by Ira Tabankin
The armored land attack was more successful; the militias didn’t have any anti-tank weapons. They’d dug and built anti-tank trenches and barricades to slow down the advancing armor which worked in slowing the Russian tanks down, but not stopping them.
An unwelcome surprise, the invaders learned, was some of the citizens of the LSA weren’t pleased to have their country used as a staging area for an attack against the USA. Many of the border towns of the LSA are close to their neighbors across the border. Citizens of the LSA intercept the unarmed supply chain. Many take the weapons and supplies meant for the front line which they use against the United Nations troops rear area troops; this disrupts the flow of supplies and people to the front.
The attack against the two US Navy Trident submarine bases also runs into problems. The base at Kings Row in Georgia is attacked by paratroops, a freak wind caused 40% of the invaders miss the base, many land in the ocean just offshore from the base, (most of these drown due to their heavy equipment), the balance land on the base and are met by heavily armed Marines and Navy Sea Police troops. The battle went back and forth for two hours. The invaders control the assembly building and the mess hall. The defenders are repulsed every time they attempt to attack the invaders. The battle has stalemated with neither side able to advance. The commander of the defenders calls for advice, “Admiral, I suggest we hit the assembly building with a couple of bombs, I think it’s the only way to dislodge them.”
“Captain, are there any Trident missiles in the assembly building?”
“No sir, all are at sea on boats or were moved into secure bunker storage.”
“Captain, we’ll have a flight of A10s there in 30 minutes. Their leader’s call sign is Apache one.”
The attack on the Bangor Trident base in Washington State is much more successful. An armored column moves north from Fort Lewis, which the LSA took over from the US Army. The armor quickly overcomes the base defenders who were prepared to defend lightly armed paratroops. There is one submarine in dry dock undergoing repairs, all of the others are at sea. There are twenty-four Trident D5 submarine-launched ballistic nuclear missiles on the base with 96 nuclear warheads. The invaders easily push through the chain-link fence surrounding the base; they crush the defenders.
Since the state of Washington is in the LSA, the citizens aren’t armed; there are only a few militias with less than two hundred members trying to reach the base. These are intercepted on Route 5; the Russian invaders tear apart the militia members, killing or capturing all of them.
In less than one hour, the invader's capture and are in control of the Bangor base, the Russians have secured the Trident missiles and the warheads, the one submarine in dry dock was set on fire by the repair crew before they were captured. The boat is a total write off. The code equipment, top secret communications and Trident manuals are all successfully burned by placing them in barrels with thermite grenades that burn at 4000 degrees.
The invaders considered the invasion a complete success.
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Of the twenty-two Russian submarines that took up position off America’s east coast, fifteen are sunk by US nuclear attack submarines; two are damaged by anti-submarine planes, and three are sunk by Chinese submarines that totally surprised the Russian boats. The Chinese honored the agreement with President Brownstone to offer support against an invasion of America by the United Nations. The two remaining Russian boats are ordered out of the battle area. Both of the remaining submarines are heard by the SOSUS undersea listening system, (Sound Surveillance System). P3 anti-submarine planes are vectored to the location of the retreating Russian submarines. The submarines are surprised by air dropped Mark 54 torpedoes. While the Mark 54s have a small 95 pound warhead, it’s enough to damage the submarines who noisily limp towards their base in Russia,
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President Puten is screaming at his Defense Minister, “What the hell do you mean we lost twenty front line nuclear submarines, and two are damaged? You just lost over 150 billion rubles worth of equipment. You told me we could sink every American carrier; you promised me we would take them by surprise. It seems they surprised us, what happened?”
“Mr. President, it seems the Americans weren’t as surprised as we thought they would be.”
“That’s an understatement. What happened?”
“The Americans laid a mine field behind their carriers, they also had attack submarines trailing our boats. They somehow knew we were going to attack early this morning.”
“How did they know?”
“Mr. President, I don’t know, maybe someone in the Secretary-General’s office tipped off the Americans.”
“How did the attack on the American bases and silos go?”
“Mr. President, the attack on the Bangor base was a success. We captured twenty-four Trident missiles and 96 of their warheads.”
“What about their codes and manuals?”
“Sir, they had enough time to destroy all of them, we found nothing but barrels of fine ash and melted metal and plastic.”
“Damn, I was hoping we could have better surprised them and grabbed their code books and encoding equipment. What about the attack on the Kings Row base and their Minute Men silos?”
“Sir, their military, backed up by armed civilians, caught our paratroops by surprise, they wiped out or captured our people. The only success we had was the Bangor base.”
“We lost everyone else?”
“Yes sir.”
“Not such a walk in the park as you said it would be was it?”
“No sir. They were much better prepared than we expected.”
“Minister, your plans were a failure, you cost the Motherland hundreds of billions of rubles, and you’re fired. I’m sure you will be found guilty at your trial.”
“Mr. President….”
He never completed his remarks; four armed Presidential guards entered the office and dragged the Defense Minister away.
