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Continuation War: Alebcain Front; Campaigns fought in Alebcay
Topic Started: Jun 9 2015, 04:29 PM (1,001 Views)
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[OOC] The opening three posts will be detailed posts on the Helvan and Axis offensives in this Renewed Crisis. The first post will be from the Point-Of-View of the Reich, the Second will be Vettaria's and the Third will be from the Aegeanic states'.



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To: His Catholic Imperial Ceroulian Majesty's Government, Her Majesty's Hardenburghian Government, the Empire of Anatolia and the Kingdom of Alebcay | From: Greater Helvany and her Overseas Territories | Subject: Declaration of War | Importance HIGH

Dear Sirs and Madams,

The Greater Helvan Reich and the Crowned Realms of Helvania hereby issues a official Declaration of War upon Western Valoria and their overseas empires. Although the Fatherland refuses to side with the Communists, we are most annoyed that the Ceroulian Empire has entered our back yard again. This action has provoked us in this past. The Fatherland believes due to Ceroulia's break from Asguard Pact in 2014 and early 2015, but due to the Empire's return to the arms of the United Commonwealth and Ceroulia's treaty with the Anatolian Empire, Emperor Julian VI & II's boldness grows.

We have tried to solve the issue through diplomacy, yet, the Hardenburghians and Alebcains have stated they will not assist in pressuring the Ceroulian Empire. And instead of aiding a fellow anti-Communist nation and her fellow states, they have decided to place daggers against us [the Axis], continuing the West's Provocation towards the Pact.

This betrayal will not go without blood shed. A massive amount of blood shed that will overshadow the Great War's. We will not seek peace for that is for cowards. Diplomacy, or lack of, is what made the Axis and Asguard Pacts enemies.


Sincerely,
I am remain the Reich's obedient servant,
Charles Leon Hadler,
Fuhrer of the Greater Helvan Reich
and the Crowned Realms of Helvania




Operation Thunder,
June 10, Day 3 of the Renewed Crisis,
Aeriel Assault on the West


As the Helvan pilots were finished being given their briefs, the multiple airbases' sirens throughout the Reich blared. Pilots and other crews scrambled to their air craft before the order for them to take off was given. Within an hour, the 1st and 2nd Helvan Air Force were in the air flying towards Alebcay, Hallevel and Holstein. Their targets were Radar installations, combat air planes, Allied air bases, railroads, communications, fuel and other supply installations. Some of these planes were diverted to the Hallevelian port cities to strike at oil refineries, dock yards, other repair facilities and Ceroulian war vessels.

They launched or dropped their devastating payloads as EW aircraft flew overhead to jammed further communications. Another two Helvan air forces were preparing to do the same offensive immediately after the first wave. The Helvan offensive had begun.




Operation Blitz,
June 10, Day 3 of the Renewed Crisis,
Airborne Forces' Assault on the West


Sergeant Helmut Kranz sat in the heavy transport plane heading for Holstein. His unit, the 5. FJ Division was to land at the appropriate LZ, secure and hook up with the local Schutzbund units in the area. He continued to sit there pondering how well the aeriel offensive had been carried out, but his thoughts were droned out by the aircraft's noisy engines.

30 minutes later, the red light was given and his Major, Franz Karlmann. Karlmann was a combat veteran like Kranz in Zubrowka. But they and other veterans had no clue as to what kind of war it would be. Karlmann shouted loud enough for those closest to him, "Stand up!"

They stood, and others followed. Karlmann continued, "Hook up!"

They all hooked up.

"Safety check!"

The men began to check each others' equipment. "Sound off for equipment check!"

They sounded off until they reached the Major, who said, "One okay!"

Green light. Karlmann was out the door, the parachute leapt out of his pack and he descended down to Holstein. Others followed him. Kranz was the last out, his chute deployed as he descended to Holstein.





Operation Trident,
June 10, Day 3 of the Renewed Crisis,
Invasion of Hallevel


3rd Submarine Fleet;
100 Miles west from Ceroulia,
Continent of Valoria


Kapitänleutnant Otto Richter peered through the periscope like Helvanic U-Boat commanders did during the Great War, but unlike them, Richter and other modern commanders had RADAR to help them as well. He had spotted thee Ceroulian tankers off the heading towards Ceroulia. He smiled as he gave the tankers' courses and speeds.

"Kapitänleutnant, we are ready to strike," reported Richter's Executive Officer Oberleutnant zur See Hans Hess. Richter looked away from the scope to nod at Hess.

"Thank you, Hess. Prepare Tube 1 for the tanker to the rear," Richter directed. He continued, "Tube 2 for the tanker in the middle and the last tube is for the first tanker."

"Aye-aye sir."

As Hess and the crew prepared for the coming strike, Richter took in the last calculations. Nothing had changed. He then ordered. "Torpedo One!"

Hess spoke into the comms box and repeated the order. Over the box came the voice of the torpedo room's chief saying, "Torpedo One."

Richter then nodded to Hess and said, "Los."

"Los!"

LOS!

A brief hiss was heard throughout the sub as the torpedo launched. "Torpedo one launched, sir," reported the chief. Richter then ordered torpedo 2 to be launched. Another hiss was heard before he ordered the 3rd to be fired. 30 seconds after the second was fired, there was an explosion of a direct hit on the 1st tanker. Then the second burst into flames and then the third.

"Surface," ordered Richter. 5 minutes later the sub surfaced and as Richter climbed through the hatch and observed the wreckage, smiling, gave Hess the order to confirm to the Hochkommando der Kriegsmarine that the blockade was in position. Other submarines were hunting near the coasts of Hardenburgh, Hallevel, and Alebcay.

2n Navy,
Heading to Hallevel,
Day 3 of the Crisis


30 corvettes and 30 U-Boats moved in silence towards the coast of Hallevel to prepare the unleashing of hell against the Ceroulian navy in Hallevel. They were accompanied by a force of 1 carrier, Five cruisers, 10 destroyers and several 7 ship squadrons of corvettes guided the amphibious vessels towards the Hallevel's coast. Aboard the amphibs, the Helvanic Naval Infantry prepared themselves for their assault. Then the wooshing of cruise and other missiles was heard as they flew threw the air towards Hallevel. The Naval Infantrymen cheered as they saw their comrades' blows on Ceroulia's puppet's land detonate of impact.

Within thirty minutes, the junior line officers of the Marinegrenadieren Streitkrafte (MGSK) were issuing orders to their men on their objectives and their goals.




