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{{Infobox military conflict
|conflict = Cetsencalia front
|conflict = Operational Pullman
|partof = the [[Final War of the Deluge]]
|partof = the [[Quetzenkel front]]
|image = Defense.gov News Photo 990217-M-3564F-003.jpg
|image = [[File:Pullman placeholder.png|thumb]]
|image_size = 300px
|caption = Operational movements and unit positions before H-Day.
|caption = VPDC forces defending against a Varshani raid, 2022
|date = XYZ
|date = September 29, 2021 - January 27, 2023
|place = [[Varshan]]<br>[[Crona]]
|place = [[Cetsencalia]]
|result = Coalition Victory
|result = Urcean victory
|combatant1 = {{flag|Varshan}}
|combatant1 = {{flag|Varshan}}
|combatant2 = {{flag|Urcea}}<br>{{flagicon|Veltorine Popular Defense Committee}} [[VPDC]]<br>{{flagicon image|Bandera del GRAPO.svg}} [[Veltorine government-in-exile]] (from 2022)<br>{{flag|Anglei}} (from 2022)<br>{{flag|The Cape}} (from 2022)
|combatant2 = {{flag|League of Nations}}<br>
|commander1 =
*{{flag|Arcerion}}
|commander2 =
*{{flag|Urcea}}
|units1 = Xiquipilli of Continental Liberation
|commander1 = Placeholder
|units2 = [[Armed_Forces_of_the_Apostolic_Kingdom_of_Urcea#Far_Western_Command_.28WES-COM.29|WES-COM]]
|commander2 = {{flagicon|Arcerion}} [[LGen Peter Lewis]]<br>{{flagicon|Urcea}} [[Ranks_in_the_Urcean_Armed_Forces#Field.2C_Flag_and_Staff_Officers|Lec. Pri.]] Aedan Frantone
|strength1 = 840,000+ (Dec 2021)<br>1,250,000+ (Sep 2022)
|units1 = Varshani Military
|strength2 = 795,000+ (Dec 2021)<br>1,650,000+ (Jun 2022)
|units2 = {{flagicon|Arcerion}} Arcer I Corps <br> {{flagicon|Urcea}} 2nd Army of St. Thomas<br>
|casualties1 = High
* VII Legion New Harren
|casualties2 = High
* II Airborne Legion New Harren
* IX Legion New Harren
* 1st, 2nd, 3rd [[Veltorine Popular Defense Committee|Veltorine Volunteer Divisions]]
{{flagicon|Urcea}} 3rd Army of St. Thomas<br>
* II Armored Legion Nysdra-at-Large
* III Armored Legion Cetsencalia
* III Legion Ventotene
{{flagicon|Urcea}} 4th Army of St. Thomas<br>
* IV Legion Archducal
|strength1 = Est. 5 Corps, mostly understrength infantry and armour
|strength2 = 9 Corps-strength formations
|casualties1 =
|casualties2 = {{flag|Arcerion}} 2,900
}}
}}
== Background ==
Run up to Summer conference of 2023
=== Summer 2023 Conference ===
=== Arcerion Enters the War ===
Arcerion's stance prior to the summer of 2023 was for involvement with the League of Nations in Varshan, however Arcerion was busy dealing with a heavy influx of Varshani refugees across the border and required the military to support border security operations. However, after XYZ
=== Varshani Positioning in the Heartlands ===
[[File:Varshan Initial Placement.png|left|thumb|Assessed positions of Varshani forces of the 4th Army prior to H-Day. This encompassed multiple Corps-strength formations, however most were in disarray and reconstituting prior to a defensive of the Varshani heartland. ]]
After the successes of the Highland campaigns for the League of Nations, Varshani forces withdrew into the Heartlands for what they saw as a final defensive battle. Initial assessments by Varshani staff in Anzio made it very clear, that no later than the Spring of 2024 could they expect the drive from the Northern areas of the Heartlands towards Anzio. Based on radio intelligence intercepts, as well as aerial reconnaissance from satellites and phot-reconnaissance aircraft, League commanders were able to ascertain that the Varshani 4th Army would be ready for a defensive by the Summer of 2024. As well, it would begin digging in no later than late October of 2023, with several construction and engineer battalions being pulled away from the still-raging front in the Highlands.


