North Central Curristan
Town of Saiatra
10am

The town of Saiatra bustled with the late morning traffic. The traffic was slowly getting more packed due to a van breaking down on the main junction. Motorists nearby wondered what was going on. Suddenly they got their answer.

The van exploded in a huge fireball killing 2 civilians and flipping several cars parked nearby. Simultaneously all over Northern Curristan car bombs exploded killing many more civilians.

A tape arrived at the Curristan National News Headquarters:

*A masked man in front of the camera*

"This is the Curristan Revolutionary Front. We are a splinter group of the World Liberation Front made up of revolutionaries from inside Curristan and the former Top Gear. We wanted to cause panic both in Top Gear and Curristan but the war forced us to concentrate on Curristan. We will cause as much chaos as we can and hopefully ingite another revolution. You will find us to be most cunning in our approach. We have many small arms that we liberated from civil war stockpiles during the panic. Now we will use them on their former owners. The Curristan Government will now either resign or face our wrath. Your choice...."

*Tape ends*


The Curristan President's response:

"This Curristan Revolutionary Front is just another organisation that wants to cause havoc in our country. Lets see what they have got. This will be interesting. I have 3 years of military experience so lets see what this upstart can do."

"Kitex is willing to send in the 2nd Infantry Division to help Curristan defeat these terrorists."

"We will consider your offer as we will be convening an emergecy senate meeting."



All over Northern Curristan, armed insurgents attacked Curristan Military installations. These installations were manned by small numbers of units so orders were given to fall back and destroy any equipment. This was completed and by midday defensive positions had been manned. The Curristan Revolutionary Front had managed to secure a 20 square mile area of territory. Estimates at the moment guessed that around 300 guerilla soldiers had made the surprise attacks, but the CRF had an estimated total strength of around 1000 guerilla soldiers. However the number was inaccurate and only a general estimate.

The Curristan National Army reinforcements were approaching. Battle would soon be joined...

"We are troubled by the emergence of the Curristan Revolutionary Front, and we remember that the nation of Colstream and the former Byzantine Empire worked together to defeat the World Anarchy Front. If Curristan would like, we can send over 5,000 Special Forces to Curristan to help them to overcome the threat."

OOC: Remember the good, ol' times?

While we can not, and would not, commit forces at this time, we can offer the services of a field expert in insurgent tactics, to aid in training and tactical planning against these terrorists.

OOC: I do remember the good ol' times

IC:

"We feel that smaller numbers of teams will be better. At the moment we do not know their capibilities or tactics so we advise that you wait for the time being. We will keep that offer on the table and get back to you on it."

OOC:

IC: "Okay, but our offer still stands. However, we can reduce our deployment to 3,500 soldiers."

"We have decided to accept this deployment. What equipment will you be deploying?"

8pm
Near the village of Vartay
The edge of the western area of the CRF occupied zone

The leading units of the 4th Division, a veteran unit that had been one of the first re-equiped with the pre civil war military equipment approached the outskirts of the village. A lead M1A1 Abrams MBT spotted two CRF rebels attempting to get a heavy machine gun in position. The 120mm gun traversed and pointed at where the rebels were. It paused for a moment, then fired. The shell, an armour piercing round, punched a hole through the wall and exploded. As the smoke cleared, the two rebel soldiers were no longer there and the heavy machine gun in pieces.

Suddenly a mortar shell landed on top of the Abrams and bounced off. The soldiers ran for cover as more landed around them. The Abrams crew was safe, as the mortar shells would just jolt the tank. It would be more of a nuisance rather than a threat. The tanks coaxial 50 caliber machine gun suddenly came into life, spraying the nearby houses with armour piercing rounds and tracer rounds. The tank then moved into the village and the supporting soldiers followed.

The battle for Vartay had begun.

20,000 Soldiers tasked with Homeland Defense were redeployed to the Curristan border with the Taskforce in former Top Gear aiming at the border at that side quickly every possible point of violation would face several fully armed soldiers.

