-Operation Vanguard-
Falmart Calendar, 1291
Thunder flight
Erusian/Osean FOB
"HQ, this is Basilisk-0-1, we need CAS and the QRF ASAP!".
"Copy that Basilisk. ETA is 6 mikes". The Operator switched Channels and spoke over the PA system, "Trigger, Dagger and the QRF, Scramble. The guys in Itsllica need you ASAP".
Trigger and Dagger dropped what ever they where doing in their each barracks and ran full speed over to the Airfield. Two A-10C's awaited them on the hastily constructed Runway. Both of them fully fueled up and Armed with Aim-9 sidewinders for self defense. For ground targets they had everything ranging from Laser Guided AGM-65s, over unguided bombs and Rockets up to the deadly 30mm Gau-8 Avenger.
Making their pre-flight checks to ensure everything was fine, they jumped into the Cockpit, the ground crew stowed the ladders and closed the hatch concealing it.
"Thunder Lead, ready to Take off". Said Trigger as his two Turbo fan Engines wined to life.
Shortly after came Dagger's voice, "Thunder-2 ready to take off".
"Thunder flight, you're cleared to take off. Good hunting". Trigger pushed his throttle forward and then released the breaks. He was pressed into the seat as his Bird accelerated to its take off speed. Pulling his joystick backwards the Aircraft pitched up and was airborne. Tailing him closely was Dagger as she also took off. Immediately they made a sharp turn to the right and headed for Itallica.
"Ladies and Gentlemen, listen up". McKinsey's voice boomed through the briefing room as all Helicopter Pilots listened intently.
"The guys from Gate-Recon-6 have requested your assistance. Your job is it to drive the enemy back from the city and drop your Marines inside the City to strengthen its defenses. You will have two A-10 Warthogs with you in the airspace, Call signs Thunder-1 and 2. Any questions?". No one spoke or moved.
"Good. Gods speed soldiers, go and save your comrades".
Ground crews made their last Pre flight checks before giving the Helicopters the green light. Engines began to whine to life while simultaneously the Rotors of the Apaches and Chinooks spun faster and faster. Not long after the first helicopter took to the sky.
"Station, this is Outlaw, we're airborne", said the female Apache pilot.
"Outlaw, station acknowledges. Good hunting y'all".
"Outlaw Copies. All Monarchs are cleared to take off".
Multiple calls of acknowledgment came through the radio as the Chinooks Call sign Monarch also took to the skies. Inside one of them was Sergeant Kelly. His Chinook was also the one with the loudspeakers mounted onto it.
"Sarge!", Kelly looked over, "What is it corporal?", he yelled back over the drumming of the rotors.
"Music?", Kelly's face lit up with an bright smile. "Of course. But don't you dare put some of that cheeky valkyrie stuff, i'll throw you out of this helicopter". The corporal looked with a saddened face. "Then what do you want?".
"Throw on that 60s song. Uhh what's it named again. Something with Son".
The corporal grew a knowing smirk and began to nod eagerly.
Meanwhile in Itallica:
The situation on the ground wasn't good. Not at all, the Bradley was heavily damaged and the Abrams was almost out of shells. The smaller vehicles had machine guns but their just had to small calibers to deal effective damage against the thick skin of the Ogres.
"Harris how many shells do you have left?". Yelled Mitchell into the phone which was mounted on the back of the Abrams.
"Only one or two", answered Harris while throwing out led with the roof mounted M2.
"Up!". Yelled the loader as he threw his last shell into the breach. The gunner took aim and fired. "On the Way!". The whole Tank rocked back as the HE shell left the barrel. It impacted an Ogre straight in the chest and exploded on Impact. "That's a Hit!". Said the Gunner as he watched how the beast got torn apart by the shell.
"We're out. No more Shells".
"Mitch! We're Winchester. We only have the Koax and the two MGs on the roof left but the M2's never going through that skin".
Mitchell was out of Grenades, Ammo and Ideas, same as the Japanese soldiers where. Rory managed to hold her own in the crowd of bandits but she also began to show signs of tiredness. Everything seemed like it went to shit until there was a voice in the radio. "This is Thunder-1, danger close, guns hot".