Operation Odin's Hammer,
June 10, Day 3 of the Renewed Crisis
Invasion of Alebcay


The 1. SS-Panzerschutz Korps was ordered to press; ahead of Army Centre; in eight columns of one division each, separated roughly by twenty-five kilometers each, taking advantage of Alebcay's broad terrain. Some units even traveled off-roads. Each column was preceded by a forward detachment, an Aufklarung Standarte (reconnaissance regiment) of roughly regimental strength, with a battalion each full of tanks, mechanized infantry, and self propelled artillery, a company of engineers, and priority of support from the Luftwaffe. The weight of the Korps was such well maintained that they could forward sweep their enemies out of their front and overwhelm the Allied forces before reinforcements could arrive.

As the Korps continued to advance, the Army Centre would do the same in style but behind the former. Also the Flieger Armeé would land paratroopers behind enemy lines while being supported by attack and fighter jets. Electronic warfare planes who had been part of the 1st wave, were also mixed with the second air wave, in hopes to jam communications and surviving radar positions. The JK-10s continued to fire missiles at SAM and Radar sites that had been dormant but now active.

The formations of the three legion advanced under the leapfrogging protection of sixteen SAM batteries each, and with them their light and medium air defence companies. The SAM batteries were a newly reorganized element of the Legion, self-contained and fully mobile, managed by their brigade headquarters and supported by brigade service support trains. The enemy SAM, radar, and aerial forces had came under the Helvan destructive boot. It all became moot at precisely 1235 Hours when the full weight of 1st SS Korp’s artillery park - to include ground-launched cruise missiles, 205mm gun-howitzers and the same MLRS that had opened the offensive - descended upon and shattered the airfields within range. The reach of the GLCMs was some 450km, the munitions used were unitary ground-penetrating 300kg net-explosive-weight amatol warheads with an aluminium additive to boost pressure. These created exceptionally large craters in the areas, located by the advance recon units, where Allied troops had been in.

Allied forces in the area would be particularly hard hit, having been under air attack since the beginning of the offensive. As part of the single neutralization fire plan fired by the Korps' artillery at 1235 Hours, the Eastern most Alebcain city was the recipient of no less than twenty tons, net explosive weight, of ordinance, targeted with the intent of destroying airfields, military bases, government buildings, infrastructure, communication and media centers, and finally some of the public buildings.

The reconnaissance elements searching out alternate routes, checking ground conditions, and of course keeping a wary eye for the Allied soldiers of the infantry brigades and other formations facing them. The recon units would observe cities, towns, and villages from the outskirts before moving on. Or they would hunt down their counterparts in the Allied units.

Standartenführer Dieter Meyer, sitting on the rim of his cupola to get his eyes further above the ground than he could by using the commander's periscope of his Leopard III Kaiserleopard, begin the firing on one of the villages with his tank squad. Meyer, in the seam between 1st Leibstandarte and 2nd Adolf Hadler Divisions, had been told by his recon comrades of several Allied squads within the village. After receiving the order to fire, he fired on the village from his position. The battles of Alebcay were going to be even more brutal than most had expected, but the Waffen-SS were prepared for such matters.




Operation Revival,
June 10, Day 3 of the Renewed Crisis


With Helvany fully geared for war, the Hochkommando der Luftwaffe was finishing its Operation Revival. Operation Revival was in fact, bringing back online the underground defence airbases and air fields in Helvany proper and Skandia. There were a total of 17 of such airbases throughout the Reich. All but 3 were active.

Since the Holstein Crisis in February and March, the Reich had begun the program to reopen these bases. They quickly removed the older interceptors and replaced them, same with the weaponry and munitions.

By the time, the declaration was issued, these areas of war were fully operational and were now waiting.
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The skies looked somber and cloudy over the bay, as the remnants of the North Sea Fleet sailed out of the Keizersgracht into the Bay of Hallevel. It was the common practice of the North Sea Fleet that at least a quarter of the Fleet would be out at the open sea, conducting patrols. Much to the commanding officer’s chagrin, some of the greatest ships of the fleet were out there on patrol. Two of the four Ceroulia’s Ferdinand II Class sat at her moorings, idly awaiting her deployment into the North Sea for the attempted escape.
Tomas Torrejon, the commander of the North Sea Fleet, looked over the bridge of the destroyer Garcilaso. The Garcilaso, alongside 5 other destroyers and 10 other smaller ships, were charged with the protection of the bay as the ships emerged from the Keizersgracht to encounter the Helvanic Navy. The Ceroulian command in the area refused to bog themselves down in the Bay, as the Helvanic Navy in question was rumored to be very large. To counter this, the two large Ferdinand II battlecruisers were to be used as they had always been – as oversized rocket launchers, with the intended effect to ravage the incoming Helvanic horde.

On land, the remaining troops, some 40,000 in total remained in the duchy, alongside Veldhoven’s Gendarme, numbering 5,000 troops. The Gendarme was placed alongside the port, where the towers of containers would act as a cover. It was thought that the Helvans would land in this area, due to the access to the Keizergracht. Further inland, the forty thousand layed out in a defensive formation from the city of Veldhoven, where the formation culminated in Veldhoven International Airport, a temporary air base that the military secured for use in the defense of Veldhoven. Back in the bay, the first array of ships consisting of 10 destroyers and 14 corvettes set out to encounter the vanguard forces of the invading Helvan forces.

Inside the battlecruiser Rodrigo X, missiles were being loaded into the VLS hubs of the ship, now aged thirty-three. The Rodrigo X and her sister ships sported 334 VLS pods, significantly less than her contemporaries, the Type 12 of Hardenburgh and the ### of Helvany. The ships were the pride of the Imperial Navy and was the once the guinea pig of the fleet, producing many more ships in her style, such as the new and smaller destroyers released by the Extremaduran Navy, the oddly named Amnesia Class. The “Ferdis”, as the Ceroulians called them, would be here to stay, until they would be sold for scrap, preserved or sunk by a Helvan missile.

The boys had been loading the ship’s bay with the missiles required for the first barrage of the Helvan forces. The cranes of the inner port (that is to say, they were in the Inner Lake, behind the Kaizergracht) were finally retired from their loading position and now sat idly by, the hooks swaying in the dusk breeze. Any hope of sleep for the crew of both ships was fleeting. The approaching night gave way to a sense of anxiety amongst the ground forces.

