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Just to put this clear, the Cygni's are Humanoid Aliens with several parts of their bodies that are superior to normal Earthlings. I will get into better detail soon. And maybe right a character that can explain it well… heheheheheheheheh
The rolling thunder of the Dragoon 90 glided through the desert sand dunes like a hungry wolf in search of his prey. Everyone in the vehicle except the driver Janis were buckling up or more like holding on for dear life like a roller coaster without a seatbelt from Janis' reckless driving.
"Ouch! That's it! Consider that round for saving my ass earlier, Re-effin-voked!" Rainier angrily said.
"Switch your brain with your balls again? Shut up! I am driving here!" Janis said while he made a hard turn left on the wheel.
The Tank Destroyer finally caught up with Checkpoint 4 or C-4's men who were rushing as they are.
"Barussa! Recon says there's about a couple thousand Sads* with caravans of wagons. Looks like a supply chain of some sort." Said the radio.
"Supply chain? Looks like we might be stealing some food tonight! Been getting tired of crappy Putra. I am willing to kill for a bowl of Pumpkin Soup… delicious!" Ludvig said.
"I also got some data from our Explorer that we have a sandstorm coming at us within fifteen minutes. We need to kill'em fast and secure the cargo within that frame sir." The radio added.
"Roger, Lieutenant, tell your men to use Combined Arms formations, when we get close enough we drop on foot and gun for the wagons. Alrighty?" Barussa said.
"Affirmative!" the radio said.
Barussa knew that the check point only had a tank platoon of four D-15 Armata's which were the latest models of the Cygni Federation's line of tanks. The rest were motorized AFV's equipped with high caliber machine guns and a Faktoriya Anti-Tank Guided Missile Launcher which is a SACLOS (Semi-Automatic Command to Line of Sight) tube that shoots out rockets that an operator can control the direction of where it's heading to by use of a wire-guidance system. He had to make sure that the heavy armor and fire power of the Armata's complement the speed and anti-infantry capabilities of his AFV's.
"Get your gun's ready! Rainier, get up to the turret and place your MG on the mount and shoot!" Barussa said.
Rainier locked and reloaded his trusty Cabihan LMG Custom and climbed the ladder up to the lid cover of the turret. The sun breached his eyes causing a slight burn on his eye sockets since he came out of a mostly dark room. He promptly mounted his LMG at the mount and took aim at what was in front of him at the horizon. He turned on his radio so he can communicate with Barussa and the CO's of C-4.
Some Mad Max Flamthrower Guitar Guy music is recommended for this scene.
"Twelve'O! Big group! They got horsies!" Rainier pointed.
"Roger! Armata's Fire at will but don't destroy the wagons or your asses are mine!" Barussa ordered.
As he spoke, Barussa's Tank Destroyer and the Armata Tanks fired their turrets to begin the engagement.
(Saderan POV)
A Legate loyal to Prince Zorzal was busy marching his troops across the Western Deserts. He had been travelling over a day now ever since his master ordered him to transport some 'Saleable Cargo' to a smuggler's den that Zorzal had took the liberties of informing about a deal that would get him some much needed money. He told him that he needed money to buy the mercenary armies he needs to take back his kingdom which was stolen from him by his sister Pina and the JSDF.
"General, do you hear something?" one of his men said.
"No, what do you mean?" the Legate said.
"Like something like the noise similar to the JSDF's Iron Beast."
"Probably just the desert playing tricks wit- Take cover!" the Legate ordered when five large explosions erupted in front of him.
He then turned around to see that a group of Iron Beast's similar to the JSDF's but were painted in the same colors of the desert sand's rolled towards him from his western flank.
"The JSDF are here too? I don't believe this!" one of his men said.
"Cavalry! Engage and attack!" He ordered desperately.
(19th Mechanized POV)
"Damnation! Fast movers flanking us!" Rainier said.
"Lieutenant! Tell your men to take out those flankers on your right. We take left." Barussa ordered in the radio.
"At speed!" the C-4 Lieutenant said.
The Dragoon 90 hard turned left and sped pass the enemy cavalry. It positioned itself in front of the pursuing cavalry. The turret turned 180 degrees behind it and took aim.
"It's play time!" Rainier sadistically as he pulled the LMG's trigger. His bullet swarm was in synch with the recoil of the repeatedly firing Tank Destroyer Turret as it made child's play at the Saderan Cavalry.
"Bloody Hell, their throwing stuff at me!" Rainier said while keeping his head low. He noticed that some of the Saderans were either throwing spears or arrows while on horseback which disrupted his aiming and reloading. He felt stressed and pressured as he struggled to properly place the belt of ammo on to the firing mechanism.
