When There's No More room In Hell: A Zombie Novel by Duffy Luke

Author:Duffy, Luke [Duffy, Luke]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi, azw3
Publisher: Severed Press
Published: 2014-05-25T14:00:00+00:00

19

“Okay lads, this is the plan.” Marcus stood in front of his assembled team with a notepad in his hand containing timings and specific orders for individuals.

Ian and Stu had built a scaled sand model of the area. It showed their current location, the village on the Iraq side and the river. Also it showed the opposite hamlet and the far side with the high ground and enemy positions, including the tank, machinegun position and suspected command post and surrounding buildings. Jim had insisted on donating a cigarette packet to denote the tank.

The model was layered and showed the relief and lay of the land in 3D. If there was a hill on the opposite bank of the river, then there would also be a scaled down version of it on the model. It needed to be as accurate to the ground as possible so that everyone could get a clear view in their mind’s eye of what lay in the target area and immediately around them.

It was also orientated to the ground with a North pointer and an indication of the scale and distances between features. Marcus pointed to various positions for people to sit in relation to the ground and their tasks, so that they could get an idea of what the landscape would look like ahead of them during the actual mission.

It reminded Jim of a battlefield that he had built as a child in his garden for his toy soldiers that he had then stood over, pretending to be a general high up in a helicopter observing his men as they advanced.

The team worked from a system that they had learned in the army. While Marcus planned the operation to the last detail, the rest of the team conducted what was known as ‘concurrent activity’.

Stu and Ian built the model and the rest of the men checked, cleaned and oiled the weapons. Ammunition and magazines were checked and redistributed. Then they went through and reorganised their personal kit, making sure it was sufficient for the task.

Any unnecessary weight would be left behind in a cache area, so that the team could move fast and carry more ammunition during the assault. Everyone stripped their kit to ‘fighting order’, ditching everything except ammunition. Anything that wasn’t to be used in the assault was left in the vehicles.

With everyone seated around the model, Marcus began.

He had a radio antenna in his hand that he used as a pointer for the model to indicate positions as he explained the mission. The rest of the men settled in to listen to the plan as they sipped their coffee and smoked cigarettes.

Marcus began by explaining the model in detail, pointing out the various features that related to the map and the description of the model. The tank, machinegun position, buildings and even the river had all been added to the model using a range of different materials such as ammunition boxes and the blue towel that Ian had ripped up and shaped and added to act as the river.

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