The First Battle of Alamo 1

Part 2

"So what's our defensive strategy chief?"

"Well sir, the Covenant will have to cross the open plains and we hope to turn that whole area into a huge killing field. As you know sir there are trenches outside of the cities walls as well as tank traps. The battlements are where we'll fight the Covenant from," Master Chief John -117 replied.

"Master Chief you do know that eventually the Covenant will break through the walls and enter the city," the colonel replied.

"Yes sir I know, when that happens we'll fight them inside the city," Master Chief responded.

"Tell me about how we'll do that?"

"The city is narrow so the Covenant will have to fight us street to street and house to house. Covenant armor will have to move single file through the city then we can attack from multiple angles. Marines are setting up M68 Guess Cannons as well as other heavy weaponry such as the AIE-486H Heavy machine gun. They are also setting up barricades to slow down any Covenant advance and to use for cover."

"What kind of defenses does this base have?"

"You mean other than the Super MACs?" Heath nodded. "There are 12 smaller MAC guns right on the battlements around the city. The controls for them are in the bunker built right into the MAC gun itself. There are also all kinds of anti-air armaments," the chief responded. "This way the gunners are protected from any return fire.

"What kind of weapons are on the battlements, chief?"

"There are all different kinds of weapons, but also on the battlements are Rhinos, several Grizzly's, Cobras, as well as some Wolverines," the Master Chief answered. "There are also several Scorpion Main Battle Tanks on the walls as well."

"These weapons won't be able to hit the Covenant if they get below the walls, they can't aim down." He said looking at a hologram of the city.

"They walls have gun ports in them, some of them big enough for a tank to fire through. Plus we have racks of explosives and incendiaries that we can drop onto them if they are below us."

"Similar to the tactic they used in castles," Heath said and John nodded. "What's the status of the Covenant?" Heath asked April over his coms.

"The Covenant ships we've been tracking are still on their way here, the Covenant ground forces are still making their way here as well."

"I don't understand why the ship doesn't glass this entire base." the Master Chief asked as the Arbiter entered.

"Maybe I can answer that question," the Arbiter said. "The new Covenant leader has told his forces not to destroy any human base or cities because he believes there could Forerunner Technology all over the planet and he wants to enslave humanity."

"How do you know this?" The Master Chief asked.

"Our spies within the Covenant Armada have relayed the information to me," the Arbiter replied.

"Why did they destroy the Spartan base then?" The colonel asked, already knowing the answer.

"They destroyed the base because you Spartans are a more serious threat to them then the regular humans they face. They know some of you survived, but they're not really worried about that."

"I guess we better change their minds," the chief replied.

"Colonel, I'm detecting thirty-five phantoms and ten Sprits on approach, they'll be in range of the MAC guns in twenty-one minutes," April told him.

"Everybody report to your battle stations," the colonel said over the comms.

April was busy doing several things at once since she was inside the base systems and not in the Colonel's helmet. She's monitoring the Covenant ships as well as the troops on the ground and is also monitoring the status of the new weapon in the UNSC arsenal. She also has control over the base's MAC guns which are not as strong as the Super MAC gun and can't fire as far as the Super MAC gun. The other MAC guns can only fire two or more football fields long, these are different from the ship base MAC guns as well as the Super MAC gun, but there is a problem with the base's 4 Super MAC gun that April is trying to figure out. She had destroyed an enemy cruiser that strayed into the Super MAC guns range just before they started to have problems. The enemy cruiser went down over the Atlantic, later Lord Hood may send out divers to see if anything is left of the ship. Since the MAC guns are computer controlled April is controlling them. The shell from the MAC Guns tore through the weak armor of ten Phantoms before they could even unload their troops onto the desert floor. The same fate happened to three Sprit drop-ships. The surviving Phantoms and Sprits moved away from the human base and unloaded their troops outside the range of the MAC Guns.

