The Enemy Revealed (The Last Hunter Book 4) by J.N. Chaney & Terry Mixon

Author:J.N. Chaney & Terry Mixon [Chaney, J.N.]
Language: eng
Format: azw3, epub
Publisher: Variant Publications
Published: 2022-08-14T00:00:00+00:00

20

Mac looked over the map on the table between himself and Sylvaine Dufaux. While he’d been focused on preparing for the first attack, this second assault was her baby, and they needed it to succeed.

She’d decided to kick off the assault in the early afternoon because the aliens had to know what they’d done to the first facility by now. The longer they gave the enemy to dig in, the harder it would be to overwhelm them. This was the last Locust redoubt on the planet, and they needed to take it out fast.

Dufaux laid out what their forces were and where they would assault from. Since it was broad daylight, he wasn’t surprised she’d decided not to use a stealth element in the attack. Anyone they sent in that way would get themselves killed. This time they had to eliminate the weapons protecting the facility the hard way and storm it with overwhelming force.

“We’ve got roughly fifty percent more people than you had for your attack,” she said, “but we’re going in without any protection from those IFF transponders. Do you think your pinnaces will be able to make a dent in the weapons on the building itself without leveling it?”

He nodded. “They’ll take some of them out, and our heavy weapons people on the surrounding buildings will do even more to interdict their fire. That isn’t to say it’ll be easy, and you’ve got to remember that most of my people are still at the first facility. Your people—as dedicated as they are—don’t have nearly as much combat experience as the Marines under my command, so don’t get fancy.”

She considered him for a few seconds. “I can’t say you’re wrong, but the idea of all those people being mutilated and murdered by these aliens makes me sick. We’ve got to stop it, even if we have to put our lives at risk. You said that earlier, and you were right. Don’t back off that position just to save my people. We signed up to do what was necessary, and we’ll do it. Our planet doesn’t deserve anything less from us.”

“I just don’t want to see your people hurt when they don’t need to be, and I certainly don’t want to see the civilians left under those bastards’ thumbs, but you have to know they’ll have some surprises in store. Just like we can’t count on the IFF transponders working this time, there’ll be some tricks up their sleeves, and we’ll lose people.”

“As cold as this sounds, that’s sometimes the price of doing business. We’ve developed the best plan we can, and I’m going to kick things off in about ten minutes. Are you going to stay here or come with us?”

He gestured toward the alien building through the shattered windows. “This one is yours. If necessary, I’ll send my reserve in to give you a hand. You’ve got the maps of what we found in the first facility, so that should give you an idea of what you’re facing in this one.

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