The Attack on Mayport was a surprise military strike by the Gran Colombian Air Force on the new U.S. Naval Fleet at the naval base in Mayport, Florida. The GCAF used FMA IA 58 Pucará ground attack aircraft to attack the U.S. Naval Fleet. Such disastrous proportions made analysts compare the devastation of Mayport to the 1941 Pearl Harbour attack.
Background[]
Gran Colombian Empire[]
The Gran Colombian Empire was the new government of Colombia. Its chancellor, Gustavo Barros became determine to unite all Latin (Central & South American) nations and destroy the United States.
Cyber attack[]
Prior to the attack on Mayport, unknown to Lt. Commander Granderson her lover Kelsi Baker sent her a virus that was sent via text message. This virus would move a satellite dish to a another satellite by 5 degrees so that a Gran Colombian agent would use that as a stepping stone. Octavio de la Paz used a skull marked flash drive to deliver the virus to a U.S. Satellite all the way back to U.S. Southern Command. The virus would take out everything in the United States (Electronics, Weapons, etc.).
The Attack[]
The United States fleet, composed of four destroyers and the flagship USS Jeffery Michener (LHD-20), an amphibious assault ship, were docked at Mayport, celebrating the Week of the Fleet, with the Mitchener and the destroyers USS Howard Oliver, USS Michael O'Connor and USS Javier Cruz docked on port, filledw ith civilians which participated at the festivities, while the USS Nathan James (DDG-151) was outside the port.
From Colombia, the virus inserted in the Fleet's systems was activated, cutting all comms between units and crippling their systems, effectively leaving all the ships defenseless. Right after that, a formation of at least ten attack aircrafts Pucará arrived, launching their missiles against the immobile ships in port and later opening fire with their guns, causing heavy casualties on them, both military and civilian.
The crews were unable to do more than put the civilians to a safe place, inside the ships. Some crewmembers returned fire with hand weapons, to no effect, being slaughtered. A second wave of Pucarás arrived before the surviving crews were able to use their machine guns. One downed a Pucará, and Tom Chandler, using a rocket launcher, a second one, right before the others retreated.
However, the Pucarás didn't see the Nathan James, and as the ship's captain choose to remain far away, the destroyer survived.
Aftermath[]
The American casualties were enormous, estimated at thousands, including hundreds of Marines. All their air, ground units and ships were crippled, from the damage or the cyber attack. However, apparently not a single one was sunk. Only the James survived, but the virus left it almost unable to fight.
Gustavo Barros claimed the attack's responsability, claiming it to be a reprisal of the murder of Panama's president, in fact commited by his men. He was satisfied to hear than the Colombian forces only have lost two Pucará, and considered the American fleet destroyed. After his Gran Colombian Empire annexed Panama, he ordered the invasion of Central America, expecting to conquer too the United States.
However, that was a big mistake, as immediately, the James began its counterattack in solitary, and the Americans have the opportunity to repair their fleet: at least the Mitchener later aided in the invasion of Colombia.