MILITARY EXERCISES WITH KUNDRATI CONCLUDED
Defense Ministry, February 22, 5386: The exercise began with a simulated invasion force reaching the southern coast of the Kundrati Union including a hypothetical aircraft carrier. The force other than the carrier was largely composed of frigates and some troop transports The initial response was largely Kundrati n the form of naval forces and air power.
The Kundrati Union frigates kept the invaders’ fleet busy with slightly more firepower while a 25% advantage in air superiority over the carrier’s combat air patrol allowed anti ship air attacks to tilt the balance as two divisions of Kundrati Union infantry took up defensive positions.
Shorty afterward 10 squadrons of the Luftwaffe arrived to resist the invasion. 5 squadrons of HF – 16’s joined the Kundrati Union’s fighters in winning the battle for air superiority. 3 more squadrons of HF – 16’s and 2 squadrons of Dorvish made Unionfighters armed with anti shop capacity joined the attack on the invaders’ ships which were busy in ship to ship fighting.
The invaders had managed to land two battalions of infantry before air superiority was decidedly lost and the invaders’ ships were clearly losing. The Bundesrepublik’s 5th Panzer Division thereupon arrived on the right of the Kundrati Union presenting a united front that was not going to fall to invasion.
Defeat having occurred, the carrier withdrew with a naval escort while the two battalions tried to evacuate with the invaders incurring heavy losses to infantry as 5 squadrons of HF-16’s arriving armed with air to surface weaponry while the invaders’ships suffered from continued naval bombardment and pounding from the air as it tried to return fire and reload the infantry. The invader escaped with what it could.
The Kundrati High Command and the Bundesrepublik’s National Defense Council both were very pleased with the performance of all service arms. Both agreed it was clear truly huge naval forces would be necessary to mount an actual invasion. There was a sobering note however. While casualties of the invaders were much greater than those of the defender, throwing missiles back and forth with anybody results in a lot of casualties. The Kundrati Union naval force would have been severely damaged while a lot of aircraft would have been lost. So victory would be very costly.
The National Defense Council was particularly pleased with two decisions made in the field. The 5th Panzer Division commander sent large scouting parties ahead to see if the routes suggested by maps were actually viable and as a result its timely arrival was possible.
Second, the last wing of HF-16’s in reserve at bases in Grosvic. The arriving Bundesrepublik aircraft saw that an infantry force had debarked and the wing commanders were able to so inform the Bundesrepublik’s Defense Force Commander who determined the reserve wing should be armed with air to surface weaponry to pound enemy infantry concluding that the invaders’ naval forces could be defeated with other assets.
