DEFCON Year Two

Chapter 3

One month after establishing footholds in Russian-occupied Ukraine, the Allies have left the Ukrainian Armed Forces liberate their country, which the latter did successfully. Moreover, the United States were now in full preparation to invade China from several directions as well as secure Western Russia and Siberia simultaneously. The Allies indeed planned several operations at the same time.

Among the troops involved in the invasion of Northern and Southern China were the 3rd Marine Division and the USMC Reserve 5th Marine Division alongside several US Army and allied divisions. As for the invasion of Siberia, the task was given to the 11th Airborne Division and the 2nd US Marine Division, the USMC Reserve's 4th Marine Division, including Josh Billings, as well as many US Army, Canadian and allied units.

At the headquarters of the 11th Airborne Division was a young girl aged 19 named Willow Marston, who had finished preparing her parachuting equipment with help from other US paratroopers. Willow then strapped her M4A1 carbine to her equipment before turning to the jumpmaster, who verified everyone's equipment to tighten the straps a little more before she and her fellow paratroopers were finally allowed to march to the waiting C-130J Super Hercules cargo planes. As Willow and many other paratroopers sat in the C-130Js, the crews started the engines before letting them on so that these engines could heat up.

After a couple of seconds, the C-130Js took off, joined by fully loaded C-17 Globemaster IIIs, which were tasked with paradropping the M10 Booker assault guns, Bigfoot trucks, HEMTT trucks, Humvees, ATVs, motorcycles and JLTVs as well as medical supplies plus ammunition, water and food after the paratroopers secured the landing zone. This hardware would come in handy to the paratroopers, who were to hold for hours on end before the US Marines and other ground forces arrived. But fortunately for the paratroopers, they had the support of fighter planes and attack aircraft.

Willow was still nervous as the C-130Js and their fighter escort were flying towards Siberia. She knew she was part of a big operation to secure Siberia while other forces were to secure the northern and southern borders of China before the main push with forces coming from Western Russia. The ultimate objective was to take Beijing and Moscow to end the war once and for all, since the US and their allies were also launching massive missile strikes against military and strategic targets as well as a continuous bombing campaign against command and control nodes and logistics hubbs to prevent Russia and China from sending reinforcements and supplies to their troops.

After hours of flying, the USAF C-130Js and C-17s arrived near the designated drop zones, which were obviously defended by anti-aircraft guns, since the radars guiding the missiles were destroyed by the F-35s while the F-22s were asserting air dominance over the Russian warplanes. Willow then heard the signal for the red light, prompting her and other US paratroopers to stand up. Willow then hooked her static line before seeing the C-130Js and C-17s being fired upon by ZPU and ZU anti-aircraft cannons and understood the B-1Bs had destroyed any anti-aircraft vehicle and anti-aircraft missile batteries in the area by carpet-bombing it with JDAMs after the F-35s performed the dangerous task of destroying the radars.

Willow then saw the green light turning on while the jumpmasters opened the doors of the C-130J plane. As the jumpmasters motioned everyone to jump, Willow ran to the left door before jumping after the paratrooper went through the door, leaving only his static line. Willow then felt her parachute open above her before slowly descending to the ground. She then hit the Russian soil a few minutes later before ditching her parachute and unpacking her M4A1 carbine and joining the fight, since many US paratroopers were securing the landing zone while others were gathering the parachutes for further reissue. Willow then spotted some Russian VDV and MVD troops.

"Russians incoming!" A paratrooper yelled.

Willow and her fellow paratroopers then opened fire with their small arms while the C-17s dropped the heavy vehicles and supplies before several paratroopers boarded the vehicles as the Booker crews boarded their armored cabs to join the fight as the scouts prepared their motorcycles for screening and reconnaissance duties to allow for fast movement.