USI Temp - Battle of Pelecy
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Battle of Pelecy |
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| General information | Date | 2016/09/10 to 14 | Duration (ingame) | 20 ingame days | Location | Pelecy | Result | PAMAVEL victory | Territorial changes | Pelecy under Pamavel control |
Belligerents |  PAMAVEL force | Tchiho Rebels |
Commanders | Koopanique Magrevan | Babbo | Strength | Pastel (Koopanique) Spent: 268400c. 14 infantry units 6 light tanks 5 medium tanks 3 megatanks (all produced during the battle) 2 recon 2 AA 5 artillery units 2 defensive canons 4 missile launchers 2 Flare 6 APCs Airplanes from carriers (5 dusters, 5 carrier planes and 1 bomber) Velpador/Manden (Magrevan) Spent: 60700c. 6 infantry units 8 bazooka vets 3 light tanks 1 medium tank 2 artillery units 3 flares 2 APCs 1 duster | Spent: 199100c. 13 infantry units 20 bazooka vets 4 bikers 2 recon 6 light tanks 5 medium tanks 3 megatanks 9 AA vehicles 2 defensive canons 1 missile launcher 5 Flare 1 jet fighter |
Casualties and losses | Pastel (Koopanique) Losses value: 216450c. Units lef: 48 6 infantry units 1 light tank 1 medium tank 1 recon 1 artillery unit 1 defensive canon 1 APC 1 carrier plane Velpador/Manden (Magrevan) Losses value: 70600c. Units left: 19 2 infantry units 1 bazooka vet 1 light tank 3 Flares 1 duster | Losses value: 409300c. Units left: 2 Entire army safe for 1 bazooka vet and 1 AA vehicle |
The Battle of Pelecy (part of the Tchiho Crisis), fought in September 2016, was the final battle of the Tchiho War, that opposed the PAMAVEL forces (troops from Pastel, Manden and the Velpador) and the Rebels from Tchiho under Babbo's command. At this point, Babbo and his rebel troops had already virtually lost the war, but nothing was to be definitely settled until Pelecy was completely occupied by PAMAVEL forces.
Prelude
After both the ports of Vargues and Meret had been captured by Pamavel forces during the battle of Meret, it became apparent that a military campaign inside Tchiho itself would be needed to force Babbo to surrender. However, such a campaign was sure to be difficult for a number of reasons (mainly the obligation for Pamavel troops to use roads because the forests were heavily infected). The task was undertook nonetheless, and after a series of small-scale skirmishes and ambush, ground and air forces from PAMAVEL finally reached Pelecy. The battle that ensued was as much for the control of the terrain surrounding Pelecy than for city itself, which fell in less than three days once the Pamavel forces entered it.
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Battle of Pelecy
Before the battle Babbo had set up powerful defensive positions in the city, and its remaining battalions were deployed South and South-West of the city. Pamavel forces, consisting for the most part of Pastel troops under Koopanique's command and a bit of Velpador and Manden troops under Magrevan's command, began marching slowly but surely with the objective to take the city and capture Babbo alive or kill him if necessary. Planes from aircraft carriers Picnic and Inspiration, still stationed near Meret Harbour, were also present.
Tchiho being a centralized state, Pelecy was at the center of a big crossroad, which meant that several roads stretched from it in a star-like manner.
Koopanique's initial plan was to send a powerful concentration of units West of Pelecy (Battle Group 2) while its main battle group (BG1) was to be advancing North directly on Pelecy. Once the main battle group would have engaged troops in Pelecy, the western battalion would have flanked the city's defenses. That way Babbo would have been fighting two fronts, which surely he could not afford to do with its remaining forces. Moreover Magrevan troops were also advancing from the South-East.
Babbo's troops were deployed in such a way that BG2 first encountered heavy resistance South-West of the city. BG1 however, reached the South of Pelecy in a relatively slight amount of time, along with Magrevan's forces. When BG2 had finally got rid of their closest enemies (with extensive use of artillery and missile launchers (long-range artillery)), BG1 had already engaged Pelecy's defensive lines proper. Planes from the Picnic and the Inspiration were used very cautiously because no production airport was present in the area, only small temporary airport good for refueling and repairs, but nothing fancier.
At first it seemed that the battle for the city would be far harder than planned. Babbo's troops were more concentrated than planned, making airstrikes in the fog of war difficult, and Babbo had produced a large number of AA vehicles, which made attacks from the air very risky. Soon a Carrier Plane squadron was completely destroyed on the spot before it could do anything, and most other planes were damaged. In the meantime, BG1 and BG2 had fusionned again South of the city.
For a few days enemy forces inflicted some damage to Pamavel units massed South of the city. Pamavel unit tried to encircle as much as possible Pelecy by moving up West and East, but it proved difficult because of the slow movement in the forests.
When it became apparent that the few temporary airports were not enough to repair all the planes daily damaged by enemy AA fire, the decision was made to produce some APCs to build airports a few kilometers only South of the city, in a clearing.
Moving its artillery and Flare units North as much as possible, Pamavel was finally able to hit the city's inner defenses. Soon, Magrevan boldly sent his tanks inside the city, soon followed by Koopanique's forces covered by most avalaible air units. When the number of enemy units was as low as 2, one of Pastel's infantry unit finally captured the city, ending the campaign once and for all.
After the battle
Just after the main enemy HQ was captured, Babbo tried to escape in a space rocket that had been prepared for take off under the ground of Pelecy. Where he wanted to flee is unknown, but his vehicle was fortunately shot down by a single shell from a Pastelian tank sitting on a hill South of Pelecy. Babbo's and most of his staff were able to bail out using chutes, and were captured alive by Pamavel infantry after they reached the ground.