[center][u][b]Age of Imperialism 2.0: TURN 4| January, 1920[/b] (Week 3)[/u] (Turn 4, Part 3 of 12)[/center]

[b]Thursday, January 15th[/b]
Survaekom designer and naval engineer Rahşan Ecevit finishes his development on the Surv-Vyaer Model 17 Spotting Glass. Installed in the fire control center of the up and coming [i]Imperial[/i]-class Dreadnought, it will functionally increase the spotting range for it's main armament by up to 5,000 meters.

[b]Friday, January 16th[/b]
The [b][color=gray]Republic of Kalpia[/color][/b] negotiates with the Osladian Empire and purchases 20 O-265 Strovna and 10 Mulnya-20 tankettes from them for testing. The Osladians, who have quickly become at the forefront of armored technology, gained another customer as Kalpian engineers test the equipment and find it quite satisfactory; robust and quick, much like similar Kalpian armored cars.

[b]Saturday, January 17th[/b]
In the early morning hours, 12 Sessauan Sinier F.130 fighter planes started their props on the Ferro-Korenian border. The aircraft, Sessauan made, carried the black fist of the Korenian Republic on it's side. The planes took off, one by one into the early morning light while 200,000 Korenian soldiers and 20 Strovna Interwar tanks rushed over the border. The Ferreraian soldiers, mostly at nominal garrisons in major cities, were called to the front via runner.

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[i]Osladian made O-26's in the Korenian Army advancing across the Ferreraian border, 1921[/i][/center]

The [b]Ferro-Korenian War[/b] had begun. The Korenians, who completely surprised the Ferreraian Military Command, who largely believed the Korenians were blowing hot smoke, immediately moved to cut Ferreraia in half across it's center. Larakta, the Ferreraian capital was in the south, while the majority of the population lay in the north. Cut the nation in half, and she would fall.

[b]Sunday, January 18th[/b]
After hours of deliberation, Osladian and Mille-Sessauan delegates agree to Oslad's purchase of the two Terrible War era and Ardeneux-class destroyers [i]Bearn[/i] and [i]Calibre[/i]. The two destroyers, although dated, would bolster a fledgling Osladian brown water navy and pad the pockets of a very poor Sessauan nation. 

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[i]Mille-Sessauan Ardeneaux-class destroyer Calibre, circa 1921[/i][/center]

[b]Monday, January 19th[/b]
A Ferreraian patrol of 4 Osika Strzelec-1F fighters come across 5 Sinier F.130 fighter planes and engage in a tenacious dogfight for control of the skies around southern. After 20 minutes of combat, 3 Sinier F.130's were shot down to only 1 Strzelec-1F lost.

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[i]Ferreraian and Korenian planes battle for the sky, 1921[/i][/center]

[b]Wednesday, January 20th[/b]
Trench lines, hastily built by the Ferreraian 20th Army northeast of Larakt are bombarded by Korenian artillery. The [b][color=red]Battle of Larakt[/color][/b] had started. Outnumbered and outgunned, the Ferreraian's begin counter artillery operations with their new Gothpat 105mm artillery pieces. 

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[i]Ferreraian Gothpat 105mm's, called Big 5's by Korenian soldiers, bomb Korenian positions at Larakt[/i][/center]

[b]Thursday January 21st[/b]
A pair of Sinier F.130's jump a wandering Strzelec-1F fighter. The 1F dazzles, dipping and twisting. It manages to jump on the tail of one of the F.130's and peppers it with two Zurrandt-12 machine guns in the nose. The F.130 quivers, smokes, then heads toward the ground. The second F.130 fills the Strzelec-1F with bullets and it follows the first plane, careening into the earth.

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[b]LOSSES[/b]
-- [b][color=brown]Republic of Ferrerai[/color][/b]
* 2 Osika Strzelec-1F Fighters
* 3,532 Regulars (3,585 Rifle I | 3,576 Equipment I)
* 14 Artillery I ([i]Gambio-K19[/i])
-- [b][color=gold]Republic of Korenia[/color][/b]
* 4 Sinier F.130 Fighters
* 16 Artillery I ([i]Gothpat 105mm[/i])
* 9,754 Regulars (10,053 Rifle I | 9,532 Equipment I)
-- [b][color=maroon]Grand Survaek Empire[/color][/b]
* 2 Light Trainer I ([i]Unknown[/i])
* 1 Pilot