Operation: Eagles Landing

[Republic of Italy]

Albanian Responce to UBR Movements

Commanding General: General Major Dayn C. Carin

Forces Under Command
65th Conscripted Regiment: 3,000 Untrained Citizens (Armed with AK-47's)
77th Conscript Regiment: 5,000 Untrained Citizens (Armed with AK-47's)
19th Mountain Division: 5,000 Well Trained Albanian Regulars, (Specialization Rural Combat)
27th Infantry: 8,000 Well Trained Albanian Regulars
103rd Support Division: 3,000 Albanian Regulars, 25 T-55's, 15 155mm Artillery Pieces, 50 Assorted Flak batterys.
3rd Armor Division: 50 T-55's 1,000 Albanian Regulars
12th Engineers: 200 Engineers 800 Albanian Regulars.

Orders: Split between an Italian Invasion at Durres, the Drin River begins a fortification process, All bridges except 2 on the river Drin are blown, as Albania prepares for a defencive battle. Without air support Albanian Infantry prays their Flak can give them some sort of an edge against the UBR Airforce.

2 Standing Bridges are leading to the city Mertur, where 20 Flak Cannons have been placed in the city, as well as 5 T-55's the city looks quiet as everyone is ordered inside, there is no garrison at either bridges, But the there explosives strapped under the bridges await any advancing force. Buildings over looking the bridges are fortified by members of the 27th Infantry Division, the rest of the 27th is inside the city awaiting the assault.

The conscript divisions are spread all along the river waiting for enemy advances. Artillery Support and Tank Support is stationed inside of buildings and hidden in the city of Iballe.

The 19th Mountain Divison is ordered across the river to hender any UBR infantry advances, they are deployed thin as guerrilla fighters, small units move across the areas north of the Drin River, many set ambushes at key roads on the way to the Drin River, they hope to make any UBR ground advances slow, and harsh through the Albanian Mountains.

[United Balkan Republic]

With numerically superior forces, the UBR forces halted on the onset of the River Drin, only bringing up artillery from the 4th and 5th artillery divisions to bombard the infantry-men occupying positions on the Drin River, careful not to hit the bridge. The UBR air forces, which comrpised of 300 B-01 Thunder and 400 F-01 Partridge aircraft would release AGM-01 guided bombs from 3 miles away and would decimate supposed Albanian occupied buildings overlooking the river until it was suitable for UBR engineers to disarm the bridge.

[Republic of Italy]

After a harsh night the Albanian Army had reached the River Drin. Small elements of retreating and routed albanians were stealing civilian clothing and hiding out in citys and towns, stashing their weapons and burning their army uniforms.

The Battle of Mertur Bridges

The small Albanian Army knew this would be their only chance to hold the superior enemy force, they must hold this bridge at all costs. the 27th Infantry had been given the task 8,000 Albanian Regulars awaited the oncoming Elite UBR army. It seemed Albania was facing the impossible, Italy from the west and the UBR from the north. These men were the most loyal of the Albanian Soldier at the time, they stood fast awaiting a harsh battle. Sure enough they got one, as the UBR Begin pounding the buildings infront of the bridge where small garrisons lay in wait. The explosive charges however were not disabled, and the bridges still had the ability to be blown at any time. The large air assault did decimate half of the city, turning it into ruins. But still the now frightened 27th recieved the order to protect the bridge from engineers at all costs and that more divisions were enroute to reinforce them, but they must attack the bridge now.

As UBR Engineers were attempting to disarm the bridge, an entire regiment with 5 T-55's appeared advancing through the rubbel, the infantry was running and the vehicles were speeding forward. Little did the UBR know the rest of the Albanian Army was enroute to the city of Mertur where they would make their stand.

Standing Orders
-All Divisions Commited to Holding of the Mertur Bridge
-Flak Batterys deployed against enemy aircraft as well as 4 Mobile SAM's. The SAM's marked the HQ of the Major General Dayn C. Carin
-The Bridge will be blown the second UBR Infantry or tanks move onto it to dislodge Albanian Forces defending the bridge.
-Tirane Missile Command
4 Missile Systems in Tirane with the ability to launch 4 small anti personel missiles fire all their salvos into the UBR Forces.

