Mechanical by Bruno Flexer

Author:Bruno Flexer [Flexer, Bruno]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure, Mystery; Thriller & Suspense, Thriller & Suspense, War & Military, Thrillers & Suspense, Military, Thriller, Thrillers
Amazon: B00H9ET9CA
Publisher: Hidden Dragon Publishing
Published: 2013-12-18T06:00:00+00:00

Chapter 14

Day Four, C-130 Cargo Plane, en route

None of the Serpents moved during what seemed to Tom to be hours of flying.

Tom started relaxing after a time, at least enough to pay attention to details, such as the flight itself. Tom had flown two or three times before the Twelve City War, but flying aboard the Hercules was something different altogether. The C-130 was much louder, and the flight was nowhere as smooth.

Of course, there were no flight attendants and no chairs. The Serpents needed nothing of the sort, but Tom still missed them. No in-flight meals nor movie as well.

Captain Emerson finally started moving.

“Soldiers, gather round,” were Captain Emerson’s only words.

The three Serpents approached the captain, and he turned towards them.

“Current situation is as follows. The enemy forces are scattered across Manhattan, Bronx, Brooklyn and Queens with no discernible pattern. Analysis of twelve-hour-old satellite imagery reveals about ten roaming motorcycle groups, five civilian-vehicle groups and three medium-armored-vehicle groups in Manhattan itself, but the biggest potential threat there is one heavy-armor group in position in Midtown West. There may be more forces our satellites cannot pick up. The enemy moves his forces around from time to time. We must remember that the enemy will be able to easily reinforce his forces by using civilians and by pulling troops and vehicles from other parts of New York City.”

"Bring up your detailed map of New York City. Zoom in on these places." The captain then read out a number of places, junctions and locations in New York. “These places are used as staging areas for the enemy forces. The medium-armored vehicle groups comprise mainly M2 Bradley armored personnel carriers and Hummer light utility vehicles, army vehicles the enemy took over after the war started. and the army launched attacks to get the city back. The M1 Abrams were also acquired this way.”

“How operational are these vehicles?”

“We only have assessments of the vehicles and weapons operational status. Based on the raids the enemy keeps launching, and remembering that he completely controls the army personnel he acquired, along with whatever technical people were in New York at the time the war started, we assume that every weapon and vehicle he has is operational. The enemy’s biggest problem is spare parts, but vehicle and weapon cannibalization no doubt provides whatever he needs. There is no shortage of fuel.”

“Fucking great,” whispered Ramirez, the spikes on his back twitching.

“As to the lighter, faster groups, we do not know what weapons they possess. Anything from handguns to anti-tank missiles. In addition, new images of the multistory parking garages across Manhattan show signs of work and modifications. The enemy uses camouflage and cover to defeat satellite scans, so we don’t know what’s going on there, but these may be staging areas for the enemy’s vehicles.”

"Now, zoom in on Central Park. Our waypoints stay the same. Our mission priority is to use the stealth capabilities of the Serpents to reach our forward operating base on the FDR undetected. We will not start shooting until we find our mission target.

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