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// Enemy assault and reinforcements 
// Story: The Battalion 
// by Fa-18 
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	While the general was having a conversation with the local leader of the town, they were ordered to keep watch towards the woods. Though there was one problem, civilians. Especially a certain group of three. Each one kind of bugging some of the soldiers, mainly the pink one. She almost got shot due to her appearing in front of some soldiers that were a bit jumpy. Other than that, things were normal. Now while the soldiers were keeping watch, some civilians came around and talked to most of the soldiers. Some asking questions ranging from...
Are ya'll O.K.? 
What are you?
What are those?
And so fourth. But there was one particular pony (after the soldiers were corrected many times) that went up to what appeared to be a medical officer. Which happened to be the generals son. Before the general left, he told his son to take care of the wounded. In which the order wasn't ignored. So as he was looking over one of the wounded, he noticed her approach.

"Hey buddy, got a minute?" she asked him, a bit demanding in his opinion. he didn't care though, so he let it pass.

"Hold on a minute, i'll be with ya in a sec." He simply replied. And true to his word, he was done. You see, when it comes to things dealing with medical problems, the lieutenant can get the job done in a minute. Which made his drill instructor question his speed. And made the lieutenant do more medical work than everyone else. since he gets them done faster than anyone.

"Alright, what do you need?"

"I was wondering if any of saw an orange filly on the way over here? You know, orange coat, purple hair--"

"You mean scootaloo?" This confirmed the cyan Pegasus's hope. She asked where she was, and the lieutenant lead her to one of the aav's as they were called. The hatch was open, and talking with one of the soldiers was scootaloo. Hours before, she had woken up from her nap. Then had her wound checked and bandaged. She was talking to one of the wounded soldiers talk about his time in basic, the pranks they pulled on people (giving scootaloo a few ideas), and even about skydiving. As soon as rainbow saw her, she called out her name and then giving her a hug. Now some would wonder why she didn't act hostile after seeing the fillies leg wrapped up. there are two reasons. One, she was worried about scootaloo. And two, She knew what kind of weapons they wielded. Simply cause equestrian is starting to develop guns that shoot magic. And she wasn't going to take any chance's against them. 

It had been a few hours later, and there was a group of soldiers watching the tree line's. They chatted for a bit. Played cards for a minute, while looking back and fourth. From them, to the woods. They were even facing in the direction of the tree lines as well. Thirty more minutes pas t, they were about to call in the next group to keep watch, but spotted something.

"Hey jack, give me you binoculars." John said as jack handed the binoculars over. John wanted to confirm that there was something wondering around the forest. Praying to god that it wasn't a child. But then he saw and heard something familiar.

"INCOMIG!!!!!" John yelled as an enemy missile whistled loudly towards them. Luckily, the two soldiers moved out of the way as the enemy missile engulfed their makeshift watch stand in flames. That's when all hell broke lose. The enemy that humanity had been fighting began rushing out of the woods. Firing rockets, shooting any and all he came across their path of destruction. all the while, the soldiers began to retaliate. Buying the civilians time to get to safety. Protecting them in the process. And even picking up any objects to shield them and civilians. Even one of the tanks positioned themselves in front of the civilians. The entire tank facing forward and unleashing hell upon the alien hostiles. The tank first started with machine gun fire which made the civilians jump a bit. But now, they were going to witness the fire power of the main gun.

Inside said tank.

"Alright load up a high explosive. I want to see these bastards fly." The tank commander ordered. The ordered didn't go unnoticed. The loader took the shell and loaded it into the chamber.

"Loaded!" 
being struck by the pin
"FIRE!" The commander shouted as the gunner pulled the trigger. Inside the barrel, The sound of the round  being struck by the pin was heard. And a little light appeared at the back of the round as it sped through the barrel at the speed of sound and ending as the round shot out the barrel with a loud boom. The round sped through the air towards its target. And ever so quickly hit its mark as time slowed down for the enemy. The explosion blowing them back from impact. The plume of smoke engulfing some of their comrades'. And as the time slowed for them, it began to speed back up for the human soldiers. Each soldier fought hard to protect the civilians from getting harmed. They held their own For an hour. losing twenty soldiers and receiving fifteen wounded so far. When they thought that they had a chance of winning. One of them spotted a group of enemy gunships/drones. Some soldiers had stingers on them for anti air. And they quickly put them to use. Now as they fired, they began to hear a familiar tune play seemingly out of nowhere. Then all of the sudden. the closest enemy drone was blasted into pieces as a familiar voice sang. as well as seeing an all to familiar jet.

