As the heavy black bombs began to fall onto the battlefield from the skies above, dropped by strong, bat winged pegasi, the whole world turned into an exploding hell with no sound but a quiet note, as if from a small bell, for the Equestrian Armed Forces 1st Infantry Division the orange coated, blonde maned Sergeant Applejack began to reflect on the beginning of this brutal war and her part in it.

As the Apple family gathered around the TV watching the news of Equinia declaring war on Equestria, and attacking Trottingham. The EAF had issued a draft for all ponies born from the 4th to the 9th of every month to report to their town hall to be issued with equipment and instructions to get to their training camps. learn to fight in the name of the princess. The Elements of Harmony had also been called to help defend Eqeustria.

A week later she arrived at the Manehatten infantry training facility and began her basic training.

10 weeks later she had finished and was being shipped off to Trottingham to help the war effort.

As the smoke cleared she pulled her Browning machine gun onto the edge of the bunker and too aim at the enemy troops advancing towards them, rifles shooting at her own troops.

"Wait for it..." she called, causing her troops to ready their weapons and open the metal windows in their own bunkers,

"Wait for it..." she repeated, causing her troops to peek above the walls and take aim,

"Fire at will!" she commanded, causing a storm of bullets, fire and rockets towards the advancing enemy, mowing down the first few lines and brutally wounding if not killing the one behind.

As bullets were exchanged and the main force of the enemy retreated to their trenches the storm of bullets all but ceased, with occasional shots cracking out across the battlefield she turned to her second in command and said

"Corporal Carrot! what have we got for losses?"

Carrot top replied" Not many ma'am, a few wounded and only a couple need triage.

"Good" She replied, firing a few rounds at an adventurous head, before it was quickly pulled down.

"We're in for a hell of a ride."