One of the largest military deployments since the end of the World Wars, which culminated the conflict between the Tan and the Green

After Plastro’s death, what remained of the Tan Army regrouped in the Real World under the military leadership of Field Marshal Tannenburg, using the Tan Hawk Clone as his iron fist. Shortly after, taking advantage of the moment of weakness, the Green Army launched the largest Green offensive in history against the Tan Army in the Real World.

Most of this events were called “the Red Retaliation events“.

“For the Maker… what is this world?”

Context

After Sarge’s War there was a severe power vacuum when the tyrant Plastro died, which led to internal conflicts among the Tan, until a new supreme commander emerged: Tannenburg. This new leader exterminated all the unificationists Tan who wanted peace and an alliance of Army Men nations, and led the rest into war with the help of Plastro’s unfinished and abandoned plans to rearm the Tan Army with new technology, incorporating a large percentage of metallic materials in weapons for troops and vehicles. Although this difference was quickly reached by the rest of the nations in conflict, the inclusion of the Red Army in alliance with the Tan made them take the lead in individual weapons power. This meant that for every Red or Tan Super Tank destroyed, between 3 and 6 common tanks were lost.

The new Tan leader was strongly aligned with the ideas of the Red army, and with the Reds being the army with the largest reserves, they somehow reached an agreement and formed an alliance. The details of how or why they came to this are still unknown, given that before they fell, the Tan burned and destroyed all records about it.

In short, several things happened during the conflict…

It started with an alliance between the Tans and the Reds to take over some of the most important territories in the Real World, attacking the Blues, Browns, Purples, Jade and Pinks in that world. Although they stayed out of the war for a while, this provoked a large-scale military response from the Greens, in an alliance with the Violets (who were believed to be extinct and had actually hidden in the Real World), the Grays and the Blues, joining the war in an unprecedented coordinated military deployment, which required them to first travel from the Plastic World to the Brick World, and from the Brick World to the Plastic World, so that the Tans and Reds would not notice. Added to this, a deception was organized in the Plastic World where the Greens, Grays and Blues built thousands of vehicles out of clay brought from the Real World, painted with cheap paint. This caused the spy planes Tan and Red to believe that they were amassing troops in the Plastic World, so they amassed their troops, in preparation for an invasion, at the portals in the Real World that were connected to the Plastic World.

The Tans and Reds were winning the war, but when this Green-Gray-Blue alliance came in, the balance of the conflict stabilized for a while… but not for long. The Reds had several aces up their sleeves. Among these were the Browns and Purples, who joined their ranks (at gunpoint). But the Violets were key here, having prepared themselves, they entered the war shortly after, from several fronts that made the Tans and Reds have to retreat after being taken by surprise from the rear. The Violets took a long time due to the great distances they needed to travel for this plan to work.

But the Reds counterattacked: In the same way that the Violets entered the conflict, so did the Oranges, once again stabilizing the balance of the conflict.

In response, the alliance added the Cyans, who entered the conflict even more surprisingly than the Violets, allying themselves with the Greens-Grays-Blues-Violets.

What finally tipped the balance in favor of the alliance of nations, the Jade and Pink nation summoned their remaining forces. But was the use of unconventional weapons that used advanced experimental technology which determined the outcome of the conflict, in a contest of super weapons that caused drastic changes during the conflict.

Conflict results

The result was the total and final defeat of the Tan as they were known until then, and the destruction of more than two thirds (2/3) of the Red forces, which although not completely defeated, suddenly abandoned the conflict. They signed a ceasefire and finally a non-aggression pact, retreating to their territories, ceding much of the occupied territory.

The reality behind the end of the war is that it was a lucky coincidence, as the Greens predicted a possible defeat if not, having lost more forces than the Reds. Luckily the latter never knew this…

Technology used

Both the Tan and the Reds, but especially the latter, focused on making heavy weapons and leaving, for example, classic tanks to the detriment of heavier, more resistant and powerful tanks. This had its pros and cons, leaving history with the question of whether it was an effective strategy or not. At sea the Tan and the Reds focused on submarines and not ships, which produced either pros and cons.

Among some of the important things that happened in this conflict was that there was supposedly time travel, or at least attempts at it. Indeed, it has been documented that there were some types of experiments and real results, but they were very small, such as slowing down the time of some troops for a few seconds or teleporting vehicles to other places, which in theory was moving a vehicle from one place to another by shortening or accelerating travel time.

On the part of the Reds it was the invention of making their troops immortal for a certain amount of time.

Individuals who participated in this conflict

• Sergeant Hawk: Long lost (AWOL) since 2004, returned a year later during the conflict to once again lead the troops to wipe out the Tan once and for all. The only reason he did this was because he was driven by his hatred and thirst for revenge against the Tan, who took everything from him.
• Tan Hawk Clone: Released by Tannenburg after years of confinement as a failed product and despised by Plastro, this “madman” was the leader on the front, while Tannenburg commanded strategically from afar.
• Tannenburg: A former ally of Plastro, one of his main commanders, Tannenburg was one of the most effective Plastro commanders of his era, the natural next to Plastro leader, to replace him in any case of need, like when Plastro disappears in Sarge’s Heroes campaign.
• Sarge: One of the Green Army’s most decorated soldiers, he somehow reappeared on the battlefield to fight side by side with Sgt. Hawk.
• Among other well-known personalities who participated in the conflict, most of those who remained alive appeared, such as Baron Bon Beige & Major Von Braunen for the Tan, Bullseye and Captain Blade for the Green, Brigitte Bleu and Spy 001 for the Blue, the formerly retired Grey Colonel and General Cinza for the Grays, among others like Captain Redford for the Red, General Lilac for Violet, General Fire for Orange.

Battles:

• Battle of the Sandbox: It was an assault on a Tan fortification that was located on top of an immense mountain of sand, in a human building materials depot. Precisely because of this it was almost impenetrable, the sand made it almost impossible to climb and the position on top gave the Tan Army a perfect 360° vision, with anti-aircraft defenses that made it impossible to bomb it.