guards who had just been relieved returned and entered the house Rick waited ten more minutes to send his scouts up as tactical assault teams.
Two teams of five men moved up to the house while the rest of the platoon (minus 3 soldiers sent to shut of power to the hours) kept their weapons trained on the second story windows from their last hidden position. Two sniper teams laid in hiding, ready to take any available shots on the enemy once the entry teams had gone into the house. Rick moved with the assault teams and positioned himself between the two which allowed him to control both groups. With their night vision on, the two teams waited until they saw all lights in the house go out simultaneously. As soon as the power was off the first team rocked back, and then forward, going straight through the unlocked back door and into the pitch black home.
As expected the Chinese were completely unaware of what was going on even after the first shots had been fired by Rick’s scouts. The Chinese filled the house with panicked yelling and confusion while the troops of the middle militia moved from room to room killing the blind guards with ease. Shots could be heard from outside while the sniper teams killed any Chinese soldier unfortunate enough to walk in front of a rear facing upstairs window. With the downstairs cleared Rick tossed a red chem. light out of the door that the teams had entered through, letting the snipers and support fire troops know that his teams were about to move upstairs and to cease firing.
By the time they made it upstairs there were already very few enemy soldiers left. The few they found were hiding and most had not even managed to find a weapon before fear and confusion led them to taking refuge in closets and underneath beds. Quick work was made of finding and eliminating these cowards as all areas of the upstairs were torn apart leaving nothing left to be a man sized hiding spot. When the teams were safely out of the house and all of the Chinese weapons had been removed, Rick dowsed the large home inside and out with any flammable fluids he could find and then set it on fire and casually walked back to the rest of his platoon who was still in the wood line.
Less than an hour after the blaze was started the sniper teams from the checkpoint had linked back up at Rick’s current position and reported their victory and that the checkpoint had been cleaned and made to appear as if it had never existed. All weapons and equipment that could be of use had been gathered up from both sites and Rick allowed his men to go through and take what they wanted before the rest of the militia arrived and took what they needed.
Mike got word back from a team of Rick’s scouts that the border was secured and with it the militia’s movement into Washington. The new recruits seemed to heal faster each day with proper food and nourishment. The soldiers from the Middle Militia made it their life’s mission to care for these people and to teach them everything they knew about combat as quickly as possible. With the new troops mending quickly and the border crossing now safe, Mike moved the entire militia into a new state and began preparing for their next objective. Spokane was the next city on their march and would be the largest so far. But Spokane was only a shadow in comparison to Seattle and Mike wanted to make it passed this area, free any camps he was sure they would find, and destroy any enemy present in the area. They would need to find a good spot to set up camp and begin training for Seattle as Mike and Tim believed the militia would see its first large scale battle there. He would need everybody at full strength, including any recruits they may find near Spokane if Seattle, as he feared it would be, was being used as a sort of headquarters for the Chinese in the Northwest.
Mike moved with the scouts some days and helped train new soldiers on others. The scouts worked around the clock and after finding
Two teams of five men moved up to the house while the rest of the platoon (minus 3 soldiers sent to shut of power to the hours) kept their weapons trained on the second story windows from their last hidden position. Two sniper teams laid in hiding, ready to take any available shots on the enemy once the entry teams had gone into the house. Rick moved with the assault teams and positioned himself between the two which allowed him to control both groups. With their night vision on, the two teams waited until they saw all lights in the house go out simultaneously. As soon as the power was off the first team rocked back, and then forward, going straight through the unlocked back door and into the pitch black home.
As expected the Chinese were completely unaware of what was going on even after the first shots had been fired by Rick’s scouts. The Chinese filled the house with panicked yelling and confusion while the troops of the middle militia moved from room to room killing the blind guards with ease. Shots could be heard from outside while the sniper teams killed any Chinese soldier unfortunate enough to walk in front of a rear facing upstairs window. With the downstairs cleared Rick tossed a red chem. light out of the door that the teams had entered through, letting the snipers and support fire troops know that his teams were about to move upstairs and to cease firing.
By the time they made it upstairs there were already very few enemy soldiers left. The few they found were hiding and most had not even managed to find a weapon before fear and confusion led them to taking refuge in closets and underneath beds. Quick work was made of finding and eliminating these cowards as all areas of the upstairs were torn apart leaving nothing left to be a man sized hiding spot. When the teams were safely out of the house and all of the Chinese weapons had been removed, Rick dowsed the large home inside and out with any flammable fluids he could find and then set it on fire and casually walked back to the rest of his platoon who was still in the wood line.
Less than an hour after the blaze was started the sniper teams from the checkpoint had linked back up at Rick’s current position and reported their victory and that the checkpoint had been cleaned and made to appear as if it had never existed. All weapons and equipment that could be of use had been gathered up from both sites and Rick allowed his men to go through and take what they wanted before the rest of the militia arrived and took what they needed.
Mike got word back from a team of Rick’s scouts that the border was secured and with it the militia’s movement into Washington. The new recruits seemed to heal faster each day with proper food and nourishment. The soldiers from the Middle Militia made it their life’s mission to care for these people and to teach them everything they knew about combat as quickly as possible. With the new troops mending quickly and the border crossing now safe, Mike moved the entire militia into a new state and began preparing for their next objective. Spokane was the next city on their march and would be the largest so far. But Spokane was only a shadow in comparison to Seattle and Mike wanted to make it passed this area, free any camps he was sure they would find, and destroy any enemy present in the area. They would need to find a good spot to set up camp and begin training for Seattle as Mike and Tim believed the militia would see its first large scale battle there. He would need everybody at full strength, including any recruits they may find near Spokane if Seattle, as he feared it would be, was being used as a sort of headquarters for the Chinese in the Northwest.
Mike moved with the scouts some days and helped train new soldiers on others. The scouts worked around the clock and after finding
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