Operation Vanguard: Begin Operations

[N_of_the_dead]

Claude heard the plan knowing his placement in the three groups. Claude stood up and began to ready himself practicing bending his legs for when he lands before saying "I can handle the early responders and draw attention away from the others.".

Claude began to pace thinking to himself "This is going to be a lot different then a field exercise".

 

[Technetium]

whoops! didn't realise it had started

 

[Captainguy42]

"Once we hit the tree-line we can lose them easy enough, we have dozens of safe houses prepared, once we get to one we can begin making our way for Berlin." Sway checked his watch, before checking in the cockpit. He quickly checked their position using their instruments, they were right on target. "Brian, I think we're good on cloud cover, get ready for your jump."

" Alright gentlemen, it's time for glory." He said as he popped back into the cabin, while he had been examining the instruments, everyone else had made their final preparations. He took a moment to secure his jump rig before opening the door. "Alright boys, when I give the signal, go and give them hell. In five, four, three, two, one, Go! Go! Go!"

 

[N_of_the_dead]

The minute Sway gave the go sign Claude was out the door free falling through the air. During the fall he started the shift by the time he hit 500 feet he was literally a stone plummeting towards the Earth. He landed with a ground shaking crash.

 

[Athol]

With the signal JR was out the door right on Claude's heel, so to speak. Hitting the ground in much the same fashion as he?d arrived at Murmansk, he drew his pistol and began to move to secure the LZ.

 

[Captainguy42]

As soon as team A was off the plane, Sway scrambled team B. "Paratroopers! release!" And with that he jumped out of the plane. He pressed his arms to his torso and kept his legs straight to fall as fast as possible until he had to pull the cord. His chute opened perfectly, Germans fired from below, but he was moving too fast and they were pre-occupied with Team A. He hit the ground, and rolled, unclipping his chute as he went. He got up from the ground and drew is rifle, aiming towards the tree line, he sighted a sniper. He pull the trigger and watch the sniper fall over as Sway ran to join Claude and JR.

 

[N_of_the_dead]

When the dust cleared from the landing spot Claude stood tall seeing the some of the soldiers already firing into the air he charged it took little time for them to notice. One of the soldiers began to shout "Ein golem! Feuer! Feuer!" as their attention began to focus not on the man dropping in from the sky but the stone man charging them. None of the shoots hurt but Claude could still feel them connect like a million tiny gnats flying into him. He smashed through the group sending several to the ground and sending the one that had been shouting orders into a tree at such force Claude actually heard the man's spine snap against the tree. One of the men toss a potato masher at him he grabs it crushing it between his hands dampening the blast to only a soft thud "Your gonna have to do more than that fella!".

 

[blaze96]

Brian jumped from the plane and allowed the fog to dissipate, the Canadian pilot would be on his own for the rest of the flight. He hit the ground rolling and retreated into the treeline, taking aim down his rifle and squeezing a shot off at a nearby German. As his companion turned to face him he shot the man with a bolt of lightning, knocking him out cold.

"Alright, let's get moving to the objective B team." He said as he looked around.

 

[Avashka]

Danse was quick to climb aboard the jeep, not really comfortable with the idea of paradropping right into the middle of a battlefield, and certainly incapable of making a jump by himself. He climbed into the side passenger seat, resting the Soviet SMG he acquired across his lap and bracing himself for what promised to be the worst experience he'll ever have.

Even worse than that time Frau Kessler sat on his foot. She could crack -marble-..

 

[Athol]

Using the rather effective distraction crated by Claude, JR was able to make his way into the German line with little fuss. Bolts channelled through his Browning flashed with lethal precision, their limited noise muffled by the desperate fire of the soldiers trying to stop the stone man.

Blind-siding a machine gun position and killing the two man crew, JR was about to turn the weapon on a cluster of muzzle-flashes across from his position, when he got hit from behind with a tackle. The two men grappled, and tore at each other amongst the mud and debris. JR tried to go for his pistol, but the German saw him, and with a solid blow to the temple, made him drop the gun.