From Veldhoven International, some of the runways had been battered by Helvan jets yesterday, rendering one of the three runways useless. The SAM installations made quick work of one of the interlopers, bringing down two Gripens. The smoldering hunks of metal, still sat on the outer fields of the airport. The men stationed at the airport made an effort in trying to find the Helvan pilots inside, but nothing was ever found. Some members of the “Viejo Tercio de Sarriguren” sat out in the abandoned Fourth Terminal, in its aesthetically cold and chilly Departure area, which overlooked the runway. From there, they saw the Dassault Rafales take off for another patrol, although they were more heavily armed, in anticipation for the Helvan Navy. While they raced towards the coast, the vanguard led by Torrejon were now well in range for the launch of their anti-ship missiles.

The initial cruise missles were fired from the Garcilaso and accompanying ships in the vanguard, headed the Helvan formation. In the Inner Lake, the Rodrigo X and Ramon-Berenguer VI began the great barrage of 600 cruise missiles into the Helvan formation.
It would a long affair, as launching all 300 missiles from each ship at once was out of the question. The missles would be launched every minute or so until the order was given to stop.
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16th Corvette Squadron, Home Fleet

North Sea,
40 miles off New Hallevel
2am, June 11th


HMS Black Swan was one of the Royal Hardenburghian Navy’s newest vessels and the lead ship of her class. Stealthy and fast vessels, they were armed with powerful Naval Strike Missiles and specifically designed to engage larger Helvan warships in the North Sea. Black Swan and her four sister ships had unwittingly put to sea five days before Helvany’s unexpected declaration of war to conduct combat readiness exercises in the turbulent waters of the North Sea. Now, their crews found themselves embroiled in a battle for supremacy over the ocean.

Lt. Cdr. Arnold Wittering, commanding officer of HMS Black Swan and of the 16th Corvette Squadron surveyed the ocean from the bridge through his pair of trusty night vision binoculars. The five vessels sailed in a straight column rocking gently from side to side. The night was serene, one would have been forgiven for forgetting the grave situation which prevailed in Northern Valoria altogether. A gentle breeze rustled the ensign which hung limp from the Black Swan’s stern whilst a full moon illuminated the pitch black waters which sparkled a brilliant silver.

News of Hardenburgh’s declaration of war had been received through the text messaging system, accompanied by orders from the Admiralty in Asgaurd requiring the vessels to commence operations against Helvan vessels in the North Sea. Two squadrons, one of older Arethusa class destroyers and another consisting of Duke Class frigates had also put to sea alongside five Squadrons of older Castle Class corvettes and Insect Class fast attack craft. Air support was provided by the Fleet Air Arm bases that were dotted along Hardenburgh’s North Sea coast. On runways and in the air Hawker Hurricanes and Blackburn Blackadder aircraft, loaded with Tomahawk Cruise missiles waited to be called to action.

The orders issued to this ad-hoc formation were simple: cooperate with Ceroulian forces to seek out and destroy Kreigsmarine forces operating in the region. Upon receipt of these commands Lt. Cdr. Wittering prepared him men for imminent action with haste. Aboard HMS Black Swan and her sister ships alarms sounded, ordering men to battle-stations. Like worker ants they scurried down companionways, hurriedly closing hatches and watertight doors in their wake. Weapon systems were readied whilst Blackburn Lynx helicopters were made airborne to seek and destroy any submerged threats. In the bridge, Lt. Cdr. Wittering ensured that his task force held a steady force and communicated with the operations room down below.

In this dark and quiet space located in the bowels of the warship and illuminated by soft red light, S/Lt Joseph Downes oversaw the hunt for the Helvan task force. Four rows of five men sat scrutinising radar screens, analysing the information they received intently. The minutes dripped away agonisingly. The Radar Operators and Weapons Officers who sat in this dark subterranean region realised that every single minute which passed without them successfully locating the Helvan fleet brought it closer to its unsuspecting target; Veldhoven.

Soon, however, their efforts were rewarded. A radar operator motioned for xxx Downes. “Sir! I’ve found the bastards. There!” he said pointing at a particularly large formation on his screen. “Heading towards Veldhoven, it’s definitely the Helvan task force.” After looking at the screen for a brief while Brookes nodded. “Yes, you’re right. I will communicate this to the bridge immediately”.

Brookes hurried towards his own station and picked up the receiver of the internal communications system which provided him with a direct line to the bridge. “Ops to Bridge. We have located and identified the Helvan fleet. Requesting permission to begin offensive operations”. The news came as a great relief to Wittering. After exhaling briefly, he responded. “Bridge to ops. Permission granted.” He then hailed his radio officer, ordering him to share the information with the rest of the fleet so that the attack could commence.

15 minutes later…

COMMAND POST: HMS SULTAN,

Hensley,
Western Asguard


The information had been relayed to the Admiralty Headquarter’s in Asguard where a swift and aggressive response had been devised. The Helvan fleet was a powerful challenge to Hardo-Ceroulian naval power in the North Sea, however the Kriegsmarine had made potentially fatal mistakes in its deployment. Large warships had been moved within easy striking distance of costal artillery and airfields positioned on the Hardenburghian coast. Thus, the force could be swarmed by aircraft and missiles with relative ease.

The situation was controlled and monitored from HMS Sultan, a fortified command post located deep beneath the leafy suburbs of Western Asgaurd. The operations centre was dominated by a massive screen which depicted the situation prevailing in the North Sea. Countless rows of uniformed officers sat at screens, gazing intently at computer screens and issuing orders to the forces involved in the situation. Vice Admiral Howard Montgomery, Commander in Chief of the Home Fleet, overlooked the whole situation from his glass office elevated above the operations floor. The Hardenburghian Navy’s Coastal Artillery force had recently been equipped with a weapon intended to neutralise the powerful fleets of battlecruisers and aircraft carriers maintained by both the Helvanic Reich and Federative Union; the Bloodhound anti-ship ballistic missile.

The aircraft carrier around which the force was centred was determined to be the priority target. After its destruction by combined air and missile strikes, attacks against the rest of the fleet could ensue. In order to incapacitate the Helvan response, a flight of five Hawker Hurricane electronic warfare variants had taken to the air from RAF Middle Heath so as to jam signals. Meanwhile Mk. V Spitfires took to the air in order to neutralise the threat that Helvan carrier aircraft posed to the Hardenburghian forces involved in the strikes.

For those in HMS SULTAN, the attack began in earnest. Those in the command centre watched the plan unfold upon the large screen which was now covered by an animated map of Northern Valoria. Vessels in the area were portrayed as simple line drawings, Hardenburgh’s in green and Helvany’s red. The order to fire a salvo of fifteen Bloodhound anti-ship Ballistic Missiles was issued by Montgomery and passed to mobile launch units which were distributed along the the Eastern coast in discreet locations. Their trajectories were traced on HMS Sultan’s interface as they powered towards the unsuspecting carrier.

