Partisan (The Invasion of Miraval Book 1) by Justin Bohardt

Author:Justin Bohardt [Bohardt, Justin]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2014-06-07T23:00:00+00:00

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An hour later, while the rest of the army was still getting organized under Alex, Dag had his small group assembled in the town center and got ready to march. The main corps of their little army was going to muster at Hammer Rock, a large formation near enough to the gorge to be a good staging ground to launch the attack, but far enough away that they were not likely to run into any Dominion sentries or picket lines. The scouting team was to avoid engaging the enemy at all costs, as Captain Beaurigar’s plan depended entirely on a surprise assault to make up for their lack of numbers.

Dag sized up his three man team. All were outfitted in hunting camouflage and armed well. Smiling slightly, Dag handed a camouflaged hat to Kayleigh. “Your hair sticks out a bit,” he said. Smiling nervously, she accepted the hat and placed it over her red pigtails. “Alright, let’s get going,” Dag said as he began to lead them out of town.

Dag planned to take them out on the main road for a few miles, following it as it curved through the woods and rocks on its way to the gorge. They would then leave it when the road curved sharply to the right to avoid a large, densely wooded area where the enemy picket lines were if the captured Dommies could be believed. As the road curved back around to the left, finishing its semi-circle around the woods, it was supposedly mined by the enemy and defended by the majority of their forces.

They passed Hammer Rock and walked another ten minutes until the road began its swing around the woods. With a beckoning hand motion, Dag indicated that they were kneeling down low and creeping into the woods. He led them a hundred feet in, the thick foliage overhead already blocking out most of the light, to where there was a fallen tree with a trunk at least six feet in diameter. Dag indicated that they were to stop with a held up hand and he took out his sniper rifle. Using the scope, he slowly panned through the woods from right to left, looking for any sign of the enemy. There was none.

“Alright,” he whispered. “We’ve got a lot of recon to do and little time, so we’re going to have to split up. This isn’t a large force and they aren’t expecting any resistance, so their sentry line probably has enough gaps for us to get through unseen. Logan, I need you to head down the right flank of the woods, keeping close to the road. Verify if the enemy has concentrated their defense there as we have been told. Pendleton, I want you to see if you can determine how wide and long the sentry line is. How many men do they have committed to it? No killing unless you’re sighted and given no other choice. If they see us or if any sentries who are supposed to report in do not, we have lost all element of surprise for our attack tonight.

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