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."Take one team and make itlook like a training exercise.Send one team up behind us, one south and oneup into the hills to the east.That way we'll have full coverage anyway.Rotate the other teams in behind them.Do some patrol training.Set it up andpre-train tomorrow, move out the day after.Get the other teams as dialed inon engagement as possible in three days.Then rotate the first teams out.""Do we send the first teams out armed or unarmed?" Nielson asked,thoughtfully."Armed," Mike said."I know they're only familiarized, but always bring a gunto a gunfight.No magazine in the well, but full load on their gear.No frags,no heavy weapons.One of the instructors can bring a machine gun if theychoose and load up as they please.The Keldara can carry spare ammo.""Works," Adams said."We'll get it set up while you're gone.""Taking one of your girls with you?" Vanner asked, grinning."Gonna get coldup in the hills.""Not even Katya," Mike replied.* * *As the Expedition rolled to a stop, Mike stepped out trotting and ran to therear."Gear up," he said, quietly.They were less than seven kilometers from theTurdun Valley.Of course, it was on the other side of a high ridge, but theChechens could have gotten to this point already.It didn't feel like an ambush, though.It felt.right.Like he was backin his element.There was an owl calling off to the west and the trees weremoving in a high wind across the pass.It sounded good, like home.He wasn'tjuggling training schedules or budgets anymore, just going out to find andlocalize some bad guys.And, with any luck, neutralize them.He still wasn't sure how to do that, though.The correlation of forces was.severe.The Chechen force was filled with experienced guerilla fighters andhis militia was severely outnumbered.The trainers, if he centralized them,would be a formidable force, but they hadn't trained together.If he had aSpecter or anF-15 loaded with JDAMs he wouldn't think about how to take out the Chechens.Page 126 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlHe'd sincerely considered calling Washington to scream for help but he figuredthis was a personal fight.Let theChechens learn not to fuck with the Keldara.He shrugged on his ruck and hefted his rifle, stepping aside to let the othersload up as he drifted to the woodline.The opening of the trail was clear inthe faint light and he didn't even turn on his NightObservation Device.After a moment, though, he keyed on the thermal sight onthe 7mm sniper rifle and scanned the woods.Nothing, not even a deer."We're geared up," Praz said from the edge of the woodline."Lasko, Killjoy, Vanim, Praz, Me, Otar and Russell," Mike said.His voice waspitched low but not a whisper, which would carry farther.He waited for his position in the team and then rolled in, following Praz intothe darkness.The team was camoed up in ghillie suits and floppy "boonie"hats, the latter with strips of glowing tape on the rear.As they entered thewoods the light level dropped and Mike flipped down his monocular NOD, usingit to find his way through the dark.Through the NOD the team was clear,especially the faintly glowing strips.The Chechens very rarely used NODs so they were probably fine.The night was clear but high cirrus clouds presaged rain for later.If so, itwould just be in the nature of the mission.Rain would actually be good fromhis point of view; it would make it less likely the Chechens could move fastand less likely the team would be detected.The other two specops types weregoing to eat rain up and the Keldara needed to learn.They moved slowly up the mountain, getting their gear in position and stoppingto check on rattle.TheKeldara were good stalkers and trackers, but they were unfamiliar with thegear and needed some adjustment.But by an hour into the mission they were allgood, moving up the mountainside like camouflaged ghosts.When they reached the saddle at the top of the ridge, Mike halted the team andsent Killjoy and Laskoto the top.Killjoy had a set of thermal imaging binoculars for reconning.After fifteen minutes the two came back down and Killjoy got close enough tomake a negative hand gesture.If the Chechens were coming they weren't in theTurdun Valley yet.At least, not in view.There were two trails entering the valley that the Chechens could be using.The left-hand one was more direct, but they could have come in on theright-hand one that was more to the south.However, the two valleys paralleleda ridge running between them.Mike had mentally designated an observationrally point on the top of the ridge.They'd have to find a good hide and bediscreet, since they'd be in view of both trails.But that was their target.He waved the team forward and they moved out, cautiously