ZEMLYA LESA CRISIS

by Il Duce Verde Sun Apr 03, 2022 11:54 am

ORIGINS

Zemlya Lesa is a former Trekish territory that has had been in Civil War ever Since the death of the dictator who since the 60's ran the nation with an iron fist until his death in 2002. The region is mostly towards the center full of rain forest which covers most of the land with various villages and towns connected inside by the velikaya reka, the river that runs through the nation. The nation since 2002 has had various tribal lords fighting for control of the nation.
Since the mid 1800's, Zemlya Lesa was faced with a crises of civil unrest, with many tribes oppressing weaker ones and exploiting off of them. In the 1960's the situation reached it's height when a former military officer,Pushechnoye Yadro, also known a the cannonball for living up to his name, was a native/Trekish leader of the socialist revolution. He would lead an army of the Socialist radicals cause and take the capital by force on a day known as Bloody November, for the amount of lives lost during the revolt, Yadro would remain the head of state until his sudden death in 2002. While it is suspected to have been a sudden heart attack, many have theorized his lower generals had killed him to take the nation over.
Immediately after the death of Yadro many of the oppressed tribes that he had forced to work in the old camps had revolted and taken up arms. The fighting has been through the jungles of the nation where guerrilla groups fight or superiority.

REASONS FOR PUBLIC ATTENTION IN RECENT MONTHS

The crisis has not risen to public attention until it was discovered that many Schwobenland refugees fleeing the crisis where fleeing to Zemlya Lesa, where they where captured and many taken away from refugee camps and forced to work in camps, this was discovered with footage and photos of Northern Schwobenland citizens being forced to work.

by Il Duce Verde Mon Apr 04, 2022 9:23 pm

Prior to 2002 the war lords where working together to overthrow Yabro, after he had died though and the government lost power fighting erupted again after there short term peace and fighting resumed shortly after and the nation descended into chaos.

Yuri (Commander) Myatezhnik:

Yuri Myatezhnik, also known as the commander, is one of the main warlords of Zemlya Lesa, He was one of the main guerrilla leaders that broke away from the army after the death of Yadro. He has started his own separate miniature local government to the North-West and has taken control of Olbani as his capital and HQ of operations, he is descended from Trekish colonists and grew in the military ranks when he joined at age 15. He is known for his violent stances against his enemies showing little to no mercy to enemy soldiers. He is determined to reunite the nation and possibly revive it to it's former glory. He dislikes foreigners very much and plans to keep the nation isolated. All non Trekish are disliked by him and he has chased many of the natives who he regards as "savage forest people" and has referred to Nova Roman's as "latinean mongrels". He is found often quoting Himdach and has gone as far to build his own shrine to him in his office with Third Reich souvenirs filling his office and a autographed photo framed above where he works with an matching autographed copy of "Mein Kampf". He has been known to burn the local villages and chase them away and take those who remained in the city into forced labor camps and reopening them. He has made it clear he would reisolate the nation if he comes to power and change the name to New Estland after the fallen nation Estland. He lost his right arm in a fight with Mikhail Akim Romanonovae while he attempted to take the city and Mikhail hit his arm with his axe.

Mateo (Serp I Molot) Tovarishch:

Mateo Tovarishch, more commonly known by his nickname Serp I Molot or as it translates to Sickle and Hammer, is a feared communist guerrilla in the central jungle regions of Zemlya Lesa, he is a former soldier and rebel who the government prior to the death of Yadro attempted to arrest him. Mateo is of mixed Nova Roman-Trekish origins. He is a dedicated communist and wants to transform Zemlya Lesa into a true workers paradise. He has built up his arsenal of former USKR equipment purchased from the black market and has used it to make himself one of the most dominate warlords with his connections. Mateo has his own praise to the revolutionaries from Kanadorkia who turned the nation communist and aims to mirror it at a microscopic level. He has forced the people in the wealthier areas of towns out and has made his headquarters in the city of vines, Gorodskya Loza. A village that was abandoned and earned itself the name and was used as a mine town and also has a fair share of old camps for forced labor from the days of Yabro.

Mikhail Akim Romanonovae with his two commanding officers to his right:

Mikhail is a fascist revolutionary in Zemlya Lesa.He is a mixed Trekish-Nova Roman. A former officer in the military who joined at a young age, he did not approve of the brutality used by Yabro. Before his death he had left and joined the communists in a revolution against the government that was short lived. After Yabro died in 2002 when the groups broke up and civil war began he originally worked alongside the communists and would lead a unit of communist guerrillas to try and take out the split off Commander Yuri's rebels and take Olbani. The attack failed but it had left Yuri wounded and wanting revenge. It was after this point though that Mikhail began to have disputes with Mateo as he began purging the captured towns and settlements and began taking those who where non communist to the work camps, which had been one of the reasons he had revolted, as well as the slaughter of civilians who where not threats so they would not challenge them later on, which he viewed all of the death as unnecessary bloodshed and just repeating Yabro's rise to power. After a town was burned for having a non communist leader who disagreed with Mateo but was willing to work with them against the government,and sent the remaining people to the camps, Mikhail very much disliked this and was disgusted by Mateo's actions and also eared it was a sign he would eventually betray him. Mikhail let with his followers to the West towards 2003. It was after this that the government took control over the Eastern forests and chased the communists deeper into the jungle. The communists then launched an assault against Mikhail and pushed him out of much of his territory, killing many in the violence sympathetic or loyal to Mikhail. Mikhail very much plans to if he ever comes to power to build it up like Agustov had during his reign and restore the monarchy as a symbol. After the fascists in Nova Roma began to kick up in the late teens of 2000's, Mikhail had taken to note the similarities they had and has considered his ideal government to be a corporatism type authoritarian nation like Nova Roma is now, but not heavily shape the nation off of it. He attempted to gain allies from Northern Schwobenland when they became independent but never truly established tight relations as they had planned to help potentially post Civil War as tension built up.

General Gustov Uzhasnyy:

General Uzhasnyy is the current head of the loyalists to Yabro's regime. After his death Uzhasnyy, his closest living ally as well as former fellow revolutionary who helped him brutally take the capital in the 60's, took control of the nation. He is not as charismatic or strong as Yabro, but he is just as militant and plans to crush the rebels and force them into the camps, he has expressed his own plans to make modern relations and increase exporting gold,sugarcane,and timber. He is the one who has design the offensive against the communists and deserter rebels and taken back the majority of the key cities and towns in the East and has begun to stabilize the region. During the Schwobenland Civil War he opened his border to refugees in exchange to work for them. It had turned out however that they where made to also pay taxes for living on their land and growing or buying food and supplies. Making them into legal slaves and has granted them to live in the camps and work the mines as well as commit labor for the nation.

by Il Duce Verde Sat Apr 09, 2022 5:19 pm

Somewhere near the Zemlya Lesa border in the Plains of the South (Savannah),Detrana, at 24:00 hours, 4/4/2022.

