ODERVELD – LEUCHTFEUER
COUNTERATTTACK CONTINUES
NVR, Battle Report 4: ODERVELD – LEUCHTFEUER sources at the Nationaler Verteidigungsrat (NVR) report that Ableitung I has directed 8th Division to take over the Nuchtmark sector including oversight of the quarantined area where the Mustard Gas cloud settled as well as control over the medical field facilities. Few of our troops had contact with the toxic cloud because of the nature of our dispositions and rapid withdrawal. Some Nuchtmark residents have been treated as well. The opinion in 8th Division is whether or not an attack on us was intended, what actually happened could hardly have been intended. 8th Division is holding the area west and north of the contaminated area in Nuchtmark to a depth of about 15 miles.
2nd Division has now occupied much of eastern Merkan nearly to Eshileo. It encountered a few formed units which retreated to north or northeast.
1st Division is approaching the capital; enemy formations have been moving in that direction. Possibly to make a stand there. 7th Panzer Division has taken position just west of the capital.
5th Panzer Division approached Peaca where there was a garrison but it decamped moving north rather than stand and fight. 5th Panzer has now joined 7th Panzer west of the capital after leaving a battalion of panzer grenadiers in Peaca to hold it
3rd Division has occupied much of western Merrkan to the Alorian border. Above Peaca the Peaca garrison joined dug in enemy units wanting to resist the advance. 3rd Division’s artillery assets worked over the enemy. Particularly our 16 multiple rocket launcher systems which were joined by a Luftwaffe squadron firing air to surface missiles. Finding its position untenable the enemy made a reasonably orderly retreat north leaving few prisoners other than some wounded along with a few howitzers and grenade launchers.
Today, most of our air assets were armed for air to air combat. with a view to extending air superiority. Enemy air units in Merkan near Nuchtmark tended to retreat northeastward when detected. About 57 enemy fighters tried to protect the junta capital but took heavy casualties when attacked by twice as many HF – 16’s eventually withdrawing from Merkan leaving no air cover to the capital..
Further west some enemy air tried to provde air protection to the Peaca garrison and units they joined but they were dispersed by superior numbers and withdrew north from Merkan. Air superiority is in place.