Opener of the Way

by AxeO'War

The world is in turmoil, endless war ravaging the planet. Kaiju roam about with Gods and Demons clashing over realms of mortals. Divine powers, advanced technology and kaiju of brute strength come to an epic clash in the Holy Land as the world struggles to find its lost sanity.

14. Chapter 14: Dancing with wolves

Chapter 14: Dancing with wolves

Ramat David Air Force Base, Israel

The tension was growing, not from without but from within. Balthazar sat by his desk with his colleagues Jasper and Casper all glaring at one another. Their meeting took place inside a secured building of the Air Force Base, concrete and steel reinforced by bulletproof glass and guarded by constant patrols and military vehicles scanning the area for intruders.

The room had a large wooden table with pristine dark mattel covering the edge of the table with the trio of councilmen sat at the edge of the table glaring at one another with rage fuming out of their eyes. Distrust and hatred were clearly written on their faces with them going back and forth at one another scowling.

"It's all your fault!" Jasper went first against Balthazar shouting out from his Gothic metal helmet at his fellow councilman before following his accusation with a fiery snarl. "Did you have your fun Balthazar? Jerusalem was a disaster! IRREPARABLE DISASTER! If only you had better command of your troops and refrain from using your fart bombs maybe we can still cling on to some witless moron donating his body to us and bite a bullet or two!"

Balthazar stood up and fired back at Jasper pointing his index finger first at Jasper then at Casper with fury seething out at them. "I did what I could to hold back those damn mutts from the Holy City while you boys evacuate the sacred artifacts of King David and our Ancestors. If only Casper's fancy tin-can could have worked like intended to bury those dogs, we would still be holding Jerusalem!"

"My ingenious creation is not to blame for YOUR failure! You played your hand too hard with your toxin and now look what the Americans are doing, they're bombing us and shutting down the northern borders thanks to you!" Casper shouted back, standing up from his seat and started to jump into a fist fight with Balthazar.

As they quarrel amongst themselves, Jasper sat out and crossed his arms, finding them to be immensely painful to watch and equally unbearable as himself, but to have the two of them around would at least make him less obnoxious if that was a blessing in some forms. "Tsk-tsk. Three Cobra Commanders squabbling amongst each other like children hogging a swingset." Said a feminine synthetic voice from the corner of the room with Jasper groaned hearing this and turned his head to face her. "Is there anything else you would like to add?" He asked.

"Indeed, the big man is getting tired of your failings. If you don't offer proof of your usefulness, then Vipers will have a… corporate takeover. Starring me!" Alice slithered out of the dark corner of the room, revealing herself to be a robot naga with her cobra hood extended out menacingly.

Jasper crossed his arms before her and sighed out, he then rubbed his visor before facing her. "So I've heard. Spare me the details already, if these two imbeciles won't pull their shits together, then I might as well be tied to their punishments. Seeing that I am their senior." Said Jasper.

Alice chuckled to him and stroke his chin teasingly with her index finger as he stood stoically before her. "Then I shall, I'll lend you my quartet of secret weapons. The Grim Team, they will be your Ace in the hold when things go wrong. Deal?" Jasper sighed out to her, he wasn't at all moved by this offering knowing deals like this would have strings attached. "High tech weaponry is no substitute for soldier's mind. But I shall take this offer with caution." He then glared back at the two fuming councilmen of Vipers.

"The two of you can fight all you want. I'll go out and stop those mutts myself. And when I return, I will find the Ark of Covenant myself even if I have to rip it from your hands AND the ghost of that dog god!" Jasper frowned and marched out of the meeting room they were having, slamming the door shut tightly with Alice slithering along with him.

Behind him however, Balthazar was fuming with rage at Jasper's aggressive beratement of him, Casper too was feeling especially miffed by the senior member of the Council. "Jasper will get rid of us when he's done with those tin-can mutts. He'll pin us both for the string of failures on the fields." Said Balthazar with a half crazed tone to Casper who in turn huffed out at him. "Why should I believe your words you mad scientist? It was you who botched the defense of Jerusalem in the first place." Casper remarked.

