The Battle of Pride Rock

Operation Stone Crusher, also known as the Battle of Pride Rock, is one of the major battles in the Pridelands Civil War and the First Interspecies War. The battle started when Allied forces were deployed into the Pride Rock International Airport/Airbase, and along with Spetsnaz, SAS, Navy SEALs and Rangers, troops, tanks, AA vehicles and APCs were deployed via heavy helicopters like the Mi-26s and the CH-47s.

The plan was to take control of the airbase, so the Allies could send in heavier aircraft like bombers and AWACS.

The battle lasted for 15 hours, and it was a decisive victory for the Allies. The Scar's Pridelands Army and the remaining Pride Rock National Guard retreated to Pride Rock itself to protect Scar from the Allied Forces.

## Invasion Outside the City

About 300 Thundertank main battle tanks were sent to counter the Allied forces, who were heading to Pride Rock, leaving Pride Rock City via the Pride Expressway. To avoid another "Highway of Death" just like in Iraq, the Allies took the battle outside the expressway, by retreating into a safe distance.

Once they were far from the expressway, they called in rocket strikes, since planes cannot penetrate the reinforced air defense. The Russian BM-21 "Grad" multiple rocket launchers in the airbase fired a hailstorm of rockets that destroyed 50 Thundertanks. The battle ended in five hours and the convoy was on the move.

The BM-21 Grads fired at known air defenses, which helped flatten the air curtain of the Pridelander military.

The convoy eventually moved into Pride Rock, and the air defenses were eventually destroyed. The carrier battle groups sent in multiple fighter jets. On the ground, tanks and troops tried to move into Pride Rock, but the forces surrounding the palace held their ground well. Reinforcements of the Scar's Pridelanders moved in. Some Pridelander tanks that arrived had the old Pridelander flag flying, along with the words "Avenge Mufasa!" painted on the sides. the 66th, 87th and 42nd regiments joined the battle as well, since they were Mufasan Loyalists. They helped support the Allies.

The Airborne reinforcements from St. Petersburg, Hamburg, Paris and Hiroshima arrived, as VDV troops, along with French, Japanese and German airborne forces were airdropped into Pride Rock.

The 12th, 23rd Scar's Pridelands Air National Guard squadrons took off from Mbali Fields and began attempting to attack Allied Forces. They managed to shoot down 2 Russian Ilyushins and one German Atlas. The squadrons consisted of LiG-117PADFs, an interceptor variant of the F-117. They were countered by multiple Flakpanzer Gepards and Tunguskas on the ground and Allied fighter jets.

There were also some LiG-19 Aurora 2s bombing the city, aiding the 12th and 23rds in striking Allied positions. Being hypersonic, they were hard to destroy. But since they are not equipped with hypersonic missiles, they had to slow down. So that's how Allied aircraft destroyed the bombers.

After 2 days of nonstop fighting, the battle ended after the Scar's Pridelanders ran out of supplies.

## Taking Down Scar

When the battle ended, A US Navy Seal unit, along with Admiral Arthur Doberlord himself, raided Pride Rock. They were resisted by Amazoness Special Forces-a private military group hired by the Scar's Pridelands, along with Hyena rebels. They only lost 1 soldier, Lieutenant Fido Marshall. They then managed to penetrate the bunker and kidnap Scar. Scar tried to resist but Doberlord shot him in the leg, which immobilized him. He was then brought out of Pride Rock and sent to the USS Collie.