Standing on the balcony, Piña could see how the other world soldiers fought. They killed many bandits but where coming to an end as their other worlder weapons seized to fire one by one. Just as she thought they would get overrun and the City would fall she heard it. A noise so ungodly it sent shivers down her spine.
BRRRRRRRT
She looked up and saw a Dragon like creature fly over her head. It had its mouth open with two fangs poking out. Out of it's mouth there was a tube where smoke came out. Half a second later another BRRRRRT.
She stared in disbelief as the Bandits got disintegrated into nothingness. After the Dragon passed her it made a loud screech and pulled up hight to avoid crashing into the buildings below.
"What was that?", she managed to stammer out. She looked at the flying beast and only then noticed that its wings weren't flapping. "Is this magic?", asked Hamilton, standing next to her. The flying beast made a hard turn and suddenly another one appeared behind it. Both of them swooped down low and made that noise again. Miniature explosions rocked the earth as bandits and Ogres were turn to shreds.
As the two flying monsters did a flyby Piña could see that there faces where painted on and that there where people inside a glass bubble. As the first of these contraptions flew by she noticed three marks on its tail. It looked like a claw was tearing the metal... three scratches.
"HAHA! Way to go Thunder-1!", cheered Mitchell as the two Thunderbolts cleared up the court in front of them. "We have more Tangos approaching from the wall, clear em up while we retreat into the palace". Added Mitchell and gave the signal to his men to retreat.
"Itami, better rally your guys together, the thunderbolts are attacking the wall directly". Itami looked in shock as he noticed that Rory was near the wall alongside with Sergeant Kuribayashi.
"Call them off. My people are still there!", Itami pointed towards the wall where Mitchell the two girls saw. Immediately he grabbed his PTT and spoke into his headset. "Thunder flight, no clearance for the gun run. I say again No clearance. We have friendlies at the wall. Break off and attack Tangos outside the wall".
Seconds later came the reply, "Thunder flight acknowledges". The two planes flew over their heads. Their wining engines made multiple people look up.
"How did you guys get A-10's over here and especially in the air?", asked Itami bewildered. "Classified". Mitchell didn't look at him when he answered but rather stared at the two war planes flying by.
"This is Thunder flight. Engaging tangos outside the Wall". Thunder-1, Trigger pointed the nose at a grouping of enemies. After alining the sights with the enemies he send out some unguided rockets which exploded on Impact and killed all the enemies. Thunder-2, Dagger followed closely and dropped a pair of Cluster bombs on another grouping.
Mitchell looked around, ensuring that his team was complete. Looking satisfied he ordered his team to retreat back into the palace until the QRF arrived.
"Captain, how's the situation outside?", asked Hudson as Recon-6 entered the Throne chamber. Inside the Count and his daughter were huddled together on the throne.
"They're inside the walls". Mitchell sighed and took off his helmet. "Not only that but we're Out of ammo and ideas. Even the Tank's out. The crew should enter any moment". As if on cue Harris burst through the door. Behind him Tarry and Lucas where holding Andreas on a stretcher. Two arrows lodged themselves in his leg. "I need a medic here!". Harris' voice boomed through the chamber. Immediately an Erusian went to the injured Tanker tending to him.
Some minutes after Iron Horse-1's crew bursted in, the Japanese guys stormed in. Itami at the tip of the formation tailed closely by Kuribayashi.
Just as Itami began speaking to Mitchell, the latter held up his hand to silence the Japanese. Mitchell's radio lit up. "Recon-6 this is Outlaw flight. We're 4 clicks out, clear a LZ for the transports".
"Copy that Outlaw. You're free to engage any and all tangos outside and on the Wall. Inside is still full of friendlies and Civis".
"Wilco Recon-6 Outlaw copies".
Kuribayashi grew more angry as she observed the encounter of her superior and that Mitchell guy. His altitude rubbed her the wrong way and she's making sure he knows it.
