Operation Balkan Fury

[Joe]

(Roleplaying as Kosovo)

In destroying the power plants, the Serbian Air Force would've effectively made what was considered the most strategic blunder of the Kosovo Uprising, dooming the 34th and 27th brigade in Pristina and giving the advantage and momentum back to the Kosovars. As power eventually went out in all of Pristina, water would not be able to run. As a result, the entire Serbian garrison packed into such a small stadium would find themselves in horrible conditions. The human body can go for three weeks without food, but only a week without water. In combat conditions, that number would be much, much lower. The latrines would also be completely disabled, quickly deteriorating with the use of hundreds of Serbian soldiers. This was only made worse by the fact that no engineers could provide emergency power to the stadium. Dysentery and cholera would quickly spread as fecal matter would contaminate the scarce food and water in the stadium, leading to an epidemic. This would only be expounded by the lack of any medical company, battalion, or field hospital within the ranks of the Serbs. These combined effects, along with the constant, never-ending sniper fire, would have devastating effects on morale, lower combat efficiency, as well as harm discipline within the ranks of the Serbian Army.

Outside the stadium, as night fell, due to the constant sonic booms of the Serbian Air Force, many car alarms would continue to sound throughout the city. As a result, the KLA would be able to plan and conduct supply and combat operations at will within the completely pitch-black city. An immediate plan would be drawn up to completely destroy the Serbian garrison hunkered inside of the stadium. Under the cover of pitch-black night and loud car alarms, the KLA would secretly move teams into strategic positions along the road to the stadium and begin to push cars and other large amounts of debris to block the roads leading out of the stadiums to block any retreat from happening. Within these debris roadblocks, the KLA would plant improvised explosive devices. With the hope that the Serbian Army will attempt a break out inside of their armored vehicle, the KLA plans for the Serbian Army to use their tanks to rumble over the debris, the KLA will use the IEDs to disable the tanks from their vulnerable bottom. The disabled armored vehicle will only expound the problem as it will be completely stuck on the barricade, forcing the 34th and 27th brigade to be the victim of pot shots.

In layman's terms, the Serbian Army in Pristina was in an untenable position. Break out and face an ambush of huge proportions, await rescue from a military that had it's own problems at hand and may never come, or surrender.

To the Southeast, Kosovo would declare it liberated and would move it's KLA guerillas north under the cover of night in teams of fifteen. A team would break off and take the M2 Highway towards North Kosovo. Further armed to the teeth by Vietnamese weaponry as a part of Operation: Saber, these KLA guerillas would begin to engage the border checkpoints with sniper fire, killing and disabling Serbian Army forces. Naturally, the Serbians would not have enough men to guard the entire countryside. As a result, the rest of the teams would infiltrate into North Kosovo and begin to spread havoc by conducting guerilla operations within the region.

Inside North Mitrovica, KLA guerillas would begin by using IEDs against Serbian military positions and conducting hit-and-run raids against patrols. These teams would be operating independently of each other within small cells that did not communicate with each other, unlike the Serbian military, who would find themselves at a disadvantage due to their use of radios. The issue was further expounded by the fact that there was no power within Kosovo, not allowing use of electronic communications equipment due to no power or the lack of an ability to charge batteries. The KLA would use these raids to devastating effect, picking off Serbian personnel while also damaging morale extensively.

Furthermore, what was once a docile population in North Kosovo would gradually become bitter towards the Serbian Army due to the journalists publicizing the attack on Kosovo power. Despite cooperating and accepting the Serbian military, the Serbian Army had destroyed power plants and as a result, put North Kosovo in an untenable position due to lack of refrigeration and running water. These North Kosovars would immediately take to the streets in a massive display of public unrest, raiding stores and food supplies in order to attain any supplies they may need. As a result of this action, the North Kosovars outside would shield and conceal the numerous KLA teams operating in the city.

