Battle of Fredericksburg (Posleen Invasion)

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The Battle of Fredericksburg was a fictional battle described in the novel Gust Front, by John Ringo. One of the first of five Posleen globes landed in a circle around Fredericksburg. The humans never actually had any hope of winning the battle; they only had to stall the Posleen long enough to hide the women and children, and kill as many Posleen as posible. They did this by filling an underground, armored pumphouse with noncombatants, and trying to stall the Posleen advance with ad-hoc infantry from police and militia forces, combat engineering, and artillery from USS North Carolina. Then they filled a building near the pumphouse with propane and ignited it, killing many Posleen and almost all the defenders. The Posleen did not find the pumphouse because they did not bother to look closely at the center of the fuel-air explosion. The noncombatants were excavated on October 27, 2004. See further US Military Forces in the Posleen War.

Battle of Fredericksburg

Part of the Human-Posleen War

Date	October 9 – October 10, 2004
Location	Fredericksburg, Virginia
Result	Posleen victory

Belligerents

United States of America

Gamalada Clan of the Po'oslena'ar

Commanders

Lieutenant Colonel Frank Robertson

Lieutenant Colonel Augusta Sherman

Chief Wilson Captain of USS North Carolina

Kenallai

Aaradaha

Ardan'aath

Strength

229th Light Engineering Battalion

Fredericksburg police and militia

22nd Tactical Fighter Squadron

USS North Carolina

1 Globe Force, ~4,000,000 - 5,000,000

Casualties and losses

Almost the entire population of Fredericksburg excluding 5 combat survivors and a bunker of civilians, all but 2 F-22Es, heavy damage to USS North Carolina

Unknown, presumed heavy.