16:31:50, Sentinel Team and Right Hand Squadron waste no time in gathering with the U.S. Army and the U.S. Marine Corps, just as they finish up on the east side of Hanoi without any issues. With SCAR Team, Viking Team 6, Task Force Mako, with the Presidential Family in their possession, and VFA-51 en route to join them at the Vietnam National Assembly Building.
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The Real Power Of The American People
January 21st, 2052 - 16:32:01
SSgt. Will 'Preacher' Irons
Marine Raider Regiment
Hanoi, Vietnam
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Kingpin: Sentinel Team, Right Hand Squadron, glad you two can join us.
Lennox: We ready to take the National Assembly Building, sir?
Kingpin: That's affirmative, Major. ISR shows about 80 plus Vietnamese foot mobiles with HMGs and various small arms who'd rather accept death than defeat. With most of the resistance up in the front, Eagles 114, 119, 202 and 207, and Terminal Squadron 7 will handle it. While the rest of us go through the left, right and rear flanks.
Preacher: Sir, with all ground assets going anywhere but the front, the air units might get picked off by someone sneaky enough with a sniper rifle or RPG in their blind spots. Eye in the sky can't see everything.
Kingpin: Hmm, you're right. So what do you suggest?
Preacher: Task Mitchell, Jackson and I to set up a sniper's nest on the tallest building in front of the National Assembly. I can look after our air support, Mitchell can spot for me, and Jackson can watch our backs.
Kingpin: Mitchell? Jackson?
Mitchell: We're up for it, sir.
Jackson: No problem, sir. Just give us the word.
Kingpin: *nods* Alright, Staff Sergeant, you got your sniper team. Keep our CAS safe and active. Move.
Preacher: Roger, Kingpin. Mitchell, Jackson, on me.
Mitchell: On your six, brother.
Jackson: They won't be long, so let's get there fast.
Knox: Stay safe out there, gentlemen.
Once Preacher, Mitchell and Jackson reach the rooftop of the tallest structure in front of the Vietnam National Assembly Building, the Staff Sergeant turns out to be right. As small enemy squads equipped with sniper rifles, DMRs, rocket launchers and grenade launchers try to get into position around the hovering Hyper Tomcats and Vipers' potential blind spots.
With a target rich environment in his hands, Preacher quickly engages while the Gunnery Sergeants spot for him and watch his back.
Jackson: God bless Grappling Hooks.
[MORS fire]
Preacher: You can hide from thermal, but you can't hide from X-Ray.
Mitchell: Jackson, we got two teams heading towards us. Get ready.
Jackson: Already am.
Mitchell: Two more on the right.
[MORS fire]
Mitchell: Four more at 1 o'clock.
[MORS fire]
[HBRa3 fire]
Jackson: Surprised to see us here, motherfuckers?!
Mitchell: Multiple sniper and anti-air squads at 9 to 3 o'clock.
Preacher: This is what I call a target rich environment.
[MORS fire]
[HBRa3 fire]
Mitchell: That's it, all 9 to 3 o'clock hostiles are swept clean. Fast shooting, Preacher.
Preacher: Tango Mike, Gunny. And just in time, I can hear the Terminals and Eagles coming.
[M197 fire]
[Hydra 70s launching]
[explosions]
[Vulcan fire]
Preacher: Got a few squirters trying to shoot RPGs at us.
[MORS fire]
[rocket whizzes]
[bullets ricocheting]
[bullets whizzing]
Preacher: Sorry, boys, but not good enough.
Jackson: Damn, that one was close. Good eye, P.
Preacher: Always got everyone's backs, Don. Okay, now that our air assets are safe, let's join the final push to the National Assembly's roof.
Mitchell: Copy. Let's go through that breached front door and hope we still have some to kill.
Preacher: We will. I count only 30 KIA over here.
Jackson: (off comms) Alright, let's grapple down. (on comms) Kingpin, this is Sentinel 7. Sniper support is complete. We're entering the target building through the front door. Watch your fire, over.
Kingpin: Roger that, Sentinel 7. I'll notify the other teams, over.
