28-04-2025, 02:59 PM
Battle of Ketia - April 5637 (Backdated)
Coalition war planners had known that Ketia was the key to the entire conflict. It was Kundrati's southern port city, and the shortest supply junction between Etxea across the channel, and the mainland. Coalition war planners knew it; so did the Legion's High Command. No less then three Legion Divisions had fortified the city to a fair thee well, and it was the job of the Coalitions Marine to dig them out, street by painful street, after they secured the landing beaches.
Those beaches, codenamed Cobalt, Ivory, Crimson and Obsidian were tackled by the Hutorian 1st Marine Division, 3rd Marine Division, 1st Luthorian Imperial Marine Division and Davostager 289th Coastal Ranger Brigade respectfully, in addition to Teal beach being tackled by the Etxean I Expeditionary Corps. These beaches had, like the town, been heavily fortified, but the hardened troops of the Coalition had the direct assistance of the marauding air forces, straight from Etxea and the four allied Aircraft Carriers off the coast. Close run fighter bombers, and the weeks of softening by allied airpower, had broken down the beach defences significantly which eased the approach the Marines. Obisian and Ivory beaches were to the west, while Crimson, Cobalt and Teal were to the east.
The advance elements of the 1st Hutorian and 2nd Marine Expeditionary Regiment push aggressive north and west, forming a hardened perimeter around the beach, while the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Regiment, and the Davostager Coastal Rangers push hard into the town from the west. The process was repeated on the east, with the Luthorians holding the perimeter, while the 3rd Hutorian Marine Division, crashed into the town from the east and north. Naval artillery and airstrikes, collapsed most of Ketia, and block by brutal block, the Marines performed a harsh clearing the city, eventually forcing the Kundrati defenders to fold.
The Kundrati defenders, held off hoping for relief from the north, but commanders in the city had been made aware that Hutorian, Luthorian and Davostager Airborne forces had already secured the north of the city and were holding off any relief in addition to the distraction of Teal Beach to the far east which further diluted the Legion counter offensive. After two weeks of brutal fighting, the final Kundrati defenders finally surrendered.
Coalition war planners had known that Ketia was the key to the entire conflict. It was Kundrati's southern port city, and the shortest supply junction between Etxea across the channel, and the mainland. Coalition war planners knew it; so did the Legion's High Command. No less then three Legion Divisions had fortified the city to a fair thee well, and it was the job of the Coalitions Marine to dig them out, street by painful street, after they secured the landing beaches.
Those beaches, codenamed Cobalt, Ivory, Crimson and Obsidian were tackled by the Hutorian 1st Marine Division, 3rd Marine Division, 1st Luthorian Imperial Marine Division and Davostager 289th Coastal Ranger Brigade respectfully, in addition to Teal beach being tackled by the Etxean I Expeditionary Corps. These beaches had, like the town, been heavily fortified, but the hardened troops of the Coalition had the direct assistance of the marauding air forces, straight from Etxea and the four allied Aircraft Carriers off the coast. Close run fighter bombers, and the weeks of softening by allied airpower, had broken down the beach defences significantly which eased the approach the Marines. Obisian and Ivory beaches were to the west, while Crimson, Cobalt and Teal were to the east.
The advance elements of the 1st Hutorian and 2nd Marine Expeditionary Regiment push aggressive north and west, forming a hardened perimeter around the beach, while the 3rd Marine Expeditionary Regiment, and the Davostager Coastal Rangers push hard into the town from the west. The process was repeated on the east, with the Luthorians holding the perimeter, while the 3rd Hutorian Marine Division, crashed into the town from the east and north. Naval artillery and airstrikes, collapsed most of Ketia, and block by brutal block, the Marines performed a harsh clearing the city, eventually forcing the Kundrati defenders to fold.
The Kundrati defenders, held off hoping for relief from the north, but commanders in the city had been made aware that Hutorian, Luthorian and Davostager Airborne forces had already secured the north of the city and were holding off any relief in addition to the distraction of Teal Beach to the far east which further diluted the Legion counter offensive. After two weeks of brutal fighting, the final Kundrati defenders finally surrendered.