"Aggh! Which one of you Xenos did that!" Rainier yelled. His right breast took an arrow but his leather jacket softened the shot and saved him. He pulled out the arrow with his hand before finally he finished reloading his LMG.
"You okay?" Ludvig asked.
"Tis' but a scratch Lud. Why? Do you want to be up here?" Rainier replied.
"No! You're doing just fine Rain." Ludvig replied.
"Lazy bastard" Rainier whispered.
"I heard that!" Ludvig yelled.
The Tank Destroyer continued to fire at the Saderan cavalry and about a few minutes later. All of the horses were now dead on the floor.
"Cavalry is out of the game. Let's finish this. The Sandstorm is nearing us and I want those supplies secured." Barussa ordered.
"Roger! Alright, everyone out! We bring the fight to them lads!" the C-4 Lieutenant ordered.
The AFV's soon opened their doors and out came the Motostrelki from their shells. They began to rush towards the enemy infantry firing wildly and suppressive at them. The Saderas scrambled into their battle formations and formed a Testudo.
"Sie Idioti, they are just asking us to kill them. Nosaut vinus!" Barussa said.
The men of Checkpoint Four closed into the enemy and took cover a sand dune so they can reload. This made Barussa disappointed since he wanted his men to keep moving due to the rushed nature of the task at hand.
"Soup's on boys. Get out and help those sods out." Barussa said.
Ludvig and the ever quiet Andris got out from the doors of the Tank Destroyer while Rainier climbed out of the turret.
"Oi! Uz Priesku!" Ludvig yelled at the C-4 men encouraging them to keep moving. The soldiers hiding by the sand dune stood up and continued their direct assault at the enemy.
"Don't let that Ogre near us! Andris! Make it go timber!" Rainier shouted.
Andris, other than being a handy man, was also a qualified ATGM (Anti-Tank Guided Missle) Launcher. He uses the Faktoriya ATGM to attack large enemy units from the usual giant Death Worms that made its grain ocean home in the western desert to Giant Ogres.
Andris placed his rocket launcher on the ground and looked through the scope. A few seconds later he fired a rocket at the Ogre. The Ogre didn't stand a chance of surviving as the rocket directly hit him in the head which cause it to crash down into a group of unfortunate Saderan Legionnaires who were near him crushing them to death.
"He is down! Armatas! Finish them off! Those supplies are ours!" Rainier said. He could see one of the wagons near him and eagerly ran towards it.
"Hey! Get back to position! Your moving too far forward." Barussa reprimanded. But Rainier often only takes Barussa's words as suggestions than orders. But today, he wished he had taken heed of his boss's words.
"Take this!" said a Saderan Legionnaire who hid behind the wagon and impaled Rainier with a sword while he was about to touch the wagon knocking both him and Rainier to the ground.
The Legionnaire then pulled out the sword from Rain's stomach and was about to stab him again but Rain grabbed the man's arms. They struggled for a few seconds with the blade nearing Rain's heart. Thinking quickly, Rainier placed his hand on the blade of the sword and bended it sideways. The metal fatigue he created caused the sword to break in half with the broken shard flying off a few inches barely out of reach. The Saderan, who was still on top of him threw away his sword and proceeded to strangle Rainier to death. Rainier struggled yet again with the Legionnaire. His left hand was trying to crush the windpipes of the Saderan while his right hand tried to reach for the broken blade just inches out of his reach.
Just as he was about to black out, he could feel as if the broken blade magically flew to his hand as if a direct hand of God pushed it towards him. Without thinking a second longer, he lunged the blade directly at the neck of the Saderan Legionnaire. He coughed blood in front of his face and fell dead on the ground as his grip on Rain's neck loosened giving him the air to breathe again.
Clutching his stomach wound and inhaling for air he stood up to see that he saw what looked like a young girl around his age with long black hair and golden brown eyes. She was staring at him with a nervous look as she looked like as if she had seen a monster before her. Rainier noticed that the girl was wearing clothes similar to slaves. Most probably the
"Out of the way meitene." Rainier moved the girl aside.
He approached the wagon and opened the door and to his surprise, instead of seeing barrels of food and other useful items, he saw a group of chained slaves. All of whom looked at him with surprise at their savior.
"Well… there goes my pumpkin soup…. oh Idrazt!" Rainier said as he clenched his bleeding abdomen. His knees became limp as he fell down to the bottom of the wagon and leaned on the wheel. He quickly grabbed from one of his pockets a syringe of adrenaline and shot it through his neck while holding the wound hard. Yet his weakened hands couldn't stop the pressure.
"Are you okay sir?" a woman from the wagon got out and knelt down on him.
"Blood all over my guts. I feel like my eyes balls are closing in on me." Rainier spoke.
He observed the woman. She had light brown medium length hair and had pale skin. Her eyes were dark brown and showed that she has the concern of a doctor in her.