"April stop firing, we may need the MAC Guns later," Colonel Heath-118 told her over the radio in his helmet so she stopped firing them. The colonel and the Master Chief are in a tower overlooking the approach the Covenant would have to take to attack the base. The colonel looked to his right and left and saw artillery pieces on both sides. The defenders on the cities walls have good fields of fire and some parts have a roof over marines head. On the battlements they have AIE-486H Heavy machine guns, LAU-65D/SGM-151 Missile Pods, M41 SSR MAV/AW Rocket Launchers, Spartan Lasers, SRS 99D-S2 AM sniper rifles, M29 Rocket Launchers, and the .50 caliber Gatling gun. The M29 Rocket Launcher holds four rockets instead of two; it's got lock-on so it's effective against moving infantry, armor, and air. They are also several Guess cannons in fixed positions. He saw UNSC soldiers carrying MA37 Assault Rifles, M392 Designated Marksman Rifle or DMR, and some are even armed with the M319 Grenade Launcher.

An Elite in silver armor looked at the human base from his vantage point on top of a hill. He and three hundred of his fellow Sangheili had arrived on Ghosts. The Phantoms dropped off four Wraiths as well as 430 Covenant infantry troops consisting of Jiralhanae, Magalekgolo, Unggoy, Kig-Yar, Skirmishers, and their fellow Sangheili. The Sangheili in silver armor saw many Sangheili ranks, majority of them are Elite Minors, though there are ten Elite Majors, six Elite Ultra, and five Zealots. The Jiralhanae ranks are mostly Brute Minors, with five Brute Majors, twenty Brute captains, and four Chieftains. The Sprit drop-ships unloaded 120 additional Covenant, most of them Unggoy, but a few Elite Rangers and several Brutes with Jump Packs. The Silver armor Elite knows that the humans have mines in front of the base therefore, he must find out how to clear them so they could enter the base unhindered. The Elite decided to set up an encampment so he ordered his troops to start setting up defensive positions.

Inside of a tower, Colonel Heath-118 could see the enemy encampment. The towers are four to six stories tall with all kinds of weapons emplacements on them. Several of the towers had five inch, or 130 millimeter, auto loading naval guns that were on destroyers back in the 21st century, with some retrofitting. The colonel turned to one of the personal in the tower, "The skies are clear at the moment colonel," a UNSC army soldier told him. Then all of sudden a big blip appeared on the radar. "Uh Sir we got incoming I'm counting three hundred Banshees and Seraphs."

"Tell the gun crews to man those triple-A guns, April get the automated weapons online. Lord Hood, should we send up fighters to engage them sir?"

"That's a negative son, we don't want to waste the fighters at this moment," Lord Hood replied over the colonel's radio in his helmet. UNSC Marines and Army as well as several Spartans maned the missile pods and Lucy got into a gunners seat for a rail-gun.

"Enemy in range in three seconds, two, one, open fire!" the radar operator said over the radio. The rail-guns and missile pods opened up on the approach of the enemy fighters. A large number of Banshees were destroyed before they even could get off a round. A Seraph fighter was also destroyed from multiple hits. The Banshees fired their fuel rode cannons, destroying several missile pods and killing any solder around them. The rail-guns destroyed several Banshees and Seraph fighters and the Wolverines in the grounds behind the walls and on the walls destroyed multiple Banshees and Seraph fighters as well. The Sliver armor Elite ordered the fighters to retreat to avoid additional losses so the enemy fighters withdrew.

"What's the damage?" Heath asked.

"Minimum, the fighters only killed 12 soldiers another 12 were wounded, the medics are seeing to them those hurt, the critically wounded are being sent to one of the hospitals. They on destroyed a few non critical weapon emplacements which we can replace, but they didn't destroy any of the anti-air batteries or the MAC guns and there was hardly any damage to the city," a soldier told him.

"Good," Spartan-118 replied. "At least most of those MAC guns have anti-air batteries protecting them." He said to himself.

"Colonel, there something I want to show you," the Master Chief said to the colonel.

"What do you want to show me?" The colonel asked. They go down to the bottom of the tower, and the chief open a door on the right side of the wall where the wall was and they go inside. Inside of the wall heath saw the artillery pieces as well as an auto-loader similar to the towers auto-loader for the naval guns.

