The Great Battle Of Ardfinnan

The Great Battle of Ardfinnan is the most bloodiest battle in all human history it took place on January 1st 2019 as a result of Creedon taking advantage of the civil war in Ardfinnan in his plan and efforts to take the city for his master plan to rule the universe. It is the most important and decisive engagement of late Ardfinnan Wars. It took all the nations and city-states of The Valley and also to the south by surprise as supreme super power nation of The Ardfinnan Empire especially after The Act of The Ballylooby-Newcastle union that seceded the nations into The Ardfinnan Empire. Many Newcastle veterans became top class fighting soldiers after fighting the war with Ardfinnan in the past and taking part in this battle.The Ardfinnan Empire had a lack of commanders but had its king, which was a reason that they lost the battle. Over 10,000,000 soldiers died on that single day on the southern fields of Ardfinnan alongside the river Suire. There was also fighting in The City which is a different battle altogether they had brutal house to house combat. Mr. Creedon seen Ardfinnan's weakness in the midst of a civil war in which he decided to take part with the rebels and later called them The New Ardfinnan Sovereignty. He improved is military technology and his army had superior equipment and weapons compared to The Ardfinnan Empire. He knew that The Iron Duke was gone on an inquisition and found out he was captured by the heretics. Creedon knew he could not beat The Iron Duke in battle so he seized the opportunity and mobilized his armies to march on Ardfinnan. Rumor has it that after the battle, the river Suire turned red for an entire month because it was filled with the blood of the dead in which after the war The Iron Duke baptized himself in the "Blood Of Ardfinnan" after seeing the battlefield and the rotting bodies.

This battle was A key element for '''The Grand Story line. '''The battle is also considered to be a tactical masterpiece such as Guagamela, Cannae and Austerlitz. Although it was strange battle fielding from medieval warfare infantry with weapons such as pikes, sword and spears to modern day infantry possessing rifles and machine guns and also cavalry from horseback riders and knights to heavy and light tanks.

Backgound
Mr. Creedon had snapped his fingers thus The Original 6th Years were gone such as Yogi, The Iron Duke, The Clones, etc. The Boyo Brigade were in The Kingdom Of Heaven. The full force of The Lads were gone, broken up. Mr. Creedon has ambitions to conquer the Universe. The spirit of the Lads had been broken and The Iron Duke had buried himself in his studies and forming groups like The FortKnights and also married to Ramirez he went to Ardfinnan and back many times in the civil war. He trained his army improving his military research which became greater than The Ardfinnan Empire and also making superior equipment. While Creedon made his armies in the millions. Civil war had raged on through Ardfinnan, the casualties were high. Ardfinnan was turned into a battleground like it once was in The Ardfinnan Crusade. House to house combat took place it was brutal and bloody. The Ardfinnan insurgents ambushed The Ardfinnan Imperial soldiers who entered the buildings, the air was filled with blood and smoke. The smoke of war could be seen from distances such as Cahir and Clonmel. Ardfinnan was in absolute state of war. Creedon had later funded the Ardfinnan insurgents with weapons and funded them. With the new found supply of weapons. The casualties of The Ardfinnan Imperial soldiers grew higher, innocent civilians were getting killed and car bombs were more frequent.

Creedon was suprised that the Ardfinnan Imperial Army was just a rag tag bunch of farmers and thieves and militia. The professional Ardfinnan Imperial Army were sent in. Creedon made alliance with SuperValue and Lidl as The Ardfinnan Empire were allied with Aldi. Although he knew The Iron Duke wasn't going to be at the battle he still knew that this would be the toughest fought battle in his career. The King Of Ardfinnan was one of the best commanders of all time such as nearly all Ardfinnan Officer dungeon graduates. But few people of The Ardfinnan King's Generals staff were around and Ardfinnan had A lack of commanders.

The Ardfinnan Empire were quenching the rebellion as of October 2018. They used Paratrooper to jump out of planes and raid farms where insurgents hid or stashed weapons. The Iron Duke took part in early fighting but soon had to leave.