While advancing his units through a dense jungle area into the mountains, the commander looked back at his men dressed in there dark uniforms still wearing their balaclava's mostly covering their faces and holding AR70/90's, the legion was still in just as ready to fight as ever, maybe even more determined than before.
When Captain Maximmo first came to Northern Schwobenland and met these men merely months ago and was decided to select them from many soldiers and interview who would become part of legione dell'ascia and serve with the honor and dignity of a fascist. He did not have much hopes at first, many of the Schwobenlandians where young nationalists willing to kill anyone for there cause if it was deemed necessary to do such immoral things. But amongst them he had indeed found many men who fit the definition of a fascist, who understood the meaning of the cause and will to fight with valor to the end, without the blind blood spill, immorality, and anger of a nationalist. These men all had that or at least the potential of being true fascists.

Sadly many of them where lost after the escape attempt , while others stayed to fight for Schwobenland and save the North. Now though many of the finest of Legione Dell'Ascia had still remained and now where operating as a volunteer legion for Nova Roma. He had grown close to these men while training them, and sees it as his duty to keep his promise to make sure they get out of the conflict in one piece, ever since the order was given to withdraw he knew he could not abandon his men, and with permission from his higher ups, they where all given citizenship in Nova Roma for their courage to fight for fascism and our an official branch of Legione Nera, the Black Legion.

As they approached their destination in the bliss of the dark night covered by the moonlight, hiking up the rocky,tree filled hills, approaching the rainforest, the captain looked at his map and then gave a signal for his men to halt. One of the men came forward, his name being Edgar Schwartz,but the men called him Kommadant for his higher rank and personality, he had his mask pulled up covering his black hair and a ballistic helmet, and his face covered in black ash to make his pale skin blend in with his uniform, the only thing sticking out being his cold,blue eyes, that always had a look of sincerity and professionalism in them. He was made squad commander of the legion for showing his abilities as a team leader, as well as being one of the first picked for the legion for his objectiveness against the Northern government and there willingness to bend the law to their needs, but still dedication to die for the cause. He from the moment Maximmo met him had it the definition of a potential leader.
Edgar approached the commander and spoke to him in his Schwobenlandian accent, "We are approaching the government border sir, When we reach it we should be able to take the camp quickly by surprise sir. "
Maximmo then said, " That is correct commander, but do not underestimate the enemy, this nation has been in chaos for years. These guerrilla's and soldiers should all be much more hardened than my comrades in the Coraggiosi are, they should be combated with caution."

The legion was on a top secret mission, it was decided once information had been leaked on Schwobenlandian refugees being forced into camps, the legion of Schwobenlandian soldiers very much insisted that the government allow them to liberate their people, once the approval had come through from the embassy, they had secretly snuck through the jungle terrain and now where approaching the camp they where sent to capture. The orders where to take the camp with as few casualties as possible on our side and then make way to another extraction point. Once they entered the edge of the Savannah, Captain Maximmo wished luck upon Edgar as his team would split off into another direction. It would be hard to smuggle a whole army through the jungle, so they needed to split up to flank the town.

As they entered and crawled through the thick, jungle rain forest of Zemlya Lesa, filled with the sounds of wild birds and other animals, darker than Savannah due to the thick tree growth, and swampy areas, the Captain kept looking at his map as his men clogged through the mud with him stealthy, only stopping for cover and rest when a distant gun shot or shouting is heard for a short while. They where given orders to take the town of Zemlya Gliny, a town that was built as a work camp, with many old fences and barricades surrounding the old town turned village, and many government owned fields surrounding it. The town for the longest time was a government holdout, but eventually the guerrillas where able to flank it and surround the town and forced the government out. They however after the split between the communist forces,where the western forces left, the communists began loosing land and the government took it back, they once again lost the town again only a month ago as the communist organized a massive flanking of the town, once they had taken the town this time however they found hundreds of Schwobenland refugees sent to work the town due to lack of manpower, the communists continued the actions of the government except they took the most extreme amongst them into there ranks to enforce the remaining workers and conditions worsened, with the communists also brutalizing anyone they considered a menace to their cause.

As the soldiers grew closer to a few hundred yards from the town they discovered many makeshift traps littering the rain forests, one soldier almost detonating a buried trip mine. Captain Maximmo then signaled his men to take positions, he had around 20 men with him prepared to take the town, he could not have the whole unit follow as it would be to difficult to smuggle a whole army into the nation undetected. They came up within a hundred or so yards form the cut down forest land which was about an acre or so of just grass and dirt before the fields and cabins where the refugees where kept. No fence protected this area as it was never precised to be a key target, nor would anyone ever run into the jungle, as if they made it past the fire line, they would be claimed by the jungle or killed by a wondering soldier most likely. Captain Maximmo ordered his sniper,Louis, up into the tree with him to scout the area from above. They saw down towards the camps where they farmed the land and deeper down on all corners looking towards the jungle was a watchtower. There was also a series of small buildings, old and rotting ones that where pre Yabro era even.
Beyond that towards the center was a partly walled off town, that is where the people where mostly being kept inside behind the tall 6 ft chain walls,long overgrown with vinal and rusting and covered in vegetation.
Guarded by an large open area on two sides with a dirt road that lead's out of the town towards other smaller ones, inside the walls where a sandbag built barricade at the entrance and a single machine gun nest pointing up the road in case somebody attempted to infiltrate the base. There was beyond that a town of cement housing with clay roofs,built in a architectural style found in the new world, with a single road leading down the center, the building where partly nailed up to cover up holes made during the long years of fighting over it, now few of the inhabitants remain and where pulled out years ago by the government and shipped up north to another working camp they could easily control, or executed for treason. along the town was a single vehicle,an old jeep, left by a old post office that looks to have been made a center of operations towards the center of town, being next to an antenna station hooked up to an old RV directly next to the church which was barricaded and looked to be where the main headquarters was.

There where few soldiers stationed there, the commander left with them to go raid another village in government territory and try to take it, while another unit was sent to go support the guerrillas to the west. The town had maybe a dozen soldiers at best. Most would be asleep but the towers had guards in the ones farthest up the road and a single soldier was seen patrolling the supply shed's. Captain Maximmo then looked towards the end of town until he saw dead towards the other end of it what he was looking for, a tank was facing the wall on Southern side of the wall surrounded with a metal sheet covering it. The supply station also had an old truck next to it that looked shot up and parked near it a few feet away or repair. That was where Edgar and his squad would strike. Maximmo then ordered Louis to take aim with his silenced rifle at the guard in the tower. He was facing the Eastern exit and could not see them, he was holding what appeared to be an old rifle with a scope on it and had a hat that covered his face in the shadows of the tower. Maximmo then climbed down and told his men to get into position for the attack. As soon as the guard walking around, he was in a military jacket and carrying a USRK cold war era assault rifle. Maximmo gave the signal with his hand and Louis took his shot and within a second later the shadowy guard was slumped over the edge. The soldiers reacted quickly before the guard could respond and rushed up towards behind the cabins.As they slowly snuck around the walls Captain Maximmo signaled for them to halt and pulled out his silenced Berta pistol, as he turned around the building the guard stood there back turned to him smoking a cigarette, Maximmo then saw a pile of wood lying against the cabin, grabbed a big chunk, and knocked the soldier out and dragged him inside, he was not a fan of shooting a man in the back, and a hostage is valuable. He pulled a cloth out of his pocket and gagged the mans mouth and tied his hands, he ordered two of his less trigger happy soldiers to guard the man inside the cabin and signaled Louis to climb the tower and face the opposite direction. Captain Maximmo and his remaining 7 men then snuck towards the barriers at the gate, and turned the MG around and put two men on it to fire once fighting begins, then they waited for the signal to swarm the compound from Edgar.