The '''Cetsencalia front''' was a theater of operations of the [[Final War of the Deluge]] fought in former [[Cetsencalia]] and in neighboring regions of [[Varshan]]. It included all operations fought within Cetsencalia following the end of the [[Invasion of Cetsencalia]] and the collapse of the Cetsencalian state. The front was fought concurrently with the Veltorine insurgency.
With defensive preparations underway, the Varshani also began their strategic assesment of the main focal points and avenues that they believed the League would attack from. Incorrectly, they believed the main attack would come against the flanks of the 114th Infantry and 31st Guards Infantry Corps from the Highlands, along the Eastern flank, aiming to cut off the 59th Infantry and 22nd Mechanized Corps and isolate them for further destruction. As such, significant defensive preparations began along the Northern bank of the River Waative. Concurrent to this, whatever elements of Varshan's 19th Army could be salvaged from the Highlands were ordered to begin their withdrawal towards Anzio to form part of a new Army there, aimed at defending the city limits. With a paper strength of 6 Corps, the 4th Army alone was a formidable force, even in its disorganized and catastrophically degraded state. League air strikes and over a year of bitter fighting had left most of the Varshani military damaged and ill prepared for a protracted defensive war on their own soil. Varhsani High Command believed that by pulling the 19th Army back towards Anzio, they would be successful in causing enough casualties that the League of Nations would be forced to come to the bargaining table and cease operations in favour of a truce or cease fire, giving them precious time required for re-organization along a new, more stable front.  
==Background==
=== Fall 2023 H-Day Set ===
{{Main|Invasion of Cetsencalia}}
On August 31st, with Arcer commitment confirmed, Urcean Generals flew to the I Corps HQ on the outskirts of Tawun, the small village along the Waative River that Lieutenant-General Peter Lewis had set his command post up at in the destroyed ruins of a hotel. With the scattered sounds of light artillery and small arms fire in the distance, Urcean Generals, with Aeden Frantone sat for the initial Arcer briefings and assesments, and the operational plans for the Heartlands Campaign were finalized. Arcerion, as the main stakeholder for the Waative River, would conduct its advance directly South-West along both sides of the river, and Urcean forces would drive the pocketed Varshanis towards the banks, giving them Arcers to the West, the river to their South and Urceans to the North. The hope was that by keeping Varshan retreating and reforming they could not gain critical mass. Once they reached the river junction where the Waative split into the Waative Minor, named Phase Line Impala, Urcean forces would remain on the West side of the Waative, also serving as a blocking force against any attempts by the 19th Army to engage and stall the advance. Arcers would advance in their majority down the Eastern bank of the Waative, however they would still keep one third of their forces on the Western bank for the drive to Anzio.  
 
After years of issuing increasingly hostile warnings to [[Occidental]] powers participating in [[The Deluge]], [[Varshan]] invaded [[Cetsencalia]] in [[2021]] as part of an overall response to the war between [[Urcea]] and [[Algoquona]]. Following a six month campaign which mostly saw victories by advancing Varshani forces, [[New Constanz]] was evacuated and fell to Varshani forces. The Varshani government established a collaborator government out of remaining elements of the [[Cetsencalia#Veltorine_Social_Council|Veltorine Social Council]] (VSC). In addition to the large number of {{wp|prisoners of war}} captured during the campaign, Varshan now occupied territory comprising the majority [[Veltorine people|Veltorine]] population of [[Cetsencalia]] and began a campaign of relocation and concentration in addition to settlement. They were opposed in this effort by the [[Veltorine Popular Defense Committee]], which waged the Veltorine insurgency against the occupation. The VPDC and [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] also responded by conventional military means, establishing the "Cetsencalian front" of the conflict following the end of the invasion.
 
