Unternehmen Trotz

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(OOC: Ric has been advised and forewarned of this confiscation action that has arisen as a consequence of reneging on an agreed territorial settlement)

Unternehmen Trotz (Ist: Operation Spite), was a combined airborne, ground and naval assault undertaken against the Second Fleet of the Free Batavian Navy at its anchorages in Nieuw Ingelheim and Bataheim, resulting in the destruction or capture of the majority of ships there. The attack was a coup de main operation, involving direct action by a combined parachute and helicopter-borne assault by the Sazn Þeïnszæhan Furgsaddâ & Saznan Darneï and a subsequent link-up with ground forces of the I Uihmanz "Siyacher" converging on Bataheim. The airborne assault was preceded by heavy bombing of the ports by the Central Tactical Air Force.

On the night prior to the assault Taube amphibious aircraft, under a heavy fighter escort of F-8 Shrikes, had laid magnetic mines across the entrances to the key anchorages whilst at 5am on the following morning a salvo of 12 anti-ship missiles were launched from six Type XXV U-Boats loitering offshore. The opening strike resulted in hits on the aircraft carrier Jodocus van Haltna, the cruiser Arcadia, and the destroyers Borges and Zambrano. At bout 06:35 am, five regiments of strike aircraft and bombers, including F-8 Shrikes and B-49 Deltas, began bombing targets within Nieuw Ingelheim and Bataheim. A total of 440 sorties were flown on that day. The Sazn Þeïnszæhan Furgsaddâ began a helicopter assault onto their objectives at 07:00, most TR-279 Dronts being able to land relatively close to their targets in spite of spirited ground-based anti-air fire and the smoke and dust resulting from the bombing.