Date: 6/2/15
Time 2:14 PM
For six hours the abyssal line has been under air and sea bombardment. Bunkers have been reduced to rubble and are burning and the trenches have been ripped apart by high explosive shells. At 2:20 the fleet turns their anger on the second abyssal line and at 2:25 a whistle blows and the attack begins.
The tanks rolled forward and the APCs followed behind. They stopped and the infantry got out and jumped into the trenches. They were made of that same black substance that the abyssals build with and it felt like metal when Ige placed his hand against it. He moved through the trench with seven men following him. He turned left and three men followed him while the other four continued on. He stopped and checked his right, bullets streaked past his head and he ducked into cover. Behind him, two soldiers turned to watch their back while the third kept his rifle aimed down the trench.
Ige tossed a grenade down the trench and when it exploded he fired and moved to the other side of the gap. A soldier took his original position and fired a burst before ducking behind cover. "I'm going to flank around them!"
"Make it quick sir!" Ige headed down the trench and turned right. He snapped his gun up and fired at an abyssal in front of him. It staggered slightly and fired back forcing Ige to take cover. He popped out of cover only for the abyssal to kick him in the head. He groaned and saw the blurry abyssal walking toward him. He tried to grab his rifle but couldn't find it so he drew his pistol. He fired three shots before the abyssal kicked it out of his hand and grabbed his neck. It jerked and collapsed beside him with a bullet wound to the head. His vision cleared up and he stood up, grabbed his gun, nodded to the soldier who saved his life, and continued on.
He took cover and poked his head around the corner. He saw two abyssals firing down the trench and fired at the closest one. The bullets hit its head but didn't kill it. He fired again and ducked behind cover when it turned to him. Bullets tore into the trench and he stood up and fired into the abyssal's head again but it still didn't die. He backed away from the corner and when the abyssal stepped into his line of fire he didn't stop firing until the abyssal dropped. It took the rest of his magazine to kill the abyssal and he pushed up to the corner to engage the second abyssal. With fire coming in from two directions it was quickly killed.
"Bastards are stronger then I remember. You alright sir?"
"I'm fine. Thanks for the assist back there."
"Sergeant, do you read me?"
"I read you Corporal."
"Abyssals are trying to retake the trenches, we need support!"
"Understood. We're on our way."
Sergeant Naegi ducked as bullets whizzed over his head. The abyssals started to climb over the trenches and advanced on their position. They were focused down but shrugged off the hits and continued to advance. A grenade was thrown at them and exploded but they shrugged this off as well. They sprayed bullets at the Japanese and killed four soldiers before they could take cover.
One of the abyssals was finally killed but the other three jumped into the trench with the Japanese. Naegi watched three soldiers be quickly cut down and the abyssal turned its dead eyes on him. He fired all thirty rounds in the magazine and the abyssal fell to its knee before falling forward. The other two abyssals were killed but their distraction allowed more abyssals to advance and they were driving the Japanese soldiers back. Naegi fell back and jumped into cover as bullets landed around him. Three soldiers were with him and one stood and fired his underslung grenade launcher. The grenade slammed into an abyssal and it jerked to the left. A second grenade slammed into its head and it fell backward.
Naegi stood up just long enough to fire a burst before he ducked into cover. The soldier beside him fired a series of bursts before taking cover. "Abyssals are overrunning our right flank!"
BOOM!
A shell slammed into the trench followed by a second and then a third shell. This allowed the soldiers on the right flank to retake their positions and drive the abyssals back. "They're coming over the top!" Naegi stood to fire and was hit twice in the chest. He pressed his hands on the wound to try and stem the bleeding. "Sergeant? Sergeant!" A soldier kneeled next to him and tried to help stem the bleeding. "Medic! I need a medic here!"
"Take him back down the trench! There's an APC we're using to take the wounded back!"
"Alright! Stay with me sir!" He pulled Naegi into a fireman's carry and rushed through the trenches. As he rushed through the trench the tanks started to roll forward and he fell to his knees as a tank rolled over the trench. "Come on sir we're almost there!" Naegi's vision started to blur and he fought to stay conscious. One second he was looking at the ground and the next he was being laid down. He blinked slowly and saw the soldier who carried him running back through the trench. He slowly blinked and his vision started to darken. "Let's get him out of here!"
BOOM!
Ige ducked behind cover when a tank shell slammed into the abyssals he was fighting. "That was a little close!"
"It took care of those abyssals!"
"Yeah! But if they were closer we could have been killed as well!"
"More abyssals coming over the top!"
A 40 mm grenade slammed into the chest of one and staggered it slightly. Multiple three rounds bursts killed it and a high-explosive shell from a tank killed another two abyssals and heavily damaged another, a three-round burst finished it off.
