Survivalist - 09 - Earth Fire by Ahern Jerry

Author:Ahern, Jerry [Ahern, Jerry]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 0101-01-01T00:00:00+00:00

Chapter Forty.

MiG 27s were closing from the horizon line to the east, Chambers shouting to his driver, “Get this thing

going faster!”

“Yes, Mr. President!” The Volkswagen’s transmission rattled, the driver upshifting into fourth. Chambers

thought of it for an instant. He was the president , no armored limousine, just a liberated Volkswagen Beetle

that had to be more than twenty years old. And he was running in it for his life to get the half mile down the

road beyond the lines of the U.S. II antiaircraft batteries.

“Faster, “

“These things don’t go that fast, Mr. President!”

“Shit,” he snarled. The MiG 27s came fast enough, he had learned Soviet fighter aircraft well when

participating in a strategic arms limitation session as a science advisor to the Secretary of Defense, years

before his short elevation to the presidential cabinet, and before his assumption of the presidency by

default.

The MiGs screamed through the air above, machinegun fire chewing chunks out of the road surface as the

MiGs attacked the U.S. II defensive position. And Chambers realized it suddenly, driving in a Volkswagen

down an otherwise deserted road toward U.S. II lines they would have had no way of knowing he was the

president, no desire to waste a missile to destroy them.

The Volkswagen’s windshield wipers were working furiously, but dirt still streaked the glass and the

Volkswagen moved ahead , Chambers estimated the speed a little better than seventy miles per hour. Ahead

of him, there were explosions, fireballs belching skyward, missile contrails moving from the air to the ground,

more missile contrails moving from surface to air. One of the MiGs exploded, then another. At the rear of the

U.S. II position, there was a huge explosion, perhaps they had hit an ammo or fuel dump.

“Get us there, son,” Chambers snapped.

And where was Lieutenant Feltcher and the TVM? Had he ever reached the Texas Volunteer Militia at all?

Sam Chambers told himself not to expect a miracle , but he closed his eyes and prayed for one anyway, all

the while hearing more explosions, more death.

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