Kuribayashi walked up to the Captain and scowled. "What do you want kid?". Asked Mitchell annoyed. This was the last straw. She lifted her fist, ready to punch his face in just before she got tackled to the ground. Her hands where pinned to the ground as she struggled to free herself. Everyone looked at the two. Kuribayashi suddenly stopped struggling when she stared down the .45ACP barrel of Sabrina's Pistol. "I'm sick and fucking tired of our antics. Just because your skilled in CQC does not mean you're something special for fucks sake. My 45 would still snap your lights out. Calm the fuck down". Sabrina panted heavily as she kept a firm grip on Kuribayashi's hand while the other one held her Pistol.
"Vostok let her go. Medics and Injured stay here, everyone else with me. We need to clear an LZ for the transports".
Reluctantly Sabrina let go of Kuribayashi, though still aiming her gun at the sergeant. Slowly but surely she backed off until she was out the doors and in the hallway of the palace. "Alright people, move it". Mitchell took the lead as he burst through the doors of the palace. With one remaining Magazine he took out the enemies with precise single shots. When his rifle ran dry he used his Pistol. They the court where the A-10's made their first gun run and Henry threw a green Smoke grenade.
"Monarch flight, green smoke marks the LZ". It took some seconds and the reply came. "Monarch Lead copies. Affirm visual to green smoke".
"Keep clear of the LZ. Chinooks are coming down!". All the Soldiers backed off as the first Chinook helicopter approached.
It ain't me. It ain't me. I ain't no fortunate one, no, no
The speakers where blaring over the drumming of the Helicopter. To Piña, who was standing on the balcony it sounded like the air itself was beaten into submission.
"Is this Fortunate Son?". Asked Elmar, laughing next to him was Nans. "No, HAHA, that's Sergeant Kelly!".
Bandits who heard the noise only stared in awe before they where mowed down by Minigun fire coming from the sides of the Chinook.
The combined force of the Apache Gunships and the A-10s cleared out almost the whole area outside of the Wall. Stragglers were running away at this point.
"This is Outlaw 1-1, all Tangos outside the wall are history. Engaging the Wall itself".
"Copy that Outlaw. No engagement inside the wall".
"Understood Recon-6".
The female AH-64 Pilot positioned her Helicopter so that the gunner could shoot down with the chin mounted Chain gun.
The Chinook touched down and the hatch opened, enabling the Marines inside to spill out of the helicopter and take in ready positions, each man covering an sector.
"Captain!". Yelled Kelly. When the last marine went out he gave the signal to the Pilot to get out of here and so the helo went airborne again.
"Right here sarge". Mitchell materialized behind Kelly. The two shared an firm handshake and and a nod. The sergeant called two of his soldiers which brought a crate to them and then placed it at Mitchell's feet.
"Figured you'd need this", said Kelly. "Why figured?". Asked Mitchell in amusement, almost knowing the answer that's gonna come.
"Because you missed every shot. But don't have no fear cuz the Osean Marines are here". Both soldiers laughed at the cheeky sentence.
"Alright Raiders, ready up". Mitchell ordered his men to get everything they need. Inside the crate was everything, from Ammunition to grenades and even Plates for plate carriers.
Mitchell looked at Kelly and gestured to the marines. Kelly immediately understood and turned to them. "Alright ladies, listen up. Captain's got something to say".
When all the marines turned to Mitchell he coughed uncontrollably, funny how he could give out orders while being shelled by Erusian Artillery but can't give a speech in front of 2 dozen marines.
"We need to push the bandits to the Gate where Outlaw and the KillerEggs can take care of them".
Kelly stared in disbelief. "That was it? No speech of honor or some shit like this?". The marines and the Raiders laughed to Mitchell's dismay.
"You heard him guys. Move it".
"See them on the wall? Show them why they shouldn't have messed with Osea". The Co-Pilot inside the littlebird helicopter had an evil smirk plastered all over his face. Seconds later two Hydra Rockets left the rocket pod and smashed into a group of bandits, sending them flying off the wall. Another Littlebird behind them spooled up their twin 12.7mm Gatling guns and made a gun run, killing everyone on the wall who survived the initial Rocket attack. Given by the shape of it's hull the Osean infantry called the small Helicopter lovingly "Killer Egg".