Edgar and his men ha made it to the Western side of the town. It was not as fortified as the Eastern side but guards where still present. Edgar did not see a tower but he did see the remains of one knocked down, as well as a mass grave dug clearly for the bodies of those killed fighting over the town, it was now a small dirt hill with shovels lying near it and tarps left out. Over towards the gateway was another machine gun nest behind a few 20 ft away was a building meant to be a gateway with a tollbooth meant to check in vehicles that was broken off but a guard was present inside the building. He could not be seen but a shadowy figure had moved behind it, Edgar signaled a single soldier to follow him named Cardello, Cardello and Edgar stealthy snuck towards the building and Edgar crawled inside the booth while Cardello hid in front of it. Edgar then aimed his rifle to the doorway to wait for a soldier to re enter and as soon as the man walked in, there was nothing inside the booth except a single case of ammunition and a assault wearing full camouflage and a thick black beard with a muscly body. Edgar clocked the man on the back of the head with his rifle's butt and signaled Cardello to hop inside.
"Cardello once you and I sneak past this post, I want you to draw attention over behind the guards by throwing something. Once they are distracted I want you to take the one on the left out while I hit the other, then you signal the rest to follow us while I go set off the charges on the gas supply." Before Cardello could respond however, the man got up and charged at them shoving Edgar to the ground and knocking Cardello backwards and hitting him in the head knocking him out the window where he hit his head and rifle fell on him knocking him out. Edgar then got up but the man charged at him and threw a punch at his head and threw him against the wall. The man then shouted at him in Trekish, which Edgar did speak," That the best the government can send for us huh? A few little scrawny shits to take us out! I'll show ya what happens when you enter our jungle government dog!", Edgar then leaped forward at the man as he grabbed his rifle and three shots went off before it got thrown from his hands by Edgar. Edgar then punched the man who shoved him backwards and Edgar then reached down to his boot. As the man now ran at him, Edgar got up and pulled his boot knife and slashed the mans face and then grabbed him and shanked it into his gut multiple times and then removed it and backed up. As the man backed up and fell out the door gurgling blood.

As Edgar caught his breath he heard the other two guards shouting and understood what they had said in Trekish and made out the words. "What the fuck is happening in there Vlad? Oh go fucking government dogs waste the fuckers!, mow the fucking building down!". Edgar then leaped outside the front open booth window next to the unconscious Cardello as the MG opened fire on the building and bullets flew over there heads, he kept his head down and crawled over to Cardello to check his condition,"Alive but unconscious,thank god." Edgar then pulled Cardello closer to him and put his helmet over his covered face, he was not going to loose another brother in arms like this, not again.
As they laid there the rest of the men began opening fire and a sharpshooter took out the man firing the MG. As soon as the fire stopped Edgar got up and grabbed the dead rebels assault rifle that fell next to him, it was a worn USKR rifle with "Long live the revolution!" carved in Trekish on one side and the other a hammer and sickle to show allegiance to the war lord of the same name on the other. Edgar then shoved the gun around the side of the building and opened fire, which miraculously hit the other guard and killed him. He then waved his men on and called over a medic to watch Cardello in the outpost until the fighting ended. Edgar then called his rest of his men and the 8 of them advanced inside and took cover behind a barricade by the entrance. Edgar then screamed the slogan of the legion. "For the glory of Schwobenland! Advanci!", they then made there way towards cover behind a building, while in front of it in the town barracks, three soldiers came out firing rifles towards them. Edgar signaled another soldier, nicknamed Boomer, to do his "specialty" with the gas reserves, in which he smiled and said, "With pleasure Mein Kommadant." He then went to work on it while Edgar covered him by firing the gun mounted onto the broken tuck, which seemed to still function, and took out two of the ground soldiers while the other hid inside the building shooting from a window.

Captain Maximmo swore as soon as he heard gunshots and ordered the men manning the MG to cover them and ordered him men to follow him to rush the post office before they can call for reinforcements. While they where running however a shot rung from the bell tower where a sniper was hidden and hit the arm of a soldier named Walter, Maximmo then ordered his men to take cover in a nearby building only 30 ft from the post office. They tied off the wound inflicted on Walter and stopped the bleeding, Walter insisted he could still fight but Maximmo ordered him to stay behind and cover them from the window while they advanced. He then looked over the other four men and told them to stay close and charge for the next building. On the count of three the five men then ran for cover and Walter shot at the sniper. While they ran a man came out of the church and legged it to the building. Maximmo knew they had to now be fast and ran again. As they ran towards the post office the sniper took a final shot but missed the captains head narrowly and was then shot by Louis who found his position. As the men made it to the radio room he ordered his men to go advance to the church while he chucked a grenade into the post office and followed, the post office windows then blew out and part of the roof collapsed killing the radio man who had run inside before he could send out an SOS. Maximmo then would enter his army around the RV and they knocked the door ope and found it empty but full of maps and covered in radios for communication. Maximmo then ordered his men to follow him and they had surrounded the back of the barracks the last reel was inside of. Maximmo then snuck to the side of the building with a wooden board covering a window was loose, pulled it off and aimed his rifle through at the remaining rebel who turned and was shot by the captain emptying five shot into his chest. the four soldiers sweaped the building while the captain ran towards Edgar to see i they had lossed any men during the raid.

"Are you alright Edgar? you and your boys took a beating back there."
"Yes captain we are fine, just a little shooken up is all, Cardello got knocked out and is a little banged up but we all made it through."
" That is good, Walter took one to the arm but he should be fine. We took one hostage up in the cabins over there, are the bombs being planted?"
" Yes sir Boomer is preparing them for detonation as planned, give the rebels a nice welcome home when they get back with some fireworks."

"alright when your men are ready Edgar, we must search for the refugees, my we have seen no signs of them but we have not went to the Northern end towards the school house, something tells me they are there."
"Yes sir, we are as ready as ever, they are our people and the reason we are here after all, I will round the men up now."

