White Flags Bow to the War Machine; Ch. 3

NATO German Outpost:

"Sir, we're receiving calls from every nation between us and the Russian Federation saying that they've thrown in the towel..."

"Well that's just great isn't it?...Most of our resources are stuck fighting a large terror cell in Switzerland and Italy...what do we have?"

"Well we have farmer's some reserve units and a squadron near Frankfurt...we have everything everywhere, but here."

"We could surrender like the other nations..."

"No sir! Maybe if we use guerrilla tactics we could at least hold them off...maybe."

"Well get yourself a rifle, because our comrades will ring the door bell shortly..."

Just then a private opened the door.

"Sir! Good news the soviets...I mean the Russians have stop their advance at our border!"

"Really? Why?"

"We don't know, but hey that's not a bad thing!"

About fifty miles away enlisted personnel of the Russian Rocket Artillery Division were unloading special ordnance from supply trucks. They carefully unloaded each twenty foot long rocket into their launchers, the BM-30 "Smerch". The Smerch is a large wheeled vehicle with twelve long tubes that contain and launch deadly payloads. The rockets can contain anything from atomic to chemical weapons. Today the rockets had bio-hazard signs on them. The men wore heavy chemical suits that would have worn them out if it were not winter. One by one they loaded each rocket with care into the tubes. When all the rockets were loaded the crews quickly left the area of the launchers. As soon as every one was in place the fire control operators input the coordinates and the racks lifted. The crews waited to the sound of hydraulics humming. Then the sound stopped signaling that all the launchers were ready. On the order of each fire control officer the area thundered with the rocket launches. One by one from each truck they lifted into the sky leaving a thick trail of spent rocket fuel. Each truck finished firing its salvo of twelve in thirty seconds. After the violent moment of the launch all was quite as the smoke cleared and the next salvo was loaded. The first rockets were reaching their targets, bases in Germany, soon after the next salvo was loaded. The process, that would saturate German bases in deadly chemicals, continued until the supply of chemical rockets at the battery ran out. Unfortunately for the Germans there was an abundant supply for each truck.

While the German personnel were still trying to figure out why the Russian advance stopped five chemical rockets struck the base. Within fifteen minutes all personnel were dead or choking. An other thirty minutes later Russian tanks rolled through the base and infantry hopped out of their trucks in chemical suits.

"Looks like our comrades with the rocket artillery forces did well..."

"Yeah not a bit of resistance."

"It should be like that all along the lines...Germany will be an easy conquest!"

In the northern part of Germany another Russian division prepared for an assault on a base near Berlin.

"Sir multiple rockets inbound!"

The general got on the loud speaker, "every get ready to fight and get your chem gear on!"

The rockets hit hard, just as they did at the headquarters, but this time the Germans were ready.

"Hold this base until your death!"

They could hear tanks rolling towards the base and helicopters in the distance.

"Mark, I'm scared how about you?"

"We have our chemical suits and surprise everything will be ok...shh here they come."

A large Black Eagle tank crept by Mark and Dieter. Its tracks moved with a deafening high pitch squeal. The ground cracked and popped under its weight, and it seemed to roar with its diesel engine. Next came a group of infantry in chemical suits and armed with AK-47's. After the infantry came four BMP-3's loaded with more troops. Dieter's breathing quickened. He pulled back the receiver and with his finger shaking squeezed the trigger. The bullets hit nothing but caused a stir. Mark wasn't impressed with Dieter one bit.

"You idiot! Well here we go! Get up here and finish what you started!"

"...but it was an accident..."

"Great cover me I'm going out to through a grenade in the hatch of that tank!"

"I..I...I'm scared!"

Marked rushed out with a grenade. He got to the tank just when the gunner looked his way. Dieter looked up, bullets were zipping pass and ricocheting everywhere around him. He saw Marks body get ripped to shreds and fall lifeless. Just then he heard the call.

"FALL BACK!!!"

Dieter got up, but felt something sting his leg and he couldn't run. Dieter's first instinct was to scream, but just as he did a rocket from a BMP hit the spot where he lay. The other German troops were running into the forest for their last stand. Suddenly the Russians stopped firing. They could hear the Russians screaming something then the roar of an Su-25. The ground attack fighter came in flying at barely 100 feet above the ground. It lined up with the German formation then dropped its payload. The instant the bombs hit, the forest became an inescapable inferno.The German infantry tried to run, but with no luck as more fighters came by to pester them. The Russians sat and watched. German soldiers screamed some in pain, some for their families, and some for God. Even the Russian division commander could not watch too long before calling off the rest of the fighters. Not a single German survived. Only seven Russians lost their lives, but the rest were scarred with a horrific memory of burning and screaming men as the snow melted and the forest, now black, wilted.

Southern Germany:


"Sir, the countries of Belarus, Poland, the Baltic States, and Ukraine just surrendered."
"Figured, Russia's too powerful...where are they now since they want to clear up terrorism so much they should be here!"
"Well sir, they should be in the area. Shouldn't we be worried that they would want to take Germany?"
"Nonsense! They know we're doing our job with terrorism, in fact they're going to help us!"
"I guess, but I don't trust them..."
"It wouldn't matter anyway wouldn't be able to fight1 So, how are the operations?"
"...they're good we're mowing down their infantry with apc's. We've only lost one to a mine."
"Sehr gut...now go go get a drink and stop worrying, you've got 5-day leave."
"Viel Dank!"

The Germans apc's were having a routine fight with terrorists. Since there weren't any serious wars imminent in Europe they didn't have tanks or any anti-tank weapons armed with their active forces. They simply drove around with guns sufficient to rip up pockets of resistance. A two columns of ten apc's were making their way to a field through the forest. Suddenly a rocket came out of the bushes and bullets were flying all around. the apc's stopped hard and the German infantry jumped out. Another rocket came from a different direction and slammed into an apc taking four men with it. They were blindly shooting into the bushes. The German infantry were losing men left and right. All of sudden to their relief a Russian Ka-50 made a pass. The terrorists were ripped to shreds. The apc's loaded the wounded and headed out into the field, escorted by the Russian helicopter. As soon as the column exited the forest the helicopter flew in front of them, stopped, turned around, and hovered, blocking their path. The Ka-50 opened its rocket pods and stayed there. The infantry looked behind them then at the helicopter in confusion. Then, the Ka-50 closed pods and took off in the opposite direction and disappeared. The apc's sat there for a while waiting for their reinforcements. Explosions erupted from where there reinforcements were. They called on the radio, but there was nothing. A few minutes later a flock of birds flew up all at once from that direction and there were the sounds of a dead animal. The sound grew louder and louder, then stopped. After what seemed a long pause it started again but louder and sounding even worse. Suddenly, hundreds of Russian black eagles were plowing through the field at the apc's. The first row of tanks fired a salvo. The apc's jumped ten feet and flipped through the air. The infantry scurried to get away. The tanks closed in running over some and laying out the rest with 12.7mm guns. The southern prong of attack into Germany was a sweeping success.

With Northern Germany gassed, small Russian forces cleaned up pockets of resistance. While in Southern Germany the main force pushed through making its way to Frankfurt with hundreds of tanks and helicopters. To reduce the fighting in Frankfurt a major bombing campaign took place.