====== Operation Searing Desert ======
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^           //**Operation Searing Desert**////Part of the [[battles:war_of_breshikan_succession|War of the Breshikan Succession]]//           ^^
| {{battles:2013-02-01_00.55.39.png?300}} ||
| //Sidmarcus01 and P_P_A bathing in glory.// ||
| Dates | 01-02-13 |
| Location| West Battkhortia |
| Result | Breshikan victory |
^  Belligerents  ||
|{{:battles:hbe_banner.png?22|Flag}} Holy Breshikan Empire |{{http://i.imgur.com/9wbmszY.png?22|Flag}} Holy Breivikan Empire |
^  Leaders and Commanders  ||
| {{:nations:hbechance.png?22|Flag}} [[people:sidmarcus01|Sidmarcus01]]| {{http://i.imgur.com/9wbmszY.png?22|Flag}} K_Chris |
^  Strength  ||
| 2| 2 |
^  Losses  ||
| 0 | 1 |
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In retaliation to [[battles:operation_noble_eagle|K_Chris's raid]] on Nova Avence mere hours before, Breshikan forces invaded West Battkhortia.

===== Before the Raid =====
In a unsurprising display of cowardice and lack of honour, K_Chris invaded Nova Avence and massacred its docile and unarmed citizens. The forces of Nieuw Walschor deployed to aid their allies, but when they arrived, K_Chris had already fled. Indignant, P_P_A and Sidmarcus01 combined their forces and marched on Al-Iskandariya to extoll revenge for the raid's victims.

===== The Raid =====
The Breshikan armies encountered only Triptide, a supposed new citizen of the Khaganate who was actually Shakomatic in disguise. They killed him, left alone by K_Chris who watched from the sidelines, a few times to lure out their real enemy. In the meantime, Sidmarcus01 set fire to K_Chris's mansion while P_P_A took back what he thought to be the imitations of the [[nations:west_battkhortia:14_coals_of_battx|The Fourteen Coals of Battkhortia]] he had forged, but which were actually copies of the copies.\\
When K_Chris finally appeared, he nary stood a chance against the Kriegsteinian infantry, supported by artillery from Nieuw Walschor. On the verge of death, he fled the battlefield, shamelessly eviscerated greenkitten's dog out of full madhurt rage and signed off, a sore loser indeed.

===== After the Raid =====
Though K_Chris had escaped his due punishment, he had been decisively defeated. The inventory of Triptide was plundered and handed over to Kaiser Shakomatic.

===== Reactions =====
K_Chris's butt was delightfully sore, but the war crimes of setting fire to his mansion elft a bitter aftertaste in some of the fighters involved.