 

[Logan]

The Serbian 55th Brigade's Brigade Support Battalion would maintain logistics lines between Serbia and North Kosovo to provide water and nonperishable food to the Ethnic Serbians of North Kosovo and fresh batteries to the communications equipment used by the infantry (Tanks and APCs, having alternators, would have a charge so long as they had fuel), while the Infantry would begin door-to-door searches among ethnic Kosovars, arresting any Ethnic Kosovars suspected to be a KLA Militants, the Tanks securing all crossing points of the Ibar river, effectively militarizing the border between North Kosovo and Kosovo proper, refusing any Ethnic Kosovars passage into North Kosovo.

The Serbians in a desperate situation in the Capital would enter Stage 9 of Friedrich Glasl's model of "Conflict Escalation." THis is called "Together Into the Abyss," and means that personal annihilation is an acceptable loss to achieve their goals. They loaded up into their Lazar 3s and M-84AS tanks and prepared to Punch out back to Mitrovica. Any statues of KLA war criminals they saw along the way would be destroyed by tank fire.

Preparing to Cover the brigades' retreat, Warwolf squadron prepared one last strike mission, with four of their fighters unleashing their combined 160 S-8DM rockets on the main road out of Pristina towards Mitrovica, the fuel-air explosives causing massive damage to the outer walls of any buildings near the blasts, and temporarily turning that stretch of road into a blazing, inhospitable fireball.

3 of the CH-53Ks from the 22nd Wing would take off to pick up the 120 troops entrenched at Pristina Airport, while 2 of Warwolf's Fighters would fly in wish S-8BM rockets in their rocket pods, unleashing the anti-runway rockets on Pristina Airport's Runway, rendering it useless for the Foreseeable Future.

The Troops at Pristina Airport would be authorized to use lethal force if anyone attempted to attack them as they bunkered down to await extraction.

 

[Joe]

In such small teams, the actual chance of an ethnic Kosovar being a militant would be incredibly small. However, the heavy-handed "arrest first, ask questions later" of the Serbian military would further turn ethnic Kosovar's within North Kosovo away from the Serbian military and local authorities and towards the side of the KLA. As a result of supplies only being distributed to ethnic Serbians, more of the ethnic Kosovar's would take to the streets at this apparent display of racism and discrimination, further shielding and concealing activities of the KLA. Raids on logistic lines and patrols would ensue en masse from the teams of 15 KLA guerillas (now split into 3 teams of 5 per every team), to further spread mass confusion among the Serbian Army. Due to the searches of only ethnic Kosovars and with the majority of ethnic Kosovars taking to the streets of North Mitrovica, in the empty houses left behind by the ethnic Kosovars, the KLA would begin to leave IEDs for the personnel searching house-to-house.

The death toll would quickly mount and make any form of house-to-house search untenable.

Furthermore, the KLA would send more guerillas into North Kosovo. As the Serbian Army had only blocked crossing points of the Ibar River, the KLA guerillas would only simply go on the M25 highway, take the R126, go through the liberated Besiane, and enter North Kosovo through land routes, the only land route sustainable after the Serbian Army destroyed the road leading to Mitrovica. They would do this under the cover of night en masse, further flooding North Kosovo with guerillas roaming the countryside. These guerillas, armed with Vietnamese weapons, would engage Serbian Army personnel en masse with concentrated rifle and sniper fire. They knew the countryside well, contrary to the Serbians, who possessed no recon troops or companies. As a result, these hit and run raids would be used to devastating effect, further bleeding out the Serbian military and destroying their already dangerously low morale after the reveal of their stuck comrades in Pristina.

North Kosovo was under threat of further going back over to Kosovo.

In Pristina, as soon as the breakout was set to begin, the KLA would go into ambush positions on the roads leading out of the stadium. Tanks could easily go through the barricade, being over 10 tons and able to crush steel. However, as soon as tanks moved over the barricades in question, the IEDs that had been placed there by KLA guerillas would be detonated as soon as a tank rolled over them. The concussive blast, combined with the intense fragmentation, would disable a majority, if not all, of tanks or APCs leading the convoys away from the stadium. It would not need to actually destroy an engine, rather a disabled track or anything of that sort would be enough to halt the convoys in their tracks due to the massive hunk of unusable steel in front of them on the thin roads.

