Valkyria Squadron

Ch88: Operation Desert Jewel Part 2

John F. Kennedy International Airport, Queens, New York
March 5st
1:00 PM

Alpha team was the first to enter combat as planned, they were currently gaining ground in their assigned position. Bravo followed later, Cedric could be heard on the radio giving orders the best he could, but still, because his troops were basically rookies and policemen you could hear that they were having a hard time. After a couple of minutes when Lieutenant Dale gave us the order, we began to advance at full speed along the highway towards the interior of the complex, where the airport terminals were. Our vehicles were divided as indicated before. The teams that had red cards went to Terminal 7, the one that was farthest north and east. The black cards went to Terminal 4, the largest in the place and it was just to the south. I was with them because they were the ones who need more men.

When finally arrived at JFK airport and were immediately greeted with gunfire from all directions. Gunshots can be heard ricocheting off the walls of the vehicle. The gunner immediately began to respond with the vehicle's machine gun. I was praying that no one with a rocket launcher was targeting us.

"Ok ladies, we have arrived"
"Sword team use the main entrance, the departures on the level 4" I started giving orders
"The place is quite high and open, we need to have the high ground"
"We will attract attention"
"Clubs team use the entrance in the service area in level 2"
"We will attract attention, you will flank them through the side entrance of the first floor"
"Try to be as quiet as possible to have a better chance of surprising them"
"Please don't screw it up, we depend on you to win this and stay alive"

"They're marking us with infrared"

"Activate the trophy system now!"

"Missile launched detected, get ready"

Everyone inside the vehicle screamed at the same time because we were at the mercy of the system being able to destroy the rocket before hitting us.

"Missile successfully intercepted"

"Gunner shoot towards the position where that thing came from now" I point out.
"Does anyone have a grenade launcher?"

"I got a small one mounted on the rifle"

"Okay, you take care of shooting on the first floor"
"Your glasses have a thermal vision right?"

"Wait a minute we can't leave yet!"
"They are shooting us with everything!"
"As soon as we get out of the vehicle they will kill us!"

"Driver, force entry into the building"
"Don't worry about the doors"
"Once inside, throw smoke everywhere"
"Even numbers to the left, odd numbers to the right."
"What I'm going to use is the equal ballistic shield, keep it behind if you want to live"
"Moon take care of those who come from outside, use fire if you want "
"Everyone as soon as you can disperse and look for cover!"
"OK let's go!"

I walked to the door and summoned Avalon. Then I opened the door and immediately felt how several bullets hit the sword. It took me a bit by surprise, but it came back right after. The soldiers accompanying me did as I asked and threw smoke grenades at the sides. Tamamo also threw a pair of talismans towards the doors of the airport terminal, which made a relentless wall of fire. Everyone who saw that froze for a second.

"What the fuck are you doing!"
"Get Moving, NOW!"

Once the smoke curtains were lifted we started running to the sides of the rooms. Those who were next to me trusted what I told them and stood behind my shield. The truck kept firing from its position trying to cover us. It was a harsh welcome but we managed to survive. Already once with a place to start shooting the thing was a little easier. The resistance we found inside was moderate, mainly because the place had been prepared prior to our arrival. There were defensive lines as well as places to ambush us. As we settled, little by little, we had to divide again to better clean the place. The main rooms were without civilians but the place was full of packages and bags thrown everywhere. My plan seemed to work because after what seemed like an eternity of a couple of minutes the Clubs team caught up with us. They created heavy casualties surprised by the second group who were using silenced weapons unlike us.