Scandavian States
17-10-2005, 06:08
Empress Lien Larsen stood with her hands clasped behind her back, looking at a holographic map of Haven. "Right, show me what you have."
"Highness, we have titled this Operation: Shuka. Its objective is the pacification of Hogsweat and the siezure of Hogsweat's colonies. Each portion of the operation will have its own title and plan seperate from other portions, that way if one part of the plan fails initially the entire thing won't be a bust. Every individual portion of the Shuka calls for massive ICCM strikes against logistics and support elements, the destruction or surrender of sea and air elements, and then invasion and occupation by ground forces.
"The first portion is the invasion of Chukraine, titled Operation: Kikka. We have detailed the 1st Expeditionary Fleet, three divisions, and 12 B-106A medium bombers. We didn't dedicate much to this operation because of its small size compared to Doslav or the Outpost.
"The second portion is Operation: Ohka and is aimed against Doslav, the former Freethinkers territory. We've detailed four expeditionary fleets, 39 divisions, and 360 strategic bombers to defeating the garrison there. After the Hogsweat mainland this piece of rock is the best-defended they have and perhaps the most important. It controls the only major man-made canal in Haven and is key to supply Aldea and any far-eastern colonies we may acquire in the future.
"Operation: Baika is what we're calling the pacification of The Outpost. This is another tough nut to crack, however the fact that the entire landmass is within the range of naval guns we've elected to not dedicated much in the way of land forces. 3 Expeditionary Fleets, 4 divisions, and 72 B-101D medium bombers are all that's going to be thrown at this.
"Operation: Karyu is perhaps the most likely to fail due to unknown factors. While the single expeditionary fleet and 24 medium bombers and dismantling the sea and land defenses, four airborne divisions are going to be dropped in the badlands south of Cape Town within a three days march. If the naval and air assets can't significantly effect the composition of the garrison there, then those infantrymen are in for a potentially tough fight. They won't have an heavy armour supporting them and according to our intel there are 800 MBTs and over a thousand artillery pieces located within Cape Town.
"Lastly, but most importantly, is the fighting component of Operation: Shuka, the invasion of the Hogsweat mainland. Everything we have left, excepting Air Martial McLeod's interceptors, two Home Fleets, and four Royal Guards divisions are going to be committed to this. Because so many of our resources are going into this effort, we'll have a great deal of flexibility in case one of the other operations fails and we have to try again."
The Empress had taken this information in rather impassively, but now worry started to show on her face, "General, are we absolutely sure this is going to work? That this won't blow up in our faces spectacularly and that all my father and I have worked to build will be for naught? Because if you aren't sure, I won't authorize this. Hogsweat is perhaps the single most dangerous nation in Haven we could go after, if this fails we are in very big trouble."
Jackson hesitated before answering, "Highness, I believe that if we maintain surprise, victory is assured. As it is, even if our plans are discovered I don't believe Hogsweat has the forces necessary to defeat the Imperium in a war. Their navy is my only real worry but Admiral Jorgensen assures me that we have better ships, better crews, and better weapons. We also, I believe, have quantity on our side, although if Hogsweat pulls out its naval reserve that might not be the case. That's why it is so important to maintain surprise, they won't have time to bring up what they want to."
"And how do we maintain surprise with a mobilization this large?" Lien knew nothing like that had ever been accomplished before.
"Simple, we conduct exercises in the operational areas a week before we commit to battle, they'll be used to our presence by then and when we do strike they'll hopefully be lulled into a sense of complacency," the Imperial Army's commander answered confidently.
"Very well. I will review the holovid privately and then let you know my decisions within a day," the Empress took the video disc and left her palace's War Room.
[There won't be any combat for at least another week, most of the posts until then are going to be movement and training.]
"Highness, we have titled this Operation: Shuka. Its objective is the pacification of Hogsweat and the siezure of Hogsweat's colonies. Each portion of the operation will have its own title and plan seperate from other portions, that way if one part of the plan fails initially the entire thing won't be a bust. Every individual portion of the Shuka calls for massive ICCM strikes against logistics and support elements, the destruction or surrender of sea and air elements, and then invasion and occupation by ground forces.
"The first portion is the invasion of Chukraine, titled Operation: Kikka. We have detailed the 1st Expeditionary Fleet, three divisions, and 12 B-106A medium bombers. We didn't dedicate much to this operation because of its small size compared to Doslav or the Outpost.
"The second portion is Operation: Ohka and is aimed against Doslav, the former Freethinkers territory. We've detailed four expeditionary fleets, 39 divisions, and 360 strategic bombers to defeating the garrison there. After the Hogsweat mainland this piece of rock is the best-defended they have and perhaps the most important. It controls the only major man-made canal in Haven and is key to supply Aldea and any far-eastern colonies we may acquire in the future.
"Operation: Baika is what we're calling the pacification of The Outpost. This is another tough nut to crack, however the fact that the entire landmass is within the range of naval guns we've elected to not dedicated much in the way of land forces. 3 Expeditionary Fleets, 4 divisions, and 72 B-101D medium bombers are all that's going to be thrown at this.
"Operation: Karyu is perhaps the most likely to fail due to unknown factors. While the single expeditionary fleet and 24 medium bombers and dismantling the sea and land defenses, four airborne divisions are going to be dropped in the badlands south of Cape Town within a three days march. If the naval and air assets can't significantly effect the composition of the garrison there, then those infantrymen are in for a potentially tough fight. They won't have an heavy armour supporting them and according to our intel there are 800 MBTs and over a thousand artillery pieces located within Cape Town.
"Lastly, but most importantly, is the fighting component of Operation: Shuka, the invasion of the Hogsweat mainland. Everything we have left, excepting Air Martial McLeod's interceptors, two Home Fleets, and four Royal Guards divisions are going to be committed to this. Because so many of our resources are going into this effort, we'll have a great deal of flexibility in case one of the other operations fails and we have to try again."
The Empress had taken this information in rather impassively, but now worry started to show on her face, "General, are we absolutely sure this is going to work? That this won't blow up in our faces spectacularly and that all my father and I have worked to build will be for naught? Because if you aren't sure, I won't authorize this. Hogsweat is perhaps the single most dangerous nation in Haven we could go after, if this fails we are in very big trouble."
Jackson hesitated before answering, "Highness, I believe that if we maintain surprise, victory is assured. As it is, even if our plans are discovered I don't believe Hogsweat has the forces necessary to defeat the Imperium in a war. Their navy is my only real worry but Admiral Jorgensen assures me that we have better ships, better crews, and better weapons. We also, I believe, have quantity on our side, although if Hogsweat pulls out its naval reserve that might not be the case. That's why it is so important to maintain surprise, they won't have time to bring up what they want to."
"And how do we maintain surprise with a mobilization this large?" Lien knew nothing like that had ever been accomplished before.
"Simple, we conduct exercises in the operational areas a week before we commit to battle, they'll be used to our presence by then and when we do strike they'll hopefully be lulled into a sense of complacency," the Imperial Army's commander answered confidently.
"Very well. I will review the holovid privately and then let you know my decisions within a day," the Empress took the video disc and left her palace's War Room.
[There won't be any combat for at least another week, most of the posts until then are going to be movement and training.]