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See Also: [[Rusana|Rusana Levantine Exploration]], [[Alshar Quasi-Wars]]
See Also: [[Rusana|Rusana Levantine Exploration]], [[Alshar Quasi-Wars]]


The island of Ayermer had long been administered as the Ayermer Colony by [[Burgundie]] since at least [[1616]] to 1725 by the [[Burgoignesc Kandahar-Kandara Trading Company|Ularien Trading Company]], which was renamed the Marialanii Ularien Trading Company in [[1705]]. The company maintained the island of Ayermer as a trading post and as a part of [[La Garrote]] to control trade and fight piracy in the [[Pukhtun Sea]]. This primarily impacted [[Corumm]]ese trading traversing westerly. Attempts were made by the [[Corumm|Qian dynasty]] to take the island, most notably in the 1685 [[Siege of Ayermer]] which was ultimately repulsed. Corummese naval merchant fleet developed alternate routes to the east to avoid Ayermer and while relations remained sour, Audonia was a market it could not exploit. Burgundie's mercantile outpost in southern [[Rusana]] fell around 1802 but the island continued to be strongly held and supplied from Pukhgundi. The development of new naval technologies and sea based artillery and the introduction of these technologies into the Corummese arsenals in the late 1800's and early 1900's gave military planners new hopes for taking the island in a future war.
The island of Ayermer had long been administered as the Ayermer Colony by [[Burgundie]] since at least [[1616]] by the [[Burgoignesc Kandahar-Kandara Trading Company|Ularien Trading Company]], which was renamed the Marialanii Ularien Trading Company in [[1705]]. The company maintained the island of Ayermer as a trading post and as a part of [[La Garrote]] to control trade and fight piracy in the [[Pukhtun Sea]]. This primarily impacted [[Corumm]]ese trading traversing westerly. Attempts were made by the [[Corumm|Qian dynasty]] to take the island, most notably in the 1685 [[Siege of Ayermer]] which was ultimately repulsed. Corummese naval merchant fleet developed alternate routes to the east to avoid Ayermer and while relations remained sour, Audonia was a market it could not exploit. Burgundie's mercantile outpost in southern [[Rusana]] fell around 1802 but the island continued to be strongly held and supplied from Pukhgundi. The development of new naval technologies and sea based artillery and the introduction of these technologies into the Corummese arsenals in the late 1800's and early 1900's gave military planners new hopes for taking the island in a future war.


===Later Modern Period===
===Opposing forces===
In this period [[Corumm]] and [[Burgundie]] sparred over the island a number of times.
====Corummese Qian forces====
[[Harmonious Flotilla Invincible]] (Admiral [[Hong Ming]])


Western Squadron composed of 30 vessels divided as follows:
* Six battleships
* 14 destroyers
* 10 minesweepers
Ayermer Expeditionary Force (General [[Qiu Heng]])
Approximately 70,000 men
* 1st Imperial Marines Division
* 12th Imperial Marines Division
* 32nd Imperial Infantry Division
* 5th Imperial Infantry Division
====Burgundie's forces====
==Campaign==
==Campaign==
===Battle for naval and air supremacy===
===Battle for naval and air supremacy===