Second Posian War

The Second Posian War is a conflict started by the Estovakian invasion of Tempia but would quickly expand to include the PSSR and various Tempian allies. It can be considered a continuation of the First Posian War and is currently ongoing.

### Prelude

Following the implementation of a ceasefire between Tempia and the PSSR, a young Estovakian spy named Mihay was sent to Tempia under the guise of being an exchange student at South Tana College in northern Tempia. With the support of an Estovakian spy network headed by his father, Mihay conducted reconnaissance and experimented with drones in his spare time. His exceptionally violent and aggressive behaviour however eventually led to his discovery by a trio of his female classmates who reported him to the authorities. He was thus forced to wrap up his operations early and flee before capture, safely returning to Estovakia in a small submersible where he was then promoted for his efforts. Mihay would later briefly return with an Estovakian Type 80 submarine but whether it was to probe Tempian defences or simply harass his former classmates is unclear. He was driven off by Tempian ASW aircraft.

Several months later in June of 2021, Estovakia launched an invasion of northern Tempia using information gathered by Mihay with the stated aim of preventing Tempian domination of the Slavic world. This was clearly a trumped up charge for Tempia had never had any intention of conquering Estovakia or the PSSR.

### The Invasion of Tana

Estovakia initiated its invasion of Tempia with attempted surprise landings of troops in Tana from 5 Type 80 submarines. These submarines had been detected by Tempian sonar stations in the Gulf of Meren however and thus a defence had been prepared. Fighting on Tana's beaches was fierce and it was only when further Estovakian reinforcements arrived that they were able to push in and capture most of the city with heavy losses and reports of captured Tempian soldiers being tortured and the bombing of civilian structures such as schools. Such reports caused outrage among the Tempian populace and armed forces alike.

Estovakian forces have not yet been able to push out of Tana and Tempian ground forces have the city surrounded while the Tempian air force strikes at any ship trying to ferry in further reinforcements.

### The PSSR and Tempian Allies Join the War and the Tempian Response

Shortly after the Estovakian landings at Tana, the PSSR voted to support the war effort, prepared its own invasion forces and began conducting air strikes against the Tempian mainland to little effect. Amphibious assault forces were able to retake a handful of the islands lost to Tempia in the First Posian War.

Simultaneously, Tempia called on its ally in Estovia, the Republic of Koseka to declare war on Estovakia which it shortly did and began to attack across the land border the two countries share. In conjunction with the Kosekan offensives, Tempia began a campaign of air launched cruise missile strikes against industrial centers, ports and airbases in both Estovakia and the PSSR.

### The Orkette Campaign

Following the assembly of PSSR invasion forces, they set sail for the Tempian island state of Orkette. Capturing Orkette would have given the PSSR a solid stepping stone from which to directly strike the Tempian capital, Shirack. Tempia knew they could not lose the island and began transporting forces across the Xeren Strait to defend it.

Despite Tempian air attacks and the loss of a sizeable portion of the initial combat fleet sent to escort the invasion force to nuclear weapons exploded under water, PSSR ground forces were able to land and advance to the city of Shirven before proper resistance was met. What followed was a long and bloody offensive through Orkette's mountainous and heavily forested terrain towards Orkette City on the island's southern tip.

Advancing PSSR forces had to slog through often difficult and nigh impassable terrain to vehicles, all the while under constant attack from Tempian infantry and helicopters using hit and run tactics. The lightly equipped Tempian troops were able to easily out maneuver their numerically superior foe and greatly whittle them down by the time they reached Orkette City itself which, by then, had been heavily reinforced and entrenched.

Multiple assaults were made from land and sea but none were able to dislodge the defenders and in the meanwhile, Tempian marines landed back in Orkette's north, liberating Shirven. They made their way south to break the siege of the beleaguered city, beginning a race against time for the PSSR forces who became increasingly desperate to capture Orkette City, reducing most of it to rubble with artillery bombardment.

