Free Company- Red Zone by DK Williamson

Author:DK Williamson [Williamson, DK]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Deadeye Fiction
Published: 2019-02-11T22:00:00+00:00

A New Day

. . .

The subtle changes dawn brought to the sky keyed something drilled into every service school graduate—trepidation. From humanity’s earliest conflicts, dawn had been a time of worry. The blackness of night’s last darkness could hide any number of attackers be they fur-clad brutes armed with flint spears or energy cannon equipped tanks weighing hundreds of thousands of kilos. Initiating an attack from the protective stealth of darkness as dawn broke afforded an assaulting force a full day’s worth of light to carry an opponent’s line.

With this in mind, troopers on both sides partook in the age-old posture of stand-to—with nearly every trooper awake, alert, armed, and watchful for attack.

With the added tension, it was inevitable some soldier might see or hear something in the in the dark and with weapon in hand, it was also inevitable some might decide firing first beat dying first, even if the shots hit nothing but ghosts conjured by the imagination.

Gunfire rose and fell only to repeat the process as night gave way to day, finally settling to relative quiet once it became clear no attacks were coming from either side just yet on this second day of battle.

Morning’s full light brought with it little change save for better vision, longer sightlines, and a slight increase in fire.

Daylight also revealed that Keen Steel troopers had emplaced bolter defensive stations on the north side of the bridge. Placed in pits with the excavated soil serving as berms to block direct fire, the stations were of little use fending off the occasional shoulder fired launcher shots Red Light troopers sent their way. It was obvious Keen Steel was more concerned with mortar attack than direct fire hindering their ongoing bridging efforts.

Commander Hawkwood made the rounds, visiting each platoon and taking time to explain the revised strategy in brief. He knew most of the troopers cared little about the big picture but were happy to hear they weren’t going to be attempting an infantry assault on the bridge. While few relished the idea of taking on armored vehicles at some point in the near future, they knew it was necessary if they hoped to win.

The new day brought a new task for Billy Bellvue and his team. Splitting his troopers into sniper-security/spotter teams to prowl the woods north of the bridge and harass their opponents to the south, their primary interest was inflicting casualties without becoming some themselves. For Sam Healey and Vincent Davout, it would be a true test of their abilities and a proving ground to see if they could apply what they were taught in service school and by those in the Red Light that had shared knowledge.

The pair moved east of the main north-south road with Hicks and Moss plus a few field intelligence troopers out to observe their opponents. Splitting off into individual elements as they went along, the pair of greeners eventually found themselves on their own. Southwest of the Savon Light Infantry Company, they knew their allies

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