12-28-2019, 11:14 PM
M.L.F FORCES AMBUSH COALITION CONVOY, 11 CONFIRMED DEAD
Legionite and Zamastanian Forces Ambushed By M.L.F. Fighters En-Route to Vulkarian Base
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Legionite soldiers using a drone to search for stragglers after the M.L.F forces were repelled
3 Legionite and 8 Zamastanian soldiers are dead following a violent and sporadic ambush in Northwest Vulkaria by Malvarian Liberation Front fighters on Thursday afternoon. 40 coalition troops in total travelled in the convoy from the capital of Vulkar to a Vulkarian outpost near Thunville in the nation's dangerous northwest region, where the Vulkarian army has begun a new offensive against enemy forces. 10 Legionite and 30 Zamastanian soldiers travelled in the convoy which was traversing a rural and forested road when they were ambushed, almost 200km from Vulkar.
A Legionite colonel based in Vulkaria told Aunistrian Times that initial indications are the coalition forces were ambushed by approximately 200 fighters who are believed to be affiliated with the M.L.F.
The ambush began on a heavily forested, isolated road after a Zamastanian armored vehicle was hit with an I.E.D., killing two of the soldiers inside. As the soldiers in the column disembarked from their vehicles, a Legionite Armoured Fighting Vehicle flanking the rear of the column was disabled by rocket fire. Enemy fighters near completely surrounded the column of coalition forces, raining fire down on them. In the chaos of the surprise attack, the coalition troops took cover and returned fire from behind their vehicles. One Legionite and two Zamastanians were killed as the convoy was completely at a standstill.
As the battle continued, two Legionite troops and three Zamastanian soldiers rushed down an embankment on the side of the road, providing covering fire as the five remaining convoy vehicles maneuvered back behind the disabled Legionite vehicle. The five soldiers in the embankment were killed as enemy fighters overwhelmed their position, and an additional Zamastanian soldier was killed as they tried to retake the position. The entire firefight lasted nearly forty minutes. An Aunistrian Times correspondent who was traveling with the column was hit by a stray bullet.
Reports indicate that around 80 enemy fighters were killed but the number of injured are unknown. Vulkarian military helicopters evacuated the wounded Legionite and Zamastanian soldiers along with those killed in action while also providing covering fire.
Legionite Hespian Command, which oversees military operations in Hespia, issued a statement that the two injured Legionite soldiers were "evacuated and taken to a Military Hospital in Vulkar where they were in a stable condition."
"Clearly there's risks for our forces in Vulkaria," the Minister of Defense, Patricia Anna-Marie, said while declining to discuss the specifics of Saturday's attack, citing "ongoing partnered operations."
"Any time we deploy full forces globally we look very hard at the enablers that need to be in place in order to provide security for them and that ranges from the ability to pull them out if they're injured to the ability to reinforce them at the point of a fight if they need reinforcement," she added.
"We obviously are looking into everything that happened," Minister Anna-Marie said, "and we are coordinating everything directly with Zamastanian officials. We profoundly send our condolences to the families of our brave troops and the Zamastanian troops as well. This is the largest loss of life in our operations in Vulkaria since 2005, and that is the same for the Zamastanians."
There are about 300 Legionite soldiers in Vulkaria and a military presence has been maintained since 1999.
Legionite and Zamastanian Forces Ambushed By M.L.F. Fighters En-Route to Vulkarian Base
Legionite soldiers using a drone to search for stragglers after the M.L.F forces were repelled
3 Legionite and 8 Zamastanian soldiers are dead following a violent and sporadic ambush in Northwest Vulkaria by Malvarian Liberation Front fighters on Thursday afternoon. 40 coalition troops in total travelled in the convoy from the capital of Vulkar to a Vulkarian outpost near Thunville in the nation's dangerous northwest region, where the Vulkarian army has begun a new offensive against enemy forces. 10 Legionite and 30 Zamastanian soldiers travelled in the convoy which was traversing a rural and forested road when they were ambushed, almost 200km from Vulkar.
A Legionite colonel based in Vulkaria told Aunistrian Times that initial indications are the coalition forces were ambushed by approximately 200 fighters who are believed to be affiliated with the M.L.F.
The ambush began on a heavily forested, isolated road after a Zamastanian armored vehicle was hit with an I.E.D., killing two of the soldiers inside. As the soldiers in the column disembarked from their vehicles, a Legionite Armoured Fighting Vehicle flanking the rear of the column was disabled by rocket fire. Enemy fighters near completely surrounded the column of coalition forces, raining fire down on them. In the chaos of the surprise attack, the coalition troops took cover and returned fire from behind their vehicles. One Legionite and two Zamastanians were killed as the convoy was completely at a standstill.
As the battle continued, two Legionite troops and three Zamastanian soldiers rushed down an embankment on the side of the road, providing covering fire as the five remaining convoy vehicles maneuvered back behind the disabled Legionite vehicle. The five soldiers in the embankment were killed as enemy fighters overwhelmed their position, and an additional Zamastanian soldier was killed as they tried to retake the position. The entire firefight lasted nearly forty minutes. An Aunistrian Times correspondent who was traveling with the column was hit by a stray bullet.
Reports indicate that around 80 enemy fighters were killed but the number of injured are unknown. Vulkarian military helicopters evacuated the wounded Legionite and Zamastanian soldiers along with those killed in action while also providing covering fire.
Legionite Hespian Command, which oversees military operations in Hespia, issued a statement that the two injured Legionite soldiers were "evacuated and taken to a Military Hospital in Vulkar where they were in a stable condition."
"Clearly there's risks for our forces in Vulkaria," the Minister of Defense, Patricia Anna-Marie, said while declining to discuss the specifics of Saturday's attack, citing "ongoing partnered operations."
"Any time we deploy full forces globally we look very hard at the enablers that need to be in place in order to provide security for them and that ranges from the ability to pull them out if they're injured to the ability to reinforce them at the point of a fight if they need reinforcement," she added.
"We obviously are looking into everything that happened," Minister Anna-Marie said, "and we are coordinating everything directly with Zamastanian officials. We profoundly send our condolences to the families of our brave troops and the Zamastanian troops as well. This is the largest loss of life in our operations in Vulkaria since 2005, and that is the same for the Zamastanians."
There are about 300 Legionite soldiers in Vulkaria and a military presence has been maintained since 1999.
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