"Holy... good hit Reaper-4, you turned them into a red mist". The Pilot of Reaper-4 chuckled darkly. "Ain't my fault when you guys miss". Reaper-4 broke off and engaged more bandits on another part of the wall.
On the west side of the wall, a couple of bandits where setting up a Ballista to try and shoot down the flying beasts. To their horror an Apache noticed them.
"Outlaw 1-2, these guys over there trying to set up an AA. Please tell them kindly not to". The kinky voice of Outlaw 1-1 rang through the radios.
Without another word, Outlaw 1-2 positioned the Helicopter in front of the Ballista. The men manning it frozen in fear. Seconds later a Hellfire Missile left the rack and exploded on impact and killed everyone on the wall. The power of the explosion ripped off a chunk of the wall and sent debris everywhere. Outlaw 1-2 even took some hits but the damage was minor.
The Apache caught up to the lead helo and Outlaw 1-1 sent a Radio transmission again. "I said Kindly". She said in a mock stern tone. "This was Kindly. I could've just ripped down the whole wall segment if i wanted to".
The female pilot snorted and broke off the formation to engage more Targets.
Basilisk and the Marines the teamed up with earlier today slowly but surely made their way through alleyways towards the wall. In the background shots and explosions went off as Osean and Erusian forces clashed against bandit forces.
On the way they killed some bandits on their own but the real shock only came when they saw the first couple of dead civilians laying on the ground. It wasn't the fact that they where civilians, they had seen those enough in their own wars, it was the fact that some of them had Osean Branded clothes.
"Take fotos for evidence. These bastards are going to pay for what they did to our people". A Marine from Kelly's platoon produced a Camera from his back pack and took fotos of the dead Oseans.
"Got it sir", he announced after bagging his camera again.
The two individual teams moved again. On the way they saw more bodies which had missing limbs or heads. Suddenly a batch of knights rounded the corner. Mitchell recognized the lead knight as the one who stood on the wall when they first arrived here.
"Hold it right there!", the blonde knight yelled in his language. Of course none of the Marines understood it.
Mitchell understood in his tone that he was agitated, so to calm down the situation he raised a gloved hand. "We are not here to hurt you".
The knight, somehow misunderstood this as a threat and unsheathed his sword. The militia guys doing the same.
"Don't you do it boy". Mitchell muttered under his breath. He desperately hoped that the knight would come to his senses and not attack. To his horror the Knight did the exact opposite.
"They can't stop all of us. We defeat them and then the bandits". Norma was sure that they will win this encounter, soon reality will give him a heads up in form of an 5.56mm.
Suddenly Mitchell's radio lit up, "Recon-6, here Outlaw Lead. Spotted multiple Areal Victors approaching from south".
"Thunder-1 here, confirming Bogeys approaching, are we cleared to engage?".
Mitchell was conflicted, in one hand he might cause an Interplanetary incident and on the other hand these guys might be hostile and shoot at the Osean crafts in the air.
As if he's been summoned Itami rounded the corner with his little group of soldiers. As they saw the Knight and the Militia men in front of them they immediately stopped. All guns from the Oseans trained at the guys up ahead. "Wait! Don't shoot!".
Mitchell turned his head towards the man. "If you can understand him please tell this idiot that he'll die if he advances any further.
Itami nodded then turned his attention to Norma, "If you come any closer, these men will shoot you. Please be reasonable, no one needs to die now". Norma didn't show and reaction.
"You two are the enemy of the Empire and i will see to it that your both Nations will leave this world one way or another".
"You attacked us first! We have the right to defend ourselves and seek vengeance to the ones responsible for that unprovoked attack". Itami got angry at the bluntness of that idiot in front of him.
"What'd he say?", asked Mitchell, not letting the knight out of his crosshairs.
