Utopias by Don Viecelli

Author:Don Viecelli
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: military, science fiction, global warming, dystopian, climate crisis, extinction level event
Publisher: Don Viecelli

Chapter 10

“Nuts”

Luis struggled to find a way out of this mess as the Humvee left the highway and started to bounce and sway violently over rough ground forcing everyone to hang onto the straps over the doors. When the vehicle settled, Luis looked down at his comtablet for an alternate route around the highway junction. Fortunately, the highway system was built on fairly level ground with small hills dotting the landscape. The terrain was similar most of the way to Jaipur. The Humvees and MRAPs could maintain high speeds as they tried to outrun the PLA armored vehicles trying to cut them off.

The convoy sped a few kilometers north of NH48 when they were forced to turn to avoid a large hilly section ahead of them.

“This is Alpha One! We need to head west now!”

The lead vehicles made the turn travelling roughly at 40 kilometers per hour. The dust from their tires made visibility near zero. If anyone slowed down too fast in front of the others, those behind would surely crash into them.

The GPS on the Humvee’s navigation screen showed they were about to cross Western Peripheral Expressway. Luis had no way to know if the Chinese were using that highway to try and cut them off. He called Captain Hood over the radio. “Alpha Two, what are the drones showing?”

“This is Alpha Two. Sending drone feeds now to everyone! Over.”

Luis waited impatiently for the video feeds from the drones that were tracking the Chinese vehicles trying to stop them. It was not good. Some of the Chinese AAVs had reached the spot where Luis’s convoy was about to cross the expressway. They were too late. The Chinese opened fire on the lead Humvees and MRAP. Two were hit and forced to stop and begin firing back at the Chinese.

“Alpha One, this is Alpha Two. We’re taking fire and can’t go any further! Orders sir? Over.”

Luis had to make a decision, fight or surrender. He decided to fight and hoped his soldiers could hold out until the military at Jaipur could reach them. He ordered over his headset, “Stop and take up defensive positions behind the MRAPs. Deploy troops! We fight!”

The ten MRAPs set up in a semicircle facing the advancing PLA forces and let out their soldiers with every weapon they had on them. They were battle hardened, well trained troops that had fought in numerous battles all over the hemisphere, most recently in India as part of the WF Peacekeeper forces trying to stop the senseless fighting in what was called The Plague Wars. The wars never seemed to end and Luis’s troops thought they were through when they were told they were headed home to Fort Leonard Wood after one more mission. Now, they faced one of the most feared armies in the world—the Chinese PLA!

Luis knew what his soldiers were thinking. He also knew they would not give up in a fight. He just had to give them hope. He opened a common channel all could hear.

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