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==Background== | ==Background== | ||
Four years after [[Operation Mission Shield]] and [[Operation Western Blizzard]], [[Algoquona]] had rearmed and reorganized its military to the point where limited offensive operations were available. The reformed armed forces were now largely comprised of {{wp|militia}} forces as well as allied tribal warlords. Comprised nearly entirely of infantry, Algoquonan policymakers believed that a "lightning campaign" to capture the capital city of [[New Yustona]] would be necessary in the event of war. As early as [[2017]], military hierarchs determined that the best strategy would be a two-pronged invasion, with a western force taking Tepetlcali and an eastern force feinting towards Mixcala before ultimately taking the city in coordination with the western force once Tepetlcali was secured. Under this plan, the forces would then quickly strike south at Port St. Charles. The plan was dependent on speed, as the lack of heavy equipment or industrial capacity meant that Algoquona would not be able to withstand the full [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]], and consequently taking Port St. Charles would be a valuable negotiating asset to secure a structured settlement to maintain Algoquona's independence over the long term. | |||
[[Algoquona]] secretly adopted this "lightning campaign" based strategy of "aggressive defense" as its new foreign policy priority in late [[2017]]. Over the next two years, it sought a pretense to go to war while attempting to subvert [[Urcea|Urcean]] elections while obtaining classified military information which would help its planned campaign. Urcean politician [[Ronan Cornelius Marcán]] began a secret correspondence which lead to the [[2018 Urcean institutional referendum|letter affair]], and continued correspondence in order to undermine the [[Apostolic King of Urcea|Urcean monarchy]]. Following the revelation of this correspondence during the [[2020 Urcean procuratorial election]], Marcán fled to Algoquona and the [[Ministry of State (Urcea)|Ministry of State]] issued an ultimatum to Algoquona for extradition. Over the course of a week, Algoquonan policymakers held closed door meetings and decided to use this ultimatum as the desired pretense for war. On 22 November [[2020]], Algoquonan forces crossed into [[New Yustona]] in order to execute the planned campaign. | |||
==Summary of operations== | ==Summary of operations== | ||