==Summary of operations==
===Aftermath of invasion===
In the immediate aftermath of the [[Invasion of Cetsencalia]] and fall of [[New Constanz]], [[Nysdra Sea Treaty Association]] forces were divided in two, with most forces in the parts of [[Cetsencalia]] west of New Constanz but a smaller contingent east of the city in the mountainous region adjoining [[Quetzenkel]]. NSTA forces underwent a major reorganization in the two or three weeks following the fall of New Constanz, shifting forces evenly in an attempt to hold the Varshani forces to where they had progressed while ensuring that the [[Quetzenkel front]] would not be compromised. This period also saw a considerable transfer of assets and units to the [[Veltorine Popular Defense Committee]]. During this time, the administration of the area was also reorganized as the [[Veltorine Territories]] due to the capitulation and collaborator status of the former government of Cetsencalia.
==="Raider's War"===
Beginning in late October of 2021, [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] and [[Veltorine Popular Defense Committee]] began a series of joint operations intended to free Urcean and Veltorine {{wp|prisoner of war|prisoners of war}} behind Varshani lines. The operation was devised for three main objectives. Its primary objective was to lift allied morale with a series of minor victories following the disastrous campaign in defense of New Constanz and to gain further information on the overall disposition of Varshani forces remaining in the theater. Its secondary objective was to continue to tie down Varshani forces to distract from campaigns further south waged by [[Alstin]] and [[Urcea]], especially the [[Ehemoan front]] and [[Operation Jonah]]. The third and tertiary objective of the planned raids was to prevent as many Urceans and Veltorines as possible from being victims of {{wp|human sacrifice}}, and to otherwise prevent these personnel from joining the ranks of Varshani slaves. To that end, the Royal and Imperial Army and VPDC launched {{wp|Reconnaissance#Reconnaissance-in-force|probing raids}} all across the western frontier from October 25 to November 18 2021 in what became known to the soldiers as the "Raider's War". During these operations, various supply depots and slave transfer stations were attacked, freeing prisoners of war and significantly disrupting the expropriation of property in Cetsencalia. The "Raider's War" was highly effective and required an additional deployment of Varshani forces to the lines in Cetsencalia. Although no further coordinated raid campaign occurred, Urcean and VPDC forces spent the remainder of thw winter of 2021-22 launching ad hoc raids to disrupt slave transfers as well as to confuse Varshani supply and intelligence.
 
===Liberation of Barrafranca===
On the evening of 7 March 2022, elements of the Army of [[Anglei]] and [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] began an offensive against the city of Barrafranca just east of [[New Constanz]]. While initially intended as an armored {{wp|Reconnaissance#Reconnaissance-in-force|reconnaissance-in-force}} operation, Varshani forces within the city were unexpectedly almost overwhelmed by midnight. Consequently, the Royal and Imperial Army sent additional reinforcements to the city around 2 AM local time on 8 March, having delayed somewhat for fear of a trap. Armored reinforcements managed to cut the lines of the city from the west, encircling the brigade-strength garrison of the city and causing them to surrender by 7 AM. Contemporary military intelligence suggested that the city would be much more heavily defended, and a study conducted in June of 2022 concluded that the [[Atomic bombing of Shimrra]] had so greatly disrupted the supply chain in northern [[Varshan]] that their occupation force in Cetsencalia was prepared to concede the northern coast in order to shorten its salient in the country.
 
===Pentapolis campaign===
Beginning on April 20th, 2022, the [[Royal Air Force (Urcea)|Royal Air Force]] began an extensive bombing campaign on the corridor between Barrafranca and the Urcean lines west of New Constanz. On 31 May 2022, forces of the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] began the largest Urcean ground offensive of the war to that point as a major armored spearhead broke through Varshani defensive lines a few hundred kilometers west of New Constanz, beginning a push to liberate the "Pentapolis" - a grouping of Veltorine settlements sitting in the plain west of New Constanz. Elements of II Armored Legion New Harren exploited a reorganization of Varshani defenses prompted by a change in the aerial campaign and penetrated fifteen miles into the Varshani line by 4 June, capturing vital supply depots and the major airfield in the territory, causing significant logistical issues for Varshani forces largely reliant on the north-south highway and railway corridor extending to New Constanz. With the possibility of their headquarters being captured by 6 June and being cut off from their primary base of supply, most Varshani forces abandoned their defense of the coastal region and attempted to rally in the three eastern cities of the Pentapolis in order to prevent New Constanz from becoming a salient. Most Varshani forces, harassed by the RAF and attack helicopters of the Royal and Imperial Army, did not reach the regroup zone and were destroyed or otherwise had to abandon their equipment. The command of the Xiquipilli of Continental Liberation decided to entirely abandon the region and create a new defensive line surrounding the New Constanz-Interior transport corridor.
 
