Normandy (France): Holidaymakers Kurt Hausser and his wife, with their beloved dogs had planned on retracing his ancestor’s footsteps to the beaches of Normandy, Kurt’s grandfather having fought during World War Two for the Germans during the allied attacks and subsequent liberation of the coast.
The many mobile homes and camper vans joined together in one of the recognised coastal view car parks. Americans, Germans and British considering and discussing their histories over beers and their national cuisine, a historical tradition on some campsites.
Startled as air raid warnings commenced along the coastline, the couple have now joined with an American with his wife and children, the Morgons taking the villages along the seafront and attacking the fleeing mobile homes, the Americans vehicle becoming disabled. Now south of Caen and heading away from the coast, Mitch and Kurt have just witnessed significant numbers of French paratroopers and special forces dropping by parachute to the north.
St Petersburg (Russia): Juri Medvedev, a young commander in the Russian Naval Infantry garrisoning St Petersburg, has been pushed back from the northern parts of the city with the remainder of his men, other units simply disappearing under the sharp blades and accurate sniper fire of the invaders. The Morgons are using the many city waterways against the defenders in bitter and freezing temperatures, soldiers desperately attempting to save as many civilians as possible as they are pushed back.
Also twenty seven, Juri’s shattered unit is facing overwhelming odds with Russian military jets now bombing their own historical city. During a brief lull in the fighting, the soldiers of fragmented units are reinforcing their positions and preparing for the next, potentially final battle in a housing estate in one of the southern suburbs.
Unbeknown to the exhausted and depleted defenders, the lull may be deliberate…a cunning enemy having devised further tactics against the stubborn naval infantry.
In the deep ocean off Thailand: British teenager Tony Shelley is now captive in a Morgon underwater transport, about to enter one of the vast enemy ships that have lay dormant on the ocean floors previously awaiting activation codes. Attending a beach party on a remote island, thousands of intoxicated teenagers were the ideal target for Morgon troops, the enemy seeking a ready supply of warm food after considerable time in deep sleep awaiting the order to attack.
Now with a grim and possibly very short future, Tony is also suffering from the ‘down-side’ of the previous night’s and weeks revelry, but also unware that Morgon forces have now landed on mainland Thailand, striking out from the international airport and advancing towards downtown Bangkok.
South Korea north of Busan: Gusung Shin is fleeing north from the coast along choked roads in the family Hyundai with his wife, two children and small dog. The historical city of Busan to the south is now a burning bloodbath, young Korean Marines on National Service with little or no battle experience thrown desperately against the invaders by panicking commanders in an attempt to drive back the Morgons or buy time for others to escape.
Now on the northern shore of the historically significant Nakdong River, he has realised in horror that the Morgons have used the waterway against the defenders, any advancing reserves being hastily sent to save the young inexperienced soldiers fighting in the city further south now stopped and being engaged by ruthless Morgon shock troops. Thousands of their much younger countrymen and the youth of South Korea are now cut off in Busan and fighting a battle of extermination with some of the most vicious troops in existence.
Further up the Korean peninsula, the border between China and North Korea has been opened, refugees fleeing northwards as martial law is declared in PyongYang. Desperate measures are being taken further south as refugees begin to fill the 38th Parallel roads, the two opposing governments in emergency negotiations to open their military border…North and South Korea may finally become united with a common goal…to avoid mutual annihilation.
Outskirts of Tokyo (Japan): A young teenager, Naomitsu Kanaya is now fleeing with his confused mother from the city, his father presumed lost as Morgons poured over the sea walls and into the vast Tsukiji fish market. Being the first person to see the silhouettes of the invaders as they mounted the sea walls and jetty’s the quiet terrified teenager is under no illusion of what is to come.
Having now landed in force, the Morgon troops are advancing into central Tokyo, half of the unsuspecting residents still asleep or waking to find all communications are jammed and useless, the muffled sounds of gunfire and explosions in their streets. One of the most technologically advanced countries on the planet is now under full attack from a merciless and powerful enemy.
Introduction: The Dust of Defeat
Lieutenant Malikkas, sole survivor of the Blue Leopards Special Operations Unit, struggled to his feet, staring wide eyes across the barren wind swept Zaxon B terrain, his uniform torn and dirt laden, white hair now grimy and face smeared with dust.
Having slept uneasily in the open south eastern land for days, he had eaten little, some frozen berries and the roots of dishevelled plants providing little energy, his figure now drawn. Hearing the howls of tigers and wolves at night, he had struggled to gain much rest, nestling into hollows in the ground or low rock formations, a cold bitter wind sweeping across the grey snow bound land relentlessly.
Morgon patrols had initially scoured the unforgiving landscape, the tall black troopers staring from their small open topped tracked armoured cars as they progressed, his body thrust behind rocks and into the snow to avoid detection. The enemy patrols had slowly become less frequent, Malikkas trudging south and away from the main positions, distant gunfire on the horizon accompanying him as he strayed further and further into the inhospitable terrain.
Presuming
