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Arcerion, via the Paulastran ambassador to Arcerion, issued a comminque to Tierrador, with who they had no formal relationship or consular office with. The communique outlined the so called 'Ængle Red Line' that was defined as the current IUZ. By breaching, attrition, or otherwise compromising the safety and security of the Istrenyan State within the Unoccupied Zone prior to a diplomatic entreatment via the League of nations, Arcerion would be forced to intervene under the strongest and most firm of methods. | Arcerion, via the Paulastran ambassador to Arcerion, issued a comminque to Tierrador, with who they had no formal relationship or consular office with. The communique outlined the so called 'Ængle Red Line' that was defined as the current IUZ. By breaching, attrition, or otherwise compromising the safety and security of the Istrenyan State within the Unoccupied Zone prior to a diplomatic entreatment via the League of nations, Arcerion would be forced to intervene under the strongest and most firm of methods. | ||
The decision for Arcer involvement caught the Tierradorian government and populace by surprise, due to the heavy miscalculation of the Arcer foreign policy. This proved to be detrimental to the Tierradorian forces, as they were only prepared for pressure from the Arcer government. Because of this, many Tierradorian citizens began to question their trust of the Woqal along with the Defense Forces throughout their campaign in Istrenya. During a press conference in Qabór, Gomez assured that the Arcer involvement was but a “temporary problem” and that there was no need for the populace to worry. Despite this assurance, there was still a widespread increase of skepticism throughout Tierrador, fueled by the uncertainty of the Defense Forces in their campaign. | |||
With the decision made to ignore the warnings of the Confederate Parliament, senior officers and military staff of the Tierradoran military began planning an offensive to try and pin the remaining elements of the Istrenyan 1st Corps against Enunana whilst thrusting multiple brigades towards Karaba's Western suburbs, in a blatant disregard of the Arcer warning. To do so, they would have to conduct a difficult river crossing, as well as maintain air superiority over the IUZ, which would prove more difficult as the heavy fighting had damaged much of the available airhead infrastructure, combined with the 'scorched earth' policy of many Istrenyan officers left little in the way of proper hardened military infrastructure to support the occupying Tierradoran troops. | With the decision made to ignore the warnings of the Confederate Parliament, senior officers and military staff of the Tierradoran military began planning an offensive to try and pin the remaining elements of the Istrenyan 1st Corps against Enunana whilst thrusting multiple brigades towards Karaba's Western suburbs, in a blatant disregard of the Arcer warning. To do so, they would have to conduct a difficult river crossing, as well as maintain air superiority over the IUZ, which would prove more difficult as the heavy fighting had damaged much of the available airhead infrastructure, combined with the 'scorched earth' policy of many Istrenyan officers left little in the way of proper hardened military infrastructure to support the occupying Tierradoran troops. | ||
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On the morning of May 5th, 1967 Tierrador's X and Y units began river crossing operations (known in Tierrador as Operation TIERRADOR NAME THIS) under a heavy artillery bombardment, displacing many of the Istrenyan troops opposite them, beginning to fracture the two remaining divisions of the Istrenyan 1st Corps, the 3rd and 5th Divisions. News reached Kurst by that evening, and Prime Minister Fleming directed the [[Arcer General Staff]] to deploy forces to protect the IUZ and prevent ITerrador from capturing either Enunana or Karaba. | On the morning of May 5th, 1967 Tierrador's X and Y units began river crossing operations (known in Tierrador as Operation TIERRADOR NAME THIS) under a heavy artillery bombardment, displacing many of the Istrenyan troops opposite them, beginning to fracture the two remaining divisions of the Istrenyan 1st Corps, the 3rd and 5th Divisions. News reached Kurst by that evening, and Prime Minister Fleming directed the [[Arcer General Staff]] to deploy forces to protect the IUZ and prevent ITerrador from capturing either Enunana or Karaba. | ||
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=== Deployment of Arcer Forces === | === Deployment of Arcer Forces === | ||