Istalia

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Quanzar's reconquest: advancing towards the cities
Overcomed the fortified lines on the borders the Istalian forces are heading towards the main towns of the central-sarrentine area although the limitations due to the disastrous Russo's War are making things hard

Battle at the gate of Villaneddìa

July 5617

The advance of the Istalian troops towards the north of the Peninsula has broken and overcome the fortified lines of Quanzar and are now converging towards the major centers of the central-Sarrentine area.

With a notable logistical effort at least fifteen thousand units have been transported by sea to the north-west of the Peninsula where they landed north of Gelamia taking advantage of the almost non-existent presence of Quanzarian forces in the area, recalled to the east in Trivendito, the heart of the Emirate, following the breakthrough of the defense lines along the former Free State-Quanzar border and due to the uprisings underway in almost all the cities of Quanzar, with consequent clashes and urban warfare, which are forcing the authorities to keep many of their troops there.

The Istalian forces are fighting to surround the cities so as to isolate the various local garrisons, internal cells of the Resistance are giving their contribution with lightning-quick assaults against the enemy columns, industrial centers and supply lines, while in the Strait of Missel the naval forces are progressively taking control of the seas.

Unfortunately the conditions of the Istalian army in terms of equipment and means at its disposal are paying the price of the military defeat of the communists, the disarmament impositions imposed by Pontesi and Kafuristan and the years of extreme decline of the years of the Treaty of Shame. The air forces supporting the campaign are constituted almost exclusively by helicopters while the few jets and bombers are keep safe and used just to perform hit and run actions; the Army can count on a limited numbers of tanks and are using mainly old armoured wheeled vehicle; most of the equipements for the logistic has been requisitioned from civilians.
Despite the forecasts of experts and analysts, the proclamations of the new Government and the charisma of Alessandro Appiano-Solari, the undisputed protagonist of the war efforts, the fight against Quanzar is proving harder than expected and while it is undoubted that Quanzar's chances of survival are very low, it is also true that in the current state of things the forecasts indicate very high losses for Istalia and destruction on a large scale in the north of the Peninsula.

To respond to such limitations, as reported in the aftermath of the élections, the government of Pontelasa has become active on the diplomatic level to request support abroad for the war effort of reunification.
It must be said, however, that the fall of the Socialist Republic and the nationalist positions of the new Istalian state have upset several socialist and left-wing governments and in general the country is still paying for the drastic diplomatic isolation caused by the conflict unleashed by Nevio Russo.