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The planning had gone well. Extreme elements of the Socialist Way secretly calling itself the Mexican Liberation Army which had occupied the left wing of Mexican Politics, had been dismayed at how Mexican standards of living for most were still substandard and the politics itself had been corrupt and serving private interests of people in high power. They had managed to secretly arm and train around a Hundred Thousand Fighters secretly calling itself the Mexican Liberation Army in camps mainly in the less populated Baja California Sur Province and in Sinaloa Province where they were concentrating most of their effort. Some cells had been deployed all over the nation, where they would incite Mexican Military Units to rebel. In the Capital Ciudad Juarez a task force would be sent to capture the Presidential Residence consolidating control. Then on March 14th at around midnight, the operation codenamed "Hammerblow" would go ahead.

 

The sudden explosion of multiple attacks across the country aimed at seizing the strategic points would at first take the authorities by surprise, with La Paz in Baja California Sur Province plus Culiacán and Mazatlán in Sinaloa Province easily falling. Capturing a sizeable cache of arms, the two provinces would be declared part of a 'Mexican Revolutionary Republic' by the MLA's leader Jose Manuales. The attempt to topple the Mexican Government would fail as the MLA assault teams in Ciudad Juarez were mowed down by rapid response units of the Mexican National Army, although pockets of MLA territory would be formed in Aguascalientes, with Nayarit Province being overrun that same afternoon.

 

Government responses would be mostly successful in destroying MLA attack squads, but unfortunately they would be unable to stop the MLA securing a sizeable portion of territory and military equipment. The Ensenada Division which was an All Female Infantry Division deployed in the eastern coastal area of Baja California Sur in the City of Loreto, would be attacked and the Division would surrounded in a pocket around the city and cut off. Under heavy pressure, the female soldiers would fight furiously all day, using their artillery and support from Mexican Air Force B-1B Lancer Strategic Bombers operating from bases in Sonora Province to hold off MLA attacks throughout the day, managing to secure their positions against all odds. 

 

 

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It would be decided to evacuate the Division, although they would manage to hold a sizeable perimeter around the city, including the Loreto International Airport which the Mexican Air Force was hoping could be held, so they could use it to evacuate the Ensenada Division Brigade by Brigade. However it was under constant fire from 81mm and 120mm Mortars, with the positions protecting it under pressure. Air dropped supplies into the perimeter would though keep the defenders supplied with ammunition and fuel until they would be rescued. Time would tell how this would go.

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March 16th

 

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The pocket would be assaulted all along the perimeter by continuous MLA attacks, forcing the Ensenada Division to yield ground in the northern end of the pocket. The northern outskirts of Loreto would become part of the new line, bringing destruction to this area of the city. The Mexican Air Force would manage along with help from small vessels using the Marina in the City to get most of one Brigade out. However the equipment would be left behind, though most of it would be disabled.

 

 

March 17th

 

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The pocket continued to come under severe assault, losing more ground in the north. Evacuation from the Marina finally ended as it was overrun by a major thrust by MLA assault groups. The defenders continued to execute delaying actions, with an action just west of the Airport by a Sergeant Maria Lozenes, who managed to hold off a thirty man strong MLA assault with just her MG3 General Purpose Machine Gun, with her comrades passing her ammunition. Her heroism would result in several severely wounded being recovered and evacuated,

 

Elsewhere they held on, the Female Soldier showing grit and determination. Most were covered in grime and sweat, but continued to hold their own. MLA casualties were horrific as their assaults were broken up by accurate mortar and machine gun fire, disrupting their co-ordination and movements. The effort of these soldiers would allow the Mexican Air Force to continue their evacuation.

 

 

March 18th
 
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The pocket shrunk further as the defenders was down to just One Brigade of the Division remaining. The final deployments of the defenders were made, with a counter attack being made west of the Airport to gain some vital breathing space. Evacuation was continuing, with most of the Division's equipment including all of its artillery pieces now destroyed. The main effort was now geared towards holding the MLA back while the last of the Division was evacuated. Casualties up to this point had been seventy killed and three hundred and fifty eight wounded, a terrible toll especially for the Female Unit.
 
 
March 19th
 
The last of the defenders would be evacuated, covered by massive Mexican Air Force attacks which would hold the MLA units in their siege positions, unable to move under a rain of high explosive. At around midday the final C-130J-30 Super Hercules Transport Aircraft lifted off, the Airport runways and buildings being soon after systematically destroyed by a mass air bombardment by a squadron sized raid of B-1B Lancer Strategic Bombers.
 
