Battle of the Pegasus System Part II: Allied Offensive

November 22, 2097(November 22, 105 BBY)

"As the Siege of this world continues I'm beginning to see the effect of this battle to effect the members of my Squad and suffer from P.T.S.D. and some of see some of my comrades that I have fought with sense our nation's 2nd Galactic Civil war give their lives in the defense of our Galactic Nation in this Great Galactic War. As I looked at the battlefield I remembered a Quote from 1 of our famous Military leaders of history: General Douglas MacArthur "The Soldier above all others pray for peace, for it is the soldier who must suffer and bear the deepest wounds and scars of war." I have learned awhile ago that the best way to deal with loss in war is to honor that memory by talking of their lives and how that impacted you with the time that spend with you as to giving compassionate words to the one's that are impacted by their loss."-Jason Mark.

With the Battle of the Pegasus system well under way with the Military forces of T.F.R.*, E.C.R.* and C.I.E.* continuing slam into each other. Both the T.F.R. and E.C.R. fighter and bomber forces have been working around the clock in Air superiority and close air support for their Planetary Ground forces. The T.F.R. and E.C.R. Galactic Brigadier Generals of both the T.F.R. and E.C.R. Galactic Ground forces in the Pegasus system, Generals Oliver Johnson and Callister Gregor plans of having a defense in depth strategy is working in defending their system from the C.I.E. Invasion forces causing massive military casualties of the C.I.E. Military forces. However as his defensive in depth working his military casualties have continued to amount and after reading in the casualty reports in the number of K.I.A. or M.I.A. he saw that his forces lost nearly 1/2(48%) of his forces. He saw that he that his forces lose roughly 620,517 troops, 2,248 advance tanks, 4,137 laser artillery cannons destroyed; Over the course of the Battle of Pegasus Prime until now Generals Oliver Johnson and Callister Gregor forces have over 124,103 of their troops being wounded in battle with 450 advance tanks and 863 laser artillery cannons been damaged. Their Planetary Air forces have lost roughly 4,421 fighters and 2,211 bombers sense the Battle of the Pegasus system began.

Recently General Oliver Johnson's ally: The fighty E.C.R. General Callister Gregor is becoming increasing frustrated with General Oliver Johnson's plan of having a defense in depth strategy and not having hardly any offensive battle plans to take the fight to the C.I.E. invasion forces. Both of them often clashed with each other over battle plans and finally after a heated debate with each other agreed to a comprise with each other. General Oliver Johnson finally agreed to let General Callister Gregor take the offensive to the C.I.E. invasion forces with 1/2 of their fighter and bomber forces. With General Oliver Johnson's agreement with him General Callister Gregor spend the next few days organized his armies on 3 continents where the Both the T.F.R. and C.I.E. forces where engaged in a brutal skirmishes and defensive and offensive attacks with each other into 3 offensive armies to take the offensive to the C.I.E. forces.

General Callister Gregor and his follow officers organized an offensive plan were they would on each continent attack the C.I.E. forces. 1st he would order 1/3(11 squadrons of fighters) of his fighter squadrons to escort 1/3(6 squadron of bombers) of his bomber squadrons of bombers to do an Ariel bombardment on the 3 of the continents to bombardment C.I.E. forces to either cut off C.I.E. frontline supply lines or at least slow down the amount of supplies that the C.I.E. frontline forces needed to maintain their Frontlines with the T.F.R. and E.C.R. forces. 2nd he would order his 3 offensive armies to attack the C.I.E. frontlines in 2 places along their frontlines as soon as their Ariel Bombardment was finished with their assignment. They would begin their attacks on the C.I.E. frontline center to draw as many C.I.E. forces away from their flanks to reinforce the center of their lines leaving their flanks valuable for flanking maneuvers for each of his commander's armies possibly in place reserve of armor brigades in the back of their attack forces. 3rd if they where able to draw as many C.I.E. forces he would attack from the weaken flanks of the C.I.E. forces and if they were able punch a whole from the Flanks of the C.I.E. frontlines his commander's armies would sent their reserves of armor brigades to for light strike armored spearheads to quickly punch throw the C.I.E. frontlines to cut off the C.I.E. Frontline flank wings and creating pockets of C.I.E. forces cut off from their supply lines and to hold off the C.I.E. reinforcements that might be coming to recue them and from their forces to push them back.

