July 25th, 1944. Operation Cobra. 7weeks after D-Day.
Cloudpaw was settling down as he was playing some Dominoes with Fernpaw and Brightpaw. They were talking about something.
"So is this the day that we break out of Normandy?" Brightpaw asked.
"Yeah, Swiftpaw managed to push further and further into the area despite him disobeying Bluestar's orders. And as a result, casualties are beginning to mount." Fernpaw mewed as she placed her piece down.
"So is this a draw again?" Brightpaw asked putting her final piece down.
"You bet. Swiftpaw is still pretty brave." Fernpaw admitted.
"Hey look who came back." Cloudpaw greeted Ashpaw. "How was your visit with Cinderpelt?"
"Yeah I was in that tent for 4 days when she found a lump on my leg but it was just a bang." Ashpaw mewed.
"Look who came out swinging?" Fireheart mewed as he watched the apprentices playing with some dominoes. "Ready to break out of Normandy?"
"Yes please." Brightpaw admitted.
"Okay let's do this then." Cloudpaw mewed as he finished his game. Soon Speckletail came over on a Jeep.
"Fireheart I notice something's off about Snowkit. He keeps letting himself get beat up and I want to get the bottom of this." Speckletail mewed.
"I'll take a look at Snowkit with Cinderpelt. Sorry Fireheart but I won't be helping you breaking out of Normandy but Willowpelt is willing to take my place." Brackenfur mewed. Brackenfur left the scene as Willowpelt soon walked over.
"Hello Willowpelt, how are your new trainees?" Fireheart asked.
"They're a handful, but they're showing their true colors, especially Sorrelkit." Willowpelt admitted.
"Will she be prepared in time for the war?" Fireheart asked.
"Not in time, she'll be in the reserves." Willowpelt mewed.
"Nice to hear." Bluestar mewed. "Get ready to move out." Planes swirl overhead as they were bombing the area.
"Give them hell!" Ashpaw shouted excitedly as the planes swirl overhead. Cloudpaw cocked his M1 Garand as he got ready. He soon got onto an M4 Sherman tank as they were being helped with M3 Halftracks.
"Let's do this." Cloudpaw mewed as the tanks took off.
"I think Bluestar likes you." Whitestorm mewed. "You know why she is losing faith in her force? Kassarine pass. Tigerclaw betrayed her and he left to join with Major Blackfoot. He used the rogues to launch a two prong attack which he threatened to kill Bluestar. Luckily Fireheart faught him and the rogues off and we got help from Riverclan which they wanted their babies back. Tigerclaw thought he wanted to help make Shadowclan great again when Nightstar wanted to end the war. He just had to drag the war on longer than normal. He fled to Italy when Brokentail was killed. Then he killed Runningwind in the Italian campaign alongside a few other cats then he took over Shadowclan when Nightstar and Ashfur died."
"Yeah it makes me think of Yellowfang, she died from a fire in our camp." Fireheart sighed.
"Yeah she would kill anything to have him kill her." Whitestorm mewed.
"You know I would kill for? Some decent grub." Fernpaw mewed.
"You just had supper." Dustpelt mewed to Fernpaw.
"Mouse stew doesn't count." Fernpaw mewed.
"How about barbecue?" Sandstorm asked as they looked at a bunch of Shadowclan bodies.
"You can't say no to the open casket?" Dustpelt mewed seeing all the dead bodies.
"Like Fireheart said, they are not all bad. We have someone good cats that helped us before like Yellowfang." Ashpaw mewed.
"That's some cat's kit." Longtail mewed.
"No it's a kraut." Ashpaw joked.
"We need more decent medicine cats that can help." Sandstorm mewed.
"Yeah Cinderpelt had healed some Shadowclan cats before. We tried to reason with her but she says they were sick and wanted to remove their poison." Fireheart mewed.
"I bet they were forever grateful." Cloudpaw mewed. Soon the buzz of planes started to come and it got louder. "You cats hear that?"
"It's heading this way!" Dustpelt shouted.
"Stuka's inbound!" Sandstorm shouted. Soon the tank infront of them blew up.
"Get off the tank!" Fireheart shouted as all the cats hopped off.
"We need to circle around!" Ashpaw shouted as an M3 Halftrack blew up.
"Get off the road!" Whitestorm shouted.
"You see that in the distance, that's flak fire, we capture one of their flak guns and take down their planes." Brightpaw mewed.
The cats soon came across the Shadowclan cats as they opened fire on them. They had Kar98k's, Mp40's, and Gewehr 43's.
