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hail of flame and shrapnel, though Danny knew he hadn’t been the cause. Someone must have hit it with a recoilless rifle shell.
“Keep up the pressure,” Zach said over the radio. Danny saw his boat moving forward, laying into the enemy force with all the guns it could bring to bear.
He searched for another target. There. Even in the fading light he could see the distinctive shape of an automatic grenade launcher mounted on the bow. And while the boat it rode on was nothing to write home about, a few shots from the weapon itself could ruin a lot of days.
“Dakka dakka,” he said to himself, then opened fire.
He felt a slight sense of pity for whoever had been manning the weapon, because the force of the sheer number of bullets blasted them over the side of the boat and into the water. No danger of them drowning, though, because Danny was fairly certain you had to be in one piece to drown.
Even if he was in one piece, he wouldn’t want to fall in the water. Aside from the obvious danger of drowning, many part of the lake were teeming with predatory fish. Close to the shore they could avoid some of the larger predators, but the smaller swarms of razormouth fish always presented a danger. Fang Squad had gone through great pains to avoid the areas they lurked in when they performed their last dive.
Which was a worse way to go, he wondered, being ripped apart by bullets, or being ripped apart by a horde of monstrous fish?
Not that any of them would find out anytime soon. Ghost wasn’t going to sink, and the unfortunate Ragnarok troops would be dead before they hit the water.
Danny lined up another target. “Dakka dakka,” he muttered to himself again.
They had spent more than enough time getting pounded by Ragnarok. Finally having the upper hand again was a welcome change.
----
N ora watched the carnage unfolding around her. The outmatched Ragnarok navy continued to put up stiff resistance, but the outcome remained inevitable. Ghost Battalion would wipe them out in short order.
She got on the radio. “Karen, can you take it from here?” she asked.
“Shouldn’t be a problem,” came the reply. “Looks like there’s only about six or seven of them left, anyhow.”
“Thanks.” She switched radio channels to the Black Wolf frequency. “Company, this is Wolf Lead. Break off and head for shore as per the second part of the plan. I say again, break off and head for the shore.”
River craft started pulling away from the battle, with Nora’s own transport in the middle of them. She made a quick count of them all as they fell back into an organized formation. No casualties.
Karen would complete the first phase of the operation, the destruction of Ragnarok’s fleet on Lake Michigan. That allowed the rest of Ghost Battalion to complete their second objective, sowing as much chaos and confusion on shore as possible.
Redd Foxx had already made their move, skirting the battle on the lake to close in on the city. They would light it up with everything they had, along with making limited landings along the beaches. Once ashore, small raiding teams would target important areas near the coast and level them with explosives. Spectre Company would help, dropping into landing zones already cleared by Redd Foxx to provide extra reinforcements. Meanwhile, Raven’s helicopter gunships would roam the skies, killing anything that tried to interfere.
Nora turned her attention skyward as a large group of planes flew south. Perseus Flight was headed home, their job finished for now. Helicopters could operate at night, but fixed wing aircraft had trouble finding their targets in the dark. They moved too fast and lacked radar, making sorties not worth the effort.
That created perfect conditions for them. Everyone in the major alliances had night vision equipment, but they knew how to utilize theirs the best. Darkness created uncertainty, which lead to confusion, which their battalion could exploit. They stalked the shadows
“Keep up the pressure,” Zach said over the radio. Danny saw his boat moving forward, laying into the enemy force with all the guns it could bring to bear.
He searched for another target. There. Even in the fading light he could see the distinctive shape of an automatic grenade launcher mounted on the bow. And while the boat it rode on was nothing to write home about, a few shots from the weapon itself could ruin a lot of days.
“Dakka dakka,” he said to himself, then opened fire.
He felt a slight sense of pity for whoever had been manning the weapon, because the force of the sheer number of bullets blasted them over the side of the boat and into the water. No danger of them drowning, though, because Danny was fairly certain you had to be in one piece to drown.
Even if he was in one piece, he wouldn’t want to fall in the water. Aside from the obvious danger of drowning, many part of the lake were teeming with predatory fish. Close to the shore they could avoid some of the larger predators, but the smaller swarms of razormouth fish always presented a danger. Fang Squad had gone through great pains to avoid the areas they lurked in when they performed their last dive.
Which was a worse way to go, he wondered, being ripped apart by bullets, or being ripped apart by a horde of monstrous fish?
Not that any of them would find out anytime soon. Ghost wasn’t going to sink, and the unfortunate Ragnarok troops would be dead before they hit the water.
Danny lined up another target. “Dakka dakka,” he muttered to himself again.
They had spent more than enough time getting pounded by Ragnarok. Finally having the upper hand again was a welcome change.
----
N ora watched the carnage unfolding around her. The outmatched Ragnarok navy continued to put up stiff resistance, but the outcome remained inevitable. Ghost Battalion would wipe them out in short order.
She got on the radio. “Karen, can you take it from here?” she asked.
“Shouldn’t be a problem,” came the reply. “Looks like there’s only about six or seven of them left, anyhow.”
“Thanks.” She switched radio channels to the Black Wolf frequency. “Company, this is Wolf Lead. Break off and head for shore as per the second part of the plan. I say again, break off and head for the shore.”
River craft started pulling away from the battle, with Nora’s own transport in the middle of them. She made a quick count of them all as they fell back into an organized formation. No casualties.
Karen would complete the first phase of the operation, the destruction of Ragnarok’s fleet on Lake Michigan. That allowed the rest of Ghost Battalion to complete their second objective, sowing as much chaos and confusion on shore as possible.
Redd Foxx had already made their move, skirting the battle on the lake to close in on the city. They would light it up with everything they had, along with making limited landings along the beaches. Once ashore, small raiding teams would target important areas near the coast and level them with explosives. Spectre Company would help, dropping into landing zones already cleared by Redd Foxx to provide extra reinforcements. Meanwhile, Raven’s helicopter gunships would roam the skies, killing anything that tried to interfere.
Nora turned her attention skyward as a large group of planes flew south. Perseus Flight was headed home, their job finished for now. Helicopters could operate at night, but fixed wing aircraft had trouble finding their targets in the dark. They moved too fast and lacked radar, making sorties not worth the effort.
That created perfect conditions for them. Everyone in the major alliances had night vision equipment, but they knew how to utilize theirs the best. Darkness created uncertainty, which lead to confusion, which their battalion could exploit. They stalked the shadows
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