===New Constanz campaign===
With the fall of the Pentapolis in June 2022, Varshani forces contemplated abandoning New Constanz altogether. However, the ongoing siege of Cobalt Fortress in the [[Quetzenkel front]] meant that Varshani commanders were under significant political pressure to not abandon too much territory. Although the {{wp|right of way}} including the region's only highway and railway connection to New Constanz was heavily bombed, most military vehicles were still able to reach the city. Constructed during the settlement of the country some five years earlier, the remaining territory between New Constanz and the Cetsencalian interior was heavily forested with rough highlands. Consequently, Varshani command decided to defend the corridor "to the last man". [[Veltorine Popular Defense Committee]] forces were empowered to launch large scale raids on New Constanz and the corridor all across both the western and eastern lines and on July 5 2022 the entire allied forces of the [[League of Nations Command]] began a joint offensive from both east and west. Western forces, almost entirely [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] and VPDC units, focused on the two cities immediately south of New Constanz - New Platessa and New Aenon - which anchored the transportation corridor into the city. The western offensive began at 3 AM local time and came out of the Pentapolis on a southeastern swing. Eastern forces, comprised of units from the Royal and Imperial Army and the [[The_Cape#Military|Army of the Cape]], attacked New Constanz directly out of Barrafranca at approximately the same time. Prior to the assault, VPDC partisans were alerted and began to sabotage military targets and begin a general uprising in the city the night before the attack. Fighting continued throughout the 5th and 6th with allied forces making significant progress in {{wp|Urban warfare|street-to-street fighting}} in New Constanz. On the morning of the 6th, an unexpected storm blew in from the Nysdra and prevented significant [[Royal Air Force (Urcea)|Royal Air Force]] intervention in the western attack, giving Varshani forces time to regroup and regain lost ground. On the 7th, Varshani commanders determined that New Constanz was likely to be lost after another week of fighting and that withdrawal from the city was imperative since encirclement from the south was still an impossibility. Poor weather allowed most of the Varshani ground forces to withdraw from the city in good order, though harassed by Veltorine partisans, leading to the defenders of the southern cities to wage a fighting retreat to slow the advance of allied forces until the entire Varshani force could withdraw to the interior. By July 10, the entire theater war free of Varshani forces. In its defense of the area, Varshan had lost approximately 20,000 men with scores more injured, but successfully maintained fighting strength in Cetsencalia.
 
On the morning of 11 July 2022, a victory parade was held in the city. In a previously unthinkable show of unity and patriotic spirit, forces from both the [[Veltorine Popular Defense Committee]] and those loyal to the [[Veltorine government-in-exile]] (attached to Capetian forces) marched side-by-side in the parade.
 
===Operation Gideon===
 
===End of fighting===
Following the encirclement and destruction of the Xiquipilli of Continental Liberation at the end of Operation Gideon, nearly all of pre-war [[Cetsencalia]] was liberated. Small pockets of forward defenders and recon units of the Varshani army were destroyed in February 2023 in small scale operations, fully liberating the country.
 
==Insurgent campaign==
 
Concurrently with the actions of regular allied forces, a considerably large insurgency campaign was fought by the [[Veltorine_Popular_Defense_Committee#Homeland_front|Veltorine Popular Defense Committee Homeland Front]], later joined by sleeper cells loyal to the [[Veltorine government-in-exile]] and others. These groups, in addition to waging a traditional {{wp|guerilla war}} in holdout locations and in mountainous areas, engaged in a large variety of activities, including raids on slave camps, espionage, sabotage, weapons smuggling, among other activities. Many analysts believe the campaign created significant disruptions among Varshani forces and also tied down considerable amount of combat personnel; the same analysts also believe the insurgency was vital in slowing the pace of the Varshani retreat, allowing them to be encircled during the critical Operation Gideon.
 
===Elements===
====VPDC homeland front====
====Government-in-exile cells====
The [[Veltorine government-in-exile]] began to construct {{wp|sleeper cells}} in [[Cetsencalia]] in 2017 as part of an effort to undermine the efforts of the [[Cetsencalia#Veltorine_Social_Council|Veltorine Social Council]] to settle the country. These groups were largely devoted to creating political discontent from 2017 to 2020 and intended to destabilize the Cetsencalia project to dissuade [[Veltorine people]] from emigrating from [[Caphiria]]. The most prominent of these, which would later become the central organizing resistance organ, was known internally as the "True Homeland Front". They primarily were active in and around [[New Constanz]] prior to the invasion.
 
During the [[Invasion of Cetsencalia]], these groups practiced non-resistance to the advancing Varshani forces. Following the invasion, some [[VPDC]] sources alleged that the True Homeland Front was responsible for sabotaging defenses and actively aiding the Varshani forces, but these claims have been met with skepticism both by scholars and by the [[League of Nations]]. With the beginning of the occupation of the country and atrocities committed against Veltorine settlers, some - but not all - cells loyal to the government-in-exile began active resistance efforts to the occupation. With the entry of [[the Cape]] into the war following the [[Atomic bombing of Zakan Rot]], the government-in-exile ordered "total, unending" resistance to Varshani occupation, according to a memo sent to leaders of the True Homeland Front, which became the central command for all GIE-aligned insurgents.


