Eternity RPC Board
10-20-2017, 09:31 PM
Ochtyr 16, 1585
The airstrikes had all but crippled the Lappish defenses, in effect the countryside of Southern Balochia belonged to Severyanian troops. The soldiers of the 3rd Shock Army now faced the task of seizing the city of Rvon. This would have been a disastrous task had it been undertaken fifteen years ago when conscripts still made up the majority of the Joint Armed Forces. The chances of taking the city with little to no casualties were not as slim now as they were then however, the Severyanian Joint Armed Forces had become a volunteer force, a truly professional army. That didn't do much to change the fact that those soldiers who were now entering the suburbs of Rvon in their armored personnel carriers were scared. They had heard the stories of Lappish Improvised Explosive Devices which seemed to line every highway and inhabit every unoccupied building, and they had too heard of what the Lappish did to Severyanian soldiers they captured in ambushes. It wasn't pleasant. Initial casualty reports from the first wave of attacks into the city were higher than expected but still acceptable, High Command expected the Lappish rebels to be subdued within a week at most.
The Airborne Infantry of the 322nd had been diverted from the attack on Rvon, and instead had been instructed to begin the assault towards Radograd, where resistance was expected to be lighter and where High Command expected to find some remnants of the Balochian Armed Forces. Their path towards Radograd would take them directly through Balochia's Southwestern mountain range. Luckily, the 322nd had been rigorously trained for warfare in those conditions. Some of their units had boarded the aging Mz-25 Assault/Transport helicopters and had begun to clear villages ahead of the main force, but it wasn't expected for them to reach Radograd for at least another week and a half.
In the Northern Sea, the Severyanian Second Carrier Group had linked up with the Harmajaan fleet and had begun to bombard known Lappish positions within Arl Lappa and its surrounding villages. The Second Carrier Group had a contingent of Marines that the Severyanian Admiral had promised would assist the Harmajaans in the assault on Arl Lappa, but it was unknown when that would take place. For now, the fleet would continue to launch cruise missiles and use their carrier based Fighter/Bombers to drop bombs. What Severyanian High Command hadn't mentioned to their Harmajaan "allies" was that a third ground force had been prepared. The 155th Rifle Brigade had been mobilized in order to launch an assault into Northern Balochia. This was territory mostly inhabited by the Lappish, but seizing as much of it as possible would allow Severyane to negotiate on behalf of Balochia from a position of strength. The 155th was tasked with pushing as far in as they could, even to the outskirts of Arl Lappa if possible.
The airstrikes had all but crippled the Lappish defenses, in effect the countryside of Southern Balochia belonged to Severyanian troops. The soldiers of the 3rd Shock Army now faced the task of seizing the city of Rvon. This would have been a disastrous task had it been undertaken fifteen years ago when conscripts still made up the majority of the Joint Armed Forces. The chances of taking the city with little to no casualties were not as slim now as they were then however, the Severyanian Joint Armed Forces had become a volunteer force, a truly professional army. That didn't do much to change the fact that those soldiers who were now entering the suburbs of Rvon in their armored personnel carriers were scared. They had heard the stories of Lappish Improvised Explosive Devices which seemed to line every highway and inhabit every unoccupied building, and they had too heard of what the Lappish did to Severyanian soldiers they captured in ambushes. It wasn't pleasant. Initial casualty reports from the first wave of attacks into the city were higher than expected but still acceptable, High Command expected the Lappish rebels to be subdued within a week at most.
The Airborne Infantry of the 322nd had been diverted from the attack on Rvon, and instead had been instructed to begin the assault towards Radograd, where resistance was expected to be lighter and where High Command expected to find some remnants of the Balochian Armed Forces. Their path towards Radograd would take them directly through Balochia's Southwestern mountain range. Luckily, the 322nd had been rigorously trained for warfare in those conditions. Some of their units had boarded the aging Mz-25 Assault/Transport helicopters and had begun to clear villages ahead of the main force, but it wasn't expected for them to reach Radograd for at least another week and a half.
In the Northern Sea, the Severyanian Second Carrier Group had linked up with the Harmajaan fleet and had begun to bombard known Lappish positions within Arl Lappa and its surrounding villages. The Second Carrier Group had a contingent of Marines that the Severyanian Admiral had promised would assist the Harmajaans in the assault on Arl Lappa, but it was unknown when that would take place. For now, the fleet would continue to launch cruise missiles and use their carrier based Fighter/Bombers to drop bombs. What Severyanian High Command hadn't mentioned to their Harmajaan "allies" was that a third ground force had been prepared. The 155th Rifle Brigade had been mobilized in order to launch an assault into Northern Balochia. This was territory mostly inhabited by the Lappish, but seizing as much of it as possible would allow Severyane to negotiate on behalf of Balochia from a position of strength. The 155th was tasked with pushing as far in as they could, even to the outskirts of Arl Lappa if possible.
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