User blog comment:ThatGenericName/Australia/@comment-24171828-20150713104652/@comment-14850713-20150719144020

OOC: Good bit of RP, Ej! And CVN was gracious enough to play along. Btw, Operation Mantis ends once we have secured Papua New Guinea (see last part of my previous post). But I agree that we stick with our truce (it's not really a treaty) with PANZER.

IC:

With Papuan forces in disarray after the defection of Millenium in Australia, 51st LID forces fan out into the rest of the country. 2nd Brigade is airlifted in 2 mammoth Pascal aerospace transports escorted by 4ASF into Port Moresby while 1st Brigade dashes to the border with Indonesian West Papua. 3rd Brigade lands 2 battalions into Milne Bay, while the remaining 2 advance overland from Buna in the northern coast to Port Moresby along the historic Kokoda Track. In 24 hours, Papua New Guinea is under AFOH control.

- Secure transmission from AFOH High Command to SOUTHCOM -

"Admiral Ej, congratulations on the liberation of the whole Papua New Guinea (OOC: which includes the islands of New Britain, New Ireland and Bougainville) and the occupation of the Solomons. Your forces are to stop on the border with Indonesian West Papua as it is still unclear who holds it, our new Coalition allies the Millennium Resistance or the Scarlet Empire, which is still fighting in Australia. Under no circumstances, however, will these territories be returned to the Resistance. Our goal in joining the Coalition was to free occupied countries, whether from PANZER or Millennium. It remains to be so. Meanwhile, you are to rest, reorganize, refit and replenish the Rapid Reaction Corps."

"As for the Australian front, the 2nd and 5th Armies are to take over defensive positions vacated by Israeli forces, which have advanced northward. They are to remain in position until further advise."

To replace the RRC's battered 53rd Light Infantry and 1st Marine divisions, 3 fresh light infantry divisions are sent to SOUTHCOM. It was decided to deploy them straight from the home islands, as the mechanized divisions currently in Australia are deemed too heavy. 69th LID will join the 51st in mainland Papua New Guinea while the 117th LID takes over security for the Solomons and Bougainville. The 106th LID will act as the corps reserve and will be based in Vanuatu, New Caledonia and Fiji. The 52nd LID will remain in New Britain/New Ireland.