As the members of legione dell'ascia regrouped together in the church, which they had turned into a temporary place of operations, they placed Louis onto the roof of the bell tower, and left Walter and Cardello with the medic with a guard and Boomer to finishing off placing the charges around the base. They sent the two guarding the now angry prisoner to take him to the town jail, while Captain Maximmo and Edgar had led the other 12 men up towards the school house, which was a slightly large concrete and wooden building, with some of the windows blown out and debris laying around and staining it from the previous battles. As they got close to it shots rang out from a nearby window, The men ran for cover and began firing back. Captain Maximmo took a smoke grenade and ordered his men to follow him and then threw it, they then ran the remaining 20 feet to the doorway while covering fire, s they kicked the door opened they found a man in civilian clothes holding an assault rifle, he then started screaming at them in Schwobean. Maximmo then shouted to hold fire and Edgar tackled the man to the ground. The man fought back but Edgar held him down and began yelling at him in there language, "Calm down, calm down, we are here to rescue you, we are Schwobean as well!" The man was one of the refugees, no older than 20, he calmed down and began to explain what had happened, that when the shooting had begun, the soldiers had come to take them away and where not willing to let the government take back there workers, they where ordered if they where breached to kill them all. The man had heard them talking about this emergency plan while boarding up windows around town for the communists. As soon as they heard shouting and yelling, he had told the others what was to happen and they attacked and killed the guards and had taken their guns and where planning to hold out against whoever came until they could either take the town and defend it to wait for help. The man, who said his name was Daniel, then apologized for shooting at them and had said he had ran out of ammunition after the gun jammed and he did not know how to unjam it. Daniel then led them down the destroyed halls to a doorway where a guarding man, no older than 16, raised his weapon until Daniel told him that they where friendly and he lowered it and let them in. They saw in the large room was filled with mattresses,beds, sheets, and bedrolls. They saw over a hundred or so faces sitting inside the room, of all ages, from young to old, thin to strong, all of which shared broken faces and where wore down and exhausted, and in dirty clothes. Edgar then spoke to all of the people that they have been sent to extract them from this horrible nightmare and are to be sent away to a real refugee camp or to return home to Schwobenland, as the war is coming to a close and they will be allowed refugee to the south. They then instructed the people to grab all of their things and belongings and prepare to leave. As they helped the people out and prepare for departure, captain Maximmo and Edgar went to go check on the prisoner, where they had come back to the two soldiers yelling at each other, They ran towards the soldiers and had ordered them to stand down and explain what this was all about. They then nodded towards the inside the police station and insisted it was gruesome and that they had the bastard knocked out and tied up in an office inside.

As they entered the police station they found a man that had been hanged upside down that was bloodied,bruised, and beaten to death. The man was one of the Schwobean refugees according to what the people had told them, he was accused of being from higher society in Schwobenland and was executed for that. The both of them where very disgusted and enraged at the site, especially Edgar. Captain Maximmo then stopped an angry Edgar from pulling out his pistol and shooting the bastard.
"There is no need to shoot him, that is to good for him,plus we must interrogate him first,and the rules of war does not apply to insurgents."
Edgar then breathed in deeply ad apologized for his anger and told the Captain he shall get the remaining radio equipment together and prepare to radio in to supreme command on there success and then interrogate the prisoner who was now tied up. Captain Maximmo agreed with him and also let with Edgar, at this rate an invasion would go extremely well if more troops where deployed.

by Il Duce Verde Sun Apr 10, 2022 2:25 pm

Fifth of April,2022,Magna Romana,Nova Roma, 01 hundred hours after Ascia di Operazione, (Operation Hatchet), was given the go.

In the meeting room sat all of the highest ranking officials of Nova Roma, all half asleep and taken from their homes in the middle of the night,the meeting had been called moments after a response was given from Legione dell'Ascia on the success of the operation and awaited further orders. The leaders where all sitting around with there suits and uniforms hasty put on and where waiting for the meeting to start.
As they sat around arguing, they suddenly stopped and turned their attention to the now open door and man holding the door for the Il Duce who had entered the room, dressed in his uniform, with a look of seriousness and tiredness on his face. A close ally of the Il Duce, Lorenzo Roberto Victorio,who was the chief advisor to the Il Duce and a head of the Legione Nera with Verde being occupied to run it full time and is a founding member of the movement and a Marshall of Nova Roma,gave a roman salute and said," Viva Il Duce!", as he always does at the beginning of a meeting despite being told it is not mandatory,he was then as usual followed by the other members of the committee who also saluted him until Verde sighed and waved his hand dismissing them,a man dressed in a black suit and hair combed back,with cold,sharp eyes,in his mid to late twenties, followed him into the room.
Verde then took his seat at the head of the wooden, half circle table,that had been in storage since the last fascist administration fell from power and he had chosen As the desk they use in there office. The sound was silent and then Verde sat forward in his chair, hands folded on the table and spoke, "Let us begin this meeting shall we gentlemen.", The men then took their seats and looked towards their leader. The first to speak was the man to his right, who was the man in black, he was the head agent from OCMS and the head agent in charge of the operation, the chief of the OCMS could not be present as he was constantly busy with organizing and over viewing his staff so he was sent instead to represent being his operation. He then spoke in a calm and straight forward voice," Your excellency,we have received word that our joint operations in Zemlya Lesa have dealt in some savory results. I will leave the details on the combat report to the general in charge of Coraggiosi operations and the head of the Legione Nera to tell you the details. I can tell you however that our leak in the government has confirmed that they will be retaliating soon in Zemlya Gliny region and are pushing the guerrilla forces back, our planned evacuation via sea and landing more troops is seeming more and more unlikely with the current status of the government army. A better plan would be to establish relations with the rebels to the west who appear to be ideal to our cause."
The late middle aged older man sitting beside him, a trusted general named Gabrielle Grazano, who was also a chief of the armed forces and was in charge of the Coraggiosi then nodded at Lorenzo and spoke, "Your excellency, our Intel have confirmed that we have taken no casualties in the raid and all the refugees have been rescued, a hostage was also taken who belongs to the communist guerrillas that operate in the area. From the Intel we have received it is best of my advisement that we hold the town and send force more reinforcements,it is not a golden idea but it is the best we have to combat the advancing enemy on both sides, a separate unit could be sent to contact the rebels hiding in the mountains which should take no longer than a day, it would be more ideal to off the known location, rather than order them to wander through blind hostile territory, they also have even more people with them now so it is near to impossible to sneak the people out, an evacuation currently is risky as well with current hostile forces surrounding the jungles and let alone the response of us somehow pulling off such a risky mission, we would have nowhere to land to refuel and possibly even shot down by Douglandic forces present in the surrounding areas."
Lorenzo , the first to the left of Verde, then began to speak, "I do not think we can manage that kind of man power to get involved in a war at this stage, I personally believe we should prepare for deployment,your excellency, if we prepare our aerial and naval for a key landing in friendly areas if we can befriend these fascist rebels, then not only can we extract the refugees but deploy troops at the same time. And assist our allies in restoring order in the region. It would also be an expansion of our influence to guarantee we have a hold in Detrana and we would be one closer to building a Nova Roman Empire. Imagine also how it would look once one of our friendly regimes restores power and stability to the region,it would make CSO look to have failed in securing Detrana, with our victory in Zemlya Lesa while they are still fighting in Schwobenland. It would draw more respect towards us from other world powers."
Verde then leaned back in his chair, looked across the room of staring faces, and then spoke," I see our conclusion seems to all be the same, minus the details, we must establish friendly relations with these rebels to the West hiding in the mountains." He then looked down at the papers in front of him and slipped through the file to the information and bio of the officers sent to operate in Northern Schwobenland and lead Legione dell'Ascia,"These three officers here, they are former members of the Alpini unit, they should be sent into the mountains and to engage with this Knyaz, Mikhail Akim Romanovae,and establish friendly relations and send them what ever supplies they need to take Zemlya Lesa, in exchange for extracting our troops within the forty eight hours we now have before they are completely surrounded. Any objections?",nobody in the room objected to the operation,they all nodded and approved of it and agreed it was the best chance for Nova Roma to salvage operation Hatchet in Detrana."Action should be made immediately then, meeting is now dismissed for an hour while I make the calls necessary, they move faster and take it seriously when the head of state is on the phone." The meeting was then ended and they where all excuse for the short while and prepare for another hour of government talk, while the OCMS agent snuck out without another word other than nodding his head and saying "your Excellency",few in the meeting knew his name, and his name was to be kept secret for documentation of the meeting, it is part of the way OCMS operates. As the other staff members saluted Verde and left, Verde then spoke, "Lorenzo stay for a moment", Lorenzo turned around and looked at Verde, "Yes your excellency?", "You are one of my closest friends and trusted allies, so please be honest with me, how does this whole situation look to you?",Lorenzo looked into Verde's eyes and spoke,"In all honesty sir, it looks really bad for us right now, it has looked bad for us since Dougland cut relations and formed CSO, and ever since it was discovered the North's true intentions, we have been played a bad card after card sir, but we are playing that bad hand of cards very well, I do believe we will be successful in reestablishing a government in Zemlya Lesa,and that we will be victorious in the end". "Thank you very much Lorenzo, I always have had faith in your positive outlook on things, now go call your wife and tell her you have to stay even later,I have a phone call to make now to our operations." With that Lorenzo saluted him again and Verde dismissed him while he left he began dialing the secret number of the operations in Detrana,operating outside of Northern Schwobenland and the door closed as Lorenzo left the room.