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Elsewhere, the front had been quiet. However the MLA was planning an invasion of Sonora Province from the south, with the intention of seizing coastal territory for use as bases for fast boat raids of Government shipping in the Gulf of California. They also wanted to capture more resources and equipment to aid in their war effort, with Navojoa the fifth-largest city in Sonora Province and its strategic location a major objective.
 
The build up would continue, with the first phase of causing mayhem to the Gulf of California via the use of Boat Borne Raiding Parties against Mexican Government sea lanes. This would divert resources to the protection of these sea lanes and divert attention to the main threat. The MLA war effort would now go up a gear....
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March 20th

 

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The MLA attack into Sonora Province opened at around dawn with Six Thousand Soldiers attacking into the area accompanied by a column of Sixty M2HB Heavy Machine Gun and BGM-71 TOW Anti Tank Launcher armed Technical 4x4 Vehicles advancing along Highway Fifteen. Armed with Carl Gustav 84mm Recoilless Rifles and RPG-7 Rocket Launchers, they advanced rapidly, making thirty miles in four hours. The 9th Infantry Division which lay in the attack's path was pushed back, suffering thirty six killed and eight seven wounded. Nineteen Humvee 4x4 Vehicles were destroyed along with Fifty Three M520 Goer 4 x 4 Trucks. The unit would manage to slow the MLA assault, with it finally being halted short of Navojoa.

 

The first combat deployment and use of the Durango Short Range Ballistic Missile (Based on the SS-1 Scud-B) against the MLA would result in fifteen missiles fired that day. Although it's chronic inaccuracy, disruption to MLA supply columns was achieved and contributed to the MLA attack running out of steam.

 

 

March 21st to 22nd

 

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The MLA assault was again directed at Navojoa, but efforts were also made to expand the captured territory to the northeast and northwest. MLA strength had been increased to Ten Thousand and in two days would be increased further to Twelve Thousand as these attacks went on. Further gains would be made against a defending force which had been increased to Four Divisions, with one being a Mechanised Division preventing their capture of Navojoa, though the Navojoa National Airport, a small airport located 5 miles south of Navojoa was captured.

 

Further launches of Durango Short Range Ballistic Missiles which were this time aimed along Highway Fifteen itself, would manage to destroy a forward supply camp and kill thirty seven fighters in one strike. However the MLA would continue to place pressure, forcing the Mexican Government to begin deploying a further Two Divisions into the area to bring strength in Sonora Province to Five Divisions, with another being earmarked as a reserve force.

 

 

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March 23rd to 25th

 

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The MLA advance continued with further gains made against the lacklustre Mexican National Army defence. Navojoa was secured without any opposition, securing vital supplies including hundreds of crates of AK-47 Assault Rifles, AKM Assault Rifles, AKMS Assault Rifles, Machine Guns and other small arms, plus several 75mm, 105mm and 155mm Howitzers with plentiful ammunition. These supplies would be vital for the MLA war effort, with some of these crates being shipped to the other front on the Baja California Peninsula.

 

These advances up the coast would further strengthen the MLA stranglehold on the entrance to the Gulf of California. It also would force the sacking of the Government Forces Commander and his replacement would immediately begin plans to regroup further north as the stands made so far had been futile.

 

 

March 26th to 29th

 

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The crisis would continue, with the Mexican Government ordering a series of withdrawals to prevent the MLA from conducting battles of encirclement which their tactics were attempting. On the 27th Ciudad Obregon the second largest city in Sonora Province fell, a massive blow to the Mexican Government, yielding more supplies and weapons to the MLA.

 

However the MLA advance was now running out of steam as the Mexican Government units in front of them were now reorganised into an effective force, slowly grinding down the MLA fighters strength and morale. On the 29th, the MLA assault was halted and further advances called off until supplies which had been captured could be distributed and put into use.

 

 

On the Baja California Peninsula Front it was almost a static conflict with sporadic contacts along the Province border areas, with Highway One being the centre of most of these contacts. They mainly were of small MLA infiltration units attempting to flank behind the Government units isolating Baja California Sur. However so far no MLA fighters had managed to break the siege lines.

 

The Air War had begun on March 27th with strikes made by F-16E Falcon Multi Role Aircraft utilising CBU-87 Combined Effects Munitions to destroy MLA Mortar and Machine Gun positions. Further strikes by F-14E Super Tomcat Multi Role Fighters on deep penetration missions would attack using GBU-24 Paveway III 2000lb Bombs on underground MLA base camps in Sierra de la Laguna HP in the south of Baja California Sur in an attempt to disrupt MLA command operations.

 

These would be the first stage of a sustained air campaign to come.

