PRIMAL Vengeance (3) by Silkstone Jack

Author:Silkstone, Jack [Silkstone, Jack]
Language: eng
Format: epub, mobi
Published: 2012-06-04T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter 27

SFF Village, Abyei District

"There's too many of them." Garang watched the approaching Janjaweed through a pair of high-powered binoculars. He, Bishop and a five man team were in the first of the security positions on the high ground above the point where the track entered the half-basin. Mirza, Jonjo and another group of SFF fighters were further up the ridgeline. Behind them, on the soccer field, Jess was coordinating the evacuation of the last of the women, children and wounded. Mitch had already managed to fly one group out and had dropped them at the abandoned village.

"They must have been reinforced," Bishop observed, watching the dust cloud through the scope on his AK.

"We need to pull back now," Garang said. "Your plan is not going to work!"

"You want to run? I can guarantee that your man, Sagrib the headhunter, is out there and you want to run?"

Garang dropped the binoculars to his side, his square jaw clenched as he contemplated the opportunity to kill the Janjaweed commander.

"If you want to run, Garang, we need to go now. Once their heavy weapons are in range, we're going to have to commit." Bishop didn't lift his face from the scope.

The SFF men looked at their leader with questioning faces.

"No, we fight."

"Roger." Bishop reached down to the switch of his radio. "Mirza, you are free to engage."

"Ack," the PRIMAL operative replied.

Through his magnified scope, at fifteen hundred meters out Bishop could see the details of the vehicles on the track. Heavily armed buggies led the convoy, a pair in front and one on either flank, easily keeping pace on the rough terrain. As they approached the dominating ridgeline they slowed down, their gunners scanning the high ground.

"Ground crew, this is Dragonfly. I'm five out for the final load." Mitch's radio message blasted in through Bishop's headset.

"Dragonfly, you're gonna have to hurry up. We've got a hundred plus tangos descending on our position."

"Acknowledged, old man. I've got throttles to the stops. Will be coming in hot and fast. Jess, are you ready for pickup?"

There was a pause and Jess's feminine voice joined them on the airways. "Yes, Mitch, we're ready. I've got a total of fifteen here not including me."

"Jess, this is Aden. Things are going to get really ugly. Make sure you are on that flight."

Bishop pushed the evacuation of the civilians from his mind. He needed to focus on slowing the Janjaweed advance.

There was a sharp crack of a high-velocity bullet as Mirza fired his Barrett .338 from further back on the ridgeline. Down on the track one of the Chinese buggies swerved off the road, its driver shot through the chest. The long range weapon fired again and the gunner collapsed on top of his heavy machine gun.

The Janjaweed responded by blazing away at the high ground with everything they had. Rounds smashed into the hillside all around the SFF men. Splinters of metal and shards of rock sizzled through the air as they hunkered down in their sandbagged pits.

"I think you got their attention," said Bishop over the radio.

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