On December 2, 2097 General Callister Gregor began to put in motion his offensive battlefield plans. He ordered 1/3 of his fighter squadrons to escort 1/3 of his bomber squadrons of bombers to do an Ariel bombardment on the 3 of the continents to bombardment C.I.E. forces to either cut off C.I.E. frontline supply lines or at least slow down the amount of supplies that the C.I.E. frontline forces needed to maintain their Frontlines with the T.F.R. and E.C.R. forces. Over the next 12 hours his bomber squadrons with fighter escorts to tried to do Ariel bombardment on the 3 of the continents to bombardment C.I.E. forces. As the General Callister Gregor's Ariel Bombardment forces approached the C.I.E. forces they have meet heavy resistance from the C.I.E. Anti-Spacecraft defenses. As the battle continued and with as radio reports from the fighter and bomber pilots in his fighter and bomber forces General Callister Gregor found out that he had underestimated the strength of the C.I.E. Anti-spacecraft defenses. As his fighter and bomber forces returned to their Air bases after completing their Ariel bombardment of the C.I.E. forces General Callister Gregor read the reports of the losses his bomber and fighter squadron forces took. He read from the reports that his fighter and bomber forces where only able to complete 1/2 of their Ariel bombardment mission in cutting off C.I.E. frontline supply lines or at least slow down the amount of supplies that the C.I.E. frontline forces needed to maintain their Frontlines with the T.F.R. and E.C.R. forces. As General Callister Gregor read the reports from his fighter and bomber forces that his forces lost 3/4's(8 fighter squadrons and 4 bomber squadrons) of their fighter and bomber forces with the remainder of their forces suffering heavy damage.

After reading that his Fighter and bomber forces Ariel Bombardment mission reports General Callister Gregor decided to continue on with his battlefield offensive plans against the C.I.E. invasion forces. He ordered 3 of his offensive armies to continue with their attack on the C.I.E. frontlines in 2 places along their frontlines. They would begin their attacks on the C.I.E. frontline center to draw as any C.I.E. forces away from their flanks. As General Callister Gregor's battle plans unfolded 1 of his capable 2nd in command's General of the Army, General Dýnami Pyrós began carry on General Callister Gregor's battlefield offensive plans against the C.I.E. invasion forces. As Dýnami Pyrós forces began their attack on the C.I.E. forces on the 1st continent he heard from battlefield reports that his forces attack is going well. On December 8, 2097 He heard that his attack was able to draw as any C.I.E. forces away from their flanks and even push into the C.I.E. Frontlines some. As he heard from the reports he left the success of his decay attack go to his head and decided to order a part of his army that was prepared a head of time in a brief rest bit to charge ahead to keep his adversary off balance. However he wasn't arrogant to know that it could be a trap and before him give the ordered to attack he ordered them that to remain still in range of their laser artillery cannons firing range as well to keep their guard and to stay on high alert.

Over the next few days General Dýnami Pyrós's forces he send ahead of his main forces out spend back reports that they have meet little resistance to his offensive to which he began to become suspicious of why his forces he send ahead meet little resistance to his forces. He decided to order his forces he send ahead of his main forces to haul their advance further into enemy territory and fortify their positions and prepare for a possible C.I.E. counter attack. On December 18, 2097 A few days after he give his orders his suspicious where confirmed with the C.I.E. forces launching a massive counter attack on his forces. As 1st he read combat reports that his forces where able to repel the C.I.E. counter attack. After a few hours of intense fighting and reading from combat reports he saw that the C.I.E. Central forces that counter attack his forces stopped. He began to hear from frequency transmissions from his rear guard of his forces that they where being attacked by C.I.E. forces. General Dýnami Pyrós was now for a moment in a state of shock instead of trying to draw as many C.I.E. forces from their flanks leaving their flanks valuable for flanking maneuvers for his reserve of armor brigades in the back of his attack forces that he was to focused on doing a frontal assault of the C.I.E. center frontline that he failed to send his reserve of Armor brigades to do lighting fast spearheads to the C.I.E. flanks. He saw that he was able to give them time to reorganize their flanks and sneak behind his forces while their forces at their center keep his force occupied with a full frontal assault for them to sneak around his forces cut off from supply lines and surrounded.