As soon as these convoys were forced to a halt in the street, they would come under intense machine gun and sniper fire, guerillas switching positions every few moments to avoid letting a tank or machine gunner home in on them. Of course, there would simply not be enough to penetrate these hunks of steel. However, as long as their engines were running, they were burning fuel. To further the ambush, guerillas and civilians would begin to burn tires around the barricades, putting up heaping amounts of thick, choking black smoke that made it difficult for gunners to pinpoint positions and would be sucked into the armored vehicles, choking the soldiers inside. Any attempt to repair these tanks or tracks would be met with a bullet. Any attempt to gain air would be met by another bullet. Any attempt to run a winch over to a disabled armored vehicle would also be met by a bullet. In effect, the Serbians in Pristina would soon be forced to surrender.

Down the roads of the trapped convoys, the KLA would continue to lay IEDs to further disable convoys and prevent their escape.

 

[Logan]

With the Serbian Military in Pristina being cornered, it was time for the Serbs to treat the Kosovars to what they had been treated during the Kosovo War. The tanks would start unloading canister rounds, HE rounds, and machine gun rounds, into every nearby building and position, damn any consequences, damn any collateral damage. Using their Shtora Infrared Active Protection Systems as signal lights and using morse code, the commanders of the two armored battalions would signal their tanks and the APCs that any and all force was authorized to defend their position, as the operational tanks and APCs moved up to form a "wagon circle" around the disabled ones. As Warwolf Squadron returned to Morava Airport from their strike mission, 1st Tactical Fighter Squadron "Wardog" took off, Each MiG-29SM carrying 2 R-27Rs and Four S-8 Rocket Pods, loaded to the brim with S-8DM Fuel-Air Explosive Rockets, obviously still having full autocannons and full fuel. They had express orders on this strike mission: level every building within 2 blocks of the Armored Brigades' Positions. Collateral Damage was necessary in this case. They weren't going to surrender to terrorists. Meanwhile, the 120 Troops at the airport would be picked up by the CH-53Ks and, under fire, evac'ed the desolated airport, moving back towards Belgrade.

Hearing about this, infantry units in North Ibar would shoot on sight anyone not in Serbian Military, Gendarmery or Police uniform carrying any form of firearm. Anytime anyone opened fire on Serbian troops, the tanks and APCs accompanying them were authorized to use all and any force necessary to put down any armed resistance, and they used that authorization well, as anyone un-uniformed person carrying any form of firearm, or acting as if they were carrying something concealed, were being treated as intolerable threats to the forces at hand.

 

[Joe]

Rather than surrender to the KLA, the Serbian High Command determined would rather bomb their own men to submission. Confidence is contagious, and a catalyst for action. Lack thereof is just as effective... if not more deadly. The light armor of the Brigades' M3 Lazars and M84 tanks would be no match for the air strike that was called in from Serbia. Any attempt at rescue or salvation of the 34th and 27th would be very much long gone. As the brigade was obviously within the 2 block radius that the Serbian military had called in, they would be right underneath the bombs dropped. Those armored vehicles not completely destroyed outright or disabled, or buried under the rubble were completely trapped facing capture/surrender. Despite nearby KLA and civilians being killed outright, more KLA from outside of the two block perimeter would close in to capture the remaining forces. The 34th and 27th Brigade would be destroyed outright by the hands of their own generals. This news would quickly be promulgated by the psychological operations of the KLA and spread like wildfire across Kosovo and the world.

With word that almost two-thirds of the Serbian force deployed to Operation: Balkan Fury was destroyed, not by the harassing rebels, but by orders of the Serbian High Command, the Serbian forces within Kosovo would become further demoralized and further combat ineffective. The idea that the Serbian High Command would throw away the lives of Serbian forces for the sake of pride would be too much to stomach for many. The fact that they were also forced to shoot at not only ethnic Kosovars, but ethnic Serbs as well for carrying anything that looked concealed only further stoked the flames of inconfidence.

