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On the first day of the Soviet Invasion

The day started like any other to the Commander. He woke up at 0600, had breakfast in the mess hall like any other day. When he say the morning news, he was shocked. The unthinkable had happened and the Soviets had landed on both coasts and there were armor divisions pushing up from Mexico. Romanov must be out of his mind, was his first thought. The second thought was of dread, knowing that this was one of those terrible days on which the fates of nations changed forever. Days like June 28, 1914, Dec 7, 1941, and the day in 1947 when Stalin's forces invaded Europe. Reports started coming in and as the day went on the worse things got. The country's forces were caught totally unprepared and almost all of the other Commanders were killed in the surprise attacks. The Commander's COM channel sprang to life. On it was a young lieutenant.

"Commander, Good Morning. We've successfully initiated the President's emergency Lazarus protocol. I'm Lt. Eva, the Intel officer assigned to your command. And, since you're the only commander left alive, I guess I am pretty lucky to have a job. It appears that we have suffered a full scale Soviet invasion. Nearly all of our major cities are under siege and our forces are in complete disarray"

"Commander, we have an incoming broadcast from General Carville at the Pentagon"

The COM channel shifted to General Carville's office in the Pentagon, where he was organizing the response to the Soviet attack

"I hope you're rested and ready, Commander. Because as of 0800 hours, you are in command of every satellite, base, plane, tank, enlisted man, woman and child in the eastern United States. You answer to the President, and you answer to me. Your Ops officer and vital lifeline will be the lieutenant. Your point man for this mission will be Special Agent Tanya", Carville said as he opened a connection to Agent Tanya

"General, I hope the commander is up to speed, because we don't have time to waste"

"I'm sure Tanya has every confidence in you, Commander"

"General, Oh, you're sure..Well, it's not your life that's on the line out here", said Tanya as she closed the transmission

"She's the best there is, but you'll get along better with the Soviets. You'll get started immediately. First stop: New York. The lieutenant will give you the details"

Lieutenant Eva started the briefing: "Not long ago, the Soviets made an amphibious assault on Manhattan Island, and are using their ground troops to systematically take over the city. Fortunately, we still have a hold on Fort Bradley, but our com-link has been severed. If you can get Tanya into Bradley, she'll be able to re-establish the link. Good luck, Commander"

The Commander traveled to the Command Center on Staten Island to oversee the operation to save Fort Bradley. While he was en route, Tanya told him that a Soviet naval task force comprised of four Dreadnoughts had entered New York harbor, but that she would take care of them

Tanya swam out to the Soviet ships, which were shelling the Statue of Liberty. The four ships had no escorts. Arrogant commie bastards, Tanya thought, They'll soon be dead commie bastards. Tanya planted some C4 charges on each Soviet vessel and swam out of the way. She then hit the detonator and the four ships exploded and sank the bottom of the harbor. Tanya swam to Liberty Island just as the Statue collapsed. A Soviet paratroop unit attacked only to be cut to pieces by Tanya and a platoon of American soldiers.

"Commander, I've taken out the Soviet ships and I'm at Battery Park where I have met up with a platoon of GIs"

"Let me talk to the squad leader"

"Sargent Robertson, here, sir:"

"Robertson, this is the Commander—Agent Tanya is running this mission. Follow her orders and help her take back Fort Bradley"

"Yes, sir"

Tanya and the platoon headed inland, where the city was in total disarray. As they approached the base, Tanya ordered half of the platoon to garrison the nearby McBurger Kong and stationed the other half just outside the fort in a defensive position, while she entered Fort Bradley.

"That should do it Commander", you should have control of the base. There is a Soviet supply depot across the bridge that we need to take out"

An interface in the Commander's control center activated and he now had control of the fort.

"I got it, Agent Tanya, Good job"

The commander activated the interface and produced a Barracks, which sprang to life next to the damaged bridge.

"Engineers Jones and Roberts, Report to the bridge" he ordered.

The two Engineers appeared next to the bridge

"Jones, fix the bridge"

"Yes sir, said Jones, and the bridge was soon whole"

Tanya crossed the bridge and stopped when she saw a platoon of Conscripts. Since they were standing next to an explosive oil barrel, it only took one bullet to take them all out. She entered the base

" The commies have two war factories, a barracks, a Command center and some power. Unfortunately, there are a couple of Sentry guns that could cause a problem"

"Don't worry I have a plan, you'll have some help soon"

"I'd better, because those guns could ruin my whole day. Should I take out the two war Factories first?"

"Negative, escort engineer Roberts into the base. Destroy War Factory Alpha and protect him long enough for him to capture War Factory Bravo"

Tanya destroyed the first war factory and killed the conscripts as they exited the barracks.

"Engineer Roberts here, The Soviet war factory should be yours now"

The Commander's control interface connected to the war factory. He chose to produce two Rhino tanks. Inside the factory the machinery assembled the tracks, a motor, the tank body and the gun and the finished Rhino Tank rolled out of the factory. A second one soon followed. The Commander ordered the tanks to attack the sentry guns.

Soviet sentry guns are especially effective against infantry. However, they had little effect on tanks, especially these tanks, tougher even then the American Grizzly tank. The two tanks quickly reduced the guns to scrap metal

"Okay, Agent Tanya, you're all clear. Take out the rest of the base"

"Yes, Commander"

In a few short minutes, the entire Soviet base was reduced to a smoking ruin.