Meanwhile, as the two giant militaries clashed in the North, the war was a bit more one sided in the South. It seemed, at least for awhile, that Creul would steam roll over each state, one at a time, however, Yulida, sort of putting itself at the head of the various states, not only formed a Confederacy between the nations, but got help from long time neighbor, the Yaseum Federation.
The theater opened up, with Creul, who had a few divisions of troops stationed on the border with Yulida since the war start, launcing an invasion into Yulida. Creuls forces were bolstered, and could of been a match for the Yulidian military, as it was, any day of the week. However, it just so happened that Coalition forces, in the North of the country, had also been building up, and preparing for a strike. The result was, two strong pushes into relatively defenseless areas.
Both sides seeing their blunder spread their troops out, with each side holding a chunk of the others land. Fighting died out for the most part, as the two armies, fearing mass casualties, decided it was better to just dig in.
The major upset of the war, however, came the involvement of the Yaseum Federation. The new power, not only gave a bit of funding to the Abdol states, but also directly involved its military. The Federation gave a sizable force of its navy, accompanied by some marines, and 10 divisions of it's army, to be commanded by Yulida.
The largest sea-borne invasion yet attempted by a nation took place with a joint force of troops under the command of Yulida, and The Yaseum Federation. The only problem that had come up which was Cruelian naval resistance. While it was not much, it was more than was expected. The Creulians, fearing naval attacks, kept the navy vigilant, commandeering merchants, to various effects. The result was the entirety of the Yaseum navy coming into the fight. While the Creulian defense was admirable, and did its damage, the sheer size of the invasion force allowed it to almost brush the Creulian resistance away.
With the committed navy of the Federation, over 15 divisions of infantry, and 3 marine divisions landed on the undefended Creulian shore line. The Creulian military was off, containing other invasions, and thus left the countryside to be defended by militia in mostly unsuccessful attempts to push the invasion back into the sea. Within months, the Coalition army was miles outside of Unya, and within weeks were parading through its streets. Luckily, the Royal Family fled towards the border with Randpol.
Attrition has been felt, on both sides. The Coalition's forces were under strict instruction to loot and destroy everything they could, as revenge for Creul's destructive 'rampage' across Soage. In a reversal, the Creul forces, who were under orders to not loot, and such, seeing the Coalition's destructive agenda, began doing it too.
Currently, in the North and parts of the South, the two great armies are at a stand still. However, the Coalition led forces in central Creul, are relatively unopposed, while the Creul military assess's its situation. Both sides are at a relative loss as to what to do next.
(-9 Creul Divisions, +20 Militia Divisions, -11 Militia Divisions, -7 Yulida Divisions, -3 Rakil Divisions, -1 Adsul Division, -3 Elham Divisions, -1 Marine Division, -3 Yaseum Federation Divisions, -2 Creul Coastal Ships, -1 Creul Ship of the Line, -43 Creul Merchant Marine, -3 Yaseum Federation Coastal Ships, -3 Yaseum Confederacy Ship of the Line, -1 Yulida Coastal Ship, -1 Yulida Ship of the Line, -1 Creul ASP, +1 Yulida Loot, +1 Creul Loot, +1 Yaseum Federation Loot)
