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The Latao Conflict

Posted: Sep 16 2005, 05:23 PM

The Lamonian troopers checked the first floor, and found nothing of interest. Climbing the rickety stairs to the second floor, they found what looked like dried blood on the steps. Checking the rooms in the building, they found nothing in all but one of them. This particular door had been locked, but a swift kick had broken the door lock, and let the paras in. The experts were there, and it looked to the paras as if the Latins had severely tortured them. There were huge bruises and cuts everywhere on them, and it didn't look like the experts were going to be able to get very far. Sending one of his men downstairs to relay the information to the Khazaronians that were hopefully still standing gaurd outside the building, the commander of the para detachment got his men to help him unbind the ropes that the experts had been tied up in.

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Posted: Sep 16 2005, 07:16 PM

The Khazaronians were guarding the Lamonians, and the Lamonians were searching buildings. Outside of that little conclave, however, was the Nedalians, picking out any Latin resistance they could find. The paratroopers came in as they breached the defence wall in the east, and now the Nedalians were operating more and more freely inside the base. Word was dispatched to the north and south to start minimizing their artillery fire.

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Posted: Sep 17 2005, 09:45 AM

The Khazaronians where standing directly outside the front door of the farmhouse, fanned out and shifting their guns from spot to spot as they heard noise coming from those areas. The paratrooper standing closest to the door noticed the Lamonian coming out and turned to see what was the matter. After being informed of the state of the experts, the Khazaronians looked grim for a second the nodded. "I can send half of my men to go an clear the area, then we could send in for a heli-evac once the AA guns and SAMs are taken out." The Khazaronian then turned to several of his comrades, who had over heard him, and motioned to them with his right hand to move out down to their right to an area that would make a good landing site, but was surrounded by multiple SAM batteries and two rather large AA guns. The men nodded and held their guns tight as they toke off.

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Posted: Sep 17 2005, 04:12 PM

While the Khazaronians were taking on the Latins at the landing site, the Lamonian paratroopers managed to locate a first aide kit, and were tending the experts as best as the kit would allow. When the Lamonian para that had been talking with the Khazaronians came back, the commander; a Major Greene, had all but one other of the paras to go help the Khazaronians clear the landing field. A helicopter was getting ready to take off from the command base, and had only to have a clear landing field to be able to take the experts to a military field hospital.

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Posted: Sep 18 2005, 06:43 PM

The Khazaronian paratroopers toke cover behind a stack of boxes on the fringe of the landing pad. Ahead of them there where five SAM batteries and two rather large AA guns atop very tall towers. In addition to those, the anti-aircraft sites where guarded by about thirty heavily armed Latin troops. They all seemed a bit jumpy, from all of the gunshots and explosions going on around them, but nevertheless resolute in their duty. One of the guards turned his attention towards the boxes and the lead Khazaronian paratrooper raised his left hand and signaled for everyone to drop down closer to the gorund. His men acknowledged his request and some began to fix silencers to their rifles. At about the time the Khazaronian commander was going to give the go ahead to open fire on the Latin guards, the Lamonian paratroopers crept up behind them quietly, offering their assistance.

The commander instructed them to use any flash-bang grenades they had in their arsenal to blind the troops. He then motioned to the men who had afixed silencers to their rifles and stated that those men would then begin to take out the guards one-by-one with their rifles. To seal the fate of the guards, the rest would fan out on the sides of the landing area, keeping as low to the ground as possible, and open fire on any of the remaining guards. The lead Lamonian agreed and he and his men prepped to throw several flash-bangs at the Latins, warning everyone to avert their eyes. Counting to three, they threw the flash-bangs, heard a loud shout and then the silenced gun-fire from the Khazaronian snipers as they turned their attention upon the guards.

A few seconds later the Khazaronian commander motioned for half of his men to follow him to the right, while the other half and the Lamonians would go to the left. They would flank the guards on both sides and open fire. This was done while the Latin guards where just recovering from the flash effect, and still being fired upon by the snipers. A minute went by and the Latins had their guns trained on the boxes. Just as the Latin commander was getting ready to give the order to fire, he was shreeded by a hail of bullets, causing his body to lurch and contort and fall lifeless to the ground. He was joined just a few minutes later by the rest of his companions, he barely managed to get a shot or two off at the paratroopers.

