The Red War (Spring, 1981 - Fall, 1981)

//Citizens were just given guns and a daily training schedule they didn't stop working all together. Mobilizing the military doesn't shut down factories.

Combined Joint Task Force - Operation Winter Storm
Southern Front

Running off of the successes prior bombing runs, the Khartumian Imperial Air Force continues to increase the range of its bombing runs, now cooperating with fighters coming from the docked Frankish carriers in Istanvania to assault the remaining air fields and work to destroy the remaining air power of the Chernovroski Air Force. Comprised primarily of the aircraft developed by the independent Frankish companies Lockheart and Armistead Noel, the Franks piloting the latest generations, these aircraft were remarkably complex and modern, but the Frankish Air Force could only deploy as many as their carrier fleet could hold, which limited their overall deployment to about ninety aircraft, sixty five of which were fighter craft, flying routes. The Khartumian Imperial Air Force, despite being smaller than the Frankish Air Force, had devoted one hundred and seventy three craft to the operations, artificially expanding their northern long range air bases to account for the mass redeployment of craft. These craft required much larger quantities of fuel to sustain them over their much lengthier runs, but nevertheless operations continued smoothly.

Approximately 180 members of the 71st Imperial Highlanders completed their HALO jumps under the cover of the bombing runs, taking less than ten casualties, the majority of which were suffered when their transport took a direct hit to the cargo compartment, instantly killing them and members of the crew. The pilots managed to bring the vessel to a safe stop outside of Chernovroski territory to be brought in for repairs.

The members of the 71st that had successfully made their marks quickly regrouped and began their assigned task of conducting systematic attacks on both Chernovroski retreating columns and the evacuated Chernovroski military bases with the intention of securing armaments for dissidents and disrupting the retreat with the intention of laving quantities of the Chernovroski Armed Forces stranded outside their fortified cities when the combined WEST and CJTF-OWS forces encircled them.  

Western Front

The Western Front was characterized by a rapid advance across secured lanes of movement. Frankish logistical elements had established secure lines of supply leading into the Chernovroski front, running through Iranistania from the Khartumian Empire and south through Ezic from Gladitoria. These secured routes were cleared of obstacles and held to allow uninterrupted and rapid advance of the CJTF-OWS columns, with secondary access granted to the forces of WEST.

Frankish Artillery quickly moved to dig in at the front, providing long range support for the Walff Marine Corps as they secured territories from the dictatorship. Gladitoria and the Khartumian Empire instead diverted their efforts into a rapid push deep into the Chernovroski territory, mechanized columns aiming to piggyback off the prior miraculous successes of the forces of WEST to encircle the key cities of Chernovrosk, the main effort being directed at the encircling of the Chernovroski capital.

Supported by the Frankish Air Force and Artillery, the combined offensive of the Khartumian and Gladitorian forces was nicknamed Operation Spring Liberation, as per the objective of "liberating" the oppressed people of Chernovrosk by spring time. A secret element of the operation included a joint force of ten operatives from each country, the Khartumians retasking ten of their already-inserted 71st Imperial Highlanders, to pass through the Capital defenses in an attempt to infiltrate it.

The Gladitorian Legion XIII, a semi-autonomous unit composed primarily of war veterans with access to a unique arsenal of weaponry, splits off somewhere along the combined offensive, plunging into the Chernovroski countryside, their intentions difficult to decipher because of their loose attachments to the chain of command.

 //I disagree with your lolpatriot nation, there would likely be a degree of dissent kept under the sheets, just not emerging in violence until the people actually believed they have any sort of chance, nor do I agree with your ability to have such a large supply, but I do agree that the way your defenses collapsed was a bit unfair given that Istanvania barely suffered as it should have. Still, going ahead with this since it seems like its the way things are going.

// I think you guys are giving yourselves more credit than you have earned. You only got rid of my invasion force, blew up 2-3 airfields and busted 2-3 holes in a nationwide fortified border. An accomplishment, but nowhere near a decisive victory. I imported more than enough metals than I would need hence the ooc week of constant shipments. I don't have aircraft anymore, but I still have ground vehicles and a lot of soldiers. You guys are saying you've won before you've fought the second half of the war. As for giving out guns, it's communism the low quality is a given and I have expressed this repeatedly.

Plz close this down soon.