Beratrix: Preacher? Preacher, is that you?
Preacher: Affirmative, Eagle 114. We just took out several sniper, RPG and grenade launcher teams all over your blind spots. BDA is 30 plus kills for all of us in the front. We're joining the others from the front door now. And be advised, callsign is Sentinel 9, over.
Beratrix: Roger, Sentinel 9. Head inside, we got you covered. Least we can do for covering our blind spots, over.
Now that the front courtyard is secure and all friendly air assets are safe, the small sniper team moves on to rejoin the last push in the Vietnam National Assembly Building's interior. Before ascending to the second floor, they meet SCAR Team, Viking Team 6, the 707th Special Mission Group and the 2nd Infantry Division who came in from the left side of the National Assembly.
Mitchell: Wait, I hear movement. On our six!
Preacher: Hold fire! Blue! Blue! Hey, Nightfall.
Nightfall: Hey, Preacher.
SCAR Team and Viking Team 6: Hey, Preacher.
Jackson: Moving up to the upper floors?
Nightfall: Affirmative, Gunnery Sergeant.
Jackson: Well, shit, come on.
Nightfall: We got your back, Marines.
Upon getting there, Sentinel Team and their 1st Infantry Division, 1st Bn., 1st Marines and 10th Mountain Division support are in the middle of sweeping the entire second floor to make sure no Vietnamese hostile is spared. Since the job here is almost done, Lennox gathers Mitchell and Jackson and tasks Preacher, SCAR Team and Viking Team 6 to get ahead of them and clear out the remaining levels.
On the third floor, the Staff Sergeant, the Delta Operators, the Army Rangers, the 707th Operators and the Korean Army Soldiers swiftly clean up the Hanoi Capital Command and Vietnam Militia and Self-Defence Force presence there. Halfway done, they are suddenly supported by Task Force Mako, who crash in through the east side's windows with help from their Grappling Hooks, and their 1st Bn., Royal Australian Regiment and Australian S.A.S.R. escorts, who have the Presidential Family in captivity.
[windows shattering]
[M1014 fire]
[LVOA-C fire]
[MK14 Mod 0 fire]
[M4 ISR fire]
[M60E6 fire]
[Hellion fire]
Preacher: Holy shit! What an entrance, Task Force Mako!
Axel: Oh, hey Preacher!
Task Force Mako: Hey, Preacher!
Preacher: Woah, the Presidential Family of Vietnam, too?
Cavanaugh: Damn right! We want 'em to see this.
Vietnamese President: My soldiers and agents have trained for this their entire lives! You will NEVER win! Not even you, Brainwashed American SLAVE!
Axel: Then you clearly don't know us, Mr. President!
[M1014 fire]
Axel: You think us coming back here means we didn't learn a single thing from the past!
[Five-seveN USG fire]
Axel: But guess what?! There ain't a single unconventional warfare tactic keeping us trapped...
[M1014 fire]
Axel: ...no incompetent leader holding us back...
[M1014 fire]
Axel: ...and no United Nations coming to save your sorry asses! You live in the past, and you'll get horrors from past enemies coming back to end the same war differently!
[Five-seveN USG fire]
Axel: 77 years of waiting, and we've had ENOUGH!
Axel proceeds to drag the Vietnamese President to the roof of the Vietnam National Assembly Building and finish off the remaining hostile security agents and troops with Preacher.
Axel: Time to show you the real POWER OF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE!
[M1014 fire]
[MORS fire]
Preacher: *laughs* Damn right, Axel! CLEAR! Over here, front row seats are ready.
Vietnamese First Lady: No, please, please PLEASE! Don't let us see this!
Lennox: So sorry, ma'am, but this is war. Ask your husband. He seems to know it well.
Vietnamese First Son: You will NOT get away with this! The United Nations WILL avenge us!
Cavanaugh: We already have, son. And let's not kid ourselves. We already know that the United Nations see you, your family, and your precious Vietnam as means to an end and nothing more. And if you don't, well, you'll learn.
