
1st Recon and Light Support Squadron
16th Multi-Role Squadron

AA
12th AA Battalion manning 41 AA, FLAK,and SAM Positions.

All fighter and multi-role aircraft were scrambled to intercept while AA positions readied themselves.

Losun Air Defence

6th Air Wing
14th Multi-role Squadron
13th Fighter Squadron
11th Fighter Squadron
30th Drone Flight
9th Bomber Squadron
1st Recon and Light Support

7th Air Wing
10th Recon and Light Support
2nd Fighter Squadron
31st Drone Flight
20th Fighter Squadron
21st Fighter Squadron
25th Multi-role Squadron

9th AA Battalion manning 39 SAM and AA positions
8th AA Battalion manning 40 SAM and AA positions

*Each AA Battalion has 1,200 personnel

Fordas II Battalion front line at Edge of Fordas Forest.
16 Km from Theta Beach
Major Allan Brooke looked through Binoculars at the no mans land between his Battalion and the Imperial's front line. His B Company had pulled back 30 minutes ago to rejoin the Battalion and was immidiately put into Battalion reserve since they'd been in combat for the longest. Out of 240 original soldiers 131 had made it out of the Beach defences. Thats about 45% losses and that wasn't the worst off Company as A Company was down to 99 operational soldiers.

Right now Brooke was lying prone and sweeping the area,he was at the point defended by D Company where the forest was closest to the sea. D was much better off having been ownly down to 182 soldiers and was wisely placed closest to the Imperials. He looked to his left and saw a soldier also laying prone behind a rotting log with his assault rifle resting next to him. Checking his ammo level and making sure his sights were good. Lets just say he'd run out of soldiers before bullets at this point and thats what he hated. He heard the crackle of automatic fire in the distance that as soon as it had begun stopped. The fighting had died down for the moment and allowed Brooke to take stock of the situation.

"See anything Major?" said Second Leutinent Miachel Orlando crouch running up to him to go prone.
"Thought I saw some Light Arty a few minutes ago and I hear vehicles in the distance. Impy's probably getting ready for something." replied Brooke

"Hmm thought as much, E Company on our extreme right Flank has sighted Imperial SdfK.251's at Battalion strength. They're not engaged and heading North-east, Imperial tanks with them and more than a thousand infantry." reported the Second Leutinent.

"What? dammit! their gonna cut us from Dorset and the roads!" said Brooke in dismay.

"Lets hope they're not going to try and flank us, we'd be in the deep shit then." remarked Orlando.

"Lets hope not, first sight of that we'll fall back as quickly and orderly as possible to the closest bridge over the river. We'll try and hold the bridge unless ordered otherwise." stated Brooke and the Second Leutinent nodded and ran back the way he'd come. The 249ths Regiments I Battalion was also just on the other side of the river preparing to cross to form a defensive line with II Battalion of the 49th Regiment.

Then the sounds of detonations resounded to his right, Northwards, B Company was directly on the right flank of D company and left of E. B Company just took a flight of B400's payload of bombs on it and he could see some fires springing up and flashes of explosions. Brooke got on the mic and began radioing B Company.
"Respond Company Command Squad! I just saw B400s light up your positions! Status Status!"
*Skushhhhh*
"This is Sergeant Haldham of B Company! Command Squads gone they got hit right on, we took 28 losses, came out of nowhere. Out of 28 we got 15 KIA and the rest WIA. We lost some trucks too and a jeep."

"Dig in, I think we're about to get assaulted." replied Brooke.

Dorset

The 49th Regiments III Battalion had been ordered to defend Dorset and the coast line near it before the Imperial invasion. Now the beach defences had been abandoned as the Battalion was trying to hastily abandon the town. Then III Battalions C Company guarding the line closest to II Battalion spotted the Imperial 1st Marine Division's IV Battalion approaching with SdfK's, Panzerhaubitze's and Leopard 2 MBTs.

The Battalion's C, B and D Company's would try and defend the town, retreating into the town proper while A company would demolish the small Garrison Depot to the north of the town. So the Battalion arrayed its defences accordingly.



Pink square=Artillery Howitzer or other Battalion Artillery heavier than a Mortar.

Overview of Air Fight over Fordas Island
The Air war over Fordas was going alright for the RAF with 8 other aircraft out of action, 5 lost and 3 damaged to the point of having to fly back to base for repairs. However the RAF command knew that without additional support from other RAF forces the RAF would be forced to yield aerial dominance to the Imperials or loose many of its planes.

[Imperialisium]

1st Marine Division Frontline accross from D Company
I Battalion.

