Press conference on the battle of Karelins

 Imperial Frost Speakers:
Minister of Foreign Affairs Nagisa Kuribayashi
Grand Admiral of the Imperial Frost Navy Seijuro Kuribayashi

 Sedunnic Speakers
Minister of Foreign Affairs Hevv Gjieramm
Supreme Commander of the Sedunnic Armed Forces General Maks Fejellienn
Minister of Home Affairs Erenn Ajmarriv
 Location: General Staff Office, Imperial Frost Army HQ, Ikireijin 
  

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Minister of Foreign Affairs Nagisa Kuribayashi:

 "Members of the Press, We cordially welcome you to this press conference regarding the Empire’s recent incursion into Transsuneria in Early October. I am Nagisa Kuribayashi, Foreign minister of the Frost Empire. With me are The Sedunnic Foreign minister, Hevv Gjieramm, General Maks Fejellienn, Sedunnic Supreme Commander of the Sedunnic Armed Forces, who will provide the Sedunnic perspective on the battle for Karelins. As well as Grand Admiral Seijuro Kuribayashi, Grand Admiral of the Imperial Frost Navy who will detail the unclassified military actions of the Empire.”

 “Several Months before the seven pillars tragedy, the Reizen Independence Movement had seized the Transsunerian island of the Karelins as a result of a deal with deposed Transsunerian leader Horace Soormann. The Imperial Military observed the terrible evolution of the RIM’s desperate foreign incursions with increasing worry, but couldn’t act due to being fully committed to dealing with the main RIM threat on Reizen province.

Our Sedunnic allies dispatched their detachment to investigate the Karelin’s situation, and found that the RIM Submersible Fleet had taken refuge near the island disrupting maritime trade using the Karelin’s as a staging area. Unfortunately, the RIM Submersible Fleet proved to be more than a thorn in the side as they successfully crippled the local Transsunerian defenses and forced the Sedunnic detachment to engage in a dangerous game of cat and mouse. This deadly game continued until the Seven Pillars tragedy when Several Hundred Thousand people were killed effectively ending the war in a pyrrhic victory for the Imperial Coalition forcing the RIM political leadership to flee the province during the tragedy…”

 “Grand Admiral, if you may...”
 
Grand Admiral of the Imperial Frost Navy Seijuro Kuribayashi

 “Thank you minister, the Seven Pillars were devastating… However, the victory allowed the Imperial Frost Navy’s Reizen Blockade task force to be reorganized to hunt down the remnants of the Reizen Independence Movement with a vengeance. On October 3rd, the Imperial 9th Fleet engaged and pursued remnants of the Reizen Independence Movement’s surface fleet across the South pacific Ocean engaging in a bitter battle of cat and mouse for several days.

Our goal was simple, sink as many of their treacherous ships into the dark depths of the ocean. To achieve this, the Empire dispatched AWACs “Skyeye” and two multi-role squadrons to intercept the RIM surface fleet. Our intelligence agents also determined that the RIM Surface Fleet would seek to rendezvous with the RIM Submersible fleet, so we contacted the Sedunnic detachment to coordinate a devastating strike on the RIM Surface Fleet.

Unfortunately the Sedunnic detachment and our Squadrons took the brunt of the RIM Surface Fleet’s desperate struggles until the 9th Fleet could move into position to effectively reinforce the coalition forces. Our last report from the 9th fleet stated that the RIM Surface fleet was sunk and our forces are landing on the Karelins as we speak.”