Battle of Julistar

The Battle for Julistar was an AUF Offensive in response to the Battle of Langzuria, This took place in the city of Julistar however most of the fighting took place in its outskirts north of the Urban Areas themselves.

The AUF sent a Counter Offensive against the MAL, this was Proposed by Gallant Archon Hokila Travikian from the HeadQuarters at Hintrov after it recieved a message from the Northen Devine States requesting some form of Revenge for the Battle of Langzuria.

The Garrison of Julistar consisted of:
7 Garrison Divisions
1 Heavy Armor Division
2 Artillery Divisions
2 Engineer Divisions
2 Shock-Trooper Divisions

MAL Reinforcements consisted of:
2 Infantry Divisions
1 Shock-Trooper Division

The AUF Deployed the following Forces from the 2nd Army Group:
2 Assault Divisions
1 Expanded Reconnisance Division
1 Armor Division
2 Para-Trooper Divisions
2 Squadrons of Fighters (56 Planes Deployed)
5 Squadrons of Bombers (162 Planes Deployed)
1 Squadron of Recon (12 Planes Deployed)

**Pre-Battle Bombing**

26th of June, 1987
As the sun arose in the horizon, at 7:08 O'clock in the morning, Multiple aircraft were seen aproaching Julistar, Inittially the MAL Forces thought they were a friendly squadron, but due to the sheer ammount of aircraft, they doubted themselves and quickly realised they were infact a Large Formation of Bombers with their Escorts (1st Wave Consisted of 68 Bombers Escorted by 20 Fighters) as they aproached they were met with Anti-Air fire from the AA Battalions that were a part of the Artillery Divisions and Engineer Divisions, 2 Heavy Bombers were Forced to Bail their crews, 7 others had medium damage, 1 of them had their bomb-bay doors jam and couldn't Jettison their Ordenance.

Due to the Late alarm from the MAL Forces after Miss-identifing the bombers as friendlies, most troops did not have the time to prepare for the bombing and were caught off-guard, this caused tremendous casualites among the Artillery and Armor Divisions deployed, 1 garrison division was left un-touched due to their base being north from the main Camp.

**The Breakthrough**

After the Recon Aircraft had reported the positions of MAL Forces, the Armored Division began to advance with haste, carrying the Assault Divisions on top of their tanks to deploy them behind enemy lines, at the same time Para-Troopers from the 2nd Airborne had landed south of Julistar, they Planted Mines along the enemy's supply lines and returning to Julistar to take the City from under the Enemy's Nose, this was succesfull as the Enemy had sent most of its forces north to deal with the Incoming Ground Attack, the Soldiers left to protect the city offered little to no resistance to the Airborne.

Meanwhile, north of the city the Enemy was being attacked on all sides, from the north by the Infantry Divisions, and from the South by the Armored divisions and the Assault divisions, this caused mass chaos amongst the MAL Troops, who requested reinforcements.

8:12 AM, only an hour passed since the start of the battle and MAL Forces are already disorganized and in disarray, however, AUF Forces halt their progress and dig in, The Enemy takes this opportunity to Gather its Forces in one spot in order to Launch their own Breakthrough in an attempt to flee South, this however was part of the AUF's Plan, as soon as the enemy had managed to gather most of its forces, More planes could be heard overhead, the 2nd Wave was comming.

**The Ambush**

The 2nd Wave consisted of 36 Fighters and 94 Bombers, who let their ordenance drop on top of MAL Forces, who were gathered in one single spot, apperantly enemy troops screamed so loud that even the 16th Infantry division, deployed to the north of the encirclement reported hearing screams across the woods, many men from the 21st Armor division to the south reported the same.

at 8:51 AM, after the Bombing had finished, MAL Reinforcements had finally arrived from the south, however they were met with the 2nd Airborne's Minefields and suffered Casualties, being down to Half of their numbers by the time they reached Julistar, as soon as they were in sight of Julistar however, they suddenly started taking fire from the city, confused, they indicated that they were Friendlies, as they believed MAL still held on to the city, some Escorts from the 2nd wave broke off to see what the commotion was about, 17 Fighters dove on the Reinforcements and strafed them, the remaining survivors fled south, the reported Survivor Count for MAL was a measly 192 men, with a total of 7,982 KIA, 1,231 POW and around 3,000 Men still missing, most likely blown to ashes during the 2nd wave from the United Air Guards.