Day Of The Juggernauts
A chilling vision of the future?
Early in the morning, the expected invasion from neighboring Morlandia came clanking across the border. For weeks, everyone had known it was coming, but it was still a shock to see images of enemy armor and vehicles rolling in. Still more so when they opened up with artillery targeting what they claimed were disguised military facilities hidden in schools and hospitals, leveling them.
It only steeled the defenders of Sarkour in their desire to stop the invaders, as well as gained Morlandia worldwide condemnation.
Valiant Sarkourians fought with everything they had. Cannons, guns, drones, and finally even Molotov gas bombs came into play, slowing or stopping the advance of Morlandia. When they ran out of ammunition, they attacked the invaders with their bare hands in some areas showing incredible courage.
They kept up the fight like this for 74 days. Towards the end, they were not out of courage or determination. They were running out of time.
The radar operator had not slept in 3 days, so he could be forgiven for being a bit slow in sounding the alert when the blips appeared.
Tracking course and speed, the destination was all too apparent; the municipal airfield that had been converted to military use at war’s outbreak…