NationStates Jolt Archive

OOC: only those who signed up at the earlier thread may enter. Begin the war (I've got to go, but will post back soon
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The forces of the nation of Terai had assembled in the south, alongside their allys. Prince Alexin could spy the enemy approaching from the north through a zoomlense. He sighed, then thought Well, at least if we lose this we won't truly die. I hope it dosen't come to that though. He paced back and forth across the area of the tent that was his quarters in the hastily contructed HQ. The men had formed a defensive line in front and to the sides of the base

Each line had 500 men, 5 tanks and 50 of the powered armors, with 500 men and 50 armors in the HQ. The fighters were on-station at a nearby airbase.

The Prince decided to take a walk along the lines to stretch his legs. As he walked, he offered short words of encourgement to the soldiers. They were some of Terai's best, and he had complete confidence in them, to win, or failing that, to make a battle worth remeberance.

He walked back, and sat down. He hoped his allys would prove warriors worthy of his alleigance (He is sort of arrogant)


OOC: One thing I COMPLETELY forgot to mention that I should have said earlier is that, though it doesn't make *much* differeance (except for reactions to them), well, they aren't human. They are sort of like humaniod shaped arthopods. They still walk on 2 legs and have 2 arms, but thats where some of the simliarites end. Examples of differance: They have exo-skeletons. Their' hands and feet are shaped differently, making it difficult for humans to use their equipment, and vice versa. They can't speak most human langauges (they can still understand) without translators (everyone above like a corperal has one, but below that don't, due to tech costs )

Premier Yoni of Concador Read his report worriedly; the enemy was more powerful than expecteed. Nevertheless, he was confidant in his men and allies. The closest enemy to him was thhe forces of the nation of Terai, and so decided to carry out a quik attack to crush him right from the start. He sent a message to his Field General ordering him to send 1,000 men with ten tanks behind them to make the first move of this war. Tonight.

Front lines
Joe Perol was nervous. He had absolutely no faith in his superiors' desicions. If, however, he wanted to survive he would have to listen to them. General Forgo had called his regiment outside to tell them the newly formed plan of attack.
"Men, you are Concador's finest. You are their first line. You cand Conquer anything in your way!" the General shouted.
As much as Joe wanted to oppose the battle, he felt himself getting drawn into a battle rage. The men all yelled, "For Concador!" He yelled too.
The General Raised a hand for silence. The men quieted obligingly."YYpu nimber a thousand Men with ten tanks to bolster your ranks. Give 'em all you got!" He finished off. The men moved slowly toward an enemy line under a cloak of darkness.

IC: Sgt. Zachary Jules pushed his flak helmet up on his head. His helmet was emblazoned with the Clan Zephyr Eagle insigna, and as he looked at the rest of his special ops unit of fifty men, he was proud to see many zephyr eagles among their ranks. Suddenly, an order was barked from the combat radio he had sitting next to him. He listened intently, as the order was repeated once, then the radio was silent. They had been sitting at the edge of a vast plain, and now it was time to move. Zach clapped his hands twice, picked up his rifle, and ran off with the rest of his unit. Ten minutes later, support troops moved in, picked up the small base, and disappeared. fifteen minutes after the order had come in, there was no trace of the Shades.
Amir Shein was unhappy. "What do mean, we've got problems with fuel for our aircraft? Very well, let us hope that Shiva helps those who help themselves, because we need help. Very well, rush fuel for the planes. meanwhile, radio Terai. get us air support, we will die today, but, god willing, more of them will.
With a wave of his hand, the message was passed, and one thousand troops leaped into movement, running along the line of troops to the west towards the mountain range. Three thousand moved forward slowly, marching toward the troops far in front of them. the primary strike force was flanked by three medium tanks and one heavy on each side.

The Prince's time for rest was ended that night, when a sentry spotted what appeared to be figures moving in the distance, comnig from across the field. He quickly got out of bed and looked out through the zoomlense and what he saw confirmed the scouts report. "Damnit!" He ran out and alerted the men. "On guard! Ready your weapons! The enemy approaches!" The men took aim with their drivers at the figures in the shadows. the 5 tanks of the line that was being approached began to aim at the 10 enemy tanks. The prince said "On my mark, perforate them, and may Tera have mercy upon them."


