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5637 - Operation Lighthouse Planning,
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February , 5637

Coalition High Command, Fort William, Luthori


Rear Admiral Thomas Steuart-Carmichael stood at the head of the briefing table. Arrayed at the table were the top officers of the Coalition forces; Luthori, Etxea, Kalistan, Dolgava, Davostag, Mordusia and Hutori. The time for planning was past. It was time to move into the present.

He cleared his throat and brought the meeting to order. He was not the highest ranking officer amongst those assembled, but he was the attache from the Hutorian Department of National Defence that had planned the invasion of Kundrati (Hutori had plans to invade everyone and that was too notorious a reputation to avoid) and had adapted this plan for use on a two front war.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, thank you. We are going to get straight to work."

The Hutorian naval officer clicked a button and on the massive screen behind him the battle plans were lit up.

"Operation Lighthouse. We have been perfecting this plan for the past twenty years and like all our battle plans I wished it did not come to this, but this is where we are."

The screen flashed to a full screen of the Kundrati Mainland in red, points lit up all over the nation.

"The first phase of our plan is Lighthouse-I. Elements from the Hutorian and Luthorian Air Forces marshalling from Luthori and Etxea will begin a schemtatic series of strikes across southern Kundrati. These will be targetted at AA emplacements, radar installations, logisitics hubs, fuel depots, airfields and everything else our fighters and bombers can reach. This will happen at the same time as Davostager, Dolgavan and Hutorian air and naval assets begin a massive strike campaign in the north to do the same. More effort and assets have been focused down south. We want the Legion confused as to where we will strike, but to reinforce that we will be invading southern Kundrati. During Lighthouse-I we will be using our subsurface assets to permenantly cripple what is left of the Kundrati Home Fleet; we plan on ensuring that we have total Naval supremacy and air superiority before the first boots hit the ground."

He clicked a button, this time showing southern Kundrati. 

"Lighthouse II will be the first phase of our ground invasion. The port city of Keita is our goal. Elements of the Hutorian 7th Airborne Brigade, the Luthorian 1st Imperial Airborne Division, and the Davostager 8th Spezsag Parachute Brigade, will make an airborne landing to capture critical road crossings and towns. After that we land with the first wave; the Hutorian 1st Marine Division, a brigade of the Luthorian Imperial Marines, and the Davostager 289th Coastal Ranger Company. After we have established our beachead, follow up troops from our respective allied nations will flood into the beaches, and capture Keita. Once the port is ours, we have our beachhead. Lighthouse II we expect further follow up troops from the Hutorian III Corps and V Corps, the Davostager 1st Field Army, the Kalistani Expeditionary Legion, the Luthorian Expeditionary Force, the Mordusian Expeditionary Force and of course the Etxean I Corps. Overall command of this intial phase will be falling to former Etxean President Claudius Nero."

He clicked the botton one more time, this time focusing on northern Kundrati.

"Once the Legion is focused on the south, after three weeks we strike the second hammerblow. Under the overall command of General Max Fletcher, the Hutorian 2nd and 4th Marine Divisions, will sprearhead a landing, supported by the 9th Airborne Brigade. Once we have our beachhead, we begin pushing straight in, with follow up forces from the Davostager 2nd and 3rd Field Armies, the Dolgavan Expeditionary Force, and the I and IV Corps of the Hutorian Royal Army. Our objective is the capture of Riecny Brod. Once the northern port city is under our control, we will have established a two front war to begin to squeeze the Legion."

He turned to the attending officers. Questions?
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Tiberius Claudius Nero, former President of the Kundrati Union
Quote:We currently have on standby around 200,000 soldiers defending the island alongside assets from Luthori which have helped to stem the bleed of the missile attack. Our population is galvanized and ready for a fight so volunteers will be a plenty. This is also not to mention the more than 100,000 troops from Kalistan who are beginning to land in Etxea as we speak, and not to mention the privateers we've hired to prevent shipping in the Jildrath Strait.

My plan is this regarding the assault on Jildrath. After capturing Keita, I will have our forces split in two to swarm Jildrath state. I will group the Commonwealth forces into one, so the Hutorian III and V Corps, Luthorian Expeditionary Force, and the Mordusian Expeditionary Force. The Commonwealth forces will attack the west of Jildrath with the exception of Urdaitz. I will have I Corps Etxea, the Davostager 1 Field Army and the Kalistani Expeditionary Legion secure Urdaitz. From there I Corps Etxea will split in two. One half will, with the Kalistani Expeditionary Legion, mop up any remnants in Jildrath and secure Erregelekua before meeting up with the other half. The other half, with 1 Field Army Davostag will hopefully push towards Aethansk as the highway from there will lead to Kasaema.

When the Commonwealth forces are finished with securing western Jildrath, they will head to Celania. By then I expect the Luthorian Navy to send more soldiers to Papoc and Iratxoa alongside possibly a second corps from Etxea. By then, however, we will have reached the second phase of our ground invasion.

I would like to know what the opinions are regarding this plan. It is essentially securing Jildrath by splitting in half and pushing north and west.
My nation is: [Image: gm9WKO6.png] Kundrati / My party is: Kundrati People's Party
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Col Jesus Martinez-Abernathy, Kalistani Expeditionary Legion

Quote:In a thick Suldanoran accent, heavily influenced by Egelian tone and inflection along with some vocabular slippage, but still mostly in Vrassan

"Commandante, Señor, yes, Gracias.  Col Martinez, Institutional Militia, er....  Expeditionary Legion...