by Il Duce Verde Tue Apr 12, 2022 11:23 pm

(SOMEWHERE IN THE ACARI MOUNTAINS,ZEMLYA LESA,DETRANA,05 HUNDRED HOURS)

Field Marshall Amore climbed through the last edge of the steep cliff and took a deep breath, they had been climbing the mountain for hours and where now towards the center of the region. They where climbing mountains and through the forests looking for a location that they could not find, they had been told the rebel base would be nearby, Amore then bent back over the edge and helped up Major Gardini while Captain Russo climbed up along side him, Captain Russo, was a young man in his late twenties, he was sent to Detrana because of his known record as one of the best mountain climbers in the Alpini before he joined the Coraggiosi.He had a clean military shave cut as when he joined the Alpini. Gardini was also a former Alpini but had been a very well known strategist and is in his early thirties. Amore being the oldest at 35 was in his youth Alpini but had left to join the army who had deployed in the Delta war, he is the highest ranking official in Detrana still operating and one of the most experienced.
They caught there breath and then looked around the jungle covered mountain side they had scaled, Gardini caught his breath and then began twisting out his long mustache's curls and spoke, "What are we doing here in the mountains? Obviously command sent us on a wild goose chase to find these rebels, I do not even know what the hell they expect us to do once we find them!" Russo then after he straightened out his m33 helmet with his signature Alpini feather spoke,
"Calm down Luigi, does it not feel good to be back in the field? Besides it must be our best plan, after all the order came straight from the Duce himself so they must really be desperate for us to succeed here. "I know but still how the hell do they expect us to find them in the middle of the night in the mountains! We are good but not that good. We have been looking for three hours on foot now." "Men stop fighting, we are on duty still and have an important mission, command wanted us to do this and that was an order, so quit bickering and lets get a move on, I see a cave in the distance, we can rest there and then continue the search, maybe there is something there, and soon the sun will rise so we will be able to move faster".
Gardini then breathed in deeply,stood up from the rock he was resting on and started walking towards the cave, he was a good soldier, but the stress of the situation was killing him as well as the whole team. Russo finished fixing his helmet,slung his backpack that he had taken off back on and walked towards the ave after Gardini, Amore then sighed and followed them frustrated with how they have made no progress at all on there search.
As they reached the cave Amore pulled out his lighter while Russo pulled out his torch, "I will wait here and watch your backs while you search inside there." Gardini then started looking around the outside of the cave, as they approached the inside of the even darker cave, they saw nothing but moss and vine growing on the walls, as on the outside was covered in it. The two went deeper into it and started talking, "Gardini sure is short today isn't he Amore.", "Yes he is, he has not been in the field for a very long time, nor have I for that matter, You have not worked with him as long as I have Russo,but Luigi is a good man and soldier to work with, just hot headed when under stress, he gets paranoid,serving as long as we have will do that to you.". "Hey what is this?" Russo then puts his light over the carvings in the wall which appeared to have been carved with a knife, it was crude writing, Amore examined it closer,"It is Trekish, it says,"Long live the Knyaz", that is the leader of the rebels we are looking for's title, it used to be used for a form of king I think a long time ago, that symbol scratched into the wall must be a sign or code for something, it means we are getting close, I will go get Gardini and tell him this is the way." " Alright I will keep looking to see if I find something else down here." With that Amore left the cave and walked back towards the exit of the cave,"Gardini better have not have gone to far off."

As Gardini sat on a nearby log covered in moss he pulled out his Berta pistol and began loading and unloading it to make sure it worked, as he was doing so he heard a rustling noise come from a distant bush, he stiffened and pretended not to hear it but waited but he knew somebody was watching him. He then sat there cautiously waiting for whoever was watching him to identify themselves,"That fool Russo is trying to fuck with me again for being paranoid." He thought in his head, once he heard footsteps approach him closer he swung up an around and pointed his pistol dead at where the noise was coming from. "Who the hell do you think you are doing something like this on a military operation Russo!" he yelled, As he approached the bush he heard a noise as if someone was running at him come from behind him, he looked to turn around but was met with a club to the face and was knocked to the ground, he went to grab for his gun but it had flown somewhere and before he knew it, the mysterious person standing over him in camouflage hit him in the head again and all he saw was darkness.

As Amore exited the cave he realized something did not seem right, there was no sign of Gardini to be seen. Amore began searching around for signs o where Gardini had went. "That fool better not have gotten himself lost, Gardini where the hell did you go!' Amore then walked over towards a area that looked to have a bush pushed down and a log covered in moss, as he approached it his foot hit something and he looked down and saw Gardini's pistol, the one he had never left away from his side was a sign something bad had happened. Along with what looked like tall grass and plants knocked as if somebody dragged a body for a few feet before picking it up. Amore then picked up the gun and ran back into the cave fearing they had walked into an ambush.

Russo walked deeper into the cave, as he walked deeper he found a strange part of the wall,it was a strangely placed thick net covering a hole in the wall, he pushed it aside and entered the small space which lead into a man made section that had a rough looking chair and some old looking equipment for communication with a beat up radio and a crate of supplies. As Russo looked close to examine he heard a noise from behind him, "Did you find that bastard Gardini or did he get lost in a tree?", Russo joked but was interupted when he turned around by a shadowy figure hitting him in the face with the butt of a rifle and everything went dark for Russo as he fell to the ground, and his torch rolled out into the open cave entrance which the secret entrance was now closed by the mysterious figure.

As Amore ran into the cave he began searching for Russo and eventually started calling his name,"Russo where the hell are you? Gardini is missing! Somebody took him!"Amore then slowed as he saw the torch on the ground,cussed and grabbed it and began searching around the cave,sweat dripping down his forehead and completely struck in fear he began searching around frantically for the source of his comrades disappearances.He then began hyperventilating, so he closed his eyes and took in deep breaths,when the mysterious figure came at him he turned around and slammed the gun into his head and shoved him backwards to the wall, the figure dropped his blunt object and was then kicked by Amore to the ground who started shouting at him in Trekish,"Alright now start talking,who the hell are you and where are my squad members?!", the man reused to respond and looked up at him through the thick camouflage he was wearing and make up and glared at Amore and yelled at him in Trekish to,"Go to hell spy!", Amore then went to whip the man with his pistol but before he could do anything he was hit on the back of the head by an unknown second person and knocked unconscious,with the last thing him seeing was the light of the torch rolling in front of his face blinding him.

