Battle of Kalkisiknup

The Battle of Kalkisiknup was the first land engagement of the First Riyatic Invasion of Nanmaunaktuk.

Background
In January 1940, the Riyatic 4th Fleet under Admiral Amabu began moving north to approach Nanmaunaktuk.

Since the outbreak of hostilities, the Nanmaunak Army had begun defensive preparations anticipating an invasion.

Planning
The Riyatic 3rd Marine Division under Read Admiral Qaraho intended to take Kalkisiknup easily, and with little struggle. To enable this, a grand landing of 1,600 soldiers and 24 tanks was envisioned by deliberately sending the IRS Galogolo directly into port, with the rest of the fleet waiting to engage.

The Nanmaunak Chieftain, Chieftain Jorgen Simminiq, anticipated a large bombardment of the city prior to any possible landing, and expected Qaraho to place landing sites along the rocky, but less defensible, shores of Kiriktak to establish beachheads prior to a ground invasion of the Capital.

Knowing this, Chieftain Jorgen placed A and E companies spread out along the flanks in observation posts, each with a battery of four 100mm field guns ready to be pulled into assorted forward firing positions, or providing immediate indirect fire.

The town itself was evacuated on the 1st of July, leaving behind a veritable maze of empty stone houses, most dug a half story into the stony soil, and winding narrow alleys, with only one major route to cut through it to the open plains. In here, B and C companies of the Kirik Regiment were ordered to prepare ambush positions and supply and communications routes through back alleys, supported by a battery of 50mm guns each from the kirik artillery squadron.

D company was held on the inland face of the city, with dug in positions around the Parliamentary Hall reinforced by Brigade support elements, namely a battery of five 50mm antitank guns and two batteries of four 100mm field guns.

Opposing forces
Riyatic 3rd Marine Division


 * 1st Marine Regiment
 * 11th Battalion
 * 12th Battalion
 * 13th Battalion
 * 1st Marine Tank Squadron
 * 2nd Marine Regiment
 * 21st Battalion
 * 22nd Battalion
 * 23rd Battalion
 * 2nd Marine Tank Squadron
 * 5th Marine Regiment
 * 51st Battalion
 * 52nd Battalion
 * 53rd Battalion
 * 5th Tank Squadron
 * Division Support Elements

Nanmaunak Kirik Defense Brigade


 * Kirik Regiment
 * A Company
 * B Company
 * C Company
 * D Company
 * E Company
 * Kirik Artillery Squadron
 * Brigade Support elements
 * A Squadron, Antitank
 * C Squadron, Field

Initial landing and negotiation
At 07h00 3 July 1940, the 21st and 18th battalions of the 1st Regiment, 3rd Riyatic Marine Division arrived into port 5C, while 3 destroyers (IRS Samono, IRS Tatyaka, IRS Momomo) waited in the bay to provide support. Simultaneously, the 1st and 3rd companies of the Kirik Regiment pulled back from their defensive line on the beach itself and took up ambush positions along the two major roads leading inland - one leading towards the National Parliamentary Building, the other leading towards the Kirik Armory. Each company was reinforced with a battery of 45mm Antitank guns, and a platoon of 20mm antitank rifles. As the Riyatic Navy had yet to fire inland, Simminiq was hesitant to initiate fighting unless it was absolutely necessary.

By 08h43, both battalions of the Riyatic Marines had offloaded. The 3rd battalion was stationed

Political aftermath
Shortly after