Power Games: Operation Enduring Unity I by R A Peters

Author:R A Peters
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Mystery, Conspiracies, Action & Adventure, Thrillers & Suspense, Political, Spies & Politics, Thriller & Suspense, Military, Historical, War & Military, Thrillers, Men's Adventure, Terrorism, Assassinations, Pulp, Thriller, Literature & Fiction
Publisher: Combat Vet Productions
Published: 2014-06-02T05:00:00+00:00

Sunny Skies over Florida

5 March: 1430

Across several hundred square miles of sky above, dozens of federal and National Guard aircraft duked it out for air superiority. More streaked in low and fast, each trying to drop several tons of high-tech, high-explosive ordinance on the poor damn ants below. Florida’s surprisingly large and advanced network of ground based anti-aircraft weapons also began showing its full strength.

To make matters worse, in order to limit unnecessary losses, the Air Force’s protective screen of fighter aircraft had long since been scaled back to a bare minimum. It seemed a logical precaution, since all of Florida’s combat aircraft were successfully neutralized in the opening air strikes.

The first sign that the Feds’ intelligence was less than accurate were several volleys of long-range AMRAAM missiles slamming into their scattered Combat Air Patrols. Apparently, the enemy dispersed their aircraft far better than expected. The rebel’s victory wasn’t cheap, but presently the Guard’s surviving F-15’s secured local air supremacy. It might be short lived, since more Fed fighters were scrambling from Georgia and even some of the recently “liberated” air bases in Florida, but the next hour would be hell on the defenseless federal soldiers below.

For the first time since World War II, a large American ground force lay naked to enemy aerial bombardment without a single friendly fighter around. They didn’t even have much in the way of anti-aircraft weapons, since most of the division’s air defense assets were busy fighting for their lives up north. The rebels made the best use of this short-term advantage despite their limited resources.

This aerial counterattack involved more than just the Reserve squadron of F-16’s dropping cluster munitions on any clump of vehicles they could find. It was even more intense than the battalion of AH-64’s fanning out into pairs and providing direct fire support to units in contact. General Cooper, whether from luck or an uncanny feeling of the battle, shoved everything that could fly into the fight at the exact moment the enemy’s advance ran low on steam.

One slightly modified Florida C-130 even tried its hand at carpet-bombing. Unfortunately for everyone concerned, they were never given an opportunity to practice the mission beforehand. All 40 five hundred pound, unguided bombs rolled off the transport’s back ramp at far too high an altitude. They did nearly as much damage to the retreating guardsmen as to the federal infantry battalion close on their heels. Still, the shock value of encountering a threat not seen in generations threw the Army, to put it mildly, off stride.

What started out as a vast race had long since devolved into a grinding, running slugfest. After the shocks from the air, even that trickle of momentum faded fast. General McDowell’s grand plan was shattered as hopelessly as the morale of his scattered soldiers.

It is difficult to envisage the vast space modern mechanized battles take place in. Between elaborate communications systems and endless numbers of fast vehicles, small units today can effectively cover an area so large that one platoon could not even hear the shots of their brother platoon.

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