Meanwhile, at the radio bunker of the HQ, the soldier their recieved a commincation requesting air support from teh Tichang forces. He replied that a wing was being prepped for launch, eta about 30 standard minutes

OOC: not much but it’s a start



High commander Jones looked out on the battlefield. He had 15,000 of his best troops and he would use them to his best abilities. He didn’t like having a small force but it was all about the skill he had as a leader that would determine if he would win of lose. Soon he would see just how good he really was. his troops began moving forward.

The Command vehicles were abuzz with activity, as the troops began to move. Recon was established, and maps were drawn and plotted. behind the three thousand attack line, the rest of the troops began to move.
The troops were about five hundred feet away, when fifteen snipers in the attack group began to open fire into the massed Concadorian soldiers. (ooc. Concador, it is your job to decide on casualties, add it to ur next post.)
I.C. At one hundred feet, the rest of the troops started to fire. The tanks took advantage of the covering fire of the Terai forces, and added their shells to the mix.
ooc sorry, I have to go. be back soon AFK

Joe had nightvision goggles, but he might as well not have for all the good it did him. They weren't the best money could buy, so he couldn't be sure, but he thought he saw something up ahead. He heard radio Chatter from the tanks ". . . Enemy up ahead, aiming, ready to engage upon order. . ." At least the government thaought to give someone good goggles, he thought angrily. He strained to hear some more ". . . requesting air suppoert. . ." Joe groaned. Air Support? he'd seen more dangerous beetles than the airplanes his country had. Either way he realized it would take a while to come. An explosion suddenly knocked the thoughts from his head. He threw himself flat so he wouldn't get hit by the shrapnel of what had been a tank Behind him. The remainng tanks opened fired on the enemy position. Men On his side yelled in agony as they were hit (25 men). The ones who weren't hit Fired back. The battle had Begun!

(I actually was about to open fire when concador advanced more, but, who cares.)

"FIRE! Let death claim them!!! For Terai!!" were the battlecries of the men as the entire Terain army open fire at once. If you had a millisecond exposure camera at took a photo at that instant, it would look like a HUGE black cloud streaking through the air at the concadorian forces. The men in the front lines must have barely had time to scream as the rounds impacted. The whithering hail continued, with the tanks and powered armor joining in the barrage.


Meanwhile, the fighters were just lifting of the ground at the airbase 20 miles away. It shouldn't take the 15 craft that long to get here.

High commander Jones to leader of Concador forces

we have all 60 of are aircraft ready for attack. we know you have troops attacking and we would like to give you air support we have.

20 Tornado GR1s armed with 2 AIM-9 sidewinder missiles and one JP233 (runway destroyer)

20 F-16s armed with 6 AIM-9s

20 Jaguar GR1s armed with 8 Maverick anti tank missiles and 2 AIM-9s

Just tell us were you want them and there their

The Command tent was just set up when General M. Ray heard explosions in the distance. "Damn, were late... John, get me the Battalion commanders"

"Yes sir" and john left the tent running towards the staging area. In 2 minutes he arrived back with all 5 commanders.

"Gentlemen, I want you to hit them hard and fast. Never give up any and I mean ANY land to them with ease. Fight hard. You guys no the drill, I want you to hit them with everything you got, so them no mercy. And Colin I’m going to hold you into reserve, I got an idea and it includes you. Dismissed!"

The 4 other commanders left for their tanks as fast as they could. General Ray had a bold plan and it was waiting in the men’s tanks for them to read.

3 companies took up the front line; they looked for some small hills but hills nonetheless. They set up a defensive position and waited. The 300 men had 5 LAVIII's just behind them and 2 Paladin M109A6's behind them.

Across the Terain lines, there were few injurys (My men are entrenched pretty well) but there were some, include 5 fatal. The prince was shouting out orders as an unarmed terain medic rushed by, running to help the injured regardless of who's side they were on. Alexi (the prince) cried " No, wait, look out!" but it was too late. the medics were cut down by concadorian fire. "Damnit! Make them pay! Kill them!" Alexi grabbed the rifle of a fallen solider and started firing quick and, he hoped, deadly shots into the concadorin ranks. "Die you murderous bastards!!!" he yelled, round after round after round ejecting from his gun.

Joe heard the tanks Firing off behind him, and saw explosions in the enemy lines. His radio told him to Keep firing. He did. His radio also told him air support was coming From a Concordian base and Nebarrie Primes. He thanked God. Men were screaming all around him. Many lay on the ground--still. He could see about a 25 were dead. How many more that he couldn't see? he couldn't know.
Message to Nebarrie Prime
"Get those planes over the enemy-- stop them from getting us and hurt them, no, Kill 'em all! 15 of my planes are already in the air on there way." Premier Yoni was telling High Commander Jones.
"Yes, sir" He saluted.

