Deception City: A World at War Novel (World at War Online Book 5) by Mitchell T. Jacobs Read Free Book Online Page A

join you. We just had a convoy heading south along the main road. Think we should call it in?”
    “I’d rather not risk it,” Liz said. “They might not be able to decode our long range transmissions, but they’ve been able to detect them before.”
    “Copy that,” Danny said. “We’ll keep moving. Bravo Wolf out.”
    “We’re on fire support, right?” Xavier asked as they passed close by.
    “Yeah, although hopefully we won’t have to fire a shot,” Danny confirmed. “Let’s focus on getting there first. Then we can worry about our mission profile.”
    “Roger that, boss.”
    Danny had somehow ended up as co-commander of this operation, even though Liz outranked him and Redd Foxx was fielding the majority of the troops. Maybe it was a sign of respect from them, he thought. Either that, or it was pity and they were just throwing him a bone.
    Either way, Black Wolf’s role in the operation was clear. Redd Foxx would handle the actual scouting duties, owing to their superior stealth skills. Black Wolf was plenty capable of handling such tasks on their own, but with a better option available it would be foolish not to take it. Instead, Black Wolf’s role was to provide heavily armed backup as usual, providing covering fire if the unit got into a tight spot.
    The mission suited them, because Black Wolf always brought heavily armed and motivated troops to the fight. Danny had been at the front of some of the worst fighting against Ragnarok, and he was proud to say his troops had never broke. Their enemy could hurt them, rattle them, cut them down, but they could never make them turn tail and run. If they fell back it was of their own accord. Otherwise, Ragnarok would have to kill every last one of them.
    Although that had happened in the past, Danny reflected. Fighting like die-hards had its disadvantages as well. Sometimes you won, and sometimes the enemy brought overwhelming force and massacred you where you stood.
    But with proper planning and a tiny bit of luck that wouldn’t be happening today. If they did their jobs right their enemy would be none the wiser. Well, at least until Hydra came bursting though all their weak points, that was.
    Liz signaled for him to join her as they approached the staging point. Xavier went along as well.
    “OK, I’m sending four teams forward,” Liz told them. “We’re splitting Squad 3 and Squad 4. Squad 2 will stay here and hold this area, along with your guys.”
    “Shouldn’t one of us be up front making sure we get the right stuff?” Danny asked.
    “I’ve already briefed the teams.”
    “What about using the wrist menu video feed?” Xavier suggested. “The scout groups can send back the areas they’re looking at, and then you can decide whether you want that info or not.”
    “Good thinking,” Liz nodded. “I’ll tell them that.”
    “Any particular way you want us to deploy?” Danny asked.
    “That’s up to you,” Liz said. “Though I’d suggest pushing them forward of our current position a little bit, to let them cover the scout teams if they need to retreat.”
    “Sound like a plan,” Danny replied. He glanced over at Xavier.
    “Right on it,” came the reply, before Xavier disappeared into the undergrowth in front of them.
    “And now we wait,” Liz commented.
    “We’re going to be doing a lot of that, I bet,” Danny said, settling in next to her. He opened up his wrist menu and started surveying the map again.
    “All in the planning,” Liz said. “Besides, it’s not like us to go off half-cocked. I’d be worried if we weren’t taking these kind of precautions.”
    “Hmm? Oh, I’m not complaining about it,” Danny said. “This needs to be done, no question about it. We just need to make sure it doesn’t last forever. Selene and I actually had a conversation about it.”
    “What did she have to say?” Liz asked curiously.
    “She thinks we have the upper hand, so we should be doing everything we can to exploit it here and