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March 30th to April 4th

 

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The MLA Assault continued with thrusts towards Guaymas and the main objective of the Province Capital Hermosillo. The attacks again pushed back the incompetent Mexican National Army units, causing shock and disarray. It took five days for the MLA to encircle and capture Guaymas, plus destroy the Mexican Government units who lacked fuel, ammunition and coordination. The front line was shattered, with the Senora Front pushed to just under fifty miles south of Hermosillo. Guaymas port facilities had been captured intact, with the front coming parallel to the northern border of Baja California Sur Province, with allowed easier supply between the two MLA territories across the Gulf of California.

 

 

April 5th to 6th

 

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The MLA offensive continued, though resistance was stiffening. Attacks were aimed at extending influence along the coast, plus gain ground towards Hermosillo itself. They made steady progress, but they were now losing more fighters and vehicles as the Mexican National Army seemed to be using better tactics and utilising the use of local counterattacks to blunt the forward MLA line.

 

By the evening of April 6th, the MLA attack finally ran out of momentum, with their supply lines stretched to the maximum length sustainable and their units low on ammunition. Then came the Mexican counterattack.

 

 

April 7th to 9th

 

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The Mexican National Army had over the previous week deployed fresh units into the line, preparing to strike as the MLA attack reached its limit. On the morning of April 7th at five am, the counterattack began. Supported by constant air support from the Mexican Air Force and launches of Durango Short Range Ballistic Missiles, the assault broke through the exhausted MLA units.

 

The first use of the Viper/Merkava Mark IIB Main Battle Tank in combat would be decisive, as the 1st Armoured Division charging down the Highway ripped through the MLA line, destroying at least a Hundred Technical 4x4 Vehicles. A second Armoured Column outflanking the MLA units along the coast and reaching the coast east of Guaymas on the evening of the 8th. Hours later the remnants of the MLA units deployed near the coast were drove into a pocket around the City.

 

Elsewhere the MLA units fell back, losing ground they had easily captured a few days before. Panic now gripped the MLA Leadership, as they received news that their offensive had now turned into a panicked retreat, against a force which had been a day or two before seeming to be a beaten army. By the evening of the 8th, the MLA were continuing an unco-ordinated retreat, harried by the Mexican Air Force who were strafing and bombing the unprotected columns heading south.

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April 10th to 13th

 

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The siege of Guaymas continued, with the MLA units inside the pocket around the port being bombarded from the air and by artillery arrayed against them. AH-1W SuperCobra Attack Helicopters swarmed over the pocket, using Hydra 70 Rockets to pummel the MLA positions constantly, backed by tactical strikes by F-16E Falcon Multi Role Fighters which reduced the MLAs ability to defend themselves against the besieging forces.

 

Meanwhile the main MLA front was pushed back southwards, reducing any chance of the pocket at Guaymas from being relieved. Threatening attacks were made towards Ciudad Obregon and along the coast, with the MLA's right flank being hammered and pressured by constant assaults. This would result in major loss of both men and territory, with a serious crisis now developing in the MLA Command as they tried to stem the tide of defeats.

 

 

In the Baja California Peninsula, the front was still static. However the MLA had moved some fighters to reinforce their forces in Sonora Province, though they had managed to reinforce their position. The first captured aircraft were used, with two no longer used F-5F Tiger II Multi Role Fighters baring the MLA insignia conducting a sweep over the border between Baja California and Baja California Sur. They were met by a hail of anti aircraft fire, with a 2K12 Kub-M1 Surface to Air Missile System managing to score a direct hit on one of the aircraft, sending it crashing to the desert below. The second aircraft would be intercepted by a scrambled F-20 Tigershark Multi Role Fighter, being dispatched by a AIM-120 Medium Range Air to Air Missile.

 

The Mexican Air Force continued their bombing campaign, hitting MLA targets in Northwest Sinaloa Province with AGM-158 Joint Air to Surface Standoff Munitions launched from B-1B Lancer Strategic Bombers. B-2A Spirit Strategic Stealth Bombers would even strike the pocket of MLA territory in Aguascalientes, where Mexican Ground Forces were preparing to eliminate this isolated MLA force.

 

This assault was due to start in a few days, with expectations that the unsupported force would be defeated quickly.

 

 

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April 14th

 

The Government assault against MLA occupied Aguascalientes was made on all sides by One Armoured and Four Mechanised Divisions, assaulting simultaneously into the Province. The isolated MLA force inside the Province was only the equivalent of a Division, also not that well armed and lacking in supplies due to its distance from the main MLA body.

 

At four am, the Mexican Ground Forces launched their assault. Within hours they had broken the MLA units into isolated pockets of disorganised fighters, using combined air and artillery to eliminate them one by one. By two pm that afternoon, the Province Capital Aguascalientes was liberated, with MLA resistance now almost completely destroyed. Mopping up operations would go on into the next day, though the MLA presence in this area had been decisively eliminated.

