I realize that in comparative terms, Safehold is now where we were in the early-mid stages of WW1, with some WW2 innovations (gotta love those Bouncing Betties). The next big fights are going to be knocking Dohlar out and luring the MHoGatA to a point where the Charisians and their allies can bring their full might to bear combining all their assets from the Army and Navy. Of course, BGV also has to deal with that annoying other CoGA army to his front, which he seems to be in a very good spot to do.
In the immortal words of Stonewall Jackon "hit them and they will break. Break them and they will run...they will run or we will destroy them!" This was said at his last meeting with General Lee.
Once that is done, I'm wondering how difficult it would be to place commando units or Corps/Division Combat Teams [CCTs] at various points around either Harchong or Howard simply to wreak havoc on supplies and keep them off balance. It would force Desnair to choose between continuing its sloop-campaign or protecting its industrial centers for one, prevent S. Harchong from doing anything meaningful, and prevent Zion was focusing on its Siddarmark with a potential CCT or two hitting main Harchong's industry and assembly/training areas.
I would not advise raiding the Hsing-Wu passage at this point or doing more than probing the Temple Lands because that may get the Go4 to do something sensible like creating a defense in depth strategy around Zion and the Temple. In OAR, LT CDR Alban remarked that the Temple's construction and defenses were already quite formidable even by Federation-era standards. Absurd, I think her word was and that was without the OBS sniping rebel industrialists and intellectuals with Kinetic bombardments from orbit.
Knock them off-balance and keep their attention everywhere but the Heartland itself. Clyntahn is a paranoid reactionary that would make Hitler proud. He'll also issue "defend every inch to the last" orders typical of that leadership style. Let him. It will force the CoGA to garrison tactically and strategically insignificant areas with troops that he is just barely able to scrap together (like the Volkssturm or Hitler Youth during WW2)
The ICN has to be willing to take casualties and inflict massive casualties during these ops for it to work. Then, when they are "strongly" reinforced/reinforcing everywhere hit the Temple and Zion with a surgical strike straight with a combined Fleet and 50-70,000 ICN ground troops while BGV throws his army, with RoS reinforcements, at the Border states in a final diversion. The adopt a seize and hold strategy before the Go4 initiate a coup against Clyntahn and sue for peace. Make them sue for peace on allied terms with the Temple in ICN hands.
Thoughts?
