The Seventh Vial by Mark Goodwin

Author:Mark Goodwin [Goodwin, Mark]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-11-28T22:00:00+00:00

The convoy was soon on their way. They covered the short stretch of road to Sivas in less than four minutes. If they could keep up their current rate of travel, they’d have the rabbi through the danger zone in another four minutes. Everett took a deep breath, hoping, praying for a clear, open path, wanting so badly to at least get Hertzog past the city before they were detected.

“Watch out!” Courtney yelled.

Everett slammed the brakes with his eyes as wide as biscuit cutters. In the westbound lane of the highway sat a tank. Not only was the heavy weapon pointed right at them, it was flanked by no less than ten armored vehicles. Most looked to be American military vehicles which had been re-appropriated by ISIS in Iraq years earlier. A dozen technicals were interspersed among the heavily-armored military vehicles. Everett called out to the rear of the truck. “Bad news, guys. We’ve got a welcoming committee and the designated chairman is a T-72 Iraqi tank. Ali, Levi, I need you guys to hit this thing hard with the Vampirs. Try to stick a rocket in the turret ring. It might not disable the tank altogether, but if we can keep the turret from turning, we can keep them from aiming.”

“And then what?” Ali was already opening the top hatch.

“Hit the treads. Even if the turret won’t swing, they can still point left and right if the treads are operational.”

The first shell fired out of the 125-millimeter main gun of the tank, hitting the asphalt, behind Everett and right beside Rabbi Hertzog’s Patrol.

“You’re gonna have to shoot on the move, guys. We can’t sit still, nor can we have the good folks behind us sitting still. Tobias, hit these guys with all you’ve got. Our only choice is to try to drive straight through this mess. It ain’t like we can just turn around and go back home.”

Courtney looked at Everett like he was crazy but said nothing.

He forced a smile at her. “Help Tobias stay loaded. We’re gonna need it.”

The second 125-millimeter shell shot out of the giant gun. This one didn’t miss. It exploded in the grill of the Golan, leaving the vehicle in scraps of metal too small to tell they had ever belonged to an armored vehicle. The fireball from the truck mushroomed into the sky and Everett’s heart broke for the brave soldiers who’d been inside. Still, he had his mission, and it was to get the rabbi to the other side of the city.

Everett drove straight at the tank as he watched the turret spin in his direction. The gun lowered and he saw the flash of light. He closed his eyes, gritted his teeth, and prayed that it would miss them.

“Direct hit!” Ali called out from behind.

Everett opened his eyes to see smoke rolling out from the right side of the turret ring. The flash he’d seen was the explosion of the PG-29V rocket that Ali and Levi had fired at the tank.

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