CAPTAIN PINEDA: Chapter 16: Siege of Jackson

At first the Fireflies had a difficult time trying to break through. It wasn't until the Legion realized that they had lost 50 legionaries already. They had enough. They sent in their APC. The APC would ram the gate.

"It's almost through!" A Support soldier yelled. Soldiers were waiting for the Fireflies. A Support soldier had been on a Heavy Machine Gun at the center. With sandbags around it. There was at least 16 Texan soldiers ready, including Pineda's squad.

Captain Pineda had been behind cover, next to him was that masked Tactical Lieutenant. The Lieutenant was carrying an RPG, at the moment he was aiming at the gate. All you heard was the gunfire from the towers. Like it would have done anything. The bullets just bounced off the APC.

Then one of the towers exploded. The top part had been blasted with some kind of explosive.

"Captain, do they have RPGs?" Walker asked.

"Sounds like it, but hopefully not" Captain Pineda said.

It seemed like there wasn't any survivors, there was only one body found of the two. He had been on the floor. With a missing arm, and leg. Even more roasted than when someone would roast someone in class or something.

One of the Assault soldiers went to check his pulse, and unsurprisingly was announced dead. "Fuck! Roberts is dead," the soldier said.

THUN THUN. The ramming had grown louder. The masked Tactical, picked up his RPG.

BSSH. The gate had opened like a tin can. Right after, the APC only made couple of feet and then was shot by an RPG on its right tracks. Immobilizing it. BOOM! The sound the blast made.

"Vehicle Immobilized!" the masked Lieutenant said.

"But that thing can still shoot!" Cruz said.

Right after they cannon of the APC moved and fired. It didn't hit anyone. It made a hole in a house behind them.

"Shit!" a soldier said.

Legionaries emerged from the back of the APC. This time they carried riot shields. One hand carried a pistol and the other for the shield.

The soldiers got behind cover. The legionaries advanced. However the machine gunner on the MG wouldn't let them. THUN THUN THUN the machine gun went. The riot shields did a good job of repealing the bullets but it seemed that they shields were close to breaking. Then a Firefly came from behind the immobilized APC. He was carrying an RPG. He couched and then fired. BAM! The rocket was launched.

It would hit the MG. Chucks of the soldier's body went everywhere.

"Holy fuck!" Mason went.

A soldier then focused his rifle towards the Firefly. One bullet is all that it took. A spray of blood was released from the Firefly's head. Dropping his launcher after death.

The masked Tactical finally realized that he could take out the APC. He got up from where he was and fired! BAM! Hitting the APC. Blowing it up. Legionaries surrounding it fell forward. Some didn't get up. As the wounded legionaries struggle to get up, they were put down.

It was pretty obvious that the Fireflies were pissed from the losses they have taken so far. The soldiers knew that having the APC there would just mean a hole breach. Legionaries of all kind ran through the smoke. As they tried to get cover it seemed like some tripped, but they were just shot.

They were finally able find cover. Some got lucky. A legionary ended up shooting an Assault soldier in in the chest.

"Ahh!" The soldier went as he had his hand on his chest, fell on his knees and fell back.

"Man down!" a soldier shouted.

Mason who was put in charge of this defense line was questioning what to do. Behind cover people knew what he was thinking.

"Fuck it! Fall Back!" Mason ordered.

The soldiers got up from where they were and followed Mason. The soldiers kept moving back and trying to get cover behind houses and buildings. Captain Pineda kept trying to suppress fire.

Mason who is now behind the same building as Captain Pineda then radioed Tommy.

"General this is Mason! They've broken through. Request immediate reinforcements!"

"Copy that! Sending in a Humvee and 15+ soldiers." Tommy said through the radio.

The soldiers then entered the house and went upstairs. With the road on in the middle the Fireflies kept pushing forward. Houses were on the side of the road. Three soldiers were at the widows of a nearby house.

One soldier happened to be a Support variant. He mounted his bipod and fired away. The Fireflies started paying attention to the houses. Now the Fireflies had a harder time. The soldiers at the house were able to take out 5 fireflies. Then the soldiers heard something familiar, it was a sound of another APC. The soldiers in the house soon were dealt with.

The APC aimed its cannon at the house and fired. All the soldiers who were in the house were killed. Some of the house had been blown off. The house had smoke and small fire coming out of the hole.

"How are we going to hold our position, Captain?" Allen asked.

"Not sure, Sargent, but we need to hold them off until reinforcements arrive." Captain Pineda said.

"That APC isn't stopping!" the masked Lieutenant said.

"Lieutenant make that last rocket count!" Captain Pineda said.

He grabbed his RPG, couched, took a deep breath and fired. BAM! The rocket went under the cannon blowing it off and killing the drivers. The APC was no more.

"Where are the other Tacticals when you need them?" the masked Lieutenant laughed.

The legionaries seemed to be a little weakened. The reinforcements finally arrived. The gunner on the Humvee kept gunning them down. They tried to run away but were shot.

The General himself made a surprising appearance. "Hold you fire!" There was one legionary still running and trying to escape death. "He's mine."

He aimed down his sights, took a deep breath and fired the M14. THUN. Right through the legionary's helmet, after the shot through the head the legionary feel forward.

"No mercy for the Legion" Tommy said, which had been the Legion's motto when he was a Firefly.

Some soldiers had been wounded during the fighting. The fresh soldiers helped treat their wounds.

"Thanks for the help, General." Captain Pineda said.

"They still control the gate. They'll be coming, this isn't even the tip of the spear."

"So you're saying they'll be back?" Captain Pineda questioned.

"Yes, Captain, I've contacted Austin. Reinforcements will be on the way. We just have to hold them off until they arrive." Tommy said.

After that talk, the sun had finally decided to rise. This gave Tommy the right opportunity for a speech. He put one knee on a sandbag.

"Men!" Every soldier stopped for a second. "This is only the beginning, we must hold them off until the 3rd Battalion arrives. Many of you have lost many of your brothers and maybe even sisters. But what we do here… will be heard. We will be written down in history. I don't know about you, but I don't want to go down in history. We must do this, for the Republic. Whatever you do, don't give up, soldiers. Fortify your positions, you're staying here. Recommend you keep watches. That is why I have brought some of the Recon soldiers [who had been right behind him carrying either snipers or M14s]. Don't give up! For the Republic!"