William W Johnstone - Ashes 30

Author:Tyranny in the Ashes
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Published: 2011-08-09T13:50:58+00:00

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behind them, with the new military backing up the second wave.’

” ‘You nailed it right on the head.’ Cecil laughed. ‘Of course, I had no doubts that you would. I’ll keep you up to date. You take care now, Ben, and I’ll see you.’

” ‘Do that, partner.’

“Cecil Jefferys was the President of the SUSA, the first black man elected to such a high office in America … and it took the separation of the nation and the men and women of the South to accomplish it.

“Cecil and Ben had been friends for many years. Cecil had left the grueling life in the field to enter politics after a heart attack nearly killed him during a campaign.

“Ben walked outside and stood for a moment. His mind was already busy adding up the troops he could take back to the SUSA when it was time to go … if the job here wasn’t finished. Ben had guesstimated this campaign might take anywhere from a year to as much as five years. Ben now felt he would be leaving Africa with his 501 Brigade, and several other brigades as yet unchosen, in a matter of weeks, not years.

“He walked to his tent and opened a map case. He spread the map out on a table and began studying it. He found a port in the country of Congo, just south of where the Rebels were now stalled. The small city had an airport that would be just large enough for the planes coming over from the SUSA to use. He put the map away and stepped outside to stand in silence for a moment.

“The shadows were beginning to gather and soon it would be dark, and in Central Africa, when night falls, it does just that… in a hurry.

“Down by the river, huge portable floodlights had already been set up so the combat engineers could work through the night laying down the Bailey Bridge.

“Ben did not expect another attack by Bruno’s people or by any of the many roaming gangs that were terrorizing the

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