South Border Mayhem by Robert Boren

Author:Robert Boren [Boren, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: South Bay Press
Published: 2018-09-19T22:00:00+00:00

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Doug looked through his binoculars at the armor column moving south from the border. Behind them were the surviving Marines. Armed off-roaders rolled along on either side of the column. Conrad walked over with Jorge.

“They’re on their way,” Jorge said, turning towards the south and squinting in the bright sunshine.

“I wish we had more troops on the ends of their line,” Conrad said.

Doug handed his binoculars to Jorge, so he could look. “Where’s Meyers?”

“Down there with his troops,” Conrad said.

Doug shook his head. “I don’t see him.”

“He’s in one of the armored vehicles,” Conrad said. “A personnel carrier. They’ve got video screens, the apps, and a direct line to headquarters routed into his rig.”

“Mobile command post, huh?” Jorge handed the binoculars to Conrad.

Doug chuckled. “Heard that the forces staged at Dodge City are on their way to the western tip. Hope there’s enough folks.”

“They’ve got a whole battalion of tanks with them,” Conrad said, handing the binoculars to Doug.

“How many is in a battalion?” Jorge asked.

“Twenty-two battle tanks and some support vehicles,” Conrad replied. “Wish we had four times that.”

“What about the eastern tip?” Doug asked.

“They have more citizens there, and more tanks too,” Conrad said, “but some of the tanks are old M-60s.”

“The western tip is M-1s?” Doug asked. Conrad nodded yes. “The most advanced models they had at Pendleton.”

“The enemy is gonna crap their pants,” Jorge said.

There was a loud crash below them. Railroad tenders were dragging cars away on the tracks, one of them coming loose and falling over.

“Damn, what a mess,” Doug said. “That’s gonna take days to clear.”

Jorge nodded. “Yeah, we need more artillery rounds. Hell, we need more artillery pieces, too. It’s gonna be rough getting them here until that train track is back in operation.”

“The main part of the battle will be over before we solve that issue,” Conrad said.

“What’s that?” Jorge asked, pointing at the southern sky. “Is that a drone?”

Conrad squinted, looking too close to the sun, the white missile-shaped object coming into view. His eyes grew wide. “Get down and hope for the best.”

“What is that?” Doug asked.

“Looks like a cruise missile,” Conrad said as he got down in the dirt. “Get down, dammit.”

Jorge and Doug hit the dirt as the missile approached, flying at low altitude. It went over their heads.

“Where’s it going?” Jorge asked.

“Town,” Conrad said, as the explosions started to the east of them. “Dammit, here comes two more.”

“My family is in town,” Jorge cried as the missiles flew over them, going to the same target.

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