Avatar: Macai's Journey

Chapter 29: Battle of Rongor

Commander Macai and the 31st set sail toward the shores of Rongor. Rongor is a vital Earth Kingdom industrial city that offers important supplies that support the Earth Kingdom war effort. It is up to the 31st to clear the beachhead and pave a way for a massive Fire Nation army to flood the city. By sending Macai's marines who specialize in quick and brief attacks, they can minimize army losses when they siege the city.

It is around 9 am. There is a mist of air that flows over the sea. The sun is somewhat faint, but steadily rising. It is moderately warm outside but a steady cool breeze counters the heat. On the Rongor beachhead, hundreds of Earth Kingdom troopers lie in wait for enemy troopers. Roughly thirty meters behind the troopers is a massive fort.

The fort is a stone wall that stands about fifteen meters tall, ten meters wide, and forty meters long. There are several troopers on the wall and standing between them are two officers. One officer has medium-length grey hair, dark green eyes, pale skin, and a dark green uniform with gold stripes. The man is in his early fifties and the officer on his right is in his early thirties.

The younger officer has straight dark brown hair, thin eyebrows, light brown skin, and light green eyes. The Young Officer looks at his superior, "Major Hannock, enemy forces are rapidly approaching. Five ships are moving ahead with three in the back."

Captain Hannock smiles, "Don't worry Captain Guire. The heavy guns on this station are among the best in the Earth Kingdom. They have a range of 300 meters and they are totally accurate. Our station has five heavy guns and they each fire massive blasts of earth projectiles." Hannock isn't lying, these five massive guns are located in the middle of the structure. They are the color of sand and each gun is about ten feet wide, fifteen feet long, and ten feet tall.

The Prompt Adjudicator is not alone this time. Two light cruisers surround the ship. In addition to this, five smaller corvettes set sail ahead of the medium-sized ships in the fleet. Macai stands in the armory with his infantry team as they prepare for battle. Macai shouts, "This is a heavily fortified position. More fortified than the last beachhead we took."

Kett asks, "So what's the plan this time boss?"

Macai: "Rosh is going to lead our infantry forces while I remain here on the ship and bombard our enemies from the distance." Kett glares at Rosh. Macai continues, "You all are going to be deployed by war boats. I can't afford to move the ship onshore on the enemies will nail us in our exposed position. We will have to keep moving and will offer suppressive fire with our guns. The enemy's main guns have to charge up before they can be fired."

Rosh: "How long does it take to charge those main guns?"

Macai: "We expect that it will take fifteen minutes for them to charge them. We tried to come swiftly and while intelligence assumed they would be off guard. They may prepare before then and they have several standard cannons that they can fire in the meantime. Their heavy guns aren't explosive, they just fire massive stones at us. Each one is like eight feet tall and wide, unlike the average canons which are only about a meter long and wide but are explosive."

Dade gulps, "Eight feet?"

Macai nods his head, "They are also fired at incredible speeds so they can do some damage. The guns are also insanely accurate apparently. When you guys get on the shore, I want Rosh to take over and hold the offensive forces together. Asad will help Rosh as a sort of second in command along with others like Kanna, Basin, and Sonna. While that happens, Kett will take a strike team behind enemy lines."

Kett: "Who will be in my strike team?"

Macai: "Sixteen marines. Second-in-command will be Rosier for his experience. Ronin, Arret, and Dade will also go with you. You will have three firebenders in total, five swordsmen, five spearmen, and three archers. You will fight your way to the fort and work your way up there. Then destroy those guns before they rip our fleet to shreds. We are counting on your team but we are also counting on Rosh to keep the enemies busy."