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Narrative: Armenian War
5:35, 23rd of April, 1937
Kars, Northern Armenia


Davros Zadian was on guard duty along the long Armenian-Turkish border when he tuned up the radio: "Russians...invading Armenia...Tbilisi...Large engagements...need Reinforcements urgently". Damn the Russians to hell, he should be there fighting instead of staying guard, Turkey would not invade Armenia.

He was tired and decided to rest for a moment, no one would find out when a shell exploded near him. Shocked he looked up to see the Turks marching across the border, tearing apart the border fences with their tanks.

His division was supposed to be combat ready but that was a joke, his division was the least equipped on the Turkish Front. He panicked before coming back to his senses and sounding the alarm: "The Turks are coming. The Turks are coming."

The camp burst into action as soldiers quickly got up to defend the motherland against the Turks.

Zadian fed a belt of ammunition into the machine gun before pressing the trigger to fire a long burst to massacre any Turkish soldiers in his way, many of them becoming gone but not enough. Across the front, Armenian soldiers shot into the advancing Turkish army but for every one that fell, another one replaced him. The Turks started finding cover and firing back, killing many Armenian soldiers including Zadian's close friend.

The Commander of the 4th Armenian Division roared out "Artillery!" from behind and shells smashed into the Turkish frontline but the Turkish artillery sent shells smashing into the Armenian divisions. The Turkish army kept advancing. The guns started simmering down as ammunition started running out and the 4th Armenian Divison shouted "Yerkar aprel Hayastanov!" (Long live Armenia!) before charging into the Turkish army for the defense of the motherland and vengeance of the Armenian genocide. Zadian joined the first charge and as he charged with his bayonet, he prayed for his family's survival. He saw the Commander fall down before he heard a whistling shriek and all went to white.

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