(01 HUNDRED HOURS AFTER CONTACT,UNKNOWN RURAL LOCATION,ZEMLYA LESA,DETRANA)

When Amore regained conscientiousness he began to wake, head throbbing and in a dazed state not understanding where he was or knowing what happened, he looked around the room he was in, it was a small wooden room,with a little window behind them reflect sunlight from a rising sun, there was a single door in front of them that was closed, and in front o them was an old wooden table. Amore tried to move but his hands where bound to the chair tightly, he then heard movement to his left and looked and saw an unconscious Gardini, head drooped forward hands tied behind a wooden chair, he looked a little banged up but otherwise fine. "Don't bother waking him, he has been like that since I woke up, and frankly I don't wanna hear him complain.", Amore looked to his right and saw a conscious Russo sitting there staring at him,"I heard the guards out in the hall come in earlier when they though we were knocked out,apparently they are calling in the higher up to come in and talk to us, turns out we found the rebels we where looking for after all,just now the way we intended.". Gardini then regained consciousnesses and looked at his squad mates and cussed,"Dammit,they got you two as well, any ideas on how we get the hell out of this?",as he finished talking a man then walked into the room, his face was covered in a camouflage balaclava and he had piercing cold brown eyes, he wore combat boots with camouflage pants and had a eat up dirtied shirt underneath a ballistic vest. The man looked at his watch on his right hand and then put a bag the team had brought with them on the ground next to him and ordered the guards that followed him in to leave them in privacy, he then sat down in a wooden chair across from the three men on the table and leaned forward and put his hands together and spoke in Nova Roman but with a Trekish accent.My name is General Rodionovich,I am in charge of operations here, my men tell me they have seen you wandering around looking for us, what I want to know is why Nova Roma is in my nation and who you are here for?"
I am Field Marshal Roberto Amore, that is Captain Raymondo Russo and Major Gardini, we where sent to establish relations with your faction. "
"Allow me to ask Marshall, but why does Nova Roma risk such extended relations with our faction?What are your aims here?" "Well it should be noted that while we do support indeed support your regime, it boils down to a much needed situation as well, if you would please empty the bag you have there is a folder with files and photos of intrest."
The General then pulled the back pack up onto the table and pulled out an envelope, when he opened it and extracted the documents he examined them on the table, it was photos and a report from the inside Intel on the situation with the Schwobenland refugees, as well as how they where being put into camps and some where Nova Roman, along with the details of the Northern Schwobenland conflict, "I do not understand Marshall why you care so much about this, why is your nation rescuing foreign refugees? While this is indeed a cause we are fighting them against I do not see how it affect Nova Roma.
"You see General, some of our men we recruited from Schwobenland take this personally,I also could mention how there are Nova Roman's among the refugees. But we know your answer is deeper than that. We have not only a unit that we need help evacuating with refugees but also require a station to operate our military, in exchange for allowing us to evacuate and deploy in your land we will support your rebels and equip you with what you need. This is an higher up order approved by the Il Duce himself, he also wishes for the Knyaz to meet him. ". The General then ordered his men in Trekish to go to inform the troops to mobilize.
"If what you say is true Marshall, then we have no issues with our new found comrades.", a guard then untied the three soldiers and Amore shook the Generals hand. Then he led them out to go meet with the Knyaz, as well as inform the mainland.

by Il Duce Verde Mon May 16, 2022 11:18 am

(INSIDE OF ARMY BASE OUTSIDE OF TSENTRAK'NNY GOROD, ZEMLYA LESA, DETRANA,04/27/22,02 HUNDRED HOURS.)

