(eng) Nathaniel Danes - The Last Hero 01 by The Last Hero

Author:The Last Hero [Hero, The Last]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 22: All In

Three columns of legionnaires cautiously approached the daylight shining through the tunnel’s wide opening. Two clung to the black walls while one advanced down the middle, crawling on their bellies up the mild slope.

Moving to the border between light and darkness, the attackers paused to await the signal from the shadows.

A few centuries remained in transit, but surprise stood as a more valuable commodity in the coming battle, determining the decision to attack while it remained on their side.

The waiting charge consisted of six cohorts. The remaining forces stayed back in reserve. Upon the fateful moment, they would move to the tunnel’s mouth, ready to plug any hole or exploit any opportunity.

Trent lay motionless on the rocky floor just centimeters from the light. Before his eyes, Sweetie displayed the tac map of the enemy base. Information gathered from orbital surveillance showed nearly fifty buildings populating the walled interior.

Their square design differed greatly from the domed buildings on Big Red. The largest structures, dismissed by intelligence as warehouses, would be of little tactical value in the attack’s early stages. Suspected barracks and command and control centers ranked higher.

General Banks held back with the reserve force to manage the battle from a secure location. Trent was more than happy to lead the primary strike in person. The anticipation of combat quickened his pulse and dried his mouth. Licking his lips, he dismissed Sweetie’s visual aid and gazed at the target zone ahead. A stiff breeze kicked up dirt. Seeing no reason to delay, he opened a link to all personnel and shouted, “Charge!”

The flanks poured out along the base’s high walls. He led the darting center straight out of the cavern.

Grenade blasts vibrated the dawn air, eliminating defensive turrets. Those occupying the manned positions found themselves in an unfortunate position.

The flanking columns fanned out to fight a war of attrition. They slugged it out building by building. The center contingent dashed for the enemy’s heart like a lethal knife thrust. Trent sprinted past. Pre-assigned teams of four to five squads peeled off to clear the structures. Penetrating the second layer of the buildings, he paused at a mid-sized one’s corner to take stock of the situation.

Sweetie’s sensors displayed heavy fighting on the flanks and inside the first buildings invaded. Confidant in the rightness of the calculated risk, he proceeded around the corner to the likely command center.

A door on the left flew open. Out ran a group of haphazardly equipment Bearcats. Trent didn’t falter in face of the unexpected challenge.

On pure instinct, the MRG’s trigger gracefully glided back. He unleashed an ungodly tornado of supersonic projectiles on full auto.

The Bearcats eroded away as easily as pillars of sand daring to stand before a fire hose.

Without uttering a word, forty legionnaires hurried to carry the attack indoors. Trent turned to continue the charge into the base’s heart.

***

Captain Thomas came upon the door to her assigned building. Firing a grenade at full stride, she ripped open a passage amid swirling flames and smoke.

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