The True Homeland Front and its components had a tepid relationship with other insurgents, including the [[VPDC]]. Skirmishes between the two groups, though rare, were documented on numerous occasions in the winter of 2021-22. With the liberation of New Constanz in early summer 2022, the True Homeland Front and most other components of government-in-exile forces were integrated into advancing [[the Cape|Capetian]] forces, largely ending the participation of the [[Veltorine government-in-exile]] in the insurgency.
Frantone and Lewis both agreed that September 14th would be H-Hour, with prepatory fires beginning at 0000HRS on the 14th, and the first Urcean and Arco vehicles crossing the line of departure at 0300, making use of their better night fighting equipment and capabilities, as well as better C2 capabilities to keep the Varshan forces disorganized and confused as they attacked. Frantone, characteristically bold, left by the end of the day with one of only three copies of the operational plan, read to beginning planning and briefs to the Urcean 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Armies of St. Thomas.
====Other groups====
== Order of Battle ==
==Aftermath==
=== Arcerion ===
[[File:AFVs.jpg|thumb|Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) of Arcerion's 3 Brigade maneuver towards Phase Line Springbok ahead of operations in the Varshani Heartland, Fall 2023. ]]
{{flagicon|Arcerion}} ('''XXX''') Arcerion I Corps | Lieutenant-General Peter Lewis
* 1st Division (Northlea) | Major-General Isaac Stillworth
** 1 Brigade | Brigadier-General Clark Eddis
** 3 Brigade
** 4 Brigade
** 5 Brigade
* 2nd Division (Moorden) | Major-General Arthur Hamilton
** 2 Brigade
** 6 Brigade
** 7 Brigade (Easthampton)
**12 Brigade (Reserve)
* 4th Division (Norham) | Major-General Lawrence Edwards
** 8 Brigade (Reserve)
** 9 Brigade (Reserve)
**10 Brigade (Reserve)
**11 Parachute Brigade
=== Urcea ===
{{flagicon|Urcea}} ('''XXXX''') Special Operations Group Echo | [[Ranks_in_the_Urcean_Armed_Forces#Field.2C_Flag_and_Staff_Officers|Lecáti Princeps]] Aedan Frantone
*('''XXX''') VII Legion New Harren | [[Ranks_in_the_Urcean_Armed_Forces#Field.2C_Flag_and_Staff_Officers|Lecáti Junior]] Laurentius Pimlott
** 4th Confederate Mountain Division
** 20th Confederate Infantry Division
** 21st Confederate Infantry Division
** 5th Confederate Cavalry Division
** 6th Confederate Cavalry Division
*('''XXX''') II Airborne Legion New Harren | [[Ranks_in_the_Urcean_Armed_Forces#Field.2C_Flag_and_Staff_Officers|Lecáti Junior]] Padraig Dynan
** 2nd Nysdran Air Fusiliers
** 2nd Confederate Airborne Division
*('''XXX''') IX Legion New Harren | [[Ranks_in_the_Urcean_Armed_Forces#Field.2C_Flag_and_Staff_Officers|Lecáti Junior]] Lucás Merphius Carmes
** 23rd Confederate Infantry Division
** 24th Confederate Infantry Division
** 7th Confederate Mountain Division
*('''XXX''') II Armored Legion Nysdra-at-Large | [[Ranks_in_the_Urcean_Armed_Forces#Field.2C_Flag_and_Staff_Officers|Lecáti Junior]] Peter Cathanni
** 1st Ionian Armored Division
** 2nd Ionian Armored Division
** 1st Caroline Armored Division
** 2nd Armored Division
** 2nd Royal Hussars
*('''XXX''') III Armored Legion Cetsencalia | [[Ranks_in_the_Urcean_Armed_Forces#Field.2C_Flag_and_Staff_Officers|Lecáti Junior]] Riordan Kazemi
** 4th Principality Armored Division
** 5th Principality Armored Division
** 2nd Veltorine Armored Division
*('''XXX''') III Legion Ventotene | [[Ranks_in_the_Urcean_Armed_Forces#Field.2C_Flag_and_Staff_Officers|Lecáti Junior]] Michael Justino
** 4th Brenedine Infantry Division
** 5th Brenedine Infantry Division
** 2nd Brenedine Cavalry Division
*('''XXX''') IV Legion Archducal | [[Ranks_in_the_Urcean_Armed_Forces#Field.2C_Flag_and_Staff_Officers|Lecáti Junior]] Calvio Scipius Dionn
** 7th Infantry Division
** 8th Infantry Division
** 9th Infantry Division
** 10th Infantry Division
** 1st Royal Hussars
*('''XX''') [[Veltorine_Popular_Defense_Committee#Regular_army|1st Veltorine Volunteer Division]] | {{wp|Brevet (military)|Bvt.}} [[Ranks_in_the_Urcean_Armed_Forces#Field.2C_Flag_and_Staff_Officers|Prafáti Princeps]] Markos Endanilo
*('''XX''') [[Veltorine_Popular_Defense_Committee#Regular_army|2nd Veltorine Volunteer Division]] | {{wp|Brevet (military)|Bvt.}} [[Ranks_in_the_Urcean_Armed_Forces#Field.2C_Flag_and_Staff_Officers|Prafáti Princeps]] Julios Veras
*('''XX''') [[Veltorine_Popular_Defense_Committee#Regular_army|3rd Veltorine Volunteer Division]] | {{wp|Brevet (military)|Bvt.}} [[Ranks_in_the_Urcean_Armed_Forces#Field.2C_Flag_and_Staff_Officers|Prafáti Princeps]] Fredos Lalios
=== Varshan ===
[[File:Varshanis.png|thumb|Elements of the Varshani 22nd Mechanized Corps' 144th Motor Rifle Battalion withdraw to hasty defensive positions across from Phase Line Impala after being engaged and routed by Arcerion's 2 Brigade. ]]
{{flagicon|Varshan}} ('''XXXX''') Varshani 4th Army | Major-General Soanso
* 31st Guards Infantry Corps
* 22nd Mechanized Corps
* 23rd Mechanized Corps
* 114th Infantry Corps
* 41st Infantry Corps
* 59th Infantry Corps (Elements)
{{flagicon|Varshan}} ('''XXXX''') Varshani 19th Army | Major-General Gyvtup
* 13th Infantry Corps
* 14th Infantry Corps (Elements)
* 40th Mechanized Corps (Elements)
* 50th Guards Mechanized Corps (Elements)
== Battle ==
=== Fall 2023 ===
==== Phase Line Springbok ====
At 0000HRS on September 14th, the prepatory fires began with a series of coordinated attacks against the Varshani 4th Army. The 59th Corps and 22nd Mechanized Corps were engaged by a series of MLRS, howitzer, and aerial strikes, all focusing on the command and control nodes for the Varshani units. In concert, Arcer forces which had already been staged in their assembly areas began the drive Southwest along the river, with 2 Brigade on the North Bank and 3 Brigade on the South.