A Squadron of Blackburn Blackadder’s was subsequently ordered to launch a followup strike. As relayed to HMS Sultan, an additional eighty Tomahawk’s powered towards the stricken vessel. Most in felt great sympathy for the Helvan seamen trapped amidst the pandemonium. Poor tactical decisions by their government had delivered them into a sea of fire in which they would be subject to near-constant attack by Hardenburghian and Ceroulian forces. Now the centre piece of the Helvan assault force had been hit with unrelenting force it was time for seaborne forces to commence operations against the rest of the task force.

HMS Black Prince,
Flagship 26th Destroyer Squadron

A series of explosions which lit the night sky and shook the surrounds announced the beginning of the Battle of the North Sea. The Royal Hardenburghian Navy had drawn the first blood against the Kriegsmarine since the Great War with devastating force. The wait had been agonising. Black Prince’s commanding officer Lt. Cdr “Woody” Gittings then nodded at his deputies. With the Helvan flagship hit, it was time for the surface force to begin operations. Orders were issued across the ship and the crew who had waited at battle stations anxiously for hours prepared to engage their foe.

HMS Black Prince was a Dido class destroyer. That she was one of the oldest vessels in the Hardenburghian fleet was deceptive. Firstly, the Black Prince and the ships that constituted her class were light cruisers and not destroyers as classified. They had been termed as such by the Admiralty’s board of design during the 1960s because of their intended role and to ensure the project was approved by a Social democratic government opposed to excessive defence expenditure. In reality they were light cruisers and were armed as such with twin automatic naval rifles and Harpoon missiles.

It was the latter which provided a dangerous long-range strike capability which would be harnessed to destroy the Helvan cruisers. In the operations centre of HMS Black Prince Weapon’s Officers entered firing solutions into their consoles, an action repeated across all ships in the squadron. Each fired an initial salvo of six harpoon missiles targeting one cruiser in the squadron each. The projectiles pumped out of the launchers affixed to the rear coachroof, streaking into the pitch black sky like fireworks. Smoke and flame temporarily smothered the decks.

The duke class frigates which operated in tandem with the Dido Class vessels, providing air defence and packing extra punch against the Helvan surface fleet took similar measures against then ten destroyers in the formation. Shortly after, a flight of Hawker Hurricanes provided a follow-up strike, dispensing their Harpoon Missiles at all targets which appeared to continue to pose a threat.

16th Corvette Squadron, Home Fleet
HMS Black Swan

It was the turn of the 16th Corvette Squadron to launch its attack against the Helvan fleet. From the bridge of HMS Black Swan, Lt. Cdr. Wittering ordered a rapid increase in speed for all ships within the formation. Admittedly, Wittering found the orders which he’d been issued with somewhat excessive. The barrage which Helvan naval forces had already been subjected to by Ceroulian and Hardenburghian naval forces meant that the Kriegsmarine’s bid for supremacy in the Northern Sea was severely jeopardised. Orders were be followed through and a victory at sea would hopefully play a role in redressing the balance on land.

After the five corvettes had manoeuvred successfully, the issue to ‘fire’ was passed from Wittering, to a junior officer and then down to the operations centre. S/Lt Downes received this instruction through his receiver in the HMS Black Swan, and ordered the officers beneath him to calculate a firing solution upon the Helvan fleet. Utilising the Fully Integrated Communications System, installed aboard all modern Hardenburghian warships this data was shared between the five vessels in the flotilla. With targets distributed and assigned to different vessels and weapons primed and ready to fire, Wittering was notified.

Before ordering the attack’s commencement, Wittering surveyed the flotilla through his binoculars. The wind had increased, causing a deterioration in the sea state. the vessels swayed a little more violently and a wind filled the ensigns which now fluttered from their sterns. Lowering his binoculars , Wittering turned to his officers who looked upon him expectantly and nodded uttering one simple word “fire”.

Once more clouds of fire and smoke gushed out of the launchers on deck and a steady stream of fifty strike missiles sailed towards the Helvan fleet.
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Secretary of State for War from the Minister of War to the Prime Minister

Sir,

I write in reference to the grave situation prevailing across Western Valoria.

Nilfgaard’s invasion of Alebcay, which begun approximately forty-eight hours ago has succeeded in expelling our military forces from the northeastern provinces of the country. Consequently, these areas can now be considered occupied by the Wehrmacht.

The offensive has underlined the inherent flaws in this country’s strategic planning. It was presumed that a diplomatic escalation, leading to the next great continental crisis would give this country time to mobilise its colonial resources and deploy them onto the continent. Thus, we have been caught unprepared and vulnerable. The only combat-ready unit in all Western Valoria, the Queen’s Acadian Rifles, has been forced into a chaotic retreat during which it has been forced to abandon much of its heavy equipment. The other six divisions which constitute the Hardenburghian Army of Valoria are five days away from being fully combat-ready whilst a similarly bleak situation blights the Alebcain Army.

We are now faced with a series of painful decisions that will doubtless determine the outcome of this war and the future of Western Valoria. It is my most humble opinion that Her Majesty’s Government must either expand its campaign in the Valorian lowlands or approach Hohenried for peace terms which may well be detrimental to the interests of the Empire-Commonwealth. For the successful prosecution of this war to be guaranteed, the following provisions must be made immediately:
  • The mobilisation of the Hardenburghian Army and the Territorial Army should be completed with immediate effect.
  • The deployment of these units to the Grand Duchy of Alebcay should be completed within the next week, thereby providing reinforcements amounting to 250,000.
  • All available high readiness units of the Royal Marines and Parachute Regiment should be deployed to Hallevel within the next twenty-four hours to prevent a Nilfgaardian breakthrough in this region.
  • Nilfgaard’s bombardment of Alebcain airfields has caused shortfalls in the number of combat aircraft available on the frontline. At least another ten squadrons' of aircraft are required to compensate for these shortfalls.

The implantation of these measures in full, not part, will provide our forces in Northern Valoria with the resources necessary to redress the military situation. I have returned from a meeting with my Alebcain counterpart, in which he affirmed his countries commitment to the cause but underlined the need for continuing military support from the United Kingdom. As instructed, I provided him with assurances of our commitment to Alebcay’s defence however this can only be substantiated with the measures outlined above.

Until this support materialises, The Hardenburghian Army of Valoria and the Alebcain Army have been ordered to retreat to pre-prepared positions on the West Bank of the River Lorraine. In the short term, maintaining air superiority over this area should be our foremost operational priority. Reinforcements can be brought up to the Lorraine and readied for a counter-offensive into Northeastern Alebcay. Gen. Sir Pierre Van Ryneveld has also suggested commencing operations against Nilfgaard’s colonial holdings in Cedaris. The occupation of these territories would provide us with foundations to commence negotiations aimed at bringing about an end to this conflict.