"That I did and I won't deny it. But it was of course because of your untested Jaeger to blame as well. Regardless, it wouldn't be too far outside the realm of possibilities for Jasper to get rid of us and restructure Viper to his liking." Balthazar retorted, holding his fists up at Casper, intimidating the so called "Nerd" of the Vipers council. "You can't threaten me you deranged maniac! The next time I lend you one of my creation you will thank me!" Casper claimed boldly to Balthazar.

"Think about it Casper, what if Jasper changes his mind with you later on? What if he decides that you'll be not worth his blessings? Better be ready with your own exit strategy than die at his gun later on." Balthazar grumbled to Casper as the two maintained their aggressive glares at one another as they continued their bilateral debate.

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June 13th, 2034

North of Jerusalem, Route 60

The time had come for Operation Scimitar to kick off and this couldn't have come at a better time. As far as the Chimera knows, the world at large could not do anything to stop the conflict immediately, ceasefire agreement would drag out longer and longer than their enemies would like and they were having an advantage over them.

The Chimera troops were being assembled for their push northward with the GDI section being consisted of M5A2 Schwarzkopf MBTs supported by M118 Fastback IFVs, M320 Spartan Howitzers, AH-88 Blackfoot gunships that were also used by Orion for ease of logistics and maintenance.

The Orion sector to the East had the same armament but were supported by their supernatural allies and to them, it felt oddly reassuring when they were blessed by a God who fought on the frontlines and lead in person.

In the Jackal Guards's FOB, the troops stationed there were now being busy at work going over maintenance of their combat vehicles and fleet of transports. The company clerks were busy accounting for ammo supplies and various other important items such as nourishments and spare parts for robots.

Some of the more sci-fi like HEMTTs were having their truck beds being refitted with extendable RV houses and other equipment for complex machine maintenance and repair of damaged robots. Other HEMTTs and VTOL transports were seen with Hecatonchires attached to their undercarriage or tied to the truck bed.

Within the barracks, the robot wolves were sleeping still with their bodies being put into standby mode as their consciousness slept peacefully. Belisarius and Arminius were kept in the same barracks as the rank and file soldiers of their battalion. All of them had a cable latched into their tail hole, surging deep into their body and connecting to their built in power plants to maintain energy supply and regulating body heat.

As they slept, industrial robot arms were seen going about spraying climate appropriate camouflage pattern on their bodies. Removing the earlier digital grey and pixel ACU pattern and applied a more standard Crye Precision multicam pattern. With earthen brown and green with pixel patterns to help them blend into various terrains while maintaining a consistent level of camouflage effectiveness.

For the the robots who were Orion Sword soldiers in their past life, each of them had an Orion Sword symbol painted on their shoulder plates and their serial code numbers and ranks on their chest plate. Once the spraying was finished, each of them felt their minds coming to life and their bodies powering up as very intense tingling sensations jolted up to their cybernetic brains.

Their optics flashed to life and their HUDs booted up as they saw themselves in their new camouflage pattern, they can move their heads around to take a look at first before finally feeling their arms and legs moved about as they can see the Orion Sword symbol painted on their shoulder plates.

The camouflage patterns wrapped over their armors contouring and wrapping around their robotic anatomy fitting to their forms perfectly. A literal forest of colors painted onto them making them each appear much more natural in color using elements of nature as their disguises spitting them in dull looking colors from greys, yellows, and sandy tan colors.

All of the robots there twisted their arms around in circles moving them back and forth enjoying their fresh new appearance. It was all perks to them. No Robot had the same exact pattern on them as the patterns varied in shape and color at some portions. It wasn't much, and the changes were minor, but it gave them some type of distinct feature from one another. While also ensuring they stay hidden away from their enemies.

Arminius yawned out and stretched himself in the process as he twist his arms and thighs looking down at himself, he widened his eyes and raised a mental brow at the camouflage pattern finding himself to be like a literal walking flora carpet. "This is to keep us hidden no matter where we go? I look like a carpet with grass and flowers painted on it. Not that I'm complaining." Said Arminius in an awkward tone as he looked over his shoulder to glance down his back and tail.