The insurgency in Curristan severely distresses the Kingdom of Cochin. Until such a time as Curristan Government deems fit to resume, the Kingdom shall withhold delivery of the TROPS reactor power plants ordered by Curristan Government.

We also ask Curristan Government whether we should withdraw our civilian scientists and businessmen currently stationed in Curristan or whether adequate protection would be granted to them.

We can assure the Kingdom of Cochin that your civilian scientists and businessman have already been evacuated southwards to Area 60. There they will be kept safe and out of harms way as the problem is to the north.


Curristan understands the Imperial Unions actions. We will deal with this problem as quickly as possible.

This field expert will be of use to us. When can he be deployed in theatre?

3am
Near the village of Vartay
The edge of the western area of the CRF occupied zone

The battle for the village had been going on for some time. C130H Hercules Transport Aircraft of the Curristan Air Force had began dropping supplies south of the village to sustain the soldiers fighting the CRF soldiers attempting to hold the village. A Curristan soldier had been killed and several injured. 12 deadrebel soldiers were accounted for and many still hiding in the rubble. The 4th Division's M119 105mm Howitzers were pounding the area and preventing any reinforcements or supplies getting in through the northern end of the village.



M119 105mm Howitizer firing on CRF supply routes

The Kingdom of Cochin thanks Curristan for protecting our citizens. If there is anyway we can help you, please do tell us.

We may need help in the way of satellite data. This is because our recon aircraft program is still not complete and we do not yet possess a military satellite.

The Strategic Reconnaissance Agency of the RCDF shall convey all relevant satellite imagery to Curristan. Also we offer to deploy some of our S-RECO , Surveillance and Reconnaissance UAVs with its control teams so that you may use its tactical reconnaissance capabilities. The S-RECOs are reasonably stealthy platforms with optical, radar and thermal reconnaissance capabilities. They can also track radio coordinates and are efficient electronic intelligence platforms.

If Curristan so wishes we could send you 2 S-RECOs very soon.

We thank you for your help. The S-RECO teams are welcome to come to Curristan. Their contribution will be very valuable.

A Halob with 2 S-RECOS are on its way to Curristan. The aircraft has call sign HB2941 and the S-RECOs have call signs SR1272 and SR2154. We are also sending a Telemetry truck, 4 Control Consoles and 10 RCAF personnel who would control the UAV and convey the tactical intelligence to your forces. The delegation is led by an RCAF Major, Maj. VJ Bishnoi, who is an expert in tactical intelligence gathering. He has been ordered to offer full cooperation to your forces. The personnel and equipments would be under Curristan Command for the duration of their service.

We thank you for this help. We will return the favour one day.

On arriving at Curristan the team would await transportation. The S-RECOs and the Telemetry truck would have to be based at an air field with hangar facilities along with 6 RCAF personnel. Remaining 4 personnel including Maj. Bishnoi would wait for transportation to wherever Curristan Military would want them to bring their intelligence equipments. One console would be based at the hangar itself along with the Telemetry truck, while the other 3 consoles would be handled by a technician each thus giving 3 intelligence output stations that may be accessed by the Curristan Military.

7am
Near the village of Vartay
The edge of the western area of the CRF occupied zone

The CRF fighters had been pushed through the village square after heavy fighting. The 4th Division's infantry had managed to secure a hold on the village while its M2 Bradley APCs had moved around the flanks and had surrounded the remaining CRF fighters in the northern areas of the village.

Private Luke Jackson looked through the telescopic sight of his M24 Sniper Weapon System (SWS). He could see that two CRF fighters were attempting to escape through the cordon around the village but were pinned down by heavy fire. One stood up. Private Jackson aimed at the rebel soldiers head. He turned and looked in Private Jacksons general direction, but could obviously not see him in his hiding place.

Private Jackson pulled the trigger. The crack of the barrel was drowned out by the constant fire, so the fighter would not know what hit him. The bullet went through the CRF soldiers left temple. He fell backwards and disappeared from sight. The now dead fighters mate woke up to the fact that he was on his own. He ran out of where he had been hidden and was immediately hit by machine gun fire. "That guy was a fool." Private Jackson thought to himself.