Casualtys at Mertur After the Air Raid:
-230 KIA 320 WIA 5 MIA

[United Balkan Republic]

As the UBR forces sat having breakfast and artillery pounded Albanian forces on the bridge, missiles appeared over the horizon. Immediately, multiple SAM-01 batteries sprang to life. Their radars spun once and locked directly onto their targets, and in a large flash of light, the rockets launched into the air with a defeaning sound. With superior technology, the missiles had been diverted and destroyed, saving countless UBR lives.

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With scout reports of more enemy action in the Mertur bridge area, the T-01 Budapest divisions were being organized into artillery protectorates and support units. Armed with heavy explosive shells instead of armor piercing, the entirety of the 4th and 5th artillery divisions (200 ART-01s in total) and most of the 6th and 7th armored divisions were (About 800 T-01s) bombarding Mertur into ruin.

SAM batteries were of little worry to the UBR because of their stealth technology, but the AA batteries had to be disposed of. A man from the 10th Cavalry had spotted the batteries, but before being captured by Albanian soldiers, radioed in coordinates to the nests.

Minutes later, B-01 Thunder bombers released their devestating payloads of AGM-01 missiles from over 3 miles away onto the designated AA batteries. What the artillery and tanks had yet to knock out, the AGM missiles would.



...All that would halt a UBR offensive now was the deletion of a certain bridge.

Casualties:

- 1 Captured
- 26 Dead
- 89 Wounded

[Republic of Italy]

General Major Dayn C. Carin sat in a jeep surrounded by 4 Mobile SAMs in his bunker he and his commanders were devising a strategy to stop the UBR offencive here, but they had no air support. Dayn knew it was a hopeless cause but still he gave orders for major advances. The battle begin at 2 PM as the 27th Infantry begin to deploy in positions near the river Mertur. With small arms they were able to secure the bridge for a short time, until UBR artillery begin blowing the entire city to hell. The the 27th awaited the command to blow the bridge as artillery slammed into them, the barage went on for some time and as orders were being garbled due to the intense battle and the green units. Colonel Jerico Smith ordered an infantry move across the Mertur bridge. This was a massive mistake as he sent 2 of his regiments across the bridge 1,000 infantry, supported by 4 leading tanks. The Offencive was supposed to draw the UBR across the bridge. It didn't work.

The Elite UBR forces quickly tossed the attack aside as Albanians took maximum casualtys. But still stubbornly held the bridge, by morning when the artillery barage ceased casualtys in the 27th were heavy, and the city of mertur had been all but destroyed, in the chaos, the engineer division had blow the bridge as they feared they would lose the capability to blow the bridge. Their fears were correct as minutes after the bridges begin to blow, the city was turned to ash. The 27th was ordered back from Mertur as thousands lay dead in the city.

Casualtys
27th Infantry
2,320 KIA 4,329 WIA.
3 SAM Batterys

Now with nothing but a small conscripted army and a tank division the albanian army begin to hide in wait for the next UBR move.

-Note a bombing assault took place at General Major Dayn C. Carin's bunker destroying 3 of his precious Mobile SAM Batterys, and wounding the General, he has been removed from the front and taken to Tirane. Colonel Laurenzo Tira has taken command of the northern sector of Albania.

[United Balkan Republic]

With the delay of the destroyed bridge, the UBR began to cross the river be deploying two pontoon bridges in the former areas in rapid sucession. They formed perimeters around the area, and in total, all but the armor divisions which were too heavy to cross made it. Now, they sat and waited, deploying their artillery and bombarding Albanian forces into submission.

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Arming themselves with high-explosive shrapnel weapons and napalm for some of the low flying F-01s, the UBR air force conentrated on the areas outside of Mertur, bombarding even the slightest reports of enemy activity with a furious answer of flame and metal. The 9th, 10th and 11th Cavalry has sent forward artillery observers to scout areas and find Albanian positions to call in artillery strikes on.

