CHS5-9

==Chapter Nine - Book 5 – Chappy's Howling Siegers==
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====Dreading the Battles that are yet to Come====
Command Allied HQ
Dieron, Draconis Combine
March 22nd, 3031
Reports were coming in from several locations about the two new units that landed. General Chapman looked over the reports and was afraid for the first time since this war started that he might lose some or all his children. He could also lose the 36th or 56th Avalon Hussars since one of the new enemy units landed just fifty miles away from both. 
He looked at the readiness report and then ordered the 4th Skye Guards 3rd Battalion to hop on dropships and move to the main continent to help the Avalon Hussars. He then ordered his armor and infantry regiment to move west to help his children. His son Seth was already in transit moving from the continent Voltenna toward his sister’s unit. Which was in the process of moving south to hook up with his other two son’s units at the military base designation MM59B on the map, but his children had renamed it Camp Doom. 
The sense of dread moved through the General when new reports came in showing that the enemy attacked on multiple fronts, by the end of the day he should know if the 36th and 56th Avalon Hussars survived the onslaught. Meanwhile, his kids were on the move, not engaging the enemy until they get to Camp Doom. The general then turned his focus on the fleet. He ordered the fleet that was chasing the Combine’s remnant fleet back to Dieron and then ordered two small task forces to guard both the Zenith and Nadir charging stations. He had let his pride and eagerness to destroy the Combine fleet get in the way of securing the entry points into this solar system. For now, let the enemy fleet sit in the asteroid belt. If they wanted a fight, they would have to come to him.
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===Recalling a talk between Family===
Roof of HQ/Comm Building
Camp Doom, Chento Mountain Towers Region
Dieron, Draconis Combine
March 24th, 3031
Lt. Colonel Chapman, son of the famous General, overlooked the work that he and his siblings had done over the last three weeks. He then remembered a conversation he had with his father when they first arrived on the planet. 
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====Disagreement between Comanders====
Video Conference
March 11th, 3031
General Chapman looked at his son. “Son, I noticed that you requisition building supplies for the fleet.”
Lt. Col Chapman looked at his father. “Yes father, I have discovered a Castle Brain, it’s been abandoned for many years, but with some TLC it can be a very useful base, both for defense and resupply.”
General Chapman spoke. “Were you asleep during all the mission briefs and planning? We are not staying here, as soon as the Combine is defeated all Federation forces will be heading home and leave the defense of this planet to our allies.”
Lt. Col. Chapman sighed and said. “Father, I know that, but I would like to build a resupply base for us, I also want our dropships station at the base when we are not using them. It would also be a good place for the air force since there is a runway and the base is centrally located.”
General Chapman just shook his head in a defeated fashion. “I know I will not win this conversation; I will let the fleet know that you are authorize all building materials and defense items you may need.”
‘Thank you, father.”
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===Preparing for a siege===
Three weeks later (Present day)
The White Horse Construction Team had done an amazing job all the walls were repaired, gun turrets were up and functioning, The ECM fields were up and running covering three of the five dropships with mountains in the backdrop and cliffs that made it impossible to attack from behind, the only way the enemy could attack was in the front. The original designer of the SLDF base had the river diverted to flow around the base, making a good barrier for non-jump jet mechs, and regular infantry. The river was about 50 meters wide and about 40 meters deep, the main defensible part of the base was the wall on the bank where the base was. 
This was about 25 meters tall which Matthew thought would make the average jump jet mech impossible to get up and over. The wall had many hard points to put gun turrets and he had ordered most of the ones they acquired on the first wall. The second wall set about half a kilometer from the first wall was the last line of defense before you got to the base building and runway. These walls were only 15 meters high but also had several hard points for gun emplacements. In total the base was about 2.5 sq kilometer, the base went down about 200 meters and had barracks, several chow halls, med facility, communication center, repair bays, and secure landing zones for dropships. Matthew thought this was a good place to defend and die if needed.
A big boom sounded in the air slightly to the left of where Matthew was standing, looking up with binoculars he was able to track the last dropship with supplies until after the battle was over. Holding out on this base for several days will be difficult but doable if all his siblings kept with the plan that he came up with. While he watched the DropShip called Sparrow move down from the outer atmosphere, static on the radio meant something else was about to happen.
“Sir, enemy sited Northeast over a battalion of mechs. The forward deployed intel team suggest that the other two battalions of mechs and the Armor Regiment is not far behind.”
Evidently the enemy had no clue about this base being fixed up to the point where Matthew considered it a stronghold.
“Roger that, CIC launch all fighters tell the company commanders to stay behind the wall for now.” He looked across the vast base thinking that just about two years ago all he was in command of was a small company of elite MechWarrior’s assigned to top of the line mechs from the war factories on his home planet, now his unit had grown into a re-enforced battalion with a mix of mechs from access the region due to his salvage techniques. The fighter squadrons flew across the base toward the enemy to harass them with HE bombs three of the four squadrons was from his sister unit the other was from his. The key was trying to force the enemy through the choke point at the base only entrance.
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===Frustration when commanding egotistical commanders===
12th Dieron Regulars
100 miles north of enemy base (Camp Doom)
Tai-shu Yawatono Kurita was frustrated, he had sent his mech regiment ahead to scout for a base so that his entire force could attack the enemy. The problem was his commanders were ambitious a trait that Combine applauds but usually gets lower-level commanders killed if they are not exceptional. 
Well, Yawatono thought he had three idiots as battalion commanders. Word just got back to Yawatono that instead of making camp and waiting for the support regiments of tanks artillery and troops they decided to attack. To top it off they did not even wait until all three battalions were together, going in waves instead. If these commanders survive this battle, they will not be commanders anymore for disobeying him.
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