 

 

April 15th to 18th

 

Meanwhile on the Senora Front, MLA forces were being slowly hammered back towards Sinaloa Province. The 2nd Army which now comprised all Mexican National Army forces in this sector, continued to relentlessly push south, leaving the isolated MLA force at Guayamas to be finally liquidated on the evening of the 15th. Meanwhile the MLA units ahead of the advance continued to retreat, harassed by air and now by the Mexican Navy who utilized fire support to pound them without end from vessels offshore.

 

On the 17th, the MLA were been pushed out of Navojoa, regaining the two airfields and liberating the final city in Senora Province under occupation. Now in the open, the MLA units were decimated. Roaming AH-1W SuperCobra Attack Helicopters operating just ahead of the advancing Mexican units attacked retreating MLA units at well, using rockets and cannon to great effect. By the 18th, the front would end up running along the Province border line, as the 2nd Army paused to regroup and allow supplies to be moved forward.

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April 19th

 

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The first Operation into what was called "MLA Country"  would be known as Operation Reaper. It would be launched at seven am with Two Mechanised and Three Infantry Divisions, concentrating on the City of Los Mochis in the north west of the Province. The start would be slow as the Mexican Military High Command were unsure of the MLA strength in the area, but by midday the assault by the far eastern spearhead had made rapid progress, finally at around one pm completing its westward wheel and reaching the coast south of Los Mochis.

 

With the MLA forces now cut off, the rest of the day would be mostly mopping up operations, with Los Mochis liberated. This would be the first stage of what would be the steady reducing of MLA held territory until the organisation was to be cornered and destroyed.

 

 

April 20th

 

This day would be marked by several sustained air raids lasting all day, these mostly made by pairs of B-1B Lancer Strategic Bombers carrying Strike Packages of BLU-97/B Combined Effects Bombs. These would target known MLA positions in Sinaloa Province, trying to make it difficult for MLA units to either move or get adequate supplies. Further raids by single B-2A Spirit Strategic Stealth Bombers carrying eighty Mark 82 500lb Bombs mounted on Bomb Rack Assembly. These would carpet MLA owned airfields and known command centres to paralyse the MLA's ability to wage an effective defence of Sinaloa Province.

 

These attacks combined with frequent strikes by Durango Short Range Ballistic Missiles would sow disorder and panic within MLA units. Casualties would also be high, causing morale to plummet and some MLA units would be forced to go to ground, mainly to safeguard the little supplies they had. This however was only the start of a larger bombing campaign to come.

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The war had gone on for over a month, with significant changes. The tide of MLA arms had turned, with them pushed back from important areas. However they still held Baja California Sur, Nayarit and most of Sinaloa Province. The advances made by the Government forces had come to a halt on 21st April, with the front locked with a small penetration in North West Sinaloa Province. May and June would be spent utilising small scale offensives but supplies and morale were low, with heavy resistance now making any chance of further gains distant.

 

The economic damage had been significant, with massive amount of treasure and currency being devoted to the conflict. On June 8th the Government Forces withdrew from their bridgehead in Sinaloa Province, making the front line run along the Province border, with there and the front to the eastern edge of both MLA Provinces being turned into a reinforced containment line. At the same time, the Mexican Navy would sail from their bases and form a Blockade Line under the overall Containment Plan Operation Gatekeeper.

 

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The plan now would be to draw breath and regroup, while the effort was switched to an air campaign which would put a stranglehold on the MLA, while allowing the Mexican Ground Forces a chance to recover its strength. Opponents of this policy would voice their concerns, citing a chance for the MLA to recover and make renewed offensives, though this would be challenged by the facts that showed MLA losses were much higher than the losses sustained by the Government led units. However the economy had to be revived to allow further exertions in the future, as it had been left vulnerable to drops in prices caused by the conflict.

 

President David Gonzales would order that all units that been in the fighting be rotated out in stages allowing fresh units to man the containment positions. This was a sort of interlude before the inevitable land showdown, though the war would go on.

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May 1st

 

The Bombing Campaign opened with constant Air and Durango Short Range Ballistic Missile Strikes on MLA positions all over the territories they held. The aim was to nullify the MLA's capability to move and control their units and supplies, plus prevent what air assets they had from taking off and defending their ground forces. 