"Fernpaw provide support fire, Cloudpaw you and Ashpaw lead the charge." Fireheart ordered. Fernpaw pushed the Bipod of her M1918A2 BAR down as he began to fire. Cloudpaw and Ashpaw lead the charge where they began to land their shots on those cats. They began to fall one by one as they pushed the Shadowclan cats away. The cats began to melt away into the forest while the cats gave chase. They soon chased them through the forest knowing they couldn't hold onto the their flak gun that they rushed seeing it in sight.
"Cloudpaw get onto that flak gun." Whitestorm ordered. Cloudpaw got on as he began to look for the Stukas. The planes flew along as Cloudpaw began to fire as the flak shots exploded as it takes down the planes. Another group of Stukas flew overhead as Cloudpaw focused down on them. He fired taking down the Stukas. Soon the Shermans showed up with the cats showing up.
"They have taken out a Sherman and a Halftrack." Fireheart mewed.
"We got to keep going." Bluestar mewed. She soon shoved the gate open as Firestar began to lead without her, Cloudpaw, Ashpaw and Longtail. They soon began to make their way through an orchard. They saw Kittypets hanging from ropes by their necks.
"Kittypets? This is a crime!" Cloudpaw mewed. He soon got to the high ground as he saw the Shermans as they were heading to the Pak38's.
"There's Bluestar and she is heading into the dark forest!" Fireheart mewed. "Longtail provide sniper support while we take out those Pak38's." Everyone but Longtail got off the High point as they began to kill the Pak38 crews of Shadowclan cats. The cats by the tanks were providing walking fire as they were getting closer to the guns to see that they were taking care of them.
"Way to go Fireheart." Sandstorm cheered as the guns were silenced. The tanks soon went over the trench as some cats were taken prisoners.
"All right, Let's put these bad toms into good use. I hope we don't come across another some more Pak 38's." Bluestar mewed. "Everyone behind a tank, we are moving." The tanks started to roll forward as they began to appear from the bushes. They were instantly greeted with gun fire.
"More MG42s!" Brindleface shouted.
"Longtail, you and dark stripe take out that one to the right, apprentices you take out the ones to the left, we are spearheading our way into their lines." Bluestar began to order.
"You see that your claws are big but they can't even sink into a tree to provide a good grip." Longtail muttered as he took the shot taking out the right gunner. Darkstripe also opened up taking out the feeder as well.
The apprentices were beginning to organize their plan of attack with Willowpelt.
"Okay. Fernpaw, you'll provide cover fire. Willowpelt, Ashpaw and I will go around and silence that MG." Brightpaw mewed as the three of them began to move out. Fernpaw helped spray the nest with the other apprentices. Brightpaw and Willowpelt soon fired as they knocked out the MG. Soon something came over the hills giving the cats a big fright.
"PANZER IV'S!" Whitestorm shouted. The Panzer IV tank fired immediately taking out a Sherman.
"Tank down!" Fireheart shouted. The other Sherman soon fired on the Panzer IV but it only destroyed the tracks therefore it could still move the turret. It fired, destroying another Sherman.
"We only have 2 tanks left!" Bluestar shouted. Soon a shot came from the right side completely destroying the turret of the Panzer IV. Soon two black and white cats came out of the brush. One of them was holding a bazooka and the other one was holding an MP40. Fireheart recognized the duo as they made their way to them.
"Ravenpaw, Barely!" Fireheart greeted them. "What are you doing here in France?"
"We're coordinating with the Riverclan resistance group. We destroyed 11 tanks in the past 2 days." Ravenpaw mewed.
"How?" Bluestar asked.
"We put wooden blocks between their gears causing them to break down. Or we blew up a bridge with a bunch of them crossing. We actually did. There were about 15 tanks heading to your area but we blew up a bridge nearby. We destroyed 3 as the bridge collapsed. One made it across and the rest simply retreated. We followed this tank to see where it went and we found the opportunity to blow it up here." Ravenpaw mewed telling them about their plan.
"I know it's great and all but we desperately need your help." Barley mewed wanting to make a request.
"What is it?" Bluestar mewed.
"We need help to stop Blackfoot's war train." Barley responded. He handed her the phots and the notes of what this train was carrying.
"What's it carrying?" Fireheart asked.
"Supplies, troops, tanks: Jagdpanthers, King tigers, Jagdtigers, Modified Panzer IV's and parts to assemble V2 Rockets. We can't stop this train on our own." Barley responded.
"Anymore Intel?" Bluestar asked.
"Not that we know of. Speak to Smallear about it." Ravenpaw ordered.