The door of the barracks slide open letting the robots outside to see that dawn was on the horizon and their army was preparing to move out. The robots saw that they had their waypoints set to the armory to receive their weapons mods and equipment. They would then have to pick up their individual weapons from the racks in the barracks before moving out in lines to receive their mods.

One of the CLU units there called "CLU-1289" saw the dawn of the day shining through an advanced looking glass panel also telling them it was time for a real battle. One to really test what they have learn. CLU-1289 stepped off from where he was going down a patch of stairs to the floor before pivoting himself right heading towards the armory to load up. He didn't need to look for it long since he followed his HUD's directions completely while the rest of the robot got off of their own platforms with 1289 leading their way.

With the robots following one another footsteps without a thought, they arrived at the armory to receive their various weapon mods, these were unique magnetic scopes with varying zoom levels ranging from x1.5 to x3. This allowed them to see through solid objects like an X-Ray vision for advanced aiming.

The other mod being an alternative ammo type for their weapons. Other than the standard issued FMJs with DU rounds, they also received the simpler incendiary bullets to ignite their enemies. As they receive these mods, the rank and file robots were given a battle dress wrapped around their torso section with the front having sockets and pockets for their ammo and magazines. On the back, it had canvas pockets to carry their equipment, backpack and other external equipment that were not included inside their bodies.

Arminius himself was given a radio telephone for communication in the field on his back and an antenna bent forward over his shoulder. He looked down and inspected his tactical vest and smiled approvingly at it noticing how it didn't feel obstructive of his body functions or his built in weaponry. "This seems rather impressive, the additional ammo load is most welcomed beside the utility belt I already have." Said Arminius.

A similar vest was wrapped around Belisarius's body as he was loaded up. He however was loaded with a different array of items. A much smaller radio for one about the size of a satellite phone or walky talky in a black color.

A row of grenades on the left side of the vest, a row of flash bangs below this, an experimental explosive device being produced by the Chimera he received that was shaped like a disk, a combat laser knife that was still "sheathed" with the handle sticking into a sheath, ammo, and pouches filled with other gadgets.

The Disk though had a flat look to it. The center of the disk had a dark grey circle detailed with dark grey pels down it that all continued to run long the surface of the device all the way to the perimeters. On the outside though there was a silver colored 9 outer circle wrapping over the smaller darker circle. For cyber details were on the disk device, but a red colored line with a blue line next to it glew.

CLU-1289 scanned over the device not recognizing it as somthing produced by the Jackal Guards. "Foreign device detected on Belisarius. Scanning, but can you elaborate the purpose of the device please?" 1289 asked.

"Disk-grenade. That was as simple as it was described to me. Simple throw it and let it glide much farther than standard grenades. There was one other detail. When flying it creates a blade around its sides that jagged enough to stick into any surfaces it hits including enemy soldiers." Belisarius said.

"A Disk Grenade? Man this looks like a flying frisbee of death there. Hope I won't chase it on instincts." Said Evans as he looked at the device feeling rather weirded out seeing the shape of the device being unlike the usual designs of grenades that he was trained to use.

As they were preparing to move out, they noticed Leandros and Charlie walking up to Belisarius and Arminius with Charlie and Leandros crossing their right arms over their hearts and bowed their heads briefly to the two commanding officers of the Battalion before raising their heads.

"I will be relaying intel to you as the situation develops. As Anubis ordered." Said Leandros. "I'll accompanying you as a Scout, seeing that you can always use an eye on the ground." Said Charlie as Arminius smiled to him and patted his shoulder before petting his head.

"It's an honor to have you along Charlie. It's not easy being the son of Anubis I can see, but stick with us and you'll do him proud like Legionaires to Rome." Said Arminius as he hugged Charlie in, patting his back like an uncle, prompting Charlie to do the same to him and Belisarius.

The battalion would then begin to mount up on their vehicles and move out with Arminius, Belisarius and Leandros being inside a Humvee with antenna to command and coordinate multiple elements of the Battalion being an HQ unit.