[[Category: Urcea]]
==== Phase Line Zebra ====
[[Category: The Deluge]]
==== Phase Line Impala ====
[[Category: Veltorine people]]
=== Winter Offensives ===
[[Category: Cetsencalia]]
==== February Varshan Counter-Offensives ====
[[Category: Varshan]]
=== Spring 2024 ===
[[Category:Final War of the Deluge]]
==== Phase Line Rhino        ====
==== Phase Line Buffalo ====
=== Mopping up the Intok Pocket ===
=== Battle for Objective Silver ===
=== Battle on the River ??? ===
=== Summer 2024 ===
==== Phase Line Jackal ====
==== Phase Line Caracal ====
Cleared NLT Mid-April 2024
=== Battle for Anzo Outskirts ===
Arrival of the 19th Army
== Aftermath ==
=== Strategic Impact ===
=== Casualties ===
=== Political Ramifications ===
=== Subsequent Operations ===
=== Legacy ===
[[category:Arcerion]]

Revision as of 11:40, 20 September 2022

Operational Pullman
Part of the Quetzenkel front

Operational movements and unit positions before H-Day.
DateXYZ
Location
Varshan
Crona
Result Coalition Victory
Belligerents
 Varshan

 League of Nations

Commanders and leaders
Placeholder Arcerion LGen Peter Lewis
Urcea Lec. Pri. Aedan Frantone
Units involved
Varshani Military

Arcerion Arcer I Corps
Urcea 2nd Army of St. Thomas

Urcea 3rd Army of St. Thomas

  • II Armored Legion Nysdra-at-Large
  • III Armored Legion Cetsencalia
  • III Legion Ventotene

