Chapter 71

World at war Part 4

The disaster at Fort Hades

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German army forward command post

Field marshal August Von Mackensen watched as the army have been placed in command of moved into position today was the day, he was ordered to breach the Spartan defences however he knew this order did not come willingly from the Kaiser but from the Austrian Lord Grindelwald and his Magic.

Hell he wasn't even committing his Mages to the battle they were there to take the glory after his men had done the hard work as his men had reported hearing from Grindelwald's men, It was times like this he wish he could tell all his men who Grindelwald and his followers truly were but he knew that he would not live long enough to do it.

In truth only he and the other high-ranking officers truly knew who Grindelwald was and he was a magic user and that he had used his power to convince the guys that this plan was a good one when in truth they had no real idea of the difference of capabilities of the Spartan borders but he knew that if they did breach the defences it would be at the cost of thousands of young German men.

While his army had been here since December 1st war had not officially been declared Until December 4th his orders were to attack on the morning of December 12th however, he was to position his forces in battle positions every day to keep the Spartans guessing forcing them to keep their troops on alert at all times.

Across the rest of the world the news of Germany declaring war on Sparta was an absolute shock however to the Allies it was a brush of good fortune the majority of the Germany Army's eastern regiments had been sent against the Spartans rather then them.

The ICW was overjoyed and attempted to make contact it's the Spartans to deploy some of there forces in Imperial Territory only to once again be stonewalled once again a letter was sent to them by the immortal queen.

To the leaders of the ICW

It is come to my attention that you seek to garrison your troops within my territory for the duration of the war and seek for me to submit my troops to the command of officers of your choosing.

Both I and my Council will not let this happen after all I can think of 5 reasons why you and your leadership of Spartan forces would be a disaster, I am of course referring to those 5 so called wars you declared against us the most recent of course being less then 20 years ago.

While I will aid my allies in the mundane world on the western front should they ask for it I will not be supporting and group believe themselves my betters we will end this war our way.

Yours sincerely

Kassandra Agiad

The immortal Queen of the Spartan Empire

Pharaoh of Egypt

Queen consort of the Amazons

Lioness of Thermopylae

Champion of the Gods

Shield of Ethiopia and the Congo.

December 12, 1915

This was it the German army was given the go ahead after 4 hours of shelling the Spartan defences 700,000 men charged across the scorched landscape towards what seemed to be the devastated Spartan lines.

If only those poor men knew the truth fort itself was still in full working operation the wards of the fortress were created to appear to non magical people that any attack, they launched looked like it had caused massive damage while in fact it had done nothing.

Sadly, some shells had missed the fortifications landing behind them killing or injuring any who were near 320 Spartans lost their lives in the bombardment they would be avenged as 4 miles away at a newly built military base the MRK I hellfire Bombers took to the sky.

From his position the field Marshall watched his troops got closer and closer only for his skin to 10 ghost white as the illusion vanished the fortress was completely unharmed and just as it happened in the forces of Napoleon all those years ago the sounds of metal being slid across stone echoed across the plains revealing holes in the grand walls.

10 consecutive blasts of Greek-Fire were blasted into the incoming ranks of German troops from the walls the Spartan defenders unleashed bolts of energy on the invaders the mountains echoed with the screams of those unlucky enough to be caught in the path of Greek-Fire.

"Get them out of there get them out of there now!" Field Marshal Mackensen yelled to his troops only to see Grindelwald's men block his troops. "What in gods name are you doing get out of the way fool I will not lose anymore men in this suicidal attack."

The field Marshall turned to see Lord Grindelwald seeing a smirk on his majors face made his blood boil however what came out of his mouth nearly cause the field Marshall to kill him then and there.

"It matters not if you suffer casualties Field Marshal all that matters is victory".

After an hour the fighting stopped on both sides as the sounds of what seemed to be hundreds of engines could be heard coming from the south however whatever it was couldn't be seen until it was far to late.

Right in the centre of the German lines and explosion of fire struck killing everyone in range this took even Grindelwald by surprise as he could not see where the attack had come from until he looked up and to his shock seeing large metal version of the Biplanes dropping explosives on the German positions.

He was about to join the fight himself when he felt a shiver down his spine someone or something very powerful had arrived on the battlefield or at least was near the battlefield and their sheer power seemed to allow him to temporarily regain his common sense that the elder wand had taken from him.

Turning to the field marshal he simply told him to retreat back into the occupied zones in Austro-Hungary and hold the Spartans there before he and his men vanished from the field leaving one angry German Field Marshal.

The retreat was ordered and a good thing to as the planes had returned to preform another bombing run that would soon be followed by Spartan soldiers charging from Fort Hades looking to capture or kill as many as they could.

By the next morning the German army had fled but the losses they suffered sent shockwaves across the globe out of the 700,000 German troops sent 425,000 had been killed with 5000 being captured leaving 270,000 men to escape back to Occupied Austro-Hungry.

This was not the only Blow the Germans would suffer as German military garrisons in the African colonies were Bombed by Spartan Bombers that launched from Spartan overseas bases in The Congo and Ethiopia.

On the western front the moral of the Allies was higher than ever before when the news reached them of the mighty German Empire fleeing the battle in Paris and London the civilians were cheering at the news of Germany defeat at Fort Hades.

In Sparta the news was treated just the Same the other SRU Members sent notes of congratulations over the coming days the best one however came from Tsarina Anastasia that arrived 2 days after the battle.

My dear Friend Kassandra

It fills my heart with joy to write this letter the news of your victory the people across the Imperial remnant cheer your name and that of your soldiers.

I stand ready to aid you in this glorious and ask you to allow us to join you in the liberation of Europe from Germany.

I remain your true and loyal friend

Anastasia Romanov

Tsarina of the Imperial remnant

Tsarina of Russia in Exile.

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Revan Shan 2077.