With the answer from Concador. Jones sent 5 Jaguars and 10 F-16s to take out ground targets. In five minutes they were of ready to take out some enemy forces. They would be there in one 3 minutes. He then ordered 2,000 troops, 10 APCs, 5 tanks, all five light artillery guns, and all five AH-64s to move ahead and attack the enemy forces.

Tanks rolled by the command tent, on their way to complete their objective. The force included 500 soldiers, 25 Challenger 2’s, 10 LAVIII’s, 5 ADATS, and 4 Paladin M109A6’s. The Force moved out, passing by the small defense force defending the base, moved with great speed heading towards the enemies base. With the Battalion they had 2 CF-24 Falcons Flying overhead to keep the skies clear of enemy ground attack fighters.

Right behind that force was the 2nd Armored Battalion with the same amount of forces just with 25 Leopard 2A6's. These men had the job to protect the flanks of the 1st. And they weren’t going to let that happen.

Amir Shein shouted to the air liason in his CV (command vehicle) to get the planes in the air. Fuel had finally been brought, and the Su's were impatient to get off the tarmac.
The main battle force of the Tichangese army reached firing range, and fire they did. Five streaks of fire lanced out from the advance force and exploded, sending men flying into the air, propelled by beehive grenades.

Through the firing, He heard his officer call. "You fellas, come with me." He crawled on to the left with about a hundred followers. "Awright, guys. We's gonna go about 100 yards west, then move forward and catch the enemy unawares in the side. It'll draw fire off the rest of the assault force and the reinforcements that are comming" Somewhere in the lines several explosions occured. Joe could see a few bodies fly through the air. The 100 men crawled off.

Suddenly, out of the darkness, one thousand Tichangese troops body charged the battle. The soldiers faltered slightly when they came upon the Concadorian strike force, but as the attackers numbered a tenth of the Tichang troops, they were quickly dealt with.

OOC: Somehow you knew where my entire strike force was. well, at least state your losses!

Somehow Joe saw something he couldn't believe. Too many soldiers too count suddenly charged out. He fought hard but when only he and a few others were left, he fled, cursing his superiors

Ooc: sorry, was going to charge then anyway, but sweet extra I guess. :rolleyes: since we were'nt well prepared, and your forces were ready for a fight, we lose ten fireteams (200 soldiers)
IC. The Tichangese, filled with religious fervor, stepped over the mixed bodies of their dead and that of their foes, chasing those who fled.
The Joint Commander was confused, He had thought that there were to be eight armies on the field, but had seen only three. He decided that it must be that there was a surprise planned. He hoped it was for his enemies. "Move up the remaining tanks to cover our rear"

Alexi shouted "Come, let us assit our brave allies! Over the top! Attack!" The Terain forces quickly charged over their fortifications and gavce chase to the retrating enemy."

Meanwhile, the newly arrived Terain fighters zoomed overhead, taking strafing runs at the escaping Concadorians.

The planes moved in targeting enemy forces at the main battle line. The Jaguars fired their missiles first at enemy tanks then into the trenches. The F-16s at the time only had air-to-air missiles and instead fired there Vulcan cannons into the trenches. On the ground the troops arrived the artillery began to pound the enemy line as best they could. As the tanks and APCs moved forward to take out other targets near the front. The AH-64s were running cover over them. as the troops added the fire of snipers assault rifles and miniguns and anti tank rockets.

Joe stumbled back into camp, yelling about a huge force headed for the Fegiments flank. Whichever officers heard him knew that this couldn't happen if the assaualt force was to survive. " I want groups 7,8,9, and 10 (ooc: each Battlegroup has 100 men)," those battlegoups were the best defensive groups there, and the only ones with snipers to boost. "I want two of the six tanks left to back 'em up too!" he yelled. Men and tanks Began to move, Just as 15 P-51s appeared over head.

OOC: just so you know the P-51s you have have 6 air-to-air missiles and 6 Vulcan cannons so if you attack ground its with the guns or your mostly wasting missiles

The P-51s Flew on, in an attempt to keep back the oncoming Teraian fighters

The Sky Scythe fighters could easily outmanouver a p-51, but, even that advantage is stretched thin when outnumbered 6.666666666666 to 1

The Sky Scythes easily dodged the p51s attempts to get a lock at first, but then the pilots started running out of options as swarms of p-51s closed in around them. After a quick order from the commander, the pilots flew out into the swarms, then flipped what is basically an "I know I am going to die, but I am going to take you with me, you bitches!" switch. It seals the engines exhast and output valves, cuasing a catastrophic overload and than BOOOOOOOOOM!, the night sky was illuminated with a great orb of flame, engulfing all the p51s and sky scythes.