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“Mr. President, I think we should take the war to the Russians. I have a plan for your approval; it’s called Operation Turnabout. We’ll mine the Russian naval ports with regular and Captor mines. We’ll locate and sink their supply ships and launch cruise missiles at their bases in the LSA.”
“Admiral Zander, the plan to mine Puten’s ports, and the sinking of his supply ships is approved. However, I don’t want to attack any bases on LSA territory, their territory was American soil and may be again. Right now I can’t attack bases that may have Americans on them or living nearby who could get injured as collateral damage. How else can you slow down the invasion?”
“We could attack their allies in Cuba and Venezuela, this may cause them to bring their troops home.”
“I like that idea, bring me back a plan that gives their allies a black eye, hit them, so they know they’ve been kissed by the best.”
“Yes sir.”
“John, what’s the status of the attacks against the cartels?”
“Mr. President, we launched 240 cruise missiles at the cartel. We used thermobaric warheads to completely destroy their poppy fields. We then spread chemicals over their fields; nothing is going to grow on that land for a very long time. We used penetrators to dig out and destroy their underground facilities. We hit their offices and even their homes. We believe we’ve killed most of them; we put a huge dent in their ability to produce drugs. We used our CAP fighters to bring down any of their flights and sink their boats. We think we’ve shut down their supply chain. As soon as there’s any activity at their sites, we’ll hit them again. It’s like the whackem game; one gopher sticks their head up, we whack it, when another head pops up, we whack it. They know we mean business this time.”
“Has Columbia or Mexico protested?”
Laughing, John responds, “Sir, Columbia told us they were going to protest publicly while privately they passed us the intel where we could locate the cartel's facilities. The Mexicans tried to intercept our fighters, which was a mi
stake; we shot their planes down. You can expect a strongly worded protest from Mexico very soon.”
President Brownstone smiled, “I can’t wait to see what they protest. We warned them not to interfere with us. If they try to intercept us again, you have permission to take them down.”
“Mr. President, I gave the military orders to protect themselves from any threats.”
“Excellent clear orders, I’m sure our on site military officers appreciated those orders.”
“The field commanders thanked us saying, these were the best orders they’ve received in many years.”
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The next morning at 0400 local, twenty-four B1 American bombers flying at 675 MPH only 50 feet above the ocean flashed over the Russian naval ports, they dropped captor and magnetic mines at the mouth of the Russian harbors. They also dropped Fuel-air-explosive bombs over the moored war and supply ships. Fuel-air-explosive bombs are the most-powerful non-nuclear weapons in the US inventory. They spread a fine mist over their targets, when the mist has spread out, a series of small igniters’ fire, igniting the explosive mist. The overpressure and blast destroy every ship in the four Russian harbors. The B1 bombers are gone before the Russians even realized they were under attack.
President Puten gets violent when he was informed. He threw everything off his desk, anything not nailed down is throw against a wall. He just lost the balance of the Navy’s surface war fleet. The ships loaded with supplies was an even worse impact, as the ships were loaded with the equipment and material to sustain the war against American for eight weeks of heavy fighting.
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Nanny Polsi assumes power in the LSA when it becomes clear President Reid isn’t going to be able to avoid a trial. She meets with the People’s Congress to discuss the next steps. Nanny is shocked when the Congress votes no confidence in her ability to lead throwing the leadership of the LSA into confusion. She stands in front of the Congress asking, “What do you mean, you voted no confidence in my ability to lead the country?”
Senator and Governor of California, Brownie, stands to respond, “Ms. Polsi, you were arm and arm with President Reid, the people want change; the people don’t have faith in you or President Reid any longer. There are questions about President Obsma’s death. There are questions about how his documents and history were hidden from the people. There are many who think you were instrumental in helping him commit fraud. President Brownstone has asked that we turn you and President Reid over to America to face trial. We’ve informed President Brownstone that President Reid has to first stand trial here for breaking our laws before we consider turning him over. However, we can turn you over.”
“You’re out of your mind if you think I’m going to surrender to the Americans and stand trial in America for fraud. I can’t get a fair trial there.”
“Nanny, I think you will have your chance to tell President Brownstone yourself.” Four National police agents walk to the front of the People’s Congress to arrest Nanny. Their orders are to arrest and transport her to Washington, DC. As she’s being led out of Congress she yells over her shoulder, “Who’s going to become President?”
Senator Brownie responds, “Why Nanny, I am, the People’s Congress elected me to the position. That is until we have new elections. Please give our best to President Brownstone. We hope you enjoy your visit to Washington.”
Chapter 23
Alvin calls President Brownstone, “Sir, we’ve just received word that the LSA has agreed to send us Nanny Polsi to stand trial for fraud and tampering with our election laws. She’ll arrive at Andrews on a private plane at 7:00 PM this evening.”
“Alvin, excellent news. I want four FBI agents to meet her. Put her in solitary conferment. I don’t want her to speak to anyone yet.”
“Sir, what about her attorney?”
“Not until she’s charged. Use the terrorist act to hold her. Who’s now running the LSA?”
