Eden's War (A Distant Eden) by Tackitt Lloyd

Author:Tackitt, Lloyd [Tackitt, Lloyd]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Lloyd Tackitt
Published: 2013-12-16T08:00:00+00:00

The Admiral leaned over a large map of the world, showing Adrian where they had spotted and attacked Chinese ships. “They learn quickly. They’re adapting to our tactics by spreading as far apart as they can, putting miles of Pacific Ocean between their ships.. We’ve responded by spreading out as far as we can, too. We’re going to miss a lot of them before they get in close to shore. We don’t have the long-range, ocean-going vessels they have. But, once they get within range we’ll find most of them, especially since they’ll be heading towards the refineries and platforms.”

Adrian thought for a moment, tapping his fingers on the table. “Spreading out slows down the number of ships we can stop, but it puts them in a bind, too. When they were closer together they could off-load their soldiers and weapons onto an undamaged ship. Now they won’t be able to. The ships we don’t sink will just drift, going where the currents and winds take them. By the time they get to land, if they ever do, they’ll be starved and dehydrated. Shows how desperate they are – they’re willing to sacrifice their troops without a hint of it bothering them. I wonder how that will affect their troop’s motivation? Probably doesn’t matter. Once they’re out of the action they no longer count to us or to them. The rest will just keep on coming. And we’ll just keep on stopping them. When they get closer, we’ll be able to spot them from the air and direct our attack ships to them. It’s going to get hot and heavy then. The closer-in they get, the more intense the action is going to become. The good news is that the longer it takes them to get close, the more boats we’ll have ready and waiting.”

Adrian stood up straight and began pacing again, to the Admiral’s annoyance. Can’t he ever just sit still?

Adrian continued, “I expect the Atlantic attack won’t come until we’re fully engaged on the west coast. When they come in on the Atlantic side, they’ll be spread out also, but they’ll have the same problem, they’ll have to concentrate again. They may land a few in places where there’s no oil or refineries – places we don’t expect them – off-load, and march to where their targets are, try to secure them for the incoming ships. We need to shape up the militias for those fights. It will be a numbers game as much as anything. One Chinese ship can easily carry two thousand soldiers. Get enough of those on land and our militias are going to be in for one hell of a fight.”

The Admiral drew his finger across the map and stopped at Fort Brazos. “Only one of the Chinese recon soldiers made it to Fort Brazos alive, and he’s in a coma. Our intelligence guys went through all the clothes and gear of their dead searching for a clue. Didn’t find anything except the radio they used to report back.

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