The Confederation of Dixie

by on April 18, 2021 at 12:01 am
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Fighting in the Rockfish Gap came to a momentary end after the air battle concluded. Ruined aircraft raining down all over the landscape was a sobering moment for all involved. The Federal law enforcement officers had left the Commonwealth officers to slow down their western brethren alone. That was more than the Richmond-aligned Virginians wanted to do, and they quickly negotiated a withdrawal from the gap. The Virginia Defense Force and the Lexington Police accepted that withdrawal and continued their pursuit of the Federal officers holding Lexington’s mayor and his family. They caught the Feds less than ten miles outside the gap, and this time there was no one in range to support them. The fight was quick, bloody, and decisive.

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The Confederation of Dixie

by on April 17, 2021 at 12:01 am
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The United States Air Force shooting down Virginian fighters enflamed the fighting in and around the Rockfish Gap. Their air strikes against other Virginians did far more. The Virginia Air National Guard that had remained neutral until that point quickly launched with orders to clear the skies of Virginia’s enemies. Those were not Richmond’s orders, but fewer and fewer Virginians outside the eastern counties still listened to Richmond. The aerial combat proved swift, deadly, and decisive, and Virginians quickly took control of Virginia airspace again. It was a sobering moment for everyone involved in the fighting in the Rockfish Gap.

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The Confederation of Dixie

by on April 16, 2021 at 12:01 am
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The trapped Federal law enforcement officers called on the United States Air Force to open a path for them to escape with their prisoners. The Air Force swept in before daybreak, and the Virginian fighters met them in the skies over the Rockfish Gap. Missiles and gunfire lit the night for a few minutes, but the Virginians were heavily outnumbered and the Air Force quickly took control of Rockfish Gap airspace. Air strikes soon dispersed the Virginians blocking the Federal officers’ escape route, allowing them to flee the fighting with the mayor of Lexington and his family in their custody. Live and nearly-live footage of the fighting preceded them, which did not improve matters for them.

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The Confederation of Dixie

by on April 15, 2021 at 12:01 am
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Richmond ordered the Virginia Air National Guard to perform an air strike on the escalating conflict in the Rockfish Gap. That turned out to be a Bad Idea. With capital letters. Some pilots followed the orders. Some could not in good conscience. And some fought to counter the orders. The Virginia Air National Guard exploded in the sky over the Rockfish Gap, and wreckage, bombs, and gunfire rained down towards the fighting below. Those seeking to stop the attacks controlled the air when it was all over, and they ignored all orders from Richmond to stand down. Someone else might seek to follow those orders, after all.

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The Confederation of Dixie

by on April 14, 2021 at 12:01 am
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The firefight in the Rockfish Gap escalated as midnight approached. More law enforcement and military forces swarmed in from all directions, some seeking to support the Feds, and others seeking the Lexington mayor’s release. Individual Virginians joined in as well, and the conflict spread far out of any control the Commonwealth of Virginia could place on it. The Feds moved to smuggle the mayor of Lexington, and his family, out of the growing firefight and into nearby Afton, but they ran into a disorganized force of mountain volunteers. With the volunteers blocking their path, and the Lexington police and Virginia Defense Force closing in from behind, the Feds called in an air strike to blow a hole for them. That turned out to be another of many bad decisions that day.

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