Codename: Eagle

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If the general played his cards right he would be the one basking in all the glory.

 

The bombs went off in the bomb shelter signalling another attack. Reports had come through that the Cross Alliance's weapon can fire at immense range, and have direct damage while still concealed from the shafts. The general was impressed by the Alliance's intelligence, knowing the conquering would be difficult but would be even sweeter. However, even his bravest tankers with the gigantic Mammoths and protection modules still couldn't travel a few meters without this new weapon obliterating them.

 

The general took a sense of relief in the fact that the enemy has yet to send its infantry, yet even he knew it was a matter of time before the fort was captured. A postman burst into the compact office room with a face of discomfort.

 

"General Harper, we have captured our first photos of this 'mega weapon.'"

 

"Well what are you waiting for show me, fool? said the impatient general. The postman tinkered with the envelope, then opened it up to reveal 3 photos of a massive machine similar to a smoky. "That's all? An extended Smoky is destroying our finest mammoths and Titans?"

 

"Well sir you do have to realize there is a... distinct feature of this new weapon."

 

"Which is?"

 

"It possesses the unique ability to fire over 100's of meters with extreme accuracy, damage, and shrapnel shells. In short this is a perfect weapon". The General stood in shock and awe of how a weapon so similar to the most basic of his, could be dismantling his whole army. "Is there anyway to stop this machine?".

 

"None that we know of, but there is still time." As the postman finished his last words, another bomb went off,and knocked the lighting out.

 

An all out offense was a foolproof plan, and nothing could stop it... but if it did we would lose all our men, morale, and Mammoths. The general was distraught with making a decision, lingering at the fort meant certain doom, and going all out meant certain doom too. In the end the general chose an all out blitzkrieg, knowing even if he died he would be hailed a hero. At 0600 hours they would launch an extreme offensive against this "weapon of mass destruction" in the hopes of seizing it and using it to their advantage. General Harper had been ready for this moment since he was born, and in 2 hours all the fireworks would light up, or the bomb shells.

 

A fleet of 84 Hunters, 62 Vikings, 37 Titans, and 135 Mammoths were at the ready of General Harper's go-ahead. and at exactly 0600 hours Harper sent all the tanks out into the desert of neglected, rusted tanks of the past failed siege. With only 5 kilometers of land covered, only 13 Hunters, 4 Vikings, 19 Titans, and 21 Mammoths withstood the constant shelling, and bombings. The general knew his days of commanding were over. Had he had not obtained updates on the battle turning in his favor he would have surely ended his life, being known as the man who let Fort Shumpert fall to the Cross Alliance.

 

General Harper received word at 1200 hours that the Cross alliance had finally collapsed after 8 long stressful years. While only 6 tankers survived, countless others lost their lives in the desert, trapped there to wander for the rest of time. The victory caused great fatigue on the General, as he did not have enough stamina to open the blueprints folder of the "weapon". He died of a heart attack only minutes after hearing of his triumph. The 6 tankers came back to hear the news of the generals passing and mourned his loss. Although he would never see it General Harper was remembered as the hero of the war. 

 

The 6 tankers went to the generals room for a remembrance of him, and praised him for all that he did for them. One of the tankers noticed the unopened folder on the table that the general never got to open. He opened the folder and on the first page was the name of the weapon Codename:Eagle. The 6 tankers admired the name but they had a better one: Harper.

Edited January 28, 2017 by Blackdrakon30

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- Fixed some capitalization

- Fixed some dialogue formatting

- Added "A fleet of" to the start of a sentence, to have it start smoother

- Altered spacing near a few commas.

- Some small other spacing edits.

 

Approved.

 

Excellent job with this story, I really like this story! I do hope you continue. It seems to have some very interesting plot ideas.  :) Also, some advice for the commas is that the punctuation usually goes inside the quotations, like "Did you say hello?" rather than having the question mark outside.