Author's Note

Yes, I named this after "Operation: Husky" the Allied invasion of Sicily. It has nothing to do with that. I'm not changing it
This is not based on the battle of Iwo Jima because they're both Islands in the ocean. Don't like it I still don't care if your the type that'll complain I'm not the type to care. I care for your feelings but I try my best not to romanticize real wars or real battles. I respect war veterans.
Only reason why is because I was watching a video called "To the shores of Iwo Jima"
ALso, I did add new weapons and technology that probably was used in the Equestrian-Zebra war where if the GPE have Vertibucks and Cloudships that would require flight so why not

Chapter 14: Operation Husky

After several days of roaming the Unknown West of the Equestrian Wasteland, they came upon some military grounds which they found some Holotapes and memory orbs.

Inside of a building, there was a memory orb that Purple picked up with his telekinesis magic and focused on his magic to access the memory orb.

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Two hundred years ago.

At Fort Constellation, Private Shocking Taser was in an office with a nineteen-year-old mare pegasus officer and the two were making sweet love.

Unknown to Private Shocking Taser is that the mare with who he's currently having hot steamy sex is that her father is the base commander.

"Aw yeah, I can't believe that I'm banging the base commander's daughter," said Shocking Taser, "Even though I feel bad about it but at least I'm getting laid before I get deployed to fight the Zebra's."

The officer he's having unprotected sex with told him to stop talking where his blabbering is ruining it.

They continued to have a long kissy match of under the covers affair.

They heard hoof steps approaching but they didn't stop. But they didn't hear some keys jingling or the door opening.

The covers flew off of them.

A pony cleared his throat and the two stopped having sex and looked at Lieutenant-Colonel Lost Legacy.
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Present-day.

"That was creepy." said Purple, "I wasn't expecting to feel as if I was my great-great-great-great-great-grand dad have sex with a mare and I'm not going to finish this sentence."

Purple picked up another memory orb and liked the first one he used his magic to access it.

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Two hundred years ago.

Private Shocking Taser was on an Equestrian transport ship reading a letter from his marefriend a Ms. Sky Chaser and he discovered he's going to be a dad.

"How did I come this far first asking a Shadowbolt out on a date while she was on furlough and now she's carrying out foal? Now I wish I could be there back home to be with her."

A loud whistle blew and Private Shocking Taser got up and headed down to an LVT.

"If we're running low almost out of coal why are we still using ships?" asked Shocking Taser, "Well this eight-mile island is supposed to have coal mines with an abundance amount that we're going to take from those Zebra basterds."

While the landing ships moved to the shore, Private Shocking was going to lose his hearing from the Equestrian Navy bombarding the island for the past ninety-six hours or four days with everything they had."

"There's nothing going to be left of those Zebra's!" said an eager earth pony, "That means it'll be a cakewalk for us!"

"Don't hold your breath." said a unicorn pony, "These bastards are tough and mastered stealth with stealth gemstones. If you feel like you are being watched we'll all fire bullets in a general direction. These bastards are well-known for their martial-art skills and physical prowess that's comparable to an earth pony. So stay alert and stay alive."

"There's nothing going to be left for us." said Shocking Taser, "Our navy and airforces been bombing the living shit out of the island. Hope those mines are still there. We really need coal. Also, I want to capture a mare Zebra to make her my personal bitch when the war is over."

The Equestrians hit the beach which was calm at first. But the Zebra's were hiding and waiting for the Equestrians to get closer and waited until the Earth, Unicorn, and Pegasi soldier ponies were on top of them before they opened up.

By a radio, Private Shocking Taser radioed the Equestrian Navy; the dreadnoughts and newly built Canterlot-Class Super Battleships fired their 8x 16 inch /45 caliber cannons for the dreadnoughts and 12x 16 inch/50 caliber cannons for the super heavy battleships shelled where Shocking Taser told them to.

"LUNA DAMN IT!" yelled Shocking Taser, "I'M GOING TO LOSE MY FUCKING HEARING!"

The only reason he yelled that is how loud the cannons are to pulverize the Zebra defenses on the island.