Furthermore, the shooting of all individuals, including ethnic Serbs, for carrying anything that looked concealed was the final straw that fully drove the remainder of North Kosovo to the side of the KLA. An individual walking home carrying supplies under his jacket shot in the street would be too much to simply glance over for the sake of an ethnicity. Daytime demonstrations by both ethnic Serbs and Kosovars would take place within Mitrovica, intending on concealing and shielding the KLA and their operations from the Serbians and to evict the human rights violators from their lands. The Republic of Kosovo, in turn, would declare that the Declaration of Incorporation null and void as it was sovereign Kosovar land and would encourage on pamphlets for North Kosovars to rise up for their country. These pamphlets would be made in other cities and carried through the night on the backs of porters to North Kosovo. As power had been completely lost over Kosovo, the KLA High Command and team leaders would determine not to allow any more day time operations. Instead, the pitch-black night would be in their favor as they knew the lands and the Serbian Army did not.

Nighttime raids would ensue with intense sniper and rifle fire at Serbian patrols. These would be far easier than daytime raids as the batteries that were provided to Serbians to use as radios would also be used as illumination, making the Serbians easier to spot and identify. Furthermore, IEDs would be placed under the cover of night for Serbians to continue to activate during the daytime in conjunction with the IEDs hidden in houses for house-to-house searches. Kosovo was quickly becoming hell-on-earth for the Serbians and the death toll was rapidly mounting, considering that it was already at more than half, if not two thirds, of the original deployment to Operation: Balkan Fury.

 

[Logan]

As Wardog squadron moved in, they would unleash their 800 S-8DM FAE rockets on the buildings within 2 blocks of the two Brigades (NOT THE BRIGADE FORCE ITSELF) in several successive strafing runs, focusing primarily on rooftops and upper floors to minimize damage to the forces below. Afterward, they would unleash autocannons on any fighting positions firing at the brigade Forces. Meanwhile, the 55th Brigade would begin a fighting retreat from Mitrovica, destroying every bridge and crossing that they crossed on their way back into Serbia.

Warwolf squadron would take off from Morava Air Base, each carrying 4 S-8 Rocket Pods ( loaded with S-8DM FAE Rockets,), a full complement of fuel, and full autocannon ammunition. They would split up into 2 flights of 3 and 1 flights of 2 upon taking off, moving towards the following hydroelectric plants:

• Lumbardhi hydroelectric power plant
• Dikanci hydroelectric power plant
• Radavci hydroelectric power plant
• Burimi hydroelectric power plant

The Final two would target Trepča Mines, in North Kosovo.

 

[Joe]

In the common military, danger close for any kind of artillery, naval strike, or airstrike was considered to be 600 meters. To have an airstrike within 2 blocks of the two brigades (instead of outside the two blocks), the airstrike would practically be on top of the heads of the Serbian 34th and 27th. It would not matter where those targets would be firing. By the nature of explosives, those in the immediate proximity would be caught in the crossfire. As a result, not only would the KLA suffer immense casualties in the airstrike, but the Serbian Armored brigade would suffer immense casualties as well. What vehicles were not burning husks would be trapped behind rubble or other disabled/destroyed vehicles. With KLA reinforcements moving in to help reinforce the area, the Serbian's would be in a worse off position than had they stayed in their vehicles or, god forbid, surrendered.

The 34th and 27th would be completely taken out of commission and annihilated, both by the hands of the KLA and their own Air Force. Their participation in Operation: Balkan Fury would be ended.

To North Kosovo, KLA teams would continue to take potshots at the retreating Serbian Army under gunfire as well as through the tripping of IEDs laid during the night, taking further casualties. However, as soon as the Serbians clearly left the city limits of Mitrovica, the KLA would cease their pursuit and immediately return to reinforce Mitrovica. At approximately 1100 that morning, a young Kosovar, cradling a gigantic flag of the Republic of Kosovo would set it above the highest point in the city for all to see.

