Aliana watched another pair of helicopters bring in survivors from a sunken ship. She thanked whatever Divine was watching over Epa for the fact that the men were rescued alive, and again that Richard VI had enough foresight to order a fleet of aeroplanes. They weren't enough to handle everything that Allia produced for the war effort, and the experimental artillery and Allia's own tanks were too heavy and cumbersome to move to Lubska to be tested in live-combat, but they did allow for the vital supply line of Allian engines to make their way into Doschian factories, and for Lubskan grain to make it back to Allia.
This Alanktyda problem had to be sorted out before the granaries started to run dry.