UBR ORDER OF BATTLE

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Commanding General: General Karoly Nandor[/center]

Land Forces

[Infantry]
- 15,000 Men in 22nd Infantry Division
- 15,000 Men in 23rd Infantry Division
- 15,000 Men in 24th Infantry Division
- 15,000 Men in 25th Infantry Division
- 15,000 Men in 26th Infantry Division
- 15,000 Men in 27th Infantry Division
- 15,000 Men in 28th Infantry Division
- 15,000 Men in 29th Infantry Division
- 15,000 Men in 30th Infantry Division

[Cavalry]
- 15,000 Men in 9th Cavalry Division
- 15,000 Men in 10th Cavalry Division
- 15,000 Men in 11th Cavalry Division

[Guards]
- 15,000 Men in 1st Guards Infantry Division *

[Artillery]
- 15,000 Men manning 100 ART-01 Unicorn Artillery Pieces in 4th Artillery Division
- 15,000 Men manning 100 ART-01 Unicorn Artillery Pieces in 5th Artillery Division

[ABM/Anti-Air]
- 4,000 Men manning 100 SAM-01 Missile Launchers in 5th Air Artillery Division
- 4,000 Men manning 100 SAM-01 Missile Launchers in 6th Air Artillery Division

Air Forces

[Fighter]
- 20,000 Men manning 100 F-01 Partridge Fighter Aircraft in 4th Air Wing
- 20,000 Men manning 100 F-01 Partridge Fighter Aircraft in 5th Air Wing
- 20,000 Men manning 100 F-01 Partridge Fighter Aircraft in 6th Air Wing
- 20,000 Men manning 100 F-01 Partridge Fighter Aircraft in 7th Air Wing

[Bomber]
- 20,000 Men manning 100 B-01 Bomber Aircraft in 1st Bomber Air Wing
- 20,000 Men manning 100 B-01 Bomber Aircraft in 2nd Bomber Air Wing
- 20,000 Men manning 100 B-01 Bomber Aircraft in 3rd Bomber Air Wing

[Republic of Italy]

Albanian Armed forces tried countless times to form tanks and men together to assault the UBR forces crossing the bridge, but due to enemy air support, no formation was able to gather the strength to muster an assault, conscripts begin falling back, and now it was inevitable word came from Tirane for the forces to retreat to the capital, and the retreat of the battered and defeated corps begin the long run to the capital where they would once again meet the same attackers

Battle of Mertur Casualty Listing

65th Conscripted Regiment: 1,210 KIA/MIA/WIA
77th Conscript Regiment: 2,210 KIA/MIA/WIA
19th Mountain Division: Losses Total division is now civilian resistance in the north scattered guerrilla fighters.
27th Infantry: Routed No casualty report
103rd Support Division: 20 Flak Batterys, The rest never saw combat.
3rd Armor Division: 26 T-55 Tanks 540 KIA/WIA/MIA
12th Engineers: Total Lost in the massive bombing of Mertur.

[United Balkan Republic]

With the Mertur bombings becoming completely effective and winning the entire UBR battle front, the air force redirected their bombings against Tirana. The bulk of the army [which now included the armor divisions which had crossed due to the reconstruction of the bridge] moved southwest to capture Tirana, and to encircle the city in a giant gap.

The air force escroted their B-01 bombers, and all fighters not only carried air-to-air missiles, but small air-to-ground missiles as well to release on the city. While the AGM-01 missiles did a good amount of damage to the retreating soldiers in Tirana, the artillery from the north would provide even more damage when it came to the outskirts of the city. The Siege of Tirana had begun.

[Republic of Italy]

Reorganized Forces in Tirane


150th Mobile Artillery Batallion: 20 Mobile 50mm Howitzers 300 Albanian Regulars
55th Airborne: 5,000 Elite Albanian Paratroopers
765th Infantry Division: 10,000 Albanian Regulars
3rd Armor Division: 24 T-55's, 540 Albanian Regulars
65th Conscripted Regiment: 1,790 Albanian Conscripts
77th Conscript Regiment: 2,790 Albanian Conscripts
103rd Support Division: 3,000 Albanian Regulars, 25 T-55's, 15 155mm Artillery Pieces, 30 Assorted Flak batterys.

Tirane Strategy coming tommorow afternoon

[United Balkan Republic]

UBR ORDER OF BATTLE
Commanding Officer: General Karoly Nandor

Number Under Command: 391,460 Men

- 997 Main Battle Tanks
- 190 Artillery Pieces
- 190 SAMs
- 400 Fighters
- 300 Bombers

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Land Forces - 251,460 Men; 997 MBTs; 190 Artillery; 190 SAMs

[Infantry] - 129,700
- 15,000 Men in 22nd Infantry Division
- 13,200 Men in 23rd Infantry Division
- 15,000 Men in 24th Infantry Division
- 14,800 Men in 25th Infantry Division
- 15,000 Men in 26th Infantry Division
- 12,100 Men in 27th Infantry Division
- 15,000 Men in 28th Infantry Division
- 14,600 Men in 29th Infantry Division
- 15,000 Men in 30th Infantry Division