As the entire Winslow Accord gathers, Preacher, Smokejumper and Victoria do the honors of removing the Vietnamese flag from its flagpole and placing their nations' colors on it. While Axel and Tyler fold the removed banner and give it to the Vietnamese First Daughter.
At the same time, Lennox, Cavanaugh and Nightfall force the Vietnamese President, the Vietnamese First Lady and the Vietnamese First Son to watch their beloved country fall.
Preacher: Got the flag.
Tyler: I'll take it.
Axel: Let me help you with that.
Tyler: Hey, here you go, kid.
Vietnamese First Daughter: *hugs Vietnamese flag* *cries*
Lennox: Leave the First Daughter alone. Cavanaugh, Nightfall, take the First Lady and First Son. Mr. President, don't look away. Watch.
Smokejumper: America first.
Victoria: Then Australia, then South Korea.
Preacher: *nods*
Despite the fact that the invasion is a Winslow Accord effort, the Australian and South Korean Soldiers chant "U.S.A." with their American brothers and sisters in arms. As it is because of the United States of America that Australia and South Korea are free from the United Nations' iron fist.
U.S. Military: U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!
Australian Military: U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!
Korean Military: U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.! U.S.A.!
Winslow Accord: U.S.A.! YEAH! *cheering* *clapping* *whistling* WHOOO!
Vietnamese President and First Son: NOOOO! *screaming in despair*
Vietnamese First Lady: VIETNAM! *cries*
The American, Australian and South Korean flags are raised on the National Assembly's rooftop flagpole. With this visual confirmation, Hanoi has fallen.
Vietnam has turned into a failed and collapsed state.
Lennox: Bet Task Force Grizzly wouldn't be able to make it this far if they had lived.
Preacher: They probably would've made this W.A. victory all about themselves. I should know.
Cormack: Glad you're not like them, Will.
Preacher: I thank God for that... and this. *smiles* YEAH!
Sentinel Team: YEAH! WHOOO!
SCAR Team: YEAH! WHOOO!
Viking Team 6: YEAH! WHOOO!
Task Force Mako: YEAH! WHOOO!
January 22nd, 2052 - 07:00:48, Washington D.C., United States of America, President Ivanka Trump, also known as the second female president in American History, addresses the nation about Vietnam's defeat.
President Ivanka Trump: General Longstride informs me that the forces, government and people of Vietnam have surrendered to the Winslow Accord. Our long-awaited victory there has come at last. For the safety of the United States of America, Australia and South Korea. For those who have died and broken in the First Vietnam War.
Then, footage from a U.S. Navy Lockheed Martin SR-72 Darkstar hypersonic reconnaissance aircraft that shows the Nitrogen LGM-30 Minuteman III ICBMs icing the country is revealed. Until the effects dissipate in four months, Vietnam could not be seen from the air because of the surrounding white mushroom clouds and the later group of white, snowy shadows.
January 23rd, 2052 - 13:04:02, The Elysium Checkpoint/Noi Bai International Airport, Hanoi, Vietnam, the Vietnamese Presidential Family has signed a peace treaty with President Ivanka Trump, the Prime Minister of Australia, and the President of South Korea, signaling the end of the Second Vietnam War. Before the surviving people of Vietnam can move to ASEAN's care and wait until they can reclaim and rebuild their home, General Damien 'Battle Captain' Longstride announces the declaration of peacefulness on live American, Australian and South Korean broadcasts.
Battle Captain: We are gathered here today, representatives of the major warring powers, to conclude a solemn agreement, whereby peace may be restored. It is our earnest hope, and indeed the hope of the American, Vietnamese, Australian and South Korean people, that from this august occasion, a better nation shall emerge out of the blood and carnage of the past. A country founded upon faith and understanding. A homeland dedicated to the dignity of man and the fulfillment of his most cherished wish for freedom, tolerance and justice.
100 MILLION LIVES WERE LOST AS A RESULT OF THE SECOND VIETNAM WAR
IT IS THE MOST DESTRUCTIVE AND DEADLY CONFLICT IN ASIA'S HISTORY