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===Fiannria and Urcea swap places=== | ===Fiannria and Urcea swap places=== | ||
Caphiria entering the war in the Occident significantly complicated Urcea's plans to reinforce Burgoignesc possessions in the east. The Burgoignesc still required additional manpower and unit flexibility in order to switch to the offensive in most parts of the continent. The [[Second_Great_War#Divided_attention|Oriental Expeditionary Force]] of the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] was formed for this purpose, but were subsequently diverted to [[Talionia]]. Accordingly, Urcean political and military leaders sought other solutions to provide additional resources to the Burgoignesc in the east. On 18 February the Urcean government suggested to [[Fiannria]] that it should deploy most of its sizable [[Soirwind]] colonial garrison further south in support of Burgoignesc possessions. While Fiannria met this proposal with lukewarm reaction at best, Urcea offered two inducements for doing so. First, it suggested that the Royal Navy's interdiction of Caphirian supplies to [[Faneria]] would be "delayed", in part due to difficulties in the east. Second, it gave Fiannria a promise of a future delivery of an equivalent number of rifles and infantry supplies to those men currently deployed in Soirwind as well as a significant cash delivery immediately. The thinly veiled threat of no naval assistance combined with cash sufficiently persuaded the Fiannrian government, and on 28 February 1935 the Fiannrian garrison in Soirwind began to mobilize for an upcoming deployment south. | Caphiria entering the war in the Occident significantly complicated Urcea's plans to reinforce Burgoignesc possessions in the east. The Burgoignesc still required additional manpower and unit flexibility in order to switch to the offensive in most parts of the continent. The [[Second_Great_War#Divided_attention|Oriental Expeditionary Force]] of the [[Royal and Imperial Army (Urcea)|Royal and Imperial Army]] was formed for this purpose, but were subsequently diverted to [[Talionia]]. Accordingly, Urcean political and military leaders sought other solutions to provide additional resources to the Burgoignesc in the east. On 18 February the Urcean government suggested to [[Fiannria]] that it should deploy most of its sizable [[Soirwind]] colonial garrison further south in support of Burgoignesc possessions. While Fiannria met this proposal with lukewarm reaction at best, Urcea offered two inducements for doing so. First, it suggested that the Royal Navy's interdiction of Caphirian supplies to [[Faneria]] would be "delayed", in part due to difficulties in the east. Second, it gave Fiannria a promise of a future delivery of an equivalent number of rifles and infantry supplies to those men currently deployed in Soirwind as well as a significant cash delivery immediately. The thinly veiled threat of no naval assistance combined with cash sufficiently persuaded the Fiannrian government, and on 28 February 1935 the Fiannrian garrison in Soirwind began to mobilize for an upcoming deployment south. | ||
While the redeployment of Fiannrian land forces to Burgoignesc possessions further south would take time, the [[Fiannan Commonwealth Air Force]] would see significant action in early March 1935. The Fiannan Oriental Air Squadron (FOAS), a relatively small force, redeployed from its airfields in Soirwind to airfields in [[Salarive]] on 1 March 1935. The FOAS featured the Air Force's most elite pilots and latest planes, and in several engagements with the relatively primitive [[Corummese_Armed_Forces#Corummese_Air_Fleet|Corummese Air Fleet]] it managed to establish superiority over the enemy over the [[Pukhgundi]]an peninsula. Additionally, the ROAS employed pioneering {{wp|dive bombing}} techniques in both Pukhgundi and [[Bulkh]], giving Burgoignesc forces the ability to strike out in aggressive raids and crippling Nationalist Association supply lines for a period of time. | |||
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