I am confident that this war will culminate in victory for the United Kingdom and her allies, however we must be prepared to commit the necessary resources so as to ensure this this outcome.

I have the honour to be, with high consideration,

Sir,
Your obedient servant,

Sir Anthony Eden


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Letter from the Chief of Air Staff to the Prime Minister and Secretary of State for War

Sirs,

I read the letter from Sir Anthony Eden, (dated 12/06/15) with great interest.

Whilst I remain confident that our armies in Western Valoria will overcome the Nilfgaardian menace, certain provisions must be made in light of the military and political situation. Helvany’s initial strikes against Northeastern Alebcay damaged airfields across the country and additionally destroyed a large number of fighter aircraft predominately from the Alebcain Air Force but also the Royal Air Force.

This has created a significant shortfall in the number of aircraft available to defend the skies of Alebcay. Although we have been able to compensate for this partially by flying Spitfires and Hawker-Hurricane’s out of airfields on the Eastern coast, this is not a longterm solution. Significant difficulties have been encountered maintaining continuous air cover over Alebcay, meanwhile the Luftwaffe has inflicted greater casualties upon allied air forces than anticipated in our estimates.

Certain realities must be considered in light of this situation. There is a chance, however remote, that the defence at the River Lorraine will be broken by the combined effects of Nilfgaardian armour, artillery and airpower. The river represents the last natural barrier before Bücker. Consequently, failure to hold the Nilfgaardian offensive will open the road to the capital. The Strategic position of the Alebcain Army and the Hardenburghian Army of Valoria jeopardised severely, complete defeat in the lowlands will become a clear possibility.

At this point, it will fall upon Her Majesty’s Government to either make peace with Nilfgaard or continue the fight from the Hardenburghian Isles and the Ceroulian peninsula. In order to do this, the RAF will have to guarantee perpetual air superiority over the North Sea and Hardenburghian Isles. Throwing endless fighter aircraft into the skies above battlefields of Western Valoria will be thoroughly counter-productive to this aim.

After extensive discussions with the Chiefs of Air Staff, and for the reasons outlined above I am only willing to earmark another six squadrons for deployment to Valoria. I have spoken with my Alebcain counterpart who is confident that a further ten squadrons will be available for service by the 24th. This will provide us with sufficient numbers of aircraft to match the Luftwaffe.

I write this letter in good faith, fully aware that the decisions we make now will doubtless impact the outcome of this present conflict.

I have the honour to be, with high consideration,

Sirs,
Your obedient servant,

Sir Stanley Walker

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Erasmusbrug Bridge,
River Lorraine

Positions of 35 “Westmoorland” Engineer Regiment,
44th Armoured Engineer Squadron

Flanders


Dark storm clouds gathered above Erasmusbrug Bridge and the earthy smell which preceded summer showers was tangible in the humid air. The crossing was one of the largest adjoining the banks of the River Lorraine; the most noteworthy feature in the otherwise nondescript town of Erasmusbrug, a testament to mid-19th century suspension architecture. Lt. Colonel John Bergman stood astride the dual carriageway that ran the length of the bridge, gazing towards its wrought iron heights, doubtless manufactured by industrial labourers in Westmorland his home county. There was a heathanic beauty to the structure, a sort of Cathedral he supposed, to the power of flame and machine which had hewn the great spars of metal into shape so long ago.

Bergman almost regretted his orders to destroy it entirely. Orders were orders, however. 35 Engineer Regiment has spent the past forty-eight hours travelling the length of the River Lorraine, exploding any river crossings, so as to hinder the rapid Helvan advance. This had been completed with almost meticulous precession. Erasmusbrug bridge was the only major crossling left. The Queen’s Acadian Rifles and the 20th Armoured Regiment, still in retreat, were due to cross at Erasmusbrug. The reports from the front were decidedly grim. In the space of hours, and despite fierce resistance which had indeed dealt the Helvan Army a decisive blow, the Queen’s Acadian Rifles had been reduced to a disorganised rabble.

Reports of the Wehrmacht’s insatiable advance had been carried by the airwaves. Now, thousands of civilians desperate to escape the clutches of Nilfgaardian power corralled onto the bridge and the Hardenburghian soldiers tasked with guarding the approaches found themselves controlling the crowd. Family cars, packed to the brim with children, adults and elders; bursting with their worldly possessions inched towards the bridge. Slowing them were throngs of individuals who struggled under the weight of heavy bags. Their faces were pale with shock. The events which now relayed in front of their eyes had been thought to have consigned themselves to the farthest pages of history books.

Bergman observed the scene standing next to his lieutenant, scratching his moustache and then taking a deep drag from his carved smoking pipe. He looked upon the pitiable individuals for a while longer and then turned to Croft and spoke in his thick Westmoorland accent. “Well, stan, it luks li’ things av gone ta rubbish fert boys int’ Queens Acadian Rifles”. Croft nodded, a stocky and red headed man whose crumpled uniform and rolled sleeves rather defied the exacting standards set by the Hardenburghian Army. “Aye capteeam, ah ope thee meek it soon. Ah ‘ear t’ ‘elvan’s are closing on dis p osition sa we cannot keep dis bridge open tooa much longa”

Croft’s words were almost prophetic. As soon as he had finished speaking a young officer materialised and informed him that the Alebcain’s and Acadian’s had entered the outskirts of the town and were ready to cross the river. His sigh of relief was cut short by the officer’s next words. “Wi’ve ta ‘urry sir, ‘elvan units are also closing in”. The situation was terribly precarious. Hundreds of civilians were still queuing to cross the river, clogging the approach to the bridge. Amphibious craft, provided by the Engineers helped remove some of the pedestrians and cleared the way for traffic to proceed. This couldn’t happen soon enough. As the final few boatloads of civilians crossed to the south bank, a succession of loud explosions seem to rock the very sky. The Wehrmacht had begun its advance on the outskirts of the town.

The Queen’s Acadian Rifles and 20th Armoured Regiment crossed next. A seemingly endless convoy of trucks, driven at high speed tore across the bridge. In the rear, Croft and Bergman glimpsed shattered and pale faced Acadian’s. Their combat fatigues were muddied, rifles slumped between their knees. Croft counted forty-four tanks and numerous more IFV’s. A land rover drove at the rear of the formation. After crossing the bridge, it pulled over and an exhausted Montissier stepped out. Croft and Bergman walked the short distance to meet him. They shook hands and Montissier spoke. “Gentlemen. I am under orders to assume command of the defence of this area.” Bergman nodded “Glad ta ‘ear someone is! Wha’ does thee need doing?” he retorted. Montissier turned slightly to survey the scene that lay before him. “This bridge needs to be taken down now. Any remaining civilians will have to find another way over the river. I want all battle ready infantry brought to the front, the 20th Armoured Regiment too. My men need rest and replenishment then they can join them.”