11am

The battle for the village had raged for 27 hours. The village was now in Curristan hands and mopping up operations were now underway. Some fighters had slipped the cordon and were now heading northeast to regroup with the main force.

Final Casualty lists for the Battle of Vartay Village

Curristan National Army

Killed: 3

Private Harry Richards
Private Karl Winters (Awarded the Gold Cross)
Sargeant David Little

Injured: 12

Curristan Revolutionary Front (CRF)

Killed: 47 (Confirmed) 60 (Probable)
Captured: 2

Result:

CRF pushed out of the village. Major damage inflicted on CRFs right flank and captured a good amount of equipment. The 4th Division fought bravely and lost 3 soldiers. Private Karl Winters has been posthomously awarded the Gold Cross, the highest Curristan Military Award for his valour and courage under heavy CRF fire and he killed 3 CRF fighters singlehanded before being killed by a sniper.

The team was loaded onto a C130J Super Hercules Transport Aircraft that had been sent specially for them. They would be flown to a temporary airfield before being sent in a special convoy to the Curristan Military Headquaters at Camp Kingston.

On arriving at Camp Kingston the soldiers immediately set out deploying the Telemetry trucks which would communicate with the MILSATs of RCDF to communicate with the S-RECOs. Some soldiers set about assembling the S-RECOs which had been palletized for the journey. Meanwhile Maj. Bishnoi and 3 technicians set about to the Curristan Military Headquarters with the consoles.

Getting the UAVs ready the soldiers at the base launched it. Being an RCAF unit it was launched by a take off run rather than as rocket launched as for the RCA and RCN variants.

Reaching the Headquarters the consoles were activated and communications set up with the MILCOM network of the Royal Cochin Defense Forces. First off the net were the satellite reconnaissance of the area requested by Curristan. Next came the reconnaissance feed from the S-RECO currently in air. The S-RECOs could be remotely controlled by the operators at HQ and could be tasked specifically Curristan Military to gain specific intelligence. The electronic warfare suites in the S-RECO was already sorting out the various electromagnetic frequencies in its neighborhood to track, isolate and sort enemy groupings.

The intelligence that was being given would be directed for future operations. The CRF had been completely contained in the 20 square mile territory it had taken. Now the Curristan Military would make sure they stayed there before opening its first major offensive.

"Promised Land wishes Curristan a swift victory in this insurgency. We regretfully are constrained from helping due to terms given us by Tahoe."

Curristan would do well to control the insurgents in their north. Attacks across the border will be looked at in a negative light and subsequently retaliated against.

CLASSIFIED TO CURRISTAN

"We will deploy, in addition to our standard weapons, U-8 bombers, AH-1 Zulu attack helicopters, S-22 Hawkeye transport aircrafts, U-1 unmanned combat air vehicles, and UAV-1 Marauder unmanned aerial vehicles. We will also send over PAC-3 and THAAD missile launchers, as well M-113 armored personal vehicles and M2 Bradley IFVs. Lastly, a couple squadrons of our F-50 Screaming Banshees and F-40 Thunder interceptors and fighters can be sent, if desired."

"The F-50 Screaming Banshees and F-40 Thunder interceptors and fighters will be needed for close support. Your support is gladly welcomed. Now we are assured of victory."

08:00am
Outside the village of Vartay

The Curristan National Army had deployed artillery outside the village had started attacking the CRF positions in preperation for the next attack which was about to begin in 24 hours. M109A2 155mm Self Propelled Guns and M270 Multiple Launch Rocket Systems joined in the barrage which began to disrupt the CRF fighters trying to get into position.

***Secret to Curristan***

If you don't want a large for in Curristan, we'd be more than happy to deploy some of our Marine Corps Spec Ops from the Isle de Malvinas to Curristan."

*Private to Kitex*

Those will be helpful. Those forces will have to be briefed when they arrive before they enter the combat zone.

"Indeed. They are on the way right now."

