Chapter 19
The Invasion of Idaho
Carson Taylor looked on over his
unit in amazement. When he enlisted in the Nevada National Guard never could
have ever imagined the sight he was seeing now. He had always thought in the
back of his mind that it was possible for him to be deployed into the US Army
and possibly go overseas to a war zone. Taylor always imagined that war zone to
be some desert in the Middle East, some jungle in Asia, or even being deployed
to Europe to combat Russia. Never did he think that that war zone would
actually be located inside the borders of the US. But that was exactly what he
was looking at. His eyes were fixated on his unit being prepared to be deployed
into a mountainous war zone in their own backyard. He was no longer affiliated
with the US Army or the US for that matter. He was now a part of the
Californian Army. He now served in the 1st Nevada Mountain Division;
and as a Lieutenant, he led a 50 man platoon within the division.
Taylor was now in Ontario, Oregon.
The 1st Nevada was recently deployed here to join up with the 3rd
Oregon Infantry Division. Their goal was a cross border attack on Idaho. The 1st
Nevada was being given the task of capturing and holding the capital of Boise.
Their attack on Boise would be simultaneously mirrored by an attack on the
northern Idaho city of Moscow by the 2nd Washington Mountain
Division. The attack was designed to gain territory in the growing civil war
with the states remaining in the US, and also to gain a defensive position.
Idaho is a fairly mountainous state and would slow down a US attack from the
east and potentially saving the pacific coast states.
“Alright men. You all should be
ready now. For many of you this is your first time seeing combat action, and
for some of you it is not. But none of you could’ve thought that your first
time, or your second or third time, would be a fight right here in Idaho. This
isn’t a foreign born enemy. The army you will be facing was, not even a year
ago, formerly your own brothers.” Taylor paced back and forth in the front of
his platoon. Having studied generals the likes of Patton and Eisenhower for
years, he always wanted to give an inspirational speech.
“Your battlefield is not the deserts
of Iraq or Afghanistan. Your battlefield is the mountains of Idaho. Those past
soldiers fought for a country they felt was worth defending. The fact that you
are all still here, and wearing the Bear Flag on your arms instead of the Stars
and Stripes, tells me that you feel that you want to believe the same. You all
are here because you feel that this is a fight worth fighting. You feel that
your former country has fallen into the wrong hands. You feel that that country
has lost the sentiment of the founding fathers of the revolution. They have
lost their way, but you have not. You still fight for the founding ideals. You
fight to protect the ideas behind the original Constitution of the US. Those
ideas are now what have inspired the Constitution of the Republic of
California. Those are the ideas and ideals that you fight for. You do not fight
for the US Army. You fight with the “ROCs”.
That nickname is fitting. We are a rock. We will not be moved. We will
stand firm against all threats. We will not be stopped. We will keep rolling
until we reach our desired destinations. We have not lost our way, they have.
Let’s show them the way back home!” The platoon erupted into cheers. Carson
felt very pleased with himself. It may not be a speech that will be taught in
high school history classes, or even military history classes for that matter,
but he still felt please. He has plenty of time to come up with historical
level speeches when he is wearing the stars of a general. That speech was just
fine for the likes of Lieutenant from Nevada. For now.
“We will be loading up in just a
few. And then a few minutes later we will be hearing back from the Air Force.
The Oregon Air Force is commencing two bombing raids out of the Klamath Falls
Air Force Base. The first is an attack on the Mountain Home Air Force Base in
Idaho. Shut down any air resistance and ensure our own air superiority. Their
second mission is an initial bombing of strategic locations within the city of
Boise. Once we have confirmation of air superiority, we will begin our own
movement. We will travel along the interstate on our way to Boise. We are to
secure the capitol building and police stations. We are to such down the
infrastructure of the city and ensure a government shutdown. Idaho was been
passive in letting the federal government do what they wanted. We will teach
them to not be passive any longer. If they don’t want to be involved with the
US, we will force them to be involved with the ROC.” Just as he was done with
the debriefing a phone rang.
“Lt. Taylor, that was the OAF. They
have confirmation of air superiority. Mountain Home is out of commission.”
Lt. Taylor yelled out one last time.
“That’s the call we’ve been waiting for men. Let’s load up and roll out. We are
less than an hour away from a fire fight. It begins now.” Taylor stood on the
step on his Humvee. “Now begins the Invasion of Idaho.”
No comments:
Post a Comment