Following that, the Khazaronian commander instructed several of his men to place charges at the top of the two AA gun towers, while the rest would move out to take out the SAM batteries nearby. The men where split up into equal groups, while the Lamonians where given the task of guarding the landing area and notifying the rest of the men back at the farmhouse of their success, once the SAMs and AA guns where taken out.

Thankfully for the Khazaronians, the SAM batteries and AA guns possesed only the smallest of men manning them. It was a simple matter to take them out, place the charges, and then get clear of the explosions. An almost simoltaneous thunder came from several different directions at the landing pad, followed quickly by puffs of smoke and bright red-orange flames in the area of the SAM batteries and AA towers.

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Posted: Sep 18 2005, 06:53 PM

After the paras hit the ground, the explosions came one right after the other. Each one made the ground shake like a small earthquake. When the last charge went off, the paras dared look to see if all the AA guns and SAMs were destroyed. Seeing that they were, the lead Lamonian ran back into the farmhouse and informed the Major of the good news. Nodding, the Major had the sergeant that had stayed with him set up the satellite radio to inform command about the situation, and to get the helo in the air.

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Posted: Sep 19 2005, 10:08 AM

After taking out the AA guns and SAM batteries, the Khazaronian paratroopers ran back to the landing pad and toke up a defensive position around the area, spreading out evenly along the edges of the concrete pad. With guns trained to be on the look out for anything that moved, their commander ordered them to stay put and hold the pad at all costs. After which he gathered up five other men and lead them back towards the farmhouse to secure the path between them and the experts. He was going to make damn sure that nothing would be able to stop the evac.

After setting up the remaining five men at hidden guard spots along the path between the landing pad and the farmhouse, the commander himself went back to check in on the Lamonians. Running up to the Major, the Khazaronian commander suggested that they may want to put a rush on things as he didn't know how long they would be able to hold the area, with all the Latins in a panic and running every which way. The chances of Latin soldiers accidentally stumbling onto their evacuation where increasing with each artillery strike or volley of gunfire. The Latins could smell their own defeat was coming, and desperate people do desperate things.

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Posted: Sep 19 2005, 03:58 PM

Nodding, the Major asked the sergeant on the radio about the status of the helo.

"It's on it's way, sir. It should be here in 10 minutes." the sergeant said.

Meanwhile, the helo was flying flat out in order to get to the landing site on time. The helo had been loaded down with extra fuel in order to make it there and back at these speeds, which meant that it would make a very nice fire if shot at.

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Posted: Sep 20 2005, 08:34 AM

The end of the battle was nearer. With every passing minute, there was less and less Latin fighters to take care of. The Nedalians were sweeping the base efficiently. In fact, in the south, the Nedalians were quickly approaching the Khazaronian frontline, having to take care of one more small resistance group that was standing in between them.

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Posted: Sep 20 2005, 11:14 PM

The last batch of Latin resistance between the Lamonian and Khazaronian lines had evaporated just before the helicopter landed to take the experts to the military hospital. The experts were taken out of the building surrounded by Lamonian troops to the waiting helicopter which promptly flew out of the battle zone when the last expert had been strapped in. Now there was only the remaining Latin resistance to take care of, and the allied troops took to the task with a vengence.

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Posted: Sep 21 2005, 09:54 AM

With the experts away, the Khazaronian paratroopers defaulted to their secondary objective which was to finally neutralize the Latin military once and for all. Parting company with their Lamonian and Nedalian counterparts, the Khazaronian paratroopers moved towards where the main body of their army was stationed in the outpost, shooting any Latins that crossed their path. What parts of the base that where still in Latin hands where to be secured and dismantled.

During one of their raids on what appeared to be a Latin-held barn on the outskirts of the Khazaronian battle-front, they discovered a pocket of Latin fighters who where prepping five jeeps for depature, in an attempt to escape from the wrath of the allied force. They where all dressed in non-descript civilian clothing, and appeared to not even be carrying weapons on them. Normally their fate would have followed those of other Latin fighters the Khazaronians had encountered, yet so unique was this find that the paratroopers opted to inform General Hamar of it. The order from him came back through to question the individuals, hoping that they could find out exactly where any last pockets of Latin military would be hiding.