The SU-27s banked away from the conflagration, then moved on to the F-16s. Meanwhile, the side attack force pressed on against the western flank of the Concadorian forces. The tank force of the Nebarri_primans was hit by no less than 170 ground-based Anti-tank missiles.
(ooc: My fireteams have 10 gunners, 2 snipers, 2 special weapons and 6 Mgers-do the math!)

The Terain forces continued their charge until they were at teh permeter of gunrange of the enemy base. Then they stopped and the tanks opened fire, their massive guns bombarding the Concadorian HQ

As the SU-27s moved in the F-16s moved in to engage them. some getting locks and destroying targets. Others just tried to stay away from getting locked onto. At the tank force the tanks had been devastated. but with there destruction cam a rain of fire coming from the AH-64s as they shot into the crowd of troops. Vulcan cannon and missiles blasting into there force sending tens into the air and hiting hundreds

The Terain troops took cover as the tanks exploded around them, those with powered armor fired their guns at the helocopters with varying degrees of success, 75 soldiers died from missles and cannons

As the troops ran for cover the Helicopters opened fire on the armored troops as they slowly polled back threw the firefight one AH-64 was hit and started spinning down it crashed its missiles exploding. Destroying everything it landed on and anything within 10 meters of the wreck. Just then the Jaguars came overhead firing more missiles into the troops the AH-64s moved out with this to rearm. The Jaguars moved up to help the F-16s with there last missiles. Though they only held two AIM-9s.

OOC: how many are injured by the helicopters

The 2 Armored Battalions had reached the middle of the battlefield with no resistance, the 2 commanders couldn't believe how fare they have come with no loss.

"This is ridicules, no one troop yet. This has to be a trap." Major Murray said the General Ray.

"Keep moving, I got more men on the way to keep you safe."

The Battalions started up and continued on their move.

Joe did everything he could to hold back the huge charge at the main line. To his left, the western flank defenders open fired. He prayed that the west line would hold, but he was pretty sure that the mian line would hold-- and he also Knew that he was a dead man if it didn't.
Back At The Concordian Base
Premier Yoni was dictating an Urgent Message to Deraptes. "Concordian forces and Nebarrian forces are engaged in an attack. Please send reinforcemens (a lot), for I fear disaster on that front."

I give Nebbarrie prime Full control of my army, as I will be away for a few days.
My force in this battle are are: 15 p-51's (All were destroyed)
1,000 troops (350 killed)
10 tanks (4 destroyed)
Please use the troops reservedly. If no other option is present retreat from this battle.

OOC: I guess I came too late. Well, sorry, but I guess I can't RP in this.

OOC: not to late other then you 2 other people still have to start

The Tichangese troops had stopped advancing, skirmishing lightly with the enemy troops, but mostly covering the men firing missiles up into the air battle above. The SU-s were holding up, but the number of enemy combatants was beginning to take its toll.

ooc: I'm back!

OOC: as you can see not much has happend

ooc: why?
IC: Premier Yoni called his chief general over, "General Byron, How many of our troops are still kicking?"
"'bout five hundre sir, with a tank or two left."
"Do you think they can make it?" yoni asked.
The general shook his head sadly, "No, not without that aid from Deraptes, in spite of Nebarrie Primes help."
"And can they escape?"
"Nope, The Tichangese will press their charge if we turn our backs."
"Well then, send in more men!"
"No sir! it's hopeless." The general blurted out.
"Then tell them to retreat, at least some will live. And send out 2,000 men with 25 tanks and 25 planes to meet them to cover their retreat." The General nodded

OOC: i dont know i will add a post here soon right now im going to eat some left over pizza

Premier Yoni couldn't believe he had ordered a retreat (No Concadorian leader had ever done that before). He called General Byron on the radio, "On second thought, let the retreating force make a stand when it meets the reinforcements. A crushing defeat could do terrible things to the morale of our troops."

To Nebarri Prime
"My forces are falling back and will be met with reinforcements. I am informing you of this in case you want to fall back too."