He was able to snap out of his shock and ordered all his forces that where engaged in intense and brutal hand to hand combat deep in the C.I.E. frontline to disengage and as quickly as possible reorganize themselves to attempt a break out of the Pocket his forces are now in. He ordered his Reserve of Armored brigades to do if the enemy was unable to reinforce their outer edge frontlines where their surrounded them to do lighting fast spearheads into the C.I.E. frontlines to create a narrow corridor for his forces to escape. Over the next few days his armored Brigades were able to breakthrough the C.I.E. frontlines and create a narrow corridor for his forces to escape. General Dýnami Pyrós reported to his superior officer, Galactic Brigade General, General Callister Gregor that he has failed in his mission and that when his forces where able to punch through the C.I.E. center frontlines he let his success of his decay attack go to his head and decided to order a continues push further into C.I.E. Frontlines. He told him that he failed to send his reserve of Armor brigades to do lighting fast spearheads to the C.I.E. flanks. He saw that he was able to give them time to reorganize their flanks and sneak behind his forces while their forces at their center keep his force occupied with a full frontal assault for them to sneak around his forces cut off from supply lines and surrounded.

General Callister Gregor was at 1st furious in his commander's overconfidence and arrogant in not following his mission objectives and falling into the C.I.E. trap. However he asked what General Dýnami Pyrós did after his realized that he had given the C.I.E. forces time reorganize their flanks and sneak behind his forces while their forces at their center keep his force occupied with a full frontal assault for them to sneak around his forces cut off from supply lines and surrounded; He was impressed at General Dýnami Pyrós's said he did by ordering his reserve of Armored brigades to do if the enemy was unable to reinforce their outer edge frontlines where their surrounded them to do lighting fast spearheads into the C.I.E. frontlines to create a narrow corridor for his forces to escape. General Callister Gregor was pleased to see that General Dýnami Pyrós ability to over come his overconfidence and arrogant to devise an escape plan the saving what was left of his forces. He read from General Dýnami Pyrós's reports that his forces lost roughly 45,648 troops, 166 advance tanks, 301 laser artillery cannon in his forces intense fighting with the C.I.E. forces. He read from General Dýnami Pyrós's reports that his forces have roughly 22,824 troops wounded, 83 advance tanks and 150 laser artillery cannons being damaged. He read from General Dýnami Pyrós reports that he had roughly 6,847 troops, 99 advance tanks and 90 laser artillery cannons being captured and ceased by the C.I.E. forces. He read from General Dýnami Pyrós reports that he returned with roughly 38,801 troops(Included the wounded), 182 advance tanks and 240 laser artillery cannons.

Over the Next few weeks General Callister Gregor learned that his other 2 offensive armies where able to accomplish the assignments and forced the surrender of 2 of the C.I.E. invasion armies. General Callister Gregor's offensive forces killed 293,129 C.I.E. troops and destroyed 3,950 laser artillery cannons and Anti-tank weapons. His forces were able to captured roughly 141,510 troops and 1,906 laser artillery cannons being ceased by them. His forces lost 167,502 troops, 607 advance tanks and 1,117 artillery laser cannons. He forces had be the end of their offensive 68,472 troops being wounded, 249 advance tanks and 451 laser artillery cannons being damaged from their offensive.

"For months as the siege continues I have seen the horrors of war and it's effect of the our invasion forces. I saw the horrify wounds that the T.F.R. and E.C.R. soldiers and military equipment have done to our troops. I've read some combat reports from commanding officers that took part in direct combat with the T.F.R. and E.C.R. forces. I read a combat report from army captain Antoon Chambers on how he fight a brutal hand to hand battle with a trained T.F.R. soldier and how in his brutal engage how his enemy was able to get the upper hand and break his left arm until he was able a spilt second disengage and found his blast pistol and fire 5 shoots inside his opponent that drained her advanced armor personal shields and blast through her Advance protective Armor killing her. As I continue to read reports I have come to the conclusion that the T.F.R. troops are better trained and better Equipped for a battle than our troops and that I won't want to meet a T.F.R. troop in battle unless their an ally if not then I'll died."-Alma Cara.

