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24 March 5446
DEPLOYMENT OF DAVOSTAGIAN TROOPS IN ENDRALON COMPLETE____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
Davostag soldiers at the Hugalon canton-Kundrati border.Kivonia, Kovmark – As the relations between Davostag and Endralon seems to prosper to its former likeness, the former at the request of the latter has for several months
prepared the extensive deployment of the Davostag Armed Forces on Endralonian soil. On the explicit approval from the Rikspresident, the Davostag Army, Navy and Air Force, including the special division of the Foreign Operative Forces (soon to be completely reorganized) has completed their stationing in Endralon. The Davostag Army has placed three divisions: 1. Bergsjägardivision "
Nikolaus" (1st Mountain Infantry Division) with a number of 10,700 soldiers, 3. Infanteridivision "
Silfver" (3rd Infantry Division) with a number of 8,000 soldiers, and 2. Pansardivision "
Viktoriana" (2nd Armoured Division) with a number of 10,000 soldiers. Together the Davostag Army roughly composes about 28,700 soldiers in Endralon at this time, with up to 32,000 with the Foreign Operative Forces.
The Nikolaus Division was placed in Endralon, at the and around the mountainous terrain present in the Directorial Republic Canton of Kundár-Nova Zergonska, as a form of symbolic gesture from Davostag to their ally as the division is named after the former Kivonian monarch Nikolaus (also known as Nikolas I) who was the son of Boros Barbara from the famed Endralonian Boros family that helped shape the late Directorial Republics. The Viktoriana Division, as one of the most well-trained, was also placed in Endralon as a symbolic gesture, with Viktoriana (also known as Viktoria I) the grandmother of Nikolaus had been a staunch ally, supporter and friend of the First Directorial Republic; this division has been placed in the Hugalon canton to lay the foundation for securing the region with eyes on the only national land border present. The Silfver Division has been placed between the other two, around the southern border of the two cantons. The Foreign Operative Forces is a mobile force of around 4,000 soldiers, which will be on constant movement between the stations of the three army divisions as well as in the Zergon canton. The army divisions will be handling the responsibility of total border and near-border security in the aforementioned cantons, which will be done through established bases near strategic cities and locations as well as assuming the management of the border by putting the Endralonian border control agency under their supervision.
The Davostag Navy has sent and now taken port around the northern, eastern and southern coastlines, with six
Kivonia-class corvettes, three
Långstad-class corvettes, two
Nyberg-class corvettes and three
Sevescia-class submarines. The mission of the Davostag Navy is to ensure total water security for the Directorial Republic in the Unholy Sea, Mad Dog Ocean and the Artanian Sea, where they will be escorting both Davostagian and Endralonian commercial and military vessels through the bodies of water to secure regions, by this acting as the de facto coast guard for Endralon. The Davostag Air Force will now be patrolling the skies in all Endralonian cantons as well as escorting important Endralonian flights; they have sent four
Taab JAS 41 Gyrfalcon and three
Sven JAS 40, including three
Markovic 85s which will be placed in each of the three capitals of the aforementioned cantons. On a whole the total Davostagian manpower now stationed in Endralon is estimated to be up to 34,000 soldiers.
The Government of Davostag has confirmed that the Callusarv Special District is ramping up its production and has focused these past months on preparing and putting a lot of the Davostagian military vehicles into quality shape. According to sources within the Military High Command and the Ministry of Defence, there are several plans in the works detailing a rapid expansion of the Callusarv industrial area to produce more equipment and vehicles for the ongoing militarization in Davostag. On another note, the Chief of the Military High Command,
Generalöverste Ulf af Greding, has confirmed that
generallöjtnanter Fredrika Hulling, Anton Rådman and Pär Olovsson is to head the Nikolaus, Silfver and Viktoriana divisions respectively and will be under the higher command of General Vidar Forncrantz, who will be overseeing the entire military operation in Endralon. The Government has made it clear that the deployment, though openly without expiration date, is only temporary.