Bergmann nodded and turned to Croft “See ta it, lad”. Preparations to mount a defence were made quickly whilst the battered infantrymen from the Queen’s Acadian Rifles were hurried through a canteen where they received their first hot meal in days. As Montissier prepared his battle plan with Bergman’s assistance, he was thankful that two fresh Hardenburgh divisions as well as a further Alebcain one. The Queen’s Acadian Rifles could be placed in reserve and given time to recuperate. At 11pm, the order to destroy the crossing was finally given. After the explosives were triggered, what once was Erasmusbrug bridge appeared to expand briefly before shattering into thousands of small pieces and collapsing into the depths of the River Lorraine.
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3. Fleet “Devil’s Due”
Off the Hallevel Coast
O212 Hours, June 11th


Before the Devil’s Due fleet came within the Ceroulian navy’s cruise missile range, the Nilfgaardians launched their fleet air wing to attack Veldhoven and the shielding ships outside the harbor. The cruiser, KMS Eisenberg launched her payload of super sonic anti-ship cruise missiles while the remaining cruisers went to full stop and the destroyers moved to protection areas with the frigates. The next few hours, the Nilfgaardian Navy fired as much as they had, dropped their bombs (naval air wing), and torpedoed everything in support of the amphibious landings to the southwest of Veldhoven. Nilfgaardian marines were landed within those few hours and began moving towards Hallevel’s capital.

At 0212 hours, the only carrier in the fleet, KMS Karl Doernitz was hit by the first Hardenburghian Bloodhound ballistic missiles. Seamon First Class Gregor Jensen stumbled as it had hit aft of the command structure, Then a second slammed into one of the open hangar doors, while three more hit the flight deck. Damage control crews raced to put on the fires and right the ship, but another four Bloodhounds struck the ship. She shuttered.

Captain Hans Strecker, the ship’s CO, began ordering his men to abandon ship. This was in accordance with the Admiral Eriksson’s, who was aboard the Eisenberg, previous instructions to leave ships to their watery graves if beyond repair. Jensen jumped into the water as the last of the Bloodhounds struck home. The carrier was now sinking.

The next ships to be hit were the destroyers: Falcon, Whore, Crusader and Eagle. Then the remaining destroyers, the five cruisers, and the ten frigates. All had fires and were taking on water. Three had exploded and were gone. Another two were low in the water. While the rest were making for Nilfgaardian waters. They had accomplished their mission. To land amphibious troops in the northern Hallevel territories.


SS-Freiwilligen-Division “Wiking”
1. SS-Nordic Corps
SS-Nordic Legion
2 Kilometres East of Veldhoven
0919 Hours, June 11th


As the famed Nordic division moved from Nilfgaard, they rampaged through Hallevel like the Helvanic barbarians after the fall of Antea. These men, were typically tall with red or blond hair, bright blue or green eyes. Some were burly. Some skinny. But the Wiking division’s men didn’t care. They wanted to taste the blood of the Ceroulian enemy.

As the moved from the East with the Nordwind and the Battleaxe Divisions, the 2. & 3. SS-Nordic Corps moved from northeastern Alebcay into southern Hallevel. While the 4. SS-Nordic Corps raced from the west after the break through that brought the Nilfgaardians to the River Lorraine. They were to act as the hammer to the anvil for the Ceroulians. To surround Veldhoven and take it with the Marines on the coast, acting as the anvil.

1. SS-Panzer Regiment
1. SS-Panzerschutz Division “Adolf Hadler”
Erasmusbrug,
0930 Hours, June 11th


As the Regiment’s reconnaissance units had arrived in Erasmurbrug, they initiated heavy attacks on the town’s eastern perimeter’s defences just before they heard the bridge go up. The rest of the regiment and their division rolled in an hour later, with recon element looking to see if they could ford the River Lorraine nearby. No such luck.

SS-Standartenfuhrer Sepp Hahne sat in the regiment’s temporal headquarters inside the main cathedral. In the distance, he could hear tank guns, howitzers, other shelled artillery, and missile artillery firing. The time was 0935 hours, and Nilfgaardian aircraft jet and prop engines were heard overhead. Luftwaffe high command were now harassing Allied supply lines from Bucker to Erasmusbrug as well as herding civilians into the reinforcing allied soldiers.

At 0940, under the support of the Luftwaffe and the artillery and armored cover fire, pioniers (field engineers) began constructing several pontoon bridges, and other temporary structures for the lead units to advance.

In other areas, the divisions were given amphibious vehicles to cross the river.
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Positions of 5th Division, the Royal Acadian Rifles and the 20th Armoured Regiment (Alebcay)

A brief lull in fighting followed the successful evacuation of the Queen’s Acadian Rifles and the accompanying 20th Armoured Regiment. The Helvan’s, as if adhering to some long since forgotten gentleman’s code, briefly stopped shelling and airstrikes. In reality this decision was made by the commanders so that their men could replenish and rest before engaging in the decisive stage of the battle for Alebcay. For the Hardenburghian’s, these few hours were crucial. The final preparations for the defence were completed and the battered men of the Queen’s Acadian Rifles had a while longer to recompose and prepare.

An artillery barrage three hours later announced the recommencement of Helvany’s attack. Gunners, who had now established artillery parks in the heights above the east bank; zeroed in on suspected concentrations of Hardenburghian troops, pumping out a steady stream of shells. In the midst of this pandaemonium, Helvan infantry attempted to make their first crossing in amphibious craft so as to establish a bridgehead and oversee the successful installation of a pontoon bridge which could then be used to convey the heavy armoured divisions across the river. The Hardenbughian Army’s objectives were simple: to stop the Helvan’s establishing a foothold on the west bank and prevent the construction of a crossing.

Positions of the 12th Mech. Infantry Battalion, 2nd Brigade (5th Division).

