Green
Operation: Red Bear
Russian Soldier: Lieutenant Artem Sokolov
01 07 2018
0632 Hours
Over Lancing, Michigan
Invasion Clock: 0002 Hours
Beepers and blaring as the men ready for the first stage of the war. A voice over their radio begins to crackle, "Red is on. Red is on. Red is on. Red is on." With these words, everyone forms two lines, one on the left and one on the right.
One man then presses a button, followed by a sudden bright light as the rear cargo door, to the massive AN-22, lowers revealing the orange sun lit skies over the expansive green wilderness below.
Many men in the plane wondered whether Russia would win this gruesome war, others wondered what the people below were thinking, some even wondered whether they would ever touch the ground again.
A minute passes before another voice crackles in, "Green is on. Green is on." Simultaneously, the men begin leaping out the back of the plane. Their chutes deploy almost immediately as their bodies are suddenly yanked by the force of the parachute catching the air from their jump. One soldier watched as his comrades leaped out the plane.
He watched as the fearlessly pulled their chute after the plane had passed. Sokolov knew that his chute at any time could fail, and the only thing that would be left of him would be his equipment and a red stain on the ground. But as the person in front of him jumped, he choked back his fears, knowing that Russia needed him, and leapt out.
As his main chute deployed, the scenic view of the Michigan landscape lit up with flak, gunfire, and aircraft as the Americans desperately tried to defend themselves from the invaders.
Sokolov then watched as a flak burst hit an AN-22 directly on the underside, the plane split in half before beginning a downward spiral towards the Earth below, belching out flames. He saw as jets battled each other in massive dogfights and as missiles soared by.
At any moment, he could be shot by a 9mm, 50. Caliber, 20mm, or even a missile, but constantly Sokolov thought about what he was fighting for, what he would die for. This was all in the name of Russia and to defend her. Then his feet finally touched the ground.