CLASSIFIED

Military ships carrying PAC-3 and THAAD missile launchers, M-113 armored personal vehicles, and M2 Bradley IFVs set sail from Guantanamo Bay to Curristan. At the same time, the aircraft carrier, the NES John Fitzgerald Kennedy, streamed toward Curristan. Onboard the aircraft carrier were the F-50s and F-40s, as well as U-8s, AH-1 Zulu attack helicopters, S-22 Hawkeyes, U-1s, and UAV-1 Marauders.

"We do not have any relations with this Rebelious Front."

22/10/2009
02:00am
North of Vartay

The attack began with a force of 300 soldiers of the 4th Division moving silently forward under the sound of the artillery barrage. The forward CRF positions were overwhelmed and by 2m, their 75 M1A1 Abrams MBTs had been fed into the battle and had captured the village of Tarbaya, 3 miles northeast of Vartay. There the advance was halted so supplies could be brought forward.



M1A1 Abrams MBT paused near Tarbaya

At the same time of the 4th Division's offensive, the 8th Division opened a surprise attack southeast of Vertay and began advancing northeast. By 10am, the attack had reached a forest 2 miles east of Tarbaya where the advance was halted as the same supply problems caused it to stall. Also CRF resistance was heavy and the forest gave the CRF fighters cover against the attacking soldiers.



Curristan soldier with M249 in a foxhole

****Secret to Curristan****

A total of 20 men, Kitexian Marine Corps Spec Ops should be there within the next four hours.

*Secret to Kitex*

Very Well. We await their arrival.

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*To New England taskforce*

The forces that you send may be needed for an offensive that will take place shortly. Details will be provided when they are briefed after arriving.

To: Curristan

We can't seem to help you, but we shall send you 50 volunteers of the all volunteer Cascadian Foreign Service Battalion, along with 20 APCs, 5 IFVs, 10 Humvees, and 2 M101s, use them wisely.

Signed, Wallace Jones, Foreign Minister

To: Wallace Jonbes, Foreign Minister


We unfortunately reject your offer of help as we feel that we have enough forces in the combat zone. Your forces will be not allowed to set foot on Curristan soil. This is non negotiable. We are sorry if this decision has aggrieved you in any way, but the current situation does not require any additional forces. We know you want to help, but we have final say on who is sent to Curristan.

Amazonian Government considers Curristan should be supported in the fight against those terrorists. Amazonas offers the Gendarmerie Task Force to help Curristan in the struggle.

***Secret to Curristan***

The Marine Corps SF have arrived and are now awaiting orders.

We are happy you wish to help, but we feel we have sufficent forces available. We thank you for your support but we feel that your forces would not see any action if deployed.

***Secret to Kitex***

They will be kept in reserve for now and orders will be given when they are needed.

25/10/2009
North of Tarbaya

The 8th Divisions offensive was resumed at 06:00am by M113A3 APCs supported by M1A1 Abrams MBTs attacking northeast. This offensive would be the first of many to wear down the CRFs strength.


Heavy fighting raged around the 10 square mile plains in that area close to the Imperial Union border. This pushed the CRF fighters towards the 4th Division who was now moving northwards in a dual pincer movement. By midday they had forced the CRF forces into a 4 sqaure mile pocket pressed against the border where they would be now unable to escape.

The CRF fighters in the pocket were fighting with desperation as they realised their problem. At 6pm, the 4th Division swung east just a mile short of the border and attacked along the northern edge of the pocket. This battle would be probally seen from the Imperial Union side of the border as the night sky was lit up with tracer rounds and flashes from explosions.



At 9pm, a spearhead of the 8th Division linked up at the village of Satarash with a spearhead of the 5th Division who had advanced from the eastern area of the occupied zone.

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In the eastern area of the CRF occupied zone, the 5th Division had attacked with its entire complement. Its 5,000 soldiers attacked with all of its armour and artillery smashing the CRF front. By 1pm, the attack had made a breach in the CRF line and had began to advance along the entire front.