As the C.I.E. Invasion forces under the command of Galactic Brigadier General, General Lex Faith have been having a difficult time in trying to deliver the knock out blow that would force her Adversary's forces to surrender to her forces ending this long slugging match between both their forces. After over 3 months of fighting she have failed cease and destroy the T.F.R. and E.C.R. Planetary shield generator for her enemy adversary seeing the strategic value of keeping their Planetary shield generator online to protect Pegasus Prime from enemy capital ship weapons fire to bombardment their forces. As she read from both combat reports and logistic officers that her forces lost over 2.129 million troops, all their advance tanks and 7,239 laser artillery cannons. she read from reports that her forces have 178,675 troops wounded and 2,408 laser artillery cannons and Anti-tank weapons damaged. Over the months of fighting on Pegasus Prime with the T.F.R. and E.C.R. forces General Lex Faith she found that she has been truly tested by a worthy adversary both in Military tactics, strategy and Logistics in her adversary. General Lex Faith decided to charge up her tactics and strategy in this long draw out slugging match with the T.F.R. and E.C.R. forces. General Lex Faith decided to execute a defensive plan to create a defense in depth with her forces around Strategic locations she was able to secure on the planet. She ordered his follow officers in his forces to dig in, set up ambush points to ambush the enemy and traps around their strategic locations holding their fire went the enemy forces were right on top of them and open fire to surprise them.

As General Lex Faith's forces finished getting into their defense positions at strategic locations they were able to secure from T.F.R. and E.C.R. forces her Radar operation officer saw a moderately sized formation of enemy fighters and bombers on his radar screen heading for her forces. She ordered all her forces to go on high alert and her anti-spacecraft crews to got to their anti-spacecraft turrets to shoot down as many enemy fighters and bombers that are coming to bombardment her forces. As the enemy fighter and bomber forces and began their Ariel bombardment on her forces General Lex Faith Anti-spacecraft crews and turrets began to throw up an anti-spacecraft flak screen. After 12 hours of enemy Ariel bombardment the T.F.R. and E.C.R. fighter and bomber forces returned to their Air force bases General Lex Faith read reports on how much damage the T.F.R. and E.C.R. fighter and bombers caused to her forces. Over the course of a few days she read that her forces supply lines where moderately damaged and ordered all her Logistics officers to work around the clock to repair the damage to her forces supply lines as well to ordered her fellow officers to prepare for a coming enemy attack. She read reports that the her Anti-spacecraft crews where able to cause a massive of damage to the T.F.R. and E.C.R. forces.

For 1 of her capable Generals of the army, General Giustina Cato the commanding officer of the General Lex Faith's 4th army decided to set up a trap for her enemy adversary's. she called her follow officers send the follow week planning, movement of necessary military equipment and resources decided to send false radio transmissions that they knew that their enemy recon companies would try to decode them. The false radio transmissions they would send would tell their enemy that they have an inner budge in their lines and that their forces had a minimal amount of troops and military equipment. They would also send in the false radio transmissions that out their outer edges of their inner budge that them only have a moderate amount of only Infantry Brigades and some laser artillery cannons. As their plans where put into motion they saw that C.I.E. forces facing them bought the false radio transmissions and so they where coming into their inner budge and near their inner budge frontlines to engage them they unveiled they true plans. They have secretly on the outer edges of their inner budge have set up a large counter strike force made up of 6 Infantry Divisions of troops as well 3 Brigades of Laser Artillery cannons to launch counter strike spearhead to strike at the enemy's valuable flanks. With a few days their counter strike spearhead where able to quickly cut thought the enemy's defensive lines and meet up with out other closing the inner budge in their defensive lines and cut off all enemy forces trapped within their frontlines. After her forces where able to cut off all the enemy forces trapped within her frontlines let the successful of his trap on to her head failing to see that she had made a fatal flaw in her strategy by not reinforcing her outer edge of her lines with needed reinforcements to maintain her forces strength on her outer edge forces.

On December 19, 2097 her fatal flaw came to bite her in the ass by having the enemy launch a lighting fast spearheads through her vulnerable frontlines near the outer edge of her forces frontlines and over the next few days the enemy armored Brigades were able to breakthrough her frontlines and create a narrow corridor for the enemy forces to escape. Over the Next few weeks Galactic Brigadier General, General Lex Faith learned that her the other enemy offensive armies where able to accomplish their assignments forcing the surrender of 2 of her fellow officer's and 2nd in command's armies. With the surrendering of 2 of her armies she loss as a result roughly 141,510 troops being taken as prisoner's of war and 1,906 laser artillery cannons being ceased by the E.C.R. forces. As she read the casualty reports that her forces lost 293,129 C.I.E. troops and destroyed 3,950 laser artillery cannons and Anti-tank weapons. She read from reports that her forces suffered 174,407 troops being wounded and 1,987 laser artillery cannons being damaged from the enemy offensive.

To be continued...

*The T.F.R. stands for Terran Federal Republic.

*The E.C.R. stands for Eleven Confederation Republic.

*C.I.E. stands for Cattusian Imperial Empire.