Revolution by Mark Church

Author:Mark Church [Church, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781709670107
Published: 2019-12-17T22:00:00+00:00

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General Gage’s clerk shows the Midwest battalion commander into the general’s office. The battalion commander salutes the general.

“At ease. Have a seat.” Gage indicates the chair opposite his own.

“Thank you, sir.”

“I understand that your exploratory forces have encountered numerous rebel groups.” The general always makes it clear he knows everything that’s been going on.

“That’s affirmative, sir. There seems to be a large concentration of rebel enclaves in the Ozark Mountain’s. Primarily, in Southern Missouri.”

“How did you learn of these groups?”

“Our exploratory forces encountered them during recon activities.”

“Were they hostile?”

“Yes. Our soldiers were forced to engage them on more than one occasion. We lost a few men in the ensuing battles.”

“I see,” the general reaches into the humidor on his desk to extract two cigars. “Did we exact any casualties on the rebels?”

“Yes, sir!” The commander sits up straighter and proudly announces, “We dished out a lot more than we took.”

“Good,” Gage hands a cigar to the commander, “that gave them a little taste of what is to come.”

“They got a taste, alright,” the commander sniffs the cigar appreciatively. I’m guessing they are still licking their wounds.”

“We’re about a month away from our spring campaign to eliminate the rebels once and for all.” The general turns and looks at the wall hung map of the region in question. “Make your plans and prepare your soldiers, I want this to be over by early summer.”

“We’ll be ready, sir.”

The general produces a lighter and spins the striker to spark a flame. He reaches across the desk and offers it to the commander who puts the cigar in his mouth before leaning forward. The general touches the flame to the end of the cigar while the commander rolls it back and forth between his fingers so that it lights evenly. The general repeats the process on his own cigar and then leans back in his chair and expels a large cloud of smoke.

Raising his cigar towards his subordinate, Gage proposes a toast, “Here’s to a swift and decisive victory.”

The commander nods to the general and repeats the phrase, “To a swift and decisive victory.”

The two men talk strategy while finishing their cigars. They are confident in the military’s ability to not only destroy the rebels in the US, but also around the world. The exercise to identify rebel strongholds has been going on globally, as geographically positioned military forces have been preparing for the final push. They expect that by mid-summer, most of the rebels will be eliminated. Those that manage to survive will live out the rest of their lives as servers, which is arguably an even crueler fate.

The upcoming offensive is viewed by most in the military as a routine cleanup operation, one that will be met with limited resistance. The over-confident military leadership has lofty expectations, but they’ll soon find out that they have badly underestimated the will and determination of those that wish to remain free.

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