By December 2018. Many Ardfinnan Imperial commander had dealt serious injuries. Teflon Don was shot in his knee and survived many explosions and assassination attempts that left his faced with scars and burns in which he wrapped his entire face with bandages and wore A mandalorian helmet. The King Of Ardfinnan was also injured almost having his legs ripped off on an explosion in which he had to carried on a stretcher. The Iron Duke had finally left for good. it was December 29thCreedon and his armies march for Ardfinnan.

Prelude
The Ardfinnan King had recieved word instantly that Creedon was marching for Ardfinnan. He requested for aid to Aldi once he found out there was over 20,000,000 soldiers marching for Ardfinnan. Creedon marched around and passes Ardfinnan to Newcastle later that day. In which he decisively beat the Newcastle forces so they couldn't reinforce The Ardfinnan Army and cutting supply lines. The Newcastle surrendered and offered some soldiers to Creedon and so Creedon took the soldiers and marched to Ardfinnan from the south. The Aldi Army had arrived in Ardfinnan at night. Things were getting tense. They all knew the battle would be on the 1st of January. There was only 2 days left. Ardfinnan Commandos raided much of Creedon's supply trains. He later captured 2 commandos and told them to tell The Ardfinnan King to be ready at The South Fields at the break of January 1st. The Ardfinnan commanders recieved the news and grew nervous for Creedon's Army possessed A massive force to encircle Ardfinnan. The Ardfinnan Imperial Armies made ready for battle.

Deployment
it was now December 30th. To The south of Ardfinnan took place of the soon to be battlefield. The River Suire created a strong fog. it had been raining the last couple of days. The ground was fairly muddy. The Ardfinnan Commanders had studied the field. they had to cross the river and up on to hills to set up Artillery (each Ardfinnan Artillery piece represents 100 guns, they had 1,100 guns). They built fortifications on a plateau south of the hill where the Artillery was placed. It was a good defensive position they set some artillery guns on the fortification. and The Ardfinnan Armies (RED) Were at the West and were placed out in front of the plateau and hill and many streams, lakes and tributaries of the Suire to the south where an island was placed with artillery and in those marshy islands and streams were placed hidden united ready for an attack. Creedon's Forces (BLUE) were at the East. Creedon's armies had dug trenches because he wasn't sure how long the battle will be. he was a little nervous seeing that The Ardfinnan Imperial army didn't dig trenches which gave him indication the battle would be finished in a day. He also dug in because he he wasn't at full strength many more armies were in different positions. Creedon fielded very little cavalry but they were on the way. Creedon had emphasized on artillery each artillery piece you see represent 500 artillery guns so in total Creedon had 7,500 guns with him. They were mainly howitzers. Many other forces were gonna coming from all directions for this battle.

The Battle
The clock announced it was January 1st. 00:00 AM, The Great Battle Begins. It was dark and foggy. Creedon's artillery opens fire upon the Ardfinnan Ranks. The roaring of the artillery volley were deafening. The battlefield was foggy with the artillery hitting explosive rounds on the field. explosions littered the field. The KFC Krusader and his cavalry were getting hit so he decided with over 100,000 heavy cavalry, knights on horseback to charge forward. It was perfect for him because no-one could see 5 meters ahead of them because the fog was so thick. Fire had started to light up the battlefield. The enemies that the KFC Krusader was charging at couldn't see them charging. The Krusader used the fog wisely when he got closer to the enemy trenches he went at full momentum. The Krusader charged into the trenched catching the enemies off guard. the charge was so powerful that over 150,000 men died on impact but many of The Krusader's knights had taken casualties from the trenches breaking the horses legs and the knights not able to get up which let the enemies kill them as they struggled. A fellow Knight had fought off 45 soldiers with a broken back while he was on the ground until he was overpowered and killed. Creedon had no idea this was happening. Mass panic started to break out within the ranks that were charged. on the other side of the battlefield. The Aldi Army had arrived with the fish mercenaries (DARK RED) had arrived from the North-West in a column. The Ardfinnan King only had to wait for the Ballylooby Legion. Creedon had finally got word of what was happening and sent up the reserve infantry to deal with the cavalry. The Cavalry charge had broken momentum so The KFC Krusader pulled back out his forces but the Lidl Forces came from the north and encircle The Imperial Ardfinnan Knights and the infantry in the trenches pursued the Knights out of the trenches and with the help of teh Lidl forces they encircled The Imperial Knights. The Krusader knew that staying in this position was hopeless and would lead to certain death. The Imperial Ardfinnan Army had no idea about this situation. The Krusader and The Imperial Knights and The Knights of Iron charge at the heavy and light tanks of the Lidl forces. Creedon not realising of the arrival of Lidl tanks his artillery opened fire on the withdrawing Imperial Knights. The Imperial Knights charged at the Lidl tanks and since the Lidl tanks were so cheap and off-brand, many of them were destroyed. An Imperial Knight rode back to The Ardfinnan lines and said that The Imperial Knights are in danger. The Ardfinnan left flank advanced into the battle. They got up close and the fighing was 360 degrees all around. "if those Imperial Knights are dead, They will certainly lose" ~Creedon

