User:SPARTAN 119/Battle of Hirayu

For a detailed description of the battle, see RP:Dwindling Flame.

Engagement at Abou Pass
The initial engagement in the Battle of Hirayu was actually a defensive action that occurred at Abou Pass, in the Japanese Alps between the city of Matsumoto and the village of Hirayu. The engagment occured at 1200 hours on October, 29th, 2552 The Covenant armored assault, which included to a number of Wraiths and Locusts, and well as a Scarab, was ambushed by infantry hidden in the woods on the mountainside, as well as a group of Scorpion tanks on the road up the pass itself. The Covenant armor was taken by surprise and destroyed.

Attack on the Village of Hirayu
The next day, at 930 hours, the armored forces of the UNSC Army, backed up by militia, launched a counterattack over Abou Pass into the village of Hirayu, a village of tactical value only due to its position at the intersection of two roads through the mountains. A Scarab and several Wraiths guarding the crossroads proper were destroyed early in the attack by missiles fired by Vulture gunships, which were easily able to support the attack due to most of the Covenant air power being held up elsewhere. The attack was followed up by a column of tanks, APCs, and light vehicles, which quickly destroyed the unit of Wraiths and light vehicles, some of which were still parked, the Covenant not expecting a UNSC counterattack. By the midday, UNSC infantry had rooted Covenant defenders out of a the few houses in the village, as well as a hotel associated with Hirayu's onsen, a volcanic hot spring spa.