Operation Dragonfly

= Operation Dragonfire (January 5th -> January 7th) = Final Result: Decisive AUF Defeat. Credited Reason: Faulty Intel

-AUF Forces (~72,000) -1st Army Group (59,750 Men) -17 Infantry Divisions (51,000 Men) -5 Assault Divisions (6,500 Men) -3 Armored Divisions (2,250 Men) -4th Fleet (Total of ~12,900 Men, Numbers Differ due to different Class of Ships in each Category) -17 Destroyers -9 Light Cruisers -2 Heavy Cruisers -2 Battleships -4 Amphibious Landing Divisions (divided into 12 Landing Craft Carriers[20 Landing Craft per Carrier]) -Juvilar, Kolgant, Arvont and Ritrona Air Squadrons (170 Men, 70 Bombers and 30 Fighters) **Troop Specific Info to be released at a later date**

-Hostile Forces (Numbers Unclear, Consensus Estimate ~120,000 Men + 50 Aircraft) ~20 Garrison Divisions ~5 Engineer Divisions -1 Spec Ops -17th Armada (Unknown Ship Numbers or Class) -24th Air Group -10 Fighters -40 Bombers

Casualty Report: 1st Army Group Suffered Heavy Losses, Only 6,267 Survivors, 52,679 Confirmed Dead, 9,167 POW, ~10,000 Still Missing. 4th Fleet Wiped Out, No Survivors, all Presumed KIA.

Hostile Casualties: Spec Ops Heavy Losses 3 Garrison Divisions Wiped Out 15 Garrison Divisions Light Losses 2 Garrison Divisions No Losses 17th Armada Light Losses, No Ships Sunk. 24th Air Group 4 Confirmed Casualties, 1 Missing.

Total Losses: AUF -> ~71,000 Casualties Hostile -> ~40,000 Casualties

Dragonfire was a mission set in the Western Island Chain of Voltizar, this was an Amphibious assault with The main Objective to Occupy the Island and Use it as an Advanced Air Field for Airstrikes deeper in enemy territory and within reach of a Hostile Capital (Country of Tivonia, one of the 7 Members of MAL). However it did have its Secondary Objectives, it was also believed that Enemy Forces had a Technological Center somewhere in the island chain, however this was not confirmed. Intel suggested that Enemy Forces would have Mainly Infantry Divisions protecting the island and had No Naval Presence in the area, it was also suggested that there would be a maximum of 10 Hostile Aircraft. Convoys Therefor were separated from the escorting flotilla in order to reach the island faster, with only a couple Fighters performing CAP with some Armed Transports for AA, as it turns out, the OPFOR had recently deployed a naval squadron to the island chain, although it was later concluded that this was a mere coincidence, and it did not happen due to an Intel Leak. Due to the lack of Surface Weapons the Convoys were destroyed, with only a few LCCs Escaping the Turkey Shoot before the 4th fleet showed up, at this time the CAP Fighters were on Bingo Fuel and had to return to their Landing Strips all the way back on Jivular Air Base, Far North from the Island Chain of Voltizar, although Jivular despatched more Fighters to relieve them, they had been engaged with an Enemy Air Patrol and failed to reach the Naval Battle, The 4th Fleet, now swarmed with Enemy Land-Based Bombers, further bombarded with enemy shells from the 17th Armada was in a loosing battle.

[11:35 PM]

Some LCC Transports had managed to slip through the Enemy Armada and decided to take its chances on landing at the island, they managed to push back the enemy and make a foothold in the Small Village of Jistera, however the Enemy had actually been reinforced recently and had 3x more than what Intel Expected, and so, surrounded, they fought for 28 whole hours facing even a Spec-Ops division and the Enemy Bombers without a wink of sleep, but, as if by a miracle, the 40 "Romeos" Assault Division's LCC Transport had been seperated during the fight and Finally arrived and landed the Assault Division to the West, but they were not detected as the enemy assumed all forces were at Jistera, and so, One of the Soldiers, Blackwood, Suggested that they attacked the enemy HQ and pinned the enemy's Central forces from behind, this would at least buy them time for the stranded and nearly wiped out soldiers to retreat from Jistera back onto the LCC Transports, luckily they were intact as the enemy armada had been distracted from the AUF's Fleet.

After the troops at Jistera managed to flee, the 40th was now by itself, with enemies between them and the beach were the LCC were off-shore waiting for them, the enemy aircraft were now opposed by 100 AUF Aircraft from the Airbases of Juvilar, Kolgant, Arvont and Ritrona sending both Fighters and Bombers to the aid of the AUF Forces, and sor instead of retreating they broke through the massive enemy line, taking heavy losses in the process, but managing to reach the shore and load into the LCCs and Finally Retreat.

only the depleted 40th Assault Division was recovered alongside the remains of the other Elements, who were disassembled due to the lack of men (~26,000 garrisoned Jistera, but from Jistera's Siege, only 982 Survived, leaving behind more than 20 thousand bodies, the 40th Romeos, originally 2,500 Men, left the island with only 562 men)

The 4th fleet had no registered Survivors and all 13,000 Men are Presumed KIA, The Enemy has not Released any information about POWs and our Intel also suggests that they did not encounter any survivors from the 4th fleet. All Ships from the 4th fleet are missing and are presumed Sunk by the Enemy Naval forces, with their last engagement being on the 7th of january at 18:30 PM, after the friendly LCCs had retrieved the 40th assault, which gave them time to flee from the area.

Trivia

 * Roselyn Blackwood was a part of this, being assigned to the 40th Romeos assault division, she was the only survivor in her platoon of 60 soldiers.
 * MAL Forces exceeded AUF's intel by 4x the expected numbers.