The Battle of Sardus

(part of the Seleucian-Persian War)

The battle of Sardus took place on the war weekend of 7/10/21 and contituted the majority of eastern front action in the Seleucian-Persian war. Hostilities began with a Sardinian invasion of sicilian soil in Italy with the aid of several Numidian mercenary allies. This attack ultimately failed due to a lack of manpower, as over half of the Sardinians had logged off before combat had even begun. After which time the attackers were pelted with all manner of projectiles until they were forced to retreat, advances all the way up to the defensive tower located on the mainland foothold were made but eventually repelled by the superior Sicilian force. The thrust into Sicilian holdings was in tatters and was soundly repelled, allowing for the quick shift in focus from the defenders into the invasion of Sardinia. Taking part in this counter-offensive were the nations of Dacia and Sicily with the Dacian navy providing fall-back points, supply, and light skirmishers.

#### Dacian Naval Tactics

Crucial to the efforts of the Sicilians in their invasion was the amphibian combat tactics pionered by the Dacian navy, in which a cache of boats were left in various places ashore, if at any moment the deployed attackers were insecure in their foothold they could immediately retreat to the beach and enter a boat, securing an open path to the ocean and away from their pursuers. This system was used to great effect minimizing the loss of life over the course of the invasion, but ultimately lead to a strategy that left full-scale attack of the city untenable. Because it was so easy to retreat, and the Sicilians often did, they frequently left the shores allowing their claim flags to be easily destroyed by defenders. Who the fuck throws eggs as a weapon.

#### The Battle Unfolding

Sicilian tactics eventually diverted to a more solid position of capturing area and holding it while remaining entirely grounded. Sardinians and their Numidian mercenaries repeatedly lead sorties from further south down the beach. As the battle continued the Numidian numbers swelled as more mercenaries joined to satisfy the terms of the contract. With each sortie the siegers made further penetrations into the heart of the Sardinian capitol, eventually being only meters away from its most central point. In response the defenders launched the final thrust of the counter assault, scattering the opposing force, with the leader of the war party being driven away from the main point of assault.

#### Finishing the Battle

After the break in the Sicilian line, several Dacians and Sardinians had died. The main obstacle and primary war leader in the assault on Sardus, wearing powerful armor and wielding strong weapons, in confusion and hubris, ran around the island like one of its many chickens provided free of charge by he brave warriors of Numidia and the swift fleet of Dacia. Harried by all of the islands defenders he eventually fled into the sea, awaited by the Dacian fleet. In effort to counter the tactics of the amphibious assault the boats of the assailants were destroyed as they were deployed, in the interrum before another boat could be sourced the Numidian and Sardinian forces would attack. This strategy proved effective and eventually all Sicilian and Dacian forces had died at least once.

The loss of a secure foothold, the vast majority of armament, and all of their attackers did not dissuade the Sicilians as they continued to harrass the island of Sardinia from all sides for the following hour, until eventually the King of Sardus had his gameboy taken away by his mom and was put to bed for the night, and hostilities ceased.

##### Losses

The losses stemming from this encounter were immeasurable for both sides. For the Sardinians, they had lost their internet privileges after 11 pm, they had lost their stores of metals in the conflicts on the beach, and had lost small amounts of territory. The Sicilians had lost dozens of sets of bronze armor, well over fifty prized boats from the Dacian fleet, some tea, a full set of odyssey armor, and no small amount of pride. The Numidians had no losses that it did not gain back except for a few spears, which afterwards were retired from use within all sectors of the armed forces for being completely and totally useless.