"To all forces, we have secured the left and right flank of the first line. What is the status of the center?"
"Abyssals are still resisting at the center!"
Ratta Ratta Ratta, Ratta Ratta Ratta, Ratta Ratta Ratta!
"Understood. Once the first line is secure we will begin the assault on the second line after the bombardment is finished."
Off the coast Ise-san, Fuso-san, Yamashiro-san, and Tosa-san's guns thundered sending 35.6 cm and 41 cm shells screaming toward the second defensive line. D3A1s and B5N2s bomb abyssal positions while Zeros strafe the trenches. Surprisingly, there has been no response from abyssal aircraft.
Back on the ground, the remaining abyssals on the first line have been killed and the soldiers are waiting for the order to advance on the second defensive line. After a ten-minute artillery barrage the order comes down and the tanks roll forward followed by the infantry.
Two anti-tank guns fired and destroyed two tanks, they fired again and destroyed a third tank. Two tanks targeted them and destroyed them. They destroyed whatever defensive the abyssals had left and halted just before the defensive line. As the infantry worked their way through the trenches abyssal tanks appeared and engaged. They charged the Japanese Type 90 MBTs which maneuvered to get shots into the sides of the abyssal tanks. Destroying an abyssal tank from the front was damn near impossible unless you got really lucky or fired battleship caliber shell.
Ige covered his head as an explosion sent debris flying. Beside him, a soldier tosses a grenade over the trench and when it exploded he fired three bursts before ducking down. A second soldier stood up and was backward with multiple wounds on his torso. Further down the line an explosion killed four soldiers and wounded another six. "Fucking hell! That one has a grenade launcher in its arm!"
"Kill it before it can fire again!" They stood fired multiple bursts into the abyssal's head. It dropped to its knees but raised its arm and fired.
"DOWN!" BOOM!
The grenade flew over the trench and exploded behind it sending dirt flying. Ratta Ratta Ratta, Ratta Ratta Ratta!
"More of them are coming up!"
"It's one of those tank abyssals!"
"'Tank' abyssals?"
"Yeah! They have a lot of firepower and are difficult to kill! Focus your fire on it!"
Two forty millimeter grenades slammed into the abyssal's neck and head. It sprayed the trench line and killed two soldiers, two more soldiers poked out and fired two bursts each before dicking back into cover. A pattern developed in which two soldiers would fire one or two bursts before taking cover followed by another two soldiers doing the same. The pattern was repeated until the abyssal was finally killed. "Fucking finally!"
"Don't celebrate yet! More abyssals incoming!"
"These fuckers just don't know when to quit!"
Ige ducked to reload and a glint in the sky caught his eye. He looked up and saw an object flying through the sky. At first, he through it was a Zero lining up for strafing run then he noticed the angle it was coming in at. Unless it was planning to roll over and dive straight down it would miss the abyssals. It got closer and his eyes widened, "GET DOWN!"
Bullets tore into the Earth as the abyssal fighter strafed their position. Four soldiers were killed in the pass and the abyssal turned for a second run. A Zero roared overhead and the abyssal burst into a fireball; it crashed into the Earth a few seconds later. "I thought we had air superiority!"
"Apparently the abyssals have something to say about that!" Ratta Ratta Ratta, Ratta Ratta Ratta! BOOM!
They ducked when a huge amount of dirt was thrown up in front of them. "What the hell was that!?"
"Abyssal tanks!"
"Where the hell are our tanks!?"
"They're a little preoccupied at the moment!"
"Shit! Anyone got AT!?" BOOM!
The next shell flew over the trench and hit behind them. "I don't think we're going to get lucky on the third shell!"
"Fall back!"
BOOM! "AHHHHHH!" The third shell slammed into the trench killing six men and wounding another ten. Ige pulled a soldier into a fireman's carry and rushed back. He dropped him into cover and returned fire at the abyssals advancing on their position. "We need support! Somebody get the fleet on the horn!"
"On it!"
BOOM!
One of the abyssal tanks exploded and a second one quickly followed, the last one started to back off. Two Zeros roared overhead and strafed the advancing abyssals. Above them, three D3A1s entered a dive and released their bombs killing multiple abyssals and destroying their last tank. Some abyssals started to fall back while others continued to advance.
"They're breaking!" Ratta Ratta Ratta! Ratta Ratta Ratta! BOOM!
"All forces be advised an enemy carrier force has been spotted. Air support will not be available at this time." Four Zeros tore overhead and climbed for a group of dive bombers heading for the fleet. They were quickly joined by two more Zeros and they destroyed the enemy squadron. In the distance, the fleet's AA guns opened fire and the six Zeros rushed to the defense of the fleet.