CHAPTER 4 MAKING A HOLE
Naruto sat in the passenger seat of a warthog as his squad along with second squad were driving down the highway on a new mission. Their mission was to take out two anti-air cannons and open up a hole for the fleet to hit Truth's ship. The chief and the Arbiter had the north cannon and his squad along with seconds' was going to take the south cannon.
"Hell jump two this is hell jump one how you doing back there?" Naruto called over his radio.
"Doing fine back here, just want you to know it's an honor to fight alongside you and your squad, with you track record." Itachi replied
"If you're anything like Sasuke has built you up to be the honor is mine." Naruto replied
"Alright enough with the chit chat we got a job to do." Came Kakashi's voice over the radio.
"Sorry sir just wishing first squad luck before a mission." Itachi said
"The hell do you mean we?" Naruto asked over the radio "you're sitting back on the ship I'm guessing with that book in your hand right now."
"Just stay focused hell jump one." Kakashi responds
"Roger that whatever you say dark side." Naruto replies as he cuts his radio then turns to the marine driving the hog "man goes over to the dark side and now thinks he all that and a bag of chips." He chuckles
"Dark side, Sergeant?" the marine asks
"God how boot are you? dark side gone from enlisted over to officer, also known as going mustang." Naruto replies then sighs "you know what never mind" he then glances back at the convoy behind him he was in the lead vehicle with a LAAG chain gun followed by three troop hogs with his squad in them. following them was a gauss cannon with second squad leader and second in the same set up as him.
"Sergeant we're coming up on the drop off point." The driver called out
"Roger that." Naruto said as the hog rolled up to an old building. The convoy stopped as the two squads got out of their vehicles and ran up to the building. Once they entered they saw a small command center set up as a marine walked up to them.
"I'm Lieutenant Dan. This is the closest patrol base to the anti air cannon, I've been briefed on your mission and here to assist you guys the best I can." Dan said.
"Alright we will need your men mostly for distraction while our squads move up and take out the cannons." Naruto said
"No problem" Dan replied
"What's the fastest route to the cannon?" Naruto asked as Dan walked over to a table and pointed to a map and a road headed straight toward where the Cannon was implaced
"Here it's a straight shot fastest way there." Dan said "you're not actually thinking of going that way are you? It's a meat grinder, I've already lost a lot of men trying to take back that road."
"That is why we are taking it." Naruto said getting the Lieutenant to give a confused look on his face. "simple our squad hits them there, then your guys hit them on the flanks…"
"Drawing them away from the small group right in front of them and pulling them toward the larger group. Attacking their flanks." Dan said in realization
"Exactly while they are expecting a large scale attack from us they will be looking for someone to infiltrate while we are attacking head on. So we give them exactly what they are looking for how ever that is the real diversion and then second squad comes up behind us to reinforce then we punch through right up the middle" Naruto said smashing his fist into his open hand.
"Anything else you need." Dan replied
"Just mortars on call if you have them." Naruto replied
"Got it we will have them set up within ten minutes, along with everyone else ready for the assault." Dan said as Naruto looked at his squad and walked off toward the road leading toward his objective.
Naruto along with the two squads walked over to the stretch of highway that they were supposed to move up and push through. He turned to Itachi and said "so what you think?"
"Looks like suicide to me." Itachi said looking at the gun emplacements and snipers in the buildings.
"Exactly why they won't be expecting it." Naruto said with a grin as he marked the gun emplacements with his HUD and sent them back to the control base. "L.T. you get these coordinates?"
"Affirm." Dan replied
"Good as soon as we begin our assault hit them with mortars." Naruto said
"Roger that." Dan replied
"Shikamaru you take Choji and get into the the building across the way, Konohamaru you take Ino and head up to the third floor of this building right now. The rest of us will move up silently till there is no more cover then I will initiate the mortars and Konohamaru once those mortars go off take out the highest ranking monkey you see and work your way down." Naruto said as Konohamaru nodded and ran up the stairs along with Ino to get in place.
"Alright Shikamaru once you get set work on those sharp shooters. Choji set up a base of fire in on the third floor." Naruto explained as the two nodded.
"Now Itachi don't move till I give you the signal we don't want them to realize this is the actual attack till they are thinned out enough to push through." Naruto explained
"Got it." Itachi replied
"Alright people we got a cannon to destroy." Naruto yelled as everyone started to move and get ready.
The squad pushed out into the street and pushed up under cover till they reached a stretch of road that was cleared away by the covenant.