[Cavalry] - 40,800
- 13,400 Men in 9th Cavalry Division
- 12,600 Men in 10th Cavalry Division
- 14,800 Men in 11th Cavalry Division

[Armored] - 29,860; 997 MBTs
- 14,960 Men manning 499 T-01 Budapest MBTs in 6th Armored Division
- 14,900 Men manning 498 T-01 Budapest MBTs in 7th Armored Division

[Guards] - 14,600
- 14,600 Men in 1st Guards Infantry Division *

[Artillery] - 28,700; 190 Pieces
- 14,600 Men manning 98 ART-01 Unicorn Artillery Pieces in 4th Artillery Division
- 14,100 Men manning 92 ART-01 Unicorn Artillery Pieces in 5th Artillery Division

[ABM/Anti-Air] - 7,800; 190 SAMs
- 4,000 Men manning 100 SAM-01 Missile Launchers in 5th Air Artillery Division
- 3,800 Men manning 90 SAM-01 Missile Launchers in 6th Air Artillery Division

Air Forces - 140,000 Men; 400 Fighters; 300 Bombers

[Fighter] - 80,000; 400 Fighters
- 20,000 Men manning 100 F-01 Partridge Fighter Aircraft in 4th Air Wing
- 20,000 Men manning 100 F-01 Partridge Fighter Aircraft in 5th Air Wing
- 20,000 Men manning 100 F-01 Partridge Fighter Aircraft in 6th Air Wing
- 20,000 Men manning 100 F-01 Partridge Fighter Aircraft in 7th Air Wing

[Bomber] - 60,000; 300 Bombers
- 20,000 Men manning 100 B-01 Bomber Aircraft in 1st Bomber Air Wing
- 20,000 Men manning 100 B-01 Bomber Aircraft in 2nd Bomber Air Wing
- 20,000 Men manning 100 B-01 Bomber Aircraft in 3rd Bomber Air Wing




Although UBR casualties had been somewhat significant, the majority of their losses came not from enemy soldiers, but from sparing men to occupy key positions they had swept through to hold against enemy territory. Now, with a fully reorganized military, the UBR force began to surround Tirana, bombarding it with MBTs, artillery, fighters, and bombers.

[Republic of Italy]

Well hidden flak batterys opened fire as the enemy bombers and fighters begin hitting the capital, Albanian forces fortify buildings everywhere, tanks are hidden to slow any enemy advance into the city. Artillery opens fire from inside the city, scattered artillery pieces begin firing on the UBR Siege forces. Snipers also open fire at long ranges from the outskirts of the city. Small platoons and squads are outside of the city fighting guerrilla warfare dressed in civilian clothing. Many Albanian civilians follow suit as all occupied Albanian citys become active war zones.

[United Balkan Republic]

Immediately after taking fire from the concealed AA positions, the fighters and bombers marked them on maps and returned to base, careful not to recieve fire. Some of the pilots, however, were not so lucky, and already 4 F-01 Partridge aircraft have been shot down over Tirana.

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To the north, artillery batteries and armor divisions are opening up on Albania with high explosive rounds to deliver maximum destruction to not only Albanian military officials, but to Albanian citizens as well. Counter-snipers guarding the artillery officers are doing what they were trained to do, and are mostly the best of the best.

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To the west, the UBRS Jekevo and Nomada, two Budapest Class Battlecruisers, have arrived off the coast of Albania. Armed with cruise missiles, they are currently launching hundreds of their sea-to-ground missiles, bombarding the city with massive effect.

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Along the current occupied UBR cities, men had taken small casualties. This was due to militia dressing as civilians, and blackouts have been issued to cities all across Albania to quell this violence. Militia units are ordered to quit their attacks or be found after the war and be killed.

[Republic of Italy]

The Italian Navy off the coast of Durres begins letting lose a salvo of Air to Ground Missiles, 60 missiles take the sky towards Tirane.

Italy offers their infantry already stationed in Durres in support of the enemy assault on Tirane. (Sense the enemy here seems quite frozen i've decided they all died and the Italian Army took the Durres region with minimal casualtys.)

[Republic of Italy]

Albania has surrendered to the UBR government.

[United Balkan Republic]

The UBR accepts Albania into the UBR, and it becomes a state.