"He basically wants our both nations out of his world and our little group here dead because we're allegedly the aggressors here". Itami had a unamused expression on his face as he Spoke to Mitchell.
"Recon-6, are we cleared to engage the Bogeys?". Mitchell completely forgot about that in the heat of the moment.
"Are these birds approaching your guys?", He asked.
Itami nodded. A long sigh escaped Mitchell's mouth as he shook his head. "Didn't you see these A-10's and countless Helicopters flying around?".
Itami was taken aback, "I called my own guys because this isn't your war alone".
"I have 2 A-10's and 6 AH-6 little birds armed with side winder and Stinger missiles. They could've shoot down each and every one of your guys for fucks sake".
Itami wanted to retort but didn't had the chance as Mitchell pressed his PTT and addressed the pilots. "All air units you are prohibited from engaging the areal Victors. They're considered as Friendlies".
Mitchell was right out pissed now. Not only did the incompetence of his Japanese Counterpart almost cause an war between two powerful nations but there still was the situation with these suicidal knights.
Mitchell let out a heavy and annoyed sigh. "Tell these fucking dipshits, if they don't move, i'll blow them to the high heavens".
Itami being Itami didn't want to cause any more complications so he just complied, to the distain of Kuribayashi. "Hear me, If you don't move he'll kill you. I'm dead serious".
"You people have no right to be here. We could've beaten these bandits on our own!". Retorted Norma.
"That's a strange way of saying thank you", muttered Itami. Norma only grew more agitated and snapped. "Attack these barbarians!".
Mitchell only heard the battlecry and then saw the knights advancing in a fast pace. "Hold... Hold...". He waited and waited for the knights to come to their senses. But this never happened.
"Fuck it, Fire!". Automatic fire littered the alleyway. The Militants where immediately mowed down and killed on the spot. Norma somehow survived the bullet hail. The marines advanced and walked over their bodies. Mitchell was about to pass Norma when the latter stretched his arm out. Mitchell stopped and looked at him, his distain for the man was visible on his face. Norma glared at the soldier while grabbing his pant legs.
Without a word being spoken, Norma spitted on Mitchell's combat boots, the latter's response was pulling his Sig P320 and pulling the trigger, sending a bullet into the Knight's head.
Itami stared in shock as the Osean Executed the knight. Almost point blank. "Hey! This wasn't necessary!", he yelled at the Osean who just reholstered his Pistol.
"What would you have done? He clearly had his own views of us and he'd stab us in the back any time of the week". Mitchell didn't even bother to look back at the soldier. Kuribayashi was about to walk up to him but got holden back by Itami.
"He's right", Itami sighed, getting confused and shocked looks from his subordinates.
"Japs! You guys coming?". The voice of Mitchell broke their trance. "Yes...", Itami sighed, getting more looks from his team.
After more fighting the two teams finally reached the end of the wall where the Bandits where waiting for them. Multiple Ogres where in their ranks too, all ready for the charge.
"Outlaw, Reaper, y'all clear to engage the Tangos inside the wall. Enemy position is marked by Green smoke".
"Here Reaper-3, Confirmed Green smoke. Engaging".
"For Honor! For Glory! We will defeat this enemy and then move to the Gates and take their lands in our names. We will get huge amounts of riches and glory. We either win or die trying. This is our moment!". Ogres and bandits alike cheered and chanted until they heard drumming in the air.
"Reaper-3 Guns hot Guns hot". Brrrrrrrt.
12.7mm Gatling gun fire tor the Bandit ranks apart. "Reaper-2 Firing rockets".
Instead of the normal 70mm High explosive warheads, Reaper-2 had a specialized warhead specifically for anti Personnel warfare. It's filled with hundreds and hundreds of small steel nails. The rocket practically explodes in mid air and sets free these nails which will cause absolute havoc amongst the ranks of the Bandits.
Three Littlebirds in total strafed the formation. Nearly every single one of the bandits was "Eliminated", stragglers where taken care of with the M230 chain gun on the Apache. Precise and deadly, they rained down 30mm rounds killing everything in sight.