"What do you think sir?" The Master Chief asked.

"I think the Covenant are going to be in for one hell of a surprise," the colonel replied before they climbed the stairs to get back onto the battlements. "I'm betting the Covenant are getting ready to send in their ground forces."

"You're right sir, Cortana just informed me that a large number of Covenant forces just arrived at the enemies' encampment and more are still on their way," the chief replied.

"John, replace the weapons we lost in the air raid and make sure we have spotters watching the skies." John nodded.

While the Banshees and Seraph fighters were keeping the UNSC forces busy, two thousand Ghosts arrived along with a thousand Choppers, thirteen Specters, a thousand Shadows, thirty Prowlers, two hundred Wraiths, twelve Revenants, and twenty five anti-air Wraiths. A Zealot came up to the Elite in silver armor. "General Xytan Taham we're ready to begin. Five Scarabs and a dozen Locusts along with more Shadows are on their way here. Three Cruisers and two Carriers are launching additional Phantoms and Sprits to reinforce you," the Zealot told him.

"Thank you major," General Xytan Taham replied. "Send in the Choppers and Prowlers along with additional Jiralhanae, let them die first, we must not forget that they betrayed us a long time ago." The Brute Choppers and Prowlers charged straight for the walls behind them are the Jiralhanae infantry consisting of four Chieftains with various weapons like Fuel Rod Cannons, Gravity Hammers, and Plasma Cannons, Brute Captains and the captain variants, Brute Bodyguard, Brute Stalkers, Brute majors and a lot of Brute minors. Twelve pairs of Hunters accompanying them, as well as numerous Grunts, Jackals, Skirmishers, and Drones.

On the battlements Colonel Heath-118 and Master Chief John-117 could see the Brutes heading straight for the base. They both knew the first brutes would clear the minefield for the following attacks. Heath looked around and saw all the UNSC personal were at their battle positions. The Brute Choppers were the first to plow into the minefield, which resulted in the loss of half of the attacking Choppers. The surviving Choppers continued on to the UNSC base where they fired their 35mm auto-cannons at the walls, but to no effect. The soldier in firing pits outside of the city wall fired their rocket launchers at the oncoming enemy vehicles and many of the Choppers were destroyed. The tanks even added their deadly fire to the marines with rocket launchers. The men on the walls also added their fire. The land in front of the UNSC Base/city was not a place you want to be if you're an enemy soldier. Some of the mines that the Choppers didn't hit, Brute infantry walked over and they got blown to pieces and some time you couldn't find what was left of them. A shell from a Grizzly tank blew a Brute in half and it happened to several more Brutes before Four Brute Choppers headed straight for the Grizzly. The Grizzly fired two rounds, destroying two of the Choppers and while it was reloading the remaining two were able to nibble on the Grizzly, but not completely destroy it, before the other two Brute Choppers were destroyed. The Grizzly was finally destroyed after wreaking havoc on the attacking Covenant forces. Even though the Brutes were wearing their power armor, they didn't stand a chance against all the firepower heading their way. Artillery shells blew Brutes in two or landed in front of them, killing many.

Four Jiralhanae rushed a firing pit and they fired their Spikers at the UNSC soldiers in the firing pit. The UNSC marines in the firing pit didn't stand a chance. Several marines and army were shot off the walls. An ODST with an M41 SSR MAV/AW Rocket Launcher fired it at the Jiralhanae in the firing pit and there was nothing left but body parts of both human and Covenant Brutes. Ten Brutes took cover in a shell hole; they keep popping up to take pop shot at the defenders on the walls and in the trench outside. Linda has already nailed three Brutes that stuck their head up over the top of the shell hole from her advantage point on the building across from the city wall. An artillery piece fired from a building and the shell landed in the shell hole, killing the Brutes. Two pairs of Hunters appeared behind their shields and they manage to destroy the last tank outside of the base, but a Grizzly and a Cobra aimed at each Hunter in turn. The Hunters shields' couldn't withstand the shells from the Grizzly and the Cobra so the Hunters were blasted into oblivion. The rest of the Brutes were cut to shreds by tanks, artillery, mortars, and small arms fire. The War Chieftain standing by the Silver armored Elite was getting very angry about the slaughter of his fellow pack brothers, but while the battle was going on reinforcements arrived in force. "Now the humans are going to pay," the Elite in silver armor said. The Silver armored Sangheili ordered half of his forces forward. This time the attack would be supported by tanks and fighters. He also sent Drones out to fight since his fighters were leaving the ships.

