Mettermrck: Let all us freedom hating communists hope so
generalbob: :rofl: Even "worser" than Stukov in Paris?
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August 1st, 1943
Somewhere in the English countryside outside of Southampton, Skorzeny prowled through the underbrush. Despite his bulk, the Austrian managed to move silently towards his target. The sheer blackness of the night worked to his advantage, making him practically invisible.
Stukov was paying him good money to work as a commando for the Soviet NKVD. It was one of the few things to keep boredom from driving him insane. During his brief absence from the German resistance, NKVD specialists had wiped it out, leaving him, their self-appointed leader, with nothing to do.
Ahead, he could hear the sound of the Channel waters. He emerged from the foilage, crawling on his hands and knees. Despite orders for a total blackout along the coast, a British AA battery was well lit. Just a few yards away, the crew sat around lazily trying to preoccupy themselves. Their voices carried further into the night than they realized.
Skorzeny stood up and silently walked towards a British soldier relieving himself away from the battery. Skorzeny grabbed the man's neck and snapped it before he could utter a sound, dropping the dead man to the ground.
He moved closer towards the battery, counting another five British soldiers. He drew his silenced weapon, a strange contraption of his own construction. Leveling the barrel, he opened fire, emptying the whole clip within a blink of the eye. Smoke curled up lazily from the muzzel of his weapon.
Skorzeny snorted in contempt, "This is too easy," he said aloud. Walking up towards the gun battery, he casually glanced at the dead Allied soldiers. One of them twitched. Without a thought, Skorzeny whipped out his silenced pistol, firing several rounds into the now dead man's skull.
The anti-aircraft battery had been placed at the top of a large cliff along the coast. Down below, waves smashed into the rock walls. Skorzeny pulled out his infared scope, a gift from the Soviets, and scanned east. Though the port was totally blacked out, Skorzeny could spot Southampton.
Dropping his pack to the ground, he riffled through it for a moment. The faint thrum of airplane engines could be heard to the south. Hurriedly, Skorzeny pulled out several flares. Without even checking south, he lit the flares, hurling several of them east and placing several more at the battery site.
Satisfied, he idly sat back and waited.
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Yakov stiffled a yawn, trying to remain alert. As the pilot of one of the first transport planes, his job was critical. The night sky was almost pitch black, and it would be too easy to get lost. He peered into the night and saw his signal.
He glanced back into the "cargo hold" of the plane, checking on the passengers, "We're coming up on the coast now, get ready."
He turned back, the noise of the paratroopers preparing was a mild distraction. Up ahead, several faint lights appeared. Since the Allies had ordered a complete blackout, it could only mean one thing.
The English coastline loomed closer, and the flares were plainly seen. Further to the east and west, more flares lit up. It was all part of a complex plan.
The Soviet air armada roared over the British coast. Waiting a few more moments, he yelled back.
"All clear, now jump!"
Though he could not see them, other transport planes were doing the exact same thing. Thousands of paratroopers hurled themselves into the night sky. Yakov continued flying his plane steadily north. A squadron of British planes zipped through the Soviet formation. Unleashing a devastating barrage, the British cut through the Soviets, targetting planes at will.
Yakov looked back. The last of the paratroopers finally disembarked. Quickly, he glanced at his nervous copilot then banked the plane right, just in time to see a British plane roar past, bullets flying. First at the front of the formation, Yakov was now at the rear. Several planes ahead broke apart, exploded, or spiralled to the earth. The British fighter had turned back for another attack run, riddling the plane with bullets. Several bullets slashed through the cabin, shattering the glass cockpit window.
Yakov glanced at his copilot. Blood flowed down his flightsuit from several large holes in his chest and legs.
Once more, the fighter turned back, lining up its sights. Flack bursts peppered the fighter. Several blasts ripped through the fighter, erupting in a fireball as it past below Yakov's plane.
Though more British planes harrassed the Soviet formation, the planes were once again heading out over the Channel towards the safety of occupied France.
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Skorzeny grinned in satisfaction as he saw the British fighter explode in the AA battery's sights.
The parachutes of the Soviet soldiers filled the night sky. Several of them had already landed, regrouping for an assault on Southampton.
"All too easy," Skorzeny muttered to himself.