Now leader of both sides knew what was going on. The fight was tough. But The Aldi and fish people forces stopped over a fish person seen his cousin inside a smoked salmon pack so a bit of infighting broke out. Meanwhile back on the left flank of The Ardfinnan forces, The Ardfinnan Commandos inflicted heavy casualties upon Creedon's Army. Creedon with disregard for his own soldiers continued his artillery vollies where the fighting was. Most of the Lidl Tanks had been destroyed and the Lidl Infantry (YELLOW) had entered from the North and SuperValue Forces (ORANGE)  from the south. The Ardfinnan Artillery marked their positions on The Lidl Infantry as fog was thinning out and became less dense up on the North. The Infighting of The Fish People and The Aldi forces were stop for they had been broken up by the Ballylooby Legion. The Fish People and set up position in the streams in the south. The Ardfinnan King sent out his cavalry from the south to charge straight ahead to get Creedon to put some attention to the south. The Ballylooby Legion and The Aldi Army lead by Math Spastic with his new stale baguette attacked The Lidl Army. Some Of The Ardfinnan Cavalry on the Right flank or at the south engaged the front of The SuperValue advancing forces. Some Aldi Cavalry went behind the advancing lines of Creedon's forces and An Aldi cavalry contingent stayed behind as a rear guard. The casualties were mounting high on both sides and it was now 06:00 AM Creedon's overall force had now just lost over 600,000 men and The Ardfinnan Imperial Forces had lost about over 100,000. The Ardfinnan Cavalry which mostly made up of light cavalry were starting to break as they were Newcastle soldiers. Creedon's Army and combined with SuperValues forces advanced towards The Ardfinnan Imperial Army center where The Ardfinnan Count commanded. Some SuperValue forces advanced into the marshes where they were ambushed by the fish peoples and Ardfinnan Sharp-shooters. The SuperValue objective was to rush the Artillery Guns on one of the islands then to use them against the Fortification That The Ardfinnan King commanded from and flank The Imperial Ardfinnan Army. Creedon and Delahunty discussed tactics an what to do next. But they were attacked by the Aldi Cavalry. They defeated the Aldi Cavalry. Mr. Molloy had arrived with many more Army along with Adam Coffee and The Great Rodent aka Mario Barsoum. The Ardfinnan King (PURPLE) charged with his panzers and smashed through Creedon's lines. Creedon and Delahunty advanced with Molloy to the center to fight The Ardfinnan King. The Battle had entered 09:00 AM Mr. Molloy charge with ferocity wanting to capture the general so he can get find the locationof Iron 's wife Ramirez so he can suck on her toes for his own personal gain. The Ardfinnan King was on a Panzerkampfwagen IV Tiger 2 but confronted by Creedon to fight he got on his stretcher because was unable to walk. those who carried him slowly died one by one. While there was still 3 carriers left. Creedon engaged The Ardfinnan King while on his stretcher. Creedon used the 3rd Vape Fiends he found in the 6th year toilets to make vape clouds to conceal The Ardfinnan Kings vision. The Ardfinnan King unsheathed his secondary gladius struck a mighty blow to Creedon's Vape Lightsaber hilt and broke it. Creedon used the vape clouds to flee to his command centre The commanders of Creedon's forces followed him. His soldiers did not see it due to the thick fog. The Lidl forces from the north beat back the Aldi Forces and capturing Math Spastic. The Lidl forces encircled The Imperial Ardfinnan left flank while the SuperValue forces were dealt with high casualties in the marshes. Creedon had ordered a general advance forward and to encircle The Ardfinnan Forces. The Ardfinnan Imperial Amry were taking high casualties. It was now a