This was in vain however as the defenders held on just long enough for the relieving marine forces to arrive, resulting in the encirclement of the PSSR besiegers. In a scene eerily similar to the Battle of Fyuukame Plain in the First Posian War, the PSSR lacked the ships and facilities to evacuate the bulk of their forces in Orkette. Despite being given the chance to surrender, they chose to fight to the death and were driven into the sea, leaving Orkette securely back in Tempian hands.

### Estovakia in North Western Tempia

In an attempt to draw attention away from Tana, Estovakia opens up another front with landings in the heavily rainforested regions of Northern Nittrev. Part of this force captured the village of Unadena and conducted a mass killing of all grown men their. Women and children were taking back to the landing sites with the intention of being used as slaves. Shortly after the act of genocide, Tempian light infantry ambush the Estovakian forces in Unadena causing them to abandon their vehicles and march through the northern Nittrev rainforests on foot, seeking to reach Tana and assist the Estovakian forces there in breaking out of the Tempian cordon. However as they cross the Tempian Northern Dividing Ranges, they are constantly harassed by Tempian infantry and air strikes until their number is whittled down to just a hundred personnel. The survivors are eventually trapped in an abandoned hotel near Tana by Tempian forces which destroy them with an airstrike when they refuse to surrender.

Further Estovakian reinforcements in Tana eventually managed to overwhelm the last organised Tempian resistance in the city and the defenders fell back to the cordon set up outside. The Estovakians intended to use Tana Airport as an airbase but soon find that it is directly in the line of fire of the Tempian cordon which maintains a shelling campaign upon it to ensure that the runway is rendered unusable.

With attempts to break out of Tana thwarted by the Tempian encirclement, Estovakia decided to land new forces near Nittrev City, on Muller's northern coast and on Valtette's northern coast at the town of Alesha. The landings in Nittrev and Muller were quickly countered and contained but, due to Valtette's rough terrain, it was longer before an effective force could be marshaled to face it, leaving it free to roam along the cost committing uncountable atrocities against the local civilian populace. However Tempian forces were eventually able to ambush and eradicate a large portion of the Valtette landing force before they reached any further major population centers.

These new landings coincided with a large upwelling of nationalistic support among Tempians resulting in a swell of army recruits and large numbers of partisan attacks in Estovakian occupied areas. Numerous Estovakian soldiers perished at the hands of Tempian freedom fighters leading to the imposition of nighttime curfews to little effect. On the contrary, the curfews only served to inflame the situation, driving more Tempians into anti-occupation activities.

### Accusations of Warcrimes

Despite maintaining that the shooting of medical personnel was illegal, Estovakian and other UCU forces frequently sent armed medics deep into high intensity combat zones. Although Tempian forces avoided shooting such personnel, in the fog of war it was not always possible to identify medics until combat had ended. In one such incident, a section of Tempian infantry came across a trio of Estovakian soldiers mercilessly beating an unarmed civilian and his family in Valtette and engaged, quickly neutralising all three Estovakians. It was later discovered that one of the wounded Estovakians was a combat medic and despite the individual in question surviving and being taken to a Tempian POW camp, the UCU jumped on the incident to accuse Tempia of committing warcrimes and bolster support for their cause. The further downplaying of warcrimes committed by their own side against the Tempian populace caused much outrage across the island country.

### Recapture of Tana

With the UCU forces unable to maintain any landings outside of Tana, the Tempians decided it was time to remove the occupiers once and for all. Civilians in Tana were warned to evacuate and then a large scale offensive was launched to retake the city as the fleets of Tempia's allies in the Gulf of Meren prevented fresh UCU reinforcements from being shipped in. After several days of fighting, the occupying forces were forced to surrender, seeing all Tempian territory back under Tempian control.

### Conclusion

A stalemate ensued as the Tempian coalition reasserted naval dominance over the region but lacked the resources and will to invade the UCU proper. Eventually a ceasefire was agreed upon leading to a period dubbed a cold war.