Blue Plague: War (Blue Plague Book 6) Read Free Page A

replied. “During my insane run through Texas, I realized I had to have a shit load of troops to fight this war. The best I could do there was run and gun. Granted, it worked, but as Stephanie pointed out, all we could do was hold them in check in that one area. To win this war, we need a lot more troops.”
    “That was why you wanted to be ready for fifty thousand. You were planning on getting those in the government camp,” Stephanie said.
    With a slight grimace, Bruce said, “No, to be honest, I was going to nuke them.” Everyone froze hearing that. “What? I’m not going to lie. They are bigger than we are and have more troops. Why is it so hard to imagine my reaction?” Bruce asked.
    “Bruce, we hit that group in Grenada, and they were a lot bigger than we were,” Conner blurted.
    “Untrained with very little knowledge on the military weapons they had. We had the advantage. If they would’ve been a little larger or I would’ve known just how large they were, I would have just wiped them off the Earth,” Bruce answered.
    “Damn, you play for keeps,” Adam said, glad he had left Colorado.
    “Make no mistake, I’m going to save what I can, but I won’t risk what we have to do it. If Walker can pull off his plan and get those troops join us, we can win this war in ten years. If not, we will pass this war off onto our kids,” Bruce answered.
    “Do you think Gene can pull it off?” Stephanie asked.
    “I give it fifty/fifty,” Bruce answered, shrugging.
    Adam looked at Bruce with hesitation. “If he can’t, are we going to kill those troops?” he asked.
    “Down to the last man,” Bruce replied. “That is the commitment I asked for and you gave.”
    “I know, and I will, but it’s not fair. They are just doing what they are told. They know if they don’t, most have families there that will be hurt if they don’t follow orders,” Adam said.
    “I know that, Adam, but nobody is going to hurt this family or this clan as long as I have a breath left in my body. You really think the clan would have a chance if those idiots up there were in charge?” Bruce asked.
    Adam sighed. “No, Bruce, I know we would all live in a state of terror. Just like when I left. I will do it, but I won’t like it.”
    “None of us like it, but we will do it,” Bruce replied. “We have a week left in November. I want all the crap from those bases here now. The weather is getting nippy, and the blues aren’t pulling up like they did last year. I feel they are going to be active longer this year. If Walker can work his magic, the government won’t roll till January. That gives us a little over a month,” Bruce said.
    “Can we beat them if Gene can’t work his magic?” Mike asked.
    “Without a doubt,” Bruce replied.
    Raising his eyebrows, Mike added, “Without popping a nuke?”
    “Yeah, I’m not popping a nuke unless I have no choice,” Bruce said.
    “How can you be so sure?” Mike asked.
    “I have more planes than they have anti-aircraft missiles.”
    “Well. how is he going to do it?” Angela asked.
    “Have no idea, but I’m talking to him tonight. He’s been busy, so we haven’t been able to talk,” Bruce told her.
    Jake looked down at his notebook. “They have been scraping up fuel and sending out patrols, getting more. It’s been colder up there, and they have very little movement of blues around them. They will be coming at us with seven thousand troops. Three regiments of two thousand each and a command regiment of a thousand. The three regiments are going to be in flying wedges with the command regiment in a reverse wedge behind them. Their principle is if we hit them, they can drop one wedge back to form a circular defense while two regiments attack us. They have twenty-five choppers in support. Twenty of those are Apaches. They don’t have fuel for prolonged operations for the rest. They will have six Patriot systems, ten MRLS, fifty artillery, a dozen tanks, and several dozen