Armed Enlightenment Book 1 (Practice Story [My other stories are better])

Race to Kaiserstadt

"The gentle citizens shall no longer suffer from the noxious greed of Das Reichfalke! We will dismantle oppression board by board! We'll saw the foundation of tyrants in half, even if it takes an eternity! With your support, we will send the hammer of the people's will crashing through the windows of Anton Neumann's house of servitude!"
-Entente Propaganda

Two days after the Kaiserschlacht, Terran, Loyalist, and Coalition forces crossed into enemy-occupied territory and subsequently retaken control of all the areas all the way to west Mittelwald. They were met with occasional monster attacks along the way and liberated towns under enemy occupation. However, they were easily subjugated and the towns poorly defended, ending each battle in a span of a few minutes to an hour. A few battles took place, but otherwise, coalition troops encountered minimal resistance, as most rebel soldiers surrendered.

The general pattern was that the rebels would put up a short fight before surrendering. However, some battles were lost mostly in areas with low Terran air presence. Meanwhile, the Terran Ghost Division advanced into Mittelwald encountering little resistance and suffering few casualties usually from ambushes and magic attacks.

The coalition advance was preceded by airstrikes, heavy artillery, and rocket barrage, after which 50,000 Allied troops and  260 armored vehicles began their advance. Rebels near the entrance of Mittelwald counterattacked against Allied troops, acting on a direct order from desperate commanders in an attempt to flee for themselves. Despite the intense combat, the Jomons and southern region troops with the support from Terrans repulsed the rebels and continued to advance towards the next occupied cities to liberate.

Due to the decisive victory from the Kaiserschlacht, the rebel's combat effectiveness for a prolonged civil war was reduced to about 33%. Multiple insertions from varieties of Terran Special Forces units consisting of Delta, Mobile Task Forces, and Ghosts have undermined multiple rebel-held strongholds and cities for Terran and Coalition forces to liberate without difficulties.

Blitzkrieg attack pushed deep into enemy lines as Coalition forces secured footholds from the Mittelwald passageways going east and forming three triads of divisions passing through city after city. Terran airpower provided the needed push in each battle. All rebel forces made a massive retreat to the east as the coalition's marching speed and fresh intelligence made their movements effective. Terran Forces made sure to fill in the gaps on any attempts to disrupt the supply lines with small units spread across the retaken lands.

A hailstorm of lead from LMGs tore through the formations of Napoleonic era soldiers after coalition soldiers bout against them for a short while. Creeping barrages were made as soldiers tread forwards to enemy positions and trenches and transition barraging their escape routes.

At Fegeleinsburg, a fortress city surrounded by a moat due to it located outside the east Mittelwald passageway where dangerous fauna resides, the 7th Armored Ghost Division surrounded the city from further east that gave the idea that they have been encircled.

With the arrival of Coalition forces from Mittelwald, a battle ensued. Using Terran armor as cover, they pushed deep into the hastily built outer defenses with ease. In a desperate attempt, the draw bridge directly above the city's moat was purposely destroyed by the rebels to prevent the coalition from entering and the remaining rebels who failed to retreat at the mercy of the coalition and immediately surrendered.

In anticipation of the event where the bridge was destroyed, 5 M1074 Joint Assault Bridges went upfront and deployed their bridges at the western gate side where Terran forces stormed towards the gate followed by the rest. MH-6 little birds carrying Delta Operators landed on top of multiple buildings and created kill zones to intercept enemy reinforcements.