Tanya's Tale



Tanya's Tale is the fifth Allied mission in Red Alert 1.

Background
The Soviet invasion had been stymied, at least for some parts. Berlin was kept under Allied control. However, the same could not be said for the Greek front. Athens was overrun by Soviet forces. The fall of Greece came as an emotional blow to the second-in-command of the Allies, Nikos Stavros. However, the war was still raging and the Allied High Command was seeking an opportunity to gain the upperhand against the Soviets. Special Agent Tanya had been sent off to gather information on a 'Secret Project' the Soviets were working on. However, Tanya was captured on the mission and being held at a heavily guarded Soviet base. Allied High Command knew they needed the information if they were to keep pace with the Soviets. In order to do so, they would need to rescue Tanya before she would be moved to Moscow, where all hope of rescuing her would be lost.

Battle Report
The Allied amphibious team waited in their transports as they waited for reports from spy. Once they receieved word, they would immediately move in to clear the area. Until then--silence. Twenty minutes passed by when their radios squawked. The surrounding SAM sites had been disabled and the rescue chopper was on its way. The transports immediately sped full steam for the indicated beach. The chopper passed them overhead just as the landing forces hit the beaches.

Not expecting an attack, the Soviets put up very little resistance along the beaches. The Allied landing force immediately rushed for the Soviet armored factory along the outskirts of the main base. The small defense force within the factory was quickly overwhelmed by the rapid attack. It was one of the rare times the Allied forces actually outnumbered the Soviets. The attack had been so smooth and quick that Soviet tank crews hadn't been able to man their vehicles. The Allies easily captured the heavy armor, bolstering their forces for their attack against the Soviet base.

The attack on the base consisted of two forces split into two. The captured forces, which consisted of the bread-and-butter Heavy Tanks and deadly V2-Rocket Launchers, would strike the main entrance of the base. The smaller and lighter Allied landing force would strike the second and lighter guarded entrance. As the Allied forces closed on the base, the Soviet garrison was just beginning to regroup. The captured division met extreme resistance at the main enrance. The tesla defense system scathed holes through the attackers. The attack was nearly called off, but a forward observer managed to call in a precise artillery strike the crippled the Soviet defenses.

Meanwhile the Allied landing force had virtually slipped past the defenses, as the attention was focused on the main entrance. The Soviet garrison found themselves flanked; their Tesla system disabled. With tactical advantage, the Allies were able to push the Soviets back to a second defense line. Rather than wait to regroup, which would give the Soviets time to regroup, the Allied Commander ushered his forces against the Soviet defenses. The defense didn't last very long as Allies rolled through to the rest of the base, ironically with the captured Soviet tanks.

Aftermath
The attack dealt another stunning blow to the Soviet leaders. Not only had the Allies held the line along the German border, they had also lashed out with their own successful offensive, albeit a small one (the Allies had attempted numerous ones before yet failed). Allied High Command was pleased that Tanya was back to safety with her reports of a strange new weapon that the Soviets were preparing.