Dragon Storm: China invades Taiwan by T.J. McFadden

Author:T.J. McFadden [McFadden, T.J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-03-05T08:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

Looking at the artillery, Lt. Zhu Guo Hua, PLA, had two thoughts. One: this would not be easy. Two: trust the artillerymen to fix themselves up comfortably.

Two batteries of 155mm howitzers were set up near a hotel, which the artillery personnel had taken over for billets. Once catering to tourists and mountain climbers visiting Lion's Head Mountain, now the hotel was filled with soldiers. It's parking lots held no vehicles-they were parked in nearby woods and fields, under camouflage netting. The guns themselves were dug in under more camouflage netting. Sharing space on the roof with the satellite dish were men with Stinger missiles and machine guns. In opposite corners of the parking lot were two Hum-Vee’s with twin boxes carrying four stinger missiles each,the “Avenger” system. Two boxy M113 Armored Personnel Carriers, each mounting a 20mm vulcan AA gun. Capable of firing 6000 rounds of 20mm in a minute, they were sure death on low flying aircraft. They were equally effective against ground targets.

Zhu could see why the PLAAF didn't want to attack this site. He wasn't too eager to attack it himself. He could tell that several other units were sharing the hotel, eager to use the shelter and warm beds available there. That meant a lot of people. But checking the perimeter with his night vision scope, he could tell that very few of those people were on the sentry positions. Their very numbers made them feel safe.

Zhu nodded and checked his weapon. He'd stripped and cleaned the silenced weapon that afternoon, while they waited. Now, a dozen men and women waited around him, including Private Hu and Moon, the radical. Privately, he was beginning to think the man was a bit mad. Yet he'd accepted Zhu's orders well and his own people seemed to obey him, so that was good. Zhu was still glad these people wouldn't be behind him.

The commando checked his watch. Almost time. He signaled the radicals. A few safeties clicked off. Zhu was fairly sure that a few safeties were clicked back on, too. The radicals were far from expert with their guns. He was amazed no one had accidentally fired their weapons yet.

On the far side of the perimeter, three automatic rifles fired.

That was the diversion. If the troops had not already been on alert, he would have skipped it, but since they were already awake, he wanted to give them something to look at. His men and one student radical were under strict orders to blast off three clips apiece of wild fire at the hotel, then withdraw. It made a hell of a racket.

Half the sentries opened fire, even on the side of the perimeter away from the attack. It was only nervous men firing at shadows. That was fine with Zhu. He took aim with his borrowed SVD at one sentry, who was quietly looking into the darkness while his companion blazed away into the night, firing at nothing. Zhu stroked the trigger.

There was the soft crack of a supersonic bullet, a jolt in his arms as the silenced weapon fired.

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