Editing Operation VIJAY

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{{InfoBoxConflict
| conflict = Operation Vijay
| partof = The [[Jihad]]
| image = 
| caption = 
| date = June 28, [[3073]]
| enddate = August 2, [[3073]]
| place = Gibson BattleMech Federation complex
| planet = [[Gibson]]
| faction1 = [[Principality of Regulus]]
| faction2 = [[Word of Blake]]
| commander1 = [[General]] [[Tomaso Kinchuhara]]<br/>
| commander2 = [[Precentor]] [[Apollyon]]
| forces1= '''Principality of Regulus:'''<br/>[[4th Regulan Hussars|Fourth Regulan Hussars]]<br/>'''Mercenary Forces:'''<br/>[[Wild Geese|Wild Geese Mercenary Regiment]]<br/>[[13th Stalking Horse|Thirteenth Stalking Horse Mercenary Regiment]]<br/>Small mercenary commands
| forces2= [[52nd Shadow Division]]<br/>[[49th Shadow Division]]<br/>[[battle armor]] defense force on Gibson BattleMech Federation complex
| forces3 = 
| result = Principality of Regulus completely defeat
| environment = City
| conditions = Normal
}}

'''Operation Vijay''' was a military operation conducted from June 28th through to August 2nd, 3073.<ref>The campaign started on the 28th of June and lasted for five weeks; hence, 02 August</ref> It was executed solely by the [[Principality of Regulus]] against the [[Word of Blake]] held world of [[Gibson]]. The campaign ended in failure as Regulan forces were unprepared for the firepower of the Blakists.

==Operation Brief==
The operation was conceived by Regulan Prince [[Kirc Cameron-Jones]], after his betrayal by his mistress Sonja Amora, who turned out to be a Blakist [[Manei Domini]] spy named [[Naamah]].<ref>''Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents'', p. 50: "Anatomy of a Bloodless Coup": Naamah named as infiltrator and details of Kirc Cameron-Jones growing paranoia</ref> Wanting to take revenge for the destruction for his capital city and fueled by his growing paranoia of everyone, he turned to his estranged son.  Kirc had his son, [[Titus Cameron-Jones]] plan and organize a military task force to strike at Gibson and destroy its [[BattleMech]] manufacturing facilities, the [[Gibson Federated BattleMechs]].

==Forces involved in Task Forces==
The original draft for Vijay was involved, the Fourth Regulan Hussars regiment leading invasion of the planet. Titus Cameron-Jones recruited couple elite anti-blakist mercenary regiments.  However, the Prince insisted additional forces were needed.  Titus was able recruit several lesser known mercenary companies to accompany the Task Force.

===Principality of Regulus===
*[[4th Regulan Hussars|Fourth Regulan Hussars]]

===Mercenary Forces===
*[[Wild Geese|Wild Geese Mercenary Regiment]]

*[[13th Stalking Horse|Thirteenth Stalking Horse Mercenary Regiment]] 


==Operation History==
After being appointed by his father, Titus Cameron-Jones organized and negotiated principally with two elite anti-Blakist regiments who both belonged to the [[Allied Mercenary Command]].  However, in April after bringing in several lesser mercenary commands to augment the Task Force, Titus was put under house arrest by his paranoid father due to his rise in popularity. Prince Kirc then appointed retired General [[Tomaso Kinchuhara]] to command the task force in place of Titus. In haste, Prince Kirc ordered the Task Force to deploy to Gibson immediately.

On June 28th, [[3073]] the Regulan Task Force began the assault on Gibson.  Against strong objections from the commander of the Wild Geese, General Kinchuhara ordered a massive combat drop on the Gibson BattleMech Federation complex.

After the landing, General Kinchuhara led the Fourth Regulans into the manufacturing complex.  However, they were ambushed by [[battle armor]] hidden within the facility.  The Wild Geese and Thirteenth Stalking Horse moved in to support the Regulans, but they themselves were flanked by the [[52nd Shadow Division]], who were thought to be off world. The Task Force's smaller mercenary commands came under attack by the [[49th Shadow Division]] who had conducted its own combat drop directly onto their positions.

Precentor [[Apollyon]], the commander of all [[Manei Domini]] forces, ordered all attacking units to surrender.  The demoralized smaller mercenary commands powered down their 'Mechs.  This left the Regulans alone and isolated.  The battle then turned even worse, when Blakist battle armor tossed the body of General Kinchuhara from the cockpit of his 'Mech.

Demoralized with the loss of their supreme commander, the executive officer of the Task Force called for a general retreat.  The command net of the task force became a three-way shouting match between the temporary commanding officer of the Regulans, the Wild Geese commander, and some of the surviving small mercenary companies.

The task force boosted to their waiting JumpShip fleet, to find it was under attack by Blakist [[WarShip|WarShips]].  The Blakists captured some of the ships, while destroying the majority of the task force's aerospace assets.  Only a regiment's worth of the combined task force's troops managed to escape from Gibson.

==References==
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==Bibliography==
* ''[[Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents]]''
* ''[[Mercenaries Supplemental Update]]''


[[Category: Jihad Era Military Operations|Vijay, Operation]]