Pleoine, Inner Sphere, January 9th 3051:
It is my proud duty to report the complete collapse of the Capellan defence on Pleoine. Organized and disorganized units from the Confederation attempted to hold the planet throughout operations, however were ultimately destroyed by the numerically superior Free World's Military. Elements of mercenary units, like Phoenix Legion, did participate in the battle, as well as regular units across the Free World's League. The final two holdouts of the planet were secured by teams which simply dropped into zones to find the defenders themselves had been utterly routed before hand.
Capellan losses on the planet have been high, losing every single piece of the land. Though many battles were fought hard, and fought bravely by the Capellans, it was ultimately not enough to stop the Free World's push.
A new intermediate government has been formed by the occupying forces, and elections are expected to begin to formed in the meantime. What Capellan forces remained on the planet, unable to be evacuated, were captured or killed within several hours. The route no doubt has heavily demoralized the Liao forces in the region, as they now must struggle to determine where the next hammerblow will land.
For the Free World's League, it is an ultimate vindication of its initial somewhat disorganized advance. Though Zion and Ghan Singh were taken, they were taken at a heavy price, as units such as TCAP, and other mixed tag battalions and regiments of tagged Liao organized units, viciously defended their worlds. Often, it was through superior numbers flanking their positions and taking undefended territories, or lightly defended ones, that forced the Capellan veteran formations back. But on Pleoine, it was a different story. Marik forces found victories against veteran formations of the Confederation. These troops were comprised of hastily assembled mixed units, lead by more experienced commanders, or by largely organized veteran formations of far more experience warriors. The results were the same in both cases, even when victories were achieved, such units were utterly stripped from the order of battle as additional Marik forces brought them to bare, and simply blasted them away, or outflanked their positions and overwhelmed them.
Pleoine will be remembered by the formations that fought on it. Leading the charge in many cases, were the forces of the First Free World's Guards, often leading mixed units with elements from MGA, RMA, and others. This didn't of course, take into account as well the significant forces contributed by other units as well. The 13th Oriente Hussars lead the charge in several mixed groups as well during this major operations. It's also said some elements of the Black Widows participated. Several lances from the Seriphon were also seen on world, and may have contributed the upwards of a reinforced company to the battles which raged across the surface, but beyond their presence on the world, it is unknown how many of this veteran unit were directly involved, but it is noted they did strongly participate all the same. Other, regular forces unaffiliated with these groups, are also to be commended for their exemplary service on this world, in the first truly overwhelming victory of the war.
It is also noted, this is likely the last major operation which Phoenix Legion would participate in under its contract. It is most assured, that the FWL leaves on good terms with these elements, and thanks them for their professional and superb service. It is unlikely that Pleoine could be taken in such a short time without their support not only there, but on the two planet's prior.
With momentum on their side, and a ceasefire in place, the Free World's Military now turns its eyes to its next objective, intent on throwing the Capellans yet further back. With so much lost military hardware, and three world's taken by the FWLM in under 24 hours , there is no doubt the Capellan Confederation now may be regretting its reckless misuse of Mercenaries and unregulated forces bringing this conflict to a boil. As of now, the war rages, and there is no diplomatic solution in sight.
- StormEagle, 1FWG.
Edited by stormeagle, 09 January 2016 - 09:34 PM.
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