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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. | 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. | ||
Intelligence gathered over the weeks of preparation indicated Tierrador was willing to flagrantly violate the terms Arcerion had set out, and preparations began in Kurst to shift Brigades to Moorden Governorate in preparation for action in Istrenya. Veteran officers of the Istrenyan crisis were assigned to create a composite grouping known as Arco Land Force, Istrenya (ALFI) under the command the newly promoted Brigadier [[Iain Gonnegal]], who had commanded the Norham Light Infantry at the [[Istrenyan Crisis|Battle of Teremba]] during the Istrenyan Crisis. Gonnegal had 3 and 9 Rifle Brigades, both recently rotated back from service in Operation Kiln theatre of the Fourth Bush War, with a considerable amount of combat experience. Added to them was 11 Para Brigade, as Gonnegal's rapid reaction force should Tierrador violate the IUZ. A naval task force and accompanying fixed and rotor-wing aircraft accompaniments were also assembled, under a Joint Headquarters (Istrenya), commanded by Lieutenant-General Ted O'Gormley. | Intelligence gathered over the weeks of preparation indicated Tierrador was willing to flagrantly violate the terms Arcerion had set out, and preparations began in Kurst to shift Brigades to Moorden Governorate in preparation for action in Istrenya. Veteran officers of the Istrenyan crisis were assigned to create a composite grouping known as Arco Land Force, Istrenya (ALFI) under the command the newly promoted Brigadier [[Iain Gonnegal]], who had commanded the Norham Light Infantry at the [[Istrenyan Crisis|Battle of Teremba]] during the Istrenyan Crisis. Gonnegal had 3 and 9 Rifle Brigades, both recently rotated back from service in Operation Kiln theatre of the Fourth Bush War, with a considerable amount of combat experience. Added to them was 11 Para Brigade, as Gonnegal's rapid reaction force should Tierrador violate the IUZ. A naval task force and accompanying fixed and rotor-wing aircraft accompaniments were also assembled, under a Joint Headquarters (Istrenya), commanded by Lieutenant-General Ted O'Gormley. | ||
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=== Deployment of Arcer Forces === | === Deployment of Arcer Forces === | ||
[[File:IStrenya 1.jpg|thumb|A soldier from the Norham Light Infantry clears out a Tierradoran bunker during the 1967 Arcer counteroffensive in Istrenya. ]] | |||
Counteroffensive | Counteroffensive | ||