Champion of the Last Battle by Robert Adams

Author:Robert Adams [Adams, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter IX

Counter Tremain swallowed as much of Horseface Charleys boastful bragging as he could stomach, then burst out, “Shitfahr, Horseface, awl you sayin’ is you’s up thar awl the fuckin’ day and you dint kill but three of them Kuhmbuhluhn bugtits, fer shore! By Plooshuhn, I could do thet good, I swanee, and I am’ nowhars near’s good with a ryfuhl as you is.”

And that, thought Counter morosely, was how he now came to be making his slow, careful way up the mountain to the spot that Horseface had described to Cake the Ganik marksman’s place on the morrow, to lie almost motionless through all the hours of daylight in a hole scooped out of the rocky soil and shoot at any Kuhmbuhluhner foolish enough after the preceding day to show his head or body as a target.

In answer to Counter’s rebuttal of Horseface’s braggadocio, Erica had answered calmly, “No, he only killed three, but his killing of them served the purpose for which he was there. Even from down here in the camp, we could see that very few figures were visible on the walls, towers or barbican for longer than mere fleeting instants of time after those three were downed. And that is just what the brigadier wants — fewer and less vigilant watchers in those areas.

“As for your suggestion. Counter.” she had smiled, “I do think that one day at a time up there is enough for any of you. Charley has blazed the way now, so you will go up tonight and take the position for tomorrow. If anyone does offer a good target, by all means do your damnedest to hit him, of course. But I doubt if more than one will, probably early on in the day, and when once they learn you’re still shooting at them, they’ll doubtless do a repeat of today — staying low and out of sight as much as possible.

“As I told Charley last night, if you move as little as possible, there’s no way that you can be spotted, not with that silencer-flash-hider on the rifle. When we found that rig back at the landslide, I couldn’t imagine what we’d ever use it for or when, but I’m very glad now that I brought it along anyway.

“But Ehrkah,” Counter had protested, not in the least relishing the thought of a day lying motionless in a hot, cramped hole under a pile of rocks, “I am’ nowhars near as good a ryfuhl shooter as ole Horseface is. Chances is, evun if I’s to shoot at airy one them Kuhmbuhluhners, I am’ gonna hit ’em. Naw, Ehrkah, I thanks Horseface, he awta go back up thai t’naht, not me.”

She had shaken her head of black, glossy hair and replied, “Counter, shooting, hitting killing the men on those walls and fortifications is unimportant, really. The thing that is of importance is to keep them down and off the higher points altogether, if possible, so it’s of little moment whether you hit them or not.

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