Dreadfort Bay, Dreadfort Isles,
Craxx Archipelago Region.
The Dreadfort Bay had been of interest to the Ordenite Reich in relation to its own colony for quite some time. The bay which seperated the Draxxad and Retrinhes islands was deemed a vital choke point and avenue of maritime trade that the Ordenite government were keen to likely bring under their control. Due to the amount of other nations some even from Dienstad who were or had begun making claims of their own in the Craxx region, the Ordenites decided that they were to act on their ambitions. Previous ISR probes into the islands in the Dreadfort Bay showed signs of civilization however it was noted by the Ordenite Abwehr that the indeginious on the islands poised no significant threat to amphibious landings.
A Joint Task Force of the Kriegsmarine and the Heer was organized for the taking of these islands. This JTF would be comprised of elements of the 86th Flotille which included a Carrier Kampfgruppe, a Surface Kampfgruppe and a Expeditionary Kampfgruppe. A total of 54 vessels would be involved in the operation to seize the islands along with a Seabattalion regiment, who were essentially the Kriegsmarine's Naval Infantry and would initiate first contact and take the islands. A naval aviation contigent of 90 fixed wing and rotary aircraft from the Carrier Kampfgruppe's single Aircraft Carrier would carry out air supremacy and air lift operations in the local airspace. The Ordenite Heer would pledge a Division worth of troops to the Task Force and would become the garrison force for the islands once captured fully.
The operation would begin in the dead of night as the Joint Task Force came within operational distance from the islands themselves. A single Naval AWAC was already flying high above the islands as Typhoon-C Multi Role fighters took off from the KMS 'Wilhelm' Aircraft Carrier and began entering the airspace above the small island chain. The Kriegsmarine contigent of 54 vessels began to snake there away about the sea around the islands while the Aircraft Carrier and its escorts maintained a distance from them. The decision was made to begin the amphibious landings of the Seebattalion on the smaller islands before eventually going for the larger one. The Expeditionary Kampfgruppe began deploying some of its Amphibious assault ships as they moved towards the smaller islands.
Once within operational distance the ships began to deploy their contigents of Seebattalion who rode out on Amphibious APCs directly onto the shores of the smaller islands simultaneously. In little time over a company's worth of Seebattalion were landed on 3 of the 5 islands situated in the Dreadfort Bay. There were little to no signs of life on the islands they landed on and after further reconnasaince of the bigger island it was found that encampments were situated primarily there. Once situated where they were among the islands, rudimentry landing pads were made for rotary craft to land on. One such SVTOL helicopter did land only to pick up a platoon of Seebattalion as the helicopter then took off and hovered above the smallest island that was closest to the biggest one and landed the platoon to secure it.
The Admiral leading the JTF was then briefed on the success of the operation so far and cooridnated with the Seebattalion commander of the Regiment to carry out the seizure of the final island.
A Joint Task Force of the Kriegsmarine and the Heer was organized for the taking of these islands. This JTF would be comprised of elements of the 86th Flotille which included a Carrier Kampfgruppe, a Surface Kampfgruppe and a Expeditionary Kampfgruppe. A total of 54 vessels would be involved in the operation to seize the islands along with a Seabattalion regiment, who were essentially the Kriegsmarine's Naval Infantry and would initiate first contact and take the islands. A naval aviation contigent of 90 fixed wing and rotary aircraft from the Carrier Kampfgruppe's single Aircraft Carrier would carry out air supremacy and air lift operations in the local airspace. The Ordenite Heer would pledge a Division worth of troops to the Task Force and would become the garrison force for the islands once captured fully.
The operation would begin in the dead of night as the Joint Task Force came within operational distance from the islands themselves. A single Naval AWAC was already flying high above the islands as Typhoon-C Multi Role fighters took off from the KMS 'Wilhelm' Aircraft Carrier and began entering the airspace above the small island chain. The Kriegsmarine contigent of 54 vessels began to snake there away about the sea around the islands while the Aircraft Carrier and its escorts maintained a distance from them. The decision was made to begin the amphibious landings of the Seebattalion on the smaller islands before eventually going for the larger one. The Expeditionary Kampfgruppe began deploying some of its Amphibious assault ships as they moved towards the smaller islands.
Once within operational distance the ships began to deploy their contigents of Seebattalion who rode out on Amphibious APCs directly onto the shores of the smaller islands simultaneously. In little time over a company's worth of Seebattalion were landed on 3 of the 5 islands situated in the Dreadfort Bay. There were little to no signs of life on the islands they landed on and after further reconnasaince of the bigger island it was found that encampments were situated primarily there. Once situated where they were among the islands, rudimentry landing pads were made for rotary craft to land on. One such SVTOL helicopter did land only to pick up a platoon of Seebattalion as the helicopter then took off and hovered above the smallest island that was closest to the biggest one and landed the platoon to secure it.
The Admiral leading the JTF was then briefed on the success of the operation so far and cooridnated with the Seebattalion commander of the Regiment to carry out the seizure of the final island.
