William W Johnstone - Ashes 23

Author:Slaughter in the Ashes
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-08-09T13:50:54+00:00

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Ben stood up and paced the room for a moment, then turned to the group. “I’ll level with you-we’ve got to get off this rock and do it quickly. When my people launch their next assault, it’s going to be all-out. Those are my orders. When the assault starts, I can keep the artillery away from us, but it won’t take the punks long to figure out our general location. We’re also running out of supplies. I want to find as many of the survivors trapped on this rock as possible. I don’t want innocent deaths on my hands. Can you contact these groups?”

“Some of them, sure,” Jeff said. “But whether they’ll believe us is another matter. They’re pretty suspicious.” He shrugged. “Who can blame them?”

“Then do it,” Ben said. “I’m going to contact my people on the mainland and see just how much time we’ve got. In war, timetables are subject to revision very quickly.”

They sure were. In only a matter of a few hours, the tides of war had shifted dramatically.

“We’ve got the punks on the run, Ben,” Ike told him. “It won’t be long, maybe two, three days max before we’re ready to hit the ruins of the city. Do you want us to come get you?”

“Negative, Ike. The gangs are expecting something like that and they’ll be ready, you can bet on it. What they aren’t expecting is for us to locate the hidden boats and try an escape from this side. Give us three days, and then launch the assault.”

“All right, Ben. But even if you find the boats, you’re going to have a lot of open water to cross. In very small boats.”

“I know. Continue with your plan to assault the ruins, Ike. Whether we make it out or not. That’s the way I want it. OK?”

“All right, Ben.” Ike’s reply was tinged with sadness, but Ben knew the ex-SEAL wouldn’t hesitate to carry out die

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