"Shikamaru in position. Choji in position" Naruto heard over the radio
"Alright L.T. hit the designated targets now." Naruto called over the radio. He waited a moment then he heard the distinct whistle of friendly mortars over head then watched as they exploded on the covenant side of the road but just short of their targets "up twenty five meters." Naruto called over the radio then heard the whistling again and watched as they hit their mark. "on target fire for effect" he called back as he heard even more whistling and watched the entire area get lit up. He then heard the crack of a DMR fire taking out the two snipers in the windows.
"Alright bump and bound." Naruto yelled as he jumped over the car he had been crouching behind and ran across the open area along with Sasuke as the rest of the squad open fired Naruto and the team made it to the far side as he hit his radio and called "cease fire." To the mortars and they ceased fire on the road way.
"Alright second team move up." Naruto yelled as the smoke cleared. As the second team was moving up a group of covenant started to come out of from behind the barracked. He watched as the lead Brute ran forward and his head exploded from a sniper round. At this the him and the rest of the team began to light up the remaining covenant. Once second team made it there the started to push further up till they were almost to the blocked off part of the road.
"Alright L.T. you copy?" Naruto called into his radio.
"Loud and clear." Dan replied
"Alright begin your attack and hit them hard." Naruto called back
"Roger that and good luck." The Lieutenant replied
Just then they began to hear explosions and other fighting from the flanks. Of the covenant positions. Then the covenant started to fall back to support the more heavily attacked areas.
"Alright just like I thought. Second squad move up." Naruto called as Itachi and his team pushed up and reinforced them. The two squads pushed through the barriers and secured the road way and waited till the last team made it across. Once Shikamaru's team made it to them then started to push further into covenant control territory. They moved through warehouse after ware house, with little resistance.
"Shit they must be throwing everything they have to keep L.T. Dan back." Sasuke commented to Naruto as they pushed forward
"Or they never expected a team to get this far into their territory." Naruto replied they quickly came to the edge of the crater the covenant had been digging and found their target surrounded by covenant.
"Well looks like they still kept guys on this one." Sasuke replied
"Yeah no shit." Naruto replied as he looked back to second squad "hey Itachi."
"Yeah." Itachi said as he ran up to Naruto "take you squad on the right flank we'll hit them from the left get them in a cross fire."
"Got it." Itachi said as he waved his squad over and they headed toward the right flank.
Naruto and his team moved off to the other side, once both teams were set up Naruto looked over at Konohamaru and nodded just to get the crack of a sniper rifle and then everyone started to open up on both sides of the cannon.
"Bounding!" Naruto yelled as him and first team ran up to the closest cover and began to fire again as second team did the same and till they were at the cannon. Naruto's team pushed just under the cannon when Itachi along with a man holding a machine gun with a blue strip on his helmet, a man with a rocket launcher with a gold strip, a man with a sniper and red strip and finally a man with an orange strip on his helmet holding an SMG made it up to them.
"Kiba aim at the cooling coils." Naruto yelled as Kiba and Jugo aimed at the cannon waiting for it to open up.
"Sasori you too." Itachi yelled as the man with the gold strip and rocket launcher aimed up and once the cannon opened to cool a barrage of explosions rocked it causing the cannon to blow up. Shortly after that they watched as the cannon to their north erupted in flames.
"Looks like we won the race there chief." Naruto called over the radio to the Spartan, as the rest of the two squads showed up at the cannon.
"It's not a race." The Chief replied
"Whatever you say chief." Naruto said with a chuckle as he watched as long swords and frigates pushed through the opening and fired everything they had at the covenant dreadnaught. Just then there was a flash and an EMP fired and the ships recoiled back
"The hell happened did truth activate the rings?" Lord hood yelled over the radio
'Fox the hell was that?' Naruto asked
"No he didn't activate the rings. It's a portal but to what I'm not positive." The Fox replied just then the saw a slip space rupture and a covenant ship come through it. The ship flew over them and it seemed to be falling apart as it crashed.
"What is that more brutes?" Itachi asked as everyone in Naruto's squad got a wave of fear over them as they already knew what it was.
"No something much worse." Naruto said with anger and fear.
END CHAPTER 4
A/N
Alright probably wonder who is on Itachies squad well first team is Deidara rocket launcher, Kisama T.L. Machine gun, Sasori sniper, and Tobi with an SMG second team is Natsu flame thrower, Gajeel with a SAW, Laxus T.L. with an assault rifle, Wendy medic SMG third team Ichigo T.L. SMG, Chad SAW, Orihime medic with SMG, Ishida DMR (T.L. team leader)