Radio to Tank Commander "Enemy Troops spotted, requesting orders."

A squad had found the Concador forces retreating, and with that the whole battalion had stopped and started to get ready to strike.

4 Paladin M109A6’s stopped and got ready to hit the area with everything they had, the crew raced as fast as they could to prepare the ensuing encounter. The Paladin's had set up at the back of the Battalion, a good bit from were the battle would occur.

Tank Commander “Troops wait until the first 3 shots before you attack; tanks will lead”

Paladin Commander “FIRE!”

4 Paladins fired.

Just as Joe heard the first shots fired from the enemy line (30 killed) the reinforcements appeared about 500 yards away. The radio in his ear crackled to life "Don't stop just keep moving so we're harder to hit. After about 200 yards entrench yourselves and we'll soon be joined by the new soldiers."
Premier Yoni to Aviation Commander
"Tell me, Commander Frews, Are any enemy aircrqaft on their way to the battle?"
"Not that we know of, sir."
"How about this Idea to help our troops: Send out 25 planes to cover our men, and have the planes already there do everything they can Agains Ardessia's force," The commander looked shocked at this idea of using air-to-air weapons against ground targets."Yes, I know it is unconventional, but without enemy planes they're not doing anything so why not? And as soon as planes appear they can come back and leave the new 25 planes to handle it."
"All right," aid the Commander, "But lets make it a continuous rotation of 25 planes (one group attacking, one refueling and rearming, and one covering our men), with 10 here at all times as back-up."
The call wwent out over the radio ". . . And tanks are your primary targets. If it is more expediant to hit infantry, do that. . ."

IC to Nebari Prime:
"That wasn't a retreat--it was just to help set us up for a crushing blow," the Premier had just thought this up and got the OK, with a few changes, from his generals. "You can come around Ardessia's flank and attack them, while I push forward. We will crush them soundly, and, with your air superiority you can block reinforcements. If you need I cand send troops to aid in holding back reinforcements, or planes to defend your bombers."

We have a full 5000 troops moving into the flanking positions as well as about 2,000 with your solders and 5 203mm cannon artillery tanks. But 15 of our aircraft are still in the air fighting some SU-27s. But we still have 10 F-16s that will help in anti-air as well as 15 Jaguar GR1s that have anti-tank weapons and 20 Tornado GR1s with anti-runway weapons. We can use the anti-runway weapons to our advantage after all they drop two types of weapons over a long stretch. Why not drop them over the attacking force.

OOC: the weapons they use are

1. Many small bombs that are made to brake up the runway
2. Many mines made to keep repair crews off the runway

(OOC) Sorry for the late reply.

When the missiles and bombs hit they had disabled or destroyed or killed: 5 Challenger 2’s, 2 LAVIII’s destroyed, 2 LAVIII’s out of action, 40 men killed, 20 men injured, 2 ADATS destroyed, and 5 Challenger out of action.

Tank Commander “SPREAD IT OUT!!! GET ME AIR SUPPORT! NOW!”

With that, all of Ardessia’s planes took off. 12 CF-24 Falcons and 5 Harriers raced for the battle zone. 2 ADATS moved into position, aimed and fired 8 missiles at the planes hitting their position.

The whole Battalion spread out to counter the missiles being fired. In area where the 4 Paladin M109A6’s been firing the 2nd Battalion had arrived behind them.

With the force now doubled, the tank commander now told his troops to move out. 1st Battalion headed straight for the main force while the 2nd Battalion split into 2 and moved to the flanks of the fist.

With 8 M109A6’s, the bombardment increase extremely, providing a blank of smoke as the troops advanced

ooc: Who is the "main force"?

IC:Joe heard the Command on the radio to attack. He began firing at the enemy, Knowing that on Ardessia's flank Nebari Primes troops were doing the same. Also, all reinforcements would be cut off from Ardessia, it seemed. In spite of the fact he saw two P-51's go down, he had to hand it to his superiors this time; they'd done well. He saw Nebarri airplanes joining the fray. With all this and 25 tanks behind them, they would smash the enemy into nothingness.
Back at HQ
Premier Yoni listened to the words of his Aviation Commander "So you see, we can't let that Ardessian Air support get through--we won't be able to concentrate on their reinforcements. . ." The commander left off for the premier to finish.
"So we'll take the 25 aircraft circling the air above our troops engage them," the premier followed up. He knew that The Commander had built him up to this conclusion, but he was proud of it all the same.

OOC: you are.