Other robots were manning tanks, Stryker vehicles, Humvees and HEMTTs, for Charlie he was stored inside an HEMTT with a number of CLUs, amongst them were CLU-09734 and CLU-01289 sharing the robot rack with him as the vehicle's hexagonal shaped pod that carries 18 robots each closed its hatches sealing them inside and began to roll off.

In the air, their rotary aircrafts took off and flew off flying ahead of them to scout out the terrain as they left Jerusalem heading Eastward along Route 60. As they head out, Jason Grady was gearing up to leave with his Brigade heading northward as he held a radio in hand to speak to Hera.

"Hey uh Hera, listen I think I'll need you your help here to tell Jr something. Shiryu's kids are coming to join the fight, and uh you know Jr is their uncle, I need you to let him know about them coming first so he would know where to find them and keep an eye on them. Then, you uh… stick to Route 60 and keep watch on those robots. Good luck." Said Jason over the radio to Hera.

She timed Jason's call, and noted not how quick he was to get off. Taking this into account and his awkward demeanor on the radio she for herself saw he was still lovestruck by her. She made a small sarcastic giggle with an amused smile painted on her face. "Didn't even remember to say goodbye first." She said with her usual seductive tone.

She then moved her way to locate Jr. She was her own natural size for now, but given the mission it was more necessary now than it had been before. It was the best way to confront another kaiju, and for Jr's sake the best way to speak with him.

She reach down inform of her his and intertwined each of her fingers. She then entered her arms and stretched them both out in front of her making some small clicking sounds getting her joints all cracked. "Alright now it's time for counseling, some shocks, and possible emotion coming for this big guy. Time to become the biggest shoulder to cry on with a punch." She said examining pictures of the mecha I-Rex in her hud. She scoffed a bit seeing them and felt some visible unease seeing the cyberganic metal beast. "Man he has been wed to one ugly bitch." Hera said to herself.

Meanwhile Jr was sitting on the outside of the base with Rodan and Anguirus. Jr for now was sitting down with his legs cross under him eating something.

It looked like a large furry mammal that was about he size of his hand that fit in. It was rodent like with 4 scrawny legs that were pink in coloration. Its messy fur was now well covered in blood. Whatever mutant prey he had caught it was quickly gone devoured by him. His appetite was back, but so too was something else.

Liking the blood off of his lips tasting its metallic flavour he let off an annoyed groan while he felt his head tingle. Due to the situation it was giving him a bit of a headache as he held his head. "Hey guys… What the hell I can feel Shiryu's kids through that tingly thing." Jr said as he used his right hand to grasp around his head. It didn't help the feeling go away only making him feel more anxious about feeling their presence.

"We talked about it it's called a psychic bond. You have to get used to it." Anguirus said as he passed Jr a massive round prickly fruit of the red color. "You have to eat to keep your strength up kid. If you want to kick that thing's ass." Anguirus said.

"Yeah focus Jr because I really don't want you distracted. Especially while WE'RE fighting this thing. Because then it means I have to serve bait while you get your shit together mayn. Get your shit together I don't want this thing to touch me as well! Come on I don't want to die while i'm being raped! I wanted to die at a good middle age in a river of lava. Lava Jr not between some horny kaiju legs!" Rodan said while Jr looked over to him slightly irated.

"Just calm down. I don't want anything to happen to you either Rody. I don't know how I'll react to seeing her again. I want to put it away before something worse goes on and she's back again in the future somehow." Jr stated.

"Right. Thats been happening a lot as well innit? How much you wanna bet these guy come back to fight us again?" Rodan asked with a frown.

"They come back again though we aren't going in alone with just the three of us. Best bring the whole family right kid?" Anguirus asked.

Jr made a slow nod and then looked down. "Right… I should be with Godzuko now anyways. Not here. God I hope that's not him I'm feeling. It doesn't feel like him though i swear it feel like Zill, Chrissy, and Maqui." Jr said.

He looked over to his left though feeling Hera's footstep reach him. She snapped a finger to him and sighed in a quick breath of air. "Jr promise you'll keep your current calm and not become hot headed. To put it shortly your nephews and niece are coming over to help us. Now is the part you keep my-"

"They are what? Why I thought we had everything under control. You haven't even done anything here yet, and you keep franting more with something else. Are you going to mention her to me?..." Jr grumbled.