 

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At the same time, the 2nd Mechanised Division opened an offensive north operating along the Major Roads and Highways into MLA controlled Nayarit Province, supported by the 1st Air Assault Brigade on its right flank which moved rapidly by air along the eastern areas and the 12th and 19th Naval Infantry Brigades which advanced along the coast. Starting at four am, the assaults struck understrength and under supplied MLA units, rapidly rolling them up and sweeping north, with the first objective of the town of Tepic taken with two rapid pincer movements, trapping any stragglers between them and the steady advance of Four Internal Militia Battalions which cut into the pocket from the south.

 

Then the assault was turned north, with all spearheads gaining rapid progress, overrunning disorganised and panicked MLA fighters, who were now only concerned with getting to safety across the Province border in Sinaloa Province. By the evening the battle was a foregone conclusion, with the MLA controlled Islands of Marias, Isabel, Tres Marietas and Farallón La Peña being cut off. They were to be dealt with shortly.

 

By the end of the day, the Province bar those Islands was liberated, ending the offensive. The MLA suffering a serious setback in the loss of the Province from their control, with the loss of major quantities of men and equipment which damaged their chances of mounting any serious counter attack in this sector. Meanwhile for the Mexican Government, it was a major victory, with the Mexican Military's morale being boosted by it. The front along the Sinoloa Province's southern border would now quieten down, as both sides prepared for the inevitable battle for the Islands offshore.

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May 12th

 

The final stages of the war began at five am with a combined assault from all sides into MLA controlled Islands of Marias, Isabel, Tres Marietas and Farallón La Peña. Within an hour the islands had been captured, with an offensive being conducted simultaneously into Sinaloa Province from the north, south and east. MLA resistance collapsed within a few hours, their fighters being either captured or killed in now futile acts of resistance. The Province Capital Culiacan was finally liberated at around five pm that evening, ending the MLA occupation.

 

Meanwhile on the Baja California Sur Northern Boundary, MLA Forces were under intense air and artillery attack, as the 1st Army began final preparations for an assault which was planned to begin the final collapse of the MLA. Constant pressure was the key to wear these final places of resistance down. With the Baja California Front now the only front, it would be the recipient of a massive amount of redirected supplies, as the countdown began to the fight which was to decide the war.

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May 16th-18th

 

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The Final Offensive into Baja California Sur was to be in several stages. The first started at 7am on the 16th with a sweeping attack by the 1st Army down the Highway, at the same time splitting off spearheads to attack south west. The MLA forces along the border were overwhelmed as the ferocity of the assault punched numerous holes in their front. Moving deep into MLA territory, the Mechanised units scythed into the MLA rear areas, smashing supply bases and causing major panic. Within a few hours the entire front had virtually disintegrated and dangerous gaps had been torn open.

 

By the 17th, the drive down the Main Highway had reached the East Coast, trapping a significant portion of the MLA forces on the border and rendering them ineffective. At the same time, the units peeling off from the main spearhead drove behind the MLA left flank, creating a second pocket in the north west of the Province. These defeats would shake the MLA Command to the core, resulting in a delayed response and dooming these fighters to insignificance.

 

After these encirclements, the offensive would be halted so these pockets could be liquidated.During the 18th, both pockets are systematically bombed and shelled mercilessly, annihilating the MLA units inside them in a hail of fire and High Explosive. That evening the survivors were taken prisoner, with the 1st Army pausing to regroup. In one blow the MLA had been cleared from a significant sized area in the northern part of Baja California Sur. However the MLA was still capable of putting up a defence, though they had lost an estimated three thousand fighters and a sizeable portion of equipment. 

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May 23rd

 

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On the 23rd Operation Hammerblow was launched with an assault at the southern tip of Baja California Sur. At six am the 1st Air Assault Brigade would drop at Cabo St Lucas, with the 2nd Air Assault Brigade dropping simultaneously at San Jose del Cabo. The airports at both cities were captured within minutes of them landing, allowing the first elements of the 21st Infantry Division to be landed. The rest would be landed throughout the day, with a bridgehead being created and reinforced with the Division being deployed alongside the two now redeployed Air Assault Brigades.

 

 

May 25th

 

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This day would be marked by the bridgehead being rapidly expanded as on the left flank the 21st Infantry Division and on the right the two Air Assault Brigades pushed north. The surprise landings had basically hardly any MLA units in its path, with its commanders pulling men and equipment from the main front further north to counter the new threat. However they would be unable to prevent a breakthrough, falling back to positions that they hoped to use to hold off any further expansion of the bridgehead. Also on this day the Ensenada Division would be redeployed into the fight, its battle hardened female soldiers determined to avenge the retreat they had suffered at the beginning of the war.

 

With the MLA which was already struggling to cope now stretched having to fight a second front, it was only a matter of time before they would reach a final collapse.

 

 

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