Eternity RPC Board
11-11-2017, 02:35 AM
320 Km South-East of Borogorod, Severyane
17 Elva 1587
The unfortunate truth of modern combat is that unless one has overwhelming superiority over their opponent, they are doomed to a ruthless battle of attrition. When your enemy has fortified themselves in mountains and bunkers, when they have put up their air defenses, and when they have prepared their artillery it does not present the ideal situation. This was the situation that the Marshal of Severyan Eastern Command, General Isidor Chakovsky, now faced. He was an aged man, his close cropped hair was grey-white which was offset by his black mustache, which he kept trimmed to the corners of his mouth. General Chakovsky had been given his orders by High Command: Rout the Belay army in the north, seize their northern oil fields, and push Severyan forces towards the heartland of Belayazemlya. It was the opinion of High Command, and the General agreed with them, that if the oil fields were captured alongside the capture or destruction of the Belay fuel reserves, the entire Belay war machine would fall to pieces. With his orders given to him he and his staff had set about developing a plan of attack. His expected casualties were high, much higher than he was comfortable with, if he pushed his armies straight through the Belay defensive line. He couldn't allow that, those were his men and he couldn't throw lives away into a pointless meat grinder.
Luckily, his second-in-command had proposed an alternative solution. The Lieutenant General had pointed out that there was an entire corps of airborne infantry at his disposal. While the Belay border with Severyane was heavily defended, the border with Maghazea was not. The Lieutenant General had therefore proposed deploying the airborne troops, and their support groups, via a theater level air insertion. This force would require a response, and draw forces away from the Belay-Severyan border and allow the main Severyan force to push through. The entire operation would be prefaced by an extremely thorough SEAD, or Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses, campaign by the Air Force's Fighter/Bombers equipped with Anti-Radiation missiles. These were designed to seek out the radar equipment that surface to air missiles needed to have in order to lock on to air craft. The Air Force would also establish a no-fly zone over Belayazemlya in conjunction with the Eretzoran, Saratovan, and Ceribian Air Force elements. Severyane's stealth multi-role aircraft would also penetrate Belay airspace and drop bunker busting bombs on key Command and Control positions, chemical weapons manufacturing facilities, and hardened air craft hangars. Severyane and her allies would have full command of the skies, which also allowed the Air Force to provide full fire support to the airborne infantry. This... this would be their plan. They would crack Belayazemlya open like an egg.
Fydorovich Air Base, Severyane
18 Elva, 1587
The General of the Air Force's Severyan Eastern Command had issued his orders, straight from the Marshal. Fighter/Bombers, and their Interceptor escorts streamed from the airbases in the east. Their targets were all along the Belay border, air defense RADARs which were key to the functionality of the Belay SAM launchers, and as such, the stability of their entire defense network in the North. Each St-34 jet was equipped with eight anti-radiation missiles, and a targeting pod that would pick up on RADAR signals and allow the ARMs to be given targeting information. The missiles would need to be fired from inside the Belay RADAR coverage however, which would give the SAM operators time to target them. Fortunately, the SAM missiles did not have the range to reach all the way to the edge of the RADAR's search area. The pilots would have to fire at just the right time, and then turn tail before they entered in the SAM bubble, the task was no easy one. The initial results of the air raid were positive however, from what information the General had received. The Belay positions had been hit, most had been assumed destroyed, and almost all of his aircraft it seemed would be returning home, while their escorts struck out at any Belazemlyan aircraft in the sky. These raids would continue over the next 48 hours, and the fighter bombers would be joined by Severyane's super sonic heavy bombers which would begin the process of softening up the Belay defenses. The General would count his losses as they came, but he did not expect many.
17 Elva 1587
The unfortunate truth of modern combat is that unless one has overwhelming superiority over their opponent, they are doomed to a ruthless battle of attrition. When your enemy has fortified themselves in mountains and bunkers, when they have put up their air defenses, and when they have prepared their artillery it does not present the ideal situation. This was the situation that the Marshal of Severyan Eastern Command, General Isidor Chakovsky, now faced. He was an aged man, his close cropped hair was grey-white which was offset by his black mustache, which he kept trimmed to the corners of his mouth. General Chakovsky had been given his orders by High Command: Rout the Belay army in the north, seize their northern oil fields, and push Severyan forces towards the heartland of Belayazemlya. It was the opinion of High Command, and the General agreed with them, that if the oil fields were captured alongside the capture or destruction of the Belay fuel reserves, the entire Belay war machine would fall to pieces. With his orders given to him he and his staff had set about developing a plan of attack. His expected casualties were high, much higher than he was comfortable with, if he pushed his armies straight through the Belay defensive line. He couldn't allow that, those were his men and he couldn't throw lives away into a pointless meat grinder.
Luckily, his second-in-command had proposed an alternative solution. The Lieutenant General had pointed out that there was an entire corps of airborne infantry at his disposal. While the Belay border with Severyane was heavily defended, the border with Maghazea was not. The Lieutenant General had therefore proposed deploying the airborne troops, and their support groups, via a theater level air insertion. This force would require a response, and draw forces away from the Belay-Severyan border and allow the main Severyan force to push through. The entire operation would be prefaced by an extremely thorough SEAD, or Suppression of Enemy Air Defenses, campaign by the Air Force's Fighter/Bombers equipped with Anti-Radiation missiles. These were designed to seek out the radar equipment that surface to air missiles needed to have in order to lock on to air craft. The Air Force would also establish a no-fly zone over Belayazemlya in conjunction with the Eretzoran, Saratovan, and Ceribian Air Force elements. Severyane's stealth multi-role aircraft would also penetrate Belay airspace and drop bunker busting bombs on key Command and Control positions, chemical weapons manufacturing facilities, and hardened air craft hangars. Severyane and her allies would have full command of the skies, which also allowed the Air Force to provide full fire support to the airborne infantry. This... this would be their plan. They would crack Belayazemlya open like an egg.
Fydorovich Air Base, Severyane
18 Elva, 1587
The General of the Air Force's Severyan Eastern Command had issued his orders, straight from the Marshal. Fighter/Bombers, and their Interceptor escorts streamed from the airbases in the east. Their targets were all along the Belay border, air defense RADARs which were key to the functionality of the Belay SAM launchers, and as such, the stability of their entire defense network in the North. Each St-34 jet was equipped with eight anti-radiation missiles, and a targeting pod that would pick up on RADAR signals and allow the ARMs to be given targeting information. The missiles would need to be fired from inside the Belay RADAR coverage however, which would give the SAM operators time to target them. Fortunately, the SAM missiles did not have the range to reach all the way to the edge of the RADAR's search area. The pilots would have to fire at just the right time, and then turn tail before they entered in the SAM bubble, the task was no easy one. The initial results of the air raid were positive however, from what information the General had received. The Belay positions had been hit, most had been assumed destroyed, and almost all of his aircraft it seemed would be returning home, while their escorts struck out at any Belazemlyan aircraft in the sky. These raids would continue over the next 48 hours, and the fighter bombers would be joined by Severyane's super sonic heavy bombers which would begin the process of softening up the Belay defenses. The General would count his losses as they came, but he did not expect many.
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