Urcea 4th Army of St. Thomas

  • IV Legion Archducal
Strength
Est. 5 Corps, mostly understrength infantry and armour 9 Corps-strength formations
Casualties and losses
 Arcerion 2,900

Background

Run up to Summer conference of 2023

Summer 2023 Conference

Arcerion Enters the War

Arcerion's stance prior to the summer of 2023 was for involvement with the League of Nations in Varshan, however Arcerion was busy dealing with a heavy influx of Varshani refugees across the border and required the military to support border security operations. However, after XYZ

Varshani Positioning in the Heartlands

Assessed positions of Varshani forces of the 4th Army prior to H-Day. This encompassed multiple Corps-strength formations, however most were in disarray and reconstituting prior to a defensive of the Varshani heartland.

After the successes of the Highland campaigns for the League of Nations, Varshani forces withdrew into the Heartlands for what they saw as a final defensive battle. Initial assessments by Varshani staff in Anzio made it very clear, that no later than the Spring of 2024 could they expect the drive from the Northern areas of the Heartlands towards Anzio. Based on radio intelligence intercepts, as well as aerial reconnaissance from satellites and phot-reconnaissance aircraft, League commanders were able to ascertain that the Varshani 4th Army would be ready for a defensive by the Summer of 2024. As well, it would begin digging in no later than late October of 2023, with several construction and engineer battalions being pulled away from the still-raging front in the Highlands.

With defensive preparations underway, the Varshani also began their strategic assesment of the main focal points and avenues that they believed the League would attack from. Incorrectly, they believed the main attack would come against the flanks of the 114th Infantry and 31st Guards Infantry Corps from the Highlands, along the Eastern flank, aiming to cut off the 59th Infantry and 22nd Mechanized Corps and isolate them for further destruction. As such, significant defensive preparations began along the Northern bank of the River Waative. Concurrent to this, whatever elements of Varshan's 19th Army could be salvaged from the Highlands were ordered to begin their withdrawal towards Anzio to form part of a new Army there, aimed at defending the city limits. With a paper strength of 6 Corps, the 4th Army alone was a formidable force, even in its disorganized and catastrophically degraded state. League air strikes and over a year of bitter fighting had left most of the Varshani military damaged and ill prepared for a protracted defensive war on their own soil. Varhsani High Command believed that by pulling the 19th Army back towards Anzio, they would be successful in causing enough casualties that the League of Nations would be forced to come to the bargaining table and cease operations in favour of a truce or cease fire, giving them precious time required for re-organization along a new, more stable front.

Fall 2023 H-Day Set

On August 31st, with Arcer commitment confirmed, Urcean Generals flew to the I Corps HQ on the outskirts of Tawun, the small village along the Waative River that Lieutenant-General Peter Lewis had set his command post up at in the destroyed ruins of a hotel. With the scattered sounds of light artillery and small arms fire in the distance, Urcean Generals, with Aeden Frantone sat for the initial Arcer briefings and assesments, and the operational plans for the Heartlands Campaign were finalized. Arcerion, as the main stakeholder for the Waative River, would conduct its advance directly South-West along both sides of the river, and Urcean forces would drive the pocketed Varshanis towards the banks, giving them Arcers to the West, the river to their South and Urceans to the North. The hope was that by keeping Varshan retreating and reforming they could not gain critical mass. Once they reached the river junction where the Waative split into the Waative Minor, named Phase Line Impala, Urcean forces would remain on the West side of the Waative, also serving as a blocking force against any attempts by the 19th Army to engage and stall the advance. Arcers would advance in their majority down the Eastern bank of the Waative, however they would still keep one third of their forces on the Western bank for the drive to Anzio.

Frantone and Lewis both agreed that September 14th would be H-Hour, with prepatory fires beginning at 0000HRS on the 14th, and the first Urcean and Arco vehicles crossing the line of departure at 0300, making use of their better night fighting equipment and capabilities, as well as better C2 capabilities to keep the Varshan forces disorganized and confused as they attacked. Frantone, characteristically bold, left by the end of the day with one of only three copies of the operational plan, read to beginning planning and briefs to the Urcean 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Armies of St. Thomas.

Order of Battle

Arcerion

Armoured Fighting Vehicles (AFVs) of Arcerion's 3 Brigade maneuver towards Phase Line Springbok ahead of operations in the Varshani Heartland, Fall 2023.

