Chapter 12 Peace and Progress
Tupac Shakur said:
You can't disrespect the love. You can't disrespect the peace treaty
Part 3 Roman Frontiers
The GTI Great Southern Army advanced southward through the receding Roman Empire. The pitiful armies of Rome attempted a counterattack however their battered and beaten armies could amass little to oppose Tupac. The GTI reserves were called in to deal with the minor incursion and the elite 98th GTI company who intercepted the Roman cavalry north of the ruins of Cumae acted so efficiently in the jungle against the inexperienced Romans that Captain Komani, the head of the Company received a promotion to General, and was placed in the prestigious command of the first Tupacian Tank army
Meanwhile the Great Southern Armys western and eastern divisions had reached the cities of Ravenna and Veii respectively and using time-honoured tactics had crippled the cities and their garrisons.
The city of Ravenna posed no threat to the battle-hardened GTI veterans of Hispalis and Byzantium and with the defences already crippled the siege of the city lasted little more than a few days. In the end it was the 104th Infantry Company who broke the Roman battle lines definitively, the city burned long into the night as the GTI soldiers enjoyed their few days of rest before heading south toward Rome
In the east the Roman second-city of Veii was proving a tougher nut to crack. The Roman forces, although weakened, had lost none of their resilience and determination and the battle for Veii proved to be desperate. As the siege drew longer and longer the Romans resorted to cheaper tricks, including ambushes and poisoning water supplies. However the GTI remained resolute and in the end Hussein Fatal , Captain of the famed 42nd Company defeated the Roman commander in a battle north of the city thanks to a clever piece of under-ground engineering which saw the ground beneath the Roman army give way and literally swallow them whole. Thus ending major Roman resistance, allowing other forces to seize the city.
Husseins victory ingenuity in his triumph prompted Tupac to appoint him as chief military engineer for Western Zululand.
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Accompanied by the 1st Tupacian Tank Army the Great Southern Army continued their push now to further east. The Western Division approached the legendary city of Rome and paused to wait for reinforcements of the new tank brigades, while the Eastern Division, accompanied by General Komani advanced on Antium.
At Rome the weary Western Division met a truly determined foe. The Praetorian Guard, Caesars personal bodyguard, marshalled the defences of Rome. The elite legionaries may have been outdated in terms of equipment but their presence amongst the Roman army inspired valour and hardened the mental steel of the men whose task it was to guard their homeland.
But even mental steel and determination is no match for a hundred thousand artillery shells and an unmatched force of tanks. The legendary city of Rome was confined purely to that as the GTI made no mistakes in their careful, calculated, machine-like dismantling of the Roman defences and the destruction of the city.
The city of Antium was famed for its enormous city walls. The Great Wall had begun merely as the defences of the city but in time had served as a border protection against both China and America. In these days of artillery and infantry it was useless but it was nonetheless a source of pride for the citizens of Antium.
To General Komani however, it was nothing more than an obstacle for his beloved tanks.
The artillery brigade of the Great Southern Armys Eastern Division was the single largest artillery brigade in the world with over 60 artillery companies. By the time they had finished and General Komani crossed the city limits the Great Wall was not so much a great wall as whopping, great, big hole in the ground. The city itself was soon little more.
However, as Tupacs delight at having cornered Caesar in Neapolis reached climax he was brought crashing to Earth with news that could spell the end of everything
something for which he had no contingency plan. Something his arrogance had caused him to ignore, to his own detriment. Something so evil, so despicable and so useless in its bureaucracy that it could bring Tupacs world crashing about his ears.