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| conflict = First East Alaxian War
| place = {{Lvl|East Alaxia}}
| combatant1 = '''{{Lvc|Three Empires Alliance|Three Empires
| combatant2 = {{Lcd|Hveden Federation}}
| date = 16 March 2342 – 2346
| width = 400px
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The Anternians were pleased however with the front in Teras. They had occupied the entirety of the Terasian Empire since August 2342 and had setup a puppet government that had been running it from September 2342. They maintained the front line, consisting of 750,000 troops with 400,000 more Quadi troops arriving throughout November 2342 to make a combined force of 1.15 million troops. Their plan was to begin an assault in December 2342 to capture key points in Matkalvina, including airports. Hveden air superiority was a huge problem for the front. They had been consistently doing daily bombing runs of Anternian defensives which caused over 20,000 casualties in November 2342 without any fighting taking place. The Anternians could not fight them without dramatically ramping up their production of aircraft, which they decided to do in December 2342, driving it up 500% across 2343. The Hveden side of the front had 1.2 million troops, a very slim numerical advantage.
Anternians believed that tanks were not very useful to warfare as they were slow and would break down too often. Their fighting spirit led to them remaining with classically trained armies as their focus. They had just 50 tanks in 2342. They did not pursue tank development either and would focus primarily on aircraft and equipment manufacturing throughout 2342–2343. Meanwhile, the Hveden Federation had adopted their new tank designs which were way more effective and broke down a lot less. These were prototyped in a few wars in the previous decade and were tremendously successful. The Hveden Federation had
==== Summer offensives ====
Beginning in December 2342 and lasting until March 2343, the Hveden Federation would conduct the Summer Offensive. It aimed to reconquer the lost territories of Teras and establish a new front line deeper into Anternian territory than their fortifications lie at great speed. The offensive began with large scale bombing runs in key checkpoints, where the Hveden army began amassing troops and primarily tank brigades. After over two months of constant bombardment by bombers, mostly unopposed, and artillery barrages, 3 select points across the entire Terasian front were chosen to push through. These were considered those at the weakest areas where major infrastructure remained and supply points held. Luckily, the Hveden government had access to Terasian intelligence and maps and were very well informed on key locations to retake. The key point closest to the coast, nicknamed, Point Anabelle, was ordered as the first to break through. On 10 January 2343, the Hveden army attacked directly through the front line here, smashing through 120,000 troops alongside by 200 tanks. The exhausted troops on the other side mostly deserted or surrendered immediately after a month of constant shelling, and the Hveden army inflicted 20,000 casualties and took 60,000 prisoners of war. By 21 January, the quick speed of the tank brigades saw the entirety of the northern lands cut off from the rest. Smaller divisions were sent to capture remaining troop deployments, numbering just over 20,000 more POWs captured. With the north taken, the Army would have to capture the major town of Pisca on the eastern river. The Battle of Pisca saw 120,000 Hveden troops against the Anternian defence force of 80,000 troops. It was very costly to the Hvedens, as they had to trawl through a harsh urban war, and they took 10,000 casualties. However, the Anternians lost 15,000 troops and their remaining 65,000 troops were captured as POWs as the Hvedens eventually took the city and prevented escape.
The Anternians had lost 200,000 troops, over a quarter of the 750,000 strong army they maintained, and so were forced to reorganise their defences. The majority of these troops came from the north, which left a considerable gap which the Hvedens could exploit to push through to Anternian-proper. It was ordered for the remaining 550,000 men to focus on preventing the main Hveden army from pushing through, and thus the eastern side of the front was negated throughout January to February.
From Pisca
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