CHS4-33

==Chapter Thirty-Three - Book 4 – Chappy's Howling Siegers==
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===Closing on the Noose around the resistance===
Mobile Base Alpha
1st Regiment Chappy’s Revenge
Mitchella, Remains of Outworlds Alliance
26th September, 3030
Colonel Scragg was still fuming, she should have known her friend would side with his oldest child, but in front of her whole command staff. Now she had to put that brat down a notch and somehow get Lieutenant Commander Hakeem killed without it being traced back to her. Right now, though she had to plan an invasion with the Renegades and the Regulars out of pocket, she will have to slow her plans down. She picked up the recent update on a battle happening near the wall that protects the world from radiation of a previous era gone.
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Near the Wall
The 2nd Company of the 1st Battalion along with the Command Lance of the 1st Battalion was in pursuit of what was left of the militia that had attacked the main body of the Battalion a few days ago. Finally, they were in range with two bigger hills behind the enemy and trees for miles. This could be more complicated than Lieutenant Colonel Cressy wanted to deal with. On top of that politics were getting in the way of business, the meeting in which the main boss interrupted her boss was quite the show.
“Move up slowly. Watch for traps, lets finish this.” Was all she said on the battle net then moved her Battlemech forward in the front of the line as always. As her unit cleared the tree line there was a small field about 300 meter wide and at the far side tree line sat the enemy, the company moved out, some of the 'mechs were past the tree line and open fired on the enemy which mostly consisted of armor and mobilized infantry. The Alliance returned fired and got some good shots in initially, but they were out gunned and out maned. So, the Alliance ran, and the Federation force continue to give chase. 
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Meanwhile up North, the Killers command lance and one of its companies chased the remainder of the 9th company of the militia into Dalton City.
Lt. Colonel Archie MacPhail marched his command lance and the Death Company commanded by Major Amesbury closer to the city, but he was starting to get worried. There was no intel about what to expect in the city, he knew that the company they were chasing was beaten down had only a few mobilized infantry units left, but there were unreliable reports of industrial units modded for combat and there maybe turrets in the city. He decided to have the Death Company move up through the southwest side while his Lance would move in from the west. 
“Killers!!” Colonel MacPhail announced over the BattleNet.
“Our goal is to finish the militia and take this town for the Federation, so remain vigilant move through the city toward the mayor’s mansion and we will” …………………static started coming through the speakers, the enemy has jammed our communication Archie thought, the Commander of the Death Company was very capable and should have no issues following his last command. He turned to his lance mates and did code light messages on how he wanted to proceed then turned and marched deeper into the city. About a click into the city and he could hear explosions south of him, good he thought the Major has engaged the enemy, he made a ninety degree turn onto a street called Yansa Drive and his sensors immediately went off showing multiple targets moving his way plus stationary targets on the building. He then got a secondary alarm of being locked on target, a few seconds later four gauss ammo rounds hit his 'mech. Archie then targeted five of the moving mechs not sure if he was making a mistake ignoring the turrets or not but he had to move up so that the rest of his lance could get into range and attack also. Luckily for him he was in the newest BattleMech model from the Chapman Corporation, a 200 ton beast with heavy armor and heavy weapons. His Gauss and AC/20 took out two of the mechs that were now identified as mod industrialmechs and damage a third when it fell into a building. That quad Gauss turret was deadly though even for his mech when another round hit him and took his left arm off. A slight scent of smoke drifted up to his nose alerting him to a possible fire. He took aim at three more industrial mechs with his two Gauss Rifles and AC/20 and then targeted the turret with his two large lasers, resulting in three 'mechs damaged with legs destroyed and minor damage on the turret, he flipped the BattleNet on. “Killers there are quad turrets, and they are armored proceed with caution.” Forgetting that everything was being jammed.
Then the rest of his lance showed up. All had missiles, and all fired at the turrets. The turret was able to fire again and like last time all four Gauss Ammo shells hit him, but unfortunately, they all hit the left leg shearing it completely off causing him to fall over. His lance mates stepped around him continue their attack an Archer and two new 'mechs from the Chapman Corporation called the Freedom Giver a 130 ton missile boat. Within seconds all the turrets were destroyed, and the rest of his lance went through the gate. Farther south the Death Company had breached the wall and move quickly to where the militia was, destroying all the infantry and the remaining industrialmechs were easy to pick off, within ten minutes the town was in Federation control. At the same time there was an attack on Redan City in which Sanctuary and Eradication Companies from the Killers Battalion crossed the river either by the two bridges or jump jets and moved in the city from the south. The 5 Quad Gauss turrets were ripping through the two companies, but they kept coming finally destroyed the turrets but, in the process, lost seven 'mechs and two pilots. Once those turrets were down the infantry troops and tanks were no match for the rest of the Killers so the battle ended quickly.
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