Randalf 74 insurgency explodes

With the insurgency on Oscar continuing, another HCS aircraft was shot down yesterday an A-85 COIN bomber, the insurgency on Randalf 74 has rumbled on at a low intensity but this has suddenly raised above the radar. Some think the insurgents on R74 have been inspired by their Oscar counterparts.

A HCS barracks was shelled by a mortar to start the attacks, two soldiers were wounded. Later the same day 2 Tapir IFVs were damaged by IEDs placed in the road along their patrol route, 3 soldiers were killed. A HCS officer was also shot by a sniper in a provincial city. It has also been reported a HCSAF F-45 was shot at by a hand-held SAM but the missile was evaded.

Captain Clone has told his commanders on Randalf 74 and Oscar to crush the insurgents.

HCS go for broke to crush Randalf 74 rebels

In the Summer the HCS launched a concerted campaign to crush the resurgent Randalf 74 human rebels whom the HCS are claiming are equipped by the DDS. The offensive has been a success with the rebels pushed back into the hills and it is estimated over 400 rebels killed or captured.

Now the HCS are pushing harder with the arrival of the 1st Mountain Infantry Division from Cloneworld plus the Mountain Artillery Battery. These tough troops are experts in mountain warfare and are among the elite of the HCS and is thought they will be tasked with trying to totally eradicate the rebels. The 114th Panzer division has also arrived from Cloneworld to bolster existing forces as the HCS aim to build a ring of steel around the rebel strongholds to make sure they cannot escape. 

HCS launch campaign against Randalf 74 rebels

The HCS have launched a concerted air and land campaign against the human rebels on Randalf 74 who a few days ago shot down a F-40 fighter and a A-85 COIN aircraft. The 13th Panzer Division has moved into the area of rebel activity on the planet, the East Rising province. The 447th Infantry Regiment and 42nd Cavalry Regiment has also moved into the neighbouring Kentarey province to attack rebel strongholds there.

Both forces have been supported by heavy air cover and several hundred sorties have been made on dozens of rebel and suspected rebel positions. One A-85 was shot down by a SAM missile and another forced down, though probably due to mechanical problems. An IED in the village of Illiatrom Goulam destroyed a T-89 tank killing the crew. Several dozen other troops have been injured in a number of firefights.

The HCS are moving the 39th Panzer and 106th Infantry Divisions to the area from elsewhere on the planet and also 2 COIN Air Regiments. Two Molentic Tuuls have also arrived to carry out orbital bombardments. However analysts say the rebels in the past have managed to evade heavy force like this and the HCS need to use special forces. Unfortunately only 1 company of Red Lizard is on the planet though more have been requested.

HCS fighter show down by SAM over Randalf 74

The rebellion by human insurgents on Randalf 74 seems to be back on after a HCSAF F-40 was shot down by a SAM whilst on a patrol over the East Rising province of the planet. A sustained campaign by HCS ground and air forces seemed to break the back of the rebellion earlier in the year but it is thought by analysts the rebels have simply needed to regroup and now are fighting back.

The HCS have angrily accused the DDS of supplying the rebels citing remains of an SA-37, a common MANPAD SAM in DDS service, found near to the crashed plane. The DDS however say the SAM is fairly easily available on the black market through UNP planets and may have been sold to the rebels by unauthorised persons on Oscar where it has been supplied to the Oscar Terran Army by the DDS.

In reply to the rebel attack 46 A-85s from the 305th Counter-Insurgency Air Regiment made a series of attack on suspected rebel positions. One A-85 suffered damage from ground fire and the crew was forced to eject. The HCSAF refuse to say if any rebels were killed. The Randalf 74 military commander is understood to have requested an extra COIN regiment, a Red Lizard company and extra munitions from HCS GHQ.