Bueno... I'm not sure about the fighting strength of the other fellers here. Lo que pasa with the Militia is, estos chicos may be pretty enthusiastic, as you will see once they all get formed up.  Whole lot of grab ass and lollygaggin around, sabes?  But I would like to caution you against using them as regular infantry.  

I say that because while we do have a good number of infantry, their specialty is more, shall we say, specialized techniques.  We just came off a training evolution with the Suldanor guys at the Mountain Warfare Training Center up at Lhasa...  lots of rope bridges, rappelling, ice climbing, bouldering, squad tactics, advance unit tactics, demolitions, eh, ya sabes, MOUT stuff, clearing buildings, and special weapons drills.  Les gusta chingar la mierda, you know what I'm saying?

(Relights his cigar)

Esto Punto, and lo siento for smoking in here.  Point is, these guys ain't your typical squad-rush sorta hombres...  they...  well, they're kind of unhinged in a lot of ways, sabes.  Loco en the cabeza, sabes?  They like to blow things up, like to ambush people, like to drop in behind the enemy and f--k sh-- up---  er...  excuse my Canrillaise...  they like to "bring the pain to some fascist ain", sabes lo que digo?  They move fast, they do better when they are moving, but when they get bogged down, I'm gonna say they ain't your best option.  Because the Militia trains to be mobile.

I can't quite tell from your battle plans there, but I think if I'm reading that right, you got the Militia in frontal assault.  And I am not convinced that's gonna do anything but grind these chicos up.  Ya sabes, eh...  Jefe...
uh..  Sir?  I suppose I should say Sir.  Can you feel me sir?

Mira.  I know my men and women.  They want to fight.  Si-  Quieren matar los fascists.  A lot of these guys had family who fought the last time we were over here, and a lot of these guys had family who died in the regular navy.  Including me, Sir.  Mi hermano was on the KRS 403, a destroyer that sunk just out there.  That was, you know, like 24 years ago.  But I still think about him.  We want to fight and we want to help y'all win this.  And we'll do what you need us to do.  I just think we can do a lot more.  Gracias, Jefe."
Primary: Institutionalist Party of Kalistan (IPoK), 5146-

Inactive:
Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK), 2591-
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General Sam Taylor stood up after drinking some of his tea. He had a half serious face, he is the kind of type that believe strongly in having a good and relaxed time when possible, because in battle one had to be serious and straight as an arrow for victory was life and defeat death.

Quote:Gentlemen, crikey forgive me for saying this but I hardly understood a word coming out of the mouth of the Anantonese chap here. Sorry mate, no hard feelings but languages were never my strong suit. But I rise to say something far more important. We gladly follow the plans of our Commonwealth partner, Hutori.

We will not lie, Mordusia isnt an as strong military power as Hutori, Luthori and Kalistan. But our King commands to aid a nation in need of help and so we obey. We learned the hard way in Alduria that planning is neccessary and that alot can go wrong. For Mordusia it is important that we keep up good communication lines and some operational flexibility so that we can easily adapt. Those Legion bastards will be tricky and sneaky, hurting us and blowing up their own to prevent us from advancing, just like those Aldurian junta blokes back in the day.

I was also instructed to announce that next to the 90.000 men we will have in this operation we will bring an additional 6.000 men for the medical teams. We do not have to many engineers with us, so we hope the Luthorians can help us out in that department. 

Now if no one would mind, can I get another cuppa? 1 milk and 2 sugars please
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Tiberius Claudius Nero, former President of the Kundrati Union
Quote:Colonel Martinez, I'm glad you're here.

The fight that I'm overseeing is in a mainly flat terrain, less mountainous than one would expect than if you were in Lirnak or southwestern Peghonai. If I am correct, there are 115,000 Kalistani soldiers currently in Etxea under my command. We can spread them out through Jildrath, my plan's point is to do exactly that so that we don't have any pains in the... pardon my language... ass when we head towards Kasaema.

What I can do to alleviate your concerns is to have the Kalistanis focus on surrounding Urdaitz and let my corps and the Davostagers go in for the slaughter. From there, I can have the Kalistanis do the main brunt of spreading out and securing the rest of the state before meeting us in Pilgon for the push north, preferably having them leapfrog us by coming in before us in securing the smaller towns and causing as much destruction as possible ahead of time in the countryside.

Colonel, what do you think of that plan?

As for the southern front in general, I will not lie to anyone here when I say this will be the bloodiest part of the war. We will all experience huge losses. We must stomach that fact here and now and we must train the soldiers on that fact. The Legionaires see us as traitors and will be training their troops accordingly. They were trained to despise Kalistan and Luthori. They will train their troops accordingly. They, frankly and excuse my language, don't give a shit about Hutori and Davostag... well mainly Hutori. 

And we have that same mentality of wanting to slaughter every Legionaire until there are none left. But this will be a grind and we will get bogged down. I can promise Etxea will be secure during this time, though I can't promise they won't try and screw things up in Etxea. The island is ready to become a logistics hub for this entire southern front. It will be a welcome distraction from the daily bombs. 

But this is something for the long term. We all have the enthusiasm. 

Let's act on it.
My nation is: [Image: gm9WKO6.png] Kundrati / My party is: Kundrati People's Party
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#6
Col Jesus Martinez-Abernathy, Kalistani Expeditionary Legion

Quote:Encantado, Jefe.
As we say, Daylight: she is burning.
The Militia is ready and will carry out your commands, exactamente.  Esparamos su orden.
Primary: Institutionalist Party of Kalistan (IPoK), 5146-

Inactive:
Socialist Party of Kalistan (SPoK), 2591-
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