Future History of America Series: The Collapse Collection by Richardson Marcus

Author:Richardson, Marcus [Richardson, Marcus]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: The Freeholder Press
Published: 2016-09-24T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 11

Fall of Orlando

THE FALL OF ORLANDO

MAJOR STROGOLEV STOOD ON top of his BTR, watching the glorious retreat of the last remaining American stragglers. He stared through his binoculars and tried not to laugh as the last two soldiers he could see stumbled and fell over debris and burning wreckage in a vain attempt to escape his forces.

He could not have been more proud of his men. They had swept all before them, civilians and military forces alike. He turned around, glancing at the wreckage of the warehouse buildings, fast food restaurants, and strip malls that surrounded the heart of Orlando.

Ash had begun to fall from the smoke-filled sky like a fine mist back home in Russia. He idly wondered whether or not it would be prudent to issue warnings to his troops to begin wearing their face protection. The last thing he needed was for some of his men to fall ill from breathing in ash and God knows what else in the smoke from Orlando.

A formation of Russian jets streaked overhead, doing one last sweep of the area. The pilots had informed him that they had enough fuel remaining to take out a few more targets, but they could not stay over the area indefinitely until their supply base was moved further north. They were based out of what was left of Homestead Air Force Base, just north of Miami—the beachhead of Russia's invasion of America.

Strogolev grinned. It was hard not to, now that everything had come to fruition. He had been ordered up the coast on a reconnaissance mission. He had taken a detachment of his troops and successfully captured Kennedy Space Center. From there he followed the retreating American scouts west toward their home base of Orlando. When Colonel Doskoy had ordered him to keep the Americans occupied, Strogolev had decided to show some initiative and launched a full attack with his meager forces.

He had guessed that the Americans were attempting to bring their assets from Tampa to bolster the Orlando line. Unfortunately for them, he got there first. As a result, by the time the Colonel arrived with the bulk of the Russian forces from Miami, Orlando would already be well on its way to ruin.

By now, he figured any remaining American forces were well north of Orlando—at least those that had survived—after hightailing it for the Georgia border.

Tampa would be next.

"New message coming in, Comrade Major, " said the commander of the BTR.

Strogolev looked down at his feet through the commander's hatch and could see the excitement on the man's face as he peered up through the hole.

Strogolev ducked down into the BTR. "Good news?"

"Our advanced scouts, have reached the northern edge of the city. They report little resistance, except waves of civilians fleeing north. All is chaos!"

Strogolev laughed out loud. He could not believe his luck. Colonel Doskoy would be furious, but Aleksei Strogolev—a mere major —had swooped in and snatched the glory for himself. He would deal with that pompous old fool later.

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