Fang: A World at War Novel (World at War Online Book 3) by Mitchell T. Jacobs

Author:Mitchell T. Jacobs [Jacobs, Mitchell T.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-09-13T00:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER 13

The Next Step

The fighting for the Zionville District had been some of the toughest that Zach had ever faced. While Barghest Company was taking control of the gate, Black Wolf and Redd Foxx had tangled with a battalion of armored cavalry assembling to counter Dragon Battalion's push into the rest of the city. The battle had been intense and brutal. Heavily outnumbered and faced with dozens of armored vehicles, the two companies had nonetheless made a good account of themselves. Once again Ethan had proved to be an ace with a recoilless rifle, killing six enemy vehicles by himself. Even so, they had been hard pressed.

Then the armored support had arrived from the south. Bolstered by their reinforcements, Ghost Battalion had launched a furious assault that completely broke the back of the enemy force. It had cost them about thirty troops, but in the end they were triumphant.

But the district hadn't been done with surprises yet. As Dragon Battalion had approached the central capture point they came under attack from several snipers. They weren't of the run of the mill variety either; their aim was much better, and their weapons were stronger, capable of piercing brick walls, cars and even several troops packed close together with a single shot. After the battle they had found out their opponents were using .50 caliber sniper rifles designed for taking out light vehicles.

Dragon Battalion had suffered heavily from the enemy bosses, with almost eighty killed. Once they had figured out their location the response was merciless; mortar fire and shelling from the assault guns, followed by grenades, machine gun fire and more grenades. One squad from Marauder had particular trouble with a building housing two snipers, along with a squad guarding the way up; their response had been to level the place with explosives.

Despite heavy casualties, which was the norm in that kind of situation, Hydra had taken the district. Now they needed to move in and assess what they had on hand.

So far their search had been reasonably fruitful. There wasn't much in the realm of super weapons or even powerful schematics here, but there were still plenty of valuables. While combing through the buildings they had found piles and piles of junk, most of it scrap metal. When melted down it could be shaped into anything they wanted, whether that was bullets, armored vehicles or something else.

There was a large group that wanted that certain something else to be a rail link between Lerna Bastion and Indianapolis, and Zach was amongst them. To him the establishment of the link would be more important than building more armored vehicles. Once it was built Hydra could shift supplies and troops from north to south with both speed and efficiency. Even though the trains would take fusion batteries to run, they would be far more efficient than a convoy of Mules.

He wasn't the only one who felt that way. David, in particular, was very adamant about creating a rail link to make transport more efficient.

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