"Friendly person, your captain." Medved-One said in an amused tone as Zhenya walked past him. The rest of the Russian squad trailed behind Lima, content with letting them take the lead. The two squads needed to work together like a well-oiled machine if they wanted everything to go off without a hitch and if that meant Medved taking a back seat, then that was what they were going to do. After all, there was not much for them to do apart from just pointing out the correct targets and generally steering Lima away from enemy strongpoints or areas that were to be assaulted by the VDV during their attack.

"RPD, Derzhavin?" One of the Spetsnaz operators asked in an amused voice. Zhenya looked back over his shoulder and saw a soldier following close behind him, an RPK-74 loaded with a custom-made seventy-five round drum magazine. His face was covered by a balaclava, and a pair of darkened ballistic goggles covered his eyes. "You are feeling nostalgic today?"

"My base had no Pechenegs, the PKMs were not fit for any use and the RPKs lacked the firepower my squad would need." Zhenya replied bluntly. "An RPD seemed like the better choice. The armourer did a good job of making it more modern."

"An American, I suppose. They always seem to like taking our Kalashnikovs and making them more...How do they say it? Tactical." The Spetsnaz machine-gunner said, the smirk evident in his voice.

Suddenly, Medved-One stopped in his tracks. "Yes?" He asked into his microphone. "You cannot be serious." He said exasperatedly after a few seconds of silence.

"What is going on?" Zhenya asked.

"The VDV brigade were moving their assault units into position while withdrawing those which had sustained significant casualties in enemy raids. I guess whoever is in charge of the TIAF's northern frontier is a twitchy bastard because he fucking launched an attack." Medved-One said, making sure that he was transmitting to both his squad and Lima so all would be aware of the unexpected development. "To keep things short, the VDV's assault has, as of five minutes ago, begun. They are right now focusing their efforts on blunting the TIAF offensive, but I would say that we have thirty minutes, an hour at most, before the brigade starts to advance into Armenia in force."