"Drones incoming!" Major Rhodes yelled over the radio. Major Tristan Rhodes is one of the UNSC Army's airborne soldiers. He fought in New Mombasa in 2552 as well as the 2nd Battle of Earth. The men manning the turrets looked up at the oncoming Drones. Even the marines, army and Spartans that were not manning weapon emplacements looked up and began firing onto the attacking Drones. The colonel shot down ten Drones with his MA5D Assault rifle. He then looks up and saw two plasma mortars heading over his head and into the field behind the city wall. He looked and saw Covenant troops heading right for the city walls. The Wraiths fired again, but this time they hit either outside what the UNSC calls No Man's land or it hit the towers, causing minimum damage. The old naval guns with newer shells fired onto the Wraith tanks and onto the Covenant infantry. The 5 inch rounds went straight through the tanks and infantry, killing everything in its path. Wraith tanks soon scored a direct hit on one of the guns destroying it, but luckily it didn't blow up any of the ordinance since they're stored underneath the tower. A Wraith tank also managed to score a direct hit on the battlements killing several UNSC soldiers and wounding more. The wounded are evacuated to the pyramid. The Wraith tank is then destroyed by a Spartan laser. The silver armor Elite ordered the tanks to fall back before sending it his aircraft. The Banshees and Seraph fighters returned and several of the Banshees were blown out of the sky when they made their first pass. Several Seraph fighters were also destroyed on their first pass as well. On their second pass more of the Covenant fighters were destroyed. The objective of the fighters was to destroy the naval guns and as many vehicles as possible. Seraph fighters have managed to take out three of the guns, but not the towers, though several of the rail-guns managed to shoot down three Seraph fighters, destroying them completely.

One Banshee spun out of control and crashed into the command tower, but it did little damage. Many of the Seraph fighters were destroyed by the automated anti-air turrets. Even though the Seraphs have shields, the missiles were designed to defeat them. The Drones were slaughtered, but they gave the infantry time to get a little closer. The Unggoy hit several mines that weren't already triggered, killing many and wounding many others. Elites shot the wounded Grunts and urge the rest of the infantry forward. A Banshee making another pass was shot down over No Man's Land and it crashed into several Jackals as they approach the wall with their shields overlapped and only a handful survived, but a shell from a Scorpion tank fixed that. One of the Scorpions on the wall blasted a Banshee out of the sky and it crashed in the field. The UNSC soldiers in the firing pits and trench fired everything they had at the oncoming Covenant forces. Grunts, Jackals, Elites, and two pairs of Hunters overrun the trench, but the soldiers in the trench managed to kill many of them before getting overrun. The colonel watched as Covenant troops got into the trench and took pop shot at the defenders on the walls. Linda and several ODSTs snipers in a building known as Sniper 1 shot as many of the Covenant as they could before they had to duck back into cover to avoid the return fire from Covenant snipers. The Covenant Wraith tanks were taking a terrible beating from the naval guns, but the Elite in charge of the Wraiths wouldn't allow them to fall back even though the Silver armored Elite in charge of the attack ordered them to fall back. Multiple Skirmishers were killed as they are assaulting the human base. Lucy shot several of them in the head. "Those Skirmishers are fast," one marine commented.

"You need to anticipate where they will go and lead the target," another marine replied as he shoots one in the head with his DMR.

