The Waiting Game; Ch. 7

The war was at a stand still while the Russians planned the invasion of France.They began moving crude large artillery to both the Chinese and French fronts and sophisticated technologies to rear positions. The siege of Beijing and Hong Kong were great example of how Russia was scaling down to build up. The calm before the storm...

The Chinese began to fortify Beijing and there were so many of them. Between the large concrete buildings and the billions of people all issued weapons the Russians knew it was going to become a long battle of attrition.

"We....assistance....again....assistance!"
There was too much radio interference to understand what Dmitri was trying to say, but it was accepted that he wasn't doing well.
"Dmitri can you hear me?!"
"Ro...er...ye.....ir"
"I'll take that as a yes! Dmitri if you can hear me then fall back the bombers will be here in twenty minutes!"
"twe...ty?...nee.....now!"
"Ah whatever I can't hear him! Fix bayonets!"
"Want me to go with you?"
"Of course! We will see how well the US has trained you Colonel Daniel!"
"Alright here goes nothin'!"
"Comrades! For the glory of Russia! Forward!"
All at once they yelled.
"Slava Rossiya!!!"

The entire division ran over the hill and dashed for Dmitri's column amidst the heavy Chinese machine gun fire and rocket propelled grenades. They could see Dmitri's tanks, only two were left out of ten, but fighting ferociously.

"WE NEED ARTILLERY ON THAT POSITION, NOW!!!!"
"Roger, artillery in bound, get ready it's the big stuff!"
Thunder erupted everywhere around the Chinese positions and turned a bunker to dust. The division ran into the hole in the Chinese lines. The combat then was too close and they had to use their bayonets.

"AAAHHH!!! DIE!!!"
Daniel jammed his 1o in. blade into the gut of a Chinese soldier. It was the first time he had ever killed someone especially in such a cruel manner. He had developed an absolute hate for Asians and didn't even look at them as humans. This was triggered by his instinct that if the Chinese won they would surely take the base and have their way with, who he hoped would be his, Tanya.
"AAAHHH! I'll stab every last one of ya!!!"
"Our American comrade you have proven yourself now calm down! Listen..."

A flight of Tu-95's was making their approach and the division could hear the deep humming of their turboprops.
"We need to get out of here before they flatten everything!"
The division began to run towards their original hill and Dmitri's tanks began to drive up the hill. The Chinese didn't know what to, so they stopped firing and began to relax and not waste ammo.

"Why do you think they ran?"
"The might of China is too great for them!"
"Haha, yeah....run Russian devils!"
Right when the Chinese defense commander lit his cigarette the Tu-95's dropped their munitions on the defensive position.
"Drop 'em all! Kill 'em all!"
"Dropping!"
"All dry comrade!"
"Alright, Ivan we're good you can support our comrades on the ground now."
"See you tomorrow then!"
"Right see you tomorrow!"

"Ivan to ground forces..."
"This is Lt Col Daniel go ahead..."
"Oh great...the American buffoon..."
"What's your deal?...anyway we need you to drop napalm ever half hour to keep them back while we build up our lines..."
"Wilco...Ivan out"

Ivan made a pass on the mix of iron, flesh, and concrete. The napalm's effect was only that of 'beating a dead horse'. With the positions so close Daniel and the division could feel the heat of the firestorm and the shock wave of the fighter breaking the sound barrier as it zipped by.
"Careful with that ammo! If it blows, twenty of us will not be able to tell about it!...So, colonel Daniel, do you know why Ivan dislikes you?"
"Not a clue, I don't even know him!"
"He is the friend of Tanya's boyfriend who died in the ambush on the Frankfurt highway ambush..."
"So...why would he hate me?"
"He doesn't think Tanya should move on this early."
"What are you talking about?...What could I possibly have to do with that?...She couldn't possibly love me...and after all we technically live across an entire ocean from each other!"
"You have much to learn...there are many paths to every goal...if love is the goal here it may be a long difficult path but the goal will be achieved..."
"Yeah yeah quit the philosophical crap!...When is the next assault?!"
"Not so fast! You are going back to base so you don't die out here...I suggest you consider what I said!"
"Yeah whatever...and if you're wrong?!"
"Then request to come back out hear and shoot me...I'm sure all will go well!"
"I still think it's all bullshit but whatever....I'll be asleep in my breaking and please no more vodka parties!"
"Yeah sure! See you back at base!"

He got back to base and immediately headed for his quarters. When he got to his bed he sat and thought about Tanya and if it was possible. However, he should have been sleeping or writing his intelligence report. He didn't know when to tell her or even whether he should tell her.

The Russian Generals all shared the same thought about the war as Lt Col Daniel about Tanya. None could figure out when or if they should attack the cities and countries that they had put under siege. Then there was the US. They knew they wanted to conquer the US, but was it possible? They had plans set and back-ups, but they didn't know what the true outcome would be...