Ad Astra - The Alagore War

AA V4 Salva, Chapter 2

"Secretary of Defense Charles Robinson, the recent Unity and Aristocracy assault has been repelled, making this the fifth successful defense of the City-State of Salva. However, I regret to report that our assault had limited success.

Colonel Hackett's Minutemen and USAM Special Forces assigned to his command have destroyed many key outposts and observation posts, flushing out the enemy, but they have failed to find a creative way to find a weak point. Hackett will continue looking for a break and keep the White House updated on any additional information.

Regarding Salva, the city is holding better than expected. The Minutemen commander's plot to install Princess Assiaya and use her to free the city civilians had bought enough loyalty to justify our control of the city. A few see us as occupiers, but most so far seem to accept the situation.

The city wall had withstood consistent artillery and direct attack from the enemy with minor damage because these blue crystals that have been programmed or enchanted (I have heard both terms be interchanged) add an additional hardness to the concrete. When there was damage, our concrete healed, and using mixtures similar to Roman Concrete (more refined than discovered on Earth) has been helpful. The City Engineer was shocked that we didn't use such properties during the reconstruction of the Salva wall.

The enemy artillery attacks have caused damage within the city. However, 4th ID damage control teams and engineers have responded efficiently. Luckily, our active area defense has proven useful, limiting the amount of collateral and civilian casualties. – Lieutenant General Sherman to The Pentagon

April 6th, 2068 (military calendar)

4th Battalion Aid Station, Salva, the former Confederacy of Daru'uie

Nevali Region, Aldrida, Alagore

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Thanks to the concrete walls halfway up the giant grain warehouse, dozens of screams silenced all other sounds, making Natilite feel deaf. The loud sound, combined with the overwhelming smell of blood, made the genetically enhanced Templar feel sick. However, she forced herself to continue treating every soldier possible—Altaerrie and Salva.

The recent attack nearly broke through a wall section, resulting in heavy casualties for the Allies. Still, in the end, they bravely repelled the enemy. While most of the victorious soldiers went off and celebrated their hard-fought victory, the Templar duties were not complete, and she focused on her attention to aid the wounded.

Picking a bucket of bloody rags, the Anglice warrior transported them to a table on the other side of the room and set it on a bloody wooden table. A pair of fury hands from the other side of the table lifted the basket. The pair of hands came from a blue with black and white strip hair neko female, wearing the red and white maid-style outfit that Assiaya sometimes wore without the maid fashion; however, the woman wasn't a maid from the Palace but a Maidans from the Temple of Brevia.

"Thank you, my lady," Ayaka-Brevia asked.

"No," Natilite said. "You have been great. Is there anything else I can provide?"

"This should be enough," Ayaka-Brevia said.

Seeing the Neko Maidans take the basket and walk away to the next patient, Natilite turned toward the large room and saw all the hard-working healers, medics, and Priestesses attending to the wounded. With the non-stop attacks over the past two Zulu weeks or two Earth-standard weeks, the Americans took over the warehouse to manage the flow of wounded.