Oleg was the Major of the base, he had been placed there when the Civil War had begun, he was extremely loyal to the government and had followed many orders of which he at times had himself even begun to question why they had needed to have been done so brutally, when they had arrived at the base over two years ago, to replace the late officer who had perished in fighting guerrillas, he had been ordered to lock the town down, since then most of the residence had been deported as fighting grew worse, and the supposed claims that the war would be over soon became even less of a reality as the Nationalist Brotherhood had breached the river and had surrounded and captured the docks and town, and while thy where busy fighting the brotherhood and holding them off, communist guerrillas had overwhelmed the guard position and outpost outside of the bridge and have taken the jungle forest near the compound, now they where completely alone and isolated, the only supplies that have come in have been through air drop which has become harder and harder as all factions move in more AA guns to combat them and making a risky flight harder with the few aircraft the government had left.
The Major stressfully pushed back his graying black hair and rubbed the thick beard he had grown as he looked over the map of the compound once more, squinting his dazed but yet focused and hardened tired and bagged hazel eyes, he was only in his mid thirties but appeared much older than he was. He read over the details while he drank another shot of whiskey from his flask and slammed it down while observing the details. the compound was 100mx120m, it was all fenced off with eight foot metal walls all covered with wire mesh and lights to keep anyone from climbing it if they tried, at the North end was a large metal wire gate with a few feet in front of it sat a poll gate check point, the space between it and all of the open space between it was covered in a long strips of barricades to keep soldiers from being shot at while manning it, a machine gun was placed inside of it, inside the building on the sides of the entry where two tall towers, that lead up to a spot light position where a sniper and machine gunner had also sat, after the entry point to the right of it facing the right side of the compound was a big concrete building where soldiers where held in the barracks, with rooms from offices on the lower levels with a security room and a few rooms for the soldiers and a locked up weapons room, with the next floor full of more soldiers quarters and reserve supplies,ammunition,and weapons,as well as a basement that had a vault lock on it in case the need to lock up classified items or hold prisoners was needed, with a few cells placed before the vault that was gated off to keep unwanted people from entering, beyond the vault would be a stock pile of whatever was considered important along with a small armory of equipment reserved for high ranking soldiers who could be trusted with such valuable tech and only a select few had the password to access the vault. Outside of it sat a few sand bag positions on the side of the building facing the entrance to the compound, in the dead center a few feet down the center was a position as well made out of sandbags and other materials with a canopy cover and an anti tank gun facing the entry point in case of a breaching covered by machine guns to protect it. Behind that building to the left side of the AT gun was a large warehouse where vehicles where usually kept, it was tall inside with a few spare parts for tanks and the guns and other building material for defenses and outposts, inside it was very deserted with only a few old army trucks and a few old Jeepa sitting in storage from when they arrived, they had not moved since they had been blockaded in and gas has been reserved for the generator mostly, behind the warehouse towards the south-western half of the compound was a fuel depot with tanks covered with makeshift covers to protect them,next to them laid a few container generators that powered the various lights placed around the compound, to the east of that laid a drawn out marked landing pad for a helicopter, one had not come in months to resupply them so it was beginning to fade. All the way to the Western wall was a mess hall where food was served to soldiers, it was a big room full of metal benches and tables and a descent sized kitchen with old equipment. It also was where announcements where made to the troops stationed there.
To the South-East laid a tall radio that had been put up when the base was first built many years ago, it was still used and wires connected the radio tower to a command center a few meters south of the barracks, it was a smaller but descent sized compound made of concrete, the first floor had radios and maps of the region as well as detailed maps on the walls of supply routes and hanging in the center under a flag of Zemlya Lesa was a map of the nation and regions with all the major routes and rivers on it connecting everything. this was the room the Major sat in while looking over new strategies to defend the base as an attack leaned ever so close for any day now. The top floor was full of more old radio equipment and logs for maps and old radar equipment, on the roof of the building sat and antenna and a few satellites.
The major was looking at a map he had drawn in plans in case of a flanking from any side, the outside of the South to the East was all occupied by communist guerrilla fighters. The perimeter around it was empty land with spot lights covering them all and smaller guard towers in each corner for snipers to watch for a possible assault, the fields went on for about 50 meters with various mines laying through it to keep people from exploring it, they had been placed as the insurgents surrounded the compound, to the West the group known as Knyaz's Legion had taken it while fighting the communists, now though they where having a heavier presence due to the Nova Roman positions which still had built up, the attacks from the KPPR had also done little to help as the missile attacks had only slowed the fascists from building up and the communists managed to fight them harder now as they could be heard clashing some nights in the jungles of Zemlya Lesa. The north had a straight forward dirt road that had lead to the town port but had now been laid with mines and traps to cover for an assault after it had fallen.
The Major looked up at the sudden descent of a soldier who had been manning the radios for him by the name of Dmitry, he had sad looking blue eyes and a studded beard growing from his face from lack of shaving and black hair. He cam down from the metal stairs and looked at the major and spoke, "I am sorry sir to inform you that supplies will be late again tonight sir, they do not want to risk running into the storm and plan to arrive soon after it ends to avoid another attack. "
Oleg then spoke to the man after sighing and in a depressed voice spoke, "Of course they come late, hopefully they will make it this time our rations are running lower than before and I doubt the men would stand for another cut in rations."
As they where talking about the depressing news, a thunder storm could be heard from outside that caused the lights for a second to flicker, it was a horrible tropicle storm raging outside, rain had begun to fall and dark clouds brewed above full of thunder and lightning, much like the nation it was as if the sky was fighting itself.
"Damn storm is gonna blow our power out again at this rate. "
As they where talking a soldier opened the door and was drenched in water on his poncho that covered his soaked uniform, they both looked at him and the major spoke,
" What is your report soldier?"
The soldier then looked at him with tired eyes and spoke,"Sir,no increase in enemy activity, they are all quiet, almost to quiet, not a single shot was taken at us this time around while on patrol sir."
The major then sighed and spoke, "If only we knew when, they been building up for weeks,then all of a sudden the shooting slows down and they disappear.You are dismissed soldier go dry off and change shifts.
Sir if I may insist I can stay on shift longer I....
Before the soldier could finish his sentence a loud thunder crack was heard, but it was extremely louder this time and had a whistle and boom to it, just then an explosion happened behind the soldier and he was sent flying into the room, Dmitri looked on in horrer and then ran up to the comms room while the Major checked the soldiers pulse, more explosions and shouting could be heard outside, Dmitri then reached a radio and began a broadcast, "May I repeat mayday does anyone copy?!
Yes sir eagle scout one coming in sir what is the situation?
Mayday! We need backup ASAP! shells falling from the sky, I repeat the sky is falling!
Affirmative sir will be arriving at the roundevue point in 15 sir over,
Affirmative, roundevue point is middle castle! I repreat roundevue point is middle castle over!
Before the message can be finished the roof then crumbles as an exlosion from above happens and fall in on top of Dimitri, knocking him to the ground leaving the radio crackling in his hand.

by Il Duce Verde Tue Sep 20, 2022 7:54 am

(OUTSIDE OF THE ARMY BASE OUTSIDE OF TSENTRAK'NNY GOROD, ZEMLYA LESA, Detrana, 04/27/22, 04 HUNDRED HOURS, TWO HOURS AFTER THE BATTLE BEGAN.)

WARNING HEAVY VIOLENCE DEPICTED IN SOME SCENES AND GRAPHIC CONTENT.

Vladimir could hear noise, the sound of gun fire ringing in the background of a variety of calibers and rifles, and flames burning in the near distance from a fire, the sound of men's voices screaming words that could barely be heard with some only being ale to be pulled out such as screams of agony and pain begging and screams of battle cry's and insults.

As Vladimir awoke from his shoked gaze, he opened his eyes and looked up at the ripped parachute hanging way above his head, waving in the wind. He slowly got up and looked down and dusted off his dirtied jumpsuit, after quickly glancing around him and looking to the multiple locations of gun fire and fighting, he looked towards the dim light and smoke trail in the distance of a flaming wreckage of a plane that had crashed and was now a burning husk of metal. He could hear the crackling flames in the distance and see some of the trail of debris of broken tree tops it had left. He then pulled out his service pistol from his hip and cocked it and walked in the distance towards an opening where the sound of war was playing loudest and disappeared into the brush.

As he approached the opening and entered a clearing and grew closer to the fighting, he took cover in a bush and crouched down in it and looked through the green covered in the darkness of night onto the battlefield. The land in front of him was filled with so much chaos that he could not keep track in the massacre on one thing only.
In the distance he could see the burning metal carcass of tanks and vehicles flung around from the road leading to the town, presumably armor that had belonged to the Brotherhood, they where thrown around the battlefield, some with the hunk of metal still be recognizable as a tank or truck that was only tipped over and abandoned or partly blown up with the cannon blown off, others huge burning hunks of metal that where completely unrecognizable from the wreckage. Amongst the hunks of metal where vast shadows strewn thought the battlefield with few images being able to be seen in the vastness and the dark. All the way to the Eastern side of him Vladamir could make out where fire appeared to be spreading in the jungle border from the clearing, he could not see the figures but he could see the fire shooting from there guns to know they where flamers, some of which where getting close enough that he could see the helmets. And then as one fired his gun and engulfed the woods screams could be heard and he could see clearly what they where doing, they where chasing the guerrilla's out of the jungle so they would have to fight them in the open.

As Vladimir was watching the horrors in awe a flare then flew over the battlefield coming from the base to his West, it had lighten the clearing up and shown how gruesome the horrible battle was in the dim red light for the few moments it was on.
Bodies strewn throught the ground bloodied and burnt in various conditions, he saw quickly throught the battlefield one fight to the other, a communist with his face painted black and muddied green clothes covered in his own blood hold himself with one arm and shoot a gun he could not see with the other spraying the field, he then noticed in the glimpse of a flicker o the red light that the side of the mans face was not painted black, but was burnt, and his face had the pure expression of hate in his eyes before moments later he fell to his knees and onto the ground, this is an image that is now forever burnt into his brain. As the fighting continued a machine gun from a tower in the distance could be heard and seen mowing down many waves of oncoming soldiers approaching the facility in the distance, with the light of the busts from the gun being seen from an elevated position attempting to keep them at bay, with the bright flare then faded and gunfire still being heard he looked towards the Eastern wall of the complex that was closest to him, a whole had been knocked in where a tower had fallen and made a whole where soldiers where sprinting towards before eith stopping to fight each other or being knocked down and collapsing from an unseen source in the distance.

