Battle of Puna Base

The Battle of Puna Base was an attack launched by the remnants of the Aurelian air force on Puna Base, a hastily constructed resupply base, built by Leasath to house the large quanitity of supplies neeed to support their troops, in order to try and quash the enormous Leasath advantage in East Aurelia.

Prelude
Despite successfully defending Aubery Air Base, the Aurelian military's success was overshadowed by the near-destruction of Gryphus Squadron, and their rapid losses elsewhere. Unable to pursue the Gleipnir due to a severe lack of both manpower and supplies, along with the assembly of enemy forces at Port Patterson, it was clear that Aurelia was running out of both time, and options. With only one viable plan of attack, a successful attack against Puna Base would not result in a heavy blow to the Leasathean ability to fight, but would also mean gaining both a foothold for Aurelia to attack Port Patterson, and seizing desperately needed supplies to bolster the virtually depleted Aurelian's.

Battle
Believing that the entirety of all remaining Aurelian air power had been destroyed at Cape Aubery by the Gleipnir, Puna Base was totally unprepared for the Gryphus Squadron's attack, that was specifically targetting the base's facilities, along with parked bombers and transport aircraft. Despite the base commander radioing Port Patterson for reinforcements, they were still unable to prevent Gryphus Squadron's relentless attacks. After mounting losses, Puna Base's commander ordered that all surviving forces should retreat, and abandon the base.

Aftermath
The abandonment of Puna Base by Leasath forces meant that Puna Base, along with the provisions stored there, fell into Aurelian hands, allowing them to support their remaining troops.