Having failed to hit the 12th Battalion’s positions with their first salvo; instead churning up mud, stone and debris from the river bank the Helvan adjusted their range and fired again. This time, their shells landed much closer, striking an APC which was immediately set on fire. The crew desperately clambered out, flames chasing their uniforms, gaging desperately from the thick black smoke which seemed to engulf them. Private Biggs, of the 1st Company, watched the scene unfold in muted horror. Indeed, this was his first tour of duty with the Hardenburghian Army. Oh! How he’d celebrated when he found that he was to be deployed to Western Valoria. “It’s safe there”, he had thought. It was almost ironic how shortsighted he’d been.

Shells continued to pound down on their position. Clenching his rifle, Biggs and the rest of his squad crouched behind a pile of sandbags which had been heaped up hastily to form a defensive barrier. Their corporal, McTavish, was having none of it! A large, red haired and bearded Aurlander he compelled them into action with a mixture of threats and expletives. “C’mon ye lily-livered bastards! What are ye! Fecking Nancy boys or sons of the Hardenburghian Empire! We will defend this territory at all costs. If needs be ye will die for Queen and Country! Nothing is quite so glorious!” Biggs was inclined to disagree, but he didn’t dare. Initiated somewhere further down the line, the cry “Helvan Tango’s inbound” piqued Biggs’ attention. Sure enough, two amphibious vehicles of the Helvan Army hauled themselves up from the river bank and began to rumble towards the Hardenburghian positions.

The Battalion’s commanding officer, Lt. Colonel Arnold De Lutyens observed the scene from an elevated hillside above the river bank, shielded by a curtain of pine trees. Also encamped in this was the Regiment’s Artillery Platoon, equipped with twelve L118 light guns and eight mortars, primed to fire upon Helvan forces which dared set foot on the South Bank. De Lutyens observed the Helvan landing craft through his night vision binoculars. As soon as they moved within range of the Hardenburghian defensive positions, he gave the order for the 19th Battalion to open fire. This order was executed with deadly efficiency. A salvo of projectiles rained down onto the Helvan convoy. One of the landing craft was crippled immediately, exploding violently whilst flames rapidly raced across another forcing the infantrymen within to jump out.

The mortars zeroed in on the amphibious vehicles, raining projectiles down upon them, causing two to explode. Nevertheless, four Helvan landing craft made their way through the barrage to deploy personal on the Hardenburghian bank. Private Biggs’ company was first to engage the enemy advancing up the bank. Lying flat, and aiming his rifle over the rim of the sandbags Biggs stared down the iron sights as he’d been taught to at the firing range, made contact with a Helvan infantryman and fired. The silhouette crumpled over. Bigg’s then targeted another, to similar effect. A machine gun team opened fire on the Helvan flank, sending a steady stream of lead tearing into the units advancing up the beach.

So as to strengthen the Hardenburghian defence, two platoon’s of Warrior’s skidded into the foray, firing their 30mm guns at Helvan targets selected by gunners who scanned targeting computers buried deep within their vehicles. With fifty-six more infantrymen delivered into the battle, supported by the eight Infantry Fighting Vehicle’s McTavish now felt that he was in a position to push the Helvan’s back into the river from whence they had emerged. This movement was accompanied by an intensified bombardment from the artillery platoon. Four RAH-66 Comanche’s also joined the thrust, using their Gatling gun’s and hellfire missiles to target Helvan armour.

The main target of Hardenburgh’s assault was the pontoon bridge which was beginning to stretch out over the Lorraine. A flight of Hawker-Hurricanes, launched from Marseilles air base in Southern Alebcay had been scrambled to deal with this. Under the cover of darkness, flying low to avoid detection by Helvan radars, they skimmed the treetops flying abreast one another. Within his cockpit, Flying Officer James Wilmthrop checked his radar occasionally to see if his three comrades still surrounded him. Navigation had been complicated by the fact that the mandatory blackout enforced by the Alebcain government deprived them of all visual navigational markers. Moreover, the Hardenburghian Air Force had enforced a strict radio black out so as not to give the Helvan’s so much as a hint about Hardenburghian aerial operations.

The fighter jets each carried two cluster bombs which, it was hoped, would destroy the pontoon bridge entirely. After dispensing their weaponry, they would head along the Lorraine and out into the North Sea before landing in the Hardenburghian Isles. The minutes leading to the attack passed agonisingly slowly. It seemed as if all time had been stretched out endlessly, indeed Wilmthrop began to suspect he might never receive an order to fire. Adverting this sense of malaise, the radio crackled to life. “Weapons ready!”. It was Flight Lieutenant Charles Arbutnot, leader of the flight. Wilmthrop primed his missiles alongside his three comrades and waited further instruction. “Bombs away!”

Down below Biggs and his comrades looked skywards as four low-flying fighter jets shrieked over their position, like cavalry from times of old. Cheers followed them as they flew the final mile towards their target. McTavish was quick to put them back to task. “Ye fools! Remain focussed on the enemy or those fuckin’ flyin’ poofs will see you defeated”. Biggs immediately refocussed on the battle, selecting unsuspecting targets then firing short and concentrated bursts. The artillery and IFV’s kept up their attack too ensuring that the Helvan attack failed to penetrate Hardenburghian defences. It was then, almost spontaneously that the Hawker Hurricane’s completed their attack run. A series of violent explosions temporarily lit the night as bright as day, before plunging it into darkness once again before illuminating the surrounds through orange flam and billowing smoke. “I hope that got the fookin’ bridge” McTavish commented casually.
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June 11th, 2015
2AM - 4AM

Torrejon looked upon the scene from the bridge, as a missile crashed down on the frigate next to him. The remaining crew on the bridge, shaken, made sure that the CIWS was fully operational and began the counter-attack. Sea Sparrow missles were launched to counter the missles and the fighter-craft still flying above them. While the joint missile barrages had done their damage, the air squadron dispatched alongside the shielding ships opened the battle int the sky by launching Sidewinder missles, hoping to get a couple fighters down before they would be swamped by the larger air wing. As the air wing moved in for the kill, they made their selections, and opened fire with their 30mm cannons.

While back on the sea, Torrejon saw a flaming jet carcass fall to the waters. The muffled explosions finally broke Torrejon's constitution. He made his way down to the command room in the ship's interior, via a lift that provided quicker access to the ship's interior, where the Command Room of the ship could be accessed.

As the air battle raged on, the Ceroulian Fleet continued out to sea, to rendezvous with the Hardenburghian fleet further out.

Port of Veldhoven: Positions of the Veldhoven Gendarme, F Battalion
June 11th, 2015
11 AM


The Port of Veldhoven was established by fishermen in the 1200's, primary meant to transfer the catch to the then small town of Veldhoven, and surrounding areas. As the city grew in size, various other industries rose, and the port grew. Goods from the continental interior, from the Nordic countries, from the distant traders of the Rostovians, soon followed by the goods of the New World. When the city became the seat of the Dukes of Hallevel, the illustrious fate of Veldhoven was sealed. The region flourished as a center for the Gallo-Flemish artists of the time, and became the jewel of Macea's nascent banking empire.

