So with the failure of either side to gain an edge in the hunt for Dr X and his mysterious Weapons of Doom, Death and Destruction it took several months for Dr X's secret base to be located and through the whim of coincidence both the Brits and Germans arrive in the wood surrounding his base about 5 minutes and half a mile from each other – Even stranger given Dr X's lair in the Black Forest, the Brits showed up by road and the Germans parachuted in under the cover of darkness.
For those of you wondering how Dr X managed to keep his secret base secret for so long – Being a genius, he avoided volcanoes and opted instead for a château in the Black Forest guarded by German deserters – So the Brits thought they'd originally discovered a place where German generals played wargames and the Germans just didn't realise he was hiding in the open.
The Mission:
British – Kill Dr X and destroy his journal in order the world can remain safe from Dr X's secret weapon.
German – Capture Dr X or his journal so that the Germans can gain the use of Dr X's secret weapon for themselves.
Here's one of the reconnaissance photos taken of Dr X's château taken in daylight, although the mission actually took place at night, limiting the effective range of rifles.
The final proof Dr X was in residence as he is captured taking a stroll along the fortifications.
Led by Sturmbannführer Blondie the German force gathers in the cover of a hill after dropping into the woods by parachute.
Whilst the Brits come in by road with Blackthorn leading the way and checking directions at a handy signpost.
Unfortunately for Blackthorn, Dr X had posted a sentry near the signpost to his lair. Blackthorn acting quickly acts to try and silence the sentry before the alarm can be raised.
Whilst Privates Smith, Jones and Flaherty approach through the woods and spot a sentry guarding the road up to the château
Unfortunately for the Privates, this sentry was paying attention and they'd got a little to close and raising his weapon, gunfire pierces the silence of the night as well as the chest of Private Smith putting him out of the fight.
Alerted by sound of gunfire from the other side of the hill Sturmbannführer Blondie, gives the orders for some of her men to investigate whilst she advances towards the château under the cover of the distraction.
Cresting the hill Hauptscharführer Mansfield spots the commandos and empties the magazine of his SMG, adding to the sounds shattering the night, but not to the list of British casualties. Emerging from his concealed spot behind a group of trees Harris Harrison, uses his pistol to shoot the Soldat accompanying Mansfield choosing to shoot at the man who is not reloading his weapon.
Fuelled by anger at the loss of his mate, Jones grimly advances towards the German sentry returning fire and kills the sentry.
Meanwhile, Blondie and one of her cohort continue their cautious advance towards the château Unfortunately for the cohort he activates a booby trap and is burned to death by one of Dr X's fiendish traps.
Back over in the chaos of battle, Blackthorn is still engaged with the sentry who is putting up a good fight of it. Seeing Mansfield attempting to reload his weapon, Harrison draws his knife and prepares to settle the score against his familiar foe, whilst the Flaherty and the German Soldat exchange rifle shots in the darkness, with the final shot eventually going to Flaherty.
Jones continues his grim advance towards the sentry post, continuing to fire and drops another of Dr X's guards in an attempt to stop the sentries from regaining the sentry post...
...Only to be dropped in turn by return fire by a surviving sentry.
Alerted by the noise, Dr X scans the darkness from the crenellations of the château wall.
Having made a bit of a meal of it, Blackthorn finally finishes off the sentry that had been keeping him busy...
...and blood pumping runs over to Harrison to help him deal with Mansfield.
Taking advantage of the distraction being caused by the British, Sturmbannführer Blondie has got close enough to the Château to spot Dr X and opens fire at him, however the protection afforded by parapet sees him kept safe as he is not prepared to come out into the open to return aimed fire at Blondie and instead hugs the stones whilst firing wildly at her.
Flaherty having advanced past the fallen Smith and Jones gets within range of the last sentry and after shooting him, moves up to loot the body.
Deciding that Blackthorn has the wounded Mansfield well in hand, Harrison leaves the fight to advance and see how the privates are getting on, only to find Smith and Jones bodies strewn about.
Badly wounded in the arms and unable to fight further Mansfield attempts to flee Blackthorn, only for Blackthorn to knock him out with a blow to the back of his head. Discounting the fallen foe Blackthorn rushes away to try and get the mission back on schedule.
Flaherty dashing towards the entrance of the château, stumbles into a sentry and in his haste misses his shot – The sentry however does not.
And neither does Harrison, although unlike the sentry he used a whole clip emptying his weapon and not a single shot.
Mansfield may have been down and out, but he's made of stern stuff and coming round he begins to limp towards the château and the unsuspecting British.
Blondie finally wounds Dr X and deciding that discretion is the better part of valour, he ducks down behind the wall making himself impossible to hit.
Taking advantage of this Blondie, sprints towards the entrance of the château and attacks Harrison with her whip.
And Mansfield continues his advance towards the château, stepping over corpses and not taking time to reload his SMG.
As from up ahead he can hear the sounds of Blondie engaged in a threeway with Harrison and Blackthorn and whilst she might be cracking her whip, she is not having the best time of it. For although she briefly pushes Harrison back, he immediately rejoins the fight only to break his knife upon the steel toe capped jackboot of Blondie as she fends him off again with a kick.
Dr X seeing his attackers almost at the entrance to the château gives the order to unleash his secret weapon...
...and having released them the guard makes doubly sure that the door between him and Dr X's zombies is barred shut.
Engrossed in the combat, Blondie doesn't realise the threat that is approaching her from behind...
...but Harrison does and leaving Blackthorn to deal with Blondie, Harrison decides it's time to consider an exit strategy and heads towards Dr X's car.
Sturmbannführer Blondie finally becomes aware of the menace approaching her from behind, but luckily for her, she realises this just before the zombies are able to grab her...
…and she dodges Blackthorn's attack and pushes him into the midst of the zombies to distract them from her tasty form.
It was here that we ran out of time and we ruled it was yet another mission where neither side won – Dr X still has control of his weapon and now he knows his location is compromised is unlikely to hang around.
Blondie and Mansfield managed to escape thanks to the 'distraction' provided by Blackthorn and Germany's efforts to gain control of Dr X's weapon were redoubled.
Of the British, only Harrison survived to carry back word of Dr X's weapon having seen Blackthorn killed by these strange creatures, only to rise again until Harrison ran the zombies over in his escape – No one was inclined to believe his story, until he showed them the animated hand he found attached to the bumper when he finally ran out of fuel in his flight from the château
Apologies for the delay in part two of this thrilling adventure - Given the ending though I am not calling it a conclusion though as Oldskoolrebel suggested he might be writing some more to this story. So stay tuned and who knows what Dr X might be involved with next?
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