The Earth, Unicorn, and Pegasi ponies moved up off the beach and moved inland but still gotten shot at.

Shocking Taser saw some ponies get ignited and burned alive but some Equestrians stopped, dropped, and rolled.

"What the fuck is that?" asked Shocking Taser, "Do they use incendiary rounds?"

An Equestrian earth pony told Private Shocking Taser about the Zebra Carbine Rifles which is the Zebra's response to the Equestrian power armor.

"Nightmarish" is Shocking Taser's reply to the Earth pony who told him about the Zebra rifles.
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Back in Present-day

"I don't know how me and my great-great-great-great-great-great- granddad are related." said Purple, "At first he has an affair on his marefriend. He also swears a lot as well. I only swore what three times?"

"What is it?" asked Sunrise Storm, "Who is your great-great-great-great-great-grand dad?"

Purple told Sunrise that his six-time great granddad is Private/ Captain Shocking Taser.

Sunrise asked about the battle which lead Purple to tell her the start of "Operation: Husky. The invasion of an eight-mile big island in the middle of nowhere just for coal."

"Yeah." said Sunrise Storm, "We Equestrians really loved coal back in the Pre-war days. We used the hard black rocks to fuel our industry. We had Gemstones and the Zebra's had Coal. I wasn't big on the news back in the pre-war times but after the Littlehorn Valley Massacre after the Zebra retaliation was when I signed up only to be rejected because I was only eight when the war broke out and waited a decade to sign up."

The group moved on and entered another room where Purple found another memory orb and did the same using his magic to use it.

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Two hundred years ago

Still on the eight-mile big island while at the base of the mountain on the island.

"What in Tartarus is that smell?" asked Shocking Taser, "It smells like rotten eggs."

An Equestrian soldier told him it's sulfur and that's why it smells.

Shocking Taser asked how he knows that only for the pony to tell him as a response that he was a member of the Equestrian Geology Service before leaving for the war.

The shelling of the mountain stopped and Shocking Taser and a small group of Equestrian soldiers moved up the steep mountain but wondered why the Zebra's weren't shooting at them.

Unknown to them is that the intense shelling of the mountain caved in the tunnels the Zebra's dug to keep the element of better firing positions. They had which protected them but over time they caved in.

At the top of the mountain, the admiral blue unicorn placed the Equestrian flag on some metal piping where Shocking Taser, an earth pony, and a pegasi pony raised the Equestrian flag on Mount Equidaeasses.

Private Shocking Taser asked who in the world named an operation after a breed of dog but he just kept it in his head.

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Present-day

"Interesting." said Purple, "My six-time great-granddad helped raised the flag on Mount Equidaeasses."

"Mount Equidaeasses?" asked Sunrise, "I know that mountain. It was the first mission for HMS Canterlot. That was a rough twenty-six days of combat. Glad I was out at sea bombarding the island with 2000 pound rounds over being inland."

"Mount Equidaeasses?" asked Rocky Road, "What's that? Will be safe from the Grand Pegasus Enclave there?"

"No we won't be safe from them." said Purple, "There Verti-Bucks can find us anywhere. Oh, sweet Celestia!"

"What? What is it?" asked Midnight Twister.

"I just realized." replied Purple, "The Enclave's Verti-Buck's! They can reach us anywhere."

"I thought you were going to say." started Sunrise Storm, "Apart of you and apart of Lieutenant Cake mixed and have a cake in her oven. I miss eating cake from the pre-war days and wartime days before I enlisted. Purple you and Lieutenant Cake should tie the knot. That's a pre-war and wartime express to get married."

"Nope." said Purple, "I like tough mares even though I don't care if the mare is soft or not but I prefer mares with gemstones in their names. I prefer mares with the gemstones Garnet, Amethyst, Aquamarine/Bloodstone, Diamond, Emerald, Pearl, Moonstone, Alexandrite, Ruby, Peridot, Spinel, Tourmaline, Topaz, Blue Topaz, and best for last. Sapphire."

