 Several years later, Taylor deploys with U.S. forces to Mexico, to eradicate a Japanese-supported revolutionary government that had won control; his disfigured face, and unique tactics strike fear among the rebels.The Soviet Union, meanwhile, is on the brink of internal collapse in 2020, as its Central Asian republics ally with other Japanese-supported Islamic nations in conquering the country's resource-laden territory for Japan's benefit, and also conduct genocide against ethnic Russians.The United States reorganizes its military, and secretly deploys a combat unit - the 7th Heavy Cavalry Regiment (7HCR) - under by-then Colonel Taylor's command, and spearheaded by the new M-100 assault gunship