"DA DALA DA DA DALA DA DAVDLAAA DA DALALA!" All the soldiers cheered as the A-10 Warthog rained total hell upon the enemy. It was even enough to make satin cringe. But still, to add more of the confusion of the civilians, the entire battalion began to sing along with the tune. Until one soldier straight up yelled.

"HELL YEA VALKERY, SEND THEM TO HELL...WHOO!" 

After the initial surprise attack. The lieutenant immediately contacted valkery. Asking him how he got here. who was with him. And how he was doin. What the lieutenant got in return made him more happier than a child on Christmas day. Currently, valkery was heading towards an enemy position to provide air support along with keeping enemy aa off five C-17s along with twenty F-22 raptors. And twenty F-15 fighter jets. And additional fourteen A-10 warthogs. Adding up to a total of fifty four jets. basically this was a force to be used as in his term, "beat the ever lasting shit out of the enemy with force." Still, after that the lieutenant had asked a question that baffled the lieutenant. Why is the jet and ammo stocks unlimited. Come to think of it, the lieutenant didn't realy notice until now. Not even one soldier called out for extra mags. Not even a clip. But he decided to look into it later. after they were done talking, valkery had rendezvoused with his flight. He was on a basic scouting mission. Thirty minutes later, the general came back to access the situation. And from the looks of it, he was actually fighting. Just not in the same area. He even did a recap on his experience. And for the rest of the day, the soldiers were patching up the wounded. Cleaning up any debris. And even putting out fires. There's this one particular group that is lifting up a burnt beam of wood. And under that wood, was a child with a broken leg. After getting the beam off, one of the other medics grabbed the child and rushed him towards a medical tent. Few hours later, it was finally turning dusk. Camps have been quickly set up for the soldiers and the wounded. It was even near the hospital.

Everything had been running smoothly so far. the general was keeping the camp in check. The medics were trying their best to patch up the wounded. Patrols have been put on high alert, even a tank. After telling the general about the air force aircrafts nearby, the general was beyond happy. But the problem is, the Air force needs a landing strip. A big landing strip. After deciding to deal with it later, the lieutenant looked around to notice that the ponies were looking towards the air. So did he. only to see a carriage land in front of him. Then the door opened. And stepping out were ponies with both a horn and wings. The first was a alabaster pony. She was wearing a simple white dress with gold trimmings, and wore a tiara. The second was a blue colored pony. Wearing a dress similar to the first one, but it was purple with black trimmings. And she was wearing a obsidian colored tiara.  And the third one was pink. Wearing a pink dress with purple trimmings along with a crystal tiara. the lieutenant noticed the civilians bowing. He just stood there. Not paying mind to any of the looks from certain civilians. But what he was paying mind to was some of the guards. Drawing up their weapons and aiming them towards the lieutenant. almost immediately, they were met with their soon to be opponents weapons. Twenty compared to six. Overkill, not in the lieutenants mind. Then out of nowhere, the white one spoke. And it was a tone that reminded the young lieutenant of his mother. The exact voice she had. If the general, his dad heard, this he would brake down in tears.

"Lower your weapons please." The white one commanded. Each of her guards lowering their weapons reluctantly. Same with the human soldiers.

"I apologize for the hostility. i'm princess celestia, co-ruler of Equestria. And the same with my sister, Princess luna, also co-ruler. And our niece, Princess cadence. ruler of the crystal empire." She stated as each one of them nodded.

"Nice to meet ya'll. I'm Lieutenant Woods, Second command of this battalion." The lieutenant greeted with a salute.

"I see. May we see who is in charge of this battalion?" Princess Celestia asked.

"Yes ma'am." The lieutenant replied. He also hoped that one of the guards knew that he caught what they said. Each one throwing insults towards him. Funny thing to, They were private first classes. Their ranks showing on their armor. Probably just three months of experience. As the lieutenant led the group throughout the camp, he could see the expression of the princesses faces. One of shock and sorrow. Even when passing the wounded soldiers, as well as civilians. After about a minute, they reached the command center. As soon as they entered, the lieutenant snapped to a salute.

"Sir, a couple of important people need to talk with you." He said to the general as the princesses entered.

"At ease. Bye the way, you're needed near the medical tents." The general stated. And with that, the Lieutenant left.

"Alright, I'm General Woods. Commanding officer of this battalion. What do ya need?"