Harmony asked why he considers "Sapphire" to be the best stone.

"I had an aunt named Sapphire. She was a loving and caring unicorn mare." said Purple, "And this lovely Sapphire wedding ring. It has been in my family for twenty-five generations. My mother had it and she gave it to me. In my family, it's usually passed down to the first stallion who got married but my ma gave it to me to safeguard knowing that Base would gamble it away or lose it permentally or try to break it. Also, none of you can touch the ring. I don't want to lose this piece of my family heirloom. My family is not picture perfect but we're not dysfunctional."

He didn't mention about his ex-marefriend who's name is "Azure Blue Sapphire" who's a sweetie pie and not mean.

They lost Harmony until they went into another room and saw her on a terminal.

The terminal screen said.

"Operation: Husky. Some damn island in the South Lunar Island is under control of those sneaky Zebra's. Well, that island better is worth it. The only thing we're going to throw at that puny island. The only thing I can spare is the First "Solar" and Second "Lunar" Infantry Division. That's 40200 ponies. What that's 200 new vehicles called a "Tank", 288 Rocket Artillery, 24 of a something called an "Armored Car", 24 artillery guns. I've seen the new thing called a "Tank" and "Armored Car". The So-called tank is 27 feet, 11 inches long, 11 ft, 6.25 in wide, and 11 feet tall armed with a 90mm canon, a roof-mounted .50 Cal machine gun, a coaxial .30 Caliber machine-gun, and a hull-mounted .30 caliber machine gun. Those light tanks that the Zebra's have with a 20mm autocannon and two machine guns won't stand a chance now. Well, the invasion will start on August 10th at 07:00 Hours on the dot. Those Zebra's will know pain. Naval Taskforce three will consist of five destroyers, four heavy cruisers, three dreadnoughts, one super heavy battleship, and an aircraft carrier. Two new ship types the SHBB and the carrier. At least we caught up with flight and don't need to rely on Pegasi to do aerial fighting for us all the time."

Purple picked up a holotape and played it.

"Alright General Thunder Wings. We can't foreshadow everything." said the General, "Our casualties are higher than expected. We expected casualties but around several hundred to one thousand. It's just day one and casualties on that island are fifteen-hundred, 1500! So far soldiers reported the Zebras have had pillboxes dug in into the ground and spider holes. Those bastards are probably got tunnels underground. We got a solution to that. Flamethrowers and Satchel charges we'll blow and burn em out."

There's a knock on the door, "Enter" said the General "Ah! Ms. Tango Blueberry Alchemy. The Equestrian favorite Zebra besides Zecora."

A mare voice said "General I don't want to be rude but these unicorn and pegasi ponies suck. They can't even throw a knife only the earth ponies can. I know it's weird that before the war I was a prostitute in the Zebra lands and was a special forces operator but not every pony is soldier material Do you want to know how I reward them?"

General Thunder replied "No no. I'm already not pure-minded but not dirty-minded but I'm a seasoned vet where I've seen Steel Rangers screaming due to the Zebra rifles set them ablaze on the inside. I've also seen both ponies and Zebras both torn to shreds and blown to pieces losing limbs and body parts."

The recording ends.

Harmony clicked onto another page and it says.

"OPERATION: HUSKY! STATUS: COMPLETE BATTLE DURATION: TWENTY-SIX DAYS. AUGUST 10th to DECEMBER 3rd. CASUALTIES: TWENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND (28,000) FOURTEEN THOUSAND FROM BOTH DIVISIONS. ANY GAINS FROM IT? YES, A ABUNDANCE OF COAL FOR OUR NAVY AND INDUSTRY. WAS IT WORTH IT? BOTH NO AND YES. NO NOT WORTH THE CASUALTIES YES FOR THE ABUNDANCE OF COAL NOW. OVERALL: TWENTY-EIGHT THOUSAND DEAD, TWELVE-HUNDRED WOUNDED, FIFTEEN-HUNDRED WON'T RETURN TO COMBAT CRITICALLY INJURED OR MISSING LIMBS.- General Thunder Wings."