Struggling to their feet, the fighters circled each other, waiting for the other to make the first move. With a bellow of pure rage the German charged JR, hoping to pin him to the sand bags beside the MG, and crush the life out of him. Dodging the wild rush, JR tripped over one of the dead gun crew, and was back on the ground. Seeing the soldier slam into the berm, momentarily stunned, he did the only thing he could. He raised his hand and unleashed an energy blast at his target. In an instant, the top half of the German soldier, several sand bags, and most of the backend of the MG 34, vanished in a brilliant golden flash.

 

[Captainguy42]

Sway aimed at a motor-cycle rider who was speeding towards him, with one shot he hit the rider in the head and watched him slump off of the bike. He continued firing at the Germans while he ran forward. "Stormshaper! make sure the Jeep lands in one piece, we'll need it soon." As he spoke a German Panzer was finally warmed up and rolling. Inside the crew worked worked to aim the gun at Quarry. From his position Sway saw it first.

"Quarry, Tank incoming! Get cover!" Sway knew Quarry could take a lot, but he didn't know if he could take a Tank shell. He took a shot but missed the Tank Commander, who then got below before he could fire again.

 

[2ndblackjedi]

Darryl also got into the jeep, placing himself at the front.

"Guess I'll be driving when we hit..." Darryl said, then he realized what he said. "Or land, or...yeah, still not going to enjoy this," he added, muttering the last bit.

Darryl's gauntlets would allow him to hold the steering once they got going, they just had to get down first. Darryl fought the urge to close his eyes as they dropped.

 

[Captainguy42]

As soon as the Jeep touched down the Panzer fired. The shell missed Quarry and landed far enough so his armor protected him from the shrapnel. Sway meanwhile took another shot, this time it hit the Tank Commander right in the temple, and shout out through the helmet on the other side. The Commander slumped over, but the tank continued rolling forward as the crew scrambled to reload the cannon. Sway yelled at the Jeep, " Darryl take out that tank!"

 

[2ndblackjedi]

"Easy enough," Darryl thought. He spun the jeep around to give himself a clear shot. Steering with one had he aimed the other at the tank. He fired a concentrated beam at the tank which melted and sliced through the tank's cannon. Darryl then briefly took both hands off the wheel to release a flurry of powerful blasts. They punctured the tank's armour and soon disabled it. An explosion from somewhere inside the tank indicated it wouldn't be going anywhere for a while. Darryl then grabbed the steering wheel again.

 

[Athol]

"Holy fuck!" JR muttered, as he saw Darryl demolish the tank. "That boy has some kick." Getting to cover near Sway, he continued to exchange fire with German troops. "So boss, what's the plan?"

 

[N_of_the_dead]

Claude charged further into the German troops having barely avoided what could have been his first and last time testing his armor against a tank round up close. Doing his best to draw as much fire away from the other teams.

 

[Captainguy42]

" We're all on the ground, now head for the tree-line." Sway responded as he grabbed a grenade from his belt and threw it between two German rifle-men. As it exploded and he continued to move towards the trees, now less concerned about taking out Germans now that the team was on the ground. " Keep moving, don't stop! The sooner we get in the trees the better."

 

[blaze96]

Brian shot a couple more Germans before moving into the tree line.

"Yes sir!" He shouted as he moved toward his superior's position.

"So what's our next step?" He asked quieter as he arrived.

 

[N_of_the_dead]

Hearing Sway's order Claude smashes through one last group of soldiers before they could finish loading a panzerfaust. Crushing the weapon under his foot Claude turns away from the combat sprinting towards the tree line bullet ricocheting off his back.

 

[Athol]

Sticking close to Sway, JR made for the trees. Throwing himself behind a large pine, he swore as a German bullet passed through his calf muscle. "GAAHH! ************!" Swinging out from cover he shot the nearest enemy soldier squarely between the eyes. "Anyone know how we can get these Jerry bastards to fall back?"