Response ; Ch. 13

The president was in the oval office secretly enjoying a beer. Secretly, because the President had to be perfect. Beer, because the world events. He looked out the window as defenses were being built and protesters were marching saying that the US should be friends with Russia and not be 'provocative'. He laughed to himself knowing that this war would get bad enough to reinstate the draft and they would be on the battlefield. It was afternoon and the sun was starting to go down, so he looked at the orange sky, sat back in his chair, and took an ice cold sip of the finest American beer the secret service could find.

A man in a suit slammed the door open and ran to the desk of the president.
"Sir! We have satellite footage that suggests the UK has been nuked! You hear me? Nuked! Sir!"
"Alright calm down what?"
"The Russians launched a missile at England!"
"...so what do we do?"
"Well sir we have three options..."
"What are they?"
"Nuke 'em, wait for them to come to us, or we go to Europe."
"It was only one nuke so we can't justify nuclear holocaust, waiting is stupid, so...reinstate the draft and gear up for Europe."
"Do we complain about Russia?"
"To who? We're the only two powers left...France is about to be crushed and the rest of the world is a big Red spot on the map!"
"I see..well see ya in Europe...always wanted to go there..."

"Hey colonel! You ever been to France?"
"No why?"
"We're shippin' out tomorrow."
"Wait...ship? We're air force not navy...."
"We're doing 'Normandy 2'...we're retaliating against the Russians."
"After that nuke I'm not surprised...I wonder..."
"Wonder what?"
"...oh nothing..."
"So, you a good shot Dan?"
"Yeah actually, but artillery, napalm, and gas changes that...remember the Russian tactics?"
"...They fight 'til the end and kill everything!"

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"Charlie India this is tower you are go for take off."
"Spacibo tower! Do svidaniya!"
"Good luck Captain."
"Thanks I'll need it."

The Russian Federation began to reposition it's units from the Chinese and Mid-East fronts into Europe. The US wasn't stupid, it knew the Russians were doing it to prepare for a US invasion. The US response was to mobilize it's entire fleet into the Atlantic. The is mobilization included all nuclear warfare capable submarines, every carrier, and battleship to defend the US. Forces were still being gathered for an anphibious assault on Europe. The Fleet was basically just to stall the Russians from invading the US. The first part of the response came at a moment when the French were defending Paris...