William W johnstone - Ashes 12

Author:Survival in the Ashes
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-08-09T13:50:46+00:00

Hermann Busenbaum

Ben had retired early and the camp sensed that at dawn the next day, all hell was going to break loose. For at the beginning of a new campaign, Ben always went to sleep early and got up long before anybody else, to sit with coffee at hand, brooding over whether he had left anything out of his plans.

He awoke with a good feeling about the campaign. Not that it was going to be easy comx wasn't going to be comb that he and the others had done their best in the planning of it.

He showered quickly in cold water, shaved without cutting himself, and dressed in clean

BDU'S, slipping into body armor and then pulling on his battle harness. He checked his .45 and holstered it, picking up his M-14 and slinging it.

His personal team was ready to go when he stepped out of his quarters.

Jerre handed him a mug of coffee and stepped out of his way. She knew his habits: until he had mulled things over in his mind and was satisfied with them, he wanted no conversation.

This morning, he surprised her. "Walk with me, Jerre," he requested.

It did not surprise him to see the camp was up and ready to go. The troops had their own grapevine and knew very accurately when a push was on.

"How do you read morale, Jerre?"

"Very high, Ben. As high as I've ever seen it."

Ben waved Thermopolis over to him. "Get your crew, Therm. I've got a surprise for you overage hippies."

"Might I ask what?"

"No."

Thermopolis walked away muttering and wondering what dangers Ben Raines had in store for them today.

"What are we going to do, Ben?" Jerre asked.

"Take in some sights. You ever seen

Glacier National Park?"

"No. But I hear it's beautiful."

"It is. We're going to make it even more beautiful starting today."

"How?"

"Get rid of a lot of crap and scum that are littering up the place. What's the word on the units?"

"Everybody is in place."

Five and Six battalions were on the west side of the wilderness area, backed up by tanks and heavy artillery. Cecil's battalion and the bikers were at the south end of the area. Ike and West's people comwith Emil and his fearless band of warriors with them -- were taking the east side. Georgi and his people were at the north end. Dan, Buddy, Tina, Ben, and

Thermopolis were curved around the northeastern sector.

Ben slipped his walkie-talkie from its pouch on his web belt. "Corrie, are the gunners ready?"

"Ready, sir."

"Soften up the edges."

"Yes, sir."

"Fire!" Corrie gave the orders.

"Get the team ready, Jerre," Ben said, just as the

sky was lanced with muzzle-blasts from eight-inch guns and from 105's. "Meet me at the trucks."

As the first rounds began dropping in, Malone's people started digging in deeper, which is exactly what Ben wanted them to do. It's difficult to see what's going on when one has their head down in a hole.

An hour later, Ben and his teams were linking up with Dan at the road that wound through the park-called Going To The Sun Road comangling west off of 89.

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