You have got to be frakking kidding me Kakashi thought as he walked into the command tent in the morning. The roar of jets overhead and the sound of missile launch's against Khaliniz positions
"The Hanor surveillance report is in - when do you want to look at it?" Sarah asked
"I don't think we're going to have the chance to now." Kakashi said "Lakhzovian Government has evicted Achkaerinese Troops."
"You're kidding." Sarah said
"Wish I was but this is Kadassa and the man's never wanted us here at least not any longer than he had to tolerate us for." Kakashi said "How long to get everyone out?"
"Twenty Four hours for everyone." Sarah said "But
Waterloo Yellow reports that refugee's have started arriving."
"I'm ordering the withdrawal." Kakashi said "And I'm going to make this known to the Lakhzovian government. We do this our way, distribute the order and find our friend's senior officer and bring them to me."
"Sir?" Sarah asked
"Riddle me this Sarah, who do we have here and who does that order evict?" Kakashi asked, Sarah thought for a moment and smiled
"Very clever sir." Sarah said "I'll get right on it."
"And someone get me on the line with the Moreland CO." Kakashi said
A few minutes later
Wing Commander Dawn Jennings had gathered the Achkaerinese pilots together as well as Major Mishima from the armoured corp.
"Ok here it is Kadassa has decided he wants us out, we're going to comply but we're ensuring a safe evacuation of Achkaerinese forces first. So here's the game plan, increased bombardment of target areas within
Waterloo Red from land and air, given we're left with having to get our people out with helicopter airlift we need to keep enemy positions pinned down, remember intel indicates Khaliniz troops in this area have more AT than AA weapons. Bumblebee's and Butterfly's will fly to
Waterloo Yellow and drop off substitute personnel and humanitarian supplies there's a large enough area there to land, they pick up refugee's and bring them out. As we get later into the day we'll start picking up our people and get them out, standard fighter escort per group of helicopters. Snow Owl will be up top with two tankers. Lakhzovian Government has been informed that we are complying with their announcement but that it will take time to do and that we will not tolerate their interference in this. Once all ground troops have withdrawn we pull our air cover at the discretion of Squadron Commander Frost. Final ceasefire order delegated to Major Mishima." Dawn said "Good luck and may the Braves fly with you."
Waterloo Yellow was the point a decent and reasonable distance from where troops were fighting in the mountains (
Waterloo Red) the two perimeter positions formed in line with each other were sought of like the inner and outer boundaries of a rin doughnut.
Major Craig Roberts was the senior officer at
Waterloo Yellow and the sheer shock of the revocation order had been compounded by the arrival of the first Utman refugee's but at least it appeared that the higher up's had a plan and given that Kakashi Fuji was the officer commanding there was more than enough reason to trust this. As the troops he was in command of went about providing humanitarian assistance against the backdrop of increased bombardment the first
Bumblebee landed on the ground, the rear ramp lowered and the passengers disembarked bringing a chuckle from Craig
"Oh very good sir." he said, he approached the senior officer and started briefing his replacement.
Back in Somerset, Kakashi looked up as the person he'd asked for entered the tent with Sarah. Such a simple solution wasn't it? His good friend Rhyth Icerider always said that in situations you had to call, fold or raise. As one might imagine she tended to sit down and play poker with her troops from time to time. Calling Kadassa would have been too risky, the job was to save lives not go toe to toe with the Lakhzovian military, and it wasn't his nature to fold either though the withdrawal might look it. Instead Kakashi had gone for the raise option, the revocation singled out Achkaerinese troops ordering their withdrawal but it said nothing of the other forces committed - East Moreland, Ui Cenneslaig and of course Rokkenjima's. So it was time to metaphorically put the squeeze on and with other international developments the situation was even more magnified.
"Captain Culshaw would you get Commodore Rowe a drink please." Kakashi said
"Certainly." Sarah said
"Glad you could help us out Commodore." Kakashi said "Your troops will be briefed as we hand ground presence over to them. I apologize that you're having to do our leg work as well as your own but it would seem that Kadassa wants to try the outlandish."
OCC- use of Rokkenjiman troops agreed with Beatrice.