Soldat Johannes Kelle crawled through the tall grass before the woods slowly. The other soldiers of the company doing the same, some held up scopes to try and find enemy positions, they knew they where there. Then the Artillery fired off a barrage of shells, 15 155mm Shells hit the Sechyvasian lines and each Wurfrahmen 80 launched its 16 Rockets to blanket 2.5 kilometre in artillery fire. While the lighter guns fired off as fast as possible, then the Howitzers fired again as the Wurfrahmen reloaded. This was the Infantries cue and the Battalion began to open fire with MG3s and MG4s, G36 assault rifles, grenades and Mortars. The Imperials wanted to force a breach 2.5 kilometre wide and then expand it to roll up the Sechyvasian forces and destroy them.

This was followed by platoon sized formations moving forward under massed covering fire and company snipers working as fast as possible to locate targets and fire. Soldat Kelle followed a Gefreiter in front of him in a crouching run as he fired his G36 in controlled bursts of gunfire. Behind him the roar of 4 Panzer L1's moved into position and fired their 105mm Guns at the enemy lines, providing direct line of sight fire support to the infantry.

1st Marine Division
IV Battalion

The IV Battalion moved between the break in the Sechyvasian lines to the North-East and had Dorset in the Imperial sights. But Dorset was not the Marines target, instead they were to simply cut atleast one ofthe roadways and keep the Sechyvasian lines seperate at that junction. Followed by the 22nd Infantry Division would assault to take the town and move North wards to secure the Imperials left flank. As of now the 22nd was currently moving North wards and would reach the edge of teh town shortly.

Air War

The Air fight over Fordas yielded 6 downed Eurofighters and 3 damaged but the Luftwaffes massed air raid was now over the island and breaking up to their seperate targets whic hwas the military targets around Fordas City. Once reached the bombers opened their bomb bay doors and dropped thousands of tons of bombs.

Gregany and Losun
The Luftwaffe air raid over Gregany was approaching as the aircraft reached the island. The target was the Gregany Military base which like the Losun and Fordas bases could be totally destroyed if the Luftwaffe offensive was completely successful.The smae was happening over Losun as the Luftwaffes aircraft approached the Outmer and Losun City military bases.

[Bengal and Damodar Province]

The 1st Leader Wing, 5th Attack Wing, 8th Bomber Wing, 1st Rotorcraft Wing, 17th Commonwealth Divisional Wing, the 1st and 2nd Voluntary wing have all been grounded to Fordas City Air Base.

Details :

1st Leader Wing : 5 Sukhoi Su-30 Multirole Fighter and 5 General Dynamics F-16 Fighting Falcon.
5th Attack Wing : 10 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet.
8th Bomber Wing : 5 McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II and 5 Tupolev Tu-22M.
1st Rotorcraft Wing : 10 Eurocopter AS565 AB Panther.
17th Commonwealth Divisional Wing : 30 HAL Tejas LCA.
1st Voluntary Wing : 7 Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II and 5 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet.
2nd Voluntary Wing : 8 Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II and 5 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet.

28th Comet Wing grounded at Capital City of Sechyvasia, consists : 3 Northrop Grumman B-2 Spirit Bombers.

6th Damodar Wing grounded at Capital City of Sechyvasia consists : 1 Boeing B-52 Stratofortress and 10 HAL Tejas LCA.

1st Purulia Wing grounded at Sechyvasian Capital City consists : 15 Sikorsky SH-3H Sea King Attack Helicopters and 2 Kawasaki P-1.

The 28th Flotilla Regiment have successfully re-based at Pontham along with The 8th Fleet of The Royal Osceata Navy.

Details :

UNS Bengal and UNS Siraj-Ud-Daulah supper carriers, carrying 20 Boeing F/A-18E/F Super Hornet, 20 Rafale M, 5 Bell Boeing V-22 Osprey, 10 Kamov Ka-52 "Alligator", 25 Sikorsky SH-60 Seahawk, 5 Northrop Grumman EA-6B Prowler Air-crafts.

4 LA Class submarines UNS Kumir, UNS Bagh, UNS Bhetki and UNS Tara, 10 Arleigh Burke class destroyers, UNS Shiwalik, UNS Durga, UNS Kolkata, UNS Rachi, UNS Tatanagar, UNS Durgapur, UNS Damodar, UNS Hugli, UNS Kali and UNS Haldia.

The 8th Fleet of The Royal Osceata Navy : 5 Fridtjof Nansen-class frigates, 6 Ula class Submarines, 4 Visby class corvette, 3 Iver Huitfeldt class frigate, 2 Vanguard class Ballistic Submarines and 6 Daring class Destroyers.


