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==== Line of Contact ====
==== Line of Contact ====
The line of contact along the center of the country roughly created a distinct divide, aside from the Iraso Pocket. In the West, Tytosh's National Instrenyan People's Front (NIPF) Battalions were attempting to establish a new People's Republic of Istrenya. Continued pressure along the Line of Contact meant that from the East the National Guard and supporting Arcerion forces would encroach and liberate more towns and villages as they sought to end the control of the Western portion of the country by subversives.  
The line of contact along the center of the country roughly created a distinct divide, aside from the Iraso Pocket. In the West, Tytosh's National Instrenyan People's Front (NIPF) Battalions were attempting to establish a new People's Republic of Istrenya. Continued pressure along the Line of Contact meant that from the East the National Guard and supporting Arcerion forces would encroach and liberate more towns and villages as they sought to end the control of the Western portion of the country by subversives.  
 
[[File:Casevac 1.jpg|thumb|Members of 23 Field Ambulance Section, 7 Rifle Brigade, prep a soldier for helicopter CASEVAC to Karaba after fighting in the Southern Mountains of Istrenya, 1960. ]]
8 Rifle Brigade continued to drive along the coast towards Lokokeja, fighting running battles with the Liberation Battalions, reaching Lokokeja by mid-summer. Fierce battles on the cities outskirts focused mainly on the suburb of Teremba, a small fishing town with a large wharf that had served as one of the major trucking and ground lines of communication for the retreating NIPF forces as they withdrew to their Western strongholds. In the South, the mountains that flanked the Southern Istrenyan border saw 7 Rifle Brigade conducting company-level offensives with. The Royal Easthampton Borderers (REB), Arcerion Fusilier Regiment (AFR), and the Royal Moorden Regiment (RMR) all participated in actions in the mountains, with fierce battles in the alpine environment resulting in the first large-scale use of helicopters bu the Arcer Army for casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) operations. 7 Rifle Brigade's objective was Mogtopeni, a mountain town with the largest regional airport, which they were aiming to liberate to allow for the infiltration of 11 Parachute Brigade, who had staged in Chester-on-Moore awaiting a cleared drop zone.  
8 Rifle Brigade continued to drive along the coast towards Lokokeja, fighting running battles with the Liberation Battalions, reaching Lokokeja by mid-summer. Fierce battles on the cities outskirts focused mainly on the suburb of Teremba, a small fishing town with a large wharf that had served as one of the major trucking and ground lines of communication for the retreating NIPF forces as they withdrew to their Western strongholds. In the South, the mountains that flanked the Southern Istrenyan border saw 7 Rifle Brigade conducting company-level offensives with. The Royal Easthampton Borderers (REB), Arcerion Fusilier Regiment (AFR), and the Royal Moorden Regiment (RMR) all participated in actions in the mountains, with fierce battles in the alpine environment resulting in the first large-scale use of helicopters bu the Arcer Army for casualty evacuation (CASEVAC) operations. 7 Rifle Brigade's objective was Mogtopeni, a mountain town with the largest regional airport, which they were aiming to liberate to allow for the infiltration of 11 Parachute Brigade, who had staged in Chester-on-Moore awaiting a cleared drop zone.  
==== Battle of Teremba ====
==== Battle of Teremba ====
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In Sofrine, members of the Intelligence Directorate of the Office of Public Safety and National Security had used human sources they had cultivated within the NIPF, and had been informed that Tytosh was staying at a Plumbing Union's local headquarters. This information was quickly disseminated to the Office's HQ in Kurst, who briefed Prime Minister MacCallough, and with proper authorization the OPSNS inserted a pair of Operations Directorate teams, 'Francoise' and 'Gregory,' with orders to capture Tytosh. After liaising with local Populist sympathizers and former police officers remaining as part of an underground resistance, the teams fought an open gun battle in the streets, eventually leading to Tytosh being killed. Istrenyan National Policemen paraded the corpse through the streets, eventually nailing it to a lamppost in the town square in central Sofrine. With their leader killed and Arcer soldiers and their National Guard counterparts closing on all fronts, the remaining NIPF forces collapsed, with 8 Rifle Brigade securing Sofrine in its entirety by the last week of November. The mountain stronghold of Koungheul was the final NIPF area to surrender, with the commanding officer of 7 Rifle Brigade and the commander of the 3rd Istrenyan Division jointly accepting the formal capitulation of the 5th Liberation Battalion on December 11th, 1960.  
In Sofrine, members of the Intelligence Directorate of the Office of Public Safety and National Security had used human sources they had cultivated within the NIPF, and had been informed that Tytosh was staying at a Plumbing Union's local headquarters. This information was quickly disseminated to the Office's HQ in Kurst, who briefed Prime Minister MacCallough, and with proper authorization the OPSNS inserted a pair of Operations Directorate teams, 'Francoise' and 'Gregory,' with orders to capture Tytosh. After liaising with local Populist sympathizers and former police officers remaining as part of an underground resistance, the teams fought an open gun battle in the streets, eventually leading to Tytosh being killed. Istrenyan National Policemen paraded the corpse through the streets, eventually nailing it to a lamppost in the town square in central Sofrine. With their leader killed and Arcer soldiers and their National Guard counterparts closing on all fronts, the remaining NIPF forces collapsed, with 8 Rifle Brigade securing Sofrine in its entirety by the last week of November. The mountain stronghold of Koungheul was the final NIPF area to surrender, with the commanding officer of 7 Rifle Brigade and the commander of the 3rd Istrenyan Division jointly accepting the formal capitulation of the 5th Liberation Battalion on December 11th, 1960.  
==== Arcer Embassy Closure ====
==== Arcer Embassy Closure ====
diplo scandal and withdraw
diplo scandal and withdraw