Preria Flatland Range
Captaincy of Komenoge
Flocks of armored tanks and assault vehicles began assuming number coded positions in a series of echelons that were more crooked then straight. Few drivers corrected their alignment with any sense of urgency, as parade maneuvers were not scheduled to begin until deep in to the next evening. Days before brawny armored cavalry, logistics teams comprised of lightly supplied units began the simple task of prospecting southern Preria, in the Captaincy of Komenoge. The land was flat with rare exceptions, ranging exclusively from low grassy hills to easily crossable rivers and petite ponds. And to their flank lurked the slow but well endowed rear logistics attachments, carefully marking routes for future supply lines in an out of Zarvaj to this and many other forward positions that the Union Army might advance to.
Deployment to the far flung rebel infested pit of Abruzicstan was obviously out of the question, men of the 1st Cavalry Division were well aware of this. Doctrinally trained for a central european styled engagement, 1-CD was an unlikely candidate for Southern Abruzzi deployment. But even so, a Brigade of Air Troopers were ordered in to position not 10km southeast of 1-CD. In the skies itself, helicopters and planes of all military makes and models were conducting patrols, supply runs, and even Medevac extractions for non-combat related medical emergencies.
Due east stationed soldiers illustrated a similar situation, instead heartily comprised with standard Infantry and several battalions of Artillery. Their pieces cleaned nearly every hour on the hour, ton after ton of artillery rounds trailed to their respective gun emplacements and ammo sheds, taxied in by yet another trucking convoy of logistics soldiers. A wargame of this magnitude seemed impossible even to the "gun-bunny" artillerymen, who were regularly perhaps only lucky to have fired five-to-ten live fire rounds two times a year. Yet now their impromptu ammunition depots were overflowing with a steady current of focused fire rounds.
Coinciding with their planned movements, a Maresal Order mobilized sixty percent of the Active Duty, Union Army; putting the rest, including the Reservists, in waiting with a standby status advisory. Across the nation Militiamen were gathering in pubs, city halls, and camp grounds to discuss their part in a national mobilization. No Militia Commander had been informed whether the Prerian Operation was a drill, except perhaps for Brigadir Fedzinski and his Third Herd Militiamens Brigade. Even with this display of combined Armor, Cavalry, Artillery, and Infantry bulk, there were several days or even weeks left of preparation before an operation or wargame like the Maresal was planning could begin.
Captaincy of Komenoge
Flocks of armored tanks and assault vehicles began assuming number coded positions in a series of echelons that were more crooked then straight. Few drivers corrected their alignment with any sense of urgency, as parade maneuvers were not scheduled to begin until deep in to the next evening. Days before brawny armored cavalry, logistics teams comprised of lightly supplied units began the simple task of prospecting southern Preria, in the Captaincy of Komenoge. The land was flat with rare exceptions, ranging exclusively from low grassy hills to easily crossable rivers and petite ponds. And to their flank lurked the slow but well endowed rear logistics attachments, carefully marking routes for future supply lines in an out of Zarvaj to this and many other forward positions that the Union Army might advance to.
Deployment to the far flung rebel infested pit of Abruzicstan was obviously out of the question, men of the 1st Cavalry Division were well aware of this. Doctrinally trained for a central european styled engagement, 1-CD was an unlikely candidate for Southern Abruzzi deployment. But even so, a Brigade of Air Troopers were ordered in to position not 10km southeast of 1-CD. In the skies itself, helicopters and planes of all military makes and models were conducting patrols, supply runs, and even Medevac extractions for non-combat related medical emergencies.
Due east stationed soldiers illustrated a similar situation, instead heartily comprised with standard Infantry and several battalions of Artillery. Their pieces cleaned nearly every hour on the hour, ton after ton of artillery rounds trailed to their respective gun emplacements and ammo sheds, taxied in by yet another trucking convoy of logistics soldiers. A wargame of this magnitude seemed impossible even to the "gun-bunny" artillerymen, who were regularly perhaps only lucky to have fired five-to-ten live fire rounds two times a year. Yet now their impromptu ammunition depots were overflowing with a steady current of focused fire rounds.
Coinciding with their planned movements, a Maresal Order mobilized sixty percent of the Active Duty, Union Army; putting the rest, including the Reservists, in waiting with a standby status advisory. Across the nation Militiamen were gathering in pubs, city halls, and camp grounds to discuss their part in a national mobilization. No Militia Commander had been informed whether the Prerian Operation was a drill, except perhaps for Brigadir Fedzinski and his Third Herd Militiamens Brigade. Even with this display of combined Armor, Cavalry, Artillery, and Infantry bulk, there were several days or even weeks left of preparation before an operation or wargame like the Maresal was planning could begin.