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Battle of Ponyville

Order of Battle

Equestria:

North:

1 LG Division (Lancer, female Lunar guard)

1 LG Armored Division

1 Grenadier Division (Skips/Arcade)

2 Ranger Divisions (Applejack)

Southeast:

7 Grenadier Divisions (Flip Flop Company)

2 Armored Divisions

1 Coltgrenadier Division (Big Mac)

Southwest:

1 Grenadier Division

2 Coltgrenadier Divisions

1 Ranger Division

Air:

4 Diver Squadrons

1 Thunderbolt Squadron

Total: 19 Divisions (not counting air)

Roam:

North:

3 Striped Divisions (elites)

1 Leopard Tank Divisions (elite tank brigade)

2 Rifle Divisions (Zebrican infantry)

Southeast:

10 Rifle Divisions

5 Mixed Divisions

3 Puma Tank divisions (normal tank division)

Southwest

8 Rifle Divisions (actually 14 but not used)

4 Puma tank divisions

3 Mixed Divisions

Total: 39 Divisions

With Equestrian forces spread out to fight in the center and east, Ziro plans to play endgame. Close to Ponyville from north and southeast, he would launch a pincer attack that would meet up at Ponyville, and attack both Canterlot and the Citadel, ending the war decisively.

He would do this under the cover of winter to protect his soldiers from Equestrian airpower since the griffons (probably S04 than S05) have been utterly exhausted and internally struggling from the failed Cloudsdale attack. He would use zebra and pony saboteurs to cause mayhem in ponyville and other fronts. Using the passage given by Stalliongrad, fearful of another armed conflict, they manage to sneak up north of Canterlot and emplace themselves behind the trees.

Razak is unable to since winter has not set in yet, feeling vulnerable to air attacks if he participated.

Ziro assumes the weakest section would be the north but in reality, Applejack, two Ranger divisions, one Grenadier division (Skips/Arcade is there), and one LG Division are positioned there to rest up from the campaign in the east. They would viciously hold the Zebricans in the north, killing much of the elite units there.

To the southeast in the Whitetail Wood Forest (not like in the map), the seriously outnumbered eight grenadier divisions (Flip Flop Company) by 4:1 that are stationed there are taken by surprise, desperately holding the Roamans off from Ponyville.  They reach the outskirts of Ponyville, hoping to use the main roads to link up with the northern half, rest up, and resupply. The 14th Grenadier Division (Flip Flop Company) make their last stand, surrounded though.However, thanks to the weather clearing up, the AirBorn cripple much of the Zebrican tank divisions and infantry divisions. The Equestrian Rangers arrive to help flank the overstretched Zebricans in the Whitetail Wood Forest Forest after stopping the northern attack. Slowly, the Zebricans fell back to reform, though constantly prevented due to the hinderance the Rangers and Grenadier divisions are causing.

In an attempt to save the operation, Razak launches his attack on the Equestrian southern army, hoping Ziro's forces would counter attack and that the AirBorn would not be able to focus on two armies at once. He was wrong, Ziro's southern army was too weak to squeeze the Equestrians, the AirBorn (under Rainbow Dash's leadership) manage to deliver triple the payload per day, and fierce resistance by a mix of coltgrenadier (Big Mac) and grenadier divisions in the Everfree Forest causes him to cancel the rescue operation, losing a number of tanks.

At the end, the Grand Offensive to end the war concludes with the destruction of the majority of tanks and heavy loss of lives. Much of the tank veterans from the beginning of the war are lost. A number of veteran and elite troops are lost, including a number of officers. Simply, it was a decisive failure.

The aftermath involves the Northern elite divisions remaining in the Blizzard Bergs there as struggling remnants in the Blizzard Bergs in S06 and S07. The Southern divisions were would exhausted and low on everything, returning back to their previous positions behind the Whitetail Woods. Razak's forces posed the biggest threat but having moved most of his forces north, it has weakened his flanks (Buffalo territory).

For Ziro, it was a dishonorable and shameful major defeat. Worse, he lost his reputation there. This battle marks the Tide of the war changing in favor of Equestria. Equestrian forces now had the morale to push the exhausted Roamans back.

In the following Spring Offensives (S05), the Equestrian forces will use the whitetail woods along the mountains to send rangers and Jumpers in, infiltrating enemy territory and laying traps in preparation for the drive into Hoofington.