The Executioner by Thomas Wood

Author:Thomas Wood [Wood, Thomas]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: BoleynBennett Publishing
Published: 2019-09-06T04:00:00+00:00

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“First things first,” I said, speaking confidently now that we were back in the depths of the forest, “we need to acquire some weapons. We can’t risk going noisy with them if all we’ve got is our pistols. We need to stay together until we’ve built up a decent arsenal of kit and then we’ll be able to start properly. Agreed?”

We were all in agreement, I knew there would be no reservations in trying to build up as much firepower as we possibly could before attacking in earnest. No one would be able to survive more than five minutes with a handgun against a fully automatic submachine gun, and all the other more comprehensive defences that they would have all around the airfield.

“Unfortunately, we’re not going to be able to plan an awful lot because of the wall. Most of it will be improvised. But I know you gentlemen will be used to that.”

They all muttered in agreement once again, nudging each other jovially as I lavished praise on them and their kind.

“Walter?” I let the Corporal take over the briefing momentarily, allowing him to let us know about his phase of the operation, but also so that he could reiterate in his mind exactly what his responsibilities would be when I gave the go signal.

“I will get a foot up from you lot and attempt to scale the wall, being careful to avoid hitting the high voltage wire that will be just inside the wall itself. From there, I will get to the generator and shut it off. Hopefully, it doesn’t shut down all the electrics in the rest of the airfield, otherwise we’re in for a bumpy ride. Once I have shut it off, Tommy will throw the rope ladder over the wall and I’ll anchor it in place. We’ll scale the wall one by one, then reconvene on the other side and evaluate the situation.”

“Right gents, our targets. Primary is the aircraft that are out on standing points. Secondary are the aircraft in the main hangar on the far side of the airfield. I’ll be going in with Ray here to the officer’s quarters, if possible, to collect as much intelligence as I possibly can. We will then exfil hopefully without a single shot having been fired. Understood?”

“Yes, Sir,” replied the Scot, who then commenced his small speech. “Charges are to be set at ten minutes. Incendiaries are to be reserved for any fuel or other flammables that you see laying about. If we are still inside the perimeter when the charges go off, we let them have absolutely everything that we possibly can. Throw a stick at them if you have to, just do as much damage as possible.”

We began running through as many different scenarios as we possibly could, including if we couldn’t find any weapons, or if we alerted the Germans to our presence before we even managed to make it inside the perimeter. We were ready for any eventuality, but all of them

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