"Well it's not as bad as a reaction than I thought since I thought you were going to burst into tears. And I would have to apply Tender Loving Care only an aunt can give." She teased.

"Why do you keep acting. No. And I'm done crying about this. I have a feeling this won't be the last I'll see of her. I'm going to talk to the kids when they get here. Just do something this time. As a kaiju. None of this shrink ray crap its weird. You're weird. You're being weird." Jr stated.

"Well alright, but first word of advice here, stick to the road and keep to the sides. Otherwise you would crush all those squishy tender humans who are dying to marry me. I hate to lose my human fanclub." Hera stretched her finger outward pointing to the north for Jr, Rodan and Angy to see. The trio would see that there was a long line of Chimera vehicles following the highways and other dirt roads heading northward towards Tel-Aviv.

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Route 60, outside of Ofra

The 1st Battalion, 5th Jackal Guards Brigade or Task Force 1-5 as they were called, was now approaching the outskirt of the Ofra settlement as they moved along the highway. Once they had come close enough, the trucks carrying the robots stopped and fanned out on either sides of the Highway.

The HEMTTs with hexagonal shaped enclosed racks and shelves opened up and released the shoulder clamps to let the robots to disembark their transports.

Charlie hopped off his rack like the other with his weapons cocked and ready, he sprinted forward with his teammates of CLU-09734 and CLU-01289 and other robots before they all dolphin dived to the ground and crawled up to a sand berm looking at the settlement in front.

Charlie crawled up first, acting as the marksman with his semi auto ADMR-10 bullpup marksman rifle with 7.62x51mm rounds loaded. He deployed the bipod of the weapon and rested it on the sand dune and scanned the small town up ahead where he saw rectangular apartment blocks and several smaller houses around the apartments.

"Scanning for threats now. Too quiet around here. I have a bad feeling about this." He grumbled as he held his finger on the trigger before stopping his observation locating what appeared to be an ATGM system. "Got an eggshell with hammer here." He said, his sighting quickly marked the ATGM threat highlighting it on everyone's HUDs allowing them to see what he saw.

The ATGM system was very well concealed within the mix of city and desert. All around the city were large curling and dunes and hills that rose upwards to height that made them appear as large obstacles. The route itself flowed with the land around it. Going between the crease of each hill like a winding snake or river slinking through the landscape flowing with the land.

Belisarius moved his binoculars away from his face watching the widening land and nodded. "It's why we were sent in. We are to take it out. I would say the kaiju are not needed here for this task. Not until this escalates. Commence operation now." Belisarius ordered. Immediately upon hearing his orders, small Scout Teams of 5 began to make their ways up closer to the settlement.

They kept low by crouching down or crawl on the sand reaching up the sand berms and rest their weapons on the top edge of the berms. They looked through the optics and saw their targets either hiding in bunkers or patrolling the rooftops of apartments.

At the rear of the line, the robots were busy setting up their mortar sections with 120mm mortar tubes at the ready with the mortar teams correcting their shots, the firing computers helped dial in exact coordinates and sighting of enemies along with the time to fire for optimal strike success against their enemies.

As the assault commences, Charlie pulled the trigger of his weapon blowing a hole through the gunner of the ATGM, he saw the gunner's body being splattered to pieces by his bullet's incredible power with blood painting the ATGM system and the fellow operators of the system leaving them panic.

The ensuing battle would see the robots laying down suppressive fire against their foes from their positions with tracer rounds firing back and forth. Along the road, Stryker ICVs and Humvees were seen moving in around the town. Autocannons and machine guns, automated grenade launchers suppressed the enemy fighters while troops disembark and began to assault the entrenched positions.

But the initial assault momentum would soon be met with a barrage of infantry firearms from the Vipers. Most of whom were equipped with Vipers standard issued XM29 OICW, the hostile fighters fought with the ferocity and fanaticism seen only on the face of cornered snakes. Grenade rounds flew out of their barrels, curving down and struck the chest of some robots, knocking them back while other armor piercing rounds, no doubt DU in nature, wounding the other robots, crippling their mobility forcing them to find cover.