"Let me see your wound." The woman said.
Rain revealed his wound which made the woman gag a bit. She fought back her hesitancy and placed both of her hands hard on his wound. Rain grinned his teeth as struggled to stay alive. The woman took a quick observation at Rainier. She looked at his red and black Flecktarn clothing and tattoos.
"You're not JSDF aren't you?"
"Rainier! Hey you! Get off of him!" Ludvig yelled pointing his gun at the woman.
"Lud! Atnesist man jasanas medic!" Rainier cried for medic.
"Damnit! Help please! He is losing blood fast." The woman yelled.
Ludvig turned around and shouted for help from his fellow soldiers and one of them who had a medic's patch on his badge ran to him with a medic kit.
As the medic began to treat his wounds properly with disinfectant and bandages, Rainier could see that the other wagons were being searched by the soldiers. Some of them found the barrels of food that they were looking for while others found more female captives from the wagons.
The woman and young girl who saved him were rounded up along with others by his fellow soldiers and were safely placed inside an AFV. He soon noticed that the sand and wind began to shift rapidly, signaling that the sandstorm was now just several hundred meter away from their position.
"Let's get you out of here." The medic said. He wrapped Rain's arm around his neck and lifted him up. They limped their way to Janis' Dragoon 90 and they arrived inside just as the sandstorm was about to hit them.
"Where to?" Janis asked Barussa.
"To Akmens. I need to think what to do with these people." Barussa bended forward and scratched his head in confusion over the sudden change of events. He was expecting to obtain just consumable cargo but now he got some human cargo which he just couldn't leave behind to be swallowed by the sandstorm.
The Tank Destroyer's engine started and the vehicle and the C-4 people made their way out of the desert back to their HQ.
(Some time later)
Rainier lay comfortably at the bed that the infirmary of their HQ had. He watched video tapes of old comedy shows back home as he rested from his wounds.
The forty-three women that the 19th Mechanized suddenly had were kept at the base and under guard by Barussa until he can figure out a way to do with them. He wasn't the kind of criminal who sells humans as he had a code of conduct that his products are going to be simply just drugs, gold, jewelry and weapons and no more. So far he found out that some of the women could do some useful tasks around the base so he put them all to work to make the time pass.
He noticed that one of those women walked inside the infirmary with some medicines. It was the same woman who saved his life by pressing her hand on his bleeding abdomen.
"Hey, I know you." Rainier said.
"Hai, I know you too. You're that guy I saved." The woman saved.
"Did Barussa sent you here?"
"Yes, I told him I am doctor."
"Doctor? Why the hell are you in a slave train? You look like you should be in one of those piece of crap they call a hospital that these Falmarts have."
The woman stayed silent for a moment which signaled she doesn't want to talk about.
"Well okay then with the silence. Tell me, what kind of doctor?" Rainier asked.
"I am a Children's Doctor. I wasn't used to treating these severe wounds. But you are looking like you will recover soon." The woman smiled as she administered medicine to Rainier via syrup that she placed on a spoon and fed to Rainier. The syrup was a vitamin supplement that contains vitamins and minerals that helps wounds recover.
"Hey you never told me your name." Rainier asked shyly.
"Miwako Shinozaki- Desu." She said her name.
"Rainier, call me Rainier or Rain. Whatever you wish."
(JSDF POV)
Itami looked at the western deserts with his binoculars. He and a platoon of JSDF soldiers were sent to investigate Yao's lead on the attackers who destroyed a significant part of Alnus.
He brought his entire 3rd Recon Team and included the former chef slash spy of Zorzal, Hitoshi Furuta. Itami had never heard much from him during the Zorzal Coup and he welcomed him back with open arms.
"I don't like this heat. I am more of a forest person." Kuribiyashi said while hiding under the shadow of the HMV.
"Well do you want to get back on those guys who attacked Alnus or not?" Itami said.
"Yes! But I will just stay here in the shade." She replied.
The Platoon consisted of fifty soldiers divided into sox APC's and one Type 10 Hitomaru tank which was just fresh from the factory and ready for field testing. Itami also brought a fully recovered Rory, Yao, Lelei and Tuka with him.
"So where can we find your cousin?" Itami asked Yao.
"He lives as a trader in a village not too far away west. The Village should be about a day's walk from here but I think we can arrive their before sun down." Yao said.
"Okay, let's move out!" Itami ordered.
If you have any more questions or suggestions please ask away.
Plus bonus points if you can guess who I named Miwako Shinozaki from which real life Japanese women. (Hint: I might give you a boner heheheheheheheheheheh)
*Sads: Derogatory term for Saderans used by the 19th Mechanized. (AN: Expect a lot of that to happen m8)