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=== Tierradoran Invasion === | === Tierradoran Invasion === | ||
==== Rout at Mogtopeni ==== | |||
1st, 2nd, and 4th Istrenyan Divisions had been completely destroyed in the retreat from Mogtepeni | |||
=== Winter of 1966 === | === Winter of 1966 === | ||
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== Arcer Involvement == | == Arcer Involvement == | ||
Arcerion long held close economic and political ties with Istrenya, notably and most recently with the Arcer involvement in the Istrenyan Crisis preventing a communist takeover of the country in 1961. Public support for another war in Istrenya was low in Arcerion, however the government saw the encroachment on the [[Arcosphere]] as critical issue, and with the [[Arcer Bush Wars|Fourth Bush War]] raging in Northern Arcerion, the Confederate Parliament saw this as a further degradation of Arcerion's ability to project its sovereignty and protect its economic interests in the Malentine Basin. | Arcerion long held close economic and political ties with Istrenya, notably and most recently with the Arcer involvement in the Istrenyan Crisis preventing a communist takeover of the country in 1961. Public support for another war in Istrenya was low in Arcerion, however the government saw the encroachment on the [[Arcosphere]] as critical issue, and with the [[Arcer Bush Wars|Fourth Bush War]] raging in Northern Arcerion, the Confederate Parliament saw this as a further degradation of Arcerion's ability to project its sovereignty and protect its economic interests in the Malentine Basin. [[File:1967 IUZ.png|thumb|Frontlines in 1967, prior to Arcer involvement. ]] | ||
=== Istrenyan Unoccupied Zone === | === Istrenyan Unoccupied Zone === | ||
[[ | By early 1967, the situation along what was now coined the 'Istrenyan Unoccupied Zone' was growing increasingly dire. Refugees had been packed in by the tens of thousands, and illegal crossings of the Warrington Strait were at an all time high. Prime Minister of Arcerion, Kian Fleming, announced a special committee to convene in parliament and come up with solutions on diplomatic resolutions, including entreating the League of Nations to attempt a ceasefire to give the beleaguered Armed Forces of Istrenya a chance to organize and for humanitarian corridors to be established, therefore with the hope that a lessening of refugees would poor across the Songun Sea and into Arcerion's Southern Marches. Sadly, there was little intervention from the League of Nations as Arcerion was already deeply involved in a multi-front conflict of increasing scale in the [[Arcer Bush Wars|Fourth Arcer Bush War]] along the Northern border of Arcerion. | ||
Within the Istrenyan Unoccupied Zone (IUZ), the humanitarian situation was growing worse with every passing week. Artillery and air strikes had damaged critical infrastructure such as water filtration plants, waste removal services, hospitals, the power grid, as well as other critical government services such as radio and television. With an inability to communicate with the populace, the Istrenyan Government was struggling to maintain order within the IUZ as much as outside of it. The Arcer government, seeing the situation worsen, formulated a response after convening the Arcer General Staff to provide insight into the military situation. The report, based off of intelligence gained by the Office of Public Safety and National Security and the Defense Attache at the Arcer Embassy, reflected the poor situation. The Government forces, which had only slightly recovered from the Istrenyan Crisis, had withdrawn largely to within the IUZ. The 1st, 2nd, and 4th Istrenyan Divisions had been completely destroyed in the retreat from Mogtepeni, a major blow for morale and cohesion of the remaining Istrenyan forces. Elements of the Istrenyan 2nd Corps were desperately holding a city under siege in the defense of the capital Karaba, and the loss of Madara, a major economic city on the Songun, had cut Istrenya off from the sea. The remaining elements of the frail Istrenyan 1st Corps were holding a fragile line along the river lands, anchored in the North at Enunana. Opposite them, were fresh Tierradoran forces, which while relatively inexperienced due to a lack of major campaigns in recent decades had the initiative, numbers and morale advantage over their diminished Istrenyan enemy. | |||
=== Ængle Red Line === | === Ængle Red Line === | ||
Arcerion | Arcerion, via the Paulastran ambassador to Arcerion, issued a comminque to Tierrador, with who they had no formal relationship or consular office with. The communique outlined the so called 'Ængle Red Line' that was defined as the current IUZ. By breaching, attrition, or otherwise compromising the safety and security of the Istrenyan State within the Unoccupied Zone prior to a diplomatic entreatment via the League of nations, Arcerion would be forced to intervene under the strongest and most firm of methods. | ||
TIERRADOR WRITE HOW RECEIVED BY YOUR GOVERNMENT HERE | |||
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. | |||
==== Operation Roster ==== | |||
On the morning of May 5th, 1967 Tierrador's X and Y units began river crossing operations (known in Tierrador as Operation TIERRADOR NAME THIS) under a heavy artillery bombardment, displacing many of the Istrenyan troops opposite them, beginning to fracture the two remaining divisions of the Istrenyan 1st Corps, the 3rd and 5th Divisions. News reached Kurst by that evening, and Prime Minister Fleming directed the [[Arcer General Staff]] to deploy forces to protect the IUZ and prevent ITerrador from capturing either Enunana or Karaba. | |||
Arco invades. | Arco invades. | ||