The Reaper Plague
“Through his binoculars he could see two M1 Abrams tanks obviously flanking the road, and two M2 Bradleys back on a small hill on overwatch. I’m not a big-war officer, I’m a counterinsurgency specialist, but I do know one thing: a well-aimed main gun round will demolish this MRAP and me in it.
He could also see some Humvees near what looked like a tactical operations center, tents with radio antenna masts reaching for the sky. It was about where he had expected the first possibility of an encoun...ter with the locals. Ashland was big enough that it might be worth controlling the road going by – and through. He also had to find out whether Governor Allaine and Richmond controlled Ashland, or someone else.
The convoy was stopped in the middle of the pavement on top of the last rise before the edge of the town. He’d backed up the MRAPs behind the crest of the hill, with just the tops of the hulls showing to the tank gunners.
Just in case.
“Anybody got a marker? Get me a piece of cardboard, one of those MRE boxes will do.”MoreLess
He could also see some Humvees near what looked like a tactical operations center, tents with radio antenna masts reaching for the sky. It was about where he had expected the first possibility of an encoun...ter with the locals. Ashland was big enough that it might be worth controlling the road going by – and through. He also had to find out whether Governor Allaine and Richmond controlled Ashland, or someone else.
The convoy was stopped in the middle of the pavement on top of the last rise before the edge of the town. He’d backed up the MRAPs behind the crest of the hill, with just the tops of the hulls showing to the tank gunners.
Just in case.
“Anybody got a marker? Get me a piece of cardboard, one of those MRE boxes will do.”MoreLess
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