Book 2 of my AU of the events of Red Alert. Blood of Europe is the first one.

Pearl of the Sea

Chapter 1: Prelude

The United States Army had called up nearly all of its reservists. However, they weren't being equipped with the standard GI weapons. The infantry were all training to be Guardian GIs. Grizzly Battle Tanks, the standard tanks that the NATO nations used, were not going to be used for American forces. The M1A1 Main Battle Tanks were being deployed. Five heavy corps were being organized, two to attack Mexico, an ally of the Soviet Union, and the others in preparation of defending the continental US from invasion. Brigadier General Ryan Sharp had been promoted to Major General. A two-star. Even if he was still a field commander, he was now a suit. That was not a happy thought, especially if you were twenty-seven, about to turn twenty-eight. For three months, the US had been building up. The Soviets had consolidated their control over most of mainland Europe. They had conquered the Middle East as well. So far, only Spain and Portugal were free, and they were slowly being crushed by the Soviet war machine. There was no way they could counter another major invasion. With their nuclear arsenal knocked out, the United States could not strike at the Soviet Union. However, they could still drop thermonuclear bombs and other such things using bombers and cruise missiles. But that required them getting closer than they could. England was still free, but was fighting to keep itself supplied with food and materials. The US Atlantic Fleet was fighting against the Soviet submarine fleet, trying to help England. China was preparing to attack the Republic of Korea, and in anticipation, the leaders of the Korean government had flown over to Canada and brought along with them designs of the Black Eagle Jet fighter. The Canadians were currently working on building them. The US Air Force, however, had its own toys. F-15E Strike Eagles and F-16 Fighting Falcons were currently deployed all around the country. The navy had their F/A- 18A/C Hornets at their naval air installations. Currently, Pearl Harbor Naval Base and Hickam (I think I spelled it right) Army Base were on high alert. The Soviet Pacific Fleet could very well pull something. However, what they needed now as the chance to get more forces to England or Spain and start fighting back the Soviet invasion.



The three Nimitz-class carriers, USS George Washington, Dwight D. Eisenhower, and Abraham Lincoln, had an escort of six standard destroyers, four DDG51-Arleigh Burke-class Guided Missile Destroyers, three CG47- Ticonderoga-class Guided Missile Cruisers, and the USS Wisconsin, one of the last Iowa-class battleships. This was Taskforce 5, the most powerful USN taskforce out on the open sea. Right now, they were thirty miles out from Pearl Harbor, and were looking for trouble. Each of the carriers held eighty-five aircraft, and the new Aegis destroyers and cruisers packed enough firepower to take on an entire fleet, even without the support of the carriers and the battleship. Suddenly, they received a distress signal from Pearl. The Admiral immediately took the message from the Ensign and read it.

Chinese surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Stop. Heavy casualties. Stop. Possible location of enemy taskforce. Stop. Locate and engage. Stop.

The Admiral looked at the coordinates.

"Send out an air group," he ordered, "I want the Chinese fleet found and blasted to hell. Move it!"

Fighters and bombers started moving up onto the runway. Twenty minutes later, the first fighter took off. Soon, the entire force of fifty-six fighters were in the air and racing to the coordinates. Another air group took off to provide air cover for the fleet.



The Chinese battleship opened fire again, blasting the Missouri into pieces. However, nearing her death, the Missouri managed to fire off one final salvo, taking the Chinese battleship with it. Two Dreadnoughts were taking fire from shore guns, but they launched another salvo of missiles, destroying them. Shenyang J-8 fighters moved in and let loose their missiles. They then turned away, three of them getting shot down by Patriot missiles. Several USN Hornets chased after them, while more fired their missiles against the enemy fleet. There was a total of two Dreadnoughts still afloat as well as five Sea Scorpions and a Sub prowling around. However, that was being taken care of by the two destroyers as they launched depth charges into the water. (A/N: These are like real destroyers. They don't need planes to drop their depth charges for them.) However, the primary problem was the two cruisers still afloat. They were wrecking the shipyards and destroying fuel and spare-parts bunkers. The Soviets had made the mistake of not taking those out during the first Pearl Harbor attack. The Chinese were not as careless. More fuel added to the fires. A few other Chinese fighters moved in and let loose with their machine guns, strafing the soldiers and sailors. Suddenly, one of the Chinese cruisers exploded and rammed into the other one, both going up in a fireball. The two Dreadnoughts were trying to get away, but they were hit by several Hornets. They too finally went down. The remaining Chinese fighters started running, many getting shot down.



The air group was nearing the coordinates. The pilots could clearly see the enemy ships. Five Sea Scorpions, two Dreadnoughts, and three carriers. This shouldn't be too hard. The dove in and fired their missiles, first aiming for the Sea Scorpions. The Chinese forces were caught completely off guard, and three of the Scorpions exploded when the missiles struck their ammo lockers. Another one caught fire and looked about to explode. The second wave struck the carriers. There must have had been a chance hit on a weapons storage locker on the first carrier, because its runway was ripped apart from an explosion under it. Several missiles struck the bridge of another carrier, putting it out of commission. That was when the Chinese air group returned. They were all low on ammo and some on fuel, but they had to defend their carriers or else they would have nothing to land upon. They engaged the American fighters.



A strange calm had settled over Pearl Harbor. The casualties were extremely high and the hospitals were overfilled. It was like the first attack of Pearl Harbor during the Second World War. However, at least this time they had inflicted heavy losses on their attackers.



The second air group was nearing the location. They saw their fellow airmen fighting it out against the Chinese fighters and defenses. They hit the afterburners and sped into the fray. Several fired missiles at the ships, one striking the missile ready for launch on a Dreadnought, and caused a massive explosion to tear through the ship, sinking it. They then moved onto the carriers, others flying up to help with the air battle. More fired missiles and struck the one undamaged carrier. A massive hole appeared in its side, and three more missiles impacted on that hole, the force of the explosion tearing it in half. The last carrier met a similar fate, struck by twenty-two missiles and went down. A few minutes later, the two air groups had literally destroyed the entire fleet and flew back to their own fleet, having suffered some losses, but nothing compared to what they had inflicted. The Pacific War had just begun.

End of Chapter 1

This is the first chapter. R+R. I personally liked all the action. A lot more than what I wrote in my other book in my opinion.

Z98