but quickly.They'dspent about three hours getting to the top of the ridge and they had less thanthat until dawn.They had to get down into the valley, cross it undetected,and get up on the next wood-covered ridge before dawn.At that point he'dprobably call a halt, detail some lookouts and catch a nap during the day.As it turned out, the trail they were on was more complicated than it lookedon the map.After a couple of switchbacks it had entered a narrow defile thatwas parallel to the slope.The up side of the defile on the north side ledinto the tree-covered slope but the down side on the south was a high dike ofgranite.A small stream ran at the base of the granite, obviously unable to penetrate,while the trail, which was fairly wide at that point, followed the stream.Thedike of rock led them well off to the east from the direction they were headedand Mike more than once considered trying to climb out of it.However, thewalls were granite and smooth with moss from the stream climbing up theirsides; getting out would be problematic.Finally, the ridge of rock thatformed the defile fell away and the trail cut back to the west, the streamfalling through a series of cascades towards the valley floor.At that point,Page 127 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlhe called a halt since the sun was damned near up.There was a group of largeboulders not far from the trail and he figured they could lay up there.He motioned them to the bivouac and picked a spot for himself.Russell handledthe Keldara, making sure the positions they'd chosen were out of sight fromthe surroundings.Mike pulled out his poncho liner, all the snivel gear he'd brought, andmakings for dinner."Have you worked with this, yet?" he asked Lasko, quietly, as he pulled out afolding stove that fit in with his canteen."No," Lasko said, looking at the device curiously."Sergeant Russell gave meone but I don't know how it works.""With these," Mike said, pulling out a packet of chemical tablets.He set oneof the blue tablets on the ground in the middle of the stove, then pulled outhis canteen cup.Filling the latter with water he set it in the stove andcautiously lit the chemical tab, shielding the light with his hand."You don'twant light or smoke, but these can't be seen for more than a few yards.Youcan smell them from that far [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]
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."Take one team and make itlook like a training exercise.Send one team up behind us, one south and oneup into the hills to the east.That way we'll have full coverage anyway.Rotate the other teams in behind them.Do some patrol training.Set it up andpre-train tomorrow, move out the day after.Get the other teams as dialed inon engagement as possible in three days.Then rotate the first teams out.""Do we send the first teams out armed or unarmed?" Nielson asked,thoughtfully."Armed," Mike said."I know they're only familiarized, but always bring a gunto a gunfight.No magazine in the well, but full load on their gear.No frags,no heavy weapons.One of the instructors can bring a machine gun if theychoose and load up as they please.The Keldara can carry spare ammo.""Works," Adams said."We'll get it set up while you're gone.""Taking one of your girls with you?" Vanner asked, grinning."Gonna get coldup in the hills.""Not even Katya," Mike replied.* * *As the Expedition rolled to a stop, Mike stepped out trotting and ran to therear."Gear up," he said, quietly.They were less than seven kilometers from theTurdun Valley.Of course, it was on the other side of a high ridge, but theChechens could have gotten to this point already.It didn't feel like an ambush, though.It felt.right.Like he was backin his element.There was an owl calling off to the west and the trees weremoving in a high wind across the pass.It sounded good, like home.He wasn'tjuggling training schedules or budgets anymore, just going out to find andlocalize some bad guys.And, with any luck, neutralize them.He still wasn't sure how to do that, though.The correlation of forces was.severe.The Chechen force was filled with experienced guerilla fighters andhis militia was severely outnumbered.The trainers, if he centralized them,would be a formidable force, but they hadn't trained together.If he had aSpecter or anF-15 loaded with JDAMs he wouldn't think about how to take out the Chechens.Page 126 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlHe'd sincerely considered calling Washington to scream for help but he figuredthis was a personal fight.Let theChechens learn not to fuck with the Keldara.He shrugged on his ruck and hefted his rifle, stepping aside to let the othersload up as he drifted to the woodline.The opening of the trail was