Oportian invasion of Zeed

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Oportian invasion of Zeed
Part of the Fourth Euran War
Date III.1745 AN – XII.1745 AN Location Zeed, Ashad Republic, Altus Isles Result Zeed victory
Parties to the conflict
Oportia National Salvation Council Foreign Volunteer Corps Confederacy of the Dispossessed (allied) Party of Regions	Zeed Armed Forces of Zeed Garrisoned Police Force of Zeed Zeedic White Guard  Nouvelle Alexandrie Federal Forces of Nouvelle Alexandrie
Commanders and leaders
Joseph Fouche Camille Dufort	Vivek Jarkhanda  Céfiro Okhsana  Saulius Chiranjeevi
Units involved
1ère Division Blindée 4ème Division Mécanisée 5ème Division d'Infanterie Oportian Foreign Legion Oportian Navy Jerahmeel Yeter Martyrs Brigade	512th Army 1st Zeedic Division 6th Motorised Division 14th Motorised Division Ashad Territorial Command GDAT Territorial Command Rusenian Territorial Command Zeedic White Guard 513th Army 542nd RRU 3rd TDU Euran Fleet Altus Isles Division, Coast Guard 2nd Air Defence Division 234th Air Defence Brigade
Strength
Multiple divisions Large naval force Tactical aviation support	Multiple divisions Air support elements

The Oportian invasion of Zeed is an ongoing military campaign launched by Oportia in III.1745 AN as part of the broader Fourth Euran War. The invasion began with a multi-pronged offensive into the Ashad Republic on Zeed's western frontier, spearheaded by the 1ère Division Blindée, 4ème Division Mécanisée, and 5ème Division d'Infanterie. The campaign represents a strategic shift by the National Salvation Council to gain territorial depth by occupying Zeed and linking the two halves of Oportian territory.

Timeline

III.1745

• III.1745
  • III.15:
    • Even as Operation Lightning Dawn unraveled, the 1ère Division Blindée, 4ème Division Mécanisée, and 5ème Division d'Infanterie were identified as spearheading an Oportian advance into the Ashad Republic on the western frontier of Zeed. Even if the objective to knock out Rusjar with a single blow had failed, the imperative to gain strategic depth by occupying Zeed - thereby linking up the two halves of Oportia - remained.
    • Strategic assessments undertaken by the General Inspectorate of Eura and Corum indicated the Oportian National Guard, augmented by the Militia, had established the equivalent of a division apiece in Vanie and Port Félix, and the foundational cadres of brigades in the remaining federal cities of the country. The standing up of these formations in the period following the Mehrshahr Meltdown would allow the regular Oportian Army to devote its energies to the high intensity manoeuvre warfare that it would now be embarked upon against Zeed.
  • III.16: Reports from Ashad indicated the overpowering presence of tactical aviation from the Oportian Armée de l'Air over the battlefield, with close air support aircraft having been gathered in large numbers to establish local air superiority, even if - at the theatre level - the Trans-Euran Command might reasonably expect to establish air supremacy in short order.
  • III.17: First encounter battles between the 6th Motorised Division and 14th Motorised Division of the Armed Forces of Zeed and the onrushing Oportian columns spearheaded by the 1ère Division Blindée resulted in the rout and dispersal of the lightly armoured Zeedic formations.
  • III.18: The 5422nd Parachute Regiment of the 542nd Rapid Reaction Unit, garrisoned in cantonments outside Norvind, was deployed via airlift to Avey, the New Alexandrian enclave on the Zeedic mainland. The deployment was made to reassure the local population in the midst of the ongoing Oportian offensive. The paratroopers would be joining a local garrison formed of a marine detachment, Home Guard volunteers, and Euran Auxiliaries.
  • III.19: The National Salvation Council authorizes Emergency Decree No. ##, establishing the Foreign Volunteer Corps under Department of Internal Security command. Vice Admiral Dufort initiates covert contact with surviving Confederacy of the Dispossessed cells, offering full amnesty, Oportian citizenship, and 2,500 Mérite monthly salaries for former Dispossessed fighters willing to conduct asymmetric operations against Constancian forces. Simultaneously, the "Brothers in Arms Initiative" launches recruitment operations targeting displaced military personnel from collapsed states or warring areas across Keltia and Apollonia, with agents deployed to refugee camps offering immediate citizenship, 50-hectare land grants in occupied Zeedic territory, and veteran pensions for 10 years of service.
  • III.20: Marking the beginning of the so-called "infestation strategy", the Oportian Navy sortied its entire strength of Coastal Patrol Ships (60), Fast Response Cutters (42), Fast Attack Craft (24), and Maritime Security Cutters (48) into the coastal and riverine waters of Zeed and the Altus Isles of Nouvelle Alexandrie.
  • III.21: Rusjar, Norvind, and Avey come under a concerted barrage of submarine launched cruise missiles and ballistic missiles with inert kinetic multiple independent reentry vehicles. It would be speculated that the attack was undertaken primarily to run down the stockpile of the active strategic missile defence system operated by Nouvelle Alexandrie in the region.
  • III.22: Supported by local concentrations of helicopters and light attack aircraft, the 1st Infantry Regiment and 4th Reconnaissance Squadron of the Oportian Foreign Legion were inserted into the Nyongolo region of Zeed. Fears abound that the Oportians will attempt to use their presence in the region to stir up rebellion amongst the Androphagi tribal primitives.
    • Oportian Intelligence Services activate the "Tribal Liberation Protocol," deploying special operations teams and psychological warfare specialists to coordinate with Androphagi tribal leaders in the Republic of Nyongolo, promising autonomous governance and traditional hunting rights in exchange for guerrilla operations against Zeedic infrastructure.
  • III.23: A state of siege is declared in Adabad as the Oportian offensive into Ashad continues. What was termed an "old-fashioned dogfight" occurred over the city between an intruding squadron of Oportian T-5/A-5 Tejón de Miel and a multitude of T-4/A-4 Flecha flown by aviators of the Garrisoned Police Force of Zeed. The Zeedic side was seen to have the worst of the engagement until a pair of New Alexandrian interceptors from Avey arrived on the scene, obliging the Oportians to retire.
    • After the aerial engagement over Adabad, Air Marshal Claude Beaumont orders the deployment of the 2nd Strategic Bomber Wing from Vanie to conduct long-range strikes against New Alexandrian air bases in Avey.
    • III.24: First major engagements between Oportian and New Alexandrian maritime cutters around the Altus Isles. The Alexandrians keenly felt the absence the Federal Navy's main surface combatants - which had departed from Alduria City after the thwarting of Operation Lightning Dawn to become a part of the assembling Combined Fleet - but were buoyed by the presence of tactical aviation and attack helicopters, operating from onshore, conducting interdiction sorties against the intruding Oportian vessels.

