Defender: a page-turning international thriller (Black Ops Intrepid - Alex Morgan Book 1) by Chris Allen

Author:Chris Allen [Allen, Chris]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Vinci Books
Published: 2024-09-23T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter 31

Garrett eased the stripped-down Series 3 Land Rover up to the corner of the abandoned market square, directly opposite the Francis Hotel.

Careful to avoid the street targeted by the rebel machine gun, he slipped in beside the other two Land Rovers Martinez had been using for the evacuation, and shut off the engine. The kid was doing OK, he thought. Parking the escape vehicles across the street from the hotel meant they remained hidden from enemy gunfire. When it was time to move, the evacuees could race across one at a time, minimizing their vulnerability as a group.

With his back to the west, Garrett looked across the street into the remains of the hotel’s ground floor. He could make out Martinez with the final handful of evacuees and a couple of the local security guards, spread-eagled on the floor, tucked in behind whatever cover they could find.

Garrett pulled his binoculars from the dashboard and panned north in a careful arc, searching the assortment of derelict buildings for the enemy machine gun position that Morgan had described. Crouching low, he moved closer to the edge of the wall for a better look. There it was, the greenpainted shopfront, right on the corner of the intersection, a couple of hundred yards away. He could just make out the shadowy figures of three men huddled around their machine gun, deep inside the shop. Panning back, he knew Morgan and Fredericks were moving out, into the thick of it, sneaking through the refuse of the devastated city toward the unsuspecting rebels.

The plan was that Garrett would provide fire support, paving the way for Morgan and Fredericks to take out the rebel gun that had brought their evacuation to a standstill. Garrett was itching for action. He was ready to start blasting now, but knew he had to be patient. Nothing would happen until Morgan and Fredericks were in position.

Checking his watch, he turned back to the Land Rover.

Sitting ominously on the back of the Rover, mounted directly behind the front seats, was the 12.7mm Dooshka heavy machine gun. The 12.7 was a belt-fed HMG that at close range could penetrate most conventional armour, and with sustained and well-aimed fire it would smash through concrete and brickwork in seconds. It was a lethal piece of kit that had been the mainstay of the Chiltonford team’s mobile security operations with the army. Garrett had also brought along an M203 – an M-16 assault rifle with a modified foregrip designed to accommodate a 40mm grenade launcher underslung from the barrel.

Again, Garrett checked his watch – it was almost 1500. Morgan had expected to be in position by now, and with not much daylight left they needed to get a move on or they wouldn’t make the last chopper out to the ship. That would be a disaster. Any chance of surviving until sunrise in the shattered hotel while trying to protect the remaining evacuees from the rebels – with rapidly depleting stocks of ammo, water and food – was zero.

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