Operation LION

Operation LION is the name used by the Armed Forces of the Federated Suns for The First Battle of Tikonov.[1]


Operation LION
Part of Second Succession War
Start Date 4 April 2832
Planet Tikonov
Result Federated Suns defeat
Factions
(Attacker)
Federated Suns
(Defender)
Capellan Confederation
Commanders and leaders
General H. R. Greer
Forces involved
Naval flotilla
Second Ceti Hussars
CCS Jiaxing
CCS Zhaoking
Chesterton Reserves
Red Lancers
Environment
Standard
Conditions
Normal


Overview[edit]

Operation LION began on the 4th of April 2832 when an AFFS naval flotilla jumped into the system and captured the recharge station at the nadir jump point in a pitched battle conducted where AFFS WarShips battled a pair of Capellan frigates, the CCS Jiaxing and CCS Zhaoking. With the station seized and the Jiaxing scuttled, the Second Ceti Hussars RCT dropped onto Tikonov under the command of General H. R. "Howler" Greer and fought a maneuver war that saw the Hussars capture most of Tikonov within a few weeks. Unfortunately, the Hussars lightweight, mobile nature wasn't suited to either brutal slugging matches or breaking through massive fortifications - and Tikonov had fortifications in abundance. While the Hussars controlled much of the planet and encircled both the major cities, such as Tikograd, as well as the High Kremlin - a massive former Star League Defense Force fortress - weeks of bombardment by the Hussars' light artillery couldn't breach the defenses. The defenders were unable to break out through the Hussars lines, and began to run short of food and supplies, but after six months the Hussars faced the arrival of CCAF reinforcements in the form of the Chesterton Reserves. With the fortifications on Tikonov potentially acting as an anvil to the Reserves' hammer, Greer chose to withdraw, leaving Tikonov in Capellan hands.[2]


Units involved[edit]

Federated Suns[edit]

Capellan Confederation[edit]

References[edit]

  1. Handbook: House Liao, p. 38, "Timeline: Second and Third Succession Wars"
  2. Second Succession War, p. 35, "Crossed Swords"
  3. House Liao (The Capellan Confederation), p. 77, "Red Lancers Unit Profile"

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