Itallica's Civilians cautiously approached the dead Bandits in hopes to find any goods they can keep. Some of Kelly's Marines went up to them in order to give any medical aid if needed.
The situation seemed to calm down until Mitchell's radio lit up. "Recon-6, here Charlie Company, since when did we start utilizing the Cobra again?". Mitchell looked over to Kelly who gave an equally confused shrug.
"Uhm, we didn't", replied Mitchell. "Then why the hell are there a bunch flying above our heads?". In the same time Itami's Radio came to life. "3rd Recon, this is Hunter-1, call your guys off. In ten seconds we're cleansing the yard".
True to Charlie Company's Leader a Cobra Helicopter positioned himself over their Position.
Overhearing the radio call and seeing the Attack helicopter above him, Mitchell's eyes widened. He turned to Itami, "Call this idiot off. They're Civilians!".
Itami fidgeted with his radio, almost dropping it. He began to call off the Helicopter when he heard the Pilots voice. "2, 1...".
"Guys get down!!". Yelled Mitchell in horror. The marines looked in confusion and then also in horror at the hovering gunship. The three barrels of the 20mm gatling gun mounted underneath the cobra helicopter spun up, seconds later, brrrrrrt.
Mitchell and the other marines dove for cover as 20mm rained down from the sky. Civilians dropped dead after being peppered by 20mm rounds. Others where straight out torn apart by an HE round.
The whole ordeal went somewhat more than 6 seconds but for the marines on the other side it was a lifetime. The gun stopped firing and the barrels came to an halt. The gunship slowly turned away and began to fly away.
"Aaahhh FUCK!! WE HAVE MULTIPLE KIA".
"WE NEED MEDICAL ASAP!".
Osean Navy Corpsmen and the raven haired Mari Kurokawa immediately rushed to the injured Oseans and Civilians.
Kelly was infuriated, he immediately lunged at the Japanese Lieutenant but got held off by Mitchell and Nans. "Let me go! I'll gut this son of a bitch". Itami fell back in shock. His subordinates standing now also in between the Oseans and the Japanese man. He was in a trance... "I said let me the fuck go. This asshole killed my men!". The depth of the situation catching up to the Japanese man. If he was faster he could have prevented this whole mess and saved lives.
After realizing he wouldn't get to the Japanese officer, he instead pressed his PTT and made a call to Trigger. "Thunder-1 shoot that son of a bitch down! He killed my men!".
"Nooo!". Chimed in Mitchell. "This will cause War!". Kelly wasn't having it. He was blinded by rage. "I didn't sign up for this mess just to watch my men die by the hands of friendlies", Kelly yelled with all his might. His voice pained and angered.
"I know... but we can't just shoot him down and cause a war. We just had a major war and we can't live through another one". Mitchell shook Kelly's shoulders to emphasize his point. It worked to a degree as he saw Kelly slowly calming down. He shrugged off Mitchell's grip and walked off to his injured men. On the way he detached his helmet and threw it on the ground.
"Leave!", ordered Mitchell.
"What?", asked a furious Kuribayashi. "If you don't want to get executed by them i'd suggest you to fucking leave this place".
Itami pulled Kuribayashi back just as she wanted to retort, he called his soldiers back and they together made their way back to their vehicles, the only problem... they forgot Mari.
"Press here and i'll pack it". Mari, despite currently on the Osean Marine corps shit list, stayed back and tended to the Injured Marines.
"You, take a Tourniquet. Don't use these bandages, they're shit".
The normal Marines who weren't corpsmen helped her in any way they could. A total of 7 Osean Marines where caught up in that Cobra fire. 3 of them died. The remaining four where in critical condition.
A/N:
Oh Dear God... i'm so happy i'm finally through with this chapter. God i had to rewrite it like 15 times ad fight through 2 cases if writers block. Fucking hell... i think after this, updates should come more frequent
If the line "Don't have no fear cuz the Osean Marines are here" sounds familiar, it's because took a line from the song "The Official Call of Duty Song" from Aaron Fraser-Nash as reference
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