"One of our Boys Carries His Brother to a Aid Station After Suffering a Head Wound"
-Caption of the Picture in Newspapers and Magazines

While the Ko'Jan invasion of mainland Jo'Kok was underway a simultaneous invasion was undertaken on the continent of Mo'Gu. As much of the E.I.A. had been recalled to the homeland to fight them there, a small force of E.I.A. Troops and Mo'Guan Republican Army was left on Mo'Gu and was not prepared in both material and training to hold off the much larger Ko'Jan force. Digging in a setting up lines of trenches, MG's, Artillery, and pillboxes in strategic positions and defendable terrain the tactics were enough to quickly scar the land and make it impassible to even the high tracked tanks of the Ko'Jan Army. After 7 long years of static trench warfare that gained 0 land for either side a large break through occured by the Ko'Jan army quickly forcing the E.I.A. and M.R.A. to the coast. What was unknown to them at that time was more corces was taken from the mainland and put towards Mo'Gu to secure the island to provide a launching point to attack T'Chong from the sea and land. This is generally considered the fatal flaw that lead to Ko'Ja losing the offensive momentum in the war giving time for E'Fo'Na time to reorganize its forces enough to set up more ample defenses.

"I remember when we were told that they were pulling troops off of Mo'Gu to fight on the mainland. Our hearts sank, we knew we didn't have the means to hold them off, or so we thought. After the announcement was over every one was told to grab a shovel and start digging trenches. We were joking that it was just a single mass grave that we were digging, for many of us it was too true. The rain, the mud, the trench foot, the hunger, it was hell. You had to watch your step or your fall off the wood and into the mud and it would just give out from under you and swallow you whole. We tried to sleep leaning against the trench wall but some would roll and toss in their sleep and getting eaten by the mud, imagine that, going to sleep next to your buddy only to wake up and see his hand sticking up from the mud knowing he's long gone. I still only walk on hard pavement when it rains even the slightest because of it."
-Trooper 8th Class Nil'liar Veq'Dem in a post war interview

Its unclear just how many soldiers died in Mo'Gu but it estimated to be between 15-17 Million lives from all battlefield activities and almost 4 times that Wounded in Action.