The Red Storm Series Box Set: Books One - Three by Watson Miranda & Rosone James

Author:Watson, Miranda & Rosone, James [Watson, Miranda]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: UNKNOWN
Published: 2018-04-20T16:00:00+00:00

Counterattack

It had been a rough couple of weeks for the men of Alpha Troop. Their troop had been separated from the rest of their regiment during the retreat from the Kiev line, and nearly the entire regiment remained trapped in the city. Their unit had tried to hold off a much larger Russian force to keep the lines of retreat open, but they had been unsuccessful in preventing the Russians from fully encircling the NATO forces. Since their long retreat, they had been consolidated with the 35th Armored Regiment, a sister unit in their brigade combat team.

When they’d heard their old unit had busted out of Kiev, they had thought they might fold back in with them. However, the leadership had determined that this group was too badly mauled and wouldn’t be combat-effective for some time. They were going to be moved to Germany to regroup and reequip, which meant Sergeant Dukes’ ragtag unit was going to stay put with the 35th .

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Lieutenant Colonel Tim Webb’s 35th Armored Regiment hadn’t seen any combat yet but was itching for a fight. They gladly welcomed Sergeant Dukes’ ten tanks; his tankers had seen the Elephant and had fought the vaunted T-14 Armatas and survived. His officers and NCOs had been picking their brains on a near-daily basis for details on how the T-14s fought and how the Russian armor units attacked, trying to gain as much information from them as possible. They had proven to be a wealth of information.

Lieutenant Colonel Webb walked over to Sergeant First Class Joe Dukes, who was just hopping out of his tank near the ammunition point to top off their stores before the coming battle. Webb signaled for him to join him and his command sergeant major.

Dukes, or “JD” as his friends called him, saw his new battalion commander wave for him to come over. “The sergeant major is with him too—I don’t know if this is a good thing or a bad thing ,” he thought.

JD tapped his gunner on the shoulder. “Hey, I need you to get the tank topped off with fuel and ammunition while I go talk to the battalion CG for a minute.”

The gunner just nodded and said, “Good luck.” He was too exhausted to say much else.

JD walked up to the officers without saluting, since they weren’t far from the front lines and separatist militia units had been sniping at NATO soldiers on and off for the past week. “Sir, how can I be of assistance?” he asked innocently enough.

Smiling for the first time in days, Lieutenant Colonel Webb replied, “Sergeant Dukes, I’ve talked with several of the NCOs and soldiers in your troop, and I’ve also talked with a few of the other units that have worked with your unit since the start of the war. A British captain from the 20th Armored Infantry Brigade said your troop was responsible for most of their unit being able to escape from Kiev. He told me that without your troop, most of their brigade would have been trapped in the city.

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