“The Senator and Governor of California, Brownie.”
“You’ve got to be kidding me? ‘Moonbat’ is running the country, heaven help them.”
“Sir, not only is he now the acting president of the LSA, he’s asked for a private face to face meeting with you, he asked for it to be held in neutral territory.”
“What is he suggesting?”
“Mr. President, he suggested Montreal.”
“I wouldn’t consider them neutral. Do you have any suggestions?”
“I can’t think of a neutral location that’s close to both of you. Why not show a ton of good faith and hold it in Los Angeles?”
“Alvin, won’t that give him a giant PR win?”
“He got rid of Nanny, would you rather be dealing with Brownie or Nanny?”
“You’ve got a good point there. OK, tell him, I’ll come to LA.”
President Brownstone’s next meeting is with John, the Secretary of Defense, “John, how bad is the situation?”
“Mr. President, we’ve fought the United Nations invasion to a standstill or we defeated their first attacks in all locations except for the Trident Base in Washington. They attacked it with an armored column they staged at Fort Lewis.”
“What did we lose?”
“The boat in dry dock was destroyed by its crew; however the Russians got twenty-four Tridents and 96 Mark 88 warheads.”
“Damn it. Did they get our codes?”
“No, the security staff destroyed them with thermite grenades. We’ve taken their submarine fleet threat from the Atlantic. I bet the attack on their boats by the Chinese came as a rude surprise to Puten.”
“I read Admiral Zander’s report. His idea to quickly update the Captor mines was brilliant. Where do we expect them to hit next?”
“With their navy all but destroyed, I’d guess they will default to a land attack. For a PR win I think they will go after the Pantex Plant in Amarillo, Texas. Since that’s our only nuclear weapons plant, it will give the United Nations a huge PR sound bite and frankly hurt us in our efforts updating our nuclear weapons systems.”
“Have you spoken with Governor Lawson?”
“Yes sir, we’ve also moved a number of troops and armor from Fort Hood. The Russians are building up forces in Mexico; Pantex is the only logical target in the area.”
“John, can you hit their bases in Mexico with a spoiling attack?”
“Yes sir, after our attack on the cartels, Mexico isn’t going to even try to intercept our planes, they lost fourteen fighters the last time they tried to slow us down.”
“John do what you can to reinforce Pantex, move the key people and files out of the base, try to move some forces on the path they have to use between their bases and Pantex. Maybe we can cut them down by a thousand cuts. Make them bleed for every foot of our country they set foot on.”
“Yes sir.”
“I guess the Russians don’t view the wall along the border as a major hold up.”
“Sir, they’re going to most-likely blow it up and drive through the hole.”
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President Puten and the new Russian Federation Defense Minister are meeting to plan their next actions in the invasion of the USA. “Mr. President, our next target is the American Pantex nuclear plant in Texas. This is the American’s only nuclear weapons plant. Taking it will put a stop to them building and updating new weapons. We’ll also capture much of their nuclear materials and older warheads. In addition, we’ll capture all of their equipment.”
“Excellent, do we have sufficient forces available?”
“Yes sir, we’ve been marshalling forces in Mexico, when we’re ready, we’re going to going to cross over into Texas at Del Rio and from there we’ll travel to San Angelo, where we head to Lubbock and finally Amarillo. It’s a long march. However, we’ll have anti-air vehicles and attack helicopters with us. We’ll be attacking with 200 tanks and 400 armored troop carriers.”
“What about fuel?”
“Mr. President we’re traveling in Texas, the ground almost o
ozes oil, we’ll supply from the towns we pass through. There will be more than enough fuel and food to support our troops that leaves us more room for weapons and troops.”
“Minister, what about their wall?”
“Sir, we’re going to blow a large enough hole in it that will enable our tanks and trucks to drive through into the USA.”
“Minister, your plan is approved. When will you launch it?”
“Mr. President, I want to have all of our forces in place, and our troops acclimated to the time and weather changes before we begin the road march.”
“Excellent idea. What about the Naval weapons depot in Norfolk?”
“Mr. President, there’s no way we want to go near Norfolk. The entire peninsula is very heavily armed and defended. Our senior Air Force staff are looking into a precision bombing attack, sir, we can’t support a land attack.”
“Keep me informed.”
“Yes sir.”
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“Kath, have you seen the news?”
“Not yet, what happened now?”
“The People’s Congress in the LSA, hell of the name for it isn’t it? Just replaced Nanny with Governor Brownie as acting President. He and President Brownstone have agreed to a face to face meeting. On the war news, looks like the United Nations, I mean the Russians captured the Trident base in Washington State.”
“I could see that coming, stuck in hostile territory, no way to easily or quickly reinforce them, they were screwed. I hope the damn Russians didn’t get their hands on anything of value.”
“Don’t know, the news isn’t saying anything. Not even Wolf, which leads me to believe they got the bases weapons. If there were good news, every network would be reporting it.”
Laughing, Kathy responds, “They wouldn’t all report it as good news, many want total nuclear disarmament. They’re supporting the United Nations.”