The Elite in silver armor looked through his binoculars and saw the Arbiter on the walls fighting alongside the humans. The Arbiter had stabbed several Elites in the chest with his energy sword when Kelly came up and shot several Grunts that were coming up behind him. An Elite Minor shot her in the shoulder with an over-charge plasma pistol so she turned around and fired the rest of her clip in her MA5D assault rifle into the Elite. The Elite's shields crackled and then failed allowing rounds to tear into the Elite, killing him. Not many of his forces have even gotten onto the walls. Several Skirmishers jumped on the walls but they picked the wrong wall to get on, the Spartan-IVs there slaughter them. He turned to his general staff.

"Order our troops to use portable grav lifts to get onto the battlements," he told his officers. They all nod.

"Excellency, they are using grav lifts but the humans and separatists are keeping us from getting a foothold on their base," one of the Elite majors told him. He stabbed the elite with his energy sword out of frustration.

"Kill the Arbiter and any Elite Separatist fighting alongside the humans; This I command."

The colonel had the detonator for the explosives in the trench, and pits. He pressed the detonator and explosions rip through the trenching killing all within. Dead bodies and even body parts flew in every direction. None of the Covenant inside the trench survived the explosion. The Covenant infantry froze after seeing what just happen, until their commanders recovered and ordered them forward. Colonel Heath-118 fired his MA5D at the Grunts coming towards the wall. He shot several before they could activate the portable grav lifts they carried. Several Elites threw down deployable cover to give them extra protection. A shell from a tank took out five Sangheili and several Jackals that decided to stay behind one of those deployable cover. The Master Chief threw a Power drainer down into the mass of Covenant; Elite shields failed, Jackals shields were destroyed, and Brutes Power armor was drained so the UNSC soldiers, as well as the Master Chief, fired onto the vulnerable Covenant troops. They even throw fragmentation and plasma grenades into the ranks of the Covenant. A couple of Brutes managed to activate some Bubble shields. Many of Covenant troops are at the base of the walls and the only way the UNSC troops can fire on the covenant is to expose themselves to deadly return fire, except they can drop grenades down onto the ranks of Covenant forces gathering along the walls and they did. The colonel saw another wave of Covenant infantry heading his way along with a couple of Wraiths. Several Grunts managed to throw down some grav lifts before they were killed by the defenders. Elite Minors and Brute Minors used the grav lifts to get onto the wall. The colonel threw a fragmentation grenade towards a group of Jackals heading for a grav lift with overlapping shields, he knew the grenade may do nothing and it didn't, except for destroying the grav lift.

It did give him time to grab a Rocket launcher and fire it into the mass of Jackals and their dead bodies were thrown into every direction. UNSC marines as well as any Army troopers with a MA5B, MA5C, and MA5Ds assault rifle that was equipped with grenade launchers underneath it fired them into the advancing enemy. Many Covenant are killed from the High Explosive Grenades as well as from the incendiary grenades they fired next. An Elite shield's collapsed and he is terminated by a marine on a mini-gun. A dozen Elite with ignited energy swords arrived on the battlement via the grav lifts and began killing marines and army troopers who were busy trying to keep more Covenant troops from getting onto the battlements. Grunts and Jackals followed the Elite warriors. A UNSC Army soldier throws a fragmentation grenade into the attacking Elites, Grunts, and Jackals, but the Elites survived the explosion but the lesser Covenant weren't so lucky. The Elites charged straight at the lone soldier, several of his buddies were busy at the time with other Covenant that got onto the wall so they couldn't come to his aide, but another army soldier came to help him and together they sprayed the Elites with full automatic fire, since the Elite shields were already weaken it didn't take much to put them down for good. The Arbiter killed several loyalist Elites that managed to get onto the wall with his energy sword. Two Skirmishers were eliminated by UNSC army soldiers with DMRs. Four more Covenant soldiers fall one after another, including an Elite officer.

General Xytan Taham was watching the battlefield through his binoculars. He saw several Hunters get blown to pieces by tanks, Cobras, and Rhinos. His infantry were being cut to pieces. He dare not send another wave in when the enemies' fire is so great. He decided to wait for additional reinforcements so he could overrun the humans' defenses with ease. So his forces withdrew and many Covenant were killed as they withdrew. Once the battle ended, the wounded were sent back to hospitals and aide stations; some would return later, others would be out for weeks, possibly months.