Having fought for it's independence twice, and beat back with the Serbian Army with nothing but ragtag guerilla forces, sheer cunning, and Serbian tactical mistakes, Kosovo would remain an independent state for years to come.

 

[Logan]

Warwofl Squadron's Flights would move to their targets, the ones targeting the Hydroelectric Dams unleashing their FAE Rockets onto the electrical substations outside, worsening, even more, the destruction of Kosovo's electrical infrastructure. The two targeting the Trepca Minds would unload on any outbuildings.

Wardog would return to base to be rearmed and refueled, awaiting Warwolf to do the same. President Zarko Davidovic had uttered words in his office that stunned even the Generals forced to pass down the order: Alpha Strike.


The 345th, 275th, and 555th Artillery Battalions, which earlier had been kept out of Kosovo for fear of causing too many casualties, would be gathered at Medveda, Serbia, under cover of night. From Medveda, the Artillery, with an effective range of 56km would easily be able to target the city of Pristina, if somewhat haphazardly. As they moved into position at Medveda, they would await their targeting coordinates.

 

[Joe]

Throughout Kosovo, battle damage assessments as well as immediate repairs to restore utilities would begin to take place. Rubble would be cleared, bodies would begin to be moved, the wounded would be taken the hastily set up field hospitals, and prisoners would be sent out to concentrated areas all around Kosovo. It would be quite optimistic to assume that the Serbians who completely retreated would be able to run away with all their men intact and safe in their vehicles. With the ensuing confusion that had taken place, including the loss of two full brigades of Serbian soldiers, some would have been left behind. This would be where the Vietnamese General Intelligence Directorate would come in.

After the Republic of Kosovo had fully declared independence from Serbia and declared itself a full sovereign nation, the General Intelligence Directorate agents would split into two teams, with half heading up to North Kosovo and the other half heading towards Pristina. Their job would be to discretely meet with the KLA heads as well as interview prisoners as well as civilians to paint a bigger picture of the numerous atrocities that were committed by the Serbians. On the travel to their respective cities, the General Intelligence Directorate Inspectors would marvel at such devastation that the Kosovars endured underneath the Serbs, transmitting everything back to their handlers in Hanoi for documentation.

 

[Logan]

Operation Serbian Fury

The combined battery of 72 NORA B-52 Artillery pieces would unleash a constant barrage of Pristina, their 155 meter cannons aimed for the coordinates of the Kosovo Assembly Building, though without reconnaissance on the ground, the whole area near it would likely feel the heat of the bombardment.

Meanwhile, Warwolf and Wardog would return to Morava Air Base, refueling, re-arming their cannons, and being fitted with 6 1500lbs Gravity Bombs each. They awaited full refueling before their attack would begin. Sol Squadron had abjectly refused to follow this order, and in fact their leader had outright thrown her wings at the base commander’s head in sheer disbelief at the order.

 

[Owen]

Canadian Special Forces on the ground at Gjakova would be talking with residents of the town. They would begin getting word from their friends and family Pristina that the capital was under heavily artillery barrage and that it was indiscriminately landing across the city. Word of this would get through to the Special Forces while talking with the civilians who would alert their Operational Commander on the ground. This would be relayed back to the Commander of the Canadian Expeditionary Force Command and onwards to the Minister of National Defence. An official correspondence would be put together and sent to the U.S., Vietnamese and German Governments via secured and encrypted intelligence lines in the dark web.

"START OF TRANSMISSION​

Reports that Pristina is being heavily bombarded by Serbian Artillery forces. There are possibilities that civilian casualties are high as it's being reported that the shelling is indiscriminate. Further reconnaissance and intelligence is required. Awaiting an assessment from Vietnamese Intelligence Officers on the ground.