Vladimir closed his eyes for a second, gripped his pistol, and when he heard the gunfire pause bolted in the direction of the opening, he sprinted and sprinted not looking away from the gate at the carnage on the battlefield, when suddenly something had wngrabbed his foot and pulled him at full force to the ground, he opened his eyes and saw he was on top of something, he had rolled over and looked to the side at it to see what had taken him down, he could not see well but he could make out the figure of a deceased soldier, wearing a camouflage jacket over a tan shirt, his face staring in the direction of Vladimir sideways on the ground, his short mangled beard and dirty hair with a face of a man no older than himself, he looked into the mans crimson brown eyes that where staring at him with there lifeless expression, with eyes simalier to his own shook him to his spin and he could feel fear of winding up, like this man had, a victim claimed by this battlefield, to this dreaded war that he had no wish to be a part of. He then noticed the TAK assault rifle in front of the man, his hand still clutching to the grip of the rifle. Vladimir crawled closer to it and reached out and pulled it from his hand, he then grabbed onto the rifle, as he could not see where his pistol had fallen and did not want to stick around and wind up like this man had because of it.
He then crawled towards the hole in the wall slowly on the ground, with the rifle in his hand now. Upon reaching the rubble he climbed under the rubble and debris of the fallen tower and destroyed wall, once he was inside the facility he got up and wobbled over to a wall of a building and rested against it brething heavily and trying to loose the tension that had built up from the battlefield, once he had recovered his courage he turned around the right side of the building facing a wall and continued down it.

As he was halfway down it slowly with his rifle in hand he was interrupted by shouting and in front of him saw a soldier fly to against the huge metal wall and before he could reach him a man walked from behind the wall from where he had been thrown and as the man reached out to block him he stabbed him with a machete he was holding,and keeled down, looked the man in the eyes, the soldier spat blood in the mans face as his head slowly sank with his body, Vladimir was frozen in complete shock and fear of what he had seen happen and found himself frozen, he saw how the man in a unbuttoned camo jacket and pants with his overgrown massive dark beard matching his soulless eyes. The man looked towards Vladimir with a look of pure darkness in his eyes and anger, the man ran at him, Vladimir snapped from his daze and aimed his rifle and emptied it into the man, the gun not being held right bounced around a little and sprayed but emptied the magazine into the mans chest the mans eyes rolled ack as he stumbled forward and collapsed onto the ground, the machete flying out of his hand and landing at Vlad's feet.

Vlad dropped the gun and looked down at the dead man, he quickly picked up the machete and looked at the dead man for a moment to confirm he was not moving, he looked at the weapon in his hand a machete that was very beaten with a worn, wrapped handle and the blade was scratched and had stains of blood on it, he looked at it shaking still with his close call of death while in his daze there was a sudden boom to his left out of view,he quickly shook his shock and then continued over towards the soldier, he was wearing the green camouflage pattern of the armed forces of Zemlya Lesa but it was worn fro use, he looked at the mans eyes and saw the lifelessness in them, he then sighed and closed the mans eyes before looking beyond and looked around the concrete wall to see what had caused the explosion, there was chaos all over the compound with smoke spreading and what looked to be from the back of the compound was a massive fire bigger, the paved ground was covered in thrown around barricades that where half destroyed and bodies lying around, in the center was a completely destroyed pile of what looked to have once been a fortifies position covered in dust and smoke cloud,Vlad could not concentrate on one thing as there was so much going on with screaming and fighting and gunshots that he decided his best chance would be to sneak over through to the fallen central barricade and then run for another building, he then ducked behind the wall as he heard gunshots from inside the building he was against and decided to dart then for a nearby barricade near the building made of sand bags, he hid behind it as he heard fighting on the other side coming from the doorway of the building and when it had gone farther away he ran for the central one, as he reached it he began gasping and choking on smoke coming from the fire that he was now closer to and then tripped and fell, he began gasping and did not know why he began feeling weak, he then felt on his shoulder with his right hand over his side and noticed he had been hit by something, a stray bullet had hit his side, he was bleeding and bleeding badly, he felt sharp pain there and had bitten down on his tongue to avoid screaming, he looked behind him coughing and rolled over and saw a man with a black balaclava and camo like what looked like what the soldiers of Zemlya Lesa wore but was in rough condition and possessed civilian grade worker boots and had the signature mark of the nationalist forces stitched onto the patch on his arm where the flag of Lesa should have been.
Vladimir stared at the man coughing slowly trying to get up but failing as the man shoved him back down onto the ground, Vladimir's head was spinning as he looked from his side now as the man pointed his rifle at him preparing to fire, when suddenly bullet flying from out of nowhere hit the man on the lower part of his leg and he screamed in pain and fell down, Vladimir then saw the machete lying only a few feet from him and with all of his strength crawled with his fingernails into the ground towards it breaking them in the process but continued as his hands bleed with the pure will to live. He reached the machete and grabbed it and used it to pick himself up, he got up and wabbled over with one hand with the machete and the other on his wound towards the downed man, the soldier grunted with pain and reached for his pistol on his side and aimed it at where he last saw Vladimir on the ground but was cut off with the swing of the machete which cut part of his hand and knocked the gun from his hand, he screamed and tried to grab Vladimir's leg to pull him down and he did but the machete had swung in hi direction and cut his arm and hit his arm cutting it severly.
Vldimir moment later in a weaker state layed flat on the ground, he looked over at the man who had now passed out from his wounds and thought to himself as he looked down at his own, "so this is how it ends I guess." He then as he felt himself fading laid his head back now exhausted and looked at the battlefield that now was his graveyard alongside many other countless lives lost on this horrid day, he then as his eyes grow heavy began to close them and decided to accept his fate to die on this battlefield.

He then opened then when another bang had started him even in his glazy state, he then noticed something in the distance fluttering in the wind in the distance, he squinted and made out in the dark and smokey distance hanging over a building was a white flag with a red cross tattered and dirty but nerveless a medbay. Vladimir now filled with hope and determination began crawling towards it one inch after the other, slwoly moving with all his remaining strength toward the only hope he had left, he moved closer and pushed himself with his remaining adrenaline slowly fading now with the promise to come home as he promised his family to return and his mother he would not end up like his brother before she died, the promise to himself not to die here in this war as is why he joined the air force seing it as a way to survive, to not die on this dreaded field of black, to grow old telling people of how he survived one of the most horrific battles in his nations history. He crawled with that and when he got tired, got up with all of his mustered strength and limped towards the metal door now growing closer with each step of agonizing pain, his jumpsuit was now half stained in mud,soot, and blood, his face and body beaten by the war, but he carried on and let himself to 30 ft away, 25, 20, 15, 10, 9, 8, with every step he counted he felt himself slipping more,7, 6 , 5, 4, up till he reached the door, with hope when he reached it, Come on Vlad you can do it your gonna make it dont stop now just a little further,3,2,on....... He got to the door and reached out as he slipped from reality and passed out from extreme exhaustion onto the floor slipping into his mind and everything went black.

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