Perilous Cargo by Don Pendleton

Author:Don Pendleton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Worldwide Library
Published: 2014-11-08T05:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER THIRTEEN

Vitaly peered at the mountain road through binoculars as his prey approached. Although it was unclear exactly why this mysterious man had stolen, then lost and was now returning with his nuclear weapon, what mattered was that he was within reach. In a short time, Vitaly would recover the weapon, clean up any witnesses and be on his way back to Kathmandu. So far, the hunt had been relatively straightforward and little had gone wrong.

Which was why, when he saw Feng and his men interfering, he cursed under his breath. The lack of communication between them was an unforeseen problem, but phones and radios were essentially useless out here. Nonetheless, even Feng should have realized it would be better to follow the truck and take it when it stopped than attempt to force it off the lousy road in a running gun battle. Vitaly would make certain Feng paid for his stupidity. He gestured for Fedar to come and watch.

The battle unfolded below. There was nothing ordinary about these people, Vitaly realized, as the driver of the truck jumped into one of Feng’s jeeps. These were professional, combat-trained operatives of some kind. There was no way to say for certain how many were involved, but it was clear that he was going to be dealing with more than half-wit, untrained locals.

As Feng’s men lost control of the situation, Vitaly shook his head and turned to Fedar. “Gather the men together. We’re going to have to go down there and intercept them before this gets completely out of hand.”

“Sir,” Fedar replied with a sharp nod and moved off, shouting for their soldiers to fall in.

With any luck, whoever it was down there would be so focused on Feng’s men that he could get into position and take the nuke, ridding himself of all the other parties in one action. If he was really lucky, Feng would kill the thieves, and then he’d only have the ugly warlord to remove for his troubles. That would ensure a positive end to a day that currently looked pretty grim.

“We’re all set, sir,” Fedar said.

Vitaly turned away from the vista below. “Let’s get down there and into position. When that truck arrives, I want us to hit them with everything we’ve got. Let’s end this now.”

* * *

BOLAN ROCKETED THROUGH the gears on the jeep, upshifting every chance he got, downshifting as he hit curves, tearing up the road and trying to catch the truck. Whipping around the third blind corner he had to slam on the brakes. The truck was stopped in the road, surrounded by one of the bands that roamed these mountains. Nischal and Solomon were already out of the truck, with guns pointed at their heads and their hands raised in surrender. There was no sign of Raju. Hopefully, the boy had made himself invisible inside the truck. Bolan jumped out of the jeep and walked forward, showing his open hands.

The man who appeared to be in charge—Feng, he assumed—separated himself from the group and approached him.

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