Total Men in Fordas : 964 Paratroopers.

Equipment : 110 M119 howitzers, 10 M1 Abrams MBT and 9 M270 Multiple Launch Rocket System. 20 Eurocopter Tiger and 20 Mil Mi-2 as CAS.

Total Men and Equipment on Main Island : 1084 men and 10 Merkava MBT, 15 BTR-80 APC and 24 M1117 Armored Security Vehicles.

All re-organizations have been completed, United Defense Forces Troops wait at 56 km, SW of Dorset. All airplanes and Wings have been re-based.

Orders from Southern Naval Command, Haldia :

The 20 Mil Mi-2 have been ordered to return to Haldia Base along with the 8th Bomber Wing. The 1st Leader Wing disbanded and ordered for return to Haldia.
The 1st and 2nd Voluntary Wing and 5th Attack Wing, dissolved to form the 2nd CAS Wing with 15 Fairchild Republic A-10 Thunderbolt II and 1st Attack Wing with 20 McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet.
The 1st Rotorcraft Wing dissolved to form 3rd CAS Wing with 10 Eurocopter AS565 AB Panther.

2nd Mainland Support Fleet : 3 Bay class landing ships, UNS Bahadur, UNS Rupashi and UNS Talwar to transport a total of 72 Challenger 2 MBT along with 2100 troops at Deliusa Port. 3 Whidbey Island class dock landing ship, UNS Lakshmi, UNS Durgam and UNS Durga, with total 1500 troops and 2 Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, UNS Rudra and UNS Ravan, each carrying 1890 troops to Deliusa Port.

1st Losun Support Fleet : 5 Austin class amphibious transport dock, UNS Shiva, UNS Kartik, UNS Ganesh, UNS Janani and UNS Prithibi, with 24 AAV and 900 Marines each. 5 Wasp-class amphibious assault ship, UNS Raja, UNS Swastik, UNS Veer, UNS Chamunda and UNS Tista, with 1890 troops each. 2 Magar class amphibious warfare vessel, UNS Shardul and UNS Aryabhatta with a total of 30 Merkava MBT.

2nd Fordas Support Fleet : 3 Bay class landing ships, UNS Trishul, UNS Eelish and UNS Howrah to land a total of 2100 troops at Pontham Port at 36 hours from announcement.

NOTE : All Wasp-class amphibious assault ships in Sea Control mode with 20 AV-8B Harrier II attack aircraft and 6 SH-60F/HH-60H ASW helicopters.

Central Army Command Orders, Firt William :

5th Air Drop Wing : 10 Lockheed C-130 Hercules with 10 CAESAR self-propelled howitzer and another 10 Lockheed C-130 Hercules with 10 M1129 Mortar Carrier, equipped with Cardom 120mm Recoil Mortar. 10 Lockheed C-130 Hercules, with 30 Humvee, 15 of them configured as ambulances. Air drop at Malhamester.

4th Air Drop Wing : 5 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III with a total of 670 troops, to do 4 trips at Fordas City with total of 3350 troops. Another 5 Boeing C-17 Globemaster III to drop a total of 15 Stryker. 2 Lockheed C-130 Hercules with 2 M814, 5 tonne truck equipped with M139 Volcano mine system. 2 Lockheed C-130 Hercules with the 1st and 2nd Machine Gun Regiment, a total of 192 troops equipped with M192 Lightweight Ground Mounts.

8th CAS Wing : 45 Bell AH-1F Cobra and 25 Eurocopter Tiger.

1st Utility Rotor-craft Wing : 16 Bell UH-1N Twin Huey.

Kolkata Command, United Air Force Orders :

28th Comet Wing, 6th Damodar Wing and 1st Purulia Wing disbanded. Return to Home Base.

5th Vijaya Wing : 280 Sukhoi Su-27.

5th Shanti Wing : 466 McDonnell Douglas F-4 Phantom II.

NOTE : All air support to reach by 24 hours and naval support by 36 hours. All units not to engage until further orders or reinforcements arrive.

United Defense Forces Report.

[Imperialisium]

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[Vetega]

Imperial Complex, New Ixis
Vetegan Federation

Izon leaned forward on the Black Throne and frowned. Aegis had appeared before him with floating images of the battle for Fordas Island. He shook his head. After being calmed down from reading a message from the other side, he ended up laughing.

"They do not realize what they've done. " he muttered.