Arcerion (XXX) Arcerion I Corps | Lieutenant-General Peter Lewis

  • 1st Division (Northlea) | Major-General Isaac Stillworth
    • 1 Brigade | Brigadier-General Clark Eddis
    • 3 Brigade
    • 4 Brigade
    • 5 Brigade
  • 2nd Division (Moorden) | Major-General Arthur Hamilton
    • 2 Brigade
    • 6 Brigade
    • 7 Brigade (Easthampton)
    • 12 Brigade (Reserve)
  • 4th Division (Norham) | Major-General Lawrence Edwards
    • 8 Brigade (Reserve)
    • 9 Brigade (Reserve)
    • 10 Brigade (Reserve)
    • 11 Parachute Brigade

Urcea

Urcea (XXXX) Special Operations Group Echo | Lecáti Princeps Aedan Frantone

  • (XXX) VII Legion New Harren | Lecáti Junior Laurentius Pimlott
    • 4th Confederate Mountain Division
    • 20th Confederate Infantry Division
    • 21st Confederate Infantry Division
    • 5th Confederate Cavalry Division
    • 6th Confederate Cavalry Division
  • (XXX) II Airborne Legion New Harren | Lecáti Junior Padraig Dynan
    • 2nd Nysdran Air Fusiliers
    • 2nd Confederate Airborne Division
  • (XXX) IX Legion New Harren | Lecáti Junior Lucás Merphius Carmes
    • 23rd Confederate Infantry Division
    • 24th Confederate Infantry Division
    • 7th Confederate Mountain Division
  • (XXX) II Armored Legion Nysdra-at-Large | Lecáti Junior Peter Cathanni
    • 1st Ionian Armored Division
    • 2nd Ionian Armored Division
    • 1st Caroline Armored Division
    • 2nd Armored Division
    • 2nd Royal Hussars
  • (XXX) III Armored Legion Cetsencalia | Lecáti Junior Riordan Kazemi
    • 4th Principality Armored Division
    • 5th Principality Armored Division
    • 2nd Veltorine Armored Division
  • (XXX) III Legion Ventotene | Lecáti Junior Michael Justino
    • 4th Brenedine Infantry Division
    • 5th Brenedine Infantry Division
    • 2nd Brenedine Cavalry Division
  • (XXX) IV Legion Archducal | Lecáti Junior Calvio Scipius Dionn
    • 7th Infantry Division
    • 8th Infantry Division
    • 9th Infantry Division
    • 10th Infantry Division
    • 1st Royal Hussars
  • (XX) 1st Veltorine Volunteer Division | Bvt. Prafáti Princeps Markos Endanilo
  • (XX) 2nd Veltorine Volunteer Division | Bvt. Prafáti Princeps Julios Veras
  • (XX) 3rd Veltorine Volunteer Division | Bvt. Prafáti Princeps Fredos Lalios

Varshan

Elements of the Varshani 22nd Mechanized Corps' 144th Motor Rifle Battalion withdraw to hasty defensive positions across from Phase Line Impala after being engaged and routed by Arcerion's 2 Brigade.

Varshan (XXXX) Varshani 4th Army | Major-General Soanso

  • 31st Guards Infantry Corps
  • 22nd Mechanized Corps
  • 23rd Mechanized Corps
  • 114th Infantry Corps
  • 41st Infantry Corps
  • 59th Infantry Corps (Elements)

Varshan (XXXX) Varshani 19th Army | Major-General Gyvtup

  • 13th Infantry Corps
  • 14th Infantry Corps (Elements)
  • 40th Mechanized Corps (Elements)
  • 50th Guards Mechanized Corps (Elements)

Battle

Fall 2023

Phase Line Springbok

At 0000HRS on September 14th, the prepatory fires began with a series of coordinated attacks against the Varshani 4th Army. The 59th Corps and 22nd Mechanized Corps were engaged by a series of MLRS, howitzer, and aerial strikes, all focusing on the command and control nodes for the Varshani units. In concert, Arcer forces which had already been staged in their assembly areas began the drive Southwest along the river, with 2 Brigade on the North Bank and 3 Brigade on the South.

Phase Line Zebra

Phase Line Impala

Winter Offensives

February Varshan Counter-Offensives

Spring 2024

Phase Line Rhino

Phase Line Buffalo

Mopping up the Intok Pocket

Battle for Objective Silver

Battle on the River ???

Summer 2024

Phase Line Jackal

Phase Line Caracal

Cleared NLT Mid-April 2024

Battle for Anzo Outskirts

Arrival of the 19th Army

Aftermath

Strategic Impact

Casualties

Political Ramifications

Subsequent Operations

Legacy

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