END OF TRANSMISSION"
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@John @Joe @JamieA

 

[JamieA]

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With word being sent that the Serbians are bombarding Civilian positions, the Germany Government now waited the prolonged date for the Serbians to cease all and any operations against Kosovo would be finished. The German government has relayed a message to the Canadian, Kosovo, Vietnamese and United States governments that a deployment of German forces will be dispatched shortly. Canada has also been given permission to utilise any airbases within German to refuel and move forces between Canada and Kosovo when needed. Word would be sent to the German Representative within the Global Assembly regarding the Serbian Bombardment within Kosovo, so this could be brought up against them.

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@John @Joe @Owen

 

[Joe]

General Intelligence Directorate Team 2 would receive the transmission and immediately divert away from their initial objective of North Kosovo to take over Team One's primary objective of interviewing Serbian prisoners and doing a battle damage assessment on Kosovo. Despite the mass retreat of Serbian Armed Forces to their own borders and hopefully, the cessation of hostilities, the Team would be wary that the transmission would be accurate and that Serbia was indeed indiscriminately bombing Kosovo. Taking precautions, the team would drive to a ridge near the outskirts of Pristina, monitoring the situation from afar. To their horror, they would see the Serbians bombing the capital of Kosovo en masse, killing civilians, KLA, and their own soldiers alike. Setting up their radio, they would send a transmission back to the Canadian Special Forces team, General Intelligence Directorate Team One, and the Vietnamese government at home.

"Reports correct. Remain in Gjakova until further advisement."

President Ngo had had enough. Roused from his sleep and brought into an brief session with his advisers who would describe the situation and lay out the options present to him. It would only take a quick moment before he made his decision and, for the first time in the Republic's history, would enact Presidential powers and call an emergency session of the First National Congress to convince them to declare a state of war against Serbia to defend Kosovo at 0200 in the morning. However, upon his exit of the Presidential Palace, he would immediately order that his Minister of Defense call upon Canada (Operation: Parasol II), Germany (vowed to declare war on Serbia), and America (vowed to declare war on Serbia) to establish an emergency coalition to pacify and end the Serbian threat. In Congressional Session, President Ngo would take the stand, and in an impassionate speech about the value of human life, would vow to end tyranny and oppression in Serbia. In a roar of applause, the First National Congress would immediately set out to declare a state of war against the Serbian Union.

Meanwhile, in Kosovo, the KLA would begin repair efforts on damage caused by the Serbian scorched-earth policy and retreat. In the capital of Pristina, the KLA would begin rescue efforts into the area, advising civilians to evacuate the city immediately or face a Serbian bombardment.

 

[Owen]

The Canadian Government would thank the German Government for their offer of support. This ability to use German Air Bases would assist the Canadian Forces greatly as refugees can be ferried to Germany and than on chartered Air Canada flights rather than directly back to Canada on Air Force jets, allowing for quicker turnaround. This message would be relayed to the pilots on the ground at Gjakova that they would be ordered to head to Neuburg Air Base instead once they were filled with refugees.

 

[Logan]

Wardog and Warwolf Squadrons would take off from Morava Air Base, each loaded with 6x 1500lb bombs. Their target was the Kosovo Assembly. In preparation for this, the Artillery Units would stop their barrage and slink off into the surrounding terrain. The Fighters would fly towards Pristina with their afterburners at full, and the 20 fighters would be arranged into four waves of 5 planes each.

While they were on the way towards their target, they would lose contact with their Base. They would continue their strike on the Kosovan Assembly, but this would seem weird to them, especially in such a time as this, when they appeared to be getting orders continually.

 

[Odinson]

Citizens and embassy staff at the Norwegian embassy in Kosovo took cover as they heard the distant, and then closer and closer bombardment of artillery shells smashing into the heart of the city. The Norwegian embassy was only about 3000 feet from the Assembly Building itself. The few armed Norwegian Army soldiers inside the building escorted civilians to the strongest part of the building. The Norwegian ambassador rushed to his office and picked up his phone. He dialed the direct line for Foreign Minister Jakob Vinter's office in Oslo. The phone line was down. He ran back out of the office as a soldier with an assault rifle ran up to him, "Sir! It's not safe here! We need to get you downstairs now!"