Being the resourceful people they where, and lacking in any good interrigation devices, the Khazaronians randomly picked one of the five men they found, tied him to a post in the barn, hooked up his nether regions to one of the jeep's car batteries, and began "questioning" him. Several minutes, and three grieviously wounded individuals later, they where no closer to any answers. Several of the men became frustrated, and moved to hook up yet another of the men to the car battery. Only this time the man collapsed into a sobbing heap, begging for mercy and confessing that he and his comrades where part of the command staff of the outpost.

One of the paratroopers attending to the captives, a tall man with a scar under his right eye, turned to a soldier with the captain insignia and shrugged. "What now?" he asked. The captain grinned, slowly walking forward as he unholstered his sidearm and held it tightly in his right hand, while reaching forward and grabbing the commander by the scruff of his neck and dragging him out of the barn. Letting go of the commander rather roughly, he levelled his sidearm at the man and cleared his throat.

"The path of the righteous man is beset on all sides by the inequities of the selfish and the tyranny of evil men. Blessed is he, who in the name of charity and good will, shepherds the weak through the valley of darkness, for he is truly his brother's keeper and the finder of lost children. And I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger those who would attempt to poison and destroy my brothers. And you will know my name is the Lord when I lay my vengeance upon thee."

With those words the captain fired three shots at close range at the commander then turned back towards the barn. "This is our land now gentleman." he said to the remaining captives. "The sooner you cooperate with us, the better off your life will be." The remaining individual, the only one left of the four who could speak, began agreeing profously to reveal whatever information they wanted.

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Posted: Sep 21 2005, 04:18 PM

Hearing the screams from the farmhouse, a squad of Lamonian troops raced over to see what was going on. When they reached the barn, they saw what the Khazaronians were doing, and decided to gaurd the barn for them, taking up defensive positions.

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Posted: Sep 22 2005, 07:23 AM

After whiping off any blood he had gotten on his uniform from shooting the Latin commander, the Khazaronian commander turned around to his men and the awaiting Lamonian guards. "I think we're done here. Lets take these guys back to base and see what info we can get out of them." The other Khazaronians nodded and collected the remaining members of the Latin command, dragging them if they could not walk. Turning to the Lamonians, the Khazaronian commanderd smiled and bowed slightly. "Thanks for the back up fellas."

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Posted: Sep 22 2005, 09:36 AM

The Nedalians had wiped out the last batch of real resistance and had made direct contact with the Khazaronians in the south. The Lamonians in the north also had been contacted with, and now Nedalian troops were patrolling the area. They were waiting on the official word from their allies to see what the next step was.

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Posted: Sep 22 2005, 11:59 AM

The Khazaronian troops in the outpost, and all of what was once southwestern Latao, began to settle into a normal patrol routine, making sure to keep on alert for insurgents and other individuals who would dare to disrupt the peace they had brought once again to the region. General Hamar set up his permanent headquarters in the capital city, next to the Lamonian HQ, so that the allied forces could better coordinate their efforts in the area. The Khazaronians where, like the Nedalians, awaiting to see what the next step in their plan would be.

Not long after the news of the rescue and the fall of the last Latin stronghold reached him, General Hamar ordered that the strength of checkpoints across all borders and seaports be tripled, in an effort to prevent any Latin fighters from escaping, as there appeared to be a mass-exodus attempt from many of the Latins still in the area. Any Latins who attempted to flee the nation, where to be turned around and sent back home. If they further persisted, or completely ignored any warnings by the Khazaronian military, they where to be shot.

Also, across the former nation, under direct orders from the Patriarch himself, the Khazaronian special ops that had been deployed where gathering up all military technology they could find in now occupied Latin bases and outposts. Any technology that was found was to be taken directly back to Khazaron and reverse-engineered.

This post has been edited by Khazaron on Sep 22 2005, 12:03 PM