fight for survival. It was now 13:00 PM.Shit was crazy yall. The Ardfinnan Tank Armies ended up behind enemy lines. They did much destrcution as they could until the tank were destroyed or broken down. The Ardfinnan King's Panzer was on fire just before been blowing 10 meters up in the sky by artillery. The Ardfinnan King was on fire, engulfed by flames his carriers had died. He fought Creedon's armies off for as much as he could. Creedon had arrived again and approached The Ardfinnan King picking him up and giving him the devastating blow. The Ardfinnan King is now dead. His bodies lays on the Ardfinnan dirt. Creedon's Army punches through the Ardfinnan lines. The Ardfinnan Commandos are fighting to the last man. Killing enemies in the thousands but Creedon's army are pushing the back and the encriclement as racking up high casualties. The Imperial Knights of the left flank up north have made their last stand. The KFC Krusader gets blasted by the enemy artillery knocking his helmet of that he welded to his skin and ripping some of his face off and knocking him out. Creedon and his army advances to the Ardfinnan fortifications. All in their way have been killed or captured and sent to clean the home economics rooms or they are Mallon's sex slaves. It was just after 21:30 when the last of the Ardfinnan Imperial forces were destroyed. The SuperValue Cavalry charged across the marshes and rushed for the guns. The Fish Peoples fought The SuperValue forces gallantly but they were eventually packaged up and sent to the nearest SuperValue. Creedon's right flank under command of Small Paul attacked up towards the hill where the rest of the guns were. The Ardfinnan and Lidl soldiers fought to the last man. They were no survivors. Creedon surrounded fortifications and had all artillery and even the captured artillery to open fire. The fort was utterly destroyed. The Count of Ardfinnan made his last stand but he was outnumbered and then he was executed in front of Creedon's Army. The Casualties were high. That day was the most bloodiest day of all human history. With almost 15,000,000 dead at the end of the day. Creedon decided to leave the bodies rot rather than bury them or put them away. Creedon had a sigh of relief that the battle was over although he lost a huge number of his own men, infact roughly 12,000,000 of the casualties were on Creedon's side. Creedon rode on horseback with Delahunty and his generals behind him to Ardfinnan city with the rest of his army parade marching in. Creedon had said to his generals.

"I fear The Iron Duke will come back. That's is why I have broken The Spirit of The Lads through this decisive victory. So It's The Iron Duke and The Iron Duke alone who will fight and what he has with him" ~Creedon

Results
This was the first time in a decade that Ardfinnan had lost. The next day, the word of The Imperial Ardfinnan defeat had shocked everyone in the valley and to the south and it's militaristic constitution has been removed. Mr. Creedon, In Creedon's words "The Spirit of The Lads is now broken" (meaning the lads aren't the lads without Iron) Creedon has gained a reputation to be feared and he is one step further to conquering the Universe. He has now installed a new government into Ardfinnan which Ardfinnan had mixed feelings about many Ardfinnan veterans had fled for a better life.

The KFC Krusader had awoken from a week long coma and later met up with a few other Ardfinnan lads that were going to look for the corpse of The Ardfinnan King. But they were to no avail. No one is sure where The Ardfinnan King's corpse is, Delahunty stated that they did not retrieve it. So it must remain on the southern Ardfinnan fields.

After Creedon's victory he conquered The Valley. Thus The Beginning of The Grand Story Line Begins

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