War of the Worlds

Struggle for Trost Pt.2

Chapter 7: Struggle for Trost pt.2

Trost, Wall Rose, Bravo Company 1st UNEC Battalion

When the Bravo Company entered through the Breach they were greeted by a gruesome sight. The area was littered with bodies and remains of the defenders and broken barricades, weapons and cannons. By the looks of it, these people put up an ineffective defence against the giants and were overwhelmed in a matter of minutes. After eliminating the few Giants around the area including the one stuck in the moat and was trying in vain to crawl out with a 25mm Chain gun round and securing a perimeter Capt. Edward walks in holding an M4 in his hands, looking around as his men were removing the bodies or what remains of the defenders from the way for the LAVs, not wanting to crush them under their wheels and preparing themselves to move in deeper into the city.

"Sir, 1st, 2nd and 3rd Platoons are ready to move in." his XO informs.

"Giants incoming upfront !" A marine warned pointing at small group consisting of both T1 and T2 giants.

"What are you waiting for? light them up." He yelled.

The Humvees and the LAV support opened fire with pinpoint accuracy hitting right on their necks and destroying their napes. They tumbled down dead and began to evaporate.

"Clear !"

Edward turns his attention and looks at the aerial image of the city on his Tough book which is used as a map for this operation. The city's construction and buildings are equivalent to the ones from the 1800s, A single main road which is the only path large enough for the support vehicles and lots of smaller and congested alleyways like the pre-industrial cities only for the infantry making them a perfect place for Giant ambush nightmare. There are still pathways enough for the LAVs to fit in but manoeuvring them inside will be impossible. The single main road is connected with two other roads leading to the Western and the Eastern parts of the city. The main street leads straight to the centre where a large castle is located. Probably local military HQ or house of the city's mayor and then towards the inner wall's gate.

"Sir, the city is too big for a single company to clear those monsters out." his XO pointed out.

"I know that Lieutenant but the Battalion have no men and vehicles to spare. We have to make do with what we got." He replies back. To this, his XO nodded.

"Good." looking back at the tough book he said. "Send 1st and 2nd Platoon through the central road and 3rd on the road on the left. 4th will be advancing through the right flank on the banks of the river."

"Add additional AT teams with the 5th and 6th Platoons they will be the ones those have the task on pacifying the inner city blocks between our advance. Their LAVs will be distributed among the other Platoons as manoeuvrability inside those small alleyways and roads is practically impossible."

"Yes, Sir." His XO says and relays the command.

Edward looks down. He was basically sending 5th and 6th Platoon on a suicide mission. But he had no other choice these Platoons were the only ones that had veterans from the Cuba campaign and know well how to fight in a congested city like this. Though other platoons were extensively trained in city combat those trainings were only done in a modern city environment. Panic in combat is another factor when killing these monsters from a mile away is pretty easy but when coming face to face with them might weaver the will of any grown man. Adding an extra AT or Giant killer teams to them would be a boast in firepower. Their guns are also basically pea shooters against these giants. Leaving the AT teams only the Designated Marksman, Grenadiers and the MG gunners has sufficient firepower to even pierce their necks to saturate their napes for the kill. (Note 7.62 rounds can penetrate through the harden Titan skin from the front) Other troops are armed with M4 and M16 rifles with 5.56 bullets, enough to blind those monsters or distract their attention towards you. They can be only effective if they can hit and saturate the Giant's exposed nape directly from behind. Moreover, 7.62 rounds are only effective against the T2 class Giants leaving only the Grenadiers and AT teams left to deal with the more dangerous T1 and aggressive T3 giant classes. Without the LAVs, Humvees and their mounted 50 Cal machineguns and Grenade launchers are the only vehicular support they are going to have.