"Man down!" one robot shouted. "Somebody get the medic up here!" another cried out as he pulled his downed teammate away from the line of sight of the enemies. "Don't give up, just suppress and flank!" Their teammates called out on their robot coms, trying to keep the squad under control.

With the radio messages flying back and forth and casualties began to kick off, Belisarius felt tensed up hearing it. War has never been without casualties but for him to only hear of it coming to his ears felt unsettling. He was familiar with the sight of the killing up close and personal. "Lead from the front. Lead in person." He mumbled to himself as he stared at the holographic command map. "Enemy forces in Objective Tacitus appear to be well dug in. Expect heavy resistance." Leandros stated robotically but it didn't further help ease Belisarius's image of the situation.

"Have the Triage Center set up ASAP! We need to evacuate the wounded now, get some MEDEVAC vehicles ready. I'm going in personally." Said Belisarius with a deep grumble, this had Leandros raised his head up to Belisarius curiously.

"Interrogative, how will you exercise command and control when you are engaged in battle yourself?" He asked. To this Belisarius turned his eye to Leandros's face, his metal robot face seems stiff and hard to make out what he was trying to emoting. "Trust me little one, Romans are best led in person." Said Belisarius as he and Arminius quickly sprinted closer to the fighting.

As they sprinted out to the battlefield followed by troopers in their command squad, Arminius glanced over to Belisarius cautiously asking him. "What's gotten into you? You suddenly felt the urge for battles in person." Hearing this, Belisarius sighed out, in his own head, he heard the voice of the A.I modeled after him making criticism of him as well with its avatar popping up in his HUD noting his behaviors.

"Desires for direct combat parallel carnal desires. Determination to face death heads on and reckless disregard of command and control for daring actions." The AI stated. "You know what we Romans have been through Arminius, Acmeus. We who are dead have nothing left to fear, it's better to lead in person than to delegate orders from your safety and comforts." Belisarius remarked to Arminius and nodded to him as they reached the frontline fighting.

"Pull yourself together men! 1st Platoon, on me and Arminius, we're clearing this apartment block right here and now!" Belisarius barked out orders to the robot wolves who were slowly making their way up cautiously. Hearing the order and seeing his body language, some of them tossed out smoke grenades as they interpret the Assault order.

Once the FASGs detonated and the fog of white smoke obscured the line of sight, the robots begin to sprint forward, following Belisarius and Arminius closing in on the apartment block. Arminius and some of the robots quickly activated their magnetic pawpads and scale the apartment's verticality and gunned down the Vipers who were waiting for them on the upper floors.

Meanwhile, Belisarius stacked up with other robots on a wall to the East of the apartment block, they blasted through the wall using Belisarius's palm cannon sending concrete and debris flying everywhere.

The robots would soon push inward with their weapons at the ready, gunning down resistance from the handful of Vipers Operatives and better trained troops. As they pushed through both on the ground and top floors, the militia troops who were conscripted quickly fell to their knees, surrendering.

"I'm on point, follow me and cover each other's backs." Belisarius ordered them over their comm links as he led them up the stairs to the second floor of the building. "Sounds like someone just wet their pants. How come I know this suddenly?" CLU-09734 asked confusedly as his HUD gave out assessments of the sounds echoing around them as the squad moved up the second floor. They would soon find a pair of militants terrified and panicked to the point of their hands were visibly jittering and they were falling to their knees in fear when they saw the robots entering the room.

"Please don't shoot! We surrender!" One of the militia shouted in English, he appeared to be a Caucasian American in his late 20s and early 30s. The frightened man and his partner hastily dropped their A-91M rifles to the floor and put their hands behind their heads. "Hold your fire, and set up securities. CLU-09734 cuff them." Belisarius ordered them as he fanned out with the robots setting up securities covering the windows and doorways of the room.

"Affirmative sir, getting to work now." Said the robot wolf as he approached the two militants from behind and held them down, he tied a pair of zipcuffs on their hands, preventing them from wiggling. "Done Major, I think we should send these two POWs back to TOC, maybe they can cough up some intel for us." He suggested to Belisarius as the robot kept his kneecap pressing on one of the militant's head to keep them restraint.