clear inthe faint light and he didn't even turn on his NightObservation Device.After a moment, though, he keyed on the thermal sight onthe 7mm sniper rifle and scanned the woods.Nothing, not even a deer."We're geared up," Praz said from the edge of the woodline."Lasko, Killjoy, Vanim, Praz, Me, Otar and Russell," Mike said.His voice waspitched low but not a whisper, which would carry farther.He waited for his position in the team and then rolled in, following Praz intothe darkness.The team was camoed up in ghillie suits and floppy "boonie"hats, the latter with strips of glowing tape on the rear.As they entered thewoods the light level dropped and Mike flipped down his monocular NOD, usingit to find his way through the dark.Through the NOD the team was clear,especially the faintly glowing strips.The Chechens very rarely used NODs so they were probably fine.The night was clear but high cirrus clouds presaged rain for later.If so, itwould just be in the nature of the mission.Rain would actually be good fromhis point of view; it would make it less likely the Chechens could move fastand less likely the team would be detected.The other two specops types weregoing to eat rain up and the Keldara needed to learn.They moved slowly up the mountain, getting their gear in position and stoppingto check on rattle.TheKeldara were good stalkers and trackers, but they were unfamiliar with thegear and needed some adjustment.But by an hour into the mission they were allgood, moving up the mountainside like camouflaged ghosts.When they reached the saddle at the top of the ridge, Mike halted the team andsent Killjoy and Laskoto the top.Killjoy had a set of thermal imaging binoculars for reconning.After fifteen minutes the two came back down and Killjoy got close enough tomake a negative hand gesture.If the Chechens were coming they weren't in theTurdun Valley yet.At least, not in view.There were two trails entering the valley that the Chechens could be using.The left-hand one was more direct, but they could have come in on theright-hand one that was more to the south.However, the two valleys paralleleda ridge running between them.Mike had mentally designated an observationrally point on the top of the ridge.They'd have to find a good hide and bediscreet, since they'd be in view of both trails.But that was their target.He waved the team forward and they moved out, cautiously but quickly.They'dspent about three hours getting to the top of the ridge and they had less thanthat until dawn.They had to get down into the valley, cross it undetected,and get up on the next wood-covered ridge before dawn.At that point he'dprobably call a halt, detail some lookouts and catch a nap during the day.As it turned out, the trail they were on was more complicated than it lookedon the map.After a couple of switchbacks it had entered a narrow defile thatwas parallel to the slope.The up side of the defile on the north side ledinto the tree-covered slope but the down side on the south was a high dike ofgranite.A small stream ran at the base of the granite, obviously unable to penetrate,while the trail, which was fairly wide at that point, followed the stream.Thedike of rock led them well off to the east from the direction they were headedand Mike more than once considered trying to climb out of it.However, thewalls were granite and smooth with moss from the stream climbing up theirsides; getting out would be problematic.Finally, the ridge of rock thatformed the defile fell away and the trail cut back to the west, the streamfalling through a series of cascades towards the valley floor.At that point,Page 127 ABC Amber Palm Converter, http://www.processtext.com/abcpalm.htmlhe called a halt since the sun was damned near up.There was a group of largeboulders not far from the trail and he figured they could lay up there.He motioned them to the bivouac and picked a spot for himself.Russell handledthe Keldara, making sure the positions they'd chosen were out of sight fromthe surroundings.Mike pulled out his poncho liner, all the snivel gear he'd brought, andmakings for dinner."Have you worked with this, yet?" he asked Lasko, quietly, as he pulled out afolding stove that fit in with his canteen."No," Lasko said, looking at the device curiously."Sergeant Russell gave meone but I don't know how it works.""With these," Mike said, pulling out a packet of chemical tablets.He set oneof the blue tablets on the ground in the middle of the stove, then pulled outhis canteen cup.Filling the latter with water he set it in the stove andcautiously lit the chemical tab, shielding the light with his hand."You don'twant light or smoke, but these can't be seen for more than a few yards.Youcan smell them from that far [ Pobierz całość w formacie PDF ]