Part 4: There's No Time To Mourn

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They began to travel along a southerly route across the lake, taking some time to capture towns and cities as they did so, soon arriving at the remains of Portsford at 0830 hours.

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"Payback"

December 3, 542 - 08:28:52

15th HB-Division

Portsford Outskirts

Portsford, Balingian Empire

The 1st Division of 9th Corps had now just pulled up on the outskirts of Portsford, their air assets joining the already attacking Air Force units. "Orbital should begin any second," the division commander announced. "All armored units, pull back for now and form a perimeter around the city. Air assets, pull out."

Some fighters raced out of the city limits and activated afterburners, while others finished up with strafing runs, one F-51 in particular unleashing the might of its 105mm on the rest of the empty palace, destroying it, as the throne room and the palace's center had already been completely ruined. A few vehicles broke off to aid in rapid evacuation efforts.

Up in orbit, the massive spaceship and aircraft formation had finally been given the order they had been waiting over an hour for. "Arm NONCOM detectors... and FIRE." Every non-nuclear weapon system on every ship and every aircraft activated all at once, sending thousands of missiles and projectiles down towards the already ruined city.

A flash of blinding light covered the whole area, then a cloud shaped like a mushroom, then a shockwave barrage. These shockwaves covered the surrounding landscape for miles, shaking the Carbomagne lake and the rest of the land around it, leaving barely anything left except for the New World Union's military assets.

(The Balingians got nuked)

Drones from the armored vehicles flew up to survey the area, and all they found was a ruin. There was no city, just a multi-mile deep crater in the ground, with an immense amount of smoke. The Carbomagne lake, having a small part of its side erased, began to pour into the massive crater at what seemed like a trickle at that scale. Shockwave absorbers just planted by New World Union vehicles and infantry in the ground shook violently.

 Shockwave absorbers just planted by New World Union vehicles and infantry in the ground shook violently

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"Orbital elements, good effect on target. Target is DELETED." the division commander spoke. "Frankly, HOLY SHIT! Their capital got MOTHERFUCKIN' WIPED off the map!" "Roger that 15th. Did the civvies get evac'd?" DIVCOM transmitted. "All civvies safe and sound. They're with us." the division commander responded. "Rog' that." DIVCOM replied.

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"Mushroom Cloud"

December 3, 35794 - 08:40:34

TGOs

Throne Room

Royal Palace, Astera, New World Union

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