CHS5-7

==Chapter Seven - Book 5 – Chappy's Howling Siegers==
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====News Flash!====
FNN (Freedom News Network)
Evening News Broadcast 
March 16, 3031
“Today after an unscheduled, but very welcome live video feed from General Chapman the Federation Congress voted unanimously to pass the War and Defense Budget for another year. Ensuring that liberation throughout this region will continue. General Chapman said that his unit was in the middle of liberation operation but refused to give details on which planet. In other news the Federation ally Federated Suns has reportedly launched a major invasion of the planet Dieron which is a military district capital for that region and the closest stronghold of Draconis Combine to Terra. Unconfirmed reports state that seven to eight regiments have invaded that planet with at least nine regiments defending the planet.”
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===OPERATION ALAMO===
====Pushing the frontlines====
Mobile Headquarters of Allied CommandGeneral Chapman office
550 miles from the Capital
Dieron, Draconis Combine
March 16th, 3031
It’s been slow going for the allies’ main forces, while they hadn’t lost a battle yet, Matthew noted neither are they just running over the enemy. The 4th Sky Guards and 4th Sky Rangers will need several days to repair key elements to continue operations. The 36th and 56th Avalon Hussars are faring better, but the rains in that area have slowed their march down considerably. 
The Elite Death Dogs under command of Matthew’s youngest boy, Major Seth Chapman was able to pushed the 9th Sun Zang almost completely off the continent Volteena and are currently engaged in the city San Clemente. His daughter, the youngest child, was also the most ruthless and dedicated officer he had seen since, well, his wife. Major Cheyenne Chapman and her Elite Death Stallions was the only unit from the Federation to run over the enemy in a Blitzkrieg type of military movement. 
The 8th Dieron Regulars detachments were running scared moving further north most likely to make their final stand at Fort Shiro, a frozen ancient SLDF base that the Dieron still kept operational. Major Dustin Chapman was in command of the famous Elite Death Stalkers. Matthew was most concerned with Dustin over all others simply because he always took the short cut, always found a way to win even if it was not the right way to do it. One day his luck would run out and Matthew prayed he would not be here to see this. Dustin’s unit was stuck in the same weather pattern as the 36th and 56th Avalon Hussars, so it was a slow go and with the super heavies that his unit had, the ground was not their ally. His oldest child Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Chapman II had the biggest unit of all his children, and he also had a strategic knowledge that rivaled his old man. His unit the Elite Death Regulators was slowly moving up the southern coast going north. 
The goal was for the children to meet up and attack in force at Fort Cross, the initial thought was three weeks but with the weather and heavy resistance that battle was pushed backed two weeks. As far as the Command Regiment, Matthew had the 2nd 'Mech battalion push north so far, no enemy contact although Tatsuy City and the Dragon Roost in the Tatsuyama Mountain was just a few 100 kilometers away. The 3rd Battalion was pushing east with no contacts. Colonel Nichole Chapman his wife just engaged the enemy south of the LZ in a city called Chillan Vlejo which was a small port off the south coast of main continent Mataeo. 
The colonel came in from the north and encountered light resistance at first mostly in way of light and medium tanks with a battalion of motorized infantry. The 44th Dieron Regulars fought bravely the infantry hid in buildings and tried to do as much damage as they could. The 1st and 2nd company moved into the city and encounter two companies of light mechs, even though the 44th Dieron Regulars could move faster in and out of the buildings the heavy mechs of the Siegers pushed through protected by heavier armor and no mandate to keep any infrastructure intact they plowed through the building taking aim at the light mechs when possible, about twenty minutes later most of the town was rubble and the 44th Dieron Regulars was in retreat. 
Even with their quick speed several of the Siegers crack pilots were able to take aim and destroy several units. Colonel Chapman herself killed eight 'mechs three motorized infantry and two light tanks earning her a Silver Star.
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====Apology from Above====
Mobile Headquarters of Allied CommandGeneral Chapman office
525 miles from the Capital
Dieron, Draconis Combine
March 16th, 3031Second Week of invasion
General Chapman was asleep when the call from his Fleet Commander came in. Matthew got up, moved over to the makeshift console, and brought up a very worried looked Fleet Commander. At least it looked like the man was worried it was truly hard to tell with all the static from the interference of all the nuclear missiles used in the initial space battle over Dieron.
“What’s going on, Wade.”
“Sorry to wake you..”
Matthew cut him off right there by rubbing his face and then waving at the Fleet Commander like he was trying to get rid of a fly flying around his head.
“Wade we are at war, you are my Fleet Commander report and stop apologizing.”
“Sir, due to the interference reports from the Zenith or Nadir stations have been intermittent, we just received some radar hits from the sensor out on the picket lines looks like a fleet is inbound from the Nadir. They will be in orbit in four days. The Alamo task force is the only one that can intercept this new fleet the rest of fleet is out playing cat and mouse with the remnant of the original Combined fleet.” Harber and Niles task force are both about six days out.”
“Ok Wade, engage the enemy but if your task force starts take on heavy damage withdraw and wait for the rest of the fleet, all I ask is that you try and do some damage, any dropship destroyed is a good thing.”
The Fleet Commander looked down and then slightly back up again. “Sir, this is my fault I was to focus on the fleet hiding from us, I left you vulnerable.”
“Wade intel did not suggest or had any knowledge of another fleet coming I approved of your chase we will be ready for them, our reinforcements will be here soon anyways it will be ok.”
Once the screen went black Matthew’s calmness left him and he threw his coffee mug across the tent, Nichole sat up in bed, “Matthew, calm down.”
“You heard the Fleet Commander this is not good we got four days to prepare for a counter attack.”
“Calm down Matthew it will be ok, at least you did not blow up in front of the Fleet Commander, showing confidence in him and not having him fight to the death to fix the problem was a good thing my husband.”
Fleet Commander Wade MacBeth got off the comms with his leader, as he was issuing commands to his XO in the back of his mind he was in aww how his boss took the news.
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