The ambassador waved him off and jogged past him, "Captain, we have a satellite phone in the storage room. We have to call Oslo!" The soldier turned around and started directing people out of the lobby to the downstairs. Moment later, a massive explosion rocked the building. An explosion from one of the 155meter shells destroyed most of the eastern half of the building. Among nearly a dozen citizens and embassy staff who also died, Ambassador Anders Viken was instantly killed by a falling chunk of debris which hit him in the head. Several of the soldiers went back upstairs after the explosion to try to find any survivors. The aforementioned Captain - Captain Robin Schau, Royal Norwegian Army - found the ambassador dead on the ground. In his arms was the satellite phone which he had yet to use. Captain Schau picked up the phone and made a secure call to the only number written directly on the satellite phone - that of Foreign Minister Jakob Vinter.

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Jakob Vinter, at that time, was in a meeting with the French Secretary of State for Europe at a seafood restaurant in Oslo. He excused himself and took the phone call, since he could see it was a direct international call from an embassy. Jakob's phone was, of course, also encrypted. "This is Jakob speaking," he said. The Foreign Minister could hear explosions and screams in the background of the call he was listening to.

"Sir!," Captain Schau yelled into the satellite phone. "This is Captain Schau, embassy guard. I'm calling you from Kosovo. We are under attack sir, Ambassador Viken is dead!" he yelled. Jakob quickly responded, "Captain, what's going on? Is it gunmen? How are you being attacked?"

"I think the city is being shelled sir! It sounds like they're hitting downtown really hard. We-" Jakob heard a massive explosion in the background again, and it took Captain Schau a few seconds to respond. "Jesus Christ, we need help! They are raising the city! Minister, send us help! I have 22 civilians and four other soldiers with me here - we have sustained heavy casualties. We need he-" the line cut out. Jakob excused himself from the meeting with the French Secretary of State - having another diplomat took his place - and headed directly to Akershus Fortress where the Minister of Defense and the High Command were being assembled. A phone call was made to the Prime Minister, who was in Washington at the moment, as well as to the Norwegian diplomatic corps at the General Assembly. The private calls were simple - the Norwegian embassy in Kosovo has been shelled, and the ambassador has been killed.

 

[Joe]

After the shelling of the city would be concluded, the General Intelligence Directorate Team 2 would pack up their reconnaissance gear and head into the city to pick through the rubble and conduct a Battle Damage Assessment. With Pristina being nearly destroyed by the Serbian Army, they would trek on foot, meeting with KLA militants along the way. Due to the hints of Vietnamese assistance to the KLA, they would be allowed to pass with ease towards their intended destination, the remnants of the stadium where two Serbian Armored Brigades made their very last stand and were ultimately wiped out or taken prisoner. The General Intelligence Directorate Team would begin to pick through the rubble, specifically targeting any intact tanks or armored vehicles that had since been abandoned. Upon finding one, they would strip it of any valuable intelligence, taking things such as logbooks, maps, orders, and callsigns. They would effectively have the entire Serbian deployment list and an initial battle plan.

More importantly, the General Intelligence Directorate team would analyze the leftover radios. As they had operated on the alternator of the vehicles, rather than a battery, they still had power and were still functioning. As a result, the General Intelligence Directorate Team would copy the encryption keys and radio frequencies that were on the radios, allowing the Vietnamese intelligence inspectors to listen in on the broad Serbian military channels and predict assaults and strikes before they happen, further enhancing the coalition's effectiveness should they arrive. After being completely satisfied that all intelligence from the abandoned hulks of the two armored brigades was stripped away and taken, the team would trek towards Pristina International Airport to determine it's viability as a staging point and landing area for Coalition forces.

 

[Logan]

The fighters sent in on a bombing run would be recalled back to Morava Airport, where their pilots would be placed under house arrest and new pilots assigned the fighters.

Operation Balkan Fury was over.