He stood up. The group of generals and aides around him averted their gazes to the floor. He could hear the cheers of millions from outside. He walked to the balcony, and the cheers got louder as he stepped outside. He held up a hand, and it grew quiet.

"Citizens of the Federation. There is a new conflict upon us. One of our allies is in need of our assistance in the Battle for Fordas. I will now say something that the leaders of said allied nation will know.

The Storm is Coming."

The cheers became a deafening roar. He quieted them once more.

"As for what I have decided to do? I am sending three observation vessels to the edge of the battlezone. They will be armed of course, but the captains were given orders to not fire unless fired upon. If any nation fires on my ships, you've failed. And my side will be automatically chosen in the matter. Some of you may be thinking that war isn't a game. You are right. This is no game. I am not lying. I am not bluffing.

As of now the Federation is at DefCon 1. Martial Law is in effect for the entire nation. Hammer Down Protocol has been placed on standby. It is in our blood to fight. And fight we will. "

He waved as the crowd resumed it's cheers. Six YF-23 air superiority fighters roared over the Complex in tight formation. And his red eyes shined with a new purpose. To annihilate those who stood in his path.

Bay of New Ixis

The Astraeus Fleet signaled it's departure for open sea with the blowing of horns. The Astraeus, the largest Federation warship ever built, was a trimaran craft. Three flight decks dominated the ship, however there were AA weapons of all kinds and multiple types of ship to ship weapons. Including several experimental ones that Izon wanted to test somewhere. The fleet of 150 ships slipped into the open ocean and initiated radio silence. They're destination and location were unknown. Except to two people.

Meanwhile, three battlecruisers broke away from the defense grid around the island of Revani and turned towards the quickest route to Fordas.

[Protectorate of Sechyvasia]

OOC: Got my PC Working again, thank you Imps for putting the post up under your name and all while I got my hard drive fixed up. I will have the post under my account now.

II.Battalion, 49th Infantry Regiment, 49th Infantry Division

Shortly after the B400 bombing raid the first Imperial artillery shells slammed down throwing up what looked like fountains of dirt and knocking over some trees, bursts of wood filled the air. Imperial mortars and then rockets simply blanketed the Sechyvasian positions for more than 2 kilometres with more and more shells hitting.

"INCOMING TANKS!" yelled an infantry man laying prone while firing his S16 combat rifle. Soon enough tank shells from 105mm guns came in exploding. The Sechyvasian Army soldiers needless to say fired all they had, Platoon Mortars fired back and machine guns rattled.

"Enemy Infantry!" came the holler and Major Brooke looked out to see large amounts of Imperial Marines storming forward. Brooke slammed to the ground as an artillery shell burst thirty meters from him. He found himself with a fire team of his men firing at the enemy infantry. A corpsman was nearby desperately fighting to stem the blood gushing from a shrapnel wound on a fallen soldier. One of the soldiers turned their heads, it was a woman, "Sir they've got their Arty zeroed in--" She never finished her sentence as a round went straight through her helmet. She slumped to the ground with glassy eyes and blood running down her face.

"SNIPERS!" he heard the yell again and he looked to see a squad falling back get cut down by Imperial gunfire and a Tank shell that reduced a pair of soldiers carrying ammunition to fragments. Brooke said,"Hold for as long as possible then fall back." He then ran through the woods to different units relaying them the order, he wasn't thrilled to consigning his soldiers to death yet. But the Imperial Artillery had caused its damaged in sowing chaos and wounded, dead and dying men and women in the woodlands. He ran to Captain Marty Christianson, commander of D company who was giving orders and pointing to positions for his soldiers to defend from.

"Major! we wont last long!" yelled the Captain.
"I Know! got any AT!?" yelled back the Major as an Imperial machine gun ripped through the area between him and the Captain causing both to scramble deeper into cover.

"Just a couple of Bazookas and RPGS! my company has no AT Guns!" stated the Captain. Bullets laced the logs his command squad was hiding and fighting from.
"Alright try and get some shots off on those tanks!" ordered Brooke who then went running back from the lines nearly getting killed atleast a dozen times. He ran back to the Battalion HQ a few hundred meters from the frontline and gave the order to pack up and prepare to fall back.
"Call in Air support!" said Brooke to the radio man who begin radioing coordinates.

B Company

Sergeant Haldham once more found himself nearly getting killed as enemy rounds flew through the air, he was desperately firing back going through ammunition clips like no tomorrow. B Company had been thrown into disarray following the B400 air raid and each Platoon leader was trying to get some resemblance of order going. Now the Imperial assault had taken a new pitch and more casualties began to register as enemy Artillery hit B companies Left flank and enemy infantry engaged them.

