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Region: Confederation of Corrupt Dictators

CIVIL WAR OOC POST:

This is an update written regarding Regna Loreau's fleet attack off North Harbour. During this particular battle, the United Confederation Coalition forces of Vlamms Statt and The great hispania were defeated by a superior Loreauan fleet, resulting in heavy loss of life for the UCC.

Written by Regna Loreau, I hope you enjoy a different kind of update, this time written not from a third party perspective, but from the people who were there. They saw it happen, and now you shall too.

For those who prefer a third party perspective, an update shall be provided soon!

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Blue Harbour Vicinity - 1632 Hours

The air carries with it a certain chill, the wind beginning to pick up from its previously calm state. The fog hangs low around the water, neatly parted by the hundreds of thousands of tons of steel slicing ever closer to the Jocosporian port town. Hina stands, feeling the chill in the air as she waits on the bridge wing, taking a deep breath and exhaling.

The air was positively alive with tension, she could almost taste it, the crew could too. The radar had been tracking the UCC forces for nearly 2 hours now, and their radar jamming had been operating for nearly twice that. The danger was that they would reverse angle the radar jamming signal back at the Loreauans, but this had not happened yet, nor had any indication of such an event transpired.

The carriers very limited stock of stealth aircraft had been launched about 30 minutes ago, and were gliding around above. The fog was heavy at sea, and to some extent it messed with the radar. She had spent quite a while stealthily creeping in to range, and from aircraft reports, she knew that the fog cleared around the port. This was her big chance.

A plane glided down between the fleet’s largest battleship, wing tip trailing a brilliant purple smoke, which died as soon as she pulled up. With that, Hina gave the affirm to her flag officer, Captain Avry Kazan. The resulting order saw a flag raised, the battle ensign. The ships, already in formation, then sliced through the fog bank as Hina stepped inside the conning tower and looked out.

All of a sudden, the fog vanished, and Hina saw what could potentially be considered a wet dream for any naval officer. A mostly undefended port of defenceless transports. Her eyes certainly noted these, but they were more focused upon the battleships. 3 old, or certainly by her tastes, battleships and a number of heavy cruisers.

The Grand Admiral sighed heavily and shook her head. Her job was far too easy for her tastes, there was no sport in it..

With a snap of her fingers, a full broadside leapt from the 20” gun barrels of her flagship, screaming towards the enemy flagship

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The sonar operator had been plotting the mines ahead of them for several minutes now, dutifully updating the tactical plot that occupied the table in front of Hina.

Her ships were manoeuvring away from the threat, and those ships would not face any threat. The cowardly move from Great Hispania has resulted in the total loss of both forces.

The fighters that were deployed were sent against FV-18/A’s, the pre eminent Loreauan multirole fighter. Yes they were laden with AShMs, but they also carried their air to air missiles, resulting in a far stronger force than previously imagined.

Upon realising the incoming attack, the fighters pull back beyond the fleet, allowing the escorts and capital ships to blunt the attack for them. Then the fighters pounce, resulting in a near total loss for the Hispanian airforce. Around 50 Loreauan planes are lost in total for these absurd casualties.
The retaliatory strike blasts the Hispanian fleet to kingdom come, resulting in a further 19 aircraft lost for the destruction of every surface vessel fleeing. The rush to mine the harbour results in the submarines being detected, and ASW aircraft drop dozens of torpedoes, rendering most of the submarines destroyed. Those left are hounded relentlessly by the Loreauan ASW patrols seeking them down.

As for the mines, they are dealt with. Lines of ordinance are dropped, clearing the harbour mouth as to allow the fleet access to these locations. And more importantly, to the ships within.

The resulting carnage is total destruction for the Vlamms Statt forces, their only escorts having abandoned them and fled. The sea is strewn with wreckage and the dead. Loreauan ships pull survivors from the water, saving who they can from this carnage.

The aftermath sees several more losses of life. The Loreauan destroyer Defier strikes a mine, having been previously damaged during the engagement. She sinks with 32 of her sailors, and tragically, upwards of 500 Vlamms Statt and Great Hispania sailors.

Hail the Confederation!

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