Iron Hoof of the Motherland

by SilverCreep

First published

Its nearing the end of the 21st century, and mankind is still in the tides of war.

The USSR and the United States have been in a unsettling conflict known as the Cold War. While both sides have not engage directly, several proxy wars and threats have been tossed between both sides. Tensions have risen and fallen since the start of the war in the late 1940's. Now, with the USSR on the verge of economic collapse, the Kremilin has devised a single plan to really hurt the West, and with luck, gain some ground in the political level.

In the far reaches of the Northern Sovereignty of the USSR, the sole fleet carrier, the Admiral Kuznetsov along with an escort of a dozen other ships had been dispatched to conduct operational trials of two new pieces of equipment, a Carrier based AWACS aircraft, the Yak-44, and a new type of amphibious assault ship, known as the Ropucha II.
These pieces of equipment were to be tested in hopes that an attempted landing on the shore of Alaska would be enough to put pressure on Western government to react to the demands of the Soviet Union, however, due to the level of secrecy, the only units able to be dispatched were two companies of special forces, one of Spetznas, the other of the VDV (Airborne Commandos) as well as several pieces of equipment from ground vehicles to helicopters.
All this to plan a sudden strike deep into Alaska where they would capture any American base and hold the oil fields to really bring the hurt.

However….that never happened.
In fact, the whole fleet never made it past the North Pole before a sudden storm took them, all 13 ships, and plopped them into a world they never expected to be.
This is their story.
This is how the rough group of Spetznas, VDV, Pilots, Navymen, Marines, and even their command had to break away from the training and mental settlement of the Soviet Union to understand the threat they faced here isn't as much as a threat they had once to deal with.

But…how could one even start such a change when for most of their lives, they had sought nothing but their militaristic ways.
One pilot would change that.

Legal Stuff
This story is a work of fiction, though some equipment and locations relate to real world things and places, the events that happen within the story are fake and have not (nor will ever) happen in the real world. Any names or events that resembles something related to realty is entirely coincidental.