The newspaper header was made by myungdae06_ on Discord upon request.The city of Luthi during aerial and artillery bombardment.ARTANIA MARCHES TO WAR: Kundrati and Luthori cause damage to Kirlawan Navy as Kundrati forces slowly trudge through port cities[27 July 5453] | backdated.
The KuNS Quintinus Vespacius gained a significant victory today alongside Luthorian naval forces. It was announced that the Carrier Force had managed to wipe out two of Kirlawa's patrol craft and forced the rest to retreat. This was accomplished by luring Kirlawan naval forces into an area beneficial to Luthori and Kundrati before the battle commenced with major bombings by the carrier aircraft of Luthori and Kundrati, throwing bombs and gunfire upon the patrol craft which, with their smaller guns, were unable to ward off most of the air attacks and downed only a handful of planes.
The patrol craft attempted to attack Kundrati and Luthori naval ships in the area, mainly patrol craft and cruisers. The attack failed, which resulted in the battle becoming a rout, though a Kundrati patrol craft did have to retreat due to much damage to its starboard side. However, Kundrati and Luthori forces were unable to follow up with an attack on their naval base as there were more anti-aircraft forces and the like in that area (though notably, one group of oil tanks in the base did explode, causing chaos in the area).
Meanwhile, in the ground invasion, the head of the Kundrati Ground Forces in Kirlawa, Gen. Memnon Pachicoa, announced that due to the
death of one of the Junta leaders in a Luthorian bombing, he had witnessed most of the Kirlawan soldiers losing their nerve and surrendering more and more in the west of Nuchtmark and areas near the coast. However, it was more likely that those who were surrendering were those from the lower classes, as we consider the caste system in operation by the Junta, which likely has destabilized now that one of the four heads of the Junta was wiped out.
However, Pachicoa stated that the war was slowing down as more resistance was found in the Telon and Luthi areas.,and More soldiers were spotted in the area with a "...good amount of equipment..." according to the General. General Pachicoa stated further that the fighting in Luthi had not yet reached the city despite aerial bombardment of enemy positions and that even artillery and rocket power had been unable to wield the Kirlawan forces. Things were better in Telon as naval power from the KuNS Quintinus Vespacius and Luthorian naval troops had managed to cause enough damage for a few paratroopers to rough things up. However, ground forces in the area had not caught up and had to deal with brutal street-to-street fighting. It was to the point where, unfortunately, civilians were caught in the crossfire. Currently, Kundrati and Luthori forces are slowly gaining ground in Telon.
Forces in the Dundorfian portion of the battle did work on attacking the cities of Shobagon and moving towards Brase Lake, with some success in the latter, though meeting more resistance as time wore on. In Shobagon, air superiority was not gained as there were seemingly a lot of resources in the area, which caused enough damage for Kundrati air and ground assets to retreat to the provincial border.