Fordas Air base

At Fordas a pair of AC-130s lifted off for the frontline in a hurry to the call for air support. But the air war over Fordas was given a higher level as the 19th engaged the enemy escorts guarding the air raid.

From Fordas to Losun the Sechyvasians scrambled their available fighter and multi-role aircraft for the fight.

[Imperialisium]

OOC: Not a problem Sechs, anytime.

[Imperialisium]

Dorset

The 22nd Infantry Division arrived at the southern edge of Dorset and began to form up with 1st Battalion on the extreme left, then 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the middle and 5th and 6th on the right meeting the 4th Marine Battalion of the 1st Marine Division. The Divisional Artillery was concentrated in the center and at once opened fire at the Sechyvasian positions on the edge of the town. All six Battalions began to advance with the center moving forward and the left flank moving to surround the town from the west and the right to cut off the town from the roads. The Battalions of Infantry were equipped like a standard infantry battalion with PUMA IFVs and SdfK. 251 APCs, one Puma per Platoon and four SdfK's per Company that allowed many of the soldiers to ride in the vehicles. The Puma .75mm Cannons and MG3 and 4 machine guns from the SdfKs provided great moving fire support while Mortars and Divisional artillery continued to rain down.

IV Battalion of the 1st Marine Division
The IV Marine Battalion at this point began to swing South once more in a wide arc to flank and move around the Sechyvasian 2nd Battalion of the 49th Reg. 49th Division. The Leopard 2 MBTs providing fire support behind the Marine infantry advancing on foot and in the 16 SdfKs. The Panzerhaubitze 2000s firing in a creeping pattern ahead of the Imperial soldiers.

I Battalion

Soldat Kelle hit the dirt on the edge of the woods as he reached the forest edge, Imperial Marines going from cover to scant cover. The prospect of using trees and logs as cover urging them to get their faster. Sechyvasian gunfire laced across the Imperial infantry advancing towards the woods, Oberleutnant Emilmann could be seen firing his G36 Carbine at Sechyvasian troops a hundred meters away. He'd reached the woods wit ha platoon of Imperial Marines. Some didn't make it and the corpses and howls of wounded Marines desecrated the air. Even Emilmann a hundred meters away could be heard, "Achtung! FEUER am Infanterie! LINKS LINKS!"

He was ordering a squad to fire on enemy infantry to his platoons left flank, shell bursts filled the air and tanks shells whistled overhead.

Luftwaffe Air raids
The Luftwaffe Fordas Air raids Eurofighter escorts engaged the 19th Multi-role squadron after being picked up by the AWACs, shooting their AA KEPD missiles before the 19th got within range. At Gregany and Fordas the same events were transpiring as the bombers now where over their targets and dropped their thousands of tons of bombs on the Sechyvasian bases.

[Protectorate of Sechyvasia]

Dorset

The whooosh boom of Imperial artillery and the rattle of machine guns filled the air as the Sechyvasian defending forces bravely put up a stiff resistance at the edge of the town. Much of the civilian populace had fled at the onset of the Imperial invasion but a few refused to leave and remained barricaded in their homes. Now the war had reached them anyways and shells burst in the streets and bullets whipped up and through walls and fences. Sechyvasian soldiers pulled back into the buildings after the first few minutes of engagement seeing that eventually the Imperials would breach the first line of defence. 12 Sechyvasian soldiers fell during the action of defending the edge of the town and the rest moved into defensive positions in buildings. Some already burnt out by the Imperial artillery and gunfire. All the while Company A was busy destroying the supply depot in preparation to abandon the town.

II Battalion

II Battalion was in a staggered retreat through the woods as the Battalion companies could not hold the woodlands edge against the weight of the Imperial assault. Two Ac-130s of the RAF flew in and fired their missiles and came under Imperial AA fire that downed one of them. Major Brooke ordered that they would fall back to meet up with the Reinforcing 1st Battalion of the 49th Division was just crossing the river. But the Flanking attack on E Company could cut them off so he ordered the Battalion to make all haste to the bridge and to cross it.

Luftwaffe Air Raid

The RAF engaged the Luftwaffe over the skies of Fordas, Gregany and Losun. Suffering 16 losses in planes either damaged or destroyed. While the Luftwaffe practically annihilated the Losun base at Outmer and the Fordas base was heavily damaged, medium material loss was suffered at Gregany. The Losun City base also suffered medium damage and the 35th Infantry Division at the Fordas Base lost 356 personnel to the WIA and KIA list.