"Good call, leave a chemlight here to mark their position. We need to keep moving." The Roman Robot instructed to his subordinate as they began to toss out a small chemlight on the floor to mark the room they have cleared and moved on, as they did Belisarius radioed his finding to allow additional units to pick up the prisoners.

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East Section Field HQ, Sha'ar Shomeron Interchange

His radio has been broadcasting nothing but bad news and even when nothing was being received, it was a grainy static. Messages of pockets being overrun by his enemies or probes by the GDI on his defensive lines. He was overseeing a holographic real time map of the battlefield with the SitReps flooding in by the seconds.

He saw X markers over rectangular boxes denoting Infantry forces and their variants such as Motorized being the same marker with circle symbols underneath, Mechanized and Armored forces along with their Artillery support elements moving forward a bit to chase smaller enemy forces. But those were soon pushed back by their enemies being a much larger group chasing them down after feint retreats.

Balthazar sighed out frustratingly watching the battle raged on and on with his forces in and around Tel-Aviv pocket was being slaughtered by their rash attacks and leaving their dug in positions. "Militias, shouldn't have let those evangelists sign up in the first place. Waste of money and supplies." He grumbled frustratingly as he watched the sight of his allies being decimated by the GDI's overwhelming firepower and combined arms tactics.

The sight of poorly trained and over eager militias and low grade troops throwing themselves out of cover and entrenched positions chasing fast moving motorized scouts only to be comically if not terrifyingly chased by mechanized and heliborne forces.

He slammed a balled fist on the table, not wanting to look at what could be best described as a foregone conclusion for long, he looked elsewhere, he pinched at the screen and moved it elsewhere he panned Eastward and saw that the frontline along Highway 60 was becoming a bulge with the Jackal Guards being seen driving a steel wedge inward. He quickly tapped the call button on hs helmet's side to dial the other commanders.

"Are you aware that we are being outflanked? Those mangy mutts are pushing through on the Highway to our left flank and they're making gains that will threaten our forces!" He called out to Jasper and Casper on the line while observing 3D holographic map display. "Well are you going to do anything about it? We're prepping Tel-Aviv over here but no way are we going to hold for long with their overwhelming firepower!" Casper retorted as the sound of gunfire and artillery roaring in the background can be heard.

"Damn you all! You entrusted that sector to low level militias and virgin would-be Crusaders. Mobilize the 2nd and 3rd Division ASAP. I'll be leading them myself to counter attack!" Balthazar slammed then ran out of his command tent and board an FAV to ride out to battles. Following him were his personal Armored Division bringing their loads of T-100 Ogre main battle tanks, MSE-3 Marid APCs and BTR-Kamysh IFVs to face his enemies himself, in the air his division's aviation wings were seen flying their signature Kajman gunships painted in crimson red hexagonal camouflage. Trailing him were various double barreled howitzers of the 2S35 Koalitsiya-SV type and FAVs on the flanks to scout out the terrain.

But as his division was moving away to the frontline from their interchange stronghold, his subordinates Casper and Jasper had other ideas in mind. Jasper in his command vehicle was seen marking waypoints much further north, moving the elite cream of the crops 2nd and 3rd Division away from the frontline. Those two he knew were the elite Crimson Viper Guards Division, prized fighters who were armed with various high tech military equipment and technology, if lost then they would lose the entire battle completely. "2nd and 3rd Division. You will not join Balthazar's counter attack, mobilize and take up defensive positions in Tel-Megiddo and Nazareth. If you are lost then Vipers has no future and our lord Apep will not be pleased by such ultimate defeat."

The Divisional commanders were of course baffled by the order, they thirst for battle and were trained to love it as they prepare to move out. But upon hearing it, they scratched their heads confused before remarked. "Uh...understood command. We'll do out." Said the Divisional commander reluctantly before having their forces move away from the frontline towards Nazareth and Tel-Megiddo. Seeing his troops taking order obediently, he sighed out with a satisfying breath. Though with a bit of bitterness knowing what would happen next with the way the battles were going.