The Duchy had recently transferred hands, per the plans of the Emperor. There was a new Duke, William IV van Hallevel, who still resided in his home in the Principality of Farronesia in the Caranthias. He was married to one of the principal causes of the war, the revanchist lady-in-waiting Marie de Lannoy, claimant to half of the Kingdom of Holstein. While that was set in motion, Ceroulian envoys had arrived in Holstein with a plan to formally tear apart the Kingdom, election by election.


Willem van Immerseel was a young private in the Veldhoven Gendarme, the armed forces responsible for military defense and law enforcement. He was perched inside of a stack of cargo containers, his position well hidden by the shadows. Willem and his fellow soldiers were fitted with helmet mounted thermal scopes spotting the incoming Helvans via infrared vision. This was done under a suspicion of a nocturnal landing on the shores. The attack of the Ceroulian and Hardenburghian navies had bested the Helvans, and were now pushing for a return to Helvan ports, delaying the landings of the Helvans into pure morning daylight. The containers were arranged to provide hiding room for fireteams. Willem saw the first Helvans and looked down his scope, and prepared to take the opening shot. Other surrounding nests confirmed they had visuals on the incoming Helvans. Now was the time. He fired his SMAW, and hit the first incoming Helvans.

Whilst Willem fired his SMAW at the armour rolling before him ,his partner, Otto, came up behind him and said, "They've called in air support, let's get out of here!" Willem took a stun grenade and threw at the Helvans beneath, while his parter bailed from the container from the hole that was carved out of the cargo container that led them to the ground. Overhead, the whine of jet engines roared overhead, as Willem and Otto moved towards another hiding spot with their fireteam. Willem trailed behind as he was last to leave his nest, and met up with his men.

The aerial support assaulted the Helvans with Brimstone anti-tank missles, largely directed at their armoured formations, as too better level the playing field between the largely infantry based Gendarme and the Nordic Corps. Dassault Rafales from Veldhoven International Airport accompanied by Hawker Hurricanes from Southern Alebcay rained hell on the little folk below.

Further behind, the Keizersgracht was the main focus of the easterly fortifications, where the bulk of the 40th Armored Division lay. They watched over the bridges, ready to receive a retreat of the Gendarme, should the worst happen. The Kaizersgracht was in addition guarded by SAM turrets and other anti-aircraft installations.





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Erasmusbrug, Alebcay;
11.06.2015 - 0430 Hours


1. SS-Panzerschutz Korps had withdrawn in the wee hours of the morning, only to be replaced by 1. SS-Legiongruppe. The 1. SS-Legiongruppe was a mixed arms formation within the Waffen-SS that was not from the Panzerschutz Legion. During the night, the Reich had deployed the 1. SS-Legiongruppe from the central regions of Greater Helvany to the River Lorraine. Sepp Dietrich II was called back to Teutlin for a Conference with the UFSR in Sudak.

Meanwhile, the front lines had gained more than 200,000 Waffen-SS troops. And an additional 400,000 Heer soldiers to the rear. All in all, from the Alebcain Command's original strength, they had now 1.2 million soldiers in Alebcay alone.


Campaign in Alebcay;
11.06.2015 - 0450 Hours


Since the last night's attempt to establish a beach head on the Lorraine's West Bank, the Aufklarung units from the 2-SS Division had been decimated and the poontoon bridge had been destroyed. But with the 2-SS DIvision's Aufklarung units' sacrifice, fresh legion group's artillery units had located the Hardenburghian-Alebcain positions and were now zeroing in. 5 minutes later, twenty batteries of 7 self propelled 155mm howitzers each and a further six towed 155mm MLRS batteries opened up, firing air burst munitions and HE anti-personnel projectiles into known infantry positions.

The tanks and SP rocket artillery platforms opened fire with coordinates in their targeting computers and laser guided munitions into armor positions. 145mm High Velocity AT rounds shot forth from the Kampfpanzer 99 Ausf H's barrels, while the MLRS units were firing a newer weapon. A Shinosakan anti-armor missile that fired into the air, it was similar to an airburst shell, but designed for armored vehicles. It would rain burning shrapnel onto any armored vehicles.

At the same time, Black Fox Squadron took off from Montreux Air Force base, now in Helvanic hands. Their orders, along with other squadrons was to make the Hardenburghians feel hell. They began launching AGMs and anti-radiation missiles, AGMs into enemy vehicles and anti-radiation missiles for RADAR and SAM positions. Many fighters were equipped with Sidewinders and Lance 14s for aerial long-medium-short distance targets.

JSTARS were up and flying about giving enemy aerial combatants and enemy ground forces away to the Wehrmacht.

At 1045 Hours, just 5 km north of Erasmusbrug, the 2-SS Korps, spearheaded by the 5th SS-Panzer Division "Gustavmagnus" was ordered to flank; from the north; in four columns of several regiments each, separated roughly by six kilometers each, taking advantage of the Alebcain road network and the flat terrain. Some units even traveled off-roads. Each column was preceded by a forward detachment, a Kampfgruppe of roughly regiment strength, with a battalion each full of tanks, mechanized infantry, and self propelled artillery, a company of engineers, and priority of support from the Luftwaffe. The Corps was also supported by a Luftwehr Division, Heer units devoted to anti-aircraft defence. The weight of 2nd SS Corps was such well maintained that they could forward sweep their enemies out of their front and overwhelm the Alebcain forces before reinforcements could arrive.

At the same time, the 3-SS Korps moved from 5km south of the city. This was the Helvanics pincer move, aimed at surrounding the Hardenburghians. 1st SS-Freiwilligen Korps would take losses, but not as much as they enemy hoped. The 2 SS-Korps had broke through in the north as well. Both formations were doing the same exact style.

As the two corps continued to advance, the bulk of the SS forces-in-Alebcay would follow them. Then once they units pierced the lines, the 2 leading Corps would divert to encircle Erasmusbrug and the others would move West towards Bucher. Electronic warfare planes were flying to jam communications and surviving radar positions. In the air, close support aircraft begin their attack runs using HEAT missiles and autocannons. Bombers flying overhead would target rail lines, and highways as to prevent further reinforcements from reaching the front.

Throughout Western Valoria,
Same time


With increased Allied resistance, the Helvanics quickly launched their cyber war campaign. The Abwehr and TeNO had began by jamming communications, along the frontlines.
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