Killing the Dead (Book 14): Enemies Unknown by Murray Richard

Author:Murray, Richard [Murray, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Zombie Apocalypse
Published: 2018-08-12T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

“What can we do?” Shepherd asked, her harsh voice softened by fear.

“We can fight,” I replied, simply. “It’s that or die.”

“How do they even know we’re here?” Jones demanded. “It’s not possible.”

“They’re smarter than you think,” Samuel said. “We saw ample proof of that when we fought against them in Glasgow. It most likely saw our boats heading here. You can see this island from the mainland after all.”

“That is my failing,” Admiral Stuart said. “We had no reason to think they were intelligent enough to realise that.”

“No one could have foreseen this,” I said. “And I’ll hear no recriminations. I just want ways we can defend ourselves.”

There was a whiteboard over in the corner, left over from when the offices had been used as offices and not as a command and control hub for Charlie and her drones.

“You said we had missiles, how many?”

“We have seven Aster 15 missiles and four Aster 30’s,” Admiral Stuart said. “Both are primarily surface to air defence but we have previously used them to target groups of the undead.”

I made a note of that on the whiteboard, hiding my frown as I turned towards the board. I’d expected more.

“Is that just one ship or both?” Cass asked.

“That is between them both. We used most of our munitions in the early days. I have to point out that these are not designed for ground targets. We can aim at the Reaper but there are no guarantees.”

“What about other weapons?”

“We have the main gun, two 30mm small calibres and two 7.62mm Miniguns. The range on them means that if we get close enough to the beach we can strafe it, but there’s no way we could actually go for headshots.”

“So, just as likely to piss them off as kill them,” I said, chewing on my lip.

“What you’re saying then,” Shepherd said snidely. “Is that your ships are as much use as tits on a fish!”

“Eloquent as ever,” Admiral Stuart replied calmly. “I would recommend we save those weapons unless absolutely necessary. If this submarine is part of a larger threat, we may need them.”

I nodded slowly, it made sense, but I still wanted a complete list of our capabilities.

“Troops?”

“Little more than three hundred of mixed ships crews and marines,” Admiral Stuart said scratching at his chin as he thought. “With enough small arms to outfit them all.”

“The CDF,” Lou added slowly. “Number at close to two thousand as we speak. That’s how many were trained up and outfitted before the previous government made the decision to stop recruiting and training.”

“That wasn’t unanimous,” Shepherd snapped.

“No one said it was,” I said, giving her a cool look. “How many in training?”

“Nearly six hundred but we only just have enough weapons for them. We can maybe get more people being trained but they’ll be fighting with whatever comes to hand.”

“Samuel?” I asked.

“Two hundred and eighty-five, at your service.”

So, around three thousand soldiers against however many make it across the sea.”

“Any estimates on that?” Cass asked and Charlie cleared her throat noisily.

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