IV.1745

• IV.1745
  • IV.1: Zeedic forces withdraw from Ashad in some disorder, leaving the capital Adabad in the hands of local forces. The Garrisoned Police Force of Zeed is tasked with establishing new defensive lines around Rusjar whilst the Zeedic White Guard was dispatched to Sazâvar so as to threaten the northern flank of the Oportian advance. If the Oportians were to ignore Sazavâr and press on towards Avey and Rusjar, they would be vulnerable to a Zeedic north to south thrust cutting off their supply lines. However, were they to turn north and eliminate the Zeedic White Guard, it would buy time for the defenders of Rusjar and perhaps permit the arrival of allied reinforcements.
  • IV.2:
    • In order to bolster the Rusjar Garrison authorisation was given to induct a number of Ghilman and kul contingents into the force.
    • The 3rd Territorial Defence Unit (TDU) mustered at Alduria City. Whilst the 542nd Rapid Reaction Unit (RRU) at Norvind prepared for further deployments to the Zeedic mainland.
  • IV.3: Gianis Shamsuddin died of old age combined with shock at being asked to assume responsibility for the defence of Rusjar. His place would be taken by Vivek Jarkhanda.
  • IV.4: Fighting breaks out in Rusjar and other Zeedic cities as the Jerahmeel Yeter Martyrs Brigade, the armed wing of the Party of Regions, attempted a putsch under the memorable slogan that "Zeed must not be Sacrificed for Raspur!".

See also

• Occupation of Oportia
• Vanie Accords of 1745
• Operation Lightning Dawn
• Constancian invasion of Oportia
• Oportian invasion of Constancian Vipia
• Battle of the Île des Ombres
• Committee of Euran Salvation
• Trans-Euran Command
• 1744 Oportian coup d'état
• National Salvation Council
• Joseph Fouche
• Raspur Pact
• Operation Verdant Reach
• Operation Sovereign Bastion
• Democratic Restoration Committee
• Fortress Oportia
• Timeline of the New Oportian State