Quds War: Difference between revisions

* Occupation of Northern Recepistan by Corummese forces

* Formation of [[North Corummese Republic|NCR]], majority of ethnic Recepis evicted

The initial objective was to stop the state's atrocities against minorities by aerial bombardment of major military installations but proved difficult due to dense anti-air systems and preparations from the government's part. This evaluated and greenlighted the ground invasion of [[Reçêpistan]], much of the cover of the cost was paid by the nation's gold reserves, reserve currency and the occupation of the most industrialized area: today called [[North Corummese Republic]].

[[Corumm]] contributed an initial force of 100,000 men designated as the 5th Army, under the overall command of General Mao Daguo. A significant number of this force consisted of poorly trained conscripts that would fare badly in the conflict as Corummese military doctrine placed a low value on conscripts. The 5th army's loss of up to half of its combat strength in the first year of the war led to the deployment of the 9th Army to assist it, both would operate under the designation of 1st Army Group. This pushed the Corummese deployment to around 250,000 men. In later stages of the war, Corumm deployed chemical weapons to quickly achieve breakthroughs.

In mid 1982, the understrength 7th Army would be deployed to 'pacify' northern Recepistan, in contravention of previous agreements reached other members of the coalition. The 5th and 7th armies would eventually be merged together to form an occupation force of 100,000 men. Corummese forces would be accused of routinely abusing the civilian population.

The Battle for Halam al-Fahma where the operation would occur would be the place the brunt of the fight of entire year would occur as Kiravian forces with support of Corummese paratroopers and Coalition naval presence conducted a daring night raid that would turn into a full blown naval landing that would overwhelm the Recépi defenders despite being supported by motorized infantry units.

Following the Coalition landings in the greater Tilibloug area, Faneriai 16th Armored Division was tasked by CSC(Coalition Supreme Command) on marching north unto Pomeralia; specifically the town of Odyzovka were an important railroad junction was centered where supplies coming from the northwest, in support of this operation was the Corummese 9th Cavalry(Motorized) Division which was secretly tasked breaking off formation and drive to the west in order to capture the important industrialized areas of Reçêpistan.

The basic problem was, due to the Oil Shock and the rapid oil prices there was a real pressure to conclude military operations as earliest as possible with little regard for the human losses. On the contrary from the Popular Mobilization Forces former partially manned divisions were becoming increasingly fully mobilized but more formations couldn't be raised due to severe lack of officers and the emphasis on quality of troops and fanaticism of the ordinary trooper. Against the joint Faneriai and Corummese forces of roughly ~23,500 troops some ~5,000 PMF troopers with support from 2,000 People's Mojahedin militiamen were in charge of the area's defense against Operation Versatility.

On other theater of operations the Burgundian XXXII Marine Assault Pioneer Regiment were tasked of clearing out People's Mojahedin fighters outside of Salep at Kasarksyn Forest as previous failed attempts by the Corummese 2nd Battalion of the 3rd Infantry Division to cover the rear of the large scale attack to the north. The famed 7th Company under the command of First Lieutenant [[Garvee family|Fister Garvee]] with 2 machine gun squads destroyed major ammunition depot and leading to hundred of enemy guerilla fighters deaths. He was later inducted into the [[Order of the Meritous Angel]] for these actions. Despite part of the objective was also to establish a beachhead on the other side of the riverbead; lack of strategic reserves and severe exhaustion of the men led to the cancel of the operation. Finally a striking force under Colonel Zaey arrived via train lanes crushed in less than 18 hours local resistance opening the way for Kiravian mechanized forces to enter virtually unopposed into Salep as the majority of Recépi armored & artillery formations were rushing to slow down and eventually bog down Operation:Golgoth of the Corummese Army sacrificing other areas into Coalition hands.

For the most part surrender was considered an unthinkable scenario surrendering by the Peace Committee fearing that a post-war occupation but a formal cease of use of arms happened at July 9th, 1982 but resistance will persist until late of the year with the [[Battle of Byžketen]] being the biggest one. Although the upcoming peace treaty had been signed and immediately ratified at Salep on behalf of the Interim Government; it didn't had alot of public support due to it's crushing terms to the people although most of it would be revised few monts later as Coalition members could not agree on the provision of the terms and how to uphold them. The biggest straw was the Corummese walking away of the conference and continiouing military operations on the north and the west against the PMF remnants.

During a prolonged discussion at his headquarters, Ahmed al-Kaboom ibn Prátaí expressed his doubt for how long would the Peace Committee and Reçêpistan's war effort would continue without the complete social collapse of the nation. In secret negotiations with the Corummese High Command, a special guarantee was given to the People's Mujaheddin; if they were willing to defect and put themselves under Corummese command they would be granted amnesty for their crimes and would be supported as the new elite of an established Corummese puppet regime, under sharia law.

Guidelines were issued by al-Kaboom unto the defections plans with forces steadily redeploy in order to neutralize PMF formations. Being increasingly optimistic of the downfall of the regime, he made unrealistic demands to slow down Burgundian and Kiravian forces on the south while withdrawing 3 'brigades' of fighters from the north with most of the available forces redeployed west in order to meet at Ulcra with remnant PMF commanders, ostensibly to "coordinate the war effort" despite pleas not to abandon the sector. The sweeping maneuvers originally caught intelligence forces on both sides by surprise yet PMF was unaware of the planned betrayal. al-Kaboom despite being decisive; had a weak grasp of military tactics. He ignored the vehement protests of his subordinates as to the technical and operative difficulties of moving large numbers of troops for the upcoming meeting. The PMF preparations against an coup therefore proceeded swiftly; detailed dispositions were issued to the subordinate commands, which in turn formulated detailed operative plans to act with speed and efficiency. The Mojahedin leadership with new Corummese military attachés only expected a weak resistance by the PMF as it counted on quickly resolving the situation and proceeding with prepared plans to to initiate the systematic destruction of factories and infrastructure of military importance in the south.

Uncertainty and ambivalent behavior of the Recépi superior officers favored a rapid Coalition success, alas al-Kaboom met with commanders mainly from the Republican Guards Division and battalions from various divisions. Originally the People's Mojahedin didn't anticipate a great force via bicycles, a large convoy of 4,000 men from various destroyed units were able to surprise and confuse both the Coalition forces and the People's Mojahedin as earlier the same day that convoy rescued after ambusing Corummese POW transfer preparing for the large scale invasion northwest. Unlike trucks and tanks,  allowed quiet and flexible transport of thousands of troops needing not precious petroleum which would be allocated for best conditioned armored vehicles(while others quickly scrapped for parts, anticipating a long partisan campaign) bicycles were plentiful in the country to systematically confiscate bicycles from civilians and retailers proving a lifesaver as many individual soldiers wishing to continue fighting evaded captured while bring valuable intelligence reports; including about People's Mojahedin fighters sighted not fighting but collaborating with the Corummese but some commanders didn't believe them since it contradicted with other reports about fighting between the guerillas and other Coalition forces(oblivious of the in-fighting between them) and ordered mouths hushed, that didn't stopped some alerting their personnel to remain steadfast of possible treason. Another advantage the 'cyclists' brought was extra needed equipment due the vehicles allowed them bring double the authorized weight a soldier could carry, often successfully cutting along plantation and field roads picking said supplies. The consequence of the circumstance was, the People's Mojahedin anticipated betrayal wouldn't go as planned.