5th Division M113A3 APC advancing west

The most progress was in the extreme north of the occupied zone when at 9pm that night, a spearhead has linked up with the 8th Division at the village of Satarash, 12 miles from the attacks start point.


Curristan National News proclaimed the border areas were now secure and the CRF occupied zone now contained. The CRF now held an area only 8 miles long and 10 miles deep with the 2 sqaure mile pocket to the west now being contained.

27/10/2009
CRF pocket 15 miles south of the Imperial Union border


The CRF forces in the 4 square mile pocket were now under heavy fire from all sides. Artillery was being used to great effect which began to take its toll on the around 200 CRF soldiers trying to escape being annihilated.



South of Satarash
9am

Operation Clearout began with a massive artillery barrage along the entire northern area of the CRF zone. The 5th Division and the 8th Division would be taking part in the attack which was due to start the following morning. Its objective was to clear area near the town of Frandia 8 miles south of Satarash and then gain control of the town. This would disrupt CRF operations in the vicinity.





M198 155mm Howitzers firing on CRF positions

CLASSIFIED/SOON TO BE PUBLIC

After several days, the NES John Fitzgerald Kennedy arrived at Curristan sovereign waters. Military ships carrying the military equipments, vehicles, and weapons, and 3,500 Special Forces troopers as well, continued on toward Curristan. Upon arriving, the troops and personnel stepped onboard and began bringing the equipments, vehicles, and weapons on land. It would take time for the Special Forces to get fully ready and to prepare the missile launchers, personal vehicles, and IFVS. However, the F-50s and F-40s would be prepared and put in service in time, and as will the U-8s, AH-1 Zulus, S-22s, U-1s, and UAV-1s.

A message was sent to the New England Task Force by the Curristan President Lisa Black:

"Welcome to Curristan!! I hope that you find our weather okay. Once you are ready, you will be marching into battle. I hope that with the Curristan Military we can defeat the Curristan Revolutionary Force once and for all. I promise to get you back home to your families as soon as possible. Good luck."

The Curristan President would receive a reply from General Mark Clarke, commander of the task force.

"The weather is good at this time of the year, and we look forward to work together with you in eradicating the CRF and restoring peace and stability to Curristan once again. With that said, where shall my soldiers be sent to?"

Orders were immediately sent to General Mark Clarke:

Your forces will be pushed immediately into Operation Clearout. Your forces will work on the left flank of the 8th Division and help push the CRF forces southwards and link up with the 2nd and 4th Divisions who will come up from the south. The idea will be to clear the entire zone as quickly as possible, but without recieving heavy losses.

30/10/09
CRF pocket 15 miles south of the Imperial Union border


The CRF forces in the 4 square mile pocket were now being squeezed mercilessly. The 1st Division had taken over the fight and was pushing slowly into the pocket. CRF resistance was heavy, with the M113A3 APCs and M2 Bradley IFVs being used constantly along with the M1A1 Abrams MBTs to push the CRF soldiers into a tighter pocket.

The use of M224 60mm Mortars and M252 81mm Mortars in the assault on CRF positions made it easier for the Curristan soldier who had to take cover every time the CRF opened fire on them. Fighting was fierce in every village as CRF soldiers fought until they were either killed or captured.



Village on fire as Curristan soldier moves through it.

"Affirmative. We will work together and cooperate with your forces."

PUBLIC

After preparations and organizing, the Special Forces, weapons, vehicles, and aircrafts were now fully ready to mount any operations in conjunction with the Curristan forces. Squadrons of S-22s lifted off into the air, carrying Special Forces troops as IFVs and Humvees carried land-based troops on land toward the front. The AH-1 Zulu attack helicopters also went up into the air, sent to assist the S-22s.

U-8s, U-1s, and UAV-1s were being readied and refueled in anticipation for Operation Clearout. THAAD and Patriot missile launchers, as well supplies and equipment, were being moved toward the front or were installed in strategic areas in Curristan to mount an attack against the insurgents. Off the coast, as well in airbases near the coast, F-40s and F-50s were being prepared for combat.