Fort Triggering

--An Advance Wars Fan Fiction by StarFoxRocks--

Chapter IV: The Battle of Fermanta

A line of Orange Star Infantry was marching through the city. On the other side, Blue Moon was doing the same. The two lines of troops stopped and faced each other.

"Take aim!" shouted the commander in front.

The Orange Star Troops loaded their machine guns and aimed.

"Fire!"

Machine gun fire broke out, and Blue Moon Infantry fell. The troops remaining loaded their machine guns and took aim.

"Fire! Kill them!" came Olaf's shout.

The retaliation fire killed many Infantry in the front lines, including the commander. They opened fire upon the Infantry marching closer. They broke up, and began to search through the city. Orange Star troopers took cover behind upturned cars or building wreckages.

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The APCs drove up. Jack looked around in his gun turrent.

"Whats going on?" he said. "It looks like a battle already took place."

"There was an army coming from another military base," Crystian said. "Either Nell forgot to mention or didn't know."

The troops began to leave the APCs and load either machine guns or rifles. Jack climbed out onto the roof through the hole for the gunner, then jumped to the ground.

Crystian was in the lead of all the troops charging towards the city. But as they approached, Blue Moon Infantry appeared from behind cover and opened fire.

Jack, seeing the sudden ambush, raised his rifle and scored a head shot. The Blue Moon Infantryman fell dead without a sound.

Running forward, he saw the other remaining troops going for cover. He loaded his rifle, strapped it to his back, and took out his machine gun. Loading it, he stepped forward.

Crystian had fallen down the instant the troops fired, but he was shot in the arm. Groaning, he slowly stood, picking up his rifle and looking around.

"Aw, man!" he said. "I use this arm all the time!"

"Get some bandages," Jack said. "They're in your pack."

He then charged with the other Infantrymen into the city to help out the main army.

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Olaf observed the battle with binoculars, up a hill in an artillery canon. Putting the binoculars down, he smiled with satisfaction.

"Nicely done, Krazer," he said. "The troops are doing exactly to plan."

"Don't mention it, sir," Dillon said. "But those backup troops may be a bit of a bother."

"Don't worry about backup," Olaf said. "Thats what these artillery are for! Stand back."

Sergeant Krazer followed suit to Olaf's words. Olaf took control of the Artillery, and raised the canon.

"Take some of this, Orange Star dogs!" he shouted. The canon fired.

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Crystian finished applying the bandages to his arm. Looking up, he saw the artillery fire.

"Oh, shit," he said. "Take cover!"

He dove behind a building. The APC was struck and exploded, engulfing most in flame. The other troops began to take out their rifles and looked around for the source of the problem.

Another BAM, and everyone turned. This time the Artillery struck land and made an explosion, killing more Infantry.

Lying low behind the building, Crystian readied his rifle and slowly crawled from behind the building so he could get a clean shot. Attaching a scope to his rifle, he looked into it.

He saw Olaf getting out of the artillery, and, speaking to Krazer, began to walk down a path out of sight. Pretty soon an eager Blue Moon Infantry ran up and armed the Artillery.

He didn't get a chance to use it, though.

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Jack and several other men made their way through an alley. A Blue Moon Troop jumped out from a corner, but he was shot down fast before he made his kill.

Finally getting into the city streets, Jack saw an Orange Star trooper taking cover behind a building corner, shouting into a radio.

"Paul!" Jack shouted. "Whats the news on the backup?"

"The tanks are nearly finished," the troop said. "Nell says they'll dispatch them when they can."

"Any specific time?"

The Orange Star Corporal checked his watch. "Nightfall. Perhaps early morning. I don't think they've moved in with any tanks yet-"

As he spoke, a loud BANG was heard, and a car exploded.

"Me and my big mouth," the trooper reloaded his machine gun.

Jack turned and walked away towards the other troops, shouting, "Fall back! Its a tank! We need mechs, on the double!"

Seth James, and several other Mechs, made way through the crowd of soldiers, and loaded a missile into their bazookas.

"Take aim!" shouted the highest ranking of them. "Fire!"

The rockets left a trail of smoke through the air. A loud explosion marked their shot effect. It was followed by another explosion, and blue tank pieces flying everywhere.

"Nice shot, guys," Jack said. "Alright, move in!"